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Spot-fixing is illegal activity in a sport in which a specific aspect of a game, unrelated to the final result but upon which a betting market exists, is fixed in an attempt to ensure a certain result in a proposition bet. Examples include something as minor as timing a no ball or wide delivery in cricket or timing the first throw-in or corner in association football.

Spot-fixing attempts to defraud bookmakers by a player taking a pre-arranged action to fix the result of that specific event. Spot-fixing differs from match fixing in which the final result of a match is fixed or point shaving in which players (or officials) attempt to limit the margin of victory of the favoured team. Spot-fixing is more difficult to detect than match fixing or point shaving, and by its nature, it can be perpetrated by a lone fraudulent player without any other players or officials being needed to co-operate. The growth of Internet gambling and increased variety of betting options (for example, spread betting, first-scorer betting) resulted in the emergence of spot-fixing, particularly through the first decade of the 2000s.

Examples

Association football
Following his retirement, Matt Le Tissier admitted that he had bet on the timing of the first throw-in in a match he played for Southampton against Wimbledon in 1995. The plan failed when a teammate who was unaware of the scam managed to keep his underhit pass on the pitch.
Le Tissier was forced to quickly kick the ball from play to prevent losing money on the bet and managed to "push" after kicking the ball out after 70 seconds. He stated that he felt so silly about the incident that he never attempted it again.

Cricket

Spot fixing in cricket first came to international prominence in the 2010 Pakistan tour of England, when it was determined that Pakistani players Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir intentionally bowled no-balls on specific deliveries as part of a conspiracy involving captain Salman Butt to defraud bookmakers. As a result, Butt was banned for ten years, Asif for seven years and Amir for five years. The matter became a criminal investigation that resulted in custodial sentences for four people involved; in November 2011, Butt was sentenced to 30 months' imprisonment, with Asif being imprisoned for one year and Amir jailed for six months.

Five players in the 2012 Indian Premier League season were suspended for spot-fixing. The five players were Mohnish Mishra, Shalabh Srivastava, TP Sudhindra, Harmeet Singh and Abhinav Bali. The suspensions were not for any specific event during the season, but a sting operation revealed all five either discussing earlier cases of spot-fixing they had been involved in, or seeking future spot-fixing opportunities.

In India, three Indian players in IPL Season 6 (2013) were arrested for spot-fixing: Sreesanth, Ankeet Chavan and Ajit Chandila. Along with them, eleven bookmakers were arrested. The Delhi Police arrested the three players in a post-midnight operation in Mumbai on 16 May 2013 for accepting payments of up to Rs. 6 million, for giving away a pre-determined number of runs in an over. On 13 September, Sreesanth was given a lifetime ban from the sport.

In England, allegations of spot-fixing were made against Essex bowler Mervyn Westfield, after he bowled poorly in a Pro40 match against Durham in September 2009. Westfield later pleaded guilty to accepting money for spot-fixing in the match, specifically that he attempted to concede twelve runs from his first over (although he conceded only ten); he was banned for five years and his Essex team-mate and former Pakistan Test bowler Danish Kaneria received a life ban after he was found to have orchestrated the fix.

The advent of Twenty20 cricket is said to have made spot-fixing more difficult to detect in cricket, because the faster and more variable nature of the game makes anomalies related to spot-fixing less visible.

Rugby league
Australian rugby league player Ryan Tandy was found guilty of spot-fixing during a 2010 National Rugby League season match between North Queensland Cowboys and Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs. Tandy, playing for Canterbury-Bankstown, was involved in spot-fixing the first score of the match to be a North Queensland penalty goal. Observers noted that there had been an unusually high proportion of bets taken on the penalty goal option for the game. Then, in the opening minutes of the game, Tandy was found to have deliberately conceded a knock-on from the match's kick-off and then a penalty for slowing down the play-the-ball in the Cowboys' first attacking set in front of the goalposts, giving North Queensland a chance to kick an easy penalty goal. As it happened, the spot-fixing attempt was unsuccessful, as North Queensland passed up its penalty goal opportunity and scored a try instead. In 2011, Tandy was found guilty of attempting to dishonestly obtain a financial advantage on 6 October 2011, and he received a six-month correction order from the courts and a life ban from rugby league.

See also
Betting controversies in cricket
Courtsiding, an equivalent concept prevalent in tennis

References

Association football controversies
Cricket controversies
Match fixing
Sports betting scandals

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Nell Boeschenstein is an essayist whose work appears in the Guardian, the Believer, the Rumpus, and elsewhere. She holds an MFA from Columbia University and is a contributing writer for the Morning News, as well as a former producer for BackStory with the American History Guys and Fresh Air. She lives in Charlottesville, Virginia, and teaches at Sweet Briar College.*
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Q: I want to provide dynamic values to the paramaters of Citrus annotation(@CitrusXmlTest) The values I want to provide dynamically  is TestCase Name  and Package name. How can I do this. If I am providing values through variable then it is giving the following error "The value for annotation attribute CitrusXmlTest.name must be a constant". Now I am giving like this
@CitrusXmlTest(name="Test",packageName="file:D://xitrus//myFirstTest.xml")

I want above statement to be
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A: What you are trying to do is against Java annotation specification and is not possible due to these language limitations. Not sure what you are trying to achieve here.
In case you need to load test cases in a dynamic way you can use packageScan option in @CitrusXmlTest annotation:
@CitrusXmlTest(packageScan = "com.something.foo")
public void citrusPackageScanIT() {}

This will load and execute all XML test case definitions in package com.something.foo. The XML test definitions are free to use different test names then.
If you want to pass some dynamic data to your test case you should use a TestNG data provider (example given here: https://github.com/christophd/citrus-samples/tree/master/sample-dataprovider).

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More than 720,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled to neighboring Bangladesh
Myanmar Soldiers Jailed for Killing Rohingya Served Less Time in Prison Than the Journalists Who Exposed Them
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The Release of Reuters Journalists in Myanmar Is a Victory for Press Freedom. But the War on Truth Isn't Over
Advocates for Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo say this is a battle won, not the war
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Myanmar Pardons Two Reuters Reporters Jailed for Exposing Massacre of Rohingya
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The Contact Group on Ukraine agreed on ceasefire starting from midnight on August 29, right before the start of the school year. The sides in the conflict have agreed to establish the ceasefire regime over 20 times since 2014, but violayions keep occurring.


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Undefeated lightweight Justin Gaethje signs with UFC
The 17-0 All American wrestler has long been considered one of the top fighters outside the UFC.
By John Balfe - 4 May 2017
The UFC's 155-pound roster has added another contender to its ranks.
Undefeated Justin Gaethje (17-0) has inked a deal with the Ultimate Fighting Championship and has called for the "scariest lightweight possible" as his first bout. Gaethje, long considered one of the top 155-pound fighters outside the UFC, was the inaugural World Series of Fighting lightweight champion and has wins in all six of his WSOF title bouts — all of which came inside the distance.
In fact, the All American Division I wrestler has gone to a decision in just two of his 17 professional bouts. Prior to turning pro in 2011, Gaethje posted a perfect 7-0 record in the amateurs. His amateur wrestling credentials also a 7th place finish in the NCAA Championships.
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— Justin Gaethje 🇺🇸 (@Justin_Gaethje) May 4, 2017
No opponent has yet been revealed for Gaethje's UFC debut but we understand that Tony Ferguson is looking for a fight…
Writing on Instagram, Gaethje said of his signing with the UFC: "Thank you for all the support to this point, I signed my contract with the UFC yesterday. It feels good to know the sacrifices my family and I have made since starting wrestling at 4 yrs old, have led us to these great endeavors.
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Making A Difference: Couple Opts For School Supplies Instead Of Wedding Gifts
LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18)– Rather than towels and place settings, a soon-to-be-married Lexington couple is asking for school supplies.
Brooke Powers is a former Lexington teacher who taught middle school in Lexington for 13 years and was even named one of the best in the country. She came up with the idea.
This summer was her first in over a decade not shopping for school supplies. So, she started searching for teachers on social media and started shopping for them.
It all quickly began to add up and that, combined with planning a wedding, she realized the need was far too great to fund on her own.
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Instead of registering for things they could use but didn't necessarily need, they asked for school supplies for their wedding, so they could give them to teachers.
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"I told Kevin, I can't sleep 'til those 154 kids that have never owned a book get a book," said Powers. "We would love any and everybody's support in giving as many kids books and supplies as we can."
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Il nome Lingo è stato utilizzato da diversi linguaggi di programmazione non correlati ad Adobe Director (Macromedia Director).

Quello più conosciuto è un linguaggio di scripting sviluppato da John H. Thompson, utilizzato per applicazioni desktop, CD-ROMs e per applicazioni internet che utilizzano Adobe Shockwave.

