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Wilton air quality lawsuit remains unresolved Haskell joins 'A Just Connecticut' agenda Wilton first selectwoman tackles fiscal challenges Wilton rescue operation works to save horses Sports Submissions New Canaan tops Wilton, 53-51, in overtime Good effort on beam helps Wilton beat Greenwich Schriber closes in on roster spot for U.S. men's U19 lax team Wilton Basketball Association recap (Jan. 11-12) The Foxhole: 2020 shapes up as a big year Wilton columnist: Dog days, again Letter: Wilton wetland regulations must be followed Wilton letter: The joy of sports Contact The Wilton Bulletin https://www.wiltonbulletin.com/news/article/Wilton-community-invited-to-hear-risks-of-vaping-14872779.php Wilton community invited to hear risks of vaping By Jeannette Ross Published 5:00 am EST, Sunday, December 1, 2019 Vaping devices come in a variety of shapes and sizes. Wilton residents will have two opportunities to learn the risks of vaping and how to help their children and others quit. Photo: Steven Senne / Associated Press Would parents know if their child used e-cigarettes? There is no odor as there is with tobacco cigarettes, and many parents may not even know what they look like. Should parents worry if their child uses e-cigarettes? The industry is unregulated, more than 2,000 people in the U.S. have suffered severe lung injuries and there have been more than 50 deaths. Vaping, as the use of e-cigarettes is known, may signal an underlying disorder such as anxiety or depression. Parents, students and concerned adults in the community can get answers to their questions at a free public program called Vaping: What You Need to Know with Elizabeth Jorgensen of Insight Counseling in Ridgefield. The program will be presented twice: Wednesday, Dec. 11, 7-8:30 p.m. at Trackside Teen Center, 15 Station Road. Wednesday, Jan. 15, 10-11:30 a.m., Wilton Library, 137 Old Ridgefield Road E-cigarettes and other vaping devices have been around since 2009, but there has not been much information available about their ingredients or safety until recently. Originally considered a way to stop smoking, millions of people took up what has become a habit as difficult to kick. The consequences of regular vaping — from nicotine addiction to the use of THC, and lung damage — has come to light in the last few years. As a means to self-medicate anxiety or to simply fit in with their peers, vaping has become evident here and at area schools. "Some kids are able to quit vaping when they understand that it is important to their parents, but when the child has an underlying disorder, like unmanaged anxiety, then they really do need help to quit," says Jorgensen. "I have seen vast rates of addiction, particularly in the kids who are most vulnerable. Anxiety disorders are epidemic, and nicotine is one of the oldest effective, short-term anti-anxiety agents that exist. It's terrible, and causes all kinds of problems. But when kids become addicted, it's because they have found a way to manage anxiety and perhaps other issues." Jorgensen will address common parent questions such as what the most popular devices look like and how they are used, and how to talk with teens about these products and intervene, if necessary. She will share the current research on the risks of vaping, including its potential to serve as a gateway to alcohol, opioid or THC abuse. The programs are presented by student members of Wilton Youth Council's Youth to Youth club at Wilton High School, Newport Academy, Trackside Teen Center, and Wilton Library. Students in middle school and up, parents with children of all ages, and other concerned adults are invited to learn more about how and why kids as young as elementary school are experimenting with, and sometimes becoming addicted to, these new products. Registration is recommended for both programs. For Dec. 11, visit https://bit.ly/2KYxFbP. For Jan. 15, register at www.wiltonlibrary.org/events or by calling 203-762-6334. Visit wiltonyouth.org for more information and email Genevieve Eason at geason@wiltonyouth.org with any questions.

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Q: Trying to get property 'description' of non-object Laravel 6 I am new to Laravel and I am currently trying to make a Todos application. However, when I try to read from the model and show it in the Blade file, this error appears: "Trying to get property 'description' of non-object" web.php Route::get('/{todo}', 'TodosController@show'); TodosController.php public function show($todoId){ $todos = Todo::find($todoId); return view('todos.show', compact('todos')); } show.blade.php @foreach ($todos as $todo) <li class="list-group-item"> {{ $todo->description }} </li> @endforeach The error is in {{ $todo->description }} I had seen similar questions but I could not understand therefore please help me. I want to know why is this error occurring and how can I solve it? A: $todos = Todo::find($todoId); will get you a single instance of a Todo. In your view you are looping through what looks like you are expecting an array or collection of Todos You can either remove the foreach loop in your view or change your Todo query to: $todos = Todo::where('id', $todoId)->get() This will give you a single Todo wrapped in a collection allowing your loop to get the single Todo instance in the collection. The problem is that when you pass an instance of a model to a loop it starts looping through the properties. You're then trying to get the property on another property which doesn't exist. You need to pass an array or collection to the loop so each item is an instance with valid properties. It might be helpful to do a dump to see the results of the methods available for getting data dump( Todo::all(), Todo::where('id', $todoId)->get(), Todo::find($todoId) ); You'll see the first two return collections which work when you pass then to your foreach. The second returns an instance of Todo which can be passed to your loop but the loop then pulls properties from the instance instead if instances form the collection. You want the latter. A: Try this public function show($todoId){ $todos = Todo::where('id', $todoId)->get(); return view('todos.show', compact('todos')); } A: TodosController.php public function show($todoId){ $todos = Todo::find($todoId)->get()->first(); return view('todos.show', compact('todos')); } show.blade.php <li class="list-group-item"> {{ $todos['description'] }} </li> no need to use foreach loop A: Your code is correct but also add a model name like public function show(Todo $todoId){ $todos = Todo::find($todoId); return view('todos.show', compact('todos')); } This is the laravel default that used if you are on the same controller

Your first destination of the visit to Myanmar will be Yangon and it is a fantastic starting point. Yangon is the former capital of Myanmar and it is known to be the most developed city in the country. Yangon is the main tourist attraction of Myanmar and filled with amazing things to do in the city. The city is a perfect city for the people who like to explore cultural treasures. The city can satisfy the people who seek for fun and excitement. When planning a trip to Myanmar, this guide will be able to fill your itinerary for the most exciting trip. Yangon is the busiest city of Myanmar and there are many exciting things to do in the city. The city has a lot of tourist attractions including pagodas, parks, colonial buildings and many more. Depending on how many days you are spending in Yangon, the travel itinerary should be carefully planned. If you are seeking for a useful guideline, here is our list of Yangon places of Interest. Let's start with sightseeing places before going into the dark side. Myanmar is famous for its golden pagodas. Visiting the famous pagodas in Yangon is the main Yangon Myanmar Point of Interest. Some of the famous pagodas are not just the religious sites, but also the heritage monuments in Yangon. You will witness how the locals perform religious proceedings and you can explore the traditions and culture of Myanmar. When you visit the pagodas, you need to avoid wearing shorts and showing a lot of skin. You must take off your shoes and socks to enter the pagodas as well. Shwedagon Pagoda is the main attraction of Yangon and it is also one of the most well-known pagodas in the world. The beauty and grandeur of the Shwedagon Pagoda amaze every visitor and the structure is 99 meters high. Since the pagoda is situated on top of a hill overlooking the city, you can see it from most places. Another famous pagoda that you must visit in Yangon is Sule Pagoda. Sule-Pagoda is located at the heart of the city and it is surrounded by many other attractions of the city. Another remarkable pagoda is Chaukhatgyi-Paya and there is a temple that houses one of Myanmar's most adulated reclining-Buddha Statues. Myanmar has a unique tea shop culture and you can find a tea shop in almost every corner of the city. Usually, you can get most of the Burmese traditional dishes in the tea shops and delicious Burmese tea. The best time to visit a tea shop is in the morning for breakfast. Then, you will be able to try famous Burmese Breakfast such as Mohinga, Ohn Noh Khow Suey (Burmese Traditional coconut noddle, read here for more information about Coconut Khow Suey), and many others. You can also observe and explore the tea shop culture of Myanmar. If your place is in the downtown or near the York street, Yadanapone Tea shop is one of the best places to try Burmese breakfast before starting your day in Yangon. Since the traffic of Yangon is extremely terrible, it is better to go on foot for short distance travels. By randomly walking around the city, you will be able to explore interesting things in the neighborhoods. While walking around the city, you need to be careful because the city still doesn't have a good traffic system. It is better to cross the road at the traffic light if you are crossing the busy main roads. You can also join the Yangon walking tour. Most of the free tours will happen on weekend but there are also paid Yangon walking tour run by individual or tour companies. If you want to go on by your own, here are some interesting places to visit and see on your walking trip in Yangon downtown. All these Yangon colonial buildings are located in downtown Yangon and can be reached on foot. The beautiful St Mary's Cathedral, the third biggest cathedral in Asia, the magnificent Secretariat Building, the port authority building, the old Armenian Church and old quarters in Indian and Chinatown are also the best places to visit to explore heritage buildings of Yangon. The famous Bogyoke Market aka Scott Market is one of the top Yangon Myanmar places of Interests. Bogyoke Market is located at the center of Yangon and there are more than 2,000 shops where you can buy local products. You will find the biggest selection of traditional handicrafts and souvenirs in the Bogyoke Market. The jade market section is the most popular section in this market, especially for Chinese tourists. You can get various kinds of fabrics from different areas of the country in this market. The price of the goods are in the mouth of the shopkeepers, therefore you need to negotiate the price. The colonial architecture of this century-old colorful bazaar and beautiful cobblestone streets are extremely fascinating as well. If you are interested in the art, you should visit the art galleries and you can find them in downtown. Through the amazing arts created by the local artists, you can learn more about the country and its culture. In the past, many art works are censored by the military government due to political interest. Now, there is no more censorship and many important art pieces are being presented to the public. Therefore, you should stop by the art galleries to check them out. This is one of the must place to visit on your trip to Myanmar and Yangon. Looking from outside, it is just a huge boring five-story building beside Pyay road. But when you go inside, you will be able to learn the histories and cultures of Myanmar since the stone age. The Museum is divided into age by age and sector by sector. It took at least 2 hours to look around even for the local. It is located at No. 66/74. Pyay Road. Dagon Township. Yangon. In the past, visitors were not allowed to take a photo inside the museum. But nowadays, you can bring your mobile phone and take a picture of most of the things, but you are still prohibited to take some items (it is labeled clearly). Do you wish to try the Burmese street food? Then, you should visit the street markets of Yangon to explore and fill your stomach with delicious food. If your stomach is quite sensitive, I would suggest you be careful with street foods. You can also purchase the fresh fruits in cheap price from the street markets. You should visit the night market on Strand Road, 19th street and Chinatown as well. The best time to go to those night markets is after 6:00 pm. The reconstructed Karaweik Palace which is located in the Kandawgyi Lake Garden is one of the most popular attractions of Yangon. Kandawgyi Lake Garden also hosts the Utopia Tower, aquarium and many restaurants. Kandawgyi Lake is also famous for being one of the best spots to see the sunset. From the sunset viewing deck of Kandawgyi Lake, you can see the Shwe Dagon Pagoda as well. Karaweik Palace is one of the most famous landmarks in Myanmar. The Karaweik Palace is not just well-known for its unique architectural beauty. The palace also has a magnificent restaurant where the best royal cultural shows are hosted. Karaweik palace is the only place where you can discover authentic traditional performances. Therefore, you should give a visit to Karaweik palace and enjoy the fascinating performance while having a delicious buffet. Let's explore the dark side of Yangon. Yangon nightlife is not very active compared to other southeast Asian countries and western countries. However, Yangon offers various kinds of entertainments including cultural shows, nightclubs, pubs, Karaoke bar, and Massage Parlors. Yangon nightlife is fun, friendly and diverse. However, finding the right place for you will be quite difficult without proper recommendation. Here is our recommendation for you to enjoy the best nightlife in Yangon. You can also read this related article on how to enjoy Yangon nightlife. Most of the rooftop bars in Yangon have the best view of Shwedagon Pagoda. Obviously, they are the fascinating Yangon Myanmar Point of Interests that you should not miss. So you can view the amazing golden pagoda standing gloriously at Yangon's skyline from the rooftop bars. While sipping on your favorite drink, you can enjoy the spectacular views of Yangon city. You can also enjoy the beautiful sunset from the rooftop bars. There are many great rooftop bars in Yangon. If you prefer the luxurious rooftop bars, you should choose Penthouse, Yangon Yangon Bar, and Atlas Bar. If you don't like crowded bars, you can go to Esperado, and Sapphire Lounger of Alfa hotel. Clubbing is also another option for having a crazy fun night in Yangon during your visit. The clubs are piled-up with beautiful girls and it is quite difficult to distinguish between the "working-girls" and other girls. But once you approach them, you can definitely find out if the girl is a working-girl or not. Most of the time, the "working girls" will approach you first. Among the nightclubs in Yangon, Pioneer Club, The One Entertainment Club, Muse, Fuse, and Emperor Clubs are the best. After walking around the city the whole day, you might be looking for a good Massage place for relaxing time. There are many famous massage-spas including Yangon Sanctuary Spa, Inya Day Spa, Sapel Traditional Burmese Foot spa and many others. There are also many happy ending massage parlors around the city. You can read more articles related to massage in Yangon in this blog.

Corn Syrup: A nostalgic creep through the entire Point Horror collection. Point Horror The Cemetery Post author By nataliejcarroll Post date 29th Jun 2020 No Comments on The Cemetery By D. E. Athkins. In the wealthy coastal town of Point Harbor, a group of teens get ready for an exclusive Halloween party being hosted by their catty, influential classmate, Cyndi Moray, at a disused local cemetery. In the first chapter, we are introduced to the ten young people who comprise the cast of The Cemetery. We follow them to the party, where they engage in typical teen Halloween activities: playing music, dancing, drinking beer, participating in a séance and telling ghost stories. A game of hide and seek ensues, during which Cyndi's ex-boyfriend, the equally rich and obnoxious 'Wills', gets murdered – his body ripped to shreds – and is discovered by current girlfriend, Lara, and the mysterious, new-to-town Jones. The only person not in the vicinity of the victim is Charity Webster, Char, who quickly becomes the blandly pleasant heroine of the piece, and whose romantic interest, Jones, told her to make a run for it just before the game began. Suspicious, much…? The shaken teens report the grisly incident to the police, at which point Cyndi finds herself the prime suspect (the crime scene, her party; the victim, her ex) and sets about trying to prove her innocence by identifying the murderer. Char also investigates by trawling through the newspaper archive at the library, where she bumps into Jones immediately before someone plants an old whaler's journal in her bag which describes a creature which rips its victims to pieces… The survivors of the party try to get on with their lives, but there is a sense of doom hanging over them, like they're lobsters in a tank. Lara, doped up with prescription drugs, tells Cyndi she knows who the killer is but cannot be induced in her near-catatonic state to say anything further. Cyndi's brother, Dorian and his misfit girlfriend, Georgie, revisit the scene of the crime to find clues. Super-rich but insecure Jane falls off the radar for a while, before pairing up with Cyndi's bad-boy boyfriend, Dade to turn detective. Peripheral characters Foy and Rick pop up occasionally, to little purpose. Georgie, despite her death having been confirmed to us when Dade and Jane overhear her father being given the bad news at the hospital, turns up as Dorian is examining a bloody hook attached to his car. When Dorian realises that what is speaking to him in his garage is not Georgie, but rather her (and Wills's) killer, the thing becomes an 'it', confirming that they are not being terrorised by a person, but by a supernatural being. An explosion brings the surviving teens together at Jane's house, where Char realises that the entity mentioned in the old whaler's diary, which caused ships to sink and haunted Cemetery Point (the town's previous name) years ago, is back, awakened from its temporary resting place in the cemetery. This is where the finale takes place, and it is Char who must fight for her own life and soul in a vivid confrontation with the evil, shape-shifting being that has been terrorising her and her friends. Apart from thirty-odd pages in the middle, where the excess of characters and a brief attempt to masquerade as a whodunit slow the pace and try the patience, The Cemetery is a compelling, unique and often scary entry in the Point Horror franchise. Despite the extensive dramatis personae, Athkins skilfully introduces us to them in such a way that we are soon able to distinguish one from another, though some are gifted with more interesting and realistic personalities than others. A sub-plot involving Cyndi and Dorian's sibling rivalry adds variety, and whilst its conclusion is anti-climactic, it helps build suspense for the finale by stretching out the action. The vagueness of the last chapter in addressing what has been tormenting them, and where Jones fits into the mystery, marks another digression from the standard PH habit of neatly and succinctly tying up all loose ends (albeit often in a frustratingly contrived way) in the last couple of pages. While it might frustrate some, it enables a more imaginative reader to fill in the blanks and create their own explanations. The many good points of The Cemetery more than compensate for a trying few pages in the middle, and combine to produce a very entertaining and satisfying read. The first section, in the cemetery on Halloween night, unfolds with creeping suspense, culminating in a grisly murder the likes of which we rarely find in a Point Horror. Early clues that something is amiss become significant during the finale, which combines gory imagery and an atmosphere of pain, grief and loneliness, to vivid and terrifying effect. The unfolding of the final confrontation has an indistinctness which requires some participation on the reader's part, but this effort is rewarded with a thoroughly tingled spine and a haunting sense of unease. One of the scariest entries in the franchise, The Cemetery merits a fear factor rating of… ← The Watcher → Fatal Secrets © 2022 Corn Syrup

David Catron: "Magical Thinking About ObamaCare" Stella Zawistowski: "Drug dealing by the federal government" Dr. Rich: "Fugitive Busted By His Pacemaker (And His Doctor)" * A patient goes to a hospital for medical help. * A medical procedure is done which generates certain data for the medical record. * The data in the medical record is immediately cross-referenced with data from a federal database that lists persons of interest. * The FBI shows up at the bedside in less time than it takes to raise a nurse with a bedpan. Now, that's actually a pretty interesting story.

Avengers Endgame Review (no spoilers) Nathan Torres, Writer After a year of theories and debating how the Russo Brothers were going to follow up Infinity War, Avengers: Endgame was finally released. Fans have been anxiously waiting to experience the conclusion of the Infinity Saga in theaters. Avengers: Infinity War was a heartbreaking movie that left fans with tons of questions, such as "How will the Avengers bring the others back?" and "Why is Iron Man so important?" With Infinity War recieving an 85% on Rotten Tomatoes, and gaining over 640 million dollars upon opening weekend, Endgame had a lot to live up to. Fans have speculated many theories for this movie, some extremely bizarre such as "Thanus," but others that were well thought out and detailed. The amount of hype for this movie was through the roof, as we were all left wondering what would happen next. Endgame unsurprisingly received a 96% on Rotten Tomatoes and absolutely shattered box office records, making 1.2 billion dollars worldwide on opening weekend. Some critics complained on the three hour screen time of the movie but most believe the movie was well thought out and fulfilled the screentime with nearly no wasted scenes. The movie is filled with laughter, heartbreaking moments, and MANY old Marvel movie references. "This movie does such a good job at explaining some things that non-MCU fans might not understand, while also throwing in bits of homages and dedicated fans that have been waiting years for this movie to come out," said Eliana Torres (12). Some of the pop culture references in the movie are funny now, but in the future will seem like wasted potential and could have been filled with other scenes that everyone will understand. Although these scenes were funny, they will not age well and the movie could have gone without them. Endgame is a movie made with many different fans in mind. This movie is enough for casual movie watchers to enjoy, but also rewards more hardcore movie fans by implementing references to old Marvel movies, and ending to the Infinity Saga with a conclusion that is heartbreaking, but also very fitting. "Avengers: Endame was a beautifully filmed, eye-popping, pulse-pounding superhero adventure, full of many emotional punches. If you didn't cry multiple times while watching this movie, then you might actually be dead," said Jerry Estrada (12). Avengers: Endgame fulfills many unanswered questions left in the MCU, but also leaves fans putting other questions up for interpretation. The storyline for Endgame is fairly complex, but is also relatively easy to follow. Although Endgame introduced some confusing aspects, the story is well thought out and concludes with an ending that will leave fans satisfied, heartbroken, and wanting more. In a way, every character gets their happy ending, while also giving the fans one final goodbye to all the characters they grew to love as the series finally comes to an end.

Celebrity News January 31, 2014 Amanda Knox Breaks Down in Tearful Interview, Ex BF Tries to Flee Italy A tearful Amanda Knox appeared on "Good Morning America," as ex boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito, was caught while possibly trying to flee Italy. An Italian court has declared the former couple guilty of murdering Knox's roommate, Meredith Kercher. Knox is facing 28 years in prison, while Sollecito is sentenced to 25. Amanda told Robin Roberts that the news "really hit me like a train." "I did not expect this to happen," Amanda said. "I really expected so much better from the Italian justice system. They found me innocent once before." When asked about the possibility of extradition, Knox, who lives in Seattle, said, "I will never go willingly back to the place where… I'm going to fight this to the very end. It's not right and it's not fair." See more US News from ABC|ABC World News Knox also revealed that she recently sent a letter to Kercher's family. [Photo: Meredith Kercher. Credit: Splash] "It's in the mail," she said. Mainly I just want them to know that I really understand that this is incredibly difficult, that they've also been on this never ending thing and when the case has been messed up so much, like a verdict is no longer consolation for them." Meanwhile, Sollecito was picked up by police at a hotel near the Italian border. His passport now has a special stamp that will prevent him from leaving the country. His lawyer told ABC news that he was on his way to a girlfriend's house, not trying to flee. [Photo: Raffaele Solecito. Credit: Splash] Knox told Roberts that one of her first reactions after the verdict was, "Oh my God, Raffaele... He is vulnerable and I don't know what I would do if they imprisoned him. It's maddening." Amanda and Sollecito were found guilty of Kercher's 2007 murder once before, but an appeals court threw out the conviction in 2011. For more on Amanda's four years behind bars, click here. It is unknown if the US Justice Dept. will extradite Knox, but it is unlikely on grounds of US law that prevents being retried for a crime for which one has been acquitted. #AmandaKnox #TopStories #TrendingStories #WorldNews

For years, there has been talk about the oscillating cycles between centralized and de-centralized computing functions. Many experts have pointed out the significant investment opportunities that lie in pushing business logic out closer to the edge, and others have written about the types of companies that are poised to succeed at the edge. In 2019, we will see the first material examples of edge cloud computing take shape across a range of technology domains. In the networking world, function virtualization and overlay technologies will be powered by software-defined orchestration of layer 2 and layer 3 underlay networks. The kinds of route-optimization discussions that used to only occur with proximity trading companies will start to become commonplace for cloud-native builders thinking at scale. At the physical layer, many new resources will become available. Efficiencies in telecommunication technologies will enable the acceleration of the CO-to-Datacenter transformation trend. Innovation around modular datacenters will enable new types of connection-based ecosystems powered by partnerships formed in 2019. Execution venues for computing workloads will continue to evolve, enabling enterprise architects to take advantage of platform-, container- and function-as-a-service offerings deployed in a microservice-based architecture. Performance improvements around software-defined datacenters will enable orchestration of workloads to remote-site venues, and increased computing power in small form-factor devices will support a wide range of hybrid cloud concepts to be proven out this coming year. Solution providers will continue to innovate at the management layer, leveraging orchestration, automation, analytics and machine learning to build edge-aware governance models that can cross computing venues, align workloads with data sources, and increase the clock-speed of the business innovation cycle. The types of companies poised to play a leadership role in this new world are those accustomed to working with distributed systems at a global scale. Solutions that span the physical, network, computing and management layers while connecting the global cloud core to the distributed cloud edge will help IT leaders see the potential of edge/cloud convergence. 2019 will be the year that companies start re-thinking their data-center strategy and conclude that it is more important to build a secure, robust network between their centers-of-data. David Shacochis currently leads the Product Management team for Hybrid IT Solutions at CenturyLink, where he is responsible for managed solutions across applications, infrastructure and hybrid cloud. As a senior leader within the product organization, he is commercially responsible for profitable growth, service design and roadmap development across the global cloud core and the distributed cloud edge. His experience with firms at the heart of the cloud computing revolution - such as UUNET, Exodus, Digital Island, Qwest, Savvis, and Tier 3 - has built a wealth of IT service provider experience with a variety of clients across the public and private sector.

Hanna Martin: House Speaker peverse! Englerston MP, Glenys Hanna Martin, says House Speaker, Halson Moultrie, was perverse in naming and suspending her from the House of Assembly last week. While the speaker did not indicate a timeline for the suspension,Hanna Martin, during a press conference at The Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Headquarters Sunday, said she plans to return to the House when it reopens on Wednesday at 10 a.m. PLP Leader, Phillip "Brave" Davis, says the party views the suspension "null and void" as it goes against Rule 88 of Parliament. "The party recognizes that the Speaker of the House has a supervisory jurisdiction over the House and we also recognize the need for public decorum," Davis said. "However, the House is not a classroom. It is the High Court of parliament and it is the freest forum in the country. It is so free that the constitution provides and protects freedom of speech and arrest. During the last session of the House, Hanna Martin attempted to correct a "mis-characterization" of her actions by the speaker when she highlighted the issue of two women that were reportedly fired from the Exuma International Airport. Moultrie indicated during his investigation he viewed her behavior in previous house sessions from ZNS file tapes. This according to Hanna Martin went against the rules of Parliament. Meanwhile Davis believes the matter turned personal at that point. "I am constrained to say that it appears that it is the penchant for all FNM speakers, it seems, to be troubled by Hanna Martin's advocacy," he voiced. Davis said they all will return to Parliament on Wednesday and he hopes to meet with Moultrie before that to avoid any "inappropriate" behavior or "shaming" of his parliamentary colleague. Attempts to reach Moultrie for comment were unsuccessful up to press time.

Celia Mercedes Alpuche Aranda (born 25 July 1956 in Campeche, Mexico) is a Mexican pediatric infectious disease specialist, researcher and teacher. Since 2013, she has been Deputy Director General of Research Center for Mexico's Infectious Diseases (CISEI) of the National Institute of Public Health. Biography Alpuche Aranda completed her undergraduate studies at the Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, where she graduated as a midwife surgeon in 1981. She is a specialist in pediatrics and pediatric infectious diseases from the Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán (1985) and the Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez (1987). She also received her master's degree and PhD in medical sciences from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (1990-1993). In 1994, she completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Infectious Diseases Unit of the Massachusetts General Hospital and cell biology at Harvard Medical School. From 2007 to 2012, she was president of the Institute for Epidemiological Diagnosis and Reference (InDRE). From 2012 to 2014, she was president of the Mexican Association of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology. She is currently a level II researcher of the National System of Researchers, member of the National Academy of Medicine and deputy general director of the Center for Research on Infectious Diseases (CISEI) since 2013. In 2020, she became part of a group of scientists responsible for reflecting on the technical response to the COVID-19 emergency in Mexico. Overall, Alpuche Aranda has directed research on "bacterial pathogenesis, epidemiological and molecular mechanisms of antimicrobial resistance and, more recently, laboratory surveillance of influenza, dengue, among other communicable diseases. She has also been an associate professor at various educational institutions. In addition, she has participated in various technical advisory groups at PAHO and WHO, on different aspects of infectious diseases." Selected works She has published 70 scientific articles and 22 books and/or chapters on molecular epidemiology, nosocomial infections and diagnostic methods for viral infections. Romano-Mazzotti, L., Alcántar-Curiel, M. D., Silva-Mendez, M., Olivar-López, V., Santos-Preciado, J. I., & Alpuche-Aranda, C. M. (2011). Outbreak of Ralstonia paucula pseudobacteraemia in a paediatric accident and emergency department. Journal of Hospital Infection, 78(2), 155-156. Alcántar-Curiel, M. D., Alpuche-Aranda, C. M., Varona-Bobadilla, H. J., Gayosso-Vázquez, C., Jarillo-Quijada, M. D., Frías-Mendivil, M., ... & Santos-Preciado, J. I. (2015). Risk factors for extended-spectrum β-lactamases-producing Escherichia coli urinary tract infections in a tertiary hospital. salud pública de méxico, 57(5), 412-418. Cortes-Escamilla, A., López-Gatell, H., Sánchez-Alemán, M. Á., Hegewisch-Taylor, J., Hernández-Ávila, M., & Alpuche-Aranda, C. M. (2018). The hidden burden of Chikungunya in central Mexico: results of a small-scale serosurvey. salud pública de méxico, 60, 63-70. Aranda, C. M. A., Arias, C. A., Tejada, C. E., Forde, C., Park, B., Rossi, F., & Thormann, M. (2020). Scientific evidence for the control of antimicrobial resistance. Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, 44. Tamayo-Legorreta, E. M., García-Radilla, A., Moreno-Vázquez, E., Téllez-Figueroa, F., & Alpuche-Aranda, C. M. (2021). Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli pathotypes isolated from a swine farm in a region of Morelos state, Mexico. salud pública de méxico, 63(1, ene-feb), 34-41. Awards National Clinical Research Award "Doctor Miguel Otero" (2019) References External links Women pediatricians Mexican paediatricians 1956 births Living people People from Campeche National Autonomous University of Mexico alumni Harvard Medical School alumni Mexican physicians Mexican women physicians

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In the most important speech of his political career, Tony Abbott has cast himself as the nation's saviour, rescuing it from the mining tax and Labor's doubtful promises. He has put the tax on mining super-profits at the centre of the coalition campaign to win the next federal election, pledging to wind it back if he wins government. The opposition leader committed to a two-year freeze on public sector jobs, designed to save $4 billion through the natural attrition of 6,000 jobs, and to scrapping Labor's national broadband network. During a withering assessment of Labor's record during his budget-in-reply speech, Mr Abbott said the first rule of government was to "do no harm". Instead, Labor had been a reckless spender, blowing money on its botched insulation program and wasteful school building program that had to be paid for through higher taxes. "The coalition wants lower taxes, smaller government and greater freedom," Mr Abbott said. But his broad-brush vision is unlikely to appease critics who attack the coalition for focusing its strategy on bashing the government rather than putting forward policies. Mr Abbott refused to buckle to government's demands to detail his savings, reiterating that fully funded and costed policies would be released closer to the election. He signalled opposition treasury spokesman Joe Hockey would announce further measures to reduce spending and increase productivity when he addressed the National Press Club next week. Mr Abbott derided the Rudd government's third budget - which promised a return to surplus in three years and a faster paydown of debt - as "the most political, the least believable and the most damaging to Australia's long-term future". Labor countered by describing Mr Abbott as a giant risk to the nation's future prosperity. "This is the most negative, flaky, risky budget reply ever," Finance Minister Lindsay Tanner told reporters. Central to Mr Abbott's speech was a sustained argument against the mining tax, which he warned was a threat to the sector that had saved Australia from recession. "The only way to stop this great big new tax on the people who saved us from recession is to change the government," he said. He pledged to match, if not better, Labor's plan to return the budget to surplus and to wind back debt faster, too. "It took a change of government to get Labor's debt paid off last time and, once again, the quickest way to get rid of this debt will be to get rid of this government." His message to Prime Minister Kevin Rudd was that his reckless spending had to stop. "Until Labor's debt and deficit has been dealt with it's not hardness of heart but economic prudence to say no even to good causes. "In other circumstances, you could fund a company tax cut and depreciation allowances for small business but not at the cost of an economy-stopping tax on our most successful export industry." Watched by his wife, three daughters and parents, Mr Abbott promised the coalition had learned from the mistakes of the past and would "strive to be better than the former government". But he reiterated the coalition planned to tinker with Labor's industrial reforms, including unfair dismissal laws and its workplace agreements. Among his other promises, Mr Abbott vowed to spend more on health, restructure the school building program, cut government advertising and scrap a funding increase for the renewable energy future fund.

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Advanced programme for IT & business and DMS EXPO / industry experts discuss IT trends and stimulate Stuttgart, October 5, 2012. For the first time, the IT Executive Lounge will take place this year during the IT & business, trade fair for IT solutions, and the DMS EXPO, leading trade fair for enterprise content management. Here, representatives of from reputable companies will discuss the top trends in the IT industry on all three days of the event, from 23 to 25 October 2012. Big data, cloud computing, and mobile solutions are on the agenda. Interested parties who want to see the discussion from pragmatic to visionary should register advance free of charge online. Together with the high-tech Association BITKOM the IT & business and DMS EXPO organizers have devised this year a special highlight for the visitors. The IT Executive Lounge that meets all three days of the fair who's-who of the industry, to the trends to obtain big data, cloud computing, and mobile solutions position. 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In the world you can find a wide variety of environments, due to the presence of different geographical and climatic conditions which accommodate the formation of a variety of landscapes that make up the globe, a clear example of this is the presence Planet of the deserts, ecosystems because their conditions may present as little habitable environments for people, which has accommodated that in speaking of deserts says are settings with little life to a severe lack of water, but this is not a criterion that is present in all deserts, since each has specific conditions that accommodate the presence of certain types of life finally deserts are one more of the components that make up the whole environments and ecosystems that accommodate the diversity of the planet earth. The main aspect that makes the deserts are specific conditions that accompany their image, is the lack of rainfall, ie rainfall and other water resources, which has the effect that the deserts are a surface almost completely uninhabited, since most living things need a good amount of water to live, which adds another effect of the lack of rainfall, which is the presence of a barren field. Through various studies in various deserts, it was determined that in these areas the presence of rain usually does not exceed 250 mm during the year, along with the presence of a warm by the dominance of the sun and the absence of clouds, made that these areas are arid terrain conditions and little habitable. 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Something particular in relation to the deserts, is that these cover the surface account for the vast majority of emerged area, ie land, since the total area of deserts that cover approximately 50 million square kilometers, which other words means that the third part of the earth's surface is made up of desert sand dunes and large with the lack of presence of water.. In a finite planet, the dynamics of growth are not sustainable. Limits such as non-renewable natural resources, arable land and finite ecosystem's capacity to absorb pollution human activity was the main thesis of the report a The limits of the Club of Rome in 1972, with the aim of calculating the economic growth and ecological footprint of the population on the land within the next 100 years. 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Thus, it is determined by the price predisposition customers, which can be determined using various methods to search for prices on a new product. Target price on how target costing need to be defined by the market, ie either through market research. Achievable target price, some enterprise managers, reduced by the target profit. Profit – a pre-planned business rate. Ideally, the value of the target revenue (plan) should cover the needs of the enterprise to his development and satisfaction of owners). The difference between target price and target profit gives the allowable costs, ie such costs, which in theory should not be exceeded in the production process in order to ensure the market success of the product in the long term 3, c. 17. Depending on the competitiveness and economic strategy of the company target cost, which it tends to be located between the admissible costs and regulatory costs. 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Moscow: Delo i Servis, 2002. – 176s. 4. Pashigoreva GI Savchenko, O. Managerial accounting and analysis. St. Petersburg. Peter, 2003. – 237s. 5. Sysoev, NI Reflection of costs in Management Accounting / Bookkeeping. 2002. 6. – 55c.

