White House senior adviser Jared Kushner Jared Corey KushnerImpeachment? Not so fast without missing element of criminal intent House Dem calls on lawmakers to 'insulate' election process following Mueller report Mueller considered charging campaign aides in Trump Tower meeting but lacked evidence MORE is reportedly working on a plan to increase some forms of legal immigration to the U.S.
Politico, citing four people involved in discussions, reported Wednesday that Kushner is developing a plan that would increase the number of low- and high-skilled workers allowed to enter the country each year.
Development of the proposal reportedly began in January, when Kushner began meeting with dozens of advocacy groups. Talks have since continued among a four-person group within the White House, led by Kushner, and a proposal could be submitted to Congress by this summer, according to Politico.
The news outlet also noted that President Trump Donald John TrumpImpeachment? Not so fast without missing element of criminal intent Feds say marijuana ties could prevent immigrants from getting US citizenship Trump approval drops to 2019 low after Mueller report's release: poll MORE personally tasked Kushner with coming up with a plan on legal immigration.
The plan would need to be approved by Stephen Miller, Politico noted, adding that the White House senior adviser is especially hawkish on immigration and has previously worked to reduce legal immigration.
Trump said during his State of the Union address earlier this year that he wanted legal immigration "in the largest numbers ever," Politico added.
News of the policy push comes as Trump has continued to take a hard stance on immigration, threatening in recent days to close off the border entirely.
Trump, citing a crisis at the border, said last week that he would consider shuttering the border. He has continued to make that threat this week, telling reporters on Tuesday in the Oval Office that he would "100 percent" close the border if Congress doesn't pass stricter immigration laws.
However, with Republicans warning that closing the border could have devastating impacts on the economy, Trump appeared to pull back from the threat on Tuesday evening. The president claimed during remarks at the National Republican Congressional Committee's annual spring dinner that Mexico was now cooperating in apprehending migrants before they can reach the U.S. border.


The Circulation Desk and the Short Loans Collection are one of the key departments of the Library. They situated on Level 1 near the main entrance of the Library.
The Short Loans Collection focuses on ensuring availability of titles that are in heavy demand by our patrons.
Staff at the Circulation Desk is determined to provide a professional and friendly service, which is sensitive to the diverse cultural and academic needs of all patrons.


As Elizabeth Warren supporters, including Deval Patrick, throw out terms like racism and "birther" in this hotly contested race for the Senate in Massachusetts, it is clear such people miss the point. Their argument is Elizabeth Warren has family lore that says she has Indian ancestors so she has the right to claim it. No one has said Elizabeth Warren can't share the family stories she has heard, but some people do take issue with her abusing the system and claiming it in order to benefit her career or to help her employers meet diversity goals.
The Warren supporters believe those who oppose what she has done are focusing on her race when it has nothing to do with race. This has to do with the sovereignty of Indian nations, their history of interaction with the United States government, the right to determine who is and is not a member of their nation, and the definition of Native American. Though many Americans assume that "Native American" is a racial or ethnic classification, it is actually a matter of citizenship in an Indian Nation.
Though they were talking about law students, I think most of us can see, this would also apply to law professors as well as anyone else who claims to be Native American without tribal affiliation.
The use of "and" means there are two standards that must be met in order to be considered an American Indian. The second part, maintaining tribal affiliation or community attachment, is specifically in line with the ruling in Morton v. Mancari. It goes back to tribal affiliation.
It is important that any candidate for the United States Senate understand sovereignty and Indian citizenship issues and how those things play a role in the definition of who is or is not a Native American. Not only is it clear Warren does not understand this, it is also clear that she doesn't care about it. She, along with her supporters, want to redefine who is entitled to claim the status of Native American, even if a person has no proof of American Indian ancestry. This is an anti-sovereignty stance and this way of thinking is a danger to our sovereignty.
Through her past behavior, Elizabeth Warren has shown she believes it is okay to use the status of Native American when she wants. While she claims being Native American played such an important part in the lives of her and her family, they seem to have never had any association with real Indians. She has never gotten involved in using her education or abilities to help Indians or tribes; never gotten involved in the Indian group activities at the various schools where she worked; and today she refuses to speak to American Indians.
As Elizabeth Warren continues to double and triple down on her family lore, claiming it is a huge part of her life and who she is, she leads people into confusing race for citizenship. She wants people to believe she really cares about her purported ancestry and that she is a Native American, but she doesn't fool us real Cherokees.
To us, there is no doubt that, if today they were rounding up citizens of the Cherokee Nation, a sovereign nation, and forcing us on a long walk in the dead of winter, Elizabeth Warren would not be voluntarily walking with the real Cherokees. She would claim to be white.
There is nothing attractive about a person exhibiting the character trait of covetousness. Even less attractive is a society which intentionally dismisses the necessity for truth. Your perspective on sovereignty and those who qualify for its prerogatives pays great honor to the Cherokee Nation.
i think it should be concern to all americans and all voters that someone seeking office is willing to fraudulently use the ethnic/racial and tribal identity of others for personal gain. and that her party, the democrats, continue to allow her to get away with it particularly needs to be addressed.
barack obama is the head of the democratic party and deval patrick, beside being gov. of the state, is a very close political ally of mr. obama. elizabeth warren is also a close ally of mr. obama and worked for his administration. many people who are opposed to warren's actions concerning identifying as an Indian and "woman of color" are undoubtably democrats too. consider demanding some accountability from obama and the democrat party for enabling, shielding and supporting this woman. if she is successful it will encourage others to engage is similar fraud and theft because the rewards would clearly be seen as great while the punishment non-existant. the democrat party is complicitous in warrens ethnic charade as is harvard university. they should not be allowed to slide.
that this woman also seems to have practiced law in MA for a slew of very large corporation without being properly licensed reveals the same lack of character,the same questionable morality. this is not a honorable person but one who feels she may do and say anything she wishes while not following the rules or even the law. is that really the sort of person democrats want to put into office? maybe neither side gives a hoot about Cherokees or Indians but i would think a serious voter would question just what that sort of behavior would mean if directed toward another group of constituents-perhaps a group they are part of.


"I've never been high-fived so much giving up five runs in my career," Farquhar said.
Corey Dickerson had a triple and a double, driving in two runs for Pittsburgh. Top prospect Ke'Bryan Hayes doubled and walked, scoring two runs. Jordan Lyles struggled in his second start for the Pirates, allowing three runs, seven hits and two walks in three innings.
Estevan Florial, New York's top prospect, had two doubles, driving in a run and scoring another. Miguel Andujar had an RBI double and singled.
Noah Syndergaard struggled with his control in a matchup against Justin Verlander. The Mets star walked five in 2 2/3 innings but allowed no hits and just an unearned run. Verlander gave up two hits and one run — Michael Conforto's solo homer — and struck out four over three innings.
Wilson Ramos' first home run as a Met was a two-out grand slam after Robinson Cano reached base on an error to extend the fifth inning. Ramos added two singles. Edwin Diaz, the Mets new closer, made his first appearance, walking two and striking out one in a scoreless inning.
Xander Bogaerts hit his first spring home run to account for Boston's run.
Paul Blackburn worked three strong innings and Fernando Rodney and Joakim Soria each threw an inning of scoreless relief. The A's used five pitchers to record the four-hit shutout. Matt Chapman doubled and scored on a wild pitch.
Derek Holland pitched three innings for San Francisco, giving up two hits and teaming with six relievers on a four-hitter. Miller accounted for two of the Giants' hits.
Cody Bellinger had three hits, including two doubles, and drove in two. Brock Stewart gave up Leyba's homer but otherwise pitched two hitless innings.


These are four steps mobile developer Twimler took to increase their chance of a successful launch, finding new players, and earning revenue. They can work for you, too.
Using Unity Ads to integrate rewarded video ads into the gameplay in a fun and unobtrusive way, e.g., watch an ad and earn a daily bonus.
Using Unity Analytics and IAP to create targeted IAP offers based on players' past spending behavior.
Why it was smart: A smooth and well-tested monetization strategy was ready for launch.
What Twimler did: They launched with a smart monetization strategy in place, and capitalized on the high number of installs and daily active users (DAU) that occur in the few weeks after launch.
Why it was smart: They earned a lot of revenue early on, which gave them the freedom to grow their game and player base faster, and keep earning more revenue.
What Twimler did: They used Unity video Ads to acquire new users through short and fun video ads, instead of relying on organic growth.
Why it was smart: By advertising Jewel Mash in other games, Twimler acquired many more players in a cost-effective way. They created a virtuous cycle of putting the right message in front of the right audience at the right time.
Gradually increased ad frequency in their game to see what the effect would be on retention.
Using Analytics, they discovered that there was a pivot point at every 2 minutes: once they went below that, to showing ads every one minute, they saw a big drop off in retention.
Why it was smart: By identifying that critical pivot point, they struck a good balance between retention and increased monetization.


