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While many general dentists are very good dental health professionals who offer treatments for a variety of issues, the fact is that a periodontal and dental implant specialist is often the best person to see for problems related to the gums and missing teeth.
A periodontal specialist like Dr. Daniel S. Lauer here at Precision Periodontics & Implant Dentistry has advanced education and experience treating health and cosmetic issues related to the gums. Dr. Lauer has devoted his career to the treatment of gum recession and periodontal disease, cosmetic gum lifting and enhancement procedures, dental implant placement, oral pathology and gum problems related to the effects of cancer treatment, and other periodontal conditions. Dr. Lauer specifically focuses on gum treatments and dental implants. This commitment to particular fields of dental and periodontal health has lead to a wealth of experience and skills acquired by Dr. Lauer, increasing the chances of successful treatment.
Larry talks about coming to see Dr. Lauer for several years and is always impressed with Dr. Lauer's thoroughness as well as his overall patient care.
As a periodontal and implant specialist, Dr. Lauer sought further education beyond dental school. He completed a residency in periodontics and implantology, later becoming a board-certified Diplomate of the American Board of Periodontology, and a member of the Academy of Osseointegration. The American Board of Periodontology has very strict requirements for certification, including at least three years of advanced specialty training after dental school and the passing of rigorous oral and written exams.
Since the successful treatment of gum disease can be necessary for your overall health, it is very important that your periodontal health professional is well-versed and experienced in a range of procedures that can help you meet your needs. Dr. Lauer's extensive training and continued education with advanced periodontal and dental implant procedures can give you confidence that expert hands are caring for you.
Please contact Precision Periodontics & Implant Dentistry for more information, or to schedule a consultation with Dr. Lauer.


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Obstetrics – Husband/Partner can visit anytime. Other family members may visit during regular visiting hours, with two visitors per patient at one time. Full term healthy babies may be held by grandparents, siblings, fathers and friends. The baby's sleep is not to be interrupted for holding. All visitors handling the baby shall be instructed in and carry out handwashing. The baby should be protected from infection. Anyone with a cold, flu or skin infection should be restricted from holding the baby. The mother has the right to veto the handling of her baby by a visitor. Mother and baby need rest. The nurse will post a "Do Not Disturb" sign at the request of the mother.
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1. The Old City Otherwise known as Tha Phae Gate, the old city is the most historic area in Chiang Mai with streets lined with old Buddhist temples easy to explore on foot. The area is best known for its antique shops at one end of the scale and high end handicraft boutiques at the other.
2. Riverside The area of Riverside is named so, as it runs alongside two major rivers in Chiang Mai. Although away from the hustle of the city, it is also still within easy reach should you want to head into the center. Stay here for romantic dinners along the riverside. On both sides of the Ping River, you will find many top hotels perfect for couples retreats or unwinding surrounding by luxury away from the general buzz of the city.
3. Mountainside The area of Mountainside sits firmly on the edge of the city and is home to Doi Inthanon National Park which has the highest mountain in Thailand, waterfalls, wildlife and tropical fauna and flora. But Mountainside is not cut off from the city; the area still has quick and easy transport links to Chiang Mai. This is a perfect place to stay if you want to thoroughly explore the national parks. Mountainside is often known for its luxurious resorts that are located in serene settings, perfect for honeymooning couples or retreats in the mountainous terrain. However, don't think you'll be cut off from the city, most resorts offer shuttles to the city which are quick and easy.
4. Night Bazaar The popular area of the Night Bazar is a great place to stay if you want to be amongst the action. Located between the east of the Old City and the Ping River, the Night Bazaar is the heart of the shopping in Chiang Mai and is centrally located making it a good base for sightseeing. As the Night Bazaar is very popular with tourists, there are a wide ring of hotels to guesthouses here for a range of budgets. With the tourists come all their needs too, so expect internet cafes, shops, beer and karaoke bars and department stores.
5. Old Town The area of Old Town is located in the south east of Chiang Mai. It sits inside the walls around the water moat which are over 800 years old. The area mainly consists of ancient ruins and is best explored via a local tuk tuk. There are many statues and monuments depicted the Lanna history.


7th Infantry Division Command Teams conducted an LPD in order to refine technical skills and knowledge for sustaining readiness at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, July 19, 2018.
Events like these give senior leaders the oppourtunity to share ideas to increase units' lethality.
But first things first, like everyday in the Army, we start with phisical training.
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Jigme Wangchuck (en dzongkha: འཇིགས་མེད་དབང་ཕྱུག, transliterado: jigs med dbang phyug; * 1905 – † 30 de marzo de 1952) fue el segundo rey de Bután.

Biografía
Perteneciente a la dinastía Wangchuck, fue monarca entre el 21 de agosto de 1926, día en que sucedió a su padre el rey Ugyen Wangchuck, y el 30 de marzo de 1952, día de su muerte, siendo sucedido por su hijo Jigme Dorji Wangchuck. Contrajo matrimonio con dos hermanas.

Bajo su reinado Bután continuó con su aislamiento casi total del mundo exterior, manteniendo únicamente relaciones limitadas con el Raj Británico en La India.

Contrajo matrimonio con dos primas segundas suyas, ambas hermanas entre sí.

Distinciones honoríficas

Distinciones honoríficas butanesas
  Medalla de Oro [Primera Clase] del Maharajá Ugyen Wangchuck (17/11/1909).

Distinciones honoríficas británicas
  Delhi Durbar [Medalla de Plata] (Imperio de la India, 12/12/1911).
  Compañero de la Orden del Imperio de la India (CIE) (Imperio de la India, 11/03/1927).
  Caballero comendador de la Orden del Imperio de la India (KCIE) (Imperio de la India, 03/06/1930).
  Medalla Conmemorativa del Jubileo de Plata del Rey Jorge V del Reino Unido (Reino Unido, 06/05/1935).
  Medalla Conmemorativa de la Coronación del Rey Jorge VI del Reino Unido (Reino Unido, 12/05/1937).

Ancestros

Véase también

 Rey de Bután
 Bután

Referencias

Enlaces externos

Reyes de Bután
Budistas de Bután
Caballeros comendadores de la Orden del Imperio de la India
Butaneses del siglo XX

