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Origins of the American War in Vietnam: The OSS Role in Saigon in 1945 Nearly thirty years have passed since the end of the “Vietnam War” or rather the “American War,” as it is known in Vietnam. But the American war in Vietnam originated in the French war to restore colonialism in the power vacuum following the Japanese surrender in August-September 1945. As the following article documents, early U.S. post-war planners seemed to have grasped the iniquitous nature of old-style colonialism only to have forgotten their ideals when confronted with an independent revolutionary movement in the early days of US-Soviet conflict. History has revealed the disastrous consequences of American escalation in Vietnam on the wrong side of history, just as the lessons of history appear seldom to have been learned as, one generation on, America plunges into no less disastrous military adventures in other theaters in pursuit of militant Islam tied to terror. A Watershed in U.S. Policy on Southeast Asia As the Pentagon Papers reveal, U.S. policy towards France and repossession of its colonial territories was ambivalent. On the one hand, the U.S. supported Free French claims to all overseas possessions. On the other hand, in the Atlantic Charter and in other pronouncements, the U.S. proclaimed support for national self-determination and independence. Through 1944, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt held to his views on colonialism and proscribed direct U.S. support for French resistance groups inside Indochina. By January 1945, U.S. concerns had shifted decisively to the Japanese archipelago and the prospect of U.S. force commitments to Southeast Asia was nixed, leaving this sphere to British forces. Following the Yalta Conference (February 1945), U.S. planners declined to offer logistical support to Free French forces in Indochina. But the American position came under French criticism in March 1945 in the wake of the Japanese coup de force in Vichy French-administered Indochina leading to Japanese military takeover and internment of French civilians. The American decision to forego commitment to operations in Southeast Asia prompted the Singapore-based British Southeast Asia Command (SEAC) commander Admiral Louis Mountbatten to liberate Malaya without U.S. assistance. At the time of Roosevelt’s death on 12 April 1945, U.S. policy towards the colonial possessions of Allies was in “disarray.” Roosevelt is on record for his anti-colonial views with regard to French rule in Indochina. These were elaborated at the Teheran Conference of 28 November 1943 where Roosevelt and Stalin concurred that Indochina should not be returned to the French, and were reiterated in January the following year over the opposition of the British “who fear the effect [trusteeship] would have on their own possessions and those of the Dutch.” As reported by Charles Taussig, who interviewed Roosevelt, “the President was concerned about the plight of “brown people” in the East ruled over by a handful of whites. “Our goal must be to help them achieve independence – 1.1 billion enemies are dangerous,” he said. Roosevelt opined that French Indochina and New Caledonia should be placed under a trusteeship or, at a minimum, should France retain these colonies, then with the proviso that independence was the ultimate goal. Roosevelt also launched the predecessor of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), headed by William Donovan, in July 1941. Enjoying close ties to Roosevelt, Donovan was instructed to provide cover to support national liberation movements in Asia to resist the Japanese. Whereas in France the OSS worked alongside the Free French to resist the Nazi occupation, in Asia the situation differed in Asia. When Japanese invaded Indochina in September 1940, the U.S. froze Japanese assets, the first of several moves that would lead to the Pearl Harbor attack. In July 1942, with Japanese occupation of Southeast Asia a reality, the OSS set up a guerrilla base in India for operations in Southeast Asia and China. In northern Vietnam and southern Yunnan, the OSS worked hand-in-hand with the Vietnamese communists, while Ho Chi Minh’s Viet Minh gave assistance to downed U.S. fliers. The OSS team was also present in Hanoi on 17 August 1945, the day that the Viet Minh took over Hanoi from the Japanese. Vo Nguyen Giap with Vietminh Roosevelt’s penchant for trusteeships as a bridge to independence foundered, however, in the face of determined British opposition. At the Dumbarton Oaks Conference in August-September 1944, where the blueprint for a new international system was brokered, the British skirted the colonial issue altogether. The President’s lip service to anti-colonialism was not matched by U.S. intervention in Vietnam, indeed Indochina would be assigned a status parallel to that of Burma, Malaya and the Dutch East Indies (Indonesia), that is free territory to be re-conquered by the colonial powers. The advent of the Truman Administration in April 1945 represented a turning point in Washington’s thinking on the larger questions of colonialism and independence. The New Deal idealism of Roosevelt and Donovan, which viewed the struggle against Western colonialism as part of the struggle against tyranny, came under intense scrutiny in the light of a reappraisal of the Soviet Union and changing conceptions of the U.S. global role in general, and its position in the Asia-Pacific in particular. The change of direction in the Truman Administration was matched by a more assertive approach by the State Department, especially its European section. In April 1945, French diplomats in Washington “skillfully” applied pressure to gain official recognition of French sovereignty in Indochina. Notably, at the United Nations Conference at San Francisco in May-June 1945, Under-Secretary of State James Dunn, together with Secretary of State Edward Stettinius, assured the French about the unchanged colonial status of Indochina, asserting that Washington had never “officially” questioned French sovereignty. According to Richard J. Aldrich, at this stage the OSS in the field was obviously “out of step with metropolitan policy-makers,” especially with respect to the larger issues of colonialism and communism. But the dye was also set for the future of post-surrender Indochina by the terms of the Potsdam Conference of July-August 1945 where it was decided to temporarily partition Vietnam (and Laos) at the 16th parallel. Under this arrangement, Allied chiefs-of staff assigned British forces to take the Japanese surrender in Saigon and in Cambodia, while Japanese troops were to surrender to Chinese forces of Jiang Jieshi (Chiang Kai-shek) north of the 16th parallel. Notable, as well, was the direction and influence of George Kennan of the U.S. State Department. Kennan, who had helped establish the U.S. Embassy in Moscow in 1933, became increasingly skeptical towards the USSR, believing that the Roosevelt spirit of cooperation was misplaced. Apparently, State Department realists had already drawn the line on vigilance against international communism, even prior to the advent of the Truman administration. Support for the Dutch and French under the Atlantic Treaty obliged the U.S. to walk a fine line in dealing with these two nations with respect to their Southeast Asian colonies. Kennan recommended that the Dutch and French distance themselves from 19th century imperialism and face up to modern realities. He also urged multinational collaboration in Asia with India, Pakistan, and the Philippines to dispel association with white imperialism. Specifically, Kennan recognized militant Asian nationalism as a historical reality and viewed any attempt to reverse this process as an “anti-historical act and, in the long run, would create more problems than it solves and cause more damage than benefit.” But, according to A.K. Nelson in an introduction to a State Department Policy Planning paper, Kennan viewed Soviet attention to Southeast Asia as a strategic lever against the U.S. Kennan was convinced that the Soviet Union had expansionist goals and that it had to be stopped, the subject of his now famous “Long Telegram” of 22 February 1946. The U.S. Cold War policy of “containment” as enunciated in the Truman Doctrine of 12 March 1947, also bears Kennan’s signature. America’s slide into the Vietnam War, as tracked in the Pentagon Papers and elsewhere, can be traced back to these watershed events and decisions. But how did these lofty ideals, reappraisals, and fast-shifting commitments play out on the ground in Saigon in the heady days of August-September 1945 following the Japanese surrender? The China-Indochina Theater In the larger scheme, the U.S. role in Indochina preceding and following the Japanese surrender flowed out of its commitments in support of Jiang Jieshi and the Guomindang in the China Theater, which included those parts of Thailand and Indochina then occupied by the Allies. While Jiang exercised preeminence over the Allies in the China Theater, at a meeting at his wartime headquarters in Chongqing (Chungking) on 16 October 1943, SEAC Commander, Louis Mountbatten gained the Generalissimo’s approval for the British-dominated SEAC to operate inside these boundaries. As early as 1942-1943 clandestine American parties were operating in Free China and by 1944, the OSS already actively sought the support of the Viet Minh in the anti-Japanese cause. In 1945 the OSS was reorganized with the tacit agreement of SEAC and China, setting up staff headquarters in strategically located Kunming in Yunnan. The Japanese coup de force in Indochina of March 1945 also galvanized the OSS into action in the north, just as Free French guerrillas took to the mountains in both Vietnam and Laos to prepare for an eventual colonial restoration. Drawing upon OSS sources, Specter argues that the American role in the south, if more conspicuous than in the north, was much less important. Yet it was in Saigon in September 1945 that American support for self-determination and independence came unstuck. The following account seeks to explain less well documented events and actions on the part of the OSS in southern Vietnam, which, together with contemporaneous events in Laos, also highlight conflicts of interests and goals among the British, French and the Americans concerning restoration of the colonial status quo ante. First Americans in Saigon The first Americans into Saigon entered by parachute on 1 September 1945. They were a prisoner-of-war evacuation group under First Lieutenant Emile R. Counasse. This was an advance element of Operation Embankment, in turn planned as early as 10 August by OSS Detachment 404 based in Sri Lanka (Ceylon). The above group was to accompany British troops to Saigon with the stated objective of investigating war crimes, locating and assisting Allied POWs, particularly Americans, securing American properties, and tracking political trends. From the outset British General Gracey had objected to the American presence in Vietnam. However, he was overridden by SEAC commander, Mountbatten. Operation Embankment was commanded by Lieut-Colonel A. Peter Dewey, who arrived in Saigon by C-47 on 2 September with four team members landing on a Japanese airfield near the main Saigon (Tan Son Nhut) airport. Dewey was told that he was on his own and could expect no logistical help from the British. This arrangement also allowed him to operate independently. The arrival of the OSS team was not America’s first involvement in southern Vietnam. For three years American air and naval forces had been harassing Japanese positions in and around Vietnam. Notably, Saigon harbor had been raided by U.S. carrier-based aircraft and bombing raids had flown out of India. At least one American airman had been shot down over Cholon, Saigon’s China-town, in an attempted raid on the railway station. Eventually, the OSS team liberated 214 Americans held in Japanese POW camps outside of Saigon. The majority had been captured in Java and employed on the River Kwai railroad before being interned in Saigon. Another eight were airmen shot down over Indochina. They were flown out of Saigon on seven DC3s on 5 September. Archival sources make no mention of Dewey’s brief to investigate Japanese war crimes, indeed these records possibly remain classified. Setting aside high profile cases, such as with Field Marshal Terauchi Hisaichi, it was the French who vigorously prosecuted Japanese war crimes in Vietnam, of which there were many against French officials and French and Vietnamese civilians alike. French investigations led to the execution of five Japanese for the murder of American airmen downed in Indochina. At this time, many Japanese, Kempeitai included, avoided investigation by throwing in their lot with the Viet Minh as military advisors and in other roles. In the event, Counasse’s advance team was greeted “respectfully” by the Japanese. They also had to content with the so-called United National Front government in Saigon comprising Trotskyists, Cao Dai, Hao Hoa and other nationalist and religious groups and sects. While dismissing the motley coalition government as a “drugstore revolution,” the team nevertheless reported that its control was “complete,” even if its actions appeared “hazy” or unexplainable. With Dewey’s arrival and assumption of local command, the American team established close contact with the leaders of the independence movement, including the Viet Minh. Almost immediately, however, Dewey was prevailed upon by both the French and General Douglas Gracey, the British commander of occupation forces south of the 16th parallel as outlined in the Potsdam Conference, to keep his distance, lest he give the impression of official U.S. support for the independence movement. Dewey had also made personal contact with the Viet Minh. On 7 September, he radioed the first American account of what had transpired in Saigon on Independence Day, matching the events of the August Revolution in Hanoi, leading to the establishment of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam by a triumphant Ho Chi Minh. He also air-pouched a comprehensive report on complex Vietnamese political maneuvers in the south and confirmed French General Cedile’s arrival on 22-23 August. Dewey made contact with left-wing French elements then in Saigon leading to his meeting with the Viet Minh supremo of southern Vietnam and future communist historian, Tran Van Giau (along with Dr. Pham Ngoc Thac and Nguyen Van Tao) on 27 August. He kept up a stream of reports relating to the fragile relationship between Giau and the Trotskyists. U.S.-Vietnamese relations took a major turn for the worse on 24 September, when OSS Captain Joseph Coolidge was wounded in an ambush and two days later when Dewey was killed (26 September) in then mysterious circumstances by a group of Vietnamese. Dewey’s successor, Lt. James R. Withrow, arrived soon after, to observe the French re-conquest of South Vietnam. Sometimes billed as America’s first Vietnam War casualty, Dewey was born in 1916 in Chicago, schooled in Switzerland and later majored in French at Yale. He saw action in France against the Germans, before evacuating via Portugal and Spain back to the U.S. In August 1942 he enlisted in the U.S. army as an intelligence officer with the Air Transport Command in Africa. Following an approach made to an old family friend, General Bill Donovan, he was recruited by the OSS. Dewey was also the son of U.S. Congressman, Charles S. Dewey. He was dispatched deep into German occupied France supplying crucial intelligence on the German withdrawal and making an epic 600-mile retreat march through enemy territory. Returning to Washington, in July 1945 he was selected to head the OSS team that would enter Saigon after the Japanese surrender. Dewey’s OSS team was ordered to leave Sri Lanka for Saigon on 1 September. Following stops in Rangoon and Bangkok, the team arrived at Tan Son Nuth airport in Saigon on 4 September where they were met by members of the Japanese High Command and “enthusiastic crowds of Vietnamese,” holding high expectations of a perceived American commitment for an end to colonial empires. Until 12 September, the OSS team with headquarters at the Villa Ferrier northeast of the airport, was the only Allied presence in Saigon. Later that day, a company of British soldiers (a Gurkha division from Rangoon) flew in at around the same time as a company of French paratroopers from Calcutta. In the interim, Dewey made contact with the Viet Minh-established Committee of the South. Advocates of a “peaceful policy,” they looked to America, China, and Russia to prevent a French restoration. Also opposing the French were the pro-Japanese Phuc Quoc Party as well as the United National Front. They spread rumors of an imminent French restoration and were in no mood for negotiations. As always, the Binh Xuyen (Saigon gangsters) were a force to be reckoned with. For their part, the Viet Minh had constructed makeshift roadblocks around Saigon to prevent the French return. Three days prior to Dewey’s death, General Jean Cedile and his forces brazenly occupied all major buildings in Saigon, while arming interned French troops. But these were French troops released under British General Gracey’s order, and Gracey himself was responsible for disarming the Japanese. Provocative actions by the newly armed French troops along with French civilians on the streets of Saigon threw the Viet Minh on the defensive, ironically setting the trap for Dewey on the fateful day of 26 September. Dewey attempted to lodge an official complaint with Gracey, but the British commander, suspecting that Dewey was in cahoots with the Viet Minh, declared the American persona non grata and ordered him out of the country. Dewey acceded to this order, believed by the American party to have been passed down by the French, not at all happy with the OSS role in Indochina generally. Returning to the Villa Ferrier from the airport by jeep owing to a delay in the arrival of his aircraft, Dewey – “possibly mistaken for a Frenchman” – was shot dead in a Viet Minh ambush on the airport perimeter. His companion, Major Herbet Bleuchel, was able to escape. Subsequently, six Vietnamese were killed in a fierce exchange of fire with the beleaguered OSS team holed up in the Villa Ferrier, pending the arrival of two British Gurkha platoons who helped evacuate the American party to the Continental Hotel. Testimony in the form of a signed affidavit of 13 October 1945 by Captain Frank H. White, an OSS team member who sought to recover Dewey’s body, is also revealing. According to White, in the late afternoon, he approached a Vietnamese party displaying a Red Cross flag, seeking to recover bodies of their slain comrades. White observed a considerable number of armed Vietnamese in the vicinity including the leader of the party, a French-speaking individual around 30 years old. Launching into a polemic against the French and the British who protected them, he asserted that, had he known that Dewey was American, he would not have ordered the attack. He also stated that his party had only attacked OSS headquarters because he believed that French and British resided there. White also observed that the Vietnamese were equipped with Japanese military material including cartridge boxes and canteens. [15 Recriminations as to who ordered the killing poisoned the atmosphere, with some Americans blaming British Special Operations Executive (SOE), also operating clandestinely in Saigon, and the British blaming the Japanese, while the French blamed the Viet Minh. In part, to mollify the Americans, Ho Chi Minh let it be known that he disapproved of the killing. This took the form of a letter addressed to President Truman expressing condolences and friendship with the American people. Long after the end of the war, Tran Van Giau apologized to Dewey’s daughter for the Viet Minh error. The Allied Control Commission subsequently produced a report on Dewey’s death, inter alia casting doubt on whether the incident could have been prevented if the Americans were allowed to fly an American flag on their jeeps as wished, and as forbidden by the French. The OSS View Documents relating to OSS Activity in Vietnam, notably those relating to Dewey’s death, are also revealing of the attitudes of the OSS, not to mention French, British and Japanese towards the Viet Minh but also the Viet Minh pris de position in this standoff. The brief by Major F. M. Small is illustrative. As he wrote in a signed affidavit of 25 October 1945, “From my own observation and study, the general situation in Saigon reflects an intense desire on the part of the Vietnamese (Annamese) for independence and thorough hatred of them for the French and any other white people who happen to be in any way supporting or sympathizing with the French. The hatred of the Vietnamese for the French has been brought about by the not too enlightened policy of the French, which has been to exploit the Vietnamese to the greatest extent possible and treat them more or less with contempt. The Vietnamese naturally greatly resent the British protection of French interests and insomuch as the American military in Saigon regularly attend British staff meetings, it is quite likely that the Vietnamese infer that the United States tacitly approves the British policy.” Small also described British General Gracey as “not well suited to his assignment.” Notably, his mishandling of the situation with respect to arming the French POWs was the “single immediate contribution to the intensification of Vietnamese animosity to all whites in Saigon, and thus directly contributed to Dewey’s death.” Sideshow in Laos Neither was there any love lost between the newly returned French in Laos and a party of Americans dubbed Raven Mission dispatched by OSS headquarters in Kunming and parachuted into the landlocked country on 16 September 1945. French General and military historian Jean Boucher de Crèvecoeur goes as far as to say that the American officers were not only opposed to the French and pro-French Lao but actually supported (pro-independence) groups including Prince Phetsarath, the anti-French Lao Issara or Lao nationalist leader, obliquely backed by the Japanese. Major Aaron Banks (already a veteran of various anti-Nazi missions in Europe) and Major Charles Holland of the OSS are described as spouting anti-French propaganda. Events reached a climax on 27 September when a British party led by Major Peter Kemp of Force 136 (the cover name for the British SOE in Southeast Asia) crossing the Mekong from their base at Nakhon Phanom in northeast Thailand were surrounded by an armed Viet Minh patrol who demanded the surrender of French Lieutenant Francis Klotz. Although protected by the British, Klotz was assassinated by the Viet Minh. To the disdain of the French, OSS agent Reese, also accompanying the party, maintained his neutrality. Although, the OSS party remonstrated with the Viet Minh, the killer was never transferred to the British base as they demanded. According to de Crèvecoeur, the incident was also a turning point for the Americans recalled from the mission by higher authorities in Kunming. But in the eyes of the Americans “what made the British operations reprehensible was that they were undertaken on behalf of the French” (and working in territory north of the 16th parallel formally reserved for the Chinese under the Potsdam Agreement). More than anything, the events in Saigon as well as the Laos incident reveals the bind that individual Americans were in, especially in being seen by the French and their British allies as siding with the Viet Minh (alongside Lao nationalists) against pro-French collaborators and coalitions, who were actively succored by stay-behind Free French guerrillas. It may not have been apparent at the time, but the Americans in urban Saigon, as well as the back blocks of Laos, were witness to the first sparks igniting what would be a fratricidal 30-year civil and international war of almost incalculable costs. Certain of the OSS veterans and relatives have returned to Vietnam as virtual state guests, as with Peter Dewey’s daughter. Notably, Viet Minh and OSS veterans, including Asian members, have held at least two reunions, one in 1995 and one in 1997 in New York. Some of the OSS veterans returned to civilian life, as with Frank White who became a foreign correspondent. Georges Wickes, also with Dewey in Saigon, became a professor of English at the University of Oregon. Another, Major Aaron Banks, also a Korean War veteran, joined the American war as the “father” of the Green Berets or U.S. Special Forces. Yet another of the OSS team in Laos, B. Hugh Tovar, went on to play key roles in U.S. Cold War operations. Among other posts, Tovar served the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta in 1964-1966 during the Suharto coup and bloodbath, later resurfacing as CIA station chief in Laos between May 1970 and September 1973, at the height of the “secret war” and bombing. In Washington, Tovar headed Covert Action and Counterintelligence Staffs. More recently, Tovar emerged as an advocate of Hmong minority rights in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic. It would be tempting to allow that the OSS-Viet Minh reunions of the mid to late 1990s were harbingers of a larger reconciliation between Washington and Hanoi. While the realities of the American war long pushed these historical memories to the background, the sacrifices shared by both the OSS and the Viet Minh in the anti-Japanese struggle of 1944-1945 are nevertheless notable. Still it required larger shifts by both sides to even reach the stage of resumption of economic ties. Political accommodation would arrive only during the Clinton Administration. Up until 1993, the United States still imposed an economic embargo upon Vietnam. Although bitterly opposed by many veteran groups, along with Republicans in Congress, Clinton lifted the embargo and, in July 1995, restored diplomatic relations. In part, Clinton was also under pressure from American business interests that were still barred from trading with Vietnam. But, responsive to veteran groups, Washington also demanded progress by Hanoi in expediting the search and recovery of missing-persons or MIA cases, while ignoring Vietnamese demands for reparations for Agent Orange and other victims of the American war. In November 2000, Clinton became the first U.S. head of state to visit Vietnam since the end of the war. Although offering no apologies, he nevertheless expressed the need to further the process of reconciliation. As he stated in Hanoi, “The history we leave behind is painful and hard. We must not forget it, but we must not be controlled by it.” As one who had said “no” to the war in his youth, his audience was doubtless all the more appreciative. In November 2006 George W. Bush became the second U.S. president to visit Vietnam since the end of the war, ostensibly to strengthen business ties in the booming Vietnamese economy. But Bush’s visit also drew comparisons between U.S. failure in Vietnam and the war in Iraq, prompting the president’s suggestive, but ironic, “We’ll succeed unless we quit” one-liner. Geoff Gunn is author of Political Struggles in Laos, 1930-1954 (Duang Kamol, Bangkok, 1988; reprint White Lotus, Bangkok, 2005) and an Asia-Pacific Journal coordinator. He wrote this article for The Asia-Pacific Journal. Recommended citation: Geoff Gunn, “Origins of the American War in Vietnam: The OSS Role in Saigon in 1945.” The Asia-Pacific Journal, Vol. 19-3-09, May 9, 2009. Pentagon Papers: The Defense Department History of United States Decisionmaking on Vietnam, Beacon Press, Boston, 1971, Chapter 1 “Background to the Crisis, 1940-50” pp. 1-52. Thomas G. Paterson and Dennis Merrill, Major Problems in American Foreign Policy, Vol. II: Since 1914, 4th ed. D.C. Heath and Co., Lexington 1995, pp.189-90. Archimedes Patti, Why Viet Nam? Prelude to America’ s Albatross, University of California Press, Berkeley, 1980. Pentagon Papers. Richard J. Aldrich, Intelligence and the War Against Japan, Britain, America and the Politics of the Secret Service, Cambridge University Press, 2000, pp. 305; 343-45. A.K. Nelson (ed), The State Department Policy Staff papers, 1947-1949 (3 vols. New York), pp. 1ix. Patti, Why Viet Nam?, p.52. R.H. Spector, Advice and Support The Early Years of the United States Army in Vietnam 1941-1960, The Free Press New York London, 1985. For a focused study of intra-factional struggles between the Viet Minh, Trotskyists, and others in Saigon in 1945, see David G. Marr, Vietnam 1945: The Quest for Power (University of California Press, Berkeley, 1995). Patti, Why Viet Nam?, p. 272. OSS Southeast Asia Command. Patti, Why Viet Nam?, pp. 275-76. Spector, Advice and Support, p. 68. In a recent book on the role of the British in Vietnam, Britain in Vietnam: Prelude to Disaster, 1945-6 (Routledge, 2007, chap “Death of an OSS Man”), Peter Neville strikes a more critical position on the OSS role in Saigon, at least as reported by Archimedes Patti in Why Viet Nam? Neville even doubts that Dewey was ordered out of Vietnam suggesting he wished to leave on his own volition. Death of Major Peter Dewey, October 1945, Pike Collection, Item no. 2360209040 Seymour Topping, “Vietnamese Historian Recalls Untold Story of Tragic Murder of Peter Dewey,” in The OSS Society, Inc, Summer 2005, pp.3-4. Documents Relating to OSS Activity in French Indochina MLB-2739-B. Death of Major Peter Dewey, October 1945. Arthur J. Dommen and George W. Dalley, “The OSS and Laos: The 1945 Raven Mission and American Policy,” Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, 22, no.2, September, 1991, pp.327-46. Jean Boucher de Crèvecoeur, La Liberation du Laos, 1945-1946, Service Historique de l’Armée de Terre, Vincennes, 1985, pp. 51-60. de Crèvecoeur, La Liberation, pp.51-60. Dommen and Dalley, p.342. Dommen and Dalley (p.346) suggest that knowledge of the “impermissible independence” of the OSS in Laos actually gave pause to President Truman and successors as to the need for firmer presidential control over a successor intelligence organization, namely the CIA. The OSS also fell victim of intra-bureaucratic turf wars in Washington. Abolished by Truman, the OSS was formally closed down in October 1945 with individuals morphing into a Strategic Services Unit coming under the War Department. In July 1947, the CIA was created as America’s prime intelligence organization, just as the Cold War was given priority. See, Aldrich, Intelligence and the War Against Japan, p.343. Robert Scheer, “Bush’s Vietnam Analogy,” The Nation, 22 November 2006.

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Uyghur believers vow to “let their light shine” at the launch of the World Uyghur Christian Union in London this month. by Ruth Ingram Refusing to be cowed by historical persecution and the prevailing narrative that Uyghurs must be Muslim, a group of twenty-first-century Uyghur believers in Jesus Christ have launched the World Uyghur Christian Union (WUCU), with a commitment to “spread the good news of their faith to their people.” At a conference to mark its official debut entitled, “The Uyghur Quest for the Gospel,” exiled Uyghurs set out to give Uyghur Christianity a historical context and prove that in fact, far from being a new movement, many Uyghurs in Xinjiang were Christian long before Islam set foot on the shores of their desert land. Drawing on the expertise of archaeologists, academics, and researchers who came armed with their findings, the case was made by the visiting speakers, that Christianity was well established by 840 AD during the Uyghur kingdom of Qocho (Turpan/Beshbalik) when Uyghurs also practiced Buddhism and Manichaeism. “Church of the East” missionaries (formerly also known as Nestorian Christians) came over the mountains to East Turkestan, now known as Xinjiang, in 635 AD, having been active in other areas of Central Asia. Vestiges of churches and Christian graves were found in today’s Uzbekistan, Kirghizistan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan. Growing amounts of archaeological evidence and hundreds of documents now being unearthed in present-day Xinjiang attest to thriving communities of Uyghur believers across the region. The church grew in the ninth century with the arrival of Persian believers from the East Syriac Church, their monastery of Bulayïq, in particular standing out in the Turpan region, from whose ruins more than 1,500 scriptures and religious commentaries have been unearthed. Christian cemeteries and churches have been found near Turpan itself in the ancient city of Gaochang, in Dunhuang, in Hotan in Southern Xinjiang and in Kashgar where there is ample evidence that a “bishopric” thrived until the Mongol area. A forerunner of today’s Uyghurs were the Turkic Keirat tribe, 200,000 of whom had been baptized by 1009. By the 12th and 13th centuries, the entire tribe was considered Christian. By the 14th century, however, with the arrival of Islam to the region only pockets managed to escape the forced conversions. The seeds of the church were revived again when the Swedish Missionary Society came to the Southern Silk Road cities in 1892, setting up hospitals, schools, orphanages, and a printing house. By the 1930s, around 300 Uyghurs had believed in Jesus, but the clouds of political unrest and civil war brought the growth of the church to a bloody and violent end in 1933. Emir Abdullah Khan rode into Yerken, crying jihad and death to infidels. He killed all the male believers, including boys from the orphanage, took the young girls as concubines for his men, and expelled the missionaries. Enver Tohti, CEO of the new WUCU, spoke of his own journey to faith and his prayer that God would “take back His long lost sons and daughters.” Infamous for his own part in extracting the living organs from an executed death row prisoner in the 1990s, when he was a young surgeon in China, and with a subsequent mission to expose China’s organ harvesting industry, Tohti described a “holy force” that “pushed me away” from “money and a self-glorified life” despite his youthful dreams of fame and material success. He spoke of a “spark” of faith, seeded in him in 1994 that took several years to ignite and a vision of Christ “with a tear in His eyes” as He saw His “sons and daughters turning their backs on Him.” “I am determined to bring the Lord’s kingdom back to its original place,” he said. Kerim Altay, whose wife Gulbahar Haitiwaji was featured in Bitter Winter after her abduction and detention by the CCP, is familiar with the persecution of his people at the hands of the Chinese government. “Despite this we remain steadfast in our faith,” he said. “We believe that Jesus Christ is the path to true freedom and salvation and we are committed to share that message with all Uyghurs.” Realizing this could mean persecution by fellow countrymen, he reiterated his determination to be the “light set on a hill” described by Jesus. “Throughout history, Uyghur Christians have faced persecution and oppression, yet by God’s grace we have always emerged stronger and more resilient,” he said. “We stand in solidarity with our people, united in faith to serve them and make a difference to their lives.” David Burrows, British Prime Minister’s Deputy Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion of Belief, spoke of his determination not to allow the plight of the Uyghurs to slip from public consciousness. William Wilberforce’s priorities in his battle against slavery, had been to “pray, pray, pray,” said Burrows, celebrating the WUCU as a “world first,” and encouraging the Christian group from the New Testament book of Romans to “never be lacking in zeal, but keeping their spiritual fervor serving the Lord. Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction faithful in prayer.” David Campanale, a former BBC journalist, reminded the Uyghur Christians that the “God of history” had not forgotten their brothers and sisters who had fallen at the point of the sword hundreds of years ago.” He said that their “mission and purpose in bringing the Gospel of hope to East Turkestan is historic and part of Christian tradition, but would not be without suffering.” “But resurrection follows the suffering,” he said. “Don’t ever be discouraged that this is a small beginning,” he said. “But it’s from the lowliest and the smallest in number that God uses the weak to shame the wise.” Uyghur Örkesh Davlet, Executive Deputy General Secretary of the Taiwan Parliamentary Human Rights Commission, famed for his co-leadership of the Tiananmen Square student protests in 1989, and his subsequent flight to Taiwan, spoke of his own longing for faith. Describing himself as “spiritual, a believer in the judgement day and in humble prayer,” he congratulated his Uyghur friends who had found this path to Jesus Christ. “The biggest gift from God to man is a free mind,” he said.

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Dear Bard College Berlin community, You are where you are today because approximately twenty-one years ago, three people had one idea. They had studied at top universities in the US or Great Britain, returned to Germany, and met while working at consulting firms. They were impressed with the education they had received abroad and expressed Think about something that will make a person who is slightly addicted to organising events and working as the cultural assistant, fostering a greater connectivity between city and the college community desperate? The cancellation of a long-awaited workshop? Not the worst guess. The closing of a favourite theatre? That is painful, but survivable. There is Die Bärliner takes a look back on pieces throughout the years reflecting on the various engaging activities and sights in Pankow and wider Berlin. With summer quickly approaching and fewer COVID-19 restrictions in place, more options are becoming available for those planning to stick around Berlin for the summer months. In this archive selection, you’ll A project devised by Ramona Mosse and funded by OSUN’s Experimental Humanities Collaborative Network Works by Miksa Gáspár, María José Sarmiento Isaac, Naama Simon, Shreya Shukla, and Evelyn Weiss. What happens to Berlin culture during a year of lockdowns? In this community-facing initiative, Professor Ramona Mosse and a group of students went out to explore what the emerging digital The place is Berlin, and the time, the week before spring break. Midterms are almost over! My last assignment to complete before break is the performance project my partner and I prepared for our Intro to Performance Studies course, taught by the awesome Prof. Dr. Nina Tecklenburg. As its title suggests, the first half of TW: Transphobia, Racism, Sexism, Sexual Harassment and Assault, Violence, Murder BCB Politics Professor Hanan Toukan, was recently interviewed by the college’s Civic Engagement Office and shared insights on the topic of civic engagement and activism. Before coming to BCB, Hanan was a Visiting Assistant Professor in Middle Eastern Studies at Brown University (2016-2018) and Visiting Berlin is foreign. Berlin is new. Berlin speaks to me in voices that I do not yet understand. It is loud, and alienating, and frustratingly unfamiliar. German signs and words are thrown at me left and right, clouding my surroundings and ensuring that I am merely an observer incapable of deciphering the simplest of phrases. Die Bärliner revisits some of our favorite pieces on the topic of writing; students explore different writing processes, approaches, and why they write. From political and advocacy journalism to faculty interviews, reflections from BCB student writing tutors to creative writing in times of Covid-19 uncertainty, we invite you to look back on what our authors

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Two long-awaited, rather mysterious titles are not only coming to PlayStation this week — they’ll be free for PlayStation Plus members from the get-go. The adorably puzzling Road Not Taken puts players into the boots of a tiny ranger, seeking to rescue lost children after an unforgiving winter storm. Procedural level generation will keep you on your toes, and will mean a different story each time you play. Metrico is an infographic-inspired side-scrolling platformer that uses PS Vita’s unique hardware to deliver an experience you won’t find anywhere else. Figure out how to manipulate the very world around you to overcome unassuming obstacles, and veg out to an ultra-chill soundtrack by Dutch composer Palmbomen. Other highlights this week include The Swapper, part of the PlayStation Store PLAY 2014 promotion (PS Plus members can pre-order to save a few bucks), and a standalone version of legendary brawler Ultra Street Fighter IV. Read on for more details on this week’s new releases, and enjoy the Drop! New PlayStation Games This Week Get ready for DiRT 3 – race over 50 years of iconic rally cars in the snow, rain and dirt or express yourself in freestyle gymkhana events. Featuring the most rally content in the series, experience incredible damage and stunning weather as you race singleplayer, splitscreen and online in multiplayer. Metrico is a new world. A living world filled with infographics that react directly to your movement, actions and input. Visit this mysterious place and discover how everything you do affects it. With all of its puzzles and action, Metrico invites you to explore, experiment, test your skills and most of all: think outside the box. 2013 Riders, teams and tracks both simulation and accessible bike handling with scalable aids photorealistic graphics with TV style interface in-game voice over by official MotoGP commentators first person elements such as the helmet view and 3D pits to put you in the rider’s shoes. The villagers of Road Not Taken believe that there is an optimal path through life: a good person gets a job, falls in love and has children. You won’t follow this path. Can you find your own unique way through a life? Choose from legendary heroes and fight together against the rise of evil. You will face hordes of grimmocs, brute beasts, legions of mercenaries and undead wizards. Develop your character’s skills and abilities and band together to use powerful co-op abilities and tactics. Victory is Ours. Glory is Mine. Table Top Racing is a fast and furious miniaturised combat racing game that pits all manner of crazy cars and automobiles against each other. Welcome to a world of table top race tracks, over-sized obstacles and insane power-ups. The Swapper takes place in an isolated and atmospheric sci-fi world. Players wield an experimental device which allows them to create clones of themselves, swapping their entire consciousness into new bodies to overcome the challenges of the environment. The world’s greatest fighting game evolves to a whole new level with Ultra Street Fighter IV. Continuing the tradition of excellence the series is known for, five new characters and six new stages have been added for even more fighting mayhem, with rebalanced gameplay and original modes topping off this ultimate offering. As an additional bonus, enjoy all previously released DLC costumes! The information above is subject to change without notice.