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package com.temporaryteam.noticeditor.io;

import static com.temporaryteam.noticeditor.io.JsonFields.*;
import com.temporaryteam.noticeditor.model.NoticeItem;
import com.temporaryteam.noticeditor.model.NoticeTree;
import com.temporaryteam.noticeditor.model.NoticeTreeItem;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.Set;
import javafx.scene.control.TreeItem;
import net.lingala.zip4j.core.ZipFile;
import net.lingala.zip4j.exception.ZipException;
import net.lingala.zip4j.model.FileHeader;
import net.lingala.zip4j.model.ZipParameters;
import net.lingala.zip4j.util.Zip4jConstants;
import org.json.JSONArray;
import org.json.JSONException;
import org.json.JSONObject;

/**
 * Document format that stores to zip archive with index.json.
 * @author aNNiMON
 */
public class ZipWithIndexFormat {

	private static final String INDEX_JSON = "index.json";

	private static final String BRANCH_PREFIX = "branch_";
	private static final String NOTE_PREFIX = "note_";

	public static ZipWithIndexFormat with(File file) throws ZipException {
		return new ZipWithIndexFormat(file);
	}

	private final Set<String> paths;
	private final ZipFile zip;
	private final ZipParameters parameters;

	private ZipWithIndexFormat(File file) throws ZipException {
		paths = new HashSet<>();
		zip = new ZipFile(file);
		parameters = new ZipParameters();
	}

	public NoticeTree importDocument() throws IOException, JSONException, ZipException {
		String indexContent = readFile(INDEX_JSON);
		if (indexContent == null || indexContent.isEmpty()) {
			throw new IOException("Invalid file format");
		}

		JSONObject index = new JSONObject(indexContent);
		return new NoticeTree(readNotices("", index));
	}

	private String readFile(String path) throws IOException, ZipException {
		FileHeader header = zip.getFileHeader(path);
		if (header == null) return "";
		return IOUtil.stringFromStream(zip.getInputStream(header));
	}

	private NoticeTreeItem readNotices(String dir, JSONObject index) throws IOException, JSONException, ZipException {
		final String title = index.getString(KEY_TITLE);
		final String filename = index.getString(KEY_FILENAME);
		final int status = index.optInt(KEY_STATUS, NoticeItem.STATUS_NORMAL);
		final String dirPrefix = index.has(KEY_CHILDREN) ? BRANCH_PREFIX : NOTE_PREFIX;

		final String newDir = dir + dirPrefix + filename + "/";
		if (index.has(KEY_CHILDREN)) {
			JSONArray children = index.getJSONArray(KEY_CHILDREN);
			NoticeTreeItem branch = new NoticeTreeItem(title);
			for (int i = 0; i < children.length(); i++) {
				branch.addChild( readNotices(newDir, children.getJSONObject(i)) );
			}
			return branch;
		} else {
			// ../note_filename/filename.md
			final String mdPath = newDir + filename + ".md";
			return new NoticeTreeItem(title, readFile(mdPath), status);
		}
	}

	public void export(NoticeTreeItem notice) throws IOException, JSONException, ZipException {
		parameters.setCompressionMethod(Zip4jConstants.COMP_DEFLATE);
		parameters.setCompressionLevel(Zip4jConstants.DEFLATE_LEVEL_NORMAL);
		parameters.setSourceExternalStream(true);

		JSONObject index = new JSONObject();
		writeNoticesAndFillIndex("", notice, index);
		storeFile(INDEX_JSON, index.toString());
	}

	public void export(NoticeTree tree) throws IOException, JSONException, ZipException {
		export(tree.getRoot());
	}

	private void storeFile(String path, String content) throws IOException, ZipException {
		parameters.setFileNameInZip(path);
		try (InputStream stream = IOUtil.toStream(content)) {
			zip.addStream(stream, parameters);
		}
	}

	private void writeNoticesAndFillIndex(String dir, NoticeTreeItem item, JSONObject index) throws IOException, JSONException, ZipException {
		final String title = item.getTitle();
		final String dirPrefix = item.isBranch() ? BRANCH_PREFIX : NOTE_PREFIX;
		String filename = IOUtil.sanitizeFilename(title);

		String newDir = dir + dirPrefix + filename;
		if (paths.contains(newDir)) {
			// solve collision
			int counter = 1;
			String newFileName = filename;
			while (paths.contains(newDir)) {
				newFileName = String.format("%s_(%d)", filename, counter++);
				newDir = dir + dirPrefix + newFileName;
			}
			filename = newFileName;
		}
		paths.add(newDir);

		index.put(KEY_TITLE, title);
		index.put(KEY_FILENAME, filename);

		if (item.isBranch()) {
			// ../branch_filename
			ArrayList list = new ArrayList();
			for (TreeItem<NoticeItem> object : item.getInternalChildren()) {
				NoticeTreeItem child = (NoticeTreeItem) object;

				JSONObject indexEntry = new JSONObject();
				writeNoticesAndFillIndex(newDir + "/", child, indexEntry);
				list.add(indexEntry);
			}
			index.put(KEY_CHILDREN, new JSONArray(list));
		} else {
			// ../note_filename/filename.md
			index.put(KEY_STATUS, item.getStatus());
			storeFile(newDir + "/" + filename + ".md", item.getContent());
		}
	}
}


