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Gene Seymour
Publications: Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Newsday, Salon.com
Critics' Group: New York Film Critics Circle
36% Wet Hot American Summer (2001) But even with its tackiness arched at an ironic angle, "Wet Hot American Summer's" long-term fate is to become at best a last-minute accessory to a Blockbuster night of pizza and beverages.‐ Los Angeles Times - EDIT
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19% Pokémon - The Movie 2000 (2000) This freshly baked and frosted big-screen "Pokemon" goes down with a sweetness that charms without talking down to its audience.‐ Los Angeles Times - EDIT
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92% Obit (2017) One comes away from "Obit" grateful that the paper has at its disposal a team of humane, gifted people who make commemorating the dead a lively, lasting art.‐ New York Times - EDIT
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32% Good Burger (1997) [Good Burger] will satisfy their audience's appetite for basic, messy silliness while leaving many grown-ups mildly bemused by the fuzzy obviousness of its humor, the gawky pacing of its sight gags and the second-handedness of its slapstick.‐ Los Angeles Times - EDIT
54% Blade (1998) Such techno-action may give Blade enough power for a sequel, but one is left wondering whether there's any room for its central character to sustain interest beyond this flashy debut.‐ Los Angeles Times - EDIT
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5% The Avengers (1998) The movie lets [Fiennes and Thurman] down with a patchwork climax that feels rushed and perfunctory.‐ Los Angeles Times - EDIT
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3% Deuces Wild (2002) Skip it. Just fill in the blanks and you too can brew the same bland, goopy mixture.‐ Newsday - EDIT
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48% The Losers (2010) Movies aren't loaded weapons, though sometimes, they do go off when their users aren't careful.‐ Salon.com - EDIT
59% Bra Boys (2008) You know going in that this is going to be a fairly one-sided portrait. But it's also fairly thorough with its archival footage, historical and sociological perspective.‐ Newsday - EDIT
2/5 18% Righteous Kill (2008) They seem comfortable enough in each other's company on-screen to make you wish there were more scenes that allowed them to just kick back and riff. It'd be a lot more enjoyable than watching the movie strain for clarity -- or cleverness.‐ Los Angeles Times - EDIT
2.5/4 49% Sex and the City (2008) A lot different from, say, watching several SATC episodes on DVD in succession as if gobbling fudge brownies. That may be OK for the living room, but in a multiplex, you just want things to move along already.‐ Newsday - EDIT
3/4 50% Then She Found Me (2007) Gaunt, grim and wound as tight as a ukulele's string, April Epner (Helen Hunt), the elementary schoolteacher undergoing the mother of all midlife crises in Then She Found Me, is a stern challenge to an audience's collective sympathy.‐ Newsday - EDIT
2.5/4 48% The Ruins (2008) The usual gore-and-gristle fare, but this one serves it up with a tad more suggestiveness and smarts.‐ Newsday - EDIT
2.5/4 47% Run Fatboy Run (2007) Snarkiness and sentiment are in constant battle for supremacy throughout Run Fat Boy Run with no chance of a comfortable draw.‐ Newsday - EDIT
3/4 80% The Hammer (2007) It's no classic, but, unlike recent attempts at sports comedy (we're looking at you, Semi-Pro), The Hammer comes through by not seeming to try too hard.‐ Newsday - EDIT
2.5/4 67% Irina Palm (2008) It could have been a delicately witty comedy of manners.‐ Newsday - EDIT
2/4 26% Drillbit Taylor (2008) The Apatow vibe may still carry some righteous mojo. But Drillbit Taylor proves that even the smoothest-running hit machine can stand a tuneup every few miles.‐ Newsday - EDIT
3/4 79% Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! (2008) Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! is the first feature-length Seuss movie adaptation to adequately evoke the warmhearted eccentricity of Theodore Geisel's classic children's books.‐ Newsday - EDIT
3/4 79% The Bank Job (2008) The Bank Job is fun to watch while both the heist and its often bloody consequences unravel in front of you.‐ Newsday - EDIT
Posted Mar 6, 2008
3/4 54% Married Life (2008) [The] four principal actors are such worthy vehicles for sustaining the throbbing pace and shifting moods of this chamber piece that it's difficult to single anyone out.‐ Newsday - EDIT
1.5/4 12% College Road Trip (2008) College Road Trip is the kind of movie that its audiences will use once for blowing off steam and then toss aside as if it were shrink-wrap.‐ Newsday - EDIT
2.5/4 75% Cidade dos Homens (City of Men) (2007) Despite its contrivances and flashiness, City of Men somehow wins you over with its steady, underlying flow of intimacy and compassion.‐ Newsday - EDIT
2.5/4 81% Chicago 10 (2008) If presentation of the tumultuous events before, during and after the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago will suffice for a feature-length film, then it's hard to imagine a more ferocious or inventive depiction than Chicago 10.‐ Newsday - EDIT
2/4 54% Penelope (2006) If only Penelope knew what it truly wished to be and how to go about it.‐ Newsday - EDIT
2/4 22% Semi-Pro (2008) You keep watching Semi-Pro and waiting for its potentially hilarious setup to deliver the goods. And after a while, you realize that the laughter comes only in anticipation of a payoff that never quite arrives.‐ Newsday - EDIT
3/4 94% The Counterfeiters (2007) [Director] Ruzowitzky wisely knows he doesn't have to be overly emphatic in orchestrating the tension of both the moral conundrum and the always uncertain fate of the inmates.‐ Newsday - EDIT
2.5/4 65% Be Kind Rewind (2008) Even though its thin conceit strains and stumbles into being, Gondry's movie somehow ingratiates itself to the dauntless dreamer that lives within each of us.‐ Newsday - EDIT
3/4 80% The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008) As movie fantasies go, The Spiderwick Chronicles has a modest, almost ramshackle aggressiveness that, against all odds, manages to enchant, if not exactly transport.‐ Newsday - EDIT
3/4 71% Ezra (2008) Since the movie, however infuriating, is a plea for mercy, the audience is compelled to forgive Ezra its often jittery and confusing overlaps.‐ Newsday - EDIT
2.5/4 59% Vince Vaughn's Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days & 30 Nights - Hollywood to the Heartland (2008) A tad overlong, but as vanity projects go, this is warm, openhearted stuff.‐ Newsday - EDIT
1.5/4 11% Fool's Gold (2008) An 'as-if' romantic adventure reunites How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days lovebirds Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson in a sun-soaked treasure hunt that squanders everybody's time, including yours.‐ Newsday - EDIT
2.5/4 23% Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins (2008) Even when the movie's overplayed or undercooked, its roughhousing energy grows on you.‐ Newsday - EDIT
1.5/4 15% Over Her Dead Body (2008) Even the worst movies are capable of bending the laws of time. Still, there's something really special about the way Over Her Dead Body makes its 93 minutes seem more like nine hours.‐ Newsday - EDIT
0.5/4 2% Meet the Spartans (2008) What's the point of making a parody that's dumber than the stuff it parodies?‐ Newsday - EDIT
1.5/4 12% The Air I Breathe (2008) With any luck, The Air I Breathe should be the last gasp of the faux-Altmanesque school of serendipitous storytelling.‐ Newsday - EDIT
2/4 38% Rambo (Rambo IV) (2008) The battle sequences are so muddled in execution that we can't tell who's killing whom. Which may have been the point, but knowing Stallone -- and Rambo -- one doubts that very much.‐ Newsday - EDIT
2.5/4 80% Teeth (2007) The gratuitous and often overly garish mayhem is made more palatable by the assured comedic turn by Weixler.‐ Newsday - EDIT
2.5/4 41% The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie (2008) The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything has just enough unassuming cleverness to keep you from checking your watch while the little people in your company get wrapped up in the color and clamor.‐ Newsday - EDIT
2/4 39% The Killing of John Lennon (2006) The only revelations in The Killing of John Lennon are those we could have picked up ourselves, assuming we cared enough to do so.‐ Newsday - EDIT
Posted Jan 3, 2008
3/4 87% The Orphanage (2007) Plot details only hint at the subtle metaphors lurking in Sergio G. Snchez's script and the gut-wrenching jolts elegantly orchestrated by first-time director Juan Antonio Bayona.‐ Newsday - EDIT
2.5/4 74% Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007) [An] erratic, but enjoyable goof from the Judd Apatow hit-making machine.‐ Newsday - EDIT
2.5/4 25% P.S. I Love You (2007) A mostly overheated farrago of sentiment, self-help and romantic cliche.‐ Newsday - EDIT
2.5/4 79% The Great Debaters (2007) Now that it's possible to get stories about thoughtful African-Americans on the big screen, is it too much to ask that the stories be more thoughtful as well?‐ Newsday - EDIT
4/4 96% Persepolis (2007) Persepolis provides an achingly intimate view of how one young girl's hopes and fantasies come under siege by events beyond her control.‐ Newsday - EDIT
3.5/4 96% Nanking (2007) Nanking submits yet another reminder, if any more were needed, of how wickedness in the 20th century achieved dimensions previously considered unimaginable -- or unbearable.‐ Newsday - EDIT
2.5/4 32% Youth Without Youth (2007) There's just enough greatness scattered in Youth Without Youth to make you wonder why there can't be more.‐ Newsday - EDIT
2.5/4 28% Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007) The sight of enhanced Alvin and the Chipmunks in the movie of the same name is far less squirm-inducing than one might have feared.‐ Newsday - EDIT
3/4 54% This Christmas (2007) Writer-director Preston A. Whitmore II serves up an overstuffed but satisfying Yuletide comedy-drama with a fine cast.‐ Newsday - EDIT
2.5/4 93% Enchanted (2007) A shimmering pastiche of missed opportunities.‐ Newsday - EDIT
3/4 71% Beowulf (2007) The fight sequences -- on land, in mid-air or underwater -- fulfill your most ardent expectations for 3-D thrills.‐ Newsday - EDIT
Best Reviewed Movies
4/4 Grizzly Man
4/4 Good Night, And Good Luck
4/4 Before Sunset
4/4 A Home at the End of the World
4/4 Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
4/4 Y Tu Mama Tambien
4/4 Chihwaseon
4/4 To Be and to Have (Etre et Avoir)
4/4 Notre Musique
4/4 Divine Intervention
Worst Reviewed Movies
0.5/5 Gone Fishin'
.5/4 The In-Laws
.5/4 Abandon
0.5/4 Next Friday
.5/4 Vulgar
0.5/4 Just My Luck
0.5/4 The Hills Have Eyes 2
0.5/4 The Comebacks
0.5/4 Meet the Spartans
— Jimmy Neutron - Boy Genius