Sintassi
Lingo fu creato con una sintassi che mima il linguaggio parlato, così da poter essere più facile per i principianti. È possibile scrivere un comando in questo modo:

if sprite 5 is visible then go to the frame

Va detto che nel "go to" il "to" è opzionale, inoltre a differenza di altri linguaggi di programmazione, il comando "go" fa riferimento ai frames nella linea temporale di Director e non al numero di una linea di codice.

Anche se è ancora possibile utilizzare questo tipo di sintassi, le ultime versioni di Director supportano la sintassi con il punto, così da essere un linguaggio di programmazione più simile agli standard utilizzati come per JavaScript o C++.

Con la nuova sintassi è possibile scrivere lo stesso codice in questo modo:

if sprite(5).visible then _movie.go(_movie.frame)

Questo formato utilizza elementi del Modello a oggetti del Documento, introdotto con la versione Director MX 2004. La stessa sintassi nelle versioni precedenti sarebbe stata:

if sprite(5).visible then go the frame

Utilizzo
Lingo è incorporato in Adobe Director. Lingo è un linguaggio di programmazione ad oggetti (OOP).

Ci sono 3 tipi di scripts in Lingo:
behavior
movie
parent

Xtras
Gli Xtra sono dei plugin che è possibile utilizzare per aggiungere nuove funzionalità.

Funzionalità 3D
In Director 8.5, è stato incluso per la prima volta un engine 3D. In Director 11 è stato introdotto un nuovo Xtra per poter utilizzare l'engine fisico Ageia.

Note
La versione 12 è stata l'ultima rilasciata da Adobe, dopodiché la software house ha dichiarato la "fine vita" del prodotto.

Collegamenti esterni
Adobe - Director Support Center : Lingo - Assistenza Adobe per Lingo.
Amazon.com - 92 Libri che giuardano la programmazione di Lingo in Adobe Director.
Animation Math in Lingo - Tutorial per principianti ed esperti.
Dean's Director Tutorials - Tutorial che vanno dalle basi alla programmazione avanzata.

