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Virgil van Dijk, né le  à Bréda aux Pays-Bas, est un footballeur international néerlandais qui évolue au poste de défenseur central au Liverpool FC.

Formé principalement au Willem II Tilburg, Van Dijk débute en professionnel avec le FC Groningue.En 2013, il signe pour le club écossais du Celtic FC, où il remporte ses premiers titres et devient international néerlandais. Trois saisons plus tard, il signe au Southampton FC en Premier League.

Révélé dans un des meilleurs championnats du monde, il rejoint le Liverpool FC à l'hiver 2018 devenant le défenseur le plus cher de l'histoire. Chez les Reds, il joue deux finales de Ligue des champions lors de ses deux premières saisons et remporte la compétition en 2019.

Sur le plan international, Virgil van Dijk débute en équipe A des Pays-Bas en 2015. Il s'impose rapidement dans une équipe qui ne se qualifie pas pour l'Euro 2016 puis pour la Coupe du monde 2018. Les Pays-Bas sont ensuite finalistes de la Ligue des nations 2018-2019.

Biographie

Enfance et formation
Virgil van Dijk naît à Bréda d'un père néerlandais et d'une mère surinamaise. Il commence le football dans le club de Willem II. À cause d'une croissance tardive, il est jugé trop petit par ses formateurs alors qu'il évolue au poste de défenseur latéral droit et est proche d'être écarté du club à seize ans. Mais, durant la saison suivante, il grandit de vingt centimètres et s'impose comme capitaine de son équipe de jeune.

Débuts au FC Groningue

Arrivé au FC Groningue, Virgil van Dijk commence la saison 2010-2011 avec l'équipe réserve. Pieter Huistra, ex-international néerlandais faisant aussi ses débuts comme entraîneur le fait débuter en professionnel le , en remplaçant Petter Andersson face à l'ADO La Haye.

Lors de la saison 2010-2011, Virgil joue défenseur central ou attaquant en fonction des rencontres. À la fin de la première année, il est déjà pleinement installé dans l'équipe première. Son coéquipier de l'époque Kees Kwakman se souvient, en 2018, de sa progression : .

Van Dijk inscrit ses deux premiers buts en professionnel le , face à l'ADO La Haye, lors d'un match de barrage pour la coupe d'Europe.

Durant l'exercice 2011-2012, Van Dijk totalise vingt-trois apparitions en championnat néerlandais et se fait remarquer en inscrivant un but face au Feyenoord Rotterdam le .

Celtic FC

Le , Van Dijk signe pour quatre ans au Celtic FC. Le  suivant, il fait ses débuts en remplaçant Efe Ambrose face à Aberdeen. Une semaine plus tard, il est titularisé pour la première fois lors d'un match nul 2-2 face à Inverness. Le , il marque ses deux premiers buts avec le Celtic contre Ross County (1-4).

Le 22 juillet 2014, Van Dijk se fait remarquer lors d'une rencontre qualificative pour la Ligue des champions 2014-2015 face au KR Reykjavik en marquant deux buts de la tête. Il permet ainsi à son équipe de s'imposer par quatre buts à zéro.

Durant la saison 2014-2015, Van Dijk inscrit dix buts au total.

À l'été 2015, il demande son transfert afin de garantir sa présence en sélection pour l'Euro 2016 en France.
Triple champion d'Écosse et vainqueur d'une Coupe de la Ligue écossaise, Van Dijk inscrit quinze buts en cent quinze matchs toutes compétitions confondues avec le Celtic FC.

Southampton FC
Le , Virgil van Dijk s'engage pour cinq ans avec le Southampton FC contre treize millions d'euros, alors que Sunderland, Newcastle et Arsenal sont aussi sur son profil dans ces dernières heures du marché des transferts.

Il connaît sa première titularisation en Premier League lors de la cinquième journée face à West Bromwich Albion et dispute en intégralité tous les matchs de l'équipe de Ronald Koeman dans l'élite jusqu'à la fin d'année 2015. Il marque son premier but avec le club anglais à l'occasion d'un match de  face à Swansea City (victoire 3-1) le  suivant. Le 7 mai 2016, il prolonge son contrat avec Southampton jusqu'en 2022.

Durant l'été 2017, Van Dijk fait part aux dirigeants de Southampton de sa volonté de quitter le club pour rejoindre le Liverpool FC. Néanmoins, les Saints refusent de le laisser partir et lui infligent une amende. De plus, ils portent plainte contre Liverpool pour approche illégale du joueur. Van Dijk commence la saison 2017-2018 avec Southampton.

Liverpool FC
Le , le défenseur néerlandais s'engage finalement avec le Liverpool FC, le transfert prenant effet le , à l'ouverture du marché des transferts hivernal. Il devient alors le défenseur le plus cher de l'histoire du football, ce transfert étant estimé à 84 millions d'euros.

Le , il participe à sa première rencontre avec les Reds en étant titularisé lors d'un match de Coupe d'Angleterre lors du Derby du Merseyside contre Everton. Il se distingue en inscrivant le second but de son équipe, qui remporte le match 2-1. Pour la seconde partie de saison 2017-2018, il joue vingt-deux rencontres avec Liverpool qui se hisse jusqu'en finale de la Ligue des champions perdue contre le Real Madrid.

Vainqueur de la Ligue des champions 2018-2019, Virgil van Dijk reçoit le Prix UEFA du Meilleur joueur d'Europe de la saison. Au niveau national, il est le premier défenseur sacré joueur du mois depuis six ans en , termine vice-champion d'Angleterre avec Liverpool et est élu joueur de l'année PFA du championnat d'Angleterre, une première pour un défenseur depuis John Terry en 2005. Sur cet exercice, il est le joueur le plus utilisé des Reds, le troisième au nombre de ballons joués en Premier League, celui au plus de duels aériens gagnés et membre de la meilleure défense du championnat.

Le 13 août 2021, Virgil van Dijk prolonge son contrat avec Liverpool jusqu'en 2025.

En sélection
Il compte trois sélections avec l'équipe des Pays-Bas espoirs, obtenues entre 2011 et 2013.

Virgil van Dijk honore sa première sélection avec l'équipe nationale des Pays-Bas le 10 octobre 2015 face au Kazakhstan. Il est titularisé et son équipe s'impose par deux buts à un.

Van Dijk inscrit son premier but en sélection le 26 mars 2018, lors d'un match amical contre l'Portugal. Son équipe l'emporte par trois buts à zéro ce jour-là.

Blessé avec son club depuis le mois d'octobre 2020, il est contraint de déclarer forfait pour l'Euro 2020 prévu de juin à juillet 2021.

Le , il est sélectionné par Louis van Gaal pour participer à la Coupe du monde 2022 en tant que capitaine de la sélection.

Statistiques

Par saison en club

Buts internationaux

Palmarès

Distinctions personnelles

 Deuxième du Ballon d'or en 2019.
 Deuxième Meilleur footballeur de l'année FIFA en 2019.
 Prix UEFA du Meilleur joueur d'Europe en 2019.
 Meilleur défenseur de l'année UEFA en 2019.
 Nommé dans l'équipe-type de la Ligue des champions en 2018-2019.
 Nommé dans l'équipe-type de la FIFA FIFPro World11 en 2019, 2020 et 2022
Nommé dans l'équipe-type de l'année UEFA en 2018, 2019 et 2020
 Nommé dans l'équipe-type du Championnat d'Angleterre en 2019 et 2020.
 Nommé dans l'équipe-type de Scottish Premier League en 2014 et 2015.
 Joueur du mois du championnat d'Angleterre en .
 Joueur de l'année PFA du Championnat d'Angleterre en 2019.
 Premier League Player of the Season en 2019.
 Meilleur joueur de la Finale de la Ligue des champions de l'UEFA 2018-2019.