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Did you know that on many social media platforms, faith leaders have as much as engagement from their followers as celebrities do? The problem is that a lot of faith leaders aren't on social media, or they neglect the social media accounts that they have started. This workshop will give you a nice introduction to several social media platforms and how they work, and it will give you tips on how these platforms can help your ministry.
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Peoples Presbyterian 110 Years - CELEBRATION!
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Blood Captive
The Blackthorne Vampires, Book 1
By: K. Loraine
Narrated by: Aaron Shedlock, Emma Wilder
Series: The Blackthorne Vampires, Book 1
4.4 out of 5 stars 4.4 (5 ratings)
Blood Traitor
Cashel Blackthorne took me captive. I hated him. I wanted him. I fell for him. Then everything I knew changed. I got away from the Blackthorne vampires, but they still want my blood. Living a nomadic life with a band of hunters, I learned how to fight and how to defend myself. Now, I'm torn between the deep feelings I've developed for my captor and the new attraction I have for Logan, the rugged hunter who came for me. Cashel Blackthorne may have taken my heart, but he also taught me a lesson.... Never trust a vampire.
Cashel Blackthorne has been my kidnapper, my tormentor, my protector, and my lover. Now he's shattered us beyond repair. He sacrificed his freedom to give me mine, only to have our bond completely broken. I lost him just when I truly found him. I need to bring him back to me, to save him from the fate he set for himself, and most of all, to find a cure. Since all this began, I've been their prey, but the tables have turned, and this time, I'm the hunter. The Blackthorne vampires won't take anything from me again.
Midnight Prince: Blackthorne Bloodlines #1 (The Blackthorne Vampires)
Narrated by: Shane East, Stella Hunter
Our story begins the same as any ill-fated romance. Two households, two families, two species that should never be together. These are the recipe for tragic, beautiful love, fated to end in flames. She is my doom. She is my destiny. Unavoidable, impossible to deny, and painful to ignore. They call me Bastard Prince, a half-breed unworthy of a true title. But I still have to follow the rules. Serve the Blackthorne vampire bloodline.
By: H. Hunting
Narrated by: Teddy Hamilton, Stella Bloom
I don't want you. You mean nothing to me. I never loved you. I turned my words into swords. And I cut her down. Shoved the blade in and watched her fall. I said I'd never hurt her and I did. Years later I'm faced with all the little lies, the untruths, the false realities, the damage I inflicted when all I wanted was to indulge in my obsession. Lavender Waters is the princess in the tower. Even her name is the thing fairy tales are made of. I used to be the one who saved her. Over and over again.
Emotional & Complicated! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
By Rachel on 28-11-2020
Rifts and Refrains
Hush Note, Book 2
By: Devney Perry
Narrated by: Maxine Mitchell, Joe Arden
From the moment Quinn Montgomery sat behind her first snare and cymbal set, she was destined for fame and glory. As Hush Note's infamous female drummer, she sets the rhythm for the band's chart-toppings hits. When people tap their feet to their music, it's to her pulse. Quinn is content to live in a world away from her family and the cage of her youth. Her only regret is leaving Graham Hayes behind without a goodbye. No matter how many sold-out stadiums she plays, no matter how many crowds sing her songs, his voice haunts her when the music stops.
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Lies and Lullabies
Hush Note
By: Sarina Bowen
Narrated by: Erin Mallon, Tim Paige
Once upon a time, he gave me a summer of friendship, followed by one perfect night. We shared a lot during our short time together. But he skipped a few crucial details. I didn't know he was a rock star. I didn't know his real name. Neither of us knew I'd get pregnant. And I sure never expected to see him again. Five years later, his tour bus pulls up in Nest Lake, Maine. My little world is about to be shattered by loud music and the pounding of my own foolish heart.
By karen grave on 03-11-2020
Take A Number
A Fake Dating Romantic Comedy
By: Amy Daws
Narrated by: Teddy Hamilton, Erin Mallon
Dean Moser is a cocky stock market savant whose friends are all settling down, leaving Boulder's infamous ladies' man all alone. When Norah needs a fake date for her parents' anniversary party, her new silent investor is the perfect guy for the job. It seems like a foolproof plan.... That is until Norah decides to break her biggest rule and lock lips with Dean in the middle of the party to spite her meddling mother.
By: Kayley Loring
Narrated by: Zachary Webber, Mackenzie Cartwright, Jason Clarke - epilogue, and others
Dear Mr. Vega: I felt it necessary to follow up on today's meeting, since we weren't able to speak candidly in front of your son. I was shocked to discover that you are Ryder's dad. I think it would be best if we just pretend that we met in person for the first time today. Your son is a very bright (flirtatious and talkative) student and since his education is a top priority for both of us, I hope I can count on you to respectfully refrain from grinning at me, using that sexy tone of voice, and undressing me with your annoyingly beautiful brown eyes....
Loved it 💖💖
By Barbra Lazzarini on 29-11-2020
Shards of Frost
The Mercury Pack Series, Book 5
By: Suzanne Wright
Narrated by: Jill Redfield
When had life stopped being so simple? Probably around the time that Casey Frost first agreed to pay off her drug-addict brother's debt to save him from a brutal beating. It soon became a "thing". When the dealer - who's also an Alpha shifter - demands she do something that goes against her very being, Casey decides enough is enough. It's while she's confronting the Alpha that he appears - Eli Axton, a ruthless wolf shifter with a dark reputation. When their eyes lock and the mating urge violently kicks in, she knows her world is about to change.
So many funny moments
By Michelle on 18-07-2020
Penthouse Prince
By: Kendall Ryan
Narrated by: Joe Arden, Erin Mallon
Lexington Dane was my brother's best friend growing up. We did everything together. He taught me how to throw a punch, how to change a tire...and he taught me how to kiss. I fell hard and fast, and gave him all my firsts. I promised I'd wait for him.... But I'm done waiting, because he went off to college and never came back. He took his fancy business degree and moved to New York City, where he promptly became a real estate mogul - turning every penthouse and apartment project he touched into gold.
Well that's it for me.
By Jenifer on 30-09-2020
The Brooklyn Book Boyfriends: A Collection
The Brooklyn Book Boyfriends, Books 1-4
Narrated by: Teddy Hamilton, Mackenzie Cartwright
One New York borough (okay two boroughs). Four book boyfriends to fall in love with. Four full-length standalone novels with crossover characters that appear together in The Plus Ones. Bonus epilogues for all four novels that can only be found in this collection. This collection includes: Rebound with Me (bonus epilogue and 5000 words longer than the original 2018 version), Come Back to Bed (bonus duet-style epilogue), Tonight You're Mine (bonus epilogue) and The Plus Ones (bonus duet-style epilogue).
Easy books to read
Dark Prince
Blueblood Vampires Series, Book 1
Narrated by: Troy Duran, Mindy Kennedy
There are only two ways a human can cross the gates of Bloodstone Institute: as a familiar to one of the Blueblood vampires who attend the elite school or as a snack. I'm neither, but I have to get in at all costs. My brother made a big mistake, and now I have to fix it by stealing from the most powerful and cruel vampire to ever come to Bloodstone, Lucca Della Morte. If that wasn't almost suicidal, I need to get it done before the spell concealing my human nature wears off.
The Anti-Boyfriend
By: Penelope Ward
Narrated by: Andi Arndt, Sebastian York
Deacon was rough on the exterior, but apparently on the inside? Mr. Single-and-Ready-to-Mingle was a baby whisperer. After that night, we became friends. He'd go for coffee runs. Come over to chat. Normal friend stuff. But over time, our conversations ran deeper. We got closer. Until one night we crossed the line.
interesting changes
When He's Dark
Olympus Pride Series, Book 1
Narrated by: Samantha Cook
Cat shifter Bree Dwyer doesn't fear much. Ironically, what she fears most is the person who was put on the Earth just for her. Your true mate wasn't supposed to be cruel and twisted; wasn't supposed to be someone who'd never love or want to claim you. The rumors that her true mate is dead bring her only relief. Bree's intent on moving forward with her life and building a future with someone else. Sadly, the male she wants most is one she can never have - a hot-as-sin wolverine shifter who happens to be her boss...and the cousin of her predestined mate.
Woo, a new series
By Jan123 on 20-11-2020
Becoming His Monster
Playing with Monsters, Book 3
By: Amelia Hutchins
Narrated by: Eva Amar, Aiden Snow
Sacrifice your soul? Check. Die to protect those you love? Check. Come back as something the world hasn't seen since the dawn of mankind? Check. Make those who hurt me wish the Gods had never created them? I'm still working on this one.... Are you ready to play? I'm coming back. I'm more, darker, deadlier, and I'm pissed.
By: Fiona Cole
Narrated by: Jo Raylan, Teddy Hamilton, Isabelle Ruther
