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WAR CRIMES: Pretend President Joe Biden Leaves 250 Americans Stranded In Kabul, Calls The Afghanistan Evacuation An 'Extraordinary Success'
Biden was 44 minutes late for his scheduled speech — even though it was already rescheduled from earlier in the afternoon. He began his speech by nearly shouting from the podium as he defended his efforts. His address took place more than 24 hours after the last flight left the Kabul airport, leaving the State Department and the Pentagon to explain why Americans were left behind, even after Biden promised to stay until every American was evacuated. The president also defended leaving Americans behind in Afghanistan, arguing that 90 percent of Americans who wanted to leave were evacuated.
by	Geoffrey Grider	August 31, 2021
A defiant President Joe Biden defended his tumultuous exit from Afghanistan on Tuesday, refusing to admit mistakes or accept blame for lives lost or Americans left behind.
Today, the word 'success' has a new definition. According to Joe Biden, a 'success' is now defined by breaking your promises to evacuate all Americans from Taliban controlled Afghanistan. A 'success' is now when you bungle a mission so badly that 13 US soldiers are murdered by ISIS terrorists, a 'success' is when a drone strike takes out no terrorists, instead killing children and innocent civilians. Here's to success. eh?
"For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the LORD made the heavens." Psalm 96:5 (KJB)
My definition of success would be Joe Biden brought to trial for war crimes, his Pentagon generals along side him, and be held to account for the unmitigated disaster that this pullout has truly been. Nothing the Biden administration says is true, they are lying on every level, believe them at your own peril. America has no president right now, we are being led by the dark and sinister figures of the shadow government. Just wait until the Islamic terrorists who are being brought to America, mixed in with the Afghan women and children, start jihad in your town. What fun that will be, thanks Walkaway Joe!
TALIBAN CELEBRATES THEIR STUNNING VICTORY AS 'WALKAWAY JOE' LEAVES HUNDREDS OF AMERICANS STRANDED IN THE TERROR NATION OF AFGHANISTAN
Angry Joe Biden Refuses to Admit Mistakes or Accept Accountability in Disastrous Afghanistan Exit
FROM BREITBART NEWS: "Some say that the evacuation from Afghanistan could have been started sooner and completed in a more orderly fashion," Biden said. "I respectfully disagree." Biden began by describing the military evacuation as a success, defying critics of his rushed exit from the country after the Taliban seized control of Kabul on August 15.
"The extraordinary success of this mission is due to the incredible skill bravely (sic) and selfless courage of the United States military and our diplomats and intelligence professionals," he said.
Biden was 44 minutes late for his scheduled speech — even though it was already rescheduled from earlier in the afternoon. He began his speech by nearly shouting from the podium as he defended his efforts. His address took place more than 24 hours after the last flight left the Kabul airport, leaving the State Department and the Pentagon to explain why Americans were left behind, even after Biden promised to stay until every American was evacuated.
The president also defended leaving Americans behind in Afghanistan, arguing that 90 percent of Americans who wanted to leave were evacuated. Biden said the decision to leave on August 31 was a decision supported by his military and civilian advisors. He said the August 31 deadline for departure was not an "arbitrary" deadline but "designed to save American lives" — even though he repeatedly changed the exit date since he became president.
Biden also tried to excuse his failure by suggesting that many Americans who remained in Afghanistan were staying willingly.
"The bottom line is there is no evacuation from the end of a war that you can run without the kinds of complexities, challenges, threats we faced. None," he said.
Biden again blamed his predecessor for empowering the Taliban in Afghanistan, arguing he had no intention of staying longer than August 31.
"That was the real choice, between leaving and escalating," he said. "I was not going to extend this forever war. And I was not going to extend a forever exit." READ MORE
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Proposed marijuana rules meet standards for safety, community empowerment
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In this Dec. 13, 2019, photo a marijuana plant grows under artificial light at an indoor facility in Portland, Maine.
By The Editorial Board. The BDN Opinion Section operates independently and does not set newsroom policies, or contribute to reporting or editing articles elsewhere in the newspaper or on bangordailynews.com. • June 16, 2019 10:00 am
Updated: June 19, 2019 5:32 pm
After years of delay, Maine lawmakers are on the verge of enacting rules for the sale of recreational marijuana. The rules they are considering, which were drafted by the state's Office of Marijuana Policy, meet important safety and community engagement standards and deserve legislative support.
In 2016, Maine voters approved legalizing marijuana for adult recreational use. Since then, lawmakers, often hampered by vetoes from former Gov. Paul LePage, have failed to enact the rules needed to turn the referendum vote into reality. Last year, lawmakers overrode a veto from LePage, to put in place rules for adult marijuana use. But action on rules for retail sales of marijuana faltered.
The rules now under consideration build on the work of several groups that sought to write rules for legal, retail marijuana sales for recreational use. Maine already allows medical marijuana sales. Still, the Office of Marijuana Policy, which was established in February, deserves credit for working quickly in the past few months to finalize the proposed rules.
A legislative committee previously spent the better part of a year drafting a set of regulations that were ultimately rejected by lawmakers in 2017 after a veto from LePage. That group's proposed regulations focused on four priorities that remain valid today.
The first is to fulfill the will of Maine voters. Many in the State House, and beyond, opposed the legalization referendum. The Bangor Daily News editorial board did as well. But, voters passed it and regulations for retail sales are long overdue.
The second is to ensure that regulations are strict to ensure the safety of Maine communities and children. This is accomplished through clear and precise definitions around what products can be sold and how they must be labeled. It is also addressed with limits on retail marijuana facilities near schools, daycares and churches, and a ban on social clubs.
A third priority — empowering communities — is addressed by allowing municipalities to opt-in to allowing marijuana retail facilities. If a community opts in, the proposed rules also give it the ability to zone where the facilities can locate and to set more stringent regulations than what the state adopts.
The fourth priority is to maximize state revenue. The proposed tax rate of 20 percent is below what is charged in western states, but is similar to Massachusetts' levy. This is the highest tax rate lawmakers have considered, so this is an improvement in terms of ensuring that Maine benefits from the eventual retail market. Under existing law, some of the tax revenue would support law enforcement training and public health and safety programs related to marijuana use.
A companion bill, LD 335, which also remains under consideration in the Legislature's final days, proposed to direct 25 percent of the sales and excise taxes collected by the state from retail marijuana sales to communities that host the shops. An amendment adopted in House would drop the revenue sharing rate to 12 percent. Directing some of the tax revenue from marijuana sales to communities where those sales happen makes great sense.
One substantial hangup remains. The proposed rules limit retail marijuana sales licenses to businesses owned by Maine residents. We appreciate the inclination to favor Maine-owned businesses, but such a restriction may violate interstate commerce rules. One vendor, Wellness Connection of Maine, which owns four of the state's eight medical marijuana dispensaries, has already threatened to sue if the provision remains in the rules.
Eliminating this requirement could avoid legal battles down the road.
Rules for a retail marijuana market in Maine are overdue. These rules meet important standards and should move forward.
Correction: An earlier version of this editorial incorrectly stated that the Office of Marijuana Policy was created in March. The office was established in February.
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UCSC alumna and best-selling romance novelist establishes library endowment
By Barbara McKenna
A best-selling romance novelist has made a gift to UCSC--her alma mater--to establish an important library endowment.
The endowment comes from Jayne Ann Krentz, whose contribution of $10,000 has established the Castle Humanities Fund. Interest from the fund, established in Krentz's maiden name, makes it possible for the library to acquire books in the humanities that it would not be able to purchase otherwise.
"I valued learning in a climate in which the humanities were well-respected," said Krentz. "I hope that my gift helps engender in future students the same love of humanities that I gained at UCSC."
Krentz graduated from UCSC's Stevenson College in 1970 with a B.A. in history. One of the country's most popular romance novelists, Krentz has published more than 50 contemporary and historical romances, with 20 consecutive New York Times best-sellers to her credit (many published under the pen name of Amanda Quick). Along with her work in contemporary and historical romance, Krentz is the author of an important critical volume, Dangerous Men and Adventurous Women: Romance Writers on the Appeal of the Romance. The book received the Susan Koppelman Award for feminist studies from the Women's Caucus of the Popular Culture Association and the American Culture Association.
At the same time that she made this gift to the University Library, Krentz also made contributions to several elementary school libraries in Seattle, where she lives. "Books are so important at those two ends of the spectrum," she explained. "For children to learn to love books they need to be exposed to them at an early age, and for students to thrive in college they need to have access to as diverse a range of materials as possible."
Before she began her writing career full-time, Krentz earned an M.A. in library science from San Jose State University and worked for a number of years in corporate and academic libraries, including the Duke University library. As a former librarian, Krentz noted, she is quite aware of the changing needs of a library and of the high degree of planning and research that goes into making new acquisitions. Because of her insider's perspective, she stipulated that her gift be unrestricted--meaning that campus librarians may make acquisitions in the areas they deem most suitable for the library.
"We are thrilled Ms. Krentz has chosen to give back to UCSC through enriching the humanities materials in the library," said University Librarian Allan Dyson. "The unrestricted nature of the gift is especially welcome--it will help the largest number of students and faculty who will be using our humanities collections."