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Spatial computing encompasses the ideas, solutions, tools, technologies, and systems that transform our lives by creating a new understanding of locations—how we know, communicate, and visualize our relationship to locations and how we navigate through them. Pervasive GPS allows hikers in national parks, boaters on lakes, children visiting new places, and taxis (or Uber drivers or self-driving cars) and unmanned aerial vehicles to know their locations, nearby facilities, and routes to reach places of interest.a - Starting with the availability of GPS, spatial computing has enriched our lives through location-based services (such as Google Maps, Uber, geotagging and geotargeted, and including Amber, alerts). - It has also advanced computer science through ideas including spatial (such as R-tree and OGIS simple features library), spatial statistics (such as point process theory and Kriging), and spatial data mining (such as robust hotspot detection). - Future potentially transformative opportunities include ubiquitous indoor location-based services, the location-aware Internet of Physical Things, continuous global monitoring, visualization, forecast, alerts, and warnings to societal challenges such as climate change and how to provide adequate food, energy, and water. Large organizations use spatial computing for site selection, asset tracking, facility management, navigation, and logistics. Scientists use Global Navigation Satellite Systems, or GNSS24 (such as the global positioning system, or GPS), to track endangered species and better understand animal behavior, while farmers use these technologies to support precision agriculture to increase crop yields and reduce costs. Virtual globes14 (such as Google Earth and NASA World Wind) help teach schoolchildren about their local neighborhoods and the world beyond (such as the Wini Seamount near Hawaii, extraterrestrial landscapes on Mars and the Moon, and the Sloan Digital Sky Survey) in an engaging and interactive way. In the wake of recent natural disasters (such as Hurricane Sandy in 2012), Google Earth has allowed millions of people to access imagery to help disaster-response-and recovery services.26 Within days of the 2010 Haiti earthquake, post-disaster roadmaps had been created thanks to citizen volunteers submitting timely local information to the popular volunteered geographic information13 website OpenStreetMaps.44 In the coming decade, spatial computing promises an array of transformative capabilities; for example, where route finding today is based on shortest travel time or distance, companies are experimenting with eco-routing, finding routes that minimize fuel consumption and greenhouse-gas emissions. Smart routing that avoids left turns saves delivery company UPS more than three million gallons of fuel annually.20 Such savings can be multiplied many times over when eco-routing services are available for consumers, as well as fleet owners, including public transportation. The ubiquity of mobile phones represents an opportunity for gathering information about all aspects of our world and the people in it.17 Research has shown the potential for mobile phones with built-in motion detectors carried by everyday users to detect earthquakes seconds after they begin.11 Navigation companies (such as Waze; https://www.waze.com/) increasingly use mobile phone records to estimate traffic levels on busy highways. There is a growing need for a cyberinfrastructure (such as the Earth Cube initiative from the National Science Foundation, http://www.nsf.gov/geo/earthcube/) to facilitate our understanding of the Earth as a complex system. Technological advances have greatly facilitated the collection of data from the field and the laboratory and simulation of Earth systems. This has resulted in exponential growth of geoscience data and the dramatic increase in our ability to accommodate diverse phenomena in models of Earth systems. Such advances may be crucial for understanding our changing planet and its physics (such as in oceans, atmosphere, and land), biology (such as plants, animals, and ecology), and society (such as climate change,19 sustainable economic development, understanding interactions among food, energy, and water systems,36 and connected and autonomous cars1). Work in spatial computing has been extensive in recent decades, particularly in the geographic context. It is difficult to convey the breadth and depth of this large interdisciplinary body of work to the broad computing community in a magazine article. Our goal here is thus twofold: share a broad perspective on spatial computing based on discussions at the 2012 Computing Community Consortium workshop (http://cra.org/ccc/events/spatial-computing-workshop/) and start a broader discussion on the role the larger computing community can play in this interdisciplinary area. We do this by describing a few examples from the workshop without trying to either prioritize or be comprehensive; more examples are covered in the Appendix and in Shekhar et al.52 Finally, we advocate support for the interdisciplinary field beyond the examples presented here. We include several figures to illustrate societal stories and visions from the workshop. Spatial computing initially aimed to support computational representation and analysis of maps and other geographic data. Its influence was concentrated in highly specialized disciplines (as represented by the professional organizations listed in Table 1). Since then, a number of transformative spatial computing technologies have become deeply integrated into society at large, helping answer many kinds of questions humans have always asked. Here, we briefly describe a few applications and research results of high significance and broad interest; for a deeper exploration of spatial computing, see various textbooks,3,5,6,47,50 monographs,45,48 encyclopedias,16,53 and journals.4 Global Positioning System. Where am I on the surface of the Earth? In the 18th century, “the longitude problem”55 was among the most challenging in science. Lacking the ability to measure their longitude, sailors in the great ages of exploration were literally lost at sea as soon as land was out of sight. Eventually, with the combined help of compasses, maps, star positions, and the chronometer (a clock that worked on moving ships), it became possible to position oneself with some level of precision, even in the middle of the ocean with no landmarks. With the 1978 launch of GPS and subsequent availability for civilian use, it is now possible to quickly and precisely locate oneself anywhere on the surface of the Earth. GPS is an example of the space-based GNSS,24,27 which provides location and time information anywhere on Earth where there is an unobstructed line of sight to four or more navigation satellites (out of a few dozen).39 GNSS-based accurate timekeeping facilitates everyday activities (such as clock synchronization in computer networks, including the Internet), geographic distributed sensor grids to monitor moving objects (such as missiles, planes, vehicles, and tectonic plates), and electric power distribution grids. Its localization capabilities have made possible a number of location-based services for end users (such as turn-by-turn navigation, local search, and geocoding). GNSS and related location-based services are today widely deployed and useful for commerce, science, tracking, and surveillance. Widespread proliferation of GPS systems was made possible by its low-cost very-large-scale integrated (VLSI) circuits implementations that could easily be integrated into mobile phones and tablets. Remote sensing.3 What fraction of the terrestrial surface is covered by forest? How has the forest cover changed in recent decades in the face of climate change, urbanization, and population growth? Traditionally, these questions were answered through manual land surveys, which are labor-intensive and thus often limited to small areas. Modern remote sensing satellites (such as MODIS; http://modis-land.gsfc.nasa.gov/, and Landsat, http://landsat.usgs.gov/) have made it possible to monitor land cover changes continuously31 on a global scale. Moreover, specialized instruments can sense subsurface resources (such as aquifers and an underground ocean on Jupiter’s largest moon Ganymede). Due to the large data volume, computing technologies are crucial in storing, querying, and analyzing remote sensing datasets. These datasets have also inspired computing innovations like Google Earth Engines.43 Geographic information system. Which countries can be reached by North Korea’s missiles? Figure 1 is a well-known example of erroneous distance information computed on a planar map using circular distance, a mistake easily made without the help of GIS supporting spherical measurements. GIS understands a large number of map projections used by common geographic data producers and aids in fusing map data from diverse sources. As the Earth is not a perfect sphere, GIS also understands more accurate representations of the Earth, including ellipsoid representations and non-parametric representations that use land-based geodetic reference points for localization. GIS captures, stores, analyzes, manages, and visualizes spatial data;22,53 for example, a map of the Earth is a representation of a curved surface on a plane. While map projections largely retain topological properties (except at map boundaries), retention of metric properties (such as distance and area) depends on the projection being used. GIS has a number of unique capabilities (such as cartography, geodetic data, and map layers). GIS can also join tables based on geometry to support spatial querying and statistical analysis, as explored in the next two paragraphs. GIS has greatly benefited from computing advances (such as algorithms like plane-sweep) and data structures (such as triangulated irregular networks related to map rendering and map overlay). Spatial database management systems. Within the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, find galaxy pairs that are within 30 arc-seconds of each other. Which houses are most likely to be flooded by global warming-induced sea-level rise or cloud bursts or spring snow melt? Before development of spatial databases, such spatial queries required extensive programming and suffered from long computation times due to the mismatch between 2D spatial data and 1D datatypes (such as number) and indexes used by traditional database systems (such as B+ Tree). In addition, a naive collection of spatial data types is inadequate for multistage queries since the result of some queries (such as the union of disjoint polygons) cannot naturally be represented as a point, line, or polygon. Spatial databases50 (such as Oracle Spatial and PostGIS) introduced spatial data types (such as OGIS simple features38), operations (such as inside and distance), spatial data structures (such as R-trees and Voronoi diagrams), and algorithms (such as shortest-path, nearest-neighbor, and range query) to represent and efficiently answer multistage concurrent spatial queries. The reduced programming effort resulted in more compact code and quicker response times. Spatial statistics. Which areas of a silicon wafer have an unusually high concentration of defects? Has there been an outbreak of disease? Where? In 1854, Dr. John Snow manually plotted Cholera locations on a street map of London to visually identify the outbreak hotspot around the Broad Street water pump (see Figure 2a). It took several days to perform this analysis for even a single disease over a small geographic area. Today, public-health agencies monitor scores of infectious diseases over very large geographic areas through spatial statistical tests (Figure 2b) designed to detect outbreaks (such as scan statistics) and hotspots, as well as distinguish these events from natural variations. Spatial statistical techniques are also routinely used in public safety (such as hotspots of crime reports), VLSI circuit design (such as defect hotspots on silicon wafers), weather forecasting (such as data assimilation), transportation (such as accident hotspots), mining (such as Kriging), public health (such as cancer cluster detection), and agriculture (such as designing management zones for precision agriculture and sample design for agriculture census). Spatial statistical theories (such as point processes, spatial autocorrelation, and geostatistics) address unique challenges (such as violation of independent identical distribution assumption) in applying traditional statistical models (such as linear regression, pearson correlation coefficient) to geographic data. Although spatial statistical techniques are an order of magnitude more computational and data intensive than traditional statistical techniques, the increased availability in recent decades of inexpensive high-performance computing and data technologies (such as sensors, the spatial database management system, and GIS) has facilitated wider interest in and adoption of spatial statistical methods.12 In the late 20th century, most maps were produced by a small group of highly trained people in government agencies and surveying companies. Organizations (such as the U.S. Department of Defense and oil exploration companies) used highly specialized software (such as Esri ArcGIS and Oracle Spatial) for editing and analyzing geographic information. As summarized in Table 2, recent advances in spatial computing have changed this situation dramatically. Users with cellphones and access to the Internet number in the billions, meaning virtually the entire planet uses spatial technologies. Their very success has raised users’ expectations of spatial computing. At the same time, users increasingly worry about the potential misuse of location data. Billions using location-based services and updating actual maps. The proliferation of Web-based technologies, cellphones, smartwatches, consumer GPS-devices, and location-based social media facilitates widespread use of location-based services,48 and Internet services (such as Google Earth and OpenStreetMap) bring GIS to the masses. With cellphones and consumer GPS devices, services (such as Enhanced 911 and navigation applications) are used by billions of people. Uber, Waze, Google Maps, Facebook check-in and other location-based social media are also used by more than one billion people worldwide. Where am I on the surface of the Earth? Billions functioning as mapmakers, and many phenomena being observable. The source of geodata is increasingly smartphone users who may actively or even passively contribute their own geographic information. The immediate effect is wider coverage and increased numbers of surveyors for all sorts of spatial data. More phenomena are becoming observable because sensors are getting richer for 3D mapping, while broader spectrums at finer resolutions are being captured. Multiple location-aware platforms. Spatial computing support was traditionally limited to application software layers (such as ArcGIS), Web services (such as Google Maps and MapQuest), and database management (such as SQL3/OGIS). In the past decade, spatial computing support has emerged at several levels of the computing stack, including HTML5, social media check-ins, Internet Protocol Version 6, and open location services. Rising expectations due to vast potential and risk. Location-based services, navigation aids, and interactive maps arguably exceed user expectations. Their intuitive basis and ease of use have earned them a solid reputation. Consumers see the potential of spatial computing for reducing greenhouse-gas emissions, strengthening cybersecurity, improving consumer confidence, and otherwise addressing many other societal problems. However, the very success of spatial computing technologies also raises red flags among users. Geoprivacy concerns must thus be addressed to avoid spooking citizens, exposing economic entities to liability, and undermining public trust. The profound changes outlined here reflect emerging avenues of research in spatial computing and give rise to a number of exciting new opportunities. Augmented reality systems. Augmented reality enriches our perception of the real world by overlaying spatially aligned media in real time; for example, it can alter a user’s view of the environment by adding computer graphics to convey past, present, or future information about a place or object, as in Figure 3 and Figure 4. It is already used in head-up displays in aircraft cockpits and has become a popular feature in smartphone applications. As lightweight, but powerful, computer-driven eyewear becomes more commonplace, augmented reality will play a more central role in medicine, architecture, tourism, commerce, engineering, civil/urban planning, and assembly and maintenance, as well as in general day-to-day intelligence amplification. New spatial computing research challenges in this area stem from the need for new algorithms, as well as cooperation between users and the cloud, full 3D position and orientation (pose) estimation of people and devices, and registration of physical and virtual things. What natural interfaces can be adapted to leverage all human senses (such as vision, hearing, and touch) and controls (such as thumbs, fingers, hands, legs, eyes, head, and torso) to interact with augmented reality across multiple tasks? How can technology capture human bodies with full degrees of freedom and represent them in virtual space? Spatial predictive analytics. Progress in spatial statistics45 and spatial data mining51 over the past decade has the potential to improve the accuracy and timeliness of predictions about the future path of hurricanes, spread of infectious diseases, and traffic congestion. Such questions have confounded classical prediction methods32,35 due to challenges like spatial autocorrelation, nonstationarity, and edge effects. Spatial models can be invaluable when making spatiotemporal predictions about a broad range of issues, including the location of probable tumor growth in a human body or the spread of cracks in aircraft wings or highway bridges. Questions that need to be answered in this research area include: How might machine-learning techniques30 be generalized to address spatiotemporal challenges of autocorrelation, nonstationarity, heterogeneity, and multiscale? How can frequent spatiotemporal patterns be mined despite transaction-induced distortions (such as loss or double-counting of neighborhood relationships)? What scalable and numerically robust methods are available for computing the determinants of very large sparse (but not banded) matrices in the context of maximum likelihood parameter estimation for spatial autoregression modeling? Geocollaborative systems, fleets, and crowds. Spatial computing promises to take the Internet beyond cyberspace to the location-aware Internet of Everything, enabling connections among fixed structures and moving objects (such as cars, pedestrians, and bicycles), helping coordinate movement and understand patterns of mobility in cities and beyond; for example, the city of Los Angeles in April 2013 interconnected all of its 4,500 traffic signals to improve traffic flow during rush hour. Spatial computing enables smartmobs (groups of people) to come together quickly for a common cause, reducing the need for any one person to lead; drivers, smartcars, and infrastructure may cooperate in the future to reduce congestion, speed evacuation, and enhance safety. This cooperation raises the challenge of “trust” while using a group of spatial agents for computation and decision making. How might geographically distributed agents (such as smart signals and cars) cooperate in a trustworthy manner, even in the face of GPS spoofing? Moving spatial computing indoors, underwater, and underground. Despite worldwide availability, GPS signals are largely unavailable indoors, where we human beings spend 80% to 90% of our time.56 Location-based services (such as route navigation) currently fill 10% to 20% of our time, but with emerging technologies like indoor localization, routing, and navigation (available in major airports and hospitals), the new expectation in the 21st century is our spatial context will be available essentially all the time, leveraging localization indoors and underground (such as mines and tunnels) through cellphone towers, Wi-Fi transmitters, and other indoor infrastructure. Indoor localization raises several new research questions, including: What scalable algorithms can create navigable maps for indoor space from CAD drawings? What about buildings where CAD drawings are not available? How can we perform reliable localization in indoor spaces where GPS signals might be attenuated or denied? Long-Term Research Needs Spatial computing provides society tremendous value, but significant challenges are also emerging from those successes. Meeting them indeed requires expertise beyond the realm of spatial computing itself. First, overcoming the challenges of the public being de facto mapmakers and most phenomena being observable requires moving from the fusion of data from a few trusted sources to the synergy of data across a multitude of volunteers. Second, surmounting the challenge of equipping multiple platforms to be location aware will move spatial computing from a few platforms (such as cellphones) to almost all platforms (such as sensors, PCs, and clouds). Third, a greater understanding of human cognition is needed to ensure all members of society benefit from location-based services. And finally, spatial computing will have to address users’ trust in and worry over privacy. From fusion to synergetics. Historically, popular GIS software products (such as Esri’s Arc family, PCI Geomatica, and ERDAS IMAGINE) were designed for geometric data (such as point, lines, and polygons) and raster data (such as satellite imagery). However, an ever-increasing volume of geographic data comes from volunteer citizens through check-ins, tweets, geotags, georeports from Ushahidi, and donated GPS tracks. Volunteered geographic information raises challenges related to data error, trustworthiness, and bias. The political and legal consequences of errors in spatial computing technology may be high; for example, after Hurricane Katrina in 2005, there was considerable concern in the U.S. Congress about the fact that the delays in releasing federal maps of New Orleans’s most flood-prone neighborhoods had slowed rebuilding while yielding uncertainty.15 Such political/legal complications could worsen in the future. Addressing such challenges requires a shift from traditional data-fusion ideas to a broader paradigm of data synergetics, raising yet more issues; for example, volunteers often use place names (such as Silicon Valley) and prepositions (such as near, in, at, and along) instead of numerical coordinates (such as latitude and longitude). Methods are thus needed for porting the current numerical-coordinate based data structures and algorithms to spatial data with place names and spatial prepositions. In addition, spatial and spatiotemporal computing standards are needed to more effectively use volunteered geographic information through quality-improvement processes (such as peer review and testing for recency) and documentation of quality measures (such as positional accuracy). From sensors to clouds. In the 20th century, the public face of spatial computing was represented by software (such as ArcGIS and Oracle Spatial Databases). Today, all levels of the computing stack in spatial systems are influenced by the fact that more and more platforms are location-aware due to the widespread use of smartphones and Web-based virtual globes. New infrastructure is needed to support spatial computing at lower layers of the computing stack so spatial data types and operations are appropriately allocated across hardware, assembly languages, operating system kernels, runtime systems, network stacks, database management systems, geographic information systems, and application programs. Augmented reality capabilities are needed to accommodate such devices as eyeglass displays and smartphones for automated, accurate, and scalable retrieval, recognition, and presentation of information. Sensing opportunities involve providing pervasive infrastructure for real-time centimeter-scale localization for emergency response, health management, and real-time situation awareness for water and energy distribution. Computational issues5 raised by spatial big data mean new research opportunities for cloud computing addressing the size, variety, and update rate of spatial datasets that exceed the capacity of commonly used spatial computing technologies to learn, manage, and process data with reasonable effort. How do we serve societal needs (such as tracking infectious disease) while protecting individual geoprivacy? Spatial cognition first. Spatial computing services were previously defined for only a small number of GIS-trained professionals who shared a specialized technical language not readily understood by the general public. With everyday citizens using location-based services while becoming the equivalent of mapmakers themselves, today there is an urgent need to understand the psychology of spatial cognition. Such understanding will improve the use and design of maps and other geographic information products by a large fraction of society. Further research on spatial cognitive assistance is needed to explore such ideas as landmark-based routing for individuals who cannot read maps or for navigating inside a new space (such as a building or campus) where not all areas (such as walkways) have names. Understanding group behavior in terms of participative planning (such as collaboration on landscape, bridge, and building design) or smart mobs for coordinating location movement will enhance spatial computing services for groups of people, as opposed to individuals. Context (such as who is tweeting, where they are, and physical features in the situation) should also be brought into these scenarios to investigate new opportunities for tweet interpretation for warning alerts during emergencies (such as natural disasters like Hurricane Sandy). New ways to understand our spatial abilities (such as navigation, learning spatial layouts, and reading maps) and the way different groups (such as drivers and pedestrians) think about space must be further investigated to leverage some of these opportunities: How do humans represent and learn cognitive maps? How could spatial-cognition concepts improve usability of spatial-computing services? How can we create user interfaces that bridge the gap between spatial computing “in the small,” typically on indoor desktop systems with stereo displays and precise 3D tracking, and spatial computing “in the large,” typically outdoors through coarse GNSS on mobile/wearable devices? Geoprivacy. While location information (such as GPS in phones and cars) delivers great value to emergency-response personnel, consumers, and industry, streams of such data also introduce serious privacy and trustworthiness questions related to the use of geolocation and geosurveillance to monitor and control citizens, or sometimes called stalking, geo-slavery,7 and geoprivacy;18,34,41,42 for example, the European Union accused Google Street View (https://www.google.com/maps/streetview/) of privacy violations, leading it to suffer temporary bans in a number of countries. Striking a balance between utility and privacy remains a difficult challenge. Computer science efforts to obfuscate location information have largely yielded negative results to date. Many individuals thus hesitate to indulge in mobile commerce due to concern about privacy of their locations, trajectories, and other spatiotemporal personal information.18 Computer scientists need to join forces with policymakers and other advocates to win consumer confidence. New legal principles must be devised to align with “fair information practices,”42 especially those related to notice, transparency, consent, integrity, and accountability. However, such alignment also raises questions, including: What would be considered “adequate notice” for collecting spatial data? How should consent be requested? What information should be stored, and for how long? More broadly, when does localization (such as GPS tracking) lead to a privacy violation? Is reducing spatiotemporal resolution sufficient to discourage stalking and other forms of geoslavery? How do we serve societal needs (such as tracking infectious disease) while protecting individual geoprivacy? Spatial computing promises an impressive array of opportunities for researchers and entrepreneurs alike in the coming decades. Successfully harnessing this potential will require significant intellectual investment and related funding of spatial computing research topics, including, but not limited to, the examples we explored here. Many spatial-computing projects today are too limited to achieve the critical mass needed for major steps forward. Benefactors must strongly consider funding larger and more adventurous efforts involving a dozen or more faculty groups across multiple universities. Some exemplary initiatives include the U.S. National Center of Geographic Information and Analysis, GEOmatics for Informed Decisions network in Canada, RGE in the Netherlands, and the Cooperative Research Centre for Spatial Information in Australia. Another barrier to progress in research has been the fact grant proposals are often reviewed by panels with few or no spatial-computing experts, sometimes resulting in a lack of champions. Funding agencies should thus consider special review panels and specialized requests for proposals. A number of agencies have research initiatives in spatial computing,23,25,26,28,29 including the National Cancer Institute’s Spatial Uncertainty: Data, Modeling, and Communication initiative, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s Academic Research Program, and the Chorochronos project49 funded by the European Union. Given its cross-cutting reach, benefactors should aim to establish computer science leadership in this emerging area by creating a dedicated and enduring research program for spatial computing. Multiagency coordination to reduce competing projects and facilitate interdisciplinary, interagency research would benefit the entire field, as well as the agencies themselves. Finally, spatial-computing scientists need more institutional support on their home campuses. Beyond large one-time grants, a few research universities have established GIS centers (akin to computer centers in the 1960s), as well as campuswide spatial initiatives (such as the Center for Spatial Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara; http://spatial.ucsb.edu/, and U-Spatial at the University of Minnesota) that serve research endeavors across a range of disciplines, including climate change and public health. More research universities should follow their lead. Spatial computing has proved itself a major economic opportunity for society, and further support for spatial computing research will ensure even more revolutionary advances to come. We thank the participants of the Computing Community Consortium’s 2012 Spatial Computing Visioning Workshop, with support from the National Science Foundation, especially the organizing committee members: Peggy Agouris, Michael F. Goodchild (member of the National Academy of Sciences), Erik Hoel, John Jensen (ASPRS, AACI), Craig A. Knoblock, Richard Langley (Institute of Navigation), Edward Mikhail (ASPRS), Ouri Wolfson, and May Yuan (former president of UCGIS). We thank the overall Computing Community Consortium, including Erwin Gianchandani, Kenneth Hines, Hank Korth, and Eric Horvitz for guidance and valuable feedback. We thank Michael Evans, Dev Oliver, Venkata Gunturi, and Reem Ali at the University of Minnesota for their help in Spatial Computing 2020 visioning activities. We also thank contributors to the Vision and Challenge paper track at the 12th International Symposium on Spatial and Temporal Databases.40 And we thank Kim Koffolt for improving the readability of this article. Shashi Shekhar’s research is supported by the National Science Foundation through grants 1029711, IIS-1320580, 0940818, and IIS-1218168, the U.S. Department of Defense through grants HM1582-08-1-0017 and HM0210-13-1-0005, and the University of Minnesota under OVPR U-Spatial. Steven K. Feiner’s research is supported in part by the National Science Foundation through grant IIS-1514429. And Walid G. Aref’s research is supported in part by the National Science Foundation through grant IIS 1117766. Figure 1. Geographic information system. A 2003 article in The Economist significantly underestimated the distance North Korean missiles could travel because its map did not account for the spherical shape of the Earth; the correct version is below.9 Figure 4. Experimental augmented reality assistance in aircraft-engine assembly. Henderson, S. and Feiner, S. Augmented reality in the psychomotor phase of a procedural task. 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What other readers are saying... SEALS of Honor I was completely enthralled from the beginning, on the edge of my seat and hanging onto every word with unforgettable characters, suspense, action, mystery, twists and turns in this can't-put-down book.Pamela R. Mitchell What a truly delightful series this is, so refreshingly different.Wendy S. Hodges Deep Beneath - I really think this is one of the best stories. It has a little bit of everything suspense, intrigue, pulse pounding action, mystery and romance. I could not put this story down.Paula Hockenberry There is one guarantee with each book. It will be a great read – each and every time.

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Now out. Find your favorite vendor here Could anything be more boring than a resume? Let’s see if I can toss out a few morsels of interest about my scrivening. Writers sit at their desk all day long staring at a screen. How very nice to get personal missives from time to time! What got you interested in Colonial history, anyway? About the Writer Started my career shooting photography for a history book on the Civil War. All these years later I’m still studying history—backwards, not forwards. My Second Home? Delaware Public Archives! When lost in dusty stacks the only color to wear is grey Author Dave Tabler 1234 Main St, Anywhere, US 10000

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If you love golf, you’re no doubt interested in the background of this wonderful sport. The history of golf is a journey that spans centuries and continents. Let’s learn more about it. Origins in Scotland One of the earliest recorded mentions of golf dates to the 15th century in Scotland. The sport began to gain popularity among the Scottish nobility, and it was often played on fields and coastal areas. The term “golf” is said to have derived from the Old Scots word “gowf,” which means to hit or strike. In the early years, golf wasn’t played on standardized courses with set numbers of holes. Instead, players would establish their own targets, often aiming for specific landmarks or targets on the course. The game was seen as a leisure activity, and its relaxed nature allowed players to enjoy both the sport and the camaraderie it fostered. In 1744, the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers, now The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews, created the first 13 rules of golf. These rules provided a framework for how to play golf and set the foundation for the modern rules that govern the sport today. The famous golf “Open Championship” was established in 1860 at the Prestwick Golf Club in Scotland, which helped to add legitimacy to the sport. The oldest major championship series in golf, the Open is also credited with making golf an international sport. Golf in the 20th Century The popularity of golf continued to evolve into the 20th century. Before long, it became a major international sport, and the golf craze took off in the United States. Courses like Hazeltine, ranked one of the best golf courses in America according to its official website, drew new players in annually. Soon, the United States became a significant golf hub thanks to golfing legends like Phil Mickelson, Bobby Jones, Jack Nicklaus, and others. Today, millions of Americans play golf. Golf has a long and rich history, and it’s a staple of American culture today. It’s a fun sport that brings people together and provides an enjoyable challenge for all ages. Whether you’re an experienced golfer or a total newbie, you’re sure to love golfing at Deerfield. Book a round at our course today!

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I remember the suits that my dad wore when he went to work at a bank on Wall Street. Mom took good care of them. The suits and ties had to be dry cleaned and hung up as soon as they came home from the store. She spent countless hours ironing his shirts and even the handkerchiefs that he used, because Dad’s clothes for work were that important. When I was browsing in a local thrift store recently, I noticed that office clothes — such as skirts, blazers, suits, and dresses — were in some of the best condition of all of the articles in the shop. Many of them were quite good quality and very well maintained. And the styles I saw were classic. In fact, the style and cut of some of my dad’s suits would definitely be wearable today. Although maybe not the mile-wide ties that he loved! Shopping in thrift stores is a great way for new graduates to begin to build a wardrobe for job interviews and work. You can often find good quality outfits (even shoes) for a fraction of what you would pay for new. Just make sure to ask about refund and exchange policies before buying anything at a secondhand store. Office clothes in good condition also make an excellent donation item. I donated some beautiful suits I inherited from my mom’s friend Louise to Dress for Success. I like to think that her quality skirts and blazers can help some people improve their lives. So, if you’re a recent grad or someone re-entering the workforce on a budget, consider a local thrift store before you buy new clothing for that job interview. Your new-to-you clothing will cost less money — without the environmental impact of brand-new clothing. If you have dress clothes you no longer wear, consider donating them or find a young person starting their career and help them out with a set of lightly worn clothes. Sounds like a win-win to me.

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"From start to finish, Elisabetta's team managed every detail of our wedding in Umbria perfectly. There wasn't one detail that went wrong. Our wedding guests remarked on how effortless and gorgeous our wedding was. Elisabetta has an excellent sense of taste and style, and guided us in the right direction. Whenever we had requests or questions, she walked us through the options and helped us make the right decision. We recommend her wholeheartedly!" - Emily & Stephen

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What is Ethno? Ethno is an international world music camp that has taken place in the region of Dalarna every summer since 1990. Ethno gathers around 100 participants every year, arriving from 15-20 different countries. About half of the participants come from outside Scandinavia. Ethno is open to folk musicians age 17 to 25 who have been playing folk music for a few years and is built on workshops where participants teach each other supervised by skilled artistic leader. Ethno is based on work shops where the participants teach each other. The idea is to give these young folk musicians a glimse of other cultures and the chance to create a useful network for the future. You also get to pålat music you never heard before and learn about different cultures, grow as a musician and asa human being at the same time. Ethno is not only a music camp, it is also a peace project with focus on diversity and gender equality. Ethno is a project that is growing internationally. Ethno Sweden was the first one but today there are Ethno music camps all over the world. They are organized through the Ethno World network and you can find information about all Ethno´s on their website ethno-world.org. Ethno Sweden is supported by the community of Rattvik, the region of Dalarna, the National Folk Music Organisation SSR, the educational organisation Bilda, JM International and the youth organisation Folk You.

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Fabrication in Transit |Monday, December 11, 2023 Fabrication in Transit features works on paper by John Dempsey that celebrate and chronicle our shared industrial environments. The exhibition consists of work in a variety of media, from a series of ink drawings dating from the early 1980s, to an extended series of more recent watercolors, as well as mixed-media work fabricated in Mott Community College’s FabLab. Dempsey’s interest in industrial architecture is rooted in personal history as well as in formal aesthetics. A work permit allowed him to hire into numerous factories in Detroit while attending middle school and high school. And although his main studio interest became focused on large-scale, contemporary, landscape paintings he has also produced work for over forty years featuring industrial interiors such as those designed by Albert Kahn and Associates. Dempsey received his BFA from Michigan State University and an MFA from Central Washington University. He also studied art at Wayne State and Arizona State. Born in Detroit, he lived and maintained a studio in downtown Flint for over 25 years. John retired from Mott Community College’s art department in 2016 and then taught drawing, part-time, at the College for Creative Studies in Detroit until moving his painting studio to Hillsborough, North Carolina in 2019.

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If there is one thing that many of us appreciate doing, it’s taking a relaxing break and laying out by the pool. We typically do so on vacation but even when we have the opportunity to do it near our home, we seize the moment and get in some rest and relaxation. It appears as if the little cat in this video is also wanting to relax but there is only one problem. You see, she has everything set up perfectly and the poolside seat is just waiting for her to stretch out and soak in some sunshine. The problem is, there are two little dogs that just aren’t letting her get the relaxation that she needs. When was the last time something like this happened to you? More than likely, you can think back to a time when you wanted to rest and somebody wanted to spoil it for you. It seems as if cats and humans have something in common after all.

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That’s not just a silly title for the Commentary, it’s a stupid and impossible thought. But if that’s the case, why isn’t making Christianity great again in America a foolish idea? Christians in this country have a very parochial view of Christianity. We tend to consider America as the apex place for all things Christian. This is probably one reason for the rise of the New Apostolic Reformation, a.k.a. NAR, a.k.a. Dominionism, a.k.a. Kingdom Now Theology. At its core what do these various-named movements have in common? It is that the church must clean up the world so as to pave the way for the return of Christ.

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When the Australian café-inspired restaurant Holybelly opened in the 10th arrondissement, it revolutionized morning meals in Paris. The all-day breakfast menu, which combined classic eggs and sides with more refined seasonal mains, was the first of its kind in a city where breakfasts are continental and Anglo-inspired dining often fail to inspire. Three years later and people still line up at Holybelly’s doors before opening, waiting to taste the new monthly menu, come back for their favorite permanent menu classics, or enjoy the special weekend menu. Despite the restaurant’s rampant success and the undeniable demand for the a solid breakfast joint in Paris, Holybelly remains an anomaly in the bacon-and-eggs breakfast scene. At least, until recently. Hardware Société, a Parisian outpost of its Franco-Australian founders original Melbourne location, is the most exciting thing to happen to Parisian breakfast since Holybelly and Eggs Benedict. Located on one of the most hidden-in-plain-view streets in Paris, rue Lamarck just east of the Sacré Coeur, Hardware Société remains a hidden gem. There are no lines (for the moment, at least) to get a table at this airy restaurant that offers views of what locals affectionately call “the other side of Montmartre,” an area known for offering coffee, food, and shopping off the beaten path. And there’s no concept behind the restaurant other than serving great food to Parisians who happen to be hungry at breakfast time. Lunch is also an option, of course. As is a decadent tea time with specialty teas and a selection of classic French viennoiseries, such as croissants and pain au chocolat, as well as beautiful cakes and pastries. You could go to Hardware Société for all of the above, but I heartily suggest you start your exploration of their seasonal menu with the house specialty, the 64-degree egg. Few among us have the time or patience to pull off a 64-degree egg – which is an egg cooked in 64°C water for 45 minutes – so it would be a shame to not take advantage of someone else making us one. The 64-degree egg stands out in Hardware Société’s Eggs Benedict, of which there are two options: Ham Hock (18€) and Lobster (20€). You can also have your eggs fried, as in the delicious Pork Belly and Fried Eggs served with potato and bacon hash (16.50€), or baked in a seemingly bottomless ramekin along with varying accompaniments, like smoked broccoli, spinach, and pine-nuts or chorizo sausage, potato, manchego cheese, and toasted almonds (both 14.50€). While it’s a shame that Hardware Société doesn’t serve filter coffee, it does excel at strong espresso-based drinks and also serves up some of the best homemade iced tea (5€) in the city. Their house-made chai tea latte (4.50€), it should be noted, is a guaranteed mood changer on a cold and windy day. You can confidently add Hardware Société to the slowly expanding list of places to heal your hangover, take a morning meeting, or scratch an itch for a hearty and expat-luring morning meal. Welcome to the Paris Breakfast Club, Hardware Société. It was worth the three-year wait to have you on board! Hardware Société –10 rue Lamarck, 75018. Métro: Château Rouge. Tel: +33 (0)1 42 51 69 03. Mon, Wed-Fri 9am-4:30pm, Sat & Sun 9:30am-4:30pm. - For more great spots around Montmartre, check out Susan Hutchinson’s recent roundup of the area. - Still content with just fresh (organic) bread for your petit-déjeuner? Here is our guide on where to source the best options in Paris. - Breakfast in Paris has traditionally been a non-event. Read about David Lebovitz’s amusing experiences with Cold Toast.