The first time I saw him, he entranced me and offered to help me forget my broken engagement. The second time was on a blind date with no last names and undeniable passion. The third time, I was eight months pregnant with his baby that he knew nothing about. This time, he's not letting me walk away so easily.
feeble.
By Mereana on 09-05-2020
Wicked, Book 3
By: Jennifer L. Armentrout
Narrated by: Amy Landon
Ivy Morgan hasn't been feeling like herself lately. Not like anyone can blame her. After all, being held captive by a psychotic fae prince hell-bent on permanently opening the gates to the Otherworld is bound to leave some mental scars. It's more than that, though. Something dark and insidious is spreading throughout Ivy, more powerful than she could ever imagine...and it's coming between her and the man she's fallen deeply in love with, elite Order member Ren Owens.
A Wicked Trilogy, Book 2
Everything Ivy Morgan thought she knew has been turned on its head. After being betrayed and then nearly killed by the Prince of the Fae, she's left bruised and devastated - and with an earth-shattering secret that she must keep at all costs. And if the Order finds out her secret, they'll kill her. Then there's Ren Owens, the sexy, tattooed Elite member of the Order who has been sharing Ivy's bed and claiming her heart.
Amazing Trilogy - A must read
By Alisha on 01-09-2019
He wanted me for my blood....
Living on the run was all I'd ever known. My life was unstable, but at least I wasn't alone. That all changed when my mother was murdered.
I ran from the unknown creatures she'd always feared until the day I stopped being afraid. That was my first mistake.
Cashel Blackthorne took me as his captive, but more than that, he opened my eyes to the terrible truth of the world.
Vampires exist, and I am the key to their salvation.
The Blackthorne vampires need my blood, but their prince desires more - me. There's something between us neither of us can deny. He is my captor, but I'll be his ruin.
©2019 Kim Loraine (P)2020 Tantor
The Lancaster Brothers
Outlaw: An Evil Dead MC Story
Down & Dirty: Slade
What listeners say about Blood Captive
Brandee K.
Could NOT stop listening....awake until 4:30AM!!!
Cashul (sp?) and Olivia have a constant push/pull with each other that they couldn't ignore. However, to give in means certain death for them both. Olivia has the opportunity to save the lives of all vampire kind. Cashul is sent on a mission to obtain Olivia for the Blackthorne vampire clan by his sadistic father. Once they arrive, Elias cannot resist and feeds on Olivia, almost killing her in front of Cashul. Cashul wants to protect her, but doing so means keeping his distance. When Olivia betrays him, she he have the strength to forgive her? As always, Aaron Shedlock and Emma Wilder knocked thus performance out of the park!!!!!
Jen - Audible Addict
Sexy vampires & plot twists abound!
Kim writes some of the best vampires, so I knew this would be good! The rich history of the Blackthorn Vampires and other paranormal creatures in this world brings a lot to the series. Cashel is a brooding vampire with devastating levels of sexy who was a pleasure to read for all his cockiness, all his well-earned bravado, and his eventual experience with true love. Olivia is special for many reasons, and her character growth in this first book is very well done! The cruelty, secrets, lies, intrigue, and shifting alliances make this story thrilling to experience! All the characters are complex and interesting and I'm really looking forward to learning more about this world in the rest of this series! I am primarily #NarratorMotivated, so choosing this as my next book was a no brainer. Aaron & Emma are amazing & both deliver fantastic performances in this one! They bring so much emotion to the characters that you can really get lost in the story.
Ariadna B.
SO. FREAKING. GOOD! 🔥
Spellbinding, completely addictive, and thoroughly seductive. I am OBSESSED with this story and Cashel Blackthorne. No one does sexy vampires like Kim Loraine. Any one who knows me knows how much I loved her Fallen Angel series. I couldn't shut up about it and my love for Galen, but Blood Captive and Cashel have absolutely left them in the dust. Without a doubt. Just when I thought this story couldn't get better, Emma Wilder and Aaron Shedlock come along with stellar narrations and take an amazing story up a notch to epic! Emma Wilder was perfection as Oliva and I swear to Jesus that Aaron Shedlock was absolutely hypnotic and utterly captivating as Cashel. All I can say is I. WANT. MORE! 5 stars.
CAROLYN 🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹
I REALLY REALLY TRIED
Sometimes, for whatever reason, you come across an audiobook that should've ticked all your boxes, should've tempted and teased you with its addictive riveting storyline and should've stopped you from doubling-up the speed to get to the end.. but sadly this book wasn't one of them. I personally couldn't connect to the characters and there was little romance.. just a tortured vampire who fought the connection and pull to a woman with very special blood who he'd stolen and given to his King to save his race. And, in this slow-to-build romance, his captive suffered - mentally, physically and emotionally as she pieced together the fragments of clues to the Vampire race and mourned her losses. It was slow-going for me so that's why I eventually doubled the speed to get to the finish line - and, hand on heart, it did eventually became more of what I was expecting towards the end.. but sadly my hopes then died with the cliffhanger ending.. because I won't be buying book 2. Worth a credit? Sadly I struggled with this so it's a no from me.. however, I'm sure others will love it. I'd initially bought book 0.5 and this one together and, after book 0.5 I regretted my decision - but still decided to give this book a try.. but even the excellent dual POV duet style five star narration by Aaron and Emma couldn't save this for me.
Tammy B Oakley
I NEED more!!💜
Great Story! Thrilling, intriguing, sexy and mysterious. This romance will have you on the edge of your seat. The secrets, the deceit, the forbidden need and the chemistry between these characters will hold you captive. The narration is absolutely amazing, although I would have enjoyed more of the Cashel's chapters. This is book 1 in this series with a cliffhanger. I can't wait for the release of books 2 & 3. I highly recommend this book. Sisters Spotlight 💜
SuziLovesBooks
Different Twist on Vamps
Hi, my name is Suzi and I have a Vampire addiction that has gone from movies now into books. We all know the general trope and rules of vampire books; K. Loraine has re-Vamped the tale into something that equates to a total page turner for me. The story line of Cashel's Blackthorne family and the relationship to Olivia, whose blood is special and could be a cure of sorts is completely revolutionary to Vampire folklore. Really enjoyed the character development and slow build of how these two enemies become more to each other. When I didn't think the story could get better, Loraine brought in two PHENOMENAL performers to narrate the series. I have a #GirlCrush on Emma Wilder and she does not disappoint. When Olivia is panicking and at her lowest moments, Wilder's performance takes over my emotions & I want to be there to comfort her. The other character voices she provides in this dual narration are blended well and she shines with her masculine voices, too! And then there is Aaron Shedlock...I'm BLOWN AWAY by his Cashel - it was not his voice I heard in my head when I read the book - so when he first came on the scene I was floored. The longer his audio portion builds in the narrative the more I fall further and further into the hypnotic control that Shedlock gives to Cashel. I'm really impressed & cannot wait to hear more in book two and three. BRAVO - Give Me More Please!
Weak story
I won't read the 2nd or 3rd books, especially after reading their descriptions, but if they are as thin on story as this one, they should have all been combined as one, better edited, standalone. The plot is thin, and blatant redundancy is used as filler to extend the book to a minimum requirement for it to be sold as a trilogy (to make more profit). Besides the plot being thin at many points, there are some places where the characters act confusingly and it isn't clear why they do things they do. Not to mention inconsistencies, like powers showing up or mysterious unused only when it benefits the story: if he's an empath, why can't he tell when she has to lie to him to protect him??? Not worth the credit/cost. Narration is mostly great. No issue with that part.
Rachel T
Gahhhh
Gritty, dark, and oh so sexy. This book is the beginning of what is set to be an epic story. I love the narration and writing in this book. Definitely recommended if you are looking to escape.
🎀💖🎀😊Happy💥To💥Help🎀💖🎀😊
Absolutely wonderful
I have absoutely enjoyed every bit of this book and love the dark notes throughout the story. I have already bought books 2 and 3 . The narrators did a wonderful job. I hope that this series continues.
MummysVampire
Deliciously Dark
Wow I devoured this! Love a dark PNR. Listened to the audio version and narrators did a great job bringing these characters to life ❤ The vampires are dying and Olivia's rare blood is the key. She is kidnapped by Cashel Blackthorn and taken back to his father the cruel king. Cash feels something for Olivia but is too hell bent on trying to please his father. She is treated poorly by all the Blackthorn vampires all the while if they had shown her an an ounce of decency this big hearted girl would happily help them. Warning this is a cliffhanger ending but book 2 is available. I for one can't wait to get my teeth into it 🤷🏼♀