Director @ Night - Blog incentrato su Shockwave e Director.
Director Online - Articoli and forums su vari temi di Director.
DirectorWeb  - Uno dei più vecchi siti in cui trovare risorse utili. Ora solo come archivio.
Lingoworkshop - Diversi demo con i sorgenti.
MediaMacros - Centinaia di scripts gratuiti, giochi open source e un database di Xtras (Plugins).
Direct-L - La più grande mailing list per Lingo
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Books About Interracial and Multi-Cultural People
Bell, William. Zack. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 1999.
Bowman, Elizabeth Atkins. White Chocolate. New York: Forge, 1998.
Chesnutt, Charles Waddell. Tales of Conjure and the Color Line: 10 Stories. Mineola, NY: Dover Publications, 1998.
Dawson, Phoebe. Matthew Was Adopted: Child of Destiny. Savage, MN: Micah Publishing, 1997.
Dickey, Eric Jerome. Milk in My Coffee. New York, N.Y.: Dutton, 1998.
Dorris, Michael. The Window. New York: Hyperion Books for Children, 1997.
Fergus, Jim. One Thousand White Women the Journals of May Dodd. St. Martin's Press, 1998.
Forrester, Sandra. Dust From Old Bones. New York, NY: Morrow Junior Books, 1999.
Hasegawa, Yoji. A Walk in Kumamoto the Life & Times of Setsu Koizumi, Lafcadio Hearn's Japanese Wife: Including a New Translation of Her Memoir "Reminiscences". Folkestone: Global Oriental, 1997.
Johnston, Simon. Running Dog, Paper Tiger (a Play). Toronto, ON: Playwrights Canada Press, 1998.
Kandel, Bethany. Trevor's Story: Growing Up Biracial. Minneapolis, MN: Lerner Publications, 1997.
Katz, Karen. The Colors of Us. New York, NY: Holt, 1999.
Kitt, Sandra. Between Friends. New York, NY: Signet, 1998.
Lamar, Jake. Close to the Bone : a Novel. New York: Crown Publishers, 1998.
Little, Kimberley Griffiths. Enchanted Runner. New York, NY: Avon Books, 1999.
Miller, Alyce. Stopping for Green Lights. New York : Doubleday, 1999.
Monk, Isabell. Hope. Minneapolis, MN: Carolrhoda Books, 1998.
Roy, Lucinda. Lady Moses: a Novel. London, UK: Virago, 1998.
Senisi, Ellen. For My Family, Love Allie. Morton Grove, IL: Albert Whitman, 1998.
Senna, Danzy. Caucasia. New York: Riverhead Books, 1998.
Tahija, Jean. An Unconventional Woman. New York, N.Y.: Penguin Putnam, 1998.
Traynor, Joanna. Divine. London, UK: Bloomsbury, 1999.
Williams Platt, Kathryn. Forever Mine. Orange, NJ: Bryant and Dillon Publishers, 1997.
Wong, Shawn. American Knees. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1995.
Woodson, Jacqueline. If You Come Softly. New York: Putnam's, 1998.
Yep, Laurence. The Cook's Family.
Fulbeck, Kip. Banana Split: 25 Stories. Prod. Kip Fulbeck. Video Data Bank, 1997.
Mixed Blood. Prod. Valerie Soe. Dir. Donna Matorin. National Asian American Telecommunications Association, 1997.
Children of Mixed Race: Who You Wanna Be. Prod. UC Berkeley student. University of Berkeley, Dept. of Ethnic Studies, 1997.
Interracial Adoption
Bausch, Robert S., and Richard T. Serpe. "Negative Outcomes of Interethnic Adoption of Mexican American Children." Social Work 42 (1997): 136-43.
Brooks, Devon, and Richard P. Barth. "Adult Transracial and Inracial Adoptees: Effects of Race, Gender, Adoptive Family Structure, and Placement History on Adjustment Outcomes." American Journal of Orthopsychiatry 69.1 (1999): 87-99.
Brooks, Devon, Richard P. Barth, and Alice Bussiere. "Adoption and Race: Implementing the Multiethnic Placement Act and Interethnic Adoption Provisions." Social Work 44.2 (1999): 167-78.
Chalfin, Robin Rice. "Re-Envisioning Family: Voices of Lesbian Mothers Adopting Across Racial Lines.". Smith College School for Social Work, 1998.
Hollingsworth, Leslie Doty. "Effect of Transracial/Transethnic Adoption on Children's Racial and Ethnic Identity and Self-Esteem: a Meta-Analytic Review." Marriage & Family Review 25.1-2 ('97 SSI): 99-130.
Nishioka, Joyce. "An Adopted Way of Life." AsianWeek 20.14 (1998): 11.
Turner, Carole S. Adoption Journeys: Parents Tell Their Stories. Ithaca, NY: McBooks Press, 1999.
Various. A Passage to the Heart: Writings From Families With Children From China. St. Paul, MN: Yeong & Yeong Book Company, 1999.
Interracial Celebrities
"Biracial Miss Navajo Nation Surprises Some on Indian Reservation in Arizona." Jet 94.6 (1998): 37-8.
"Black America and Tiger's Dilemma; T. Wood's Multiracial Self Definition; Cover Story." Ebony 52 (1997): 28-30+.
"Woods, Tiger." Current Biography 58 (1997): 56-58.
Norment, Lynn. "Wesley Snipes On His Hot Career, Black Women, Interracial Relationships and His Multimillion Dollar Hideaway." Ebony (1997): 188 Entertainment.
Smith, C. "Biracial Miss USA 1995 Says She's Not Black or White; Will Use Background to Fight Racism." Jet 87.5 (1995).
Interracial Children
Chiong, Jane Ayers. Racial Categorization of Multiracial Children in Schools. Bergin & Garvey Publishers, 1998.
Gibbs, Jewelle Taylor. "Biracial Adolescents." Children of Color: Psychological Interventions With Culturally Diverse Youth (Upd. Ed.). Vol. xx. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Inc, Publishers, 1998. 305-32.
Glick, Andrea. "In Black and White: Study Finds Interracial Friendships Are Still Rare in Children's Picture Books." School Library Journal 44 (1998): 86.
Neto, Felix., and Lizalia Paiva. "Color and Racial Attitudes in White, Black and Biracial Children." Social Behavior & Personality Vol 26.3 (1998): 233-44.
Wright, Marguerite A. I'm Chocolate, You'Re Vanilla Raising Healthy Black and Biracial Children in a Race-Conscious World. Jossey-Bass, 1998.
"More Than Half of Teens Who Date Have Dated Interracially: Study." Jet 93 (1997): 32.
Bouchet, Nicole. ""Uneducated Trailor-Park Trash That White Men Don't Want Anyway": On the Contrary." INTERRACE N.43 (1998): 10.
Britt, Donna. "Hard to Be Colorblind About Love." The Washington Post 11 June 1999: MetroB01.
Chapman, Richard A., Bob Kurson, and Sall Jon. "Love Knows No Color." Chicago-Sun Times 28 Feb. 1999: Sunday News16.
Foeman, Anita Kathy, and Teresa Nance. "From Miscegenation to Multiculturalism: Perceptions and Stages of Interracial Relationship Development." Journal of Black Studies 29.4 (1999): 540-57.
Fujino, Diane C. "The Rates, Patterns and Reasons for Forming Heterosexual Interracial Dating Relationships Among Asian Americans." Journal of Social & Personal Relationships 14.6 (1997): 809-28.
Gaines, Stanley O. Jr., et al. "Patterns of Attachment and Responses to Accommodative Dilemmas Among Interethnic/Interracial Couples." Journal of Social & Personal Relationships 16.2 (1999): 275-85.
Garcia, Stella D., and Semilla M. Rivera. "Perceptions of Hispanic and African-American Couples at the Friendship or Engagement Stage of a Relationship." Journal of Social & Personal Relationships 16.1 (1999): 65-86.
Greene, Beverly, and Nancy Boyd-Franklin. "African American Lesbian Couples: Ethnocultural Considerations in Psychotherapy." Women & Therapy: Special Issue: Couples Therapy: Feminist Perspectives 19.3 (1996): 49-60.
Hubbard, Vicki L. Chocolate Burnout. Glendale, AZ: Hubbard Small Press Pblns., 1998.
Kristof, Nicholas D. "Casanovas, Beware! It's Risky for Non-Koreans." New York Times (Late New York Edition) (1998): A4.
Lavilla, Stacy. "The Minority Interracial Couples: Dating Someone of a Different Race Who Isn't White Can Be Difficult." AsianWeek 19.33 (1998): 12.
Moore, Robert M. 3rd. "Interracial Dating As an Indicator of Integration." Black Issues in Higher Education 15.26 (1999): 120.
Nguyen, Ly Thi. "To Date or Not to Date a Vietnamese: Perceptions and Expectations of Vietnamese American College Students." Amerasia Journal 24.1 (1998): 143-69.
Pearlman, Sarah F. "Loving Across Race and Class Divides: Relational Challenges and the Interracial Lesbian Couple." Women & Therapy: Special Issue: Couples Therapy: Feminist Perspectives 19.3 (1996): 25-35.
Ponce, Gladys. "Factors That Impact Perception of Interracial Couples Among African American and Caucasian College Students.". California State University, 1997.
Rangel, Dianna Kay. "Crazy About Each Other: a Qualitative Exploration of Culture in the Context of Interracial Relationships.". University of Utah, Dept. of Educational Psychology, 1999.
Rosenblatt, Paul C., Terri. Karis, and Richard D. Powell. Multiracial Couples Black and White Voices. Sage Publs, 1995.
Sailer, Steve. "Is Love Colorblind?" National Review 49 (1997): 30-3.
Shibazaki, Kozue, and Kelly A. Brennan. "When Birds of Different Feathers Flock Together: a Preliminary Comparison of Intra-Ethnic and Inter-Ethnic Dating Relationships." Journal of Social & Personal Relationships 15.2 (1998): 248-56.
Tate, Reneathia. Pieces of a Puzzle: the One Thing Black Females Will Not Talk About! R. Tate, 1997.
Tyson, Ann Scott. "It's a Date: Young Love Bridges Race Divide." The Christian Science Monitor v.90 no.6 (1997): p.1,18.
Varelas, Nicole, and Linda A. Foley. "Blacks' and Whites' Perceptions of Interracial and Intraracial Date Rape." The Journal of Social Psychology 138.3 (1998): 392-400.
Williams, Teresa K. "Hapa Hype: That Mixed Dating Vibe!" YOLK 5.1 (1998): 28.
Yancey, George, and Sherelyn Yancey. "Interracial Dating: Evidence From Personal Advertisements." Journal of Family Issues 19.3 (1998): 334-48.
Interracial Issues in the Media
"'Ally Mcbeal' Tackles Tv's Biggest Taboo: Interracial Love." Jet 95.13 (1999): 62-3.
"Is It Still Taboo for Blacks and Whites to Kiss in Movies?" Jet 93.22 (1998): 32-6.
Baxter, Herman G. ""He Got Game" Puts Lee in Doghouse With Black Women." New Pittsburgh Courier 13 May 1998: B5.
Britt, Donna. "Even on "ER" Race and Love a Touchy Mix." The Washington Post 9 Apr. 1999: MetroB01.
Chuang, Suna, and Shirley Fung. "The Race Track." Entertainment Weekly n8 (1998): 10(1).
Diamant, Jeff. "Movie Ignites Girl's Quest to Find Hero." The Charlotte Observer 23 Dec. 1998.
Hoover, Barbara. "Interracial Comic Strip "Color Blind" Debuts Today." The Detroit News 16 Nov. 1998: FeaturesB1.
Orbe, Mark P., and Karen E. Strother. "Signifying the Tragic Mulatto: a Semiotic Analysis of Alex Haley's Queen." Howard Journal of Communications 7.2 (1996): 113-26.
Potts, Michel W. "Mundhra's "Monsoon" Packs Theater at Gala Screening." India-West XXII.49 (1997): C1.
Sharkey, Betsy. "If the Slipper Fits." Mediaweek 7 (1997): 17-18.
Streeter, Caroline A. "Ambiguous Bodies: Locating Black/White Women in Cultural Representations." The Multiracial Experience: Racial Borders As the New Frontier. Vol. xxviii. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc, 1996. 305-20.
Younge, Gary. "Women: Why Love Is Never Blind." The Guardian (London) 29 Mar. 1999: Features6.
Interracial Legal Issues
Associated Press. "National News Briefs: Interracial Marriage Ban Up for Vote in Alabama." The New York Times 3 June 1999: Section A21.
Beech, Hannah. "Don't You Dare List Them As "Other"." US News and World Report 120.14 (1996): 56.
Gauen, Patrick E. "Collinsville Man Is Convicted of Hate-Inspired Firebombing." St Louis Post-Dispatch 6 Mar. 1999: News14.
Holmes, Steven A. "People Can Claim More Than One Race on Federal Forms." The New York Times 30 Oct. 1997: A1.
Magagnini, Stephen. "Planning Practice: The Big Count." Planning 64.5 (1998): p.13-16.
O'Hare, William. "Managing Multiple-Race Data." American Demographics 20.4 (1998): 42-4.
Parker, Suzi. "Erasing a Remnant of Jim Crow South From Law Books." The Christian Science Monitor 23 Mar. 1999: USA2.