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This study guide reviews 2 of the major concepts of the US government: checks and balances and separation of powers. Powers in the American government are split up between the president, Congress, and the courts. This process demonstrates the systems of checks and balances and separation of powers that were stated in the Constitution. Checks and balances refer to the system of powers and responsibilities divided among the three branches of the US government (executive, legislative, and judicial) to prevent any one branch from having too much power. For example, the President has the power to veto laws passed by Congress, but Congress has the power to override a veto with a two-thirds vote. The judiciary can declare actions of the other branches unconstitutional. Separation of powers refers to the idea that the three branches of government should be separate and distinct, with each having its own specific responsibilities and powers. This ensures that no one branch can hold too much power, promoting fairness and limiting the potential for abuse of power. For example, the legislative branch is responsible for making laws, the executive branch is responsible for enforcing laws, and the judicial branch is responsible for interpreting laws. Constitution: The supreme law of the United States that establishes the framework of the federal government and lays out the rights and responsibilities of citizens. Federalism: A system of government in which power is divided between a central authority and constituent political units, such as states. Separation of Powers: The division of the legislative, executive, and judicial powers of government among separate branches, with each branch acting as a check on the powers of the others. Bill of Rights: The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution, which outline the fundamental rights and freedoms of citizens, including freedom of speech, religion, and the press. Democracy: A form of government in which power is held by the people, either directly or through elected representatives. Representation: The process by which citizens participate in government through elected officials who act on their behalf. Limited Government: The principle that government power is limited by law, and that individuals have certain fundamental rights that government cannot take away. Checks and Balances: The system by which the powers of the different branches of government are balanced and limited, preventing any one branch from becoming too powerful. Individual Rights: The rights and freedoms guaranteed to citizens by the Constitution and other laws, such as freedom of speech, religion, and the press. Rule of Law: The principle that all individuals, including government officials, are subject to the law and must follow it, and that no one is above the law. What is the role of the Constitution in American government? How does federalism divide power between the national and state governments? What is the purpose of the Separation of Powers? How do the Bill of Rights protect the rights of citizens? What is democracy and how does it work in the United States? How does representation ensure that citizens have a voice in government? What is the principle of limited government and how does it protect individual rights? How do checks and balances ensure that no one branch of government becomes too powerful? What are individual rights and how are they protected in the United States? What is the rule of law and why is it important for a functioning government? The concept of checks and balances goes hand in hand with the concept of separation of powers because it checks that one branch is not becoming dominant over the others. Through checks and balances, the three branches of government must work together and share power. An example of this is the nomination of cabinet members. The president has the power to choose who they want to nominate however the nominees must be approved by the Senate before they are able to serve. Checks and balances work for the good of the people through the impeachment and removal process. Impeachment is the process of legal action against any public official. If a public official seems to be abusing their power, they can be impeached and sent to trial. If they are convicted, they are removed from office. This shows another way that the Constitution is set up to make sure that no part of the government is becoming dominant over the other branches. An example of checks and balances in the US government is the process of making a law. The legislative branch (Congress) proposes a bill, the executive branch (President) has the power to sign or veto the bill, and the judicial branch (Supreme Court) can declare it unconstitutional. This system allows each branch to play a role in the lawmaking process and keeps any one branch from having too much power. For example, if Congress proposes a law that the President feels is unconstitutional or goes against his beliefs, he has the power to veto the bill. However, if Congress feels that the bill is important, they can override the veto with a two-thirds vote. The Supreme Court also has the power to review the constitutionality of the law and make a final decision. This system of checks and balances helps to ensure that the government operates fairly and no one branch becomes too powerful. The concept of the separation of powers was borrowed from Charles de Montesquieu, a French political philosopher. The framers of the Constitution used this idea to delegate specific powers to three different parts of the government. The three parts were the executive branch (represented by the president) that enforced laws, the legislative branch (represented by Congress) that made the laws, and the judicial branch (represented by the courts) that interprets the laws. This system prevents one part of the government from overpowering others. Also, it is important to know that a person may only be a part of one branch at a time. For example, if someone is a judge they can not be a congressperson at the same time. The Separation of Powers is a concept in political science where the functions of a government are divided among different branches. This helps prevent any one branch from having too much power. Examples of Separation of Powers include: Legislative Branch: This branch is responsible for making laws and is typically composed of a Congress or Parliament. Executive Branch: This branch is responsible for enforcing the laws and is typically headed by a President or Prime Minister. Judicial Branch: This branch is responsible for interpreting the laws and resolving legal disputes. This branch is often composed of a Supreme Court and lower courts. In the United States, the Separation of Powers is enshrined in the Constitution, with the legislative power given to Congress, the executive power given to the President, and the judicial power given to the Supreme Court and other federal courts. Federalist No. 51 is an essay written by James Madison and published under the pseudonym "Publius" in 1788 as part of "The Federalist Papers". It was written to explain and promote the idea of the United States Constitution, which was being debated and considered for ratification at the time. In Federalist 51, Madison discusses the concept of separation of powers and checks and balances, which he argues are essential to protecting individual liberties and preventing the abuse of power by any one branch of government. 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It’s barely a secret that humans are required to shake things up every once in a while. This allows us to keep things fresh, but more importantly, by doing so we also give ourselves a legitimate shot at improving on a personal level. Now, throughout their history, human have achieved the said progression in some really creative ways, each one bringing a unique value to the table. Nevertheless, our only leap, which set us up for gazillion more, came on the back of technology. Technology’s role in advancing human life doesn’t need any explanation. It is apparent in all the aspects that currently surround us in one way or the other, and the presence is only growing stronger with time. You see, owing to the creation’s flexible framework, the world today is consistently finding itself in a very promising position. The sheer luxury of being able to explore and build upon entirely different disciplines has made us arguably the smartest generation our species has ever seen. When you are in such a discussion, it’s natural to witness some unprecedented by-products. So far, we have actually witnessed plenty, except another one is now set to join the pack. Meta has officially revealed plans to create AI-driven translation software, which will work for “everyone in the world”. Using machine learning as the ultimate centerpiece, the software is going to focus on two key areas. The first one talks to the idea of No Language Left Behind. The said concept seemingly revolves around building AI models that are capable of translating languages without needing many training inputs. Apart from it, we have the second primary idea in Universal Speech Translator. Like the name suggests, this one will look to accommodate all languages by translating them in real-time. Notably enough, it won’t ask for a written component to do the mediator job, thus bucking a major trend when it comes to translation apps. “Eliminating language barriers would be profound, making it possible for billions of people to access information online in their native or preferred language. Advances in [machine translation] won’t just help those people who don’t speak one of the languages that dominates the internet today; they’ll also fundamentally change the way people in the world connect and share ideas,” said the researching team at Meta. While the company is still yet to share the possible timeframe for developing the new translation software, it is expected to aid Meta’s longstanding virtual reality ambitions. If the users from different countries are somehow able to talk seamlessly, then the potential for Metaverse will have all the momentum to just skyrocket beyond the clouds.

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Gone with the Wind could return to the US streaming platform HBO Max less than a week after its removal – but this time accompanied by a commentary from an expert on African American history and slavery. Entertainment firm WarnerMedia pulled the 1940 epic from its streaming platform earlier this week after the film attracted a fresh wave of criticism amid the Black Lives Matter movement for romanticising slavery. In an opinion piece published by The Los Angeles Times on Monday, 12 Years a Slave screenwriter John Ridley called on the platform to take down the film for “a respectful amount of time” before reintroducing it alongside other works “that give a more broad-based and complete picture of what slavery and the Confederacy truly were”. Ridley said of Gone with the Wind: “It is a film that, when it is not ignoring the horrors of slavery, pauses only to perpetuate some of the most painful stereotypes of people of colour.” WarnerMedia removed the Oscar-winning film from the platform shortly after. “Gone with the Wind is a product of its time, and depicts some of the ethnic and racial prejudices that have, unfortunately, been commonplace in American society,” it said in a statement on Tuesday. “These racist depictions were wrong then, and are wrong today, and we felt that to keep this title up without an explanation and denouncement of those depictions would be irresponsible.” The company added that it would reintroduce the Civil War-era film, adapted from the 1936 Margaret Mitchell novel, along with “a discussion of its historical context and a denouncement of those very depictions”. Back in just days Now it has emerged that viewers might be able access the film, and the new introduction, as soon as next week. The material, delivered by an African American scholar, will be shot and edited in the next few days, The Washington Post reported. HBO Max is not currently available in the UK, but British broadcasters could potentially follow its lead, reinstalling TV shows and films featuring characters in blackface pulled from streaming services. UK blackface backlash In UK comedy show Little Britain, white actors David Walliams and Matt Lucas portrayed characters from ethnic minorities while sporting make up, including blackface, and wigs. The show has been removed from BBC iPlayer, Netflix and Britbox. Netflix has also taken down The Mighty Boosh. Co-creator Noel Fielding, who went on to host The Great British Bake Off, portrayed a character called the Spirit of Jazz with his face painted black and white. And The League of Gentlemen has also been pulled from Netflix. Papa Lazarou, a character played by Reece Shearsmith in black make up has long attracted criticism. Shearsmith told The Independent earlier this year: “It was not me doing a black man.” He added: “It was always this clown-like make up and we just came up with what we thought was the scariest idea to have in a sort of Child Catcher-like way.”

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Russian President Vladimir Putin rose to power by means of successfully carrying out a war against Chechnya. Much of his reputation to this day rests on the view of many Russians that he has suppressed secessionist violence in the North Caucasus. This view has gained support over the past decade due to the radical decline in the number of violent attacks on government officials in the region, a fall-off in the number of casualties among both the siloviki and the population, as well as a sharp reduction in the number of counterterrorist operations the authorities have had to launch. Overall, some of the most troubled republics have experienced little or no violence in the past year, only a handful of casualties and no counterterrorist actions since 2020, or even 2019. (For detailed statistics on the sharp decline in all three measures over the past decade, and especially over the past three years, see Kavkaz-uzel, February 24, April 3.) All these statistics now pale in comparison with the number of North Caucasians who have died in Putin’s war against Ukraine and are now being returned home for burial (Kavkaz-uzel, February 24). Moreover, in the past ten days, the region has seen a significant upsurge in violence, raising new questions about whether Putin has indeed achieved victory over the opposition there and even about whether the Russian siloviki and their local allies have the capacity to keep things quiet and hold the Russian Federation together. Meanwhile, suspicions are growing that the upbeat statistics offered by Moscow may not be accurate and that, in fact, the North Caucasus has not been pacified. Instead, some observers are suggesting that what used to be called “terrorism” or “extremism” is now being counted only as ordinary crimes—though that is not an accurate description (Pobeda26.ru, April 2; Capost.media, April 3). Such developments will create new and more widespread challenges to Moscow’s rule across the North Caucasus and further undermine Putin’s reputation, especially given his failure to gain a rapid victory in Ukraine. Indeed, it is quite likely that what is now happening in the North Caucasus is directly related to the situation in Ukraine, given the influx of bodies and weapons into the region, the drawing down in the number of Russian siloviki in the North Caucasus to beef up forces in Ukraine and the apparent sense among some in the region that the war in Ukraine has demonstrated that Russian forces are not invincible nor quite as adept as Putin and others have claimed. As a result, it is certain that judgments about Ukraine will affect and be affected by judgments about the North Caucasus—both among pro-Moscow Russians and anti-Moscow forces in the region. Since the region had been relatively quiet in recent months, the two recent outbursts of violence—an Ingush attack on a Russian guard post at the republic’s border with North Ossetia and a skirmish between pro- and anti-Kadyrov Chechens in Gudermes (Kavkaz.Realii, January 5; Fortanga.org, April 4; Kavkaz-uzel, April 5)—have sparked alarm. In the words of the Kazkaz.Realii outlet, worries are growing that “in the North Caucasus, people are shooting again” (Kavkaz.Realii, April 1), though the actual number of attacks is still small and the number of casualties, three dead and two wounded, still low (Kavkaz-uzel, April 4). Even so, there is little doubt that the problem is deeper and broader than that, with reports surfacing this week about the discovery of underground arms depots and the revival of court cases against those involved in earlier violent attacks on Russian forces in the region (Kavkaz-uzel, April 1, 4, 4). Perhaps most important, however, two veterans of the Russian siloviki, Amir Kolov and Sergey Goncharov, are sounding the alarm that the Russian siloviki are now “unprepared” to deal with serious clashes—a judgment almost certainly shared by the local population and likely to lead to the revival of violence throughout the region (Kavkaz-uzel, April 4). Kolov argues that the fact the siloviki were not able to apprehend the terrorists who attacked the guard post but instead allowed them to flee and finally declared a counterterrorist operation only several days later shows that Russian forces were caught flat-footed. That sense has only been exacerbated, he and Goncharov say, due to the lack of information provided by the siloviki. Typically, these forces want to trumpet their successes; yet, when they do not have any to celebrate, they tend to keep quiet. Additionally, both Kolov and Goncharov stress that these attacks should not have happened and would not have had the siloviki been conducting adequate intelligence operations. But clearly, Russian forces, at present, have been unable to penetrate anti-Moscow groups and thus are unaware of these groups’ plans (Kavkaz-uzel, April 4). Both experts blame this on the departure of experienced siloviki from the region, with many likely sent to fight in Ukraine, and on the fact that those who remain have been lulled into a false sense of security. They also suggest that the siloviki are not receiving the cooperation and support from officials in the North Caucasus republics necessary to do their jobs properly. Without that, Kolov and Goncharov stipulate, it is almost impossible for the siloviki to stay ahead of those who want to attack them. Moreover, it is not only local officials who are not cooperating with the siloviki, the two Russian experts add. The populations in the North Caucasus republics are growing increasingly hostile as well. One Ingush social activist, speaking anonymously, told Kavkaz-Uzel that his nation has had too much experience with the siloviki acting as if they can do anything and arrest anyone. When the violence subsided earlier, fewer cases of such abuse occurred, the activist continues. But now that violence is on the rise again, it is entirely possible that more such abuses and more alienation will happen among the region’s populations (Kavkaz-uzel, April 4). Obviously, the two cases of violence over the past ten days do not mean that the North Caucasus is about to return to the violent realities of two decades or more ago. Indeed, that seems unlikely at least in the short term. But there is little question that any increase of violence in the region will have a major impact in Moscow, adding to Putin’s own problems as long as his war against Ukraine continues.

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Main Summary: Training for Reigning by Rick Godwin, emphasizes the importance of a Christian’s transition from need-oriented relationships to covenant relationships and then to reigning together. Through the author’s practical insights and biblical teachings, you will learn how to train for reigning with Jesus Christ. By meeting responsibilities, serving others, and being a witness to the power of God. Also, you’ll learn how to develop a godly character, handle success, and relationships with faithfulness. Lessons You’ll Learn From This Post - Training before Reigning - Learning to Handle Success - Handling Relationships with Faithfulness - Ruling Together Training before Reigning To begin with, In “Training for Reigning” by Rick Godwin, the author explains that ruling and reigning with Jesus Christ involves more than just sitting with him in heaven and defeating the devil. Rather, it also involves meeting responsibilities, serving others, and being a witness to the power of God. To train for reigning, one must first be discipled by taking in the Word of God daily, submitting to church leadership, and developing godly character. Once this is established, the believer can consider positions of responsibility and authority. He stressed that the biggest battle in life will be in the soul realm, where the mind, emotions, and will operate. Then to overcome the flesh, a believer needs to rule it by their spirit, which is led and empowered by the Holy Spirit. This involves focusing on the Word of God and allowing the Holy Spirit to rule through your spirit. Through this process, you can say “Yes” to the Word of God and have the inner fortitude to say “No!” to the flesh. The author stresses the importance of dependability and faithfulness, saying that these are the greatest abilities one can possess. He uses the example of David, whom God chose to succeed Saul because of his dependability. The author also talks about Jesus, who was faithful to his parents and did what they instructed Him to do, even in the natural things of life like doing chores. The author emphasizes that it is important to be faithful in the little things to be faithful in the great things. The author also stresses that being faithful with money is essential to receiving spiritual riches, and being faithful with what belongs to someone else is a prerequisite to receiving your own. The author warns against being religious rather than faithful and advises against being obnoxious about evangelizing to others while being unfaithful in other areas of life. The author urges that you show honor, faithfulness, diligence, and responsibility in everything you do, and to be subject to those in authority before being ready to oversee others. Learning to Handle Success On this subject, the author focuses on the challenges that come with success and how to handle them. According to the author, when you prove yourself faithful in natural things and begin to achieve some measure of success, you should be ready for some opposition. Success will bring the jealousy of self-promoting ambitious people, but you must learn to differentiate between vision and selfish ambition. The author advises that you shouldn’t try to achieve anything for God, just be faithful and He will promote you in due season. Success will also bring the attack of the devil, who can’t get to God anyway but through you. Therefore, you must have discernment and the only way to achieve it is to know what God’s Word says. Finally, you must learn to recognize those God is blessing and honor them, as well as those in delegated authority. Handling Relationships with Faithfulness On the subject of relationships and faithfulness, the author emphasizes the concept of covenant relationships, which are steady, mature, and last forever. The author distinguishes between relationships in Adullam, which are unstable and based on selfish needs, and Hebron, which are based on covenant love and the grace of God. (Note: in the book the author uses the life of David from Bethlehem to Adullam, then to Hebron before Zion to relate his lesson) The author says you must go beyond the Adullam stage, where your needs are met, to the Hebron stage, where you choose to lay down your life for Jesus and your fellow brothers and sisters. He emphasizes the importance of relationships based on the realization that God has brought you together for a special reason, not just for what you can do for each other. The author says that relationships are tested to help people find out what is in them, not for God to find out. The author encourages that you must learn to endure distress because it is necessary for growth. According to the author, it requires faithfulness in ruling and entering covenant relationships to conquer the demons of disunity, disloyalty, and selfish carnality. He also stressed the significance of being faithful in natural things and keeping your word to the death to earn the right to rule. The message is that you need others to reign in life, as there are some areas of your life in which you will never reign alone. The author suggests that to secure a total-victory mentality, which is what Zion represents spiritually, it is necessary to obey God’s word and follow the leading of His spirit. The author adds that unity is the key to a harmonious beacon of light to your city and that Satan uses all your familiar terms to separate you from your brothers and sisters and cause strife and division. In conclusion, the book focuses on the transition from Bethlehem to Adullam; then from Adullam to Hebron; and then from Hebron to Zion. Which in its entirety represents a transition in Christian maturity from need-oriented relationships to covenant relationships and then to reigning together. The author emphasizes that the Hebron crowd are the ones that he is looking for because they will stick with him in good times and bad. The author also stresses the importance of understanding God’s purpose for bringing people together, and the need to develop covenant love by putting others first. The book highlights that miracles alone are not enough to make you strong in the Lord, and it takes a change of motive and character to become an overcomer in this life. In summary, the author encourages you to commit to covenant relationships, walk in love, and follow Jesus with the right motives to fulfill your destiny. Finally, here’s a question for you. Have you ever had a friendship or relationship that you thought was based on a covenant, but turned out to be a “need-based” relationship? How did you recognize the difference and make the necessary changes to strengthen the relationship? We would love to hear from you, please leave your answer and comment in the comment box below. This book is available to buy or read in various online bookstores, or you can get it from your local bookshop. If you are yet to SUBSCRIBE to our blog, please do that NOW. So you don’t miss any inspirational book summaries coming next. Also, do well to LIKE and SHARE this post with your friends and loved ones. Let’s spread the word together. God bless you

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With weddings, events, workshops, and art fairs getting postponed/canceled left and right, the paper community of vendors has had to be nimble and figure out ways to navigate this pandemic. When the stay-at-home order first came into play, I wasn’t sure what to do – I had to sit with the uncertainty for a bit. I’m in the process of developing something now as part of a pivot strategy, but these women sprang into action early on and came up with amazing changes to their business. They’ve each inspired me in their own way, and I can only hope that what I have up my sleeve is as helpful to and warmly received by the community as theirs have been. Without further ado, let’s dive in!

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Summertime Reading Join the library. It's free! It is free to join the library. You can join the library online or at a library. JOIN NOW Summertime Reading Get ready for a summer filled with stories, adventures, and endless imagination! Your favourite stories can travel with you throughout summer, whether you're at the pool with friends, in the park with whānau, or chilling out at home - take stories with you and enjoy them with others. Discover exciting reads, eBooks, audiobooks and magazines at our libraries - join today! Join us this summer as we bring the magic of reading and storytelling to cool places like parks, pools, playgrounds, and your local library. Plus, keep an eye out for our library van - it might just pop up at your favourite hangouts. Whether you attend a Summertime Reading event, pick up a book from your local library or download a book online to take with you on your adventures, let your imagination come to life. Stories come to life at the library. Nau mai tauti mai. Events Christmas School holiday activities Best of 2023 for kids & teens Most popular for kids Most popular for teens Recommended reading: Kids Recommended reading: Teens Blog Post What your kid's teacher wishes you knew - holiday reading What is the "summer slide" and how can you keep it from impacting on your child's literacy? Recommended reads Close Open Best of 2023 for Kids and Teens Our selectors choose the best new titles for tamariki and rangatahi for 2023. Find books that excite, enthuse, enthral and inform. Close Open Reading Recommendations for Tamariki Librarians recommend the best books for tamariki on a variety of topics - fiction, non-fiction, graphic novels, & more for kids of all ages. Close Open Reading Recommendations - Teens Explore fiction, non-fiction, graphic novels, rainbow reads and more - all made for rangatahi. Find your next favourite read at the library. Booklists Close Open New For You - Children's - April 2024 A selection of new fiction and nonfiction for older children. Close Open Poetry topics on specific subjects like dinosaurs & feelings Poems about all your favourite topics from feelings to dinosaurs to atoms to jellyfish, and everything in between. Close Open Great poetry, just in a picture book! Some great children's poetry is now published as picture books. Here are some of our favourites - great rhyming, rhythm and fun. Close Open Classic children's poetry Classic children's poetry as chosen by the buyers of children's books at Christchurch City Libraries. Featured Close Open Blog Post Elmer's Ōtautahi Elephant Trail 25 Nov 2023-18 February 2024 Elmer's Ōtautahi Elephant Trail features 30 large elephants, designed by professional & emerging artists. Elmer HQ is at Tūranga! cclstaff Close Open Website Join us for school holiday fun and learning We have bookable programmes & free activities on in libraries in the April school holidays. Bookings open now! Close Open Event Everyday Heroes Storytime May 29th | 10:30am - 11:00am Shirley Library Join us at our Everyday Heroes Storytimes and meet this month’s hero. Learn about what they do in their job and enjoy some stories.

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Zooming into Zealous Zeros: The Thrilling Tale of 0001 Number Plate Price! === The world of number plates is a fascinating one, filled with mystery, intrigue, and a touch of glamour. Each number plate holds a unique story, but none captivate the imagination quite like the coveted 0001. In this article, we will take a closer look at the zealous zeros and their enchanting appeal. From their humble beginnings to their record-breaking prices, join us on a journey through the thrilling tale of the 0001 number plate! The Intriguing World of Number Plates Number plates have long been a symbol of prestige and individuality. Whether personalized or standard-issue, they offer a glimpse into a person’s identity or status. However, it is the rare and unique plates that truly capture our attention. These plates, like the zealous zeros, have become objects of desire for collectors and enthusiasts alike. Unveiling the Mystery of 0001 Among the vast array of number plates, none are more mysterious than those beginning with 0001. These plates hold a special significance as the first in a series, often denoting prestige, power, or historical importance. Just like the keys to a kingdom, these numbers unlock a world of possibilities and create an air of exclusivity. A Closer Look at Zealous Zeros The allure of the zealous zeros lies in their simplicity and elegance. The perfect symmetry of the number 0, combined with the promise of a fresh start or a new beginning, has captivated hearts around the world. These plates represent a clean slate, a blank canvas on which one can project their dreams and aspirations. The Enchanting Appeal of Unique Numbers In a world where individuality is cherished, unique number plates hold a special appeal. They provide an opportunity to stand out from the crowd, to express one’s personality, and to make a statement. Whether it’s a lucky number, a birthdate, or a combination of meaningful digits, these plates become an extension of who we are. The Story Behind 0001: A True Gem The story of 0001 is as fascinating as the plate itself. These prized plates often have historical connections or are associated with prominent figures. They may have been commissioned for a special purpose or awarded as a mark of distinction. Each 0001 plate has a story to tell, and it is this narrative that adds to their allure. From Zero to Hero: The Rise of 0001 Over the years, the popularity of 0001 plates has soared, transforming them from mere registration numbers to highly sought-after collectibles. Their appeal has spread far beyond car enthusiasts, attracting investors, celebrities, and even royalty. The once overlooked zeros have risen to become symbols of status and wealth, commanding attention wherever they go. The Exhilarating Auction of 0001 One of the most thrilling chapters in the tale of 0001 plates is their auction. These events are no ordinary affairs but rather spectacles filled with anticipation, high bids, and fierce competition. Collectors from around the world gather, vying for the chance to own the ultimate status symbol. The atmosphere is electric, and the prices reached are nothing short of extraordinary. In the Spotlight: The Price of Prestige Unsurprisingly, the price tags attached to 0001 plates often reach astronomical figures. The allure of exclusivity and the desire to own a piece of history drive these prices to unimaginable heights. For some, the investment potential is too tempting to resist, while others simply seek the thrill of owning something truly unique. Whatever the motive, the price of prestige is one that collectors are willing to pay. Breaking Records: A Thrilling Journey With each passing auction, the record for the highest price paid for a number plate is shattered. The journey of 0001 plates from humble beginnings to record-breaking sales is a testament to their enduring appeal. As prices continue to climb, enthusiasts hold their breath, waiting to see who will be bold enough to claim the next milestone. Behind the Scenes of Number Plate Collectors Collecting number plates is not just a hobby; it is a passion that consumes its enthusiasts. The world of number plate collectors is filled with dedicated individuals who spend countless hours researching, networking, and attending events. They have an eye for detail, an appreciation for history, and a hunger for the thrill of the chase. It is their dedication that keeps the market alive and the excitement alive. Unforgettable Memories: 0001 on the Road === The zealous zeros have left an indelible mark on the world of number plates. They have transformed a mundane registration number into a symbol of status, power, and individuality. Each 0001 plate tells a story, capturing the hearts and imaginations of collectors and enthusiasts worldwide. As they continue to dazzle at auctions and grace the roads, the thrilling tale of the 0001 number plate price is one that will never be forgotten.

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Woman Thrown in Jail After Viral Video Where She Twerked on Top of a Car Sometimes, we just don’t have very many words to contribute to a situation. The blank stares probably speak loudly enough, though. Today’s blank stare goes out to a Tennessee woman who went rather viral for attempting to show off atop a Ford Mustang, holding up traffic in the process. As the woman found her way to the top of the car, she would begin to twerk in a video that has been going rather viral. In a display that is tough to wrap our minds around, the 23-year-old would even go so far as doing splits on the roof and probably leaving a gnarly dent or two in the process. As it turns out, doing illegal things like this and putting it on the internet might not have been the best plan of action. Apparently, after the video began to gather momentum, local police wanted to have a chat. The twerker, Myscellent Shelton-Cox, was booked into a Nashville jail on a charge of disorderly conduct following the incident. In a quote obtained by TMZ, the twerker alleged that she and the driver were simply sitting in traffic for about half an hour as they waited for a train to pass. Instead of patiently waiting or finding some other way to deal with the short stint of boredom, the show would begin as Shelton-Cox wanted to put on a display for the others who were waiting for the train. Video shows that the display would continue as the car rolled forward as well which definitely caused a little bit of a distraction. Court documents claim that not only was Shelton-Cox illegally unrestrained but her actions also caused other motorists to divert their attention. The court documents would read that “The defendant caused undue hazard to other motorists whereby she could have fallen and been struck by other vehicles in the area or her own vehicle.” She would bond out of jail shortly after.

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A salafi mosque near the Daghestani capital Makhachkala has remained closed for over half a year, despite attempts by local worshippers to reopen it. The mosque in the Village of Shamkhal in Makhachkala’s Kirovsky District was closed in May. According to residents, this happened after the appointment of a new police chief. The police had previously shut down the mosque for failing to register with authorities, detaining a number of parishioners and putting them on the ‘preventative register’. The community then registered themselves as a religious group — ‘Muslim’ — with the Ministry of Justice. The mosque was then again closed because the building is officially registered as a shop. One of the leaders of the group, Gamzat Gamzatov, told OC Media the owner of the building has already submitted documents to re-register the building as a mosque, but the authorities have not responded. A number of parishioners report that since the mosque’s closure, they have travelled 16 kilometres to Makhachkala every week for a Friday prayers. A number of older worshippers are unable to travel such a long distance, they say. There are two other mosques in the village — both Sufi — which are not registered with the Ministry of Justice. According to Gamzatov, ‘they have no problems with law enforcement agencies’. Gamzatov said that on Friday, 8 December, less than a dozen older people, all over 80 years old, were allowed into the building to pray. ‘As soon as the mosque was opened, three cars with policemen arrived. They waited for the old men to leave the mosque. I approached the police to find out what had happened. They answered that they came because the mosque was opened’, Gamzatov says. Gamzatov was taken to the local police station to be questioned. He says the community has been on high alert since the closure. ‘A few months ago someone broke windows in the mosque. Someone also cut off the gas. Now the building does not have gas or heating. And recently, policemen came and tried to weld the front door shut. Now the mosque is constantly being guarded by 2–3 people. We don’t leave it unattended anymore’, Gamzatov said.

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When was Mahatma Gandhi born? What organization did Gandhi lead in 1915? What did Gandhi do after India achieved independence? - Mahatma Gandhi was born on October 2, 1869 in Porbandar, Gujarat, India. - He trained as a lawyer and began practicing in India in 1891 but was unsuccessful. - In 1915, Gandhi returned to India and began to lead the Indian National Congress, a political organization that fought for independence from British rule. - Gandhi's campaigns for independence and civil rights led to the independence of India in 1947. - Following independence, Gandhi undertook several hunger strikes to stop religious violence. - Gandhi died on January 30, 1948. Test your knowledge about the life of Mahatma Gandhi, a prominent leader in the Indian independence movement who advocated for nonviolent civil disobedience. Make Your Own Quiz Transform your notes into a shareable quiz, with AI.Get started for free

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Your cart is currently empty! I’ll admit to being a bit confused by Holiday Inn. I intended to see the film with the song White Christmas in it and, obviously went for the one called White Christmas. Now I knew that Bing Crosby sang White Christmas but I was also fairly confident that Fred Astaire was in it. Oh…I love a bit of Fred Astaire! So when there was no sign of him I did start to wonder. A bit of nosing around later and I found out that the film I was thinking of was 1942’s Holiday Inn — both have Bing Crosby, both have songs by Irving Berlin, both are set during the holidays, but only one has Fred Astaire! Now, anyone who’s actually spent time looking at the RunPee blog will know that we have a bit of a thing about trying to get complete lists; we enjoy ticking off the ones that are harder to find! We’ve got a bit of a thing going with holidays. This one will be on the Christmas list, and the other big one we’re proud of is our Groundhog Day list. Holiday Inn is a film which celebrates all the major American holidays so it can also go on…ah, bugger. The one holiday it doesn’t seem to mention is Groundhog Day! Oh well, can’t win them all. A Gentle Smile Often Breeds A Kick In The Pants Holiday Inn tells the story of a song and dance act; crooner Jim Hardy (Bing Crosby), dancer Ted Hanover (Fred Astaire), and singer and dancer Lila Dixon (Virginia Dale). It’s Christmas Eve and Jim is preparing for his last performance, as he’s bought a farm in Connecticut and is planning on retiring there with Lila. Sadly for Jim, Lila has fallen in love with Ted and has no intention of going away. Jim still goes, leaving Ted and Lila as a double act. The following Christmas Eve, Jim comes back for a visit and announces his plans to turn the farm into an inn and entertainment facility that, for reasons that eluded me, only opens for the holidays…hence the title! Throw in another performer, Linda Mason (Marjorie Reynolds), who is tricked into going to work at the Holiday Inn…and we’re ready to start the festivities. There then follows a series of holiday events: Christmas, New Year, Lincoln’s Birthday, Valentine’s Day, Washington’s Birthday, Easter, Independence Day, Thanksgiving, and back around to Christmas. Exactly how Jim expects to make ends meet, let alone turn a profit, when he only has eight events a year. Admittedly, the events he does hold all seem to be sold out, but I do wonder what the ticket and bar prices must be like. Still, they do seem to be entertaining shows. It’s Going To Be Easy, Like Peeling A Turtle I suppose that the biggest problem with older films like Holiday Inn is that they tend to have different values from the present day. What is deemed to be acceptable changes with time and I like to think that society is improving because of that. Recent movements have shown that, despite the lip service paid to them, there is a long way to go before there is true equality. There are, apparently, differently edited versions available now with the main difference being the woeful Lincoln’s Birthday scene…which has the performers in blackface. When the full version is shown it is with the disclaimer that it was made in a different time, and serves as a reminder of the racism and prejudice that was once considered acceptable. Incidentally, a short clip of the Lincoln’s Birthday sequence is included in the trailer. There are other things that were acceptable in 1942 which might be frowned upon now. These include things like the drunk dance that Astaire does. Fred Astaire had two shots of bourbon before the first take and one before each succeeding take. The take used in the final cut was seventh and last one to be shot. The whole gist of the film involves the two guys falling for and deciding to marry the same woman. Apparently though, she doesn’t seem to have a say in the matter. Oh…the falling snow was made of chrysotile asbestos! Great singing and dancing but definitely showing that it’s nearly eighty years old. Movie Grade: B+ Don’t miss your favorite movie moments because you have to pee or need a snack. Use the RunPee app (Androidor iPhone) when you go to the movies. We have Peetimes for all wide release films every week, including Civil War, Monkey Man, Godzilla x Kong: The new Empire and coming soon The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, and Fall Guy and many others. We have literally thousands of Peetimes—from classic movies through today’s blockbusters. You can also keep up with movie news and reviews on our blog, or by following us on Twitter @RunPee. If there’s a new film out there, we’ve got your bladder covered. Former teacher, lecturer, homelessness administrator, pharmacy dispenser now happily retired, happily married, and a very happy granddad. I live next to the Mersey but on the side Daniel Craig and Taron Egerton come from rather than the side the Beatles came from! Check out our best-selling RunPee Merch

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Side x Side is a Portland, Maine–based nonprofit organization that is driven to help students and teachers connect to what they are learning and to themselves, helping them to feel engaged, confident, and an integral part of their community. We provide creative, dynamic, arts-integrated classroom programming and professional development. We believe the best education has creativity at its heart. Side x Side uses an arts-integrated model to explore curricular content through the arts. By engaging in this creative process, students learn to practice an art form, demonstrate their understanding of academic content, and make meaningful products that can be presented to a broad audience… all in one unit! This truly experiential learning is naturally engaging for both students and teachers.

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“Love and longing are the two spinners of our lives.” Saint Valentine’s Day in the Lublin Open Air Village Museum | 15th February 2020 On Saturday 15th February 2020, between 11:00 AM and 3:00 PM, the Lublin Open Air Village Museum invites you to spend St. Valentine’s Day with your chosen ones. On this day, we have prepared 30 double tickets for the couples who have arrived, allowing them to take a short guided tour of the Mataczyn Church, where we will focus our attention especially on the history of St. Valentine’s Altar and the life of the figures engraved on it. Here you can learn what miracles he did and whose patron he is. You will also learn why there is a baby at his feet. After the visit to the oldest building of the open-air museum in Lublin, we will go to the nearby cemetery lapidarium located just outside the fence of the parish plot to stand by the tombstone cross and listen to the true story of the tragic love between Janek Siegieda and Janina Bednarek. At the school in Bobrowniki, on the other hand, it will be possible to play the social card game “Flirt”, sit comfortably with a cup of coffee or tea while reading the matrimonial announcements from almost a century ago. Reading the short advertisements will allow you to find out what qualities of a future husband or wife were the most desirable at that time. Moreover, guests will be able to take a commemorative photo in a specially prepared for this occasion photo studio. For the arriving couples, there will also be a carriage ride, from which you can admire the Lublin Open Air Village Museum. PLN 16.00 – full ticket PLN 6.00 – reduced ticket Kategorie: News | Data dodania: 7 February 2020

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Last week, news broke that James Dean will star in a new movie-64 years after his death. A production company called Magic City got the rights to Dean’s image from the late actor’s estate and plans to bring him to the silver screen again thanks to the wonder (or terror) of CGI. Now, Dean, or the digitally resurrected version of Dean or whatever, will play the second lead in a Vietnam War movie called Finding Jack, with a living actor standing in as his voice. Unsurprisingly, the announcement inspired a wave of immediate backlash around Hollywood. Chris Evans called it „awful” and „shameful,” and Elijah Wood said, simply, „NOPE.” But it turns out the intense reaction was surprising to at least one person: Magic City’s Anton Ernst, the Finding Jack director. Ernst told the Hollywood Reporter in a new interview that he’s gotten „positive feedback” about the movie and that the Dean estate has been „supportive,” saying it will inspire „a whole new generation of filmgoers to be aware of James Dean.” He didn’t see the overwhelming negativity coming. Per the Reporter: Ernst spoke with The Hollywood Reporter about the criticisms on social media, saying he was „saddened” and „confused” over the overwhelmingly negative comments. „We don’t really understand it. We never intended for this to be a marketing gimmick,” he said. He also brought up Carrie Fisher’s appearance in the new Star Wars as an example of a way this posthumous CGI work can be done well, apparently missing the difference between honoring Fisher’s legacy in a role she was already scheduled to play and plopping James Dean in some random war movie half a century after his death. When discussing whether resurrecting Dean digitally crosses a line with regards to posthumous casting, Ernst explained, „Anyone that is brought back to life – you have to respect them.” He noted Fisher’s posthumous appearances in the Star Wars franchise, saying that if the actress had expressed never wanting to be in a film after her death, or if her legacy or that of the franchise could be „tarnished” because of her casting, „then that should be a line.” „I think the line should be … you must always honor the deceased’s wishes and try to act in a way that is honorable and full of dignity,” Ernst said. Again, this is extremely different, since Dean could never have stated he didn’t want to appear in a film after his death because, uh, how would he have imagined that was even a possibility-but whatever. Finding Jack is still headed into production with an expected release on November 11, 2020, whether we like it or not.