Classements de van Dijk au Ballon d'Or

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Virgil Van Dijk fait la couverture de l'édition Champions du jeu FIFA 20.

Notes et références

Liens externes

Footballeur international néerlandais
Vainqueur de la Ligue des champions de l'UEFA
Joueur du FC Groningue
Joueur du Celtic FC
Joueur du Southampton FC
Joueur du Liverpool FC
Diaspora surinamienne aux Pays-Bas
Naissance en juillet 1991
Naissance à Bréda

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What are your memories of Blockbuster – good, bad or indifferent? Share them in the Comments below.
The Blockbuster in my old neighborhood has been turned into a Five Guys. It's… eery, honestly, not because Five Guys is a bad burger place (it's not, even if it's a bit overpriced), but because I have so many fond memories of the place, from convincing my Dad to rent The Untouchables for me, even though I was way too young, to scrambling to find the last copy of Mutiny on the Bounty since I hadn't read the book and the term paper was due the next day. Shoot, I even got a date with the girl behind the counter one time. Good times. Good times.
If you have one closing in your neighborhood I would suggest going in and checking out the used DVD and Blu Ray selection. I found one on a work trip and scored Clash of the Titans (the good old one) and Quantum of Solace for $3 each.
My mother was the second new account at our local Blockbuster (before it converted to Hollywood Video) where we'd rent EVERY new release every Tuesday and watch them all week. Sometimes we'd be bringing home 10 movies to watch.
Now, with the closing of Blockbuster, Hollywood Video and other non-chain rental stores, I use Netflix as my primary rental outlet. I think we have two or three independent video rental stores left in the entire city.
I remember running through the new release wall grabbing 5 to 6 movies every tuesday, also games when they started renting them as well.
I will miss that, because sometimes you found that little-known gem, that by title and cover you would have skipped, that became your favorite movie of the year.
I'm still one who likes to own the Blu-Ray/DVD of a movie I love, but I find instant streaming a very efficient way to watch before you buy.
They pioneered putting movies "face out". Instead of shelving stuff by the spine, they put the cover facing out to the customers. Prior to them, every mom and pop rental chain was more concerned about space, so they filed things with only the spine showing.
And Blockbuster pioneered putting tons of copies all "face out". If they had tons of copies, they would have a whole wall shelf (or a couple wall shelves) with nothing but that movie. This move added to the sense that you're renting a "blockbuster" flick.
Front covers "sell" a film better than just the tiny spine art.
Even though the mom and pop rental stores were cheaper, you went to Blockbuster to get that awe in that rental experience. Especially for new releases, they were going to get 100 copies of it, while the mom & pop store would get 4 copies of it.
So even though Blockbuster did drive out many mom & pop shops. They didn't do it by undercutting them until they went out of business, just to jack up prices when they no longer had competition.
There are a few stores still left around here, so I may hit them up to pick up some used discs. I have been making killings over the past couple of years hitting up Blockbuster stores going out of business.
There are still some communities around here that have Mom & Pop stores and some smaller chain stores. Those communities usually do not have access to DSL or Cable, and Hughes Net has really low bandwidth caps, so streaming services are not really an option out there. However, with Redbox popping up all over the place, I am sure it is a matter of time before even those B&M stores close.
I won't miss them. I remember how they took over existing video rental shops, basically getting a monopoly, and raising prices.
This is a good point. The Mom & Pop stores in my area were doing rentals for $1-$2 a night. Blockbuster came in, and I think they started with the three-day rental for $3, which is still about the same price. They drove the local stores out of business, so all we had was Blockbuster. Then they raised the prices on video games. Then on New Releases, and went with a 2 day rental on them – so now $4 for a 2 day rental. Then they went $4 for a one day rental on new releases. Then they raised the price on regular rentals to $4 as well, but you could still keep them out for 3 days. Problem is, you could no longer just go out any more and get 1 movie for a buck for a night…..
Until Redbox came to town.
Was never a fan of Blockbuster.
New releases often nowhere to be found.
No "specials" per-say, throw me a bone, cheap rentals during the week? Nope, not there.
Previously viewed titles were priced about the same as NEW on sites like KenCranes, which amazon eventually overtook.
It took these guys forever to adapt to allowing a grace period on returns. If you were 10-minutes late from your 24 hour rental return period, zap, late fee.
I think it was also not very smart of them to rent space rather than own their stores. The only winner ever is the landlord. the landlord killeth many a business.


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The Harlech Foodservice Food and Drink Expo 2020, now in its 42nd year, welcomed almost 2,000 visitors to the event in Venue Cymru, Llandudno which saw around 165 UK-wide suppliers showcase their produce.
Sales generated by the event were up by more than 30 per cent from close to £350,000 in 2019 to almost £460,000 in 2020. There were an additional 30 new businesses showcasing their produce this year.
The expo aims to allow Harlech Foodservice suppliers to talk directly to the customer, giving them a chance to tell the story behind their product and offer free taster to representatives from the leisure, education and health industries across Britain.
Andrew Foskett is Joint Managing Director of Harlech Foodservice which has its headquarters in in Llanystumdwy, near Criccieth, Gwynedd. The firm, which has a satellite base in Chester, employs around 200 people, and was founded by his mother and father, Colin and Gill.
Andrew, who runs the firm with his brother Jonathan and sister Laura, said: "The event just keeps on getting bigger and bigger every year and we had people queuing up outside before the doors opened.
"Visitors were just so keen to get in because there is a lot to see and some great deals to be had.
"There are many benefits to both our customers and our suppliers. The customers are able to come and see, taste and feel the products for themselves and there's no substitute for that.
"They have a chance to talk to the supplier and find out more about the story behind the particular product, which can be very important, and find out how best it can be used.
"It helps them to find out the latest food trends and to stay on top of the changing patterns in the industry. We have suppliers here specialising in vegan produce, allergen free products, and other things which our customers need to be aware of and thinking about all the time if they want to stay on top of their game.
"It's a really important event for all concerned and we are proud to be at the fore of driving it forward."
Global giants such as Heinz and Unilever were present at the event along with a whole host of varying size businesses including Seabrook crisps, Fentimans and Deli France.
At the heart of the event is Welsh Street, created by Harlech Foodservice to champion the wealth of quality food being produced across the country and particularly in the North Wales region.
As part of this, Harlech Foodservice had its new range of Brongain Farm Welsh beef products which have just secured European Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) status.
It is a new partnership struck up with the Pickstock family and their 680-acre farm, in Llanfechain, Powys, which sees Harlech Foodservice selling top quality steaks, roasting joints, diced beef and mince under the Brongain Farm brand.
Laura Jones, Marketing Manager for Edwards of Conwy, was manning a stall on Welsh Street, giving out free tasters for the butchery firm which is famous for its top quality sausages, burgers and other meat products.
Founded by Master Butcher, Ieuan Edwards, who was one of three sons born on a family farm in Llanrwst, the company has gone from a one-shop operation on Conwy high street to a thriving meat production business supplying major supermarkets, wholesale and foodservice firms. It has always stood steadfastly by its belief of supplying the best quality product which customers will come back for 'again and again', no matter how large the food production operation.
Laura said: "The expo is great because it gives us the face to face contact to interact with new and existing customers and to connect with them in a way which is just not possible through a catalogue.
"It gives us a chance to understand better what they need, ensuring we have the right products to match and we simply couldn't do this without the forum of an event like this.
"The quality of our products is king for us and the event allows us to show people this. It's also a chance for us to tell the story behind the business which is very important to people these days.
"It's great and so busy which gives us a chance to reach a lot of people in a relatively short space of time."
The Welsh Government were also in attendance on Welsh Street represented jointly by Food & Drink Wales and Visit Wales.
Among the thousands of visitors attending the event were Michelle Casmore and Melissa Williams of Y Pantri café in Caernarfon.
Michelle, Manager of Y Pantri, said: "We bake a lot of things ourselves and this event is really useful for coming and getting inspiration and fresh ideas.
"We buy from Harlech Foodservice and like to keep things as local as possible so the event is great for coming and seeing the products, trying them, seeing which might work best for us."
Her colleague and assistant manager, Melissa, added: "When we come across a good product locally, such as the Dragon cheese, then we will always use that in our own baking and let our customers know that we do."
Melissa added that discussing allergy awareness with the expo producers had also been very helpful.
She said: "It is about being able to find out which products are suitable for everybody and speaking to the producers themselves to understand how best to use them and recommend them to our own customers."
For more information about Harlech Foodservice, go to go to www.harlech.co.uk
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Bryggeriforeningen er en dansk interesseorganisation, der varetager øl- og læskedrikproducenternes interesser inden for bl.a. erhvervs-, miljø-, fødevare- og sundhedspolitik. Samtidig deltager Bryggeriforeningen i internationale samarbejder for at fremme øl- og læskedrikbranchens interesser. Foreningen omfatter de store bryggerier og en lang række af landets mindre bryggerier. Medlemmerne brygger 98 % af det øl, der bliver producereret i Danmark, samt en stor del af læskedrikproduktionen og produktionen af vand på flaske. En del bryggerier på Grønland og Færøerne er også medlemmer.