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Millwall man signs new deal – but is not ready for first-team action for Championship club
richard@slpmedia.co.uk
Ryan Sandford signed a new contract this week – but Millwall boss Neil Harris says the young goalkeeper is not ready for first-team football at The Den.
The 20-year-old stopper had due to be out of contract at the start of July but penned new terms on Monday.
Harris said: "Ryan is a goalkeeper who is developing. He's not ready for first-team football at the moment.
"The good thing with Ryan is that he has got all the potential and has done for the last three or four years, coming through the academy and working with Lee Turner [goalkeeping coach] has made him really develop and grow as a person.
"Goalkeepers are tough development-wise because if you make a mistake or two then they are having a really bad run of form. If you play well then everyone wants to integrate you into the higher ranks. With goalkeepers you have to be patient.
"Unless you have got a real exceptional one that comes through at 23, 24 or 25 and stays consistent, then goalkeepers don't really develop until they are 28 or 30.
"We understand that and Ryan will be given time. We have extended his contract to allow him to keep developing with Lee, the U23s, training with the first team and going on loan. If he is called upon to be with us in pre-season, because we are trying to finalise a goalkeeper or two, then he is ready to do that."
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Enjoy this assortment of over 60 children's choruses, character-building songs, worship songs, and Christmas favorites. These vocal pieces are sure to please the whole family. Instruct your child in the Bible through song either at home or in the car. All of these songs from the grade 2 Bible curriculum are also included in the Sing unto the Lord songbook.


Imagine that problems and solutions have no direct relationship to one another – how would you alter your course?
Kristin Alena Sadowski is particularly adept at handling situations that pose a threat to enterprises' business and endanger their license to operate. Transformation and Crisis – these are the areas in which she brings her considerable expertise to bear.


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Prevalence of Microvolt T-Wave Alternans in Patients With Long QT Syndrome and Its Association With Torsade de Pointes.
Low-dose computed tomography image restoration using previous normal-dose scan.
Microscopic systolic pressure alternans in human cardiomyopathy: noninvasive evaluation of a novel risk marker and correlation with microvolt T-wave alternans.
Effect of altering automatic exposure control settings and quality reference mAs on radiation dose, image quality, and diagnostic efficacy in MDCT enterography of active inflammatory Crohn's disease.
A dose comparison study between XVI and OBI CBCT systems.
Predictive value of microvolt T-wave alternans for sudden cardiac death in patients with preserved cardiac function after acute myocardial infarction: results of a collaborative cohort study.
Influence of image-capturing parameters on digital X-ray radiogrammetry.
Microvolt T-wave alternans as a predictor of ventricular tachyarrhythmias: a prospective study using atrial pacing.
Impedance measurements in brain tissue of animals using microvolt singals.


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Q: Keep Logged in Users out of Admin Panel So I'm creating user registration. Just simply <?php wp_register(); ?> but then it gives them a link to the admin panel, which in my situation they really don't need. How do I remove the "Site Admin" link and redirect a subscriber if they try to access the admin panel? I guess once they log in I will need to redirect them to a certain page also.

A: So I found the answer and thought it might be useful for later viewers. Adding the code below will redirect all users that are not admin to the homepage.
function prevent_admin_access() {
    if (strpos(strtolower($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']), '/wp-admin') !== false && !current_user_can('administrator')) {
        wp_redirect(get_option('siteurl'));
    }
}

add_action('init', 'prevent_admin_access', 0);

The only problem with this code is that the registration needs to be changed so the user can pick their own password.

A: You can remove the read capability from subscribers, which is what gives them access to the dashboard.  This is best done with an activation hook on a plugin -- it only needs to be done once.
<?php
register_activation_hook( __FILE__, 'wpse43054_activation' );
function wpse43054_activation()
{
    $role = get_role( 'subscriber' );
    if( $role ) $role->remove_cap( 'read' );
}

And, of course, you probably want to give that capability back on plugin deactivation.
<?php
register_deactivation_hook( __FILE__, 'wpse43054_deactivation' );
function wpse43054_deactivation()
{
    $role = get_role( 'subscriber' );
    if( $role ) $role->add_cap( 'read' );
}

Finally, you can hook into init and redirect folks if they are logged in, try to access the admin area and don't have the read capability.
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add_action( 'init', 'wpse43054_maybe_redirect' );
function wpse43054_maybe_redirect()
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You'll also probably want to remove the admin bar for users with a read capability.  You can do that by hooking into get_user_metadata and hijacking the check for the user meta value for show_admin_bar_front.
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add_filter( 'get_user_metadata', 'wpse43054_hijack_admin_bar', 10, 3 );
function wpse43054_hijack_admin_bar( $null, $user_id, $key )
{
    if( 'show_admin_bar_front' != $key ) return null;
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}

All that as a plugin.

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1981-07-03 Brendan Byrne Arena, East Rutherford, NJ
Scheduled: 20:00 Local Start Time ??:?? / End Time ??:??
First "Summertime Blues" of the tour and the premiere of "This Little Girl", with Gary U.S. Bonds guesting. "Badlands" opens the show. "Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)" includes a snippet of "Sweet Soul Music". "Detroit Medley" includes "I Hear A Train", "Land Of 1000 Dances", "Shake", and "Sweet Soul Music".
The E Street Band
Roy Bittan
Clarence Clemons
Gary U.S. Bonds (Guest)
JOHNNY BYE-BYE
YOU CAN LOOK (BUT YOU BETTER NOT TOUCH)
JOLÉ BLON
THIS LITTLE GIRL
DETROIT MEDLEY
2012-04-04 Izod Center, East Rutherford, NJ
2007-10-10 Continental Airlines Arena, East Rutherford, NJ
2005-05-19 Theater At The Continental Airlines Arena, East Rutherford, NJ
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Audience tape. Released on CDR 'This Land Is Your Land' (Piggham) and more recently on CDR 'Time Can Wait' with slightly upgraded sound.
03.07.81 East Rutherford, NJ, intro to "Independence Day"
"This, uh…this is a song about fathers and sons and…this is called "Independence Day" and (crowd cheers) I need a little, I need a little bit of quiet for this song, thank you…(intro music starts)…I haven't been back home…(?) quite a while and…it's funny 'cause every time…I remember when I was growing up…I was about 16 or 17 years old…I couldn't…I could never wait to leave, I could never wait to get away…and now every time I come back, for some reason…I always wait till it's late at night, I get in my car…and I always drive back, back down through the town that I grew up in (crowd cheers) and…I always ride…I always ride past, ride past my old house, you know, the old houses I used to live in when I was a kid…and I always look up…that's that window that was my room, I always wonder who's…who sleeps there now and who…what they do…and…I never thought when I was…when I was younger, I never thought that I'd, I would feel that way, feel like ever going back to that place where I grew up again…and…I remember I was so glad when I finally got out of the house, got away from my old man and my mother…but…everybody, everybody's gotta leave home someday…but it seems…that…after, after a certain amount of years you always wanna go back…and you wanna see…just to see if it's still there…or to think about the things that happened to you when you were there…and for a long time I used to try and sort out what it was about me and my old man, why we never got along and why…why when I needed him…he wasn't there and why …I couldn't understand the way that he needed me…but…this is, this is a song about…about leaving home…and…but you always gotta go back and see, just to, just to see if it's still there or figure out…'cause your family don't ever go away, you're gonna have to make, make some peace with them someday (crowd cheers)…"
03.07.81 East Rutherford, NJ, intro to "Johnny Bye Bye"
"I remember when I was…I was just up in my room at night and I had this…I had this little Japanese transistor radio that used to fit underneath my pillow…and…and it was about 1965…there was a lot of great stuff on the radio…I remember I used to wish I could go downstairs sometimes and…'cause my old man used to sit in the kitchen right, right beneath me…and to say "Hey, dad, listen to this song, listen to this song by…the Drifters or…Sam Cooke"… because I was getting something from it that I knew that, that he needed…and as you get older…it's harder to hold on to the thing, to the thing that, that, that keeps you alive when you're, when you're young…and you get trampled on so much that a lot of people turn away…they turn hard or they get…they end up getting drunk or stoned all the time, anyway…this is, uh…this is a song about holding on to the things that make you yourself…"
03.07.81 East Rutherford, NJ, after "Two Hearts"
"It's gonna take the two of us…"
03.07.81 East Rutherford, NJ, intro to "Jole Blon"
"(?) we'll bring out a friend of mine who's gonna do a couple of songs with us (crowd cheers) Gary U.S Bonds (crowd cheers)…"
03.07.81 East Rutherford, NJ, middle of "Rosalita"
"(Roy's intro missing from the source tape)…on the guitar, the great Miami Steve Van Zandt (crowd cheers) on the bass, Mr. Garry W. Tallent (crowd cheers) on the drums, ooh-ho-hoo, the Mighty One, Mighty Max Weinberg (crowd cheers) on the organ, Phantom Dan Federici (crowd cheers) and last but not least (crowd cheers) I'm talking about the king of the world…the prince of the city…the Duke of Paducah…he's faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a roaring locomotive, able to leap tall women, I mean tall buildings in a single bound, is it a bird? (crowd: "No") is it a plane? (crowd: "No") his mama calls him Clarence but we like to call him…Spotlight on the Big Man!…"
03.07.81 East Rutherford, NJ, intro to "I Don't Wanna Go Home"
"Thanks…this is…this is for anybody from the Shore (crowd cheers) this is a song that, uh…that Steve wrote…he's gonna sing it with me…"
03.07.81 East Rutherford, NJ, intro to "Born to Run"
"I wanna say it's nice to be back home and (crowd cheers) nobody's treated us better than you guys…"
03.07.81 East Rutherford, NJ, intro to "Detroit Medley"
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Congratulations to the 2018 Voices of Democracy winners.
1st Place: Jay Max Hurley - Jay Max received a $250 check for first place and will move on to the next level of the competition.
2nd Place: Justiss Reihart - Justiss received a check for $150 and a certificate.
3rd Place: Zachary Stiver - Zachary received a check for $100 and a certificate.