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LED ZEPPELIN "Celebration Day" /2CD Digisleeve; Live/
Band: LED ZEPPELIN
Product Code: 8122-79709-9
You will get bonus-scraps: 14
Price in bonus-scraps: 139
The famous reunion concert of the legendary Hard Rock/Blues/Heavy Metal band.
On December 10, 2007, Led Zeppelin took the stage at London's O2 Arena to headline a tribute concert for dear friend and Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegun. What followed was a two-hour-plus tour de force of the band's signature Blues-infused Rock 'n' Roll that instantly became part of the legend of Led Zeppelin. Founding members John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant were joined by Jason Bonham, the son of their late drummer John Bonham, to perform 16 songs from their celebrated catalog including landmark tracks "Whole Lotta Love", "Rock And Roll", "Kashmir" and "Stairway To Heaven"...
Although 20 million people applied for tickets, the band's first headline show in 27 years was seen only by the 18,000 ticket holders who were fortunate enough to have secured seats through the worldwide lottery.
The film of "Celebration Day saw a worldwide theatrical release by Omniverse Vision on 1,500 screens in over 40 territories on October 17.
Contrary to popular perception, Led Zeppelin isn't exactly averse to reunions. If anything, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant can't keep away from each other. Just four years after John Bonham's 1980 death, Page laid down guitar on Robert Plant's oldies act the Honeydrippers, and not long after that, John Paul Jones joined the pair for a performance at 1985's Live Aid Festival. That set was trashed by the public and band alike, as was their subsequent 1988 appearance at Atlantic Records' 40th Anniversary celebration, but despite these lackluster gigs, rumors of a full-fledged reunion continued to circulate well into the new millennium, even after Page & Plant recorded a pair of albums in the mid-'90s, a project that caused tension with Jones, who was unaware of the collaboration until its release. Eventually, all the bad blood cooled and the trio once again reunited, this time with Bonham's son Jason on drums, for a full-fledged set as the headliners for the 2007 Ahmet Ertegun Tribute Concert. Five years later, this reunion was finally released as "Celebration Day", a live album available either as 2CD set, letting the world at large experience what was roundly and rightly acclaimed as a near-perfect reunion.
"Celebration Day" is an ideal coda for Led Zeppelin, proof that the band's skills only deepened with age. Never once does the band sound as if they're grasping at re-creating their youth; they've selected a set Heavy on Blues, atmosphere, and hits, songs that allow each member, including Jason Bonham, to stretch out and casually flaunt his skills. Plant may no longer be able to reach the soaring highs he did in the '70s, but his lowered range gives "Black Dog" and "The Song Remains the Same" gravity, and helps give "Trampled Under Foot" a gut-level punch. Page still can muff a note or two, so can the band, actually, with Plant missing a line on the opening "Good Times Bad Times", a mistake that's thankfully left uncorrected, but his imagination is unchained, and, when compared to the Page/Plant records of the '90s, it becomes clear how much Jones contributed to the band's chemistry, lending it grit and funk ("Misty Mountain Hop" grooves more than any song without bass should), deepening and coloring Page's riffs, letting the band bounce out and return to center. All of this unique chemistry is evident on "Celebration Day", underscored ever so slightly by the presence of Jason Bonham, the son of the king who now seems like the only possible heir to the throne, emphasizing that the band is a family affair, and while this reunion is so unexpectedly, impossibly good that you'd want to experience this in the flesh, it also underscores the wisdom of leaving this as a one-time thing. This is so good that this is how you want to remember them: older, perhaps wiser, and still majestic!!
Album debuted on the Billboard 200 at ninth place. According to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), "Celebration Day" was the 13th global best-selling album of 2012 with sales of 1.8 million copies. It's won the Grammy Award for Best Rock Album at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards, and the rendition of "Kashmir" featured on the album was nominated for the award for Best Rock Performance.
Three P Films Limited/Atlantic Recording Corporation, a Warner Music Group Company, 2012 (8122-79709-9). Made in Germany. First press.
CD 1:
1. Good Times Bad Times 3:10
2. Ramble On 5:37
3. Black Dog 5:18
4. In My Time Of Dying 11:01
5. For Your Life 6:08
6. Trampled Under Foot 6:02
7. Nobody's Fault But Mine 6:24
8. No Quarter 9:00
1. Since I've Been Loving You 7:35
2. Dazed And Confused 11:19
3. Stairway To Heaven 8:28
4. The Song Remains The Same 5:35
5. Misty Mountain Hop 4:48
6. Kashmir 8:48
7. Whole Lotta Love 6:49
8. Rock And Roll 4:19
Total playing time: 110:19
Samples: http://www.ledzeppelin.com
LED ZEPPELIN "Gold-Green Logo" /Patch/
Embroidered bordered woven patch. 120x45mm ..
LED ZEPPELIN "Green Logo" /Patch/
LED ZEPPELIN "Red Logo" /Patch/
LED ZEPPELIN "Logo" /Patch/
Embroidered bordered woven patch. 165x90mm..
LED ZEPPELIN "IV" + "Houses Of The Holy" /2LP Set/
Unofficial re-release of the two full-length albums, in one set, by legendary British Blues/Hard Rock band. Sources of records are same as official released, but covers are something different from originals. "Houses Of The Holy" cover is apparently same as original one, but child at righ..
LED ZEPPELIN "Led Zeppelin I" /LP/
Debut full-length album by the legendary British Hard Rock/Bluese/Heavy Metal band. Led Zeppelin had a fully formed, distinctive sound from the outset, as their eponymous debut illustrates. Taking the heavy, distorted electric Blues of Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Beck and Cream to an extreme, Zeppelin creat..
LED ZEPPELIN "Stairway To Heaven" /LP/
Russian pressing compilation with tracks from the "III" and "IV" albums. Housed in a unique picture sleeve with Cyrillic/English text. Melodia, 1988/1989 (C60 27501 005). Unofficial release. Made in USSR. Used: very good. Tracklist: 1.Immigrant Song 02:24 ..
LED ZEPPELIN "IV" /GLP/
Remastered re-release of the fourth full-length studio album by legendary British Blues/Hard Rock band. The untitled fourth studio album, commonly known as "Led Zeppelin IV". After the band's previous album "Led Zeppelin III" received lukewarm reviews from critics, band deci..
Remastered re-release of the debut full-length album by the legendary British Hard Rock/Blues/Heavy Metal band. Led Zeppelin had a fully formed, distinctive sound from the outset, as their eponymous debut illustrates. Taking the heavy, distorted electric Blues of Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Beck and Cream t..
LED ZEPPELIN "Led Zeppelin II" /GLP/
Remastered re-release of the second full-length album by the legendary British Hard Rock/Blues/Heavy Metal band. Recorded quickly during Led Zeppelin's first American tours, "Led Zeppelin II" provided the blueprint for all the Heavy Metal bands that followed it. Since the band could o..
LED ZEPPELIN "Houses Of The Holy" /GLP/
First European remastered re-release of the fifth full-length studio album by legendary British Blues/Hard Rock band. The album represents a turning point in musical direction for the band, who had begun to record songs with more layering and production techniques, in contrast to the simpler Rock m..
LED ZEPPELIN "Led Zeppelin III" /GLP/
Remastered re-release of the third full-length studio album by legendary British Blues Rock/Hard Rock/Folk Rock band. "Led Zeppelin III" was one of the most eagerly awaited albums of 1970, and advance orders in the US alone were close to the million mark. On their first two albums, Led Z..
LED ZEPPELIN "Physical Graffiti" /Deluxe 3LP/
40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition remastered re-release of the sixth full-length studio album by legendary British Blues Rock/Hard Rock band. In 1968, John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant formed Led Zeppelin, one of the most influential, innovative and successful groups in modern..
LED ZEPPELIN "Celebration Day" /Deluxe Edition Slipcase 2CD + 2DVD Digipack Set; Live/
The famous reunion concert of the legendary Hard Rock/Blues/Heavy Metal band. On December 10, 2007, Led Zeppelin took the stage at London's O2 Arena to headline a tribute concert for dear friend and Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegun. What followed was a two-hour-plus tour de force of the..
LED ZEPPELIN "Led Zeppelin III" /Deluxe Edition 2CD Digisleeve/
Remastered re-release of the third full-length album by the legendary British Blues Rock/Hard Rock/Folk Rock band. "Led Zeppelin III" was one of the most eagerly awaited albums of 1970, and advance orders in the US alone were close to the million mark. On their first two albums, Led Zepp..
LED ZEPPELIN "Led Zeppelin II" /Deluxe Edition 2CD Digisleeve/
Remastered re-release of the second full-length album by the legendary British Blues/Hard Rock/Heavy Metal band. With elements of Blues and Folk music, "Led Zeppelin II" also exhibits the band's evolving musical style of Blues-derived material and their guitar and riff-based sound. It..
LED ZEPPELIN "Led Zeppelin I" /Deluxe Edition 2CD Digisleeve/
Remastered re-release of the debut full-length album by the legendary British Progressive/Blues/Hard Rock band. In August 1968, the English rock band The Yardbirds had completely disbanded. Guitarist Jimmy Page, The Yardbirds' sole remaining member, was left with rights to the band's name..
LED ZEPPELIN "Mothership" /Deluxe Edition 2CD + DVD Digisleeve/
Greatest hits compilation album by legendary British Hard Rock/Blues/Heavy Metal band. A collection of 24 of Led Zeppelin's greatest hits, remastered and selected by the surviving members of Led Zeppelin, Robert Plant, Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones, and represent eight of the band's nine s..
LED ZEPPELIN "IV" /Cardsleeve CD/

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Enriqueta Petitpas Cotton —más conocida como Henriette Morvan o Damita Duende (Santiago de Chile, 1900—?) fue una periodista, escritora y editora chilena adscrita al género de la literatura infantil y juvenil, escribiendo y recopilando relatos relacionados con dicho género.

Carrera literaria
A partir de la década de 1930 la literatura infantil en Chile adquirió importancia en la escena literaria; en este marco, Damita Duente se instaló como una de las principales precursoras de la literatura infantil con publicaciones como Doce cuentos de príncipes y reyes y Doce cuentos de hadas, ambas de 1938. Así, se unió en esta época a otros autores como Ernesto Montenegro con su obra Cuentos de mi Tío Ventura de 1930, Blanca Santa Cruz Ossa con su trabajo de recopilación en libros de cuentos —desde 1929— mitos y leyendas, y Marta Brunet con Cuentos para Marisol, publicado también en 1938.

Junto a Elvira Santa Cruz Ossa y su hermana Blanca Santa Cruz Ossa, fue una de las principales recopiladoras y difusoras de literatura infantil en Chile a fines de la década de 1930 y durante la década de 1940. Además, su obra se incluye en un grupo de autores «cuya preocupación central fue educar mediante métodos más didácticos» entre los que se encontraban su hermana y Ester Cosani. A fines de la década de 1930 comienza a realizar una serie de colaboraciones en la revista Zig-Zag dentro de una colección titulada Damita Duente —de ahí su seudónimo— donde incluyó una recopilación de leyendas y fábulas.

Editó varias revistas, entre ellas Campeón (1937) y El Cabrito (1945); además, colaboró en diversas publicaciones en Estados Unidos, México y Cuba.

Obras
 Manual de cocina (1938).
 Sume: (Leyenda brasileña) (1939).
 El héroe de Lepanto (1948, ensayo).
 Boomerang (1957, novela).
 La Cenicienta: cuento de Grimm (versión propia, Editorial Zig-Zag, 1943).
 Cuentos para ti, Nena (Editorial Zig-Zag, 1941).
 El mago de Oz: versión autorizada y basada en la película de la Metro -Goldwyn- Mayer (Editorial Zig-Zag, 1940).
 El libro de las doce leyendas (Editorial Zig-Zag, 1940).
 Cuentos infantiles en verso (Editorial Zig-Zag, 1939).
 Los doce milagros (Editorial Zig-Zag, 1939).
 El milagro de los ojos (Editorial Zig-Zag, 1938).
 Blanca nieves y los siete enanitos (versión cinesca; Editorial Zig-Zag, 1938).
 El libro de las doce leyendas (Editorial Zig-Zag, 1937).