Good review. Nice excerpt. Thanks for participating!
Sounds like a fun book. I love the idea of a nightmare!
I have this one coming up next. Honestly, I know this sounds weird, but I love having nightmares. I love that feeling of waking up from one.
Yep, I agree about this one. While it wasn't perfect for me either, I still managed to enjoy it well enough. I felt the same way about the so-called 'bad guy', too. I wasn't entirely sure that his relationship with Dusty was supposed to be, other than a poor attempt at trying to be less predictable.. But anyway, I'd still read the second one. :) Great review, Suzanne!
I just started this and I am really enjoying it so far. It isn't super unique but it is fun so far and I like Dusty and Eli.
Glad that you enjoyed despite the predictability and other issues.
Dusty and Eli sounds like good characters.
I'm still trying to fight my way through this one, Suzanne. I have to, of course, it's for review ad I hate not reviewing my Netgalley books, but I doubt it'll be very flattering. You seem to have enjoyed it at least a little bit more than I did and I'm very glad.
I have this coming up next week and I am looking forward to it. I am glad it wasn't a disappointment. I can handle predictable and I have never read a book with a character who is a nightmare! Thanks for the review!
I just finished this one and totally agree that the romance wasn't that appealing and the mystery was completely predictable. But, it was still a fun story.


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Un glirarium es un recipiente de terracota usado en la Antigua Roma, que fue utilizado para criar lirones destinados al consumo humano. Estos animales fueron considerados un manjar en la época etrusca y más tarde en el Imperio Romano.

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El recipiente consiste en una vasija, generalmente de terracota, perforada para permitir la respiración, pulida por dentro para evitar escapes y con una tapa para sellar la parte superior. En el interior hay dos o más estantes colocados contra las paredes de la vasija y agujeros adicionales en el fondo de la vasija, generalmente más numerosos que los de los lados. Al inducir la hibernación a través de la oscuridad y el confinamiento, el glirarium hacía que el lirón engordara.

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 The Dormouse Hollow (biología del lirón)
 Wandering Italy (blog) en glirarium

Arquitectura para animales
Gliridae
Alfarería y cerámica romanas
Alfarería y cerámica etruscas

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General Manager Steve Tambellini announced today the Edmonton Oilers, parent club of the AHL's Springfield Falcons, have agreed to terms with goaltender Devan Dubnyk, defenseman Dean Arsene, and 2009 NHL Entry Draft choice Toni Rajala.
Arsene, who turns 29 on Monday, spent the previous six seasons with the AHL's Hershey Bears, helping lead the Bears to Calder Cup championships in 2005-06 and 2008-09.
In 267 career games with Hershey, he totaled seven goals and 36 assists for 43 points and 674 penalty minutes.
The 6'2", 210-pound native of Abbotsford, B.C. made his AHL debut with the Hartford Wolf Pack during the 2002-03 season and posted four points (1-3-4) in 50 games.
Dubnyk, 23, agreed to a one-year contract with the Oilers.
Edmonton's first-round pick, 14th overall, in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft has played the past two seasons with Springfield, tallying a 27-58-2 record, 3.02 goals against average and a .905 save percentage.
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If she sink, she be no witch and shall be drowned. If she float, she be a witch and must be hanged. Meg Lytton has always known she is different - that she bears a dark and powerful gift. But in 1554 England, in service at Woodstock Palace to the banished Tudor princess Elizabeth, it has never been more dangerous to practice witchcraft. Meg knows she must guard her secret carefully from the many suspicious eyes watching over the princess and her companions. One wrong move could mean her life, and the life of Elizabeth, rightful heir to the English throne.
London, 1583. When young, aspiring playwright William Shakespeare encounters Lucy Morgan, one of Queen Elizabeth I's ladies-in-waiting, the two fall passionately in love. He declares Lucy the inspiration for his work, but what secret is Will hiding from his muse? Meanwhile, Lucy has her own secret - and one that could destroy her world if exposed. No longer the chaste maid so valued by the Virgin Queen, she also bore witness to the clandestine wedding of Lettice Knollys and Robert Dudley, a match forbidden by the monarch.


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For Students: Notes on JULIUS CAESAR
O, mighty Caesar! by Alice Renier (CSC Education Associate)
When someone rules a country with total power, they are called a dictator. The first Roman dictator, Julius Caesar, was killed on the Ides of March (March 15) more than 1600 years before Shakespeare wrote his play. His assassination is one of the most famous events in Western history outside of the Bible. Today, we still debate whether or not he deserved it.
Before Julius Caesar came to power, the Roman government was a republic, a government where representatives were elected to rule on behalf of the citizens who elected them. As he was growing up, the Roman republic had destabilized: the rich had become more and more wealthy, while the less fortunate were more and more often forced into slavery. When Caesar became a general in the Roman army, he gained the support of his soldiers and the people through his many military successes.
Julius Caesar only ruled for one year, and during that time he transformed what would become the Roman Empire. He relieved debt, reformed the Senate, reorganized local government, invited some of his defeated rivals to join him, and even reformed the Roman calendar. As he did this, he also worked hard to solidify his rule, demanding that the Senate name him dictator for life. This angered his former rivals, Gaius Cassius Longinus and Marcus Junius Brutus who lead an attack on Caesar in the senate, assassinating him and calling themselves "the liberators." This event plunged Rome into civil war, and resulted in Octavius, Caesar's great-grandnephew and adopted heir, becoming the first Roman emperor.
Julius Caesar's rule effectively transformed the Roman government for all time. He was the first Roman ruler to be seen as a god, the "Divine Caesar."
This marble bust of Julius Caesar is the oldest one that exists. It was made around 46 B.C., and was found at the bottom of the Rhône River. Most likely, it was thrown in the river after Caesar's assassination since "it would have been dangerous at the time to be considered a follower of his." – Luc Long, archeologist