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Opioid overdose deaths this year on pace to set new record Snow in the evening will give way to lingering snow showers overnight. Low 32F. Winds WSW at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of snow 80%. 1 to 3 inches of snow expected. Marybeth Barrett, Tom Haley and Julea Larsen, recovery coaches at the Turning Point Center in Bennington, distribute "harm reduction kits" at the Best Western Bennington motel in May. The kits include information on locally available social services, as well as items that could prevent a fatal drug overdose. BANNER FILE PHOTO By Tiffany Tan, Bennington Banner Tiffany Tan BENNINGTON — Opioid overdose deaths across the state continue to rise during the pandemic, with the numbers on track to outpace those recorded in the three previous years. Some 109 Vermonters have died from accidental or unknown opioid overdoses as of September, according to the latest data from the Vermont Department of Health. Six of the people who died were from Bennington County. With 23 death certificates for the period still pending — and three more months left in the year, 2020 is looking likely to record a new high. In the past decade, 2018 saw the most number of overdose deaths: 130. Last year was second, with 111 deaths, followed by 110 in 2017. The health department believes the state of life during the coronavirus pandemic is a contributing factor in the rise in overdoses. The virus outbreak hit Vermont in early March, following a year in which the state's opioid overdose deaths declined for the first time since 2014. Besides death and illness, the pandemic has also brought business closures, job losses and social isolation. The department said people who are experiencing depression or anxiety during this time may be using substances as a coping mechanism. More people also are believed to be using opioids alone. If they overdose, no one is around to call for help or administer the antidote naloxone. Health officials speculate that users' normal drug supply chain may have gotten disrupted, and they're getting unfamiliar quality of drugs from new or unknown sources. The state's latest opioid fatality data, released last month, shows also that many deaths involved fentanyl use. Since 2016, fentanyl has been the most commonly seen drug in overdose deaths. It overtook prescription opioids (without fentanyl) and heroin, which were often seen in the first half of the 2000s. Amid this bleak landscape, recovery coaches say many people continue to stay sober despite the challenges brought by the pandemic. "We can't let this win," said Tom Haley, director of the Turning Point Center in Bennington. "People are finding ways to help each other and are adjusting." Contact Tiffany Tan at ttan@benningtonbanner.com or @tiffgtan on Facebook and Twitter. Tiffany Tan is a reporter covering the police, courts and 2020 census for the Bennington Banner.

Q: Запуск готового файла .bat в Qt Quick? Как запустить готовый файл .bat при помощи кнопки в Qt Quick приложении под windows? A: Привожу короткий пример. main.qml. Форма: две кнопки, однострочный редактор. Одна кнопка открывает диалог для выбора файла и после выбора записывает путь файла к редактор. Другая по пути в редакторе пытается выполнить запуск файла через объект с++ Util. import QtQuick 2.0 import QtQuick.Controls 1.2 import QtQuick.Layouts 1.1 import QtQuick.Dialogs 1.2 import QtQuick.Window 2.0 Window { width: 300 height: 300 visible: true RowLayout { anchors.leftMargin: 8 anchors.topMargin: 8 anchors.rightMargin: 8 anchors.bottomMargin: 8 anchors.fill: parent TextField { id: fileNameTextField placeholderText: qsTr("Text Field") } Button { id: openButton text: qsTr("...") Layout.preferredHeight: 23 Layout.preferredWidth: 24 implicitWidth: parent.width onClicked: fileDialog.open() FileDialog { id: fileDialog folder: "." title: qsTr("Choose a file to open") selectMultiple: true nameFilters: [ qsTr("All files (*.*)") ] onAccepted: { var fileName = fileUrl.toString(); // remove prefixed "file:///" fileName = fileName.replace(/^(file:\/{3})/,""); // unescape html codes like '%23' for '#' fileName = decodeURIComponent(fileName); fileNameTextField.text = fileName; console.log(fileName); } onRejected: fileDialog.close() } } Button { id: runButton text: qsTr("Run") Layout.preferredHeight: 23 Layout.preferredWidth: 86 implicitWidth: parent.width onClicked: { Util.run(fileNameTextField.text); } } } } Util.h/cpp #ifndef UTIL_H #define UTIL_H #include <QObject> class Util: public QObject { Q_OBJECT public slots: void run(QString fileName); }; #endif // UTIL_H // #include "util.h" #include <QDesktopServices> #include <QUrl> void Util::run(QString fileName) { // Для полного соответствия лучше вызывать из того же каталога, где находится файл. // Алгоритм на примере python: // // import os // old_cwd = os.getcwd() // os.chdir(os.path.dirname(file_name)) // QDesktopServices.openUrl(QUrl.fromLocalFile(file_name)) // os.chdir(old_cwd) QDesktopServices::openUrl(QUrl::fromLocalFile(fileName)); } main.cpp. main.qml находится в файле ресурсов qrc под именем main. #include <QApplication> #include <QQmlApplicationEngine> #include <QQmlContext> #include <QDebug> #include "util.h" int main(int argc, char* argv[]) { QApplication app(argc,argv); QQmlApplicationEngine engine; QQmlContext* rootContext = engine.rootContext(); rootContext->setContextProperty("Util", new Util()); engine.load(QUrl("qrc:/main")); return app.exec(); } Файл ресурсов: <RCC> <qresource prefix="/"> <file alias="main">main.qml</file> </qresource> </RCC>

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Apple Launches an Even More Affordable Program to Get You the Newest iPhone Every Year By Tyler Toner Published: Feb 19th, 2016 Updated: Apr 13th, 2016 When the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus phones were introduced at Apple's "Hey Siri" event last September, the company also announced a new iPhone Upgrade Program, giving Apple fans access to the newest iPhone device every year. Members of the program pay a low monthly price for their iPhone – the cost of a new iPhone spread out over 24 months, and are allowed to trade in their device after 12 monthly payments for the newest iteration of the iPhone. Phones obtained through the plan aren't locked to a specific carrier, and also receive AppleCare+ coverage. The plan has been a resounding success since its introduction – and building upon that success, Apple has introduced another way for users to purchase a new iPhone – the "Trade Up With Installments" program. The Trade Up With Installments program builds upon Apple's iPhone Upgrade Program, giving users the ability to take advantage of the Upgrade Program for a reduced price with the trade in of an old phone. Customers will still pay for new iPhone devices via a 24-month installment plan, but the trade-in value of their old phone will factor into the monthly payments. All storage options of the iPhone 4, 4s, 5, 5c, 5s, 6, and 6 Plus are eligible for trade-in, each garnering different trade-in value depending on the model and condition of your phone. Apple is even opening the program for certain Android and Windows phones, worth from $100-$300 of trade-in value depending on the model and condition. The program, which Apple claims is "geared toward people who have older-generation iPhones", allows users to obtain newer phones without facing a huge up-front cost. According to CNET, the program "also lets you decide which model you want, rather than needing to purchase the latest device." For example, a user with an iPhone 5 in good condition can trade in their phone for a brand new iPhone 6s for only $22.87/month over the course of 24 months – a much easier price to swallow than the original $649 price tag. Phones purchased under the Trade Up With Installments program are, like the iPhone Upgrade Program, unlocked – that is, they aren't tied to a certain carrier. However, unlike the Upgrade Program, phones purchased under the Trade Up With Installments program don't come equipped with AppleCare+ insurance. Learn More: New iPhone 5se and iPad Air 3 Rumored to Hit Store Shelves on Friday, March 18th Read Next: Apple Recalls MacBook Chargers Due to Major Flaw Win a Free MacBook Pro with Touch BarAirPods with Wireless ChargingApple iPhone 11Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max $200 Apple Store Gift Card Giveaway

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Niles West's Book Club to Hold First-Ever Book Drive By Shannon McHugh Throughout the whole month of November, Niles West's book club, held by English teacher Sharon Swanson, came up with the idea for Niles West's first-ever book drive. For each English class, there will be boxes provided to place your book donations. The drive will be giving back to Pilsen Community Books, an organization selling new and used books to support Pilsen's schools for their mission to provide each student with books. Every dollar that you spend directly supports this cause. Book club was excited at the prospect of doing charitable work. "Book club started as a way for people who like to read to get together. For a while I wanted to do something charitable with it, so this was the perfect opportunity," Swanson said. Book club member and junior Asma Akram said she is looking forward to the opportunities this book drive has the possibilities of bringing. "I feel really happy that we will be helping other schools and facilities with the books we collect. I am really glad to be apart of the book drive, and hopefully we can put smiles on others faces with this. Since all clubs are recommended to do something charitable, in book club, we decided with Ms. Swanson to do a book drive because it correlates with our club. We wanted to do it last year, but it didn't happen, but we are making it happen this school year," she said. Asma Akram Sharon Swanson

So, you may have heard, I'm feeling in a funk. Cures for the blues are like cures for hiccups, everyone has one that works for them–or worked for that person whose blog they read, or for their sister, or their grandma. Physical activity seems key in many of these cures and I know the day is better if I run or do yoga or go to the gym. I haven't decided if the improvement is because I've gotten my "ya-yas" out, like the kids say, or because running and yoga both get me out of the cramped, dark space that is my own head and into my body. My body is a much larger and simpler thing than my brain. Its needs and impressions are immediate and unmediated. Paying attention to that is a good thing and also, I think, a teeny part of what meditation is all about: focus on the breath, let go of thoughts, be compassionate with yourself. So, this morning after yoga, I decided to set a timer for 5 minutes and sit cross-legged for those 5 minutes and meditate. No mantra or slogan. No image or compass. Just focusing on the breath moving in and out for five minutes. I knew five minutes for a newbie, even one whose just done some yoga so is "prepped" for this kind of thing, would be an accomplishment. So I sat. And breathed. And then the thoughts came. My brain, it would appear, is like a little hamster on a wheel and the hamster thinks it has to keep the wheel turning or . . . . the wheels will fall off . . . or something . . . .and that those thoughts are crucial and connect things and show me who I am and by their mere persistence demand attention. I thought about work. I thought about my posture and my abs. I thought about what meditation means. What does it mean that I'm trying to meditate? Is this ridiculous? I stuck to the plan, however, labelled those things "thinking" and went back to the breath. Then I really began to feel uncomfortable sitting cross-legged on the carpet. Maybe a different position would work. And why do my eyes have to stay open? Looking at the pattern on the couch is very distracting. Maybe I should close my eyes. Or keep them open. (breathe, those are thoughts, you are breathing). Gosh, these are the longest five minutes EVER. Could I really do this every day? Ok, I'm going to peek at the timer. Seriously, this has gone on forever. My pointy finger came out and I took a breath, mustering energy and verbiage for an expression of my lack of interest in or compassion for a 12 year old who doesn't set her alarm clock and then wants to make it Mom's fault. And then, I dropped the finger, let go of the rant and said: get up, you have a clock. Keep track of time and don't make this about me. I am not going to be angry this morning. And I wasn't. At her. At me. At anything. I'm not very good at meditating either (perhaps because I think it's something one can be "good" at, but that's a whole 'nother issue…) but the way to be comfortable when you sit cross-legged is to sit on a fairly thick blanket and have a small pillow under each knee. Top tip from my local Buddhist centre! this morning, I thought if I prepped with props/blankets/etc., then it would mean I was "doing" meditation instead of just trying it on for size. Eight Minute Meditation is a great book on the subject. Just sayin'. I'm not a yogi-guru-meditation kinda person, but I find eight solid minutes of no-mind is a great help. I found the book helpful with what to DO when those thoughts pour in. eight minutes. That would have worked. Now I just need to learn to start the timer. Also, I meditate in a straight-backed chair with my feet flat on the floor. No one says you HAVE to sit cross legged on the floor.

Over the last posts I've written a lot about how to develop a business relationship strategy. You can see those posts here: 5 Key Relationship Questions, #1: Who Matters?, #2: How Do They Think?, #3: What is your Current Relationship?, #4: What is the Relationship Gap? and #5: How to Bridge the Relationship Gap. Unfortunately, there is an increasing trust deficit in the world and trust is critical in any relationship. The general population's trust in all four key institutions — business, government, NGOs, and media — has declined broadly, a phenomenon not reported since Edelman began tracking trust among this segment in 2012. You have to counter the Trust Default. If you want to build a long-term customer relationship you need to develop a deep level of trust with that customer. Customer acquisition is easier when you are starting from a foundation of trust. Once you have a customer, converting that customer to a loyal customer will happen only if the customer feels that she can depend on you. Unless you achieve that level of trust your customer will quickly become a former customer. Trust is the fulcrum upon which every customer relationship pivots. Trust is a valuable currency that must be earned but never spent. Trust is built one step at a time, and unless protected, can be blown away in a moment. Trust will strengthen because systems will improve and people will adapt to them and more broadly embrace them. Trust will not grow, but technology usage will continue to rise as a 'new normal' sets in. Some say blockchain will help; some expect its value to be limited. The less-than-satisfying current situation will not change much in the next decade. Trust will diminish because the Internet is not secure and powerful forces threaten an individual's rights. The Internet has allowed for entirely new kinds of relationships and clusters of communities in which trust must be negotiated and developed in unfamiliar ways with unknown entities potentially doing nefarious things with our private information. In a world exploding with information of uncertain provenance, the Internet acts as a conduit for data compromise, scams and bad behavior. None of this causes our potential partners in business to default to a trusting relationship – hence the Trust Default. The opportunity is for those who promise, exhibit and exemplify good behavior to rise to the very top in a world where increasingly the winner takes all. That's another reason to pursue Trusted Advisor status with your customers. ← #5: Relationship Question: How to Bridge the Relationship Gap?

We are excited to welcome Shirley Shi to the team! Shirley is a passionate researcher who loves to tell a good story with numbers. First joining Hypothesis as an intern in 2017, she has expertise in both qualitative and quantitative research across a variety of industries including entertainment, tech, apparel, and consumer products. Originally from China, Shirley came to Los Angeles in pursuit of her Masters of Communication Management at USC. She holds a B.A. in English Literature and is a lover of plants, books and cats.

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Ex Destiny's Child Manager Brian Moore Says Two Biopics On the Way By Elle Breezy|January 24th, 2015|News, R&B News| Last month, the Sony hack revealed that Beyoncé's former manager and father Mathew Knowles approached the media company about potentially producing a biopic about the platinum-selling female R&B group known as Destiny's Child. Well, it looks like Papa Knowles isn't the only one. In an exclusive interview with MadameNoire, former DC co-manager Brian K. Moore is also looking to have a film made about the group based on his book "The Making of a Child of Destiny: The Andretta Tillman Story" about the life of another ex-co manager Andretta Tillman, who passed away from complications with lupus and how they formed the group (then known as Girls Tyme). Moore tells MadameNoire there's interest in two films, one focusing on the original members of Girls Tyme/Destiny's Child as children, and another on Tillman and the adult management of the group. "I think it will be greatly received. It's the true story of what really happened and how it all came to be. It's a story that only myself or one of the girls in the group could tell," Moore said. About the late Andretta Tillman, Moore explains it was her lifelong wish to create a successful girl's group, and that he thinks Knowles did a great job after she passed away. "I think that he did an impeccable job. No personal feelings do I really have. I haven't seen the man or been around him. It's been 17 years since I walked away so I really wouldn't have anything to say other than what people are saying in the media…Personally, I really don't have any ill feelings towards Mathew. He took the wheels and ran with it," he said. Click here to read the rest of the interview. Good idea or bad idea? Would you watch? Sponsored: Stream Davis Chris' "Up On Me"

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chaijs / chai Public Drop support of node v0.10 #816 meeber merged 1 commit into chaijs:master from vieiralucas:drop-node-0.10 Nov 1, 2016 vieiralucas commented Oct 2, 2016 As @keithamus suggested here, Chai should no longer support node v0.10 since Oct 1st jimmywarting reacted with thumbs up emoji 👍 1 reaction Drop support of node v0.10 lucasfcosta commented Oct 2, 2016 meeber commented Oct 2, 2016 Wait hold on, looks like EoL is 10-31 not 10-01 lucasfcosta reacted with thumbs up emoji lucasfcosta commented Oct 3, 2016 • @meeber actually they changed this 9 hours ago. It's clear they've got something against the Lucas Syndicate. nodejs/Release@b90f5a9 vieiralucas commented Oct 3, 2016 • Looks like guys from node are trolling me The Lucas Syndicate must not be taken down. I vote for letting this PR open until 1st of November 🎉 lucasfcosta and shvaikalesh reacted with thumbs up emoji vieiralucas commented Nov 1, 2016 Can we merge this now? @meeber @lucasfcosta ? meeber mentioned this pull request Nov 1, 2016 👻😱 Node.js 0.10 is unmaintained 😱👻 #856 meeber merged commit 9e16c8f into chaijs:master Nov 1, 2016 vieiralucas deleted the drop-node-0.10 branch Nov 1, 2016 jdalton commented Nov 1, 2016 • Do you all know if there's been any coordination or discussion with the Mocha side of things? lucasfcosta commented Nov 2, 2016 @jdalton actually we didn't talk to them yet, but it seems like a good idea. We have released a canary version recently, so it might be a good idea to run some compatibility tests. Let's get in touch with the guys from Mocha, what do you think? jdalton mentioned this pull request Nov 2, 2016 👻😱 Node.js 0.10 is unmaintained 😱👻 litixsoft/karma-mocha-reporter#80 jdalton commented Nov 2, 2016 \cc @boneskull. boneskull commented Nov 2, 2016 @jdalton Thanks. For the sake of discussion: I understand v0.10 is unsupported. Why does this mean projects should drop support for it? What does a Mocha or Chai lose if it doesn't? What's the difference between keeping v0.10 support and keeping IE7 support? Mocha runs on Node.js v0.8 if npm v2.x is installed (last time I checked) While Mocha and Chai are the most popular combo of packages, neither requires the other to be present. So to what degree should we maintain compatibility? How important is it we're in sync? Along those lines, we may have significant influence on v0.10 holdouts, simply because of the size of our user bases. It would seem "good" to help drive this forward. But, is it userland's responsibility to drive LTS adoption? ScottFreeCode reacted with thumbs up emoji keithamus commented Nov 2, 2016 Thanks @jdalton & @boneskull Critical fixes that are needed in Node 0.10 won't be patched in, so if a vulnerability is found in Node 0.10 - it won't be fixed. In addition, new features which we'd like to utilise will never be supported in these older versions. A concrete example: we use Proxies for a certain feature - we can't use those in 0.10 (or 0.12 or 4.0 but that's another discussion). To put it succinctly - this is an opportunity for us to move the platform forward. If we don't support 0.10, then we lose a potential portion of our user base who are still using 0.10. We also lose the burden of supporting Node 0.10 - which I guess is a gain, not a loss 😆 None I suppose - but for clarity - Chai 3.5.0 & the upcoming Chai 4 don't actually support IE7. We dropped support for IE7 and IE8 a while ago, or actually - we never really properly supported them (I think). This may be problematic I suppose? Good question. I suppose Node 0.10 users can always just use Node's assert over Chai, whereas there isn't an alternative to Mocha I guess? It could be jarring to users who often conflate mocha with chai, to see one of them not working. If we're out of sync, we might see issues on eachother's respective trackers about this - which is a small burden, but a burden nonetheless. (Side note: as I'm sure mocha does; we get a good handful of issues which are mocha related fairly frequently on the chai issue tracker already). Another good point - however I'd like to change the train of thought here. While we're in a position of leverage, and could use that to influence LTS adoption, and it is arguable as to whether we should do it or not, there is a more salient point: Chai, and I am fairly sure Mocha have small teams with a big codebase. I feel it is less of a "let's leverage our position" and more a case of "we don't really have resources to support these old versions, while still moving forward with desired features" lucasfcosta, jdalton, and dasilvacontin reacted with heart emoji ❤️ 3 reactions meeber commented Nov 2, 2016 From the downstream perspective: When an organization decides to keep running an unmaintained version of Node (e.g., v0.10), they've already made the painful determination that the cost of upgrading Node is greater than the cost of either a) maintaining that version of Node themselves by writing patches as future vulnerabilities are discovered, or b) exposing their servers to those unpatched vulnerabilities. They've also determined that having access to the latest language features isn't a big enough benefit to tip the scales in favor of upgrading Node. Given the decision that they've already made, should such an organization then have a reasonable expectation to use the latest versions of upstream libraries such as Mocha and Chai? Or is having to use Chai v3.5 instead of Chai v4.0 just a relatively small part of the large cost they've already decided to pay by running an unmaintained version of Node? From the upstream perspective: It's up to each library maintainer to decide if they want to pitch in and help pay the cost that's incurred by those running an unmaintained version of Node. That cost is paid primarily by library developers in terms of time. It takes time to maintain compatibility with legacy platforms due to having to troubleshoot and program around one-off behaviors, as well as address user-reported issues specific to legacy platforms. The cost is also shared among all users of the library because less time is spent moving the library forward with improvements, as well as because there are more restrictions in terms of using new language features to make the library better. Maintaining compatibility with legacy platforms also increases complexity of the code due to feature detection and branching logic. It also often has a performance impact, although usually at the micro level. I don't think the benefit of supporting unmaintained versions of Node is worth the cost to Chai. And the downstream organizations that made the decision to run an unmaintained version of Node should already have come to terms with the fact that they're probably not going to be able to use the latest and greatest stuff. It should be stressed that a downstream organization running an unmaintained version of Node (or another library wishing to support unmaintained versions of Node) can still use Chai. They just can't use the latest version. All of this is to say that I agree with a comment made by @keithamus in another thread: I think supporting every engine that is officially supported by their respective vendors is a happy and relatively non-arbitrary point to fix to From my perspective, tight coordination between Mocha and Chai in terms of platform support only becomes critical if one of the two libraries decides to drop support for a version of Node that's still officially maintained, in which case it has the potential to negatively impact large groups of users that haven't already gone through the difficult decision making process about running unmaintained software. lucasfcosta and jdalton reacted with heart emoji Thanks for the comments. Please allow me to prattle. Mocha contains no ES6 features and very few ES5 features. It'd be cool to bring the codebase current. But in reality, there's no resources for such an effort. Holding on to v0.10 support may not be "easier" than simply dropping it, but there's no current proposal on the table that would necessitate v4.x for production use. (We've held back ESLint, so we're feeling this more on the development end. But what's needed for development and what's needed for production don't absolutely need to be equal--and ESLint 3 isn't really compelling enough. In a perfect world, if Mocha drops support, maybe it should have something shiny to entice an upgrade!) Dropping IE7, IE8, and PhantomJS 1.x would bring us to ES5. We could drop many handrolled shims, and the codebase would be simplified. But someone still has to do it. I'd like to drop v0.10, but I'm having a hard time justifying doing that now, in other words. About all I could say is "we'd get the latest version of ESLint". The immediate impact on the maintenance burden would be small, because v0.10 is not our biggest problem--IE7/8 is. Most of the "Chai" issues I see are users misunderstanding which part of a test failure output comes from where. This is understandable, because Chai makes the determination to fail, but it's up to Mocha to do something with that information. @meeber makes an excellent point that if an org uses an unsupported version of Node.js, they shouldn't expect cool new stuff--or even critical fixes-- from userland. I am probably guilty of losing sight of that. @boneskull thanks for your input! 😄 Well, even if you don't need v4.x to support anything new, it would still be interesting to go forward with Mocha without always depending on supporting older versions. Here at Chai, for example, even though we are still able to run on v0.10 (without some features, but anyway, we're still able to do so) we simply won't take the burden of having to fix things if they break on v0.10 from now on. This not only allows you to support new features that depend on v4.x on the future, but it also reduces the amount of work your team needs to do in case something breaks on v0.10, allowing you to focus on updating the codebase. The same applies to IE7/8, if they're not supported anymore, dropping them would just be easier and reduce the maintenance burden. Regarding the issues on both trackers, I think there's no way we can solve this, that totally depends on our users. We can warn them, but this will still happen and I think it's not a big deal, because (IMO) our job as Open Source contributors should be to help people in the first place, so whenever I see an issue that is related to Mocha and not Chai I still do my best to answer it. Also, there are some small compatibility issues that still make sense to be reported on our tracker, such as the recent #790 which addressed a minor issue we had with the diffs sent to mocha. *PS: * If you guys need any help with upgrading Mocha's codebase I'd be more than happy to contribute. I've been reading your code quite frequently but I'm not fully comfortable about submitting PRs yet. Anyway, we're here to help. @lucasfcosta Thanks for the offer. Sorry for derailing this discussion, but I don't think people realize the kind of pickle OSS projects like Mocha and Chai are in. I don't have a time series graph to back this up, but I've noted the following from libraries.io: In the two (2) months of August and September 2016: The number of projects dependent on Mocha increased by over 5,000. In this time, we merged about twelve (12) pull requests with seven (7) unique authors, two (2) of which are core contributors. No core contributors were added. At the end of October, we lost four (4) core contributors due to inactivity. What's to be done? FWIW I run Lodash, which is like the Mocha of direct dependencies (instead of dev deps). Fastest growing direct dep, 1,000+ new direct deps each month, billions of downloads, and so on. And like Mocha the core is small (mostly me). With each major bump (which happens once a year) I raise the minimum support bar (dropping older enviros). v3 dropped Node 0.6 support v4 dropped Node 0.8, IE < 9, oddball Adobe Illustrator support With v5 we'll drop Node 0.10 and 0.12 support. Dropping support does help with the maintenance burden and testing cost. Being more lang util focused I have to tackle a lot of edge case engine bugs (even JIT bugs). I dig major version bumps because it gives me the opportunity to shed some of the burden and push things forward. lucasfcosta and keithamus reacted with thumbs up emoji lucasfcosta reacted with heart emoji lucasfcosta commented Nov 2, 2016 • @boneskull, don't worry, you are not derailing the discussion, it's always great to talk about Open Source and see different points of view about it. 😄 IMO, attracting new contributors is one of the maintainer's responsibilities. I see many new folks around trying to find a new project to contribute and none of them offers any help for beginners. I was only able to start contributing to Chai because of @keithamus' detailed explanations about what should be done regarding each issue, after a couple of issues I got ready to start sending contributions more often and got confident about making bigger changes on the codebase. Now that I learned a bit about GitHub's etiquette rules and this kind of thing I also feel more comfortable contributing to other projects. Maybe we, as open source maintainers, should start looking forward to help beginners start contributing and therefore have more people to maintain modules. Thank you all for sharing your thoughts, you rock, buddies ❤️ tregusti reacted with thumbs up emoji dasilvacontin reacted with heart emoji @jdalton lol @ adobe illustrator support 😄 2 aendra-rininsland and dasilvacontin reacted with laugh emoji 😄 2 reactions IMO, attracting new contributors is one of the maintainer's responsibilities. I see many new folks around trying to find a new project to contribute and none of them offers any help for beginners. Agree. Reducing the effort necessary to contribute = more contributors. This is a known equation. 😄 Some part of me worries that more contributions will actually compound the problem. We get more PRs than we can review in a timely manner. If they land, who maintains that code? I'm hesitant to say this, but I will: Mocha doesn't need more contributors. Mocha needs more maintainers. Being a maintainer requires some level of dedication and commitment that's greater than a drive-by PR. How do you convert a contributor to a maintainer? For me, I just ask. I repo-sit other projects while primary maintainers are away and find folks that are active in issues and PRs and ask them if they'd like to be a maintainer. That way I can step away from repo-sitting and things are still handled. @boneskull IMO the most important part is getting a contributor in the first place and then you make that contributor comfortable to send more and more pull-requests. This is achieved by mentoring that person and answering doubts about how the code works. Also when you make the contribution experience something that gives pleasure to the one contributing, that person will certainly come back for more. This is what happened to me and I think this is what happened to @meeber, @vieiralucas and @shvaikalesh too (as you can see on this PR for example: #812). ScottFreeCode commented Nov 2, 2016 For what it's worth, my thoughts on this are: Is it reasonable to separate what's officially supported from what may still work? E.g. to say "supports IE 9+ and Node 4.x+", but if it happens to be easy to keep working in IE 7 and Node 0.10 then so much the better, but if one day those stop working it's not officially a breaking change because they haven't officially been supported anyway? I think we usually get Chai questions in Gitter; but in any case, it would be really cool to work out an easy process to help people find the right place to be asking or to report issues, given that Chai and Mocha are frequently used together. More collaboration! (Also, it'd be interesting to brainstorm ways that the underlying tools such as GitHub could make it easier; maybe we could open a feature request if we come up with any really good ideas.) Over in Mocha, while I try to help out with issues and occassionally with code, I don't feel the kind of ownership where I'm comfortable making many decisions. It might help convert contributors to maintainers to have a slightly more formal process for things like getting X number of approvals for a proposed change (like some larger projects do) so that anyone who would like to help out more as a maintainer just has to know those processes (and, since we're not so large a project despite the non-trivialness of the current codebase, hopefully there wouldn't be much to it). One thing that may be helped by dropping Node 0.10 is, if I'm not mistaken, that we could resolve the output cut-off issue (mocha --help gets it's output cut off. mochajs/mocha#2471 - but see also the PR, where it's confirmed to affect more than just help) without blocking output by using process.exitCode instead of process.exit() (although it would mean a bit of restructuring of the CLI to avoid running other stuff after the points where we would previously have called exit). This is a great conversation everyone! Fun to see lots of maintainers having a good conversation about this. I don't have much more to add about the main point, because everyone has covered it so well so far! I will add this though, about the contributor/maintainer dynamic: @boneskull here at chai, we have a kind of unwritten rule: if we see a contributor pop up a few times; making a couple of nice PRs and maybe helping out in the issue tracker, we invite them to become maintainers. We started this process this year, and we've since added over a half dozen or so new maintainers, across the chai organisation. Generally speaking everyone has taken their role as maintainer seriously, and made some excellent contributions to the projects. We certainly have a few maintainers who are fairly inactive (that's no problem though, they can help out where they can), and we have some very active ones (e.g. @meeber, @lucasfcosta, @vieiralucas and others). I certainly some trepidation inviting a bunch of folk to come and maintain these projects; but I think once you start you soon realise if people are keen enough to join, they're keen enough to do the job well. The question then becomes, I suppose, how do you get good contributors that you can convert into maintainers? (Personally) I try quite hard to avoid doing any actual work on chai's codebases and instead spend most of my time on the issue tracker; not because I'm lazy but because any work I do is taking away work for potential new contributors to do. Often times I'll end up describing exactly what needs doing to make a PR (an example here) - sometimes to the point where it would have been quicker for me to just code it. Sometimes I'll go and promote these issues in out-of-band channels like twitter or @yourfirstpr. Once we get a contributor making a PR, I try to give them plenty of encouragement and good feedback, as well as lots of congratulations if the PR is merged, as well as a victory-lap of congratulations release PR (an example). If a contributors PR doesn't get merged I'll make a point of apologising and imploring the contributor to keep making good contributions (example 1, example 2). I think that taking the time to write responses in each of these scenarios makes quite a difference in the level of discourse, and the enthusiasm of contributors we have (I have experience on maintaining other projects where this isn't the case and the difference is noticeable). So yeah, I guess ultimately that's a long winded way to say, I guess my role in Chai is more like a coach than a contributor - and I think that has helped us get some great new contributors. If you're looking for a recipe to replicate for Mocha, to try and get some more contribs, I would say we have had success here, doing it this way, so try it! aendra-rininsland reacted with thumbs up emoji lucasfcosta mentioned this pull request May 10, 2017 4.x.x Complete Migration Guide #781 ykzts mentioned this pull request Jun 1, 2017 Improve tests for JavaScript mastodon/mastodon#3496 boneskull commented Oct 2, 2017 FWIW, Mocha will drop support in v4 (hopefully tomorrow). changelog jdalton, keithamus, and vieiralucas reacted with thumbs up emoji

Kitana Kiki Rodriguez, Mya Taylor Nominated For Independent Spirit Awards For 'Tangerine' Transgender actresses Kitana Kiki Rodriguez and Mya Taylor have been nominated for Independent Spirit Awards for their performances in Tangerine, making them the first transgender actresses to be nominated for such an honor. Tangerine was one of the most talked about films at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival and received universally positive reviews. It was purchased by Magnolia Pictures, which distributed the film in a limited release on July 10. In the film, working girls Sin-Dee Rella (played by Rodriguez) and Alexandra (Taylor) spend a Christmas Eve in Hollywood searching for the pimp who broke Sin-Dee's heart with a cisgender woman while she was locked up in prison. Neither actress had major acting experience prior to starring in Tangerine. The film is also notable for being shot on an iPhone 5.

HomeMountain ViewCops force girl, 5, to undergo sex exam against her will, parents say Cops force girl, 5, to undergo sex exam against her will, parents say This story was printed in Monday morning's Daily Post. A Mountain View family has filed a $1 million claim against the city after a paramedic forcibly undressed their 5-year-old daughter while three police officers and a Santa Clara County social worker were at their house for what they say was a sexual abuse investigation, which turned out to be unfounded. Channel 7 reported Thursday (June 6) that Madeleine Lother had been injured in January after sliding down a rope at the indoor trampoline park Sky High Sports and suffered a small amount of vaginal bleeding. The Lothers' attorney, Bob Powell, said that Madeleine's teacher initiated a Child Protective Services investigation after she heard her say something about no longer bleeding from her vagina and "Daddy touching her in her private parts," a comment that Powell said he doubts. "That's not really words that this 5-year-old would use, and that's concerning," Powell said. "By the way, saying that a parent, including the father, touched a 5-year-old's private parts is literally, like, yeah, so what? Because we bathe our children oftentimes until 5 or 6 and sometimes 7 if they're not good at that stuff." After CPS was contacted, police, a social worker and paramedics showed up at the Lothers' and questioned each member of the family, Powell told the Post. Police spokeswoman Katie Nelson said the Channel 7 story "does not give a full picture of the investigation." "As much as we would like to correct the inaccuracies from the report, we can't speak to the specifics regarding the investigation because of a pending claim against the city," Nelson told the Post in an email. "That being said, we absolutely can listen to residents' questions and hear their concerns. If they have questions, we are here and ask them to reach out." Officials at the county Social Services Agency and the paramedic company, American Medical Response, couldn't be reached for comment. Powell said police claim the girl also said something about her bottom, but said he didn't "have all the records yet" about the case. Police arrive at family's home When police showed up at the family's home around 5 p.m. on Jan. 28, Powell said the officers asked to speak to Madeleine. "Within two minutes Madeleine tells them, 'I was hurt at the trampoline park sliding down a rope,'" Powell said. "Even though they got the story right out the gate, they call out the dad." Madeleine's father, Doug Lother, said the same thing, as did her 6-year-old sister and her mother. Madeleine's mother offered to put the police in touch with the friend's mother who had taken her to the trampoline park where she was injured. The police declined, and instead called in a female AMR paramedic to examine Madeleine's body. Her parents refused, Powell said, and police said something to the effect of "you're going to let this happen here, or CPS has the right to take this child to the hospital for an inspection by a doctor." Girl had to be held down during exam The paramedic had Doug Lother hold his daughter down as she pulled the girl's leggings off as she resisted, and asked Lother to use his cellphone as a flashlight as the paramedic "dug in there a little bit and found nothing." Powell said the family members "couldn't have colluded" and were interviewed separately. "To me, this was such a strong case that I can conceivably file a motion that would result in a pretrial ruling of liability and then only have to go to trial on damages," Powell said. Powell told the Post that he was in talks with the city and county about an early settlement. "We'll see what we can do, but they're not walking away for a couple hundred grand. It's not happening," Powell said. "It is really hard to understand what was missed in the training that these individuals, both the police officers and the social worker and the paramedic… that they would think that this was OK and that they had the right to do any of that forcing of the investigation of this child's genitals, and even talking to her without her parents present." Powell said that whatever probable cause the police had "dissipated almost instantly" when the girl and her family explained how she was injured. Exam caused nightmares Madeleine spent the two weeks after the investigation sleeping in her parents' bed, Powell said, and still has nightmares about the event. "She is scared when she goes to school. She's so happy school is out," Powell said. "She processed it as anger that was directed at her parents, who had to hold her down." Powell said Madeleine told her parents that she thought they had called the police on her. "She's gotten some therapy, processed it as best she can at 5 years of age, and we'll see where it goes from there," Powell said. Opinion: Housing moratorium would be a disaster The Valley's Premier Auto Broker Fire agencies in a tug-of-war over money they get from ambulance company BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer When there is a medical emergency, local firefighters are the first to respond and stabilize the patient. Then AMR will take them to […] Dramatic jump in car break-ins BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Local car burglaries have spiked this winter, with more than 100 break-ins reported per month in Mountain View in December and January. Palo […] Fire chief spots problems in proposed countywide ambulance contract BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Menlo Park Fire Chief Harold Schapelhouman has discovered a couple of problems in the proposed contract between San Mateo County and AMR for […] June 11, 2019 7:46 am at 7:46 am These cops should be arrested and charged with sex assault. June 11, 2019 3:29 pm at 3:29 pm Thomas Bachtell says: June 11, 2019 10:52 am at 10:52 am I think they should file against the paramedics and the social worker to with the city because that was bullshit what the did to her . If this girl wasn't sexually assaulted by her parents, she certainly was by the Mtn View cops and an AMR driver. This can't be the proper way to determine if a girl was molested!? Brokencuzthesystemfailed says: June 11, 2019 12:55 pm at 12:55 pm I was molested as a child and if they would have done that to me when I turned my father in and I was 14 I would have been beyond traumatized and I did get molested but the way that went down and the spokesperson for the police department is saying that they can't say everything and that things are being blown out of proportion up there's no way to blow that out of proportion no matter what the reason if they did what they did how they did it and obviously they did there's just there's there's nothing that the family could be leaving out that could possibly show that the police department the paramedics or the social worker was anywhere near in the right. As I said being a victim of an actual family molestation I still would not have expected them to treat me that way to find out if it was true or not I was already a victim and they would have turned me into more of the victim in to the point where the people I needed to be trusting I would have been able to trust they would have look like monsters to me and that's the way my brain probably would have dealt with it and I'm sitting here crying for this little girl is it is and she wasn't even molested and now she was by the people supposed to keep her safe, the people she supposed to feel comfortable going to for help when some monster out there does hurt her and now they are the monsters in her eyes it's just wrong on so many levels I'm appalled I actually want to call them…. you guys should be ashamed of yourself I know you're probably reading this shame shame shame to think in this day and age the ignorance that runs through our system and all departments that were set up to keep us safe and feel secure is worse than on the streets. They conceal their idenity under the ruse of being concerned and helpful while doing more damage than a anyone could because our trust is stripped and you don't know where to turn after that.Im rambling and I apologise Im am just boiling over what hapoened to that poor child. I am 49 and I have never gotten over what happened to me because I also was abused by the system I went to for help. That was in the 80s. I hope that police department somehow reads this post. For them I say I hope you never have to go through what you put that child through and I hope you get the same amount of rest as that poor child gets for the rest of her life. Just curious was it more exciting for you all to molest that little girl knowing no one could stop you….did it give you a power trip? You should not be allowed around children ever again and you should also be put in some kind of registry so you can NEVER work with children AGAIN!!!! SHAME! Ceeb says: I am crying too, this is too, too bad Sad day for Mountain View says: imagine if Mountain View police investigated the rapes of women this way, but forcing the complainants down and taking off their pants to see if they had really been raped … maybe to the men who run this police department, that's OK? Are there any women in the city administration who are supporting this way of investigating sex assaults? Crystal M says: First off i dont know what people want. First they say they never catch the rapist due to them not doing enough or not catching it on time. If the teacher heard the little girl say that then they should of investigated it first with talking to her at school or just absorving her behavior at school by just sitting back watching her and watching when they drop her off at school how she looks what kind of behavior is going on with the parent when they drop her off then again when they pik her up. Then just sit in the class for a day or two to watch her and then maybe ask her questions if they need to well the teacher is present. Then contact the parent about the stuff they heard her say and why they need to investigate it more further if they need to. Why is this not already the procedures they got going on. Its very simple not to have to do it like this or to figure out the better ways to go about it so that the child also dont get trained to lie either. I dont got not degree in any of this but im sure i could tell them every way i think they could catch a monster who dares to molest or abuse there own child or step child or foster child. My concern here is how the police chose to investigate the teacher's report. Of course the police should have investigated, but it's absurd for a bunch of officers to push their way into her home and forcibly remove her clothing so an ambulance driver can poke around her private parts. I don't understand why the MVPD has such a barbaric procedure. I guess the police chief and city council prefer doing things this way, but I would think the better policy is to have the girl taken to a hospital for an examination by a doctor. The MVPD procedure here is troubling—no wonder she had nightmares!!!