Serie Doce cuentos
 Doce cuentos de príncipes y reyes (Editorial Zig-Zag, 1938).
 Doce cuentos de hadas (1938).
 Doce Cuentos de Gigantes y enanos (Editorial Zig-Zag, 1939).
 Doce cuentos de Navidad (Editorial Zig-Zag, 1939).
 Doce Cuentos de encantamiento (Editorial Zig-Zag, 1939).
 Doce Cuentos de la abuela (Editorial Zig-Zag, 1938).
 Doce cuentos de oro y plata (Editorial Zig-Zag, 1938).
 Doce Cuentos del mar (Editorial Zig-Zag, 1938).
 Doce Cuentos de animales (Editorial Zig-Zag, 1940).
 Doce Cuentos de juguetes (Editorial Zig-Zag, 1943).
 Doce cuentos de recreo y deportes'' (Editorial Zig-Zag, 1944).

Referencias

Escritores de Chile del siglo XX
Editores de Chile
Cuentistas de Chile
Escritores en español
Escritoras de Chile
Nacidos en Santiago de Chile

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Knuckleballer R.A. Dickey pitches extended session in minor league game
CLEARWATER, Fla. - Blue Jays knuckleballer R.A. Dickey says he is on target for Opening Day, with the latest step an extended session in a minor league game with a Philadelphia Phillies squad Saturday.
The former Cy Young Award-winner and Erik Kratz, who looks to be his personal catcher this season, joined a squad of Toronto prospects against former NL MVP Ryan Howard and a supporting cast of young Phillies.
Dickey was happy with the 99-pitch outing, which featured some 60 strikes under searing sunshine on a field at the Phillies' training complex. He gave up two runs on six hits with two walks and two strikeouts in 8 2/3 innings as nearby palm trees swayed in a gentle breeze.
"I'm right on schedule," Dickey said of his spring training progress.
While Dickey pitched in Clearwater, the Jays lost 6-3 to the Tampa Bay Rays in Port Charlotte.
The minor league outing gave Dickey the chance for a longer workout while keeping him away from the Rays, whom he will pitch against Opening Day on March 31. It also allowed the Jays to give four other pitchers a runout against the Rays.
Dickey has two more spring outings scheduled, one against the Yankees and another against minor league opposition, before the regular season.
One will be another 100-pitch affair with Dickey using the remaining start "any way I want to use it."
Saturday's game drew a small crowd, who lazed on a modest set of stands on the third-base line or stood next to the wire fence round the field. While the Jays batted, Dickey sat in the visitors dugout, which consisted of a bench with a roof offering some cover from the sun, with a towel wrapped around his pitching arm.
Dickey, one of the more cerebral major leaguers, called the minor league contest "a great exercise."
"Obviously when you're facing the major league guys, there's probably an extra gear in there — especially if it's in front of a crowd. I mean, it's just natural that the adrenalin's going to be a factor. But it's a great mental exercise to come out here and execute your pitches regardless of the situation, surroundings, competition. I'm competing against myself more than those guys anyway."
Dickey retired 10 of the first 11 batters he faced before getting into trouble in the fourth when he gave up a single and two doubles.
"I made a mistake pitch that scored two runs," he said.
The 39-year-old right-hander says he feels better prepared this season, compared to last year when training camp was interrupted by the World Baseball Classic.
"I'm going to take that into the season with me," he said. "That's no guarantee that things are going to be perfectly smooth. But at the same time, the way that I feel brings a level of confidence with it that you don't have when you're not as prepared. So I'm thankful for that."
His goal is to start this season the way he finished last year and the way his 2012 Cy Young NL season went, avoiding his 2013 slow start.
"Everything is kinds of working to that end. How can I get back to that?" he said. "Right now I feel like I'm on schedule and I feel good and my knuckleball's moving quite well right now. So we'll see. But it's always a work in progress. I'm always trying to learn about the knuckleball, how I can manipulate it a little bit differently. Maybe I can add a different bullet.
"Because I'm going through the AL East again this year. So although they didn't see the real me I feel like, especially early on in the season, I'm still looking for other weapons."
After going 20-6 with a 2.73 earned-run average with the Mets in 2012, Dickey was 14-13 with an ERA of 4.21 in 2013 with Toronto.
The Jays need solid seasons from starters Dickey, Mark Buehrle and Brandon Morrow. Drew Hutchison is expected to be the fourth starter with competition continuing to fill the final spot in the rotation.
Toronto dodged a bullet Saturday when Kratz emerged unscathed after being hit at the hand while batting. He continued in the game and said later he was fine.