2017 (17) Triumph Speed Triple 1050 R - ABS. Comes with Owners Manual and Service book, 5 rider modes, Traction control, LCD dash, Carbon Fender, Ohlins suspension. Here at SoManyBikes we are committed to bringing our customers the best finance deals. That is why we offer low rate finance with a low deposit and even poor credit finance! We carry a huge range of stock with competitive prices, full parts and labour warranty packages (that actually work!) and hassle-free, friendly service. Have your new bike delivered by our professional and affordable transport service - www.moveamotorbike.com. Visit www.somanybikes.com or call our friendly staff on 0161 713 3219 for help and advice on your next bike! Finance subject to terms and conditions.


We know what being an outdoor enthusiast means and so seem the guys at Swagman, as their 2 bike platform hitch rack was designed to make your life easier and to let you enjoy the ride of your life faster and safer.
Nothing compares to the thrill given by an exciting and dangerous adventure in the wilderness on the back of your bike. But to get there, you'll probably need to engage in a road trip. And you'll probably want to take your partner with you.
Well, this part of the adventure is not for you to carry alone, as its outcome largely depends on the hitch mount bike rack you choose. The G10 from Swagman might be the choice for you, because it's built for versatility, fitting any bike styles (including fat-tire ones, with an accessory bought separately), but also offering convenience, due to the user-friendly cam lever that allows you to fold the rack up against the vehicle for compact convenience, down to its horizontal loading position or tilted away, to access the rear of the vehicle. But we'll need to dive deeper to make sure this is the 2 bike platform hitch rack for you.
The versatility of the product is also expressed by the fact it fits a 1-1/4 inch and 2-inch hitch receiver.
The adjustability of this hitch bicycle carrier is also to be noticed because the trays are adjustable with a hand knob that allows them to be moved to desired positions, while the wheel ratchet straps firmly hold the bikes and secure the wheels.
Security is another one of the advantages brought by the product, as it includes 2 same key lock cylinders and hooks that firmly secure the bike and its frame to the platform hitch bike rack.
Moreover, the G10 supports a maximum load of 90 lbs. (45 lbs. maximum per bike).
On top of all that, Swagman's hitch mount bike rack comes with a patented design, so that your bikes will not only be transported safely but also in style.


Were you waiting for Verizon to open up pre-orders for the Samsung Galaxy S5? That time has now come. For $199 on-contract (after $50 rebate) or $599 at full retail, you can pre-order Samsung's 2014 flagship with an expected shipping date of April 11, the planned global launch date of the phone.
Verizon's version of the GS5 is like everyone else's in that it sports a 5.1″ FHD Super AMOLED display, 16MP camera, 2,800mAh battery, Snapdragon 801 processor, 2GB RAM, fingerprint scanner, heartrate monitor, and Android 4.4 underneath a revamped TouchWiz (full specs). You can see the heartrate monitor and fingerprint scanner in action here. You'll find a quick video tour of the phone here. And last, here is how the Galaxy S5 compares to the Galaxy S4, plus other phones.
Verizon is currently only selling the 16GB model, but remember that the phone supports micro SD cards up to 128GB.
You can buy the phone in either black or white.
If you buy the phone now, Verizon is running a BOGO (buy one, get one free) deal just like they are with the HTC One (M8). As long as you buy the phone on-contract, they'll hand you another phone for free (on-contract). You can choose the Galaxy S5 or HTC One (M8).


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Outgoing auto-responses should also have the "Auto-Submitted: auto-generated" header set.
This is a RFC so should definitely be implemented plus is a very easy fix.
We recently upset another provider who complained about our ticketing system being faulty due to not obeying this RFC.


