"Welcome to Bizarro World, friends my! I am Zontar."
"Trees grow upside down, the sky is green and the grass is blue, and Donald Trump is a pleasure to be around."
"Normal seem to us, friends my!"
"And then there's the height of the doors. How do you get into your houses?"
"Well, where do you sleep? How do you keep warm?"
At first I toyed with the idea that the door 15 feet above the ground was installed by skilled Jewish craft persons, but I finally decided not to pick on my own people in favor of picking on the residents of the mythical Bizarro World in this, my weekly Friday Fictioneers story in response to the picture prompt above.
I can't wait to see what other explanations the other Friday Fictioneers have for the incredible door from up on high, and you can see them too by clicking here.
See you in Bizarro World, friends my!
LOL..".Donald Trump a pleasure to be around" was too funny!
Donald Trump is a pleasure to be around Next time you need a disclaimer - "Do not drink coffee while reading" because my key board is a mess. Thanks for a good laugh, Perry.
Thanks, I figured once I got that joke in I could dog it the rest of the way.
Thanks, Alicia. Maybe I'll put that disclaimer on all my writing. What do you mean, "don't get carried away!!?"
Bizarro World sounds like there would be lots of photo ops there. I think I might like to visit. i'm pretty sure I don't want to love there.
Sounds like quite a place! It'll on the tourist trail in no time now you've drawn attention to it!
The legendary Jedi Master, Obi-Wan Kenobi, lives on this planet. I would not invade if I were you. Look what happen to Donald Trump. Ridiculous hair piece, he now must wear.
Yeah, I'm not sure I want to live anywhere where the trees are upside down and Donald Trump is considered a nice guy either.
I hope you're making your reservations now. Say hello to the new Las Vegas!
Yes, but if even Donald Trump is nice on this planet, everybody else must be like Tom Hanks. How can we pass that up, Obi-wan?
Thanks, Nan! Not only that, I can flip and rock at the same time!
It reminded me of a cartoon I once saw of two lovers with the caption "Wife my me understand doesn't."
What about the Bizarro women? Are they as nice as Donald Trump too?
So instead of picking on the Jews, you pick some poor race in some godforsaken part of the universe and then you're going to invade them.
Daunting, execrable, stygian, and malodorus.
They are all hot, especially the ones who look like Senator Mitch McConnell.
Wow, that's amazing. That's only the fourth time today I've been called stygian.
Very clever and creative. I laughed the whole way through.
Terrific! You are now officially given permission to stop laughing.
You captured Bizarro perfectly, Perry. Thanks. I needed this laugh. :) I knew I could count on you.
Thanks, Amy. Best wishes to you.
Thanks, Dawn. Bizarro world place to be if jump high you can every night. And tuchas fall on much of time the!
Where DO your ideas come from? Another very clever story.
Mostly from China, but I import a a few from Singapore as well.
I'll keep phasers on kick the crap out of it, never fear! Thanks, Suzanne.
What a funny story. Loved it.
Poor Bizaroo people! Run, you fools! But on the other hand,if they can handle Donald, they can handle anything.
I won't bore you with my version of Bizzaro speak for the rest of this letter, but want to tell you that your story brought back great memories of comic books pored over during long summers past. Lovely work and spot on with the tone and feel. Thanks.
Ha! Ha! Donald Trump for prez. Funny is story.
Yeah, I think they have a pretty good time except for spending all that money to furnish the houses they never get to get into.


So when I reload my OF enabled router, ODL automatically installs 3 or 4 Unidentified Flows (UF$TABLE...). Where would I find these default flows on ODL so I can either modify them or delete them?
Are you sure you want the functionality of the L2Switch application? That is the reason for those flows showing up on your switch, it seems. If you don't need that functionality then you don't need to install that app.
If you do need something from l2switch, but not all, you can also configure it to not send down some/all of the flows. This guide might help. In a running distribution, those config files will be in etc/opendaylight/karaf and you will need to restart after changing them. In a freshly built or unzipped distribution, those files initially start in distribution/karaf/target/assembly/etc/opendaylight/karaf and should be copied to etc/opendaylight/karaf when you start karaf.
Very grateful for each of you taking the time to answer my question!
Someone on the Openflow-plugin email group said it might be a table-miss-enforcer related to lldp-punt flows, so I (potentially erroneously) uninstalled odl-openflowplugin-app-lldp-speaker thinking that might be it. Now the switches in YangUI don't show as connected as per the switches not forwarding lldp pdu's to the controller. The thing is, I'm fine with lldp being sent to the controller, but I don't want the controller adding other flows that drop traffic.
I should add that I'm running these routers (Brocade MLXe's) in hybrid mode, so when there's a drop flow, all "unprotected" vlan's cease to function, which is obviously bad.