Bryggeriforeningen står desuden for kampagner om alkoholkultur, og den arbejder desuden på at skabe øget kendskab om øl og er medejer af Den Skandinaviske Bryggerhøjskole.

De danske bryggerier beskæftiger i alt 3.500 medarbejdere. Men samtidig bidrager bryggerier og tapperier til beskæftigelsen i en række andre sektorer. For hvert job på bryggerierne skaber branchen 5,5 andre jobs: Et job inden for landbrug, emballage og kommunikation, fire jobs på cafeer og restauranter og et halvt job i detailhandelen. I alt beskæftiger ølverdenen ca. 19.000 danskere.

Fra 1. juni 2022 er Nick Hækkerup Bryggeriforeningens direktør.

Udenlandske arbejdspladser
På verdensplan beskæftiger de danske bryggerier i alt 45.000 medarbejdere, og i alt 250.000 personer verden over har et job, der kan relateres til de danske bryggerier.

Eksterne henvisninger
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Hina Matsuri: Japanese Dolls from the Tsuji Family Collection
Feb 201011 — Jun 20106
Honolulu Academy of Arts
Honolulu, Hawaii, 96814
In time for Girls Day, held the third day of the third month, the Academy presents three sets of dolls from the Edo-Meiji (1868-1912) periods. The exhibition celebrates this gift from the Tsuji family, which collected the dolls in the early 20th century and donated them to the museum in 2002, and is the Academy's way of offering the community wishes for an auspicious spring season.
Girls Day originated as hina matsuri (Doll Festival) or momo no sekku (Peach Festival), one of Japan's most important annual festivals. This celebration finds its origins in ancient Chinese ceremonies dating to the Zhou dynasty (ca. 1050 BC-256 BC), in which female shamans (wu) would purify their communities of negative influences by driving them away on flowing water. According to one early Chinese source, "In the third month when the peach blossoms are on the water, it is a custom in the state of Zheng (modern Henan province) to conduct the Third Month High Ceremony…Grasping orchids, [the shamans] call upon departed souls, sweeping away the inauspicious." Another early account adds, "During the Third Month High Ceremony, the officials and the people all cleanse themselves in eastward flowing water, washing to eliminate lingering impurities."
This custom entered Japan by the Heian period (794-1185), when in a ceremony known as hina nagashi ("doll floating"), dolls symbolizing the negative energies of the past winter were set adrift on boats to the sea, giving a fresh start to the new spring. This custom still survives, most notably at Shimogamo Shrine, one of Kyoto's oldest Shinto shrines. A time when the young people of a community could interact more freely than usual, the date has become best known as Girls' Day, which, together with Boys' Day (fifth day of the fifth month), celebrates the children of Japan.
During the Edo period (1615-1868), girls began to collect sets of dolls that were displayed on tiered platforms during the celebrations surrounding the third day of the third month. Often quite elaborate, these sets represent the imperial court of the Heian period, complete with Emperor, Empress, and a retinue of courtiers. —SHAWN EICHMAN, CURATOR OF ASIAN ART
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The tall trees shaded the dirt path that cut through the forest. They were older than the ruins that littered the place. They had been through many seasons and watched the land change around them. If they could speak, they would tell all who would listen of the people they had seen. They could tell of all the travelers that had tried their luck on that dirt road. They could tell of the bandits that lay in wait for any that were not prepared. They could tell of the blood and tears that had been washed away so long ago.
There was no blood… there were no tears… not for these travelers. Their blood remained in their veins and marrow. Their tears had all been spent. The group of five, plus a faithful furry companion, made their way to place of their enemy's choosing. What wait for them, they didn't know. The letter sounded pleasant and promised a productive talk. However, there was nothing pleasant about who was requesting their presence.
Sparrow turned her attention away from what they were doing and whom they were going to meet, but she needed to keep her mind busy. With what, she just decided to let her mind wonder. It came to a place of recent memories. Their voyage back to Bowerstone and all that transpired there.
Their plan was to leave John in the care of the townspeople, much to his protest. They had started going up the back alleys that lead to the town square. John was trying in vain to convince them to bring him along. All had agreed that he should stay and put his business in order. Most of all… grieve. They were almost there when the local bard notice their approach. He hurried to them and spoke in a hushed manner. He warned John that the guards were looking for him. Some evidence had been found that pointed to him in the murder of his parents. He was so dumbfounded; he didn't know how to answer to charges. Hannah suggested that they go and explain the whole situation to the guards. Garth believed that it would waste too much time, but he didn't know what to do about John. Reaver thought to turn him in if there was a reward. Sparrow promptly smacked him in the back of the head.
They had no other choice. They couldn't leave John in Bowerstone to face the guards by himself. They had no time to explain all events that had brought them to this place and the murder of John's parents. Let alone if they would even believe them. No, they had to bring him along and hope that the journey would be uneventful. He had promised that.
Her mind was starting to think of him again.
There was avoiding it. He would always be here. There was no escaping him, not as long as he was alive.
"How far is this place?" Reaver asked for the hundredth time.
"You said that an hour ago," he pointed out.
"And it will continue to be until we get there," Garth rolled his eyes.
"Is this some sort of dungeon or cave?" Hannah wanted to break the tension that had been growing for some time.
"As long as it's not much farther," Reaver took a drink from a bottle.
Garth sighed and rolled his eyes once more. There was nothing he could say that would stop Reaver. He was the way he was and there was no helping it. It was just something that they had to deal with… well, they had been the entire time.
"What do you think?" Hannah turned to Sparrow and John, "Do you think it's a cave or a dungeon?" she was just going to ignore the two quarrelling men.
"What do you think boy?" Hannah looked down to the dog.
He wasn't really paying attention. He was interested in the rabbits that played about. He really wanted to run after them, but he knew that he had to stay with the group.
"I don't think he cares," John noticed the dog's stare.
"If we ever get there," Reaver eyed Garth.
Down the road, there was indeed a fork in the dirt road. Sparrow and Hannah were familiar with the place. It was the same road they had taken when they were trying to get to Westcliff and the Crucible. She couldn't remember seeing any caves or anything that looked like a dungeon. Although, she was never in a position to truly explore Brightwood. She was always in a rush to somewhere to do something important. It could have been easily missed.
In front of them there was a stone cliff with the remains of pillars holding up a roof that was long gone. There was something different about cliff though. The stone was white with a mix of browns and tans that fell upon each other and intertwined. However, there was a perfect slab of gray stone that sat in between similarly colored pillars. There was an image carved deep into it; something that looked very familiar.
"Is that?" Sparrow cocked her head as she approached the stone slab.
"It's just like…," Garth had to agree.
"What? What is it?" Hannah didn't know what they were talking about.
"By he do you mean Jack of Blades?" Sparrow wanted to clarify.
He was obviously scared of something or someone. Sparrow could guess who. She took a long look at the quivering face. He looked like the other that guarded Aja's home, but there was a deep crack that started at his brow and descended down his face to his lip. He had been cut… deeply.
"Then it won't be said again," Hannah tried to calm him down.
"Can we just get on with it?" Reaver traced his finger over his revolver.
"Oh… but I have to…," the face whimpered, "or he will hurt me again," he stuttered.
"We really don't have the time," Garth explained in a calm manner.
"But I must! He told me to," the face continued.
It was no use. The face would not relent until he had carried out his orders.
The face retracted and split in two. A swirling energy of blue, white and purple greeted them.