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Staff Advisors LSU Organizational Chart LSU Boyd Professors Permanent Memoranda Hospital CEAs Board Member Biography Mr. Robert S. Dampf, Chair dampf@lsu.edu Mr. Dampf represents the 6th Congressional District; his term of service ends June 1, 2024. Robert Dampf is a partner in Perry Dampf Dispute Solutions, a mediation and arbitration company headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Mr. Rémy Voisin Starns, Chair-elect rvstarns@lsu.edu Mr. Starns represents the 1st Congressional District; his term of service ends June 1, 2024. His first name is pronounced (RAY-me). Ms. Mary L. Werner, Past Chair mwerner@lsu.edu Ms. Werner represents the 3rd Congressional District; her term of service ends June 1, 2024. She is director and vice president of The North American Land Company, LLC and The Sweet Lake Land & Oil Company, LLC. Members-at-Large Mr. Ronald R. Anderson Baton Rouge, La. 70895-9004 rranderson@lsu.edu Mr. Anderson is a member-at-large; his term of service ends on June 1, 2020. He is president of the Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation. Mr. Lee Mallett 511 E. Frontage Rd. Iowa, La. 70647 lmallett@lsu.edu Mr. Mallett is a member-at-large; his term of service ends June 1, 2024. He is the owner of Mallett Buildings and is the owner and operator of the Academy of Training Skills. Mr. Richard E. Zuschlag 103 E. Kaliste Saloom rzuschlag@lsu.edu Mr. Zuschlag is a member-at-large; his service term ends June 1, 2022. He is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Acadian Companies. Mr. Jack A. "Jay" Blossman, Jr. jblossman@lsu.edu Mr. Blosssman represents the 1st Congressional District; his term of service ends June 1, 2024. He is an attorney from Mandeville, LA. Mr. James M. Williams One Galleria Boulevard, Suite 1100 jmwilliams@lsu.edu Mr. Williams represents the 2nd Congressional District; his term of service ends June 1, 2022. Mr. Williams is a partner in the law firm of Chehardy Sherman Williams. Mr. Jimmie M. Woods 9641 Old Gentilly Rd. jimmiewoods@lsu.edu Mr. Woods represents the 2nd Congressional District; his term of service ends June 1, 2024. He is the Chief Executive Officer of Metro Service Group. Mr. Glenn J. Armentor 300 Stewart Street Lafayette, La. 70501 garmentor@lsu.edu Mr. Arementor represents the 3rd Congressional District; his term of service ends June 1, 2022. He is Founder and General Partner of the Glenn Armentor Law Corporation. Ms. Valencia Sarpy Jones 816 University Pkwy. Natchitoches, La. 71457 vsjones@lsu.edu Ms. Jones represents the 4th Congressional District; her term ends on 6/1/2022. She is a financial services professional with New York Life Insurance Company & NYLIFE Securities. Mr. B. Wayne Brown 1619 Jimmie Davis Hwy. waynebrown@lsu.edu Mr. Brown represents the 4th Congressional District; his term of service ends June 1, 2024. He is the founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Brown Builders, Inc. Mr. Patrick C. Morrow P. O. Drawer 1787 pmorrow@lsu.edu Mr. Morrow represents the 5th Congressional District; his term of service ends on June 1, 2026. He is the founder of Morrow, Morrow, Ryan, Bassett & Haik Law Firm. Mr. Raymond R. "Randy" Morris 706 Ross St Oak Grove, LA 71263 rmorris@lsu.edu Mr. Morris represents the 5th Congressional District; his term of service ends on June 1, 2026. He is the owner of West Carroll Health Systems. Mr. Collis B. Temple Jr. 1225 North Blvd. ctemplejr@lsu.edu Mr. Temple represents the 6th Congressional District; his term of service ends on June 1, 2026. He is CEO of CT Construction and the Harmony Center. Mr. Stone Cox lsustubos@lsu.edu Mr. Cox was elected by the LSU Council of Student Body Presidents to represent the students on the LSU Board of Supervisors; his term of service ends May 31, 2021. He is the Student Body President at LSU, from Lake Charles, LA, majoring in Mechanical Engineering. Minutes and Agenda LSU Board of Supervisors 104B University Administration Bldg. 3810 W. Lakeshore Dr. Email: lsuboard@lsu.edu

Staying on top of chain wear is crucial if you want to prolong the life of your drivetrain. While there are other great tools such as the Park Tool CC-2 chain checker, Shimano techs will tell you (and their argument is convincing), that Shimano chains can only be reliably checked by the TL-CN42. This may sound like Shimano pitching their own tool, but they argue that any other tool has a tendency to recommend junking a chain prematurely. Considering the cost of a tool vs. a new chain, combined with Shimano's expertise, we agree it's worth it. Checking chain wear should be part of your regular maintenance routine. Once you hit the wear limits, you really should replace it with a new one. If you don't, you'll start putting extra wear on your cassette and other components, plus risk breaking a chain when it's least convenient.

Pro-Russian separatists violate cease-fire in eastern Ukraine, military says ISTANBUL Europe Sep 06, 2020 6:22 pm GMT+3 Armed men wearing military fatigues gathered on armored personnel carries in the eastern Ukrainian city of Slovyansk in this undated picture. (AFP Photo/Getty Images) Pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine Sunday violated a cease-fire with government forces, wounding one soldier, the Ukrainian military said. The rebel forces opened fire on troops in the Krasnohorivka area using a grenade launcher, the military said in a statement. Rebel officials were unavailable for immediate comments. The Ukrainian military said the attack indicated the pro-Russian forces wanted to disrupt an agreement reached by the two sides and OSCE negotiators for a full cease-fire from July 27. Since the conflict broke out between Kyiv's forces and pro-Moscow separatists in 2014, there have been numerous attempts to end the fighting, but these cease-fires have never held long enough to pave the way for peace talks. Ukraine has been fighting separatists in the Donetsk and Lugansk regions following Moscow's annexation of the Crimean peninsula in 2014. Major combat ended with a truce agreed in the Belarus capital Minsk in 2015, but sporadic clashes still regularly kill civilians, Ukrainian soldiers and separatists. More than 13,000 people have been killed in the conflict so far. Pro-Russian separatists eastern Ukraine US coronavirus death toll hits 400,000 CIA chief Gina Haspel retires Central-Intelligence-Agency Biden, allies to work on Iran, wants deal: Blinken joe-biden

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PD: Teen boy crashes stolen car while fleeing from officers By: WCPO Staff SYCAMORE TOWNSHIP, Ohio -- A teenage boy is in juvenile detention after police say he fled from officers and eventually crashed into a utility pole in Columbia Township Friday morning. At 1:22 a.m. Friday, a sheriff's deputy tried to stop a tan 2002 Buick Century in the 8000 block of Reading Road because they suspected it had been stolen in Cincinnati. Police say the vehicle continued northbound and through multiple streets before crashing at Cambridge and Edith avenues near Mariemont. The driver was taken into custody without incident, however he suffered non-life threatening injuries from being unrestrained inside the vehicle. He was transported to Cincinnati Children's Hospital prior to being transported to Juvenile Detention. Two teenage male passengers suffered non-life threatening injuries and were treated at the scene before being released to their guardians. Police said the driver was charged with fleeing and eluding, receiving stolen property and driving without a license.

Q: The point of intersection of the tangents to the parabola $y^2=4x$ at the points where the circle $(x-3)^2+y^2=9$ Problem : The point of intersection of the tangents to the parabola $y^2=4x$ at the points where the circle $(x-3)^2+y^2=9$ meets the parabola, other than the origin, is .. Solution : Point of the intersection of the parabola and circle is given by $(x-3)^2+(4x)^2=9$ $\Rightarrow x^2-6x +9 +16x^2=9$ $\Rightarrow 17x^2-6x=0 $ $\Rightarrow x(17x-6)=0$ $\Rightarrow x =0 ; x = 6/17$ $y =0, $ and $y =\sqrt{\frac{24}{17}}$ How to proceed to find the point of intersection of tangents please suggest. Thanks. A: Going from where you ended: $x=0$ gives $y=0$ and $x=2$ gives $y^2=4\cdot2=8 \Leftrightarrow y=\pm2\sqrt2$. Let's begin with the tangent line to the parabola at $(2,+2\sqrt2)$, and then exploit the symmetry: $y=\sqrt{4x}$ gives $y'=\frac{2}{\sqrt{4x}}$. $y'(2)=\frac{2}{\sqrt{4\cdot2}}=\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}=\frac12\sqrt2$. The equation of the tangent line at $y=+2\sqrt2$ becomes $y=\dfrac{x}{\sqrt2}+\sqrt2$. By symmetry, the equation of the tangent line at $y=-2\sqrt2$ is $y=-\dfrac{x}{\sqrt2}-\sqrt2$. $\dfrac{x}{\sqrt2}+\sqrt2=-\dfrac{x}{\sqrt2}-\sqrt2$ gives $x=-2$. The point of intersection is $(-2,0)$. A: You can proceed via pole-polar relationships: the intersection of the tangents is the pole of their chord of contact. Once you correct your calculation of the intersection points so that you have two points besides the origin, you'll find that the equation of the chord of contact will be of the form $x=a$. Now, the polar of the point $(x_0,y_0)$ with respect to this parabola is the line with equation $yy_0=2(x+x_0)$. Comparing this with $x=a$, we can see that $y_0=0$ and $x_0=-a$.

Microsoft Is Hyped About Solitaire Coming To Game Pass The most played video game in history deserves a suitably epic announcement. By Hayley Williams on August 17, 2021 at 10:20PM PDT Solitaire is coming to Xbox Game Pass--more specifically, subscribers will be able to get their hands on the premium, ad-free edition of the Microsoft Solitaire Collection for free. The announcement on Twitter was accompanied by an impressively epic gif, complete with explosions, hype, and strobing rainbow text in the world's favorite font, Comic Sans. SOLITAIRE AWW YEAH pic.twitter.com/UkeVqnZ7XL — Xbox Game Pass For PC (@XboxGamePassPC) August 17, 2021 The only thing the gif is really missing is the iconic card-bouncing winning celebration, though perhaps Microsoft wants you to earn that visual yourself. The gif advertises the Solitaire Collection as the "most played video game in history," though that achievement is helped quite a bit by the game being packaged by default on all Windows-running machines. In fact, not everyone is stoked about the Game Pass announcement, considering many solitaire players both hardcore and casual remember a day when the game was free (and ad-free) on all Windows PCs. The premium version of Microsoft Solitaire Collection caused some controversy when it was introduced with Windows 10 in 2015, due to the addition of intrusive, full-window ads to the free version of the game. Now, Game Pass subscribers can bypass the ads and unlock the extra premium features as part of their existing subscriptions, but many players still clearly believe that Solitaire should have stayed free and ad-free for all users.

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While traditional advertising, public relations, and direct selling still exist and remain essential, social media is becoming an increasingly important tool used in the promotion of a music star image. According to Nielsen, active adult social networkers are 75% more likely to be heavy spenders on music compared to the average adult Internet user, therefore promotion via social media is crucial to an artist's and, in turn, their record label's success. Mangold and Faulds (2009) suggest "a new [communications] paradigm that includes all forms of social media as potential tools in designing and implementing [marketing] strategies." Promotion via social media is similar to that of traditional elements of the promotion mix in that it enables companies to communicate messages to their customers. In terms of the music industry, it allows artists and record labels to talk to their fans and customers. Messages published in social media are consistent with the artist management's promotional strategy and design of the star image. Management also controls the content, frequency, timing and medium of this communication (Mangold & Faulds, 2009). Advances in social media have significantly reduced the communication gap in distance and time between an artist and a fan. Various types of social media "enable instantaneous, real-time communication, and utilizes multi-media formats (audio and visual presentations) and numerous delivery platforms (Facebook, YouTube, and blogs, to name a few), with global reach capabilities," (Mangold & Faulds, 2009). An artist is virtually able to communicate instantly with thousands of people over a number of media platforms.

Yes, I am fully aware that BHM is relatively an American tradition. And yes, I meant to post the article below a few days ago. It's been a busy month. Getting ready pursue a different path, more in line with my life's calling. I will never forget my trip to the Motherland. Having spent two weeks among some of the most beautiful and kind-hearted people I have ever met. The visit to the slave castles, left an indelible impression on my soul. How I wished that I had more time to return again, and again. I plan on returning to Africa, until then I have memories. So, there was no doubt in my mind, when I found this piece below, what I would share to honor this month, and what it represents to me, as a black woman. "Soooo you mean to tell me that someone down your ancestry line survived being chained to other human bodies for several months in the bottom of a disease-infested ship during the Middle Passage, lost their language, customs and traditions, picked up the English language as best they could while working free of charge from sunup to sundown as they watched babies sold from out of their arms and women raped by ruthless slave owners. and in spite of it all someone in your family line endured every era to make sure you would get here and you receive one rejection, face one obstacle, lose one friend, get overlooked, and you want to quit? How dare you entertain the very thought of quitting. People you will never know survived from generation to generation so you could succeed. Don't you dare let them down!! Give this to your young people who don't know their history and want to get weak! Until the next post, take care of yourselves and your families. I just returned from a truly epic thirteen-day adventure through the spectacular, history-steeped landscapes of Jordan and Egypt. We wandered the ancient city of Petra, bathed in the Dead Sea, experienced firsthand the true hospitality and friendliness of the Bedouin people. Saw the great Giza pyramids in Cairo, toured this land of mighty pharaohs, and returned with amazing memories of a land and people, hardly ever depicted in the news. I spent a few extra days solo in Egypt, which has not seen the last of my face! Coincidentally, less than a week before I was due to leave, a friend from the UK was vacationing in Petra. He posted about the recent flash floods, which killed more than 20 people, including school children, whose bus was swept away by the floods. Tourists were evacuated from the same gorge, I was planning on exploring with the group. It was the worse flash flood related deaths; the country had experienced in more than 50 years. As for Egypt, well, we all know what happened in recent years. One cannot escape a certain amount of uneasiness, that the media portrays. I had looked forward to this vacation for months. It is not often that I would get to see two ancient wonders of the Middle Ages and modern world in one trip. I had faith it would all be okay. It turned out more than okay. It was spectacular! The Dead Sea: considered the lowest point on earth, at 420 meters below sea level. A few of us, covered our entire bodies with nutrient-rich natural mineral mud bath, which is supposed to have healing properties. A good soak in the sea, with a delicious meal, is a must. I wished we had more time here! Petra: most arguably, the highlight of any visit to Jordan. The magnificent Jewel of Jordan, and lost city of the biblical Nabateans, an impressive series of tombs and dwellings hidden behind ornate facades carved directly into the rock, and one of the new Seven Wonders of the World. We left the hotel at 7:30 am, and never made it back until around 5:30, having walked some 20+km. I've seen hundreds of photos, of this magnificent wonder of the world. However, when I walked through the passageway and came upon the stunning vision of the Treasury, all I could think of was the song "This is what you came for". I challenged myself to climb 800+ steps to the Monastery, and another 600+ to the Hill of Higher Sacrifice. It was very tiring, my feet ached, I wanted to turn back, BUT, once I got to the top of both places, nothing to could prepare me for the obvious sense of accomplishment, elation, surprise, and of course the views! Meeting Raami : and having my photo taken with him. He is the son of Marguerite, the author of Married to a Bedouin. In summary, she was from NZ visiting Jordan many years ago with a friend, when she met Mohammad. They fell in love, she moved to Petra, married him, and lived a cave. They had three children. She wrote a book about her experience. I purchased a copy, which was signed by her. So, freaking cool! Wadi Rum: the extraordinary desert scenery and rugged moonscape of huge sandstone mountains. This Wadi Rum is full of weird and beautiful lunar-like rock formations, and traces of ancient civilizations can be seen in the many carved inscriptions found throughout the area. We arrived at camp shortly before sunset, which we watched together as a group. We then enjoyed a delicious dinner cooked in an earthen oven by our Bedouin hosts, and slept in a simple desert tent. My heart was overflowing by this point in the journey. I didn't know I had to make room for even more joy as the journey continued. This following day, the group boarded a ferry to cross over into Egypt. I was particularly nervous about this part of the trip, as I suffer from sea sickness. I didn't need to worry, I had taken precautions, prepared, and fared very well. We arrived into Egypt around 1:30 am, where we were met by our Egyptian guide, Ahmed. It was close to 3 am, by the time we fell into bed, nestled in beautiful beach huts, on the Red Sea. I didn't know, prior to this trip, that the men in Egypt, are notorious flirts, and the country is listed as one of the top ten most aggressively flirtatious countries! I see why now 😊. Dahab: before heading off to Cairo, we spent two nights in Dahab; once a Bedouin fishing village, but now a very popular tourist town. While I was not keen to explore the 100-meter-deep, Blue Hole, which is second only to Australia, for some of the most beautiful coral reefs in the world, Dahab will always be remembered as having some of the best food I've eaten on the trip, and impeccable customer service. Cairo: a short one-hour plane ride took us to Cairo. Sure, I'd heard about the traffic situation in this chaotic city. The experience on the other hand, was out of this world! One-word TRAFFIC LIGHTS. I saw about four lights, and two pedestrian crossings, in all the days I spent in the city. My guide told me that they are only found at major intersections. I did see a few traffic Police directing traffic, otherwise, it's every man and woman for themselves. To cross the street, you simply motion for the drivers to stop, and take a risk. Car horns serve as traffic lights. The Pyramids of Giza and the Sphinx: yet again, I was transported to a time, when I gazed in wonder and awe at the photos posted on travel sites and in groups. These marvelous structures have managed to stand tall for 4500+ years, and maintained their mystique and power. Being up close to these tombs is amazing. I chose not to enter the largest tomb during this visit, preferring instead to take the time allotted to us, to walk around them outside. What can I say about the Pyramids?! Just visit, if you haven't been already! The Egyptian Museum: a building which boasts the world's great collections of antiquities. Of course, I couldn't come this far without paying a bit extra to see the mummy room. No visit to the museum is complete without it. The recovered tomb of Tutankhamun is among some of the treasures of this place; the gold jewelry to the famous golden death mask and his gilded sarcophagi. Egypt is now building the world's largest museum, set to open in about two years. Interestingly enough, there are thousands of items in the current museum's basement, that has never been seen by the public, but will be displayed in the new space. Another reason for me to return to this historically steeped country! I had two days on my own, one of which I spent in Alexandria. In America, I would never jump into a vehicle with two strangers, who happen to be men, drive 2.5 hours each way, and spend an entire day in their company. I didn't feel any fear. I had talked to the guide for months before my arrival, researched him, got referrals, and even though he sent his colleagues to be my guides for the day, there was nothing for me to fear. Alexandria: Egypt's second largest city, main port, and once the capital. We headed underground and delve into the mysteries of the Kom ash-Shuqqafa catacombs. A donkey fell into a shaft thousands of years ago, and incidentally, led to the discovery of this Roman burial site, the largest of its kind in Egypt. I was taken to Pompey's Pillar, Mohammad Ali Mosque, Alexandria Lighthouse, which at one point, was a wonder of the Middle Ages. The last stop was the Alexandria Library; one cannot visit this amazing city and not step foot inside the strikingly beautiful building, which holds over 8 million books, with 200 more being collected every day. Islamic Cairo Tour: I decided to spend my last day, touring the city's renowned Islāmic sites. Highlights of which includes Citadel of Salah Ed-Din. Located high atop Cairo, the Citadel boasts magnificent views of the city, the famous Sultan Hassan Mosque, which dates to the 13th century, and considered to be one of the masterpieces of Islamic art and architecture. The Mohamed Ali Mosque, one of Cairo's most visible landmarks, is not to be missed. The last stop was to the local bazaar, Khan el-Khalili, one of the world's largest bazaars, dating back to 1382. I had the most magical time visiting these two wonderful countries, with warm welcoming people, whose only wish was to make sure we had a great time, only asking one thing of us; to be ambassadors and spread the word that the Jordan and Egypt are open for business, and safe to visit. I live in NYC for the time being, and felt ten times safer on my vacation, than I do in NYC! There are some things to be aware of; in Jordan, your hotel will most likely be near a mosque. Every morning, apart from when we were in the desert, we were awoken at 4:30 am, by the prayer calls. Egypt's traffic is not be trifled with, especially in Cairo! When visiting the tourist sites, you'll be harassed by local vendors, trying to make a living. Tipping is always expected. The men are incredibly flirtatious, I did find this harmless. No one takes stock of the time…if you prepare for your visit, with these caveats in mind, and stay open-minded to having a wonderful time, you will have one of the best vacations of your life. I'm so grateful that I didn't let the media influence my decision to visit two incredible countries, meet some amazing people, receive the best customer service I've ever had, and form new friendships. I'll be back to Egypt, as I only scratched the surface of this magical and mythological place. Jordan and Egypt, tour guides Mohammed, Ahmed, Sherif, Mido, and Dalia, and the people I met in the group I traveled with, thanks for the memories! I'll be back with my last post of 2018! Until then, take care of yourselves, and your families. With the exception of a few places, I've always been commended for a job well done. Sometimes we go from job to job, until we find one that accepts our perfect mix of talents. I find that Welfare to Work is where I have found my niche. Perfect place to go out. Before self employment. I wish to share a recent experience, which has added to a year, shaping up to be one of the best I've ever had. A year, where I've finally figured out, what I was sent on earth to do. First, when I lived in the USA, I worked as a Medical Assistant for more than 5 years. I left to study in the UK. I enjoyed that role immensely. Helping people live optimal healthy lives is a rewarding. Patients often expressed gratitude for the smallest allowances. The Christmas gifts were amazing too. Today, more than 5 years later, I stay in regular contact, with people who accompanied me on the incredible journey. Last month, at the end of our usual monthly office meeting, I was pleased to be recognized as the Gold Medal Performance Quarterly Winner for the programme/department. We have two ongoing Welfare to Work programmes at work. The award recognize that I met and exceeded my targets. I help people overcome barriers to employment; get them back into work, and off benefits. There is great joy in hearing the words:" I found work". I have only been at my new role since late July, so to receive the award in September was amazing! To see your name in a company wide email which covers more than 70 offices, was one of the highlights of a year that has gone from bad, to absolutely phenomenal. The next month I received another email inviting me to London to take part in a Gold Performers Highlight meeting. I wasn't able to attend, but the invitation alone was more than enough. For years, I moved from job to job, for a myriad of reasons; boredom, lack of opportunity for growth, office politics, you name it. I moved on. I never once regretted my decision. On rare occasions, I would wonder why I was so restless, why I didn't feel an ounce of guilt for moving on, before giving things a real effort. I left jobs after only a few months. I now know, it was because it felt like work. I genuinely rejoice in my clients' success and victories', regardless of how small. When a client tells me they haven't had a drink in three weeks, or after 30 years of drinking all day long, they have finally entered rehab, it's a victory. For some, it could be finally having a CV for the first time in their lives, or learning how to turn on a PC, get off drugs, find any job, even with a criminal record..The list goes on. I work with people who have incredible struggles. I hear it all day, every day. However, it never gets me down, not one bit. If anything, each day I'm reminded my life isn't so bad, and more than ever, I want to do all that I can to help them. It's a rather incredible place to be. After years of thinking I wouldn't find a place/sector that would catch and hold my interest. I've finally arrived. Not a moment too soon. Last Christmas, I was fortunate enough to be in a role, where I had the entire Christmas break off. I decided to do something different. I volunteered at Caring at Christmas; a local organization, which houses about 80 homeless people from December 24th – Jan 1st, on a 24/7 basis. They have access to free food all day, manicures, haircuts, board games, pool, clothing, television, massage, dentists, doctor visits, chiropodist, the works. During the year, a smaller numbers are offered a bed, and food for the night. Rules stipulate, they must leave the next morning. Caring at Christmas is also open to others during the day. Anyone is welcomed to stop in, and help themselves to anything on offer. During induction, we were made aware, that anyone at anytime can be homeless. Some of the people who frequent the shelter, once served in the armed services, held good jobs. You might be talking to a former engineer, teacher, civil servant etc. Chances are, we might be the only ones who bothered to sit, and have a chat with them all year. The Christmas season is the only time the majority of guests had a warm place to sleep, and food all day. As much as I wanted to, a recent back injury prevented me from being at the shelter every day. I went as often as I could though. What an AMAZING experience! I didn't know what to expect, but realized very shortly, how grateful I was to be able to do this. Naturally, I wanted to commit the experience, and the people whose paths crossed mine, to memory. Permit me to introduce you to a few of the people I met (names have been changed). On my first shift, I met John. A fellow islander, he eagerly entertained me with card tricks. He told me how he had spent time in prison. His mom was suffering from terminal cancer. In a matter of fact way, he recounted the struggles he faced. I was impressed with his commitment to just keep going. I also spent time with John and Richard, who invited me to play several rounds of table tennis. John was very matter of fact in giving me hints, and tips on ball movement, paddle handling. The fact that I hadn't played since I was a teenager? None issue. Terry moved to Bristol a few years ago from London. He was well dressed, and well spoken. By all accounts, life was good in London. What led to the move, I didn't know, and didn't ask. He wasn't interested in participating in the games, or activities. Terry was content to sit, and observe. He complained about not getting enough sleep at night. Apparently, some of the other guests stayed up all night! He had no choice though, he needed to eat. Sandra had just moved to Britain from Spain. She was staying in a rundown hotel. One of my duties was to keep the clothes table tidy, and assists the guests with any items they needed. She had one request; a towel. Apparently, the ones at the hotel were flimsy, and not always clean. I gave her two. Wished that I could give more. The look on her face when she received the one item she asked, for will always stay with me. Graham, he lived in a small town outside Bristol. He was nursing a broken ankle. His monthly benefit money wouldn't come in until January. Every single day, he walked 5 hours to the shelter, because if he didn't, he wouldn't eat. He didn't have money for bus fare. I struck up a quick rapport with him. Graham is tenacious. Carrying on, doing what needs to be done. Sam was only interested in putting puzzle pieces together. We spent hours chatting over a 1000 piece. He didn't share much about himself. So we kept to neutral, everyday topics. Time, naturally flew by. His thing was puzzles. No games, no television. Nothing. Just puzzles. And the company, of anyone who wanted to help him put them together. Keith was a total character. A man with more than 5 City & Guilds qualifications to his name. We shared a mutual interest in pottery. Keith was the resident scrabble champion. He continually boasted about this to anyone within ear shot. One day, I put the word out, that I would challenge him. The next day, another player joined us. Come to find out, Keith had a habit of making up his own words. I came in second. I won't forget this fellow. Keith, you've made an impression. May God bless you! I could go on and on. Sometimes, I think my life is hard. The struggles, too great. I want to give up. Just like you. Then I volunteered last Christmas. I will not forget this experience, for as long as I walk the earth. I realised, I have more than I can possibly need. Before hand, I had asked some of my friends to donate unwanted clothing, and other donations. The second I place them on the table, hands came out of nowhere and swiped them away. One man's trash is indeed another man's treasure. Thank you to Leanne B and Sylvia K. for coming through in time, and those who promised to do so later.

One of the vampires recruited by Raizo Kodo into his group of Forgiven. He accompanied the rest of the team to Romania, to assist Dracula in defending his home from the Nul-possessed Hulk. Helping to evacuate the nearby city of Pasnic, Quickshot risked himself by saving a priest from a burning church, severely weakening himself in the process, but impressing upon teammate Inka the necessity of not giving in to their vampiric urges. Though unsuccessful in stopping the Hulk, Quickshot's teammates Inka and Kodo were able to eventually stop Hulk's rampage and end his threat. Later stealing the Hammer of Nul from Dracula, the Forgiven continued meting out justice to those vampires who sought to terrorize humanity. While staying at a cabin in an effort to track local Nosferatu, the Forgiven, including Quickshot, briefly played host to Valkyrie, who arrived seeking the hammer. After dueling Raizo, she was given the hammer and left the cabin. Quickshot was later part of the Forgiven who greeted Jubilee after she crash landed a Sentinel in Eastern Europe. Hoping the former mutant would give up her dependency on human blood, he was tasked with trying to convince her that drinking human blood was no longer necessary, since he was the youngest of the Forgiven and the one most recently turned into a vampire. Quickly incapacitated by Jubilee, he was left unconscious when she escaped the Forgiven's base. When the X-Men later arrived at the Forgiven's China base seeking Jubilee, Quickshot tested his speed against Domino's luck, with the two proving themselves to be evenly matched. Vampirism: Quickshot, like all other vampires, is capable of transforming an individual into a vampire by biting them. A special enzyme found only within vampire saliva is responsible for this transformation. After draining all of the blood from a victim, the victim enters a death-like state and returns to life three days later. Superhuman Speed: Quickshot is capable of running and moving at speeds greater than even the finest human athlete. Superhuman Stamina: Quickshot's body is more resistant to the fatigue toxins generated by his muscles during physical activity. He can exert himself at peak capacity for several hours before fatigue begins to affect him. Superhuman Agility: Quickshot's agility, balance, and body coordination are enhanced to levels that are beyond the natural limits of the human body. Superhuman Reflexes: Quickshot's natural reaction time is enhanced to levels that are beyond the natural limits of the human body. Regenerative Healing Factor: Quickshot is capable of regenerating damaged or destroyed tissue to an extent much greater than an ordinary human. Quickshot can fully heal from multiple gunshots and severe burns within a matter of minutes, however he cannot regenerate missing limbs or organs. Immortality: Quickshot, like all vampires, is functionally immortal in the sense that he is immune to the effects of aging and is immune to all known Earthly diseases as long as he ingests fresh blood on a regular basis to maintain his vitality. Fangs: Like all vampires, Quickshot has fangs and claws and can quickly drain a victim of blood. Shapeshifting: Quickshot is able to shapeshift into bats, rats, a wolf, and mist. He can also turn into human-sized or larger wolfen and bat-like forms. Quickshot, like all vampires, has a number of special vulnerabilities. His greatest weakness, like that of other vampires, is that he must ingest about one quart of fresh blood in order to maintain his vitality. Otherwise, his powers will steadily decrease to the point where he enters a comatose state. Quickshot is highly allergic to silver and can be severely injured, or killed, with silver weaponry. If Quickshot is injured by silver, his recovery time is considerably slower than normal. Quickshot is also unable to withstand exposure to direct sunlight. His tissue begins to instantly dry up and will crumble to powder within a matter of moments. Quickshot can be killed by having a wooden stake plunged into his heart, somehow interrupting the mystical energies that keeps him alive. Quickshot can also be killed by being decapitated and being exposed to fire. Quickshot can also be affected by religious icons, such as the Star of David or a crucifix. Quickshot is affected by the strength of the wielder's faith in the icon and religion it represents, not the size of the icon itself. Quickshot must rest within his coffin during daylight hours. He must line his coffin with soil from his homeland in order to both sustain his power and travel more than 100 miles from his birthplace.