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In Brazil, Rising and Rampant Racism Is Written On The Wall
By Lulu Garcia-Navarro
Published December 6, 2015 at 4:52 AM PST
In Brazil, a new campaign called Virtual Racism, Real Consequences targets people who make racist comments online by putting up a giant billboard with their tweet near where they live. But as South America correspondent Lourdes Garcia-Navarro explains, it's not the only project tackling racism and the legacy of slavery in Brazil.
LOURDES GARCIA-NAVARRO, BYLINE: The billboards are simple, all white with the comment written in black bold. One of them, put up in the Brazilian state of Espirito Santo, reads, I came home stinking like a black person. The name and picture of the person who wrote that on Twitter is blurred out. But the organizers tracked down where they live, and the placard is in their neighborhood. Those targeted have taken their tweets down.
JUREMA WERNECK: They call women, mainly women, macaca.
GARCIA-NAVARRO: Monkey.
WERNECK: They are talking about their hair. They are talking about the color of their skin. They are calling them prostitutes.
GARCIA-NAVARRO: That's campaign organizer Jurema Werneck from activist group Criola. She says their message is simple. There is no real anonymity, and racism in Brazil is illegal. Despite having more black people living here than any country outside Africa, Werneck says racism in Brazil is actually on the rise. And that's because in the last decade, new laws like affirmative action are changing things.
WERNECK: We are entering universities. We are entering many different spaces. They are so, so angry because we are putting pressure in their privilege.
GARCIA-NAVARRO: Brazil was the last country in the Americas to end slavery. It imported more enslaved people from Africa than any other country, well over 4 million. After slavery ended, there wasn't legal segregation like in the U.S. There was something more insidious, a social apartheid that still exists today. Other groups say that in order for the country to move forward, it first needs to look back.
MARCELO DIAS: (Speaking Portuguese).
GARCIA-NAVARRO: Marcelo Dias is the president of the truth commission on black slavery in Rio de Janeiro. He helped co-author a 311-page report, released this past week, on slavery in Brazil. It calls, for the first time, on the Brazilian government to apologize for the practice.
DIAS: (Speaking Portuguese).
GARCIA-NAVARRO: "We've had this struggle in Brazil," he says, "because the ruling class always said there was no racism here. They always denied it. How can you fight against something if it doesn't exist?" he asks.
GARCIA-NAVARRO: "Our report," he says, "seeks to rescue the real story of slavery and of black people in Brazil."
That story was, up until recently, never even taught in schools. But another literary event in recent weeks seeks to make learning about black history more accessible.
BRUNO VERAS: This account needs to jump the wall to a wider audience.
GARCIA-NAVARRO: Bruno Veras is a doctoral student in Canada and the brains behind project Baquaqua. It's the memoir of an educated African civil servant who was kidnapped and then sold into slavery in Brazil. The website went live last week, and it's aimed at showing that enslaved Africans were not things.
VERAS: Before being slaves, they were people with ideas, with a future. So Baquaqua accounts, when he talks about himself, about his experience, about his contradictions, about his personality. And people can think about this African heritage and the history of African people in Brazil.
GARCIA-NAVARRO: He says Brazil has to come to terms with how the brutal past is influencing the very difficult present. Lourdes Garcia-Navarro, NPR News, Rio de Janeiro. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.
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New research has linked the medication Lyrica with birth defects in the babies of pregnant woman who take the drug.
Lyrica (pregabalin) is prescribed to treat seizures, neuropathic pain, fibromyalgia, anxiety disorders, psychiatric conditions, and restless leg syndrome. But there is little research on the safety of Lyrica for pregnant women, and a new study suggests an increased risk of birth defects when the drug is taken during pregnancy, Practical Pain Management reports.
A recent database study of 30 pregabalin exposures documented a major malformation observed in one infant. Such findings are limited by the small sample size, but similar concerns have been expressed over gabapentin (Neurontin), another anti-seizure medication that has been associated with an increased risk of low birth weight and premature births in women who took the drug during pregnancy.
The lead author the new study, Ursula Winterfeld, PhD, was researching the drug as part of the European Network of Teratology Information Services (ENTIS), a resource for patients and doctors providing information on drug-drug interactions and drug safety. ENTIS research aims to provide reassuring evidence of a drug's known safety, Practical Pain Management notes.
In the new study, researchers gather patient data from ENTIS for patients based mostly in the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Finland, Switzerland, the Netherlands, and Turkey. The researchers assessed such maternal factors as tobacco and alcohol use, medical and obstetrical records, and previous and current medication exposure. The researchers excluded subjects who had been exposed to major teratogens (agents that can cause birth defects) or substances that might be toxic to the fetus, or women who had been treated for a malignancy.
The researchers found that of the 164 women who took pregabalin during pregnancy, 98 percent were taking Lyrica for pain, mostly neuropathic pain (115). Seventy-seven percent of the patients had been taking pregabalin before pregnancy and subsequently discontinued use at about six weeks. Major birth defects occurred "more frequently in pregnancies exposed to pregabalin than in the control group," the researchers noted, according to Practical Pain Management.