"That was some quick thinking," Hannah complemented John.
Garth had a point. Many a times had Sparrow run into all sorts of horrid creatures and people in those woods. John was no fighter and couldn't last against anything the woods could throw at him.
"It's decided then," Garth took a step towards the swirling energy.
Without waiting for a reply, he stepped through and disappeared. Reaver shrugged his shoulders and followed after him.
"This won't hurt. Will it!?" there was no answer as he was pulled through the portal and into a strange world.
It was just like other; darkness surrounded them, but was quickly replaced with light. It wasn't like light that had so warmly greeted them before. It was yellow, but dull and did not induce feelings of comfort like the homestead had. Dust blew up into Sparrow face as she slowly opened her eyes. It was a desolate place that greeted her eyes.
"I do believe that you are correct in saying that this place is a tomb," Garth stared at the tombstones that lined a dirt path.
"You and me both," Reaver had to agree.
"Oh…," Hannah popped through the swirling energy, "Not the most… delightful place," she felt like everyone else.
Sparrow looked around the gloomy scene. Tombstones as far as the eye could see. Dusty paths winding through the rows with maybe an iron rod fence lining them on the occasion. Just up from where they came through, there was a large stone mausoleum that towered over everything. Though it would belong in place like this, it seemed so out of place. It was too clean and pristine, while the tombstones were faded and cracked from age. It seemed to glisten in the mustard colored sunlight.
"Kaw, kaw," a raven called to them from its perch on the mausoleum.
"What a drab bird," Reaver took out his revolver.
Garth released the weapon and continued his scan of the area. Reaver holster he gun and casually walked about the dirt path. Sparrow's dog hugged her leg and quivered. She could only bend down and try to soothe him as best as she could.
The dog perked up a little. Moving from Sparrow's leg, he snuggled up against John, nearly tipping him over. Sparrow held back her giggles as John tried to maintain his balance. It was not a time to laugh, but concentrate on what was to come.
"You two going to be okay out here?" Hannah asked.
There was a moment when their eyes meet. So deeply did they stare into one another. Her brown eyes reflected into his and his into hers. For how long they stood, they didn't know. She could feel herself moving towards him and him towards her. Their faces were almost together. Their lips ready caress each other.
"Are you two done?" Reaver interrupted the sweet moment.
Both John and Sparrow pulled away from each other, trying to hide their redden cheeks. They did not speak. There wasn't much to say or maybe they didn't know what to say.
"Be careful…," John managed to squeak out.
"You too," Sparrow smiled shyly.
They stared just a little longer into each other's eyes, but only for a moment. It was hard to tear away, but Sparrow had more important things to do.
"Take care of him boy," she patted her dog on the head one more time.
He whimpered and whined, but sat down next to John showing he would not abandon him.
"And I'll do the same," John promised.
No more words were needed. It was a time for action. It was a time to find the masked man that had so elegantly invited them to this god forsaken place. She caught up with Hannah and they headed towards the central area where the stone mausoleum stood. Garth and Reaver were waiting for them. Turning for one last glance, Sparrow looked to make sure that John and her furry friend were remaining put. Thankfully, they were. Taking in a deep breath, Sparrow stepped into the dirt circle that was surrounded by tombstones.
"He never particularly mentioned where he wanted to meet us," Reaver noticed the unending rows of tombstones and dirt paths.
"Hopefully it isn't too far," Garth was a little leery of wondering in a random direction.
"Even after all he's done to us?" Hannah snorted, "He's tried to kill Sparrow a few times now and not to mention John's parents," she whispered the last part, "And of course he's killed the woman that's been looking over us and has helped us through many hard times," there was a tear forming in her eyes.
"Killed? You think that I have killed the woman that calls herself Aja?" Jack's voice surrounded them.
"Where are you, you little sneak?" Hannah brought her hammer into a defensive position.
The earth around them started to slip away and was pulled by an unseen force towards the mausoleum. The Heroes held their ground, though it was being pulled from underneath their feet. It swirled and twisted into a form of a man. The small stones that had been caught up in the whirling dust flattened out and smoothed. They became shiny and glistened in the yellow light. It was a familiar shape that they had come to know and feel utter disband for.
"I am glad to see that you accepted my invitation," the figure bowed as the tattered mask formed where the face should be.
"What did you want to talk about Jack?" Hannah gritted her teeth.
"You're the one being reckless!" Hannah didn't want to listen to him.
"Please give me a moment," he took a step closer.
Bang! Reaver quickly gave him a warning shot at his feet.
The earth moved once again and started to take shapes. Sparrow, Hannah and Reaver readied their weapons while Garth summoned several swords.
The shapes twisted and took forms of that of people.
The dirt had taken the form of her older sister that she had lost so long ago.
"Father?" Hannah stared at the figure of her dead father.
"Jahzara...," Garth wanted to reach out and touch the dirt woman.
"What a handsome statue," Reaver stood before himself.
"What… what is the price?" Sparrow continued to stare at the figure of Rose.
"I… I don't…," her mind was growing fuzzy.
The world was spinning. She no longer felt like she was standing. She was drifting, but where she didn't know.
"Do you want her back?" someone came from behind her and wrapped their arms around her.
"She's dead…," Sparrow answered in a distance tone.
"Nothing is truly gone…," a voice whispered in her ear, "They merely go somewhere else… it's not too hard to move a person between them… I will give her back to you," metal fingers gently pulled her face around.
Her eyes meet the burning eyes of the man in the mask.
"Jack…," she wanted to pull away, but couldn't.
"My blood…," her arm lifted in front of her.
"Just a small cut," he held it lightly in his cold metal gauntlet, "A small moment of pain for a lifetime of bliss," he started to trace his dagger up and down her arm, "Just a little pain…," he brought it up and brought it down.
"NNOOO!" something grabbed stopped the blade midair.
"Aja…?" Sparrow looked up at the glowing figure.
"Wake up and fight!" the figure slapped her across the face.
Sparrow took in a deep breath. If felt like she had been breathing. Her lungs were crying for air and she was more than happy to oblige them. She looked to the others to see that they were starting to wake up from their trance.
"You have more strength than I imagined," Jack hissed towards the mausoleum.
"Who… who is in there?" Sparrow walked past the mocking image of her dead sister.
"You knew her… or maybe you don't since you only refer to her by a false name," Jack didn't answer the question.
"She's in there… isn't she?" Sparrow could guess.
"As I said before, I didn't kill her," Jack's mask smiled, "If you wish to see her, then go on," he stepped aside, "But know that if you choose to face her, the deal that I generously offer will become void… and that goes for everyone…," he eyed the waking Heroes.
Sparrow looked back to them. Hannah had tears streaming down her face. Garth, though he was not the type to show emotions, was grief stricken and his face showed it. Reaver, on the other hand, seemed to be angry at something. What, Sparrow wasn't sure.
"Sparrow," Hannah managed to call out through her tears, "Don't listen to him… The people in front of us are gone… but they are still with us… in our hearts," she wiped her eyes, "If she's in there… if she's truly alive, then shouldn't we try to save her?" she smiled.
"Then I guess we are in agreeance," Sparrow nodded her head.
Not wasting another moment, she flew up the stairs of the mausoleum. Pushing the wooden doors open, her eyes locked onto a figure that was chained to the pillars that held the stone building up.
"AJA!" she recognized her, "You're alive!?" she ran up to her.
She looked like she had when she had fought against Jack. Her face was young and smooth. Her clothing, thought a tad jumbled, was tight against her body. Blue lines faded in and out across her skin. Her body was slumped over and only held up by the chains that bound her to the place.
"You fool…," her eyes slowly opened.