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The generals' belated awakening
December 13, 2021 by Caroline Glick
Something is changing in the assessment of the Iranian nuclear threat among Israel's military brass.
Evidence is growing that members of the IDF General Staff and Mossad are beginning to realize that the United States doesn't share Israel's goal of preventing Iran from becoming a nuclear power. Last week, for instance, Michael Makovsky, head of the Jewish Institute for National Security of America (JINSA), a Washington-based group that cultivates ties between Israeli and U.S. generals, published an article in the New York Post in which he described their rude awakening.
Makovsky wrote, "Recent meetings with senior defence officials from our closest Middle East ally, Israel, were the most pessimistic I can recall. They perceive America as checked out, adrift, pusillanimous, unfeared and desperate to avoid military confrontation, and Iran as emboldened and nearing the nuclear weapons threshold."
Makovsky said that all his interlocutors had raised the same three points: The U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan showed that the Biden administration is comfortable betraying U.S. allies. The administration's decision not to respond to the Oct. 20 Iranian attack on its airbase in Tanf, Syria, showed that the United States is willing to allow Iran to attack it with impunity. And the administration's willingness to be humiliated by the Iranians at the nuclear talks in Vienna shows that the only thing the administration wants is to reach a deal—any deal—with Iran.
By Makovsky's telling, the Israelis are divided on what the Iranians want, and still haven't completely given up hope that the Americans will come through, somehow. He ended his article by arguing that the United States should provide Israel with the equipment and weapons platforms it requires to successfully strike Iran's nuclear installations on its own. But it was clear from his description of the disposition of Israel's security brass that their belief the United States will actually follow through on its pledge to block Iran from becoming a nuclear power has waned significantly. It is beginning to dawn on them that in the fight against Iran, Israel is alone.
While Israel's security establishment's frustration with the Biden administration and apparent grudging acceptance of reality are understandable, there is something deeply unsettling about both.
Where have the generals been for the past 13 years?
Since former President Barack Obama entered office in January 2009, the United States has had two policies for contending with Iran's nuclear program. The first is the Obama-Biden policy. The second is the Donald Trump policy.
The Obama-Biden policy is to engage in diplomacy with Iran that will enable Iran to acquire nuclear weapons, with the backing of the United Nations Security Council, and then to call the outcome "peace."
Obama's 2015 nuclear deal with Iran—the so-called Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action—which Biden now seeks desperately to reinstate in some fashion, guaranteed that Iran would be a nuclear threshold state by 2030 at the latest. As Makovsky's general friends indicated, from Biden's diplomatic machinations it's clear that as far as Biden and his team are concerned, any deal is fine with them—even one that gives Iran international approval of its nuclear weapons program and lifts all sanctions on Iran immediately.
Trump's policy towards Iran's nuclear program was a welcome respite from the Obama-Biden policy. Trump's policy did not involve abandoning America's Middle East allies. It involved empowering them. Trump's policy was to create the diplomatic, economic and military conditions that would enable Israel to successfully attack Iran's nuclear installations.
For all the differences between them, the Obama-Biden policy on the one hand and the Trump policy on the other shared a common denominator: Both ruled out a U.S. military strike on Iran's nuclear installations.
This common reality was never hard to see. Anyone willing to really listen to what the Americans were saying and watch what they were doing could have figured out that the United States had no intention of attacking Iran's nuclear installations. The only party that could possibly be expected to attack Iran's nuclear sites—if it were to be done at all—was Israel.
Those who were unwilling to look reality in the face have clung to certain popular but incorrect narratives. The most popular, which several of Makovsky's friends shared with him, is the utterly false claim that Obama's 2015 deal slowed down Iran's nuclear progress, and therefore was a positive development. Today, leading Israeli military leaders in the dominant America-centric clique, and their colleagues on the political left, argue that the 2015 deal served to slow Iran's nuclear advance and that Biden's plan to reinstate the deal will do the same. This is a good thing, they say, because it buys Israel time to develop the military means to attack Iran's nuclear sites.
Unfortunately, this position is based on ignoring, rather than accepting, reality. As U.S. strategic expert David Wurmser explained recently to Israel Hayom, the Iranians did not slow their uranium enrichment because they agreed to the JCPOA. Wurmser, who served in both the Bush and Trump national security councils, explained that the Iranians timed the agreement to align with their nuclear schedule.
In 2014-2015, the Iranians began work on advanced centrifuges capable of enriching uranium to military levels of purity. In the course of the negotiations on the nuclear deal, the Iranians insisted that they be permitted under the deal to continue their nuclear research and development on the advanced centrifuges. Obama and his team accepted their demand. In 2016 and 2017, reports emerged that Iran had successfully acquired the capacity to use advanced centrifuges.
As Wurmser explains, Iran began using their advanced centrifuges to enrich uranium to 60 percent purity as soon as they were ready. The popular claim that Trump's decision to abandon the JCPOA in 2018 precipitated Iran's actions is nothing more than a delusion. Iran would have done so regardless of Trump's actions. The real leap in Iran's uranium enrichment came after Biden's inauguration. His arrival gave the Iranians confidence that they would face no opposition from Washington as they sprinted to the nuclear finish line.
The one person who understood and acted on the basis of reality from the outset of the Obama administration was then-Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Netanyahu saw that Iran was galloping ahead as quickly as it could with its nuclear program and that the United States had no intention of using force to block its advance. When the chorus began chanting in unison that the JCPOA slowed Iran's nuclear progress, Netanyahu rightly rejected their contention as absurd.
Recognizing that the Americans would not attack Iran's nuclear installations, Netanyahu worked to develop, expand and use Israel's diplomatic, military, intelligence, cyber and sabotage capabilities to harm Iran's nuclear program. Netanyahu was willing for Israel to go it alone and eagerly sought out and cooperated with anyone who was willing to work with Israel to oppose Iran.
Among other things, Netanyahu pushed economic sanctions on Iran to prevent the ayatollahs from having the economic means to fund their nuclear program. Sanctions also worked to destabilize their regime and delegitimize its nuclear program in the eyes of the impoverished Iranian people.
To undermine Obama and Biden's ability to sell their pro-Iranian policy to Congress as non-proliferation, or peace, Netanyahu worked in the diplomatic arena to highlight the danger Iran's nuclear program poses to Israel, the Middle East, global security and U.S. security.
Netanyahu's most powerful and trenchant opponents at home were Israel's national security brass. Led by IDF chiefs of staff Gabi Ashkenazi, Benny Gantz and Gadi Eisenkot, and Mossad directors Meir Dagan and Tamir Pardo, Israel's security leadership embraced a policy based not on reality, but on faith. Despite all evidence to the contrary, the generals insisted the United States would come through in the end and attack Iran's nuclear installations.
True, they acknowledged, Israel is the only country that Iran threatens to annihilate. But they insisted that since Iran's nuclear program threatens the entire region as well as Europe and the United States, taking out Iran's nuclear installations was America's responsibility, not Israel's. And even as Obama acknowledged that at the end of the JCPOA in 2030, Iran's breakout time to independent nuclear capabilities would be "zero," the generals insisted that America could be trusted when it promised that it would not permit Iran to become a nuclear power.
Given their aspirational, rather than reality-based, policy assessment of U.S. intentions, Israel's security leaders argued that Israel's job was to cooperate with the Americans and under no circumstance should it publicly dispute anything the Americans said. Israel's security leaders said that through proper coordination, when the day arrived to strike Iran, they would be able to convince Washington to do the right thing.
Operating on this assessment, the heads of Israel's national security establishment opposed Netanyahu's diplomatic campaign against the nuclear deal and harshly criticized him for his actions in this arena. They supported Obama against Netanyahu and praised the deal.
In 2010, Ashkenazi and Dagan refused Netanyahu's direct order to prepare Israel's forces to attack Iran's nuclear installations. If that weren't bad enough, Dagan divulged Netanyahu's order to his U.S. counterpart, then-CIA chief Leon Panetta.
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has expressed no clear policy on Iran, although his refusal to meet Robert Malley, Biden's envoy to the negotiations, when he traveled to Israel three weeks ago indicated that Bennett is aligned with Netanyahu's position. At any rate, with paltry support in the public and in his own government, Bennett is not the primary decision-maker on Iran. That power today rests with Defense Minister Benny Gantz.
Gantz is the most prominent and powerful member of the America-dependent camp. And even as the Biden administration remains fixated on reaching a deal—any deal—with the mullahs—Gantz flew to Washington this week to coordinate. To neutralize growing concern in Israel's security establishment, the administration decided to pull out a few stoppers.
Ahead of Gantz's arrival in Washington, a senior administration official told Reutersthat Gantz would speak with his U.S. counterpart Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin about holding a joint U.S.-Israel training exercise to practice attacking Iran's nuclear installations. While comforting, it is hard to believe the statement for several reasons. First, if the United States was really planning to attack Iran's nuclear installations with Israel, senior officials wouldn't call Reuters to divulge this highly classified state of affairs.
Second, while the unnamed official was revealing ostensibly top-secret operational plans to Reuters, Malley was in the Persian Gulf telling America's allies that the United States is dead set on cutting a deal.
Finally, Malley's boss, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, pointedly refuses to even pay lip service to the notion of attacking Iran's nuclear installations militarily.
Obviously, Israel's credulous generals would rather believe Reuters than Malley. But reality isn't really concerned with their preferences. If Iran is to be prevented from becoming a nuclear-armed state, the generals' belated awakening must proceed at top speed. Not only must they recognize that Netanyahu was right all along, they must adopt his policy of working across the board to weaken Iran's regime and block its path to the bomb.
Caroline Glick is an award-winning columnist and author of "The Israeli Solution: A One-State Plan for Peace in the Middle East."
This article first appeared in Israel Hayom.


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Yeezus är namnet på Kanye Wests sjätte studioalbum, släppt den 18 juni 2013.

Den 18 maj 2013 släpptes den första singeln till plattan, "New Slaves". Den andra singeln var "Black Skinhead".

Låtlista
 "On Sight" – 2:37
 "Black Skinhead" – 3:08
 "I Am a God" – 3:52
 "New Slaves" – 4:16
 "Hold My Liquor" – 5:27
 "I'm in It" – 3:55
 "Blood on the Leaves" – 6:00
 "Guilt Trip" – 4:04
 "Send It Up" – 2:58
 "Bound 2" – 3:49

Musikalbum 2013
Musikalbum av Kanye West


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At the end of 2012, the EU closed its delegation in Syria and moved the majority of its operations to Beirut. A functioning office remains open in Damascus, but to deliver vital humanitarian assistance to those in need in Syria, diplomats and officials regularly have to travel to Syria from Beirut.
It was reported this week that the Assad regime recently rescinded the special permission needed for EU diplomats and official to travel to Syria on a multiple entry visa. This makes travel to the country excessively difficult. More importantly however, it shows how Assad and his accomplices are trying to create leverage over the EU to reopen its official delegation in the Syrian capital.
In the midst of the harmful withdrawal of the United States from Syria, the rapprochement between Damascus and a number of Arab states including the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, Europe can and must not let itself be pressured by a regime that has such a flagrant disregard for human life, rights and key principles of international law. As staunch defenders of human rights and international law, it is our duty to prevent the implicit and gradual legitimisation of Assad's control over Syria, while bloodshed continues with impunity.
Most member states declared the Syrian ambassadors in their countries persona non grata, but the Syrian embassy maintains a high diplomatic accreditation to the EU. While we understand that the Syrian embassy in Brussels was allowed to remain open to maintain reciprocity and to allow EU officials to conduct humanitarian work in Syria, the Assad regime has with these latest, coercing measures wiped whatever reciprocity was left of the table. We therefore call on you to undertake whatever measures are necessary to revoke the accreditation of the highest Syrian diplomat(s) accredited to the EU.