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Qal'at 'Unaiza stands on the central Jordan plateau, next to the Desert Highway and 400 m to the east is Mahattat 'Unaiza, one of the stations on the Hijaz railway. The nearest modern settlement is the village of Hashimiyya, located approximately 3 km to the north. The landscape of this area is dominated by Jabal 'Unaiza, an extinct volcano, located 2 km to the west of the fort, which has covered the surrounding area in a thin layer of basalt. The site comprises the Ottoman fort and several associated walls belonging to an earlier building. There is also a large depression to the north of the fort, which may originally have been a reservoir.
The Ottoman fort is a square building (28 m × 28 m) built of black basalt with white creamy limestone used for the quoins (these have mostly been robbed out and replaced with other stones in the restoration carried out in 2003) and standing to a maximum height of 8 m. This is the largest of the Ottoman forts in Jordan and several features indicate that the design of the fort was adapted to a pre-existing structure.
The east side of the Qal'at 'Unaiza, facing the desert highway, contains the gateway, located north of the centre. Much of the south wall was rebuilt in October 2001 on new foundations, which project 0.5 m. from the exterior face of the wall. As recently as 1986 the south wall was mostly complete, with three stepped crenelations visible at the top and a small machicolation projecting from the wall at the first-floor level. The west side of the fort overlies and incorporates part of an earlier building. Besides the traces of an earlier building, this wall contains few features of any interest, except two small, square openings visible at the first-floor level. The north wall also stands to its full original height in several places, with the remains of, at least, two stepped crenelations still visible.
The interior comprises a large central courtyard, with vaulted rooms built around each side. The entrance is located at the east wall and comprises a large barrel passageway leading directly into the courtyard.
The vault is coated with plaster and decorated with a simple motif comprising a band of interlaced semicircles, below a band of triangles.
The courtyard is larger than at the other Hajj forts and was paved with basalt cobbles, set in lime mortar. Approximately in the centre of the courtyard, there is a vaulted subterranean cistern with a single manhole in the roof. The cistern is fed by a drain/channel running from the southwest corner of the courtyard.
The north range comprises a group of five small, vaulted rooms. Unfortunately, the original courtyard facade on the north side has been replaced by a more recent wall, of less skilful construction. However, clearance work carried out in October 2001 exposed the original line of the Ottoman wall, with the positions of the doorways. The south range comprises four rooms, each of near-identical design, comprising a rectangular area, roofed with a barrel vault, with two small openings set into the rear wall. The east range comprises three rooms, in addition to the vaulted entrance passage described above. The only other features of the east range are two staircases, on either side of the entrance vault. Both staircases have deteriorated badly, and it is not clear whether they would have been open or covered with vaults.
It is clear from historical accounts that the Ottoman fort stood next to a rain-fed cistern (or cisterns) which would have supplied the needs of the Hajj caravan. By analogy with other forts the reservoir(s) would have been located within 50 m of the fort, however, no definitive location was identified at 'Unaizah. The most likely location for the cistern is a rectangular depression, aligned east-west, immediately to the north of the remains of the early building. The depression is not natural due to the absence of basalt boulders, which elsewhere, cover the landscape. Further support for this theory is provided by the existence of a wide channel, which leads to the depression on the west side. It is possible that the stone lining of the cistern was robbed to provide building stone for the nearby station.
It seems likely that there was a Roman presence at the site, as early as the 2nd century, in the form of a caravanserai that may have been associated with the Via Militaris. This early building was almost certainly connected to the nearby fort at Da'ajaniyya. There is, however, no evidence of any later occupation at the site until the 16th century.
In 1563 Mustapha Pasha lists the site of Khan 'Unaiza between Hasa and Ma'an. It is not clear whether this is the Ottoman fort which still stands or the remains of the Roman caravanserai which may have been re-used in the first years of Ottoman rule. However, Barbir, following Mehmed Edib, suggests that the fort was built in, or soon after, 1576, by Sulayman Pasha who was also responsible for the construction of a fort at Hadiya.
In 1709, Murtarda ibn 'Alawan arrived at 'Unaiza, carrying water from Hasa because of the heat of the sun. He describes 'Unaiza as a spacious building, larger than expected, well maintained and not in a ruinous condition. He states that it was owned by the Bani 'Idha to impress people with their power.
In the early 19th century 'Unaiza was inspected by engineers working for Muhammad 'Ali Pasha. They describe the fort as a large square building standing next to a cistern of the same size. The interior of the fort, including the gateway and rooms, was described as being in a ruinous condition and this, combined with the fact that it was only half a day's journey to Ma'an, led the inspectors to assert that this stop was not used by pilgrims.
In 1896, Gray Hill visited the fort on his way to Petra after hearing a report that there was water in the cistern. Whilst there he enjoyed, 'the warmth of a great bonfire of scrub gathered by our men' and the view of a fine black mountain (Jabal 'Unaiza). The following year, on 19th March 1897, the German scholars Brünnow and von Domaszewski followed the Hajj route north from Ma'an and reached 'Unaiza after a journey of 5 hours and 53 minutes. To the east of the Hajj route, they noted a walled cistern filled with water, which may be identical to the cistern within the compound of the railway station.
In the early 1900s, a railway station was established to the east of the Ottoman fort. In 1916 it became the terminus of a 36 km branch line leading to Shobek, from where wood was collected to fuel the engines of the Hijaz railway.
In 1972 the Jordanian Antiquities Department registered 'Unaiza as an Antiquities Site and made a basic survey of the fort. In the late 1990s, the fort was included in the Dana Archaeological Survey, which identified the pre-Ottoman building at the site as 'another large classical site on an ancient road that leads to the Ma'an oasis'.
Timeline of Qal'at 'Unaiza History
2nd Century AD
It seems likely that there was a Roman presence at the site, as early as the 2nd century, in the form of a caravanserai that may have been associated with the Via Militaris.
The fort was built in the 16th century AD by the Ottomans, most probably by Sulayman Pasha who was also responsible for the construction of a fort at Hadiya.
In 1972 the Jordanian Antiquities Department registered 'Unaiza as an Antiquities Site and made a basic survey of the fort. In the late 1990s, the fort was included in the Dana Archaeological Survey.
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Yara Maaitah
Onaizah Castle is considered an ancient castle, and he says that the Turks who built it during the days of the Ottoman Empire, and it... more
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A great place, but the Ministry of Tourism has stopped the ruin and destruction in the castle
Anton Dababneh
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Q: Why does a down vote yield -1 point penalty?
Possible Duplicate:
Why do you lose reputation for down-voting?