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We have all watched a horror movie or thriller by sitting on the edge of our seats. Whether it is the suspension of the movie or wondering whether one of you characters you got to know during the movie will get the axe from the killer. But still after hundreds of thrillers or horrors, it still comes as a surprise when we see that character getting surprised by the killer and gets murdered or even a new character that’s introduced in the scene specifically to get murdered. It is however not that hard to spot the character that’s getting the axe next. We may finally know the trick in to spotting the character who is going to die next. British performer Alasdair Beckett-King hilariously explained how viewers can spot the guy who is about to die in a movie in one of his funny videos. According to Beckett-King, the guy who suddenly appears for only once scene and who is usually working class, has a wife and kid at home, and is someone who enjoys talking to the other guys on the job, and someone who usually ignores the mysterious shadow in the corner or at the far end of a tunnel, is usually the one getting murdered. Another thing that you can pay attention to is whether the guy is in a dark place and using a flashlight. At some point the flashlight will stop working when it is most needed. “OK sure, sometimes I get a little distracted, talking to the new guy on the radio or..noticing a weird shadow at the end of a tunnel. Now, in that situation, what you wanna do is assume it’s kids and start yelling at ’em …Now by this point, your flashlight will probably be flickering. And if you’re really unlucky, some kind of goop might get on youNow…In that situation, under no circumstances, look up. I can’t stress this enough! DO NOT LOOK UP!” Watch the hilarious video down below and see if you can spot the next character getting killed in a movie.

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If it was any other conference, there wouldn’t have been a beer on stage at just after 9 a.m. There might never have been a chance to consider the ties between a grandfather’s plastic-covered furniture and a grandson’s creative firm, or between Anne Frank and Meryl Streep and the Rwandan genocide. And a dozen other speakers and performers, and more than 100 audience members and hundreds more watching online, could never have seen a man in a lobster suit pull off a stage dive. But that’s why the volunteer organizers, speakers, performers, and sponsors behind TEDxBuffalo chose to put on a conference under the banner of TED and its independently organized TEDx events. We wanted to see what happened when you put a bunch of intriguing ideas from many different communities together on one stage, on one day, as a free, not-for-profit conference. It’s safe to say that most people who saw our first-ever event on Oct. 11, 2011 came away with some new ideas. Pretty soon, we’ll post videos of all our talks and performances, with the goal of spreading those ideas much further. Update: Videos from TEDxBuffalo 2011 are now posted. The TEDxBuffalo team had about five months to plan this first conference, starting with a dozen people gathered around a plastic card table. It put a real strain at times on some rather busy people. And not everything went perfectly at showtime (sorry about the lunch lines and live feed outages, folks). But volunteers gave their all, speakers and performers gave their time and talent, and everything, for the most part, worked out. We’re eager to gather up some feedback, assess our hits and misses, and, after a bit of a sabbatical, start on a 2012 event. For now, we’d like to share some of the photos and web’s responses to TEDxBuffalo 2011. Next, a curated Storify stream of the immediate Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, and YouTube responses to the event (in rough reverse-chronological order): Update: Embedded below is our playlist for TEDxBuffalo 2011, containing all of that day’s talks. Click to start playing, then, click the tiled screen icon (to the left of the closed caption/cc button) to choose between talks (or cherry-pick videos from the full list). Finally, you can peek at the archives of our Ustream output for that day—incomplete and unedited, but a good idea of what viewers are remote sites were seeing. Thanks to everyone who made TEDxBuffalo 2011 an unforgettable day full of memorable ideas.

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Should there be a second referendum? First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has set a date to decide Scotland’s destiny – again. But some are fighting to make sure the vote never happens. It was a historic vote. On 18 September 2014, the Scottish people voted on whether to leave the United Kingdom and strike out on their own. The results were close: 44.7% for Yes to 55.3% for No. Scotland would remain part of the UK. Scotland launches new war of independence It was a historic vote. On 18 September 2014, the Scottish people voted on whether to leave the United Kingdom and strike out on their own. The results were close: 44.7% for Yes to 55.3% for No. Scotland would remain part of the UK. Many hoped the question would be laid to rest for a while. But Scotland's first minister Nicola Sturgeon has fired the starting pistol on a new vote. On Wednesday, she calmly announced a new referendum will be held on 23 October 2023. Sturgeon's opponents have been quick to claim it is too soon for another vote. British prime minister Boris Johnson is among them. He said: "The people were assured then that it was a once in a generation consultation. I see no reason now for the politicians to go back on that promise." Many argue that Sturgeon has chosen the worst possible moment to act. Britain is facing rising inflation, a new Covid-19 wave, the economic shocks of Brexit and a climate crisis. A referendum might distract from these issues. Others caution against holding a simple yes/no referendum on such a complicated issue. The Brexit referendum promised a clean break. But it has been followed by division and disruption. Nine years is a very long time in politics. Scotland today seems increasingly at odds with the UK as a whole. Britain voted to leave the EU by 52% to 48%. In Scotland, however, the vote was split 38% to 62%. Every single Scottish area voted to remain. In the last election, Scotland rejected the Conservatives that govern Britain. Currently only 10.2% of Scottish MPs are Conservatives. Johnson has a -71 approval rating in Scotland. As Sturgeon claims: "We have a prime minister with no democratic authority in Scotland." She believes that the Scottish deserve to govern themselves. Should there be a second referendum? Yes: Democracies are meant to represent the views of the people. Referendums are the fairest way of doing this, giving everyone a say in their countries' future. If anything, we should have more of them. No: Heed the warning from the Brexit referendum. That vote spawned enormous anger and disagreement. The separation of Scotland after 315 years would be far more dramatic - and lead to even more discord. Or...The UK government will not allow the poll. The verdict of the Supreme Court is up in the air. Sturgeon cannot proceed without breaking the law. The real question is not should but can a vote be held.

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Yes, but what about the reverse? Can Aeris exist without Sephiroth? I would say so. But again, if she is still around, I don't think it has anything to do with Cloud. Just as a uniquely powerful half-Cetra. Where Aerith is depends on your opinion of Sephiroth's fate. Nomura has directly said, "as long as Sephiroth exists, Aerith must exist". So if Aerith is gone, that means the threat of Sephiroth is gone as well. If he endures, Aerith endures as well.

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This listening guide is a two-parter! In episode #34 of In The Moment, Chief Correspondent Steve talks with Rachel Louise Snyder (5:25) about her research on domestic abuse and sexual intimate partner violence. Snyder upends many myths and misunderstandings about what is commonly called “domestic violence.” She outlines how even the language we use doesn’t fully capture its insidiousness. Snyder addresses domestic violence as a global epidemic and talks about how some people are trying to end it. Host Jini Palmer covers a conversation between Executive Director Wier Harman and Town Hall founder David Brewster (15:51). Wier and David spoke at this year’s Director’s Dinner about Town Hall’s past, present and future. David gives us a glimpse into some of the problems he ran into when trying to get Town Hall off the ground, and they banter about the visions and plans for Town Hall that have stayed true since the beginning. Then in a bonus episode, Correspondent Charles Cross talks with John Waters (1:08) about his transgressive movies, living with stars, and some shared moments in Seattle. Waters reflects on what he’s learned along the way and where he’s going now. -Rachel Louise Snyder has spoken in numerous segments on NPR’s “All Things Considered” as well as APM’s “Marketplace” and PRX’s “Global Guru” series. -Interested in attending next year’s Director’s Dinner? Town Hall members get an invitation every year! To learn about other benefits of membership, visit our membership page. -Check out this NPR spotlight featuring John Waters on the May 20, 2019 episode of Fresh Air.

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Upon arrival at Bhuj Airport or Railway Station, meet and greet by the local tour representative and transfer to hotel. Rest of the day is at leisure to explore the city of Bhuj or just relax at the hotel. Overnight stay at Bhuj. After the hearty breakfast, proceed to visit Narayan Sarovar and Koteshwar Mandir. One of the holiest lakes of Hindus and sacred to Lord Narayan – an incarnation of Lord Vishnu, Narayan Sarovar is considered a sacred pilgrimage destination for the orthodox Hindus. Later proceed to Koteshwar Mandir - a place where the immensity of dry land meets the incomprehensible vastness of the sea. The story of Koteshwar begins with Ravana, who won a boon from Lord Shiva for an outstanding display of piety. After the visit to Narayan Sarovar & Koteshwar, return to Bhuj. Enroute visit Ashapura Mata Temple. Ashapura Mata Temple, a 14th-century temple, is dedicated to the chief deity of Jadeja Rajputs, Ashapura Mata. Ashapura Devi Maa, an incarnation of Annapoorna Devi, is popular amongst her devotees as she fulfills desires and wishes of people who pray to her in need. In Gujarat, many other communities worship her as a kuldevi. Return to Bhuj and overnight stay. After breakfast proceed for day excursion to Mandvi. On arrival at Mandvi, visit the main centre of attraction Vijay Vilas Palace, a royal abode set in the middle of well-laid gardens with water channels and marble fountains. Later visit Ship building yard. On the banks of the Rukmavati River, just south of the bridge, you can visit the still-active shipbuilding yard. Craftsmen still assemble ships out of wood, for local or international guests, and you can feel free to watch them work. After your visit to Ship Building Yard, proceed to Shyamji Krishna Varma Memorial. Later drive back to Bhuj. Overnight at Hotel. After breakfast check out of the hotel and proceed to visit the Bhuj City Tour that includes: Kutch Museum, formerly known as the Fergusson Museum, Cenotaphs Complex or Chattardi, Prag Mahal, Aaina Mahal Palace and Sri Swaminarayan Mandir. After the city tour, visit the village Nirona – a village known and specialized for Famous Rogan Art and Copper Bell Art. Later return to Bhuj for overnight stay. After the sumptuous breakfast, check out of the hotel and proceed to Bhuj Airport or Railway Station to board the flight or train to hometown or next destination with lots of memories to cherish for longtime. |Included Hotel or Similar |No of Nights |Hotel Mangalam - Bhuj |No Of Days |as per litinerary including parking, toll, driver allowance, interstate permit (Ac will not be working on Hills) |PACKAGE COST FOR 1 PERSON(S) |₹ 20184 + GST = ₹ 21193 |TOTAL PACKAGE COST - 2 Adults, 0 Child( 1 Room ) |₹ 40368 + GST = ₹ 42386 Get a call back Toll Free No1800 266 5588

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Nuncio said that he hopes that the 1.5 million people expected to visit Lisbon for the youth event this August will discover St. Anthony to be a very helpful intercessor — and not only for lost things. Everyone’s favorite patron saint of finding lost things is not from where you may think. The Franciscan saint known around the world as St. Anthony of Padua was not born in the Italian city of Padua but in Lisbon, Portugal. Portuguese Catholics are quick to point this out to visitors to their capital city. Bernardo Nuncio, a 23-year-old law student from Lisbon, told CNA that he believes there is a “good rivalry” with the Italians over who can claim the 13th-century saint. “We always tell Italians that he is not from Padua. He is from Lisbon,” Nuncio said. “But in a friendly way because what in fact matters is what he did for the Church and that is so much bigger than nationality,” he added. St. Anthony was known in his own day as the “Hammer of Heretics” due to the powerful witness of his life and preaching. He was commissioned by St. Francis of Assisi to teach theology to the friars in 1224 and went on to preach as a missionary in France and Italy before he died at the age of 36. He was proclaimed a doctor of the Church in 1946. Nuncio, who is a volunteer helping to organize World Youth Day in Lisbon, said that he hopes that the 1.5 million people expected to visit Lisbon for the youth event this August will discover St. Anthony to be a very helpful intercessor — and not only for lost things. In the city hosting the 2023 World Youth Day, Catholics can visit the church built on the site where St. Anthony was born, the cathedral where he was baptized, and the monastery where he entered religious life. Church of St. Anthony Located in the heart of Lisbon’s historic center, the Church of St. Anthony, or Igreja de Santo António de Lisboa in Portuguese, is not to be missed for those who want to venerate the 13th-century saint. The church was built on the site where St. Anthony was born and raised before he entered religious life and took Anthony as his religious name after the fourth-century desert monk St. Anthony of Egypt. At his birth in 1195, his parents gave him the name Fernando Martins de Bulhões. Visitors to the church can descend down to crypt chapel that marks St. Anthony’s birthplace. According to the Lisbon church, the first chapel was built at the “House of St. Anthony” shortly after his canonization in 1232. The church has been rebuilt many times over the centuries, most recently in 1767 in a Baroque style. St. John Paul II visited the church and prayed in the crypt chapel in 1982 before continuing on to Fatima to give thanks to the Blessed Virgin Mary for saving him from an assassination attempt. The Pope also inaugurated a statue of the saint, which can be seen outside of the church. St. Anthony was baptized in the Lisbon’s Metropolitan Cathedral of St. Mary Major, or Santa Maria Maior de Lisboa in Portuguese, located just a block away from the Church of St. Anthony. The cathedral, built in 1147, is the oldest Catholic church in Lisbon. The baptismal font, locally believed to be the original, is found to the left to the main entrance of the cathedral in an alcove decorated with traditional blue-and-white Portuguese tiles. Each year on June 13, the feast of St. Anthony, Catholics in Lisbon participate in a lively procession through the streets of St. Anthony’s old neighborhood in the Alfama district. The annual procession, which dates back more than 250 years, leaves from the Church of St. Anthony and passes by the Lisbon Cathedral. The massive celebration of St. Anthony’s feast in Lisbon continues with music, dancing, and grilled sardines. Monastery of St. Vincent’s Outside the Walls St. Anthony entered religious life in the Augustinian Order in 1210 at the Monastery of São Vicente de Fora, or the Monastery of St. Vincent Outside the Walls in Lisbon. With walls adorned with traditional blue-and-white azulejo tiles and frescoed ceilings, the monastery, rebuilt in the late 16th century, is a stunning example of High Renaissance art and architecture. While not as centrally located as the other two churches, the monastery’s rooftop has stunning views of the rest of the city. The monastery’s Chapel of St. Anthony is believed to have been built on the site of Anthony’s cell in the medieval monastery when he was studying for the novitiate. Due to the many distractions in the Lisbon monastery, St. Anthony made the decision to move to a more secluded religious house in the Portuguese city of Coimbra in 1212 to live a life of asceticism and prayer. It was in Coimbra that heard about five Franciscan friars who had recently died for their faith in Morocco and felt the desire to adopt the Franciscans’ poor and humble way of life. He eventually obtained permission to leave the Augustinians and join a small Franciscan monastery in 1221. He traveled on a ship bound for Africa with the hope of imitating the Franciscan martyrs who had died trying to convert the Muslims of Morocco, but he became seriously ill during the journey and forced to return home. This ship that was supposed to take Anthony back to Portugal for medical treatment was blown off course and by this unplanned circumstance, St. Anthony landed on the shores of the country that would enthusiastically embrace him as their own for centuries to come: Italy.

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STATEMENT ISSUED IN OBSERVANCE OF EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION ANNIVERSARY In honor of the 140th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, Old Dominion University President Roseann Runte issued the following statement, which was to have been read at a ceremony on campus Monday, Sept. 22. This observance will be rescheduled: Sept. 22, 2003 Whereas, Old Dominion University is dedicated to the discovery and dissemination of knowledge and understanding of the human condition, and Whereas, the history of our country forms a significant part of our national heritage and identity It behooves each and every one of us to recognize and recall the Emancipation Proclamation, issued 140 years ago on September 22, 1862. That document declared that on the first day of January 1863, "all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a state, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free." Despite the proclamation, slavery continued in some areas until the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution on December 18, 1865. The Emancipation Proclamation is historically significant and provides us a key to understanding the past that we may better meet the challenges of the future. Since 1863 and earlier in the country's "free" states, African Americans have integrated into all levels of society and have played a proud role in building our nation. It is, therefore, meet and just that we gather today at Old Dominion University, an institution enriched by the diversity of its population, which we celebrate daily, to celebrate the progress of the faith and strength of character shown by slaves and their descendants as an example to all people, regardless of background, race or religion. Therefore, be it resolved that the Old Dominion University community recognizes the historical significance of this date; that we take this opportunity to reflect on our past to better understand ourselves, and that we dedicate ourselves to continuing our legacy of freedom and equality for all.

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Crocodile Wars – Lacoste’s Latest Victory On Brand And Trademark Over Polish Company’s Use Of Caiman Mark \Brand and trademark establishment is of central importance to any successful business. Maintaining a brand’s image is essential, and using trademark law to protect business reputation is an important component of that. One way of doing so is through opposition of trademark applications as demonstrated by a recent case between French retailer Lacoste and Polish clothing company ‘KAJMAN’. The ruling of the EU General Court agreed with Lacoste’s view that there is a risk that the use of the caiman would cause confusion amongst consumers, resulting in a potential loss of prestige. The opposition against the Polish company’s application to register the sign for leather goods, clothing and footwear was therefore upheld. Confusion can arise as a result of visual, phonetic and conceptual similarity. The Court agreed that from a conceptual perspective there was an average degree of similarity. However, visually, any such likeness was in fact very minor. Despite clear differences between the two logos, it was nevertheless necessary to appreciate the possibility of the public “recognizing and retaining a memory of the imperfect representation”. Considering that both ‘KAJMAN’ and Lacoste provide similar services the focus was on the risk that the two companies may in fact be perceived to be variants of one another. Brand And Trademark Dispute One of the arguments put forward by ‘KAJMAN’ was that allowing the Lacoste mark such extensive protection would result in an “unjustified monopoly” on all crocodile marks. However, the General Court was keen on recognizing the importance of being able to oppose a trademark registration specifically where there is concern over damage to a brand’s reputation. It is interesting to note that this is not the first brand and trademark dispute in which the French company has attempted to seek exclusivity with regards to its use of the crocodile on the basis of potential confusion for its consumers. The longest lasting dispute involves Singapore based rival Crocodile International, with Lacoste attempting to assert trademark rights in China and, as of recently, in New Zealand. In 2008, it further targeted a Gloucestershire dental practice on the basis that they registered the logo of a grinning reptile to be used on their welcome sign. Shortly after, clothing supplier Baker Street Clothing became another one of its targets after registering the mark ‘Alligator’. In both cases Lacoste was unsuccessful. The decisions were important in what seemed to be a move to limit the scope of the Lacoste trademark monopoly. Judging from the recent victory over ‘KAJMAN’ however, it is clear that the French company remains undeterred and it seems that the Courts have begun to take on a more strict approach in what they deem to be potential trademark infringements. For more details on the recent Lacoste victory see the article here.

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The police has returned Penjore’s phone on June 11, but he still feels his rights were violated By Tashi Namgyal Although out of detention, Penjore is still claiming that his human rights were violated by the police. Penjore was what he claims ‘arbitrarily arrested’ on May 6 by the Royal Bhutan Police (RBP) following a complaint from the Office of the Attorney General (OAG), and was detained for 16 days. “My arrest without warrant was illegal and in direct violation of my human rights,” Penjore said. “RBP cannot arbitrarily arrest and detain me without any crime charges against me.” He demanded that the police can detain him only if the court proves him guilty and issues an arrest warrant. His wife also shared the same concern at the police station when he was detained. Article 7, Section 16 of the Constitution states that “A person charged with a penal offence has the right to be presumed innocent until proven guilty in accordance with the law.” Penjore also highlighted about this issue on May 7 infront of the judge when he was taken to Thimphu Dzongkhag Court for remand hearing. It was the same day when the police seized his phone too. “The incident has already left not only me, but my entire family members in distress and mental agony,” he said. Penjore has also sought the intervention of Parliamentary Human Rights Committee (PHRC) after the committee visited him in the detention centre on May 11. “Win or lose, it doesn’t matter to me. My wish is only to prompt and alert everyone about basic human rights and what is meant by its violation.” Article 7, Section 20 of the Constitution explicitly states that “A person shall not be subjected to arbitrary arrest or detention.” The OAG earlier reiterated that the detention of Penjore was adhered to all due process of the law. It said that while Article 7(20) of the Constitution ensures no person shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest and detention, the Civil and Criminal Procedure Code expressly prohibits pre-trial detention that extends to 49 days for cases of Misdemeanor and below offenses and 108 days for serious offenses and felony on third degree and above. According to a former Supreme Court judge, arrest without warrant can be done under certain circumstances only, not all the time. That includes seizure also. The police need to get an arrest warrant within 24 hours if they are compelled to arrest a person during odd hours or odd situations where there is danger of flight of suspect. Detention and seizing phone can be done once you have an arrest warrant. He said that Penjore’s rights were violated if the case does not fall under exceptions or circumstances reflected under the Police Act. He said that the detention order from OAG will serve as a basis to arrest Penjore but it must comply in accordance with the law and must be treated like any other complaint.Calling it a flimsy case, he said that Penjore’s detention was unwarranted. “Although it’s less probable that the court will accept this case, if it goes Penjore’s way somehow, the government will have to take action against the OAG,” he added. A practicing private lawyer from Thimphu said that when a police arrests a person (with warrant or without warrant), the police can seize anything including the phone that is relevant to the arrest offence. However, the police should go through the phone’s contents together with the owner or any person the owner wanted. “The police can’t go through other contents that are not relevant to the offence of the arrest. Also, the owner or any person can’t be charged of any crimes/offences found in the phone,” he reiterated. Article 7 Section 19 of the Constitution guarantees every person the right to privacy and “shall not be subjected to arbitrary or unlawful interference of oneself, family, home or correspondence,or to unlawful attacks on the person’s honour and reputation.” However, the current laws are silent on the requirement of search warrant for phones. Section 176 of the Civil and Criminal Procedure Code (CCPC) 2001 authorizes the police officer the right to take control of possession and seize any weapon, contraband or any other evidence of an offence carried on his/her person. According to the lawyer, there are categories of offences for which a person can be arrested only with an arrest warrant, and also without warrant (Non-cognizable and cognizable offences). These laws can be found in the Penal Code of Bhutan and the Civil and Criminal Procedure Code. Article 7 of the Constitution establishes numerous rights, including “many of the basic human rights enriched in international conventions”, which are said to be “essential for development of the human personality and for the full realization of the human potential.” The final clauses of Article 7 enshrine a right to privacy with respect to arbitrary or unlawful interference only, protect against arbitrary arrest, and provide a right to legal representation as well as a right to undertake legal proceedings for the enforcement of Article 7 rights. Meanwhile, the PHRC members could not meet this week to discuss about the case due to the ongoing Parliament session. Committee Chairperson MP Passang Dorji (PhD) said that the members will meet right after this session and review thecase. The eight-member committee is made up of four ruling and four opposition MPs.

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GOLLUSCIO Lucia Angela congresos y reuniones científicas Two field situations in the Argentine Chaco: The case of Mocovi and Vilela GOLLUSCIO LUCÍA; GUALDIERI BEATRIZ Otro; Escuela de Verano organizada por el Programa DoBeS; 2004 DoBeS. Programa de documentación en lenguas en peligro. Instituto Max Planck para Psicolingüística y Universidad de Frankfurt TWO FIELD SITUATIONS IN THE ARGENTINE CHACO: THE CASE OF MOCOVI AND VILELA Lucía Golluscio and Beatriz Gualdieri DoBeS/University of Buenos Aires The purpose of this paper is to present two field situations in the Chaco area, in the frame of an ongoing research project that focuses on the documentation of four endangered American Indian Languages spoken in Argentina, in their ethnographic context. Specifically, this project aims to collect, process, and archive linguistic and cultural data for Mocovi (Guaycuruan), Tapiete (Tupi-Guarani), Vilela (Lule-Vilela), and Wichi (Mataco-Mataguayan). No exact estimate of the number of indigenous peoples and speakers is available in our country. Mocovi population is estimated at around 5,000; Tapiete people living in Argentina are around 760 ; Wichi population is currently estimated in 40,000 and, finally, although there is no data about the Vilela population and speakers, during our research we have located around 13 households which recognized being Vilela, and a few Vilela speakers and semi-speakers. Research is being carried out by the University of Buenos Aires in cooperation with the Dept. of Linguistics of the Max Planck Institute in Leipzig, as part of the DOBES Program. Documentation activities are being carried out by an interdisciplinary and intercultural team comprised by linguists, anthropologists, and media experts, with the active participation of the members of the communities. For this presentation we have chosen two of the languages encompassed by our project: Mocovi and Vilela. Concealment of indigenous identity has been a common practice by members of both peoples. In the Vilela case, this practice is still highly current. The Mocovi have only started to drop it. In addition to the confrontations with the national army during the 19th century, the memory of the slaughters ordered by the national and provincial states during the 20th century is still fresh, and the fear of persecution and death has not been allayed. Language loss in both cases (although much more accentuated among the Vilela) seems to have its roots in those tragic stories of persecution and genocide. The speakers of these two languages show contrasting attitudes with regard to the future of their languages, both equally challenging for our team research. In the case of Mocovi, the originary language is an explicitly important diacritic for ethnic identity, and the use and revitalization of native language as well as the study of culture at school is one of the demands advanced by the members of the communities. In contrast, surviving Vilela people seem to wish to forget their origins. Invisibilized among the Toba, Mocovi, and Criollo population, the Vilela have abandoned their rightful demands. Silence, rejection, and language shift are widespread.

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De Terp is a location just 10 minutes drive from my home town, in Leidschenveen. It looks like a small church or chapel but in fact is a work of art erected in 2009. Meijendel nature reserve is one of those places I keep coming back to. It is a remarkable combination of forests, dunes and beach to explore. Amsterdam is a beautiful city and it is practically around the corner for me. That’s why I decided to go there and take some pictures on the most famous locations. On a cold winter day I took some pictures in Oosterheem, Zoetermeer. The water was party frozen and there was a nice sunset. The Kaapse Bossen are one of the most beautiful forests in The Netherlands. Famous for its autumn colors. This year I made a long walk through the forest, capturing as much of the colorful beauty as I could. The lighthouse on the island of Texel, Netherlands. Texel is Holand’s biggest island, bordering on one side the Northern Sea and on the other side the Waddenzee. The Zaanse Schans is one of Holland’s most popular tourist attractions. A village full of typically Dutch farms and windmills. We ventured there to shoot some classic Dutch landscape photos. The Rottemeren are just 15 minutes drive from my home. The area consists of a few lakes that are connected by the river Rotte. There is also a mill there, known as the “Eendrachtsmolen”. A colorful mushroom in the forest at Katjeskelder. Just a few minutes drive from my hometown Zoetermeer, there is a town called Zevenhuizen (seven houses) where you can find a few typical Dutch windmills.

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A pack of eight Two weeks ago, I saw eight coyotes near Moose Creek, Ontario (about 70 km east of Ottawa). They ran across the road in front of my car and into an open field, where they stopped and watched me as I watched them. The day before, I had seen a single Coyote in that field, and this morning I saw another single Coyote on the opposite side of the road. I've seen Coyotes many times in the past -- but usually just a single Coyote or sometimes a pair. Perhaps there was a female in heat and every male Coyote in the area was on her trail? Click here to post comments Join in and write your own page! It's easy to do. How? Simply click here to return to Coyote sightings 2012.

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Gus Baha is a famous Indonesian cleric. His full name is KH Bahauddin Nursalim; Gus Baha was born in Rembang on September 29, 1970. Gus Baha is also one of the promoters and experts in interpretation in Indonesia. It can be said that Gus Baha is a louse of the Qur’an in the archipelago because of his urgent existence in Indonesian interpretation and the study of the Qur’an. Gus Baha is also the son of the caretaker of the Al-Qur’an boarding school in Narukan, KH Nursalim. In his struggle as a thalibul ‘ilm (seeker of knowledge), Gus Baha is known to be tenacious and has intelligence. How not, at a very young age, Gus Baha has at least completed thirty juz of the Qur’an with the consistency of makharijul letters and tajwid. Because, in reading and completing the Qur’an, Gus Baha took it with very strict makharij and tajwid. Remember again, Gus Baha went through it at a very young age. As a teenager, Gus Baha chose Al-Anwar Islamic Boarding School, Sarang, Rembang, Central Java, as the next choice in his odyssey as a seeker of knowledge. Here, his tenacity and intelligence—which I have mentioned before—seem so contrasting. This is evident from Gus Baha’s ability to memorize Sahih Muslim entirety, including its matan and sanad. Unmitigated and not only there, but nahu grammar is also studied, such as Alfiyah Ibn Malik and ‘Imrithi. Gus Baha is also close to Allahumma ighfir lahu Syaikhina Maimoen Zubair, one of Indonesia’s most charismatic and well-known clerics. In a narration, Gus Baha has always been a friend to talk to Syaikhona Maimoen. On several occasions, Syaikhona Maimoen, commonly known as Mbah Moen, trusted Gus Baha as a seeker of ta’bir regarding a legal problem.

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Victoria Beckham is a force to be reckoned with. She’s a successful businesswoman, fashion designer, singer, and dancer. We all know and love Victoria as “Posh Spice” from her chart-topping days in the pop group, Spice Girls. Since the group split back in 2000, she has managed to continue on with her success first as a solo artist, then fashion icon and now a well respected international fashion designer. The former pop singer turned designer is married to a professional soccer player, David Beckham. These two quickly rose to the top as a power couple in Hollywood and are cherished by fans for their strong family values, having been married for close to 20 years with four children! Victoria has been in the public eye for quite some time, but she’s extremely private, trying to stay out of the media. She has steered away from her pop career and become more focused on being a good mom and successful businesswoman. Here are 10 things you probably didn’t know about Victoria Beckham: 10. Growing Up Victoria comes from money. Her father, Anthony Williams Adams, was an electronic engineer and her mother, Jacqueline Doreen was an insurance clerk and hairdresser. Victoria said she used to get embarrassed when her father would drop her off at school in his Rolls-Royce. In an interview, she said, “My dad worked really hard and it was always his ambition to own a Rolls-Royce…So when he got his Rolls-Royce, he used to drive us to school in it every day and I was just mortified. We used to beg him to just drop us at the end of the road. He had a van for work and we used to beg him to take us in the van.” This is probably where her nickname “posh” comes from…She said the word “Posh” in England stands for “if you go to a nice restaurant, it’s a ‘posh’ restaurant, or if you have nice clothes, they’re ‘posh’ clothes.” Ever since she was little she’s had a ‘posh’ streak in her. Instead of using a typical school bag, she used to carry her books in a Gucci handbag.

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For centuries, the evolution of latrines and toilets have been remarkable. Since the early civilization, people had made ways to create the perfect seat- from the communal latrines of the Ancient Egyptians and Harappans (people who used to live in Harrapa, Pakistan and is now considered an archaeological site in the modern times) which was a carved limestone sat atop a simple drainage gullies. In the modern times, this kind of latrine system is called a pit latrine which is used in most countries in Africa. In a research article back 2016, it was found by the team of researchers from BMC Public Health that 36 million people in the Sub-Saharan Africa preferred using the system since 2007. Most of the families that adopted the latrine system were mostly from the low-income families because of the affordable construction cost of this type of toilet which works like this: - A deep hole would be dug on the ground. Then, all the human waste will be dropped there by all the household members. Once it gets full, then that’s the time That the waste would get collected - These latrines are placed outside the houses but is a breeding ground for all the pathogens and disease-carrying insects. Unfortunately, they found this system unsatisfactory and turned out to be it didn’t make the situation better but just worse. Even up to these days, there more people who are not getting the access to a good sanitation facility. As a result, more and more people die in African regions because of the lack of proper hygiene practices. And even in other regions of Asia, there are a lot of people who are deprived of proper sanitation facility. In other first-world country, on the other hand, most people are given the chance to access proper and sufficient latrine system. However, there are still problems that take place especially when it comes to toilet practice. Taking for example is the use of toilet paper. This practice has been observed for many years yet it brought consequences because of the rise in the toilet paper consumption. In 2018, it was reported that 141 rolls per year could be consumed by an American with the Germans being on the second; showing that every individual could consume 134 rolls per year and are being flushed down the toilet. If we imagine the possibility of over-consumption of the toilet paper, we could say that it somehow added to the ratio of pollutants especially that these go straight to the sewage systems. More rolls of toilet paper used would also mean accumulation of garbage. It is also a factor that using just a toilet paper is not guaranteed hygienic; cleansing is still the key to prevention of virus and germ spread. Another is toilet papers aren’t guaranteed to be really suitable for the skin especially for particular brands that have the rough texture. Imagine using it on the area which is pretty sensitive hence thorough cleaning will absolutely be needed. It’s because the possibility of acquiring germs and bacteria on the area such as the buttocks is really possible if proper cleaning would not be observed. Hence, water-borne viruses that cause Cholera, Typhoid Fever, and Diarrhea are present in the toilet area. Another possibility is the irritation. As mentioned earlier, the buttock’s area is one sensitive part. Most toilet paper brands are perfumed or infused with chemicals that could trigger irritation. It might be fragrant but we cannot be sure if it’s natural and really good for human skin. So, thinking about these factors, one may consider switching to a new method of cleansing that sensitive part of the body and maintaining a good hygiene. In other first world country, the use of Bidet has been considered. Every household would have a Bidet Seat for convenience and to assure total hygiene practice. However, there are some problems still that occur in the usage of a Bidet hose for example. Stains are still left on the toilet seat which may lead to accumulation of germs. Some find it difficult to comfortably use the Bidet for some reasons. Thus, the hose attached to the toilet seat may possibly be a breeding ground for pathogens and viruses. Given this fact, what could you do consider an efficient and effective brand to be used? Would you stick to using the toilet paper, a traditional Bidet product that is a potential breeding ground for germs, bacteria, and viruses, or a product that is made with the combination of sophistication and advanced technology? What are the things that you’d like to consider of? Is it the price, the comfort that it may give, or its effectiveness in aiding you in cleansing? As we go continue with this blog, allow me to show you a brand that is highly recommended. It also has parts that are manufactured well. Some of the its parts like the intelligent Bidet Seat which is perfectly fit and suits the shape of the buttocks area. Its soft-closing lid is a convenience in the making; imagine using it without creating noise when you’re in the toilet. A brand that ensures absolute cleaning and cleansing because of its Self-Cleaning nozzle which you don’t have to press with your bare hand compared to the usual Bidet hose. Moreover, it’s a brand that has the eight-fold protections against leakage, pressure and even fire protection. As a customer, would you settle for anything less? If the answer is no, Flexispot’s Toilet Paper FREE丨Intelligent Bidet Toilet Seat ESB101/201 is the best choice for you. These qualities mentioned above could really ensure cleanliness in the toilet area which has been proven to be an easy breeding ground if not properly maintained. It’s also been created for the whole family. With its features you got nothing to worry even you have a family member who is pregnant or an elderly because of its one-touch auto mode. Plus, it has feminine wash function which would be also convenient to the female members of the family. It’s a product that cares for you and your loved ones.

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With hundreds of wedding venues in the NJ/NY metro area to choose from, your head may be spinning trying to pick the best location for your wedding day! As a local wedding videographer with experience shooting over 200 weddings in the past 10 years, I have experience shooting in all sorts of unique locations. From historic castles to modern ballrooms with stunning NYC skyline views and everything in between! I compiled a quick list of some of my favorite wedding venues to shoot at, including cinematic films from weddings I worked at each venue: check it out here! Once you've picked out your dream wedding location, you'll surely want a professional cinematographer to capture your day! With our award-winning cinematic style we will capture a timeless wedding video that you will cherish for years to come. Check out www.joereggioproductions.com to get started! Where will your story take us?