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Bali and the World – We Have a Problem!
by Lisa Barron May 3, 2016 2 465
I first came to this Island of the Gods on my honeymoon in 1988. The marriage did not last long, but my love for this Island was instant and ran deep.
Oh, the natural beauty of this island back then – the wonderful beaches, the lakes, the volcanic mountains, the majestic terraced rice paddies, combined with the slow, gentle, friendly pace of the people and their incredibly creative, cultural and spiritual practice, were all so enchanting.
I fell in love with the sounds of the gamelan, was welcomed in the temples and ceremonies, and mesmerized by the hypnotic chant of the kecak.
We stayed in the trendiest new area of Legian; the latest extension of Kuta at that time, where we sat for hours in the bootleg cassette tape cafes with headphones on, and danced into the wee hours in the clubs in Kuta. We bought paintings directly from the artists in the quaint little village of Ubud, had so much fun in the sand dunes and swimming in the pristine beach of Sanur. I went parasailing on the sacred lakes, swimming with turtles on Turtle Island, drinking in the bars where the barmen did magic tricks and cocktail shaking better than Tom Cruise.
They were non-stop fun and adventures, a holiday of a lifetime. Bali aroused wanderlust in me. I went on to travel the world extensively for many years only to return to my beloved Bali in the year 2000. And what a shock that was!
In those 12 years tourism had boomed. I found myself staying in an area I had no recollection of; Kuta had sprawled into the development of Tuban! The cassette cafes were now bootleg DVD shops, the restaurants, shops and bars rolled into one overwhelming extension.
I got a scooter to ride into more familiar territory only to find roads I had not known, and Legian had extended way beyond my memory into the alternating rice paddies and walled villas of Seminyak. I rode further into the extensive rice paddies and surf spots of Canggu for an adventure and a little peace and quiet. And then rented a car to travel the island and see how it had changed.
Next stop Sanur, but where had the sand gone? The beach was destroyed! Turtle Island had turned into a dismal, dirty tank with a few sad giant turtles and an abandoned massive concrete construction. The answer to where the sand had gone – a rich Jakartan had dredged the sand and coral for his ill-fated concrete construction of a local tourist attraction that never eventuated. I literally cried. Further travels revealed the extension of the sand erosion went all the way to Candi Dasa!
But there were still so many beautiful places and faces to be seen and new adventures to be had. I ended up settling in Ubud, which had grown to five times the size. It had a wonderful international hub of artists living harmoniously with the local Balinese.
I have based myself in Bali since then, between Ubud and Seminyak, only to end up back in
Legian; now regarded as an inner city area. And I have borne witness to the rise and fall and change of Bali and it's tourism over these past 16 years with the effects of two catastrophic bombs, travel alerts and the 2008 world financial crash.
I have seen villa walls extending, and rice paddies disappearing from Legian to
Seminyak to Canggu to Kerobokan and beyond, as the Balinese contracted their land to foreigners and built their own walls.
The relentless construction of hotels, restaurants, clubs and shopping centres has been developing at an alarming rate, and not just in the South. Eat Pray Love created an influx of tourist yogis, spiritual searchers and day-trippers in Ubud.
Bali has seen a huge tourism and consequential building boom! And with that brings new wealth to the locals, which seems to go hand in hand with greed – more cars, more bikes, more walls.
This has also caused an enormous influx of workers from neighbouring islands to assist in construction and services, and a greater divide of haves and have nots of both Balinese and foreign locals, which leads to an increase in population and violence, robberies and bag snatches.
With the rise of the middle class and wealth in Indonesia and Asian countries, along with the international appeal of Bali, the tourist numbers were increasing rapidly. We needed a bigger state of the art airport to welcome more planes, and bigger busses to transport them to bigger hotels, and more boats with more tours, and entertainment.
With limited changes to the basic infrastructure, the result is becoming catastrophic. This relentless traffic and the pollution it's causing are a big worry here. Now we ride with masks on and fight the urge of road rage. We are exhausting our tableland water supply at an alarming rate to the point of five star hotels having eggy-smelling showers. We are enduring hotter days than ever with concrete conduction, our sea and beaches are polluted with oil and plastic, seaweed and rice farming are declining, and our handicraft skills are disappearing due to the youth of today preferring the opportunities of hospitality work. Production is becoming difficult and expensive, and as the standard of living has risen, so does the cost – in so many ways.
I attempt to move gently with the changing times, adapting with tolerance as the Balinese inspire. I accept that I now live in an international city on a tropical island. The Balinese seem to be intensifying their ceremonies and cultural practice with greater intent, and they tell me they are also worried and complain about the traffic and the increased cost of living.
There is still so much natural beauty here to enjoy and protect further and on a positive note, the damage that has been done is slowly being healed with sea bunkers built on the east coast to bring back the sand, volunteer beach clean-ups, numerous eco-educational groups and charities to help those in need and educate. Maybe we can reverse some of the damage we have done or at least become more sustainable now, for the future.
But now this gentle tolerance and slow growth in ecological awareness is not enough. We have to wake up and fight for our rights. We need to inspire international support for this biggest fight to date in Bali and for the world.
It is time for the Barong to dance his greatest ever battle of good over evil.
Yes, I am talking about the proposed site of a man-made island in our Benoa harbour.
Yet again, corrupt self-serving money from Jakarta is planning to build a huge tourist development, which we do not need, by dumping a load of sand on our mangroves that they will take from the neighbouring islands of Lombok.
This will ecologically destroy so much. It will lead to a catastrophic erosion of the beaches and islands in a domino effect, which will then go on to affect the world at large as it is scientifically concluded that these natural islands of Indonesia over the Equator keep the balance of the flow of the world's seas.
On a Balinese spiritual note this will upset the balance of protection of the temples they have strategically built and their core beliefs which in turn will lead to tragedy for the world, as they believe this is the island of the Gods and the morning of the world; the belly button of the world resides beneath mount Agung and the Mother Temple.
Nine Balinese spiritual leaders have declared that Benoa is of a significant cultural and spiritual importance and should be protected. And yet the governor of Bali says his hands are tied, and approval for the sight was already given by the past president!
I am so proud of the local Balinese petitions and protests of the Tolak Reklamasi of Benoa.
We need to stand with them, create worldwide awareness of this situation. I never wish to see a repeat devastation that was caused by the Turtle Island construction.
Blessed in Bali.
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Online favorite a cappella group Pentatonix traversed through time in their latest music piece which has instantly caught fire. The five singers use only their God given voices to create a beautiful medley from tunes ranging all the way back to the 11th century. A true spectacle of the Evolution of Music.
Naturally, the 20th century gets the most attention. To add to the effects of time, they even start out in black and white, and only turn the color 'on' during the cover of the 1960's.


EVERETT – Compass Health, Northwest Washington's behavioral healthcare leader, recently received an allocation of low income housing tax credits worth approximately $17 million from the Washington State Housing Finance Commission and nearly $4 million in grant funding from the Washington State Department of Commerce to help finance its new development off Broadway Avenue. The project will provide 82 new units of affordable housing, plus redevelopment of existing facilities for integrated treatment and support services for people with chronic mental and behavioral health issues.
In May, Gov. Jay Inslee announced a five-year plan to modernize and transform the state's mental health care systems, expanding and strengthening the network of community-based behavioral health facilities – and the Commerce grants align with that effort.
The development, sited on the 3300 block of Lombard Avenue, will add 82 new Permanent Supportive Housing units and will provide key services to help address critical housing shortages and homelessness issues in the area – particularly among those with chronic mental illness. Once full project funding is secured, Compass Health anticipates breaking ground in 2019 with project completion slated for mid-2020.
The affordable housing project aligns with the City of Everett's Housing First and Safe Streets initiatives, to help people transition out of homelessness by providing them with housing while they receive the other services and support they need. The 62,000-square-foot supportive housing complex will be staffed 24/7 by Compass Health residential counselors, with clinical services and other housing supports also provided on-site. Most residents will be formerly homeless individuals referred through Snohomish County's Coordinated Entry System.
As part of a phased approach, Compass Health is also in early-stage planning for a redevelopment of its existing Broadway Avenue location to support evaluation and treatment, residential treatment services, and innovative models for integrated medical and behavioral health care. The Commerce grants support this component, which is slated to follow construction of the housing project and will require additional public and private funding through a dedicated capital campaign.
In addition to these latest awards, Compass Health also received $4.5 million in key funding from the Washington State Housing Trust Fund in March, financial support from Snohomish County in the fall of 2017 and will continue to seek additional public and community funding.
Compass Health already provides affordable housing support to more than 500 people with mental illnesses each year throughout Snohomish County and the north Puget Sound region. The organization serves community members of all ages with comprehensive behavioral healthcare services throughout Northwest Washington. From mental health treatment to crisis prevention and intervention, supportive housing, children's services and much more, Compass Health delivered care to more than 22,000 people in 2017.
Learn more about Compass Health, its services in the community, housing programs and ways to support its mission on its website: www.compasshealth.org.
Compass Health is Northwest Washington's behavioral healthcare leader. The organization integrates behavioral health and medical care services to support clients and communities when and where they are needed. Building on a century of experience, Compass Health is forging new, nationally recognized models of care that bring together highly skilled mental health professionals, primary care providers, peer counselors and others to treat the whole person. From comprehensive mental health treatment to crisis intervention, children's services and community education, Compass Health serves people of all ages throughout Island, San Juan, Skagit, Snohomish and Whatcom counties.