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Gotta Go!
Title:Gotta Go! - Bedtime
Shelly Jasperson
"Don't drink all of that, you'll have to go during the movie."
Brian didn't listen to his mother, but continued to gulp down his soda with vigor. And out of spite, he went and filled his cup again.
His mother just sighed and prepared for the worst. Brian was in one of his moods.
On the way to the theater, Brian's mom watched him pull faces at her through the rear-view mirror. Brian should have known she could see him. "Brian, don't do that or your face will get stuck like that."
The comment caught Brian off guard, but he continued sticking out his tongue, rolled his eyes, and puffing up his chubby cheeks.
They reached the theater and Brian ran around outside as his mother bought the tickets to Super Ninja Giraffes. "Slow down, Brian." She called before he bounced off of a man's leg. "Sorry about that." She apologized.
Brian's mom took his hand, pulled him through the doors, and into the freezing theater.
Brian ran to the concessions counter and ordered a large tub of double butter popcorn. His mouth watered as he watched the tall man pump butter into the big carton. When the man put it on the counter, Brian's mom apologized and took Brian down a long dark hallway without the popcorn.
"Mom. . ."
She pulled him inside a door and Brian could see the large screen with commercials printed in many different colors; he ran to the front row and sat down. His mother followed, but instead of sitting down, she stood next to him with her hands on her hips. "If you sit on the front row, you'll hurt your eyes and need glasses." But Brian wouldn't budge so his mom went to sit in the back without him.
Soon Super Ninja Giraffes were running across the screen and fighting evil villains like the Red Eyed Robin and the Horrid Horned Hippo. And just when one of the mighty giraffes got caught and tied up, Brian's bladder pounded.
He sat still when the Terry the giraffe cut his ropes and escaped into the dark night.
He squirmed in his seat when Sherry the giraffe jump-kicked the hippo.
And he had to leave when Perry the giraffe jumped from one roof to another without getting his neck caught on a power line.
Brian ran through the dark hall of the movie theater, realizing that his mother had been right about one thing. He did have to leave the theater. It seemed like one of those situations people call ironic.
But when Brian reached the movie theater bathroom, there was a line of ten men and even though Brian usually didn't have much foresight, he could tell there wasn't going to be enough time to wait.
He rushed down another hall to another bathroom, but when he reached it, he realized why the other one was packed: this one was closed. Why would anyone close a bathroom? He wondered.
He had no choice. He had to venture outside.
He looked frantic as he rushed through the crowds of people buying their tickets and he almost fell down on the concrete as he hurried to the computer store next door.
He burst through the door and looked around for the bathroom.
"Can I help you?" said a confused man by the door. He had on a bright blue shirt and his face was covered in pimples. "Bathroom?" "I'm afraid we don't have one." The man said. Brian stomped his foot and left the store.
Next door was a fabric store. He knew it was a store that only women went into; he had been there with his mother countless times but never his father. Did they even have a men's restroom? He had to chance it. He opened the door quickly and slid past it. An old woman with blue hair welcomed him. "Where is your mother, young man?" She asked. Brian shook his head. "Bathroom?" He was too pained to say much else. He was afraid his bladder couldn't hold it much longer. He danced in place waiting for the old woman to respond.
"I can't help you unless you have your mother, young man. You're not old enough to be walking around stores alone." The old woman put her hands on her wide hips. Brian furrowed his eyes in frustration and as he left he poked his tongue out at her.
Outside again and Brian couldn't find any other places to go to the bathroom. There was an empty field with two or three trees and cars stretching as far as the eye could see in the other direction. What was he going to do? And then he remembered his friend, Kyle, saying that on a camping trip, he had to go behind a tree. Could this be the solution to Brian's problem?
Brian walked slowly toward the field. What if someone saw him? He would have to do it quickly. He nearly ran to the first tree in the field and looked around carefully. If someone saw him, who knew what would happen? He didn't see anyone. This was it. He had to go behind a tree across from the movie theater. There was nothing he could do about it.
He unzipped his pants and instantly felt better. The pressure was gone and the world was a peace. He closed his eyes and savored the feeling. Then he felt an arm on his shoulder. "Just what are you doing young man?"
Brian zipped up his pants and turned around, shaking. By the dark suit, the badge, and the thick dark mustache, Brian could tell it was a police officer. What had he done? What if he had broken the law? Was he going to get sent to jail, stuck behind bars? Was he going to have to sit in a cell for the rest of his life? No more video games, no more movies, no more T-ball?
Brian whimpered, but couldn't say a word.
"You know there are plenty of establishments that would let you use their restroom." The police officer said. Brian shook his head violently. "Did you try the one in the theater?" Now Brian got mad. "It was closed! And the other one had too long a line."
The officer was taken aback. He stood back and rubbed his mustache. And then he smiled. "I could take you to jail, you know." "Please don't, sir! I promise I'll never go to the bathroom again!" The officer chuckled.
"You don't have to do that, just not in public, okay?"
Brian nodded, a tear slowly dropping down his pudgy cheek. The police officer walked to his bike and drove away.
Brian walked back to the theater and stood outside the door where Super Ninja Giraffes was still playing.
I can't believe Mom was right. What other things is she right about? He thought as he began opening the door.
He heard clapping and then looked up as the credits began to flow down the big screen. He had missed the rest of the movie! He wondered what had happened to the ninja giraffes and if they ever found out where their sensei, the Diaphanous Elephant, was hidden. But instead of getting upset, he waited outside the door for his mother to come out.
"How did you like the movie?" She asked. "It was good." Brian said. He decided not to tell her about his little adventure. It was too embarrassing. Instead, he ran to the door of the theater.
"Brian, come back!" His mother called.
But instead of coming back, he opened the door and politely stood in front of it for her.
©2007 Shelly Jasperson


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The premise almost reads like a joke: A company contacts a well-known custom motorcycle builder and asks him to build, of all things, a security camera.
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email to the folks at the Megadeluxe website, Chicara (he typically goes by just the one name), said he was contacted by the security firm to design the camera in time for a big convention in early March. After racking his brain as to how he might make the camera system low-profile or otherwise unique, he bailed on that angle and returned to what he knew: two wheelers.
The result is a minimalist but drool-worthy motorcycle powered by a tiny 49cc Honda gas engine from 1966 and blended with cutting-edge consumer surveillance technology from Sony. Where headlights and taillights should be, Chicara placed a pair of 2-megapixel HD Sony security cameras with night-vision LED emitters. A small cross brace near the seat holds anotherpair of cameras, giving the rolling spyworks essentially a 360-degree field of view.
While certainly unique, the NSA-worthy Honda does echo the designs of Vanmoof and some other cutting edge bicycle designers. Tech details are scarce (Wi-Fi? Bluetooth? NFC? Premix?) but suffice to say, the project could likely capture a record amount of facial recognition data from mesmerized onlookers, so it very well may be the best idea ever for a security system.
"This work is suitable to be installed in museums, entry hall of a building, hotel lobby and stores, etc. Of course, this can run swiftly in town!" Chicara said in his email to Megadeluxe.
While Mr. Kaku may not have been expecting a camera/motorcycle hybrid (or maybe he was, who knows), we'll just assume the Japan Security System's booth was the hit of the show.


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Mainly cloudy with snow showers around this morning. Temps nearly steady in the low to mid 30s. Winds W at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of snow 60%..
Partly cloudy skies this evening will become overcast overnight. A few flurries or snow showers possible. Low 29F. Winds W at 5 to 10 mph.
Looking Back: This week in local history
70 years ago - Dec. 28, 1950
• Most Sylva residents were without water from Christmas Day until late Dec. 26 following a break in the town's main water line.
• Sylva and county residents were well-behaved over the Christmas holidays, with the Herald reporting no arrests except for a few who indulged in too much "fire water."
• The Army announced plans to call to active duty 7,500 junior officers from the National Guard and organized reserve units.
• Boyd Sossamon announced he was purchasing the Ritz Theatre in Sylva.
• N.C. Labor Commissioner Frank Crane reported workers received $45,000 in back pay under the state's new Minimum Wage Law.
• Kirk-Davis Chevrolet offered a 1952 Chevy half-ton pickup for $395.
50 years ago - Dec.30, 1970
• Sylva-Webster star quarterback Jerry Cagle signed a football scholarship with the University of Kentucky.
• The Dean's List for fall at Western Carolina University included 86 students from Jackson County.
• Carolina Tire offered four nylon 4-ply tires for $88.
• Sylva-Webster's men's basketball team went on a scoring rampage, winning three games by outscoring opponents 282 to 140.
• Western Carolina's men's basketball squad fell to 5-2 with an overtime loss to Furman.
• Potts Supermarket offered Pisgah Farms liver mush on sale, buy one get one free.
• Seven rescue workers from Jackson County were among 160 rescuers called out to find seven hikers missing in the Graveyard Fields area.
• Western Carolina's men's basketball team lost its first game at home to Coastal Carolina, 80-74, to fall to 5-2 on the year.
• Jeff Madden's three-pointer at the buzzer lifted Blue Ridge over Swain, 66-65.
• Western Carolina's men's basketball squad slipped to 2-9 with a loss at Marquette.
• The Quin Theatres were closed for two nights following a fire and smoke damage. The fire started in a popcorn maker, and only employees were in the facility when the blaze occurred.
• 390 students received degrees at Western Carolina University's fall commencement exercises.
• A wet snow started to fall around 6 a.m. Christmas morning and piled on 7 to 8 inches across much of the area, with Balsam receiving 13 inches and Soco 15.
• The Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy purchased a 60-acre tract on Blackrock Ridge near the Blue Ridge Parkway and planned to permanently manage it as a nature preserve in order to protect it from the risk of development.
• Smoky Mountain erupted for 37 points in the first quarter en route to a 99-62 rout at Madison in a non-conference men's basketball game. The Mustangs (8-0) completed the pre-Christmas portion of their schedule undefeated.


