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BkiUdyg5qsBDEocIjjIx | Easy 5 Cheese French Bread. This recipe will make the best appetizer bread you will ever eat. Serve with a salad, soup or meat dish. Yummy for a snack too.
Slice baked french bread in half, long ways.
Mix the 5 cheeses and garlic salt in a bowl.
Place bread on a cookie sheet and sprinkle mixed ingredients evenly over bread.
Bake in oven for 7 to 9 minutes, or until cheese melts. | c4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
BkiUgEnxK1ThhCdy_OhZ | Southern Bell Telephone Co. Photos of parking lot.
Title Southern Bell Telephone Co. Photos of parking lot.
Description Cars parked in a lot and on the side of the street near downtown Louisville.
Source 8 x 10 in. b&w film negative. Item no. ULPA R_13055 in the Royal Photo Company Collection, University of Louisville Photographic Archives. | c4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
BkiUcuvxK7FjYHGHzgfo | Fall is finally in the air. One of my goals for this fall and winter is to try new soups that are hearty and flavorful. First up was Stuffed Pepper Soup. I honestly don't know if I have ever had it before, I know I have never made it before. I had sliced peppers in the freezer from over the summer. I thought this would be a great use for them, and it was. This soup turned out delicious. Brian even ate leftovers more than once, that never happens.
1- In a large skillet brown ground turkey.
2- Add your browned ground turkey to slow cooker.
3- Add the rest of the ingredients.
4- Cover cook on low for 6-8 hours.
We will love your slow cooker stuffed pepper soup. Thanks so much for sharing with us at Full Plate Thursday and have a great week! | c4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
BkiUbvLxK1Thg98Uem2- | Q: Can't run vagrant provision for Laravel Homestead/Vagrant I'm running vagrant global-status
Getting the homestead machine id and running vagrant provision <id>.
This gives me the error
/Applications/Vagrant/embedded/gems/gems/vagrant-1.6.0/lib/vagrant/environment.rb:194:in `active_machines': undefined method `join' for nil:NilClass (NoMethodError)
from /Applications/Vagrant/embedded/gems/gems/vagrant-1.6.0/lib/vagrant/plugin/v2/command.rb:108:in `with_target_vms'
from /Applications/Vagrant/embedded/gems/gems/vagrant-1.6.0/plugins/commands/provision/command.rb:34:in `execute'
from /Applications/Vagrant/embedded/gems/gems/vagrant-1.6.0/lib/vagrant/cli.rb:42:in `execute'
from /Applications/Vagrant/embedded/gems/gems/vagrant-1.6.0/lib/vagrant/environment.rb:249:in `cli'
from /Applications/Vagrant/bin/../embedded/gems/gems/vagrant-1.6.0/bin/vagrant:166:in `<main>'
Any help on how to solve this would be appreciated!!
A: Solved by upgrading to Vagrant 1.6.1 if anyone has similar problem.
| stackexchange | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
BkiUdO04dbgg6MqXbfco | I consider this to be a hidden gem in Chicago! Located in the Bridgeport area, Nana puts a creative spin on both breakfast and lunch favorites. I really recommend coming to this restaurant for brunch on weekends... easily one of the best places in the city. There are a couple reasons why it didn't get a perfect rating... First of all, the prices are a little on the higher end, especially for brunch. Also, whenever there was a potato on the dish, I just wasn't impressed. The potatoes were always bland and luckily saved by some kind of accompanying gravy or toppings.
I am still in love with this brunch restaurant. Recently, my friends and I went for a late brunch at Nana. The food was absolutely incredible (see below for updated dishes). I thought I was going to increase their rating to perfect... but this time, the service was not so great. After being seated immediately, our food order was misplaced and the server just didn't come back and check on our table frequently enough to refill waters, update us on our food order, or anything. Honestly, it took about 45 minutes to receive any food. They tried to make it right by giving us our beignets for free. Great attempt, but sometimes good service is all we ask for. I understand there was a mistake in the system, so maybe my next visit will elevate Nana to a perfect rating.
Absolutely incredible. This brunch special was probably some of the best breakfast I have had in a while. It consisted of an oat & cornmeal waffle topped by a generous helping of fried cajun chicken tenders and smothered in a pork sausage gravy. I petite arugula salad lightly tossed in a lemon vinaigrette accompanied the meal as well as two eggs over easy. The waffle was a perfect. It had that nutty flavor and was soft in the middle with a nice crunch on the outside. The cajun chicken tenders reminded me of fried chicken that was coated in a chorizo crust. It had plenty of spices, yet was not overwhelming. And, to make it even better, a pork sausage gravy added even more richness to the meal. It was so filling. The best bite is to get a little waffle, a little chicken, dip it in both runny yolk and gravy and enjoy. Follow it with some salad otherwise a heart attack may happen. I am glad the gave the small salad because it helped cut some of the unhealthy aspect of the dish. I would order this every weekend if I knew my cholesterol wouldn't increase. A must try if they still offer the dish.
Another one of their "specials of the day." These beignets were simple. Fried dough with a little cinnamon baked inside, topped with a rum icing, toasted pecans, and whipped cream. The beignets were freshly fried and came out piping hot. They were a little on the dense side for a beignet, but still tasted delicious. The rum icing was addicting and of course toasted pecans just make everything better. Unfortunately, it was a little on the not-so-sweet side so I ended up adding a little sugar to the icing. I think they needed to dust it with powdered sugar. Just a suggestion!
An incredible spin on the classic huevos rancheros. A pile of caramelized onions, peppers, refried beans, and soyrizo was sitting on two crispy tortillas. It was topped with two over easy eggs, a queso fresco, poblano cream, and guac. My favorite part was definitely the poblano cream. Nice peppery flavor complementing nice with all the other Mexican ingredients on the plate. Definitely loved the crispy tortillas as opposed to the normal corn tortillas. Glad I was able to share today!
It may sounds like an interesting combination... and it is, but each of the components were delicious! The smoked cheddar biscuits are home made and covered with the gravy. It is topped off with fresh market vegetables and two eggs (I chose to get over easy). Popping the yolk and spreading it throughout added even more richness to the gravy. I enjoyed every bite... Unfortunately, it is a little pricey for breakfast food.
Definitely made for a sweet tooth! The name describes it... Literally lemon pound cake that was buttered and put on the grill to give it a nice crust! I absolutely loved this dish which came with pear-huckleberry jam, pear mousse, and slices of a red navel orange. It's definitely sweet so we had to take home more than half of it! It's gonna make a great dinner!
I thought I has a favorite veggie sandwich but then I has this... This veggie torta starts out with a brioche bun and is filled with soyrizo, guacamole, grilled portabella mushrooms, chile de arbol aioli, raw milk jack cheese, and a little sour cream. It was served with a jalapeño slaw and garlic mashed potatoes with a mushroom vegetarian gravy! Where to start... The bread was fresh and thick enough to support all the juices from inside the sandwich. Each layer contributed to the complexity and honestly the guacamole just put it over the top. The slaw was vinegar based (my favorite) and had a few chunks of jalapeño that I added to my torta. And the potatoes had one of the better gravies I've eaten in a while. Delicious and I can't wait to go back!
This is simply delicious! It's a huge po' boy piled high with fried oysters, grilled shrimp, a homemade giardiniera, and a Cajun mayo! The oysters were fresh and crispy and that giardiniera... I could eat it by itself! and however, the duck fat fried potatoes were a little disappointing.. All in all, it was a little pricy but well worth it!
- Do come when you have time to spare... this place has recently become more popular and weekends especially a 10 to 20 minute wait is possible.
- Don't miss out on their amazing creations or spins on the classics... try something new! you will most likely enjoy it! | c4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
BkiUb9fxK6-gDz87Ou3r | This three bedroom semi detached house situated in Bispham close to local amenities with good transport links. The property briefly comprises; Vestibule, Hallway, Lounge, Kitchen, Stairs and landing, Three bedrooms, Bathroom and a large rear garden. Application fees apply. EPC rating D.
VESTIBULE Tiled floors. Single glazed external doors.
HALLWAY Meter cupboard. Stairs. Central heating radiator.
LOUNGE 29' 0" x 10' 6" (8.84m x 3.2m) Gas fire and surround. Coved ceiling. Two central heating radiators. Double glazed bay window to front. Double glazed French doors to rear garden.
KITCHEN 9' 7" x 6' 9" (2.92m x 2.06m) Fitted wall and base units with complementary worksurfaces. One and a half stainless steel sink unit. Tiled splash backs. Cooker point. Part tiled walls. Tiled floor. Double glazed window to rear. Double glazed door to rear garden.
STAIRS AND LANDING Double glazed window to side.
BEDROOM ONE 12' 2" x 11' 1" (3.71m x 3.38m) Central heating radiator. Double glazed window to front.
BEDROOM TWO 13' 8" x 10' 7" (4.17m x 3.23m) Central heating radiator. Double glazed window.
BEDROOM THREE 7' 9" x 6' 9" (2.36m x 2.06m) Central heating radiator. Double glazed window.
BATHROOM Bath with over bath shower. Pedestal wash hand basin. Low flush W.C. Spotlights. Loft access. Central heating radiator. Double glazed window to rear. Double glazed window to side.
GARDENS Large enclosed family garden, lawn and paved with a brick out house. | c4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
BkiUbaU5jDKDyDz_7cTf | New for Spring Summer 2018 is our 100% linen dress. A beautiful dove colour which is grey meets blue. It's the perfect item for holiday clothing, it's loose, it's pretty and because it's made from 100% linen. It will keep them cool and comfortable. With two little pockets to keep their small treasures with them.
Complete with drawstring to adjust the size, this dress is made to last at least the year, not just the Summer. Add a roll neck top and wooly tights and it will look just as good in the Winter.
We pride ourselves on being a sustainable luxury baby and children's brand. Creating timeless pieces made from sustainable materials. Linen is one of the most durable materials as well as being antibacterial which is always great to hear as a mum.
We choose to use linen for our clothing because not only is it sustainable. It's the most luxurious in the way it was formed. It's more durable than most other materials which is important when it comes to children. It actually becomes stronger the more wet it becomes plus it's antibacterial. If that's not enough, it becomes softer with every single wash too. Machine washable at 30, do not tumble dry.
Our clothing is true to size but please check our measurements chart if you are unsure.
Disclaimer – some of our clothing may include buttons, drawstrings or tie straps just like a child's hoody or apron or a smart shirt. It is your responsibility to supervise your little one's at all times to help keep them safe. | c4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
BkiUbgzxK3YB9ohkKtE1 | Zodarion abantense är en spindelart som beskrevs av Jörg Wunderlich 1980. Zodarion abantense ingår i släktet Zodarion och familjen Zodariidae. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.
Källor
Spindlar
abantense | wikipedia | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
BkiUcYE4uBhhw71LLgtj | Underground Miners, Oil and Gas Drillers and Related Workers - What do Underground Miners, Oil and Gas Drillers and Related Workers do?
The average hourly wages for Underground Miners, Oil and Gas Drillers and Related Workers is $22.62/HR, which is above average for occupations in the primary industry sector and are above average for all technical, professional, and skilled occupations. These wages grew at an average rate from 2002 to 2004.
4% of Underground Miners, Oil and Gas Drillers and Related Workers are unemployed. This rate is close to the average for technical, professional, and skilled occupations.
2. Hourly wages ($22.62) are close to the average ($18.07), and the rate of wage growth is close to the average.
The retirement rate to 2009 will likely be below average reflecting the age/retirement structure of the occupation.
Roughly 16% of Underground Miners, Oil and Gas Drillers and Related Workers are self-employed. This is considered Average for the industry as a whole.
3% of the individuals employed as Underground Miners, Oil and Gas Drillers and Related Workers are women. Compared to other industries, this is Below average. | c4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
BkiUcOnxK3YB9m7_9TLU | Will Lingard and Anthony Martial be fit to play vs Chelsea in the FA Cup?
Will 'these' two Man United players miss the FA Cup clash vs Chelsea?
Man United suffered their first defeat of under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer as they went down 2-0 to PSG in the Champions League.
And it is safe to say that Thomas Tuchel's side bossed the game from the very first minute.
PSG were without Neymar and Cavani and this gave Solskjaer hope that his men can pull out a positive result from this fixture.
The Red Devils even started on the front foot but these they were forced to make to unwanted substitutions as Jesse Lingard and Anthony Martial came off injured.
Anthony Martial was the first to pick up an injury but managed to last until the half-time break following which he was replaced by Juan Mata.
Then it was Lingard's turn who hit the ground clutching his thigh and had to be replaced by Alexis Sanchez right before half-time.
These two changes meant Man United lost two-thirds of their attacking power and now things can really go downhill for the manager.
Next up, Man United will take on Chelsea in the fifth round of the FA Cup and there is a huge possibility that both Lingard and Anthony Martial might miss that match.
The manager has now confirmed that the duo have suffered muscle injuries and the final call on the extent of the injury can only be taken after some days.
He said: "Jesse and Anthony give us something, let's hope they're not too serious. They're muscle injuries, so we'll just have to wait a couple of days.
"They [PSG] had the momentum after the first goal and controlled the game. You could see that we hadn't played at this level for a while and we will have to learn.
Man United will take on Chelsea away from home next Monday and if Lingard and Anthony Martial cannot make themselves fit they Solskjaer might very well be looking at his second straight defeat.
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BkiUbZA25V5hd-428vZ8 | or La·sa, Las·sa
[ lah-suh, -sah, las-uh ]
/ ˈlɑ sə, -sɑ, ˈlæs ə /
a city in and the capital of Tibet, in the SE part: sacred city of Lamaism. About 12,000 feet (3650 meters) above sea level.
Definition for lhasa (2 of 2)
[ ti-bet ]
/ tɪˈbɛt /
Also Thibet. Also called Sitsang, Xizang. Official name Tibet Autonomous Region. an administrative division of China, N of the Himalayas: prior to 1950 a theocracy under the Dalai Lama; the highest country in the world, average elevation about 16,000 feet (4877 meters). 471,660 sq. mi. (1,221,599 sq. km). Capital: Lhasa.
Plateau of. Also called Tibetan Highlands, Roof of the World. a vast plateau in S central Asia bounded by the Tarim and Qaidam basin deserts to the N and the Himalayan, Karakoram, and Pamir mountain ranges to the S and W: highest plateau in the world, averaging about 15,000 feet (4570 meters). 850,000 sq. mi. (2,200,000 sq. km).
Examples from the Web for lhasa
Once, she called home all excited about her new Lhasa apso—a $500 dog!
The Strange and Mysterious Death of Mrs. Jerry Lee Lewis|Richard Ben Cramer|January 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Any cars coming from Lhasa are immediately stopped and searched," says one local, "What have we done to deserve this?
Tibetan Buddhist Self-Immolation Suicides Go Viral|Melinda Liu|March 26, 2012|DAILY BEAST
He had a ferocious temper, growing so angry at times his body shook as he stood on the shiny floor of his winter palace in Lhasa.
The Dalai Lama's Great Escape|Stephan Talty|December 31, 2010|DAILY BEAST
From the western Tibetan town of Ngari, I was taken to Lhasa, where I was thrown into a detention camp.
Tibet's Star Activist Warns Obama|Tunku Varadarajan|February 4, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Thus spra (monkey) is now pronounced deu in the Lhasa dialect, but still streu-go in that of the province of Kham.
Man, Past and Present|Agustus Henry Keane
Perhaps they already knew that we came from my headquarters, and they might even send a warning to Lhasa.
From Pole to Pole|Sven Anders Hedin
But it was quite expected that the obstinacy of the Tibetans would make it necessary to push on to Lhasa.
The Unveiling of Lhasa|Edmund Candler
These proved to be the Lhasa Depon, accompanied by an influential Lama and a small escort armed with modern rifles.
He was apparently appointed from Lhasa and was responsible for all the revenues and financial dealings of the monastery.
Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921|Charles Kenneth Howard-Bury
British Dictionary definitions for lhasa (1 of 2)
/ (ˈlɑːsə) /
a city in SW China, capital of Tibet, at an altitude of 3606 m (11 830 ft): for centuries the sacred city of Lamaism and residence of the Dalai Lamas from the 17th century until 1950; known as the Forbidden City because it was closed to Westerners until the beginning of the 20th century; annexed by China in 1951. The Dalai Lama fled after an unsuccessful revolt against Chinese rule in 1959. Pop: 131 000 (2005 est)
/ (tɪˈbɛt) /
an autonomous region of SW China; formerly a theocracy and the centre of Lamaism: Europeans strictly excluded in the 19th century; invaded by China in 1950; rebellion (1959) against Chinese rule suppressed and the Dalai Lama fled to India; military rule imposed (1989–90) after continued demands for independence; consists largely of a vast high plateau between the Himalayas and Kunlun Mountains. Capital: Lhasa. Pop: 2 700 000 (2003 est). Area: 1 221 601 sq km (471 660 sq miles)Chinese names: Xizang Autonomous Region, Sitsang
Word Origin and History for lhasa
said to be a corruption in Chinese or Arabic of Bod, indigenous name, of unknown origin. As an adjective in English, Tibetian is older (1747) but Tibetan (1822) is now the usual word.
Culture definitions for lhasa
Region in southwestern China, bordered by Burma to the southeast; India, Bhutan, and Nepal to the south; India to the west; and Chinese provinces to the north and east. Located in the Himalayas.
The Dalai Lama, religious and civil leader of Tibet, was forced into exile in 1959, when the Chinese annexed the country. | commoncrawl | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
BkiUeio5qhDCHrMKHpPp | Note 1: Most items is included and i am working on finding the few still missing. Including info on which patch they are tied to. Post here or send me a PM (here or Ign: Naquada), if you have suggestions or there's info you would like added to the sheet.
Note 2: There's items in the spreadsheet which is currently not in the game yet. Especially Cenarion Circle gear sets which won't be released until patch 1.11 - Naxxramas.
Update 2: Separate tab for Random World Drop items with NR suffix added with possible NR stats. RNG Gear dropped from bosses is still being added.
Update 3: 99% of all gear, abilities, enchants, etc... has been added. Tell me if there's anything missing.
Update 4: Added an stamina columns, as we will be soaking lots of nature damage and nice to know for tanks.
Last edited by naquada on Thu Feb 18, 2016 4:09 pm, edited 6 times in total.
Please add "Gyths skull of nature resistance" to the plate-section.
St0rfan wrote: Please add "Gyths skull of nature resistance" to the plate-section.
Nefarian came with 1.6 patch. Minor error but might confuse PvE people.
You think you could add the armor type to each of these? Some have class specification (due to being part of a set or other reasons) but others would be a tad less confusing with clearly visible distinction and no second guessing required.
Stickied. Please keep it updated.
Pottu wrote: Stickied. Please keep it updated.
Ana wrote: Nefarian came with 1.6 patch. Minor error but might confuse PvE people.
All T2 Chest pieces dropped in MC during 1.4 vanilla, but was relocated to BWL during 1.6. Changed patch info to 1.6 to avoid confusion.
Added an Armour Column to ensure people select the right tab. There's another column displaying if an item is tied to a class.
Just some minor things: the Priest Tier 2 Shoulder have 3 Nature resist on them and all Dungeon 1 sets (aka T0) have 8 resist as the 8 set bonus - when the dungeon set 2 ((aka tier 0.5= is released they have it as 2set bonus instead, which is a bit more realistic.
res wrote: Just some minor things: the Priest Tier 2 Shoulder have 3 Nature resist on them and all Dungeon 1 sets (aka T0) have 8 resist as the 8 set bonus - when the dungeon set 2 ((aka tier 0.5= is released they have it as 2set bonus instead, which is a bit more realistic.
As for the shoulders, i chosen to not add T2 Priest Shoulders to the sheet. Because every hard source i have tells me that it is not supposed to have 3 Nature Resist, only Fire Resistance. T2 Sets had their stats modified two times during vanilla.