Interracial Marriage and Family
Cross Cultural Marriage: Identity and Choice. New York: Berg, 1998.
McNamara, Robert P., Maria 1974 Tempenis, and Beth Walton. Crossing the Line Interracial Couples in the South. Greenwood Press, 1999.
"The Effect of Higher Education on Interracial Marriage." Journal of Blacks in Higher Education 16 (1997): 55-56.
"Families of Many Colors." Scholastic Update (Teachers' Edition) 130 (1998): 12-14.
"Interracial Marriages Rising, Says Census Bureau." Jet 91 (1997): 16.
"Multi-Colored Families: Racially Mixed Households Face Their Own Challenges. Here's How They Are Trying to Meet Them." Time 157.i.17, n.49 (1999): 80A.
"Poll Reveals Montclair, NJ, Ranked Best for Interracial Families and Couples." Jet 6 Oct. 1997: Family25.
Albrecht SL, and Heaton TB. "The Changing Pattern of Interracial Marriage." Social Biology 43:(3-4) (1996): 203-17.
Banerjee, Claire Joya. "I Am Black, but My Sister Is White.". Smith College School for Social Work, 1998.
Chan, Anna Y., and Elaine Wethington. "Factors Promoting Marital Resilience Among Interracial Couples." Resiliency in Native American and Immigrant Families. Vol. xviii. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc, 1998. 71-87.
Chow, Claire S. "Raising Children Biculturally." A. Magazine (1998): 48 supplement.
Cook, Myrna Allen. "'Why I Married a White Man'." Ebony 54.5 (1999): 140+.
Cready CM, and R Saenz. "The Nonmetro/Metro Context of Racial/Ethnic Outmarriage: Some Differences Between African Americans and Mexican Americans." Rural Sociology 62: (3) (1997): 335-62.
Driskill, J Lawrence. Cross-Cultural Marriages and the Church Living the Global Neighborhood. Hope Pub. House, 1995.
Fang, Carolyn Y., Jim Sidanius, and Felicia Pratto. "Romance Across the Social Status Continuum: Interracial Marriage and the Ideological Asymmetry Effect." Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology 29.2 (1998): 290-305.
Feuerherd, Peter. "A New American Tribe: Intermarriage & the Racial Divide." Commonweal 124 (1997): 9.
Fu, Xuanning, and Tim B. Heaton. Interracial Marriage in Hawaii, 1983-1994. Lewiston: Mellen Press, 1997.
Gootman, Elissa. "Couple's Crude Black-Jewish Humor." Forward V.CII, N.31, 218 (1999): 18.
Helms, Ann Doss. "Interracial Couples Still Face Racism." St. Louis Dispatch 25 Jan. 1999: Everyday MagazineE4.
Hendriksen, Richard C. jr., and Richard E. Watts. "Perceptions of a White Female in an Interracial Marriage." Family Journal 7.1 (1999): 68-70.
Hughey, Christine. "What About the Children?: the Stories of Biracial Identity.". California Polytechnic State University, 1998.
Kaeser, Gigi, and Peggy Gillespie. Of Many Colors Portraits of Multiracial Families. University of Mass. Press, 1997.
Kitano, Harry H. L., Diane C. Fujino, and Jane Takahashi Sato. "Interracial Marriages: Where Are the Asian Americans and Where Are They Going?" Handbook of Asian American Psychology. Vol. xi. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc, 1998. 233-60.
Labov, Teresa, and Jerry A. Jacobs. "Preserving Multiple Ancestry: Intermarriage and Mixed Births in Hawaii." Journal of Comparative Family Studies 29.3 (1998): 481-502.
Lamb, Michael E. Parenting and Child Development in "Nontraditional" Families. Erlbaum, 1999.
Lewin, Tamar. "New Families Redraw Racial Boundaries." New York Times (Late New York Edition) (1998): A1+.
Lewis, Richard Jr., George Yancey, and Siri S. Bletzer. "Racial and Nonracial Factors That Influence Spouse Choice in Black/White Marriages." Journal of Black Studies 28 (1997): 60-78.
Luke, Carmen, and Allan Luke. "Interracial Families: Difference Within Difference." Ethnic and Racial Studies 21.4 (1998): 728-54.
Mandell, Daniel R. 1956. "Shifting Boundaries of Race and Ethnicity: Indian-Black Intermarriage in Southern New England, 1760-1880." The Journal of American History 85.2 (1998): 466-501.
McLarin, Kimberly J. "Primary Colors; Black Mother of Fair-Skinned Biracial Daughter." The New York Times Magazine 58 (1998).
Pierre-Pierre, Garry. "The White Wife." Essence 29.3 (1998): 80-2+.
Qian, Zhenchao. "Breaking the Racial Barriers: Variations in Interracial Marriage Between 1980 and 1990." Demography 34 (1997): 263-76.
Reddy, Maureen T. Everyday Acts Against Racism Raising Children in a Multiracial World. Seal Press, 1996.
Sege, Irene. "Blending In: Biracial Couples Have Found a Home in a Corner of the US's Whitest State; the Search for Community Goes on." The Boston Globe 3 Mar. 1998: LivingE1.
Simons, Janet. "Love Is Colorblind: Dad Shares Secrets to Raising Biracial Children." Denver Rocky Mountain News 7 Feb. 1999: Home Front13F.
Smith, Matthew Aeldun Charles. "Wedding Bands and Marriage Bans.". Portland State University, 1997.
Wardle, Francis. "Meeting the Needs of Multiracial and Multiethnic Children in Early Childhood Settings." Early Childhood Education Journal 26.1 (1998): 7-11.
Wardle, Francis. "Where Do My Kids Fit in?" Scholastic Early Childhood Today 10 (1996): 58.
Wood, Caroline. "Living in the Prism: Conversations With Interracial Couples.". Smith College School for Social Work, 1998.
Issues Specific to People of Color
Azoulay, Katya Gibel. Black, Jewish, and Interracial It's Not the Color of Your Skin, but the Race of Your Kin, & Other Myths of Identity. Duke Univ. Press, 1997.
Bannister, Erin. "The Meaning of Mulatto." Essence 29.4 (1998): 142.
Hall, Christine C. Iijima. "Best of Both Worlds: Body Image and Satisfaction of a Sample of Black-Japanese Biracial Individuals." Amerasia Journal 23.1 ('97 HUM): 87-97.
Hwang, Sean-Shong, Rogelio Saenz, and Benigno E. Aguirre. "Structural and Assimilationist Explanations of Asian American Intermarriage." Journal of Marriage and the Family 59 (1997): 758-72.
Lavilla, Stacy. "Hapa Issues Move Into the Spotlight: Children of Partial Asian Descent Express Common Concerns." AsianWeek 19.42 (1998): 11.
Lee, Sharon M. "Asian Americans: Diverse and Growing." Population Bulletin 53.2 (1998): 1-40.
Snipp, C. Matthew. "Some Observations About Racial Boundaries and the Experiences of American Indians." Ethnic and Racial Studies 20 (1997): 667-89.
Williams, Teresa Kay, and Michael C. Thornton. "Social Construction of Ethnicity Versus Personal Experience: the Case of Afro-Amerasians." Journal of Comparative Family Studies 29.2 (1998): 255-67.
Periodicals Dedicated to Interracial Issues
INTERRACE. Schenectady, NY : Interrace Publications, 1989-.
National Association of Black and White Men Together Newsletter : a Quarterly Publication of NA/BWMT, a Gay Multiracial Organization for All People. Westport, MA: The Association.
Racial Identity
"Forging a New Path." AsianWeek v.20.21 (1999): 4.
Adams, Jessica Lyn. "Multiracial Identity Development: Developmental Correlates and Themes Among Multiracial Adults." Dissertation Abstracts International: Section B: the Sciences & Engineering 58.5-B (1997): 2662.
Arboleda, Teja. In the Shadow of Race: Growing Up As a Multiethnic, Multicultural, and "Multiracial" American. Erlbaum, 1998.
Bray, Emilie Van Nicole. "All of Me.". University of Iowa, 1997.
Collins, James Fuji. "Biracial Japanese American Identity: Hapa, Double, or Somewhere in Between?" Dissertation Abstracts International: Section B: the Sciences & Engineering 57.12-B (1997): 7719.
Cruz-Jansen, Marta I. "It's Not Just Black & White: Who Are the Other "Others"?" INTERRACE n.43 (1998): 18.
Deters, Kathleen A. "Belonging Nowhere and Everywhere: Multiracial Identity Development." Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic 61.3 (1997): 368-84.
Fields, Bill. "Silent Lessons of Hidden Lives (the Melungeon Clans)." Utne Reader .3 (1999): 79.
Forman, Gayle. "Merry Kwanzukkah!" Seventeen 57.12 (1998): 50+.
Fukuyama, Mary A. "Personal Narrative: Growing Up Biracial." Journal of Counseling and Development 77.1 (1999): 12-14.
Funderburg, Lise. "Crossing the Demographic Divide: the Otherness of Multiracial Identity." American Demographics 20.10 (1998): 24-5.
Goldstein, Beverley Prevatt. "Black, With a White Parent, a Positive and Achievable Identity." British Journal of Social Work 29.2 (1999): 285-301.
Harrison, Patricia Maria. "Racial Identification and Self-Concept Issues in Biracial." Dissertation Abstracts International: Section B: the Sciences & Engineering 58.4-B (1997): 2123.
Korgen, Kathleen Odell. From Black to Biracial Transforming Racial Identity Among Americans. Praeger Publishers, 1998.
Lutton, Alison. ""Well, What Are You?" Naming and Belonging in Early Childhood." Child Care Information Exchange no122 (1998): 48-50.
Nash, Renea D. Coping As a Biracial/Biethnic Teen. Rosen Pub. Group, 1995.
Reynolds, Neil. "Family Secrets and Lies." Essence 28 (1997): 68.
Root, Maria P P. The Multiracial Experience Racial Borders As the New Frontier. Sage Publs, 1996.
Senna, Danzy. "Passing and the Problematic of Multiracial Pride."Vol. 2. 1998. 76.
Smith, Delia E., J. Kevin Thompson, and James M. Raczynski. "Body Image Among Men and Women in a Biracial Cohort: the Cardia Study." International Journal of Eating Disorders 25.1 (1999): 71-82.
Thompson, Becky W, and Sangeeta Tyagi. Names We Call Home Autobiography on Racial Identity. New York, NY: Routledge, 1996.
Thompson, Carmen Renee. "Skin Deep." Seventeen 57.5 (1998): 160-3+.
Tremayne, Kenneth John. "The Relationship Between Self-Esteem, Psychological Adjustment and Ethnic Identity Among Biracial Japanese American/Caucasian Adults." Dissertation Abstracts International: Section B: the Sciences & Engineering 58.8-B (1998): 4475.
Williams, Carmen Braun. "Claiming a Biracial Identity: Resisting Social Constructions of Race and Culture." Journal of Counseling and Development 77.1 (1999): 32-5.
Wilson, Timothy J. "The Multiracial Majority; Biracial Student Indentity Development and the College Experience.". University of Vermont, 1997.
Wiltz, Teresa. "One Woman's Painful Passage to Multiracial Pride." Chicago Tribune 11 Jan. 1999: K6206.
Wolff, Jana. "Black Unlike Me." The New York Times Magazine (1999): 78.
Xie, Yu, and Kimberly Goyette. "The Racial Identification of Biracial Children With One Asian Parent: Evidence From the 1990 Census." Social Forces 76 (1997): 547-70.
Racial Understanding
"A New Racism Is Alive and Well in America, U-M Study Suggests." University of Michigan News Release 21 Jan 1998: p.1-2.
Crouch, Stanley. "Racial Mixing Has Been With Us From the Start." New York Daily News 20 May 1999: K4705.
Jones, L. Gregory. "Race and Friendship." The Christian Century 114 (1997): 950.
Kibria, Nazli. "Multiracial America and the New Immigration." Society 35.6 (1998): 84-8.
Kohn, Howard. We Had a Dream a Tale of the Struggles for Integration in America. Simon & Schuster, 1998.
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Matsuoka, Fumitaka. The Color of Faith Building Community in a Multiracial Society. United Church Press, 1998.
Ramirez, Manuel. Multicultural/Multiracial Psychology : Mestizo Perspectives in Personality and Mental Health . Northvale, N.J.: Jason Aronson, 1998.
Renn, Kristen Avard. "Claiming Space: the College Experience of Biracial and Multiracial Students on Predominantly White Campuses.". Boston College, 1998.
University of Michigan. News and Information Services. "A New Racism Is Alive and Well in America, U-M Study Suggests." University of Michigan News Release 21 Jan. 1998: p.1-2.
Zack, Naomi 1945. "American Mixed Race the Culture of Microdiversity." .