The Bainbridge Island Emergency Medical Responders team has been ramping up training opps. Last month, BIEMRs participated in a Stop the Bleed class offered by the Bainbridge Island Fire Department and a Hubs Training class taught by Bainbridge Prepares' Dan Bacon.
This Saturday, December 8, the team will be providing first aid at Winter Wonderland, the Bainbridge Island Parks' holiday festival at Waterfront Park. On the 10th, BIEMRs who missed the two previous Stop the Bleed classes will get another opportunity at Station 21. Then, on December 15, team members will participate in Moulage Mayhem, where they can learn the art of moulage: applying makeup and prosthetics to simulate injuries for practice events.
In January, interested BIEMRs can take the two-session amateur radio tech license class at BARN (Bainbridge Artisans Resource Network). In the new year there will also be opportunities to learn about emergency childbirth and verbal de-escalation. Those dates will be announced soon.
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Covid support marshals launched in York
COVID support marshals have been launched in York to ensure shoppers and businesses stick to the guidelines and discourage people from gathering – including on New Year's Eve.
City of York Council said the marshals will support residents, visitors and businesses to maintain covid guidelines and 'protect the people and places we love.'
"The new officers will provide advice and help to businesses and people," said a spokeswoman.
"They will be reminding restaurateurs or licensees about Covid guidelines, advising shoppers about face coverings, challenging group sizes or supporting covid-safe queuing to enter busy premises or at bus stops and taxi ranks.
"The marshals will also help discourage people from gathering, including at New Year's Eve when people will be asked to celebrate at home and not linger in town after closing time.
"They will also be visiting outlying centres of York too, to help local communities and businesses follow the regulations."
She said all the marshals would carry City of York Council identification and would never ask for money, and added that anyone wishing to report concerns about how Covid regulations were being observed should email public.protection@york.gov.uk.
Cllr Denise Craghill, executive member for safer communities, said the marshals would provide additional and more targeted support for North Yorkshire Police officers and BID rangers, who were already working hard to keep York's businesses safe and open.
"They are a welcome addition to help keep the city a safe place for all," she said.
Cllr Andrew Waller, executive member for economy and strategic planning, said he hope they would support confidence in social distancing in the city centre, and reassure businesses who had put so much effort into QR codes for track and trace, and hand sanitisers.
"Ensuring that there is consistent observance of guidelines will help reduce infection rates and allow businesses and jobs to continue in the run up to Christmas," he said.
Sharon Stoltz, director of public health, said: "Helping people stay safe has a direct impact on keeping the places we love open.
"These new officers will play a valuable role in supporting us all to socially distance and to support businesses by signposting them to sources of advice on covid infection control measures, licensing, grants and other matters."


Gardner Edgerton Unified School District is an above average, public school district located in Gardner, KS. It has 6,010 students in grades PK, K-12 with a student-teacher ratio of 15 to 1. According to state test scores, 49% of students are at least proficient in math and 47% in reading.
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Gardner Edgerton High School, is unlike any other High School I know. It is the type of school where you question yourself of whether or not you'll fit in but honestly, there is no worries about knowing everybody. Gardner Edgerton is a school where we don't discriminate, but we are well-known and very friendly to one another. We are the kind of school that does not tolerate violence or drugs of any sort. We are a very well taken care of school that focuses on our studies to help us better for the future. Everyone of our administrators care for every single one of us and we come together as one whole team. We are the Blazers!
The Gardner Edgerton Unified School District had a great academic program, but they handled their teachers poorly. The teachers were underpaid and overextended, along with the school district at times being unable to pay their teachers. They also did not seem to background check the teachers and so we were being taught by unprofessional and inexperienced adults who often crossed a line between themselves and their relations with their students. Overall, the district had a money problem when trying to distribute it to the schools, but the students did not suffer their bad money managing.
To put my school into words, it's a stereotypical "clique" movie. The jocks have control of the entire school, the "nerds" get bullied to the point where some of them kill theirselves, but yet the teachers still turn a blind eye to it and the district doesn't want to do anything about it. The teachers aren't hands on and therefore students fall behind and can't get caught up. And we don't have any good courses available at our school.