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Sandra Collins life and biography
Sandra Collins biography
Birthplace : Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
Credited as : DJ, Lost in Time,
Sandra Collins is an American DJ. Sandra is a heroine to dance music fans everywhere, from Little Rock, Arkansas, to Lima, Peru. The jet setting trance-music DJ is, according to Choler Magazine online, "one of the few American trance DJs with a global reputation." As a female, she also is a great rarity in the male-dominated dance music and live DJ scene. Her photogenic good looks may have gained her entrance and notice in the boys' club, but Collins proved she had the skills to remain there. Bouncing back and forth to opposite ends of the globe, Collins spins her trance-music mixes for thousands of dance-music fanatics at a time. Her scores of fans are able to take her live sets home in the form of her two mix CDs, Lost in Time and Tranceport III, and one album of original music, Cream.
Collins was practically destined for show business--her uncle is television producer Hall Collins of All in the Family fame, her godfather is "king of comedy" Milton Berle, and her mother, in her heyday, was linked with both Elvis Presley and Frank Sinatra. Collins began her DJing career in the Phoenix, Arizona, club scene in 1987. She was first interested in industrial music, but became a devotee of dance, DJ, and trance music over time. "I think it was a natural progression," she said in an interview with Choler Magazine. "Sometimes, when you're younger, things sound good because you're kind of rebellious ... and hard sounds sound good to you. Then your ears change as you get older.... You progress into something else."
She initially drew attention as a woman on the male-dominated scene, gaining notoriety for playing "desert rave" parties, but before long she had proven herself as a legitimate DJ. Collins's style of trance has been called "emotional," a term that "reveals some gender stereotyping by the mostly male dance-music press," wrote music critic Martin Johnson in the Washington Post, "but it refers to her occasional use of keening, on-the-verge-of-tears vocals over galloping rhythms." "It was her incomparable skills behind the decks and her infectious love of the music she plays," according to Choler Magazine, that earned Collins residencies at some of the most popular clubs across the United States in the 1990s.
She moved to Los Angeles in the early 1990s and played regularly at the nightclub Sketchpad there from 1992 to 1995. She shared a residency with DJs Doc Martin and Taylor at the Los Angeles club Metropolis from 1995 to 1998. There, she spun alongside and befriended some of the biggest names in electronica: Sasha of Sasha and Digweed, Carl Cox, the Chemical Brothers, Paul van Dyk, and Orbital. She also met one of her idols, premier DJ Frankie Bones, at a Los Angeles party, and he invited her to play one of her first huge parties, Storm Rave, in New York City. She moved to New York in 1998 and spun alongside Sasha and Digweed, van Dyk, and Cox at the club Twilo. She has also played residencies at Chicago's Crobar and Utopia in Las Vegas.
Collins admits that between being on tour and in the studio, she rarely has a chance to listen to the boxes of new releases she receives before they come out. But she also admits that she is not as fueled by the newest hottest releases as she is by what genuinely moves her. "I think it's better to be naive," she told Choler Magazine. "Just not know anything, just go on the dance floor and not know anybody. Because that's when you really listen and you stop thinking." In her down time, she listens to "pretty stuff," she told Choler Magazine, including electronic composer Vangelis and electronic artists such as Global Communication and William Orbit.
Collins's live sets can be as short as an hour-and-a-half, but she prefers three. On her CDs, however, she is constrained to just 74 minutes, the length of a CD. CDs represent "my live set as much as they can in 74 minutes," Collins said in an interview with Choler Magazine. "It kind of represents the way I spin out live.... It's kind of hard in 74 minutes, but I think I managed OK."
Collins released her debut mix CD, Lost in Time, on the Los Angeles-based trance label Fragrant. The release earned her a nomination for Best Electronic Artist in the San Francisco BAMMIE Awards, and she was named Best Trance DJ in the 1998 Global DJ Awards. In 1998 she released the 12-inch single "Ode to Our"/"Red," which sold out in just one day and was subsequently named Trance Release of the Month by XLR8R magazine. Her biggest break came with the single "Flutterby," which was released on the Hook label out of Scotland and became a standard in dance clubs. It also landed on the cornerstone house and trance music compilations Global Underground by Nick Warren and Bedrock by John Digweed.
In 1999 Collins played for her biggest crowd ever--80,000 people--many of them not even dance-music fans. She played a six-hour set during the opening night of Woodstock '99 after electronic-music guru Moby. She spun a solid set that got the immense crowd moving. She was later named Best Female Artist of 1999, alongside Grammy-winning R&B and hip-hop star Lauryn Hill, by URB music magazine.
One of Collins's shining moments took place in August of 2000, when she played a show with British "trance god" DJ Paul Oakenfold at the Roseland Ballroom in New York. The two were friends but had never played together. "Following him, I was a little bit nervous, but it was awesome," Collins admitted in an interview with Choler Magazine.
For her 2000 album, Tranceport III, Collins was selected to create the third release in a series of popular dance-music mix CDs put out by the Kinetic record label. Oakenfold is a fellow Tranceport alum. Collins chose the music she wanted to use on the CD, and then the licensing process began. Some months passed before she was set to record her mix, and by the time it was set to go, she had tired of the music she had chosen: in the interim, she had overplayed in her live sets the music she had chosen for the CD. Days before the album was due to be finished, she picked new music, created new mixes, and submitted it, her fingers crossed that the record company would be able to secure rights to use her samples. Luckily, licensing was successful, and Tranceport III was released without a hitch. Tranceport III "turns up the emotions and lets the melodies and beats pulse with a vibrance that's somehow both introspective and anthemic," according to the Kinetic website. The album climbed to the top spot on CMJ's electronic music chart in August of 2000.
Collins released Cream, her first recording of original tracks, in 2001. Martin Johnson described the release as "stellar" in the Washington Post, writing that "Collins displays an impressive arsenal of sounds and a solid use of dynamics." Collins headlined the American Electric Highway Tour alongside the Fluke and Crystal Method, and she also appeared in a Coca-Cola commercial. She has been featured in such major dance-music and lifestyle magazines as XLR8R, URB, Option, Jump, BPM, Sweater, Mixmag, UHF, and Fix.
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-Lost in Time , Fragrant, 1997.
-Tranceport III , Kinetic, 2000.
-Cream , Kinetic, 2001.


