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Weekly Current Affairs Quiz: 06/12/2021 to 12/12/2021
Q1.Consider the following statements about Precision agriculture:
1. It is a method to utilize the inputs in precise amounts to get the increased average yield.
2. Precision agriculture is based on using Information and Communication Technology and Artificial Intelligence for the collection of environmental data.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
A. 1 only
B. 2 only
C. Both 1 and 2
D. Neither 1 nor 2
Precision agriculture is the method where inputs are utilized in precise amounts to get an increased yield. Hence, statement 1 is correct.
It is the most valuable farm management technique based on information and communication technology and AI.
This technique of agriculture harnesses the power of artificial intelligence. The satellite images, drones, big data cloud, and machine learning are expected to improve Global agricultural productivity in the near future. Hence, statement 2 is correct.
Precision agriculture is a way for farmers to maximize the efficiency of water, fertilizer, and pesticides to improve overall productivity, quality, and yield.
Q2. Consider the following statements about keystone species:
1. A keystone species is a species that helps determine the structure of the ecological community.
2. Keystone species are the most abundant species in the environment.
3. Elephant, Starfish, Shark and some fungi are examples of keystone species
Which of the following statements above is/are correct?
B. 2 and 3
C. 1 and 3
D. 1 , 2 and 3
A whopping 1,160 elephants were killed in the country due to reasons other than natural causes in the past 10 years up to December 31, 2020, according to the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC).
It is the responsibility of both the state and the central government to protect the elephant, a keystone species, and its habitat.
The concept of keystone species was coined by Robert Paine in 1969.
The Keystone species is a species that has a disproportionately large effect on its natural environment relative to its abundance.
Keystone species play a critical role in maintaining the structure of an ecological community, affecting many other organisms in an ecosystem and helping to determine the types and numbers of various other species in the community. Hence statement 1 is correct.
Keystone species are not the most abundant in the environment but are most important to maintain the balance in the ecological community. Hence statement 2 is incorrect.
Sharks, Sea otters, African elephants, starfish, wolves, Jaguar,s and some species of plants and fungi are a few examples of keystone species. Hence statement 3 is correct.
Q3.Consider the following statement regarding United Nations Brasilia declaration:
1. Brasilia declaration is related to road safety which aims to reduce the Global death and accident by half by 2020.
2. India is not the signatory of Brasilia declaration.
Which of the following statements given above is/ are correct?
Brasilia declaration is related to road safety which aims to reduce the Global death and accident by half by 2020. Hence statement 1 is correct.
The United Nations has declared 2010-20 as a decade of action for road safety.
India is a signatory to the United Nations Brasilia declaration. Hence statement 2 is incorrect.
India has seen a 26.48% decline in road accidents and 22% drop in death in 2020 against 2019.
Q4. Consider the following statements about Panchayat (Extension Scheduled Area) Act 1996:
1. PESA act 1996 came into existence on the recommendations of the Bhuria committee.
2. The provisions of the Act seek to empower local self-government in the scheduled V area of the country to help safeguard and preserve the traditions and customs of the tribal communities.
Which of the following statements given above is /are correct?
The Ministry of Panchayati Raj has circulated the draft model PESA rules to the 10 pesa states out of which six States- Andhra Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan Gujarat, and Telangana have notified their PESA rules.
On the recommendations of the Bhuria committee in 1995 , the PESA act 1996 came into existence. Hence statement 1 is correct.
The provisions of the PESA Act seek to empower local self-government in the scheduled V area of the country to help safeguard and preserve the traditions and customs of the tribal communities. Hence statement 2 is correct.
The act focuses on village governance with participatory democracy and to make Gram Sabha a nucleus of all the activities.
Gram Sabha is conferred with absolute power under PESA. To ensure the proper functioning of Panchayat and Gram Sabha state legislatures have been given advisory roles.
Q5. Consider the following statements regarding PM- MITRA Park:
1. It has been created to boost the textile industry in the country.
2. It has the provisions of Competitiveness Incentive Support to each PM- MITRA Park for early establishment of the textile manufacturing unit.
3. The park will be situated only in the Brownfield sites.
A. 1 and 2
B. 1,2 and 3
D. 1 only
The government has issued a notification for setting up 7 mega textile parks under the PM-MITRA scheme at the total outlay of Rupees 4,454 crore, with an intention to generate about 1 lakh direct and 2 lakh indirect jobs per Park.
The park will offer an opportunity to create an integrated textile value chain right from spinning, weaving processing /Dyeing, and printing to garment manufacturing at a single location. Hence statement 1 is correct.
Competitiveness incentive support (CIS)of 300 crores will be provided to each PM- MITRA park for the early establishment of the textile manufacturing unit. Hence statement 2 is correct.
The 7 PM Mega Integrated Textile Region and Apparel (PM- MITRA)Park will be set up at Greenfield (fresh) Brownfield (existing) sites located at different willing States. Hence statement 3 is incorrect.