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diqiu Released on September 7th, 2018 for PlayStation 4 Unfortunately, we don't support JavaScript disabled browsers. Please log in or register to participate! An Insomniac game exclusively for PlayStation 4 where Spider-Man strives to stop Mister Negative's terrorist plot against the city of New York. Sony Interactive Entertainment America Belongs to the following collections: More information on GiantBomb played for a total of hours last played In 0 playlists Played by 1 user Finished by 1 user Appears in 0 lists Gaming Age Marvel's Spider-Man is truly spectacular. A review for Gaming Age on 2018-09-10 Impulsegamer A joy from start to finish. It is not only one of the best games to be released this year, it is one of the defining games of a generation. A review for Impulsegamer on 2018-09-05 From the story to the exploration to the combat to seemingly endless upgrades, Spider-Man is packed full of things worth doing and that are fun to do. Insomniac Games has made it seem effortless with the way they can bring this character to life in all the ways a video game can. Spider-Man is a great superhero game, a great PS4 exclusive, but most importantly a great game all its own. A review for Game Rant on 2018-09-04 DualShockers Whether you're just swinging around the city searching for the many landmarks and collectibles, or fighting crime by flexing Spidey's amazing super-powers and gadgets, Marvel's Spider-Man is a really a pleasure to play at all times. I can say with absolute confidence that this is by far the best superhero game I ever played. A review for DualShockers on 2018-09-04 DarkStation There are not enough words to describe how beautiful the game looks, or how despite the huge number of alternate costumes you have access too, nothing feels as right as the new suit Insomniac created. I could spin webs about the excellent boss fights that liter the back half of the game, and how they manage to test your skills without resorting to just packing the screen full of enemies and story-wise. I could do all these things, but I won't because you need to play this and experience it for yourself. Again, with no qualifiers, Marvel's Spider-Man is the best game you will play this year. It most certainly has been the best one I have. A review for DarkStation on 2018-09-04 Press Start Australia It's hard to fault Marvel's Spider-Man in a lot of areas as Insomniac has taken their game to the next level. As a developer, they have gone from strength to strength and Spider-Man is a culmination of their past hits. There's a stunning verticality that compliments the game's watertight mechanics and, despite the literal boundaries, still makes the city seem boundless. If you're a Marvel die-hard, there's enough fanfare here to sink a ship as Spider-Man emerges as the new gold standard. Spider-Man is, without question, the best superhero game ever. A review for Press Start Australia on 2018-09-04 COGconnected I can't stop thinking about this game. If I'm not playing it, I want to be. The web-slinging is brilliant, the combat is deceptively deep and diverse, and there are a million things to do. The story is emotional, resonant, and teases fans of the series in countless ways. It's one of the best looking games of the year, and honestly, one of the best games I've ever played, full stop. A review for COGconnected on 2018-09-04 GameSpace The fluidity of combat and world traversal makes it hands down the best Super Hero game in years, but it isn't without some pitfalls. A review for GameSpace on 2018-09-12 AusGamers In how they've drawn out their impressive narrative stacked against compelling, open-world gameplay Spider-Man is now an absolute benchmark. A review for AusGamers on 2018-09-04 Cheat Code Central The lore is spot on and the pacing makes it feel like someone is going through Spider-Man comics brought to life. A review for Cheat Code Central on 2018-09-04 IGN Japan Insomniac Games' take on Spider-Man is not only packed with fan service and love for this iconic character, it's also one of the best superhero videogames to date. A review for IGN Japan on 2018-09-27 PSX Extreme There's a lot of heart, a lot of innovation, and a clear feeling that this game wasn't just developed by a talented group of developers, but by people who are truly passionate about Spider-Man. A review for PSX Extreme on 2018-09-13 Vgames Spider-Man exceeded my expectations in every single way. It has its low points, but they are so minor, they become insignificant in the face of its many positive points. Spider-Man is the PS4's second system seller in 2018. A review for Vgames on 2018-09-09 Spider-Man is a fantastic action game with great movement and combat and a compelling story that's only dragged down from time to time with boring missions and QTE-based boss fights. A review for Forbes on 2018-09-06 Digital Chumps In sum, Marvel's Spider-Man is not only the best Spider-Man game to date, and one of the best games this year, but it's also the best superhero game since Arkham Knight. It's sure to appeal to any fan of Spider-Man, superhero games, or open world sandbox games in general. A review for Digital Chumps on 2018-09-05 Areajugones Marvel's Spider-Man is one of the best exclusive games for the PS4 and one of the best games in 2018 so far. Its world has managed to surprise us due to the huge amount of content it possesses as well as because of its funny and deep gameplay. Finally, its visual level is movie-like and keeps the player engaged by means of a great story. A review for Areajugones on 2018-09-04 Insomniac Games has used their power responsibly while translating their vision of Spider-Man, and they've created his largest and most detailed adventure to date. They've taken lessons from their previous action-adventures, along with recent successful franchises in the super hero genre, showcasing what's possible not only for Spider-Man, but for all comic book characters in this generation of games. A review for Easy Allies on 2018-09-04 Game Over Online Marvel's Spider-Man is the best gaming representation of the legendary comic book character to date. Insomniac nailed the smartass tone that has been his calling card better than anyone else and the core action is faster here, with a solid blend of combat and world exploration. It looks great and controls like a dream. Spider-Man has had his troubles in gaming, but Insomniac's effort checks all the boxes for a top-shelf Spidey experience and delivers a solid storyline that brings its own unique universe to the mix to tell an all-new tale that keeps you engaged and adds some gravitas to everything you do. A review for Game Over Online on 2018-09-04 Excitement is delivered consistently from the outside of play right up to the last story frame, which is a real shocker that contains a reveal that will make the wait for the sequel almost unbearable. A review for Game Informer on 2018-09-04 Stevivor While its story may let it down, we're here for open-world super-heroics and that's precisely what Spider-Man excels at. A review for Stevivor on 2018-09-04 Playstation Universe A welcome return for PlayStation's original superhero icon, Insomniac Games have not just given us another sublime PlayStation exclusive but also the best superhero blockbuster the PS4 has even seen. Spider-Man is a thunderous, essential triumph that bleeds cinematic splendor from every digital pore. Every PS4 owner needs to have Spider-Man in their collection. A review for Playstation Universe on 2018-09-04 Insomniac's take on Spider-Man now reigns as the web-head's best game. A review for GamesBeat on 2018-09-04 Gaming Nexus Insomniac has delivered one of the best Spider-Man games to date by nailing all of the details—big and small. A review for Gaming Nexus on 2018-09-04 Everything I hoped it would be and more. Marvel's Spider-Man provides us lots to do, a great story, and some of the best visuals available on the PS4. A review for God is a Geek on 2018-09-04 The Games Machine Despite the lack of real challenge, Marvel's Spider-Man is an absolutely excellent title, with a fascinating, detailed Manhattan and an incredible amount of high quality contents. The best game featuring the "web-slinger" ever. A review for The Games Machine on 2018-09-04 Spider-Man makes a few tiny mistakes, but other than that Insomniac tells an emotional and surprising story about Peter Parker, combined with revolutionary freedom of movement that never gets old. A review for InsideGamer.nl on 2018-09-04 The game not only fulfills what it promised, but it gives us an original story worthy of a Marvel movie. A review for LevelUp on 2018-09-04 Worth Playing Marvel's Spider-Man does what a lot of good art does, which is examine techniques and concepts that work well, and then blend and refine them to create something unique to itself and possibly greater. I've made this point before: Art and artists have built on and inspired each other since the beginning of time. So yes, I've heard and seen the Spidey/Arkham hot takes, and I ended up not caring at all because at no point did I forget I was playing a Spider-Man experience. I was too busy swinging around in Manhattan, with buildings whipping by as I tailed a police pursuit, thinking about how right it all felt. A review for Worth Playing on 2018-09-04 If being Spider-Man is one of your childhood dreams, playing Marvel's Spider-Man is the best way to fulfill it. A review for Multiplayer.it on 2018-09-04 There's no doubt that Insomniac Games has brought us one of the best games in the PlayStation 4 catalog, bringing back to the videogame scene one of the most famous superheroes of all time in the epic and glorious way it deserves. Although, the game has some flaws in certain aspects, this only leaves us wanting to see how they manage to overcome this result in a possible sequel, which will surely improve the experience of this great game, in which Spidey showed off like never before. A review for LaPS4 on 2018-09-24 BaziCenter Marvel's Spider-Man is not only the best Spider-Man ever made, but it's also one of the best superhero titles of all time, as well as being one of the best games of 2018. Surfing New York in the shoes of Peter Parker has never been this good, and may never be this good again. An engaging and fresh story, wonderful environments, solid gameplay, top-notch visuals, what else would one need to enjoy a game? A review for BaziCenter on 2018-09-15 Gamers Heroes Whether you're a hardcore spidey fan or just like to dabble in spandex, Marvel's Spider-Man is, in a word, amazing. A review for Gamers Heroes on 2018-09-09 Gameplanet They've done it folks, Insomniac has made one of the best superhero games I've ever played. Marvel's Spider-Man is yet another exclusive jewel in both Insomniac Games and Sony's crown. They're going to need a scepter to go with that thing soon. A review for Gameplanet on 2018-09-04 GameCrate This is best Spider-man game ever made, and one of the top games on PlayStation 4. There's a little something here for everyone and even if you're just a fan of the movies or a die-hard that reads the plethora of Spidey comic books, you will find something to love. A review for GameCrate on 2018-09-04 Quotation forthcoming. A review for Games.cz on 2018-09-04 I've 100 percent completed the game and unlocked the platinum trophy, but I can't stop swinging through the city and saving people. By the end, it really is your city with your people to help, your landmarks to admire, your jungle to swing though. This is the new benchmark for Spider-Man games and I can't wait to see what Insomniac does next. A review for GamingTrend on 2018-09-04 Thanks to its masterful sense of flow, knowing nods to the world of Marvel and refreshing sense of mission variety, there was rarely a moment in its 20 plus hour playtime where we didn't have a sh*t-eating grin plastered across our faces. Quite simply, it's consistently a joy to play. And while it may not push interactive entertainment into a bold new realm, it's a superhero sim that fulfills your every web-slinging fantasy. A review for FANDOM on 2018-09-04 This feels like the most authentic Spider-Man game that's ever been made. It captures every aspect of the hero and his secret identity that fans have come to love, all while delivering a lengthy experience that feels like a childhood dream of defying gravity finally come to fruition. A review for The Daily Dot on 2018-09-04 Spider-Man captures in an excellent way everything we love about this popular super hero. Its controls are great and it is so much fun to play. This is what the fans want. A review for Gamer.nl on 2018-09-04 You ARE Peter Parker, you ARE Mary Jane, you are [REDACTED DUE TO SPOILERS], you ARE the spectacular Spider-Man and for dozens of hours you don't want to be anyone else than these beautiful characters, doing amazing stuff in a gorgeous, detailed and lively Marvel New York. This is the best superhero game since Batman: Arkham Knight and the best Spider-Man game ever, especially potent for sentimental fanboys like me. A review for Power Unlimited on 2018-09-04 Hobby Consolas With the speed, agility and proportionate strength of an arachnid, Insomniac brings back the beloved super hero with a game that lacks novelty, but shines in every aspect. Marvel's Spider-Man is amazing, spectacular, sensational and superior to any other wall-crawling, web-slinging video game. A review for Hobby Consolas on 2018-09-04 I firmly believe Insomniac has crafted the best Spider-Man game to date. Whether you are a just a fan of the movies or a devout reader of the comics, Spider-Man is a console exclusive everyone who owns as PlayStation 4 needs to experience. A review for CGMagazine on 2018-09-04 Marvel's Spider-Man mixes the prestige ambitions of a Sony exclusive with the hyperkinetic fun of a great superhero game. It's not a pairing you'd expect to work, but it mostly does here, though some aspects of the open-world design, like repetitive side content, let down the overall package. A review for EGM on 2018-09-04 Swinging across Marvel's version of Manhattan not only looks good thanks to the beautiful lighting and attention to detail, but it has never felt so good either, being a relaxing and peaceful experience. Unfortunately, nothing is without its faults, as controls can be a bit finicky, and like all open world games, you'll find occasional graphical anomalies. That's not mention the side quests are a little lacking. This seems like a perfect fit to tell stories of lesser known or lower profile Spider-Man villains, but among the various side quests in the campaign, there's only one that fits the bill. Regardless, Insomniac Games perfectly captures Peter Parker's comical bravado, all while establishing a world ripe for its own unique expansion. In the end, Marvel's Spider-Man is the most realized Spider-Man game yet. A review for Hardcore Gamer on 2018-09-04 Marvel's Spider-Man is at once a fantastic action game, a dramatic story-driven adventure, and a love letter to fans of Marvel's ever-endearing wall-crawler. It's also one of the strongest titles in Insomniac Games' catalog, and will no doubt be counted not only among the best games of 2018, but also among the best PlayStation 4 exclusives ever released. A review for Shacknews on 2018-09-04 Insomniac Games takes Marvel's most popular character for a spin and the results are fantastic. The developer establishes its own Spider-Man with a unique supporting cast and a beautiful recreation of New York to play around in. This is an absolutely beautiful game, with solid combat and a great story. Most of all, it really sells the feeling of being Spider-Man. The gaming history of Spider-Man has been uneven, but this is an amazing entry in that history. Pun intended. A review for USgamer on 2018-09-04 With its amazing combat and great value, Insomniac Games brings to PS4 Spider-Man's best game to date. A review for 3DJuegos on 2018-09-04 GamesRadar+ An immensely enjoyable and fun to play superhero adventure. A review for GamesRadar+ on 2018-09-04 Ultimately, Marvel's Spider-Man is a must-buy, because no matter how you feel about our webbed superhero, this is just an insanely fun game to play, and it's so well put together. Just like the Arkham games did for Batman, this pretty much provides the definitive version of the Spider-Man universe outside of the comics, and leaves us begging to explore more of it in the inevitable sequel. Webslinging is bliss, combat is fantastic fun, and the extra content and collectibles are varied and infrequent enough not to overwhelm. What's more, the plot and characters are an unexpected surprise, with some fantastic performances that are genuinely touching. Marvel's Spider-Man is one of the best games of 2018 so far, and every PS4 owner will feel proud to own it as part of their library. A review for Push Square on 2018-09-04 With a cinematic story filled with personal drama, subversive twists and likeable characters, but set in a fantastical universe much more akin to the one seen in print, this is the best of Spidey's film and comic book iterations combined. But it's also a sensational game, blending open world acrobatics with more focused linear areas, and a well-realised protagonist with the freedom of fun upgrades and customisation. A review for The Sydney Morning Herald on 2018-09-04 TheSixthAxis Marvel's Spider-Man does a spectacular job of making you feel like the ultimate Spider-Man. From swinging through the city at high speed to fighting off legions of enemies by zipping between them and pulling them into the air, its gameplay looks like a scene from the films. It's remarkably well realised in terms of its world, design, and even technically, with short loading times and a rock solid framerate even on the base PlayStation 4. If Spider-Man is your thing, then this is an essential purchase. A review for TheSixthAxis on 2018-09-04 TrueGaming Spider-Man is one of the best superhero games in recent years. A lively and enjoyable world, a distinctive and thrilling gameplay system, and a beautiful story will allow you to live this role as you never have before. A review for TrueGaming on 2018-09-04 Though it has a few minor blemishes here and there, they're never significant enough to really detract from the overall experience. Whether you're a long-term Spider-Man fan or someone who only knows a little, Marvel's Spider-Man is an incredibly easy game to recommend for anyone who owns a PS4. A review for Twinfinite on 2018-09-04 Spider-Man is probably Insomniac's best game, and the best Spider-Man game to date. A great adventure everyone can enjoy and fans of the superhero will love. A review for Vandal on 2018-09-04 XGN Spider-Man makes a huge comeback on the PlayStation 4. With an exclusive partnership between Sony, Marvel and Insomniac Games, your friendly neighborhood Spider-man got his strongest game since the release of Spider-Man 2 way back when. A review for XGN on 2018-09-04 ZTGD Spider-Man is yet another outstanding title in Sony's first party library. PS4 owners should not hesitate to snag it when it drops. The quality they put into these titles is impressive and Insomniac continues to prove they can deliver on big-budget titles. Even with its minor gripes I still thoroughly enjoyed my time with Spidey and the gang. Perhaps we will see another one in the years to come, but for now this is the best our web-slinger has been since the early days of the PS2 era. A review for ZTGD on 2018-09-04 PlayStation LifeStyle Marvel's Spider-Man isn't innovating on the open-world genre, but Insomniac doubled down on creating a spectacular Spider-Man fantasy. It simply feels good to travel through Peter Parker's New York as the webslinger, even if whatever Spidey-suit you choose is covering a competent and entirely expected open-world formula. Filled with more emotion, heart, and humanity than we've seen in superhero adventures before, Insomniac doesn't need to reinvent the open-world wheel. Marvel's Spider-Man embraces the man behind the mask and gives us the best interactive Spider-Man experience to date. A review for PlayStation LifeStyle on 2018-09-04 PSX-Sense.nl Marvel's Spider-Man for PS4 is a great way to experience the diverse and unique world of Spider-Man. The game looks amazing, it's well-written, funny and is absolute a pleasure to play. It is by far the best entry in the Spider-Man gaming franchise to date. This game has great depth and so many things to do, it will keep you occupied for a long while. A review for PSX-Sense.nl on 2018-09-04 Attack of the Fanboy Spider-Man games have a long history of being disappointing on some level, but Insomniac has crafted a game worthy of the name. A review for Attack of the Fanboy on 2018-09-04 Marvel's Spider-Man is charming and energetic, action-packed and surprisingly capable of tugging on your heart strings to deliver a one-two punch to the emotional gut. If you had to sum up Marvel's Spider-Man in one word, nothing would be more apt than…amazing. A review for Critical Hit on 2018-09-04 Destructoid Spider-Man isn't just a great superhero game, it's a proof of concept for Insomniac as a company. A review for Destructoid on 2018-09-04 Gamer.no This version of Spider-Man is easily among the most fluent games of all time. This is partially because of the extremely smooth way you can swing around the city, but is also due to the way everything from the story to the combat comes together to form a cohesive and engaging whole. It's not a perfect game: There are a few boring segments throughout, some characters end up feeling a bit out of place and there's an unshakeable feeling that most of the main story has been seen before, but Insomniac still makes most of it work very, very well. A review for Gamer.no on 2018-09-04 Minor shortcomings don't detract from Insomniac's achievement in creating a game that feels like an authentic interpretation of a beloved creation. The feeling of embodying Spidey and using his abilities is astonishing, and the time spent on exploring its major characters help make its story feel heartfelt, despite superhero bombast. There have been open-world Spider-Man games before, but none so riveting and full of personality, none that explore and do justice to this many facets of the universe. Insomniac has created a superior Spider-Man experience that leaves a lasting impression, one that has you longing for just one more swing around New York City, even after the credits roll. A review for GameSpot on 2018-09-04 JeuxActu Marvel's Spider Man for PS4 is a true must-have for the super hero's fans with its open world and the freedom it allows. We would have loved a bit more variety among quests and a better stealth system as the one with Mile Morales and Mary-Jane feel so 2005. A review for JeuxActu on 2018-09-04 IGN Spain Probably the best Spider-Man game ever done, but still far from perfect. Insomniac has made an excellent sandbox but its repetitiveness and some technical issues make this game a bit less stellar. A review for IGN Spain on 2018-09-04 Video Chums Insomniac Games created something very special with Marvel's Spider-Man. Controlling Spidey to swing through NYC and beat up criminals while experiencing a memorable story campaign makes for one of the most satisfying experiences in modern gaming. A review for Video Chums on 2018-09-04 Insomniac has found a way to weave together the human side of Peter Parker with the combat and web-slinging of Spider-Man to create a web of intrigue that any PlayStation 4-owning superhero fan should play. A review for Wccftech on 2018-09-04 The Wall Crawler's open world doesn't consistently deliver the thrilling moments of its main campaign, but the foundation laid here is undoubtedly a spectacular one. A review for IGN on 2018-09-04 Probably one of the best iterations on the Spider-Man videogame franchise ever, Insomniac delivers a classic open world title with an strong single-player campaign for everyone to enjoy. While it lacks some unique personality as a game, it's easy to forget its minor drawbacks while web surfing Manhattan. A review for Meristation on 2018-09-04 Merlin'in Kazanı (Turkey) Marvel's Spider-Man is one of the best superhero game ever made. It's got a great story, great characters characters and city of course. A review for Merlin'in Kazanı (Turkey) on 2018-09-04 Metro Montreal No character has ever been as fun to control as Spidey in Marvel's Spider-Man when he swings his way through New-York. A polished and amusing game, although somewhat forgettable. A review for Metro Montreal on 2018-09-05 GameOver.gr Since the announcement of the game, Insomniac seemed to be the ideal developer for a Spider-Man game and in the end it delivered to this expectation. From beginning to end it is an absolute joy to move in high speeds between and over the skyscrapers of Manhattan as the friendly neighborhood hero, as well as getting involved in satisfying combat situations (with the obligatory Arkham inspiration). It's a great game that's shy from being amazing due to the forgettable and in the end derivative open world elements. A review for GameOver.gr on 2018-09-04 What a pleasure to finally see a Spider Man game that manages to make us feel very powerful, like a superhero and better yet worthy of the popularity and legacy of this iconic character. A review for Atomix on 2018-09-04 It is clear that chewing the Big Apple has never been so succulent and if several glitches are indeed visible, we are already looking forward to the new gathering that will have to be even more tasty. A review for Jeuxvideo.com on 2018-09-04 GamePro Germany The best Spider-Man game with many great moments, but also some laborious tasks. A review for GamePro Germany on 2018-09-04 Gamersky Marvel's Spider-Man has some issues in some ways, but overall, it might be the greatest superhero game since Infamous: Second Son and Batman: Arkham Knight. A review for Gamersky on 2018-09-04 SpazioGames Marvel's Spider-Man is a huge tribute to the superhero. The original story is written around him and has great moments. It's somehow slow at the beginning and the game design is not original, but from the second act it starts to gain strength and at the end has the right climax to make the entire game succeed. A review for SpazioGames on 2018-09-04 Post Arcade (National Post) Effortlessly yet cinematically swinging from the Battery through the Village and Central Park and up to Harlem is itself worth the price of admission. And now that Insomniac has all the mechanical fundamentals firmly in place, one can hope that the inevitable sequel will give this talented studio the confidence to take a few more risks and create a truly inimitable superhero game. A review for Post Arcade (National Post) on 2018-09-04 App Trigger Marvel's Spider-Man finally gives players the best opportunity to do whatever a spider can. A review for App Trigger on 2018-09-04 4Players.de In terms of story-telling and direction this might as well be an addition to Marvel's Cinematic Universe with its high production values. But as soon as you stray away from the main plot, you'll land in an open world that is mostly beautiful to look at, but where some positive elements meet quite a few that are only average at best. Nonetheless a great superhero romp throughout. A review for 4Players.de on 2018-09-04 PlayGround.ru An excellent game set in Marvel Universe that unfortunately has some strange mini-games and weak boss fights. A review for PlayGround.ru on 2018-09-05 New Game Network Marvel's Spider-Man combines exciting traversal mechanics, varied combat, great presentation and plenty of content to build up enough momentum and swing by the underwhelming story and boss battles without getting caught in a web. A review for New Game Network on 2018-09-04 Everyeye.it Insomniac Games just hits the jackpot. Marvel's Spider-Man is a spectacular game, with a dynamic gameplay, but it lacks inspiration and originality when it comes to the side quests. A review for Everyeye.it on 2018-09-04 IGN Italia Marvel's Spider-Man is undoubtedly the best Spider-Man videogame ever made, but it could have been a lot better. A review for IGN Italia on 2018-09-04 Eurogamer Italy Apart from a few smudges, everything works well. Spider-Man is more in shape than ever: he jumps, fights and lives an exciting story inside a world that is beautiful to see and perfectly directed. But it's a game that promised more than it could keep; betrayed, perhaps, by its great ambitions. And it's a pity that its strength, the magnificent New York reproduced in all its details, turns out to be at the same time the heaviest of its flaws. A crime, that Spider-man's freedom is at the same time his punishment, because of the schematic and repetitive side quests. A review for Eurogamer Italy on 2018-09-04 PlayStation Country Spider-Man is very much a blockbuster on PS4 as Homecoming was on the big screen. The game captures the web-head brilliantly and services fans with by far the best example of Spidey related shenanigans yet. A review for PlayStation Country on 2018-09-24 GameSpew It's not perfect, but Marvel's Spider-Man is the best that a Spider-Man game has ever been, knocking even the long-lauded Spider-Man 2 off its perch. Fast, fluid and webtastically fun, Spider-Man will appeal to Spider-fans and newcomers alike. A review for GameSpew on 2018-09-18 Marvel's Spider-Man is a modern, AAA blockbuster video game in every possible sense. It is highly polished, intricately designed, near-flawlessly produced and intelligently scaffolded. And it has achieved for the character of Spider-Man what very few games about comic book heroes accomplish: creating an experience both purely focused on the character and broad enough to have mass appeal. It will, without a doubt, stand for some time as the definitive Spider-Man video game. A review for The Escapist on 2018-09-07 Giant Bomb Spider-Man combines elements from plenty of other games to deliver a game with expansive combat, exciting traversal, and a solid, authentic story. A review for Giant Bomb on 2018-09-05 The overall result is a spectacular experience that wins with varied play, humor and amusement park-like excitement. But the experience is lessened, too, by predicable narrative, and the limited reactions of the non-playable denizens who populate this open world island of Manhattan. A review for Washington Post on 2018-09-05 This is probably the greatest tribute and iteration of Spider-Man ever created, computer game or otherwise. This is an essential play for any fan of the wall-crawler, however a few niggles and issues prevent it from being an all-time classic title. There's a great story, beautiful graphics, excellent voice acting and simply lots of fun to play. There's lots of DLC on the way and potential for sequels, so we'll definitely get caught in this spider's web again. A review for Digital Spy on 2018-09-05 GRYOnline.pl The new Spider-Man is worth your time and money - the storyline, exploration and tons of easter eggs provide loads of fun. This is possibly the best game for PS4 after God of War, and while Spider-Man is not quite up there with Kratos, "slightly worse than GoW" is still a huge compliment. A review for GRYOnline.pl on 2018-09-04 When it's all over, Marvel's Spider-Man winds up being the Spider-Man game we've always wanted -- and a game that lives up to its hype. A review for New York Daily News on 2018-09-04 It's uncomplicated fun, and it should deliver fun evenings defeating Spidey's Rogue's Gallery, exploring the city or even just pelting around at high speed hoovering up collectibles. A review for Trusted Reviews on 2018-09-04 Digitally Downloaded Spider-Man has all kinds of tricks to silence and distract his opponents, and while the AI is far too static and rote to make for genre-defying stealth missions, playing around with the extensive Spidey toolbox in these scenes never got old. In fact, because the stealth and combat sequences are all explicitly built around allowing Spider-Man the creativity to use his full range of abilities, it's no coincidence that these moments where the game genuinely feels like the proper Spider-Man experience that everything should have been. A review for Digitally Downloaded on 2018-09-04 Spider-Man PS4 continues the awesome tradition we've seen emerge in the last decade or so of amazing licensed games. I wasn't a huge fan of some of the more repetitive side activities, but I had a lot of fun in general and gained a new appreciation of Spider-Man, enough so that I'll be checking out the comics when I get the time. A review for Game Revolution on 2018-09-04 VideoGamer While some of the antiquated trappings of open world games from years gone-by are present, Spider-Man manages to remain a delight through great acting performances, a compelling story, terrific combat, and joyous swinging. A review for VideoGamer on 2018-09-04 Insomniac's take on Spider-Man has its caveats, with its raft of distractions following a little too closely to what has gone before. But its dedication to and understanding of its leading man make for a thrilling and satisfying slice of comic-book entertainment. Because, ultimately, Spider-Man, I like the way you move. A review for Telegraph on 2018-09-04 We Got This Covered Despite a few missteps in its open world design, Insomniac Games has delivered on its promise. Needless to say, this is the best Spider-Man game to date. A review for We Got This Covered on 2018-09-04 Gameblog.fr Marvel's Spider-Man offers adrenaline rushes but also some free falls. If the incarnation of the Spider is breathtaking in this great playground that is New York, it is legitimate to hope a plot and more inspired missions while the formula is copied and pasted from recent Batman games. Spider-Man PS4 is solid and generous, but it lacks daring and originality. A review for Gameblog.fr on 2018-09-04 Slant Magazine Spider-Man's mechanics feel fluid and satisfying enough to keep players engaged throughout the entire campaign. However, your interactions with that world often feel detached, which is at odds with the humanity at the core of Spider-Man's appeal. A review for Slant Magazine on 2018-09-04 Insomniac IS doing a lot of things right with Spider-Man. The superhero feeling is perfect, and fans of Spider-Man will find plenty of references to the universe. But the game lacks something that is difficult to pinpoint. Not many of its ridiculous amount of side missions feel unique, and the main story lacks tension. Spider-Man is a beautiful, charming and creative game, but it's also repetitive and too ambitious for its own good. A review for M3 on 2018-09-04 Metro GameCentral The best Spider-Man game ever made… but only just, since it fails to move the superhero video game genre forward in any important way. A review for Metro GameCentral on 2018-09-04 This game shows tremendous love for all things Spider-Man, and the ending packs a punch he would be proud of. But Insomniac relies too much on its hero to elevate the world built around him, with the result that the game wears thin some time before its powerful conclusion. A review for Guardian on 2018-09-04 Spider-Man is happy to confirm your superhero-gaming bias. If this adventure isn't ultimately your cup of tea, it won't be for a lack of effort, polish, and content on Insomniac's part. [Ars Technica Approved] A review for Ars Technica on 2018-09-04 It's insanely fun to swing around Manhattan and fight as Spider-Man, but the game's depth may come up short for players who are looking for more than just fan service. A review for CNET on 2018-09-04 Whether a fan of Spider-Man himself, the open-world genre, or action games in general, Marvel's Spider-Man is an excellent example of each. A review for Digital Trends on 2018-09-04 A rare harmony of developer and licence makes Insomniac's open-worlder a total treat. [Recommended] A review for Eurogamer on 2018-09-04 As a playground for one of the most idiosyncratic superheroes of all time, Marvel's Spider-Man is sheer bliss. It's a sandbox platformer first and foremost, and a damn good one. Throughout playing the game I was constantly hounded by the question of whether this—sublime superhero traversal in a gorgeous, idealized version of New York—were enough. After countless hours later spent cleaning up every last icon on the map, I'm convinced they are. A review for Kotaku on 2018-09-04 There aren't many surprises to the game; despite being an open-world experience, it plays upon a linear story, and the twists that happen feel familiar. The action sequences are breathless and memorable, but after the game's final act I was left wanting more. Just like a summer blockbuster, Spider-Man leaves too much waiting in the wings for its obviously upcoming sequel. [Polygon Recommends] A review for Polygon on 2018-09-04 What this new Spider-Man game gets is the spirit of Spidey, his world of friends and foes, and the impossible gymnastics—in all senses of the word—involved with maintaining an alter ego. A review for The A.V. Club on 2018-09-04 The Jimquisition Perhaps the best Spider-Man game yet made, Marvel's Spider-Man feels terrific to play and has a near-flawless combat system. Just a shame about the open world busywork tasks and lack of villains. Still, Insomniac made a bloody fine game! A review for The Jimquisition on 2018-09-04 At its best, Spider-Man might just be the finest superhero video game ever made. It uses relatively simple and intuitive controls to make you feel like a powerful hero, bounding across a vast city with ease, using spectacular skills to defeat evil. The epic boss battles in Spider-Man rival anything you've seen in a Marvel movie, including an absolutely incredible final encounter. I just wish that core wasn't bogged down by a tragically mundane open-world structure. It's a game that manages to do one thing really well, but it does it so well that it elevates the whole experience. A review for The Verge on 2018-09-04 Marvel's Spider-Man feels like the first entry in an ambitious and promising new series. Making it all the more unfortunate it didn't do more to subvert expectations, or to pay off some of the more exciting possibilities it seemed to be gesturing toward — and it will likely always exist in the shadow of "Batman: Arkham Asylum." But its masterful web-swinging and its undeniable sense of joy make for an experience that's more gratifying and eminently replayable than anything seen from a superhero game in years. A review for Variety on 2018-09-04 Spider-Man is at its best when you're mid-flow. It's a game that can capture that awesome trance-like feeling where you're so in tune with the rhythm of swinging and hopping between buildings or dodging, countering and attacking enemies that everything else melts away. That's when it feels most special, and it's then that what Insomniac has achieved here is most plain. Much of its design is familiar, but it appears here in a refined, polished form that makes it an easy recommendation. A review for VG247 on 2018-09-04 Sure, there are obvious weaknesses to improve on, but importantly, I want to see what happens next with Peter and the people around him. There are some surprisingly bold storytelling decisions in Spider-Man, especially relative to what happens in this genre, and I'm invested in seeing the inevitable fallout. It helps, obviously, that Spider-Man was tremendously fun to play, too. A review for Waypoint on 2018-09-04 All tvseries Comic issues Your message. Please indicate sufficient information. How long did it take you to finish this game? 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PVAMU's Healthy Houston Initiative Thread starter Fiyah Fiyah View: https://twitter.com/SylvesterTurner/status/1315697881840603137?s=20 City Of Houston @houstontxdotgov @HouMayor announces launch of @PVAMU's Healthy Houston Initiative that will support the City of Houston's #CompleteCommunities Initiative www.pscp.tv Reactions: Storm96 Storm96 Prairie View A&M, Houston team up to tackle health disparities in 10 underserved communities​ Prairie View A&M University has partnered with Houston to close health and wellness gaps in 10 city communities. The Healthy Houston Initiative will use a $750,000 grant from the Texas A&M University System to provide programming on finances, nutrition and food insecurity, public health and mental health and wellness for some of the city's underserved communities. The COVID-19 pandemic has amplified many of the gaps faced by the targeted communities, which are Alief-Westwood, Acres Homes, Fort Bend, Gulfton, Kashmere Gardens, Magnolia Park-Manchester, Near Northside, Second and Third Wards, and Sunnyside, according to officials. "These 10 communities were selected because they have not reached their full potential due to historical private and public under-investment. However, these communities have great strengths, opportunities and partners working to improve these communities," Mayor Sylvester Turner said at the Monday press conference announcing the initiative. Prairie View A&M, Houston team up to tackle health disparities in 10 underserved communities Prairie View A&M University has partnered with the city of Houston to bring resources to 10 Houston communities with the goal of closing health and wellness gaps, many that have amplified during the COVID-19 pandemic. www.houstonchronicle.com Reactions: JSUTigers1877 JAGSC PVAM yall better stay out of Houston ... Before TXSU feels some type away

We are EXCEPTIONALLY GRATEFUL to each of you who have SO KINDLY BLESSED our Zimbabwean Nation…THANK-YOU for helping to create countless Miracles, answer numerous Prayers, bringing hope, light and love to our People and to help them feel of God's love…As we say in Zimbabwe, TATENDA!!! TATENDA!!! TATENDA!!!…THANK-YOU!!! THANK-YOU!!! THANK-YOU!!! Since initiating EYES4ZIMBABWE 20 years ago it has been quite an adventure, what started only as an eye project has reached into MANY spheres of GREAT NEED during Zimbabwe's exceptionally difficult times…Along with our current 96% Unemployment, Zimbabwe has also been severely challenged by a TOUGH drought as the rains which usually come in November and last until April, ONLY came in April until May!!! Most Farmers were forced to replant 3 – 4x and by then, it was too late!! The 'World Health Organization' has since declared Zimbabwe a 'State of Emergency'!! It is difficult to quantify just how important these donated humanitarian items might be…For some Children, that donated book might be their ONLY book ever…which will teach them to read and to write!! The donated newborn kit might be enough to entice a Mother to make the LONG often times dangerous walk to the local clinic (for medical assistance) rather than giving birth in her mud hut which ultimately might save her and her baby's life…Allowing her Children to be raised by their Mother!! Each year we are challenged with how to purchase, fill and to pay for the shipping of these containers…And each year it has been our privilege to watch COUNTLESS 'miracles' unfold, we are sure that this year will be no different, Faith DEFINITELY proceeds the MIRACLES!!! We would like to have ALL DONATED ITEMS DELIVERED on Thursday September 29th, 2016 (7:00am – 9:00pm) however we will continue to work thru the following week. We will be in 2 DIFFERENT Locations. Depending on what you have to donate, there are two different locations. **Initially we will need ALL THE HELP HERE to sort and bail clothing and linens as we only have this location for a short period of time (Thursday/Friday Sept 29th/30th 7am-9pm). What to bring: Soft items like clothes, blankets, linens, and stuffed animals. **PLEASE PRE-SORT in bags and LABEL the clothing into general sizes and other items into general categories as it will SPEED up the process dramatically. Who can help: We can use EVERYONE'S help to sort items and we need strong men and women, over age 18, to help with the bailing. **If you need a map, please ask Lolly or CC. This is where we will receive ALL other DONATIONS that didn't go to the LDS Humanitarian Center. In response to a number of enquiries, for all donations, checks are to be made out to 'Charity Vision' (With EYES4ZIMBABWE written in the bottom left corner). Charity Vision is a 501(c)(3) organization and are deductible for U.S. income tax filing. Please be sure to include your postal address in order to receive a tax receipt. We would be SO VERY GRATEFUL for Newborn Kits…Most times Mothers live far distances from local rural bush clinics and have to walk long distances weeks before giving birth in order to be nearby to give birth at the clinic. Makeshift shelters are used by sometimes 150 soon-to-be Mothers while waiting to give birth (On one occasion we stopped at one of these shelters and found 150+ Mothers whom we gave newborn kits to.) By having newborn kits at these remote medical clinics, it encourages Mothers to make this long, arduous journey knowing that their new baby will be clothed…By giving birth at the clinic where there are medical staff to assist, this will often times save both the Mothers and newborn Baby's life!!! It is AMAZING to think that a simple newborn kit might change a life so dramatically, and in reality, we KNOW that it does. If there is ANYTHING that we might assist you with, please just ask!! Reeve, Laurette (Lolly), Cecilie (CC) & MANY, MANY VERY GRATEFUL Zimbabweans!