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WSJ reports that Susan Rice Was Not Alone In "Unmasking" Team Trump
| ZeroHedge
"As part of its daily wrap of the Susan Rice newsflow, which focused on her first media appearance since she was "outed" as the persona responsible for "unmasking" members of team Trump, the WSJ provides two new pieces of incremental information: i) in addition to Michael Flynn, at least one more member of the Trump transition team was "unmasked" in intelligence reports due to multiple foreign conversations that weren't related to Russia; and ii) Rice wasn't the administration official who instigated Mr. Flynn's unmasking, confirming there is at least one more high-level official giving "unmasking" orders.
But first, a brief detour.
"Unmasking" is a term used when the identity of a U.S. citizen or lawful resident is revealed in classified intelligence reports. Normally, when government officials receive intelligence reports, the names of American citizens are redacted to protect their privacy. But officials can request that names, listed as "U.S. Person 1," for example, be unmasked internally in order to give context about the potential value of the intelligence. Unmasking is justified for national security reasons but is governed by strict rules across the U.S. intelligence apparatus that make it illegal to pursue for political reasons or to leak classified information generated by the process.
It is the accusation that Rice unmasked members for purely political reasons – ostensibly in coordination with president Obama – that has gotten Republican smelling blood in the water. Republicans have for weeks signaled that they saw unmasking as the key to investigating the source of media leaks damaging to the Trump administration — such as the exposure of former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn, who was forced to resign in February after media reports revealed that he misled Vice President Pence about the contents of his discussions with the Russian ambassador.
To that end, earlier this month, Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) pressed FBI Director James Comey in a public Intelligence Committee hearing: "It would be nice to know the universe of people who have the power to unmask a U.S. citizen's name… because that might provide something of a roadmap to investigate who might've actually disseminated a masked U.S. citizen's name."
He went on to press Comey on whether specific Obama officials, including Rice, would have had the authority to request that a name be unmasked. "Yes, in general, and any other national security adviser would, I think, as a matter of their ordinary course of their business," Comey answered.
Shortly thereafter, The Hill notes Nunes made his shocking announcement that he — and he alone — had viewed documents that showed inappropriate unmasking by Obama-era officials.
Today, Susan Rice came out to defend herself and told MSNBC that "the allegation is that somehow, Obama administration officials utilized intelligence for political purposes," Rice told Mitchell. "That's absolutely false."
She added that "The notion, which some people are trying to suggest, that by asking for the identity of the American person is the same is leaking it — that's completely false. There is no equivalence between so-called unmasking and leaking."
And yet, that is precisely what many republicans are suggesting because otherwise there is no explanation for how the WaPo and NYT received, on a virtual silver platter, stories about Mike Flynn's communications with intel-level detail.
Perhaps Rice is simply lying as she lied on March 22 when in a PBS interview she said "I know nothing" about unmasking Trump officials. Less than two weeks later, we learn that she did.
But perhaps there is more to the story than what we know so far."
…..Continue reading more @ ZeroHedge
Rice implies that President Obama himself ordered the compilation of intelligence reports on Trump officials.
| Breitbart
"…the president requested the compliation of the intelligence, which was ultimately provided in January [2017]."
On Tuesday afternoon, President Barack Obama's former National Security Advisor Susan Rice appeared on MSNBC with host Andrea Mitchell to answer questions about allegations that had emerged earlier in the week to suggest that she requested the "unmasking" of the names of Donald Trump's campaign and transition teams in intelligence reports, which allegedly had nothing to do with national security, and that she had compiled spreadsheets of those names.
Here are the highlights of Mitchell's interview with Rice, which took up the first quarter-hour of Mitchell's show.
Rice admitted asking for the names of U.S. citizens in intelligence reports to be "unmasked." Rice said: "There were occasions when I would receive a report in which a U.S. person was referred to. Name not provided, just U.S. person. And sometimes in that context, in order to understand the importance of the report, and assess its significance, it was necessary to find out, or request, the information as to who that U.S. official was." Rice argued it was necessary for her and other officials to request that information, on occasion, to "do our jobs" to protect national security.
Rice admitted asking specifically for the names of members of Donald Trump's transition team. She argued that she had not done so for political purposes, however. Mitchell asked: "Did you seek the names of people involved in — to unmask the names of people involved in the Trump transition, the people surrounding the president-elect in order to spy on them and expose them?" Rice answered: "Absolutely not for any political purposes to spy, expose, anything."
Rice denied leaking the name of former General Michael Flynn. "I leaked nothing to nobody, and never have, and never would." She added that to discuss particular targets would be to reveal classified information. She later walked back her denial. Mitchell: "The allegation is that you were leaking the fact that he spoke to the [Russian] ambassador and perhaps to others." Rice: "I can't get into any specific reports … what I can say is there is an established process."
Rice denied reports that she prepared a "spreadsheet" of Trump transition staff under surveillance. Mitchell asked specifically about the Daily Caller story Tuesday: "They allege there was a spreadsheet you put out of all of these names and circulated it." Rice: "Absolutely false. No spreadsheet, no nothing of the sort." She said that unmasked names "was not then typically broadly disseminated throughout the national security community or the government."
Rice said that even if she did request the names of citizens to be unmasked, that did not mean she leaked them. "The notion … that by asking for the identity of an American person, that is the same as leaking it, is completely false."
Rice admitted that the pace of intelligence reports accelerated throughout the election. She said she could not say whether the pace of her "unmasking" requests accelerated, but she said there was increasing concern, as well as increasing information, relating to the possibility of Russian interference in the election, particularly after August 2016.
Rice implied that President Obama himself ordered the compilation of intelligence reports on Trump officials. "…the president requested the compliation of the intelligence, which was ultimately provided in January [2017]."
Rice said that she was unaware, even while working with Flynn during the transition, that he was working for the Turkish government. Mitchell asked: "When did you learn that?" Rice answered: "In the press, as everybody else did." Mitchell, incredulously: "You didn't know that, when you were National Security Advisor?" Rice: "I did not."
Rice reiterated that President Obama never tapped Trump's phone. "Absolutely false … there was no such collection [or] surveillance on Trump Tower or Trump individuals … directed by the White House or targeted at Trump individuals." She did not deny that there might have been some surveillance by other agencies, however. She said it was impossible for the White House to order such surveillance, but that the Department of Justice could have done so.
Rice seemed aggrieved by Trump's claims. "It wasn't typical of the way presidents treat their predecessors."
Rice would not say whether she would be willing to testify on Capitol Hill before Congress. "Let's see what comes. I'm not going to sit here and prejudge," she said. But she insisted that the investigations into Russian interference in the presidential election were of interest to every American citizen, and should be followed wherever the evidence leads."
…Continue reading @ Breitbart
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Congratulations to Lower Sixth student Delilah who has been awarded the Arkwright Engineering Scholarship, presented to her by Air Marshall Julian Young, RAF Chief of Engineering, at last week's glittering awards ceremony.
The Arkwright Engineering Scholarship is the most prestigious scholarship of its type in the UK and aims to inspire and nurture school-age students to be the country's future leaders of the Engineering Profession.
Delilah took part in a rigorous selection process and as part of her scholarship will receive support from the sponsors, which can include valuable hands-on work experience, support for a curriculum project and a personal mentor who can help with aspects of her studies and career planning.