First one, in patch 1.5. Priest T2 Set was affected by the changes in this patch. This is also the last time any changes was made to the T2 Priest set officially. Which means it is not supposed to have nature resistance at this point.
The second time, in patch 1.9. Several T2 sets was modified. Priest Set was not affected during this patch. It did however receive Art changes.
Patch 1.9.0 (2006-01-03): Updated with new art.
Patch 1.6.0 (2005-07-12): Relocated to Blackwing Lair.
Patch 1.4.0 (2005-05-05): No longer drops in the Molten Core.
I hope someone can verify if the shoulders had 3 NR and when it was removed, before i add it.
I don't play Priest, but if they don't have the 3 NR on them at the moment then Nost has the incorrect T2 stats. The NR wasn't removed until Patch 1.9 was released (http://wayback.archive.org/web/20060209 ... name3.html).
Keftenk wrote: I don't play Priest, but if they don't have the 3 NR on them at the moment then Nost has the incorrect T2 stats. The NR wasn't removed until Patch 1.9 was released (http://wayback.archive.org/web/20060209 ... name3.html). | c4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
BkiUex3xK1yAga6Jtc3o | About three weeks after his gaffe on a television programme brought him and his organisation to ridicule, Mr. Shema Obafaiye, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Lagos Commandant, from whose comment the popular joke, 'My Oga At the Top' was coined, has been redeployed from his post.
Obafaye has been replaced by Mr. Adesuyi Clement from the Oyo State Command.
Obafaye became an object of nationwide snide remarks after he committed a gaffe when he featured as a guest on a breakfast show on a Lagos-based private television, Channels Television, a development that embarrassed the NSCDC authorities.
The hint of Obafaye's removal was given, weekend, when the Commandant General of the NSCDC, Dr. Olu Abolurin, while visiting Lagos over the recent killing of two of his men, introduced Clement as the new commandant of the NSCDC in Lagos to journalists.
Although Abolurin did not give reasons for Obafaye's replacement, many readily connected the action to his embarrassing outing on the television programme.
The NSCDC, in the days following Obafaye's gaffe, had denied that it had taken any disciplinary action against him, though reports said he had been suspended.
Obafaye's ordeal began March 12 when he appeared as a guest on the television's flagship morning programme, Sunrise Daily.
During the programme, one of the presenters of Sunrise Daily had asked the commandant for the domain name of the NSCDC's website. There had been reports of a recruitment scam that had to do with some people setting up a fake website of the para-military organisation to con job seekers.
But to the presenters' surprise, Obafaye, appearing confident and exultant, said he could not give the domain name of the website now, and it would turn out, in his words, "My Oga at the top" (his boss) would give a different domain name later.
The presenters prodded the officer further, explaining that they merely wanted the organisation's functional website, so that the public could be wary of falling into the hands of fraudsters, who had set up the fake website.
Obafaye, behaving as though he now understood the question clearly, shocked his interviewers, and viewers alike, even further when he gave the NSCDC's domain name as "ww.nscdc." He paused a few seconds and added, "that's all" without including the ".com" or ".org" or ".ng" url-ending that should have completed the website address.
It was a celebrated show of ignorance, even though many sources close to the operation of the commandant confirmed that he was competent as a field officer. But he was not keeping with the trends. He apparently was not computer or even internet savvy. A defect that shows that a modern-day leader, whether in the military or any such service, must be updated with technological trends and developments in all sectors of the economy.
He merely betrayed the fact that he knew little about information technology. He could have saved the day by politely admitting not readily knowing the domain name.
It is, perhaps his shortcoming on the IT-related discuss, that upped the ante of his folly; otherwise, the expression "my oga at the top", is a running cliché in Nigerian public service, especially in the military and para-military services.
After Obafaye's howler, the footage of the interview instantly went viral on social media, making him an object of several rude jokes, including graphic illustrations on Blackberry Messenger, Facebook , Twitter, T-shirts, and musical mixes by DJs.
It was one gaffe that Nigerian youths, especially feasted on. In no time, special branded 'T' shirts had been produced, just as musical mixes had been waxed with mischievous finishing and imputations in celebration of Obafaye's gaffe.
One of such musicals, which has former President Olusegun Obasanjo in an overcast butterfly dance, was being circulated on the internet.
The 'T' shirts were said to have sold several thousand pieces within and outside Lagos, with several celebrities donning the "My Oga at the Top" outfit. It was a cruel joke that successfully entertained many Nigerians.
What's more, already there is a video film titled "My Oga at the Top" which is also selling swiftly in the market.
Reports were to later indicate that Obafaye was psychologically knocked down by the outcome of his poor showing at the television house, as he was said to have lost sleep and even appetite for days.
His redeployment is thus seen as the organisation's response to the embarrassing outing last month. But sources said Obafaye had been adept in the policing of the many petroleum pipelines in Lagos and its environ. The source noted that the recent frequency of arrest of pipeline vandals and petroleum product thieves is because of Obafaye's vigilance and mastery of his job.
The source asked rhetorically, "Do you know for how many years this crime of petrol theft has been going on in Lagos? Do you think it just started yesterday? It is because oga (Obafaye) is determined to crush the several cartels that we have been reading and hearing of many such arrests. Others had been co-operating with the criminals in the past."
Related story: Video - How "Oga at top" became an internet meme | commoncrawl | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
BkiUdQ425YjgKOMQw9Dc | I have already blogged about this latest trend sparked off by the fashion diva Sonam Kapoor on my personal blog here. This very regal trend of wearing two pallu saree is wedding related so i decided talk about it even here on BlingSparkle.
Promoting Neerja wearing bespoke Abu Jaani Sandeep Khosla sarees featuring double pallus Sonam gave us an all new saree trend. This trend may not be everyones cup of tea because well , not everyone is comfortable wearing and saree and handling the pallu and here we have to go about handling two pallus. !!!
The double pallu saree is literally a saree with two pallus, one draped normally and the other pallu, you can do whatever you want with it! Yes, get your imagination running and experiment crazy with the second pallu to reinvent or add a fun element to your saree. Here sonam drapes the second pallu in two different styles, one like a dupatta draped around the neck and second like a shawl draped from back to front.
Personally I like the icy blue floral saree look more becuase styling here is more on point and it gives a very regal feel. The mirror work blouse goes well with the saree and the back of the blouse gives a fun feel.
How to try this : If you want to rock this trend then get a dupatta in hues similar to your saree attached to it from a local tailor and flaunt away!
If you dont trust your tailor then just use the dupatta as is without attaching like a saree with duppatta drape of sorts, should give the same impact, but make sure the dupatta and saree blend in well or just get matching lace attached to your dupatta or it will stick out like an eye sore.
Where to wear?: Tailor made trend for moms of bride or groom . Even the young brigade can rock this at your own engagement, reception, at sisters, brothers or friends wedding.
Additional tip: Since there is too much fabric involved in this outfit go easy on jewellery but make sure you go for a an interesting blouse to make things wedding appropriate. here sonam went with a lace blouse and mirror work blouse. | c4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
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Gerrit Cole (HOU) comes with one of the widest margins our pitching projections have seen all season over the second ranked starter on this slate. Cole benefits from this elite matchup that we attacked last night with Justin Verlander against a Rockies' offense that ranks 29th in wRC+ against RHP this season with an above average K Rate. Cole is the second biggest favorite on the slate (-190) and he comes with the lowest implied total against. He's clearly the cash game building block on both sites.
Zack Wheeler (NYM), Kevin Gausman (BAL), Dylan Bundy (BAL), Shane Bieber (CLE), and Nathan Eovaldi (BOS) make up a deep second tier of options. Wheeler has been phenomenal of late but he's priced way up and getting a huge negative park and league shift. We'd rather avoid in tournaments. Eovaldi is also priced up a bit but has the kind of strikeout upside that makes him a more viable target as he gets the benefit of a park and league shift in his favor against the strikeout-prone Phillies.
The final three are more relevant as cash game SP2 options to pair with Cole. Dylan Bundy is the most compelling because of his cheap price tag ($6,500) and a favorable matchup against the Mets who rank 19th in wRC+ against RHP this season and feature just two above average LHBs (Conforto/Nimmo) which are the primary issue for Bundy. Gausman and Bieber are a bit more expensive but Gausman certainly figures to be popular as he faces a Marlins' offense that has just a 3.4 implied total. Gausman will also have a favorable home plate umpire helping his projection along and the Marlins ran out a more strikeout friendly lineup without Miguel Rojas and Martin Prado available on Tuesday. If we were sacrificing the price discount from Bundy for a SP2 in cash games, it would be for Gausman. Bieber is a really wide platoon splits pitcher who will face a Reds lineup that has been loading up with LHBs of late. We'd only consider him as a tournament pivot from Gausman.
On FanDuel, optimal lineups still prefer paying up for Cole as he's such a strong value. If you were to pivot, Kevin Gausman is underpriced at $7,200 and a very strong value in his own right. Dylan Bundy's similar price tag should leave him under-owned in tournaments as well.
On DraftKings, there are a few other cheap SP2 options that are viable in tournaments because of their strikeout upside but aren't projecting nearly as solid for cash games. Vince Velasquez (PHI) has an awful matchup with the Red Sox but similar to Pivetta last night he comes with a lot of strikeouts built in. He's guaranteed to come with extremely low ownership but we view him as only viable in MME. Robbie Erlin (SD) is cheap and has been better against RHBs than LHBs in his career. The Angels offense lacks LHBs and is really watered down without Trout/Ohtani. Hyun Jin Ryu (LAD) is making his return from the DL and comes with a really low implied total against the Giants (3.4). He's just $7,500 but we don't expect him to work deep (a couple five inning rehab starts). Marco Estrada (TOR) faces a lineup that has very little power which is his main weakness. Finally, Felix Pena (LAA) has strikeout ability but has been rocked by LHBs this season. Thankfully, the Padres don't have many. All of these options would be more likely MME targets than single entry or three max options.
Salvador Perez (KC) is the lone positive value at the catching position on Wednesday. Despite an uninspiring 4.2 implied run total for the Royals, the cheap tag ($3,600 on DK) and good lineup spot at a weak position make Perez a shoe-in for early optimals on DraftKings. Furthermore, opposing pitcher Marco Estrada's effectiveness is neutralized a bit with right-handed batters given the strength of his changeup (.203 ISO allowed to RHB since 2016). Perez is the lone standout value on FD as well, but his price isn't cheap enough to warrant him a necessity or really an option at all.
Buster Posey (SF), Russell Martin (TOR), and Evan Gattis (HOU) show up next after a decent sized drop in value from Perez. Posey and the Giants don't have a particularly enticing matchup, park, or run total (3.8 IRT) but his skills against LHP push him into the conversation as a pivot from Perez. Unfortunately though, it's not likely he gets any more than two at-bats versus Hyun-Jin Ryu as he's making his first start back from the DL (and he's pretty good too).
Martin won't have the platoon edge but the Jays have the best implied run total of the teams represented in this section. Opposing pitcher Burch Smith has given up 5, 6, and 5 earned runs with 5 total home runs in his last three starts, compiling just over ten innings total. The lineup spot doesn't command a lot of value, but he's poised to receive the best overall offensive run scoring environment.
Gattis will get the platoon edge on Tyler Anderson and the left-hander has seen his GB% decrease again this season. He's getting a break pitching outside Coors Field, but Gattis has been tough on LHP (.230 ISO since 2016) and has posted a positive delta in batted ball data.
Joey Votto (CIN), Kendrys Morales (TOR), and Justin Smoak (TOR) top the first base value rankings. Votto and the Reds take advantage of their excellent park, but the matchup with Shane Bieber is not super exciting overall. He has struggled with LHB (.227 ISO allowed) in a small sample, but otherwise has been solid and now gets a positive league shift (3.50 xFIP). While Votto has seemingly been sapped of his power a la Space Jam, his historical performance against RHP and his reduced price tag make him an enticing value. He is fitting into some of the early optimals on both sites.
Morales though is finding more of them at just $3,400 on DK and $2,500 on FanDuel. He'll look to exploit the aforementioned matchup with Burch Smith and a bad Royals pen, and we'll get him from the left-side of the plate (.189 ISO versus RHP since 2016).
The same appeal applies to Justin Smoak who's price tag is just closer to that of Joey Votto's. The switch-hitting first baseman has been really good against RHP (.230 ISO since 2016) and has a very accessible price tag. He projects just behind Votto as far as raw projection but gets the additional benefit of being on the road and facing a much worse opposing pitching staff.
Early optimals don't extend too far beyond the top trio, but Freddie Freeman (ATL) and Lucas Duda (KC) aren't far behind in overall value. Freeman and the Braves have one of the slate's lone 5+ implied run totals in their matchup with Jose Urena, who has been susceptible to power from left-handed batters. He represents a notable spend over Votto and Smoak, but tops the position in overall projection.
Duda's price moves the other direction. While Marco Estrada has been tougher on LHB, he's still allowed quite a bit of power (.181 ISO since 2016) and that's the play we're trying to exploit when rostering someone like Duda (.239 ISO versus RHP since 2016).
Greg Bird (NYY) doesn't have great batted ball data but the price tag, platoon edge, and park have him flirting with some of the early optimals. He'd be a viable tournament pivot at similar price tags to Morales and Duda.
Brian Dozier (LAD) and Jonathan Villar (BAL) are the top two values at second base. Dozier was back in the lineup on Tuesday, leading off against a southpaw where we expect him again tonight against Derek Holland. His home park isn't anything exciting (though a 4.6 implied run total) but the combination of his prowess versus LHP (.256 ISO since 2016) and Derek Holland's struggles with RHB (.227 ISO allowed) make him an excellent option. He's a bit more expensive than Villar on both sites at $3,700 on FD and $4,300 on DK and as a result gets pushed out of most of the early optimals. He remains a viable pivot in either format.
Villar comes at a notably cheaper tag and plenty of upside on the base paths against Zack Wheeler. Wheeler isn't quite as bad as teammate Jacob deGrom, but he's in the top 30 in the league in SBs allowed this season. At $3,500 on DK and $2,600 on FD it might take just one time on base for Villar to pay off.
Justin Turner (LAD) is the standout at the third base position. He's not seen a significant price increase yet at $3,600 on FanDuel and $4,200 on DraftKings and he gets a great matchup with Derek Holland. We mentioned Holland's struggles versus RHB and while he's been better this year (he found the strikeout), he is still allowing a ton of hard, aerial contact. Turner has posted a strong positive delta in batted ball data and is the prime candidate in most early optimals.
On FanDuel though, Russell Martin (TOR) has third base eligibility and he's only $2,300. It works out well as Turner's $3,600 price tag is a bit more of a spend on the site, and as a result Martin is populating most of the early optimals.
Jose Ramirez (CLE) and Alex Bregman (HOU) follow Turner on DraftKings. JRam is essentially Trout-lite at this point, priced at $6,000 on DraftKings and deservedly so in a matchup with Robert Stephenson in Great American Ball Park. Stephenson was pretty good in AAA this year, but has historically struggled to keep the ball on the ground and throw a lot of strikes. That's a recipe for disaster against a tough Indians team with an implied run total of 5.3 runs.
Bregman will grab the platoon edge on Tyler Anderson. He's been excellent in the split (.381 wOBA, .231 ISO since 2016) and offers a way to be slightly different by paying up, without stretching yourself quite as thin as required to reach Ramirez' price tag.
Anthony Rendon (WSH) is just $4,500 on DraftKings where he fits the middle ground between Turner and the upper-tier. He's super tough on LHP (.395 wOBA, .243 ISO since 2016) and will get a newly stretched out Austin Gomber.
Manny Machado (LAD) is the consensus play at SS in early optimals. His price tag at $4,200 on DraftKings and $3,800 on FanDuel is very affordable on the former, and reasonable on the latter. We've already talked about the exploitable matchup with Derek Holland, so there is little left to say to justify the play of Machado who is posting his best offensive season yet (143 wRC+).
On DraftKings there is no reason to look to anyone else at the position for cash games. On FanDuel though, it would be reasonable to at least consider Trea Turner (WSH) and Carlos Correa (HOU) who can at least rival Machado from an upside perspective and are similarly priced (both a tad bit cheaper).
We'd be more interested in Correa's skills in the platoon split, but overall more excited about the thought of having the road leadoff hitter in Turner. He's been brutal with the platoon edge in his early career but represents perhaps the best individual upside at the position.
Despite an astronomical price tag, Francisco Lindor (CLE) is the second best value on FanDuel at $4,700. The Indians remain one of the strongest plays on the slate against a young right-hander in an excellent run scoring environment. On a slate where Machado might garner most or all of the ownership, he'd be a worthy "low owned" pivot in tournaments.
Amed Rosario (NYM) warrants some consideration as a "puntish" type play that could get lost amidst the middle ground value that some of the bigger named candidates bring to the table. Road leadoff hitters are valuable commodities.
Giancarlo Stanton (NYY), Curtis Granderson (TOR), and Matt Kemp (LAD) are the consensus top three values on both sites. Most early optimals on both sites contain at least two of the trio.
Stanton draws a home matchup with Jake Faria, a fly ball arm getting a big negative park shift pitching in Yankee Stadium against the notably warm Stanton (32.5% Hard% L15). Stanton remains a relatively affordable piece of a consistent top offensive option in the Yankees.
Granderson and teammate Randal Grichuk (TOR) are a pair of the top values in their matchup with Burch Smith. Grandy should slide to the leadoff spot while we've seen Grichuk round out cleanup, providing two affordable outfield options with power upside (.223, .243 ISO versus RHP since 2016 respectively). Not only does Burch Smith project for a rest of season ERA of 5.61 via ZiPS, but he's also allowing more than 2 HR/9. Combine that with the Blue Jays affordability, and you understand why this duo is popping in a lot of optimals.
Matt Kemp gets the oft-mentioned Derek Holland matchup. He remains a cheap way to get exposure to Dodgers right-handed bats and is particularly valuable on FanDuel at just $3,000. He only has three hits since the end of July, but his skills against RHP (.236 ISO since 2016) make it hard to pass him up at these price tags.
Brett Gardner (NYY) and Michael Brantley (CLE) fill a similar void, giving access to two of the top offenses on the slate for a bit cheaper than some of their non-outfield counterparts.
Mallex Smith (TB) is very cheap on FanDuel at $2,800. The road leadoff hitter with stolen base upside is enough to push him into a lot of the early optimals on the site.
Whit Merrifield (KC) has outfield eligibility on DraftKings and sneaks into the top ten of values at the position and accordingly a lot of the early optimals where it's easy to just play Jonathan Villar or Dozier at 2B. Wil Myers (SD) has hit the ball very hard all season long and stands as a potential one-off verus Felix Pena, who has allowed a ton of the same type of contact himself.
Mookie Betts (BOS), J.D. Martinez (BOS), and Andrew Benintendi (BOS) all rate in the top five of raw projection in the outfield. A matchup with the volatile Vincent Velasquez can work wonders offensively in tournaments and given the likely allure to "safer" matchups, they should be excellent lower owned tournament options.
After the last two nights where we had clear cut top stacks, the stack rankings are more condensed on Wednesday's main slate.
The Yanks, Dodgers, and Cleveland all project similarly to one another with stack scores that would've rated in the second or third tier each of the last two nights.
Cleveland is the offense we're most confident in of this group. They're in a great offensive environment and the loss of a DH isn't a huge deal with Edwin Encarnacion sidelined. The Reds are tossing another below average RHP and Cleveland has really worked their pen i the first two games. Cleveland is very expensive and should be popular on FanDuel with Kevin Gausman so cheap but more difficult to access on DraftKings. Still, we expect they'll lead the way in ownership.
Our projections really like taking advantage of slightly discounted price tags for the Dodgers who project as an elite offense against LHP and get to face Derek Holland who has allowed a ridiculous .379 wOBA and .241 ISO to RHBs since the start of last season. The Dodgers offense is at home and in a tough hitting environment so we expect their ownership to lag Cleveland and the Yankees considerably.