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Intrinsic vs. Extrinsic Religious Motivation and the Marital Relationship
Andrew S. Brimhall, Saint Louis University
Mark H. Butler, Brigham Young University - ProvoFollow
religiosity, marital satisfaction, religion, gender-based interaction patterns, gender demographics
Research suggests a strong positive relationship between religiosity and marital satisfaction. Neglected, however, are differences in satisfaction based on nominal religious motivation. The influence of religiosity on marital satisfaction was examined for 74 couples. Results indicate the higher the husband's intrinsic religiosity, the higher the satisfaction for both partners. Wives' satisfaction increased as they became more extrinsically motivated. Differences in religiosity significantly decreased satisfaction for husbands. Findings are discussed from the perspective of gender-based interaction patterns, gender demographics of religious devotion and activity, and power dynamics. We recommend therapists understand these findings and integrate them into the clinical dialogue.
Original Publication Citation
Brimhall, A. S., & Butler, M. H. (2007). Intrinsic vs. extrinsic religious motivation and the marital relationship. The American Journal of Family Therapy, 35(3), 235-249.
Brimhall, Andrew S. and Butler, Mark H., "Intrinsic vs. Extrinsic Religious Motivation and the Marital Relationship" (2007). Faculty Publications. 4450.
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USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations
Now, We Hear Through a Voice Darkly: New Media and Narratology in Cinematic Art
James Anthony Ricci, University of South FloridaFollow
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Degree Granting Department
Phillip Sipiora, Ph.D.
Margit Grieb, Ph.D.
Hunt Hawkins, Ph.D.
Victor Peppard, Ph.D.
New Media, Narratology, Manovich, Bakhtin, Cinema
This dissertation explores the intersection of new media and narrative, as it is presented through a cinematic aesthetic. The narrative language of film is analyzed through the theoretical framework of Bakhtin's concepts of Heteroglossia, Chronotope, and Dialogism. Bakhtin's ideas of classifying language act as strong tools for demonstrating how cinematic narrative can inform and alter the perception of its spectators. Lev Manovich's principles of New Media, specifically Variability, Modularity, and Automation are also utilized to demonstrate how cinema is a constantly evolving paradigm.
Chapter one focuses on the theoretical terminology, outlining the conceptual definitions and illustrating their relevance in precise moments of cinema. This chapter introduces the idea that despite the original conception of Bakhtin and Manovich's deriving from text and digital processes, their concepts are strongly present in contemporary cinema. Chapter two explores Manovich's concept of variability in the cinematic genre of Noir. The Coen Brother's Miller's Crossing illustrates how the use of pastiche and homage has paved the way for the classic Noir genre to evolve into the genre of Neo-Noir. The aesthetic of Miller's Crossing is examined in great detail to illuminate the comparisons between the variability of both genres. Chapter three also employs a Neo-Noir aesthetic. In Rian Johnson's film Brick, the language is as much a character as any of the actors on the screen. A detailed reading of film exploring Bakhtin's Dialogic concepts is established. The narrative of the film is examined with the idea that multiple meanings exist throughout individual units of speech. Chapter four continues the exploration of new media narrative concepts with a Science Fiction and Noir cinematic hybrid in an investigation of Rian Johnson's film Looper. The basis of this analysis will be focused on fabula time and how the narrative of the film explores time travel, literally and metaphorically. In Looper the concepts of Chronotope and Modularity are both used to illustrate the director's stylistic use of narrative sequencing to explore the paradoxes of time travel. Chapter five illustrates Manovich's principles of new media as demonstrated in a biographical music drama. The documentary 20,000 Days on Earth features 24 hours in the life of Noir rock musician Nick Cave. The use of Cave's music as a basis for the documentarians' artful biopic creates an interpretive grid for analyzing the views of the artist and the persona that he has created for himself. Representations of diachrony in Cave's reflective interviews regarding his evolution as an artist are also examined.
The goal of this dissertation is to provide academic consideration for theoretical concepts that have not been traditionally applied to the study of cinema. It should be of interest to scholars seeking to supplement their endeavors within the realms of film studies as well as new media. In the interest of nurturing an interdisciplinary space for literary studies to exist and inform other branches of scholarship, the topics of new media and narratology, when applied to cinema establish a juncture between historical linguistics, digital media concepts and film studies.
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Ricci, James Anthony, "Now, We Hear Through a Voice Darkly: New Media and Narratology in Cinematic Art" (2015). USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations.
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In Cold blood: He did not think he had put himself in danger because he did not identify the officer by name," the source said on condition of anonymity. Several others – all of whom requested anonymity, citing concern for personal security – said that Khim Sambo was writing about Cambodian National Police Commissioner Hok Lundy.
Hok Lundy prior to his departure for a visit to the US (Photo: AFP)
A woman prays in front of a portrait of journalist Khim Sambo, who was murdered along with his son in a Phnom Penh street on July 11. Police, who are being aided by the FBI, say they have no suspects in the case. Photo: AFP
SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST (Hong Kong)
The circumstances surrounding journalist Khim Sambo's murder point to official involvement, writes Vincent MacIsaac
"They had no fear of being arrested. They weren't wearing helmets and made no attempt to disguise their identity" - Chan Soveth, of the Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association"
Two weeks before he and his 21-year-old son were shot dead, Cambodian journalist Khim Sambo reported on a not uncommon topic in opposition-affiliated newspapers. When gamblers from the upper echelons of the ruling Cambodia People's Party (CPP), accompanied by armed bodyguards or police, have prolonged losing streaks, it sometimes erupts in anger and even violence.
"When they lose, and cannot borrow more from the casino, they arrest the casino owners," he wrote under one of his numerous pseudonyms, Srey Ka, in the June 28-29 weekend edition of the daily Khmer Conscience, which is affiliated with the opposition Sam Rainsy Party (SRP).
However, Khim Sambo – whose own anger needed to be "toned down", according to a former colleague – went further than most, mocking the behaviour of a senior police officer described by many as "one of the most dangerous men in Cambodia".
He reported on an incident that allegedly occurred – SRP newspapers are often accused of fabrication or exaggeration – on June 25 at a casino complex at a border crossing with Vietnam in the town of Bavet in Svay Rieng province.
After losing his shirt at Le Macau Casino and Hotel, the officer borrowed from the casino, lost that, borrowed more – and lost again. When the casino manager refused to lend any more, he had him arrested by the junior officers accompanying him, Khim Sambo reported.
He went further, describing how the officer stacked the deck: "When he loses US$100,000, the casino returns US$50,000. But he plays until losing the returned money, and demands to borrow more. If any casino owner dares to say 'no', he threatens to arrest him."
Khim Sambo did not identify the officer by name but dropped enough hints so that when he concluded his report by stating "there is no need to name [the CPP gamblers] because everyone in Cambodia knows who they are", he assumed readers would be able to identify the officer, a source said.
"He did not think he had put himself in danger because he did not identify the officer by name," the source said on condition of anonymity. Several others – all of whom requested anonymity, citing concern for personal security – said that Khim Sambo was writing about Cambodian National Police Commissioner Hok Lundy.
The former governor of Svay Rieng province has been at the top of Cambodia's police force since 1994. "There is hardly anyone in Cambodia who has shown more contempt for the rule of law than Hok Lundy," Human Rights Watch has said. He "represents the absolute worst Cambodia has to offer", it said.
"We believe the killing is related to that article," Son Chhay, the whip of the opposition Sam Rainsy Party claimed, though he declined to identify the subject of the article.
The editor of Khmer Conscience, Dam Sith, who had been jailed on defamation charges in June, said he knew nothing about the article when interviewed by phone last Thursday.
That day, he was interviewed by one of the two agents from America's FBI, said to be "supporting" their Cambodian counterparts in the investigation.
"I told them I don't know anything about who is behind the killing, and that I hope they find who it is," he said.
Chan Soveth, a programme officer at the Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association, warned that "if the FBI cannot work independently [their assistance] is just a political game".
He arrived at the scene of the double homicide about 30 minutes after it occurred at about 6.30pm on July 11 and has been investigating ever since. He fears the police are protecting the perpetrators rather than trying to solve the crime.
Khim Sambo, 47, bled to death on the side of a busy street in central Phnom Penh, minutes after being shot twice in the back while riding a motorcycle driven by his son Khat Sarinpheata. The young man died the next day in a Phnom Penh hospital, after being shot twice while cradling his dying father, said Chan Soveth.
The killers, two men on a motorbike who approached Khim Sambo and his son from behind, were probably hired assassins, he said, pointing out that they used a K-49 pistol with a silencer.
"They had no fear of being arrested. They weren't wearing helmets and made no attempt to disguise their identity. They acted like they were under protection," Chan Soveth said.
When he arrived at the scene, he was able to gather information from bystanders but, when he returned the following morning, no one would speak to him, he said. Silence permeates human rights groups in Cambodia. When asked who he thought was behind the killing, Chan Soveth declined to answer. "I want to continue living in Cambodia," he said.
He believes the murders were intended to create an atmosphere of fear ahead of the July general election, which the CPP won by a landslide. This view was widely promoted by Cambodian and international human rights groups who expressed outrage following the killing.
But SRP whip Son Chhay disputes that there was any link between the killings and the election. "It was not a political killing," he said. "There was no order from the top of the CPP," he said. "[Prime Minister] Hun Sen does not know who is behind the killings. If Hun Sen knew who was behind the killings, the FBI would not have been allowed to join the investigation."
He added: "The FBI has been allowed in because the CPP believes they will be unable to find evidence of government involvement," though he in no way suggests that the CPP has turned benevolent.
"Their behaviour, their totalitarian thinking is very much like the Khmer Rouge. Either you support the CPP or you are an enemy of the state. Killing opposition members is acceptable," he said.
Son Chhay and Chan Soveth said they feared that the FBI was likely to be used by the Cambodian police to provide a veneer of legitimacy to what the latter described as a "sham investigation".
Son Chhay noted: "They have this great ability to manipulate the international community and they will manipulate the FBI to make sure nothing happens [with the investigation]."
This is already happening, he said, pointing to a police statement published in the Cambodia Daily this month quoting Phnom Penh's police commissioner as saying that an "FBI official had agreed that the killings were motivated by someoneseeking revenge against the journalist's son".
Senior police officers have suggested that the target of the killers was not Khim Sambo but his son.
In his initial report into the crime, Chan Soveth found no evidence thateither the father or the son were involved in a personal dispute that could have led to their murders.
US embassy spokesman John Johnson said he was aware that some human rights investigators had accused the local police of a cover-up. Because the investigation was ongoing, he said, he could not comment on the details of the case.
The FBI agents were playing a "purely supportive" role in the investigation at the invitation of the interior ministry, he said. Besides two investigators, who arrived on September 14, a forensic artist had arrived last week to assist localpolice with a sketch of the assailants, he added.
One day after meeting the FBI agents, Phnom Penh deputy police chief Hy Prou, who is in charge of the investigation, said there were no leads on a suspect and that the complexities of the case made investigating it difficult.
However, the fact that editor Dam Sith was interviewed for the first time after the FBI agents arrived could signal that the bureau is nudging the Cambodian police in a new direction – towards the articles Khim Sambo wrote before he was killed.
In an interview at his home last Saturday, Dam Sith said that one of the questions asked by the FBI agent, who was accompanied by a translator from the US embassy and two Cambodian officers, concerned the kind of articles Khim Sambo had written for him. He said he replied: "A lot of articles about different things."
Dam Sith is a father with three young children. Since Khim Sambo's killing he does not leave his home unless he has to. He looked like he had not slept in weeks and was in a highly nervous state.
In 2006, Hok Lundy was denied a US visa due to allegations that he was involved in drug and human trafficking. The following month, however, the FBI awarded him a medal for his efforts in fighting terrorism. In April last year, he was finally granted a US visa, to attend a counter-terrorism workshop.
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Arriving in Kars just one week before the film shooting was a great chance for me. Preparing for the character is the most enjoyable and stressful period of acting. Our director provided us a great support.
Kars is a city with a harsh topography and ethnical-cultural diversity. Getting to know the diversity has benefited me to shape the character of Suna. But it is really hard to move when the temperatures are -30 degrees.
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How do you cite a book in the South Asian History and Culture referencing style?
When writing an academic paper, you will surely come across the challenge of citing a book properly. Here's how to do it in South Asian History and Culture:
Here's an example book citation in South Asian History and Culture using placeholders:
Last Name, First Name. Title. Edited by Editor First Name Editor Last Name. Edition. City: Publisher, 2000, City: Publisher, 2000.
South Asian History and Culture citation:
Angelou, Maya. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. 1st ed. New York: Random House, 1969, New York: Random House, 1969.
And an in-text citation book citation in South Asian History and Culture looks like this: Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.
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How do you cite scientific papers in South Asian History and Culture format?
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Author1 LastnameAuthor1 Firstname, and Author3 LastnameAuthor2 Firstname. "Title". Container Volume, no. Issue (January 1, 2000): pages Used. https://doi.org/DOI.
So if we want to reference this scientific article: "Testing consumer preferences for iced-coffee: Does the drinking environment have any influence?" by C. Petit and J.M. Sieffermann in South Asian History and Culture:
Petit, C., and J.M. Sieffermann. "Testing Consumer Preferences for Iced-Coffee: Does the Drinking Environment Have Any Influence?" 18, no. 1 (January 1, 2007): 161-72. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodqual.2006.05.008.
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Author1 LastnameAuthor1 Firstname, and Author2 LastnameAuthor2 Firstname. "Title". Publisher, January 1, 2000, Publisher, January 1, 2000. https://www.example.com.
Tran, Mark. "Barack Obama To Be America's First Black President". The Guardian, November 5, 2008, The Guardian, November 5, 2008. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083.
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ChannelName. "Title". YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXX.
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Pixar. "Pizza Clip — Inside Out". YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W6rntBADUQ.
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Podcast referencing example in South Asian History and Culture using "This American Life" episode 640:
This American Life. "640: Five Women". WBEZ Radio, March 2, 2018, WBEZ Radio, March 2, 2018. https://thisamericanlife.org/640/five-women.
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One of the most frequent telephone calls I receive is from Bounder owners checking to see if our firm has a particular part. Usually the requested part is unique to their coach and is not available from an aftermarket supplier. When I suggest that they contact their local dealer or the one that they bought the coach from, they often say that the dealer is no longer in business or in some cases the dealer is no longer a Bounder dealer. When Fleetwood Enterprises (the prior Fleetwood company) declared bankruptcy, all of the dealer contracts became void and the new Fleetwood RV had to negotiate with dealers to carry the new product lines they were going to bring to market. Some were original dealers however many are new ones.
Fleetwood RV made a crucial change to keep the flow of parts going an allow owners to obtain replacement parts. They opened their parts supply warehouse to retail RV owners as well as dealers. This is a ground breaking change and commendable from a consumer perspective, and it makes good business sense. On the surface you might think that the new dealers are at a disadvantage, however given the cost of carrying inventory and the turnover of it, they usually only stocked the very popular items and ordered the remainder on an asneeded basis. They may or may not have been able to return old stock and that often meant that they had to keep old inventory that was not selling, tying up capital that could be deployed in other (better) ways. Of course they bought at a discounted from retail price and sold it at retail. Sometimes they passed along the shipping cost if the item was particularly expensive to ship. Now look at the new system. You order the required part, pay retail for it and the cost to ship it to you and it is delivered to you where you are. If you can install the item yourself then you save the installation cost, if you want a dealer to install it you can take it in and have their RV technician carry out the installation. At the very least you have the component and if there were other parts required to complete the installation you often are informed of that when you placed your order so you can get everything required to make the repair.
The first step in the process is to obtain the F.I.N. or Fleetwood Identification Number (the Fleetwood serial number). The most convenient place to find this number is on the silver sticker mounted on the exterior of the coach immediately next to the Driver's side exterior mirror. This sticker contains the F.I.N., typically a nine digit combination of letters and numbers, the date of production in month, year format (i.e. 04 2007), and the Model in number and letter (35E) format. If this sticker is no longer legible then check the carrying capacity data sheet in one of the kitchen cupboards or on the paint and trim code sheet in the wardrobe. When you have recorded this information call Fleetwood RV at 1-800-322-8216 and follow the voicemail prompts to get to the parts department. Make your request and supply the F.I.N. if requested, provide a shipping address and credit card and you will receive the parts in short order. Recognize that there are a number of original equipment suppliers that have gone out of business and some parts may not be available. That does happen and you may need to try and locate the company that bought the end of line production or the remaining parts that company had produced before going out of business.
If you have a new to you Bounder and did not receive the owner's manual, appliance manuals or a chassis service manual you can follow this link to the Fleetwood web page where this and additional information is available: http://fleetwoodrv.com/contact/faq_mh.aspx You can also request copies of the electrical, plumbing, basic sidewall construction and similar documents. These are supplied in an Adobe PDF format and can be stored on your computer's hard drive for reference.
While you may think that this is all "what you expect", I can assure you that many other RV manufacturers which have gone bankrupt and taken over, the new companies did not honor the warranty commitments, or make parts supply arrangements. For those that have gone out of business completely, the Coach owner is often dependent upon online user groups to locate the suppliers that made the components for the now bankrupt RV manufacturer. Fiberglas Body parts may be able to be repaired or molded on a one by one basis but finding a proper match may be difficult. We can be very thankful that Fleetwood RV has supported those that bought Bounders before the bankruptcy as well as those buyers of new Bounders.