ADMISSION HELPLINE SJC LIFE PRIMARY DIVISION DEBATE & ELOCUTION AMONG OURSELVES PARENTS CORNER - NORTH POINT MAIL FROM PRINCIPAL / RECTOR / PREFECT Subject : Message from Fr Rector Change is an accepted fact of life. The old gives way to the new, the new grows old, and the cycle repeats. This endless process brings about the evolutionary process in the universe. And such an evolutionary process is also true for an institution. St. Joseph's School, North Point has seen such changes in the past. More recently the Rector was brought in, three months ago, and now a new Principal. Fr. Thomas Leo Alphonse Raj, SJ has been appointed the Principal of St. Joseph's School, North Point on 1st July 2019. Fr. Leo takes charge from his predecessor, Fr. Lawrence Maniyar, SJ, who served the school for a year, and now goes on to assume new responsibilities in Nepal. The NP School thanks Fr. Lawrence for his dedicated service to its students and staff, and wishes him the very best in his new assignments. All North Pointers warmly welcome Fr. Leo as he takes up his new mission of taking the school forward in its evolution of greater service to the ever changing generations of students. May God assist him in following the Ignatian ideal of MAGIS (for the greater glory of God) by seeking greater good of all. May he lift the hearts of many in praise and thanks giving to our Creator. Sursum Corda. Fr. K.L. George (SJ) St. Joseph's School North Point | Darjeeling - 734104 | Tel: 0354-2259153 | Email: sjsnorthpoint@gmail.com | CISCE AFFILIATION CODE WB071 © St. Joseph's School 2017

Chronicles of lifting light - A True Tale posted by Chatwick Harpax alias Subsequent Wickedness on Saturday 8th of August 2015 02:48:22 PM Chronicles of lifting Light : Tales from The Poet and the Peasant There is a certain daring "edge" in acting out a role playing game on a partner(s) in public, especially if (in our case) one favors pickpocketing. It's a certain adrenaline thrill, both addictive and desirable, that increases up until the "mark" is relived of one or more of her dangling valuables. Whether its carried out with a simple bump, a lift conveyed while, say dancing, or a squeeze play maneuvered with a second player, it all creates and holds a level of excitement most thrilling in its nature, quite erotic within its scope. This Chronicle contains short essays on pickpocketing games played solely within our group over the past few years. These were games only, done with full knowledge and consent of all the players ( with a couple of exceptions where the parties involved were not informed of the actual happenings until sometime after the fact.) Any articles of jewelry lifted were returned to their original owners, albeit sometimes those owners at first thought the jewelry being returned had just simply fallen away. The actual facts have been stretched, padded and enhanced, due primarily to the significant detail that I rather like those in my immediate circle, and in order to keep them liking me, have agreed to "put meat on the bone" so to speak, when putting pen to paper. This journal is far from complete, and additional stories will be added as they are played out. ********************************************************************************** The "Poet and the Peasant" Is a little backwater pub owned by Brian's Aunt and Uncle. It's a laid back place, music (mostly canned) , the usual caste of regulars ,Including us, and a generous section of ales and other "demon" drink. The pub is housed in an ancient old building with all sorts of old Victorian era objects, found and given a home in the pub's numerous nooks and crannies. Including the skull of poor Erik. Erik was a 17th century poet and balladeer who supposedly was beheaded for making several torrid lyrics about a certain Saxon king. His grinning skull sits high up in a shelf along a balustrade, usually with a cigar clamped in his jaws. Couldn't tell how many times someone who had more than his fill of drink has tried to light it for the poor blighter. The pub is a regular howl around Halloween, thanks to Erik, who has obtained quite a degree of notability, despite being dead for all these long years. Basically, Erik aside, the "Poet and the Peasant" is a great place to hang out and make plans with a pint in hand. *********************************************************************************** Opening Act Atonement We were heading to a small resort that we once had stayed at for a wedding and reception. It was Just "Ginny" and I on a 4 day escape from reality. We were passing through one of the small towns on the way, when Ginny spotted a dress shoppe, with several mannequins wearing evening frocks. She had to stop, we had a function the next month and she had "nothing to wear"( Liar I thought grinning). We went inside and on a "gently worn" rack she pulled out this long string sleeved satin number and tried it on. The young clerk said it was patterned after the one in the movie atonement ( which neither of us had seen) but its rich deep green( Irish green the clerk called it, which I really had no idea was a colour) really set off Ginny's long copper hair, and I liked the way her hair laid down her bare backside. We arrived at the resort in early afternoon and claimed our suite( paid for by an anniversary gift) and set out to explore the place. The resort was packed, and we found out that there were 2 evening wedding receptions taking place on Saturday. An Idea began to take seed and as we walked I found a way to bring it into conversation. Ginny had brought her rhinestones ( see Album Chronicles of lifting Light, B) for a bit of date roleplay in our suite some chosen evening of our stay. I suggested that she should give her gown and the rhinestones a try in public. Where she asked? I than laid out my game plan and a smile crept across her face, lit up by the sun poking through the trees on the wooded path we had been walking. Ginny liked to dress up, and I used that trump card to my advantage. At around 5pm I slipped into the larger of the two receptions (crashed if you like) and wondering over to the bar I got a drink and waited, nursing it. I was reasonably presentable in a suit jacket, slacks, silk shirt and satin tie. As I waited I found myself pretty much unnoticed, which was a far cry from what Ginny encountered when she cautiously entered about fifteen minutes later, green gown swirling, rhinestones all a glitter. It didn't take long for the sharks to start circling. One lad started a conversation, and I watched her squirm a little, before putting my drink down and coming to my damsel's rescue. I had to literally peel the bloke away from her. We went onto the dance floor, pretending like we had never met. As we danced through several songs I could tell by the look in Ginny's eyes that she was feeling the same fire within that I was. Ready for part 2 ? I asked, she got a surprised look in her eyes, and began to check herself, uh uh I said, not till we leave. We went out together; I spied the bloke watching us from a table, and smirked to meself over his look of frustration. Outside we started to walk along the promenade, joining along with several other ladies, charming in their in gowns and frills, with their tuxedoed escorts, escapees all of us from the receptions. Ginny felt exceptionally good as, with my arm around her, she cuddled into my side while we walked some distance. But our bliss was not long, when Ginny , looking back, said there was a hotel security cop heading our way. Damn I thought, pinched for crashing the reception. The rent-a-cop came up to us, and placing a firm grip upon my shoulder(or tried, I was a good foot taller, where do they find these blokes?) talked directly to Ginny. Everything alright then Miss, he questioned Ginny, trying to sound professional, and he almost pulled it off, except he squeaked on the word Miss. Why yes, officer Ginny said, pouring on the charm( which is a quite frightful weapon in her capable hands), thank you for your lovely concern, but why do you ask? I received a report that this man may have been bothering you, Ma'am he said , no squeaks this time. He looked at me, I just grinned back at him, waiting for Ginny to belt it out of the park. She smiled, her green eyes brite, and laying a hand on the "officers" chin, told him how adorable his concern was for her safety, but her husband and she made sure he saw her ring, is really not that much of a bother most of the time. Husband he started, than stopped, caught his embarrassment nicely, then tried to save it, but Miss, I heard you had lost a necklace. Whatever reaction he had hoped by saying this, it was not the one he got. Oh that, she said, the clasp broke, so my husband took it for safe keeping, really, where would I have put it, and she stepped back and let him look her over for evidence of supporting her statement. Game, Set and Match, I smirked to myself! With the way she looked in that satin gown, and her charm at full output, no mere mortal male would have been able to stand a chance. Well, he choked out, all's good then isit, and releasing my shoulder; he turned heel, and walked off hurriedly, like a scolded puppy with its tail between its legs. Ginny giggled, well played I told her, well played. And, again with my arm around her and Ginny cuddling in, we continued our stroll, with Ginny letting out the occasional chortal of laughter over the whole incident. We reached an overlook over the lake, where a pair of swans was meandering about. A young lady in a long white dress with a glittering bracelet around one wrist, was walking along the path that edged along the lake. The swans were near her, reminding me of a tele commercial I had seen long ago ( If anyone else remembers it please leave a comment). Ginny caught me looking, wanna do the path luv, she whispered with in a most beguiling manner. We did so, and eventually found a rather isolated little nook behind a hedge grow. Here I will have to leave to the readers imagination what transpired there, for the only witnesses were the two of us, and a rather surprised chippy who crawled out of his hole for a gander… On our way back we once again stopped at the overlook. Time to tally up I said. Ginny smiled and opening her purse pulled out a scrap of paper. She showed it to me, on it was written the word necklace. Lucky guess, did you feel me take it I asked. Of course she lied; I could have done it better. Wanna bet I teased. Maybe someday we'll see she responded. Now the way the game worked was that I pretended to be a light fingered jewel thief, with my eyes on the lady in green's jewels. It was my objective to lift a piece of Ginny's jewellery some point in the evening.. Ginny agreed to it on the condition that beforehand she would write down a piece of jewellery on a piece of paper, if it matched the piece I had lifted, than I could decide what we would do the next evening, if not, she would decide. So later, as we had a few drinks in a nearby pub ( still dressed in "costume") I (the winner) outlined the plans for the next evening. So the following evening, after a rather nice feast by the fireplace in the resorts great room, we found ourselves once again in a bar ( this time the resorts lounge). I was wearing the same suit, and had Ginny's purloined necklace in my jacket pocket. Ginny was wearing a black satin blouse, ¾ sleeved, with long white and blacked stripped skirt. She wore her gold jewellery, and her long hair was up, held by rhinestone clips. At one point she excused herself to the loo, and when she returned took the chair next to me, and started to come on to me. I played along and after a few drinks, and dances, she led me out to the lobby. Making way outside to the long wooden walkaway of the promenade, we began our way along it. Finding an isolated bench, we began to make out, as if we were strangers who had just met. After a long (glorious) while, we stood( wobbly) and made our way down to the lake, and continued our light petting. At one point Ginny stopped, and looking me in the eye, said, well sir, its been fun, but id better go. Immediately I patted my pocket, the necklace was gone. Naughty I said, distracting me on the bench hussy, I teased. Her eyes got a gleam, follow me she said. We retraced our steps, hand in hand, and she led me to the the bench, and then surprisingly passed it. We regained the lobby, and she stopped by a corner, where a larger fern like plant sat in a rather big ceramic pot. Reaching in, she pulled out the necklace. Very good I said, never felt you take it. So, I win then, she smirked. Yes I agreed, I had guessed wrong by thinking she had picked my pocket on the bench. So let's go an collect me winnings then, sir, she ordered me, her eyes large and hungry. As we made our way I tried to get her to tell me when she had lifted the necklace, but she just placed a secret little smile on her lips, and remained silent on the subject…. ******************************************************************************* Act 2 Squeeze Play Anyone who has taken the bother to riffle through my earlier Chronicles of Lifting Light, knows I have a twin sister who at times past has been my foil to practice upon. Well, I will leave it up to you to decide who the foil was in this tale. We were all hanging out at the pub ("Poet and the Peasant" of course) one evening, the four of us, being the silly selves that mid- twenties youth are prone to being, especially when alcohol is involved. We were trying to drink away the memories of what our previous week of work had given us, and were well on our way to meeting that objective, when a song from the band Cold Play come on. Ginny had asked my sister who it was, and instead of answering right away, she gave something a bit of thought, then my sister started smirking. Cold Play, like squeeze Play , remember "Ginny?" Both Girls just started giggling, "Brian" just got a sullen look at the memory, and I, I just reflected….. In our University years, my sister worked part time for a company that raised funds for charities, like OXFAM, etc. Among the various types of events were a couple of "Black Tie" affairs that I enjoyed because it gave Brian and I the chance to escort my Sister and Ginny ( the girls ever beautiful in fancy dress) to attend them. Now, my sister had this co-worker,"Shiela", who was absolute vinegar to my sister's honey, hell, she was vinegar to any pretty female's honey! She was a squawker, a squealer, and a backstabbing slag, in other words, not a very nice girl atoll. She was also was twice divorced from wealthy young scions who could not spot a gold digger for the life of them until they had been broadsided along the head with her gilded shovel. During one warm late Autumn we were attending one of the Charity Dances being held in the big city proper. They had a pair of bands lined up, one kind of a Disco'ish throwback, and for later, a proper one that played a more romantic beat, one that called for slow dancing. The Girls were more into the Disco then we males were( a feeling that affected most of us in attendance) and the floor was flooded with a gaggle of swishing dresses and gowns dancing and swirling around to the frantic beat of the music, all performed with swirling lights in the darkened, smog filled dance floor, while the guys just sat around enjoying the show being put on. As Brian and I watched the provocative females on the floor dancing, we noticed that our girls were slowly moving out amongst the throng of pretty dancers, rather than maintaining one area. Soon they had moved next to "Shiela", who was dancing with this cousin of hers. Now I found this surprising, because Sis and Ginny had been throwing daggers with their eyes at "Shiela" all evening. She had been sitting with her wealthy new boyfriend, who was always bending to her demands, as evidenced by the expensive new finery she was sporting, which really had gotten a certain Twins goat. So it was with some puzzlement that when her cousin took a breather, Ginny and my twin slipped in to take her place, moving in rhythm with the now quite intoxicated "Shiela". Sis was facing "Shiela" and Ginny was behind her, all three of them gyrating their arms, hands and most of their other body parts in motion, up down and all around each other , so close at times that you would have had an effort at squeezing a hand between them. What's that pair up to now? Brain questioned me, as if I had a hand in it, I just shook my head, knowing only that I wanted to be in the middle of that sandwich instead of "Shiela", but as it turned out, good thing I wasn't. We watched as the long song went on, with its deep bass beat that almost sounded like it had been lifted from some horror flick. Ginny and Sis continued to revolve, twist and swirl around the guileless "Shiela" as their colourfully brite (slinky) dresses shimmered in a most provocative fashion, bathed as they were caught by the dimly lit, smoke filled, dance floors blue strobes. A few times "Shiela" seemed to lose her footing, and fell against my Sister, who I thought took it surprisingly well as she gently steadied her foe. Then the song ended, and all three girls laughed and giggled, actually hugged one another. I heard Brian letting out an chiding snort, I , well I was still just mesmerized by the whole act. Ginny and My Sister than walked the slightly dizzy "Shiela" back to her table, even going so far as to help her set down, before turning and heading back to our table. Both of them wearing chuff grins like the kittens that had eaten the canary. Wotcher?, said Brian questioning their look. Oh God I thought, knowing the answer, for I had been watching "Shiela" as the girls had left and approached. My sister, looking around, held out her hand and opened her fist. There, all balled up and glittering, was the expensive diamond pendent of the set of matching diamonds that "Shiela" had been flaunting about to everyone all evening. Brian Jumped all over the two, giving them quite the bollocking, "games we played on each other was one thing, but what you pair had done was wade into some very dangerous waters indeed"! So what's next I chimed in, and by the looks on their heavily made-up faces realized the silly twits hadn't thought of that end. We hastily discussed the matter, knowing that time was anything but on our sides. Finally Brian took it from my admonished(seemingly) twin, and marching it up to the disc jockey, had him make an announcement describing what his "sister" had found in the loo. "Shiela", whom we all had been watching, let out a shriek as her hands flew groping to her chest in fruitless examination, jumped up and immediately claimed it, or tried to as the Jocky had a little bit of fun with it first. "Shiela" and her haplessly star struck Beau, were so hopping mad at the Jocky, they pretty much gave no thought as to how the pretty thing actually had been lost in the first place. This was a lucky break for a couple of girls, who still sat their smugly smiling, as Brian tried in vain to continue scolding them. Me, I just looked at the twittering pair, wondering, pondering thoughts of me own. Now it wasn't until a couple of years later on the night my sister made the remark about the cold play song that the girls felt comfortable talking a bit more about the incident .And before Brian could listen without tabooing the subject. And it was then that I learnt how the pair of them had managed to take the diamonds from "Shiela" It turned out the two had had no real plan, just that they had been discussing "Shiela" between themselves and had been debating over how fun it would be to knock her down a peg or so. One of the scenarios presented was to have her be given the shock of losing a piece of her expensive jewelry, and they even discussed bringing me into the fold, but thought better of it. Although I am not sure if I would have taken them up on it, but since then I have thought out different ways I would have approached the problem, both by myself, and with the girls help. Although I wouldn't have tried for the necklace, I figured her ring or bracelet would not have been beyond my scope of achievement. Although, with the girls help……. Anyway they finally decided to try it themselves, after all how hard could it be to take, say a cocktail ring from "Shiela's" sweaty finger as she was dancing away on the crowded floor? They decided to join in the dance and get close to "Shiela" and if an opportunity arose, my sister was to signal Ginny by rubbing a finger alongside her nose to bump against "Shiela", pushing the hapless B… into me devious twin. It was Ginny who came up with the name "squeeze play", because I once had grasped and squeezed her from behind, removing her ring in the process. Now "Shiela" was wearing what I guess is called an A-line gown, where her front was totally covered by the gowns shiny material, no gloves, just sweat glistened skin. As they moved in on "Shiela" Ginny took position behind, while Sis took the front, and at one point laid a hand upon "Shiela's" shoulder, "Shiela" did likewise as they swayed to the deep rhythmic beats. Sis tried to grasp "Shiela's" free hand, the one where she was wearing a diamond cocktail ring, but she kept missing. In the process she realized that the hand she had placed on her victims shoulder was almost touching the thick gold chain of her nemesis's necklace, which held the diamond pendent that was bouncing about. Looking "Shiela" directly in the eyes she began to work the necklace along as they danced, until her fingers felt the clasp. It was lobster clasp, similar to one my sister had on the emerald necklace Brian had given her. Sis gave it an exploratory push, and it surprisingly opened under her fingers. Startled at what had happened, she forgot the signal, and nodded to Ginny, who plowed into the hapless "Shiela's" backside, as my sister felt "Shiela" fall against her. She whisked off the necklace with one hand, while steading the giggling "Shiela" with her other. Backing away she placed both hands behind her back as "Shiela" turned to receive Ginny's apologies. Sis balled up the chain in one hand, holding it tightly closed for the remainder of the dance. They helped "Shiela" back to her table, my Sister placing the fist holding the necklace alongside her victims back as they helped guide the still giggling "Shiela" to a seat. Walking away, my Sister thought that it had been almost scary how easily it had been to open the clasp and pluck off the necklace. It shouldn't have been, she kept telling herself, but she knew it was, for she had the evidence in her hand, and she was not even close to ever being a professional about such things. My twin has said that afterwards that it had given her a lot of perturbed thoughts when wearing any good jewelry of hers in public, (particularly her emeralds with the Lobster clasp) and finds herself on occasion still doing spot checks whenever she has been brushed by someone. But then, I think we all do on occasion, knowing the kind of games we like to play. So as one can see, overall ,this is a rather touchy subject to tackle. But there was no denying that Sis (and Ginny I suspect) were proud of their accomplishment at the time. It was almost like my twin was trying to impress upon me that I was not the only one with light fingers. A subject that, trust me, has been, and will continue to be explored down a sometimes crooked "garden" path. ************************************************************************************* Anyone who has read Chronicles B knows that Ginny and Brian both received the upcommence for the manner in which they had gotten my sisters got at the wedding reception. But as for me, she waited a bit, biding her time, for like the proverbial elephant( which she has a bit of a collection) my twin does not forget. Upcoming : And revenge is a dish best served cold. ************************************************************************************* In Appraisal I do highly encourage anyone who has read my chronicles,( or looked at the clips below) and on the off-chance may actually have been entertained by them, and would like me to divulge more of our tomfooleries , to please leave behind a comment expressing that point. 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Carl Bernstein On Reopened Clinton Email Investigation: 'It's A Real Bombshell' @mvespa1 Posted: Oct 29, 2016 1:00 PM Veteran journalist Carl Bernstein told CNN's Brooke Baldwin that the FBI probably has a "bombshell" as the agency begins to review another batch of emails involving Hillary Clinton that were found in a separate probe looking into Anthony Weiner's online interactions with an underage girl. That probe only involved his communications on his laptop, which was also used by his estranged wife Huma Abedin to email the former first lady. That's what sent Washington D.C. into a frenzy yesterday; the FBI reopening their investigation into the Clinton emails. Bernstein said that 36-48 hours prior to the FBI's announcement, he had heard chatter from sources within the national security community that something about Clinton's emails was going to be resurrected. The hunch was that it related to the Wikileaks document dumps. That wasn't the case. Bernstein also described the way Clinton has handled this fiasco as "indefensible" (via Real Clear Politics): Well, there's no question that the e-mails have always been the greatest threat to her candidacy for president, that her conduct in regard to the e-mails is really indefensible and if there was going to be more information that came out, it was the one thing, as I said on the air last night, actually that could really perhaps affect this election. We don't know what this means yet except that it's a real bombshell. And it is unthinkable that the Director of the FBI would take this action lightly, that he would put this letter forth to the Congress of the United States saying there is more information out there about classified e-mails and call it to the attention of congress unless it was something requiring serious investigation. So that's where we are... Is it a certainty that we won't learn before the election? I'm not sure it's a certainty we won't learn before the election. One thing is, it's possible that Hillary Clinton might want to on her own initiative talk to the FBI and find out what she can, and if she chooses to let the American people know what she thinks or knows is going on. People need to hear from her... Last night, Clinton decided to put the burden of responsibility on the FBI to release more details on their renewed investigation that will review these emails. Make a note: none of these emails were from her. Still, there are thousands of emails to be reviewed on the Weiner/Abedin computer, which could take us way past Election Day. This isn't going to be a quick review. Friends and allies of Clinton went ballistic over the news, accusing the FBI of gross innuendo by merely saying the case was reopened 11 days from Election Day. Then again, if Comey had kept his mouth shut and it was revealed that the FBI was revealing new emails without telling the public says after the election, the backlash would be significant. Either way, this decision from the FBI was going to be politicized. It's a damned if you do, damned if you don't scenario. CNN's David Gergen agreed that Comey should have informed the public about this latest development into Clinton's emails, though he added that the letter Comey sent to Congress didn't offer details. He added that the FBI should have divulged more details rather than let this thing dangle in front of us without further clarification. Well, if there is a bombshell in these communications, we'll have to wait a bit before to see what it is if it even exists at all.