In other words, why is StackOverflow's rating system biased (toward the positive side)?
As as result, rating scores do not reflect reality.

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Polish state firms pouring ad cash into media that attack gay rights, research data shows
Monday, 5 August 2019 15:10 GMT
A sticker with words "LGBT-free zone" distributed in weekly conservative magazine "Gazeta Polska" is pictured in Warsaw, Poland July 24, 2019. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel
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Research firm Kantar Media's data ashowed that under the PiS government state support for liberal media plummeted
By Anna Koper
WARSAW, Aug 5 (Reuters) - State companies in Poland have multiplied many times over their spending on advertising via news magazines that attack gay rights since the nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) party came to power in 2015, market research data shows.
In the run-up to a parliamentary election expected in October, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people's rights have become a hot issue, with the PiS party facing accusations of fomenting homophobia.
The socially conservative party with a leftist economic agenda has also been accused of using state broadcasters as a political tool as part of a broader move to increase government control over industry and the courts.
Data collected by market research firm Kantar Media suggest PiS is supporting private news outlets that share its agenda.
"State-run companies support ... media that help promote the (government's) values," said Wieslaw Godzic, media analyst and professor at University of Social Sciences and Humanities in Warsaw.
"This has always been the case in Poland - but not on such a scale," he said.
According to Kantar, the conservative news weekly Gazeta Polska, which distributed "LGBT-free" stickers with one of its editions last month, has seen advertising inflows rise from just over 10,000 euros ($11,100) in 2015 to more than 2 million euros in 2018.
Sieci, another weekly, has seen its ad revenue from state companies increase 30 times over to about 7 million euros, the data obtained by Reuters showed. It did not respond to a Reuters request for comment.
Sieci published a cover story last week describing violent attacks on a gay pride march in the eastern Polish city of Bialystok in July as part of a broader effort by the liberal opposition to discredit the PiS government.
Titled "A massive attack on Poland is approaching" the story blamed Bialystok's mayor, an opposition politician, for allowing the march to take place at the same time as a far-right event.
It also appeared to take the side of the far-rightists.
"There is no consent in the least for violence in the public arena, but the motivation of (the attackers) is clear: They do not agree for their territory to be infected with leftist ideology that aims to demoralise children and weaken families," the story read.
Despite the swing in ad spending, data from industry association ZKDP shows that conservative publications which, like PiS, espouse traditional family values, oppose migration and promote close ties between the state and the Catholic Church, have seen their readership fall in recent years.
CALCULATING SPENDING
Kantar's data covered advertising placed by around 50 companies, including gas company PGNiG, energy group Energa and PKO BP, Poland's biggest bank, all three of which took out ads in last week's edition of Sieci. The bank declined to comment, while the other two companies did not respond to emailed questions from Reuters.
To make its estimates, Kantar used official pricing and computed the number of ads published, meaning the estimates do not include any potential discounts or payments above official price lists.
Reuters also sought comment on the estimates from other listed companies such as refiner PKN Orlen, the biggest state-owned firm, and coal producer JSW. They declined to reply.
PiS argues that any changes in how state firms spend their advertising budgets is aimed at correcting imbalances put in place by previous, liberal governments.
"The companies' policy has to, in a sense, support media pluralism in Poland," Deputy Culture Minister Pawel Lewandowski told Reuters.
Kantar's data also showed that under the PiS government, state support for liberal media has plummeted.
Ad spending in the Gazeta Wyborcza daily, Poland's main liberal broadsheet owned by Agora, fell by 97% from 2015 to 2018.
The tabloid Fakt, the country's biggest-circulation daily, owned by Swiss-German joint venture Ringier Axel Springer, has seen ad inflows drop by nearly 70%, according to Kantar's estimates.
PiS, which says Germany wields too much power in the European Union, has repeatedly signalled its ambition to reduce foreign media ownership in Poland, arguing that Polish owners would ensure that public debate is reflected better.
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AFN Airing Super Bowl LII Live on TV and Radio
by George A. Smith, Defense Media Activity, AFN Broadcast Center
The American Forces Network (AFN) broadcasts Super Bowl LII live Feb. 5 at midnight Central European Time (CET) 8 a.m. Japan/Korea Time (JKT) on AFN|sports.
AFN is airing a wide variety of Super Bowl LII themed shows throughout the week, including almost a day's worth of programs leading up to the Super Bowl Feb. 4. Shows include an NFL Replay of Super Bowl LI between the Atlanta Falcons and New England Patriots, 2018 NFL Honors, The Road to the Super Bowl and the official Super Bowl LII pre-game show.
AFN|sports repeats the Super Bowl Feb. 5 at 10:30 a.m. CET/6:30 p.m. JKT
AFN radio airs the game live on AFN Eagle, AFN FANS and AFN Voice via satellite and AFN 360 Internet radio starting at 11 p.m. CET Feb. 4 and 7 a.m. JKT Feb. 5.
AFN invites viewers and listeners to live-chat during the Super Bowl on social media. Share messages on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram by using #SB52AFN. AFN will share viewer messages live on the air during both the pre-game and Super Bowl.
For a full listing of all Super Bowl themed shows airing on AFN TV, go to myafn.net.
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Meet Mette Sillesen – The Thought-Provoking Futurist
Mette Sillesen is a Futurist, Sociologist, Innovator and a TEDx speaker. Hailing from Denmark—known as "The Happiest Country in the World."
Being a futurist, she has critical news for the world but also a solution! She is concerned about the future of humanity, as she sees many challenges ahead, both collectively and individually – one thing is the climate and another is artificial intelligence, which will replace a lot of the work and tasks that we do today and fundamentally alter human life. It brings about a lot of ethical questions and big concerns, but also enormous potential, Mette stresses.
Mette is occupied with the human side of the future and thinks that we currently lack human interaction and being in nature. As she puts it: "We seem to be out of sync, we spend too much time on our screens. High Tech – High Touch is out of balance."
Further Reading: Meet Gülhan Şen — From Living In a Refugee Camp to Becoming A TV Star
High Tech – High Touch is an expression that Mette has borrowed from the futurist John Naisbitt. It implies that as the world becomes more and more technological, our need for "touch" correspondingly increases. "We must balance tech and touch," says Mette.
Stress, anxiety, and depression are widespread mental diseases today and perfectionism as an epidemic is on the rise due to the overload of performance, competition, and comparison in the society. We are experiencing more pressure and bigger transformation that we can handle.
Further Reading: Laura Esposto – The Mozart of TV Presenter
Social media can be damaging to our mental health and self-worth as they have a tendency to promote our occupation with the conceptual idea of who we are, and not our connection to who we really are. "It's a problem that we and especially young people relate to ourselves in this way," says Mette. "We get distanced from ourselves, we view ourselves in the third person. We're creating unrealistic ideals of the perfect self and miss out on the real connection to self."
The solution is "touch and spirit".
Mette has many years of expertise as a futurist and according to her, the future is spiritual. Everything that can't be artificially produced will experience a renaissance. We will fall in love with the real. Mette sees spirituality as different from religion, as she thinks spirituality is much more individual and dynamic. "It's about being in the world, about consciousness and the magic of life. It's the way we open our eyes, hearts, and attitudes towards life. It's the energy that connects everything."
Further Reading: Lucie Fink – How Trying New Things Changed Her Life
The ultimate difference between man and machine is a spirit. Technology has no soul, no feelings, no consciousness, and no subjective experience of reality, only humans do!
Mette encourages people to invest their energy in people, nature, and their true self. She wants to make herself and her own life better as she wants to lead by example. Mette doesn't believe in preaching but in action.
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The Dartington Service Design Lab – an internationally respected research charity dedicated to improving child outcomes – is seeking a passionate and likeminded Researcher to join our dynamic team. Ideally based in Scotland, the candidate will enjoy a varied role, spanning child development and policy research, service design and public system reform.
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In particular, we require a highly organised and energetic self-starter with outstanding communication skills who is capable of quickly learning new competencies and adapting to different ways of working.


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//  VROParticleModifier.h
//  ViroRenderer
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#ifndef VROParticleModifier_h
#define VROParticleModifier_h

#include <memory>
#include <vector>
#include <algorithm>
#include "VROMatrix4f.h"
#include "VROVector4f.h"
#include "VROOpenGL.h"
#include "VROVector3f.h"
#include "VROParticle.h"
#include "VROMath.h"
#include "VROStringUtil.h"

/*
 VROParticleModifier contains a list of VROModifierIntervals to interpolate against with
 referenceFactor to time, distance or velocity (as defined by a given VROModifierFactor). This
 is used by VROParticleEmitter to pre-define a set of particle property behaviors (color,
 scale, rotation, etc) that can then be applied to any particle.
 */
class VROParticleModifier {
public:
    /*
     VROModifierFactor represents the referenceFactor factor this modifier will interpolate against.
     */
    enum class VROModifierFactor {
        Time,           // Interpolate against the timeSinceSpawnedInMs of a particle.
        Distance,       // Interpolate against the distanceTravelled of a particle.
        Velocity        // Interpolate against the current velocity of a particle.
    };

    static VROModifierFactor getModifierFactorForString(std::string strType) {
        if (VROStringUtil::strcmpinsensitive(strType, "Velocity")) {
            return VROModifierFactor::Velocity;
        } else if (VROStringUtil::strcmpinsensitive(strType, "Distance")) {
            return VROModifierFactor::Distance;
        } else {
            return VROModifierFactor::Time;
        }
    }

    /*
     Interpolation points between which to animate a given initial value (most likely the
     particle's property value) towards.
     */
    struct VROModifierInterval {
        // Property of the particle to interpolate towards for this given VROModifierWindow.
        VROVector3f targetedValue;

        // Start and End factor values. For example, startTime and endTime.
        double startFactor;
        double endFactor;

        bool operator < (const VROModifierInterval& point) const {
            return (endFactor <= point.startFactor);
        }
    };

    VROParticleModifier(VROVector3f constant) {
        init(constant, constant, VROModifierFactor::Time);
    };

    VROParticleModifier(VROVector3f minRange, VROVector3f maxRange) {
        init(minRange, maxRange, VROModifierFactor::Time);
    };

    VROParticleModifier(VROVector3f minRange, VROVector3f maxRange,
                        VROModifierFactor factor, std::vector<VROModifierInterval> values) {
        init(minRange, maxRange, factor);
        setInterpolatedPoints(values);
    };

    virtual ~VROParticleModifier(){};

    VROVector3f getInitialValue() {
        return random(_initialMinValue, _initialMaxValue);
    }

    /*
     Apply the behavior of this modifier (set by VROInterpolateValues) on the given initialValue
     with referenceFactor to the preset _referenceFactor.
     */
    VROVector3f applyModifier(VROParticle &particle, VROVector3f initialValue) {
        if (_modifierInterval.size() <= 0) {
            return initialValue;
        }

        double deltaFactor = getReferenceFactorForParticle(particle);
        return getFinalValue(initialValue, deltaFactor);
    }

private:
    void init(VROVector3f minRange, VROVector3f maxRange, VROModifierFactor factor) {
        _initialMinValue = minRange;
        _initialMaxValue = maxRange;
        _referenceFactor = factor;
    }