GOLD COAST, Australia (AP) England's Charley Hull and Holly Clyburn and South Korea's Choi Eun-woo shared the third-round lead at the Australian Ladies Masters on a tough day for scoring Saturday on the Royal Pines resort course.
Clyburn shot a 1-over 74 and Choi and Hull both had 75s for 54-hole totals of 4-under 215.
Second-round leader Rebecca Artis of Australia (79), South Korean-born Australian Oh Su-hyun (72) and Tonje Daffinrud of Norway (72) were a stroke behind.
Only seven of 67 players who made the cut broke par on Saturday.
Defending champion Cheyenne Woods, Tiger's Woods' niece, shot 73 Saturday after a 78 on Friday nearly forced her to miss the cut. She's nine strokes behind the leaders, level with English veteran Laura Davies, who shot 76.
Clyburn said there was no big rivalry between her and British compatriot Hull.
Hull, who began her round with a double-bogey on the par-4 first, ended with a birdie on the par-5 18th.
''It should be fun but it's not who you're playing with, you're playing against the golf course,'' said Hull.


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10 most beautiful royal engagement rings and the stories behind them
Whether it is haute couture or exquisite jewellery, trust royals to make opulent choices in everything they adorn and engagement rings are no exception. From regal stones to massive diamonds, family heirlooms to ethically sourced gems, every royal engagement ring is special. Here are some of the best engagement rings worn by royal ladies and the stories behind them.
Wallis Simpson
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England's Duke of Windsor Edward VIII proposed American socialite Wallis Simpson with an opulent 19.77-carat rectangular emerald diamond ring on June 3, 1937. Flanked by diamond baguettes, this ring was made by Cartier and had the phrase "We are ours now 27 X 36" engraved on the interior of its band.
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Prince Rainier III of Monaco and the Oscar-winning Hollywood actress got engaged on January 5, 1956, at the Philadelphia Country Club. He gave her an eternity band set with rubies and diamonds; the ring was a platinum Cartier with a 10.47-carat emerald-cut diamond and with two baguette diamonds on each side. It was created using family heirlooms with red and white colours signifying his country's home flag.
Image: Courtesy Joel Robine/AFP
On February 24, 1981, when Prince Charles proposed to Lady Diana Spencer, he gave her a choice to pick her favourite from a collection of rings made by then-crown jeweller House of Garrard. She chose a unique 12 carat oval-cut blue sapphire surrounded by 14 solitaire diamonds. It is said that the ring bore resemblance to her mother's engagement ring and is estimated to be worth £390,000.
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When it comes to engagement rings, this one is a bit different from the usual styles. Spain's King Philip VI chose a non-traditional contemporary band with a centre stone when he proposed to former TV news anchor Letizia Ortiz, on November 1, 2003. It is a classic 16-baguette band set in white gold trim and has been estimated to be worth £20,000 (S$37760.90).
Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall
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Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles got engaged on February 10, 2005. The regal art deco ring once belonged to Prince's grandmother (Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother) and features a massive five-carat emerald diamond coupled with three diamond baguettes on either side. The ring is estimated to have a value of £100,000 (S$188804.50).
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge
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Prince William popped the question to Kate Middleton during a vacation at a small cottage in Mount Kenya, in November 2010, with the extraordinary sapphire ring that was inherited from his mother, Princess Diana. The precious jewel features an oval Ceylon sapphire with a cluster of 14 solitaire diamonds.
Meghan, Duchess of Sussex
Image: Courtesy Oli Scarff/AFP
Prince Harry got down on one knee in a romantic proposal, after 15 months of dating, in November 2017. He gave Meghan Markle a dazzling tri-diamond ring boasting a large square centre cushion-cut diamond sourced ethically from Botswana nestled between two diamonds on either side from Princess Diana's private collection. The ring is estimated to be 6.5 carats in total with a 5-carat centre diamond worth around £134,500 (S$253908.24).
Princess Eugenie of York
Image: Courtesy Princess Eugenie/Instagram
Princess Eugenie was given a floral-style blush-coloured ring when Jack Brooksbank proposed to her in Nicaragua in January 2019. It resembles her mother Sarah Ferguson's engagement ring and features a rare blush pink 3-carat Padparadscha sapphire stone in the centre surrounded by a halo of diamonds. The couple is said to have designed the ring together.
Image: Courtesy Buckingham Palace
Italian property developer Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi proposed Princess Beatrice in September 2020 with a bespoke ring from British jeweller Shaun Leane. It features a 2.5-carat round diamond flanked with two smaller diamonds and tapered baguettes extending halfway down the band on each side.
Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden
Image: Courtesy Leif R Jannson/AFP
Daniel Westling proposed the Crown Princess of Sweden in February 2009, with a simple yet elegant single-diamond ring, set on a white gold band. With this ring, he broke the Swedish tradition of exchanging gold bands to mark a royal couple's engagement.
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Avinash Raghava, co-founder of software think tank iSPIRT, has joined Accel Partners as a community platform evangelist to mentor the venture capital firm's portfolio companies as well as other startups.
"My role would be to engage and build a community for Accel portfolio companies and also help cross-learning to happen with different teams. I would be working closely with the Accel leadership team and we will be contributing to different initiatives in the ecosystem," Raghava said in a blog post.
Raghava told ET his role is likely to entail holding meet-up sessions and events for discussions with entrepreneurs.
"...The specific role that I have is to ensure that entrepreneurs benefit from the wealth of experience that Accel has in building and growing companies. My job is to help Accel play a pivotal role in developing the ecosystem through mentoring and thought leadership," he said.


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Q: Bypass Socks for localhost I'm in the process of shifting an application from one VM Instance to another within the Azure cloud. The new instance is now hosted behind (multi?) firewalls. For HTTPS I had to configure -Dhttps.proxyHost=my.https.proxy and for a required SFTP connection I had to configure -DsocksProxyHost=my.socks5.proxy in both cases the required connections seem to be working fine.
However, I am now finding that the application SQL statements (JDBC) are running really really slowly. The MSSQL Server is located on the same server as the Java application, so the connection uses localhost. I did some searching and found a post (somewhere) which claimed that the option -Dhttp.nonProxyHosts="localhost|127.*|[::1]" could be used to bypass the socks proxy, even though it is not stated within the documentation, see:
https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/19/docs/api/java.base/java/net/doc-files/net-properties.html
I've now tested the nonProxyHosts and noticed zero performance improvements.
My suspicion is that the issue is being cause by the SQL network traffic being routed out to the Socks proxy and back again, I don't know - maybe the performance issue lies somewhere else?
If socks is the issue, how can I bypass it for localhost connections? If socks isn't the issue, then what can I do to try and find out why the JDBC is soooo slooooow?
Thanks