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MSC Cruises intends to return to Greece for Easter
MSC Cruises today announced that it is working with the Greek Ministry of Tourism and other relevant authorities to reopen local tourism services in time to serve cruise ship passengers who will visit Greece for the next Week holidays.
The company has also announced that it is canceling its planned cruises on the MSC Magnifica until April 29. The ship was originally scheduled to sail again on February 14 with an itinerary through Greece. Therefore, MSC Magnifica will be replaced, for its voyages through the Eastern Mediterranean and Greece, during Easter and the beginning of the summer season, by other ships of the company operating in the area.
Passengers affected by canceled MSC Magnifica cruises until April 29 will be offered a reservation on another cruise – specifically on MSC Grandiosa, currently sailing the western Mediterranean or on another ship calling in Greece – or will receive a Future Cruise Voucher with which they can transfer the total amount paid for their canceled cruise to a future cruise of their choice – on any ship and on any itinerary – until the end of 2021, along with an onboard credit as compensation.
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I want to count all the unique user_ids per class.
Can anyone help?
Thank you

A: SELECT  class_id, COUNT(DISTINCT user_id)
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Review of Lena Khalaf Tuffaha's Water & Salt
Danielle Badra
Red Hen Press, 2017
Reviewed by Danielle Badra
Lena Khalaf Tuffaha's Water & Salt is one of the most gorgeous renderings of the Levant I've ever read. Tuffaha, an Arab-American poet of Palestinian, Jordanian, and Syrian heritage, writes from a place of familial memory and nostalgia, a place of longing and loss, of displacement and deciphering home.
Tuffaha's poems are required reading material for any Arab-American literature list, and for all Americans whose knowledge of the Middle East ends at what the media reports.
The titular poem of Water & Salt, Tuffaha notes, refers to a hunger strike that took place in Israeli jails by Palestinian political prisoners, wherein they subsisted solely on water and salt. The hunger strike took place during the summer of 2014, a summer rife with injustice and human rights offenses across the Israeli-Palestinian landscape, the summer Israeli jets dropped innumerable bombs on Gaza. That summer, Tuffaha also wrote the poem "Running Order," which references the situation many Gazan families faced amidst the Israeli bombing campaign.
In the poem, Tuffaha illuminates an unthinkable situation, of families receiving phone calls 1 minute before a bombing, telling them to run because their home is the next target. "It doesn't matter," Tuffaha writes throughout the poem, a chilling and echoing line. She writes, "It doesn't matter that / there is nowhere to run to." And again, "It doesn't matter that / you can't call us back." And, "It doesn't matter that you have children." She ends the poem brilliantly by calling out the pointlessness of such a message, and the dehumanizing nature of such a practice as to warn a whole family to abandon their home in under one minute, to abandon anything they were doing and everything that is precious to them, and for what? She concludes, "It doesn't matter / that 58 seconds isn't long enough / to find your wedding album / or your son's favorite blanket / or your daughter's almost completed college application / or your shoes / or to gather everyone in the house. / It doesn't matter what you had planned. / It doesn't matter who you are. / Prove you're human. / Prove you stand on two legs. / Run." This poem is a grave reality check to those who still subscribe to the notion that each side in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is too complex to distinguish right from wrong. One side has an arsenal of bombs; the other side only has two legs to run on. Another poem in this book, "Newsworthy," also speaks directly to the idea of perspective in regards to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Tuffaha also speaks to the Syrian Civil War and the hardship faced by Syrian refugees. In her poem "Drowning," she writes, "sorrow dark and bottomless as the ocean / when a ship collides into the present / I take a moment to bury my hopes for tomorrow // give me another history // I've made a shroud of belonging / a refugee tent pitched in the mud of memory." This moment, the moment to bury hopes for tomorrow, this moment should resonate in everyone's hearts at a time where state-sponsored violence is leading to displacement and death across the globe, at a time where the number of refugees in the world is 65 million, the highest number ever recorded.
It is important to grieve these losses, to acknowledge this hardship, and to demand another history be made instead of the one we are collectively making in the silence of our inaction.
I could go on and on about the beauty, the sorrow, the bitter and the sweet stuff contained in Lena Khalaf Tuffaha's Water & Salt, however, I think it is best to just go find a copy and read it for yourself, and for your neighbor, and for the Levant, whose children have been displaced again and again in the hundred years since the fall of the Ottoman empire and the rise of imperialist influence on the region. Take the time to invest in the words that linger between the West and the East, where refugees and refugee daughters and granddaughters find space to write in an unsettled home.
Lena Khalaf Tuffaha is an American writer of Palestinian, Syrian, and Jordanian heritage. She writes poetry, essays and literary translations. Her book of poems, Water & Salt, is published by Red Hen Press. Her poetry has been nominated for the Pushcart and Best of the Net and her chapbook, Arab in Newsland, is the winner of the 2016 Two Sylvias Prize. She is a Hedgebrook alum and an MFA candidate at Pacific Lutheran University's Rainier Writing Workshop. Her poems have most recently been published in literary journals including Barrow Street, Blackbird, Diode, Crab Creek Review, Hermeneutic Chaos and the Rumpus.