    /*
     Min and Max ranges from which randomize across and determine the initial value applied
     by this modifier.
     */
    VROVector3f _initialMinValue;
    VROVector3f _initialMaxValue;

    /*
     Reference factor this modifier will interpolate against (Time, Distance or Velocity).
     */
    VROModifierFactor _referenceFactor;

    /*
     List of VROModifiers with values dictating the behavior of this modifier, along which this
     VROParticleModifier will interpolate against.
     */
    std::vector<VROModifierInterval> _modifierInterval;

    /*
     Sets a list of VROModifierInterval values that will be used by this VROParticleModifier.
     */
    void setInterpolatedPoints(std::vector<VROModifierInterval> values) {
        if (values.size() == 0 ){
            return;
        }

        std::sort(values.begin(), values.end());
        for (int i = 0; i < values.size() - 1; i++) {
            if (values[i].endFactor > values[i + 1].startFactor
                || (values[i].startFactor > values[i].endFactor)) {
                perror("Attempted to set an invalid set of interpolated points for the Particle Emitter!");
                return;
            }
        }

        _modifierInterval = values;
    }

    /*
     Returns the referenceFactor factor value from the provided particle. The type of referenceFactor factor
     is determined by this VROParticleModifier _referenceFactor.
     */
    double getReferenceFactorForParticle(const VROParticle &particle) {
        if (_referenceFactor == VROModifierFactor::Distance) {
            return particle.distanceTraveled;
        } else if (_referenceFactor == VROModifierFactor::Velocity) {
            return particle.velocity;
        }
        return particle.timeSinceSpawnedInMs;
    }

    /*
     With the given particle, and based on this emitter's referenceFactor factor, determine the amount of
     passed time, distance, or velocity that is required to interpolate the desired value.
     */
    VROVector3f getFinalValue(VROVector3f initialValue, double currentFactor) {
        VROVector3f start;
        VROVector3f end;
        for (int i = 0; i < _modifierInterval.size(); i++) {

            // Determine if this VROModifierInterval contains a startFactor and endFactor interval
            // that applies to the current deltaFactor.
            if (currentFactor >= _modifierInterval[i].startFactor && currentFactor <= _modifierInterval[i].endFactor) {
                // If so, calculate progression ratio
                float delta = currentFactor - _modifierInterval[i].startFactor;
                float deltaWindow = _modifierInterval[i].endFactor - _modifierInterval[i].startFactor;
                float ratio = delta / deltaWindow;
                if (i == 0){
                    start = initialValue;
                } else {
                    start = _modifierInterval[i-1].targetedValue;
                }
                end = _modifierInterval[i].targetedValue;

                return interpolatePoint(start, end, ratio);
            }

            // Else, if we can't find a VROModifierInterval that matches the currentFactor,
            // check if the currentFactor may be referring to a time/distance period in between
            // VROModifierIntervals. If so, attempt to find the last known VROModifierInterval
            // that we had applied before and use its ending value.
            if (i != 0 && currentFactor >= _modifierInterval[i-1].endFactor
                          & currentFactor <= _modifierInterval[i].endFactor) {
                if (i - 1 == 0) {
                    start = initialValue;
                } else {
                    start = _modifierInterval[i-2].targetedValue;
                }

                end = _modifierInterval[i-1].targetedValue;
                return interpolatePoint(start, end, 1);
            }

            // Else if this is the last VROModifierInterval, and the currentFactor has progressed
            // beyond it, attempt to use the ending value of the last known VROModifierInterval.
            if (i == _modifierInterval.size() - 1 && currentFactor > _modifierInterval[i].endFactor) {
                if (i != 0) {
                    start = _modifierInterval[i-1].targetedValue;
                } else {
                    start = _modifierInterval[i].targetedValue;
                }
                end = _modifierInterval[i].targetedValue;
                return interpolatePoint(start, end, 1);
            }
        }

        // If no last known windows were yet found, we have yet to encounter our first
        // VROModifierInterval, thus return initialValue.
        return initialValue;
    }

    VROVector3f interpolatePoint(VROVector3f &startValue, VROVector3f &endValue, float ratio) {
        VROVector3f final;
        if (ratio >= 1) {
            final = endValue;
        } else {
            final = startValue.interpolate(endValue, ratio);
        }
        return final;
    }
};

#endif /* VROParticleModifier_h */


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François Louis Boudin de Roville, né le  à Avallon dans l'Yonne et mort le  à Plombières-les-Bains, dans les Vosges, est un général de brigade du Premier Empire. Il s'engage dans l'armée en 1794 et participe aux différentes batailles de la Révolution et de l'Empire. Il devient général en 1813 peu de temps après la bataille de Leipzig. Il est fait baron par Louis XVIII et commande alors différentes subdivisions militaires. Il prend sa retraite en 1835 et meurt en 1838 dans les Vosges.

Biographie

Du simple cavalier au capitaine

Il est le fils de François Firmin Boudin, président du grenier à sel d'Avallon. Il s'engage le 26 mars 1794 au  à cheval, et de 1794 à 1795, il sert à l'armée des Pyrénées-Orientales. En 1795 et 1796, il fait la guerre en Vendée. Il devient sous-lieutenant dans les troupes à cheval et aide de camp du général Gelot le 31 juillet 1796. Il est nommé lieutenant, le 31 juillet 1797 et le  février 1799, il reçoit son brevet de capitaine et fait campagne en Italie. En novembre 1799, il est fait prisonnier à Ancône.

Sous l'Empire

En 1805, il fait la campagne au  de la Grande Armée, et il passe adjoint à l'état-major du  de la Grande Armée (Soult), le 22 octobre 1805. En novembre 1806, il est aide de camp du général Saint-Hilaire, et le 8 février 1807, il est blessé d'un coup de feu au bras droit, à Eylau. Boudin est promu chef de bataillon le 22 octobre 1808, et le 6 juillet 1809, il est blessé d'un coup de mitraille, à la cuisse gauche, à Wagram.

Major attaché au  de l'armée d'Allemagne le 10 juin 1809, puis major au  d'infanterie de ligne le 14 août 1809, Boudin reçoit ses épaulettes de colonel du  de ligne le 25 janvier 1813. Il participe aux combats en Saxe et le 2 mai 1813, il est blessé de deux coups de feu, l'un au bras et l'autre au côté gauche, à Lützen. Il est de nouveau blessé d'un coup de feu à la bataille de Leipzig, le 18 octobre 1813. À la tête du  de ligne appartenant à la  (général Dumoulin) de la  (général Ricard) du  sous Marmont, il est promu général de brigade le 25 décembre 1813 et fait chevalier de la Couronne de fer par décret impérial du 25 février 1814.

En 1814, il fait la campagne de France et il est blessé d'un coup de feu aux reins à Montmirail, le 11 février 1814. Le 7 avril 1814, il devient chef d'état-major de la  militaire.

D'une Restauration à l'autre

Il fut louvetier sur la région de 1817  à1819.
Lors de la Première Restauration, il commande le département de l'Yonne avant d'être suspendu de ses fonctions le 21 mars 1815. Aux Cent-Jours, il seconde le général Vedel à l'organisation des gardes nationales de la  militaire, et le 15 novembre 1815, à la seconde Restauration, il commande à nouveau le département de l'Yonne. Le 24 mars 1816, il est autorisé à rajouter à son nom celui de Roville, et il est créé baron, par Louis XVIII en 1817. Le 12 novembre 1817, il prend le commandement de la  militaire de la  militaire, puis le commandement de la  militaire (Indre-et-Loire) de la  militaire, le 20 mai 1818, et celui de la  militaire de la  militaire le 30 décembre 1818.

Commandant la  militaire (Aube) de la  militaire, le 12 janvier 1819, il est nommé commandant la  militaire (Yonne) de la  militaire, le 21 avril 1820. Le  mai 1821, il est fait commandeur de Saint-Louis, puis le 23 mai 1825, grand officier de la Légion d'honneur. En 1830, Boudin est mis en disponibilité à l'avènement de Louis-Philippe et compris en cette qualité dans le cadre d'activité de l'état-major général, le 22 mars 1831. Le 28 décembre 1831, il commande le département de la Haute-Vienne, et il est admis à faire valoir ses droits à la retraite à compter du  janvier 1835. Il obtient une pension de retraite de . Il meurt le 11 août 1838 à Plombières-les-Bains dans les Vosges et on corps est transporté vers 1890 à Auxerre, où il repose actuellement au cimetière Saint-Amâtre (concession ).