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Help shape Kyneton's town centre
Submissions closed on 26 February 2021, 05:00 PM
Council is refreshing Kyneton's Town Centre Urban Design Framework (UDF) and we want users of the town centre – residents, visitors, landowners and business operators – to share ideas and aspirations to guide the look and feel of Kyneton into the future.
The UDF will provide urban design direction for Kyneton's streetscapes, public open spaces and buildings, focussed on the three main commercial streets: Mollison Street, High Street and Piper Street.
Read on to find out more and have your say. You can also download a Project Summary booklet(PDF, 5MB)
The Kyneton Town Centre Urban Design Framework (UDF) will provide urban design direction for Kyneton's streetscapes, public open spaces and buildings, focussed on the three main commercial streets: Mollison Street, High Street and Piper Street.
A UDF helps set a community vision for areas to inform what they should look like and the function they serve. These plans include the ability to bring together the social, visual and economic aspects that make areas unique. UDFs are used to inform capital works and streetscape improvements, and planning controls for new developments.
The Kyneton Town Centre UDF will draw upon the valued elements of township character to enhance and celebrate while identifying opportunities to improve the safety, function and appearance of streetscapes and buildings.
The UDF will include:
A vision for the town centre that highlights the valued elements of township character to be enhanced and celebrated
Concepts to improve the amenity and appearance of streetscapes with a focus on pedestrian safety and comfort, tree planting and landscaping.
Access and movement plans for how people will walk, ride and drive around the town centre.
Guidelines for contemporary buildings and streetscapes so that new proposals reflect the cultural, heritage and aesthetic values of Kyneton.
Design direction to Council and applicants in preparing and assessing development applications.
We will be consulting throughout the project to ensure that the UDF captures the community's vision for the town centre.
An Urban Design Framework (UDF) was prepared for Kyneton in 2008. This UDF was not adopted by Council, but formed part of the background to the 2013 Kyneton Structure Plan.
It has been 12 years since the previous UDF was prepared. This project will review the actions from the 2008 UDF to see what has been done, what is still relevant, and what else needs to be included in the future.
Formal adoption of the plan by Council will be sought so that recognition is given to priority projects, and to support any future planning scheme amendments.
What you have told us so far
We have gathered feedback from consultations that have been undertaken in Kyneton in recent years. In particular, a number of submissions received during consultation on the Kyneton Movement Network Study (2019) expressed a wish for Council to focus on issues existing within the town centre before addressing broader, long-term infrastructure requirements for the town.
Feedback relevant to the town centre has included the need for:
Improved wayfinding and promotional signage
Direct and connected footpaths with good surfaces, crossing opportunities and safer pedestrian facilities
Safe bicycle access in Kyneton's main streets and to Kyneton railway station
Improved car parking in the town centre, including accessible parking spaces
Pedestrian crossing points that consider how to get people of different ages and abilities across the road safely
Retention, maintenance and/or reinstatement of bluestone paving and infrastructure
Great recognition of aboriginal cultural heritage
Consideration of landscaping and trees in streets
Clarity around the trade off between pedestrian and footpath spaces, bike access, kerbside parking and vehicle access
The UDF will not consider broader movement and access throughout Kyneton, beyond the town centre. The UDF will be used to inform a re-draft of the Kyneton Movement Network Study, which will commence following the completion of this project.
Former Kyneton Primary School Site
The community has made significant investment into the vision and future use for the old Kyneton Primary School site.
The Victorian Government announced funding for the future of the site in November 2020. Resolving what happens on the site itself is subject to the EOI process that is being run by the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP).
The site has been included in the study area boundary as there is an opportunity for the UDF to identify streetscape quality and access improvements to complement the work being undertaken by DELWP.
Outside the scope
The revised UDF will focus on the physical environment: landscaping, footpaths, building design, street furniture etc.
The UDF is not considering:
Broader movement and access throughout Kyneton, beyond the town centre. The UDF can address some of the issues previously identified by the Kyneton community, with focus on the commercial town centre. The UDF will be used to inform a re-draft of the Kyneton Movement Network Study, which will commence following the preparation of this project.
Land use zones or the types of businesses that operate in the town centre. This is influenced in town planning via zoning (through Structure Plans) and the planning applications process.
Community infrastructure such as education and child care, or Council support services such youth or aged facilities.
Residential streets. The UDF is focussing on the main streets in the commercial centre, rather than residential streets, except where they intersect with the main shopping streets.
The old Kyneton Primary School Site, this is currently being managed through an Expression of Interest (EOI) process by Department of Land, Water, Environment and Planning (DELWP). Funding for its development by the State Government was announced in November 2020. The study area boundary has included the site to consider identification of streetscape improvements, however what occurs on the site internally, including management and use options, will be subject to the DELWP's EOI process.
The connection between the UDF, the Kyneton South Framework Plan and the Kyneton Movement Network Study:
Council commenced the Kyneton South Framework Plan (KSFP) in 2016. The KSFP was undertaken to ensure that potential growth in Kyneton South is coordinated, planned and integrated with the existing township. The KSFP would enable Council and other service agencies to consider and anticipate likely infrastructure and service upgrades that may be required to service the growth in Kyneton South.
On commencing the KSFP it was identified that the Kyneton Movement Network Infrastructure Study 2010 required updating. The update of this study was renamed the Kyneton Movement Network Study (KMNS) and coupled with the KSFP to guide the planning of any future infrastructure requirements and ensure growth areas are provided with an integrated and functional movement network.
Officers exhibited the Kyneton Movement Network Study (KMNS) to the community in May 2019. Feedback through the consultation process identified that the community felt the KMNS focussed too much on the growth area and required more focus on movement challenges in the existing township.
The UDF can address some of the current movement network needs identified by the Kyneton community, with focus on the central Kyneton issues that currently exist. Movement network investigations undertaken as part of the UDF will update information on the existing short and medium term needs of the Kyneton township. This information will also inform the KMNS and KSFP on their recommencement.
The project team is currently reviewing all the feedback received during Phase 1 consultation. This will support Council's analysis of the issues and opportunities that currently exist in the town centre.
In the coming months, officers will develop the draft UDF. We will then seek Council endorsement of the draft, and present it to the community for feedback in the second half of 2021.
Stage 1: Issues and opportunities
Consultation Phase 1: 18 January to 26 February 2021
Stage 2: Draft Urban Design Framework
Consultation Phase 2: mid-2021
Stage 3: Final Urban Design Framework
Stage 4: Implementation
Formal Planning Scheme Amendment (if required)
Strategic Planning team
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Pfizer jabs protect 70pc against hospitalization from omicron: South Africa
14th December, 2021 06:30:29 PM
A two-dose Pfizer/BioNTech vaccination provides just 33% protection against infection by the omicron variant of the coronavirus, but 70% protection against hospitalization, according to a large-scale analysis in South Africa released Tuesday.
The first large-scale analysis of vaccine effectiveness in the region where the new variant was discovered appears to support early indications that omicron is more easily transmissible and that the Pfizer shot isn't as effective in protecting against infection as it was against the delta variant.
The analysis was based on more than 211,000 positive COVID-19 test results, 41% from adults who had received two doses of the Pfizer vaccine. About 78,000 of these positive COVID-19 test results between Nov. 15 and Dec. 7 were attributed to omicron infections. The study was carried out by Discovery Health, South Africa's largest private health insurer, and the South African Medical Research Council.
The study has been carried out in the weeks since omicron was first announced in November by scientists in South Africa and Botswana. The researchers emphasized that its findings are preliminary and not peer reviewed.
The data are gathered from the first three weeks of South Africa's omicron-driven wave and may change as time passes. South Africa is the first country to experience a surge in COVID-19 driven by the omicron variant.
South Africa has experienced rapid community spread — concentrated in its most populous province, Gauteng — dominated by the omicron variant.
The seven-day rolling average of daily new cases in South Africa has risen over the past two weeks from 8.07 new cases per 100,000 people on Nov. 29 to 34.37 new cases per 100,000 people on Dec. 13, according to Johns Hopkins University. The death rate hasn't increased during that same period.
"Superb genetic surveillance by the Network for Genomic Surveillance in South Africa identified that omicron infection accounts for over 90% of new infections in South Africa, and has displaced the formerly dominant delta variant," Discovery Health chief executive Dr. Ryan Noach said.
"The omicron-driven fourth wave has a significantly steeper trajectory of new infections relative to prior waves. National data show an exponential increase in both new infections and test positivity rates during the first three weeks of this wave, indicating a highly transmissible variant with rapid community spread of infection," Noach said.
The result shows that vaccinated individuals who received two doses of the Pfizer vaccine have 33% protection against infection from omicron, relative to those who were unvaccinated in the first weeks of South Africa's current omicron-driven wave. This represents a significant drop from the 80% protection against infection afforded during the earlier period, probably on the basis of lower antibody susceptibility, following the extensive spike protein mutations in the omicron variant.
Encouragingly though, the result shows that these same vaccinated individuals who received two doses of the Pfizer vaccine have 70% protection against hospital admission in this same time period. This protection against hospital admission is reduced from the highs of 93% in South Africa's delta-driven variant.
The study shows that the protection against hospital admission is maintained across all ages, in people from 18 to 79 years old, with slightly lower levels of protection for older people, with 67% in people age 60 to 69 and 60% for people age 70 to 79. Protection against admission is also consistent across a range of chronic illnesses including diabetes, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, and other cardiovascular diseases.
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Booster Dose: Age bar lowered to 50 years
No lockdown considering loss of country: Health Minister
South Africa beat India in third Test to win series 2-1
India's big cities could see COVID-19 cases peak next week
Moderna expects COVID-19 vaccine trial data for kids aged 2 to 5 in March
Your eyes hold the key to your true biological age, study finds
One in 10 Covid-19 patients may still infect after quarantine period: Study
Fourth jab 'partially' effective against Omicron: Israeli study
Covid-flu joint booster jab possible late 2023: Moderna
Researchers in Sweden identify gene variant that protects against Covid
Over 5 million Chinese students suffer from spinal deformity
Sputnik V effective against omicron variant: RDIF
Japanese researchers 1st to use iPS cells to repair spinal cord injury


Sing me a song of the shore.
fresh food from astonishing seas.
the chatter of water on stone.
Sing me a song about place.
Sing me a song of the malt.
Oh sing me a song about Gin.
So sing me a song about Islay.
Sing me a song of Islay.
Pauline very kindly composed this poem for us over the Islay Book Festival 2017 weekend based on word contributions from the public. We think she did a fantastic job and many of us were moved to tears when she read it for us at the end of the festival. Thank you, Pauline! Please come again!


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Lîle Shelter est une île de l'Alaska du Sud-Est, aux États-Unis située dans l'archipel Alexandre au nord-ouest de Juneau et au sud-est de l'île Lincoln.

Le premier européen qui a exploré cette île était Joseph Whidbey en 1794.