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Tag: UN The Fires Within No Comments on The Fires Within Dharisha B Dharisha Bastians Four years after the war ended, development and reconstruction showcases are eclipsed by raw human suffering during Navi Pillay's visit to Sri Lanka Rajeswari Ganesan, mother of a 28 year old Vavuniya prison inmate who died under suspicious circumstances in June last year, sobbed out her grief to visiting UN Human Rights Commissioner Navanethem Pillay in the North last Tuesday. This past year, Rajeswari's grief over the death of her only son, who authorities claim died of a heart attack but she believes was killed in custody, has been a terrible thing to see. Navi Pillay may not have been able to understand Rajeswari's representation made in Tamil, but overcome with empathy, the UN Envoy put her arms around the weeping mother and held her. Navi Pillay was the most senior UN official to have visited Sri Lanka's embattled north and east since the UN Secretary General, Ban Ki Moon toured the region soon after the war ended in May 2009. For hundreds of families living in the former war zone, whose personal tragedies have been ignored for years, the fact that a high ranking person of international influence was finally close enough to hear their cries for help, was undoubtedly an electrifying experience. "I have never experienced so many people weeping and crying. I have never seen this level of uncontrollable grief," Pillay was to tell The Sunday Leader three days later in an interview. Steps in the right direction In anticipation of her visit, the Government made several strides in the right direction. Whether superficial attempts to pacify the visiting UN Envoy and temper her report ahead of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) scheduled for November or not, the Rajapaksa Administration set up a Commission on Disappearances, appointed credible commissioners, returned military acquired land to the people, promised action on the Weliweriya killings and agreed to give Pillay "unfettered access" wherever she chose to go. It was the first time that the regime had opened up the final theatre of war beside the now legendary Nandikadal lagoon to any foreign visitor. Yet in the end, none of the Government's efforts to paint a positive picture of Sri Lanka's leap forward after the end of the war could mitigate the stark reality of weeping women and children on the streets of Jaffna and Trincomalee. Shiny new roads and railway tracks could not hide fundamental issues in the former battle zones that were obstructing genuine post-conflict healing and reparation. Pillay was confronted with tales of livelihood and land loss, the search for missing family members and justice for senseless death everywhere she went in the north and east. And in the capital, journalists and marginalised groups like the country's Muslim population made representations to her about the ongoing suppression of fundamental freedoms in post-war Sri Lanka. When the High Commissioner issued a stinging report of her seven day fact finding mission hours before she left the island, it was clear the representations of ordinary Sri Lankans and civil society groups had made a deep impression. There was no mincing of words or attempt to pacify the host government. Pillay hit back hard at her critics – many of them Government ministers and warned she would report any reprisals against those who had spoken to her during the UN Human Rights Council mandated mission, back to the Council. Extended boldness If Pillay's presence had given ordinary people extraordinary courage to publicly air their grievances even in the heavily garrisoned north and east, her parting words that the UN considered reprisals a very serious matter has only extended this boldness. One day after the UN High Commissioner left Colombo, Fr. Veerasan Yogeswaran who runs a human rights group in Trincomalee that works with families of the missing or detained, told the French Press Agency (AFP) that he had been visited at midnight and again at dawn by half a dozen plainclothes policemen last Wednesday, just hours after his discussions with Pillay. The Jesuit priest told reporters that his concern was that security forces personnel were entering homes at midnight or in the pre-dawn hours and questioning ordinary civilians. Met with complaints by Pillay about the reprisals against the priests, journalists and civil groups, the Government vehemently denied the claim and then demanded the High Commissioner provide proof to allow the administration to commence investigations. It has lapsed into familiar arguments, about vested interests intimidating people in order to cast the Government in a bad light and even claimed the UN Envoy had been misled by mischievous political elements. But in other ways, the Government has already commenced its own public criticism of those who made representations before the UN High Commissioner, calling them out as tale carriers to the international community. Minister Wimal Weerawansa has already accused the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress of "snitching' to Pillay because the Party handed over a report about violence against the Muslim Community to the visiting Envoy. President Mahinda Rajapaksa has also reportedly had strong words for SLMC Chief and Justice Minister Rauff Hakeem, about the move. For Government officials heavily involved with organising Pillay's visit, her final remarks at the end of the week long tour proved a deep disappointment. The sections of the regime that are advocating greater engagement with the UN system, including Ambassador Ravinatha Aryasinha who heads the country's Geneva mission to the UN, genuinely believed that given the opportunity to witness the progress in Sri Lanka first hand, the UN High Commissioner's perception of the human rights situation on the ground would change. Unfortunately these Government elements are at odds with other more powerful sections of the ruling regime, that are willing only to make superficial changes but have no real intention of meeting international obligations to devolve power to the island's Tamil population or investigate alleged violations in the conflict's final phase. Unfortunately for the Rajapaksa administration, Navi Pillay was not willing to merely scratch the surface during her visit. Stinging goodbyes As for Pillay's last words in the island, no one is smarting more than President Mahinda Rajapaksa. The explosive statement at the end of her mission, included remarks about the authoritarian direction in which Sri Lanka was headed. Her words continue to rankle power centres in Colombo long after Pillay is gone. "A dictator is a ruler who does not hold elections," President Rajapaksa charged at the 62nd SLFP Convention in Kurunegala on Monday, one day after Pillay had left these shores. There had been 11 elections held under his watc, since 2005, he claimed. "What's more democratic than that?" he asked the SLFP crowd. "What can I do if the Opposition Leader can't win an election," he quipped. Under the lighthearted tone however, the rancour is real, Government insiders say. There is also the question of whether President Rajapaksa was deliberately perpetuating the grotesquely erroneous notion that elections are the sole test of a state's democratic credentials. Deposed Iraqi Dictator Saddam Hussein, Egypt's former President Hosni Mubarak, Zimbabwe's President for life, Robert Mugabe and President Rajapaksa's brand new best friend in Belarus, the self-proclaimed last dictator of Europe, Alexander Lukashenko all belong on a list of autocratic leaders who regularly take their nations to the polls. Elections held under such regimes are tragically flawed affairs. But even so, democracies are measured not merely by whether a country's leaders are elected (however fairly or unfairly), but also by how a state and its leaders safeguard and uphold the liberties of individuals. In a state where civil liberties are suppressed, elections only impose majority tyranny on the rest of the populace. The Government has issued rebuttal after rebuttal to Pillay's statement. External Affairs Minister G.L. Peiris even addressed the press in London on Monday evening, in order to reply the UN Envoy as soon as possible. Each rebuttal has dealt extensively with Pillay's remark on increasing authoritarianism, claiming that the comment was a transgression of her mandate and a political statement. Peiris said her concluding remarks showed a "distressing lack of balance" and claimed her observations suggested that Pillay had "formed her views before reaching the shores of the country." The floral tribute The rebuttal of Pillay's closing remarks from the Department of Government Information went so far as to accuse the High Commissioner of having attempted to pay a floral tribute at Mullivaikal where the LTTE Leader met his death. The UN Delegation it is learnt was notified by the highest levels of Government in Colombo last Tuesday while Pillay was in the North, that the tribute would not be tolerated. During her press briefing in Colombo, High Commissioner Pillay said she often lays flowers in commemoration of victims of conflict, in most countries she visits. The question of the floral commemoration has become a hot button issue, with Government insiders insisting Pillay had "shown her hand" in no uncertain terms with the attempted 'commemoration'. Given the southern political sensitivities regarding the final theatre of battle where the LTTE leadership perished, the UN`s choice of Mullivaikal for a tribute was perhaps a poor one. But as analysts point out, despite the ubiquitous war memorials bearing unmistakably militaristic symbols all over the country, the Sri Lankan Government is yet to construct a memorial for all victims of the war, despite such a conciliatory memorial being strongly advocated even in the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission. Nevertheless, for the first time since the High Commissioner's delegation left Sri Lanka, her Office clarified the issue yesterday. Spokesman for the High Commissioner, Rupert Colville told Daily FT that the UN considered that the the general area where the war ended after nearly 30 years might be a suitable spot to commemorate all those who died during that conflict. Colville said that the Government had learned Pillay's team was considering this and made it plain they viewed it in a different light. "We considered their point of view carefully and felt in the end that it might be misinterpreted — as indeed it has been — so decided not to proceed," Colville said. Gross misrepresentation He said it was a gross misrepresentation to pretend that Pillay was planning to honour the LTTE. "She made her views on the LTTE very clear indeed in her statement," the High Commissioner's Spokesman told Daily FT. Colville said that the words High Commissioner Pillay was due to speak in Mullaitivu had been included in her final statement, when she paid her respects to all Sri Lankans around the country who were killed during the three decades of conflict. He said that the misrepresentation was "just the latest in the pattern of mendacious abuse" Pillay had referred to in her closing remarks. Needless to say the slurs cast at the visiting High Commissioner became a large part of the narrative, especially after Pillay tackled the issue head on in her closing remarks. According to informed sources, two remarks particularly irked the visiting UN Envoy. Firstly the reference to her by JHU strongman Udaya Gammanpila as a terrorist sympathiser who saw "her husband in every terrorist". Pillay's husband was a lawyer and anti-Apartheid activist in South Africa, imprisoned with Nelson Mandela and others on Robben Island, where political prisoners were detained. The second was Minister Mervyn Silva's offer to marry Pillay to show her what Sri Lanka 'has to offer.' The lewd remarks, made worse by allusions to Ravana-Sita folklore drew an apology to the visiting High Commissioner from President Rajapaksa no less, during his meeting with her last Friday. For the 72 year old judge, who has fought relentlessly for women's rights throughout her career and especially in her present position, Silva's remarks were not to be borne. During a meeting with Leader of the House Nimal Siripala De Silva who was briefing Pillay on the recently constituted Parliamentary Select Committee on Devolution proposals, tried to lightheartedly brush off Mervyn Silva's slurs. "Don't worry about his remarks," the congenial De Silva said during the meeting. Pillay was quick on the draw: "It is you that should be worried, Minister" she said. Making it personal There is great weight in that brief but powerful sentence. Rajapaksa administration officials repeatedly make a fundamental mistake in its dealings with international diplomats. They attempt, at their own peril, to individualise UN office bearers or diplomatic officials at local missions. Navi Pillay, as far as the Sri Lankan Government is concerned, can be whittled down to a South African Tamil, a sympathiser of the Tamil cause by virtue of her ethnicity and a convenient tool of the West. Similar mistakes were made with her predecessor, Louise Arbour, who was repeatedly vilified by Government officials. Navanethem Pillay, the Government must understand, even at this late stage, is not just one woman to be discredited and ascribed terrorist labels. Pillay is not just a South African or a Tamil, but the holder of the Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights at the UN, a fixed institution that will continue to advocate and criticise long after Pillay no longer holds the title. When she presents her reports on Sri Lanka following this fact finding mission, that report will not only remain relevant while Pillay remains in office, but even when her successor takes over the reins. The UN Envoy said as much during her concluding press briefing last Saturday, when she explained that she and even the UN Secretary General were merely civil servants, bound to uphold the regulations and standards set by 193 member states of the UN. The rules, she said, were set by governments of the world, including Sri Lanka. "If the rules and regulations are violated, that is what the UN points out to Governments. You may call it criticism, but that is what the UN does. When there are gaps, we raise a critical voice, but always with the intention to help," the High Commissioner told the Sri Lankan press corps. In essence, Navanethem Pillay does not make the rules, any more than Ban Ki Moon, Marzuki Darusman or Arbour does. This fundamental truth that the Sri Lankan Government fails to understand, despite the best efforts of saner counsel within the regime, gravely endangers the country's international standing at forums such as the UN. There is little doubt that High Commissioner Pillay's report on Sri Lanka, to be presented orally in September and in full during the Human Rights Council's March sessions, will be a bare-naked reading of the human rights situation on the ground. The Government has choices to make as it looks towards Council sessions in Geneva in March 2014, which foreign policy analysts repeatedly warn could herald the beginnings of a fully fledged international inquiry against Sri Lanka unless genuine steps are taken to address accountability issues between now and then. Costing hearts and minds Acknowledgement that the need to grant people freedom with dignity, protect human rights and the genuinely necessity to hold people to account for crimes committed against sections of the population not because the international community is demanding it, but for the sake of Sri Lanka's own soul, could be a starting point, if the political leadership was so inclined. The lack of genuine commitment may have been where everything went wrong for the Government during the Pillay mission, despite all its best efforts to showcase progress. As human rights Chief, Pillay is less concerned with physical reconstruction and more focused on the human condition. The inability to understand that fundamental difference, is costing the Government hearts and minds in the former conflict zones and support in the international arena. For Navi Pillay, the message came through loud and clear. Everywhere she went in the north and east and sometimes even in Colombo, ordinary people mobbed her with tales of their personal suffering. In the north, observers say, all focus has shifted from the Provincial Council election since Pillay's visit, with ordinary people convinced again that the UN will successfully advocate on their behalf. Her presence inspired hope for civilians, families of the missing, journalists and human rights activists whose post-war reality has been far from peaceful. "The fighting may be over, the suffering is not," Pillay said, as she left Sri Lanka. If it was paying attention to the more human factors of post-conflict rebuilding, the Government may not have had to endure the embarrassment of having Navi Pillay draw attention to the fact that the peace dividend will elude Sri Lanka as long as a section of its populace remains chained to the suffering wrought by brutal conflict. Sandhya Ekneligoda or Rajeswari Ganesan could have articulated the point with equal eloquence. It would have been apparent in the fear of thousands of ordinary Muslims, worrying that a violent day of reckoning may be in their future. Or in the prostate, uncontrollable grief of Sinnakutty Kanapathipillai from Mullaitivu, who lay on the streets outside the Jaffna Library, asking the UN High Commissioner to find her son who surrendered on 18 May 2009, never to be heard of again. The compulsion to tell the world of their suffering is a direct consequence of the fact that at home, no one is listening. Courtesy Daily FT Tags High Commissioner, ltte, Navi Pillay, President Rajapaksa, sri lanka, sri lankan government, UN Tamil ethnic bias and potential conflict of interest disqualifies Navi Pillay from conducting investigations against Sri Lanka No Comments on Tamil ethnic bias and potential conflict of interest disqualifies Navi Pillay from conducting investigations against Sri Lanka Ms. Navanethem "Navi" Pillay has impressive credentials. A South African of Indian Tamil origin, she is the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. She was also the first non-white woman on the High Court of South Africa, and she has also served as a judge of the International Criminal Court and President of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. She attended Harvard Law School, obtaining an LL.M. in 1982 and a Doctor of Juridical Science (SJD) degree in 1988. Pillay is the first South African to obtain a doctorate in law from Harvard Law School. Given her notable achievements in the law as a scholar, lawyer and later as a Judge in several jurisdictions she is undoubtedly aware of such important natural justice principles as the – 1) Conflict of Interests A conflict of interest exists even if no unethical improper act results. A conflict of interest can create an appearance of impropriety that can undermine confidence in the process of an investigation or inquiry. A conflict of interest could impair an individual's ability to perform his or her duties and responsibilities objectively. Aconflict of interest (COI) also occurs when an individual is involved in multiple interests, one of which could possibly corrupt the motivation for an act in another. 2) Nemo iudex in causa sua (or nemo iudex in sua causa) is a Latin phrase that means, literally, no-one should be a judge in their own cause. It is a principle of natural justice that no person can judge a case in which they have an interest. The rule is very strictly applied to any appearance of a possible bias, even if there is actually none. 3) "Not only must Justice be done; it must also be seen to be done." R v Sussex Justices, Ex parte McCarthy is a leading English case on the impartiality and recusal of judges. It is famous for its precedence in establishing the principle that the mere appearance of bias is sufficient to overturn a judicial decision. In a landmark and far-reaching judgment, Lord Hewart CJ said: " a long line of cases shows that it is not merely of some importance but is of fundamental importance that justice should not only be done, but should manifestly and undoubtedly be seen to be done." Nothing is to be done which creates even a suspicion that there has been an improper interference with the course of justice. The ruling is derived from the principle of natural justice. It has been followed throughout the world in countries that use the English common law system. It has been applied in many diverse situations, including immigration cases, professional disciplinary inquiries, and in the Pinochet case, where the House of Lords overturned its own decision on the grounds of Lord Hoffman's ( one of the Judges) conflict of interest. Pinochet case in the House of Lords Lord Hoffman was the Chairman and a Director of Amnesty International Charity Limited, a company with close links to the human rights organisation Amnesty International. Amnesty International had been given permission to take part in the hearing before Lord Hoffmann and four other law lords. Unusually, Amnesty's barristers were allowed to address them at the hearing. Though Amnesty's position was that people responsible for human rights violations in Chile should be brought to justice, there was no suggestion that Lord Hoffmann was actually biased against Gen Pinochet. But he had "an interest in the outcome of the proceedings" (according to Lord Goff) and he was "in effect, acting as a judge in his own cause" (according to Lord Hope). Lord Hutton said "public confidence in the integrity of the administration of justice would be shaken if his decision were allowed to stand." The law lords agreed that Lord Hoffmann had sat while disqualified and ordered a fresh hearing. The Hoffmann affair caused great damage to the international reputation of the English judiciary. Lord Hoffmann never explained and never apologised. Yet irreparable damage was done to England's standing as a country where a fair trial was possible. 4) Judicial disqualification Judicial disqualification, also referred to as recusal, refers to the act of abstaining from participation in an official action such as a legal proceeding or conducting an investigation or inquiry due to a conflict of interest of the presiding court official or administrative officer. The judge or presiding officer must be free from disabling conflicts of interest thus making the fairness of the proceedings or investigation less likely to be questioned. Racial Prejudice of Juries and convicting Judges During the 19th and 20th centuries, especially in the civil rights movement era, all-white juries in USA acquitted white defendants accused of murdering blacks, and convicted blacks in a manner totally out of proportion to their numbers in the general community. Such cases were rarely prosecuted at all, and when they were due to outside political pressure, only the minimum effort to go through the motions of a trial was made. Navi Pillay's bias The UN Human Rights Head on arrival in Sri Lanka claims she comes with an open mind. In this context we cannot overlook the fact that the whole issue facing Sri Lanka whether at a terrorist level or political leads to the aspiration of 72 million Tamils to have a separate Tamil Homeland to call their own (irrespective of whether it is in Sri Lanka's North or Tamil Nadu). This then raises the question of how Ms Pillay having emotional, genetic and ethnic ties being a Tamil with roots in Tamil Nadu how she can function with neutrality, impartiality, unbias and be emotionally detached? When facts speak for themselves and evidence reveals that Ms. Pillay has an axe to grind it stands to reason that before we object to Ms. Pillay's role in Sri Lanka it is only ethical for her to remove herself from any role relating in Sri Lanka. As the neutrality of judges is a sine quo non in the judicial process so whenever a judge realizes he or she cannot look at a case dispassionately the correct thing to do is to withdraw and arrange for a totally neutral person to take over. This is what Ms. Pillay is morally and ethically obliged to do in respect to her dealings with and in relation to Sri Lanka. Ethics Guidelines in the UN The UN itself has its own ethics guidelines and advice and figures a list of conflicts of interest found at the organizational level and personal level. An 'organizational conflict of interest arises where, because of other activities or relationships, an organization is unable to render impartial services'. In other words the objective of the organization gets affected. A personal conflict of interest is a 'situation where a person's private interests – such as outside professional relationships or personal financial assets – interfere or may be perceived to interfere with his/her performance of official duties'. The UN ethics office advocates that staff should always 'strive to avoid situations' – we like to raise this same question to Ms. Pillay. The UN ethics office also says that 'we need to be aware of how our actions, in the absence of an explanation, may appear to be interpreted by others' – Ms. Pillay will realize what are concerns are because 'situations do not necessarily imply wrongdoing' and we are certainly not questioning Ms. Pillay's credentials but our concern rests on the primary argument that being personally, emotionally, genetically and ethnically Tamil, that potential conflict of interest stake is very high for an entire country and population to accept given that previous statements and behaviour by Ms. Pillay raises questions about her ability to be neutral. The UN's financial disclosure program also stresses on conflict of interest in financial affairs. As such the UN outlines conflicts that may arise from accepting an honor, decoration, favour, gift or remuneration in connection with official duties (either from Governments or Non-Governmental sources without prior approval). There are criterions for official hospitality, favouritism – using office or knowledge gained from work to favour family members or friends. If the UN is to maintain and promote the spirit of openness and transparency, and if the objective is to be efficient and credible to safeguard the interests of the Organization it certainly does raise some credibility issues about Ms. Pillay. Lack of appearance of Objectivity and Neutrality in Ms. Navy Pillay So while we question Ms. Pillay on her neutrality based on her genetic, ethnic, emotional and personal connections to the Tamil cause, she may also like to answer why she kept using data supplied by the LTTE news agencies to question a legitimate government and continued to quote from LTTE front organization sources. This makes her appear as a subversive and seditious international civil servant standing in between a sovereign Government and the UN Human Rights bodyand also raises concerns about how far she can expose all the information sharing to these LTTE fronts that are out to create an Eelam (in either Sri Lanka or Tamil Nadu). While she listens with empathy to spouses of dead LTTE leaders she needs to also travel South and meet the dead of the civilians killed by the LTTE outside combat areas. If she has not made arrangements to meet the families mourning children killed in villages, student monks killed in Arantalawa and over 10,000 other such civilians then she will be seen as blatantly one – sided and biased. It was on the grounds of biased reporting that Iran has recently refused entry to Ahmed Shaheed the UN Human Rights Official to enter Iran " the measures taken by Ahmed Shaheed and the show of interviews launched by him, (displays) he is more of an actor than a rapporteur" and further 'he has not acted fairly and has played the role of the opposition, and his measures have been outside the purview of a UN Rapporteur…the ground is not prepared for his presence in Iran until this approach is modified'. Sri Lanka needs to stand up and talk in a spirited manner in the international arena. Display qualities of moral courage and outspokenness. A policy of appeasement, retreat, defeatism, kowtowing and cringing in foreign relations in the last two years has led to loss of national pride, self – respect and dignity, and in turn demoralized a once proud Sri Lankan public. Recusal (act of abstaining from participation) Officials with a conflict of interest are expected to recuse themselves from (i.e., abstain from) decisions where such a conflict exists. The necessity for recusal varies depending upon the circumstance and profession, either as common sense ethics, codified ethics, or by statute. For example, if the governing board of a government agency is considering hiring a consulting firm for some task, and one firm being considered has, as a partner, a close relative of one of the board's members, then that board member should not vote on which firm is to be selected. In fact, to minimize any conflict, the board member should not participate in any way in the decision, including discussions. Judges, investigators or anyone else acting in a quasi – judicial capacity are also expected to recuse themselves from cases when personal conflicts of interest may arise. For example, if a judge has participated in a case previously in some other legal role he/she is not allowed to try that case. Voluntary withdrawal from an investigation is also expected when one of the investigators in a case might be a close personal friend, or when the outcome of the case might affect the investigator directly, such as whether a car maker is obliged to recall a model that an investigator drives or if the investigator has a sectarian or emotional link to the substance of the matter under inquiry. Recuse is required by law under Continental civil law systems and by the Rome Statute, organic law of the International Criminal Court. However, if a judge or an investigating official knows when to withdraw considering that the scales are not balanced equally, it is surely for Ms. Pillay to make the call instead of making us raise these questions. It is up to Ms. Pillay to now decide how best she can remain unbiased. As an ethnic Tamil sharing genetics and emotional attachments to the Tamil cause through family and roots as well as various other bindings that must prevail, surely Ms. Pillay must know she is unsuited to function in any role where Sri Lanka is concerned or for that matter with India given the strident nature of Tamil Nadu calls for separatism and establishment of a greater sovereign Tamil nation with major parts of Sri Lanka annexed to it. Shenali D Waduge Tags Ethics Guidelines, Ms Pillay, Navi Pillay, sri lanka, Tamil Homeland, Tamil Nadu, UN Facing Death Threats Ahead Of Check out To Commonwealth Meeting No Comments on Facing Death Threats Ahead Of Check out To Commonwealth Meeting Callum Macrae When you announce that you are going to apply for media accreditation for a routine international political event like the bi-annual Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) you don't normally expect a rash of death threats – or to find a senior diplomat from the host country threatening on twitter that he will "make sure you don't get a visa". But this year's CHOGM is no ordinary event. It is being held in Sri Lanka – whose government is accused of some of the worst war crimes of this century. A country marked today by increasing repression of its Tamil minority and a brutal clamp-down on any government critics, particularly among the press and the judiciary. When David Cameron controversially announced that he would be attending CHOGM despite calls for a boycott, Alistair Burt, the foreign minister with responsibility for Sri Lanka, went on record to say: "We will make it clear to the Sri Lanka Government that we expect them to guarantee full and unrestricted access for international press covering CHOGM" The omens for that "guarantee" do not look good. I have now directed three films looking at the events of the last few months of the civil war. The first two were commissioned and broadcast by Channel 4, building on the work of Channel 4 News. The latest, effectively the culmination of three years of investigation, is No Fire Zone: the Killing Fields of Sri Lanka, a 93 minute feature documentary, supported by C4, BRITDOC and others. The films have had a huge impact, winning a number of awards, being cited by the UN and even seeing the team nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. In No Fire Zone we use some of the most disturbing video evidence ever recorded, to chronicle how, just four years ago, the Sri Lankan government announced a series of grotesquely misnamed No Fire Zones, encouraged hundreds of thousands of Tamil civilians to gather there for safety – and then systematically shelled them, also denying them adequate food and medicines. Perhaps 40,000, perhaps – as one UN report suggested – 70,000 or even more civilians died, most killed by government shelling. The predicament of the civilians was made worse by the Tamil Tigers who also stand accused of committing war crimes and of preventing civilians from escaping the No Fire Zones. It is fair to say the government of Sri Lanka does not like me – or others who have reported the truth from Sri Lanka, including C4 News foreign correspondent Jonathan Miller or former BBC Sri Lanka correspondent Frances Harrison, author of a book of Tamil survivors stories. But when I revealed that I intended to apply for accreditation to CHOGM (as I did when it was last held in Australia in 2011), it provoked an astonishing series of attacks. Comments published online included a series of clear death threats. One of the mildest, in response to my remark: "I trust the Sri Lankan Government will welcome me" read: "Absolutely white van is waiting at the airport." White vans are notoriously used in the abduction of government critics and are seen as a weapon of terror associated with extra-judicial killings and disappearances. Another comment said I was welcome in Sri Lanka "only to go back in a coffin". And another said: "Callum Macrae – do not come to Sri Lanka. You will be abducted in a white van, and sent to meet Lasantha Wikremasinghe (sic)." Lasantha Wickrematunge was the editor and founder of the Sunday Leader – a respected newspaper critical of the Rajapaksa regime. He was shot and killed by unknown assassins in January 2009. Then – a week ago, as I was touring with the film in Australia – Ambassador Bandula Jayasekara, a senior Sri Lankan diplomat in Sydney and former Chief media advisor to Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, issued a series of threatening tweets in which he said he would "make sure you don't get a visa" and accused me of being "hired by (Tiger) terrorists as a full time propagandist for the blood thirsty terror group overseas". Indeed, far from condemning the death threats against me, he seems almost to be encouraging the climate of hostility and suspicion which lies behind them. Then last week the Sri Lankan government's own media minister echoed his words saying: "press freedom… cannot be something that can be framed inside aiding terrorism or being a propagandist for terrorism. So, we will be 100 per cent cautious about who comes to Sri Lanka for CHOGM." As I write this the Sri Lankan government has issued a rather more conciliatory statement, suggesting that they will issue visas to those given accreditation by the Commonwealth Secretariat. We shall see – and the world's press will now, I hope, be watching very carefully. *Callum Macrae – Director – No Fire Zone: the Killing Fields of Sri Lanka, www.nofirezone.org Twitter: @nofirezonemovie Tags CHOGM, Jonathan Miller, media, No Fire Zones, sri lanka, sri lankan, UN The Truth or Lies of Benjamin Dix No Comments on The Truth or Lies of Benjamin Dix by Shenali Waduge Benjamin Dix is the chief protagonist in promoting presumed wrongs committed by the armed forces of Sri Lanka and emerges every time there an international event using documentaries and films meant to devalue Sri Lanka's military achievement – we have become accustomed to these theatrics just as we are well aware that the lady in charge of human rights impatiently awaits an incident to take place to issue a deregulatory statement against Sri Lanka. Dix spoke in 2012 as guest speaker on "photographic journalism" at the Institute of Art and Ideas,http://iai.tv/video/the- killing-fields and based on this presentation some lies and truths are now highlighted. "I went to Sri Lanka in 2004 as a photojournalist and managed to get up to the North of Sri Lanka which is the liberation of tamil tiger elam area in the North where I started working for the United Nations" Benjamin Dix started as a Photographer for Berg Publishers (2002 – worked for 10months). He came to Sri Lanka from India in 2004 after the tsunami and went to Sri Lanka's north. He joined Norwegian People's Aid and worked as Project Manager from March 2005 to December 2006. NPA is an organization that is accused of links to Sudanese rebels. He joined the UN in January 2007 until December 2008. He is putting 22months of his knowledge to accuse Sri Lanka of war crimes. "I was based there for 4 years as the liason officer between the Tamil tigers and the Sri Lankan Government". Can the Government and the UN please confirm this statement because he does not appear in any of the names associated with the negotiations held between LTTE and GOSL and moreover many questions surfaces with regard to this role. "It's a divided country. In the South you have the Buddhist Sinhalese who are also the Government of the country" Perhaps Benjamin Dix is not aware that there are more Tamils living outside the North and amongst the Sinhalese. Benjamin Dix should also look at Sri Lanka's Government MPs and count the number of Tamil and Muslim MPs before making inaccurate statements. "North and the East predominantly Tamil" Benjamin Dix is also unaware that the 2 provinces are now demerged and the Tamils no longer are the majority in the East. "It was the most impoverished district of the country" The areas held by the LTTE were out of bounds for the GOSL and its military. Inspite of LTTE making USD300m profits annually not a cent went towards uplifting the areas that they held within their control though that money was utilized to purchase arms and build sophisticated bunkers for the LTTE and homes for the LTTE families – this bit of information Benjamin Dix appears to leave out – which is confirmed by his statement. "Kilinochchi where the UN was based and where LTTE had its political and military headquarters and by far the most built up area" "It was quite a vulnerable population" – at least he has said one thing right, because that was what LTTE tapped into and why the people feared to do anything against the LTTE for fear of their lives and that of their children. LTTE imposed taxes on all goods passing LTTE controlled areas, individual households were taxed and penalties were imposed on those who evaded payment. There was an LTTE 'customs" located at Omanthai from which LTTE collected Rs.4-5m. Benjamin Dix was well aware of this – is his concern then for the Tamil people who were being illegally taxed? Tamil farmers had to pay taxes according to produce, even Tamil Government employees had to pay tax of 8% of their income. Then the fishermen that Benjamin Dix spoke of whose livelihoods were affected because of the conflict, well they had to pay Rs.5 per kill for transporting fish from Mannar to Colombo! Ltte had a more sophisticated network to collect money from Tamil businessmen based in Colombo and from the Diaspora. "no electricity in the area" How can a Government take care of its people when LTTE was running a defacto state disallowing Government or troops to enter these areas. Moreover, the LTTE did not want the people to have electricity or television because it would have meant the LTTE's atrocities would have been exposed. The LTTE chose to keep the people blind to their atrocities. Moreover the LTTE had blown up the power grids. These are now being restored and Kilinochchi and Mullaitivu areas that had 0% electricity in May 2009 now have 29% and 23% respectively. "people had no links to the country" Sri Lanka remains the only government that never stopped sending food, medical requirements and essential goods to the areas of the northern and eastern peninsula through the past 3 decades. If people had no links it was because the LTTE attempted to keep the people by force. The Tamil politicians have been fooling the people all through. The very MPs representing the TNA once claimed that LTTE was the sole representative of the Tamil people. The people with time will realize how the politicians have fooled the people just like the LTTE. Today, the people of the North can freely travel throughout the country – there are no bombs. The former LTTE cadres are now employed and doing all that they were denied because the LTTE turned them into killers. Ideally, the plight of these children whose formative years were held to ransom and women who could have done far more out of their lives than be turned into killers is what people like Benjamin Dix and Channel 4 should have made a documentary on – not the lies that are being relayed just to suit the sponsors. "from the beginning of 2007 a new President came into power, Mahinda Rajapakse a Sinhalese nationalist in the South in Colombo and he came on this wave of crushing tamil tigers and crushing terrorism" Firstly Mahinda Rajapakse did not come into power in 2007, it was on 17 Nov 2005. Mahinda Rajapakse was elected President of Sri Lanka and not the South only. Benjamin Dix may have been a good friend of a terrorist organization but a terrorist organization is one that kills innocent people and after 30 years suffering and over 5 peace offerings and negotiations all of which the LTTE turned down, the decision to military take on the LTTE was when it closed the sluice gates in Mavil Aru. The LTTE closed the sluice gates in July 2006 and only after numerous appeals did the army receive orders to open the sluice gates in August 2006. Closure of the sluice gates meant that 9510 Muslims, 8013 Sinhalese and 4439 Tamils living in 20 villages did not have water for livelihood and domestic use. Before the military operation the LTTE dominated an area of 15,000sq.km in the north and eastern provinces of Sri Lanka. LTTE was controlling 6792sq km & manning 11km long FDL from Kilaly to Nagarkovil via Muhamallai in the North & a 140km long FDL from Mannar to Kokkuthuduwai via Omanthai in the South. It was in March 2007 that the land operations commenced in the Northern province "on the border they started an almost badminton match….artillery going backwards and forwards" Benjamin gives himself away in this statement because he confirms that the LTTE was firing artillery. "army would put wayside bombs called claymore" Another fictitious statement, the majority of claymore mines used was by the LTTE The army cleared all landmines with the assistance of foreign land mine teams. "they got international fame when they killed the Indian President in 1990". Benjamin Dix needs to update his general knowledge. Rajiv Gandhi at the time of his death was the FORMER Indian Prime Minister (not the President) and he was killed in 1991 May 21 to be precisse not 1990. "the distinction between the Tamil tigers and the Tamil civilians were blurred and it was difficult for us as the UN and for the army to distinguish between who was a rebel and who was a civilian" The LTTE when it suited them wore military attire and posed as civilians too Many would recall how some LTTE mingled with civilians coming to Government controlled areas and blew themselves up killing not only military personnel attending Tamil civilians providing them food and medical aid but Tamil civilians too. (Vishwamadu – 9 Feb 2009) "the mother became a sympathizer for the rebels by having a daughter for a rebel" This statement is poignant and leaving aside the laws of international laws related to non-international armed conflicts and role of civilians, the people must think how a military should act when the rebels not only pose as civilians when it suits them and use their knowledge of military codes against the soldiers. Whose conduct is morally wrong? "tiger girls in the bunkers doing their hair in the morning" – together with his description of Prabakaran showing his cadres Bollywood movies depicts that Benjamin Dix was privy to where LTTE had their bunkers, had close links with the LTTE female cadres which really goes to show where his allegiance was. LTTE was a terrorist organization. It is not the duty of humanitarian organizations to be taking sides but to take the side of the humanitarian disaster – in this light is it now the duty of these humanitarian workers to at least inform their head offices what the LTTE were doing in terms of how they recruited children and turned women to killers? "training behind the battlefields in the jungles….training with the artillery…this is tigers putting landmines into the ground on the front lines….and the claymores where someone will hide in the bush and pull " – didn't Dix say earlier that the army was responsible for putting landmines!!! His description of how the LTTE suicide boats operate is also noteworthy and shows how well he knew of the details. "Kilinochchi the capital of the tigers. This is our UN office on the other side of the hedge… this was a civilian compound…but the tigers had moved the civilians out (unknown to us"UN") and put one of their intelligence units in their office and that was bombed by the SL Govt"…."the tigers were using us (UN) as shields and under international law gives the Sri Lanka legitimate rights to bomb the area" This is an absolute lie as crater investigation has revealed that it was the LTTE who was in Kilinochchi at the time that the UN was evacuating who had bombed not the UN compound but an area close to it. Hypothetically if 10 to 15 air attacks per day as Dix mentions did not hit the UN office or injure any of its officers including Dix that shows that Sri Lanka's air force was never involved in indiscriminate bombing Dix also says that they knew that the LTTE would loot their generators and scaffolding, we know that 40 vehicles belonging to the Norwegian Peoples Aid "fell" into LTTE hands as well similarly LTTE would have been privy to much more. "Casualties started to arise in early 2008….mass graves started to appear in the jungles" Can Dix please tell us where these jungle mass graves are since he is so conversant in the jungle areas Kilinochchi – came under GOSL control only 2nd January 2009 (by that time Dix was no longer in Sri Lanka). Kilinochchi was under LTTE control when the UN was told to move to safer locations (not evacuate). Thus when the film of supposed children begging UN officers to remain was taken, LTTE was very much present. It is left for the reader to imagine how such a film would have taken place under LTTE presence! "On 17th August 2008 the tigers put out a letter to the population saying we now officially going out to war" It was after the LTTE bombed close to the UN compound in Kilinochchi that the Government asked the UN and other international agencies to RELOCATE to safer areas and not EVACUATE "Govt stopped us from importing materials we needed to make the bunkers …like concrete..like railway tracks" – how on earth can bunkers be built with materials like railway tracks!! Benjamin Dix's implication that the Tamil civilians were not provided food and that supplies to hospitals were affected is negated by these facts. * January 2008-May 2009 58,393 metric tons of essential items were sent to Killinochchi and Mullaithivu districts in addition to 33,383 metric tons supplied to co-operative outlets during 2008 up to January 2009 * Every month, five to 600,000 litres of fuel was sent to each district despite fear that it may fall into LTTE hands. * 900 government health staff in Mullaithivu and Killinochchi alone * More than 20 litres of water per person per day was delivered and used. * 175,000 personnel of the SLA have undergone local & international training to effectively be mentally & physically prepared to handle hostage rescue operations alongside a military operation against terrorism. Yet LTTE attacked even the UN convoy carrying food and thereafter the military continued the supplies by sea. The numbers were purposely inflated so that the LTTE could stock the foods and essential items sent. Therefore, Sri Lanka becomes the only nation that continued to supply food, medicine and essential items despite knowing it may fall into LTTE hands but upholding its duty towards the citizens. "one of the saddest pictures I took…became like many of the schools because of the children been taken by the tigers to fight" If this is one of the saddest pictures why has Benjamin Dix not got Channel 4 to do a documentary of the LTTE's forcible recruitment of children if as he says "education is everything to these people" and knowing that the LTTE was turning them into killers and denying them education or the joy of being with their parents and siblings? Children grabbed from their homes, while studying and forcibly turned into killers all of which Dix and his colleagues would have seen as Dix himself is aware of the training camps in the jungles and that schools are empty as was told by his friend Pillai. Young females turned into suicide bombers or ordered to carryout suicide missions did Dix and others not care about the futures of these women? So please, enough of these double standards and emotional pep talks. UNICEF has recorded 5956 abductions carried out by the LTTE for forced recruitment between January 2002 and December 2006, with 1012 of these being children under the age of 15 years "education became impossible" – now that has changed not only are there over 900 schools now functioning there is a student population of 260,582 with 13.967 teachers. No one is kidnapping children to make into killers and suicide cadres now! "my job was to work with the tigers and understand where they were going to do their fighting and where we could move 3-400,000 civilians" – If the safety of the civilians was priority (not that of the LTTE) why did Benjamin Dix not secure their release from LTTE. The world cannot forget these civilians were being dragged from one end to the other not by the armed forces but the LTTE. Why did the LTTE not listen to these humanitarian agencies or did these agencies not insist on their release? Yes the UN failed Sri Lanka's 20m by siding with a terrorist movement and allowing Sri Lanka's conflict to continue for 3 decades. "this lady's husband had been taken by the tigers to fight… if your fighting age is anything between 17 and 40 you are going to the front line to fight" – so do we classify these civilian fighters as "civilians" or "civilian combatants". "You're our witness" – another poignant statement because Benjamin Dix alongside a host of other UN, INGO, NGO officers were working and living in Sri Lanka's northern and eastern areas were witness to a host of crimes that the LTTE were committing all of which were not "humanitarian" and we demand to know what they did about these crimes because they should be standing trial for diminishing their role as humanitarian workers taking the side of a militant group over the Tamil civilians who were used and abused by the LTTE. "people were barricading us in and begging us not to leave and through that 4 day period and tigers were moving their hard ware and artillery around…." This clearly shows that the LTTE orchestrated these demonstrations because they were very much around the UN compound and amongst the UN officers That there was no aerial bombing during the clipping of supposed demonstration outside the gates of the UN compound goes to show that on the 16th September 2008 the UN and LTTE were very much in Kilinochchi "40,000" civililans were killed" – can Dix kindly prove this number…. It seems he is always talking in figures that somehow does not fit in with the actual total population of Tamils in Sri Lanka and that population is 2.4million of which 1million are overseas and if one spends a bit of time doing some calculations it is really impossible to believe the 400,000 or 500,000 figures that these former officers enjoy throwing into the air as if they personally counted them! "when you remove the witness, when you don't allow journalism the depths of war … but Sri Lanka was so much worse than Libya… its really bad". We are happy to do without "witnesses" who are one-sided and as for journalists we can say that numerous private tv stations including foreign were allowed to move with the troops to witness every stage of the conflict and none of them have said anything that remotely shows us that our soldiers were committing any crimes, Dix can summarize all his fictions in a book and sell like Weiss. The people of Sri Lanka will remain indebted to our forces no matter what Dix is implying in the closing lines of his presentation that since the army did not know who was a civilian and who was LTTE, loosing thousands of civilians did not matter and that the army would not have to deal with them post-conflict – yet he forgets that 294,000 civilians were actually saved at the cost of 5000 military lives during the last stages of the war. If orders were clearly to fire at anything that moved as the US soldiers had been ordered to do in Vietnam then none in Sri Lanka's military would have lost their lives nor would there be 11770 LTTE combatants. The GOSL has spent Rs.500million to rehabilitate and reintegrate to society – now save a handful they have either continued studied, engaged in a livelihood, taking to vocations like modeling and dressmaking, joined the security services, functioning as teachers and some are even playing for the national team in sports..…we are far more intelligent than to buy these lies. A democratic Government has every right to protect the sovereignty of its country especially from terrorists and let's not forget that having listened to the formulas provided by the West and its humanitarian agencies which could not stop the LTTE's mission to kill civilians and only after 30 years of enduring terror that Sri Lanka's military defeated the LTTE – that should be nothing Sri Lanka deserves to be punished for – especially when the very countries pushing for punishment have failed to deal with terrorism and their crimes against humanity goes unpunished or even investigated and the lady in charge of human rights cares not to waste a letterhead on them! We will not allow our soldiers to be humiliated with lies and fabrications because they remain the only military to have eliminated a terrorist movement while saving hundreds of thousands of civilians and thereafter designing an indigenous rehabilitation and reintegration program that no country can match. It may not be perfect but it still far superior to what other countries are unable to match because they are still battling terrorism. Tags Benjamin Dix, Indian President, Mahinda Rajapakse, North, sri lanka, tamil, UN

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As demonstrated in the presidential exit polls and rehashed in countless articles and blogs since the election, Barack Obama's decisive reelection victory over Mitt Romney was a triumph for a still-emerging, majority Democratic Obama coalition, which we said in a pair of preelection Next America articles would define a new civic ethos, or consensus on the role of government, for the nation. The president even more forcefully reiterated his civic ethos vision–that America and its individual citizens advance only when "We, the People" work "together"–in his Inaugural Address. Now, a recent Pew Research survey indicates that in doing so the president is speaking clearly to the policy preferences of his side of America's two new 21st-century political party coalitions. But the first policy area–gun control–on which these coalitions have clearly reemerged to reshape the political landscape, is one that wasn't even discussed during the campaign. Social Security and Medicare have long been considered "third rail" issues in U.S. politics–matters so contentious and controversial as to be untouchable by any rational officeholder or candidate. Over the past two decades, gun control has been such an issue for Democrats. Obama studiously avoided the topic during his first term. In 1994, Bill Clinton saw his party lose control of both chambers of Congress for the first time in 40 years after passing a ban on assault weapons. He recently warned his fellow Democrats to be very careful in their approach to this subject. But the tragedy in Newtown, Conn., made it impossible for the president to ignore the issue, even if he was so inclined, and earlier this year Obama proposed several congressional actions, including expanded background checks for arms purchasers, a resumption of the federal assault-weapons ban, and limiting the capacity of ammunition magazines, as well as 23 executive orders to deal with firearm usage. The president enters the fray this time with the full support of his coalition on this issue and, as suggested by his Inaugural Address's reference to the safety of our children, is willing to mobilize and use that coalition on behalf of his proposals. Pew's basic gun-control question asks respondents if it's more important "to protect the right of Americans to own guns or to control gun ownership." In a mid-January 2013 survey—fielded a month after the Newtown shootings—a 51 percent to 45 percent majority favored emphasizing control on gun ownership rather than protecting the right to own guns. Two years earlier, a 49 percent to 46 percent plurality took exactly the opposite positions. It is the rise of the Obama Democratic coalition that underpins this new majority support for gun control. The majority of women, millennials, African-Americans, Hispanics, and college graduates, as well as those who lived in urban and suburban areas and those in the Northeast and West, all support controlling gun ownership over protecting gun owners' rights. As in the 2012 election, the Obama coalition is opposed by a coalition of males, whites, those with incomplete college education, and rural residents, the majorities of whom prefer to protect gun owners' rights. It is uncertain how many of Obama's proposed gun-control measures will ultimately be enacted by Congress and what form they will take in the legislative process. The Pew survey indicates that gun-ownership-rights supporters are more politically active; 42 percent of them, as compared with 25 percent of gun-control advocates, have contributed money to an organization, contacted a public official, expressed an opinion on a social network, and/or signed a petition about gun policy. However, one of the most often repeated, but inaccurate, memes of the 2012 campaign was that Obama's reelection chances suffered from an "enthusiasm gap" that would retard participation by the president's supporters. By Election Day that gap had fully closed. Gun control is only one of the legislative initiatives promised by Obama for his second term. In his Inaugural Address, he briefly referred to immigration reform, climate change, protecting the middle class in entitlement adjustments, infrastructure development, education, and revamping both voting processes and the federal tax code. President Obama's comprehensive proposal for preventing gun violence in America is to be commended. The focus for policy makers shouldn't be to try and sort out which of his ideas are politically feasible but rather which ones will work to accomplish the goal of preventing gun violence of all types, while preserving the Second Amendment's right to bear arms. Linking the ideal outcome to a focus on the pragmatic steps we can take now to make progress toward the ultimate goal is how the Millennial Generation (born 1982-2003) approaches this type of challenge and, in this case, it holds great promise for actually fixing one of the most intractable problems facing the United States.