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All is not quiet on the Western Front of the War on Terror
Jeff Emanuel
Posted: Feb 08, 2007 8:21 AM
Though it no longer seems real to far too many citizens of America, Great Britain, Canada, and much of the rest of the West, the terrorist threat facing us has not gone away, and has, on repeated occasions, shown itself in (largely thwarted, thankfully) plots against each of our nations and their citizens.
The most recent – and perhaps most bone-chilling – plot came to light just last week in the "Balti triangle" of Birmingham (a heavily Pakistani area about 120 miles north of London), when nine Muslim men, of combined British and Pakistani origin, were arrested in what the British Home Office called a "nationwide operation" and "a reminder of the real and serious nature of the terrorist threat we [all still] face."
The plot contrived by these would-be terrorists was to abduct an individual British soldier – a Muslim male in his early 20s, who had served in Afghanistan – off the streets of Birmingham (the site of multiple military hospitals where many wounded British troops are currently receiving inpatient and outpatient care) in broad daylight. The captive was to be filmed being tortured and begging both for his life and for Prime Minister Tony Blair to order a complete withdrawal of British forces from Iraq and Afghanistan. Regardless of Blair's response, though, the soldier was eventually to be beheaded by his captors – again, on film.
The arrests marked the end of six months of surveillance by MI5, and were carried out at this time because, according to a source in the British security service, the suspects "were ready to go." Their first target, whose name was (correctly) not released, is now in protective custody, and police are currently in the midst of what West Midlands assistant chief constable David Shaw called a "very, very major investigation" that would take "days, if not weeks" to complete.
The kidnapping – and public torture and execution – of one soldier would have had a catastrophic effect on the people of Britain, both military (who now have cause to fear for their life, both on and off duty, even though the plot was unsuccessful) and civilian. Further intelligence recovered from the arrest sites, though, revealed a list of no fewer that thirty targets for abduction – all male soldiers in their 20s, all Muslim.
"Lessons are being learned from what terrorists such as [Abu Musab] al-Zarqawi [have been] doing elsewhere and the impact they have," said Peter Neumann, director of defense studies at King's College in London. "You don't require any resources or bomb-making techniques; all you need to do is to kidnap someone. Taking a hostage requires very little resource or preparation, just two or three determined individuals prepared to execute someone and put it on the internet."
"The whole point of terrorism is to frighten and terrorize people," Neumann continued. "As we saw in Iraq with the kidnappings carried about by Zarqawi, you get weeks of exposure with very little effort and only a small risk after the initial hostage-taking. … A gruesome public execution creates a huge impact."
The horrific, videotaped abductions, torturings, and beheadings of civilians and soldiers alike in Iraq have long demonstrated Islamic terrorists' understanding of their trade, and of how to best get our attention – and they have exploited that understanding (and the complicity of our media) to the fullest. However, the fact that these events have almost exclusively taken place halfway around the world, combined with the fact that, with a simple click of the remote control, any further information on, or consideration of, such brutal actions can be altogether avoided, has likely made the gravity – and gruesomeness – of these atrocities far less real to the Western public than it would be if they were taking place here at home.
Were this plot successful – like the Canadian plot before it – then all of that would change, and a genuine panic would likely take hold. These arrests backed up the warning issued just before Christmas by Dame Eliza Manningham-Buller, director-general of MI5, that "terrorist cells are active in mainland Britain" – a fact already supported by her recent disclosure that MI5 currently has 3,000 agents investigating approximately 200 separate plots, involving 1,600 young British Muslims.
Lest anybody get the wrong idea about the sensitivity of the British government, though, the West Midlands Police department released a statement Wednesday, which comfortingly informed a concerned public that the police were "mindful that communities, locations or individuals don't become a target as a result of recent events," and added, "Hate crime will not be tolerated, and we will take robust action where necessary."
In all seriousness, though, the existence of this plot should reinforce to all of us, whether in Britain or safely (for now) in the United States, the very real – and very current – threat posed by the radical Islamists who still, five years after 9/11, wish to kill us all. Despite the best intentions of the peace-first crowd, concessions will not work. The only currency known to our enemy is strength, and any other recourse will not be seen as an act of good faith, but as an act of supreme weakness – and will not bring about a peaceful end, but will encourage more violence on the part of those who oppose us.
It is not for the sake of political victory, or of permanent alliance, that we must now band together and support both our country and our soldiers and police as they take the fight to the enemy; rather, it is for the sake of our very survival. The enemy – declared to be so by their actions, not by our whim – has shown again and again that they have the will to fight on, against soldiers and civilians alike, as long as it takes to wear down and defeat us.
Do we have the will to fight back, and to overcome those who will be appeased by no end but total victory or total defeat?
Do we have a choice?


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Olivia Locher: I Fought the Law
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Olivia Locher
I Fought the Law (Alabama), 2013
Pigment print
15 1/2h x 12 1/2w in
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I Fought the Law (Ohio), 2014
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I Fought the Law (Rhode Island), 2014
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I Fought the Law (Louisiana), 2015
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I Fought the Law (New York), 2015
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Edition 1 of 5 + 1AP; Signed, titled, dated and numbered by photographer verso
I Fought the Law (Florida), 2014
Edition 1 of 5, +2APs; Signed, titled, dated and numbered by photographer verso
I Fought the Law (Michigan), 2014
I Fought the Law (Massachusetts), 2014
I Fought the Law (Delaware), 2016
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I Fought the Law (Alaska), 2015
Exhibition: September 14 – October 21, 2017
Opening Reception: Thursday, September 14th, 2017
Steven Kasher Gallery presents Olivia Locher: I Fought the Law, an exhibition of photographs breaking an eccentric law from each of the 50 States of the Union. Locher's photographs take on the tangle of our pork-belly, dairy-lobby, male-anxiety, sex-obsessed legislation. Her quirky illustrations of America's most unusual laws will make both Dems and Repubs roll in the aisles. Has Olivia Locher built the bridges that can span our red-blue political chasm?
This is the artist's first New York solo exhibition and launches the publication of her first monograph, Olivia Locher: I Fought the Law (Chronicle Books, September 2017) with a foreword by poet Kenneth Goldsmith and an interview of Locher by Eric Shiner, former director of the Andy Warhol Museum. The images in I Fought the Law were created between June 2013 and June 2016 at Locher's studio in New York and in her hometown of Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
Sometimes confrontational and often hilarious, Locher's photographs are acts of civil disobedience. Though her images give these statutes a satirical spin, the project raises a more serious point about politics and social conventions. It points to the hundreds of decisions big and small made every year by local and state lawmakers. It asks us to ponder why riding a bike in a swimming pool was made illegal in California. What emergency made it illegal to doff one's shirt in front of a portrait of a man in Ohio? Wine can't be served in teacups in Kansas. Is that the work of the work of the powerful Kansas wine lobby? Why must pickles pass a bounce test in Connecticut?" In the case of Massachusetts' ban on upskirt photos, the law was sparked by a serious concern. But when Mesquite, Texas institutes a ban on children wearing unusual haircuts to uphold the community's standards of decency, we are forced to ask who decides what is decent, to whom do the standard's apply, and how are they enforced?
Locher writes, "The work you are about to experience depicts America's most unusual laws. Several of them remain on the statute books, the majority of them were at one point removed, others never became laws (but came close!) and a few of them are complete myths."
Olivia Locher's work has been exhibited internationally at Pier 24 Photography, San Francisco, Aperture Foundation, New York, Le Dictateur, Milan, Fashion Space Gallery, London, and the Swiss Institute, New York. Her work has appeared in numerous magazines including New York Times Magazine, W, Neon, Vanity Fair Italia, Glamour, Interview Magazine and more. She has been profiled in publications including Plastik Magazine, i-D, Milk Studios, Interview Magazine, Wired, W Magazine, Slate and Autre.
Olivia Locher: I Fought the Law is on view September 14 – October 21, 2017. Steven Kasher Gallery is located at 515 W. 26th St., New York, NY 10001. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 10 AM to 6 PM. For inquiries contact Cassandra Johnson, 212 966 3978, cassandra@stevenkasher.com.
Event: Olivia Locher at Space Ninety 8
Olivia Locher will be featured in conversation with Steven Kasher Gallery director. Cassandra Johnson, at Space Ninety 8 this Thursday to discuss her new publication, I Fought the Law, and the upcoming show at the gallery, opening next Thursday, September 14th. Signed copies will be available at the event, and are also available through the gallery, email info@stevenkasher.com to reserve a copy now.
Olivia Locher; $16.95 2017
Daily Mail on Olivia LocherFebruary 15, 2018
Katya Edwards of The Daily Mail reviews Olivia Locher's first monograph, "I Fought the Law."
PBS NewsHour on Olivia LocherOctober 20, 2017
Julia Griffin of PBS NewsHour in conversation with Olivia Locher on I Fought the Law. The article and video discuss Locher's creative process and beginnings of the project.
Download PDF www.pbs.org
Collector Daily on Olivia LocherOctober 18, 2017
Loring Knoblauch reviews Olivia Locher's I Fought the Law exhibition and discusses her ability to make humorous and playful photographs.
Download PDF www.collectordaily.com
Gallery Gurls Interviews Olivia LocherSeptember 24, 2017
Gallery Gurls interviews Olivia Locher about her fashion influences, branding in the digital age and what female artists inspire her.
Download PDF www.gallerygurls.net
Fatal Addition on Olivia LocherSeptember 24, 2017
Fatal Addition reviews the exhibition, I Fought the Law at Steven Kasher Gallery.
Download PDF www.fataladdition.com
Buzzfeed on Olivia LocherSeptember 18, 2017
Buzzfeed features 10 of the zany laws Olivia Locher stages her own interpretations of in her book, I Fought the Law.
Download PDF www.buzzfeed.com
I-D Magazine on Olivia LocherSeptember 12, 2017
I-D Magazine sits down with Olivia Locher to talk the surreal themes in her photographs.
Download PDF www.i-d.vice.com
The Los Angeles Times on Olivia LocherSeptember 21, 2017
The Los Angeles Times comments on the relationship between the text of the bizarre law and the quirky image in Olivia Locher's publication, I Fought the Law.
Download PDF www.latimes.com
Bust Magazine on Olivia LocherSeptember 17. 2017
Bust Magazine comments on the colorful, playful nature of Olivia Locher's lawbreaking photographs, but also mentions how they disproportionately target minorities and oppressed peoples.
Download PDF www.bust.com
The Culture Trip on Olivia LocherSeptember 11, 2017
The Culture Trip delves into Olivia Locher's investigation into the laws she breaks in I Fought the Law.
Download PDF www.theculturetrip.com
Pedro Silmon on Olivia LocherSeptember 8, 2017
Pedro Silmon features Olivia Locher's exhibition at Steven Kasher Gallery on his blog.
Download PDF www.pedrosilmon.com
Real Clear Life on Olivia LocherSeptember 7, 2017
Real Clear Life features the photographs from Olivia Locher's I Fought the Law series.
Download PDF www.realclearlife.com
Vogue Interviews Olivia LocherAugust 22, 2017
Vogue interviews Olivia Locher about her series, I Fought the Law, the subject of our fall exhibition at Steven Kasher Gallery.
Download PDF www.vogue.com
Urban Outfitters Interviews Olivia LocherSeptember 5, 2017
Urban Outfitters interviews Olivia Locher about her signature style, her aesthetic influences and new projects on the horizon.
Download PDF www.uospaces.com
Chronicle Books on Olivia LocherSeptember 5, 2017
Chronicle Books goes behind the scenes with Olivia Locher to talk about the hilarious stories and stagings of the photographs in I Fought the Law.
Download PDF www.chroniclebooks.com
Dazed Interviews Olivia LocherAugust 31, 2017
Miss Rosen interviews Olivia Locher about exploring the American character and her creative process behind her series, I Fought the Law.
Download PDF www.dazeddigital.com
Artsy on Olivia LocherAugust 25, 2017
Artsy comments on how Olivia Locher uses the universal language of images to illustrate the absurdities within the US justice system.
Download PDF www.artsy.net
PDN on Olivia LocherSeptember 4, 2017
PDN features Olivia Locher's I Fought the Law series in anticipation of the exhibition at Steven Kasher Gallery.
Download PDF www.potd.pdnonline.com
The Daily Beast on Olivia LocherSeptember 3, 2017
The Daily Beast features a selection of images from Olivia Locher's I Fought the Law.
Download PDF www.thedailybeast.com
Co. Design on Olivia LocherAugust 11, 2017
Co. Design remarks on the absurd laws and resulting photographs within Oliva Locher's book, I Fought the Law.
Download PDF www.fastcodedesign.com
New York Times on Olivia LocherJuly 7, 2017
New York Times features images from Olivia Locher's I Fought the Law.
Download PDF www.nyt.com