Boston is once again a strong contrarian option. DFS-ers will likely choose to pay up for Ramirez/Lindor over Mookie/JD given positional scarcity but the Red Sox duo is facing an opposing starter who has been tougher on RHBs but is very power prone on the whole.
Toronto is the cheap stack our projections like most. Burch Smith has posted a 6.97 ERA and 5.85 FIP this year. The Royals pen behind him is really bad and he's allowed a ridiculous 32 percent hard minus soft hit rate this season. The Blue Jays fit the slate really well if paying up for Cole in GPPs.
The Braves are the stack we're likely lightest on relative to the industry. Jose Urena has been solid this season and especially so against RHBs. Acuna has been absurdly hot and thus should continue to carry hefty ownership. It feels like a difficult fade but Acuna is priced like Mike Trout now in a matchup against a SP that has held RHBs to a .300 wOBA since the start of last season. We'll likely fade the heavy owned Braves.
The Rays and Mets are interesting contrarian MME targets. The Mets will have some leverage to them on DraftKings where Dylan Bundy should carry ownership. The Rays' offense is sneaky powerful from the left side and facing a contact oriented RHP in a park that really increases LH power. Jake Bauers-Kiermaier-Lowe-Wendle are all contrarian one-off targets. | c4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
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Zuckerberg defended his logic for allowing political advertisements on his site in a speech given in early October, saying:
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These "stricter" councils have insisted it is in the best interest of children.
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KieServicesClient kieServicesClient = KieServicesFactory.newKieServicesClient(conf);
KieServicesClient ruleClient = kieServicesClient.getServicesClient(RuleServicesClient.class);
After communicating with drools should we call kieServicesClient.close() or kieServicesClient.completeConversation()? If we do not call anything then what will happen? Can drools become slower?
Could you please give some hints how we can investigate why the performance of the drools is deteriorating?
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@author: lalluanthoor
'''
from django.contrib import messages
from django.http import HttpResponse
from django.shortcuts import render
from vb.forms import AddMoneyForm, MultiplierForm, TransferForm
from vb.models import BettingUser, Configuration
def transferFunds(request):
form = TransferForm(request.POST)
if form.is_valid():
config = Configuration.objects.get(pk=1)
if config.allow_transfer:
fromUser = BettingUser.objects.get(
username=request.user.username)
toUser = BettingUser.objects.get(pk=request.POST['to_user'])
transferAmount = int(request.POST['amount'])
if transferAmount <= config.max_transfer_amount or config.max_transfer_amount == -1:
if toUser.account_balance <= config.max_receiver_amount or config.max_receiver_amount == -1:
if fromUser.account_balance < transferAmount:
messages.error(request, "Not Enough Money")
else:
messages.success(request, "Amount Transferred")
fromUser.account_balance -= transferAmount
fromUser.save()
toUser.account_balance += transferAmount
toUser.save()
form = TransferForm()
else:
messages.error(
request, 'Cannot transfer funds to user with more than %s virtual cash' % config.max_receiver_amount)
else:
messages.error(
request, 'Cannot transfer more than %s virtual cash' % config.max_transfer_amount)
else:
messages.error(
request, 'Transfers not allowed at this time. Check back later.')
else:
messages.error(request, "Validation Error")
theme = Configuration.objects.get(pk=1).theme.theme_name
return HttpResponse(render(request, 'bet/transfer.html', context={'form': form, 'active': {'transfer': 'active'}, 'theme': theme, 'title': 'Transfer'}))
def addMultiplier(request):
form = MultiplierForm(request.POST)
if form.is_valid():
try:
form.save()
messages.success(request, "Multiplier Added")
except:
messages.error(request, "Multiplier Already Saved")
else:
messages.error(request, "Validation Error")
theme = Configuration.objects.get(pk=1).theme.theme_name
return HttpResponse(render(request, 'super/multiplier.html', context={'active': {'multiplier': 'active'}, 'form': form, 'theme': theme, 'title': 'Win Multiplier'}))
def addMoney(request):
form = AddMoneyForm(request.POST)
if form.is_valid():
users = BettingUser.objects.filter(bet_admin=False)
for user in users:
user.account_balance += int(request.POST['amount'])
user.save()
messages.success(request, 'Money Sent to All')
else:
messages.error(request, 'Validation Error')
theme = Configuration.objects.get(pk=1).theme.theme_name
return HttpResponse(render(request, 'super/addmoney.html', context={'form': form, 'active': {'addmoney': 'active'}, 'title': 'Add Money', 'theme': theme}))
def addLuckyDraw(request):
form = TransferForm(request.POST)
if form.is_valid():
user = BettingUser.objects.get(pk=request.POST['to_user'])
amount = int(request.POST['amount'])
user.account_balance += amount
user.save()
messages.success(request, 'Lucky Draw Amount Sent')
else:
messages.error(request, 'Validation Error')
theme = Configuration.objects.get(pk=1).theme.theme_name
return HttpResponse(render(request, 'super/luckydraw.html', context={'form': form, 'theme': theme, 'title': 'Lucky Draw', 'active': {'luckydraw': 'active'}}))
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NOTE: If you want to use this park for other projects (Park recreations, youtube uploads, etc.) please make sure to credit me beforehand.
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BkiUbI85qsNCPf8Mv0Rx | Zeven is een gemeente in de Duitse deelstaat Nedersaksen. De gemeente maakt deel uit van de Samtgemeinde Zeven in het Landkreis Rotenburg (Wümme).
Zeven telt inwoners.
De plaats is vooral in Nederland bekend als woonplaats van een grote Nederlandse militaire gemeenschap tijdens en kort na de Koude Oorlog (1963-2006). Deze gemeenschap had hier een eigen Nederlandstalige peuteropvang, lagere school en middelbare school. Tevens was er een Nederlands buurthuis (het Holland Huis). De Nederlandse kazerne lag overigens in de naburige Samtgemeinde Selsingen en heette Seedorf.
Plaatsen in de gemeente Zeven
Badenstedt
Bademühlen
Brauel
Brüttendorf
Oldendorf
Wistedt
Zeven
Geschiedenis
Het gebied van de huidige stad en deelgemeente Zeven was reeds in de prehistorie bewoond. Zowel uit de Midden-Steentijd, de Jonge Steentijd, de Bronstijd (ruim 30 grafheuvels) als de IJzertijd zijn daar sporen van menselijke activiteit aangetroffen. Belangrijk hiervoor is de Steinalkenheide bij het tot Zeven behorende dorpje Badenstedt, waar zich tientallen prehistorische grafheuvels en andere monumenten bevinden. De naam Steinalkenheide bevat een woordelement alke of ahlke, waarvan sommige geleerden geloven, dat dit een prehistorische, voor-Germaanse benaming is voor de geesten van voorouders.
In een document dat met keizer Otto III uit 986 in verband staat, en dat de tiend- en andere wereldlijke rechten van het klooster Heeslingen regelde, wordt melding gemaakt van "kivinan à Heeslingen". Latere vormen van deze naam (waarvan de herkomst en betekenis onbekend zijn) luidden Sciuena (1141), Cyuena (1158), Scevena en Tzevena, uiteindelijk Zeven. In 1141 verhuisde het benedictijner nonnenklooster van Heeslingen (zie onder), dat Sint Vitus als beschermheilige had, naar Zeven, dat zich rondom dit klooster ontwikkelde tot een vlek met o.a. marktrecht. In 1609, duidelijk later dan bij andere kloosters in de regio het geval was, werd het klooster t.g.v. de Reformatie evangelisch-luthers. Na de Vrede van Osnabrück in 1648 werd het klooster door de nieuwe Zweedse machthebbers geseculariseerd en hield op te bestaan.
Het gebied van de Samtgemeinde Zeven behoorde vanaf de middeleeuwen tot het Prinsaartsbisdom Bremen. In de Dertigjarige Oorlog werd het gebied enige malen door oorlogsgeweld getroffen. Na de Vrede van Osnabrück in 1648 behoorde het tot het door Zweden geregeerde Bremen-Verden , sinds 1715, in delen van het gebied met een korte onderbreking door Franse bezetting in de Zevenjarige Oorlog, tot het Hertogdom Brunswijk-Lüneburg, na de Napoleontische tijd, van 1815 tot 1866 tot het Koninkrijk Hannover, waarna de heerschappij van Koninkrijk Pruisen en van 1871-1919 het Duitse Keizerrijk volgde.
Zeven was in 1694 en 1757 de locatie van (in het voormalig klooster gehouden) diplomatiek overleg; in 1694 omtrent de politieke status van de stad Bremen, en in 1757 een mislukte, want door Engeland niet erkende, vredesconferentie omtrent beëindiging van de Zevenjarige Oorlog.
Zeven behoort tot de plaatsen, waar rond 1825 Carl Friedrich Gauss landmeetkundig onderzoek verrichtte. Een aparte Gauß-Zimmer (beperkt te bezichtigen), waar de geleerde zijn waarnemingen en berekeningen uitwerkte, in het voormalige kloostercomplex herinnert hier nog aan.
In 1810 richtte een stadsbrand in Zeven grote schade aan. In de 19e eeuw daalde het inwonertal van Zeven door emigratie van een deel der -in de gehele streek sterk verarmde- bevolking naar de Verenigde Staten, en door regelmatig terugkerende uitbraken van cholera. In 1906 kreeg Zeven aansluiting op het spoorwegnet en begon de industrialisatie in de plaats. In 1929 mocht Zeven zich van de regering stad gaan noemen en het gemeentebestuur dienovereenkomstig aanpassen.
Na de Tweede Wereldoorlog steeg het inwonertal snel van ca. 3.200 naar meer dan 7.000 mensen, door drie factoren: a. enige duizenden Heimatvertriebene uit o.a. Silezië en Oost-Pruisen werden in de streek opgevangen en gehuisvest; b. van de Britse bezettingstroepen (en na 1960 de Nederlanders) gingen vooral de officieren hier met hun gezinnen wonen; c. in Zeven vestigden zich een aantal middelgrote, industriële ondernemingen.
Ook na het vertrek van de militairen in 2006 bleef de plaats tamelijk welvarend. Door de aanleg van ringwegen werd de binnenstad verlost van zwaar doorgaand vrachtautoverkeer.
Economie
In Zeven zijn enkele tamelijk grote fabrieken gevestigd (100-500 werknemers). te weten:
Een fabriek van rubber producten, zoals rubber handschoenen en condooms, dit bedrijf exporteert ook naar Nederland;
Een grote zuivelfabriek, en een fabriek, die allerlei producten met eieren als grondstof maakt; beide ondernemingen hebben afnemers in geheel Duitsland;
Een fabriek, die speciale onderdelen voor pijpleidingen aan boord van schepen, in olieraffinaderijen en in energiecentrales maakt.
De gemeente Zeven herbergt daarnaast een groot aantal ondernemingen, die als midden- en kleinbedrijf te beschouwen zijn. Opvallend is, dat de stad nog een kleine, eigen coöperatieve spaarbank heeft, zij het in samenwerking met een groter Duits bankbedrijf.
Bezienswaardigheden
De monumentale 12e-eeuwse St.-Vituskerk te Zeven, die in 1867 gesloopt zou worden, maar op voorspraak van Conrad Wilhelm Hase, een befaamd architect uit Hannover, in 1872 werd gerestaureerd, behoorde van oorsprong tot het oude benedictinessenklooster. Het interieur van de kerk is kunsthistorisch van belang. Daartoe behoren o.a. een monumentaal vroeg 13e-eeuws crucifix , twee grafstenen van rond het jaar 1400, 15e-eeuwse plafondschilderingen (de gelijkenis van de 5 wijze en de 5 dwaze maagden), een kansel uit 1565, een tweede kansel, bedoeld voor een voorzanger, een 16e-eeuws stenen beeld van Sint-Vitus en een messing kroonluchter uit 1660. De orgelkast dateert van rond 1750.
In het naast de St.-Vituskerk gelegen restant van het benedictinessenklooster is het Museum Kloster Zeven, het streekmuseum van Zeven gevestigd. Het is mede aan de (interessante) geschiedenis van dit oude klooster gewijd en herbergt een muntenschat uit Heeslingen (16e eeuw).
Het nabijgelegen ChristinenHaus, waar koningin Christina I van Zweden eens gelogeerd zou hebben, is een dependance van dit museum. Kunstschilders en beeldhouwers (er is een beeldentuin achter het gebouw) uit de regio kunnen er hun werk (vaak voor het eerst) aan het publiek tonen. Aan de bekende schrijver Walter Kempowski, die in Haus Kreienhoop in Nartdum gewoond heeft, is in het ChristinenHaus een speciale tentoonstellingsruimte gewijd.
Watermolen Bademühlen aan de Bade, een zijbeek van de Oste in het ten westen van Zeven gelegen gehucht van die naam, is na restauratie maalvaardig als graanmolen. Af en toe zijn er voor publiek toegankelijke maaldemonstraties.
De plaatselijke modelspoorbaanclub is ook in het bezit van een echt treintje en voert daarmee enkele malen per jaar korte toeristische ritten over de spoorbaan bij station Zeven uit.
Galerij
Geboren in Zeven
Philipp Bargfrede (3 maart 1989), voetballer
Externe link
Webpagina Gemeente Zeven
Gemeente in Nedersaksen | wikipedia | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
BkiUbwrxK0fkXQzmKm6t | Wielkie Łąki [] (deutsch Hillersdorf, 1945–1953 Niewola) ist ein Ort der Gmina Korfantów in der Woiwodschaft Opole in Polen.
Geographie
Geographische Lage
Das Straßendorf Wielkie Łąki liegt im südwestlichen Teil Oberschlesiens im Friedländer Land. Das Dorf Wielkie Łąki liegt rund zwei Kilometer nordwestlich vom Gemeindesitz Korfantów, rund 21 Kilometer östlich der Kreisstadt Nysa und etwa 41 Kilometer südwestlich der Woiwodschaftshauptstadt Oppeln.
Wielkie Łąki liegt in der Nizina Śląska (Schlesischen Tiefebene) innerhalb der Równina Niemodlińska (Falkenberger Ebene).
Nachbarorte
Nachbarorte von Wielkie Łąki sind im Nordwesten Niesiebędowice (Nüßdorf), im Südosten der Gemeindesitz Korfantów (Friedland in Oberschlesien), im Südwesten Kuropas (Korpitz) und im Westen Myszowice (Mauschwitz).
Geschichte
Das Dorf wurde in der Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts von protestantischen Siedlern aus Österreich gegründet. Erste Holzhäuser wurden 1843 fertiggestellt. 1864 wurde eine Schule im Ort eingerichtet. 1865 bestanden im Dorf 25 Gärtnerstellen. 1874 wurde der Amtsbezirk Schloss Friedland gegründet, welcher aus den Orten Ellguth-Friedland, Floste, Hammer, Hillersdorf, Julienthal, Nüßdorf, Ranisch und Woistrasch und die Gutsbezirke Ellguth-Friedland, Floste, Friedland, Schloß und Nüßdorf bestand. 1885 zählte Hillersdorf 206 Einwohner.
Um 1930 kam Hillersdorf zum neugegründeten Amtsbezirk Ranisch. 1933 zählte Hillersdorf 204, 1939 rund 190 Einwohner. Bis 1945 befand sich der Ort im Landkreis Falkenberg O.S.
Als Folge des Zweiten Weltkriegs fiel Hillersdorf 1945 wie der größte Teil Schlesiens unter polnische Verwaltung. Nachfolgend wurde der Ort in Niewola umbenannt und der Woiwodschaft Schlesien angeschlossen. 1946 wurde die deutsche Bevölkerung vertrieben. 1950 wurde es der Woiwodschaft Oppeln eingegliedert. 1953 wurde der Ortsname in Wielkie Łąki geändert. 1999 kam der Ort zum neu gegründeten Powiat Nyski (Kreis Neisse). 2005 zählte das Dorf 116 Einwohner.
Sehenswürdigkeiten
Wegekreuz
Weblinks
Einzelnachweise
Ort der Woiwodschaft Opole
Gmina Korfantów
Ort in Schlesien
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BkiUbmTxK6nrxl9bL5wT | Ang Lee's son to play Bruce Lee in the director's epic film – Deadline
Sydney Clark November 30, 2022 3 min read
exclusive: Sony 3000 photos He finished a pact that would get him an Oscar Ang Lee directly Bruce Leea movie starring the director's son Mason Lee In the role of the iconic martial artist. Dan Futtermanwhich includes his work Cabot And the foxesworking on a script that has seen previous versions by Jane Castelli, Alex Low, and Mabel Cheung, and most recently, Tower of Wales.
Lawrence Gray, Shannon Lee, Ang Lee, Ben Everard, and Brian Bell are producing, and Elizabeth Gabler and Marisa Paiva are overseeing the studio project. The project will see Gabler, Paiva, and Tom Rothman reunite with the director, having previously worked together Hyatt Bay.
Ashley Boone/Getty Images for Paramount Pictures
The director who left his mark on the martial arts genre with the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon in 2000 (still the highest-grossing international film in the US) has long wanted to delve into the story of legend-making. Lee came to the United States and became a masterful mentor to actors like Steve McQueen and more. He approached it like a scholar, mixing and matching the best qualities of all kinds of styles that he incorporated into Jeet Kune Do.
While handsome and amiable, Lee became one of the first Chinese-American actors to break into prime-time television when he played sidekick Kato in Green hornetMuch of his early career was marked by the frustrations he endured as a pioneer who was not content to be a friend. Setbacks included when white actor David Carradine was tapped to play a Chinese monk Kung Fu over Lee in 1972—some have said they devised the concept—because television executives felt audiences were not ready for a series led by an Asian actor. Lee has achieved worldwide success in a series of highly successful Hong Kong films. It was on the cusp of a noticeable boom in the US market Enter the dragonHe died suddenly at 32 before the movie was released in 1973.
"Bruce Lee was not accepted as neither all-American nor all-Chinese, he was a bridge between East and West who introduced Chinese Kung Fu to the world, a martial artist and an outstanding performance artist who revolutionized both martial arts and action cinema," Ang Lee said. final date. "I feel compelled to tell the story of this brilliant and unique human being who craved to belong, who possessed tremendous strength within his 135-pound frame, and who, through relentless hard work, made impossible dreams a reality."
Lee has been quietly working on this for a long time, and that includes getting his son ready for the job. Mason Lee has trained for the role in Asia for the past three years, all through lockdown. Lee is 32 years old, and he appeared on Billy Lynn's long run in the first half, The Tailings part twoand most recently starred in the Taiwanese romantic comedy stand by meHong Kong Drama Limbo And the Who killed rooster rooster (mo ji zi). He was nominated for the Golden Horse Award for Best Supporting Actor for both films.
"Bruce Lee is Ang's long-running passion project and a deeply emotional story that depicts the triumphs and struggles of one of the real-life action heroes of our time," Gabler said. "All of us at Sony and 3000 Pictures are proud to have helped Ang and his directorial team create what we believe will be an extraordinary theatrical event."
Ang Lee is represented by CAA and Schreck Rose Dapello Adams Berlin & Dunham. Futterman is represented by UTA and Frankfurt Cornet Solicitors. Gray Matter is represented by UTA and attorney Jamie Feldman in Lichter Grossman.