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The remarkable in-plane anisotropy of anisotropic two-dimensional materials (ATDMs), such as black phosphorus (BP), ReS2, and ReSe2, provides a new degree of freedom for the design of novel orientation-based optical and electronic devices. Therefore, visualization of the anisotropy and determination of the crystal orientation (CO) of ATDMs is of fundamental importance. Herein, using a setup equipped with a non-polarized beam splitter, a four-dimensional anisotropic imaging technique (AIT) based on the anisotropic optical response of ATDMs was proposed, by which the COs of many different ATDMs on the same substrate could be efficiently (<30 s), easily and simultaneously discerned. These key features are rather essential for the later study of the properties and performances of ATDMs and their assembled van der Waals heterostructures. Moreover, the AIT could be used for observing the morphology and optical anisotropy of low-dimensional materials (ATDMs, such as silver nanowires, graphene and so on) with higher resolution and sensitivity than traditional optical microscopy. Via the AIT, the flexible modulation of optical and photothermal anisotropy could be achieved by fabricating orientation-controlled BP/ReS2 heterojunctions. Therefore, the AIT would significantly facilitate the further development of novel electronic, photonic and optoelectronic devices based on ATDMs.


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Controversial Copyright Proposal Passes First Step in European Union Parliament
In a plenary vote yesterday, 20 June 2018, the Legal Affairs Committee (JURI) of the European Union Parliament voted for a proposed copyright directive as presented, which includes measures to monitor, filter, and control—if not outright censor—uploads to the Worldwide Web. In an article titled "Will the Proposed EU Copyright Directive Irrevocably Damage the Internet?" I commented a few days ago on the highly controversial proposal for a "Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market," EU Interinstitutional File: 2016/0280 (COD).
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Considering the number of voices raised in opposition to the proposal, it is surprising to many that the current text passed without further alteration or amendment. In particular, Chapter 2, Article 13 (pages 56 through 60 of the 66-page proposal) is drawing dire warnings from many open-information notables. In essence, it will require that that providers of web services be responsible and liable for pre-screening everything people post online to make certain none of it potentially infringes on copyrighted material.
EDRi, the European Digital Rights organization, published shortly after the vote an article titled "We Can Still Win: Next Steps for the Copyright Directive," by Andreea Belu. It describes the four major stages remaining before the new directive can become a mandate, nicely summarized in the EDRi infographic at right.
In just the scant intervening days, I received more criticism over that June 17 article than anything I've recently written. Some directed at me personally, of a tenor that I approached the issue with extreme bias as an anti-European American, and—as a U.S. citizen and resident with self-admittedly no great understanding of EU law and process—that I had no business inserting my opinion into the discussion.
One of my mistakes was undoubtedly opening the piece as I did: a quotation from the United States Copyright Office about international copyright, and then I likened the May 25 implementation of the EU's GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) to serious and painful surgery, worldwide.
I read voraciously and write voluminously; I've had plenty of time to convince myself that some others do not, but that realization has never really stuck. In that previous article, it was eight paragraphs in before I made clear we were talking about only the European Union directive, and even then I used post-GDPR geoblocking by the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune, and others as an intimation of possible repercussions to the proposed copyright directive. I should not have expected everyone to read that far.
Nevertheless, I did go back and examine the references I included in the article, particularly those in the closing section showing a list of links of interest. And the majority originate outside the United States...as does the bulk of the criticism over the EU copyright proposal. In fact, other than some academic journals and a few websites, the media in the United States has been singularly mum over the matter.
This is not a US versus EU thing. It's a freedom of information thing the the impact of which—in principle and precept if not blatantly in commerce—will be felt worldwide if enacted as it stands.
Even the United Nations isn't liking what they're seeing in this proposal. The day before the EU Parliament's plenary vote, in a piece titled "Landmark Report by UN Expert Urges Governments and Internet Firms to Ensure Freedom of Expression Online," David Kaye, the UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression, wrote:
Governments have a responsibility to ensure compliance with national and international law, but they must act now to ensure that the ability of Internet platforms to provide space for freedom of expression is not undermined. Unfortunately, governments are moving in the wrong direction and often pose direct threats to online freedom of expression.
I was challenged to list 10 known, reputable people in European Union nations who had spoken out about the proposed copyright directive. I needed only to draw on signatories of two open letters to the EU Parliament to compile a list somewhat longer than 10 names. I'll close with that, and with the hope that we see modifications to the text of the directive in the upcoming months.
A Partial List of Signatories to Published Criticism of the Proposed Directive
Zuzana Adamova, head of Intellectual Property and Information Technologies Law Institute, University of Trnava, Slovakia
Lionel Bently, director, Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Law, University of Cambridge, UK
Sir Timothy John Berners-Lee, British inventor of the World Wide Web and director of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
Maurizio Borghi, director, Centre for IP Policy & Management, Bournemouth University, UK
Niklas Bruun, director, Intellectual Property Law University Center, Hanken School of Economics, Helsinki, Finland
Oleksandr Bulayenko, Centre d'Etudes Internationales de la Propriété Intellectuelle, University of Strasbourg, France
Hugh Connery, Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Denmark
James Cronin, British Internet pioneer
Peter Drahos, Professor of Law and Governance, European University Institute, Florence, Italy
Josef Drexl, director, Intellectual Property and Competition Law, Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition, München, Germany
Katharina de la Durantaye, Chair of Private Law and Media Law, European University Viadrina, Frankfurt, Germany
Séverine Dusollier, professor, School of Law, SciencesPo, Paris, France
Lilian Edwards, deputy director CREATe, University of Glasgow, Scotland, and Professor of E-Governance, Strathclyde University
Nico van Eijk, director, Professor of Media and Telecommunications Law and Director of the Institute for Information Law, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Kris Erickson, professor, University of Leeds, UK
Anriette Esterhuysen, South African Senior Advisor, Association for Progressive Communications
Dev Gangjee, director, Oxford Intellectual Property Research Centre, University of Oxford, UK
Christophe Geiger, director, Centre d'Etudes Internationales de la Propriété Intellectuelle, University of Strasbourg, France
Sayantan Ghosal, professor of Economics, Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow, Scotland
Dame Wendy Hall, Regius Professor of Computer Science, University of Southampton, UK
Dietmar Harhoff, director, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Research, Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition, München, Germany
Reto Hilty, director, Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition, München, Germany
P. Bernt Hugenholtz, professor of Intellectual Property Law and former director, Institute for Information Law, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Miguel de Icaza, Mexico, founder of the GNOME, Mono, and Xamarin projects
Joichi Ito, Japanese director of the MIT Media Lab
Martin Kretschmer, director, RCUK Copyright Centre (CREATe), University of Glasgow, Scotland, and Braudel Fellow, European University Institute, Florence, Italy
Nari Lee, professor of Intellectual Property Law, Hanken School of Economics, Helsinki, Finland
Arno Lodder, professor of Internet Law, Centre for Law and Internet, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Juan Carlos De Martin, co-director, Center for Internet & Society, Nexa, Politechnio di Torino, Italy
Dinusha Mendia, co-director, Centre for IP Policy & Management, Bournemouth University, UK
Axel Metzger, Chair in Civil and Intellectual Property Law, Humboldt-Universität Berlin, Germany
Désirée Miloshevic, British citizen born Belgrade, Senior Public Policy and International Affairs Advisor in Europe for Afilias, former Special Adviser to the Chair of Internet Governance Forum Advisory Group and Member of the Internet Society Board of Trustees
Matěj Myška, deputy head of the Institute of Law and Technology, Faculty of Law, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
Eoin O'Dell, professor at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
Martin Odersky, German, professor at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
Alexander Peukert, chair in Civil and Intellectual Property Law, Goethe Universität, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Radim Polčák, head of the Institute of Law and Technology, Faculty of Law, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
Tito Rendas, lecturer in Copyright Law, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Portugal
Marco Ricolfi, co-director, Center for Internet & Society, Nexa, Politechnio di Torino, Italy
Thomas Riis, professor at University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Guido van Rossum, Dutch founder and developer of the Python programming language
Henning Grosse Ruse-Khan, co-director, Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Law, University of Cambridge, UK
Giovanni Sartor, professor at University of Bologna, Italy
Jens Schovsbo, professor at University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Sebastian Felix Schwemer, Centre for Information and Innovation Law, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Martin Senftleben, Professor of Intellectual Property, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Rafal Sikorski, professor of Law, Faculty of Law and Administration, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland
Ruth Towse, professor of the Economics of Creative Industries, Bournemouth University, UK, and CREATe Fellow in Cultural Economics
Philip Wadler, Professor of Theoretical Computer Science, University of Edinburgh
Jimmy Wales, British resident and co-founder and board member, Wikimedia Foundation
Guido Westkamp, professor of Intellectual Property and Comparative Law, Queen Mary, University of London, UK
Stefano Zanero, professor at the Dipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione e Bioingegneria, Politecnico di Milano
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Grate the sweet potatoes and the rinds of the lemon and orange. Cream the butter, and add the eggs which have been well beaten. Next, add the grated potatoes, spices, milk and salt. Stir in the molasses and grated lemon and orange rind.
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Walt Anderson (* 1952 in DeFuniak Springs, Florida) ist ein US-amerikanischer Zahnarzt und ehemaliger Schiedsrichter im American Football, der von der Saison 1996 bis 2019 in der NFL tätig war. Er war Schiedsrichter des Super Bowls XLV und trug die Uniform mit der Nummer 66.