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I offer more than just family sessions and wedding, so here is a list of some of the other sessions I offer. Based in Shropshire, I offer a variety of sessions for all different occasions. Beautiful images to show off your brand. Give your brand a make over by investing in a personal branding photography service. It is the creation of a selection of branding images that tell the story of you and your personal brand. I work closely with you to create images which can be used on all forms communication from print to screen. It's more than just headshots, it's about giving your customers an insight about you and your business. Creating contemporary images for parents of their children in the nursery setting. I work with the nursery to create beautiful portraits of the children and a selection of images for the nursery. Capture a birthday or special celebreation. Whether it's Birthday Party for a 1 year old or 100 year old, I love to capture them. Done in a storytelling documentary style but offering a selection of posed images if required. Fur babies deserve their very own session. This is a great place to add a tagline. Tell customers more about you. Add a few words and a stunning pic to grab their attention and get them to click. This space is ideal for writing a detailed description of your business and the types of services that you provide. Talk about your team and your areas of expertise.

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In Church-State Playground Brawl, Justices Lean Toward The Church A clear majority of justices at the U.S. Supreme Court seemed troubled Wednesday by a Missouri grant program that bars state money from going to religious schools for playground improvement. Thirty-nine states have state constitutional provisions that bar taxpayer funds from going to religious schools — provisions that have been a major obstacle for the school choice movement. The Missouri case is an attempt to lower that wall separating church and state. The Trinity Lutheran Church in Columbia, Mo., owns and operates a preschool learning center. It applied for a state grant to rubberize its playground surface, using old and discarded tires. But because the school's mission is avowedly religious, the state turned down the application, citing language in the state Constitution that explicitly bars state funds from going directly or indirectly to any religious sect or denomination. The church challenged the denial in court, appealing all the way to the Supreme Court. "Safety shouldn't hinge on whether a child is religious, or if they are playing on a playground at a religious school, or a secular, or a public institution," school Director Annette Kiehne said on the steps of the high court on Wednesday. But James Layton, representing the state of Missouri, countered that the Supreme Court has never required states to provide direct government grants to churches. "Almost 200 years ago, the people of the state of Missouri, adopting language" used by the Founding Fathers, "decided that we were not going to tax people in order to give money to churches," he said. Justices skeptical of Missouri's case Inside the courtroom, even some of the court's liberals signaled that they are concerned by the grant denial. But neither side had an easy time of it. Layton, arguing for the state, clearly had the harder task, struggling as justices pressed him about where to draw the line between those things that a church is clearly entitled to, like public safety protections, versus state aid for facilities and programs at church schools. "We don't want to be in a position ... where we are selecting among churches," Layton told the justices. "We don't want to be in a position where we are making a visible, physical improvement on church property." Those are legitimate objectives for the state in avoiding an unconstitutional entanglement with religion, Layton argued. Providing police and fire protection is different, he said, because the state is not "taking money from the state treasury and giving it to the church." Justice Samuel Alito pressed the point, noting that there are federal programs that give grants to reinforce security at synagogues, mosques and churches that are at risk of terrorist attacks. Justice Stephen Breyer wondered why it is that a religious school is entitled to police and fire protection, but may be denied money to make its playground safer. "What's the difference?" he asked. Justice Elena Kagan noted there is a strong constitutional principle that says when we have a program like this one, "as long as you're using the money for playground services, you're not disentitled from that program because you're a religious institution doing religious things." Under that theory, replied lawyer Layton, wouldn't the state have to "put new paint on the sanctuary if the old one had lead paint?" Or might the state be required "to reimburse for pews to be upholstered?" In this case, he added, not everyone gets a grant. Only a few schools were selected for the tire scrap program. Trinity Lutheran calls program discriminatory Arguing on behalf of the church, lawyer David Cortman of the Alliance Defending Freedom had an easier task, mainly because he took the view that as long as the program being funded is secular and open to everyone else, religious schools can't be excluded. Justice Anthony Kennedy, eyebrows raised, seemed doubtful. Are you saying that "religious status can never be the basis for a governmental action or governmental ... statute?" I can't think of any, Cortman answered. "Why would someone's religious status matter in the first place?" Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg balked at that assertion, noting that the Supreme Court said long ago "in no uncertain terms that what the Framers didn't want was tax money ... to pay for building or maintaining churches or church property." Pointing to a landmark 1947 church-state case, she asked, "Doesn't that fit this case?" When Cortman argued that playgrounds are not religious in nature, Justice Sonia Sotomayor said suppose the playground is used for religious activities. Suppose there is prayer before play, for instance. And what if the school only admitted its own religious followers, asked Justice Ginsburg. Suppose it excluded non-Lutherans or non-Christians. Would the school still be entitled to a playground resurfacing grant? Yes, replied Cortman, because the school has "a free exercise right to religious autonomy, to decide who their members are." Justice Sotomayor noted that for more than a century most states, like Missouri, have barred money for religious institutions. Aren't states "free to say we don't want to spend money from the public fisc on houses of worship?" she asked. Cortman replied that such provisions amount to "government coercion when ... the only way you could receive a public benefit is if you do not exercise your religion." That, he said, is a violation of the U.S. Constitution's right to the free exercise of religion. At the end of the day, the quest for the Supreme Court may be how narrowly or broadly it writes its opinion. As Justice Kagan put it, the church-state divide is a "fraught issue" in which "states have their own very long-standing law" and "nobody is completely sure they have it right." In view of that, Kagan said, "I guess there's something attractive about having some play in the joints where states can make their own choices." Just how much play is the question. Copyright 2021 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A former minor league batboy has filed a lawsuit accusing longtime major league shortstop Omar Vizquel of sexual harassment during Vizquel's tenure as manager of the Birmingham Barons, an affiliate of the Chicago White Sox. The 25-year-old man filed suit in U.S. District Court in Alabama, accusing the 11-time Gold Glove winner of exposing himself multiple times and forcing the man to wash his back in the shower in 2019. The suit says the man is autistic and accuses the White Sox and Double-A Birmingham Barons of violating the Americans With Disabilities Act. According to the lawsuit, the man says 54-year-old Vizquel exposed himself to him at least on five occasions while wearing a towel “for the purpose of obtaining sexual gratification," the Associated Press reported. The AP reported that the man did wash Vizquel's back but did not return to work after that. According to the lawsuit, the man's supervisors and other coaches on the team laughed when they were informed of the alleged behavior towards him. Major League Baseball investigated last year after allegations made by Vizquel's wife accused him of domestic abuse. He died the allegations, USA Today reported.

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On Tuesday 26th April, MPs held a general debate on childhood cancer outcomes. The debate was led by MP Caroline Dineage, and was called for by one of her constituents - Charlotte Fairall, Mum of Sophie who died of rhabdomyosarcoma in September 2021 aged 10 Sophie's delayed diagnosis, her gruelling and ultimately unsuccessful treatment are horribly familiar to us and we applaud Charlotte's efforts to secure action to ensure more children survive their cancer diagnosis. Cancer in children is not as rare as most people think. 1 in 320 people in the UK will be diagnosed with cancer before they turn 20, and 1 in 6 of those will die within 5 years. It's the biggest killer of children. Caroline Dineage called for the Government to look at how we prevent, diagnose, treat and care for children's cancer. She asked for parents to be better equipped to notice the signs and symptoms and for cancer research funding to be better targeted. The debate was quite well attended, with MPs from all parties sharing stories of children in their area. Helen Hayes shared Ruby's story - you can watch this on the video clip below. This was the second time this year that Ruby's story and motto have been shared in the House of Commons (the first time being linked to Partygate). Ruby would be so happy about that! So far there has been no commitment from the Government to act on any of the recommendations. You can watch Helen Hayes' sharing Ruby's story below.

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How would you like to be the King and Queen of your own Charter Yacht for a week or two around the Turkish Turquoise Coastline and The Greek Isles? You design the level of energy, relaxation, and itinerary. With the crew always there to attend all your request and wants. All you have to do is Enjoy and seize the moment. Order your favorite cocktails while you sunbathe and relax, Water or Jet ski, scuba dive or explore the historical venues on land. Enjoy international and Turkish cuisine delicacies prepared by your private chef onboard, who shops for freshest ingredients at nearby fishermen villages that you stop on your itinerary. As you Wish Excellence! If you are looking for an alternative to chain hotels and crowded beaches, or feel restricted by cruise ships with fixed itineraries and organized shore trips, then a yacht charter vacation may be the answer – at a comparable price. A Yacht Charter vacation gives you the opportunity to explore exotic islands or uncrowded coves and beaches in a way that land-based vacations never can. One of the most beautiful and attractive sailings and cruising destination is the ‘Turkish Turquoise Coast’ and ‘Greek Isles’. Turkey has held special value and fascination by travelers throughout history for being ‘the Cradle of Civilizations’. Turkish Turquoise Coastline, naturally amazing and beautiful, with a lot of civilizations’ landmark (ancient tombs carved into cliffs, sunken remnants of ancient Greek and Roman Civilizations, deserted coves) on land or underwater, with lovely, quiet bays and inlets unspoiled, is ideal for Sailing Vacations. Whether you prefer the luxury of a fully crewed yacht or the freedom of a bareboat, chartering offers something for everyone. Honeymooners love being alone. Parents enjoy the security of a safe area for their children. Young children love the beaches and all the activity. Teenagers enjoy water sports, nightlife and the chance to experience a different world. Couples enjoy all the above, plus the opportunity to sail a larger boat than they would normally own. Everyone loves the freedom to do as they please. Pick your own route, set your own pace. Wake up each morning in a different harbor, with a new island to explore, exciting sights to see, a new coral reef to snorkel or dive on, or a fresh beach to cultivate that gorgeous tan. At night, dance on the beach to the wild rhythms of a steel band, dine at one of the fine local restaurants or simply fall asleep to the sounds of the sea in a quiet secluded cove.

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You may have never heard the term “yak shaving” before, but you’ve likely done it. Joi Ito summarized it well here: You start out deciding to tidy your room and you realize that in order to do that you’ll need some more trash bags, so you need to go to the shops, which will involve you getting out the car, but the car needs gas, so you’ll need to go to the gas station first, which means you should probably find your gas discount card, which involves finding your keys, which are in the room somewhere… A similar example can be found in the show “Malcolm in the Middle”: Sometimes there can be a bit of good that comes out of some yak shaving, if you’re ever able to get to the end of the line and start working your way back. Usually, though, the better solution is to ignore the new issue that popped up (at least for now) and focus on the task at hand.

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Temperatures today are supposed to reach the mid-to-high 90's, and what am I contemplating? Not sunning by the pool, not splashing IN the pool, and not any of a thousand and one activities involving the creative use of ice cubes. I am contemplating peach cobbler. Specifically, I am contemplating BAKING peach cobbler. I blame this fluffy mystery I'm reading, The Peach Cobbler Murders, (or something like that) one of those mysteries with recipes included. The writing isn't great and the plot is taking FOREVER to move forward, but oh my god, the baked goods. Books like this should come with a basket of tasty treats, one per chapter. It's probably a good thing I have no peaches, at the moment. Although tomorrow is grocery day… (I have just remembered that there is a bag of frozen strawberries in the freezer. I have no idea where they came from. Is there such a thing as strawberry cobbler?)

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I was about to pass on this book, but I noticed all the beautiful artwork it contained and though to myself, “why not give it a try . . . at the very least it has a bunch of great art?!” First, I need to mention that the layout and design of the physical book is gorgeous. The cover design, the folded interior flaps, the thickness of the pages, the texture of the pages, the layout of the text, the abundant artwork, the chapter headings and even the page numbers all contribute to making this book one of the most aesthetically pleasing titles I’ve ever held in my hands. Next, I have to confess that although I am not particularly fond of the genre, The Last Tower was an enjoyable and engaging read. Using the Genesis story of the “Tower of Babel” as a metaphor for a united humanity’s lust for power, the friends engage in a thought-exercise about a variety of topics (in reference to the possibility of a dubious single-world government) including fiscal irresponsibility, resources, power, control, human nature, God, Truth, and business. The book dips into conspiracy theory from time to time, but then pulls right out of it again. I don’t think at its heart The Last Tower is a book foretelling of an immanent New World Order, but rather a book that challenges our single-minded, self-important, self-serving worldview. In fact, the epilogue of the book consists of a series of questions, each printed on its own page with corresponding illustration, which are very poignant questions about life, God and the human condition. The Last Tower is not without its drawbacks. As already mentioned the narrative structure is only a façade for the ideas. (Fortunately the book is a short read and I finished it in two sittings). Additionally, some of the conspiratorial content tends to overshadow the larger questions of family and community. The book, however, is a solid read for individuals looking to explore some of the big, global questions that we are often too afraid to ask . . . or perhaps never think to ask. Rating: 4/5 Stars (I really liked it) The Last Tower is written by Brian Oxley and is illustrated by Tim Ladwig and Chris Koelle (epilogue). It is published by OxVision Books. Find it here on Amazon.

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"The planned return of the grizzly bear to North Cascades National Park is a symbol of the power of perseverance” -- NPCA President and CEO Theresa Pierno SEATTLE – The Friends of the North Cascades Grizzly Bear coalition celebrates today as federal agencies announced their preference to bring grizzly bears back to the North Cascades Ecosystem. The National Park Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today released the final environmental impact statement and grizzly bear reintroduction plan. Although a record of decision has yet to be signed, the agencies’ preferred alternative would restore grizzlies to their historic homelands, where they are functionally extinct. The agencies recommend a 10(j) rule that would give wildlife managers additional flexibility under the Endangered Species Act to responsibly manage bears. “Today we celebrate our national parks as places where wildlife thrives and ecosystems are made whole,” said Theresa Pierno, president and CEO of the National Parks Conservation Association. “For years, NPCA has worked tirelessly to bring grizzlies back to their historic homeland. The planned return of the grizzly bear to North Cascades National Park is a symbol of the power of perseverance.” “After years of advocacy the Upper Skagit Tribe looks forward to the day the great bear returns to the rugged North Cascades which our people previously shared with grizzlies for thousands of years,” said Scott Schuyler, policy representative for the Upper Skagit Tribe, whose territory lies within the recovery zone. “We thank leaders at the National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and Department of Interior for their intention to restore a cultural icon in the North Cascades.” The North Cascades Ecosystem holds one of the most remote and rugged mountain ranges in the country and is one of only two grizzly bear recovery zones without an established population. The area is one of North America’s premier intact ecosystems and features optimal habitat for grizzlies. However, the last confirmed sighting of a grizzly bear was in 1996. Habitat fragmentation and the low numbers of grizzlies in nearby populations make it highly unlikely that grizzlies would naturally recover in this area. Under the preferred alternative, agency biologists would translocate a few bears from healthy source populations into the North Cascades over several years until an initial population of 25 is reached. “The Snoqualmie Tribe is excited to hear this news, and to know that this hard-fought effort to bring home grizzlies is close to becoming a reality,” said Snoqualmie Indian Tribe Tribal Chairman Robert M. de los Angeles. “This is a critical moment in history, with governments, organizations, and individuals working together to welcome grizzlies back after human action removed them from their home. Snoqualmie thanks the leadership of our congressional leaders, the National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Department of Interior for their persistent work and advocacy.” For years, advocates in Washington state and beyond have weighed in supporting efforts to help the declining population of grizzlies and reintroduce bears to their historic habitat. A recent poll shows that 85% of Americans support grizzly restoration in the North Cascades. The possible designation of the North Cascades grizzlies as an “experimental population” has helped the effort gain support, as people have been assured that the bears will be gradually reintroduced and carefully managed. “The agencies have shown that they are listening to local communities like ours by including necessary management flexibility for a successful reintroduction effort in the long run,” said Jasmine Minbashian, executive director of Methow Valley Citizens Council. “In eastern Washington, human-bear coexistence initiatives are already in progress. With the right resources focused on bear-smart infrastructure and education, rural communities can be a proud partner in the triumphant return of our majestic grizzly bears.” There is a legally mandated 30-day waiting period before a final Record of Decision . Visit https://www.northcascadesgrizzly.org/ for more information on the plan for North Cascades grizzly bear recovery from the Friends of the North Cascades Grizzly Bear. # # # About the National Parks Conservation Association: Since 1919, the nonpartisan National Parks Conservation Association has been the leading voice in safeguarding our national parks. NPCA and its more than 1.6 million members and supporters work together to protect and preserve our nation’s most iconic and inspirational places for future generations. For more information, visit www.npca.org. For Media Inquiries

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What is the average price of an engagement ring? "How much should you spend on an engagement ring?" has always intrigued me. It's one of those things that your grandfather or father may have said, handing along an old family tradition. Is that advice still applicable now, though? Let's explore the origins of this custom and the reasons it has endured for so long. How Much Should an Engagement Ring Cost? The question of how much to spend on an engagement ring is one steeped in tradition and family heritage. It's common for older generations, like your father or grandfather, to offer guidance on this significant investment, emphasizing its value. The type of diamond and setting you choose can have an important effect on the average price of an engagement ring. The choice of diamond and setting significantly influences the average cost of an engagement ring. The traditional advice for buying an engagement ring suggests allocating an amount equal to one to two months of your income. For example, with an annual salary of $24,000, it's recommended to budget between $3,000 and $6,000 for the ring. Similarly, for someone earning $50,000 a year, a spending range of $6,000 to $10,000 is advised. For those earning a higher income, such as $100,000 annually, a budget of $12,000 to $18,000 is suggested. Exploring options like Lab Grown Diamonds can lead to considerable savings without sacrificing beauty or quality. For example, Ouros Jewels offers stunning 1-2ct center lab-grown diamonds for about $1,500, with solitaire settings priced between $250 and $500. A stunning 4-5ct lab-grown diamond from the same retailer may cost around $5,000, depending on the specific 4Cs (cut, color, clarity, and carat weight). This highlights the diverse range of prices available, shaped by the type of diamond and setting selected. What is the 4C’s? The term "4Cs" relates to the four fundamental characteristics that are used to assess and characterize a diamond's quality. The Gemological Institute of America (GIA) created these generally accepted standards. The 4Cs consist of: 1. Carat Weight: A diamond's weight is indicated by its carat weight. Exactly one-fifth of a 200 milligrams is equal to one carat. The carat weight of a well-cut diamond determines its size, and bigger diamonds are typically more costly. Our guide will help you find the ideal diamond for any size. 0.25–0.50 carat: Ideal for minimizing flaws. Focus on cut and color, selecting Very Good or Ideal cuts for brilliance. 0.75 - 1 Carat: Still conceals faults. Select SI1 or SI2 clarity and prioritize. Cuts for sparkling are very good or ideal. 1.25-1.5 carats: Cut and clarity take precedence. Try for VS2 clarity or above for a perfect look. 2-4 Carat: Look for eye-clean diamonds with at least VS1 clarity for a stunning show. 5 And More Carat: Each detail counts. For unparalleled elegance, select diamonds with excellent cut, symmetry, and polish. How a diamond's facets interact with light is referred to as its cut. It assesses the sparkle and brilliance of the diamond and often assigns a grade that ranges from "Excellent" to "Poor." Ideal/Excellent Cut diamonds: These diamonds are precision-cut to increase light reflection and offer unmatched sparkle and beauty. Experience amazing brilliance and clarity in all aspects. Perfect for those seeking the heights of diamond beauty. Good/Deep Cut Diamonds: Experience sparkling brilliance and depth. These diamonds have a stunning shine, balanced symmetry, and impressive polish, making them an excellent choice for people looking for quality and value. Poor Cut Diamonds: These diamonds lack sparkle and symmetry, resulting in a dull look with uneven surfaces. Ideal for individuals on a small budget who still want the diamond feel. A pure diamond has no imperfections or blemishes and is colorless. The diamond has undesired yellow or brown tones due to impurities like nitrogen. color is rated on a scale of letters from D to Z. D-F Colorless Diamonds: These diamonds are the purest and most valuable since they are practically colorless. F grades may have minimal color, visible only to experts. G-J Near Colorless: These diamonds look clear at first glance, but they may disclose minor colors from below. K-M Faint Color Diamonds: Ideal for budget-conscious fans seeking a touch of color. These jewels have delicate hues that add to their specific charm. N-R Very Light Yellow Diamonds: Discover the charm of very light yellow diamonds, which provide delicate beauty and fire at an affordable price. Ideal for adding a splash of color without breaking the bank. S-Z Light Yellow Diamonds: Enhance your collection with light yellow diamonds, which are noted for their brilliant color and great value. Ideal for people wanting colorful brilliance. According to the Gemological Institute of America (GIA), clarity evaluates when a diamond has internal (inclusions) or external (blemishes) defects. The assessment covers diamonds that are perfect and show no obvious problems, even at 10x magnification, to diamonds that have inclusions and/or imperfections that are evident to the naked eye. Internally Flawless (IF): Under magnification, there are no discernible defects, resulting in a nearly flawless look. Ideal for those seeking unparalleled purity in their lab grown diamond. Very Very Slightly Included (VVS1,VVS2): These diamonds are flawless to the naked view and appear perfect. Only little inclusions may be visible under magnification, demonstrating their outstanding quality. Very Slightly Included (VS1,VS2): Find diamonds with minor inclusions that are only visible under close inspection. Ideal for individuals looking for near-perfect jewels at a fantastic price. Slightly Included (SI1,SI2,SI3): Little flaws and inclusions are clear to the naked eye. Included (I1,I2,I3): Visible flaws and inclusions are easily detected with the naked eye. How much spend on engagement ring? Your budget for an Engagement Ring is a personal choice. Stay clear of marketing tricks that encourage excessive spending. The idea of investing two or three months' pay is a marketing ruse so forget about it. For the ring you like, instead, pay attention to your finances. It's exciting to get ready for your proposal, and having a stunning ring is a must. It represents your commitment to one another and your feelings for one another. In case you're thinking, "How much should I spend on an engagement ring?" this article offers valuable advice. While the exact average cost of engagement rings remains elusive, surveys among buyers typically reveal an average spending range between $4,000 and $8,000. However, it's crucial to note that this does not imply a necessity to spend $5,000 or more. The higher average is skewed by individuals who choose to invest $10,000 or more in their rings. According to a survey by Morning Consult, as reported by the New York Times, the average price of an engagement ring is around $1,900. Our curated collection survey stunning engagement rings priced at $3,000 and below, reflecting a preference among many couples to spend less than $4,000 on their lab-grown diamond engagement rings. Furthermore, spending habits on engagement rings significantly differ across generations. Millennials, for instance, tend to spend an average of $2,500, despite the general average exceeding $4,000. Benefits of lab grown diamond engagement ring? The adage now suggests that a lab-grown diamond is a girl's new best friend. Despite some traditionalists' reservations, the jewelry world is rapidly recognizing lab-grown diamonds as the modern emblem of eternal love. These diamonds, created in laboratories through processes that mimic the natural formation of diamonds, are chemically identical to those mined from the earth. We highlight the advantages of lab-grown diamonds in this article to give you peace of mind when selecting one for your Wedding ring. 1. Similar look as mined diaonds: Lab-grown diamonds boast the same optical, chemical, and physical properties as their mined counterparts, ensuring the same brightness and sparkle. An engagement ring adorned with a lab-grown diamond offers the timeless elegance and feel of a real diamond. Lab-grown diamonds provide a more budget-friendly option for your engagement ring, being 40% to 70% less expensive than mined diamonds. This price advantage means you can opt for a larger stone or a higher quality diamond for the same investment. 3. Better Quality: The controlled environment in which lab-grown diamonds are created allows for fewer inclusions and flaws, resulting in diamonds of greater purity and perfection. Consequently, a lab-grown diamond may exhibit even more brilliance than a naturally mined one. 4. Ethical Choice: Buying for a lab-grown diamond engagement ring means choosing ethically sourced jewelry. Produced under stringent and humane conditions, these diamonds eliminate concerns related to "blood diamonds" or labor exploitation in the diamond mining industry. 5. Wide Range of Options: The production process of lab-grown diamonds allows for a broader selection of colors and grades, previously limited by the high cost of certain mined diamonds. This advantage opens up an expansive range of choices for consumers. 6. Creative and Unique Colors: Lab-grown diamonds are available in a diverse palette of colors, offering more options than naturally colored diamonds, which are rare and expensive. This accessibility to a variety of hues allows customers more freedom to personalize their diamond jewelry creatively. In today's modern landscape, the age-old debate over how much to spend on an engagement ring is experiencing a significant shift. Traditional notions tied to monthly wages are giving way to more personalized budgeting strategies. Many couples are now gravitating towards more affordable options, particularly those featuring lab-grown diamonds. Lab-grown diamonds offer the same impeccable qualities as mined diamonds but at a more affordable price point. They boast higher quality, ethical sourcing, and a diverse selection, making them an attractive choice for conscientious consumers. As a result, the engagement ring market is evolving to prioritize individual style preferences, financial responsibility, and the embrace of innovative and ethical alternatives. Whether opting for a Anique Cut Engagement Ring crafted from natural or lab-grown diamonds, couples symbolize unwavering commitment and love in today's modern setting. "Should you want further details on lab-grown diamonds and how much to spend on engagement rings? Send us an inquiry if you have questions." What is the average price of an engagement ring The average cost of a lab-grown diamond ring falls within the range of $1,500 to $4,000. real diamonds, due to their rarity and uniqueness, can cost between $5,000 and $16,000 for a one-carat ring. Factors such as color, carat weight, clarity, cut, metal, choice of diamond type, and ring settings all influence the price of a diamond ring. How much should I spend on an engagement ring? Many people agree that traditional advice on engagement ring spending is outdated. It's recommended to spend within your means, with a common suggestion being no more than two months' worth of pay on an engagement ring. find the perfect ring within your budget at OUROS JEWELS. Three Month Salary Rule for Engagement Rings? The notion of spending three months' salary on an engagement ring stems from a historic advertising campaign in the 1930s. It implied that true love and commitment were demonstrated by investing an entire month's income into an engagement ring. What impact do the 4Cs have on an engagement ring's cost? The price of a diamond ring is significantly influenced by its 4Cs: carat, cut, color, and clarity. A higher carat weight, better cut, nearly colorless look, and fewer inclusions (greater clarity) all reflect to a higher price. Can a customized engagement ring be more affordable? Custom engagement rings may require additional effort and feature unique designs, potentially resulting in higher costs. However, at OUROS JEWELS, we offer the flexibility to select specific stones and materials within your budget, making customization a viable and affordable option. April 15, 2024 April 13, 2024 April 3, 2024 April 1, 2024 March 29, 2024 March 27, 2024 March 26, 2024 March 18, 2024

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Remember the old “Microsoft is calling you” scam? Well it’s back, only this time, it’s not Microsoft, and it’s not the NBN, either. While you might be used to a large amount of scams coming into your inbox and missing the spam filters in email, this isn’t the only place people will attempt to con you. Even though email scams can still be found every day in your mail, it’s not unusual to get a phone call on a regular occurrence attempting to con you out of your money and details. You’re probably used to the faux Microsoft calls — you know, the ones where a random caller claims to be Microsoft and yet isn’t — but this isn’t the only form of trickery going on. In fact in Australia, we have our own take on the “Microsoft is calling” scam. Locally, it’s the “NBN is calling” scam, and just like the Microsoft one, it’s a total crock not worth paying any attention to. How an NBN scam works It starts with someone telling a lie, as scams often do. This one is a lie about the NBN, the National Broadband Network rolling out across Australia, and it’s a subject that people can be easily fooled by. While the NBN is in the process of being rolled, many Australians are having problems with their service and speed, and so if they were to receive a call from someone who works at the NBN, it is somewhat believable. Or specifically, it’s a little more believable than if Microsoft was calling you, which most people have become clued in on over the past few years. In this con, however, the person calling isn’t from the NBN. Rather, they’re from another scam call centre looking to trick people with much the same tactic as the Microsoft con. With the Microsoft con, the idea was to call someone, tell them their Windows computer wasn’t working properly, and that it required remote access to fix. The scammer would then use a form of remote desktop technology to leave malware on the computer, which would either lock files using ransomware or steal details over time, with personal information or banking details part of what’s likely to go missing. And in the NBN scam, it’s very much the same process: someone calls claiming to be from the National Broadband Network to say there’s a problem with your internet connection, installs malware using remote access, and you suffer the consequences later on. Much like the Microsoft technical person call you might have randomly received in the past, it’s all a con. So what do you do if the NBN comes-a-calling? What should you do if the NBN calls? If the NBN calls, you should probably hang up. In Australia, the NBN is a wholesale company, and so it’s very unlikely to call any customer. Rather, it would talk to suppliers like Telstra, Optus, Vodafone, and iiNet, and others. So you shouldn’t get a call from the NBN. If anything, you’d get a call from your internet company and not the NBN. If the NBN calls, hang up. If hanging up is too abrupt, consider asking the caller for their number, and see if it matches with the NBN number, 1800 687 626, found at the NBN Co contact page. Frankly, there’s a good chance they’ll end up hanging up the moment you start asking for details. NBN scams are leaving a mark on Australia One of the main reasons why you should hang up, however, comes from the repercussions left by these NBN scammers. In June, in fact, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) reported that Australians were losing an average of more than $110,000 each month between January and May this year alone. “People aged over 65 are particularly vulnerable, making the most reports and losing more than $330,000 this year. That’s more than 60 per cent of the current losses,” said Delia Rickard, Acting Chair for the ACCC. “Scammers are increasingly using trusted brands like ‘NBN’ to trick unsuspecting consumers into parting with their money or personal information,” she said. Earlier in the year, NBN Co released its own statement amidst the increase in scam calls. “We urge residents and businesses to be vigilant of callers claiming to be from NBN Co requesting personal or financial information,” said Darren Kane, Chief Security Officer of NBN Co. “We will never make unsolicited calls or door knock to sell broadband services to the public. We will never request remote access to a resident’s computer and we will never make unsolicited requests for payment or financial information,” he said. “Protect yourself by verifying who are you are talking to. If in doubt, hang up and call your retail service provider customer service centre to check if the call is legitimate.” Hanging up is always the best approach It’s important to realise that scammers won’t stop, because the target is lucrative. Remember, they’re after your information and your money, and provided there’s a chance they can land it, they’ll keep going for it. That means people need to be more aware of who is calling and emailing. Alternatively, you may want to consider other solutions, such as spam blocking, which is being gradually rolled out in phone services. Phone scams aren’t the only NBN scam, either. Other methods of attempting to con using the guise of the National Broadband Network include coming to your door and attempting to sell hardware and services under the name of the NBN. In these attempts, someone will knock on your door and likely ask for details such as date of birth and Medicare, and a form of payment, possibly in form of gift cards. Much like with the phone calls, however, the NBN isn’t coming around to your home, so close the door and call your internet provider, as well as the police. Remember to take things with a grain of salt and have a healthy dose of skepticism, and don’t be afraid to hang up. Worst case, you can always call the service back finding the number on the internet yourself. Chances are, you’ll be told that you did a good job to hang up on a scam.

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D23: The Official Disney Fan Club, has announced two marvel panels among its planned virtual D23 event, featuring guests from all corners of the company. According to Comicbook.com, the D23 Fantastic Worlds Celebration virtual event will include panels entitled “Marvel’s 616 Uncovered” and “Marvel Comics Celebrates 80 Years of Captain America.” Both are scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 17, with Marvel’s 616 starting at 5 p.m., and the Captain America spotlight on deck an hour later. Marvel’s 616 premieres on the Disney+ streaming service on Nov. 20 and is one of the most anticipated shows of 2020. “Get an exclusive first look at this exciting new Disney+ docuseries series with Executive Producers Sarah Amos and Jason Sterman, and Directors Clay Jeter and Brian Oakes to get a glimpse into these remarkable stories, showcasing the intersections of storytelling, pop culture, and fandom within the Marvel Universe,” Disney said in a statement about the panel. As for the Captain America panel, the Mouse House announced it’s “a journey eight decades in the making!” Marvel Comics editor-in-chief C.B. Cebulski and executive editor Tom Brevoort will be on hand dissecting the All-American Avenger as he expands from the comics into pop culture lure and onto the big screen. The event is being run entirely online for 2020 and will be made available to those who are D23 Gold and Gold Family members. Disney also noted a limited-edition pin set would be given out to fans who register for Gold Memberships as a result of the event. Other panels during the event will include one on the Star Wars franchise, promoting Disney’s Galaxy’s Edge theme park; a look into the history of Mickey Mouse; the excitement of EPCOT; and one on the movie, Toy Story. If past experience is anything to go by, these D23 panels are not to be missed! Featured Image: Disney D23 Source: Entertainment Weekly This post has affiliate links, which means we may earn advertising money if you buy something. This doesn’t cost you anything extra, we just have to give you the heads up for legal reasons. Click away!

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Last term, RMS pupil Lara (Year 12), entered the Jeffrey Ahn Jr. Fellowship competition using part of her GCSE portfolio work entitled “Lost and Found”. The Jeffrey Ahn, Jr. Fellowship is a US based competition that seeks to empower young artists from any background or country to realise extraordinary independent projects, funding the chosen Fellow’s project picked out by a panel of distinguished judges. Attempting to replicate an American campaign for missing children, in which photos and information would be printed on the milk cartons to raise awareness, Lara created fifteen plaster casts of milk cartons with individual etchings and QR codes on each. I was delighted to hear recently that I had made it into the second of the two phases of the competition.- Lara, Year 12 Lara’s hope is to create an installation piece which would display the plaster milk cartons and etchings in an exhibition space, using projectors and mirrors to create an immersive experience. We’re wishing Lara all the best as she enters the next phase of this competition and we can’t wait to see her exhibition develop. If anyone has any contacts that could assist Lara in obtaining either an exhibition space, a projector or a supermarket-style fridge to display the milk cartons in, please contact Mrs Nichols via [email protected]

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As the word suggests, cultural anthropology is the study of human cultures. It involves the analysis of social groups to understand the different beliefs, values, and practices that characterize those communities. Anthropologists have traditionally focused on non-Western cultures and recently have become interested in studying our digital society from a sociological perspective. Cultural anthropology is an interdisciplinary field covering a variety of topics such as rituals, education, marriage, art, music, technology, and customs. In this article, we will explore the history of cultural anthropology and what anthropologists do. What Does an Anthropologist Do? Anthropologists are social scientists who conduct research to study human cultures and societies. They are interested in the way that people live and interact with one another and with the effects of social structures and cultural norms on human behavior. Anthropologists explore these issues through a combination of fieldwork and the analysis of data. There is a wide range of specializations within the field of anthropology. A cultural anthropologist researches how the beliefs, values, and practices of a specific social function within the social and economic context of that society. A biological anthropologist studies human evolution and health, and a linguistic anthropologist examines the development of language and communication. Anthropologists specializing in archaeology investigate the history of humans through the study of physical remains, such as tools, pottery, and architecture. And anthropologists who are sociologists study the relationship between individuals and society, and the ways that society organizes resources and power. The History of Cultural Anthropology Cultural anthropology as we know it today has its roots in the 19th century when scholars started studying the world's cultures. Many of these early cultural anthropologists traveled to exotic, far-flung places to record the way people lived and to collect artifacts that would shed light on the past. The subjects of their research were often non-Western peoples in Africa, South America, and Southeast Asia. However, they weren’t interested in these people as in other cultures. They were often looking for traces of their own culture that they thought they saw in the customs and beliefs of those they studied. For example, they would find motifs in Native American pottery that resembled Greek architecture, or they would notice that Polynesian words sounded like Latin. They had no other explanation for these similarities than the notion that people living in very distant parts of the world must have somehow come into contact with each other. This idea of cultural diffusion was the prevailing theory of cultural anthropology until the 1950s. The theory of cultural evolution, which was developed by Charles Darwin and became the prevailing scientific theory of human development, also influenced cultural anthropology. Darwin argued that all life evolved from one single source and that all cultures emerged from a single culture and developed as a result of biological and environmental pressures. Cultural Anthropology subfields Cultural anthropology is a very broad field that can be divided into many subfields. These subfields include cultural and linguistic anthropology, archaeology, and sociological anthropology. Cultural anthropologists are interested in studying different types of cultures to gain insight into the ways that humans thrive in society. Cultural anthropologists are often interested in studying specific topics, such as the relationship between health and culture. They may choose to specialize in a certain region, group of people or type of society. Linguistic anthropologists focus on studying language and communication between humans. They may look at how a specific language affects the way its speakers see the world, or at the relationship between language and social identity. Archaeologists focus on studying past cultures through the analysis of artifacts and physical remains. They may study how the history of a particular region is reflected in the cultures that once inhabited the area, or they may examine how the development of new technologies has changed human society over time. Cultural Competence and Applied Anthropology Applied anthropology is a subfield of cultural anthropology that focuses on applying the research done by cultural anthropologists to real-world issues. In this way, applied anthropologists help communities understand the challenges they face, and they may suggest possible solutions that could improve the quality of life for those people. Cultural competency is an important concept in applied anthropology. Cultural anthropologists strive to be culturally competent in their work, which means understanding the difference between one’s own culture and the culture being studied. This allows anthropologists to avoid imposing their ideas and values on the people they are studying, which would result in inaccurate conclusions. Cultural anthropologists often use the term “local knowledge” to describe the information gathered by people who are familiar with the customs and social norms of a specific society. Applied anthropologists believe that local knowledge must be valued and used in conjunction with more scientific methods of inquiry. This allows cultural anthropologists to tap into a wide variety of sources of information, including the observations and experiences of native people. Criticisms of Cultural Anthropology Cultural anthropology has traditionally focused on non-Western cultures, which has led to some criticism. Some cultural anthropologists have accused their colleagues of being ethnocentric or focused on studying the cultures of their society or the societies that are similar to their own. In other words, they’re looking for similarities in other cultures rather than differences. Cultural anthropologists have responded to this criticism by studying more Western cultures, such as American society, and also by studying other disciplines, including economics, law, and psychology. This criticism can also be applied to applied anthropology. Critics have argued that local knowledge isn’t always accurate or reliable. They’ve also argued that the solutions suggested by applied anthropologists often don’t take into account the broader social and economic context in which the problem exists. Cultural anthropology is a very broad field of research that can be applied to many different areas. Cultural anthropologists may choose to focus on a certain group of people, or they may be interested in studying a particular topic, such as the relationship between health and culture. Cultural anthropologists strive to be culturally competent in their work, which means understanding the difference between one’s own culture and the culture being studied.