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Sinn Féin Agriculture Minister Michelle Gildernew MP MLA officially opened the latest phase of investment at Dale Farm's Dunmanbridge factory in Cookstown.
The £2.1million cheese and whey processing facilities were part funded by the EU Processing and Marketing Grant Scheme administered by the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development with Invest NI providing national funding. The new equipment increases cheese production capacity to 20,000 tonnes per annum and expands whey processing facilities at the Dunmanbridge site.
The Minister complimented Dale Farm on their investment programme, saying that:
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The EU Processing and Marketing Grant Scheme has now been superseded by the new Forestry and Agriculture Processing and Marketing Grant (PMG) Scheme. The scheme is worth £21.5million and forms part of the 2007-2013 Rural Development Programme which is part-financed by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development.
The new scheme will be available to a wide range of small to intermediate sized businesses that are either involved or wishing to become involved in the processing and marketing of agricultural, horticultural or forestry products. This includes processors, groups of producers and individual producers.
The PMG scheme encourages the agriculture, horticulture and forestry sectors to become more competitive, to respond to customer demand, to be more innovative and to add value to their produce. The scheme provides support towards capital investment including the construction of new buildings, the refurbishment of old buildings and the purchase of new equipment for the processing of primary products.
The EU Agricultural Processing and Marketing Grants were made under Council Regulation (EC) No. 1257/1999. Grant aid was at a rate of up to 40%, comprising 35% from the EU (subject to a maximum of £0.5million) and 5% from national funds.
The Scheme closed for new applications in October 2006.
The new Forestry and Agriculture Processing and Marketing Grant Scheme opened for applications in December 2007.


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Q: Docker - check private registry image version What CLI commands do I need to use in order to check if the image in my private docker registry is a newer version than the one currently running on my server?
E.g. I have a container that I ran using docker run -d my.domain.com:5000/project1
and I would like to know if it is out-of-date.

A: Even when there is no command, you can use the API to check for tags on the registry and compare against what you are running.
$ curl --silent my.domain.com:5000/v1/repositories//project1/tags | grep latest
{"latest": "116f283e4f19716a07bbf48a562588d58ec107fe6e9af979a5b1ceac299c4370"}

$ docker images --no-trunc my.domain.com:5000/project1
REPOSITORY           TAG                 IMAGE ID                                                           CREATED             VIRTUAL SIZE
my.domain.com:5000   latest              64d935ffade6ed1cca3de1b484549d4d278a5ca62b31165e36e72c3e6ab8a30f   4 days ago          583.2 MB

By comparing the ids, you can know that you are not running the latest version.

A: Not sure about the version but if you mean the tag of image, it can be easily checked through the registry v2 api . Note that in context of docker images tag has nothing to do with the version of software.
Use curl command in CLI
 curl <docker_host_ip>:<docker_host_port>/v2/<repository_name>/tags/list

To get a list of repositories pushed on the private registry, use
curl <docker_host_ip>:<docker_host_port>/v2/_catalog

A: Brownie points to @mbarthelemy and @amuino who put me on track. From that I was able to come up with the following bash script that others may find useful. It just checks if the tag on the registry is different from the currently executing container.
#!/bin/bash
# ensure running bash
if ! [ -n "$BASH_VERSION" ];then
    echo "this is not bash, calling self with bash....";
    SCRIPT=$(readlink -f "$0")
    /bin/bash $SCRIPT
    exit;
fi

REGISTRY="my.registry.com:5000"
REPOSITORY="awesome-project-of-awesomeness"

LATEST="`wget -qO- http://$REGISTRY/v1/repositories/$REPOSITORY/tags`"
LATEST=`echo $LATEST | sed "s/{//g" | sed "s/}//g" | sed "s/\"//g" | cut -d ' ' -f2`

RUNNING=`docker inspect "$REGISTRY/$REPOSITORY" | grep Id | sed "s/\"//g" | sed "s/,//g" |  tr -s ' ' | cut -d ' ' -f3`

if [ "$RUNNING" == "$LATEST" ];then
    echo "same, do nothing"
else
    echo "update!"
    echo "$RUNNING != $LATEST"
fi

A: AFAIK, this is not possible right now.
The only thing I see would be to pull the registry to check if there is a new version of your image (would then have a different ID than your locally stored image):
docker pull your/image:tag

But yes, that would mean fetching the new images (if any).
If you have a look at the registry API documentation, you'll see that if you don't mind scripting a bit, you could get this information without actually downloading the image, by fetching the image tags and check if the returned ID for the tag matches the ID of the local image you have with the same tag.
That being said, having something to "check for updates" integrated into the docker CLI would be a nice addition.