Dead Space makers are working on a new horror game that is supposed to be damn scary The Callisto Protocoll A teaser trailer for the upcoming 2022 survival horror The Callisto Protocol was released on The Game Awards Show. Not only does it look damn similar to Dead Space, it comes from the same developer. What is the Callisto Protocol? The Callisto Protocoll is a story-driven single-player survival horror on Jupiter. There is currently no more information, as the title is not due to appear for PC and consoles until 2022. However, the trailer is very reminiscent of Dead Space, one of the scariest horror games of all time. And that's no wonder because The Callisto Protocoll comes from the same developers who probably founded a new studio after it was officially closed by Electronic Arts. This is how scary The Callisto Protocol gets: One of the developers also mentions at The Game Awards Show that they want to create the scariest game of all time for the PC and consoles. So we can look forward to what will come in 2022. Resident Evil Reboot has finished shooting and has a release date Sascha Asendorf - 29. December 2020 0

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Q: Why is fdisk -l showing different results for the same vdi virtual drive when different virtual machines are used in VirtualBox VirtualBox (Version 5.2.24 r128163 (Qt5.6.2)) user with xubuntu guest (Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS) and Windows 10 host here. I recently tried to resize my vdi from ~100GB to 200GB. In windows I used the command: ./VBoxManage modifyhd "D:\xub2\xub2.vdi" --resize 200000 That went fine. Then I used a gparted live cd to create a vm, attached the vdi and resize the partitions: gparted gui All looks good. If I then use the 'fdisk -l' command whilst in the gparted vm the increased partition sizes are visible as expected. fdisk -l results for vdi attached to gparted vm If I try and resize the file system for one of the newly resized logical drives with 'resize2fs /dev/sda5' I am told it is already 46265856 blocks long and there is nothing to do. However.... If I then re-attach this vdi to an ubuntu vm and boot up with the vdi, the 'fdisk -l' command gives different results and is basically telling me that the drive is still 100GB in size. fdisk -l results for the same vdi attached to ubuntu vm The 'df' command confirms that it is not resized. df command output with same vdi attached to ubuntu vm If I try the command 'resize2fs /dev/sda5' I get the result: The filesystem is already 22003712 (4k) blocks long. Nothing to do! How can I fix this and make the ubuntu vm see that the disk and partitions have been increase in size? A: Ok. I will answer my own question (thank you for the negative vote anonymous internet). This issue occurs when you have existing snapshots of the drive that you are trying to expand associated with a VirtualBox VM. I found this described in VirtualBox's documentation. https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=50661 One suggested solution is to delete the snapshots, however I got an error message when I attempted that. The solution that worked for me was to clone my VM. The cloned VM (which did not have any snapshots associated with it), behaved as expected and showed the correct size for the resized disk. To be clear: the situation I described above is 100% true. Hope that helps someone.

In 1972, when the Supreme Court invalidated the then-extant death penalty statutes in Furman v. Georgia, only two Justices--Brennan and Marshall--concluded that the death penalty is unconstitutional under all circumstances. The balance of the Court set forth criteria that would need to be satisfied for states to carry out executions and, four years later in Gregg v. Georgia and its companion cases, the Court largely upheld the state responses. Although Justices Brennan and Marshall were often joined by other Justices in accepting claims that the death penalty was unconstitutional in particular circumstances, for a long time they were the only Justices to express the view that the death penalty is invalid in all circumstances. Justices Powell, Blackmun, and Stevens eventually changed their mind, but too late to do much good for death-sentenced petitioners. Powell told his biographer that he thought the death penalty invalid in all cases, but only after he retired from the Court. Blackmun stirringly announced: "From this day forward, I no longer shall tinker with the machinery of death." But the announcement came just months before he retired. And Justice Stevens voted to uphold a death sentence in Baze v. Rees, even as he explained that he had come to the conclusion that the death penalty itself is categorically unconstitutional, a position he has reaffirmed in retirement. Justices Scalia and Thomas, in separate concurrences each joined by the other, fight back. Here I'll bracket the disagreement over specifics to note the broader phenomenon. We now have five Justices who started out accepting that at least some death sentences could be imposed consistent with the Constitution but eventually concluded that none could. This is a phenomenon worth studying. Much has been written, including by me, about the evolution of some Republican appointees from conservative to liberal. Given his votes this Term (in particular in the Fair Housing Act Case, King v. Burwell, Obergefell v. Hodges, and the Arizona Redistricting Case), much ink will likely be spilled in the coming months about Justice Kennedy's liberal turn--although such discussion may well prove quite premature. Justice Kennedy was in the majority today in Glossip and in Michigan v. EPA. And the Court granted cert again today in Fisher v. University of Texas. I'm guessing it's not because a majority of the Court wants to write an opinion congratulating the Fifth Circuit on its handling of the remand. Some of the death penalty evolution of particular Justices could perhaps be fit into a broader frame of conservatives gone liberal. Certainly Justices Blackmun and Stevens became more liberal over time, and arguably Powell did as well. But in each case, the general turn to the left long preceded the conclusion that the death penalty is unconstitutional under all circumstances. And the narrative doesn't work at all for Justices Ginsburg and Breyer, Democratic appointees who were never conservative. But they too applied the death penalty precedents (albeit quite liberally) for many years before deciding that the game was not worth the candle. For now, I don't have a strong hypothesis about what explains this phenomenon of late-in-career or post-retirement conversion on the death penalty but I do think it is a distinct phenomenon. Perhaps--and I acknowledge that this is highly speculative--as a Justice comes closer to facing his or her own mortality it becomes especially difficult to continue to participate in an institution that prematurely ends the lives of others, even if those others have committed truly heinous acts. Justice Breyer clearly has been dubious for years about the death penalty. Justice Ginsburg wasn't as upfront about it though might have let a comment or two slip out. At least regarding Breyer, not sure how much "evolution" went on. Is Mike suggesting that empathy may come with career maturity of a Justice? Do you seriously think this is a change in subjective position by RBG and SGB, as opposed to a willingness to openly admit what has always been their position? Color me skeptical. As for why they (and other Justices) are more willing to admit the truth about their DP position toward the tail end of their careers, I suspect two primary reasons: 1) there's no longer any reason to hide the truth. If RBG and SGB had admitted in 1995 that they think the DP is categorically unconstitutional, then their various opinions purporting to apply the Court's death-penalty precedents wouldn't be very credible; and 2) perhaps they think that five votes to kill the death penalty will soon exist, and they're laying the groundwork to solicit a frontal assault, which would have been futile back in 1995. I think that it is difficult for a person who is devoting her or his life to a career in the law to accept that its administration is so flawed as to make a mockery of its purpose. Experience takes its toll on this belief. And wisdom often follows experience. As people age, they recognize that there really are important moral facts (the sorts of things their earlier selves pooh-poohed or dismissed, in part because legal training encourages the notion that there are always two sides to any issue). Joe & Hash: I don't know what Breyer's and Ginsburg's priors were when they joined the Court, but they certainly didn't act like Brennan and Marshall. I.e., they didn't vote to reverse every death penalty to come before the Court by way of petition for cert or otherwise. And even if they were playing possum, Powell, Blackmun, and Stevens clearly were not--so the phenomenon is real. A not so strong hypothesis may in time develop into a theory. I for one hope that Mike pursues this "distinct phenomenon." Mike's " ... as a Justice comes closer to facing his or her own mortality ... " suggests an inquiry might be appropriate, perhaps starting with the retired Justice Stevens. Query: while actively serving, have any Justices discussed facing this? Over the years have Justices reflected on their legacies as such? Is the Court going through a 1937 deja vu all over again? My comment -- see also Scalia's reference to it in his concurrence -- is to Breyer's long term actions on the Court that shows his doubts about the death penalty. Note his concurrence in Ring v. Arizona in 2002 as but an example. So, I'm not sure how far he "evolved" here. It was not in reference to his actions before joining the Court. And, yes, even now, he (and Ginsburg) did not go as far as Brennan/Marshall.

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Q: Give context-free grammars for these languages(Need clarification for my answer) I'm just looking to understand if my justification I wrote makes sense (it might not) in a) b). Note: I'm doing exercises from a textbook which has no solutions I can see. So I can't check my answer or understand what I am doing if wrong. Question: Give context-free grammars that generate the following languages over $\{0,1\}$: (a) $\{w \; : \; w \text{ starts and ends with the same symbol}\}$ (b) $\{w \; : \; \text{the length of } w \text{ is odd}\}$ a) $S_0 \rightarrow 0S_10 \; | \; 1S_11 \; | \; \varepsilon$ $S_1 \rightarrow 0S_1 \; | \; 1S_1 \; | \; \varepsilon$ Justification: $S_0$ must start with $0$ and end with $0$ OR start with $1$ and end with $1$ OR can be empty. $S_1$ must start with $0$ OR start with $1$ OR can be empty. b) $S_0 \rightarrow 0S_1 \; | \; 1S_1$ $S_1 \rightarrow 00S_1 \; | \; 01S_1 \; | \; 10S_1 \; | \; 11S_1 \; | \; \varepsilon$ Justification: $S_0$ must start with $0$ OR $1$ (which is odd). $S_1$ must start with $00$ OR $01$ OR $10$ OR $11$ OR empty. What I don't understand: Why is $S_1$ in $S_0$ but $S_0$ is not in $S_1$? What do $S_0$ and $S_1$ represent? (I think $S_0$ is string with binary string $0$ and $S_1$ is string with binary string $1$? A: $S_1$ and $S_0$ are variables. A context-free grammar has at least one variable, and one of these variables is designated as the start variable, which is the variable that every derivation of a string must begin with. Let's say that we always denote the start variable by $S$. So for your question a), we could as well write $S \rightarrow 0B0 \; | \; 1B1 \; | \; \varepsilon$ $B \rightarrow 0B \; | \; 1B \; | \; \varepsilon$ To understand why the variable names are not important, take a look at the following derivation: $$S \Rightarrow 0B0 \Rightarrow 00B0 \Rightarrow 001B0 \Rightarrow 001\varepsilon 0 \Rightarrow 0010$$ Notice that at the end, all of the variables have disappeared from the string anyway, so the exact names of the variables are not important. Other than that, both your answers look correct.

Intestinally | definition of intestinally by Medical dictionary https://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/intestinally (redirected from intestinally) [in-tes´tĭ-nal] pertaining to the intestine. intestinal bypass a surgical procedure in which all but a short section of the proximal jejunum and terminal ileum is bypassed in order to bring about malabsorption of digested food. The procedure is done for the purpose of correcting obesity. Patients having this type of surgery must be meticulously managed so that severe nutritional cirrhosis and serious loss of water and electrolytes are avoided. Called also jejunoileal bypass and jejunoileal shunt. intestinal flu a popular term for what may be any of several disorders of the stomach and intestinal tract. The symptoms are nausea, diarrhea, abdominal cramps, and fever. During the acute stage all foods should be avoided. Carbonated soft drinks such as ginger ale or cola can be taken in moderation to relieve the nausea. When the symptoms subside, the diet should at first be confined to liquids and soft, bland foods. Milk and dairy products, butter and fats generally, fruits, and greens should be avoided completely until the patient is free of all symptoms. intestinal obstruction any hindrance to the passage of the intestinal contents. Causes may be mechanical or neural or both. Some of the more common mechanical causes are hernia, adhesions of the peritoneum, volvulus, intussusception, malignant or benign tumor, congenital defect, and local inflammation, as in diverticulitis. Failure of peristalsis (adynamic ileus) is frequently associated with peritonitis; it also may occur with gallstones, uremia, heavy metal poisoning, infection, and spinal injury. Symptoms. The most characteristic symptoms are abdominal pain, vomiting, and distention. The symptoms may be mild at first and in its early stages the condition can be confused with less serious disorders of the intestinal tract. Under no circumstances should the patient be given a cathartic or other laxative, because that will aggravate the situation. If the obstruction continues the patient suffers from dehydration and shock because of inadequate absorption of fluids, electrolytes, and nutrients from the intestinal tract. If the bowel becomes strangulated and circulation to the bowel wall is obstructed, the patient shows signs of peritonitis with extreme tenderness and rigidity of the abdomen. Diagnosis. The diagnosis of obstruction can usually, but not always, be made from plain abdominal radiographs. If there is a question, a gastrointestinal series with barium will usually resolve the issue quickly. Treatment. The basic steps of treatment are decompression of the intestine, replacement of fluids and electrolytes, and removal of the cause of the obstruction. Decompression is accomplished by intubation with a special tube (usually the miller-abbott tube) designed to reach past the pyloric sphincter and into the intestine. Constant suction is then applied to remove accumulations of gas and liquids. Fluids, sodium chloride, and glucose are administered intravenously at a specific rate as prescribed. Transfusions of whole blood plasma may be given as necessary to restore normal blood values. Surgical removal of the cause of obstruction is necessary in cases of complete obstruction. If there is no evidence of strangulation of the bowel, the surgeon may choose to postpone surgery until dehydration and shock have been overcome and a normal electrolyte balance is restored. The type of surgical procedure performed depends on the cause of the obstruction and whether or not the intestine is gangrenous. In some cases a colostomy may be necessary along with removal of the damaged portion of the bowel. A surgical incision into the cecum with insertion of a drainage tube (cecostomy) may be done when intestinal intubation is not successful in relieving distention. Patient Care. Assessment of the patient with intestinal obstruction includes noting the location and character of abdominal pain, degree of distention, character of the bowel sounds, and occurrence or absence of bowel movements or passing of flatus. Should defecation occur, a specimen is saved for examination and laboratory analysis. If there is vomiting, the amount and special characteristics of the vomitus should be noted and recorded. In severe cases of obstruction of the small bowel the vomitus may contain fecal material because of the reversal of peristalsis and forcing of the intestinal contents backward into the stomach. Foods and fluids by mouth are restricted. Frequent mouth care is necessary to relieve the dryness and foul taste that accompanies intestinal obstruction and vomiting. Urinary output is measured and recorded because of the possibility of decreased urinary output related to dehydration. Preoperative Care. If conservative measures fail to relieve the obstruction, or if the bowel has become strangulated, surgery is indicated. Suction siphonage, once initiated, is continued and the intestinal tube is left in place when the patient goes to the operating room. Postoperative Care. Routine postoperative care of the patient with abdominal surgery is indicated. Specific measures depend on the type of surgical procedure done. Suction siphonage is usually continued until peristalsis resumes. Results of the assessment of bowel sounds and the passing of flatus or feces should be noted on the patient's chart because they indicate a return of normal peristaltic movements of the bowel. In some cases a cecostomy tube or rectal tube is inserted during surgery; the tube is attached to a drainage system and the amount and type of material collected in the system are recorded. If there is evidence that the tube has become obstructed the surgeon should be notified. The skin around the site of insertion of a cecostomy tube should be protected with a skin barrier. The area must be washed frequently to avoid erosion of the skin by intestinal contents leaking around the tube. (See colostomy for patient care after that procedure.) intestinal tract the small and large intestines in continuity; this long, coiled tube is the part of the digestive system where most of the digestion of food takes place. (See color plates.) The small intestine has three parts: the duodenum (connected to the stomach), the jejunum, and the ileum. The small intestine is small in diameter but very long (about 6.1 m). The large intestine, which starts just below the ileum, is about 1.5 m long. It is made up of the cecum (to which the appendix is attached), the colon (comprising the ascending, transverse, and descending colon and the sigmoid), and the rectum. The digestion of food is completed in the small intestine. The digested food is absorbed through the walls of the small intestine into the blood. Indigestible parts of the food pass into the large intestine. Here the liquid from the wastes is gradually absorbed back into the body through the intestinal walls. The waste itself is formed into fairly solid feces and pushed down into the rectum for evacuation. Among the disorders of the intestinal tract are the disturbances of function, such as diarrhea, constipation, and irritable bowel syndrome; the organic diseases, ulcerative colitis, appendicitis, and ileitis; and communicable diseases, such as dysentery. Irritable bowel syndrome is characterized by constipation, sometimes alternating with diarrhea. Ulcerative colitis is a disorder in which ulcers may appear in the wall of the large intestine. Ileitis is a disorder of the ileum, or lower portion of the small intestine. A symptom of both is diarrhea. Dysentery, which is characterized by diarrhea, is the result of infection by bacteria, viruses, or various parasites. in·tes·ti·nal (in-tes'ti-năl), Relating to the intestine. (ĭn-tĕs′tə-nəl) Of, relating to, or constituting the intestine: the intestinal wall; intestinal bacteria. in·tes′ti·nal·ly adv. See intestine. adjective Referring to the lower GI tract. Medspeak-UK: pronounced, in tes TIE null Medspeak-US: pronounced, in TES tih null (in-tes'ti-năl) intestinal accident sudden change in normal intestinal structure or disposition, e.g. intestinal volvulus. intestinal adenomatosis see porcine intestinal adenomatosis. intestinal adhesions relics of inflammatory incidents binding loops of intestine together or to peritoneum; have the effect of obstruction or luminal constriction. intestinal aganglionosis see colonic aganglionosis. intestinal amphistomiasis see paramphistomiasis. intestinal arterial thromboembolism see verminous mesenteric arteritis. intestinal atony occurs reflexly as a result of peritonitis, of severe inflammation or distention in other parts of the alimentary tract and abdominal viscera, or directly as a result of severe inflammation, as distinct from the early excitation or movement that occurs with mild or early inflammation. See also paralytic ileus. intestinal clostridiosis a rare disease of the horse manifested by an acute, highly fatal diarrhea associated with the presence in the gut of large numbers of Clostridium perfringens type A. intestinal compression by a tissue mass, e.g. tumor, organ enlargement, causing partial or complete obstruction. intestinal constriction by adhesion, local blood clot causing partial or complete obstruction. intestinal crypts simple, branched, tubular invaginations of mucosa at the base of the villi. intestinal dilatation the causes of the dilatation are fluid, feces or flatus (gas). All cause pain of varying degree, and initially an increase in motility, followed by atony. In distention of long duration, e.g. with feces, the distended bowels are easily palpable and are usually the cause of some abdominal distention. In acute dilatation the distention and palpability of the loops of intestine are less obvious and later in their appearance than other signs. intestinal displacement causing partial or complete obstruction, e.g. displacement of the colon in horses. intestinal diverticulum may cause intestinal compression and obstruction, e.g. Meckel's diverticulum. intestinal fibrinous casts gelatinous, sausage-shaped masses, like casts of the intestinal lumen, resulting from severe inflammation and protein loss from the bowel wall. intestinal fluids fluids in the lumen of the intestine; the balance between intake and absorption of these fluids determines the form of the feces; disruption can cause diarrhea or constipation. intestinal foreign body has most importance as a cause of intestinal obstruction. It may also cause laceration and intestinal hemorrhage or penetration of the intestinal wall and the development of peritonitis. intestinal granuloma resulting from chronic local inflammation; cause constriction of the intestinal lumen. intestinal hemorrhage into the small intestine causes the appearance of red-black feces (melena); from the large intestine the appearance is typical of whole blood, which may be mixed homogeneously with feces or be scattered through them as clots. intestinal hemorrhage syndrome proliferative hemorrhagic enteropathy. intestinal hypermotility causes abdominal pain, increased gut sounds, diarrhea and decreased opportunity for the absorption of nutrients. It occurs as a result of irritation to the intestinal lining, as in enteritis, to stimulation of the parasympathetic nervous system by the use of parasympathomimetic drugs, or to changes in the composition of the gut contents such as occurs when there is a malabsorption problem. intestinal hypersecretion occurs as a result of distention and as a major part of the response to enterotoxic Escherichia coli toxin. The effect is to increase the fluidity of the gut contents; diarrhea results. intestinal hypomotility see atonia. intestinal idiopathic muscular hypertrophy ileal muscular hypertrophy. intestinal ileocecal valve impaction see intestinal obstruction colic. intestinal impaction see impaction colic. intestinal incarceration passage of a loop of intestine through a small orifice, e.g. inguinal canal, with resulting swelling, obstruction and occlusion of blood supply. intestinal infarction may be nonstrangulating, presenting a clinical picture of subacute but still fatal colic, or strangulating, e.g. when torsion precedes the development of the infarct, a much more acute and potentially fatal situation; see thromboembolic colic, intestinal infarction. intestinal inflammation see enteritis. intestinal intramural hematoma causes a swelling in the bowel wall and partial obstruction of the lumen. intestinal linear foreign body see linear foreign body. intestinal lipofuscinosis brown discoloration of the intestinal muscularis, especially the terminal small intestine. any hindrance to the passage of the intestinal contents. Causes may be acute, such as those caused by foreign body, phytobezoar, intussusception, volvulus and strangulation. There is sudden onset of abdominal pain, cessation of feces evacuation, vomiting in dogs and cats, gastric distention in horses, rumen distention in ruminants, loops of intestine distended with fluid and gas palpable per rectum or visible radiographically, shock and dehydration. Obstruction may also be chronic and manifested by intermittent vomiting and abdominal pain, chronic intestinal distention, loud intestinal sounds, and palpable distended loops of intestine. See also intestinal obstruction colic. intestinal parasitism infestation of the intestinal lumen and wall by nematodes, cestodes and immature trematodes. intestinal polyp see polyp; may cause intermittent bowel obstruction or erratic passage of feces. porcine intestinal hemorrhagic syndrome see proliferative hemorrhagic enteropathy. intestinal portals openings to the closed foregut and hindgut of the embryo. intestinal pseudo-obstruction the patient presents a clinical picture of intestinal obstruction with no surgically correctable lesion, e.g. paralytic ileus. intestinal reflux is part of the reaction to increased gut motility resulting in gastric dilatation and the vomiting of intestinal contents, even feces. intestinal rupture can occur as a result of extreme distention. More commonly it follows compromise to a section of gut, e.g. strangulation, in which a necrotic section of gut wall collapses. The effects of perforation of the gut wall through a deep ulcer are similar but not so sudden. The result of a rupture is sudden death due to shock and endotoxemia. With a slower leak the result is an initial stage of acute peritonitis accompanied by fever and abdominal pain. intestinal sclerosis mild to obvious bowel dilation with mononuclear inflammatory infiltrate in the smooth muscle fibers plus interstitial fibrosis and atrophy of smooth muscle cells. intestinal secretory-absorptive imbalance includes excessive absorptive function, e.g. thrifty bowel syndrome, or over-secretion, the classical malabsorption syndrome, e.g. in enteric colibacillosis. intestinal segmental ischemic necrosis of mares occurs spontaneously in the small colon of pregnant or postpartum mares; intestinal rupture and death follow quickly. intestinal smooth muscle intrinsic disease see intestinal sclerosis (above). intestinal spasm see hypermotility. intestinal stenosis constriction of the bowel lumen, as a result of incomplete aplasia, cicatricial contraction after injury or infection, leads to a syndrome of chronic or intermittent subacute abdominal pain. intestinal strangulation occurs in an incarcerated hernia, umbilical, inguinal, mesenteric tear, uterine ligament, or a volvulus. There may be a double problem of acute intestinal obstruction plus an intestinal infarction characterized by profound shock and toxemia, paralytic ileus and a blood-stained paracentesis specimen. Less severe but still lethal strangulations occur as a result of tightening of a lipoma pedicle, displacement of dorsal colon in the horse over the gastrosplenic ligament. intestinal torsion is a common cause of acute intestinal obstruction. There is an obstruction to the movements of contents and compromise to the circulation of the twisted segment. intestinal tract the small and large intestines in continuity. The long, coiled tube of the intestine is the part of the digestive system where most of the digestion of food takes place. The small intestine has three parts: the duodenum, jejunum and ileum; the large intestine, the cecum, colon and rectum. intestinal tympany is part of most cases of intestinal obstruction. Primary cases of intestinal tympany are rare and confined in their occurrence to the horse. See also flatulent colic. Patient discussion about intestinal Q. I recently had my surgery for bowel obstruction? I recently had my surgery for bowel obstruction? None of the diet was restricted for me by doctor but should I go for any special diet. A. I had surgery in 08/08 during having a c-section and hernia repair, and I'm having diarrhea all the time. I don't know what to eat nor what medicines to take. Only Immodium AD helps temporary. If I have an appointment, I don't eat breakfast or lunch. I come home and eat dinner. About 30 minutes after eating, I'm in the bathroom. Can someone help me please? I have to return back to work next month, and I don't want to be in the bathroom more than I am at my desk. Q. Can Alcoholism makes you vulnerable to intestine infections? A friend of mine is a heavy drinker, he had something like 5 infections in the past year. Is it connected? Q. What is the connection between bowel disease and arthritis? My son suffers from ulcerative colitis, and the doctor said that his recent joint pain can be as a result of the colitis. Why is that? A. Although ulcerative colitis happens mainly in the colon, it is a systemic disease, and patients may present with symptoms and complications outside the colon. These include musculoskeletal complications such as arthritis (for instance- ankylosing spondylitis). The exact mechanism of this injury is unknown. 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in the Victorian State Parliament. In my opinion, the best part of Victoria. for both fitness and social reasons. small businesses face just in keeping the doors open. Benambra is a great part of Victoria. Working together we can ensure the great quality of life we enjoy in this great part of Victoria remains into the future. I am passionate about developing our community for the future. Infrastructure, combating crime, improving safety on our roads, tackling weeds and pests in our farming areas and of course protecting our community from the threat of bushfire are key issues which I am focused on improving for the benefit of all of us. Both my staff and I are available and always willing to assist you with your concerns and together we can build a stronger, safer Benambra. There's always a lot happening in Benambra. It's important to keep you up to date with what's going on in Benambra. Here you can see all of my latest press releases to see what I've been working on. If you can't find what you're looking for, try searching for your town or project name. The good news is that the kangaroo for pet food trial will continue, perhaps even expanded to include the North East.

Naturally Sweet Sisters: Somehow we make it through. A fellow t1d mom and I were talking about the difficulty in managing the endless amount of 'stuff'. OK, let me be honest. I was really whining about how it seems like I am constantly toting a bag of medical junk. And if I am not physically toting it, I am thinking about the two girls that will be and strapping survival bags to their petite frames. Hey, one of us has to be prepared. What is that warning about kids bearing too much weight in their back packs?? Weight load, schmeight load. I kid, I kid. Sort of. It.is.exhausting. Who wants to pack like they are living for doomsday? Yet, this is not a new problem. It happened when we first had babies. Remember those enormous diaper bags? It became worse when the toddler years came along with bottoms that spouted like faucets while potty training AND never-quite-full-requiring-you-to-pack-a-mini-fridge tummies. Around grade school, however, most of my parenting friends were able to ditch the suitcases and start carrying impossibly tiny and adorable handbags. I think one of my besties even got away with a cell phone pouch with two types of ID delicately tucked away. Her purse was so small, it could actually dangle from her wrist. Yes. Really. I am still jealous! The ongoing baggage issue is the same for all of us with kids that live with type 1 diabetes. Like plotting strategy in a game of chess, we are anticipating and hoping to predict the outcome. Thus, the need to pack it all, just in case. That tricky type 1 diabetes! You just never know in a world full of highs and lows! The interesting part of all of this brain packing wizardry is that sometimes it works and sometimes, unforeseen issues thwart our attempts - BUT SOMEHOW WE MAKE IT THROUGH! That's right. We make it through. I don't know how exactly, but we do. At that moment in our conversation, we suddenly realized that the most successful moments in the world of type 1 diabetes happen after veering off-course. And we shared a few of our favorite stories. Like when we went swimming and realized that the sticky side of the infusion set wasn't going to hold for much longer and we were also out of IV3000. That taught us that in a pinch, duct tape from the kids craft project will keep the site on until we can finish the drive home. Or when we forgot to bring tweezers and an itty bitty wooden splinter had somehow worked its way into the bottom of a tender toe. That taught us that we could use a sterile lancing device to carefully work out the sliver of wood - without tears too. And the time the bee sting hurt so much that we were glad to have a bit of EMLA (numbing cream) crammed into the bottom of our purse. I would be remiss without sharing my personal all-time favorite story which was the time when we were too far from home to get back without missing the fun and we realize that we have NO more insulin for oldest daughter's pump... so we hooked up the second sister and let her have a bolus or two until we could get back. On this journey, we will always be learning as we go. Maybe that makes a bit more interesting.

Mirvac offloads Como Centre as part of $300m sell-down Nick Lenaghan and Su-Lin Tan Updated May 30, 2016 – 5.40pm, first published at 10.17am Mirvac has locked down the sales of two major assets, including the landmark Como Centre in Melbourne, for more than $300 million in total, as it works its way through a divestment program. And as Mirvac takes profit from long-held commercial properties, it is also winning fresh capital for its residential development business, striking its second major deal with Chinese insurance giant Ping An, which will back the $630 million St Leonards Square project in Sydney. So far, Mirvac has sold three commercial properties in fiscal 2016 for a total of $641 million. A render of the St Leonards Square project in Sydney that Mirvac is developing. supplied It has exchanged contracts for the Como Centre, a mixed-use asset in South Yarra, in a $236.5 million transaction. It had held the asset at $187.7 million as its book value. Rapidly growing property syndicator Newmark Capital, led by property veteran and former AFL champion Chris Langford, went into due diligence last month on the South Yarra property. Como covers a two-hectare site on the corner of Toorak Road and Chapel Street and includes office space, retail, a hotel and a carpark As well, Mirvac has sold an A-grade Canberra office building at 16 Furzer Street, known as Aviation House, for $68.1 million. "This is an outstanding outcome for the group, and we are extremely pleased to have achieved these key milestones in our asset sales strategy for financial year 2016, following the sale of 1 Woolworths Way in NSW earlier this year," managing director Susan Lloyd-Hurwitz said. In Sydney, Mirvac is pressing ahead with pre-sales for the second tower at St Leonards Square development after bringing on board Ping An. Mirvac has sold the Como Centre in South Yarra Supplied It is the second development to win support from Ping An after in a tie-up that Mirvac formed with the Chinese powerhouse in December to develop residential projects in Australian cities. "We are thrilled to have expanded our partnership with Ping An to develop a flagship residential development on Sydney's lower north shore," Ms Lloyd-Hurwitz said. "Having now entered into two residential development joint ventures with a high-calibre organisation such as Ping An demonstrates our ability to work in partnership with third-party capital to deliver the objectives of both parties." Just 5 kilometres from the CBD, the St Leonards Square project – it also has a component of office space – has been given development approval to go ahead. The first tower in the project designed by Sissons Architects sold rapidly when it was released to Mirvac's VIP customers in March. More than 90 per cent of the 220 apartments in the first tower sold on the day they were released. "The Joint Regional Planning Panel decision acknowledged the merits of the development and included some amendments that Mirvac will incorporate into its scheme," said John Carfi, Mirvac's residential head. Nick Lenaghan edits the property section, which covers all aspects, from residential real estate and housing and construction to commercial property – office, retail, industrial – and major ASX-listed developers and real estate investment trusts. Connect with Nick on Twitter. Email Nick at nlenaghan@afr.com Mirvac Latest In Commercial Most Viewed In Property

This very attractive 23 year old lady presents with so many wonderful facial features except for her nose. Note that your eyes are brought directly to her nose in the pre op photos when in fact, there are so many other beautiful features of her face.This is a very normal process when one is looking at or talking to another person. Thus, patients in this category with the prominent nose and nasal humps etc. are VERY conscious of picture taking especially from the side. Patients will go to any extreme to make sure that they are not facing sideways when the cameras are going off. When evaluating a patient like this, it is important to know what she/he is really troubled about. When they describe the sharp bony prominence of the upper nasal structrures and the hump on the nose with a wide nasal base where the nose meets the cheeks, then it becomes a "let's change these features to fit your face". Notice that she has a slight crookedness of her nose and very sharp ridges on the upper nose on either side in the front view. From the side, there is a very prominent hump that detracts from so many of the features as mentioned that are so positive for her face. So, the plan is to take the hump down, think her nose, take away the sharp ridges and try to straighten out the slight deviation of the nasal tip. Small moves in a are significant so a nasoplasty is a very delicate process. We want to give her a feminine shape and take away any negative noticeable feature. I chose to do a CLOSED NASOPLASTY and therefore there is no external scar on the nose. I find that there are very few patients than really need an open nasoplasty with the scar on the skin between the nostrils.She is shown now at only 3 weeks post op and as you can see there are very nice features developing that will get better and better over time. I tell patients that the swelling will take 6-12 months to completely go away but you can see that even in the early weeks, there is a very noticeable improvement.Notice how soft and feminine her look is post op. Contrast this to the harshness of her nose pre op and that detracts from the overall look of her face. Gee, I guess you might get the point by now !!!!Very pleasing result for the patient and of course when this happens, a very happy doctor. A must combination for a win-win.

Return to Western TV Shows 26 Men Western TV series shows are about the forming of the Arizona Rangers and the twenty six men who were rangers around the turn of the twentieth century. Dead Man in Tucson – 26 Men western TV show FREE EPISODE. This is episode 8 season 1 . Original airing date was December 3 of 1957 . 26 Men starred Tristram Coffin as Capt. Tom Rynning and Kelo Henderson as Ranger Clint Travis . The stories were taken from true stories of the Arizona … Incident at Yuma episode of 26 Men. This a western tv show about the Arizona Rangers produced by Russell Hayden. There are 44 episodes of this wonderful western television series . Originally airing in 1957 1958 and 1959 and starring Tristram Coffin and Kelo Henderson . MAN ON THE RUN – 26 Men – western TV show 26 Men Is a western tv show about the Arizona Rangers produced by Russell Hayden. There are 44 episodes of this wonderful western television series . Originally airing in 1957 , 1958 and 1959 and starring Tristram Coffin and Kelo Henderson . Hosted by … The Bells of St. Thomas – 26 Men western TV show watch free online. This is episode 30 season 1 . Original airing date was May 13 of 1958 . 26 Men starred Tristram Coffin as Capt. Tom Rynning and Kelo Henderson as Ranger Clint Travis . The stories were taken from true stories of … The Big Rope – 26 Men – western TV This is an episode of 26 Men about the Arizona Rangers. starring Tristram Coffin, Kelo Henderson and Hal Hopper. Keep an eye on Kelo he is amazing with a Colt 45 he was a gun coach for alot of the westerns stars . From season 1 … The Recruit First episode of 26 Men. 26 Men Is a western tv show about the Arizona Rangers produced by Russell Hayden. There are 44 episodes of this wonderful western television series . Originally airing in 1957 , 1958 and 1959 and starring Tristram Coffin and Kelo Henderson.

Patty Creek Farm Bed and Breakfast is not new to Madison County Missouri, but seemed to be a well kept secret. I received an email a few weeks back asking me if I had heard of this place and since I had not I thought I would see what this place is like. Patty Creek Farm is located 18 miles south of Fredericktown, Missouri just off highway 67; it is almost half way between Fredericktown and Greenville. The 111-acre farm is nestled in Schaefer Hollow and surrounded by rolling hills, mature trees, and crystal clear spring fed creeks. Patty Creek is so secluded the only sounds you will hear is gently running water from the creek, the birds chirping in the distance, and SILENCE. Although, Patty Creek's name says it is a bed and breakfast I would call it more of a resort, a private getaway, or a sweet escape. The difference between Patty Creek's lodging facilities and other bed and breakfasts is you are not renting just a room you are renting an entire home for one low price.

I am a student and I am pursuing my Bachelor's degree. I am currently living in bhopal . I come from a middle class, joint family background with moderate values. My relative has a Bachelor's degree and she is employed in private Sector as an agriculture & farming professional currently based in Pandhurna. She belongs to a middle class, joint family with traditional values.