A: Without knowing what those firewalls are doing it is like shooting with the eyes closed, maybe you can try to disable the firewall for loopback traffic
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China has succeeded in developing mouse embryos in space
novembre 21, 2021 par vqm7w
Space colonization projects have just taken a further step: Chinese scientists have succeeded in developing mouse embryos in a microgravity situation on board a satellite launched last April.
According to the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese scientists have managed to control the development of mouse embryos in microgravity on board the SJ-10 satellite launched into orbit at the beginning of last April. » This success is a first step in the development of technologies that will make interstellar travel and the colonization of new worlds a reality.s," Enkui Duan, scientific director of the project, told Motherboard reporter Emiko Jozuka.
The satellite landed in Mongolia on April 18, Enkui Duan then made the trip to recover the embryos that had survived and bring them back to Beijing for analysis. » The experiment we conducted in space was a major challenge. We embarked over 6000 mouse embryos on the SJ-10 satellite using our new mass mammal freezing and thawing device ", notes the researcher.
To achieve this feat, the embryo culture was placed in a perfectly isolated chamber offering the optimal conditions for the development of embryos in space. A camera was in charge of capturing photos of the embryos developing in microgravity while they were in orbit. Using medical imaging, the researchers were able to observe how mammalian embryos developed to the blastocyst stage (structures formed at the very beginning of mammalian development) over four days.
The embryos shortly before launch, they only have two cells. Image: Enkui Duan / Chinese Academy of Sciences
It is now a question of comparing these embryos developed under microgravity conditions with embryos developed under normal conditions, on Earth, in order to detect any differences. This feat will allow in the short term to assess how prolonged stays in space can affect fertility and in the long term to help define the framework in which humans could live normally in space and reproduce there. .
» We want humans to fulfill their dream of surviving and reproducing in space. Now we have proven that the most delicate stage of embryonic development can be reached in microgravity ", explains Enkui Duan while tempering on the fact that even if they make progress, humans are still very far from being ready to colonize space.
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September 3, 2015 - News - Tagged: Afghanistan, contractors, Waste Fraud & Abuse
Megan McCloskey
The beat goes on. For the third time in four months, the watchdog for spending on the war in Afghanistan has released a report that shows the U.S. military commissioned a multimillion-dollar building in Afghanistan it didn't need.
This time around, it's a headquarters for a Special Forces base in Kandahar that was canceled halfway through at a cost of $2.2 million.
The latest disclosure raises the total for surplus buildings uncovered by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction to nearly $42 million. There was the $25 million headquarters in Helmand that three generals said was not needed but was built anyway and never used. Then there was a warehouse in Kandahar for $14.7 million that was also never used, because the unit for which it was intended ended its mission in Afghanistan before the building was completed.
In the latest report released Tuesday, SIGAR detailed how the military decided in July 2012 that it wanted a new, single headquarters on Camp Brown in Kandahar. The camp was home to troops with the Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force. (SIGAR also sent the Pentagon a more detailed, classified letter about its findings on the building.)
The military hired an Afghan company to build a $5 million, two-story building with administrative space and a secure communications room for logistics, maintenance, personnel and operations management, according to the report. The building was scheduled to be completed in July 2013 – just as the United States greatly reduced its military presence in the country and only 18 months before the combat mission was scheduled to end.
The contractor, Road and Roof Construction Company, fell almost a year behind schedule, and in October 2013, the commanders whose troops had been assigned to occupy the building decided it was no longer needed, SIGAR said.
Six months later, the military canceled the project.
By this time, $2.2 million had already been spent. The building remains half constructed, with no stairs to the second floor, electrical wiring or plumbing, SIGAR said. It has never been used.
Military officials told SIGAR that they halted construction because the operations planned for the region had changed, making Camp Brown's existing facilities sufficient. The inspectors said this decision was reasonable but suggested that the military should consider completing the building for the Afghan government's use.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which was responsible for the contract, told SIGAR that it was still negotiating a final settlement with the contractor. Because negligence was not involved in the cancellation, it's possible that the company could demand the rest of the contract be paid, the report said.
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Classic Books & Novels
4.37 (1,071,951 ratings by Goodreads)
By (author) Madeline Miller
Paperback US$11.91
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"At once a scholar's homage to The Iliad and startlingly original work of art....A book I could not put down." --Ann Patchett, author of The Dutch House
A thrilling, profoundly moving, and utterly unique retelling of the legend of Achilles and the Trojan War from the bestselling author of Circe
A tale of gods, kings, immortal fame, and the human heart, The Song of Achilles is a dazzling literary feat that brilliantly reimagines Homer's enduring masterwork, The Iliad. An action-packed adventure, an epic love story, a marvelously conceived and executed page-turner, Miller's monumental debut novel has already earned resounding acclaim from some of contemporary fiction's brightest lights--and fans of Mary Renault, Bernard Cornwell, Steven Pressfield, and Colleen McCullough's Masters of Rome series will delight in this unforgettable journey back to ancient Greece in the Age of Heroes.
Format Hardback | 384 pages
Publication date 06 Mar 2012
Publisher Ecco Press
Publication City/Country New York, NY, United States
Bestsellers rank 66,733
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The legend begins...
Greece in the age of heroes. Patroclus, an awkward young prince, has been exiled to the kingdom of Phthia to be raised in the shadow of King Peleus and his golden son, Achilles. "The best of all the Greeks"--strong, beautiful, and the child of a goddess--Achilles is everything the shamed Patroclus is not. Yet despite their differences, the boys become steadfast companions. Their bond deepens as they grow into young men and become skilled in the arts of war and medicine--much to the displeasure and the fury of Achilles' mother, Thetis, a cruel sea goddess with a hatred of mortals.
When word comes that Helen of Sparta has been kidnapped, the men of Greece, bound by blood and oath, must lay siege to Troy in her name. Seduced by the promise of a glorious destiny, Achilles joins their cause, and torn between love and fear for his friend, Patroclus follows. Little do they know that the Fates will test them both as never before and demand a terrible sacrifice.
Built on the groundwork of the Iliad, Madeline Miller's page-turning, profoundly moving, and blisteringly paced retelling of the epic Trojan War marks the launch of a dazzling career.
"Fast, true and incredibly rewarding...A remarkable achievement." -- USA Today
"Wildly romantic [and] surprisingly suspenseful....[B]ringing those dark figures back to life, making them men again, and while she's at it, us[ing] her passionate companion piece to The Iliad as a subtle swipe at today's ongoing debate over gay marriage. Talk about updating the classics." -- Time magazine
"One of the best novelistic adaptations of Homer in recent memory, and it offers strikingly well-rounded and compassionate portrait of Achilles....[Miller] injects a newfound sense of suspense into a story with an ending that has already been determined." -- Wall Street Journal
"Powerful, inventive, passionate, and beautifully written. " -- Boston Globe
"Beautifully done. . ..In prose as clean and spare as the driving poetry of Homer, Miller captures the intensity and devotion of adolescent friendship and lets us believe in these long-dead boys...deepening and enriching a tale that has been told for 3,000 years." -- Washington Post
"One of 2012's most exciting debuts...seductive, hugely entertaining....[I]magining the intimate friendship between Achilles and the devoted Patroclus...Miller conjures...soulmates. The resulting novel is cinematic--one might say epic--in scope, but refreshingly, compellingly human in detail." -- Vogue
"You don't need to be familiar with Homer's The Iliad (or Brad Pitt's Troy, for that matter) to find Madeline Miller's The Song of Achilles spellbinding....her explorations of ego, grief, and love's many permutations are both familiar and new....[A] timeless love story." -- O magazine
"Madeline Miller's brilliant first novel...is a story of great, passionate love between Achilles and Patroclus....[R]ewriting the Western world's first and greatest war novel is an awesome task to undertake. That she did it with such grace, style and suspense is astonishing." -- Dallas Morning News
"The Song of Achilles...should be read and enjoyed for itself, but if Madeline Miller's novel sends the reader back to Homer and his successors, she is to be thanked for that as well." -- Washington Independent Review of Books
"A psychologically astute Iliad prelude featuring the heady, star-crossed adolescence of future heroes Patroclus and Achilles." -- Vogue
"[Miller] makes a persuasive argument for the timeliness of her subject. ...Miller's winning debut focuses on Patroclus, a young prince living in Achilles' golden shadow. Miller also gives voice to many of the women who were also consigned to the shadows." -- Publishers Weekly, Spring 2012 Preview, Top 10 Literary Fiction
"Masterfully brings to life an imaginative yet informed vision of ancient Greece featuring divinely human gods and larger-than-life mortals. She breaks new ground retelling one of the world's oldest stories about men in love and war [and] extraordinary women." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review), Pick of the Week
"A masterly vision of the drama, valor, and tragedy of the Trojan War. Readers who loved Mary Renault's epic novels will be thrilled with Miller's portrayal of ancient Greece. This reviewer can't wait to see what she writes next." -- Library Journal (starred review)
"A captivating retelling of THE ILIAD and events leading up to it through the point of view of Patroclus: it's a hard book to put down, and any classicist will be enthralled by her characterisation of the goddess Thetis, which carries the true savagery and chill of antiquity." -- Donna Tartt, THE TIMES
"A modern take on The Iliad, full of love and feats of glory and told in an open, lyric, loose-limbed fashion that should appeal to many readers.... Next up from Miller--the story of Circe...historical fiction fans, get in on the ground floor." -- Library Journal
"I loved this book. The language was timeless, the historical details were slipped in perfectly. I hope SONG OF ACHILLES becomes part of the high school summer reading lists alongside PENELOPIAD." -- Helen Simonson, bestselling author of MAJOR PETTIGREW'S LAST STAND
"Mary Renault lives again! A ravishingly vivid and convincing version of one of the most legendary of love stories." -- Emma Donoghue, New York Times bestselling author of ROOM
"At once a scholar's homage to THE ILIAD and a startlingly original work of art by an incredibly talented new novelist. Madeline Miller has given us her own fresh take on the Trojan war and its heroes. The result is a book I could not put down." -- Ann Patchett, bestselling author of BEL CANTO and STATE OF WONDER
"Although the details of the story are Miller's own, the world is one that all who love the Iliad and its epigones will recognize. Reading this book recalled me to the breathless sense of the ancient-yet-present that I felt when I first fell in love with the classics." -- Catherine Conybeare, Professor of Classics, Bryn Mawr College
"THE ILIAD turns on Achilles' pride and his relationship with Patroclus, but Homer is sparing with the personal--so much so that, though we believe in their friendship, we do not understand it. THE SONG OF ACHILLES brings light to their love. This is a beautiful book." -- Zachary Mason, author of THE LOST BOOKS OF THE ODYSSEY
"Miller somehow (and breathtakingly so) mixes high-action commercial plotting with writing of such beautiful delicacy you sometimes have to stop and stare." -- The Independent
"Miller's prose is more poetic than almost any translation of Homer... This is a deeply affecting version of the Achilles story: a fully three-dimension man - a son, a father, husband and lover - now exists where a superhero previously stood and fought." -- The Guardian
"In the tradition of Mary Renault... Miller draws on her knowledge of classical sources wisely... Well-paced, engaging and tasteful." -- London Times Literary Supplement
"Extraordinary... Beautifully descriptive and heartachingly lyrical, this is a love story as sensitive and intuitive as any you will find." -- Daily Mail
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Save Our Sacheen submits the attached Proposed Changes with Comments for the consideration of the Planning Commission at its upcoming meeting on June 14, 2007. These proposed changes are requested to protect Pend Oreille County's valuable water resources, particularly its smaller lakes such as Sacheen Lake, from the dangers and harms of overcrowding the lake through "keyholing", overly large RV parks and other over development.
Save Our Sacheen members believe that Sacheen Lake must be protected from over development that might result if the proposed changes are not adopted. Save Our Sacheen thanks the Planning Department, the Planning Consultant and the Planning Commission for their consideration of these Proposed Changes and urges the Planning Commission to adopt these proposed changes.
For your information Save Our Sacheen is a 2006 Washington Non-Profit Corporation whose primary purposes is to save Sacheen Lake from the various problems that confront the lake and the landowners that surround the lake. Its membership is approximately 150 members. I am the duly elected President of the organization.
Save Our Sacheen submits the attached Sacheen Lake Subarea Moratorium for the consideration of the Planning Department, Planning Consultant, Planning Commission and County Commissioners and requests that the County enact this Moratorium.
Save Our Sacheen has also submitted Proposed Changes to Development Regulations with appropriate cover letter. Save Our Sacheen still requests that these proposed changes be adopted in addition to the County Commissioners enacting the Sacheen Lake Subarea Moratorium.
The attached Moratorium is necessary to grant additional time to all residents in the Sacheen Subarea to consider a plan tailored to the needs for Sacheen Lake. Now that Sacheen Lake residents have had time to consider and evaluate the proposed development regulations, several concerns have arisen. One of these concerns is a potentially large development of old Sacheen Lake Resort which could drastically change the character of the lake.
In the past there has been a suggestion that the Sacheen Lake Subarea Plan should be a Limited Area of More Intensive Development (LAMIRD). Sacheen Area residents are largely (near unanimously) opposed to more intense development. The particular problems confronting Sacheen Lake are best addressed by a Subarea Plan (and implementing development regulations for Sacheen Lake) rather than generalized plans and regulations.
Subdivisions, Water Access Lots (keyholing), Recreational Vehicle Parks, Master Planned Resorts, Planned Unit Developments, Marinas. The moratorium shall be effective for one year from date of enactment if a work plan is developed for related studies which may be extended further until completion of the Subarea Plan and implementing development regulations.
4B Boat Berth: A boat berth is a space on a dock or pier not less than 25 feet to provide parking of a single boat.
11B Keyholing: The practice of providing access through a water access lot water body for many users or lots located elsewhere.
35. AWater Access Lot@: A water front lot upon a lake which is used to provide access to the lake for to limited specific group of people rather than the general public.
Comments: These additional definitions pertain to the following proposed changes including limitations on the practice of keyholing through water access lots and limitations upon docks and larger docks such as marinas which would overcrowd the surface waters of Pend Oreille County.
Comment: The current development regulation needs some teeth. The County should specifically state that the Water Access Management Plan and the associated development application can be denied. The grounds for denial of approval of the Plan should also be stated. If over use of a water resource is permitted, then the valuable water resource will be lost for the current uses of the water resources and the water resource will be lost for all. If the boating traffic on the lakes and rivers of Pend O=reille County become like boat traffic on Coeur d=Alene Lake or Bayview on Pend O=reille Lake, then boating will not become a lesser and lesser desired use.
Comment: The Sacheen Lake Area is already overdeveloped and cannot support more residences on its shoreline. Limited Areas of More Intensive Rural Development allow for infill of the LAMIRD area which would only increase the overcrowding that already exists. Infill is not needed or desired at Sacheen Lake and would in fact be harmful to its environment by adding more people than the lake can support.
A. Water Access Lots. All other uses other than water access.
Comment: If a lot is designated as a water access lot, that use should not be mixed with other residential uses or other uses. Such other uses would be incompatible with the water access use.
Marinas are not allowed on lakes smaller than 350 acres in size.
C. Docks on lakes over 700 acres: 100 feet.
The number of docks for each lot and each water access lot is limited to one dock.
Comment: If the length of docks are not limited, then the owners of the adjacent land tend to extend the length of docks leading to decreased area in the lakes for other boat users. Limitations on length are reasonable and for a valid purpose.
and impacts to the environment including erosion.
with a density of 1 dwelling per lot.
(not 3rd tier lots) with a density of one dwelling per lot.
Comment: Water access lots should not be approved if they would lead to overcrowding and damage to the lake environment.
A. Lake 350 acres or less: maximum of 20.
B. Lake 351 to 700 acres; maximum of 40.
Comment: If the number of RV units is not limited, then overcrowding of the water body will occur. Recreational Vehicles are in ever growing popularity. To protect the water body from overuse, limitations on the number of vehicles is required.
1. 5 to 25 1 to 4 Back Lots: Recreational area with water frontage equal to the average water front lot width for individual lots within the subdivision in feet of 75 feet and containing no less than 7500 square feet.
2. 26-50 5 - 25 Back Lots: Recreational area with water frontage equal to twice the average water frontage lot width for individual lots within subdivision in feet of 150 feet and containing no less than 15,000 square feet.
3. More than 50 25 Back Lots: Recreational area with water frontage equal to twice the average water frontage width at the ordinary high water line of individual lots within the subdivision 225 feet plus two additional lineal feet for every back lot over 51 25. Minimum 15,000 square feet.
Comment: To protect a water body from overuse, It is necessary to limit water access lots for secondary and tertiary development. These revised regulations prevent excessive overcrowding as opposed to the current draft.