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I wanted to just say how much I love my Garmin Vivo Active watch for golf. My wife bought it for me as a triathlon training tool (I did one and won't make that mistake again ;-)). It has got a great feature for golf. I love how I can always look down at my watch and know exactly how far away from the green I am. It also does a shot distance tracker, so you can hit that button and start walking to your ball and it will check exactly how far you hit it. It also has a scorecard feature that will automatically switch to score mode once you're on the green, so you can add your score in. It then syncs with your smartphone so you can save all your scores on there. It doesn't have to be connected to your phone during the round, which is nice, so it saves your phone's battery. The only downfall is that if your watch isn't at least halfway charged before 18 holes, it will likely die during the round. It is also your traditional smart watch, so it sends all texts, emails, notifications to your phone, tracks your sleep and steps, etc... You can pick one up on Amazon for about $189. It's water proof (again, it's meant for triathletes) and very hardy. I give it 5 stars and two thumbs up.


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Generational Split Dollar (GSD): Where Are We Now?
Outlook Not So Good: Tax Court Speaks to Possible Estate Tax Treatment of Generational Split Dollar (GSD).
Case Study Series – Turbo-Charged Split-Dollar.
Private split-dollar arrangements ("SDAs") typically involve a trust creator ("grantor") that advances life insurance premiums on behalf of his or her irrevocable life insurance trust ("ILIT"), subject to a repayment right for such advances (the "SDA receivable").
What's Trending- What Experts from the 2017 Heckerling Institute Had to Say.
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In this case, the Tax Court ruled that both the deferred compensation rules and the split-dollar life insurance regulations can apply to the same transaction in a manner that results in (1) disallowance of deductions for employer contributions and full income tax inclusion of the vested accrued benefits of highly compensated employees.


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This NYC skyscraper will clean the air "at a rate of 500 trees"
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by Lacy Cooke
This new condominium building in New York City will actually clean the air. 570 Broome, designed by Tahir Demircioglu of Builtd, will be wrapped with a new facade material that utilizes sunshine to turn contaminating agents into salt and water vapor. The self-cleaning exterior will have an equivalent impact to removing 2,000 cars from roads for a year, or that of 500 trees.
The luxury condominium, located in the West Soho neighborhood, boasts more than just floor-to-ceiling windows and 10-foot-nine-inch-tall ceilings. The exterior of the 25-story building cleans itself and the air around it. The facade material was developed in collaboration between sintered stone company Neolith and manufacturer PURETi.
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According to Neolith's website, the exterior material consists of Neolith plates sprayed with PURETi's "aqueous and titanium dioxide nanoparticle-based treatment." Sunlight activates the titanium dioxide nanoparticles, which "transform the moisture in the air into oxidizing agents which destroy the nitrogen dioxide particles and contaminating agents and transform them into water vapor and salt." The process is called photocatalysis, and it's "repeated millions of times per second," enabling the building to clean itself. The technology improves air quality and is anti-bacterial, anti-allergen and anti-odor. Neolith and PURETi's technology "receives LEED points when specified," according to Neolith.
The building's design hearkens back to the history of the area, once called the Printing District, with "a silhouette evocative of staggered cubes," according to Builtd. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) designed the interiors. Indoor bicycle storage, an entry garden featuring a Japanese maple tree, a lounge opening onto a landscaped terrace and double-pane windows treated with a low-emissivity glaze are among the building's other features.
Sales for 570 Broome, which includes 54 units of one- to three-bedroom condos, began last fall.
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This NYC skyscraper will clean the air "at a rate of 500 trees"
570 Broome Condos
570 Broome, designed by Tahir Demircioglu of Builtd, is a new condominium building in New York City that will actually clean the air.
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570 Broome is located in the West Soho neighborhood of New York City.
570 Broome Lobby
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill designed the interiors. The entry garden features a stunning Japanese maple tree.
570 Broome Living Room
Floor-to-ceiling windows fill units with natural light.
570 Broome Bathroom
570 Broome offers 54 one- to three-bedroom units. Sales began last fall.
570 Broome Kitchen
The building, and each unit, boasts impressive features.
570 Broome Lounge
The 25-story building has floor-to-ceiling windows throughout, providing plenty of natural light and incredible views.
570 Broome
The facade of the 25-story building cleans itself and the air around it.
The self-cleaning facade will have an equivalent impact to removing 2,000 cars from roads for a year, or that of 500 trees.


I just got back from the Baja 250, where I support the Honda team by running the Radio Relay.
It's too bad that, thanks to the enviro-nuts, we can't still do this in CA.
Cool video!! Thanks a lot for posting.
I loved the video. Thank you so much for sharing. I am a native of San Diego, and I remember when my husband to be use to do that. San Diego was such a cool place to grow up.
San Diego could still be that cool, if places that were widely used by, and are totally suited to, dirt-bikes and quads, like Sage Hills (the parcel on the south side of questhaven) were still open to wheeled vehicles.
However, the current "outdoor ethic", as espoused by the "four legs good, two legs OK, wheels bad" crowd, is only for hikers and, barely, horseback, so most of the backcountry is unreachable for most people.
We've gopt lots of open space, and the runners and hikers have a plethora of places here. Can't us wheelers have ONE place closer than 2 hours away?
I used to camp and ride at Elfin Forest campground and the surrounding areas from 68-74. I miss it dearly. After riding all day, we would hang out at night around the camp store and listen to the square dance caller and crack jokes. It was an amazing time. Too bad we deon't have a safe and wholesome place like that for our own kids and grandkids… There was also a guy named John that had horses for rent, and he would trade us a motorcycle for a horse for a few hours. can you imagine that happening these days? Thanks for posting the video, and for the great memories.


This article explores student identity construction through the narrative life history of one non-traditional student, engaged in teacher education in a non-traditional way – a fully online university degree course. This article explores the challenges for one student created by the need to negotiate this complexity. Through this exploration using narrative life history methods, the authors consider the implications of the experience of becoming a student and a teacher.