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The painting is of McCallum’s or Yost’s Roadhouse, at Mile 203 of the Valdez-Fairbanks Trail. In 1905 a Mrs. McCallum began operating a roadhouse out of a small single-story log cabin on the east... Help preserve the stories of Alaska's historic sites. The Colorblind Artist - K-6 gillnetter is a reminder of Kenai’s long fishing history - Old Town section of Homer experiences a renaissance - Final week of “Interior Sketches III” Kickstarter campaign. Project is already fully funded – let’s keep up the momentum - Old depot is a monument to Seward’s survival as a railroad town - Palmer train depot served as a link between Matanuska Colony and the rest of Alaska

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Connecting people and places: How precincts can improve how we live Connecting people and places: How precincts can improve how we live Building precincts is a hot topic around the world, with cities reshaping their urban centres to be better connected. They have the potential to bring many benefits to communities. Precincts are areas that are designed to be vibrant and attractive places that unite people where they can live, work, and play in one area. By focusing on connectivity, well-designed precincts can create a sense of place and belonging, and they can also help to drive economic growth. They can provide you with more opportunities for jobs and education, a better quality of life, and a stronger sense of community. That’s what makes precincts special. But what exactly is a precinct and why does it matter to you? What is a precinct? A precinct is like a city within a city. The word "precinct" comes from the Latin word "praecincia" meaning "boundary" or "district". A precinct is a place where you can find many things in one spot, like shops, houses, transport, parks, and fun activities. You can find these areas in both cities and the countryside. They are usually close to the city centre or big places like schools and hospitals. Governments or private companies can own and run precincts. Precincts can be big or small, with different types of businesses and organisations. Some have different focuses, like technology or health, but the goal of these areas is to have seamless connections between people and places, fostering a cohesive and vibrant community experience. The Gold Coast Health and Knowledge Precinct is a unique global business location for high-tech industry development, research collaboration, and jobs of the future. It is a vibrant mixed-use community in which to live, work, study, and play. The precinct is home to a diverse range of businesses and organisations, from technology start-ups to healthcare providers, all of which are working together to create a better future for the region and the world. Precincts connect places and spaces Precincts make life better in many ways. They provide easy access to work, school, healthcare, entertainment, culture, and shopping. This makes it easier to get around without spending a lot of time and energy commuting. Queensland’s very own South Bank is a vibrant precinct, located on the banks of the Brisbane River. There are many things to do in the one place. You can visit the Queensland Performing Arts Centre, South Bank Parklands, cafes, restaurants and museums. South Bank is a favourite spot for locals and tourists. It is also where many people live, and is connected to other inner-city precincts, like Queens Wharf and West End. Precincts foster community bonds Building a precinct involves more than bricks and mortar. Precincts can help us feel more connected and part of a group in a world that can often feel disconnected. The concentration of people in a centralised area creates opportunities for social interaction, collaboration, and shared experiences. Public spaces like parks, squares, and community centres can bring people together, and that’s part of what precincts deliver. Federation Square in Melbourne is a place where different communities come together to enjoy culture, arts, and life. There are many fun events, art exhibits, and entertainment choices available. It brings people together in happiness and pride by sharing experiences. Precincts help the economy Precincts are attractive for investors and can make a lot of money. A Brookings Institution study in 2018 found that combining businesses, shops, and entertainment in one place can be very successful. Some have been found to make around $100 million a year. Precincts can also create hundreds, even thousands, of new jobs, reducing unemployment rates. It gives people a chance to work close to home and helps the area become more successful. Take Central Park in Sydney, for instance. This area mixes homes, shops, and parks all together and has helped the local economy grow a lot. It's more than a spot on a map; it's a big part of the local economy. There are many new jobs and clever companies thanks to the precinct approach. Precincts can breathe life into untapped areas Do you want to live in or visit a dull, unused place or a lively area that attracts investment and brings life to the community? Precincts have the remarkable ability to revitalise once forgotten spaces. Historical landmarks can become beautiful again. Tall buildings can rise and new areas for enjoying nature can appear. Precincts look beautiful at night, like it's dressed up for the party of making things better. That is what precinct-building can do. The Distillery District in Toronto is a cool place to see old buildings turned into homes. They used to be factories long ago, but the area is now homes, shops, and parks. Today, it stands as a testament to the transformative potential of precinct-building. The cobblestone streets are full of art galleries, boutiques, restaurants, and theatres. The whole district is alive with activity. The city is now a lively cultural hub that brings in visitors, helps the economy, and has a special feel to it. Precincts need to be well-designed Good precincts should be designed with everyone in mind. Consulting the community and others during the planning is important. It helps make the place meet community needs. When everyone is involved, they become proud of the area. Northshore in Brisbane is a great example of this. Much of the area has been redeveloped into a waterfront haven that is a vibrant place for people to live, work and have fun. Over the next 30 years, the precinct will continue to grow with a focus on important areas such as transportation, public spaces, First Nations storytelling, diverse housing, sustainable design, and places for art and culture. Precincts can pave the way to sustainability Modern buildings need to cater for growth and be eco-friendly. City planners can help save resources and control urban growth by reshaping compact areas rather than spreading out. Plus, we take care of the environment by using green buildings, renewable energy and making sure our precincts have sustainable transportation options like good walkways and bike-friendly infrastructure. Take Newstead and the surrounding areas, where both liveability and sustainability take centre stage. The precincts succeed in sustainability because it has good access to walkways, bike-riding, bus stops and river ferries. Many of the buildings use sustainable building practices, like solar panels, energy efficient aspects, and rainwater harvesting. But the area also provides many homes, businesses, and entertainment and lifestyle options. Precinct planning and building is complex Precincts don’t get planned and built overnight. When designing neighbourhoods, we need to consider different things such as making sure everyone feels included, having the right facilities available, caring about the environment, connecting with others, and staying safe. The community needs to know that growth and betterment come with disruption. As cities get bigger, we can make better things to help us live and work. Making new parts of cities needs good planning, money, building, and time. During construction, there may be noise, traffic, and closed roads, which can be frustrating in the short term. But short-term disruption means your community is getting better for the long term. Last updated: 29 Jun 2023

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I’m occasionally asked why rape is under-reported. Not asked very often, because most of us know without ever having to be explicitly told. Most of us recognize that rape victims, far more so than victims of any other crime, are made to bear a disproportionately large responsibility for their victimization. A recent article illustrates this: http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/12/28/bahamas.baseball.rape/index.html?iref=obinsite. Actually, it’s not the article, it’s the comments. A college baseball player is accused of rape. The article is pretty bare-bones. But the comments on the article tend toward the vitriolic side, against women who report rape. See, there’s a vocal segment who feel that rape is an entitlement. Not that they’d actually phrase it that way, because rape is a crime. But what counts as rape? Or how about this article (http://detnews.com/article/20101110/METRO/11100371/Alleged-rape-victim–14–taunted–kills-self), where a high school freshman accused a popular senior of raping her. After the allegations because public and her identity revealed, other students in her school were polarized and she was subjected to verbal attacks. Apparently the possibility that the rest of the alleged perpetrator’s life could be ruined (by his own actions no less) evoked more sympathy than anger at the possibility that he was a rapist. She killed herself. The county prosecutor initially decided to drop the sexual assault case because the one witness was gone, but since then another victim has come forward (http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/dpp/news/local/joe-tarnopolski-facing-new-allegations-20101111-wpms). Or this article in the New York Times (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/29/world/europe/29iht-letter29.html?_r=3&ref=julianpassange&pagewanted=all), where the author asked some of her friends (women in their 30s) if they thought the charges against WikiLeaks principal Julian Assange were rape. The responses were resoundingly no. One woman said that these charges “cheapen rape.” Really? How? FYI, at least in Washington state, and probably most if not all states in the USA, having sex with someone without consent IS legally rape. That includes the victim having too much alcohol or drugs in their system to give consent. How about when they’re sleeping — where’s the consent there? Or look at the reactions of many prominent personalities when Al Gore was implicated in sexual assault. Now I like polar bears and the polar ice caps as much as the next environmentalist, but to give their most celebrated proponent an a priori pass just because of who he is, well that’s too much. Almost half of all women and girls who are raped either tell only one other person or nobody at all. Most rapists are someone the victim knows, often someone the victim (and their friends) like. And, judging by the way we treat victims, it can’t be rape if that person is well-liked, right? It’s not only the general populance that has issues with sexual assault victims. This recent article took a comprehensive look at how reported sexual assaults were handled by law enforcement, and found that the actual rate of false report of rape is much lower than that assumed by many people, particularly by law enforcement. This article notes that [O]ne of the most important challenges for successfully investigating and prosecuting cases of non-stranger sexual assault is the idea that many—or even most—reports are false. As long as this belief is accepted by law enforcement professionals, prosecutors, jurors, and others, our efforts to improve the criminal justice response to sexual assault will have only limited impact. Only those cases that look like our societal stereotype of “real rape” will be successfully investigated and prosecuted. I teach an annual weekend workshop for rape victims. Each year I ask of those who did report their rapes, by a show of hands, how many have had positive experiences with law enforcement during the reporting process. A few raise their hands. And then I ask how many have had negative experiences. And all of those who said they reported their rapes report negative experiences with police or prosecutors. The predominant issue is that the victims felt that they were being accused by law enforcement personnel of being to blame. The #1 reason why rape is under-reported, not a big surprise, is the prevailing cultural undercurrent of blaming the victim.

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Design and Artwork The Connolly Tarot Deck, created by Eileen Connolly and illustrated by Peter Paul Connolly, features soft and ethereal artwork that stands out for its calming and inspiring qualities. The use of colored pencils by Peter Paul Connolly results in brilliant colors and detailed imagery, giving each card a unique personality and depth. The deck offers a fresh and positive perspective on traditional tarot imagery, making it particularly appealing for those seeking a more uplifting and gentle tarot experience. Symbolism and Themes This deck maintains a close resemblance to the traditional Rider-Waite-Smith (RWS) tarot deck but introduces variations that provide a more positive and hopeful outlook, particularly in cards that are traditionally seen as negative. The imagery is rich in symbolism, offering fresh perspectives and interpretations for tarot readings. The vibrant landscapes and background scenes in the cards enhance the overall experience of the reading. The Connolly Tarot Deck is suitable for tarot readers of all levels, from beginners to experienced practitioners. The cards are designed to be easy to interpret, and the accompanying booklet offers additional guidance and insights. This deck is not only a tool for divination but also for meditation, self-reflection, and spiritual growth, appealing to anyone interested in exploring the deeper aspects of the tarot. About the Authors Eileen Connolly, Ph.D., is a renowned tarot expert and educator, widely recognized for her contributions to the field of tarot and parapsychology. Peter Paul Connolly, known for his distinct artistic style using colored pencils, brings his talent to this deck, creating vivid and detailed imagery that enhances the interpretive richness of the tarot. - Soft, ethereal artwork with brilliant colors and detailed imagery - Positive and hopeful reinterpretations of traditional tarot symbols - Easy-to-interpret for readers of all experience levels - Ideal for meditation, self-reflection, and spiritual growth

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The 1940s were a turning point in Modern Indian art – the freedom movement in India had gained feverish momentum; the growing communal disharmony in India was pointing to a violent partition with the second World War in the backdrop. The angst spilled onto the canvas of many artists of the time, taking different forms. It is during this period that Bhabesh Chandra Sanyal [B.C Sanyal] a painter and sculptor, rose to prominence, becoming a central figure in the history of modern Indian art. Sanyal had studied art at the Government College of Art & Craft in Calcutta. You could say that he witnessed the journey of 20th century Indian art : from the time of colonial influenced academic art, to the nationalist art under the Neo-Bengal influence, and the growing modernist movement. His art therefore was the product of his learnings and multiple influences; his interaction with other artists of the time too, had a bearing on his works – yet B.C Sanyal’s art stood out as a unique style, not conforming to any regional aesthetic. Modern Art in Pre-Independence Lahore : influences in B.C Sanyal’s art The Mayo School of Arts in Lahore was a hub of cultural activity and (European-standard) art-education in northern India – a reputation it had gained under the leadership and influence of John Lockwood Kipling during the late 19th century. In the 1930’s Samarendranath Gupta (a student of Abanindranath Tagore) was at the helm of affairs at the institution when B.C Sanyal joined it as a teacher. In the city, he came in contact with fellow Indian artists when the ‘Punjab Fine Arts & Crafts Society’ hosted its exhibitions. These exhibitions invited artists from across the country as a way to encourage a healthy exchange of ideologies and art-trends. Notice the similar use of vibrant colours, and elongated shape of the human body (no focus on the facial expression). B.C Sanyal as an Artist, Teacher and Mentor in Lahore In 1926, the Indian National Congress had commissioned Sanyal to create a sculpture of the nationalist leader, Lala Lajpat Rai. As a ‘fee’ for his work, Sanyal had been appointed a teacher at the Mayo School of Art. Some of his students there included known names today – Krishen Khanna and Satish Gujral, for instance. However, in 1936, Sanyal quit the School and started out on his own, establishing the ‘Lahore School of Fine Arts’ in the basement of a college. When his studio/art school grew, it moved into the Regal Cinema Building. Sanyal networked well with art writers, critics and students; he gained popularity for his teaching and mentor-ship. The exhibitions held by his Lahore School of Fine Arts always attracted appreciation for his students’ work. Sanyal’s vision of art in everyday things was often evident in his students’ art. For example, Sanyal’s influence can be seen in his student Damyanti Chowla’s colours and affinity to people. Although Sanyal’s paintings were a turning point in Indian Modernism, his role as a mentor was more prominent, as defined by his students’ success. B.C Sanyal: A Refugee Artist in Delhi In the wake of the Partition, many artists including B.C Sanyal migrated from the riot-hit Lahore to Delhi. These artists joined Delhi’s All India Fine Arts & Crafts Society [AIFACS], but their motivations to experiment, create new styles, and work with new mediums clashed with the traditional ‘Bengal School’-inspired model of the AIFACS. This is when Sanyal chose to breakaway, and set up a “refugee studio” at 26 Gole Market. Once again, Sanyal accepted pupils and continued his passion for shaping art education. The squalor of a market place, the stench from the neighbouring fish and poultry shops, the operational noise of the next door tailor master’s sewing machine…..all added up to the milieu and atmosphere which I felt was congenial to a destitute refugee artist.B.C Sanyal During the 1940s, Indian art also witnessed a rising trend of “groups” or “collectives”. The Calcutta Group formed in 1943 included Pradosh Dasgupta, Paritosh Sen, Rabin Mandal and others; in Bombay (Mumbai) M.F Husain and S.H Raza, were among some of the artists that formed the influential Progressive Artist Group in 1947. In Delhi, Sanyal along with K.S Kulkarni and other artists founded the Delhi Shilpi Chakra in 1949. As it slowly gained fame, artists such as Pran Nath Mago, Rathna Mathur, and Amarnanth Sehgal joined the group. Their aim was to make art accessible to the masses. Towards this vision, they regularly held exhibitions in the non-arty neighbourhoods like Karol Bagh, Chandni Chowk and in the Kamla Nagar / Civil Lines localities. With regular exhibitions and cultural events, the group played a vital role in cultivating Delhi’s post-Independence cultural fabric. B.C Sanyal’s Style and Themes While most of Sanyal’s renowned contemporaries such as Nandalal Bose, Mukul Dey and M.F Hussain created art thematically and stylistically linked to mythology and naturalism, his paintings avoided extravagance and folklore. His flat and bright colours and peaceful compositions were a mix of post-Impressionism, Abstraction, as well as the Bengal School. He used this to depict the human condition and everyday life’s struggles. Looking at his painting, one can immediately spot the use of colours that were were primary, fresh and vibrant. In some paintings, Sanyal portrayed snippets of locations not witnessed before in art. Take a look at the paintings below : At the Fair, 1945 In this painting, Sanyal depicts the neighbourhood of Nizamuddin in Delhi. Refugee Family, 1948 After the partition, Sanyal witnessed many displaced communities and their struggles. This painting deviates from his usual colour palette with sombre brown, white, and blue to create a feeling of sadness. While the subjects do not meet the gaze of the viewer, Sanyal tries to evoke empathy through this distance. Woman and Bird The division between daylight and darkness in this painting, hint towards India’s freedom from the British Rule while being partitioned at the same time. Some popular works by B.C Sanyal In his most well known sculpture ‘Vertical Woman’, Sanyal created a semi-veiled female figure out of Dholepur sandstone. This was to portray a memory of his mother (a doll-maker, he was inspired by her). He published a memoir by the same name, describing his life’s artistic, emotional, and personal experiences. This sculpture draws resemblance to his painting ‘Woman with Bird’ (1964-65) and is also in the collection of the Govt. Museum & Art Gallery Chandigarh. Farmer in the Field This painting shows a rural Indian scene with a farmer, his cattle, and his field. In this painting, Sanyal’s awareness and keen interest in India’s economic development might be reflected. In 1965, The Indian Government commenced the Green Revolution to increase food grain production. The role of farmers and agriculture became extremely important as new methods were adopted for better crop yield. It is possible that Sanyal’s exposure to Punjab, where the revolution for modern farming was first introduced, resulted in this painting. As Sanyal’s art focused on bringing exposure to Independent India’s pursuits this may have been a documentation of traditional Indian ways of agriculture before they became modern. Scare Crow and The Peasant Woman With regular exhibitions, interactions, and talks in visual art and literature, B.C Sanyal left an impression on many individuals in the creative field. His works had the same effect, exhibiting his sensitivity and clear sense of direction amidst the chaos that ensued around him. B.C Sanyal died at the age of 101, in 2003. A life that spanned over the evolution that was modern to contemporary art in India, B.C Sanyal’s memory, contributions, and legacy remain substantial. Research Credit : Ujjawal Chathle Enjoyed reading? Don’t forget to spread the love for art! Share your reaction!

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If you’ve been following Naomi Osaka’s phenomenally successful tennis career, you already know that she’s a formidable opponent. And it turns out that it’s not just the 25-year-massive old’s fan base that cheers for her every time she takes the court; it’s also her spouse. That the Japanese tennis player’s romance with the American rapper Cordae is less well-known than her serve is OK with them. There have been few, but lovely, tales given by the pair about one another throughout the years, and it’s evident that their relationship is just becoming stronger. With the news that they are expecting their first child in 2023, it is time to reflect back on their whole courtship with fondness. The two went to an L.A. Clippers game on their first date. In 2019, Cordae and Osaka went on their first date to an L.A. Clippers game, but they didn’t tell anybody about their budding romance for the first year. Later, Cordae disclosed the location of their first kiss in an interview with GQ: Indian Wells, California. The rapper went on to describe his most memorable outing with Osaka. “My grandfather and I took a road trip to see my grandma in Rhode Island. Wow, it was a close call “His words. - Too Hot to Handle: Are Marvin and Melinda Still Dating? - Hinge Wrapped 2022: A Look Back at Your Dating Year.! This Guy Raps. Cordae has worked with H.E.R. and Young Thug, and he has been nominated for a Grammy for his rapping. Osaka wrote an Instagram post praising his new album Bird’s Eye View, in which she said, “Getting closer to someone and witnessing how much love and commitment they put into their job is extremely motivating.” The artist responded to her tweet with, “I will die loving you. It’s no contest: Bonnie and Clyde and you are my ride or die.” In October 2022, Cordae completed a European tour, commemorating the event with Instagram posts featuring images and clips from the trek. A concert video and a picture of his airplane seat were among the slideshow’s many offerings. “I just finished my very first headline tour in Europe. Gratitude for all of you is immeasurable. I can’t wait to return here one thousand times over. There are some new tunes out now, “The caption, he noted. What was the mechanism of introduction between Cordae and Naomi Osaka? According to earlier interviews, Cordae and Osaka first met at a Los Angeles Clippers game in late 2018 or early 2019. He claimed ignorance of tennis at the time, saying that his only exposure was to the Williams sisters; little did he realize that he was in the presence of tennis royalty. Despite both of them being tennis novices, it appeared as if they hit it off right away. TMZ Sports originally reported the two were dating in April 2019, however, they were not yet “official.” Quickly after, Osaka made her relationship with Cordae Instagram official by posting a video of him to her Story. As of the Clippers game they both attended in December 2019, their relationship was out in the open. In 2021, when everything was finally out in the open, Cordae told GQ, “Prior to the public learning of our relationship, we had been dating for about a year. As a result, we adopt a very alone mode of transportation. Personally, I don’t think it’s appropriate to share our most private moments online. An intimate connection between two people is something to be revered. As soon as unwelcome outsiders make their way in, its sanctity is diminished.” They’ve been seen together quite a bit recently, and Cordae even came out in support of Osaka when she hosted the Met Gala in September 2021. Cordae and Naomi Osaka’s relationship Osaka and Cordae have become more open about their mutual adoration for one another in public after they came out. When asked about her victory at the 2020 US Open, which occurred during one of the worst early peaks of COVID-19 cases, Osaka credited Cordae as a crucial support system. “In the midst of all that was happening in New York, I began to feel quite down. I’m sure there were calls to Cordae where I broke down in tears. I can’t place it, “This, she shared with the press. “And despite his hectic schedule, he hopped on a plane and left. That was really kind of you, and I truly value it. I can’t remember if I’ve already told him that. I think he was important in my success since he kept me motivated throughout.” A rare Instagram post honoring her partner at the release of his second album, From A Bird’s Eye View, was made by Osaka in January 2022. It’s “really encouraging” to get to know someone and “get closer to witnessing how much love and attention they put into their profession,” she added. “You can tell that @cordae has a special gift for whatever it is that she does; she brings positive energy and a sense of excitement to whatever space she enters (or maybe it’s just her hair, haha). I am really pleased for you that you have released a second album.” The next few days saw Osaka win her maiden match at the Australian Open in Melbourne. Osaka broke with Australian custom by writing “F.A.B.E.V.” with a heart across the lens of the television camera instead of her signature. The initials stood for her boyfriend’s new album.

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WRB—Jan. 17, 2024 “the most wonderful thing of all” His looks shewing him not pained, but pleased with this allusion to his situation, the Managing Editors were emboldened to go on; and feeling in themselves the right of seniority of mind, they ventured to recommend a larger allowance of prose in his daily study; and on being requested to particularize, mentioned such works of our best moralists, such collections of the finest letters, such memoirs of characters of worth and suffering, as occurred to them at the moment as calculated to rouse and fortify the mind by the highest precepts, and the strongest examples of moral and religious endurances. In our sister publication in the City of Angels, Michael Dango on “Taylor Swift Studies” and its echoes of the “Madonna studies” of thirty years ago: A dissertation could be written about the subtle change from Madonna’s “real world appeal” to Swift’s “real-world value” and how the “cultural war” of the 1990s is more clearly, today, an economic war over resources, profits, and investments. What interests me is how the economic pressure of profitability has taken the new field of Swift studies in a different direction than the Madonna studies of the 1990s. If, as Cindy Patton says, Madonna studies was tied to new fields of theoretical study, what is surprising about the turn to Swift studies is the linking of a new musician with older methods and canons—the literature department’s bread and butter of close reading and Shakespeare. The course description for one of the first Swiftie courses, taught at UT Austin last fall, promises to “us[e] the songwriting of pop music icon Taylor Swift to introduce literary critical reading and research methods—basic skills for work in English literature and other humanities disciplines.” The ultimate learning objective for a course taught at NYU last spring: “Students will develop greater sophistication in their artistic appreciation, critical thinking, research and writing skills.” Art Kavanagh on Browning’s “My Last Duchess”: I can’t help wondering if, by threatening—even conditionally and hypothetically—the life of the Count’s daughter, the Duke has put his own life at risk. The Count may well be the kind of parent who doesn’t take kindly to having menaces directed at members of his family. The poem first appeared in a volume titled Dramatic Lyrics (1842). It strikes me that it is more effective as drama if the reader is watching a failed negotiation (so far as the speaker is concerned) than if we see the Duke succeed in imposing his will on the Count, his representative and ultimately on the Count’s daughter. If this is right, then the woman in the picture is probably the Duke’s very last duchess, not merely his previous one. Davis’s new methods of organized spontaneity meant that more work was done after the fact, tape-editing and restructuring, largely by his producer, Teo Macero. If the increasing density and disjunction of the music still carried traces of the jazz tradition, it did not reduce at all to free jazz, the primary established form of 1960s disjunction. Davis was cutting loose from forms in general. He no longer needed the tradition’s typical harmonic changes (his science), or standards (his library), or ballads (his emotional specialty), or anything like the thirty-two-bar song form. The old division of concepts between albums disappeared. By 1974 or so, he was playing less and less trumpet and more and more keyboards: treated, echoey, clustered. [Some of my favorite music from Davis is found on Dark Magus: Live at Carnegie Hall, which, while not included in this box set, comes from the same period. —Steve] Tove Jansson had lived with the Moomins since childhood, when her maternal uncle scared her with tales about the “Moo-oo-min trolls” behind the stove who would blow on her neck if she stole from the larder. Having initially imagined them as “house ghosts,” Tove drew her first Moomintroll—the “ugliest thing” she could think of—on the bathroom wall, in order to illustrate a point about Immanuel Kant; next to it she scrawled “Freedom is the best thing,” from the Swedish medieval poem “Song of Freedom,” and underneath she wrote “Snork,” the original name for the Moomintrolls. In other early illustrations Moomins have black rather than white fur; by her early twenties, when she had become a cartoonist, a Moomin-shaped thing served as what she called her “angry signature character.” The Moomin anger, once their defining feature, has vanished in The Great Flood, where their most striking feature is fear. In The New Statesman, John Gray reviews Anthony Grafton’s book about magic in early modern Europe (Magus: The Art of Magic from Faustus to Agrippa, 2023) [The Upcoming book in WRB—Nov. 15, 2023.]: In 1546, Dr. John Dee—mathematician and alchemist, astrologer and adviser to Queen Elizabeth I—staged a production of the ancient Greek dramatist Aristophanes’ play Pax at Trinity College, Cambridge. The performance, which featured a giant mechanical beetle Dee had constructed ascending into the heavens with one of the characters on its back, provoked “great wondering, and many vain reports” at the university. For Dee the spectacle had been created using “strictly natural—that is, mathematical—means”. Yet such machines filled him with awe, recalling his studies of “the Cabala of nature” and conversations he had with angels. Mathematics was “the solid foundation,” as Grafton writes, “on which much of the edifice of learned magic now rested.” [Behind the paywall: Chris on Persuasion and modern experiences of courtship, Steve on Mansfield Park and Milton with Stanley Fish’s assistance, Proust, books in general, birdsongs, and more links, reviews, news items, and commentary carefully selected for you. If you like what you see, why not subscribe, and why not consider a paid subscription? The WRB is for you, and we couldn’t do it without you.]

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What’s known as ‘a white wedding’ is the most common type of romantic ceremony in the UK. White is the most classic colour for weddings in general. The tradition partly originates from the white colour of the wedding dress worn by Anne of Brittany during her 1499 marriage to Louis XII of France. However, white wedding dresses first became hugely popular in Britain in the 1840s after Queen Victoria wore a white lace dress for her nuptials. Although it was the dresses that popularised the term ‘white wedding’, it’s now common to have a vehicle that matches the bride’s gown. Unsurprisingly white is a top choice for those who want elegant, sophisticated vehicles. JD Prestige Cars has a number of glamorous vehicles available to hire for weddings, including those in classic white. Among our fleet is our stunning Rolls Royce White Phantom which is guaranteed to impress all your guests. One of the most luxurious vehicles in the world, this vehicle is so sumptuous, you might wish the journey was longer! Features include luxury leather seats, a wood veneer finish, and individual passenger screens. This Rolls Royce is gorgeous inside and out, making it the ideal vehicle for making an entrance at any venue. Our other white vehicles include the Bentley Mulsanne which has a striking high class appearance. It’s so gorgeous it’s also often used for films and television productions. Explore our latest wedding vehicles to hire or drop us a line for more details.

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Unscripted. Unstaged. Stephen White.Unscripted. Unstaged. is an interview series from Laura Murray Public Relations that speaks with fascinating artists, advocates, administrators, and other individuals who keep the Canadian artistic community visible, viable, and vibrant. This week we spoke with Stephen White, Producer of Dance Victoria. Stephen never intended to have a career in dance. In fact, he studied to be an actor and spent many years working in the theatre as a performer, director, and playwright. Along the way, he has enjoyed working as a Festival Producer, a Grants Officer at the BC Arts Council, a waiter, and a writer. Stephen has previously been a guest writer for Creatively Speaking. His post on a recent cultural ambassador trip to Germany can be read here. Q: Let’s say we run into each other at a party – how would you introduce yourself? Well to start, I’m so handsome it would be you introducing yourself to me. No seriously, I’d say I am the Producer of Dance Victoria. Q: If we checked your nightstand, what books would we find you reading right now? King, Queen, Knave (Nabakov), Mad World– A Biography of Evelyn Waugh (not sure of the author’s name), Dance Current (a magazine). Q: If we checked your computer, what favourite sites would be bookmarked? The Royal and McPherson Theatre (rmts.bc.ca). There I can see maps that display available seats for upcoming events at Victoria’s two civic theatres. I can check out how we’re doing at the box office, but also how all of my colleagues are doing. Box office sales are a bit of an obsession for me. I am also a huge fan of Arts Journal, a compendium of published articles and blogs about the arts, NY Times (20 x month), and Globe and Mail. Q: How did you come to do what you do – was there a defining moment you can tell us about? A very crooked path starting with actor training. 12 years ago the position at Dance Victoria (then Victoria Dance Series) was posted. I interviewed and got the gig. At the time it was a very small enterprise. I have enjoyed building it from then. Q: When it comes to marketing, is there a particular campaign or a poster, advertisement, or promotion that made a significant impact or that stands out in your mind? I love that documentary from a few years ago called Art and Copy. It pretty much contains every iconic marketing campaign from the past 50 years and includes interviews with the creative people behind each campaign. Obviously, the most brilliant is “Just Do It!” Q: Lastly, what inspires you? Good marketing for sure. Dance as an art form. Good writing. Visual art. Watching dancer process. Cooking a fabulous meal. Wine. Travel – especially to different cultures.

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Richard Long’s sculptures are made from the stones that pave Roman streets – “sampietrini” – as well as rose-colored stone from Puglia, along with photographs of landscapes that document the artist’s presence in nature. SAM TAYLOR-JOHNSON Sex and Death and a Few Trees JANUARY 2005 - MARCH 2005 Sam Taylor-Wood introduces a series of large photographs: Self Portrait Suspended and a series of small lightboxes: The Passion Cycle. RACHEL WHITEREAD COLM TÓIBÍN & RACHEL WHITEREAD: In Conversation - TESTAMENT JULY 2018 - JULY 2018 Paintings Galleria Lorcan O'Neill Roma, Via della Lungara Space SEPTEMBER 2012 - OCTOBER 2012 Max Renkel, a German artist, will present a new project especially conceived for the gallery in Rome in Via della Lungara space.

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The Special of the Day… From the Orange Moon Cafe… "My Son… My Daughter" "Believers serve a Father who is our Lord not merely as a matter of possession, but rather of spiritual paternity and pedigree." As wonderful as it is for born again believers to be "servants of God," the Lord Jesus Christ died and rose again for a far greater purpose (I Peter 2:16). "As many as received Him, to them gave He power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on His name" (John 1:12). "Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ" (Galatians 4:7). The redeeming work of the Lord Jesus made possible our entrance and eternal place into "the whole family of Heaven and earth" (Ephesians 3:15). This does not discount the blessed privilege of being God's servants. Indeed, if servanthood were the highest office and position to which salvation in Christ redeemed us, we could not complain. The Lord is wonderful to His servants, and no other master begins to compare with His kind and benevolent governance. "Thou hast dealt well with Thy servant, O Lord, according unto Thy word" (Psalm 119:65). It remains true, however, that in any house, sons and daughters hold a far greater place than mere servants (Hebrews 3:5-6). Believers serve a Father who is our Lord not merely as a matter of possession, but rather of spiritual paternity and pedigree. Little wonder the Lord Jesus taught us to pray, "Our Father…" (Matthew 6:9). Regarding wonder, we do well to remember that which made possible our place in the family of God. "My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?" (Matthew 27:46). On the cross of Calvary, our Father made His perfectly righteous Son "to be sin for us, who knew no sin, that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him" (II Corinthians 5:21). The Lord's atoning death, resurrection, and ascension into Heaven, from which He sent the Holy Spirit to indwell those who believe, made possible our spiritual birth into living relationship with God. In the most elemental aspect of who and what we are to God, "thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ." Indeed, just as physical childbirth involves pain and blood to birth earthly children, do did our Lord's pain and blood make possible the most wondrous gift God could give us, to redeem and birth us from rebellion unto relationship - "no more a servant, but a son." Or, as has been said, "From dust to glory, what a story!" To everlasting, God's sons and daughters in Christ will never completely fathom the grace of family relationship with the Father and the Son, as freely given through the Holy Spirit's presence within us. We will also never fully comprehend the cost that made such grace possible. Thus, we do well to frequently still our hearts to let the wonder of such a gift overwhelm us with gratitude, awe, and the yearning to better love the Father who has so loved us. Yes, if we could hear His voice, He would address us in a familial manner that will never cease to amaze our hearts with wonder. "My son… My daughter." "Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when He shall appear, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is." (I John 3:2) Weekly Memory Verse We love Him because He first loved us. (I John 4:19)

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Riomaggiore at night Everything about this village in Cinque Terre was warm that summer night: the colours, the weather, the sea, the people and the sunset over the houses. It was a very crowded spot to take this cityscape picture, because everyone wanted to see the sunset in Riomaggiore, and then stayed for the night to settle in. They wanted watch how the houses look with the lights turned on. You can see the inside of the village, with the fishermen boats – which all in all, is a beautiful wall art to buy for you home, or as acrylic print for a hotel room.

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The number plate of the vehicle was damaged and no identity card of the deceased was found. Srinagar: A newly-recruited local militant of Hizbul Mujahideen was gunned down in an overnight encounter with security forces that also resulted in the death of an unidentified person in the ensuing crossfire in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district, security officials said on Friday. The encounter broke late Thursday night at Kanibal in Bijbehara of Anantnag district, 55 km from here, when the police along with Army and CRPF cordoned off a village following an intelligence input about the presence of militants, they said. During the encounter, which lasted for two hours, one militant identified as Yawar, hailing from Anantnag, was killed while two other militants managed to escape under the cover of darkness, they said, adding that an Army jawan also sustained bullet injury but was stated to be stable. Yawar, who was allegedly a “chronic stone pelter” of the area, had joined the militant outfit in the first week of last month, they said, adding that a self-loading rifle looted earlier from a police guard was recovered from him. During the encounter, one motorcycle-borne individual, whose identity is yet to be ascertained, was found dead with bullet injuries, the officials said, expressing apprehension that he might have died in the crossfire. The number plate of the vehicle was damaged and no identity card of the deceased was found. Two mobile phones were recovered from the deceased who was in multi-layered clothing.