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Memory of inspirational West Lothian teen continues to drive on fundraising
THE memory of an inspirational West Lothian teenager is continuing to drive on a family friend to raise thousands for a cancer charity.
Alistair Watson
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Alan Biggar has so far raised over £200,000 for Teenage Cancer Trust in memory of Uphall teenager Zoë King.
Zoë lost her three-year battle with soft tissue sarcoma just days before her 18th birthday in September 2007.
The former Broxburn Academy pupil was a keen fundraiser for Teenage Cancer Trust and inspired others with her positive attitude throughout her illness.
Alan decided to get involved as Zoë's mother, Sharon, had worked with him at Brewin Dolphin in Edinburgh for many years.
In June 2008, Alan drove his 50-year-old Morgan sports car round all 39 Brewin Dolphin offices in the UK and in January 2010 Alan had a "mini-fundraising" to tie in with his retirement from the company.
Now as part of Radio Forth's Cash for Kids, which will give 75 per cent of money they raise to the Teenage Cancer Trust, the 58-year-old is set to drive his Morgan sports car, in just two weeks in May, round the 30 stations across the UK that run the Cash for Kids campaign.
The charity fundraiser is taking part in the event to raise money for the Teenage Cancer Trust's £1.6million East of Scotland Appeal.
Funds raised will provide specialist units at the Western General Hospital and the New Children's Hospital in Edinburgh.
It will also fund specialist clinical staff to provide the very best care and support for young people.
Alan, now a patron of Teenage Cancer Trust, said: "Zoë King was a very special person and she is still greatly missed by her loving parents.
"Zoë did a tremendous amount of work for Teenage Cancer Trust and I hope that I can continue that dedication and passion in some way.
"She was an inspirational teenager and I dedicate all of my fundraising efforts to her memory."
Alan has also received considerable support from his artist friends John Bellany, John Lowrie Morrison and Margaret Evans who have donated paintings to his fundraising.
In recognition of this generosity, Alan will also visit galleries that show John Bellany and Margaret Evans' work on his way round the UK, while John Lowrie Morrison, a fellow Morgan owner, helped Alan launch the campaign in Edinburgh on Saturday.
Further information can be found on www.forthone.com/cashforkids.