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Border walls only work if illegal immigration is…illegal
Daniel Horowitz	· October 24, 2018
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"I will not hesitate to use every legal tool available to challenge these policies in court. … May a thousand litigation flowers bloom." ~ Karen Tumlin of the National Immigration Law Center.
A border wall can stop a physical invasion, but it can't stop an invasion of 1,000 lawsuits. Unless we stop the bogus asylum policies and end all cross-border migration in a legal sense, no amount of border security or infrastructure will help. Thankfully, the president appears to understand this.
Full efforts are being made to stop the onslaught of illegal aliens from crossing our Souther Border. People have to apply for asylum in Mexico first, and if they fail to do that, the U.S. will turn them away. The courts are asking the U.S. to do things that are not doable!
The key now is to make sure he pressures his Department of Homeland Security leadership to get on the same page and uses his leverage against leaders in Congress like Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., to achieve this.
Yesterday, I spoke with Cochise County Sheriff Mark Dannels, the head of the Arizona Sheriff's Association, and he was incredulous about the infighting in Washington that is hurting quality of life in the border counties. "We just don't have the resources our federal partners do to patrol the border; we need them to act now." He lamented how the waste of resources on processing the invasion rather than deterring it "are creating a huge opportunity for the cartels to smuggle in their more dangerous clients."
Is it that we are lacking resources and infrastructure on the federal level? Not at all. It's that we are complaining about the invasion out of one side of our mouth but inviting it in with the other. Dannels pointed out that he's never seen such a surge in family units coming over the border once we telegraphed the message that "if you come with a kid, you are home free." Once they are here, there are thousands of pro bono lawyers who can petition lawless lower courts to violate our sovereignty and make it impossible to deport them. Thus, rather than trying to avoid detection by our border agents, the illegal invaders actually seek them out.
This is where understanding the use of a border wall comes into play. A border wall is a very effective force multiplier for the Border Patrol if the goal of apprehension is to immediately block or deport those apprehended and that message is conveyed to the would-be trespasser. While it is possible for physically healthy people to climb most walls, it takes some time, especially if a group of people is trying to come over together. They would likely be apprehended by the Border Patrol by the time they get over, or at least would fear the likelihood of such detection.
But here's the rub. That only applies if we have sane policies where illegal immigration is, you know, illegal. But if we allow courts to make a mockery of our clearly written laws, then rather than fearing detection, illegal immigrants seek out detection. Thus, they will not only come at points of entry to surrender themselves, they will climb the border wall anywhere between the points of entry and surrender themselves.
This explains the phenomenon in the Yuma sector, where law enforcement is dealing with the sharpest increase in incursions in recent memory. When Congress passed the Secure Fence Act in 2006 requiring no less than 850 miles of double-layered fencing, the Bush administration only completed 36.3 miles. Obama gutted the effort, and the rest is history. But there was one success story. Most of that fence was built in Yuma. The Yuma sector contains most of the remaining double-layer fencing with razor wire, including areas with triple layers and a 75-foot "no man's land." Not surprisingly, it worked. Apprehensions declined 96 percent from 2005 to 2014 — falling from 138,438 to 5,902.
But something changed under Obama, a phenomenon that has now been codified by lawless lower courts. Twenty-fourteen was a watershed year in our border history. Even though we had more border assets than ever to deter an invasion, our policies of DACA and then asylum invited in the invasion of Central Americans, which began in 2014-2015 and brought in the drug and gang crises. No wall can negate a legal invite. Bogus asylum requests became the norm and spiked 1700 percent over the Obama years and surged to unimaginable levels in recent months.
Back in the '90s and in the 2003-2005 surge, over one million individuals of Mexican descent poured over the border every year. Back then the primary issue was a lack of resources to apprehend the invaders and a lack of will to turn our attention to the invasion. Over time, we tripled the Border Patrol and built some fencing, at least in places like Yuma. If our policies had remained the same, our border assets would have deterred most of the invasion, especially in a place with fencing like Yuma. The Mexican migrants never wanted to be caught. But the Left and its allies in Latin America adapted, along with Obama's insidious change in asylum policy. No number of border agents and walls could stop the magic words "credible fear." In fact, the more border agents, the better it is for the illegals, because they get to be placed in the agents' care until they are released rather than travel the dangerous desert alone.
As Dannels pointed out, during the first few months of the Trump administration, when migrants merely perceived that Trump would finally enforce our sovereignty, border crossings plummeted. He never saw fewer incursions or less drug smuggling in his entire career. But if interdiction means they will achieve their goal of release into our country, they will simply "climb over and surrender themselves to the border agents who are then distracted from dealing with more serious threats."
The moral of the story? Border walls help when actually built on the land they partition like a border and no exceptions are made.
This is why a border wall without first ending our self-immolating policies of "lawfare" will not work. A wall slows down an invasion, and together with a border patrol can serve as a force multiplier. But it can't stop a lawfare invasion.
This is also why a plan of amnesty in exchange for a border wall is such a bad deal. Amnesty is the magnet that is bringing them here, and that will overwhelm a border wall, not to mention the points of entry. Rather than Trump making the border wall the number one priority, ending suicidal asylum policies and UAC policies must be the number one priority. As I've noted before, that can all be done unilaterally without Congress because that is the proper interpretation of current law. He must categorically close the points of entry to any caravan and must force DHS to implement AG Sessions' guidance on individual asylum requests.
Once Trump solves the temporary problem alone, he can use that leverage, backed by the threat of vetoing the next budget bill in December, to make Congress include not just money for the border wall, but statutory changes that permanently codify his policies on asylum, as well as legislation cutting off sanctuary cities, removing immigration jurisdiction from lower courts, and many of the other 25 ideas I've laid out. The common denominator is de-magnetizing our border and ramping up interior enforcement. We should also clamp down on remittances from illegal aliens back to their home countries and bar anyone caught coming here illegally, not at our consulates in Mexico, from ever entering the country again.
There is only one way to stop illegal immigration, and it's quite easy. Make illegal immigration unambiguously illegal, once and for all.
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Q: Connect to internet through two gateways I am developing a library to perform port forwarding in NAT devices. Using SSDP (de discovery process) I can see two different UPnP servers that implement WANIPConnection service type, one is my ADSL modem and the other is my Windows Server.
My LAN joins to internet through the ADSL modem so, I know which server I have to use. However, is it possible for one computer connect to internet through two different gateways?
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By gateway I mean any device that allow access to internet. For example, just imagine you have two ADSL modems at home, each of those gives access using two different ISPs. And you have only one PC connected by a wire to ADSL modem 1 and by WiFi to ADSL modem 2.
ISP 1 -----------> ADSL 1 ----\
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ISP 2 -----------> ADSL 2 ----/

Is this possible?

A: For Linux (as long as your ADSL modem has the appropriate tools available), the solution to your problem would be rather easy to accomplish.  You'd have to setup multiple routes with the same metric.  With such a setup, connections would be (hopefully) evenly distributed along all available routes:
# ip route add default via <1st-gateway> metric 1024
# ip route add default via <2nd-gateway> metric 1024

The metric's value is purely fictional (this would be important if you have routes with different cost, e.g. UMTS vs. cable connection — lower numbers meaning higher priority [resp. lower cost]).  This would tell the kernel to »evenly« distribute traffic above both gateways.  Note that routing decisions are cached by the kernel, thus if 90% of your traffic goes to, e.g., facebook.com superuser.com it would mean that 90% of your traffic goes through one gateway.
Analogous steps would be required for Windows, but I'm not really firm at doing routing with Windows (but you might get the point).