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BkiUdjI5qoYA0qtoK-on | require 'rubygems'
gem 'xmpp4r'
gem 'idn'
require 'xmpp4r/client'
require 'xmpp4r/roster'
require 'xmpp4r/vcard'
class JabberBot
include Jabber
include Loggeable
# user: like foobar@gmail.com
# password: like foobarfoobar
# server: like talk.google.com, it's optional, normally you take this value from the user
def initialize(user, password, server = nil)
@bot = Client.new(JID.new(user))
@bot.connect(server)
@bot.auth(password)
@bot.send(Presence.new.set_type(:available))
@buddy_list = Roster::Helper.new(@bot)
@buddy_list.add_subscription_request_callback do |item, pres|
@buddy_list.accept_subscription(pres.from) if is_allowed? pres.from
end
# I think this is not neccesary
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end
def screen_name(name)
vcard = Jabber::Vcard::IqVcard.new
vcard["FN"] = name
vcard["NICKNAME"] = name
Vcard::Helper.new(@bot).set(vcard)
rescue Exception => e
log_error e
end
def set_status(state)
@bot.send(Presence.new.set_status(state))
rescue Exception => e
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end
def add_allowed_user(user)
unless is_allowed? user
@bot.send(Presence.new.set_type(:subscribe).set_to(user))
end
rescue Exception => e
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end
def each_message(&block)
@bot.add_message_callback do |m|
begin
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end
end
end
def say_to(user, message)
@bot.send(Message.new(user, message).set_type(:chat).set_id('1')) if is_allowed? user
rescue Exception => e
log_error e
end
protected
def is_allowed? user
@buddy_list[user]
end
end
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BkiUbx7xK6mkyCfOA00G | At a ceremony Friday to swear in John Gibson II as DOD's first chief management officer, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Gibson will spearhead efforts to support the third line of effort in the National Defense Strategy — reforming the department for efficiency, capability and affordability. The practices of the department are not set in stone, Mattis said, reported DOD News. The secretary said he expects Gibson to reform any practice that does not increase lethality or strengthen international partnerships. Gibson acknowledged the task he faces would be challenging. "Those who have succeeded at this type of change will tell you it takes five to seven years to see enduring results, but it has to start and build momentum," he said. | c4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUc3U4eIZjf-ZSJ3e1 | K J Condon Racing
Osborne Lodge, Rathbride, The Curragh, Co. Kildare
Condon's Romanised returns to his best in Prix Jacques le Marois
August 30, 2017 September 17, 2019 Elevate Marketing
Europe has been searching for a leader for its older mile division and in Romanised – who streaked to an impressive success in one of the most reliable indicators in the calendar – it may transpire that the answer was hiding in plain sight.
Adding a Prix du Haras de Fresnay-le-Buffard Jacques Le Marois to his Classic success from 15 months ago, Romanised may have done just that, building on an upward trajectory that had been evident in each of his last three starts.
And as no-excuses clean victories go, this was as clearcut as it gets, as Billy Lee guided the son of Holy Roman Emperor past two pacemakers to stretch away from Shaman, with Line Of Duty in third and Coronation Stakes winner Watch Me fourth.
It is a quirk of the mile calendar that you need a reasonable quotient of stamina at the start of the year before speed becomes the absolute prerequisite from the Sussex Stakes onwards.
Fortunately for Condon and owner Robert Ng, that increase in tempo is coinciding with Romanised becoming more and more pacy with time and age.
"We used to see that speed in training but when he won the Guineas he looked like he just outstayed everything else and that he could go a mile and a quarter," said Condon.
"He's just demonstrating that speed we've always seen and they ran 1m22s at the Curragh for the seven furlongs, which is the quickest Minstrel Stakes in 14 years.
Condon added: "I think you'll maybe see him in the Foret or he may go for the Breeders' Cup Mile. If he goes Breeders' Cup Mile, he may just stay home at Leopardstown on Irish Champions Weekend [for the Boomerang Stakes]."
Paddy Power installed Romanised as a 14-1 chance for Santa Anita, while Condon believes he has a different horse on his hands this year.
"He won the Guineas at a big price and we campaigned him ambitiously because we've always felt he was a very nice horse. After the Guineas last year he went to Ascot and didn't have a great experience there. This year he seems to be mentally better and more mature, he's an improving horse and you could see it today. It was a very good performance."
Lee said he had expected to have many more horses in front of him than behind him but was always in the perfect position behind Shaman and the two trailblazers.
Condon worked for the sponsoring Niarchos family as a young man and Lee also felt a debt of gratitude towards the same quarter.
"It's particularly special because they provided me with a first Group 1 and it's lovely that I've won another and they sponsor it," said Lee. "My lad's just getting more uncomplicated with each race and it was a good performance.
"Shane Foley was riding him last year and then he took the job with Jessica Harrington so he wasn't able to commit to Ken and the horse. Luckily enough Ken gave me the call earlier in the year and thanks to Willie McCreery and Paddy Twomey, they had no problem and so riding for all three is a pleasure."
To watch the full race please click on the link below :
← France: Romanised Rules Again
Romanised wins the Minstrel Stakes at the Curragh Racecourse →
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BkiUZ-s25V5hdn6rOww5 | American International Group, Inc. (AIG) serves customers in more than 100 countries and jurisdictions, through one of the most extensive worldwide property-casualty networks.
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BkiUdD44eILhQJztm_KQ | Robert Renzoni Vineyards – Carrying On The Family Legacy
Tom Plant September 19, 2009
The Love of WineWineries4 Comments 06 min read
Thirty years ago, Robert Mondavi and Domenic Renzoni were sipping Scotch in Las Vegas. Mondavi said to Renzoni "Your grandson is taking over the company, isn't he? Why not put his name on it? It sounds like my name, plus there's Ronzoni pasta. People are going to think they know that name."
When you visit with Robert Renzoni, you're treated to some wonderful stories. His family got its start in the wine business in 1886, when his great grandfather Federico began working in the vineyards near the small Italian town of Fano. Robert started sipping wine at the age of six and when he was twelve, his dad used to pour wine out of a brown paper bag each Sunday, and if any of the kids could name the varietal, region and country of origin, they'd get a hundred bucks. Robert won twice, correctly identifying a Chateau Montelena Chardonnay and a Silver Anniversary Parducci. Robert's enthusiasm is infectious. His love for what he does is obvious.
Robert's ancestors are the inspiration for everything he does. Federico and his brother-in-law Romeo Battistoni got into the wine and cordial business together in 1914 in Buffalo, New York. In 1954, Domenic teamed up with Marvin Sands, president of the Canandaigua Wine Company, now Constellation Brands and became the first distributor of Richards Wild Irish Rose. Domenic had a tremendous impact on Marvin. One day Marvin called Domenic and asked him what the hell he was doing. "I can't keep up with your sales. What are you doing with all those empty bottles?" He invited Marvin to meet him at the winery one night and he would show him. He hopped in the car with Domenic and his sales staff as they hit the streets of Buffalo about 11:00pm with cases of empty bottles with the Wild Irish Rose label on them. They walked down the streets and smashed the bottles on the ground, label up. The next morning as people walked around town, they saw dozens of empty bottles of Wild Irish Rose. "That's old school marketing" says Robert. "I love telling that story."
Marvin Sands was an inspiration to Robert. At the age of 16, Robert remembers watching Sands in action. As the company's president, it was not uncommon for him to go up to workers on the bottling line and ask them how their families were, referring to them by name. With thousands of employees, Marvin knew the importance of treating his workers with respect, a lesson that has left a profound mark on the way Robert does business today.
Robert thinks big and he thinks outside the box. No other Temecula Valley winery focuses on Italian varietals to the extent that Renzoni does. Currently his line up is 95% Italian and that percentage will soon go up to 98. His focus is on esoteric Italian varietals, but of course you'll find Sangiovese and Pinot Grigio there. He saw an opportunity to do something unique here. In choosing the name for the winery, not only did he reflect on the advice his grandfather got from Robert Mondavi, but there were no other wineries in the valley using both someone's first and last names. His whole life he was told he had a great name for a wine. One of Domenic's dying wishes was that he use his name for the winery. The families' closest friends voted on it and Robert Renzoni Vineyards won by a landslide – 49 to 1.
He purchased the property in November, 2006 and the following spring he graded the land and planted his vines. He opened the doors in the spring of 2008. He made his first wines at Leonesse Cellars in 2006 and says he learned a lot from winemaker Tim Kramer. He learned to make wine "hands on", the same way he learned to play guitar and drums. When you taste his wines, you're tasting his palate. Renzoni's wines tend to have softer tannins than many others and are closer in alcohol content to fine Italian and French wines: generally between 13.1 and 13.9% alcohol. Higher alcohol content tends to give wine more of a "bite". He cites John Parducci for his philosophy. "Offer a quality product at an honest price." He prides himself on his staff, giving credit to Marvin Sands when he says happy employees are productive ones. He knows that his customers will be impressed by how knowledgeable his pouring staff is.
The entire project is dedicated to the memory of his grandfather Domenic. Future plans include building a Tuscan style villa on the lower pad. The 5,000 square foot two story building will have a fifty foot bell tower with a bell that's been in the family since 1886. The bell will chime at the open and close of each business day to honor his grandfather's memory. The villa will be like a mini museum honoring Robert's late ancestors, with vintage family photos throughout. It will also be the new home to the tasting room, a wine club members only tasting room, a winemaker's laboratory and Robert's office. The current tasting room will be transformed into their production facility.
Robert is driven to carry on the family legacy. "I felt it was my obligation, not only for the love of my family and my grandfather who was my best friend, I thought that over one hundred years was too much to flush down the toilet." His dad Fred is at the winery most every day. Robert saw an opportunity to pull his dad out of retirement and give him something to do, he noted with a wink. He reflected how amazing it is how life goes full cycle, noting that his family did business with Brookside Winery 60 years ago and the first Cucamonga Zinfandel they released was from those same vineyards. Robert is proud of what's he's accomplished in his first year in business and with good reason. His Sangiovese and Pinot Grigio are poured in more than 40 restaurants. He has just released the first authentic Portuguese Port in the valley using the Touriga Nacional grape. It's called Paradiso. He will be releasing a Lagrein called Vecchio Frate, a tip of the cap to a line of dessert and table wines the family trademarked in 1939: Old Friar. Come in for a glass of wine and a story or two. Robert has plenty of them to share.
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You should, Larry. It's stunning. | commoncrawl | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
BkiUdOw5qsBC7daIezV6 | Welcome to Holy Spirit STEM Academy where we combine spirituality, academics and service to prepare our students to live a faith-filled life.
Our school motto, "Love of God, Love of Others, Love of Self", is practiced by the school community on a daily basis. At Holy Spirit, your child will be educated in the Catholic faith and recognize the importance of living a spiritual life. Students receive religious education on a daily basis and attend Mass twice a week to prepare them to be lifelong Catholics as well as contributing members of their parish communities. The message of Jesus Christ creates a school climate where spiritual growth is at the forefront of our mission to educate your child.
Catholic schools have a long history of strong academics. Holy Spirit STEM Academy provides a quality education for students in TK-8th grade. Our graduates continue to perform at high levels in high school. High academic expectations are set for our students through a rigorous curriculum and our instructional methodology elicits critical thinking and problem solving skills.
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BkiUdpDxaKgS2Kyuc8Jv | Walsworth announces October winners in Big Event promotion November 14, 2011
November 14, 2011 / News & Notes
Walsworth announces October winners in Big Event promotion
Kansas City, Mo. (Nov. 14, 2011) – Walsworth Publishing announced the four monthly winners for October in its Big Event yearbook signing party promotion.
The winners for October were:
Northwest Guilford High School, Greensboro, N.C.
Fort Worth Christian School, North Richland Hills, Texas
Northport High School, Northport, N.Y.
Omaha Marian High School, Omaha, Neb.
Getting the book signed is one of the most fun, unique things about yearbooks, and The Big Event is all about encouraging schools to hold a yearbook signing party at the end of the year and make it one of the most anticipated events at their school.
For the rest of this school year, Walsworth will be giving away prize packs each month to four schools that enter into a drawing by filling out a short questionnaire at the company's Big Event website.
The prize pack is a Big Event kit full of marketing materials to help the school generate excitement for their signing party, including T-shirts, posters, buttons, tickets, backstage passes, lanyards and more.
Four monthly prize winners will be drawn through March with a grand prize being awarded in May. | commoncrawl | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
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Matched with an aged brass gallery. A classic style which diffuses light beautifully.
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BkiUcY7xK7DgtAWez2Er | Winnie Markus (1921–2002) was a Czechoslovakia-born German film and television actress.
Selected filmography
A Mother's Love (1939) - Rosl Pirlinger
(1939) - Juana de Alvarado
The Vulture Wally (1940) - Afra Kuttner
Herz geht vor Anker (1940) - Lotte Kamphausen
Im Schatten des Berges (1940) - Hedwig Brügger
Die Kellnerin Anna (1941) - Marina
Alarmstufe V (1941)
Brüderlein fein (1942) - Toni Wagner - seine Tochter
The Sold Grandfather (1942) - Ev Haslinger
The Little Residence (1942) - Marianne Hartung
Sommerliebe (1942) - Renate
Whom the Gods Love (1942) - Konstanze Weber Mozart
Fahrt ins Abenteuer (1943) - Gusti Lenz
Tonelli (1943) - Nelly, 'Königin der Luft' Joros Partnerin
Gefährlicher Frühling (1943) - Renate Willms
Dir zuliebe (1944) - Maria Mansfeld - seine Frau
The Enchanted Day (1944) - Christine Schweiger
Das alte Lied (1945) - Stine
In Those Days (1947) - Sybille / 1. Geschichte
Between Yesterday and Tomorrow (1947) - Annette Rodenwald
Morituri (1948) - Maria Bronek
The Mozart Story (1948) - Constanza Weber Mozart
Philine (1949) - Philine Dorn
I'll Never Forget That Night (1949) - Eva Surén
Liebesheirat (1949) - Isabell Prax
The Prisoner (1949) - Cyprienne
This Man Belongs to Me (1950) - Gretl Fänger
Es begann um Mitternacht (1951)
Begierde (1951) - Susanne Reval
Das fremde Leben (1951) - Doris Hallgart
A Thousand Red Roses Bloom (1952) - Ebba
Come Back (1953) - Sabine Viborg
They Call It Love (1953) - Maria West
Kaiserwalzer (1953) - Luise Pichler - Lehrerin
Love's Awakening (1953) - Sybill Berg, Pianistin
The Big Star Parade (1954) - Himself
Son of St. Moritz (1954) - Lore Engelhofer
Kaisermanöver (1954) - Comtesse Valerie von Trattenbach
Roman eines Frauenarztes (1954) - Beate
Du mein stilles Tal (1955) - Elisabeth von Breithagen
Devil in Silk (1956) - Sabine Uhl
Crown Prince Rudolph's Last Love (1956) - Gräfin Larisch
Liebe, die den Kopf verliert (1956) - Henriette Hergesheim
Vergiß wenn Du kannst (1956) - Brigitte Sudeny
Das Mädchen Marion (1956) - Vera von Hoff
Nichts als Ärger mit der Liebe (1956)
Made in Germany (1957) - Elise Abbe, geborene Snell
Doctor Bertram (1957) - Martina Eichstätter
Man ist nur zweimal jung (1958) - Marthe
Hoch klingt der Radetzkymarsch (1958) - Lina Strobl, Sängerin am Theater an der Wien
The Priest and the Girl (1958) - Herta
What a Woman Dreams of in Springtime (1959) - Elisabeth Brandt
Melodie und Rhythmus (1959) - Himself (uncredited)
Ein Herz braucht Liebe (1960)
Diana - Leidenschaft und Abenteuer (1973)
References
Bibliography
O'Brien, Mary-Elizabeth. Nazi Cinema as Enchantment: The Politics of Entertainment in the Third Reich. Camden House, 2004
External links
Winnie Markus at Tuner Classic Movies
1921 births
2002 deaths
Czechoslovak emigrants to Germany
German film actresses
German television actresses
Actresses from Prague
20th-century German actresses
Recipients of the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany | wikipedia | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
BkiUas425V5ha7jY7N_E | Tibet Overland Tour, also known as the roof of the world is one among the most electrifying and best way to witness the stunning Tibet. The entire journey starts from Kathmandu to Nepal China borderland and ends at Tibet's Lhasa through incredible Arniko Highway. This overland tour allows viewing the unique Tibetan and Nepalese villages, their cultures, and inhabitants along with the beautiful panorama of Great Himalayas. Sacred cultures, monasteries and temples, rivers and lakes, and grand snow –capped mountains are just a small number of the exhilarating wonders to be experienced by exploratory tourist. Travelers get an opportunity to encounter major attractions of the areas - Shigatse mystical Buddhist monasteries of Tashilunpo, Gyantse Khumbum Stupa and other most wonderful towns like: Xigatse, and Lhatse.
Early morning you start your journey with a picturesque drive of 300 Km from Lhasa over Karola (5010 m.) and Kambala (4794). You can view the outstanding "Yamzhog Yumco Lake" and the "Kalais Kora Glacier" all along the route. You then come across the beautiful colorful Yamdrok Lake, which is like a coil, many-armed body of a scorpion and famous Tibetan salvation river Brahma Putra which is popularly known as Yarlung Tsangpo in Tibetan Language. Your drive finally ends after arriving at Gyantse (3950 m.) and stay overnight at the hotel.
You begin your day with a visit to Khumbum Stupa and Palkhor Monastery in Gyantse itself. Then take 90 km drive to the second largest city of Tibet, Shigatse. Later in the afternoon you will visit a numinous Tashilunpo Monastery of Panchen Lama which sprawls on the inclination of Mt. Niser, southwest of Shigatse (3900m.). Finally after completion of sightseeing you stay overnight at hotel.
Early in the morning you start your descend drive and reach to another old Tibetan village named as Nyalam and stay overnight at hotel.
Today is the day; you finally enter Nepal from Tibet. You will depart from Zhangmu in the morning and head towards the border of Nepal-Tibet. The Friendship overpass lies at the border of China-Nepal which is only a few kilometers away from Zhangmu with the impressive view of Bhote Koshi River. Kathmandu city lies only five hours towards south which is your end destination and stay overnight.
Today, sightseeing around the popular cultural heritage sites in Kathmandu will be organized. Initially, you will be taken to the holiest Hindu temple of Nepal, Pashupatinath and view the burning of human dead body on the bank of Bagmati River. Subsequently, you will be headed towards the second largest stupa in the world, Bouddhanath which is even thickly settled by Tibetan refugees and considered as Little Tibet. After that, you will drive just 14 km east of Kathmandu and reach city of devotees, Bhaktapur. The major attractions are: Durbar Square, 55 windows palace, Bhairavnath Temple, Nyatapola, Dattatreya Temple and many more. In the evening, you will drive to Nagarkot and stay overnight.
Early morning, you can have a beautiful sunrise view including the panorama of Great Mt. Everest. After breakfast, you will drive back to Kathmandu and travel for further sightseeing tour of the self born Swayambhunath Stupa which is also called as Monkey Temple. In a while you will move to Kathmandu Durbar Square where you can visit Kumari-the Living Goddess of Nepal, Hanuman Dhoka Palace, Legendary Kasthamandap Temple and many other shrines. Eventually you proceed to Patan City and view many interesting and beautiful arts and architecture, historic and cultural places. You then drive back to Kathmandu and stay overnight at hotel.
You will finally be transferred to the airport for the final departure or to next destination.
3 Nights centre located Hotel in Kathmandu with Breakfast, Sightseeing Tour in Kathmandu as above mentioned, Experience English Speaking Tour Guide, all sightseeing Entrance fees, all Necessary ground Transportation by private car, Border Pick up by Nepali staff. | c4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
BkiUf3PxK02iP1lCZ3a8 | Lisa Sharrard of U.S. Flood Solutions has been a client since 2016. She saw the site I built for Nadeau Land Surveys and contacted me to rebuild her existing site. Lisa is an expert in her field and is highly regarded by her clients and colleagues.
This site is a personal branding brochure with several forms for requesting services and additional information. Form submissions are sent to a custom backend where they can be reviewed, responded to and marked as spam.
My research showed that almost every business of this type uses some kind of house underwater imagery in their logos and branding. It makes sense in some ways and as I struggled to come up with something else, I nearly followed the crowd.
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BkiUfJHxK7Ehm9idBbyS | DNC chief security officer Bob Lord said just before midnight Wednesday that the phony website that created fears of a new cyberattack was in fact just part of a "simulated ... test," and was created by an unnamed "third party."