Earth Friendly Baby is back!
Earth Friendly Baby products have long been among our favourites, for their gentle formulations with yummy natural fragrances, all at a really affordable price. They've been going through a bit of a revamp and have been hard to get hold of the last few months, but today we're delighted to be able to say that they're now back in stock and looking lovelier than ever.
Earth Friendly Baby Wipes are now known as Earth Friendly Baby Gentle Aloe Vera Wet Wipes. They are 100% biodegradable and come in a great value 72 pack.
I've just read something that makes me really angry, (maybe being a new mum has made me a little more sensitive to issues affecting babies), but I was appalled to discover in this morning's email from The Ecologist, that the European Food Standards Agency (EFSA) have decided NOT to ban Bisphenol A (BPA) in babies' bottles.
Despite there being numerous pieces of research which show that there are potentially adverse effects on the nervous system, immune system and links to breast cancer and other reports linking BPA to heart disease and reproductive disorders, the EFSA have stated that there is still insufficient evidence to justify a ban.
Well I personally wouldn't be willing to just wait and see whether any future studies can give conclusive proof of a link before protecting my daughter from this ingredient. My position would always be that if there's a potential risk with BPA and bottles that don't use it work perfectly well then why would you continue to use ones that contain it?
Happily most bottles I've seen don't use BPA and make a clear statement on the label that they're BPA free so it's easy enough to avoid buying the wrong type of bottle if you're aware of the issue. If the EFSA are not going to ban it then we have to protect ourselves, so tell your friends!
Recently I heard two very different birthing stories about two very different cultures which I thought may be of interest to all those new Mum's to be that are interested in bringing their newborns into the World as naturally and safely as possible.
The first was from a 35 year old Mexican woman, 2 months pregnant with her second child. Over guava, banana, papaya and pear salad with homemade strawberry yoghurt, Isabella told us of the ´maternity ward reality´ of Mexican hospitals. Apparently the general consensus amongst doctors here is that it is better for the baby to be born at the 8th month mark instead of allowing them to grow to full term.
The second shocking fact (which holds true in the good hospitals as well as the poor) is that doctors actually encourage women to have caesareans, often after confirming both mother and unborn child have perfect health throughout the pregnancy only to make up a health problem or complication right before the birth time. This is so common that it is considered normal practice.
Isabella also told us of how she was laughed at by a doctor when she demanded to breastfeed her first child whilst still in the hospital. They wanted her to use the milk formulation the hospital supplied. It is as if the health professionals of this health system have been trained to take the natural out of the most natural process that occurs in life. This kind of story is not restricted to one small Central American country.
Women in the UK have spoken of similar experiences where control of their labour has been stripped from them at a time when they are somewhat powerless amongst the popular opinions of the professionals. Gas or epidurals being given without consent or conversely withheld when demanded, are quite common. It is when I hear these stories that I think of how important it is for women to share their positive stories of natural births in order to pass on their knowledge and the knowledge they've learnt from their elders.
Two stories come to mind. One is about a friend of mine, Sarah who recently had a homebirth. She convinced herself that she would have a painless, easy and quick labour… and guess what? She did. It took one and half hours to push wee Amelie out. Could it be the power of positive thinking or a natural fluke?
The aboriginal culture of Australia may agree with Sarah that preparing for yourself birth– mind, body and physical space – goes a long way to making labour a beautiful rather than painful experience. To prepare or and give birth to their children the aborigine women who still follow their old cultural customs go off on their own into the bush to give birth. They dig a pit then line it with Boab flowers, crouching in the hole to allow the baby to come out as easy and painlessly as the body will allow. The reason they us the Boab flower is because it supposedly contains energetic qualities that help the new child cut any genetic characteristics that are not useful or relinquish past life issues that are not serving to their spirit in this life.
If you have any positive, natural labour stories you'd like to pass on to other women please send them to us and we'll help to share them.
Researchers at the University of California have found that children up to the age of 7 are more susceptible to the toxic effect of some pesticides. The reason being they lack a particular enzyme called paraoxonase which helps to protect most of us from some of these toxins by neutralizing and then eliminating them from the body.
This enzyme increases as we grow but it does take those young formative years to be effective in helping the body fight off toxins. Organophosphate pesticides are the prime suspects; extremely toxic and banned from home use they are still used widely in agriculture.
These pesticides affect the nervous system of insects but could also have a similar effect on children. Studies have shown that mothers exposed to the pesticide during pregnancy have children with significantly lower IQs.
It's not just kids that are more susceptible. A person's genes can determine how affected they are as genes are responsible for deciding how effective the enzyme is at breaking down the toxins. Variations of the paraoxanase gene will affect the quantity and quality of the paraoxanase enzyme and thus a person's natural ability to fight the pesticides.
Our best defence is to avoid pesticides where we can. Go organic and grow your own, make your own. It's the best way to avoid these body disruptors.
We know up to 60% of what is applied to the skin can be absorbed. But during pregnancy a woman's skin is more sensitive to outside influences ie body lotions, perfume, synthetic pollutants like the chemicals found in household cleaning products etc. This is partly due to hormonal changes and partly due to the stretching and thinning of the skin as the baby grows. So what can you do for your (or your partners, sisters, friends) skin to ensure the pregnancy is as natural as possibly can be?
Firstly, you can start by scrumaging through your laundry and cleaning cupboards for items that are packed with toxic chemicals. Ecover, Alma Win and Bentley Organic are a couple of companies that make more natural options for mummy to be.
If there was ever a time for a woman to pamper herself with organic beauty products it is when she is expecting. A good massage (try using Mother's Massage Oil by Neal's Yard), a relaxing bath (the Prenatal Bath Soak by Natalia will soothe), and a good anti-stretch cream (like Bump Butter by Essential Care) are vital for help mum to be comfortable and as natural as can be during her pregnancy. If you're buying for someone else Natalia's Pregnancy Relaxation Box with an organic cotton flannel, Prenatal Bath Soak, Morning Sickness Ease and Prenatal Body & Bath Oil is a beautiful gift.
What else touches the skin? Bedding or clothing almost all day everyday (except whiles bathing of course!). It's now very easy to find bedding made from organic cotton and thankfully (on behalf of all the eco chic yummy mummies out there) more designers than ever are using natural fibres for their fashion savvy creations. Liv Waffle Robe is a popular choice for mum's hospital bag.


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Holiday Lake es un lugar designado por el censo ubicado en el condado de Poweshiek en el estado estadounidense de Iowa. En el Censo de 2010 tenía una población de 433 habitantes y una densidad poblacional de 98,23 personas por km².

Geografía
Holiday Lake se encuentra ubicado en las coordenadas . Según la Oficina del Censo de los Estados Unidos, Holiday Lake tiene una superficie total de 4.41 km², de la cual 4 km² corresponden a tierra firme y (9.34%) 0.41 km² es agua.

Demografía
Según el censo de 2010, había 433 personas residiendo en Holiday Lake. La densidad de población era de 98,23 hab./km². De los 433 habitantes, Holiday Lake estaba compuesto por el 98.15% blancos, el 0.46% eran afroamericanos, el 1.15% eran amerindios, el 0.23% eran asiáticos, el 0% eran isleños del Pacífico, el 0% eran de otras razas y el 0% pertenecían a dos o más razas. Del total de la población el 0.92% eran hispanos o latinos de cualquier raza.

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Lugares designados por el censo en Iowa
Localidades del condado de Poweshiek


By examining the attack waged against the royal prerogative during the Exclusion Crisis of 1678-1681, this thesis asserts that the crisis was primarily constitutional in nature, rather than religious. This Parliamentary attempt to remove the Catholic heir presumptive from the succession endangered the monarchy by creating a Parliamentary title to the throne. Insofar as the exclusionists challenged the king's right to retain ministers at will, to grant pardons, and to determine the calling and dissolution of Parliamentary sessions, the crisis also constituted a direct assault upon the prerogatives of the present king. The implementation of Parliament's proposal to guarantee a Protestant succession by arrogating to a Protestant Association many rights of the monarch would have tipped permanently the scales of power in favor of Parliament. The Exclusion Crisis can thus be viewed as an important, albeit abortive, attempt to better define the unresolved roles of the king and Parliament in the governing of England.
Meyer-Strom, Susan Diane, "The political and constitutional significance of the Exclusion Crisis of 1678-1681" (1981). Dissertations and Theses. Paper 3076.