A: I don't know if this works as advertised. Just a quick hack I just put together.
But this will at least give you a little push on how this might be done.
#!/bin/bash

container=$1
imageid=$(docker inspect --format '{{.Config.Image}}' ${container})

echo "Running version from: $(docker inspect --format '{{.Created}}' ${container})"
echo "Image version from: $(docker inspect --format '{{.Created}}' ${imageid})"

Example output:
[root@server ~]# sh version_check.sh 9e500019b9d4
Running version from: 2014-05-30T08:24:08.761178656Z
Image version from: 2014-05-01T16:48:24.163628504Z

A: You can use a bash script running in a cron scheduled task:
#!/bin/bash

docker_instance='YOUR_RUNNING_INSTANCE'

instance_id=$(docker ps -qa --filter name=$docker_instance)
image_name_tag=$(docker inspect $instance_id | jq -r [] |.Config.Image')

if [ "-${image_name_tag}-" != "--" ]; then

    status=$(docker pull $image_name_tag | grep "Downloaded newer image")
    if [ "-${status}-" != "--" ]; then

        echo ">>> There is one update for this image ... "

        # stop the docker instance
        docker stop $docker_instance

        # remove the docker instance
        docker rm $docker_instance

        # restart the docker using the last command, using the new image from the remote repository
        run-my-docker-instance.sh

    fi
fi

A: An older question, but this sounds like a problem that Watchtower can solve for you.  It is another dockerized application that runs adjacent to your other containers and periodically check to see if their base images are updated.  When they are, it downloads the new image and restarts them.
If given the correct credentials, it can work with a local registry.

A: FWIW I solved it with the bash script below for a while until I decided that Watchtower was the easier way to go (by the way: note the maintainer switched from v2tec to containrrr a while ago, the v2tec one isn't getting updates anymore). Watchtower gave me an easy way to schedule things without having to rely on cron (which gets blown away in a reinstall - granted, you could have something like Ansible recreate that for you, but this was easier for me). It also adds easy notifications (I like using Telegram) for updates, which I appreciate knowing about so that if something goes sideways at  least I know there was an update that could be to blame.
I'm not saying this is will never cause issues, but I've been running Watchtower on various Docker hosts (3 of them, 2 in my homelab, one on Linode) for about a year now and I have yet to have an issue with it. I prefer this to having to manually update my containers on a regular basis. For me the risk of something getting screwed up is lower than the risks of running outdated containers, so this is what I chose for myself. YMMV.
I honestly don't get the apparent hate for automated update solutions like Watchtower - I see so many comments saying that you shouldn't use automated updates because they'll cause problems... I don't know what folks have been burned by - would love to hear more about where this caused problems for you! I mean that, I genuinely don't understand and would love to learn more. I keep having some vague unease about doing automated updates, but given my experience so far I can honestly only recommend it. I used to use Diun for getting notified about updates and then would go and manually update my containers. That got real old after it became a daily chore! (With ~45 different containers running, you can pretty much guarantee that at least one of them will have an update every single day.)
If I really need to keep a container from updating, I can always stick a com.centurylinklabs.watchtower.enable=false label on the container. Or you can whitelist only the containers you want automatically updated, or... There are loads of possibilities with Watchtower.
However, for reference if you still want to use it, see my script below. I used docker-compose pull to get the latest version - it does a check first to see if there is a new image, so doesn't waste a whole lot of bandwidth if there is nothing to update. It's effectively like doing the curl you guys used. Also I prefer the docker inspect -f commands to check the versions to the solutions that pipe through grep, sed, and co. since that is less likely to get broken by changes to docker inspect output format.
#!/usr/bin/env bash
cd /directory/with/docker-compose.yml/
image_name=your-awesome-image
docker-compose pull
container_version=$(docker inspect -f '{{ index .Config.Labels "org.opencontainers.image.version" }}' "$image_name")
latest_image_version=$(docker inspect -f '{{ index .Config.Labels "org.opencontainers.image.version" }}' "$image_name")
if [[ "$container_version" != "$latest_image_version" ]]; then
  echo "Upgrading ${image_name} from ${container_version} to ${latest_image_version}"
  docker-compose down
  docker-compose up -d
fi

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Heat oil in a large skillet over high heat. Season pork chops with salt and pepper, add to skillet and cook 4 minutes on each side or until browned. Remove from pan, cover and set aside.
Without draining the skillet, add fennel, shallots and 1/3 cup of parsley and simmer over medium heat.
Allow vegetables to brown slightly, about 5 minutes. Add wine and scrape the bottom of the skillet. Add tomatoes, with their juices, and blend well.
Place pork back into the pan, submerging in vegetable mixture, and let simmer over medium heat until fennel becomes tender and pork is thoroughly cooked, about 12-15 minutes.
Leaving vegetable mixture in skillet, remove pork and place on a serving dish. Add lemon zest, remaining parsley, capers, salt, and pepper to taste.
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Anti-slip tapes are commonly applied to skateboards, water sport items, or fitness equipment to create the additional traction necessary for top performance. The product is often referred to as grip tape in the skateboarding industry and has proven to be a must have for the serious sportsman. Traction products help an individual to maintain footing as they perform stunts, enjoy the water, or work hard at the gym. An extra layer with sand paper like qualities can be added to the surface of several athletic items. It can be applied as a plain color or with various designs to add a more personal touch. Basic anti-slip tapes for any of the above athletic purposes consist of a black sheet with a gripping surface on one side and an adhesive backside for trouble-free application. These products come in a diversity of colors and designs with a silicon carbide or aluminum oxide base.
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Related provisions for CONC 7.3.6
Debt management activities (7)
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Client categorisation (1)
CONC 7.3.1G 01/07/2014 RP
(1) In relation to debt collecting and debt administration, the definition of customer refers to an individual from whom the payment of a debt is sought; this would include where a firm mistakenly treats an individual as the borrower under an agreement and mistakenly or wrongly pursues the individual for a debt.[Note: paragraph 1.12 of DCG](2) In relation to debt collecting and debt administration, the definitions of customer and borrower are given extended meanings to include,
When dealing with customers in default or in arrears difficulties a firm should pay due regard to its obligations under Principle 6 (Customers' interests) to treat its customers fairly.[Note: paragraphs 7.12 of ILG and 2.2 of DCG]
CONC 7.3.4R 01/04/2014 RP
A firm must treat customers in default or in arrears difficulties with forbearance and due consideration.[Note: paragraphs 7.3 and 7.4 of ILG and 2.2 of DCG]
An example of where a firm is likely to contravene Principle 6 and CONC 7.3.4 R is where the firm does not allow for alternative, affordable payment amounts to repay the debt due in full, where the customer is in default or arrears difficulties and the customer makes a reasonable proposal for repaying the debt or a debt counsellor or another person acting on the customer's behalf makes such a proposal.[Note: paragraphs 7.16 of ILG and 3.7j of DCG]
A firm must not operate a policy of refusing to negotiate with a customer who is developing a repayment plan.[Note: paragraph 3.9d (box) of DCG]
CONC 7.3.10R 01/04/2014 RP
A firm must not pressurise a customer:(1) to pay a debt in one single or very few repayments or in unreasonably large amounts, when to do so would have an adverse impact on the customer's financial circumstances;[Note: paragraph 7.18 of ILG](2) to pay a debt within an unreasonably short period of time; or[Note: paragraphs 3.7i of DCG and 7.18 of ILG](3) to raise funds to repay the debt by selling their property, borrowing money or increasing existing borrowing.[Note: paragraph
CONC 7.3.15G 01/04/2014 RP
A firm should not make undue, excessive or otherwise unfair use of statutory demands (within the meaning of section 268 of the Insolvency Act 1986) when seeking to recover a debt from a customer.[Note: paragraphs 7.10 of ILG and 3.7n of DCG]
A firm must exercise its rights under a continuous payment authority in a manner which is reasonable, proportionate and not excessive and must exercise appropriate forbearance if it becomes aware that the customer is or may be experiencing financial difficulties.[Note: paragraph 3.9mii of DCG]
Whether exercising rights under a continuous payment authority is reasonable, proportionate and not excessive (as regards the frequency or period of collection attempts), will depend on the circumstances, including:(1) whether the firm is aware or has reason to believe that the customer is in actual or potential financial difficulties which the exercise of rights under a continuous payment authority may exacerbate; and(2) whether the customer has been notified of the failure to
When contacting a customer:(1) a firm must ensure that it does not act in a way likely to be publicly embarrassing to the customer; and(2) a firm must take reasonable steps to ensure that third parties do not become aware that the customer is being pursued in respect of a debt[Note: paragraph 3.7q of DCG].
When levying charges for debt recovery on customers in default or arrears difficulties firms should consider their obligation under Principle 6 to pay due regard to the interests of customers and treat them fairly.[Note: paragraphs 3.1 and 3.10 of DCG]
A firm dealing with a customer who is resident in a different jurisdiction to the jurisdiction of the firm's place of business must ensure that it takes appropriate account of any differences in law and court procedure that may have a significant impact on the customer's rights.[Note: paragraph 2.3 of DCG]
A firm must establish and implement clear, effective and appropriate policies and procedures for:(1) dealing with customers whose accounts fall into arrears;[Note: paragraph 7.2 of ILG](2) the fair and appropriate treatment of customers, who the firm understands or reasonably suspects to be particularly vulnerable.[Note: paragraphs 7.2 and 7.2(box) of ILG and 2.2 (box) of DCG]
CONC 7.12.3G 01/04/2014 RP
(1) CONC 1.2.2 R requires a firm to ensure its employees and agents comply with CONC and that it takes reasonable steps to ensure other persons who act on its behalf do so. This rule would apply where a debt collector acts as agent or on behalf of a lender.(2) Situations where it may be justified for a firm to refuse to deal with a person acting on behalf of a customer may include, for example, refusing to deal with that person where the firm is able to show that the person has