The Condorrat Together Project is a partnership between three primary schools in Condorrat, North Lanarkshire. Located within half a mile of each other, Condorrat Primary, St Helen's Primary and Baird Memorial Primary schools have built a fantastic working relationship together over many years. In recent years the schools have used this bond to battle bigotry and discrimination through a partnership with Nil By Mouth.
Since 2015, Nil By Mouth have made regular visits to the schools to deliver joint workshops involving pupils, staff and parents from all three schools. During Nil By Mouth's first year in partnership with the schools, separate workshops were held for P7 pupils and their parents. After the charity's direct involvement had ended, pupils then participated in teacher-led workshops to devise their own campaigns for building friendships and tackling sectarianism. This resulted in a showcase event held for parents and community leaders.
The project has since followed a similar model, with Nil By Mouth delivering a series of workshops looking at stereotyping and sectarian language before teachers encouraging pupils to devise their own methods of tackling sectarianism. This year pupils made wristbands to promote their friendship, designed logos to promote their partnership and even wrote and performed an anti-sectarian rap at their annual showcase event.
To recognise and celebrate the continued efforts of the Condorrat Together Project, representatives from Nil By Mouth were present at this year's showcase event to announce that the three schools had become the first in the country to receive the charity's 'Champions for Change Award'.
The award was created to celebrate partnership working and collaborative ways of challenging intolerance in society. A key part of the programme requires pupils from denominational and non-denominational schools to link in with the charity to participate in a series of workshops as demonstrated by Condorrat, St Helen's and Baird Memorial Primary Schools.
The partnership between the schools, and between the schools and Nil By Mouth, now looks set to continue well into the future with all three primaries working towards the charity's 'Champions for Change' Accredited Status.