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01/31/2017 01/30/2017 Laurence Jones 1950's, Coupe, Orphan Brand, Packard, Streets of San Francisco, Studebaker
(Found In) Glen Park (San Francisco, California): 1958 Packard Hawk 2 Door Hardtop Coupe
Desperate times call for desperate measures. Fewer post-war manufacturer moments represented Code Red better than the reality of the Studebaker-Packard merger of 1954. In the imperfect marriage between the pearl of South Bend and once the most exclusive brand in the land of The USA saw a monumental undoing rather hastily. The debacles of Studebaker's quality failings and poor ability to keep up with consumer demand of their 1953 coupes had long lasting implications. Packard's own quality difficulties sunk their Clipper ships and their larger cruise ships.
It's perhaps fitting irony that one of the final Packards offered were a variation on the latest update of the ill-starred Starlight coupes of 1953. What made this Packardbaker so special?
Given that there were already mountainous budget constraints, there was little Studebaker-Packard could do to make the Clipper and Hawk models all that much more different from the Studebaker Presidents and Golden Hawks they were based upon.
In the Hawk's case it seriously came down to a fiberglass nose job, external leather armrests (which are missing from our streetside example) and a "continental kit" trunk lid. Gold inserts (also missing from this example) hung out in the coves carved by the arc of the tailfins.
On the inside a full leather interior and full instrumentation reflective of the expensive speed boat ethos of this Packard Hawk were included.
These "improvements" were layered upon the already pricey Golden Hawk 400 available at Studebaker showrooms. Still optional however, for the lofty price tag of nearly $4,000 were power windows and seats.
The styling changes were questionable additions that were layered upon updates that were already questionable, given the design purity of the original 1953 version of the design. Nor did the updates rectify some serious shortcomings of the underlying Starlight/Hawk design.
Nevertheless, with Packard 352 V8 that powered the initial Golden Hawk being replaced with the lighter supercharged version of the Studebaker 289 V8 made for sprightly performance. Aiding in straight line performance was a limited slip differential.
However, underneath it all was a now 6 year old design with the same willowy, flexing frame and propensity for rust. If it weren't bad enough that the Hawk was one of the earliest examples of badge engineering out of desperation, the flawed original versions of this extension of credibility still rolled America's highways.
This was sold against the freshness that was the 1958 Ford Thunderbird, now available in hardtop coupe and convertible models. The Thunderbird offered personalized luxury for 4 passengers in a more stereotypically overwrought Detroit design package at a less dear price from a manufacturer not under suspicion of going under at any moment.
These numerous factors, aided by the Eisenhower Recession that saw just about all manufacturers take a productivity hit in 1958, conspired to make this Hawk on of the most rare birds from an American Manufacturer that year. Only 588 examples were sold before Studebaker turned off the lights on America's once most prestigious brand.
This also makes the rarity of this bird on the streets of San Francisco all the more fascinating. Through the misty fog, we see one rare ghost of America's quality past, perhaps telling us of how to prevent further downfalls in our present. There's no need to hide our truths about the weak foundations we find ourselves resting upon with remodels of an outmoded way of being. Sometimes it's best to throw in the towel, and start from fresh.
Tagged 1958, Coupe, Hawk, Independent, Loewy Coupes, Noe Valley, Orphan Brand, Streets Of San Francisco, Studebaker, Studebaker - Packard
3 thoughts on "(Found In) Glen Park (San Francisco, California): 1958 Packard Hawk 2 Door Hardtop Coupe"
A perfect storm of Nope!
I like a lot of oddball cars, but other than sheer rarity, the only thing positive I can come up with is that those are pretty nice wheel covers & the whitewalls are a lot cleaner than that 60 Plymouth from the other week.
You honestly have to wonder how they sold as many as they did. And how long did it take?
Yeah, it's a 1958 case of "Who Did This?" files. I've always preferred the finless Loewy coupes (1953-55 and the GT Hawks). But all of the changes to make the already pushing it Studebaker versions do these no favors. It's a good question of how they managed to move so many of them, especially at such a high price.
You'd have to ask the man who owned one.
(Found In) Islais Creek (San Francisco, California): 1969 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Convertible Coupe


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The Latest: Omarosa says Trump was like 'dog off the leash'
BRIDGEWATER, N.J. (AP) - The Latest on the new book by new book by former White House staffer Omarosa Manigault Newman (all times local):
Former White House staffer Omarosa Manigault Newman claims in a new book that she saw President Donald Trump behave "like a dog off the leash" at Mar-a-Lago events without his wife, first lady Melania Trump.
It's one of a long list of scandalous claims contained in her new book, "Unhinged," which is set to come out Aug. 14. The Associated Press purchased an early copy.
In the book, Manigault Newman also claims that after she turned down a "senior position" on Trump's 2020 campaign for $15,000 a month, which included a stringent non-disclosure agreement, she received a "flurry" of letters from attorneys representing the president telling her to "stay silent about Trump, or else."
The White House has already slammed the book as "riddled with lies and false accusations."
The White House is slamming a new book by ex-staffer Omarosa Manigault Newman, calling her "a disgruntled former White House employee."
The Guardian newspaper reports that in the memoir, Manigault Newman labels Trump a "racist" and claims she's been told there are tapes of him using the N-word repeatedly while filming "The Apprentice" reality series on which she appeared.
White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders says in a statement Friday, "Instead of telling the truth about all the good P
White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders says in a statement Friday, "Instead of telling the truth about all the good President Trump and his administration are doing to make America safe and prosperous," Manigault-Newman's book is "riddled with lies and false accusations."
Sanders says, "It's sad that a disgruntled former White House employee is trying to profit off these false attacks." She's criticizing the media for giving her a platform.
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Q: Recycler View in Fragment shows no data although PagingSource loggs correct data I am trying to display RESTful Api in recycler view in fragment. When app runs it shows no error but loads nothing in recycler view. I logged response in PagingSource file and it shows correct data but still nothing is displayed in recycler view.
This is my Api interface:
interface Api {

    companion object {
        const val BASE_URL = "http://be7c232bf30e.ngrok.io"
    }

    @GET("/posts")
    suspend fun searchPosts(
        @Query("_page") page: Int,
        @Query("_limit") perPage: Int
    ): List<SocialNetworkPost>
}

This is my PagingSource file:
private const val STARTING_PAGE_INDEX = 1

class PagingSource(private val api: Api) : PagingSource<Int, SocialNetworkPost>() {

    override suspend fun load(params: LoadParams<Int>): LoadResult<Int, SocialNetworkPost> {
        val position = params.key ?: STARTING_PAGE_INDEX

        return try {
            val response = api.searchPosts(position, params.loadSize)
            LoadResult.Page(
                data = response,
                prevKey = if (position == STARTING_PAGE_INDEX) null else position - 1,
                nextKey = if (response.isEmpty()) null else position + 1
            )
        } catch (exception: IOException) {
            LoadResult.Error(exception)
        } catch (exception: HttpException) {
            LoadResult.Error(exception)
        }
    }
}

This is my repository:
@Singleton
class Repository @Inject constructor(private val api: Api) {
    fun getPostsResults() = Pager(
        config = PagingConfig(
            pageSize = 20,
            maxSize = 100,
            enablePlaceholders = false
        ),
        pagingSourceFactory = { PagingSource(api) }
    ).liveData
}

This is Fragment in which recyclerView is:
override fun onViewCreated(view: View, savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
    super.onViewCreated(view, savedInstanceState)

    val postAdapter = PostsAdapter(this)

    binding.apply {
        recyclerView.apply {
            setHasFixedSize(true)
            itemAnimator = null
            adapter = postAdapter.withLoadStateHeaderAndFooter(
                header = PostsLoadStateAdapter { postAdapter.retry() },
                footer = PostsLoadStateAdapter { postAdapter.retry() }
            )
            buttonRetry.setOnClickListener {
                postAdapter.retry()
            }
        }
    }

    viewModel.posts.observe(viewLifecycleOwner) {
        postAdapter.submitData(viewLifecycleOwner.lifecycle, it)
    }

    postAdapter.addLoadStateListener { loadState ->
        binding.apply {
            progressBar.isVisible = loadState.source.refresh is LoadState.Loading
            recyclerView.isVisible = loadState.source.refresh is LoadState.NotLoading
            buttonRetry.isVisible = loadState.source.refresh is LoadState.Error
            textViewError.isVisible = loadState.source.refresh is LoadState.Error