Sources

 Dictionnaire de biographie française

Références externes

  French Infantry Regiments and the Colonels who Led Them: 1791 to 1815

Général du Premier Empire promu en 1813
Naissance en décembre 1772
Naissance à Avallon
Décès en août 1838
Décès dans le département des Vosges
Grand officier de la Légion d'honneur
Commandeur de l'ordre royal et militaire de Saint-Louis
Baron français du XIXe siècle
Décès à 65 ans
Décès à Plombières-les-Bains


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HomeArticlesThe Adventures of Andy in Disappeared Palestine
The Adventures of Andy in Disappeared Palestine
December 6, 2008 Articles
By Hatim Kanaaneh – Galilee
This sounds like a lovely title for a children's book or even a fairytale. Indeed the tale told here is fantastic and hard for the sane mature to believe, fit only for the imagination of a child. It is about the surreal happenings in few days in the life of Andy, a real person who showed up at the Acre train station one evening with an assortment of video-recording equipment.
Andy hails from America. He belongs to the rare breed of self-assigned truth and justice seekers who dedicate themselves to the task of saving the human race at this late hour of its incessant march, lemmings like, to its demise. He has no plausible connection to Palestine or the Palestinians except that he, like Jimmy Carter, finds them awfully wronged and their suffering worthy of recognition. He wants to set the record straight. Together with another fighter for Palestine, Dr. Ahlam (Arabic for 'dreams') Muhtaseb, he sets out to document the wrongs done the Palestinians in 1948 through visits to their destroyed former homes and the recording of interviews with members of separated families in Galilee and the refugee camps in Lebanon.
I. Andy Visits the Living Ruins
Mia'ar
Andy had a list of Palestinian localities in Galilee that he had to visit. He needed to take a good photo of Sha'ab. For that purpose I drove him to the outskirts of Ya'ad, the posh settlement established in the 1970s atop the hill overlooking Sha'ab that was once the thriving and proud village of Mia'ar. Ya'ad's first residents were specialist engineers attracted from their original homes in South Africa to work in the nearby military industrial park, reputed to manufacture the electronic trigger mechanisms for Israel's super-bombs including nuclear ones.
As we walked to our sought-after lookout, I stumbled across a derelict memorial structure overgrown by weeds and hardy local bushes surviving in the shade of the superimposed European pine forest. A marble slab had some writing on it and I stopped to read it. It was in Italian and Hebrew and sang the praises of some Italian Jewish hero, I presumed. I read the specifics: He is commemorated as an educator, a community organizer, and a fighter who lead the liberation of Torino "from a cruel and merciless occupier." I looked around and felt as if someone hit me hard in the pit of the stomach. The monument is surrounded on all sides by the rubble of old Mia'ar, razed off the face of the earth not long after our hero finished liberating Torino from its usurpers. Rectangular rows of stone still outline the bases of destroyed homes. The profanity of the statement itched in stone in the midst of the ruins nauseated me; I bent over retching. When I recovered I called Andy over and he took pictures.
Ghabsiyeh
Next we visited the ruins of Ghabsiyeh, the destroyed village of Daud Bader, our guide for the day. He is a well-informed and hardened refugee whose family had been settled in the village of Sheikh Dannoun together with a humdrum collection of refugees from other coastal villages who didn't cross the borders of the then forming state of Israel, borders still undetermined to this very day. Even families from Dannoun itself who returned to their own homes days or weeks after they were driven out of them lost all claims to their property and were forced to rent their former residences from the Custodian of Abandoned Property. I am familiar with this phenomenon from Sha'ab, the similarly aggregated village of 'internal refugees' where I have relatives among its original residents who stayed put. Also Dannoun was the home of my aunt's family, but they all ran away to the other side.
Daud is a well educated man that dedicates his time to informing others about destroyed Palestinian towns and villages. Early on he had a run-in with the Shin Bet (Israel's Stassi) and lost any chance of holding a job in the system such as teaching in Dannoun's schools. Now he holds the position of Field Director of the Association for the Defense of Refugee Rights, an officially registered NGO that deals with issues of internally displaced Palestinians like himself, making up nearly a third of the Palestinian minority in Israel. He has an amazingly rich and detailed range of information with exact facts and figures about the geography, social life, land holdings, historical events and specific dates for every destroyed Palestinian locale. His audience ranges from curious locals and daring teachers with their inquisitive students to visiting pilgrims opting for alternative tours, to the adventurous Diaspora Palestinian interested in locating his not so distant roots, to the graduate student on a research assignment, to journalists with a sense of the obscure, to filmmakers documenting past events like Andy, the guest I was driving around the Galilee on this occasion.
In Ghabsiyeh Daud proceeded to beguile us with memories from his own past when his family ran away to neighboring areas then returned with other residents of the village to live undisturbed for some six months before they were forced to move out to Dannoun. On location he expounded details of the historical village mosque that once served the entire region, now sealed and encased by a high metal sheet barrier. For decades it stood neglected, used mostly to house cattle from the neighboring communal agricultural settlement. Then Daud and other agitators cleaned the place up, painted its walls and started to hold Friday prayers in it. The ever-alert Israel Lands Authority, having assumed ownership, very early on, of all refugee lands from the good Custodian, sprang to action and boarded up the place.
Daud pointed out to us some of the village distinctive remains: the surviving palm tree next to the balcony of the effendi's home, now razed to the ground like all the other Ghabsiyeh homes. The four concrete steps to the entrance to the home of another prominent Ghabsiyan still maintain their upright position abutting a passageway, the village's agricultural road leading west to its extensive land holdings in the coastal plane. Andy, our documentarian guest, next hoisted his field equipment to the cemetery to capture the neglect and abandonment on film.
On the way out we halted again to hear a rich stream of Daud's memories about another village landmark, es-sidri, the imposing ancient native tree that stands in a clearing by the village's paved road entrance. It features the combined status of a banquet hall and a shrine. In the days before 1948 it was the sight for zaffet el-a'rees, the showy and jubilant procession for every wedding in Ghabsiyeh. The groom would be brought on horseback to sit on a chair in the shade of es-sidri. An impromptu horse race would be held for the occasion in the open fields to the west. Guests, friends and next of kin would surround and regale him with song and dabkeh dancing till the sun tilted to dip in the shining sea. The happy groom could almost hold it in his henna-adorned right hand, the sea is so close! Then the men, guests and locals alike, would form a line, their torsos pressed together shoulder-to-shoulder, and proceed to move in unison in a swaying sideways movement to the staccato rhythm of folksingers toward the groom's home, repeating their sing-songy refrain of "Ya halali ya mali," a near mystic pronouncement the best translation for which would be "You are rightfully mine and all I own." The to-and-fro movement of the well-dressed village men reminded the observer of the wavy motion of a breeze-swept green field of el-Ghabsiyeh wheat. The groom would follow mounted on his horse and accompanied by the singing and ululating women celebrants. A throng of young men with few village elders would have preceded the groom's party to bring the bride from her home, also on horseback and edged on by song and street dancing, to the couples new abode to await the groom's happy arrival and the conjugal union –ed-dakhli- preceded by the traditional dinner-for-two known as " luqmit es-sa'adi – the bite of happiness," and the receiving of modest monitory gifts acknowledged with the standard calling out of the name of each well wisher at the top of the professional village crier's voice: "May God compensate so and so for his donation to the groom of x number of liras, for the love of his father and of the prophet and of all who bless him."
The sidri was the sight for all happy Ghabsiyeh communal occasions. In many village cemeteries in Galilee the same kind of tree provides permanent shade without the need to be tended in any way. And its fruit, though small and flat tasting (Daud insisted we taste it), provides a healthy source of energy for children playing in its shade. Over time this tree acquired a mystique bordering on holiness and became the object of veneration. Indeed, there was a sheet of green satin shimmering in the midday sun as we arrived, a decorative present made by some Ghabsiyeh refugee in distress asking for God's favors or thanking him for them.
El-Kabri