I have been taking vitamins and supplements my entire life. My Dad put me on them before I can remember. My coaches and trainers recommended I use them. Taking them is a part of my life. When I was first exposed to Nu Skin it was in 2004 when the BioPhotonic Scanner was being introduced to the arket. I was scanned at 31,000 and understood immediately, it was as if I was a "C" student. I am an athlete. Placing in the middle of the pack is not ok, especially when I believed I was taking good care of myself. I immediately began using LifePak to get my score up in the blue above 50,000. Additionally, I began making choices with my lifestyle supporting the increase of antioxidant protection by eating more fruits and vegetables, and reducing free radical exposure from cigarette smoke, the sun and stress.
Over the years, Nu Skin has introduced new innovative, revolutionary and game changing products in the nutritional market. I have added Vitality for more sustainable energy and mental clarity. I use approximately 25 different Pharmanex supplements twice a day to meet my personal needs and as a proactive approach to my health. I want to live long and live well. I like to believe I am a third of the way through my life, not middle aged.
As we the distributors become aware of Nu Skin launching the first genetic approach to weight management with the ability to improve our desired body composition, I believed I was going to be able to not only get back into the physical condition of my youth, I could get in the best shape of my life.


Canada Post and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) have once again agreed to extend mediation another 24 hours. Both parties will continue to negotiate with the assistance of the special mediator into Tuesday, August 30.
Mail and parcels are being processed and delivered across the country as normal.


It's the archetypal statement of Conan Doyle's great rationalist creation, Sherlock Holmes, but many people are surprised to hear that Conan Doyle dedicated the last ten years of his life to Spiritualist missionary work. All the while, he continued to write Sherlock Holmes stories.
For me, this striking fact was a puzzle, and I set out to solve it in a new book, Conan Doyle and the Mysterious World of Light to be published in March 2016.
Conan Doyle's earliest experiments in the paranormal came when he was a young, living in the southern English seaside resort of Southsea. Here, he met a local architect, Henry Ball, with whom he performed numerous telepathy experiments. Doyle became convinced he could communicate his thoughts without words to Ball, but drew no Spiritualist message from the results. Instead, he theorised a "secretion of thought" emanated from one brain and detected by the sensitive brain of another – in many ways like the wireless transmission invented in the following decade.
"It seemed to me that we were collectively pushing the table and that our own wills were concerned in bringing down the leg at the right moment," he later wrote.
During Doyle's early years in Southsea, he made his first public announcement of his conversion to Spiritualism in Light, a journal of the occult, mystical and paranormal. Doyle maintained his relationship with Light up to his death – and it was through the articles and letters he wrote for Light that I realised I could track his Spiritualist beliefs over many decades.
Every important Spiritualist event of his life is reported within it – very often in his own words. After years of Spiritualist dormancy, in 1916, Doyle went public again. Many have suggested that the Great War, or the death of his son Kingsley in 1918 as a result of injuries sustained in action caused Doyle's conversion – but Doyle was deeply fascinated and convinced by Spiritualism long before.
As a scientific man, he was not alone. Alfred Russel Wallace, the close friend of Charles Darwin, who independently devised a theory of evolution and prompted Darwin to write On The Origin of Species was a Spiritualist. So was Sir William Crookes, who laid down the foundations of nuclear physics. Marie Curie investigated Spiritualism, reasoning that if tables could lift off the ground of their own volition, a new energy source must be responsible.
Conan Doyle, however, took his belief to a new level. Spiritualist ideas provided him with fascinating horror story material, including tales of reanimated Egyptian mummies, astral projection, psychometry, evil hypnosis and hauntings. They also provided the spiritual ingredient he needed. Though he was raised a Roman Catholic, he was put off Christianity by the Jesuit priests at Stonyhurst College where he studied as a boy. Spiritualism filled that emotional need and opened doorways to, literally, whole new worlds to explore.
In 1920, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle left the UK to perform missionary work in Australia and New Zealand, convinced that Spiritualism was a New Revelation sent by God after the unprecedented scale of deaths in the Great War.
He spread that message throughout the world.
Conan Doyle and the Mysterious World of Light tells that story in detail, in Conan Doyle's own words as they appeared in Light. Many of the articles in it have never before been republished, and the book gives a fresh insight into the mind of this creative genius, who became the world leader of the new religion of Spiritualism.
To pre-order your copy of Conan Doyle and the Mysterious World of Light, and help Matt Wingett get it into the shops, support his crowdfunding venture here https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/conan-doyle-and-the-mysterious-world-of-light/.


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"The van's really booking"
A: Trent turned north off of Honolulu onto Glenwood.
B: The van's really booking.
Is there another meaning for 'booking'? In this dialogue, the van is really going fast.
Maybe it means 'the van's ticketed'?
DayDreamingDayDreaming
Did you read this or hear it? Are you sure it wasn't "cooking"? – Hot Licks May 13 '19 at 20:03
@HotLicks No..it is 70's speak for leaving or moving fast ie "Let's book". – Cascabel May 13 '19 at 20:03
@cascabel That one passed me by (probably rapidly). Maybe it never made it to the eastern side of the Pond. – BoldBen May 13 '19 at 20:15
But "booking sounds wrong to me- it's an unnatural mixing of register. That car was bookin' – Jim May 13 '19 at 23:41
It's 1970s US slang. It's very uncommon these days, and unheard-of outside the US. – smci May 14 '19 at 5:52
Intransitive verb 3) slang : leave, go especially : to depart quickly,
"We booked out of there. "
-Merriam Webster
So the van was proceeding at high velocity down the street.
Although Etymonline has its origin as "unspecified" to 1977, I am sure I heard it going back to at least 2 years earlier in Philadelphia or Lakehurst.
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Right. This is recent (late 20th-century) American slang, popular especially with children. – John Lawler May 13 '19 at 20:10
"let's book it" is a 'common' expression (meaning to go, not reserve) – Carly May 13 '19 at 20:52
I've only ever heard this used once - in T2: Judgement Day. The young John Conner uses the term and it was sufficiently alien to me that I recall having to write to an American pen-friend at the time (I'm in the UK, and this was 1991 remember!) to find out what it meant.
Interestingly, my recollection of when JC says this differs from the online script sources I've looked at. The 'official' scene is given as in the vault at the Cyberdyne lab when John grabs the original T-800 arm and chip:
"We've got Skynet by the balls now, don't we? Let's book!"
But I'm sure in the actual movie John says this much earlier, when he's with his friend on their motorbikes and the new T-800 and deadly T-1000 haven't intercepted him yet. I'll have to fire-up the movie tonight to confirm.
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What is the origin of the slang term "book" meaning "leave" or "hurry"?
Does the word "dashily" exist in English?
Does the phrase "Do you want a hand in this" make sense?
Does "Quixotic" really have this meaning: capricious, unpredictable, impulsive?
See if I can "lose the funhouse."
another meaning of 'boxing room'
Meaning of 'off one's brake fluid'


how to respawn an enemy after its health hits 0 and a timer for respawning hits 0?
I've been working on a top down 2d RPG game, So i have an enemy that is a chicken for now and i'm trying to have it respawn after i kill it (health goes to 0) as well as its respawn timer hitting 0. Right now it just keeps spawning a ton of chickens. I have the prefab for the chicken in the scene. as well as this script attached to it for its health/respawning. I left the transform for chicken empty and have the respawn transform set to the prefab for the chicken. If anyone can help that would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!
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thank you for responding! So i added this bit to my code and made some rearrangements. i put this script on an empty game object and put the health bit on the prefab of the chicken. in the health script i have it calling the respawn code(one above). it now no longer spawns mass amounts of chickens but the coroutine timer doesn't work. I'm new to game coding and unity in general so this concept is still a bit new to me. here is my health script on chicken.
i left other parts of it out. but the "dead.died();" is the part calling the script in the above code to start the timer. only problem is, is that it doesn't count down or respawn anything. Again if you could help on this issue it would be greatly appreciated!
P.S. i comment out sections of code instead of deleting in case i want to go back and try a different technique.
EDIT: i added debug logs and it says it gets to the coroutine timer and that it is in the "Timer" but still nothing happens after. I think it is possibly getting stuck inside of the loops maybe?
Im sorry but I cant know where is the problem, I dont understand how is your objects and script setups, if you share the full code and say me what objects have the scripts components maybe I can find the problem, I think you have problems with object setup in scene.
this is my full code for the objects. my scene is set up as specified above. i have the code for the spawning and with the timer in it attached to an empty game object with my respawn transform set to my chicken prefab. my chicken prefab has the recent code i posted for its health and movements and damage. In the recent code i have it to where once its health reaches 0 to destroy it and call upon(dead.died();) the script for respawning and the timer (which is the script in my original post at the top) as i stated i have debug logs in the timer code you added making sure that it reaches the timer. it does reach the timer thanks to the debug log i added but it does not start the timer (coroutine timer) you showed me. i can "kill" the chicken but the timer never counts down and it never respawns. Hope this clarifies things a bit. really trying to get this respawning script finished i've been stuck on it for a while with no luck other than a horde of chickens spawning and crashing my game lol. Thanks!