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Webster Supports Patient Advocate Bill for Veterans
Washington, DC - Today, Florida Congressman Daniel Webster, R-Clermont, has co-sponsored the Patient Advocate Tracker Act, or H.R. 5754. This legislation would create a tracking system for veteran complaints through the Department of Veterans Affairs' Office of the Patient Advocate for patients to easily access any updates to their filed paperwork.
"We owe a debt of gratitude to every individual who has served in the U.S. military. Improving VA accountability and transparency to ensure veterans are receiving the services that they have earned and need is one of my priorities," said Rep. Webster. "The Patient Advocate Tracker Act is a step in the right direction by simplifying and giving veterans access to the tracking system when they have a complaint."
The Patient Advocate Tracker Act would also require the Department of Veterans Affairs to create an electronic system for veterans to submit complaints regarding healthcare services they receive. The system would allow a veteran to file a complaint electronically with the patient advocate and view the status of the complaint, including interim and final actions that have been taken.
In addition to receiving broad bipartisan support, H.R. 5754 is also endorsed by Veterans of Foreign Wars, Student Veterans of America, Military Veterans Advocacy, and Fleet Reserve Association.
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Tilian Pearson (Dance Gavin Dance) announces solo headlining tour
Additionally, Pearson announced support for his headlining tour.
Dance Gavin Dance clean vocalist Tilian Pearson recently announced that he will embark on a solo headlining tour this summer. The tour will be in support of his 2018 album, The Skeptic.
Additionally, Pearson announced the support for his headlining tour. The Plot In You's Landon Tewers and I The Mighty's Brent Walsh and RIVALS will accompany Pearson on all dates.
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— Tilian (@tilianpearson) May 21, 2019
Tickets for the tour will go on sale Friday, May 24 at 11 a.m. local time. However, VIP options are available to fans today here.
The 23-date trek will begin in Denver and wrap up in Sacramento. You can check out a full list of dates below. You will be able to secure your tickets here when they go on sale later this week.
07/26 – Denver, CO @ The Marquis
07/27 – Des Moines, IA @ Vaudeville Mews
07/28 – Joliet, IL @ The Forge
07/30 – Grand Rapids, MI @ The Stache
07/31 – Lakewood, OH @ The Foundry
08/01 – Buffalo, NY @ Rec Room
08/02 – Somerville, MA @ ONCE
08/03 – Brooklyn, NY @ Knitting Factory
08/04 – Asbury Park, NJ @ House of Independence
08/06 – Philadelphia, PA @ Voltage Lounge
08/07 – Richmond, VA @ Canal Club
08/08 – Greensboro, NC @ Blind Tiger
08/09 – Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade
08/10 – Orlando, FL @ The Abbey
08/11 – Jacksonville, FL @ 1904 Music Hall
08/13 – Lake Park, FL @ Kelsey Theatre
08/14 – Tampa, FL @ Orpheum
08/16 – Dallas, TX @ Trees
08/17 – Houston, TX @ Secret Group
08/18 – San Antonio, TX @ Paper Tiger
08/20 – Phoenix, AZ @ Pub Rock
08/21 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Troubadour
08/22 – Sacramento, CA @ Holy Diver
Will you be catching Tilian Pearson on tour? Let us know in the comments below.
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Automotive technicians rely on auto parts stores to add and replace car parts. The best auto parts shop in San Luis Obispo is O'Reilly Auto Parts.
Over time, you'll need to replace a number of parts on your car to keep it in good condition. You will need to replace your air filter, battery, and more. Of course, you'll want to buy from a reputable part store, but which one should you choose? We've compiled a list of the 10 best stores to buy auto parts in San Luis Obispo, California to save you some hassle.
This store is rated for always having the needed parts on hand. While customers do note that the prices here are slightly higher than at some competitors, the knowledgeable staff more than make up for the extra cost.
Customers appreciate shopping at a locally owned and operated auto part store and report being pleasantly surprised by both the low prices here and the wide inventory of auto parts. Staff members are also very knowledgeable and able to help find the right part.
This auto part store carries a very wide range of parts, with prices as low or lower than many competitors. Customers are particularly impressed with the range of car care products on hand, as well as with the staff's knowledge of parts and willingness to explain how to install them.
This store specializes in providing parts for imports, and customers state that they often have hard to find parts that cannot be located elsewhere. If a part is not on hand, shipping is fast, and the prices are surprisingly low.
According to customers, this store offers low prices on quality auto parts. The staff are also rated as being extremely knowledgeable.
Customers appreciate the affordable pricing here, although some are higher than other competitors. Parts are of good quality, and the staff are knowledgeable and willing to help locate the right part.
This store specializes in performance parts and off-road parts for cars, trucks and SUVs. Customers rate their product quality as very high, and the staff are also performance enthusiasts.
This store carries most auto parts needed, and very few are ever out of stock. While the prices are low, the store also price matches, which customers appreciate. The staff are also knowledgeable and can help find the right part, or even help choose the right type of antifreeze.
This store gets high marks for the level of inventory they stock, as well as for their low prices. The staff are happy to help customers find the right part, or choose between different grades or styles of replacement parts to meet their needs.
Customers appreciate that this store opens earlier than some competitors, as well as the reward program that lets them save money on the already low prices for parts and accessories.
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Oh the music industry. Is one of the industries most affected by a middleman. In general we can talk about the entertainment industry affected by this but today I will focus in the music industry specifically because there's this project called Muzika that promises to revolutionize the way musicians and consumers interact using the power of blockchain and decentralize technology to reshape how we consume music digitally.
To understand Muzika, we need to understand the problem it solves and that is the distribution of wealth among the participants in the music industry. We come from owning music like tapes, cd's and the artwork involved in producing this content, to merely accessing this content via streaming platforms. It's definitely easier to consume music like and the revenue growth definitely increases thanks to this.
Digital music brought the problem of piracy but streaming platform mitigates this problem by letting the consumer access to thousands of songs without the need to download them and waste storage space. In reality both streaming platforms, as the way they operate right now, and piracy represent an unfair distribution of the revenue for the musicians. How? By just receiving typically 10% to 20% of consumer payments. The rest? The middleman: platforms, record labels, publishers, services, etc, dilute profits that musicians receive.
Muzika is a self-sustained community-driven platform where economic compensation is fair, decentralized contributing to musician's growth rather than middleman's growth. Muzika will achieve this by removing the middleman and directing all their roles to the ecosystem powered by blockchain to directly remunerate the artist.
One of the main benefits of the Muzika platform is that they have a real product and a real usecase. They already have a community of 2 million active users that are ready to migrate to the blockchain based platform.
The ecosystem is powered by the Muzika coin which empowers the community, is used to transact for commercial activities (products like sheet music, recording services, streaming, etc), to sponsor an artist with the MZK coin and much more.
There's 3 ways to get MZK. Participating in the ICO, getting them on an exchange or mining them (through a loyalty program). Lets actually include a 4th way and that is through the bounty program. More details on that later.
The really innovative feature here is the Loyalty Points. Community users are rewarded for their time, knowledge and engagement in the ecosystem. These loyalty points help the community members to leverage their voting power within the platform to make their contributions more relevant through time.
Why is the community so important? They contribute by entering the song and album data in the blockchain to secure the copyrights of the artist. Everytime the song or album is used and generates revenue, this information will be stored in the blockchain so the distribution of revenue to the musician is transparent, fair and complete. This is the power of decentralization. To give such role to the community instead of a few giants in the industry, will redefine the way musicians and consumers interact with each other.
There's a lot of detailed information about the multiple benefits of the platform so I encourage you to read their whitepaper here https://www.muzika.network/assets/mzk-whitepaper-en.pdf to fully understand all the possibilities MZK holds.
There's going to be 1 billion tokens in total. If you want to participate in the ICO, there's 20.5% of tokens (205 million) for that. Essentially, there's going to be 40% of those tokens rewarded for the ecosystem growth so it's a great idea to participate in the token sale and continue enjoying the benefits of MZK through the platform.
I believe that there's a lot of blockchain projects that are trying (and will succeed like Emanate for example) to revamp the music industry in very innovative ways. Muzika is one of them and could be potentially one of the leaders in this sector. Unlike most ICOs, this project has a significant user base already and an ecosystem ready to be implemented. According to their road map, they will launch the mainnet prototype this Q4 2018. I like to do reviews of projects that have a future and the future for Muzika looks promising.
Disclaimer: Keep in mind that I'm participating in the content creation bounty campaign. You can join any campaign you would like to participate here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5042121.msg46417949#msg46417949 I'm participating with my bitcointalk account – https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=882182 and ETH address – 0x92D4c328EBE32B2826FfbB4aAbcD69f58Fe0a946 Therefore, I'm not giving investing advice, this article is purely educational in regard to Muzika.
Great write up on Muzika @jungleonion. I'll look into it further.
Great article man! Really interesting, I didn't know about this project, I'm interested a lot beacause O have a band… thanks!
Awesome. I'm glad to hear that I also have a music project that's why I was interested as well. Cheers!
Thats a bummer, there download link for LINUX didn't work. I'll try again another day.