Kabri sat on a rich treasure, its springs the major release valve for the building pressure accumulated in the vast water table under the seaward slant of the Western Galilee mountains. It bottled water long before Israel was established and put its name to the brand. Ahmad Basha 'Aljazzar', Acre's notorious 'butcher' of men not cattle, and the Romans before him, brought the cleansing elixir to the coastal metropolis of Acre in specially constructed aqueducts. A length of remains of the multi-arched archeological gem has survived the destructive hand of history and its looting generals as well as the repeated tremors of earthquakes over the centuries. It stretches parallel to the road between al-Mazra'a, another focal collection of Palestinian refugees, and the neighboring Kibbutz of Lohame Hageteot, the sight of the museum honoring Jewish heroes who rebelled against and were executed by their savage oppressors in European Ghettos. The aqueduct provides a bold visual reminder connecting and juxtaposing the two realities, the Jewish historical and the Arab current ones, another evocative yet depressing reminder of whose reality takes precedence around this place. My visceral response was not as acute.
Andy, the documenter par-excellence, and Daud, our well practiced guide-cum-witness, stopped at one of Kabri's springs, now fully metal-encased and mechanized. Not far from it, in the midst of a lush park that advertized itself with signs all around proclaiming its mind and body-relaxing magic (it did neither to me!), was an old water-operated wheat mill, the flow of its driving force of a stream now another historical relic, tapped dry at source. A Parks Authority sign explained the mechanics of the contraption; not a word about the miller or his wheat-consuming customers. Andy and his project partner, Dr. Ahlam Muhtaseb, hope to connect between the mill here and the miller in his refugee camp a few miles away in South Lebanon.
A convoy of local tourists on their beach buggies, mostly Ashkenazi couples, drove by, the passenger seat spouses clicking their cameras. They and their ilk can't afford to contemplate, even in the abstract, the logical conclusion to Ahlam and Andy's tender undertaking: permitting the miller to tend to his mill at el-Kabri.
Al-Bassa
Two churches, two cemeteries, a boarded mosque, a nuns former residence, the two story elegant home of the Greek Catholic priest, and a shrine dedicated to the prophet Elijah (el-Khader, the Green, to Arabs) is all that remains of el-Bassah's old days of glory. Before the Nakbah el-Bassah was a thriving little town of near three thousand people; it boasted a high school, a hotel, a café, and even a bar; it was that modern. Its location atop a hillock looking out at the Mediterranean sea less than five miles away is truly magnificent.
Another thriving community has now replaced el-Bassa, that of Shlomi, a name derived from 'shalom', Hebrew for peace. But the peace of the sacred remnants of old el-Bassa in the midst of shoulder-high dry weeds and wild thistles and bushes is disturbed by the noise emanating from factories around them. It is Shlomi's industrial zone. And by a more wicked noise.
Andy hoisted his gear and disappeared in the brush. I worried about him, what with his jetlag, exhausting schedule and limited food intake. Eventually he emerged, camera and tripod on shoulder, ready to move to the next location. But I had spotted two items worthy of his documenting attention: Daud and I had climbed over the missing stairs of a church and pried its door open to access its haunting vast interior with its high vaulted, cracked ceiling. It is totally empty except for a wooden altar with few dust covered icons, including a couple of St George slaying the Dragon. A dusty leather-bound half-gnawed copy of the New Testament lay on the corner of the altar. Daud informed us that the Wakims, a fightsy Bassan internal refugee family, still baptize their children here.
Emerging from the church I directed Andy's attention to another recordable scene, the source of that wicked noise: At the far end of the collection of dilapidated holy sites a Caterpillar was loading rubble onto trucks. The adjacent area of destroyed el-Bassa was being cleared for the construction of a new bus station. Andy recorded the scene, a beast munching at the boney remnants of a once beautiful body, another eerie reminder of the underpinnings of Israel's modern development: American cash and equipment deployed to replace Palestine in every possible way: people, homes, culture, and memory.
Would the mosque and churches succumb too? Cemeteries are regularly desecrated and pillaged in the name of Israel's progress and cultural superiority. In Jerusalem the Supreme Court, the final arbiter of the law of the land, has just ruled that an ancient cemetery just outside the old city walls, dating back to the days of the Khalif Omar, can be cleansed of the bones of Moslems to make room for the greater good embodied in the Gehry designed Museum of Tolerance. And what a great example of tolerance it is!
On the way out, using a short cut to the sea coast, we stopped at one of el-Bassa's derelict cemeteries. Most of the graves are in the form of family mausoleums. Daud found a broken headstone with beautiful Arabic calligraphy. Between the two of us we could make out most of the remaining two thirds of a memorial poem whose letters when added give the date of burial. Daud made sure the slab was turned to lay face down among other unmarked stones to protect it from archeology buffs.
At the edge of the cemetery, just where I parked my car on the street, Daud pointed out another curiosity: a well preserved several feet-wide piece of Byzantine mosaic overgrown and hidden by weeds, edges lost in the surrounding rubble. He figured it must be Byzantine because of the neglect. Had it been Jewish the road cutting through it would have been redirected.
Ez-zeeb
Our visit to Ez-Zeeb was curtailed by nightfall. We hurried to the hill at the northern edge of the national park that the Palestinian fishing village has become, its ruins shared to the south by Club Med and to the north by an anarchist declaring his squatter's rights in bold signs of 'No entry' and 'The independent State of Achzeevland.' Andy had just enough light to record the picturesque scene before we rushed to the gate of the park to search for a sign that my wife remembered seeing. Using my car lights to decipher and photograph it, Andy reported its contents: There was a lengthy and detailed account of the place's history over the centuries. Except that when it came to the over-thirteen centuries of Arab life and culture in the place, it was covered in one brief sentence: "Then it declined into a fishing village."
Andy's second night at our home was a little better for him; his jetlag had abated some and he was exhausted. Perhaps also he was satisfied with having witnessed in person the evidence of the trampling of Palestinian rights that he had heard so often from 'opinionated informants.' For my part I slept little despite seeking comfort in Melatonin. The evoked memories had coalesced into a nightmarish wakeful dream. I stayed up and wrote.
Dream on Ahlam!
II. Andy Meets the Present Absentees
The Musas
On our way back from the Palestinian Neverland of Western Galilee guided by one of its true sons, an actual 'present absentee' in the flesh, I called a phone number provided to us by Ms. Dreams. On the other end was a surprised young man who immediately figured out the source of my mix-up: The phone number was his but the name I asked for was that of his old uncle, so it had to be from some confused relative and such exist in refugee camps in Lebanon. I introduced myself and asked if we could meet within the hour.
"Drive up the main road of Deir el-Asad and ask anyone you meet. You and your guest are welcome. Consider it your home." I reminded Didi of the old couple we met sightseeing on the outskirts of a village in Andaluc
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'Happy Days' Triumph Motorcycle Hits The Auction Block
Kurt Ernst October 10, 2011 Comment Now!
Motorcycle riders in America have always gotten a bad rap. Blame it Marlon Brando, whose portrayal of a motorcycle gang leader in the film classic, "The Wild Ones" forever skewed the image of motorcycle riders in America.
Until Arthur Fonzarelli came along, that is. Played by actor Henry Winkler, Arthur Fonzarelli was the greaser-with-the-heart-of-gold in the mega-successful television sitcom "Happy Days."
If you grew up in the late 1970s, there was no escaping the show, which invaded pop culture in ways that Justin Bieber can only dream about. Each week, millions of Americans watched "The Fonz," played by Winkler, ride his battered but loved motorcycle through the nostalgia-cleaned streets of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
In an odd way, "The Fonz" was the hero that motorcycling in America needed. He wasn't drunk and disorderly, he appeared to bathe regularly and he never threw the first punch; in other words, he was the antithesis of what the media had made bikers out to be.
If you asked motorcycle fans to name the bike, all but the most hardcore would fail to identify it as a 1949 Triumph Trophy TR5, with its front fender removed. At least four were built and used for filming during the show's decade long run, but only this one survives today.
As The New York Times tells us, that survivor will go under the hammer at the upcoming Bonhams Classic California Sale, scheduled for November 12 at the Petersen Automotive Museum. The "Happy Days" Triumph is expected to fetch between $60,000 and $80,000, primarily due to its sole-survivor status.
Whoever buys the bike won't be getting one ridden by Winkler; the actor, it seems, was terrified of motorcycles, and all the scenes with Winkler in motion were filmed with stagehands pushing the bike.
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