Q: TestNG: How to execute several test methods in order with data supplied from DataProvider Is there a way to execute several test methods in order using different data from the data provider? e.g. @DataProvider(name = "test1") public Object[][] createData1() { return new Object[][] { { "Cedric", new Integer(36) }, { "Anne", new Integer(37)}, }; } @Test(dataProvider = "test1") public void verifyData1(String n1, Integer n2) { System.out.println(n1 + " " + n2); } @Test public void verifyData2() { System.out.println("Verify2"); } And the output of running this would be Cedric 36 Verify2 Anne 37 Verify2 A: Why not to use multiple data providers in that class? @DataProvider(name = "test1") public Object[][] createData1() { return new Object[][] { { "Cedric", new Integer(36) }, { "Anne", new Integer(37)}, }; } @DataProvider(name = "test2") public Object[][] createData2() { return new Object[][] { { "Amir", new Integer(42) }, { "Alice", new Integer(39)}, }; } @Test(dataProvider = "test1") public void verifyData1(String n1, Integer n2) { System.out.println(n1 + " " + n2); } @Test(dataProvider = "test2") public void verifyData2(String n1, Integer n2) { System.out.println(n1 + " " + n2); } A: Here is one way to do it: use an annotation to specify which method should receive which data: public class A { @DataProvider public Object[][] dp(Method m) { if (m.getAnnotation(Different.class) != null) { return new Object[][] { new Object[] { "different-a", "different-b" }, new Object[] { "different-c", "different-d" }, }; } else { return new Object[][] { new Object[] { "c", "d" }, new Object[] { "a", "b" }, }; } } @Test(dataProvider = "dp") public void test1(String a, String b) { System.out.println("test1: " + a + " " + b); } @Different @Test(dataProvider = "dp") public void test2(String a, String b) { System.out.println("test2: " + a + " " + b); } } The annotation: @Retention(java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME) @Target({METHOD}) public @interface Different {} The output: test1: c d test1: a b test2: different-a different-b test2: different-c different-d

Queen Sugar S.1 Ep. 13 "Give Us This Day" (Season Finale) by Kels December 1, 2016 December 1, 2016 Leave a Comment on Queen Sugar S.1 Ep. 13 "Give Us This Day" (Season Finale) Aunt Vi There were two lessons taught last night regarding Aunt Vi and Hollywood. Lesson 1: Don't think that you are so good and so worthy, that people will sit around and allow you to mistreat them. Sure it's great to have confidence in yourself and know your self-worth, but not at the expense of making others feel as though they are an afterthought. Hollywood worked his ass off showing Aunt Vi he was willing to do whatever it takes to get back into her good graces. He explained to her a few episodes ago that he only remained married to Maxine Shaw Attorney-at-Law for insurance purposes. Aunt Vi understood that had he left his wife long ago, she could be a danger to herself or society. Aunt Vi seemed to understand. I'm sure the thought of her dating a married man collided with her morals but Hollywood's reason behind so was a reflection of his character which is why she eased up on the bitchiness towards him. I'm assuming she likes the chase because everything all good when he was running behind her wagging his tail for forgiveness. But the minute Hollywood realized his self-worth and acted on it, it was a problem. Side note: WHY IS OKAY FOR AUNT VI TO DATE A MARRIED MAN BUT NOVA IS MARRED FOR DOING SO? Hollywood remained married to his wife for insurance purposes and Nova's boo remained married to his to keep his family together for the kids. Both men followed their hearts and remained married while engaging in an outside relationship, yet we cheer on Aunt Vi and Hollywood while bashing Nova and her boo. That does not seem very fair, but I digress. Lesson 2: Know when to move the f*** on Hollywood was tired of being treated like a lap dog and moved on and did what was best for him!!!! Typically, we see the woman running behind the man and the man paying her no mind. I love how the writers flipped the script. Hollywood did not act a damn fool once he felt he was being played. He didn't cuss her out. He didn't bash her windows or her head in. He didn't trash her name in the street. He didn't share secrets that could have tarnished her name and reputation in their small town. He went into survivor mode and realized that he had to do what was best for Hollywood. I'm sure it was hard for him to leave but he did what was best for him. Sometimes you have to be selfish in order to maintain your mental health! How many of us would have been saved from months or years of heartache and setbacks had we walked away from relationships when felt we weren't loved, appreciated or respected the way we deserved? Charley is giving Remy the run around and playing with Remy's emotions and Remy is OVER it as he should be! She finally let's go of the possibility that there will be anything between she and Davis. When Davis called her to discuss working things out, she could have walked away from the stressful situation she has been dealing with and run to him to enjoy a life of luxury, but she chose her family instead. She chose stress and struggle over living the laid back life of a Basketball wife. I love that! Her final speech to him was so profound that I thought it was the last scene of the show! As a married woman the thought of NOVA dating a married man, no matter what race, disgusts me. But as a black woman, when that guy spit in her face, I was almost as weak in the knees as she was. That was so disrespectful and I would like to think that had that really happened in a room full of so many people, someone would have come to her aid or at least handed the girl a damn napkin! She sat their ALONE for MORE than a minute wiping spit from her face. Perhaps that was done purposely by the writers. Maybe it was symbolic of her washing herself of all the wrong she has done. She is so busy saving others, but no one was there to protect her in that specific moment. The scene left me nauseated, but I kept rewinding because I couldn't believe it happened. RalphAngel Dear, sweet Raphael Angel. I'm sure we all at some point have become a bit exasperated by the whining and crying and weakness and that "Southern" twang from Ralph Angel the past few weeks. But when he read that letter from his now deceased father. I know he felt he had wings and was invincible. Sometimes something so small as a pat on the back or "you can do it" or "I believe in you", is all it takes for someone to realize their potential. Mr. Boredelon left Ralph Angel all of the land. What a blessing! A lot can be taken from that letter. I won't dig too deep but it had my brain gears grinding. I hope it encouraged someone to get their affairs in order. Do you have life insurance? Are you leaving a legacy for your children and your children's children? If you die tomorrow, will your spouse or family be left to struggle to pay remaining bills? Do you have a copy of your spouse or parent's insurance policy within arm's reach? Where do they want to be buried? Do they want to be cremated? Do you have a beneficiary and contingent beneficiary at your bank credit union and/or HR file at work? Discussing things like this with our loved ones is difficult it might be better to know up front how business is requested be handled. I guess had Mr. Bordelon made all of this known to the family prior to his passing, the show Queen Sugar would be non-existent. LOL! I'm sure once Ralph Angel shares Mr. Bordelon's will with the family, Charley will be the first to contest it because Ralph Angel is 100% against the creation of a family owned sugar mill. Previous Entry New President, New Year, New You…So what are you gonna do? 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One of my favorite juice places in all of India has to be the popular Juice House in Ram Jhula, Rishikesh. The city is situated on the foothills of the Himalayas and along the Ganges river. It is a place of pilgrimage and a very holy and peaceful place. The juice stall is a popular travellers' hangout and is always full. Usually you need to squeeze into a shared booth and it can take 20 minutes to get served but it's worth the wait. The mango lassi as featured above is full of mangos and has fresh pomegranates on top with shredded coconut $2. They have many fresh fruit and veggie juice combos along with smoothies including some which have avocado. Their other popular menu item is their fruit salad and the one shown above is a replica that I made at home. I usually get the vegan version which comes with muesli, bananas, watermelon, papaya, mangos, pineapple, coconut, pomegranate, soy milk, date syrup and mint $2.80. The date syrup was difficult to find so I decided to make my own. I soaked a cup of dates in warm water for a couple hours. Then I puréed the dates and water in a Vitamix blender. Squeezed out the date pulp and put the liquid into a saucepan and brought to a boil. I cooked the liquid until it thickened, allowed it to cool and poured it over the fruit. It was so heavenly that I ate it everyday for over a week. I've been coming to this restaurant since my first visit to Varkala beach in 2010. For India it has exceptional service, the food comes quickly and the people working there are very personable. I tend to eat there at least once a day and the papaya smoothie became my new favorite on this trip. It has papaya, yogurt, lime and ginger ($2). The dinner is also very good and the garlic naan ($1) is delicious. For some reason I did not take many photos off all the food that I ate there but I do have a photo of the veg pakoras ($2). They are fried but not too greasy and come with s small salad. It's nice to share as a midday snack or as an appetizer. Abba restaurant is located on the south cliff near in Varkala. I am on holiday in south India in the state of Kerala which is known for its beautiful beaches. Varkala beach is situated on a cliff and 3 bodies of water merge there making the sea very tumultuous. At midday it gets unbearably hot and I retreat to the Tibetan Kitchen on the cliff top to rest in the shade where there's a full breeze. I usually get this Momo soup for lunch as its a light meal. It comes many veggies including carrots, spinach and celery in the soup and the broth is light and simple. The monos are handmade by the Nepali cooks and have shredded carrots, cabbage, ginger and garlic inside. Tibetan food has so much soul which is why I keep going back. For this year's annual Dine Out Festival Vancouver, a few friends and I went to Chambar restaurant on 568 Beatty Street. During the festival, restaurants feature 3 course meals for a prefix price and culinary events are showcased around the city. At Chambar, I had the vegetarian option which started with the Salade D'hiver – Roasted Beets, Confit Sunchokes, Feta, Basil & Pistachio Pesto, Lemon Vincotto, Fresh Pomegranate. The ingredients were very fresh and the dressing was light to accent the natural flavours of the ingredients. For the second course I got the L'halloumi -Fried halloumi, ras el hanout, butternut squash & beet hummus, lentils, chickpeas, farro, orange chips, picked herbs. The fried cheese reminded me of the Indian Paneer and the dish was full of a variety of middle eastern flavours. Each bite was unique based on which ingredients and sauces were combined on the fork. For dessert I splurged and got the Mousse Au Chocolat– Belgian chocolate mousse, streusel, malted meringue, dulce de leche ice cream.The mousse had a firm chocolate on the outside and came with the the perfect amount of ice cream. I'm not a big dessert person and was too big for me to finish. The flavours were perfectly balanced but not too sweet. I'll would definitely order it again. Dine out Vancouver is on until Jan 31, 2016 at Chambar and participating restaurants in Vancouver. This Lebanese restaurant is a favourite of mine and the lunch special comes with a variety of healthy and vegetarian items. I often meet one of my good friends there for lunch as her office is right around the corner from their Kitsilano location. I usually get either the Falafel($12.75) or Najib's special($13), crispy cauliflower tossed with lemon and sea salt. The lunch plate comes with hummus, salad, pickled cabbage, pita, olives and brown rice or potatoes. I get the potatoes and my friend orders half and half. It's a pretty big plate of food so I time my appetite and go fairly hungry. The service is quick at lunch and it caters to those who work in the area. Sometimes I get a seat a few minutes before my friend arrives and place our order so that we can relax and not feel rushed. The great thing about Nuba is that each of their four locations are designed differently and each one has its own unique personality. People always ask me what my favourite Indian restaurant is. Hands down it's Vij's Rangoli because I love, love, love their Portobello Mushroom and Red Bell Pepper Curry on paneer with beet salad & naan ($15.50). The mushroom is cut thick and has a nice chew to it and the paneer is soft and melts in your mouth. Not to mention the perfection of the delicate spices that make the sauce. On the complete opposite end of the spectrum, my daughter and I really enjoy Best Quality Restaurant which is more of a traditional Indian restaurant with authentic food and minimal service. This restaurant is pure veg and only serves vegetables and dairy products. The meal that is shown here is the puri with chickpeas ($4.99) and my daughter got the vegetable kofta with rice ($9.99). The place makes you feel like you are transported to India and the prices make you feel the same. The flavours are authentic and the food arrives a few minutes after you order. As the name implies, they use quality ingredients unlike other traditional restaurant and I have never gotten sick or a stomach ache from eating their food. We usually pick up a small box of assorted sweets when we leave which comes to around $5.50 and a box of veggie samosas ($0.75 each). Best Quality is located on Main Street at 57th Avenue in Vancouver. This soup had to be my all time favourite for warming my bones on a cold winter day. The coconut milk makes it very creamy and the sweet and sour flavour is perfectly balanced on the palate. I like to serve it with cooked quinoa or vermicelli rice noodles to make it into a meal. The lemongrass and lime leaves are critical to the flavour, so it's best to buy them fresh. You can buy them in produce or Asian stores but I go to Granville Island Public Market as the quality is best there. This soup does take some time to make but trust me it's worth it. 1. Heat 1 Tblsp of oil in a medium stock pot. Sautee the garlic and onions. Add water, lime leaves,lemongrass and simmer for 25 minutes or until fragrant. 2. Add the Bragg, salt, lime juice, siracha, agave and coconut milk. Bring to a boil. 3. Remove the lime leaves and lemongrass. Puree the liquid and set aside. 4. Heat 1 Tblsp oil in the stock pot and the kale. Sautee until wilted. Add the mushrooms and sautee for a minute and add the liquid. Bring to a boil and serve. Garnish with thai basil and cilantro.

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Margaret Clara Wilson Coleman Margaret Clara Wilson Coleman, age 94, of Baxley passed away Sunday, June 5, 2016. Mrs. Coleman was born June 13, 1921 in Rising Fawn, to the late Walter Wilson and the late Maggie Highfield Wilson. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Baxley and worked faithfully for thirty-two years as Child Care Supervisor for the Georgia Baptist Children's Home in Baxley. Mrs. Coleman was preceded in death by her husband, A. W. "Red" Coleman of Baxley; two sisters, Jean W. Harrison of Rainsville, Alabama and Mary Nell W. Smith of Pensacola, Florida; three brothers, Spencer Wilson, Jack Wilson, and Jimmy Wilson all of Rising Fawn. Survivors include two sons, William David (Jane) Coleman and Steven A. (Bonnie) Coleman both of Baxley; one sister, Ruth W. Gross of Trenton; two brothers, George Wilson of Rising Fawn and Leslie Wilson of Chattanooga, Tennessee; six grandchildren and sixteen great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held Wednesday, June 8, 2016 at 2:30 p.m. from Swain Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Robert Wigley and the Rev. Tommy Jordan officiating. Interment followed in the Mt. Vernon Church Cemetery. Visitation was one hour prior to the funeral service at Swain Funeral Home. Active pallbearers were Sam Coleman, Jim Coleman, Matt Coleman, Luke Coleman, Stephen Hale and Daniel Carter. Honorary pallbearers were Faye Jones, Lenora Anderson, Stanley and Verlene Moody, Gerri Wiggins, Anu Reddy, Larry and Janey Britt, and Raylene Patton. Remembrances may be made to Georgia Baptist Children's Home P.O. Box 329 Palmetto, GA 30268. Musical selections were rendered by Heather Hale and Gail Carter. Funeral arrangements were under the direction of Swain Funeral Home.

The Sybillic Guaridan is a psychic archon, being allies (and occasionally summoned servants) of psionic heroes. Like other archons, they dwell in Celestia, training in the arts of battle to do war with the infernal and abyssal hordes. However, these particular archons and other psionic creatures believe that a different war is coming, though magical divination can't actually confirm this. Perhaps their war will be one with the creatures of the Far Realm, or whatever horrifying races live beyond that. You know what I always find difficult? Any aspect of graphic design. I'm fine with illustration, laying an image, character design, colour... But when it comes to setting up fonts and similar bits of text, it really gives me a headache. This also applies to things like runes and glyphs, since they're an infuriating combination of illustration and graphic design. It'd difficult to make magical writing look legit. But I think I finally hit on something, since I'm actually fairly happy with the glyphs in this image, which I generated using a magic square. Each glyph means something, so if anybody wants to figure out what they mean, look to Saturn. So we've got a big announcement that we've kept under our collective hats for a while now! Now available to buy, Dungeons & Drawings Vol. 1 clocks in at a sumptuous 93 full-colour pages, featuring 40 of our favourite Dungeons & Drawings redesigns. Each picture is accompanied by a description, some simple statistics, and a look into the real-world origins of each creature. Wow! Some illustrations are book-exclusive, too. Zinged! Waitasec! "Vol. 1", you ask? Why, yes! With over 200 images on the blog, we're looking to make a whole series of these to sell at conventions and expos, as well as through the magical wonder of paypal and the internet. Just check out some of these super-sweet shots of our handiwork! Pow! Blam! "BUT BROSKIS," we hear you say, "HOW DO I GET HOLD OF SUCH AN ILLUSTRIOUS ORGAN OF BEAUTIFUL MONSTROUS GOODNESS?" The answer is simple. By clicking the button below and exchanging just £8 / ~$13 of your yank dollars through the magic of paypal (excl. postage, natch), we will send you a copy of this fine example of illustrative gorgeousness in the mail. It literally couldn't be easier!!!!! Every purchase helps us keep going and increases the likelihood that we can get more stuff printed in the future. Because we love putting stuff on the internet, of course! But we also love the feel of a really nice print, and we want you guys to have that too! Dungeons & Drawings: Vol. 1 will be available to buy this weekend at the London MCM Expo and at lots of other conventions across the UK as we attend them. If you see us, come by, say hi and have a look! And, as always, thanks for supporting the site with your views and your interest! Posting has been slow lately due to working on the book & other factors, but the ultimate goal is always to post the highest quality material we can produce. Keep checking back for updates! Here's our fiiiiiiinal image of Redux Month here on Dungeons & Drawings, the soul-stealing Devourer! It's a longstanding tradition here at Dungeons & Drawings that anything with the name "Month" in the title typically takes 2 - 3 x longer than a month. A record which remains unbroken! This time the delay is almost entirely my fault (usual moans of work PLUS A CERTAIN SPECIAL SOMETHING WE'LL BE ABLE TO ANNOUNCE SOON). Plus, you know, Pokemon, I guess? Message me on twitter (@torpordust) if you wanna exchange friend codes or something. Anyway, for our final pair of pics we've reduxed the hell out of each other's least favourite images. I love what Blanca did with the Sphinx, so I had a go at taking the Devourer (one of my favourite undead creatures) and running with the design pretty far from the D&D original. He's pretty different, almost like a construct, with a big birdcage torso housing the harvested essences of his victims (although I really like the creature's "undeath" angle so I tried to keep that feel with the skeletal arms/legs). The victim of his soul-stealing is my wizard character Ovid, who I actually did another picture of over here which I like a bit more than this picture. I'm trying to push my approach a bit in complexity, this time including a background with several light sources and a sort of twisted perspective + poses. I'm not too pleased with the result, as I think it comes across as busy, but it was a lot of work so I guess having it done is sort of satisfying. Anyway, to hell with it! It's posted. Here endeth Redux Month. As always, I want to say thanks to everyone for hanging around for our three years of blogging monster redesigns. It seriously means a lot to both of us. Doing Redux Month has really hammered home the ways we've developed artistically through doing the blog and engaging with people like y'all, it's really heartening. So thankyou! Seriously! Also, we'll be at the following conventions in England over the next couple of months. Come say hello!

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 CA-MRSA skin infection Subscriber Sign In Feedback Select Language CA-MRSA skin infection in Child Contributors: Loren G. Miller MD, MPH, Noah Craft MD, PhD Skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs) including cellulitis, abscesses, impetigo (bullous and nonbullous), folliculitis, and furunculosis can all be caused by infection with Staphylococcus aureus, including methicillin-resistant S aureus, or MRSA. MRSA was first identified in 1961, shortly after the introduction of methicillin. Since that time, MRSA has widely been recognized as an important agent of disease in hospitals, nursing homes, and other long-term care facilities. Beginning in the 1990s, however, outbreaks of MRSA were recognized among healthy children, athletes, prisoners, military recruits, and intravenous drug users in the community at large. Most of those with MRSA infections lacked "traditional" MRSA risk factors, such as exposure to the health care system. MRSA is no longer primarily limited to hospital-acquired infection. Over the past 2 decades, the incidence of community-associated MRSA (CA-MRSA) has been increasing. In many parts of the United States, over 50% of community-associated S aureus isolates are MRSA. Hence, infections where S aureus is suspected should be considered MRSA unless susceptibility studies demonstrate otherwise. The most common manifestation of CA-MRSA infections are skin and subcutaneous infections. Many infections are attributed by patients to spider bites, although an exposure to a spider is typically not recalled by patients. They may occur in tattoos. MRSA skin infections occur in patients of all ages and among people with no traditional risk factors, or even recently described risk factors. Clearly, any person, regardless of background or exposures, can acquire a CA-MRSA infection. Virtually all CA-MRSA isolates retain susceptibility to vancomycin, linezolid, daptomycin, and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMX). Most isolates are susceptible to clindamycin and tetracyclines, although susceptibility can vary by geography. While CA-MRSA has a propensity for causing skin and soft tissue infections, it can also cause more severe and invasive disease syndromes including necrotizing pneumonia, empyema, necrotizing fasciitis, pyomyositis, septic thrombophlebitis with pulmonary embolization, osteomyelitis, and severe sepsis syndrome, among other manifestations. "Spider bite"-like skin infections and the more severe syndromes may be due in large part to a specific exotoxin present in many strains of CA-MRSA, Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL). PVL, a virulence factor that is lethal to neutrophils, has also been implicated in cases of invasive CA-MRSA infections such as necrotizing pneumonia. Livestock-Associated MRSA (LA-MRSA) Staphylococcus aureus may colonize or cause disease in animals (pigs, cattle, poultry, etc). The transmission of strains associated with animal infections resulting in colonization and/or disease in humans has been described in people in close contact (veterinarians, livestock fair attendees, etc) with a variety of species that harbor S aureus. Animals may also act as reservoirs of S aureus strains such as USA300, typical CA-MRSA in humans. A49.02 – Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection, unspecified site 423561003 – Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection Streptococcal ecthyma Pseudomonas folliculitis Herpes simplex virus (HSV) Ruptured epidermoid cysts Foreign body reactions Hidradenitis suppurativa Sweet syndrome Sporotrichosis Mycobacterium marinum infection Majocchi granuloma Rickettsialpox (endemic areas) Spider bite Erythema nodosum Stasis dermatitis Captions Print View all Images (5) A close-up of a furuncle with an overlying erosion. +3 More images of CA-MRSA skin infection with subscription

The Bombay High Court has given major relief to an engineering student convicted by a lower court for causing grievous injury 12 years ago to a junior roommate of his hostel. The case against Tyagi was that he had set a junior student of an engineering college in Latur on fire. Their row had started on November 26,1996,when Tyagi tore the picture of a Hindu God Sharma had put up on the wall. Sharma did not talk to Tyagi after that,which annoyed Tyagi. On November 28,1996,Tyagi told Sharma to accompany him. Tyagi purchased a nylon rope and a bottle of petrol and they reached a village called Karosa where Tyagi took Sharma to a hillock. Fearing danger,Sharma did not go further. It was then that Tyagi poured petrol on Sharma and set him on fire,according to the prosecution. Sharma had saved himself by jumping into a nearby pond. Police came to know of the incident from some villagers and the statement of Sharma was treated as the complaint. Tyagi was arrested and charged with attempt to murder. The prosecution had examined six witnesses. Tyagi tried to defend himself saying,Sharma tried to commit suicide and he had stopped him.

Boundary Gate The Barn The Barn Our Team The Barn/ Dream Equestrian Family of Equestrians Heidi Cowley, Owner/Trainer It was love at first sight for Heidi and horses. Once her parents conceded their daughter's love of horses, there was no turning back. Within a couple of weeks of starting lessons, they owned their first horse. During her junior years, she qualified for twenty Medal Finals, and won the Norcal Medal Finals. Grabbing the eyes of Bertalan de Nemethy, coach of the Olympic Team, Heidi was invited to ride with the US team in Gladstone, NJ. She then moved to Los Angeles to join Marcia Williams (2007 Show Jumping Hall of Fame inductee and USEF living Legend honoree, Show Hunter Hall of Fame inductee). Together, they produced numerous champions in both the hunter and jumper divisions in Southern California, and won many PCHA and AHSA Year-End Championships. After getting married, Heidi established her own business in British Columbia. She then returned to Northern California in 1984 where she started Boundary Gate. The Cowley family has resided at Boundary Gate where they have raised their own family as well as being a part of countless other families through the friendships the "barn" has fostered. Heidi continues to pursue her passion to teach and train riders and horses to be the best that they can be. Jamie Cheney, Owner/Trainer Always at the heels of her mum, Jamie grew up as part of the horse world. Riding competitively in the pony divisions on her own "Shrimp on the Bobby" and "Kooralynn Twinkle" and catching rides on top sale ponies, she logged many miles in the hunter ring. With successful years in all of the Junior hunter and Medal classes and finals, Jamie won the Pickwick Medal finals in 1999. With immense gratitude to Marcia "Mousie" Williams, Jamie was united with "Sharp Try" in 1997. "Digger", as he was lovingly known, was that special horse that allowed Jamie to compete in and win the High Junior Jumper divisions winning Championship at HITS Desert Circuit, Menlo Charity Horse Show, and countless others to finish off her Junior years. Jamie graduated from University of Oregon with a degree in Human Physiology in 2006. After marrying and having two beautiful daughters, Jamie has returned to Boundary Gate and joined her mother. As a professional, she loves to bring along young horses and has found her way back to the world of ponies through breeding and developing ponies for her daughters. Images provided by Dan Cheney and various professional photographers, and are solely owned by BoundaryGate

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Don't Skip Out on Me - A Novel Hardcover. Book of the Month - Willy Vlautin's latest novel Don't Skip Out on Me on finding one's place in the world. Willy Vlautin, formerly the lead singer, guitarist and songwriter of Portland, Oregon rock band Richmond Fontaine (1994-2016) and currently of The Delines, has also had a successful career as a novelist. His new book is his fifth novel and we're happy to name it our Book Of The Month for February. Horace Hopper has spent most of his life on a Nevada sheep ranch, but dreams of something bigger. Mr. and Mrs. Reese, the aging ranchers, took him in and treated him like a son, intending to leave the ranch in his hands. But Horace, ashamed not only of his half-Paiute, half-Irish heritage, but also of the fact his parents did not want him, feels as if he doesn't belong on the ranch, or anywhere. Knowing he needs to make a name for himself, he decides to leave the only loving home he's known to prove his worth as a championship boxer. Mr. Reese is holding on to a way of life that is no longer sustainable. He's a seventy-two-year-old rancher with a bad back. He's not sure how he'll keep things going without Horace but he knows the boy must find his own way. To become a champion Horace must change not just the way he eats, trains, and thinks, but who he is. Reinventing himself as Hector Hildago, a scrappy Mexican boxer, he heads to Tucson and begins training and entering fights. His journey brings him to boxing rings across the Southwest and Mexico and finally, to the streets of Las Vegas, where Horace learns he can't change who he is or outrun his destiny. A beautiful, wrenching portrait of a downtrodden man, Don't Skip Out on Me narrates the struggle to find one's place in a vast and lonely world with profound tenderness, and will make you consider those around you—and yourself—differently. The Last Party, title John Harris , artist What Are You Waiting For?, title Daisies , artist Girls and Sex - Navigating the Complicated New Landscape, title Peggy Orenstein , artist A Tree Grows In Brooklyn, title Betty Smith , artist Beatles '66: The Revolutionary Year, title Steve Turner , artist Life After, title Palace , artist Satan Is Real The Ballad Of The Louvin Brothers, title Charles Louvin , artist Negative Space, title American Nudism , artist

Warren Buffett reduced stake in Apple at end of 2018 Posted: February 14, 2019 10:59PM in AAPL Investors edited February 14 Legendary investor Warren Buffett reduced his position in Apple to 249.6 million shares as of Dec. 31, with the reporting period ending just days before the tech giant announced it would miss first quarter revenue guidance due to sluggish iPhone sales. The "Oracle of Omaha" divulged the figure in a Schedule 13-F issued to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday. A separate 13-G, mandatory for parties who own more than 5 percent of a public company's outstanding stock, notes Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway holds shared voting power in Apple amounting to 255,300,329 shares, with the number including investments made on behalf of insurance companies represented by the investor. Today's filing reveals Buffett decreased his stake in Apple by just under 3 million shares since the last reporting period in September 2018. At the time, the investor had just boosted his position by 522,802 shares of common stock to end the third quarter with 252,478,779 shares. In an interview last year, Buffett explained why Apple remains a good investment despite market reports that suggested a dip in iPhone demand. Those predictions were rendered accurate, as Apple lowered revenue estimates for its first fiscal quarter of 2019 on the back of a slowdown in Chinese iPhone sales. "I do not focus on the sales in the next quarter or the next year," Buffett said of iPhone in August of 2018. "I focus on the -- they won't tell you exactly how many -- but hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of millions of people who practically live their lives by it. And if you look at that little...piece of whatever it is, it's some the most valuable real estate in the world." Apple revenue ultimately fell within the revised forecast at $84.3 billion. Revenue from iPhone came in at $52 billion, down 15 percent year-over-year. Berkshire first bought into Apple in 2016 with a share purchase worth about $1 billion, a figure that was extended to 57.4 million shares at the end of 2016. That stake increased to 133 million shares a quarter later and has since swelled to the 249.6 million shares reported today. It's true! : ) Every time my AAPL stock goes down, I think... 'Well, Warren Buffett is hurting worse.' But you know what? A wise and rich investor advised me many years ago: "The stock market goes up... and it goes down. What you need to do... is to invest in companies that you think are well-run, make quality products, and you have a 'good feeling' about." Pretty simple. For me, as a long-time (since 1985) Apple-user, I know Apple to be such a company. I think Steve chose well with Tim... and I'm still in. Are there things that I'm disappointed with... regarding some Apple products? Of course. But the alternatives are worse, IMHO. Donald's sanctions are hurting AAPL, mostly with regard to China... but it's not forever. Hang in there, Warren! edited February 14 Thrashman Posts: 14unconfirmed, member Very surprising. Why sell? Why sell such a small amount? (Compared to his entire holding). genovelle Posts: 967member Thrashman said: He was likely moving money to another investment opportunity that was showing some promise. carnegie Posts: 726member AppleInsider said:... Those extra 5.7 million shares (reported on the 13G but not on the 13F) get reported on New England Asset Managment's 13F. For those who don't know the difference, the institutional investment manager report (the 13F) covers equities owned directly. The 5% ownership report (the 13G) covers equities beneficially owned. Those might include shares that are in someone else's name, but which the filer has control over - e.g., they can vote them or decide to sell them. Also, the 13F gets filed each quarter, within 45 days of the end of the quarter, whereas the 13G gets filed annually by February 15th. Who knows? But most of the 3 million or so shares of AAPL which were sold were from a block for which Mr. Buffett was the only listed institutional manager. So they weren't held, e.g., through a Berkshire subsidiary. It will be interesting to see what happens this quarter. With AAPL shares having fallen as far as they did in January, did Mr. Buffett decide to add significantly to his position? tjwolf Posts: 278member Oh, come on! That's gotta be trading on insider information! Why would a firm such as Berkshire & a man like Buffett keep accumulating - even in the quarter before - and then sell 5 million shares just days before the earnings miss announcement? I don't buy the argument that Buffett probably just needed money for another investment opportunity (although I do wonder where that $1b went?) Buffett famously paints himself as an investor, not a 'mere' speculator who makes his money playing the ups and downs of the market. This makes sense. Apple hasn't changed, but it's market has: For the past 10 years Apple has been a growth story based almost entirely on the iPhone. But, the smart phone market is changing: Not only has the market reached saturation (where everybody who wants one already has one) but the technology has reached functional limits where a faster processor doesn't change the user experience in a meaningful way. Previously Apple was tapping into an expanding market with rapidly evolving technology. Now it is accessing a stagnant / replacement based market and one where technical advances are less likely to spark an update response. And no, that is NOT to trash Apple. Apple hasn't changed -- they're still the same company. But, their primary market has. As a result, the company is hitting the pause button for awhile till the next big technical revolution. Meanwhile Apple will continue consolidating their gains. flydog Posts: 298member tjwolf said: First, it wasn't 5 millions shares, it was "just under 3 million shares" if you had read the article. If you had read the article you'd also know that Buffett holds "voting power" over the reported shares, and they include "investments made on behalf of insurance companies represented by the investor," and are not his personal shares. Buffett owns roughly 37% of BH 3 million shares is 1% of the total investment, and therefore 1/3 of a percent Buffett's overall net worth. A 20% drop in the stock price would be equivalent to a rounding error in his net worth. So your allegation is that he is smart enough to sell based on "insider information," but not smart enough to sell enough to really make a difference in his life. Finally, to answer your question of where "$1b went" (actually a little over half a billion), https://www.barrons.com/articles/nvidia-stock-earnings-sales-guidance-51550183166 Mutual funds, investors, etc buy and sell to rebalance holdings. Nothing new or unusual here. AppleInsider said: Legendary investor Warren Buffett reduced his position in Apple to 249.6 million shares as of Dec. 3 This really should be corrected as it is factually incorrect. https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/14/reuters-america-update-2-berkshire-trims-apple-stake-adds-suncor-and-red-hat-exits-oracle.html "One of the managers other than Warren had a position in Apple and sold part of it in order to make an unrelated purchase," Buffett's assistant Debbie Bosanek said in an email. "None of the shares under Warren's direction have ever been sold." davgreg Posts: 374member Buffet has been wrong in the past. General Electric comes to mind. TSS Posts: 1member Those articles about "Warren Buffet Reduced Stake in Apple" turn out to be misleading.. https://www.ped30.com/2019/02/15/warren-buffett-apple/ Dave Kap Posts: 40member Warren Buffet has never sold any Apple Stock. The stock was sold by a manager to use the funds to buy another position. Do your research better. flydog said: Yeah, but that's how people often refer to things which are done by Berkshire Hathaway. In some contexts, and in common parlance, Mr. Buffett did something is synonymous with Berkshire Hathaway did something. That said, if we want to be technical, with regard to the vast majority of the almost 3 million AAPL shares which were sold, Mr. Buffett is listed as the institutional investment manager. It wasn't Berkshire Hathaway or a subsidiary thereof, it was Warren Buffett himself. Even though someone else might have made the decision to sell those shares, he's the one whose ownership position was reported as having been reduced. To be thorough, a small number of the shares sold were from a batch for which Mr. Buffett and National Indemnity Co are both listed as the institutional investment manager. But even without counting those shares, it's still fair to say that nearly 3 million AAPL shares were sold - with Mr. Buffett being the referenced manager. maestro64 Posts: 4,599member insider trading, they timed that almost perfectly, it was it is high and then apple made its announcement. But Warren will be getting a check for a $193M this month for his apple Dividends. Imaging making $193M ever quarter, Apple is generating $500M per year for him. What utter nonsense. First, people don't buy all the shares all at once at the same price. They buy over time, at different prices. It is quite likely that he sold AAPL that he had bought at the lowest possible price (he started when AAPL was around $100, IIRC), and he likely sold that lot at a nice profit. He may have needed it to pay taxes, for liquidity, or to buy something else. Second, to call Buffett a "speculator" or accuse him of using "inside information" is to reveal ignorance. There is plenty that you can look up, about who he is, what he's achieved, and how he operates. The information is out there if you want to educate yourself. Third, his sale amounts to somewhere between 1% and 2% of his holdings of AAPL. A rounding error, rather than "...playing the ups and downs of the market." Delete your silly post. Motley Fool article below - feb 15th Did Buffett actually hit the sell button? The morning after the 13-F was released, we got a little more clarity on what happened with the transaction. In an email to Reuters, Warren Buffett's assistant Debbie Bosanek said that Buffett wasn't the one who sold the shares. "One of the managers other than Warren had a position in Apple and sold part of it in order to make an unrelated purchase," she said. Bosanek also clarified that "none of the shares under Warren's direction have ever been sold." gprovida Posts: 247member Opps wrong info https://www.ped30.com/2019/02/15/warren-buffett-apple/ No more Billionaires Posts: 1unconfirmed, member The most interesting part of the article "just days before the tech giant announced it would miss first quarter revenue guidance due to sluggish iPhone sales. " Hmmm. Insider trading? Apple giving preferential treatment to large investors?