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Photo: WFP/Hussam Al Saleh/2021
In Syria, WFP Cash Grants Ignite One Young Student's Ambition While Boosting His Family's Health
For International Youth Day, we're taking a look at how cash-based assistance from the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) keep young students like Issa in the classroom while boosting their families' health.
The Devastating Toll of Syria's Conflict
One year before the conflict began in Syria, Issa was born in the rural city of Raqqa. As he grew up, Issa watched as war and violence ravaged his country. His home city of Raqqa became one of the most dangerous places in Syria for a family with small children. When he was only five years old and had just started school, Issa's parents made the difficult decision to leave.
It would be three years before Issa sat inside a classroom again.
"For long days and nights, I did nothing of value. Seeing other children going to school when I couldn't made me feel bitter," said Issa of his family's time spent displaced from their home. "I would ask my parents to enroll me in school and they would say that we needed to settle down first, because we were still moving from one place to another."
For many previously displaced children like Issa (pictured here), education is an expense beyond their parents' reach.
The consequences of Syria's prolonged conflict have been devastating for youth. Many children have been pulled out of school to work and support their families. It's unlikely they will return to school again as the cost of living across Syria continues to reach unprecedented highs.
Safety, School and a New Start
In 2019, Issa's family finally found safety in a single-room apartment in a quiet village. Issa was thrilled to return to the classroom, but that meant education became an extra financial burden on an already exhausted family. His father, Khalil, found work at a brick factory. To make ends meet, he sometimes has to go into debt to buy the basics.
"I can't buy the children whatever they need for clothing or school, because what I earn can barely cover our food, our bills and the petrol I need to go to work," says Khalil.
While Issa's parents struggled to rebuild their lives and give their children a sense of routine, including sending them to school, the family found out they would receive an electronic voucher from the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). The voucher is loaded with cash each month so families can buy nutritious food and hygiene items at stores close to their homes.
U.N. World Food Programme vouchers protect the education, health and nutrition of Syria's youth all while providing a safety net to their families.
As soon as Issa's family received the card, some of the family's financial burden began to ease.
"We were extremely happy to receive the voucher and it's been much needed support to our nutrition needs," said Hanan as she serves a snack to Issa.
"Whatever this voucher saves of my earnings goes towards other necessities such as school stationery and hygiene products," adds Khalil. "We are using it to get what we need, such as ghee, cooking oil, rice and other things. When cash is added to the voucher, we get what's needed for the household."
The voucher distributions are part of the U.N. World Food Programme's Out of School Children (OOSC) project that helps families to meet their food and nutritional needs. The voucher is given to the families of students who missed out on school due to the conflict and are now attending accelerated learning programs that help make up for the years of study missed.
Hope After Years of Uncertainty
Now 12 years old, Issa is in the third grade and one of the top students in his class. "I dream of becoming a lawyer to defend the oppressed," he says. "Studying, being with my classmates and interacting with the teachers makes me very happy."
Issa's favorite subjects to study at school are Arabic and Sports.
For Hanan, this is also a chance to give her children opportunities that she never had. "I can't read or write because I missed out on schooling, I want them to focus on their education and make it their top priority."
This story originally appeared in WFP's Stories on March 11, 2022 and was written by Hussam Al Saleh and Lina Alqassab.


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Q: HTML text input rounded when numbers entered i'm developing a PHP application and i have one problem when i use HTML text inputs, and this is the first time where i deal with this case.
When i try to insert a float value as 34.4 in HTML text input to put it in MySQL DB, but when i go to my DB i find the value 35.
I don't know why this value is rounded, i do not use any function like ceil.
If someone can help me i'll be so thankful.

A: If you are working with decimal, the  default is DECIMAL(10, 0), you should specify the precision and scale, for example:
DECIMAL(10, 4)

The declaration syntax for a DECIMAL column is DECIMAL(M,D). The ranges of values for the arguments in MySQL 5.7 are as follows:
M is the maximum number of digits (the precision). It has a range of 1 to 65. (Older versions of MySQL permitted a range of 1 to 254.)
D is the number of digits to the right of the decimal point (the scale). It has a range of 0 to 30 and must be no larger than M.
Reference:
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/precision-math-decimal-characteristics.html
Also, check this answer: How do I interpret precision and scale of a number in a database?

A: Set column type to float in Mysql

A: The problem was in DB column type, it was DECIMAL(10,0) for this reason the MySQL rounded the float number to an INT number.


Always believed my little Hannah was going to be a baby boy. God, she really started surprising us since day 1. We just want to say thank you to all our friends and family who where next to us through out the pregnancy giving us so much love, support and happiness. Our little Hannah is finally here and we can´t wait to see how many amazing she will continue to do while growing.
My friends always told me to stop pushing my belly out just to show how pregnant I was. I guess I was extremely exited about this new life inside me.
Now I really wanted to push my belly IN…. ha ha. I was so tired and heavy and felt walking like an Ewok all the time. My husband even took a video of me, laughing every time I tried to get myself out of bed.
A week before our little one arrived 🙂 All you see in this picture is a pair of cheeks and a button nose, and thats exactly what everyone noticed when she was born.
Proud mother of beautiful baby Hannah born with an extra chromosome. Amazed about every single thing she discovers and every milestone she achieves. She took over my Instagram account making many people happy, so I decided to blog about our lives even though I know Hannah will always steal the show with her smile and non-stop positive attitude towards life.