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The Good Ancestor: A Radical Prescription for Long-Term Thinking Add to Cart - $19.95 Remove from Cart Give as a gift 7 hours 52 minutes A call to save ourselves and our planet by targeting the root of our inaction: extreme short-sightedness “The most important question we must ask ourselves is: Are we being good ancestors?” So said Jonas Salk, who cured polio in 1953. Salk saved millions of lives, but he refused to patent his cure or make any money from it. His radical rethinking of what we owe future generations should be an inspiration to us all, but it has hardly taken hold: Businesses can barely see past the next quarter; politicians can’t see past the next election. Markets spike, then they crash in speculative bubbles. We rarely stop to consider whether we’re being good ancestors … but the future depends on it. Here, leading public intellectual, philosopher, and bestselling author Roman Krznaric explains six practical ways we can retrain our brains to save our future—such as adopting Deep Time Humility (recognizing our lives as a cosmic eyeblink) and Cathedral Thinking (starting projects that will take more than one lifetime to complete). His aim is to inspire a “time rebellion”—to shift our allegiance from our generation only to all humanity, present and future. Browse By Category Current Affairs, Law, & Politics 1 book added to cart The Good Ancestor: A Radical Pres... © Copyright 2011 - 2024 Storytel Audiobooks USA LLC. All Rights Reserved.

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Babypalooza makes preparing for baby fun and easy with our Baby Expos, BabypaloozaU online courses, and community of new and expectant parents. Navigating pregnancy and planning for baby can be overwhelming. The Babypalooza Baby Expos make planning for pregnancy and parenting easy by being your one-stop shop for resources and information. From helping you find the best baby products to connecting you to local businesses, we’ll guide you step-by-step to what you need when you need it as you grow your family. At the heart of every mother’s journey is a story – of joys, challenges, lessons, and love. Yet, for Black mothers, this journey intertwines with unique experiences that are shaped by history, culture, and the pursuit of health equity. Recognizing the importance of these narratives, we’ve created the Black Maternal Health Expo, an expo dedicated to supporting Black moms and moms-to-be.

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Stress is a part of everyday life. However, when your body is subject to continuous stress, it can develop into a chronic state of inflammation which with time, yields adverse affects on your health. Ongoing stress can in fact increase your risk of suffering from anxiety and other diseases including but not limited to high blood pressure, cardiovascular complications, dementia, autoimmune diseases, depression and certain types of cancer. When encountering a stressful situation, the body responds as if in danger and the brain sends a message to produce hormones called cortisol which are responsible for the fight-or-flight response. Your heart rate increases, you breathe faster and you get a sudden burst of energy. This response is favorable for a short period of time, but can be detrimental to your health if it continues on an ongoing basis. The cardiovascular system is comprised of two elements that work together to provide oxygen and sustenance to the organs of the body, namely the heart and blood vessels. Acute and chronic levels of stress both have an adverse affect on the cardiovascular system. Acute stress, which is short-lived such as slamming on brakes to avoid an accident, accomplishing a work deadline or being anxious about being late for an appointment, activates the hormones adrenaline, noradrenaline and cortisol which causes the heart rate and heart muscle contractions to increase. Additionally, the blood vessels that supply blood to the large muscles and the heart, dilate which results in an increased flow of blood to these parts of the body. This is known as the ‘fight-or-flight’ reaction. Once the acute stress period has passed, the body returns to its normal state. Chronic and constant stress experienced over an extended period of time can damage your cardiovascular system and contribute to long-term health problems, especially for the heart and blood vessels. Continuous stress, elevated hormone and blood pressure levels as well as an increased heart rate, an irregular heartbeat or an arrhythmia (an abnormal heart rhythm), takes a toll on the body and increases the risk of developing hypertension and experiencing a heart attack or a stroke. Repeated and ongoing acute and chronic stress may also contribute to inflammation in the circulatory system, especially the coronary arteries, which can also result in a heart attack. The risk of developing heart disease in women seems to differ between premenopausal and postmenopausal women. Elevated estrogen levels in premenopausal women seems to facilitate stress coping skills by helping blood vessels respond better to stress and protecting against heart disease. Postmenopausal women have lower levels of estrogen, thereby putting them at a greater risk for the effects of stress on the cardiovascular system. Stress not only affects the cardiovascular system, but also can affect the GI tract and digestion as well. Digestion is controlled by the eccentric nervous system which is composed of millions of nerves that communicate with the central nervous system. When the body is stressed and shifts into ‘fight-or-flight’ mode, blood flow is restricted affecting the digestive muscles, decreasing the secretion of digestive juices and causing digestion to shut down. Alternatively, stress can increase acid production in the stomach and lead to heartburn and gastro esophageal reflux. Stress can cause inflammation and make you more susceptible to diseases and infections. Chronic, ongoing stress can also prompt the onset of certain diseases caused by inflammation. Other autoimmune diseases that sometimes are dormant can be triggered by stress into full-blown diseases such as inflammatory bowel disease, rheumatoid arthritis and chronic skin conditions, amongst others. The brain is not impervious to the effects of stress. Neurotransmitters in the brain called serotonin and dopamine are renewed on a daily basis, but stress can reduce their production and leave you feeling depressed and more prone to addictions and anxiety. Chronic stress can also make you more emotional and forgetful and puts you at an added risk for developing brain diseases such as dementia and Alzheimer’s. Often when someone is stressed they either turn to harmful habits to counteract the anxiety, such as smoking, drinking alcohol or taking drugs, or comfort foods such as pizza, pies and ice-cream. These high-fat cholesterol foods and other bad habits, have a damaging effect on the arteries and heart. Identifying the cause of your stress is key in finding a solution to managing the stress in your life. Maintaining a balance in today’s stressful world requires a number of lifestyle changes including but not limited to eating a healthy diet, exercising, getting enough sleep and taking supplements. These are just a few ways to jumpstart the process to help support the body’s natural adaptive abilities. More intense stress relieving exercises such as yoga, tai chi and meditation should be adopted to counteract the potentially damaging effects of stress. Diet – Eating a healthy diet by incorporating whole grains, legumes and plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables is vital to building up your strength and keeping your weight down. Reduce the intake of sugar, processed foods and alcohol which have an adverse effect on your health. Make sure you sit down when eating to help you relax and destress. Exercise – When you exercise, the body releases endorphins which contributes to a more positive attitude and a “feel good” feeling. Regular exercise can reduce the effects of mild depression and anxiety and improve your sleep. It is an excellent stress reliever as it helps reduce tension and anxiety through movement and physical activity, replacing these feelings with calm, optimism and positive energy. Sleep – A healthy diet and exercise alone are not enough to counteract the effects of stress. It is important to get enough sleep – about 8 hours a night to relax the body and mind. If it is difficult to settle down at night and fall into a deep sleep, try listening to relaxing music, read a good book or take a warm bath before bed. Meditation (Yoga / Tai Chi ) – Meditation helps restore inner calm and peace. Meditating doesn’t take much time and it clears away your information overload that clouds your mind and adds to your stress. It help you focus on the present and helps you gain a new perspective on stressful situations. It is imperative to proactively take care of your body and mind by reducing stress in your life and thereby slow down the aging process. By incorporating these life changes into your everyday routine, it can help reduce your stress levels and risk of developing more serious illnesses including cardiovascular disease. Look for the release of our new book on Remaining in the Parasympathetic Mode, due out soon.

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A slightly edited version of this article was featured as a cover story of the August 2013 issue of Animal Scene magazine, a monthly magazine published by Manila Bulletin. The magazine caters to all kinds of animal lovers — pet owners, conservationists, and now possibly a few new birders. The Philippine Cockatoo: Grasping for Survival photos and text by Sylvia Ramos Philippine Cockatoos (Cacatua haematuropygia) are found only in the Philippines. And they’re disappearing right before our eyes. In the past 30 years the population of Philippine Cockatoos in the wild has plummeted from tens of thousands to barely one thousand at present. They have gone from being a common sight throughout most of the Philippines to a critically endangered bird with remnant populations in a few scattered sites. The Philippines is the Philippine Cockatoo’s only home. Once they disappear from our forests, they cannot be replaced. The Philippine Cockatoo is a beautiful bird. While all of the other birds from the parrot family that are found in the Philippines are green, the Philippine Cockatoo is a resplendent white. It even has the distinction of being the only white large land bird in the Philippines. The Philippine Cockatoo is 305 mm (12 inches) long with tinges of yellow and pink on its cheeks, and yellow on its underwing, and reddish orange on its undertail. The males have dark brown eyes and the females have blood red eyes. Both male and female Cockatoos have big crests on top of their heads that can be flexed up and down depending on the mood of the Cockatoo. The crest is like an indicator of emotions, standing erect when the Cockatoo is excited or provoked and laying flat when it is relaxed. The Philippine Cockatoo also has a chalky white to greyish white bill that is big and curved like a typical parrot bill. Its bill and tongue are like an extra set of dexterous fingers that are used not just to pick up food but also to grasp branches as it climbs up and down a tree. So many things about the Philippine Cockatoo have set it on a collision course with humans. And so far, the birds have taken a huge hit. To start with, they like to live in the coastal plains where most people also like to live. Then instead of flying silently from tree to tree, they like to gather together in big, noisy, and conspicuous groups. Then they have also been known to gather in flocks to raid rice and corn fields. And to cap it off, they are beautiful, cute, playful, curious, and they can mimic language. With all that, it seems the Philippine Cockatoo is fated to either be captured as a pet or killed as a pest. Either way, it seems that people have pushed the Philippine Cockatoo to the brink of extinction. In A Guide to the Birds of the Philippines by Robert Kennedy et al, it says that the Philippine Cockatoo “may be the most threatened species in the Philippines with nearly every known nest robbed each year to supply the pet trade.” The Philippine Cockatoo is categorized as Critically Endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). This is the highest danger level that the IUCN has and means that among other things, they estimate that “the probability of extinction in the wild is at least 50% within 10 years or three generations, whichever is the longer (up to a maximum of 100 years)”. The situation of the Philippine Cockatoo is dire. The only remaining populations in the wild are found in Polillo group of islands, Samar, Bohol, Tawi Tawi and Palawan. There are fewer than 20 individuals in the Polillo group of islands and Samar. The population in Sulu has not been surveyed because of security issues, but estimates put the population at less than two hundred. The rest of the Philippine Cockatoo population of about 750 individuals is found in Palawan. It took human intervention to put the Philippine Cockatoo population in such dire straits and it will also take human intervention to help them recover. In Palawan, the number of Cockatoos has increased over the past few years unlike the downward spiral in the rest of the country. This is mainly due to the efforts of the Katala Foundation (www.philippinecockatoo.org). The foundation is named after the local name for the Philippine Cockatoo. It is a Philippine-based foundation headed by Peter Widmann and Indira Lacerna-Widmann. The foundation runs several programs including Palawan Pangolin research, Philippine Freshwater Turtle Conservation Program, and the Philippine Cockatoo Conservation Program (PCCP). PCCP has four project sites in Palawan: Rasa Island; Dumaran; Pandanan, Balabac; and Rizal, Palawan and one in Southern Luzon in the Polillo Group of Islands. Their first project site was Rasa Island. When they began in 1998 there were only 23-25 Philippine Cockatoos. By 2008 the population had increased to more than 200 individuals! All in a tiny coral island off mainland Palawan that measures 8 square kilometers. Early on, the Katala Foundation discovered that a crucial component of their conservation program was identifying the poachers and convincing them to become part of the program as wardens. This was easy to do at Rasa because each poacher made it known to one and all that he was the “owner” of a particular nest, which he would “harvest” at the appropriate time. There was no fear of persecution because wildlife protection laws were not being enforced. The entire Cockatoo population of Rasa was “owned” by 9 poachers from the Tagbanua tribe. The poachers were convinced to give up a seasonal windfall for a smaller but steadier income as a warden. These wildlife wardens are paid partially by the local government of Narra through an annual appropriation. Once the poachers had been converted into wardens, then there was an immediate benefit. The fate that year’s batch of Cockatoo nestlings was secured. They would have a chance to grow up as wild and free Philippine Cockatoos. The poachers turned wardens were also able to contribute to the conservation program in many other ways. They turned out to be very well qualified to do field work. They could identify trees that the Cockatoos preferred for food and for nesting, collect herbarium specimens, and make reports. When there was an extended dry season and the nestlings had to be given supplemental feeds, the wardens were the only ones capable of climbing the tall nesting trees three times a day to give the feed! Every site had its own particular issues. When PCCP started up at Dumaran, they discovered that unlike in Rasa, the poachers there were not good at climbing trees. So instead of climbing up a tree to raid a nest, they would just chop down the entire tree! Usually, these are mature trees that are also highly valued as timber. The loss of big, mature trees suitable for nesting has a huge impact. Often it results in the death of an entire Cockatoo family. Other birds that nest in tree cavities like the Palawan Hornbill and Blue-naped Parrot are also affected. It takes decades for a suitable tree species to reach the size required by birds for nesting. Tree planting is good, but not as an immediate solution. In the meantime, PCCP also attempted remedial measures like setting up artificial nest boxes. So far, the nest boxes have been unsuccessful. They discovered that while the Philippine Cockatoo can easily adapt its diet and habits to changes in the environment, it is still a traditionalist when it comes to nesting. Like many other birds, Philippine Cockatoos are extremely long-lived. There are no studies of longevity in the wild of Philippine Cockatoos. Records of captive birds show that Philippine Cockatoos can live for more than 40 years, sometimes up to 60 years old. This means that it is possible to have an area where the bird population is composed entirely of adult birds that are not breeding or nesting. Then when these birds die, the population will suddenly nosedive and eventually disappear since there is no population of younger birds to take the place of the older birds. That is why intact nest trees are so important. As long as the nest trees remain intact, then the population has a chance for survival. Another key component of the conservation program was gaining the cooperation of the community. Philippine Cockatoos are not forest skulkers. They do not hide deep in the woods. They are found in the same places where people like to settle. The community was shown that taking care of their environment benefitted them as well as the Philippine Cockatoo and other wildlife. In one of PCCP’s early campaigns in Dumaran, they distributed posters throughout the community titled “Share a Place to Live”. The posters showed that forests serve as watersheds, prevent droughts, prevent floods, and provide drinking water. Mangroves benefit fishermen and the entire community because they serve as fish nurseries and natural water filters. The poster also illustrated how common practices like slash and burn or kaingin where forests are cleared for cultivation or to convert to pasture, logging, and cutting down trees to make charcoal are harmful to both people and wildlife because it deprives wildlife of a place to live and leads to destructive floods in the community. The PCCP and the community need constant vigilance against threats to their welfare and the welfare of the Philippine Cockatoo and other wildlife. In June 2013, the municipal council of Narra filed a resolution opposing a 15-megawatt coal-fired power plant proposed to be built in Barangay Panacan by DMCI Power Corporation. The power plant was to be located only 700 meters away from the sanctuary. The power plant would block the flight path of the Cockatoos, possibly electrocute them along the power lines, pose health risks for the local residents, and have negative effects on the marine ecosystem. The Philippine Cockatoo is worth saving. It is a unique and amazing bird that is found only in the Philippines. Every year groups of birdwatchers come from all parts of the world to see the Philippine Cockatoo in the wild. Many groups go to Narra, the mainland across from Rasa Island. At daybreak, the birdwatchers stand at the shore to watch the flocks of Philippine Cockatoos stream towards Narra to feed on the Moringa oleifera or malunggay trees that the residents have been planting over the years during the annual Katala Festival. The residents are used to seeing Cockatoos and birdwatchers by now. They are like tourist guides, steering the visitors to the trees that the Cockatoos have chosen to perch on that day. One of the residents beckons to the visitors. She wants to show them something special inside her yard. It’s a malunggay tree. You can hear the pride in her voice as she points out that her tree is already so scraggly and bare that she can hardly harvest from it. The Cockatoos came back to her tree again and again the previous week to feast on the seedpods. A wild Philippine Cockatoo nonchalantly feeding on a tree in a front yard. Perhaps that’s what it was like all over the country 30 years ago when Cockatoos were common. And perhaps one day there will be more and more places like that. Places that both people and Cockatoos can call home. If you would like to find out how you can help the Philippine Cockatoo, please visit the website of Katala Foundation at www.philippinecockatoo.org

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Late last night, President Obama signed the 2013 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) into law with provisions that restrict the transfer of Guantanamo detainees and further impede closure of the prison. Furthermore, nothing was done to correct provisions in last year’s NDAA that further entrench indefinite military detention, unfair trials, and the U.S. government’s “global war” framework, in U.S. law. The “global war” framework— which holds that the U.S. government is engaged in a global, pervasive, never-ending “war” with al-Qaeda and other vaguely defined groups and individuals—was first articulated by the Bush administration and has been embraced by the Obama administration. Expressed in the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force and reaffirmed in the 2012 NDAA, this “global war” doctrine is used to justify everything from killings with drones to detention without charge at Guantanamo to renditions (still happening, according to a Washington Post report) to impunity for crimes under international law, including torture and enforced disappearances. The message sent is that a government can ignore its human rights obligations and replace them with rules of its own whenever it deems the circumstances warrant it. That’s unacceptable. Human rights must be respected at all times, not only when it’s convenient to do so. That’s why Amnesty International and over 20 other groups— including the Liberty Coalition and September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows—are speaking out in protest on January 11th, the eleventh anniversary of the first “war on terror” detainees being transferred to the Guantanamo prison. (January 11th is also the national release date for the film Zero Dark Thirty, a fictional film criticized by Senator John McCain (R-AZ) for sending the wrong message about torture.) Join us in speaking out for human rights on January 11th: >On Twitter: use @BarackObama #CloseGitmo #NDAA to send a message to the Obama Administration. In addition, send an email to the White House, urging President Obama to find a solution for closing Guantanamo and pressing him on the case of Shaker Aamer. Even with the NDAA restrictions on Guantanamo transfers, his case can be resolved today. Shaker Aamer has been held for over 10 years without charge, he’s cleared for transfer, the British government says he should be free living with his wife and children in London, and the UK appears to meet the transfer requirements in Section 1028 of the 2012 and 2013 NDAAs. Furthermore, President Obama cannot use the NDAA transfer restrictions as an excuse for keeping Guantanamo open. Under international law, domestic law and politics may not be invoked to justify failure to comply with treaty obligations. International law demands that solutions be found, not excuses. All detainees must either be charged and fairly tried, or be released to countries that will respect their human rights; indefinite detention and unfair trials must end; no one should be unlawfully killed with a drone or any other weapon; impunity for crimes under international law, including torture and enforced disappearance, must end. It’s time to drop the “global war” framework and ensure security with human rights.

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We all want more attention and reach in the digital and analog world. But how does one archive that? And, above all, when? There are days in the year that are particularly interesting for you and your project to reach the full potential. Use Awareness Days and Commemoration Days Each year there are many awareness days and observance or commemoration days that are like “unofficial holidays”. They have therefore been created to draw attention to specific issues such as environmental protection, world peace, health, etc. You should know these days to carry out your own campaigns and events during this period. You can find a list of international observance and awareness days here. Publish a Press Release If you would like to be published in the press (local newspaper, daily newspaper, online magazine, or even print magazines), then publish a press release about your special story around an awareness day. - Your book is about mental illnesses? Then publish a press release for International Mental Health Day on October 10th. - You wrote a song about environmental awareness? Then put the 5th of June in your diary. - You have dedicated yourself to beer? Every first Friday in August is International Beer Day So you see there are plenty of occasions, perfect to get journalists interested. Remember that you have to publish the press release at least a few days (or weeks) in advance so that your story can be printed in time. Plan Social Media Campaigns But also end consumers are sensitized on these days and are then more interested in these topics. At this time it’s best to advertise on Facebook and Instagram. Do a giveaway on Social Media and exchange ideas with your fans. Tell them why you care so much about this topic and share your expert knowledge about it.

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The Portage Lake Bridge, or more commonly known as the Lift Bridge, was designated in May, 2019 as an American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Michigan State Historic Civil Engineering Landmark of the Year. Built in 1959, the bridge provides a key role in connecting the Keweenaw’s local industries to the nation, and uses a first-of-its-kind intermediate lift span position. It also was an early example of accelerated bridge construction. The Lift Bridge is a double-deck vertical lift bridge—the only one of its type in Michigan and uncommon nationwide. While the lower deck was originally used by trains; these days, snowmobiles roar through the lower deck in winter. This riveted steel bridge was built to support the Keweenaw’s copper mining and logging industries and to serve the nation’s need for copper and timber. So you might say, it’s built to carry heavy loads! I was invited one recent Friday to meet one of our civil engineering alumni from the class of ‘66, Donald R. Anderson. He was docked in Hancock, just east of the Lift Bridge, traveling with his son, up from Grand Haven. They were in town waiting for the extended family, to arrive and spend a few weeks together on the boat as they worked their way through the Apostle Islands area. We were chatting, taking a look at the engines, and enjoying some local cider when BAM! A very loud boom sounded from the Lift Bridge. We all turned to watch as a tandem trailer loaded with trailers pulled to a halt. Over the next hour, inspections of the rig, and bridge seemed to happen while we looked up from below with high-tech binoculars and speculated about the impact. We figured that being in tandem, one of the trailers rocked up just as the truck pulled through and snagged that edge a bit. The truck eventually pulled down and around and took time to do a safety check just behind the marina. On my way home, pedaling across the bridge I stopped and took a few images. You can see how there is a bit of battered metal at the leading edge on the Houghton side. No easy way to tell what marks are new or old from down on the ground (and I am a metallurgist). My assessment—that bridge was built to last. I bet it will still be in use for its 100th anniversary. They build things to last up here in the Keweenaw. And remember your metallurgy: steel can plastically deform and even strengthen as a result of the increased number of dislocations. Dr. Tess Ahlborn, professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Michigan Technological University, working with two recent civil engineering masters of science graduates Emma Beachy and Michael Prast, submitted the application of Lift Bridge for Historic Civil Engineering Landmark Award at both the state and national levels. While Lift Bridge has now won the state ASCE Landmark of the Year award, the jury’s still out on the national level award. You can read more about the Lift Bridge here. Thank you Tess, Emma and Michael, and the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, for the 300 pages of historical content that supported the nomination.

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« ForrigeFortsæt » his holy Spirit, that those things may please him, which we do at this present; and that the rest of our life here after may be pure, and holy; so that at the last we may come to his eternal joy; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Then the Minister shall kneel, and say the Lord's Prayer; the people also kneeling, and repeating it with him. UR Father, which art OU in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, As it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, As we As we forgive them that trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation; But deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, The power, and the glory, For ever and ever. Amen. Then likewise he shall say, O Lord, open thou our lips. Answer. And our mouth shall shew forth thy praise. Priest. O God, make speed And his mercy is on them that fear him throughout all generations. He hath shewed strength with his arm: he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts. He hath put down the mighty from their seat and hath exalted the humble and meek. He hath filled the hungry with good things and the rich he hath sent empty away. He remembering his mercy hath holpen his servant Israel: as he promised to our forefathers, Abraham and his seed, for ever. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, | he judge the world and the is now, and ever shall be world without end. Amen. Or else this Psalm; except it be on the Nineteenth Day of the Month, when it is read in the ordinary course of the Psalms. Cantate Domino. Psalm xcviii. Sing unto the Lord a new song for he hath done marvellous things. With his own right hand, and with his holy arm : hath he gotten himself the victory. The Lord declared his salvation: his righteousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen. He hath remembered his mercy and truth toward the house of Israel and all the ends of the world have seen the salvation of our God. Shew yourselves joyful unto the Lord, all ye lands: sing, rejoice, and give thanks. Praise the Lord upon the harp sing to the harp with a psalm of thanksgiving. With trumpets also and shawms: O shew yourselves joyful before the Lord the King. Let the sea make a noise, and all that therein is the round world, and they that dwell therein. Let the floods clap their hands, and let the hills be joyful together before the Lord: for he cometh to judge the earth. people with equity. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen. Then a Lesson of the New Testament, as it is appointed. And after that, Nunc dimittis (or the Song of Symeon) in English, as followeth. Nunc dimittis. St. Luke ii. 29. LORD, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace according to thy That thy way may be known upon earth: thy saving health among all nations. Let the people praise thee, O God: yea, let all the peoWith righteousness shall ple praise thee. O let the nations rejoice | Church; The Communion of Saints; The Forgiveness of sins; The Resurrection of the body, And the life everlasting. Amen. and be glad for thou shalt judge the folk righteously, and govern the nations upon earth. Let the people praise thee, O God: yea, let all the people praise thee. Then shall the earth bring forth her increase: and God, even our own God, shall give us his blessing. God shall bless us and all the ends of the world shall fear him. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son : and to the As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be world without end. Amen. Then shall be said or sung the Apostles' Creed by the Minister and the people, ven and earth: And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord, Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, Born of the Virgin Mary, Suffered under Pontius Pilate, Was crucified, dead, and buried, He descended into hell; The third day he rose again from the dead, He ascended into heaven, And sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty; From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost; The holy Catholick And after that, these Prayers following, all devoutly kneeling; the Minister first The Lord be with you. Minister. Let us pray. Lord, have mercy upon us. Christ, have mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy upon us. Then the Minister, Clerks, and people, shall say the Lord's Prayer with a loud voice. OUR Father, which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, As it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, we forgive them that trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation; But deliver us from evil. Amen. Then the Priest standing up shall say, O Lord, shew thy mercy upon us. Answer. And grant us thy salvation. Priest. O Lord, save the Answer. And bless thine inheritance. Priest. Give peace in our time, O Lord. Answer. Because there is none other that fighteth for us, but only thou, Ŏ God. Priest. O God, make clean our hearts within us. Answer. And take not thy holy Spirit from us. Then shall follow three Collects; the first of the Day; the second for Peace; the third for Aid against all Perils, as hereafter followeth: which two last Collects shall be daily said at Evening Prayer without alter The second Collect at Evening God, from whom all holy desires, all good counsels, and all just works do proceed; Give unto thy servants that peace which the world cannot give; that both our hearts may be set to obey thy commandments, and also that by thee we being defended from the fear of our enemies may pass our time in rest and quietness; through the merits of Jesus Christ our Saviour. Amen. The third Collect, for Aid against all Perits. A Prayer for the King's Majesty. Lord our heavenly Father, high and mighty, King of kings, Lord of lords, the only Ruler of princes, who dost from thy throne behold all the dwellers upon earth; Most heartily we beseech thee with thy favour to behold our most gracious Sovereign Lord, King GEORGE; and so replenish him with the grace of thy Holy Spirit, that he may alway incline to thy will, and walk in thy way: Endue him plenteously with heavenly gifts; grant him in health and wealth long to live; strengthen him that he may vanquish and overcome all his enemies; and finally, after this life, he may attain everlasting joy and felicity; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. A Prayer for the Royal fountain of all goodness, LMIGHTY God, the we humbly beseech thee to bless our gracious Queen Charlotte, their Royal Highnesses George Prince of Wales, the Princess of Wales, and all Live beseech thee, O them with thy holy Spirit; enL' IGHTEN our darkness, the Royal Family: Endue Lord; and by thy great mer-rich them with thy heavenly cy defend us from all perils and dangers of this night; for the love of thy only Son, our Saviour, Jesus Christ. Amen. In Quires and Places where they sing, here followeth the Anthem. happiness; and bring them grace; prosper them with all to thine everlasting kingdom; through Jesus Christ our Lord. A Prayer for the Clergy and people. LMIGHTY and everlasting God, who alone workest great marvels; Send down upon our Bishops, and Curates, and all Congregations committed to their charge, the healthful Spirit of thy grace; and that they may truly please thee, pour upon them the continual dew of thy blessing. Grant this, O Lord, for the honour of our Advocate and Mediator, Jesus Christ. Amen. A Prayer of St. Chrysostom. this time with one accord to make our common supplications unto thee; and dost promise, that when two or three are gathered together in thy Name thou wilt grant their requests: Fulfil now, O Lord, the desires and petitions of thy servants, as may be most expedient for them; granting us in this world knowledge of thy truth, and in the world to come life everlasting. Amen. 2 Cor. xiii. HE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellow ALMIGHTY God, who ship of the eroly Ghost, be hast given us grace at with us all evermore. Amen. Here endeth the Order of Evening Prayer throughout the Year. At Morning Prayer. Upon these Feasts; Christmas-day, the Epiphany, Saint Matthias, Easter-day, Ascension-day, Whitsunday, Saint John Baptist, Saint James, Saint Bartholomew, Saint Matthew, Saint Simon and Saint Jude, Saint Andrew, and upon Trinity-Sunday, shall be sung or said at Morning Prayer, instead of the Apostles' Creed, this Confession of our Christian Faun, commonly called The Creed of Saint Athanasius, by the Minister and people standing. Neither confounding the WHOSOEVER will be Persons: nor dividing the saved before all things it is necessary that he hold the Catholick Faith. Which Faith except every one do keep whole and undefiled without doubt he shall perish everlastingly. And the Catholick Faith is this That we worship one God in Trinity, and Trinity in Unity; For there is one Person of the Father, another of the Son and another of the Holy Ghost. But the Godhead of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, is all one: the Glory equal, the Majesty coeternal. 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David W. Shenk’s latest book, Christian. Muslim. Friend.: Twelve Paths to Real Relationship, comes at an opportune time for Canadian Christians, since the country has received more than 25,000 refugees from Syria since last fall. While Syria is a multi-faith society, the majority of these refugees are Muslim. Statistics Canada’s 2011 National Household Survey listed slightly more than a million Canadians as Muslim in a population of just over 34 million. That means Islam is the fastest growing religion in Canada, largely fuelled by continuing immigration. Most Canadians will be in some kind of relationship with Muslims, whether they know it or not. Christians, long the vast majority of religious practitioners in Canada, are now rubbing shoulders with many from other religions. Change is often difficult when people are used to assuming something like their exclusive place in society. Many in both the religious and secular worlds are asking how to move with acceptance and grace into this new reality. In Christian. Muslim. Friend., the fourth in the Christians Meeting Muslims series from Herald Press, Shenk explores the foundation he believes necessary for Christians to be in good relationship with Muslims, even as friends. A global consultant for Eastern Mennonite Missions, he worked in missions in both Somalia and Kenya, and continues to lecture in both Christian and Muslim forums around the world yearly. His previous books have described his ongoing relationships and discussions with Muslims, including with his friend Badru D. Kateregga of Kenya. In this book he lays out “twelve paths to real relationship”: integrity, identity, respect, trust, dialogue about differences, hospitality, answer questions, confront distortions, compare hijrah (the migration or journey of Mohammed and his followers from Mecca to Medina, in AD 622) and the cross, seek peace and pursue it, partner with the person of peace, and commend Christ. Each chapter is full of stories from Shenk’s own experience and ends with helpful questions for discussion. I am planning to use this book at Wilmot Mennonite Church, New Hamburg, where I am the pastor, and think it would have been helpful to have chapters seven through nine at the beginning, as these deal with some beliefs of both Muslims and Christians, and the differences between them. Such groundwork would be helpful for readers in knowing with whom Christians are relating in integrity, respect and trust, as many will not have read the previous books in the series or have other grounding in what Muslims believe. The book will be useful whether Christians believe that they need to work toward the conversion of Muslims to Christianity, or whether they believe Christians need to see Muslims as fellow followers of the God of Abraham. While Shenk leans toward the evangelical side of that discussion, the suggestions on building relationships are not some kind of shadowy “friendship evangelism” that is more about changing someone than about being real friends. His suggestions will stand both evangelicals and universalists in good stead. In some contexts the questions included will create enough discussion for a group, while in others it might be good to stretch the material by beginning with larger discussions about the nature of integrity, trust, dialogue and so on.

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I know, I know, there are tons of small writeups written that argue for or against the inclusion of Barry Bonds into the Baseball Hall of Fame. This isn’t one of them. It’s not about second-guessing the baseball writers’ association balloting or handicapping the odds that a future eras committee will reconsider his case. This is just a simple question: What would Barry Bonds’ career stats look like if he had to replay his entire career against only Hall of Fame pitching? Bonds faced off against 15 different pitchers who are currently in Cooperstown. Nearly two-thirds of these contests came against the Atlanta Braves’ trio of Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine, and John Smoltz. The addition of Pedro Martinez and Randy Johnson takes the sample to 85% of his career-HOF matchups with an assortment of other guys making up the rest. The rest are no big deal, just your usual firing squad of Nolan Ryan, Mariano Rivera, and 8 others. Here is how he fared against these 15 pitchers: That triple slash line of .297/.427/.563 shows Bonds was terrific against the league’s best pitching. However, those numbers don’t hold the same weight as some of the major counting stats in fans’ minds. What would Bonds’ career stats look like if he took all 12,606 of his career plate appearances against only this 15-man rotation? To come up with these numbers I made a few assumptions. First, our alternate-universe Barry Bonds would face each pitcher in the same proportion as he did in real life. That means He has to go head-to-head with Greg Maddux in 28.6% of his trips to the plate. Second, I assume any additional at-bats generated by these pitchers’ lower walk rates result in the same level of offense as his other production against the same cohort of pitchers. The results of 12,606 trips to the plate against 15 guys with bronze plaques: |Only HOF Pitching Facing only pitchers in Cooperstown, the alternate-reality Bonds sees his batting average drop by just a single point. That doesn’t hurt much, as he makes use of these pitchers’ lower walk rates to join the 3,000 hit club. His walk total is reduced by about 10% but is still good enough to make him the MLB career leader. He hits about 100 fewer home runs in the HOF-pitching scenario, giving him career numbers almost identical to Willie Mays. His career OPS would fall to 13th all-time, between that of Mike Trout and Mark McGwire. Bonds, it seems, would absolutely clean up at the annual Hall-of-Fame exhibition game. Walking with Bonds Barry Bonds has the highest walk rate of any player featured in the 1993 Topps Finest checklist and is second in this regard only to Ted Williams in the history of baseball. He drew 232 walks in 2004, more than half of which were the intentional variety. Couple this with being hit by 9 pitches and you get more than 4 miles of Bonds just strolling to first base. Factor in 45 appropriately-paced home run trots and you get over 2 hours of Bonds pacing himself around the bases, or more than a minute per game. The average baseball game lasted 2 hours and 42 minutes last season, 9 minutes shorter than in 2004. I like to think some of that reduced time is not having to wait for Bonds to take his base. The stat sheets report Bonds’ batting average was .362 in 2004, but it could have been much, much higher. Batting average is a metric born in the earliest days of the game and its simplicity lends itself to the limited data of the era. Early statistical keepers fiddled with the inputs for years before settling on something resembling its current form of hits divided by at-bats. Prior to 1889 scorekeepers counted walks as the equivalent of a base hit. If Bonds’ 232 walks are accounted for in the pre-1889 method, his 2004 batting average would have been an astounding .607. His career batting average would have been .443 under these rules, much higher than Ty Cobb’s walk-adjusted career batting average of .429 under the same methodology. Three Attempts at Landing a Bonds Refractor Barry Bonds was very good at working deep into the count. This trait apparently extended to my baseball card collection as well. It took three separate tries to acquire the Bonds card for my ’93 Finest set build. The first of these came when a smaller auction house held one its bi-weekly events. A graded NM-MT example of the Bonds card was featured as one of the lots and I placed a bid. This particular auction house uses an extended bidding format in which they will only accept additional bids from collectors who have already placed a bid for that particular item. After the extended bidding period has been begun, each lot remains open until 15 minutes have passed with no additional activity for that particular lot. I went to bed on the final night of the auction, seeing that I had been the high bidder at the conclusion of both preliminary and extended bidding. Imagine my surprise two days later when I received an email stating there had been a glitch preventing some extended bids from being received and announcing bidding would be reopened for a new 15-minute countdown. I logged in to see the Bonds auction had already been reopened and closed with someone else being declared the high bidder. This was a frustrating experience, and while it saved me time in bothering to check this auction’s listings in the future, I still needed to find this card for my set. I returned to my daily bookmarked searches across multiple sales platforms and found a seller at one of my regular search targets in the process of actively listing a new refractor every 2 minutes or so. The seller was breaking up a partial set with most stars in the near-mint range and commons appearing in higher grade. The site had a dynamic news feed showing the most recent dozen or so transactions and I could see someone else was busy purchasing these cards almost as fast as they were being listed. I joined the fray and we soon fell into a rhythm of having a shot at every other card. I passed on a few and then jumped into action when the Mike Piazza card was offered. While I was engaged with the acquisition of the Dodgers’ catcher, my competitor took the opportunity to purchase a Bonds refractor that was listed while I was involved in the checkout process. I reached out to the new owner and inquired about buying it and providing him with a quick profit but received no response. Now 0-2 in my search for the card, I decided to pass on the off-speed stuff being offered to me. With Bonds being one of the most recognizable cards in the set and at least 50 examples observed changing hands in 2023 the card is readily obtainable. The limiting factor is price. Asking prices for this card can be insane. I had zero interest in paying $500+ for NM cards or $1,000+ for NM-MT examples, sticker prices that appeared with some regularity when I encountered them in the wild. Like a patient Giants slugger, I waited for my pitch. Over one year later I found one in mint condition from a collector breaking up his refractor collection. The card was purchased for less than some of those aspirational prices and I found my set one major card closer to completion.