The test "mimicked several attributes of actual attacks on the Democratic Party's voter file," Lord added in a statement, but it did not compromise sensitive data.
The Democratic National Committee was the target of a new hacking attempt, this time aimed at its massive voter database.
The unknown attackers set up a fake version of a login page made to look like it belonged to the Democratic data firm NGP VAN. It was intended to trick people with access to the committee's voter file into handing over their passwords, according to the DNC and the security firm Lookout.
The fake login page for the data firm's VoteBuilder tool was the first stage of a "spearphishing" campaign. Next, hackers would have emailed Democrats with access to VoteBuilder and encouraged them to log into the fake site, at which point they would have captured their usernames and passwords.
Russian government hackers used the same technique to hack Hillary Clinton campaign Chairman John Podesta during the 2016 presidential race, according to an indictment from special counsel Robert Mueller. That breach led to a months-long political nightmare for the Democratic Party, including the exposure of internal documents that widened the rift between the party's Clinton and Bernie Sanders wings, as well as a daily release of Podesta's emails just as Donald Trump's White House hopes were threatening to tank.
Earlier this week, Microsoft said it detected a similar scheme that set up phony websites for the Senate and two conservative think tanks.
Lookout has not yet identified any foreign government or other actor as the culprit behind the latest spearphishing site, Murray said.
"We believe that this was the beginning of a sophisticated attempt to hack into our voter file and we are treating it as such," said a Democratic official, speaking on background to discuss an active investigation. The DNC immediately notified law enforcement.
"No bad actors were able to access VoteBuilder or change or delete any of our voter file information," the official said.
Almost immediately after the fake website went online on Monday evening, one of Lookout's artificial intelligence monitoring systems automatically flagged it for researchers. Several hours later, Lookout contacted Lord, NGP VAN and DigitalOcean, the hosting company where the hackers had set up the page.
"Now that we've detected this site, we're taking what we can learn from it and retraining our AI engine to detect more things like this," Murray told POLITICO.
Lookout researchers don't yet know how their system caught this nascent attack. "The work to figure out why [an artificial intelligence system] makes decisions in the way it makes them is often relatively long," Murray said.
He praised the DNC and the tech companies for their quick and efficient coordination. "We all got on the phone, worked really quickly, and worked really well together, to make sure this didn't turn into one of those bad stories," he said.
Lord briefed state party leaders about the incident during a conference of the Association of State Democratic Committees in Chicago, according to the Democratic official.
The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security declined to comment. | c4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
BkiUgIzxK7IAEwOJKCL_ | The long-foretold divorce of AOL, Time Warner
Citing irreconcilable differences, Time Warner said it is legally separating from its much younger wife, America Online. The marriage, which was announced to great fanfare in January 2000, had been on the rocks practically from day one, doomed from the get-go by lofty expectations of a new power couple that could dominate the media landscape for generations.
Now a much smaller and less ambitious Time Warner will set about to rebuild itself as a content-only company, while its spouse, no longer young and beautiful, is spun off into a publicly traded Internet company. In an e-mail to employees, Time Warner Chief Executive Jeff Bewkes said, "With your continued support, I'm confident we have a bright future."
That future probably will resemble that of a more constrained CBS or NBC Universal than an expansive Walt Disney Co. or News Corp.
Besides AOL, Time Warner earlier this year got out of the distribution business when it spun off its cable systems. Its biggest units now are Turner Broadcasting, the cable programming giant that operates CNN, TNT, TBS and the Cartoon Network, its pay cable channel HBO and the Warner Bros. movie studio.
The new Time Warner was applauded by analysts.
"Spinning off AOL streamlines the remaining company both strategically and from a valuation point of view," Laura Martin of Soleil Securities said.
The next decision for Bewkes will be what to do with Time Inc., the once-powerful publishing arm that houses Time, People, Sports Illustrated and several other magazines that are struggling, with the rest of the print industry, to remain viable in the digital age.
Speaking at the company's annual shareholders meeting in New York on Thursday, Bewkes said key priorities for the new Time Warner include making more investments abroad and running its remaining businesses more efficiently, which usually is code for cutting costs.
Cable networks would seem to be one area in which Time Warner could grow. But cable programming is a mature industry with few opportunities for bargains.
Moreover, a big acquisition would be dilutive to Time Warner's earnings, something investors wouldn't welcome.
Instead, people close to the company expect it to continue to pare down debt. Although Time Warner socked away more than $9 billion from the cable spinoff and has paid off $7 billion in debt this year, it still has $10.4 billion in net debt on its books. That might squelch any appetite for big deals.
Bewkes also did not rule out buying back shares to boost its stock price. Credit Suisse analyst Spencer Wang noted in a report that Time Warner's buyback program, which was suspended in early 2008, still has $2.2 billion remaining under its authorization.
Nine years ago, when AOL merged with Time Warner, the media world was different. AOL was peerless among Internet providers in those days when users relied on telephone lines to connect to online services.
Within a couple of years, however, Internet users began opting for faster broadband connections, eroding AOL's primary business. Faced with a decline in paying subscribers, the company scrambled to reinvent itself as a free, ad-supported portal.
That formula has enjoyed limited success. AOL attracted 107 million unique visitors in April, according to comScore, enough to rank it fourth among the nation's most-trafficked sites, but well behind leaders Google Inc., Yahoo Inc. and Microsoft Corp.
AOL's advertising revenue plunged 20 percent in the first quarter, a substantially sharper drop than competitors' declines.
AOL Chief Executive Tim Armstrong, who arrived from Google Inc. in March to replace ousted television veteran Randy Falco, said becoming a stand-alone company will help AOL get back to its core business.
"Although we have a tremendous amount of work to do, we have a global brand, a committed team of people and a passion for the future of the Web," Armstrong said in a statement Thursday.
David Hallerman, an analyst at research firm eMarketer, said the spinoff is less significant for AOL than the recent recruitment of top Google executives has been. In addition to Armstrong, AOL also brought in Jeff Levick, a former Google vice president, to run AOL's ad business.
"One of the key reasons why Google has been such a power in online advertising is their use of data," Hallerman said.
Smart analysis of consumer behavior allows marketers to better target advertising, he explained, and to command higher rates for it. Time Warner, which owns 95 percent of AOL, said it expected to buy back the remaining 5 percent from Google, which acquired the stake in a search advertising deal in 2005.
The search giant paid $1 billion for its share in AOL, but recently wrote down the investment by $726 million and said it intended to sell back the shares to Time Warner or put them on the open market. | commoncrawl | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
BkiUdNE5qoYAzjhRyWpN | The most important game for each Pac-12 football program in 2014
These games could make or break each team's season.
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Arizona: Arizona State - November 28
The Wildcats haven't won the Territorial Cup under Rich Rodriguez and their fans have to be worried about what Todd Graham is building up the road in Tempe, so it is high time that Rodriguez grabs a win in the rivalry, especially with the Sun Devils rebuilding in 2014 and the game being in Tucson. Also, the Wildcats and Sun Devils are universally expected to fight for the third spot in the South and this game could easily decide that standing and/or if the Wildcats go to a bowl game.
#2 USC - October 11
Arizona State: at Arizona - November 28
Read above, well kind of. Graham earned a lot of cache by winning the South last season and having to replace his entire defense this season so they can probably get away with not winning the South this season, but it would be best for them to stay on top of the Wildcats.
#2 UCLA - September 25
Cal: Colorado - September 27
The Bears need to pick themselves off of the absolute floor and get a Pac-12 win in 2014 and the good news is that they get their most winnable in-conference game for an opener. If the Bears can't down the Buffs at home, there isn't much hope for them winning many more Pac-12 games in 2014.
#2 at Washington State - October 4
Colorado: Colorado State - August 29
Mike MacIntyre made a big statement by winning the opener last year against the Rams in Denver and he absolutely needs to do it again to hold court. The Buffs absolutely need to sweep their soft non-conference schedule and this is the toughest game on the slate.
#2 Utah - November 29
Oregon: Stanford - November 1
I think Michigan State or at UCLA might be a bigger challenge, but this one is a no-brainer with the Cardinal dominating the Ducks offense the past two seasons and shutting them out of the Pac-12 Championship and national championship. This is a must-win for the Ducks for so many reasons and likely, once again, the game that will decide the North.
#2 Michigan State - September 6
Oregon State: at Washington - November 22
Tough call here as the Beavers are kind of floating around in the Pac-12 power spectrum right now, but I would argue that their trip to Seattle will be the most important, because their once strong standing as the third-best team in the North has fully been stolen by the Huskies and they will have to beat them to hope to get it back.
#2 Oregon - November 29
Stanford: at Oregon - November 1
Most expect the Cardinal to take at least a small step back this season, but I'm sure they think that they will win the North for a third-straight season and they will need to win a major showdown in Eugene to do that.
#2 at Washington - September 27
UCLA: USC - November 22
Their showdowns against Oregon and Stanford might be more high profile, but this is likely the game that will decide the South and the Bruins need to keep holding the Trojans down, especially now that Lane Kiffin won't be around anymore to do it for them. The Bruins may have the power in LA right now, but this is their money year under Jim Mora and a loss to the cross-town Trojans could easily erase all of the good feelings from the past two years and signal a resurgence for USC under Steve Sarkisian.
#2 Oregon - October 11
USC: at UCLA - November 22
This will be Sarkisian's first shot at the LA throne and there is a good chance that they will also be within striking distance of making this a game for the Pac-12 South throne. Regardless of the standings, this will be a monstrous game for the Trojans as they try to avoid losing their third-straight to the Bruins.
#2 at Stanford - September 6
Utah: Arizona - November 22
The Utes desperately need to move up from the fifth spot in the South and get to a bowl again and this is the game that they need to win if they are going to do that. The Utes get a golden opportunity here, bringing the beatable Wildcats up to frigid Salt Lake City in late-November.
#2 at Colorado - November 29
Washington: Stanford - September 27
The Huskies have been battling to crack the top two of the North for a long time and with the Cardinal breaking in more key players than ever before and having to travel up to Seattle, this might be their best chance to break through. Beating the Cardinal in their conference opener would set the tone for a breakout season for the Huskies, but dropping the game at home could also start the Pac-12 season right off with a sobering realization.
#2 at Washington State - November 29
Washington State: Washington - November 29
The Apple Cup almost always seems to be the most important game of the season for the Cougars, but this year it is not just because of hatred and rivalry. The Cougars will once again be battling to get back to a bowl and to move up into the mid-section of the North and this is their best chance to knock off a team that will be competing with them for that territory.
#2 at Oregon State - November 22 | commoncrawl | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
BkiUcx84ubnjot1QXVuP | Early television networks logos
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BkiUfMM5qhLBeMNHmJAz | I sit huddled in the dark corner of my living room. I can already feel the pull of the new mood that is rising in the star-studded inky sky.
I dread it every time the full moon rises. My body twitches and itches. My nerve endings tingle with energy. I know what is coming and hate the inevitable.
Clenching my teeth I hug myself tightly. My body rocks back and forth as my fingers dig into my aching arms. My head starts to buzz and I feel my teeth ache. I rock harder and hear myself mumbling a useless litany of words.
Again and again I sing this song. I know it's useless. It always happens on the full moon. Always.
My family has been cursed for centuries. An old ancestor had made a very powerful warlock angry and he cursed the females of the family. Every new moon the curse comes alive. For me it is an agony, a torture that I endure. I'm not sure how much longer I can endure it though. It weakens me each time. Each time I think will be my last. Each time I pray it will be my last.
Hours before the new moon comes I bar the door and windows. Dozens of locks are put in place and I hide the keys. I make sure my car is not readily available by pulling out cables and hiding those also. I do more and more each time to try to insure I can't get out of my own home.
I've even gone as far as putting my car in someone else's garage overnight, hoping that it will slow my desires down when the new moon rises. It's never enough though. Never strong enough locks, the car is never too far away. The moon's pull is more powerful than all my puny attempts of sabotage.
My rocking slows as I feel the moon's final pull on my body. The change has come. I sigh deeply and rise from my chair. I know I look different now, I don't have to search out a mirror to confirm it. I have lived with this never-ending curse for years now. I know there is no cure, no hope.
I know my eyes have ice in them now. I am cold, calculating. I have changed completely into someone I hate, I fear. I feel my body differently now. It feels rigid and tough. I toss back my hair and breath deeply. The change is complete once again.
I have changed into something I have always feared. That is part of the curse. The females change into something they fear the most. Each one is different. Each one is unique in her fears. For me, I have changed into something I am not. Someone tough, hard and ruthless.
I grab my purse and keys and a brightly colored sales brochure. Yes, the change is complete one more time.
I have changed into a shoe shopper, a sales shoe shopper! Goddess help me.
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You crack me up! Too funny.
I love the name of your blog!!!!!
Oh my, you're cracking me up! 🙂 🙂 Reminded me of someone I know…she shops 5 inch silettos. I hope I'll never turn to "that", I volunteer to turn into …ok, we'll see later tonight.
Ha ha, Jackie. An unexpected end. I don't like shopping for shoes either. It's the worst! Nice job! | c4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
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Scherr v. Hilton Hotels Corp. (1985) 168 Cal.App.3d 908 [214 Cal.Rptr. 393]
Scherr v. Hilton Hotels Corp. (1985) 168 Cal.App.3d 908 , 214 Cal.Rptr. 393
[Civ. No. B006810. Court of Appeals of California, Second Appellate District, Division Two. May 30, 1985.]
* VICTOR SCHERR and KAREN SCHERR et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. LAS VEGAS HILTON HOTELS CORPORATION, Defendants and Respondents.
*This case was previously entitled "Scherr v. Las Vegas Hilton."
(Opinion by Compton, J., with Roth, P. J., and Beach, J., concurring.)
Girardi, Keese & Crane, Timothy V. Milner and James B. Kropff for Plaintiffs and Appellants.
Shelden, Kulchin & Klein and David E. Klein for Defendants and Respondents.
COMPTON, J.
Plaintiff, Karen Scherr, while watching television in Los Angeles on February 10, 1981, saw live news coverage of a fire at defendant's Las Vegas Hilton Hotel. Victor Scherr, plaintiff's husband, was a guest at the hotel at the time and suffered physical injuries in the fire. Together they brought the instant action against defendant Las Vegas Hilton. Mr. Scherr alleged personal injuries and property damage while Mrs. Scherr, in a separate cause of action, alleged negligent infliction of emotional distress. The court sustained defendant's demurrer to Karen Scherr's cause of action without leave to amend. fn. 1 She appealed the subsequent dismissal of her cause of action. We affirm.
[1] Plaintiff contends that as a third party bystander to her husband's injuries in the fire she was a foreseeable plaintiff and stated a cause of action within the parameters of Dillon v. Legg (1968) 68 Cal.2d 728 [69 Cal.Rptr. 72, 441 P.2d 912, 29 A.L.R.3d 1316]. In that case the California Supreme Court set forth three now-familiar guidelines to be considered in determining whether the mental distress alleged by a bystander to an accident was reasonably foreseeable and therefore actionable. These are: (1) whether the bystander was located near the scene of the accident; (2) whether the bystander's shock resulted from a direct emotional impact upon him from the sensory and contemporaneous observance of the accident; and (3) whether the bystander and the accident victim were closely related. (Dillon v. Legg, supra, at pp. 740-741.) Defendant has conceded the last point, of course.
The court in Dillon expanded tort liability for emotional distress to include safely located bystanders, but it also acknowledged the necessity for limiting this otherwise potentially infinite liability which follows every negligent act. (Dillon v. Legg, supra, at p. 739;Justus v. Atchison (1977) 19 Cal.3d 564, [168 Cal.App.3d 910] 582 [139 Cal.Rptr. 97, 565 P.2d 122].) It would surely be an unreasonable burden on all human activity if a defendant who has endangered one person were to be compelled to pay for the lacerated feelings of every other person disturbed by reason of it. (Prosser & Keeton on Torts (5th ed. 1984) p. 366.) What the Dillon court tried to do was recognize the severe and sudden shock that undoubtedly accompanies the perception of the infliction of traumatic physical injuries upon a loved one, without granting a right of recovery to every possible third party who might justifiably be upset over the injuries. Hence the desirability of a close relationship between bystander and accident victim, proximity of the bystander to the accident scene, and direct emotional impact upon the bystander from sensory and contemporaneous observation of the accident.
The trial court in the present case based its ruling partly on the theory that the television news broadcast which enabled plaintiff to view the fire acted as an intervening force that terminated any duty defendant may have owed to this or any other distant plaintiff. Plaintiff contends that this was error because intervening acts of third parties do not relieve a tortfeasor of liability if the third party's acts were reasonably foreseeable. (SeeVesely v. Sager (1971) 5 Cal.3d 153, 163 [95 Cal.Rptr. 623, 486 P.2d 151].) And she argues that a news broadcast of a major hotel fire is entirely foreseeable or at least that its foreseeability is not resolvable as a matter of law at the demurrer stage. (SeeBigbee v. Pacific Tel. & Tel. Co. (1983) 34 Cal.3d 49, 56 [192 Cal.Rptr. 857, 665 P.2d 947].)
As we see it, however, the intervention of television in this case, whether foreseeable or not, is a red herring. The effect of the broadcast is an issue closely related to the questions of whether plaintiff was located near the scene of the fire and whether her observation of the fire was sensory and contemporaneous. But the decisive question in this case is whether plaintiff, through whatever medium, received a sudden and severe shock by actually and contemporaneously witnessing not just the fire but the infliction of injuries upon her husband.
Plaintiff alleges, in her complaint, that the news broadcast she watched was "live." Arguendo, her perception of the hotel fire was therefore both sensory (visual) and contemporaneous. She gives short shrift, however, to the problem that the scenes conveyed to her via television included no view of her husband's injuries in the fire. How and when she discovered her husband's condition is not set forth in her pleading. It is clear, however, that she did not witness his injuries as they were being inflicted and therefore that she cannot plead that she suffered shock therefrom. The most she could have known by watching the news broadcast is that her husband was in danger. Her contention on appeal that there was a high probability that [168 Cal.App.3d 911] he was being injured is an inadequate basis for her claim of shock and injury to her nervous system.
Plaintiff attempts to rectify this gap in her theory of liability by referring us toKrouse v. Graham (1977) 19 Cal.3d 59 [137 Cal.Rptr. 863, 562 P.2d 1022]. In that case the California Supreme Court held that visual perception of the impact causing death or injury is not required under Dillon v. Legg, supra, 68 Cal.2d 728. However, the court in Krouse went on to state that full perception of the injurious impact was nevertheless present in that case because the plaintiff bystander knew his wife's position an instant before the impact, observed defendant's vehicle approach her at high speed on a collision course, and realized that defendant's car must have struck her. (Krouse v. Graham, supra, at p. 76.) The bystander was thus a percipient witness to his wife's injuries at the time they occurred.
The present case is easily distinguishable. Plaintiff alleges she knew her husband was somewhere in the hotel at the time of the fire, but the element of certainty of injurious impact, present in Krouse, is missing here. Put simply, it is the contemporaneous perception of the infliction of injury on a closely related person that causes actionable emotional shock to a third party bystander. (See Saunders v. Air Florida, Inc. (D.C.Cir. 1983) 558 F.Supp. 1233, 1237.) Perception of endangerment, while potentially stressful, is insufficient to cause legally cognizable harm, for the stress has not yet ripened into disabling shock. (Justus v. Atchison, supra, at p. 585.)
To follow plaintiff's theory to its logical conclusion would be to permit recovery whether or not the husband was in fact injured. While it may be possible, as plaintiff has attempted to do here, to semantically construct a cause of action, such a result would do violence to reason and common sense--two characteristics which ought to govern all applications of the law.
The judgment is affirmed.
Roth, P. J. and Beach, J., concurred.