Persönliches
Walt Anderson wurde 1952 in DeFuniak Springs geboren. Er wuchs in Channelview auf wo sein Vater ein High School Football Trainer war. In der Mannschaft seines Vaters spielte er als Quarterback. Seinen Bachelor erhielt er 1974 an der Sam Houston State University. Während seiner Zeit an der Sam Houston wurde er als Quarterback zweimal All-American. 1978 promovierte er an der University of Texas at Austin. Er war daraufhin als Zahnarzt tätig. Als er 2003 zum Hauptschiedsrichter in der NFL berufen wurde, schloss er seine Praxis in Sugar Land um sich ganz der NFL widmen zu können. Am 26. April 2006 wurde er zum Schiedsrichter-Koordinator der Big 12 Conference ernannt.

Er ist verheiratet mit Afshan. Mit ihr gemeinsam hat er ein Kind. Beide haben aus früheren Ehen jeweils 2 Kinder. Sie leben in Sugar Land.

Karriere als Schiedsrichter
Nach seiner aktiven Karriere entschloss er sich, weiter dem Football treu zu bleiben. Er entschied sich, die Schiedsrichter Laufbahn einzuschlagen. Er leitete unter anderem Spiele der Junior High und der High School sowie einige Spiele von Universitätsmannschaften.

College Football
Vor dem Einstieg in die NFL arbeitete er als Schiedsrichter im College Football in der Lone Star Conference, der Southland Conference und der Southwest Athletic Conference.

National Football League

Anderson begann im Jahr 1996 seine NFL-Laufbahn als Line Judge. Nachdem die Schiedsrichter Dick Hantak und Bob McElwee ihren Rücktritt bekannt gegeben hatten, wurde er zur NFL-Saison 2003 zum Hauptschiedsrichter ernannt.

Er war insgesamt bei zwei Super Bowls als Offizieller im Einsatz: Beim Super Bowl XXXV im Jahr 2001 war er Line Judge der Crew unter der Leitung von Hauptschiedsrichter Gerald Austin, den Super Bowl XLV leitete er als Hauptschiedsrichter. Zudem leitete er die Pro Bowls 2012 und 2018.

Zum Ende der Saison 2019 trat er als Schiedsrichter zurück. Als sein Nachfolger wurde Land Clark ernannt.

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City Grants Grants to Non-profits
Morro Bay's City Council was in a giving mood shortly before Christmas, doling out over $51,000 to 11 non-profit groups involved in the local community.
The Council had included the grants in the Fiscal Year 2021-2022 budget using some $26,000 in apparently excess general fund monies and $25,344 in federal "American Rescue Plan Act," monies. The ARPA was a $1.9 trillion COVID relief package approved by Congress and signed into law in March 2021 by President Joe Biden.
Criteria for the City's grant program included: senior services, art and culture, climate action, diversity and inclusion, youth services, and small business support, according to a news release.
Some eight non-profits shared the take from the City budget. Morro Bay Maritime Museum got $5,000 for its Kids Cove project. Ecologistics, Inc., got $1,000 for CO2 monitoring devices. Morro Bay in Bloom, Inc., got $6,500 for its town beautification work and the Community Foundation of Estero Bay Inc., got $2,000 for youth recreation scholarships.
SCORE got $1,000 for free business marketing; and the 5 Cities DBA Diversity Coalition got $4,000 for something called "Community Diversity Education & Training Program."
The Estero Bay Kindness Coalition got $3,000 for its Bags of Love food program with local elementary school kids and their families, and the Morro Bay Seniors Citizens, Inc., got $3,500 for a project to remodel the lobby of the Senior Center, which is located inside the City's Community Center.
As for the ARPA monies, the Senior Nutrition Program got $7,500; By the Sea Productions got $8,344 (to support its community theater productions); and the Morro Bay Art Association got $5,000 for Art Center Morro Bay, the Association's gallery on Main Street.
Nearly every year, the City sets aside a chunk of money in its budget to be shared among local non-profit organizations, with the priority always being those that directly provide services and assistance to local residents and families. The amount has varied over the years and in some lean times, the City allocated zero to community assistance grants.
Mayor John Headding said, "We are so pleased to be able to support our local non-profits who contribute significantly to the well-being of our community."
Morro Bay Art Association President Patricia Newton was grateful for the City's assistance. "The pandemic significantly impacted our ability to provide our services to the Morro Bay community," she said. "We are thankful for this City grant, which will allow us to continue to provide art enrichment and education activities to all ages in Morro Bay."
City Manager Scott Collins was charged with cutting the grant checks and delivering the monies over the next couple of weeks.
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Huta Stalowa Wola S.A. responsible employer – Leader HR 2019
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On July 26th, 2009, Huta Stalowa Wola received the title of "Responsible Employer – Leader of Human Resources 2019" awarded for the high level of implemented employment and employee policy and its integration with the company's business goals. The award was received by the Member…
The football team from HSW S.A took the second place!
On Saturday, July 13th this year. on the site of KS Metal Tarnów the Football Tournament for the Cup of the President of ZMT SA was held. 10 teams issued from defense factories from all over Poland took part in the tournament: Zakłady Mechaniczne Tarnów SA,…
Huta Stalowa Wola S.A. signed another contract with the Ministry of National Defense
On 11/07/2012, Huta Stalowa Wola S.A. signed a contract worth several million PLN with the Armament Inspectorate for the supply of SŁ-34C dozer-loader. The contract provides for the delivery of SŁ-34C dozer-loaders in 2020 – 2021. The equipment is intended for performing transshipments using forklift equipment,…
The Minister of National Defense handed over the 6th Company Fire Module RAK
– Polish Army must be equipped with the most modern equipment. For example, RAK self-propelled mortars together with command vehicles, which I had the privilege to pass a moment ago. It is a Polish product, it is a product of the highest quality – said Mariusz Błaszczak during handover of self-propelled…
With regret, we received the news …
We regretfully received the news of the death of a soldier, Sebastian Marczewski, a veteran and aggrieved party in Afghanistan, who died while trying to break the world record in Lake Garda in Italy. He planned to break the record and descend to a depth of 333 meters. The depths of the…
The Polish Armed Forces received self-propelled howitzers "KRAB"
At the end of June this year. on the territory of the military unit in Sulechów, in which the 5th Lubuski Artillery Regiment is stationed, there was an official transfer of the first series of self-propelled howitzers "KRAB" to the Polish Armed Forces. HSW S.A. has already started serial…


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Waterfall Media Group
Video & Film Production Services
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Established in 1984 by Scott Verret, Waterfall Media Group is a small company in Eastern Pennsylvania that specializes in several areas of audio and video production. Over the last three decades… read more
Established in 1984 by Scott Verret, Waterfall Media Group is a small company in Eastern Pennsylvania that specializes in several areas of audio and video production. Over the last three decades Waterfall Media Group has secured a firm position in the audio-visual world and serves clients coast to coast. In the beginning, Scott Verret's profession as a sound designer and keyboardist was the foundation of the company. His work with artists such as Madonna, Whitney Houston, Genesis, Howard Jones, Michael Jackson, and a myriad of others, opened the door for many more opportunities.
Waterfall Media Group is currently involved in many aspects of the audio-visual world and broadcast industry. First and foremost, we offer unparalleled TV spot production, corporate video production and true 3-D animation. On the audio side we produce advertising jingles, radio commercials and original music scores. Projects are produced across both MAC and PC platforms using industry-standard programs such as Final Cut Pro, Sony Vegas Pro, Adobe Premiere, DaVinci Resolve, Cinema 4-D, After Effects, Pro-Animator, Sound Forge, and Pro Tools HD. Although a lot has changed in the audio-visual production industry over the last three decades, it is still the innate creativity, knowledge of audio, video and music, vast expertise in technology, and client respect that make Waterfall Media Group a success. That will never change.