It was so nice to have pretty much zero pressure going into this race! I had actually forgotten that I'd registered for it until about a week ago, and my only *real* goal was to PR--my PR was 55:05 from April 2011. That's an 8:50 pace, so I figured a PR today was pretty much in the bag, based on my training paces.
I honestly didn't really care what my time was, as long as it was under 55:00, because I trained SO hard for that number in the fall of 2011, and I missed it by 11 seconds. Then I was marathon training all last year, and my pace got pretty slow again. After the Detroit Free Press Marathon, I started training hard to pick up speed again. And it's worked!
I slept pretty well last night, and got up at 5:15. For me, a 10K is one of those distances that is short enough to be over with quickly, but long enough to where you don't have to feel like you're dying the whole time--you have plenty of time to get into a good pace. The 10K distance has always been my favorite. Also, since this was so low-pressure, I didn't worry about eating the right fuel this morning, or getting there super early to get in line for the portapotties from all the water I would have drunk if I'd been running a half-marathon.
It.was.freezing. I am not kidding when I say it was miserably cold this morning! The temp was 25, which doesn't sound that cold, but the "feels like" temp was 18--even that seemed warmer than it felt! Ty and I went to meet up with some Twitter/blogger friends for a picture before the race.
The only one in that picture that I'd met in person before today was Ty. I just wish it wasn't so cold, so we could chat for a bit before the race, but after the pic, Ty and I hightailed it to the tent to keep warm.
The race started at 8:00. I was so surprised when I learned that this race had pacers! I've only seen pacers at marathons. Since I wasn't too worried about pace, I wasn't planning to run with a pacer. I got in line midway between the 52:00 pacer and the 55:00 pacer. I figured that would be a good spot to start.
When the race started, I was so glad to be running--my feet were totally numb, and I had my hands curled into fists inside of the palm of my gloves, because it was so cold! For about the first half mile or so, I could see the 52:00 pacer just in front of me, and I was pretty much keeping pace with him--and I felt comfortable at that pace.
About a mile and half in, I started to feel a little uncomfortable--I thought I'd better back my pace down to about 8:30/mi, instead of the 8:20ish pace I thought we were doing. I looked at my Garmin, and saw that the pacer was actually running an 8:00/mi pace for that second mile! No wonder I felt like it was getting harder. Since I was running that pace already, and felt okay, I figured I'd try to keep my overall pace at about 8:15. I passed the 52:00 pacer, and planned to finish just ahead of him.
I figured an 8:00 pace would be a finish time of about 50:00, so I thought, "How cool would it be if my time was sub-51:00!!" So I pushed the pace a little to try and keep my average as close to an 8:00/mi pace as I could.
He was HARD to catch. I had to run a sub-8:00 pace for the rest of the race, and I was gaining a couple of inches here and there, but the pacer still seemed so far away. The whole sixth mile, I was focused on catching up.
At mile 6.1, I gave it what little energy I had left, and finally caught up to the pacer!! When we could see the finish line, he started encouraging everyone, "Go! Go! Finish strong!" I wanted to thank him as I ran PAST him (I was passing the 50:00 pacer!!), but I had zero energy on reserve at that point. My Garmin pace read 7:55/mi average, so I had a huge smile as I made the last steps to the finish line. I was SO stunned. It honestly never even occurred to me that I could ever run a sub-50 10K!
The bibs actually have a QR code on them that you can scan with your phone to see your results. I wanted to get home as quickly as possible, because Jerry worked all night and needed to go to bed, so I didn't check my results until I got home.
Since I was in a rush to leave the race, I didn't get any pictures. When I got home, I had Noah take a couple of pictures of me. My face is so pale that I look like death in this picture!
Anyway, my performance at today's race FAR exceeded my expectations! I wasn't crazy about the race itself, and don't think I would do it again (the course was really boring), but I'm so happy to have this new PR :) Happy and still just completely shocked!
It was nice to meet you. Too bad it was so cold, we all just retreated to the tent to try t and stay somewhat warm. I thought I saw you up ahead of me at our 55 min pace, but when we could up, saw it was an impostor. Turns out, you were way ahead of us! Great job on the race!
Congrats on your PR! That's amazing! I'm so excited for you!
You really should try to be a little more competitive, lol! Congrats to you on an awesome race!
Congratulations on your race! Awesome!
Congratulations! I love these kind of little unexpected exciting moments :) You did fantastic!
Bravo to you Katie! Maybe the cold helped because your body wasn't working so hard to cool off.
Congratulations! What a fantastic accomplishment!
Great job! You seem to aim low when setting race goals, so it's always nice to see you exceed your expectations. Why are you hunched over in the group shot?
Good job!! That is an awesome PR!! It really was cold! I was in the 2nd wave and in that 10 minute wait my feet became totally frozen.
Did you think the course was pretty flat? I was pacing 65 mins and after I finished I was thinking that it seemed really flat and I wondered what kind of time I could get if I really ran it!
It was so strange to finish a race and not feel like collapsing into a heap on the ground!
Congratulations!!! You are such an inspiration to me, thank you!!
Congrats on another great race! Love the green skirt!
new reader here, enjoying your blog. slow runner that I am, care to share some tips on how you got so fast, what kind of intervals do you do. what do you think was the key to getting fast? my goal is to break 2 hr for HM, I'm at 2 05 now. thanks.
Congrats Katie!! That is awesome. You are my inspiration!
That is awesome Katie. You worked hard and definitely deserve it.
Oh wow, awesome job! You KILLED it! First off, you Michigan runners are such tough cookies to run in that cold all winter.
Yay! You go girl! That is amazing!
So happy for you!!! I bet seeing that time felt so awesome when you were done!!
Awesome work! Way to go!
Congratulations on your awesome PR!
Way To Go! you really smashed that PR!!! Love to read about your thoughts and strategies as you run, and also love to see how you used those pacers to get below 50 minutes! It reminded me of how you used the FitBit to motivate you to get more activity in! You just find motivation wherever you go and that is part of the reason for your success.
And I forgot to mention....it took me as 50 minutes to walk 2.4 miles yesterday. And as I was walking, I had seen your 10K results on the right side of your page already, and I thought to myself, "Katie can run 6.1 miles faster than I can walk 2.4 miles. How sad is that?" But I just keep plodding along.
Yay for you and your 2.4 miles. I'm just trying to find the courage to take the 1st step again (after an injury turned a 3 year hiatus turned into a 50lb weight gain! "Just keep swimming, just keep swimming, just keep swimming swimming swimming" - Dory from Finding Nemo.
That is so awsome Katie! You have such determination, I love it!
You Rock!! That's super fast!
Damn, Katie, you are FAST! Congratulations on the shiny new PR. You're so inspiring. Did you ever think you'd be able to run that fast/far even two or three years ago? Way to go!
Congrats on your PR! I've been following your blog since I saw you on the Today Show, and that's also when I started exercising. My starting weight was very close to your starting weight, and I'm now down 22 pounds and will start week 4 of Couch to 5K tomorrow. More exciting than all of that, though? WE WEAR THE SAME SHOES! LOL! I want to marry my Brooks Adrenaline GTS 13!
THANK YOU!! I've reported it to Pinterest. I appreciate the heads-up!
WOW! Yay for you - I love reading what you were thinking as you ran the race! Awesome job!
So awesome!! Congratulations again on an AMAZING run!!! So happy for you!!
Uh-mazing! I agree with Lori- the cold temps allowed you to run faster and not overheat!
You have gotten so fast since I started following. I also wish it had not been so cold so we could of talked more. Perhaps at another race. Congrats on the PR.


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The World's Most Popular Car
It's the most popular car in the United States. Since it was introduced in 1979, the hot little red sports car has sold over 10 million units. In 2008, it sold more than the Toyota Camry and Honda Accord combined. It's also made entirely of plastic, seats one person under 3, and uses Flintstones-style foot power. It's the Little Tikes Cozy Coupe, and it's finally getting its due.
Americans have a love of cars that starts at birth, play with Matchbox cars and build model cars in our youth, and we continue to love cars until the government pries our drivers' licenses from our wrinkled old hands. We're a car loving people, and no doubt the Cozy Coupe has a lot to do with that. No doubt that's why the Cozy Coupe is being honored by a Cleveland, Ohio, automotive museum for its enduring popularity.
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