            // empty view
            if (loadState.source.refresh is LoadState.NotLoading && loadState.append.endOfPaginationReached && postAdapter.itemCount < 1) {
                recyclerView.isVisible = false
                textViewEmpty.isVisible = true
            } else {
                textViewEmpty.isVisible = false
            }
        }
    }
}

override fun onDestroyView() {
    super.onDestroyView()
    _binding = null
}

override fun onItemClick(post: SocialNetworkPost) {
    val action = HomeFragmentDirections.actionHomeFragmentToDetailsFragment(post)
    findNavController().navigate(action)
    }
}

This is my repository:
class HomeViewModel @ViewModelInject constructor(private val repository: Repository) : ViewModel() {
    val posts = repository.getPostsResults().cachedIn(viewModelScope)
}

This is  my adapter:
class PostsAdapter(private val listener: OnItemClickListener) : PagingDataAdapter<SocialNetworkPost, PostsAdapter.PostViewHolder>(POSTS_COMPARATOR) {

    override fun onCreateViewHolder(parent: ViewGroup, viewType: Int): PostViewHolder {
        val binding = ItemPostBinding.inflate(LayoutInflater.from(parent.context), parent, false)
        return PostViewHolder(binding)
    }

    override fun onBindViewHolder(holder: PostViewHolder, position: Int) {
        val currentItem = getItem(position)

        if (currentItem != null) {
            Log.d("PostAdapter", "onBindViewHolder: if")
            holder.bind(currentItem)
        } else {
            Log.d("PostAdapter", "onBindViewHolder: else")
        }
    }

    inner class PostViewHolder(private val binding: ItemPostBinding) : RecyclerView.ViewHolder(binding.root) {
        init {
            binding.root.setOnClickListener {
                val position = bindingAdapterPosition
                if (position != RecyclerView.NO_POSITION) {
                    val item = getItem(position)
                    if (item != null) listener.onItemClick(item)
                }
            }
        }

        fun bind(post: SocialNetworkPost) {
            Log.d("PostAdapter", "bind: $post")
            binding.apply {
                Glide.with(itemView)
                    .load(post.accountIcon)
                    .centerCrop()
                    .transition(DrawableTransitionOptions.withCrossFade())
                    .error(R.drawable.ic_account)
                    .into(imageViewProfilePicture)
                textViewName.text = post.accountName
                textViewDescription.text = post.description
                Glide.with(itemView)
                    .load(post.descriptionImage)
                    .centerCrop()
                    .transition(DrawableTransitionOptions.withCrossFade())
                    .error(R.drawable.empty)
                    .into(imageViewDescription)
                textViewLikesAmount.text = "Likes: ${post.likesAmount}"
                textViewCommentsAmount.text = "Comments: ${post.commentsAmount}"

            }
        }
    }

    interface OnItemClickListener {
        fun onItemClick(post: SocialNetworkPost)
    }

    companion object {
        private val POSTS_COMPARATOR = object : DiffUtil.ItemCallback<SocialNetworkPost>() {
            override fun areItemsTheSame(oldItem: SocialNetworkPost, newItem: SocialNetworkPost) = oldItem.id == newItem.id

            override fun areContentsTheSame(oldItem: SocialNetworkPost, newItem: SocialNetworkPost) = oldItem == newItem
        }
    }
}

A: RecyclerView needs a layoutManager, you can set it in the xml:
app:layoutManager="androidx.recyclerview.widget.LinearLayoutManager"

or programatically:
recyclerView.layoutManager = LinearLayoutManager(requireContext())

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Apple-inspired craft-beer machine lets you brew the perfect pint from your smartphone
Automated BeerDroid from Coopers Brewery connects to Wi-Fi and sends smartphone alerts.
By Oliver Cragg
Updated July 14, 2016 11:42 BST
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Back garden boozing is about to get a little more sophisticated with BrewArt – a Wi-Fi wielding brew maker inspired by the premium coffee boom. The Australian beer-tech can replicate popular beers, while would-be craft brewers can tweak the contraption's settings in search of the ultimate home-brewed beer.
An automated personal brewing system that has been in development for over eight years by a pair of craft connoisseurs at the Coopers Brewery, Australia, BrewArt consists of two sleek and stylish units – the BeerDroid and the BrewFlo.
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The BeerDroid is where the action takes place and is capable of brewing up to 10 litres of bespoke beer. After adding necessary ingredients to the BeerDroid, users can then monitor and change the temperature of the brew via a smartphone app.
An alert is sent to the app when the beer is ready, thanks to the BeerDroid's Wi-Fi functionality, leaving busy brewers free to get on with their daily lives, safe in the knowledge that a golden beverage is brewing away at home. The process can take up to two weeks, with the option to cool the unit in a "sleep" mode for those away from the BeerDroid for longer than expected.
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As for the brew itself, a BrewAssist section on its website will recommend ingredient packs available to purchase directly, based on the brewer's personal tastes. BrewArt explains that the brilliantly named BrewPrints packs are the 'iTunes' to the BeerDroid's 'iPod', giving owners a fuss-free way of brewing beers that taste like the most popular flavours from around the world.
Whether it's a tweaked version of a pre-set classic beer or one of the brewers' own creations, once ready, the finished beverage is then funnelled into the BrewFlo – a five-litre chilled dispenser with a gleaming chrome pub-like tap.
"We wanted to make something that gave people a good brewing experience," said BrewArt co-creator Scott Harris. "The ability to control the temperature also allows people to create beers that have been hard to make in the past, like a nice, clear lager for example."
"You have this culture that's emerged in the last few years of people making their own cheese, smoking their own meats. At the same time there has been this explosion in craft beer and all the different flavours. This allows people to combine those two movements."
While you cannot put a price on a perfect pint, you can on the BrewArt itself and if the end-product is a mouth-watering prospect, the damage to your bank balance might make your eyes water as well with the BeerDroid device set to retail in Australia at A$799 (£449), while the BrewFlo dispenser separately costs A$699 (£393). Ouch.
The pair are set to launch in Australia in mid-July, while the company plans to bring the premium brewing kit to the US and UK markets in the near future.
Smart-boozing appears to be a growing trend in the start-up tech market, with the likes of Fizzics and the Sodastream Beer Bar hoping to bring the lost art of beer production back into the home.
This article was first published on June 27, 2016