?FN 1. Defendant did not demur to Victor Scherr's cause of action. We are therefore not concerned with his allegations. Reference to "plaintiff" in this opinion means Karen Scherr only.
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BkiUfOI25V5jLcQY1TZS | On the 12th March 1955, Charlie Parker died at the age of 34 and jazz had lost one its major innovators. Leaving behind a timeless musical legacy, jazz would never be the same again. Taking the music to an art form, when Bird and his fellow musicians assembled at Minton Playhouse a new music was born in be-bop. Sixty years after his death many of his recordings are now regarded as classic performances, and are listened to and studied by musicians and jazz enthusiasts all over the world.
To mark the anniversary of his death Jack Kenny, Roy Booth and Nick Lea take a look Parker's recorded legacy, tributes and some of the books that have been written about this now legendary musician.
2015 marks sixty years since Charlie Parker passed away after a short but eventful life. This seems like an opportune time to reflect on his recorded output for three recording labels which cover most of his finest recorded work.
Sixty years since his death, Charlie Parker's importance and eminence in the jazz world is not really matched by an outpouring of biographies. In some way the brilliance of his playing almost repels audiences. He did not in life, and does not in music, ingratiate himself. | c4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
BkiUbaXxK2li-LM1QL1S | Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee On Agriculture. Subcommittee On Environment, Credit, And Rural Development.
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BkiUdfE5qsJBjnJ8-IJK | The return of free speech
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The big news, of course, is the possible overturning of Roe v. Wade, what with the leaked draft of Justice Samuel Alito's ponencia in Politico magazine. The ramifications of that will be discussed in a later article. The other big news, coming earlier, of Elon Musk's purchase of Twitter, led to absolutely deranged breakdowns from woke progressives.
And the reason for the leftists meltdown, complete with gnashing of teeth? Because apparently Elon Musk promised that Twitter will be a platform for "free speech."
Now in normal, saner times, that comment would not have raised an eyebrow. Much less mass hysteria. But these are not normal sane times (e.g., see lockdown and mask fanatics, as well as vaccine adverse effects deniers), so the idea of upholding free speech is now considered anathema to the woke crowd.
For them, free speech is an avenue for hate and intolerance. It gives the bigoted and the uneducated the freewheeling capacity to spew their misogyny and medieval beliefs (e.g., Christianity).
But the problem with that mindset is that it's utterly self-serving, baseless, and self-destructive.
First of all, who decides what is hateful, intolerant, and misogynistic? And who decides what's to be done with the hateful, intolerant, and misogynistic?
It can't be those woke progressives with a clear ideological agenda on those matters. Their obvious bias can't possibly reasonably lead to the common good. Because, actually, no one can. Because everyone has a self-interest: we all have wants, purposes, and beliefs. But society cannot cater to each individual's wants, purposes, and beliefs. Rather, society seeks to uphold those shared characteristics, culture, interests, and beliefs, which free speech allows us to identify. That's the point of free speech. Woke cancel culture is the reverse of that.
Princeton professor Robert George laments: "Secular progressive ideology is ascendant in the elite institutions of our society: the federal government, many state governments, universities, news and entertainment media, the arts, professions and professional associations, labor unions, charitable foundations, major business corporations, and on and on. [Wokeism has a] near monopoly on cultural power. Obviously, it enables the transmission of Woke ideology — a fundamentalist and increasingly militant pseudo-religion — to rising generations and makes it difficult for dissenters to challenge that ideology and, indeed, to survive without being subjected to discrimination and even 'cancellation.'" ("Can We Still Reason Together?," Serena Sigillito and Robert P. George, Public Discourse: The Journal of the Witherspoon Institute, Dec. 30, 2021)
Hence why it is absolutely vital for free speech to be upheld. A vibrant and dynamic society needs diversity of thought, which can only be achieved through voluntary and honest exchange of divergent ideas.
Political commentator Arthur Milikh writes: "Restriction of free speech… will cause a decline in these moral and mental prerequisites to self-rule. The loss of the capacity to think for oneself and form rational judgments about the common good and human merit will give rise to the rule of anger, resentment, and force." ("Why Identity Politics' Speech Controls Will Cancel Self-Government If We Don't Resist," The Federalist, Dec. 3, 2020)
News and social media are definitely to be blamed in this censoring of divergent views. And yet, universities are also hugely at fault for the rise in cancel culture mentality in the young: university professors trying to relive their glory days of 1970s activism, academics forcing their views on defenseless students dependent on them for grades, and — as we have seen recently — universities effectively campaigning for specific political candidates. This is all contrary to the idea of what a university should be.
Professor Lucas Morel, Professor of Politics at Washington and Lee University, points out that: "College campuses have to be in the vanguard of protecting the right of diverse thought that is uttered in good faith and civility. But even civility is being challenged now as, 'Oh, if you're in favor of civility, you're in favor of the status quo, and therefore, you're in favor of white supremacy.' xxx [if on] college campuses you cannot be free, your students cannot be free, and if we are self-censoring to avoid challenging situations, then both hands are practically tied behind our backs in terms of trying to figure out what's true, right, beautiful, and noble in the world." ("Fighting for Free Speech on Campus," Howard L. Muncy and Lucas Morel, Public Discourse: The Journal of the Witherspoon Institute, Aug. 28, 2021)
Universities serve as microcosm of the greater world. What happens to universities translates outside to the public. And, of course, those former students will eventually take over the country. Thus, Professor George says: "Where there is a mutual commitment to truth and truth-seeking, relationships can be built between religious believers and secularists, and they can indeed reason together. The minimum condition is this: interlocutors, however wide and deep their substantive philosophical or other differences, need to share the conviction that business between them is to be conducted in the proper currency of intellectual discourse — namely, reasons, evidence, and arguments."
Indeed, after two years of pointless COVID measures, it would be nice for society to return to "reasons, evidence, and arguments."
Jemy Gatdula is a senior fellow of the Philippine Council for Foreign Relations and a Philippine Judicial Academy law lecturer for constitutional philosophy and jurisprudence
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BkiUabDxK0wg09KOUav_ | Spring is here and that means its time for the 31st Annual Arizona Route 66 Fun Run. The event runs May 4 to 6. Last year over 800 cars were registered. George and I will be driving down last years planned route with a visit to the renovated Peterson Museum in LA. We will then travel Route 66 across the dessert and meet our fellow members and friends in Williams AZ.
Many of the towns along Route 66 host their own festivals throughout the Spring, Summer and Fall. European Route 66 Associations are also hosting events to draw attention to the Route 66 culture. In 2017 Germany held their first annual Route 66 Festival. This year the Czech Route 66 Association will be hosting a European Route 66 Festival August 10 - 12.
This years North American International Route 66 Festival will be held in Shamrock Texas from July 12 to 15. This is the main event for the who's who of Route 66 Authors and Artists.
If you are planning a road trip this summer, check out the web site roadsideamerica.com for ideas on interesting attractions, offbeat sights & oddities.
During last years Miles of Possibilities Conference in Illinois we visited the Gemini Giant on Route 66 in Wilmington Illinois. Locally, Washington State has a Muffler Man also known as Stevedore Man, in Everett. He is a 20-ft. fibreglass giant, overlooking Puget Sound from the top of a building. There are about 300 Muffler Man type statues across America. Some hold tacos, golf clubs, some hold axes. All muffler men are 14 to 25 feet tall and most stand with left palm turned down, right palm up. They appear in various forms. There's spacemen (Gemini Giant), Native American, pirate, Paul Bunyan, and cowboy versions on the Muffler Men.
Car Show season is just around the corner too. It's time to start polishing our Classic Cars for display at Show & Shines throughout the summer. | c4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUek_xK0wg09lKDrtv | How is the safety issues in Davao, Philippines lately? The past year we've received an advisory to avoid travelling to the Mindanao part of the Philippines due to some security issues. I'm wondering if it's okay now to join this Filipina bride tours in Davao. I'm really worried about my safety. Could I hire a private security to accompany me during the whole tour? How much would that cost me? | c4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
BkiUdsQ4uzlhsl0ar2ml | I see the Socialist Resistance website is promoting a "must-have Christmas gift for the leftist in your life" - a Philosophy Football t-shirt bearing a quote from Leon Trotsky.
Must have? For an increasingly isolated strand of leftism, perhaps. Personally I wouldn't dream of walking around with a claim for the inevitability of revolution made in 1925 that seems... well, somewhat delusional. And overdue.
Far more topical, in light of the depressing choice between pro-war, pro-business political parties at the forthcoming general election, is the t-shirt bearing the anarchist Emma Goldman's statement - "if voting changed anything they'd make it illegal".
Sacré bleu comrade, ye have little faith in the 57 varieties of revolutionaries!
The revolution may be overdue but it will happen I tells ya, all we need is an upsurge in class consciousness, struggle....and lots of other pre condtions ...and then it's barricades at dawn and storming the Winter Gardens..
Jeez Louise, I thought I was sarcastic!
Here's to storming the (Blackpool) Winter Gardens instead of the Winter Palace in the name of class consciousness!
Actually, you're spot on about the better quote from Emma Goldman - that WOULD be a t-shirt I'd buy too. | c4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
BkiUdcE4eIXhwh1BxQG3 | Twinning in α-N2
G. J. Tatlock, R. Meveel & J. A. Venables
Philosophical Magazine 35 (3):641-652 (1977)
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On Dislocation Pole Models for Twinning.J. A. Venables - 1974 - Philosophical Magazine 30 (5):1165-1169.
Deformation Twinning in Face-Centred Cubic Metals.J. A. Venables - 1961 - Philosophical Magazine 6 (63):379-396.
A Comparative Study of Zygotic Twinning and Triplet Rates in Eight Countries, 1972–1999.Y. Imaizumi - 2003 - Journal of Biosocial Science 35 (2):287-302.
Totipotency, Twinning, and Ensoulment at Fertilization.Rose Koch-Hershenov - 2006 - Journal of Medicine and Philosophy 31 (2):139 – 164.
Twinning and Fusion as Arguments Against the Moral Standing of the Early Human Embryo.Marc Ramsay - 2011 - Utilitas 23 (2):183-205.
Infertility Treatment and Multiple Birth Rates in Britain 1938-94. A Comment.William H. James - 1998 - Journal of Biosocial Science 30 (1):127-133.
The Metaphysical Implications of Conjoined Twinning.Eric T. Olson - 2014 - Southern Journal of Philosophy 52 (S1):24-40.
Twinning, Inorganic Replacement, and the Organism View.S. Matthew Liao - 2010 - Ratio 23 (1):59-72.
Divisibility and the Moral Status of Embryos.Christian Munthe - 2001 - Bioethics 15 (5-6):382-397.
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Owning Up to Our Agendas: On the Role and Limits of Science in Debates About Embryos and Brain Death.George Khushf - 2006 - Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics 34 (1):58-76. | commoncrawl | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
BkiUex_xK6nrxpQc2wqu | Employers, Are Your Employees Minding Their Own Business?
Employees send a lot of emails at work. Goodness knows, the emails in my inbox never seems to stop piling up. And I think we can all agree that emails we send at work aren't always work related. So what do we talk about when our emails are not strictly business?
A pair of Georgia Tech researchers have published their take on the answer–but you may not want to know what they found. According to Tanu Mitra and Eric Gilbert, in their paper, "Have You Heard? How Gossip Flows Through Workplace Email" (PDF), found that more than 1 in every 7 emails sent at work contains workplace gossip.
1. Who Engages In Email Gossip?
Workplace gossip is common at all levels of the organizational hierarchy. [No big shock here.] Employees are most likely to gossip with their peers and employees at the bottom of the corporate hierarchy are responsible for a large portion of email gossip.
2. What Types of Emails Include Gossip?
The study concludes that gossip appeared as often in personal exchanges as it did in formal business communications. Emails that are targeted to a smaller audience are more likely to contain gossip.
3. How Gossip-y is the Gossip?
Negative gossip appeared in emails 2.7 times more often than positive gossip. At the risk of stating the obvious, this is not a good finding for employers. If true, it would mean that, not only are employees wasting lots of time with gossiping emails but that they're probably doing some real harm to workplace morale. Employers, how much are you spending to pay employees to stir the pot? Nobody likes a pot stirrer.
It's a fascinating subject matter and an equally fascinating paper. | c4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
BkiUaUPxK6nrxqmowwCL | Q: How-to add some content into the balise HEAD with jquery? I'd like to insert dynamiccaly some balises of HTML in the head of the web document. I've tried to add :
$("head").append("<style type=\"text/css\"> @import \"http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/dojo/1.5/dojox/grid/resources/claroGrid.css\";.container { text-align: center; margin: 10px; } .info { margin: 10px; }</style>");
But it looks like it doesn't work...
Do you know if it's possible to add dynamiccaly some content in the head balise?
Thank you very much,
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A: I think your problem might be that you are missing the url() bit around your import url. You also do not need the quotes around the url. See this reference: http://htmlhelp.com/reference/css/style-html.html#importing
Try changing it to:
$("head").append('<style type="text/css"> @import url(http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/dojo/1.5/dojox/grid/resources/claroGrid.css); .container { text-align: center; margin: 10px; } .info { margin: 10px; }</style>');
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BkiUcZXxK1ThhBMLfhmw | A studio to re-create reality
A 'Meet the Scholar' lineup
Senior Connor Doyle runs the Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality studio at the Harvard Innovation Lab in Allston.
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College senior celebrates AR/VR technology's ability to present new ways of experiencing (Try it out below)
By Christina Pazzanese Harvard Staff Writer
Great art and literature seek to move people's emotions and thoughts, though often from a distance. But what if people could experience the intellectual and sensory grandeur of Michelangelo's painting in the Sistine Chapel, or feel the intensity of actors in Shakespeare's "King Lear" without having to leave their home or classroom?
Such things are possible.
Connor Doyle '19, an English literature concentrator, knew he loved the electricity and communal experience of the theater. His passion for that led him to work as a child actor, appearing in television commercials and performing on stage in his native England. In his early teens he starred in the musical "Billy Elliot," playing the title character's best friend in London's West End.
After arriving at Harvard, Doyle was eager to share his love of the theater with anyone else who had an interest, but he wasn't sure how best to do so.
"I came here with the hope of finding a way to scale theater, to create that sense of presence and connection with someone that we could give to everyone around the world, and in perpetuity," said Doyle, who now runs the Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality (AR/VR) Studio, nestled inside the Harvard Innovation Labs on the Allston campus. "Presence at scale is what I was looking for."
As a first-year College student, Doyle had heard about the rapid advances in virtual reality and decided to check out the emerging technology during a showcase event in Boston, where he tried on his first proper headset.
"It blew my mind immediately," he said. From there, Doyle set about trying to find a way to develop experiences that harness AR/VR technology to the visceral, human qualities of theater performance and dramatic storytelling.
"I learned a lot very quickly about the limitations of this medium for storytelling, but also the power of it to transport people," he said.
Doyle hopes to convince skeptics that, though the technology is still new, AR/VR has the potential for transformative educational, cultural, and civic projects.
Since then, Doyle has been experimenting with AR/VR on his own, working on projects with fellow Harvard students and zealously spreading the word about the opportunities the studio offers. He is hoping to convince skeptics that, though the technology is still new, AR/VR has the potential for transformative educational, cultural, and civic projects, and to show that it's for much more than playing "next-level" video games, which is how headset manufacturers have marketed it.
"Why I think the studio is so exciting is that augmented reality and virtual reality are new ways of seeing the world," said Doyle.
"We're going to be able to have a digital layer on top of reality that feels real and appears real and that has so many consequences — ethical, legal, social, cultural, personal, business, every vertical you can imagine — and storytelling, which I love," he said. "It's going to completely recontextualize our understanding of space."
Doyle sees the studio as a space for people probing the deep implications of these emerging mediums and for determining how this rapidly evolving technology can be integrated into daily life. The nascent field also functions as a playground where students can just experience and experiment.
"People should know about this!" he said.
The AR/VR Studio is free and open to full-time, degree-track Harvard students, who can investigate the latest headsets and game applications.
They also can film using AR/VR cameras, create 3-D modeling and game engine interactivity, or learn how to build them by working with the three teaching assistants on hand. Periodic workshops teach basic coding and how to find resources and build applications.
Doyle said taking advantage of the studio's possibilities doesn't require creative flair or STEM expertise — just "come with ideas," he urged.
Students from across the University have done just that. A Graduate School of Education student used VR for a project to help educate prison populations. A student at the Law School created an AR overlay for legal documents so that people could understand key legal terms without the help of an attorney. A Divinity School student developed a project that allows users to take a "virtual pilgrimage" through the Vatican.
"If you're afraid of coding or if you feel uncomfortable with coding, I challenge you to come here and try this," Doyle said. "I think that understanding it, or at least thinking about it, can open your eyes to a whole new world in every area of every discipline."
Using the Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality Studio, Connor Doyle created an app to explore University Hall and the John Harvard Statue. Click on the link below and log in to Facebook to try it.
To try the Facebook Camera Effect on your own phone, use your rear-facing camera to make University Hall and the John Harvard Statue appear on a surface. If you are on a desktop or laptop device, visit this link to send a notification to your phone.
The Graduate Commons Program is taking its "Meet the Scholar" speaker series to the top floor of the Smith Campus Center. The series kicks off Feb. 20 with Harvard Business School Professor Anita Elberse.
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BkiUePA4eIOjReIV-qdF | Posted by Jesse Joseph on April 17, 2014, 11:31 pm, in reply to "Mahler Resurrection Symphony - Zander/Philharmonia. Musicweb review"
Linn makes it quite difficult to obtain Zander's discussion. There is no disc and you must download it, free they say, but I have not been able to do it. Their instructions are too complicated for me. Am I the only one left who still prefers discs to downloading? The performance and sound are great except at the very end. Compared to others (Bernstein, Abbado, Levine. etc), it is not exciting, is over in a few seconds and is an anticlimax instead of one of the greatest climaxes of all time. | c4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
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South Korea's Gwanggaeto the Great (DDG 971) Destroyer Completes Capability Upgrade
South Korea's Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) has announced that the Gwanggaeto the Great (DDG 971) has received upgraded combat capabilities. The upgrade project for the destroyer commenced in April last year. It now features a towed array sonar system designed to enhance anti-submarine capabilities. The sonar system is similar to the one found on the RoKN's FFX-series frigates. It has been returned to the RoKN after completing a modernisation programme aimed at enhancing the ship's combat management system (CMS) and other sensors. DAPA handed over the lead ship in the class to the Republic of Korea Navy (RoKN) during a ceremony at the Jinhae Naval Base in Gyeongnam on 22 October.
ROKS Gwanggaeto the Great (DDH-971) is the lead ship of the Gwanggaeto the Great-class in the Republic of Korea Navy. She is named after Gwanggaeto the Great. The Gwanggaeto the Great-class destroy often called KDX-I, are destroyers, but are classified by some as frigates, operated by the Republic of Korea Navy. It was the first phase of ROKN's KDX program, in moving the ROK Navy from a coastal defence force to a blue-water navy. The KDX-I was designed to replace the old destroyers in the ROKN that were transferred from the US Navy in the 1950s and 1960s. It was thought to be a major turning point for the ROKN in that the launching of the first KDX-I meant that ROKN finally had a capability to project power far from its shores. After the launching of the ship, there was a massive boom in South Korean international participation against piracy and military operations other than war.
All Gwanggaeto the Great-class destroyers were built by the Daewoo Heavy Industries Co., Inc. at Geoje, South Korea. In 1989, Daewoo Heavy Industries began working on the 4,000-ton destroyer which is now the secondary destroyer of the Korean navy, and the achievement was made through DSME's 100% design engineering for the first time in Korea. The keel of the first ship was planned to have been laid down in late 1992 and the ship was planned to be completed in 1996. But due to definition studies that lasted until late 1993, the construction of the first ship did not started until April 1994 with the first steel cutting at Daewoo shipyard in Okpo.