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Is life in the fast lane too much for Sergey Karjakin? Russian accused of running scared of Magnus Carlsen Malcolm Pein, chess correspondent 8 APRIL 2016 • 10:14AM Sergey Karjakin took home €95,000 (£75,000) for winning the Candidates Tournament in Moscow and earned the right to play Magnus Carlsen in November for the world title. At the conclusion of the tournament, Hans Visser, Development Director of BMW Russia, the tournament’s transportation partner, presented Karjakin with a miniature replica of a BMWi8, a hybrid sports car. Visser declared that Karjakin would be driving away with the real one which was parked outside the tournament hall. The BMWi8 can go from 0-100 km/h in 4.4 seconds, has a top speed of 250Km/H and uses just 2.1 litres/100km. It also looks amazing. At first sight this appeared to be a wonderful prize, until it was revealed subsequently that Karjakin only has the car on loan for a month. On Thursday, the title contender was embroiled in a controversy when the Russian Chess Federation wrote to the organisers of the Altibox Norway Chess tournament to declare that their man was withdrawing from the event which starts on the 18th of this month. Withdrawing from a tournament 12 days before it’s due to start is very poor form as well as a breach of contract. Jøran Aulin-Jansson for the organising committee described the move as “disrepectful”. I’d put it more bluntly myself and suggest Karjakin is running scared.

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Rep. Liz Cheney said Tuesday the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack has to not only probe the violence and its causes, but also "what happened every minute of that day in the White House." In her prepared remarks for the committee’s first public hearing, posted by Politico, the Wyoming Republican made it clear she wanted former President Donald Trump’s involvement examined, though she did not mention him by name. "We cannot leave the violence of January 6th – and its causes – uninvestigated," she said. "The American people deserve the full and open testimony of every person with knowledge of the planning and preparation for January 6th. We must know what happened here at the Capitol." "We must also know what happened every minute of that day in the White House – every phone call, every conversation, every meeting leading up to, during, and after the attack," she said. Cheney warned if those responsible aren’t held accountable — "and if Congress does not act responsibly, this will remain a cancer on our constitutional republic, undermining the peaceful transfer of power at the heart of our democratic system." And, she added, "we will face the threat of more violence in the months to come, and another January 6th every four years." Cheney made it clear the committee’s probe will include subpoenas to "get to the objective truth," and urged the panel to "overcome the many efforts we are already seeing to cover up and obscure the facts." "Honorable men and women have an obligation to step forward," she declared. "No member of Congress should now attempt to defend the indefensible, obstruct this investigation, or whitewash what happened that day," Cheney said. "Until January 6th, we were proof positive for the world that a nation conceived in liberty could long endure. But now, January 6th threatens our most sacred legacy." "The question for every one of us who serves in Congress, for every elected official across this great nation, indeed, for every American is this: Will we adhere to the rule of law? Will we respect the rulings of our courts? Will we preserve the peaceful transition of power? Or will we be so blinded by partisanship that we throw away the miracle of America? "Do we hate our political adversaries more than we love our country and revere our Constitution? I pray that that is not the case." Cheney is one of two Republicans on the nine-member panel. Fran Beyer ✉ Fran Beyer is a writer with Newsmax and covers national politics. © 2024 Newsmax. All rights reserved.

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Outdoor Scavenger Hunt An event every day that begins at 12:00 am, repeating until July 13, 2024 Pick up a scavenger hunt at Delta Library and embark on your own outdoor adventure. Find everything on the list and return it to the library for a prize! This scavenger hunt is part of the 2024 Summer Reading Program, ‘Adventure Begins at Your Library.’

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The analogy of biological reproduction can provide valuable insights into understanding the concept of a program that can copy itself. In the field of cybersecurity, this analogy helps us grasp the fundamental principles of recursion and the behavior of programs that exhibit self-replicating capabilities. Biological reproduction involves the creation of offspring that inherit genetic information from their parent organisms. This process allows for the propagation of genetic traits and the continuation of life. Similarly, a program that can copy itself possesses the ability to generate new instances of itself, thereby propagating its code and functionality. When examining the analogy between biological reproduction and self-copying programs, we can identify several key similarities. Firstly, both processes involve the generation of offspring or copies. In biology, offspring inherit genetic material from their parent organisms, while in the realm of programming, a copied program inherits its code from the original program. Secondly, both biological reproduction and self-copying programs rely on a template or blueprint. In biology, DNA serves as the blueprint for constructing organisms, encoding the necessary instructions for their development. Similarly, in programming, the original program acts as the blueprint or template for generating copies. The code within the program contains the instructions required to replicate itself. Furthermore, both processes exhibit the potential for variation and mutation. Biological reproduction introduces genetic diversity through mechanisms such as genetic recombination and mutation. Similarly, self-copying programs can undergo modifications during the replication process, leading to variations in the copied instances. These variations may result from intentional alterations made by the program itself or unintentional errors introduced during the copying process. Understanding the analogy of biological reproduction in the context of self-copying programs can aid in comprehending the behavior and potential risks associated with such programs. For instance, just as genetic mutations can lead to genetic disorders or vulnerabilities in organisms, errors or intentional modifications in self-copying programs can introduce bugs, security vulnerabilities, or unintended behaviors in the replicated copies. Therefore, it becomes crucial to carefully analyze and validate the integrity of self-copying programs to ensure their safe and secure execution. The analogy of biological reproduction provides a valuable framework for understanding the concept of a program that can copy itself. By recognizing the similarities between the generation of offspring in biology and the replication of programs, we can gain insights into the principles of recursion and the behavior of self-replicating programs. This understanding is essential in the field of cybersecurity to mitigate risks associated with self-copying programs and ensure their secure execution. Other recent questions and answers regarding EITC/IS/CCTF Computational Complexity Theory Fundamentals: - Is Chomsky’s grammar normal form always decidible? - Can a regular expression be defined using recursion? - How to represent OR as FSM? - Is there a contradiction between the definition of NP as a class of decision problems with polynomial-time verifiers and the fact that problems in the class P also have polynomial-time verifiers? - Is verifier for class P polynomial? - Can a Nondeterministic Finite Automaton (NFA) be used to represent the state transitions and actions in a firewall configuration? - Is using three tapes in a multitape TN equivalent to single tape time t2(square) or t3(cube)? In other words is the time complexity directly related to number of tapes? - If the value in the fixed point definition is the lim of the repeated application of the function can we call it still a fixed point? In the example shown if instead of 4->4 we have 4->3.9, 3.9->3.99, 3.99->3.999, … is 4 still the fixed point? - If we have two TMs that describe a decidable language is the equivalence question still undecidable? - In the case of detecting the start of the tape, can we start by using a new tape T1=$T instead of shifting to the right?

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The United Nations(UN) has reportedly started processing an appeal over the kidnapped Gulen followers who were taken from a house in central Altindag district of capital Ankara on February 13, Turkish news portal Medyabold reports. The incident happened around 3 pm, and neighbours living around the house witnessed the incident, according to sources who spoke on condition of anonymity to Medyabold due to security concerns. About 40 plainclothes policemen, according to the eyewitness, raided the homes of Ozgur Kaya, 41, and Yasin Ugan’s, 43, in Ankara’s Altindag district. The pair’s heads were bagged with black nylon bags as they were taken away, the eyewitness said. The kidnapped Gulenists’ families visited the police station as they believe plainclothes police officers kidnapped their husbands but the police said that they had not detained Kaya and Ugan. Selda Ugan, the wife of kidnapped Yasin Ugan, has appeared in a video message to explain how her husband was kidnapped by many gunmen in plain clothes. In the video, she desperately appeals for help from authorities and says she has no idea as to the whereabouts of her husband. “I am Selda Ugan. Yasin Ugan, my husband, was kidnapped with a plastic bag over his head by a crowded group of armed people who identified themselves as undercover policemen on Feb 13 on Wednesday, from an address in Altindag district of Ankara. It [the kidnapping] took place in the glare of publicity. Despite we have applied to Ankara Police Directorate many times since then, we have not been provided with any single information. I have no information about where and how he is. I and my children are too worried. I am calling out to the authorities, please help and provide us with information whereabout of him [my husband] and how he has been doing. Thank you,” Yasin Ugan’s desperate wife said in a message shared on social media. UN accepted the application and asked for more information about the kidnapping Upon the kidnapping, the families of Ugan and Kaya submitted an application to Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Geneva, Switzerland on Thursday. OHCHR replied to families via email that they have received the application and started processing the appeal. Families told reporters that OHCHR asked them for more information about the incident. The media reported that the UN is going to ask information from Turkey over the recent kidnapping as the families application to Ankara Police Headquarters were left unanswered. Council of Europe reportedly investigates the MIT kidnappings According to the findings of a research, dubbed #blacksitesturkey, published on December 11, 2018, which was conducted in close co-operation by nine media outlets from different countries, Turkish Intelligence (MIT) hijacks alleged Gulenists from abroad and also kidnaps them in Turkey to be taken to extrajudicial detainment centres. According to an article on Correctiv’s website, Frederik Richter, a German investigative journalist and deputy editor of Correctiv, went to Strasbourg on the invitation of the Council of Europe in January to inform delegates from member states about the research, #blacksitesturkey.

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I pushed my wife Good on you for reaching out. You must be feeling so frightened and alarmed by your own actions and growing anger. I feel there would be a lot of questions and self doubt swirling in your head...but I think it’s a good start that you recognised that your actions towards your wife was not okay, and presumably now want to learn to manage your feelings of anger. My gentle suggestion is to try to find help for your anger as soon as possible. I would suggest giving Mensline Australia a call (you should be able to find their number online) for advice and perhaps direction towards other support/counselling services. I feel it’s important to recognise the warning signs of anger (e.g. shallow breaths, escalating thoughts), and if possible, remove yourself from the situation before things escalate. For example, if you feel yourself getting angrier, state “I’m sorry, I can’t talk about it now”’and walk away immediately. When it’s a good time for you, it would be great to hear from you again as we would like to continue supporting you. Kind and caring thoughts, We are sorry to hear that you have been feeling so overwhelmed recently. Please know that you are not alone in this and we are here to provide you with as much support as you need. If you'd like to talk these feelings through, please contact us anytime on 1300 22 4636 or get in touch with us on Webchat 3pm-12am AEST here: www.beyondblue.org.au/getsupport Our Support Service are trying to reach you via email as we are worried about you.

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One thing we can always be certain of is that things change over time. Nothing can stop this from happening. People change, technology changes, situations change as well. Change is inevitable! Look back at your own life, for example. How much has actually changed? Especially when it comes to advancements in technology. It can be rather scary to look back and see just how much has evolved. But, it can also be quite refreshing! Take, for example, this “thing”; we bet you won’t know what this is… We bet won’t know what this is So, unless you were around in the ’30s, chances are, you won’t know what this is. If you do, well done! Kind of odd-looking? Isn’t it? Can you guess what this contraption could possibly be? You would be completely forgiven for not knowing what this contraption is. But, we guess you really want to know! This funny-looking item that looks like a flask or some sort of carrier is actually a 1930’s vacuum cleaner, known as the Hercules! This retro vacuum is a far cry from the hoovers we have today. In fact, right now, I am watching my Roomba® clean my floor while I type this! Can you imagine what life back then must have been like? How exciting and innovative a machine like this was for the time? And yet, today, we all take for granted just how easy our lives have become thanks to technology and progression. The Hercules Vacuum cleaner was a very stylish and sophisticated machine back then. The one pictured above was covered in crocodile skin, making it quite an expensive purchase. What made it even more of a luxurious item is that it was sold during the great depression – a time when many families were not even able to make ends meet, let alone by a Hercules. If you did know what this item was, try showing your kids and see if they manage to guess! They definitely won’t know what this is! Did you know the humble broom was not even perfected until the year 1797? A farmer from Massachusetts decided to create one that worked properly after watching his wife struggle to sweep. Soon, his broom, known as broomcorn, became a household name. Of course, as time went by, people got lazier! A few new sweepers and brooms came and went, and it wasn’t until the 1860s when Daniel Hess created the first real vacuum cleaner. According to his patent: “The nature of my invention consists in drawing fine dust and dirt through the machine by means of a draft of air.” Then, in 1869, Ives McGaffey of Chicago took it even further. Although, his design was actually harder to use than a regular broom. His patent reads: “The accumulation of dust and dirt/in dwelling-houses is a source of great annoyance to all good housekeepers… to obviate these difficulties is the object of my invention.” Sadly, his invention did not take off. Many designs came and went. But it was James Murray Spangler who revolutionized the vacuum cleaner. A Humble Janitor, aged 60, living in Canton, Ohio, James slaved away to perfect his design. It even took a toll on his health. His machine was better than the rest because not only was it upright, but it was also portable. The crude machine worked well, sucking dirt and blowing it out the back into the attached pillowcase. Spangler patented it in 1907 and quit his job, opening the Electric Suction Sweeper Company. “It used a ceiling fan motor and paddle blades to create the air flow… he used a leather belt and journaled it to a rotating brush that he had gotten out of a carpet sweeper… No one was able to get the carpet that clean because they didn’t have a motor driven brush.“ The Hoover was then born when he ran into financial trouble, selling his company to his cousin, Susan Hoover!

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Sample interview questions: How do you handle situations where guests request changes or modifications to their reservations due to personal financial constraints or budget limitations? As a Hotel Management > Reservations Manager, I understand that guests may sometimes request changes or modifications to their reservations due to personal financial constraints or budget limitations. In such situations, it is important to handle the matter with empathy and professionalism, while also considering the hotel’s policies and availability. Firstly, I would listen attentively to the guest’s request and show understanding towards their financial constraints. It is crucial to maintain a friendly and approachable demeanor, making them feel comfortable discussing their concerns. This creates a positive rapport and enhances the chances of finding a mutually beneficial solution. Next, I would review the hotel’s cancellation and modification policies to determine the feasibility of accommodating the guest’s request. If the reservation is non-refundable or subject to strict policies, I would politely explain the limitations and provide alternative options that may better suit their budget. These alternatives could include adjusting the length of stay, changing room types, or suggesting off-peak periods with lower rates. If the reservation does allow modifications, I would explore options within the available inventory to find a solution that meets the guest’s budgetary needs. This could involve offering a discounted rate, upgrading the room without additio… Read full answer

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Handsome Badger makes luxury, unisex, striking pieces that fit seamlessly into people’s lives. Each piece is hand-knitted from sustainable sources that make quality materials while supporting producers. We source our merino wool from an 80-year-old family business based in Peru, which works to support local shepherds and their families through community outreach. They produce the finest wool in the world by combining ancient Peruvian textile practices with cutting-edge manufacturing techniques. It is currently the only wool of its softness and thickness, spun using the latest technology into a chain which minimises pilling and creates a dimension of texture not found in any other merino in the world. All our unique pieces are hand-knitted here in London, designed to turn a silhouette into something extraordinary. Here, we went behind the brand to find out more… When did you launch the brand and what was the reason behind it? I founded Handsome Badger because I love making beautiful things with quality materials. William Morris’s famous statement is that you should have nothing you “do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful” – this has been my inspiration throughout the design process. The launch collection expresses the heart of the business – beautiful, useful, sustainable, transformative. Whats your background? Textiles have always been a passion of mine – my Grandma taught me to knit at the age of 7 and I haven’t stopped working with yarn since. Growing up in Yorkshire, I was surrounded not only by beautiful landscapes but also by a rich, historic textile industry. When I moved to London at 18 to train as an actress, I was still pursuing my love of craft and design, and took seasonal commissions. In 2013 I injured myself performing and during my months of recovery I returned home to Yorkshire and focused my energies on creating Handsome Badger. I’ve spent the subsequent few years testing suppliers and designs to get the model right from farm to customer. Eventually this led me to Peru, to source our signature merino, and to design the launch collection. If you could start over with the business, would you do anything differently? So many things! It has been such a learning experience and I’ve been so lucky to have had some wonderful input from some incredibly talented people along the way. The main takeaway is that you must always assume that pretty much everything takes three times longer than expected! What is the hardest challenge you have faced since you started the company? Juggling! It really had to be a “one-woman show” starting out and whilst I had such a vision for the business and the products themselves, there were so many aspects I knew nothing about, from customs procedures to approaching retailers to SEO optimisation! Tell us one fact about you that people wouldn’t know? I have hypermobility in my joints which means they are super flexible – I’ve already had triple knee surgery by the age of 29. Bionic woman! 2018 is almost here, where do you plan on taking the brand? I can’t reveal much but I’m working on a way of creating an entirely new yarn – one which can be formed out of any fibre, be it vegan/merino/cotton. Super strong and super beautiful! This will feature heavily in the SS18 range which will focus much more on homeware. To date, what has been the highlight since launching? Every time we get an order – they’re al so special. Repeat orders make me do a happy dance – knowing that a customer has loved the knitwear so much that they’ve ordered more is the best feeling! Three beauty products you can’t leave the house without? BB Cream, Mascara and an eyeliner flick for luck. I also absolutely love Lush Vanishing Cream – it literally feels like smoothing a bit of love on your skin and is of course ethically sound. Best thing about London to you? The endless possibilities, the myriad opportunities and the fact you can get wine delivered to your sofa 24/7! Statement shoe or statement bag? Shoes all the way – I was once told, “Invest in your shoes and your bed because if you’re not in one you’re in the other!” If you had to, what piece of clothing from your wardrobe would you wear everyday? It’s technically a shoe but I couldn’t live without my Doc Martens for Life. They tick all the boxes; quality design and materials, super cool, replaceable at no extra cost and you can pound the streets of London all day in the bouncing soles! Favourite love song? Need Your Love So Bad – Fleetwood Mac. Best place for a coffee? Brickwood Coffee in Tooting Market, although being from Yorkshire I’ve generally got a mug of tea glued to me at all times! Most memorable piece of advice given to you? Life rewards action – my Dad. Eating out. I love cooking but there has been such a food revolution in London the last few years – I can’t get enough. My bank balance is definitely suffering! If you could spent 24 hours in anywhere in the world, where would it be? Porthcurnick Beach, Portscatho, Cornwall. It’s where I spent my childhood summers and I’m still so nostalgic for those hazy days. In future, how do you plan on expanding the company? Handsome Badger is part of the sustainable fashion movement and by that token I’m trying to create a new production model that focuses on community and catharsis – no mass production or factories here. I’ve noticed over the years on acting jobs the symbiosis between actors and crafting, many people seem to be brilliant at both and so many actors struggle with downtime between jobs or auditions. I want to be able to create a workforce of existing creatives who can come together and be paid a fair wage to knit for Handsome Badger but also use the network for all their creative exploits. Find out more… The entire collection is available on www.handsomebadger.com and https://www.wolfandbadger.com/uk/designers/handsome-badger/ Insta – @myhandsomebadger Twitter – @HANDSOMEBADGER Facebook – /handsomebadger

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Whether committed as a war crime, crime against humanity, act of genocide or any other violation of international law, sexual violence is often part of the tragic and brutal pattern of criminal acts perpetrated against women, men, and children in conflicts and other mass atrocities around the world. This International Protocol was introduced in June 2014 to help overcome the barriers to prosecution, by setting out clearly and comprehensively the basic principles of documenting sexual violence as a violation of international law. The International Protocol has so far been translated into 9 languages and used by lawyers, police, medical personnel and NGOs to gather evidence and investigate crimes to help strengthen prosecutions in at least a dozen countries in Europe, Africa, Asia, the Middle East and South America. We launched the International Protocol at the Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict with the hope that it would be improved and strengthened over time. It was updated in March 2017. *The Human Rights Center was a major contributor to this project. We did not write the final report.

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I have been down the rabbit hole, exploring my process of note taking, systems and organizing over the last few weeks. It has been an intensive and extensive journey, and one that I have detailed here. It started with a frustration with the continued dysfunction of my files and references, and expanded into a more general indictment of how I take notes. Sönke Ahrens’ “How to Take Smart Notes” provided some valuable prompts about what is possible with notes, and in particular underscored for me an essential function that I had long been ignoring. I find myself at a solution that I believe will work for me, which is what each of us needs to find. What I’ve learned may not serve you directly, but it may offer some insights for your own journey. It is a little astonishing how this happens. You start with a problem, work back to first principles, figure out how to proceed forward and then find yourself back in the same vicinity of where you left off. In my case, I started with a systems problem around files that turned into a much broader exploration of notes, ideas, thinking and how I work. Now that I’ve landed on most of an approach that I think can work for me, I’m trying to figure out how to manage and organize that in reality. This brings us right back to software and systems, and the realization that what I hope to do may not be quite so easy as I had anticipated. I didn’t intend to write this article. I didn’t even want to write this article. But I didn’t want to leave last week’s article as the end to the series that I’ve been working on. There was somewhat more to be said, and in particular some specifics to be explored about tools. To be clear, I endorse none of the tools that I mention. But I’m curious about several of them. Not that we need any help on this front. We get in our own way just fine. But then we add tools to the mix, and that complicates things unnecessarily. For those who have a fetish for office supplies and time management solutions (you know who you are) it can be awfully tempting to look at shiny new software with covetous desire. My usual advice is, “If what you are doing now is working for you, then keep doing it.” Which is great, until you realize that it isn’t working. This is what happened to me. Getting organized is something we normally associate with new year’s resolutions. At the same time, it’s one of those important but not-urgent things that we often put off, well, forever. My efforts to tackle the things that are important to tackle, and to develop an on-going strategy to manage them. I am usually an early adopter of technology. If you were to ask my wife, in fact, she’ll tell you that I have a borderline obsession with exploring the latest gadget or gizmo. And if I find it in any way appealing, I will find a way to justify it being critical to my ongoing […]

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- What is Milk Powder—and How Can We Cook with It? - 31 St. Patrick’s Day Treats We’d Be Lucky to Feast On - This 3-Ingredient Italian Bread Has a Green Trick Up Its Sleeve - How to Throw an Easy, Breezy Summer Iced Tea Party - Dinner Tonight: Seared Sea Scallops with Gingered Pea Purée and Cilantro Gremolata Bạn Đang Xem: A One-Ingredient Swap for Your New Favorite French Toast A Big Little Recipe has the smallest-possible ingredient list and big everything else: flavor, creativity, wow factor. Psst—we don’t count water, salt, black pepper, and certain fats (specifically, 1/2 cup or less of olive oil, vegetable oil, and butter), since we’re guessing you have those covered. This week, we’re making a three-ingredient French toast that’s unlike any other. If I had to pick between French toast, waffles, and pancakes, I’d pick French toast every time. Waffles are a close second, but crispy, creamy, just-fried, butter-topped, maple syrup–drenched French toast unites two of my favorite things in all the land: custard and bread. Well, sometimes. Because this French toast—that ruined all other French toasts for me forever—doesn’t really call for bread. It calls for babka. Xem Thêm : Gloucester Times | My Friends; My URLs Which is a type of bread, technically. But it’s a far cry from the bread most French toast recipes call for: challah, brioche, or store-bought sliced. All of these are enriched in one way or another, which is fancy-baker-speak for: The ingredient list includes more than just flour, water, yeast, and salt. Challah has eggs, oil, and some sort of sweetener (usually sugar or honey). Brioche has eggs, butter, and sugar. And store-bought sliced has, well, a bunch of stuff (probably oil, maybe something milky like whey). But what do none of these breads have? Swirls of chocolatey goodness and a streusel crust. That’s where babka comes in. Babka hails from Eastern Europe and went mainstream in the States circa 1994, largely thanks to Seinfeld. As Elaine says, “You can’t beat a babka!” And you can’t. Serious Eats defines it as a “half-yeasted-bread, half-cake hybrid.” I’ve been eating babka all my life, but never saw a French toast take until recently—at Russ & Daughters Café, the restaurant sequel to the 105-year-old appetizing shop in NYC’s Lower East Side. While the café’s menu hinges on bagels and smoked fish, it also includes wildcards like kippered salmon mac and cheese, falafel latkes, and two kinds of French toast: chocolate babka and cinnamon babka. The former is served with sour cream and berries. The latter, apple compote, candied walnuts, and crème fraîche. “The fourth generation owners—Josh Russ Tupper and Niki Russ Federman—came up with the idea many years ago, while working at the counter in the shop,” where they sell about 150 babkas per day, Russ & Daughters’ Director of PR, Communications, Brand & Design Jen Snow told me. “They had never seen it made anywhere before they developed their recipe in their homes.” So, why does babka make such a standout French toast? Let’s call it the Custardy Deliciousness Theory (CDT). The whole point of French toast is that it’s custardy. After all, you’re soaking the bread in custard (eggs or egg yolks plus milk, half-and-half, or even cream). This custard creates a bread pudding-y interior and a golden-brown crust. Oh, and it tastes really good. Now, if you use an unenriched bread (think classic sourdough), all the French toast’s custardy flavor and texture must come from the custard itself. If you use an enriched bread, like brioche, then you’ve got an A+ head start, thanks to the eggs and butter in the bread. And if you use an ultra-enriched bread, like babka, then you reach Peak Deliciousness (PD)—a French toast that’s practically pan-fried cake. And what could be better than that? A chocolatey French toast that’s practically pan-fried cake. This is best of all. Marbled throughout the babka, chocolate takes an otherwise humble breakfast recipe and makes it lazy weekend–worthy. (Permission to eat this in bed: granted!) It’s sort of like stirring chocolate chips into pancake batter or cookie dough. Adding chocolate just makes things better. And French toast was already amazing to begin with.

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- It has been 12 years since the Great East Japan Earthquake and the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident. With more than 27,000 residents still forced to live as evacuees, the Japanese government once again turned to a policy promoting nuclear power. - In Fukushima, the government and Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) are about to forcibly release contaminated water into the ocean, which they call “ALPS-treated water.” The government and TEPCO are unilaterally appealing that “ALPS-treated water” is safe and that there will be no problem even if it is discharged into the ocean. - Violating the promise that they would not carry out any disposal without the understanding of the parties concerned, and despite the local opposition, including the Fukushima Prefectural Fisheries Federation, the government and TEPCO are about to impose an additional burden on the people of Fukushima, saying, “It can’t be helped for decommissioning.” - The government and TEPCO say that the decommissioning work will be hindered if the contaminated water is not released into the sea, but in reality, this is only an effort to secure land for the time being. Because they have not been able to draw up a concrete path to decommissioning as of now, this reason is nothing but deception. - There are voices from South Korea, China, and other Pacific countries against the release of contaminated water into the ocean. - We oppose the release of contaminated water into the ocean. - We disprove the safety claim by the government and TEPCO. - Know and accept the fact that there are local people who are opposed to this policy, including the Fukushima Prefectural Fisheries Federation. - Installation of additional tanks and so forth must be considered, instead of releasing contaminated water into the sea without careful consideration. - Radioactive materials derived from the nuclear power plant accident must be contained, and never be released into the natural environment. - Compensation must be provided for health damage caused by radioactivity. - We must leave “Kirei na Umi (clean ocean)” for the future generations. The future we envision - Safe living without fear of radioactive materials released by the nuclear accident - Sustainable living where people and nature coexist without further damage to the natural environment - Life without worry about eating seafood or enjoying leisure activities at sea - Living environment where people can raise their children with smile and peace of mind - Life without nuclear power plants We aim to realize a sustainable society where people live on renewable energy instead of reliance on nuclear energy. We are looking for groups to support this campaign, alongside with ・Citizens’ Nuclear Information Center (CNIC) ・Japan Congress against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs（GENSUIKIN）and ・Fukushima Peace Forum We are looking for supporting groups with focus on just this issue: “opposing the release of radioactively contaminated water into the ocean”. →Please send an e-mail via “Contact Us” regarding supporting groups. →If you agree with us, please send your contact information via “Google Forms”. →We will contact you regarding the procedure.Please consider supporting us through “crowdfunding” as well. Producer: Mr. Kunihiro Suzuki Profile of the producer: Illustrator, picture book author. Graduated from Nagaoka University of Art and Design Selected for the 4th and 6th MOE Illustration Book Awards. Since 2015, he has been producing illustrations and picture books based on his research in Futaba-gun, Fukushima Prefecture. His picture book “Inu to Furusato (A dog and hometown)” (Junposha), which depicts Futaba County through the eyes of a dog left behind by the nuclear accident, was selected by the National School Library Association. It conveys the scars of the nuclear power plant to children. - If contaminated water is released into the ocean, the impact will not be limited to only Fukushima, but will spread to the rest of the world. I drew sea turtles as an animal that evokes the image of the entire Pacific Ocean, not a limited image of “Fukushima”. - Turtles also have an image of longevity. I would like people to think about the impact on long-lived turtles being exposed to (ingesting) radioactive substances for a long period of time. - By drawing a parent and a child, I want people to think about future generations . - I expressed diversity by making the shell colorful. The turtles, wearing these shells as a symbol of diversity, express generosity.

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Disney+’s Sneakerella is the latest movie to experiment with the lore of Cinderella, featuring It star Chosen Jacobs in the lead role. The original movie not only features an ensemble of actors who have appeared in diverse movies and shows but also personalities like John Salley who is more famous as a professional basketballer. From a Stephen King adaptation to the sequel of a classic rom-com, the aforementioned actors have a lot to offer. Not all cast members might be household names but that doesn’t mean that they have not acted in some memorable viewing options. Chosen Jacobs – It (2017) Stream On HBO Max In many live-action renditions of Cinderella, the protagonist is often a princess from medieval times. Chosen Jacobs becomes an unconventional Cinderella archetype as he plays an aspiring sneaker designer in Sneakerella. The actor’s most popular role before this would be in It, the first chapter of a duology based on Stephen King’s iconic novel of the same name. He plays Mike Hanlon, one of the members of the “Losers Club” who dares to go against the terrorizing clown Pennywise. Critically acclaimed and hailed by audiences as a faithful adaptation, It is definitely a spectacularly terrifying adventure. Lexi Underwood – Little Fires Everywhere (2020) Stream On Hulu Lexi Underwood doubles for the role of Prince Charming in Sneakerella as she plays the lead character’s romantic interest, a high-schooler who comes from a wealthy family. Previously, Underwood appeared in the miniseries Little Fires Everywhere. Starring Kerry Washington and Reese Witherspoon in the lead roles, the Hulu original TV series is set in the 1990s and deals with the parallel lives of two mothers from different social and economic backgrounds. Underwood plays a gifted student called Pearl Warren who is also the daughter of Washington’s protagonist. John Salley – Bad Boys (1995) Rent On Vudu Playing an avid sneakerhead and former basketball star in Sneakerella, John Salley is a seasoned veteran on the court. Apart from his basketball career, he has had his share of brief roles starting with the classic Michael Bay movie Bad Boys. An action-thriller doubling as a buddy cop comedy, Bad Boys stars Will Smith and Martin Lawrence as two unlikely detective partners who investigate a case of stolen narcotics while protecting a witness. Despite mixed reviews, the movie went on to become a favorite. Apart from its titular characters, the ensemble also includes Salley who plays Fletcher, a computer-hacking nerd who is granted parole for helping the police. Salley even reprised his role in the sequel. Juan Chioran – The Cheetah Girls (2003) Stream On Disney+ While Sneakerella‘s protagonist El doesn’t get much love from his stepbrothers, his neighbor Gustavo is always friendly to him. Gustavo is played by Juan Chioran who is otherwise known for his voice acting credits in Paw Patrol and Beyblade: Metal Fusion. When it comes to his live-action work, he appeared in the Disney Channel original movie The Cheetah Girls as the father of Raven-Symoné’s Galleria “Bubbles” Garibaldi. The general premise revolves around four teens who plan to launch their own music careers. Chioran’s role is that of a supportive father as he encourages his daughter to pursue her artistic dreams. From The Cheetah Girls to Sneakerella, Chioran seems to have a knack for playing feel-good characters in Disney movies. Yvonne Senat Jones – The Bobby Brown Story (2018) Stream On BET+ Yvonne Senat Jones appears in Sneakerella as Denise King, the wife of the sneaker tycoon Darius King played by John Salley. One of Jones’ dramatic roles includes a portrayal of Robyn Crawford, the close friend, and creative director to Whitney Houston. A four-part miniseries on the life of one of the most infamous figures of R&B music, The Bobby Brown Story details its titular personality’s musical rise, struggles with addiction, and his troubled marriage with Whitney Houston. With a charismatic performance by Woody McClain as Brown, the series is the perfect beginner’s guide to his career and personality. Robyn Alomar – Utopia Falls (2020) Stream On Hulu Along with her Sneakerella co-star Devyn Nekoda, Robyn Alomar starred in the Hulu sci-fi TV show Utopia Falls. Set in a dystopian future, the show features a competition in which 24 teenagers must battle and represent their colonies. While it plays out as a reality competition, the characters soon unravel a larger truth that can change the futuristic society as a whole. With its obvious allusions to young adult fiction, the show is bound to impress fans of teen franchises such as The Hunger Games, The Maze Runner, and Divergent. Devyn Nekoda – Annedroids (2013-2017) Stream On Amazon Prime El’s best friend in the movie is played by Devyn Nekoda whom viewers might have seen earlier in the Prime Video sci-fi comedy Annedroids. The series follows the exploits of an 11-year-old inventor called Anne as she creates androids in secret. Joining her in these mechanical adventures are her junkyard laboratory mates one of whom is Devyn Nekoda’s Charlie. The series is a perfect pick for audiences who are seeking a family-friendly sci-fi show. Bryan Terrell Clark – Snowpiercer (2020-) Stream On HBO Max El’s overworked and frustrated stepfather is played by Bryan Terrell Clark, a character actor who was recently also seen in the sci-fi series Snowpiercer. Adapted from Bong Joon-ho’s movie of the same name, Snowpiercer takes place on the titular train as it embarks on a never-ending journey on a planet destroyed by global environmental catastrophes. However, a class struggle emerges inside the train as the oppressed workers wage their own rebellion against the elites who control the train. Joining the ensemble led by Daveed Diggs and Jennifer Connelly is Clark who appears as Pastor Logan. A character with a mysterious past, he is eventually shown to be a close aide to Joseph Wilford, the series antagonist played by Sean Bean. Kolton Stewart – Some Assembly Required (2014-2016) Stream On Netflix Every Cinderella adaptation needs some mean step-siblings and Kolton Stewart plays one such stepbrother in Sneakerella. The musician/actor has previously appeared in the teen comedy Some Assembly Required. Revolving around a 14-year-old’s sudden ownership of a toy company, the sitcom deals with his experiences in handling the company with a little help from his high-school friends. Stewart appears as Jarvis, the teenage protagonist of the series who must deal with not only the unexpected business role that he gets but also his own coming-of-age experiences with love and life. Hayward Leach – Love Life (2020-) Stream On HBO Max Along with Kolton Stewart, Hayward Leach plays another one of the stepbrothers who continuously bully El in Sneakerella. A relative newcomer in the industry, Leach has acted only in a handful of movies and shows including popular credits like HBO’s Love Life. Starring The Good Place alumnus William Jackson Harper and Pitch Perfect star Anna Kendrick, Love Life is an anthology series dealing with the ups and downs of modern love. Leach appeared in three episodes of season 1 as a supporting character called Freddie. NEXT: Sneakerella & 9 Other Unique Cinderella Adaptations Snow White Set Photos: First Look At Live-Action Disney Princess Costume About The Author

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