Last week, I took Alex to the vet so she can get some vaccines and since I know my girl gets very stressed out every time we go I decided to approach this visit a little different than usual.
I gave her breakfast after the vet visit was done. Some dogs toss their cookies when they are fed and not long after that are exposed to too much excitement, stimulus, people, etc.
I was really surprised and quite pleased with our last vet visit because although she showed signs of being stressed, they were on a lower scale, and it was easier for the vet and her vet tech to do their job.
Once we got home, I took her to the back, our deck, brushed and wiped her, and after that she went straight to her bed while I was making breakfast. Cynthia took the above and below pictures a couple of minutes after Alex went to bed.
Something else that surprised me was that she ate a big breakfast: chicken soup, 1/2 cup, and kibble, 1 cup. For Alex, my picky girl, that is a lot, but she ate everything. All our previous visits to the vet were followed by Alex eating very little if nothing at all. What did my girl do after having such a big breakfast? She went back to bed. Lights out moms.
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It works surely not for all dogs but he is much better without the leash.
My Sabbath gets so terribly stressed out. I'm changing vets because the vet we use now requires us to leave her in the morning and pick her up later. That is excessive considering she is only there for a 15 minute appointment. I learned she pees whenever they touch her. I was mortified. My poor baby is scared to death. So she doesn't have to go back there.
These are great tips. I think this should help as well.
More good advice! And thank you for agreeing with me. It's always good to feel validated.
Oh, and to answer that question, that is purely for the convenience of the vets, and not for the comfort of the pets. I'm sure many owners find it convenient as well, but there is no negotiation, so I know it is only for them on their end.
Oh ok. Well, I, just like you, have to watch out for what is best for my dog, and you are right I would not negotiate that either:) This is what vets like the one you had failed to understand: by dropping off a dog so early when there is no need to do so, this dog's anxiety, stress, and fear increases which in turn makes their job a lot harder to do. That, I see they don't take into account.
Good point! I hadn't thought of that at all. Pfffftttt…. That's a silly good-for-nothing policy. Isn't it?


MEET the adventurous couple who packed up their life into a small van so they could travel and surf whenever they like after one of them was really sick.
Incredible images and video footage show the pair relaxing in their converted van and riding the waves on their surfboards.
Other striking shots and footage shows the duo hard at work as they convert their 2007 Volkswagen Crafter van from an empty shell into a cosy home.
The travel photographs show Birk Haaland (27) and Sara Teigen (26), from Stavanger and Aros, Norway respectively, as they surf their way around Europe via their house on wheels.
"After Birk got sick three years ago from a parasite, our perspective of how to live now changed," said Sara.
"This meant everything from food, mindfulness, travel, yoga, friends and family, living more sustainable and so on. Birk saw the amazing movement that started with tiny houses and van building – and after a while we got so stoked.
"We really like the idea that you can live small and happy and that you can find adventure right outside your doorstep – in the way that suits you best.
The fun-loving couple have so far travelled through Denmark, Sweden and the north of Norway and down the coast line back to Stavanger. They have had countless weekend trips in the beautiful area in Rogaland.
They plan their trips based on the forecast of the waves so they can surf and hope to work their way around Europe soon.
"We love to surf," said Birk.
"It's the feeling of being a part of the nature and the great ocean. It's a peaceful experience at the same time it's so exciting. You never get the same wave twice which makes every surf session unique.
"It's awesome because we have all the boards stacked in the back of the van. This makes it easy to prepare for every swell that comes.
The couple also explained how life is slower when living in a van and had a emssage for anyone wishing to try it for themselves.
"In the van time slows down – we live slowly," said Sara.
"And it's beautiful. It's more peaceful, you are able to enjoy nature, surfing, each other and the feeling that we do whatever feels right. Do we like the scenery here? We park. Are we hungry? We eat. Nothing to worry about ore nothing that is planned.
"Try and try and try again. Do your research to find out what kind of van you want, what you want to use it for and what kind of layout you need – don't buy a to crappy van.


It's easy to overuse the phrase 'on your doorstep', but with the wealth of eating, drinking & shopping so close to One Crown Place, there's no other way to put it. Just about every want, whim and wish is catered for at this crossroads between Shoreditch and the City.
An incredible 10 Michelin-starred restaurants are a short walk from Once Crown Place, but it's also the new arrivals that give the area its unique flavour. Street-food stalls and fresh new cafes are popping up left, right and centre, while a range of activity bars add a bit of healthy competition to the company night out.
Travel times are taken from citymapper.com, crossrail.co.uk and Google Maps. Tube and train times are from Liverpool Street Station.
With the unveiling of the Elizabeth line in 2019, travel times across London will fall by up to half. Liverpool Street station will be right at the heart of this new high-frequency line; a shopping trip to the West End taking just 4 minutes.


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Wellington – Zimbabwe's president Robert Mugabe is ready to cede power if elections planned for the troubled African nation do not go his way, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said Wednesday.
Tsvangirai said he did not believe Mugabe, who disputed election results in 2008 and eventually retained the presidency under a power-sharing deal, would risk another round of violence in Zimbabwe.
He said 88-year-old Mugabe, who has led the country since independence in 1980, wanted to protect his legacy and would abide by the result of a ballot scheduled to be held within the next 12 months.
"I'm sure he will accept the result," Tsvangirai told reporters during an official trip to New Zealand.
"I do not see any reason why he should plunge the country again into another dispute.
Tsvangirai confirmed he would stand against his arch-rival Mugabe in the election, which is set to be held under a new constitution, a draft of which was finalised on Friday.
He described the draft constitution as a "progressive step" which he hoped would help Zimbabwe emerge from decades of violence and instability.
"Although we have suffered, there is no way we can bring back our loved ones," he said.
To help the country move on and rebuild its economy, Tsvangirai said the international community should ease sanctions if Zimbabwe showed a commitment to staging legitimate elections.
"No country can progress with such measures against it," he said, adding that sanctions had put a "financial squeeze" on the economy, which has stabilised in recent years after hyper-inflation followed the 2008 election.
New Zealand Prime Minister John Key, who received a briefing on the situation in Zimbabwe from Tsvangirai, said there was a compelling case to lift sanctions if elections went ahead.
"If free and fair elections are held in Zimbabwe, and therefore a free and open voice can be given to the people of Zimbabwe, why wouldn't the global community respond in kind and support that new regime?" he said.
New Zealand imposed sporting and travel sanctions on Zimbabwe in 2002 over alleged human rights abuses by the Mugabe government.