The primary weapon deployed by Gwanggaeto the Great-class vessels is the Super Lynx helicopter, which acts in concert with shipboard sensors to seek out and destroy submarines at long distances from the ships. The primary anti-shipping role is supported by the RGM-84 Harpoon surface-to-surface missile, mounted in two quadruple launch tubes at the main deck level between the funnel and the helicopter hangar. The Gwanggaeto the Great class also carries a close-in anti-submarine weapon in the form of the Mark 46 torpedoes, launched from triple torpedo tubes in launcher compartments either side of the forward end of the helicopter hangar. For anti-aircraft self-defense, the Gwanggaeto the Great class carries 16 RIM-7P Sea Sparrow. The Gwanggaeto the Great class also carries two 30mm Goalkeeper to provide a shipboard point-defense against incoming anti-ship missiles and aircraft. The main gun on the forecastle is an OTO Melara 127 gun.
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BkiUf7zxK6nrxpQc35oT | 'Dangerous' Concealed Carry Reciprocity Measures Condemned by Mayors' Group
By Michele Gorman On 6/27/17 at 1:26 PM EDT
Handguns are seen for sale in a display case at Metro Shooting Supplies in Bridgeton, Missouri, on November 13, 2014. The U.S. Conference of Mayors has called on Congress to oppose two federal national concealed carry reciprocity measures. Jim Young/Reuters
U.S. Guns Gun laws Guns in America series National concealed carry reciprocity
Updated | Mayors across the nation are arguing against proposed laws that would force states to recognize concealed carry weapon permits from other states.
Related: What is national concealed carry reciprocity?
The U.S. Conference of Mayors passed a resolution this week in opposition to two House and Senate GOP proposals that would endorse national concealed carry reciprocity, a top priority for the National Rifle Association (NRA) under a GOP-controlled White House and Congress. The mayors, including New York City's Bill de Blasio and Chicago's Rahm Emanuel, passed a resolution at their annual conference that calls on Congress to resist "dangerous" legislation that they argue prevents states and local governments from crafting gun laws appropriate to their needs, while undermining legislation already on the books.
"Such bills," the mayors said in their resolution, "would essentially allow anyone with a valid carry permit to use it in any city, which will in result in the entry of more firearms into cities with stricter requirements."
They added that the measures "would essentially force the localities to give full faith and credit to permits that are issued on less rigorous grounds, remove local governments' ability to maintain sensible gun standards and keep a proper vetting process in place."
At the start of the 115th Congress earlier this year, Representative Richard Hudson (R-N.C.) introduced a national reciprocity measure in the House, while Senator John Cornyn (R-Texas) introduced a similar proposal in the upper chamber. Neither piece of legislation has received a committee hearing, but both continue to gain co-sponsors. Just three Democrats support Hudson's measure, which this week picked up its 200th co-sponsor in the House. Cornyn's measure so far has 37 GOP supporters.
Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson, of Gary, Indiana, called the legislation a "chaotic proposal," and Mayor Javier Gonzales, of Santa Fe, New Mexico, said the measures, if implemented, "would override the hard-fought decisions we made locally about our public safety and force."
Hudson defended his legislation in a statement Monday. "Contrary to this resolution," he said, "my bill to provide law-abiding citizens the right to carry concealed across state lines will not increase crime or violence."
He added, "Simply put, this resolution is a bridge too far."
Cornyn didn't immediately responded to Newsweek's requests for comment.
Meanwhile, opponents argue that national reciprocity would enable the least restrictive requirements to apply to the entire country, thus undercutting the most stringent laws in some states. Everytown for Gun Safety, one of the leading groups in support of stronger gun measures, has vowed to defeat the NRA-backed measures and pro-gun candidates in the 2018 midterm elections.
Every state, as well as Washington, D.C., allows concealed carry in some form, and nearly every state has some restrictions on where its residents can carry the weapons. The strongest concealed carry laws in the country require applicants to demonstrate good cause or a justifiable need for a permit. Thirty-eight states generally require a state-issued permit to carry concealed weapons in public. The remaining 12 (Alaska, Arizona, Idaho, Kansas, Maine, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Vermont, West Virginia and Wyoming) don't require a permit.
The mayors released their resolution the same day that the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a challenge to a California law that set strict limits on who can carry concealed firearms. The case, Peruta v. California, had the potential to expand the Second Amendment and could have been the most important ruling on guns since the 2008 landmark decision in District of Columbia v. Heller.
Also this week, New York County District Attorney Cy Vance warned lawmakers who are backing national reciprocity that they are playing into the hands of the Islamic State militant group in Iraq and Syria. "This bill is supported, I am sure, by ISIS," Vance told John Catsimatidis on his 970 AM radio show on Sunday. He also expressed concern over the possibility of more loaded guns on city streets. He added, "So a guy from Idaho, where there is no permitting requirements whatsoever, could carry his gun into New York City loaded into Time Square."
After the shooting at a congressional baseball practice in Alexandria, Virginia, earlier this month, GOP members have called for more security. In response to the incident, Representative Brian Babin (R-Texas) introduced a bill last week that would allow rank-and-file lawmakers to carry concealed guns virtually everywhere. President Donald Trump has vowed to loosen restrictions on firearms and already taken a few steps to follow through on his campaign promise.
But a recent Morning Consult/Politico survey found that 44 percent of Republicans support stricter gun laws, up 7 percent from a year ago, when Morning Consult asked the same question after the country's worst mass shooting and second-worst terrorist attack, which killed 49 and injured dozens at an Orlando, Florida, nightclub.
This article has been updated to include Hudson's statement.
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BkiUdZDxK4tBVgEFVO8m | Уошингтън Редскинс () е отбор по американски футбол от Вашингтон, САЩ.
Състезават се в Източната дивизия на Националната футболна конференция на Националната футболна лига. Основани са през 1932 г. като Бостън Брейвс и от 1933 до 1937 г. се състезават в Бостън под името Бостън Редскинс. Поради слаба подкрепа от местните фенове обаче се местят във Вашингтон. Официалните цветове на отбора са виненочервено и златисто.
Според списание Форбс, Редскинс са третият най-скъп отбор по американски футбол в света след Далас Каубойс и Ню Инглънд Пейтриътс като се оценяват на $1.6 милиарда през 2013 г. Въпреки третото място, отборът е първи по приходи в Националната футболна лига с оборот от $327 милиона за 2007. Също така са първи по продадени билети в последните осем сезона подред.
Големият отбор на Редскинс е от 1980-те години, когато печелят 3 шампионски титли (1982, 1987 и 1991). Ставали са шампиони още 2 пъти, през 1937 и 1942, а в още други 5 финала са губили, с което се превръщат в един от най-славните професионални отбори по американски футбол.
Домакинските си срещи червенокожите играят на ФедЕкс Фийлд, разположен в Лендоувър, предградие на Вашингтон. Със своите 82 000 седящи места, това е вторият по големина стадион в НФЛ след МетЛайф Стейдиъм – стадиона на Ню Йорк Джайънтс и Ню Йорк Джетс.
Факти
Основан: през 1932
Основни "врагове":: Далас Каубойс, Ню Йорк Джайънтс, Филаделфия Ийгълс
Носители на Супербоул: (3)
1982, 1987, 1991
Шампиони на НФЛ: (2)
1937, 1942
Шампиони на конференцията: (5)
НФК:1972, 1982, 1983, 1987, 1991
Шампиони на дивизията: (13)
НФЛ Изток:1936, 1937, 1940, 1942, 1943, 1945
НФК Изток: 1972, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1991, 1999, 2012
Участия в плейофи: (23)
НФЛ: 1936, 1937, 1940, 1942, 1943, 1945, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1999, 2005, 2007, 2012
Външни препратки
Официален сайт
История на Уошингтън Редскинс
Спорт във Вашингтон (ОК)
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BkiUcXHxK4tBVgEFUQFm | How do I determine whether my Project has a large enough sample size?
There are a few ways to learn more about the sample size for your Project.
Review the Sample Size .csv associated with your Project. This provides an overview of the unique number of vehicles or devices that meet the parameters defined by your Project.
Compare ADT or AADT values to StreetLight InSight trip counts in order to better understand rates of penetration. StreetLight InSight trip counts can be activated upon request and used for comparison to real world counts. For more information on this process, contact the StreetLight Support Team.
Ultimately, we leave it up to your team to determine whether the range of multipliers and rate of penetration are suitable for your study. We don't recommend explicit ranges for ratios, counts per day and penetration percentages; however, we generally expect our samples to account for 0.5-2% of personal trips, and over 10-12% of commercial trips. Learn more from our Sample Size article in our Data Documentation section.
What is the StL Index?
What is the difference between the Origin-Destination Traffic Index and the various Zone Traffic Index values?
How do I interpret trips with the same origin and destination?
Why are the number of trips normalized on an index?
How does the StL Index differ from the sample trip count?
How do you normalize GPS data?
How do you normalize LBS data?
Can I compare or combine Personal and Commercial Index Values?
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BkiUd2k4eIXh70-IxyGs | Green light for 2 more big summer construction…
Green light for 2 more big summer construction projects
By Jenni Grubbs | jgrubbs@fortmorgantimes.com | The Fort Morgan Times
PUBLISHED: May 20, 2014 at 11:12 p.m. | UPDATED: April 24, 2019 at 12:48 p.m.
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The Fort Morgan City Council on Tuesday night approved both of the big upcoming construction projects on the agenda: Upper Platte & Beaver Canal bank stabilization and replacing the Interstate 76/Riverside Park pedestrian bridge.
The bank stabilization project will use a retaining system along the north side of Riverview Avenue and west of Commons Parkway to support the major roadway and deal with the erosion that affected it, according to Public Works Director/Engineer Brad Curtis.
The council approved the staff recommendation to spend up to $175,000 on the bank stabilization project, including a bid of $162,984 from Mountain Constructors of Platteville.
The pedestrian bridge project will replace the underpass path's old asphalt with new concrete and add a steel under-hung truss bridge across the canal, according to Curtis, making it better and safer for all bicyclists and pedestrians, including those with disabilities, as well as for workers moving city parks equipment to the other side of I-76.
The council approved the staff recommendation of spending up to $110,000 on the pedestrian bridge project, including a $104,046.55 bid from Mountain Constructors.
"I am super excited to get rid of that bridge that I won't walk on," Councilwoman Lisa Northrup commented.
Councilman Joe Segura Jr. said he was happy that the new bridge would be more Americans With Disabilities compliant.
Alcohol-related items
The council also approved 6-0 a new new tavern liquor license for Morgan Lanes LLC at 300 E. Railroad Ave. after holding a public hearing.
Morgan Lane General Manager Ryan Echols spoke at the hearing. The bowling alley's owner, Ron Echols, also was present.
Councilwoman Christine Castoe recused herself on this issue.
The council also revisited discussing the possibility of allowing alcohol on public property for special events.
The discussion Tuesday night lasted about 45 minutes, with no clear resolution, other than the council members deciding to keep talking with the public about the issue and bring it up again at meetings as often as they feel necessary before any action would be considered.
Other action
The council also:
• Toured the Fort Morgan Fire Department before the meeting.
• Held a public hearing with no speakers and then gave final approval to Ordinance No. 1151, amending Fort Morgan Municipal Code regarding the city's procurement policy.
• Witnessed Wells recognize Parks Department worker Jorge Rico as the of the city employee of the quarter for the first quarter of 2014.
• Witnessed Mayor Terry McAlister proclaim June to be Hunger Awareness Month in Fort Morgan; Jodi Walker from Kids At Their Best accepted the signed proclamation.
• Approved waiving $1,360 in fees for the Kids at Their Best summer feeding program; Walker also spoke about the program, the problem of childhood hunger, and the nonprofit's flamingo flocking fundraiser that starts soon.
• Approved spending up to $192,000 on a new sand/plow truck for the Streets Department, including a bid of $188,676 from TransWest Trucks for a 2015 Freightliner with a OJ Watson Body and stainless steel dump/spreader box option; while not the lowest of 11 bids, Streets Superintendent Jim Willis said it was the like the current one with which staff was familiar.
• Approved ratifying $49,293.27 in emergency expenditures for repairs to the pressure reducing value vault for the Water Distribution Department.
• Approved a resolution supporting the Colorado Water Stewardship Program and in opposition to initiatives that would add public trust doctrine in state water law.
• As part of the 2015 budget calendar, reviewed and discussed past and projected city revenues and proposed fee schedule changes.
• Approved the consent agenda, which included: final approval on second reading of Ordinance No. 1152, annexing the Fort Morgan Farms LLC II property into the city; the April disbursements and payroll; and the May 6 regular council meeting minutes.
• Heard from Community Services Director Josh Miller that the swimming pool would open for the season on Memorial Day from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; it would be closed that Tuesday through Thursday while school is still in session, but then open up for the regular season starting Friday, May 30.
Contact Times Staff Writer Jenni Grubbs at jgrubbs@fmtimes.com, follow @JenniGrubbs on Twitter or check out tout.com/jennigrubbs
Jenni Grubbs | Reporter/Page Planner
Jenni Grubbs has served as reporter at The Fort Morgan Times for about a decade. She has covered a mixture of education, city and county gvernment and community activities as beats during her tenure.
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BkiUbqTxK6EuM_UbpZMa | Home 2020 April Part of NBA Royalty, Sooner Than Most
Part of NBA Royalty, Sooner Than Most
Trae Young, who graduated from Norman North High and played a year at OU, is an All-Star starter in his second NBA season.
Stephen Hunt
Norman native Trae Young only played one season at the University of Oklahoma before being drafted by the Atlanta Hawks.
In three years, sharp-shooting Trae Young has gone from lighting up the gym at Norman North High School to being one of the National Basketball Association's best players.
The 6-foot-1 point guard, a starter in February's NBA All-Star Game, has averaged around 30 points and 9 assists per game in his second season with the Atlanta Hawks. That's up from 19.1 points and 8.1 assists per game last year, when he landed on the NBA's All-Rookie team and played in the Rising Stars game during All-Star weekend.
In 2017-18, Young played his only season at the University of Oklahoma, where he averaged 27.4 points, 8.7 assists and 1.7 steals per game. Those numbers resulted in his being named the top freshman in the Big 12 Conference and the nation.
The Dallas Mavericks picked Young fifth overall in the 2018 NBA draft, then quickly traded him to Atlanta.
Young, 21, says he "was super excited" about being named an NBA All-Star starter.
"I had a lot of emotions," he says. "I was nervous, anxious. I was really … blessed to be in this position."
Hawks head coach Lloyd Pierce says it's a privilege to coach a talent like Young and isn't surprised at his accomplishments at this age.
"It's like the first step, the first go-round," Pierce says. "Now he's there and he's going to feel like, 'I want to be here every year.'"
The coach expects Young to increase his responsibilities with the team.
"I told him, 'You need to be different – accountability, leadership, ownership of what [it means to be] an All-Star,'" says Pierce, adding that Young must see the Hawks "as his team and [understand] what he means and what kind of value he brings to our team. This is the first step towards that."
Atlanta plays in the Eastern Conference, so the Hawks visit Dallas and Oklahoma City just once a season. Each city is where Young went to watch NBA games as a kid.
"It's super cool," he says. "I remember coming to games [in Dallas]. I was in Oklahoma City growing up, but Dallas is [a few] hours from Norman and just coming down here for certain games, just loving coming to the games and having two teams close to where I grew up, was nice."
Any time he returns to Norman, he says he feels at ease because "you just know where everything's at, how to get places – that's the easiest thing and the most comfort about being home. If there's traffic on a street, I know how to take the back ways. I know where my favorite restaurants are. I think that's the best part I miss about Norman – just knowing where to go and how to move."
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BkiUc0s4eILhQCVbeJ7u | MSC Simufact.forming is an established software product for the simulation of industrial forming processes. The software covers the complete spectrum of forming technologies and guarantees a realistic portrayal of the processes with full 3D functionality and 3D representation of all tools & parts.
Simufact Forming helps design engineers gain a detailed insight into an inductive heating process. Users can identify errors, remove unwanted effects, and make optimizations. For example, designing the coil, which is the core challenge of inductive heating. Simufact Forming 15 presents users with the complexity of physical context.
The required electromagnetic material properties needed for these types of workflow can be imported by the extended JMatPro interface.
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The newly implemented contact positioner and the significantly improved positioning options simplify the positioning of the workpiece and the tools in the software solution. Individually users can position the respective components in the software and thus save time during model building.
With the query results function (querying values), engineers can selectively record and determine result quantities. Simply clicking on a point in the workpiece or in the tool, and the simulation software automatically opens a dialog with results in a clear and accurate table. The CSV file exports via the Excel connection, so users can then proceed with next steps such as the graphic preparation and evaluation of the results.
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BkiUdR425V5itcKZFaLz | Doghouse Roses. This Broken Key. (Yellowroom Records)
This Glasgow based duo generally get rave reviews for their updated mix of Pentangle styled acoustic folk with mentions given to guitarist Paul Tasker's debt to Bert Jansch and Iona McDonald's vocals compared to Jacqui McShee or Sandy Denny. Well, this second full length release doesn't betray any of the above but compared to their first release, "How've You Been All This Time?" there is a looser, limber approach which forsakes the strings which adorned that album and offers a basic bass, drums and keyboard framework on which to hang their wares.
While a song such as "The Rain" has that cool Pentangle jazz swing it strikes me that the overall sound is more akin to that of John and Beverly Martyn's albums, Stormbringer and Road to Ruin. The former was recorded in Woodstock and featured a song of that name. In the same fashion there is a song called Woodstock here, the second on the album that recalls the Martyn song especially in the repeated use of the word tumble. Anyway, this song is an indication that the Roses' sights are shifting to the Americas and this is maintained in the song "Thunder of The Dawn" which actually swings and benefits immensely from some fine organ (played by Alan Scobie). The band cooks up a storm on "Any Kind of Love" which almost has a funk going on, again courtesy of the keyboards. A jauntier side is then evidenced on "Evermore" where a banjo is added to the mix.
Throughout the album McDonald's vocals are excellent. While perhaps not best suited to songs that let their hair down she approaches them with gusto. The overall effect is reminiscent of sixties folk singers discovering rock music which led then to some fine examples of baroque folk styles. Toward the end of the album however she shows why she is regarded so highly on a pair of songs (The Devil In Me and The Highwayman) that are simpler in structure and which allow her cool, clear, icy delivery to shine.
Overall a very worthy second album that grows in stature on repeated plays and portrays a band evolving and growing in confidence
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BkiUdjA4uzlh53v23CvX | By Rothfuss, Patrick
ISBN10: 1469203812 ISBN13: 9781469203812 Contributors: Podehl, Nick (Narrator) Publisher: Brilliance Audio Published: Jul 3 2012 Weight: 1.10lbs. Height: 5.50" Width: 6.50" Depth: 1.50" Language: English
My name is KvotheI have stolen princesses back from sleeping barrow kings. I burned down the town of Trebon. I have spent the night with Felurian and left with both my sanity and my life. I was expelled from the University at a younger age than most people are allowed in. I tread paths by moonlight that others fear to speak of during day. I have talked to Gods, loved women, and written songs that make the minstrels weep.You may have heard of me.So begins a tale unequaled in fantasy literature – the story of a hero told in his own voice. It is a tale of sorrow, a tale of survival, a tale of one man's search for meaning in his universe, and how that search, and the indomitable will that drove it, gave birth to a legend. "It is a rare and great pleasure to find a fantasist writing...with true music in the words....Wherever Pat Rothfuss goes...he'll carry us with him as a good singer carries us through a song.
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BkiUdajxK3YB9raX0hLQ | The Resurrection of the Hinkley Valley: Of Crops, Chrom-6 and Erin Brockovich
By: MICHAEL CERVIN | Planet Experts
Perhaps Julia Roberts could be forgiven when she won the Academy Award for her performance in the Oscar-wining movie Erin Brockovich and forgot to thank the real Erin Brockovich. But it is telling that she never once mentioned the residents of Hinkley, California, a nothing-much-of-a-town located in the Mojave Desert off State Highway 58. The chemical chromium-6 was found in their water supply and many of the residents had suffered serious medical conditions for decades. But now the pollution is waning and the valley is slowly on the mend.
Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) built a facility called the Hinkley Compressor Station in Hinkley, part of a natural gas pipeline which connected to the San Francisco Bay Area. Between 1952 and 1966 PG&E used hexavalent chromium, more commonly referred to as chromium-6 or chrom-6, to fight corrosion for the working parts of their facility. There's nothing nefarious about that. In fact, it's been common for industrial plants to do this for a long time.
Water dissolved the chrom-6 off the working pipes and that toxic wastewater was discharged directly into unlined ponds at the site used to hold the bad water in place. Some of the contaminated wastewater, however, percolated into the groundwater underneath Hinkley, affecting an area approximately two miles long and nearly a mile wide. The contamination levels were 10 times greater than the maximum amount allowed by law at the time.
A few notes on chromium-6:
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has classified chrom-6 as, "likely to be carcinogenic to humans." Their document, "Toxicological Review of Hexavalent Chromium" states that there is "evidence of an association between oral exposure to hexavalent chromium and stomach cancer in humans." Additionally, the EPA report added this: "Available evidence indicates that chromium interacts with DNA, resulting in DNA damage and mutagenesis. Hexavalent chromium is commonly discharged from steel and pulp mills as well as metal-plating and leather-tanning facilities. It can also pollute water through erosion of soil and rock."
Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) states: "Workers who breathe hexavalent chromium compounds at their jobs for many years may be at increased risk of developing lung cancer. Irritation or damage to the eyes and skin can occur if hexavalent chromium contacts these organs in high concentrations or for a prolonged period of time."
National Toxicology Program has said that chrom-6 in drinking water shows "clear evidence of carcinogenic activity."
With tainted groundwater, the families that bathed in, drank and cooked with their municipal water became sick. A lawsuit was filed and the case was eventually settled in 1996 for $333 million – a milestone settlement at that time. PG&E in the arbitration settlement with the residents of Hinkley admitted no wrongdoing, though they admit it now, decades later.
There's an uneasy relationship between the remaining residents of Hinkley and PG&E. (Photo: Michael Cervin / Planet Experts)
In June 2012 a federal judge ordered that PG&E supply in-home water filtration systems and/or new wells to be drilled for the residents of Hinkley. But the court also ordered that PG&E clean up the mess, meaning the toxic plume that permeated the Hinkley Valley. Erin Brockovich helped shine a light on the situation, but what followed was also a story, one that gets little attention.
It's one thing to watch a two-hour movie about a complex subject and think you know everything; it's another to comprehend water contamination and find out exactly how you clean up a massive plume of toxic material. Most importantly, it's crucial to get the facts straight. I made an appointment to meet with Jeff Smith, PG&E Spokesman, and Jeff McCarthy, Hinkley Site Manager, for a tour of the cleanup facilities. The polluted area is no longer two miles long and a mile wide — now it is assumed to be seven miles long and three miles wide.
Prior to my meeting with PG&E, I drove through this desolate town to get a feel for how much damage has been done. In early 2012, Hinkley's population stood at 1,900. Today it is about 1,000 souls. Hinkley was never a city per se, but more an aggregate collection of farmlands, desert lovers and people who craved the isolation of a small community. Yes, there was a school, fire department, community center, gas station and market, and a few roadside restaurants, most of which are all gone. But it was never a city in the sense of what we think cities should be – it was an outlier.
With tainted groundwater, people left Hinkley in droves. (Photo: Michael Cervin / Planet Experts)
A brief drive through the paved and unpaved streets is like driving onto the film set of some apocalyptic movie. Houses are fenced off, some in partial to near total disrepair, some abandoned, some tagged and some being razed as part of PG&E's plan to buy back homes and then bulldoze them. As I drove down Mulberry Avenue, it was a complete paradox. On one side of the street, all the houses were gone. I counted 13 mailboxes where homes once stood and families once lived, a slow depressing parade of empty addresses. The other side of the street was still inhabited – it is a weird and unsettling street. There are still signs of life in Hinkley of course: shiny cars parked in driveways, green lawns and front yards replete with plant life, children's toys fading under the relentless desert sun. Perhaps in an ironic sign of hope, a bright yellow boat gleams in someone's front yard.
PG&E has spent more than $700 million thus far cleaning up the toxic mess, but what does that look like exactly? To begin with, it's crucial to understand that hexavalent chromium, arsenic, uranium, polonium-210 and many other radioactive, toxic and otherwise harmful materials reside under our feet, occurring naturally as part of a soil degradation chain. The idea that chrom-6 in the groundwater is solely PG&E's doing is wrong; it existed long before PG&E ever came to Hinkley. That it is at such high levels is, admittedly, PG&E's doing.
The unlined ponds near the compressor station were just that: graded sections of earth where toxic waste was dumped. Believe it or not, this was standard practice at the time. It seems stunningly myopic to us now, but the military, industry and other businesses routinely dumped chemicals into the ground. I understand that in our day and age we want to blame someone for this. Frankly, so do I. But it was conventional wisdom of that era, just like smoking was considered good for you in the 1950s.
Bear in mind that EPA was only formed in 1970. Prior to that there was pretty much a Wild West mentality – anything goes as long as no one knows about it and dumping hazardous material into the earth, dry river beds or any out-of-the-way piece of land simply was not considered a risk to human health because many of these dumping areas were not typically near large population centers. Shortsighted? Absolutely. If you need further reasons to doubt our environmental past just consider there are currently 1,844 Superfund sites — pieces of land the EPA has identified as contaminated by hazardous waste — in the U.S.
Cleaning Chrom-6
In Hinkley, the chrom-6 entered the ground from the compressor station and migrated into a two-layered aquifer underneath the Hinkley Valley. "The water table runs 100 to 120 feet down depending on where you stand," Jeff McCarthy told me on a warm March day. "This is a complex aquifer with a layer of clay in the middle making for an upper and lower aquifer."
PG&E is working on cleaning up the chrom-6 to "background" levels, meaning the amount of chrom-6 that existed naturally in the soil before PG&E was ever here. Though the current plume is certainly large, the levels of chrom-6 vary widely in this affected area. In California, and as a result of the Hinkley situation, the state has proposed a Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) of 10 PPB, but the federal standard is 100 PPB for total chromium, both 3 and 6. Of both kinds of chromium, chrom-6 is the soluble form and both are widespread, though chrom-3 poses no threat to human health.
Desert-type aquifers are more prone to migrating water and toxins given the porous nature of sand as opposed to rock. If chrom-6 was allowed into an unlined pond in Iowa, for example, McCarthy tells me it might have 30 feet of organic soil to pass through to get to any ground water. McCarthy suggests this 30-foot natural filter helps "clean" the water and the toxicity dissipates as it works through the soil, not that it is ever fully removed. Western states are not so inclined; sand allows anything liquid to pass through quickly. "The sand doesn't give it any resonance time," McCarthy says.
Hinkley's agricultural water treatment plan. Click here for larger version. (Illustration courtesy of Project Navigator)
To accomplish remediation of chrom-6 there is a two-pronged approach: ethanol injections and an organic agricultural component. Jeff Smith, PG&E's External Communications Manager, gives me the analogy of wringing out a wet sponge. "The ethanol is great at getting the large concentrations of water out, but you're left with a damp sponge. The agricultural units get it all the way dry."
We drove to their ethanol facility, a small gated area near monitoring and injection wells, which are placed deep into the dry earth. "The ethanol injection is very effective at dealing with the center of the contamination (currently around 300 PPM) and bringing it down to levels of 20-30 PPM," says McCarthy. This is denatured, 100 proof ethanol and it neutralizes the chrom-6. Using a needle valve to draw water out it is amended with 7 8 percent alcohol, three times a week, and then it's put back into the ground. There are three lines of wells the water passes through and wells are screened at 10-foot intervals under the earth.
In total, there are 714 monitoring wells, 63 injection wells, 36 extraction wells and seven freshwater injection wells, constantly churning the water beneath my feet as I stand on the dry earth in Hinkley. None of this is visible. This process will keep up for another 40 years. Yes, 40 years – and they have already been at it for over a decade. Though much of the chrom-6 is removed, the PPB near the ethanol plant is still around 50.
Moving south, towards the compressor station, it gets higher and at ground zero, the compressor station itself, it has been measured between 4,000 – 7,300 PPB. Those are astounding numbers. As the water fans out across the valley and dissipates through the aquifer, the 236 acres of agriculture finishes off the remaining minute traces of chrom-6 in the water. PG&E has planted alfalfa, Italian rye, winter wheat, and sudangrass and the organics from the crops convert the chrom-6, as it precipitates out, as chrom-3.
Organic agriculture is part of the remediation process of removing chromium 6. (Photo Michael Cervin / Planet Experts)
"Given the agricultural history in Hinkley there's a kind of elegance to bringing back the roots of farming," Smith says. Yes, that sounds nice, but I doubt anyone concerns themselves with poetic justice at this point. Once harvested, the crops then go to local farmers as feed for their cattle. The processes are impressive, and they are massive in scope. And they are working. Still, you can understand why people in Hinkley have fled. Fears over their water are still prevalent.
However, there is progress and the earth has a stunning ability to heal itself, albeit slowly and with innumerable casualties along the way. Yes, it is a long journey back, but the good news is that contaminated soil and water can be, and is, getting cleaned and restored. Our planet can heal itself and we can help it along. Obviously, our water source and supply is sensitive and needs to be safeguarded. Awareness needs to be raised and companies, farms and corporations large and small, as well as individuals, need to be held accountable for anything they put into our ground water.
A fitting sign, especially during the worst of the groundwater contamination. (Photo: Michael Cervin / Planet Experts)
The Hinkley story is a sad saga and one that reminds everyone that water needs to be protected and monitored constantly. That the chrom-6 migrated seven miles out from its point of origin tells us what we already know: water will go where it will and toxins are no respecters of persons. That it can be cleaned is a product of science and nature. That there is a long view to hope for the restoration of the Hinkley Valley is a uniquely human thing.
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Ally Sheedy said the same thing about The Breakfast Club. She now volunteers as a teacher at LaGuardia High School for the Performing Arts, and she said the movie's message was clear and meant for everyone.
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BkiUaeHxK02iP4Wj9_n5 | tv BBC News at Six BBC News June 5, 2017 6:00pm-6:31pm BST
this is bbc news. the bbc can confirm that the izza 27—year—old barking. the vigil is about to take place to remember the victims of the terror attack. the first of the victims is named as christine archibald from canada. she was visiting london for the first time with her fiance. hello and welcome to this bbc news special. the vigil is about to start with hundreds of people arriving to pay respects. these are the pictures
at the start of this event as thousands of people remember those caught up in saturday's tach. there will be speeches and people coming through because of the day with flowers, their own tributes and whilst we wait for the first of the speakers, it is worth returning to the breaking news that the bbc understands that khuram butt from barking was involved in the terrorist attack. the police have said they know the identity of all three, but the investigation is in rates have continued into the early hours of this morning. there were two more raves with more people being detained and they had picture
of 27—year—old khuram butt from barking in east london. the bbc understand that he was one of the three people involved in the attack. one of the three people shot dead by police as they responded. throughout the course of the day we have been learning more about the victims of the attack with one of those people involved there on your screen. the names and identities of those caught up names and identities of those caught up in saturday's tach are being made public. as we return to the pictures in the park as people remember. and of course we have heard details from
police, from the commissioner earlier in the day. we've heard from the politicians as campaigning has resumed and of course security is essential now to this election campaign. so much of the focus is still on the events of saturday night and the human consequences. these are pictures bbbc has of that 27—year—old i was telling you about just a short while ago, khuram butt from east london. the intelligence services and the police have pieced
together those involved in the attack. the huge forensic operation of calls at the scene. we have seen a whole series of raids and arrests. 12 people arrested, one man has been released. these pictures from a documentary of that 27—year—old which the bbc understands is khuram butt, involved in saturday's tach. those pictures now from the vigil at potters field park. our correspondent is there at london bridge watching the vigil. a few
moments to pause and consider the events of the last 48 hours. roz, over to you. —— ross, over to you. thank you. over to you. —— ross, overto you. thank you. ia few hundred meters away from borough market. many will gather with the mayor of london to reflect on the attack on saturday night. ladies and gentlemen, the mayor of london, sadiq khan. we stand together tonight to honour
the memory is of the innocent lives lost and people injured in the barbaric attack on our city on saturday night. london stands in defiance against this cowardly attack on our city our people and oui' attack on our city our people and our values and our way of life as the mayor of london, i want to send a clear message to the sick and evil extremists who commit these hideous crimes. we will defeat you. you will
not win. applause and as a proud and patron at it british muslim, i say this. you do not permit these disgusting acts in my name. your perverse ideology has nothing to do with the true values of islam
and you will never succeed in dividing our city. today... applause today we mourn the loss of innocent lives. londoners and people from around the world. we send our love to be vic tinss families. we commend oui' to be vic tinss families. we commend our emergency to be vic tinss families. we commend oui' emergency services to be vic tinss families. we commend our emergency services and the brave londoners who risked their lives to ca re londoners who risked their lives to care for others. you are the best of us. "— care for others. you are the best of us. —— vic tinss families. our city is filled with great sorrow
and anger tonight, but also great resolve and determination because oui' resolve and determination because our unity resolve and determination because ourunity and resolve and determination because our unity and love for one another will always be stronger than the hate of the extremists this is our city. these are our values and this is our way of life. london will never be broken by terrorism we will step up the fight against extreme tim —— extremism and we will defeat the terrorists. thank you. thank you, mr mayor. ladies and
gentlemen, there will now be a minute's silence. ladies and gentlemen, that concludes the minute's rylance. —— silence. that is the end of our ceremony today. thank you for being here. you are welcome to remain to contemplate and commemorate, or if you wish, to lay your own floral tributes by the
flagpoles next to city hall. thank you very much. the mayor of london sadiq khan leading av jaw the mayor of london sadiq khan leading avjaw on a breezy, chilly evening next to the river thames. —— a vigil. the mayor said this is an attack on our way of life. the sikh extremists will never be victorious. we will defeat you, you said. sadiq: also said that these attacks will
never be in my name or in the names of the british muslims. —— said the calm. in last half an hour there has been some developing news with the police confirming two of the three attackers who were shot dead they have been named as khuram nutt and rachid redouane. we will give you more details on that. let's speak to rob watson. i guess the last half an hour is representative of what is happening in the city. it is incredibly moving to see what is happening. this part of london is fa ntastically is happening. this part of london is fantastically busy. people have gone about their business as usual, but you can see behind as the road has closed, part of the infrastructure
has been blocked off. has been. blackeé '"\"':t:f='~':'~' this is what people are talking about. certainly a great deal of defiance and people going about their business. you are absolutely right, there is a massive police operation. this is the second one in just over one week, to try and track down and get the identity of the attackers. most of the police activity apart from here in london bridge has been in the east of the city? yes, the two men who have been named, from barking, which is four oi' named, from barking, which is four or five kilometres from named, from barking, which is four orfive kilometres from here. it will take about 25 minutes on my bike. —— barking. will take about 25 minutes on my bike. -- barking. the mayor didn't talk about politics but he did speak at length about cuts and that issue has been politicised in the context of the general election. politics
works sort of on hold after manchester. i'm not sure if this is because of the election being three days away. it's broken out because labour party —— the labour party are highlighting police cuts and bay are anti—austerity. theresa may has said thatjeremy corbyn has given succour to groups like the ira in the past. these striking phrase earlier from cressida dick, the metropolitan police commissioner is that we are dealing with a new reality. whatever government gets in on thursday, they will have to come up with a new strategy. the politics is magnified because the election is so close,
but really when it comes to the nuts and bolts of the counterterrorism issue, that is does everyone feel we should have competent intelligence and well trained belize, everyone does a lot of the political disagreements are somewhat artificial. —— well—trained police. the broader question, the wider issue of how we all get along in britain, what about the issue of multiculturalism that to reza may raise and which david cameron raised, and tony blair. those are the really difficult issues. —— theresa may. whilst there is a discussion over police cuts, that in the context over whether this attack
could have been spotted from afar. the police were there on saturday in eight minutes. in terms of armed officers, numbers are going up and in terms of the intelligence service, they have been given more resources , service, they have been given more resources, but there is this broader debate about if you have a 10% cut in belize, does it mean you have a few eyes and ears on the streets? the government can come back and say, hang on a minute, you canjudge home affairs policy by police numbers, or you can judge home affairs policy by police numbers, or you canjudge it by crime numbers. there was a crime levels in murder rates have gone down, despite the cut in police numbers. if any of you are just joining us, police in the last hour have named two of the three attackers who died just up the road
from where i am talking to you from in london bridge. khuram butt, 27, who lived in barking in london. we also know that rachid redouane has been named by police as the second person. what is also worthy of note is that one of these men featured in a channel 4 documentary a few months back i was very much known to the authorities. there are two ways of looking at this. if one of the attackers were sort of known, if the attackers were sort of known, if the attacker in manchester was on the radar, why were they stop? some people will say that surely it is police and intelligence failure. the other way to look at it, and what the security services will point people towards is that we are not a
police state and we can't monitor everyone. they say over 20,000 people are considered people of interest. a much smaller number they consider to be actively dangerous extremists. you have to prioritise and of course there will be mistakes. they have always said that someone mistakes. they have always said that someone is bound to get through at some someone is bound to get through at some point. let me pick out one other point is that cressida dick made. she said the majority of threats aren't coming from overseas. that was interesting, given what we have said about young men being radicalised in places like libya or syria and then coming back into europe. this is about the way the threat changes. as i dashed out when i started as a security and defence correspondent, the threat the
counterterrorism police were looking at was specific. it was people who have gone to train with our high leader in parts of pakistan. in the last 12 years the threat has moved on. you have had the arab spring, what is happening in iraq. now there is the idea of people being almost self—radicalised. is the idea of people being almost self-radicalised. very briefly, we have two days of campaigning left in the general election. we never imagined it would be focused on security. that's where it's going to stay, isn't it? it's hard not to see that. theresa may wants to make it about leadership and brexit, but absolutely. we are in uncharted waters. we have had two major incidents it is new territory. thank you very much indeed. in the last 30
minutes we have seen the mayor of london lee david jewel —— lee david jewel. the police have named two of the attackers and there will be continuing coverage of the london bridge attack on the bbc. not very pleasant out there at all. the bad weather will continue to night and there will be heavy rain. the winds tomorrow might even be stronger. the cloud has been shrouding the uk over the last two hours or so. the heaviest of the rain has been across these most western areas. heavy rain will be pushing into south—western scotland, the lake district, and to the south
of that the wins will be swinging to a north—westerly direction and it will be blowing hard around the coastal areas. a blustery picture. tomorrow at the low pressure is slap bang over us. you can see a lot of isobars there. it looks more like autumn than june. a isobars there. it looks more like autumn thanjune. a window of better weather at this stage, eight o'clock in the morning across the south west and wales. more sunshine, but it is very windy. it could be costing close to 50 miles an hour. that is stronger this time of the year and it will whip up the trees. the rain continues to fall in the morning across scotland central eastern areas. throughout the course of the day, stays wet across northern parts of england and scotland. the strong west to north—westerly winds continue across northern wells. here, rather than it being overcast,
it will be bright with occasional blustery showers where it is further north and east. an unpleasant day for some of us tomorrow and that rain in the north will continue into tomorrow evening as well. as we head into wednesday the low pressure pulls out into the north sea and we have got a window of better weather with another with the system coming in. on wednesday we are anticipating drier weather. it will feel warmer. 20 degrees in london. rain later in the date moving into south—western areas. it will feel warmer as it brightens up across the south—east. goodbye.
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