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Mayor Michael O'Connor announced a strategic reorganization of City government that continues his ongoing commitment to make the executive leadership team the most experienced and diverse in City history.
The new City government structure, established with the adoption of the FY23 budget, establishes new roles and reporting structures for several City leaders across several departments, reiterating Mayor O'Connor's commitment to creating a leadership cabinet that can best respond to The City of Frederick's progress and growth.
Under the new structure, Katie Barkdoll will become the first woman to serve as Director of Budget and Administration. Gayon Sampson will serve as the City's first Black Chief of Staff. These changes will take effect July 1.
"In my first term as Mayor, I committed to examining City government operations and identified strategic reorganization opportunities, with the Department of Housing and Human Services and in the Department of Public Works," said Mayor Michael O'Connor. "With the further identification of areas of opportunity, the timing for this reorganization is appropriate. This restructure supports my commitment to increase the efficiency of service delivery and interdepartmental collaboration as we build the most diverse, equitable and resilient City government workforce possible."
Under this new structure, the Director of Budget and Administration will oversee the Human Resources Department, Finance Department, and Office of Risk, Safety, and Compliance in addition to the Information Technology/GIS and Purchasing Departments, which were already under this position's purview.
In addition to the Office of the Mayor, the Communications Department, Office of Equity and Inclusion, the City Clerk will report to the Mayor's Chief of Staff.
"Katie and Gayon have proven to be excellent leaders, and valuable collaborators, who are both dedicated to serving our residents and City staff. These changes facilitate improved communication and collaboration between many departments that share similar missions and responsibilities. I cannot think of two people more qualified to serve in these critical roles."
Sampson, an 8th generation native of Frederick, was appointed to the City of Frederick in July 2018. Prior to joining the City of Frederick, Sampson served as community outreach advisor in the Office of Government and Community Affairs at Johns Hopkins University & Medicine. Prior to joining Johns Hopkins, he was employed as a policy associate at the Greater Baltimore Committee. Additionally, he has experience working both on Capitol Hill and for the Maryland General Assembly. Gayon is very active in his community serving on numerous boards and committees.
He earned his bachelor's degree in political science from Towson University and his master's degree in public administration from the University of Maryland, College Park, School of Public Policy.
Barkdoll, a lifelong Frederick County resident, joined the City in 2009 after serving as the Finance Director for the YMCA of Frederick County. She is a Certified Public Accountant and a member of the Maryland Association of Certified Public Accountants and the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada. Ms. Barkdoll is very active in the community and has served on the Board of Directors of several nonprofit organizations and is currently on the Board of the Maryland Government Finance Officers Association. Barkdoll has also received the Distinguished Budget Presentation Award from the Government Finance Officers Association for 12 consecutive years.
These moves continue Mayor O'Connor's work to build out key leadership positions within the City including his hiring of the top positions in the Frederick Police Department, the Department of Housing and Human Services, and the creation of an Office of Equity and Inclusion and the hiring of its first manager. With these changes, six of Mayor O'Connor's eight executive leadership team members, represent minority populations.
"I am proud of the Mayor's commitment to continue working toward building a more equitable and diverse workforce and leadership team in the City of Frederick," said Sampson. "This reorganization not only reflects the Mayor's priorities but it also benefits our residents in our effort to deliver more timely, efficient and higher quality services to them."
"This budget cycle represented a true transformational opportunity for the City, and I believe this restructure by the Mayor represents a momentous shift for how City government works for its residents and its employees," said Barkdoll. "I am thankful for the Mayor's commitment to staff and the public, and am excited to continue the important work the City does on behalf of its residents every day."
This reorganization continues The City of Frederick's commitment to providing responsive, effective and innovative services that promote and enhance the well-being of all residents that live, work and play in the City of Frederick.
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Q: Ruby on rails console I have an issue with a nested model in my application. I can't get the values to show. I know I have to do it like this: @modelname.attribute (view), but it doesn't seem to work. That's why I started to look in the console if everything I did in the controller was right.
Everything seems ok. But I have one question, in the console, when you do this (example):
@modelname = Modelname.find(an id)

it gives you the corresponding object like this:
=>#< Modelname, id: x, other attributes >

and when I'm trying to find my other object in the console, I get this:
=>[#< Modelname, id: x, other attributes >]

Why? What's the difference and could that be my problem?

A: The second time –in the console– you're getting an array. That's the difference. As of why, we don't know what your wrote to find the model, but you must be calling ModelName.where or one fo the other methods in the ActiveRecord query API that returns an array (an ActiveRecord::Relation to be precise)


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Europa League final: ash cloud prompts Atlético Madrid to travel 24 hours in advance
Atlético Madrid will leave a day ahead of schedule to travel to Hamburg for Wednesday's Europa League final against Fulham to limit potential disruptions caused by Iceland's volcanic eruption.
By Telegraph staff and agencies 10 May 2010 • 8:59pm
Playing it safe: Atlético Madrid coach Quique Sanchez Flores and his squad took the decision to travel 24 hours in advance in a bid to avoid potential disruptions caused by the ash cloud Credit: Photo: GETTY IMAGES
The Atlético team will leave today [Monday] instead of Tuesday for Germany, the club announced on its website.
Their decision followed the club having to travel by bus to play their weekend league game against Sporting Gijon because several airports in the north of Spain were closed.
Potential travel disruptions has led Fulham manager Roy Hodgson to suggest to Uefa that the Europa League final should be postponed if ongoing travel concerns cause too many problems for either side.
"We are worried because they are always talking about changing wind direction and having to play this game on Sunday does not give us too much alternative," Hodgson said.
"It is all very well people saying change the flights, but we can only change that on Monday. We are talking about 40 people and a lot of kit - it is not like someone going on a package holiday, it is a major operation.
"We are training on Monday morning and I am not expecting to race around and try to contact the players now to say 'You had better bring your bags for nine o'clock.'
"It could be very problematic and I only hope we have the luck to see the ash cloud disappear from the airspace between England and Germany.
"It is a very, very complicated matter and while our administrative team are working on it as best they can, to some extent we are going to be very much in the hands of the aviation authorities.
"What we can and can't do will be decided by them, not us."
Meanwhile, Atlético goalkeeper Sergio Asenjo will miss the clash in Hamburg after being ruled out for up to six months at the weekend.
The 20-year-old suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury to his left leg.


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HomeMutare NewsCity of Mutare Eats Humble Pie as Court Acts on Unilateral Disconnection of Water Supply!
City of Mutare Eats Humble Pie as Court Acts on Unilateral Disconnection of Water Supply!
Mutare Magistrate Purity Gumbo has ordered City of Mutare to immediately restore water connection to a trader after the local authority had unilaterally disconnected supplies at his premises in a desperate bid to force him to pay arrears on his utility and rates bill.
Dharmesh Pitamber, who was represented by Moses Chikomo of Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights, filed an application at Mutare Magistrates Court after some officials from City of Mutare on Thursday 17 June 2021 disconnected water supplies at his premises in central Mutare after serving him with a "notice to disconnect water supplies" on 15 June 2021.
City of Mutare officials had disconnected water supplies on the basis of outstanding arrears on Pitamber's utility and rates bills which has a separate account number and when in fact his water bill has its own separate account number, which he is religiously paying and is up to date.
In court, Chikomo argued that Pitamber could not be denied water without a just cause as he has a right to access to safe, clean and potable water enshrined in section 77 of the Constitution and the local authority's actions amounted to an unlawful despoliation of his right to the enjoyment and use of water at his premises.
Chikomo said while City of Mutare has a right to collect its debts, it cannot do so by resorting to unlawful means and said since it is a public body and institution of local government it cannot deny a citizen water without a just cause.
The human rights lawyer stated that although Pitamber acknowledges his indebtedness on utility and rates bills and is making efforts to clear the arrears, the unilateral cutting of water supplies amounted to self-help.
Chikomo argued that Pitamber together with other people at his premises had been left exposed to unhygienic conditions since he could no longer use toilets, wash hands nor access clean drinking water and practice health and safety precautions of washing hands with clean and running water, which is critical to the national control of the outbreak and spread of coronavirus. He reasoned that the purported disconnection of water supply at his premises was unlawful, unwarranted and could not be justified in any way.
In the end, Magistrate Gumbo ordered City of Mutare to immediately restore water connection at Pitamber's premises. Magistrate Gumbo also ordered that in the event of failure by City of Mutare to restore water supply within 24 hours after service of the court order, a Messenger of Court would be empowered to restore water supplies at Pitamber's premises.
Source: Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights


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Not sure if that completely relates but it is the thing i thought of. For me the question i have is more 'Why wouldn't you adopt?' than 'Why would you?' to anyone wanting a baby in this day and age and i know that one gets complicated enough. But i think this post helps remind those of us who deeply care about you and others who are walking this path, to remember to be sensitive and help you guard and share the stories you choose to, and hopefully that will continue to be the case.
Until we know, we don't know.
SO appreciated this: helps remind those of us who deeply care about you and others who are walking this path, to remember to be sensitive and help you guard and share the stories you choose to, and hopefully that will continue to be the case.
I do think that your taboo topics are people being allowed to share their own story and I guess this was triggered more in how do we protect our children than we do ourselves… I am having to learn to be more gracious in my responses… Charles is better at that than I am… I get into warrior mode a little too fast sometimes.
Thanks for reading and being one of our cheerleaders in this. We appreciate you!


Also while I'm on the topic of the kids... Maison came into our room crying hysterically before sunrise this morning. I jumped up & said, "what happened, love?!" She sobbed, "I forgot how to cry!" I said, "But you are crying." She screamed, "No! I'm just faking it!" 100% true.
This year 12 people died from taking selfies while only 8 died from shark attacks. A a precaution, avoid taking selfies with sharks.
The laptop is powered by the pony on a treadmill. I planned it all out very carefully.
Happy #EarthDay, guys! In order to save the planet & reduce my carbon footprint, I'm recycling old tweets today.