Q6. Consider the following statements with respect to geospatial data
1. Geospatial data is information that describes the object, event, or other features with location on or near the surface of the earth.
2. The geospatial data collected by public and private organizations are not made available to the general public.
Which of the following statements given above is/are incorrect?
Geospatial data is data about objects, events, or phenomena that have a location on the surface of the earth. Hence statement 1 is correct.
The location may be static in the short-term (e.g., the location of a road, an earthquake event, children living in poverty), or dynamic (e.g., a moving vehicle or pedestrian, the spread of an infectious disease).
Geospatial data combines location information (usually coordinates on the earth), attribute information (the characteristics of the object, event, or phenomena concerned), and often also temporal information (the time or life span at which the location and attributes exist).
Much geospatial data is of general interest to a wide range of users. For example, roads, localities, water bodies, and public amenities are useful as reference information for a number of purposes. For this reason, whether collected by public or private organizations, large amounts of geospatial data are available as open data.
This means that it can be accessed freely by users, and is made available through open standards. Hence statement 2 is incorrect.
Q7.Consider the following statements regarding Minimum Support Price (MSP):
1. The MSP is the rate at which the government purchases the crops from the farmer and is based on the calculation of at least one and half times the cost of the production increased by the farmers.
2. The MSP is fixed once a year on the recommendations of the Commission For Agricultural Costs and Prices( CACP).
Which of the statements given above is/ are correct?
The MSP is the rate at which the government purchases the crops from the farmer and is based on the calculation of at least one and half times the cost of the production increased by the farmers. Hence statement 1 is correct.
The government provides MSP on 23 farm commodities.
The MSP is fixed twice a year on the recommendations of the Commission For Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP), which is the statutory body, and submit separate reports recommending prices for Kharif and Rabi crops. Hence statement 2 is incorrect.
The cabinet committee on economic affairs (CCEA) of the union government takes the Final Decision on the level of the MSP and other recommendations made by the CACP.
Q8. Consider the following statements about G20 Troika:
1. Troika refers to the top grouping within G20 that consists of the current, previous, and incoming presidencies.
2. Recently India has joined the G20 Troika group.
Which of the following statements is /are correct?
G20 is the premier forum for international economic cooperation, which reflects a recognition that global prosperity is interdependent and that economic opportunities and challenges are interlinked.
India recently joined the G20 Troika group and other members include Indonesia and Italy. Hence statement 2 is correct.
Troika refers to the top grouping within G20 that consists of the current, previous, and incoming presidencies. Hence statement 1 is correct.
Q9.Consider the following statement about the Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS):
1. The MPLAD scheme aims to enable MPs to recommend the development work in their constituencies with emphasis on the creation of durable community assets based on the local needs.
2. MPs are to recommend every year, works costing at least 15 percent of the MPLADS entitlement for the year for areas inhabited by Scheduled Caste population and 7.5 percent for areas inhabited by S.T. population.
C. 1, 2 and 3
D. 1 and 2
The Union Cabinet has restored the MPLAD scheme that was suspended in April 2020. However, the MP's will get 2 crores instead of the annual approved 5 crores.
The MPLAD scheme came into existence in 1993 to enable MP's to recommend development work in their constituencies with emphasis on the creation of durable community assets based on the local needs. Hence statement 1 is correct.
Initially, the scheme was under the control of the Ministry of Rural Development and Planning, later in 1994, the scheme was transferred to the Ministry of Statics and Programme Implementation.
Each year MP gets a rupee of 5 crores in two installments (currently reduced to ₹ 2crores). The fund is non-lapsable.
The Lok Sabha Members can recommend works in their respective constituencies.
The elected member of the Rajya Sabha can recommend work anywhere in the state from which they are elected.
Nominated members of the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha Mein select to work for implementation anywhere in the country. Hence statement 3 is incorrect.
MPs are to recommend every year, works costing at least 15 percent of the MPLADS entitlement for the year for areas inhabited by Scheduled Caste population and 7.5 percent for areas inhabited by S.T. population. Hence statement 2 is correct.
Q10. The new species of butterfly, named the Chocolate-bordered Flitter, has been discovered. Consider the following statement:
1. Chocolate-bordered Flitter is found in North Sikkim
2. Chocolate-bordered Flitter has the scientific name Zographetus dzonguensis.
3. Chocolate-bordered Flitter is discovered by Sonam Wangchuk Lepcha.
The new species of butterfly is named the Chocolate-bordered Flitter. This butterfly is found in North Sikkim. Hence statement 1 is correct.
Chocolate-bordered Flitter has the scientific name Zographetus dzonguensis. Hence, statement 2 is correct.
An activist of Sikkim Sonam Wangchuk Lepcha discovered this type of Butterfly. Hence, statement 3 is correct.
According to the findings, males and females have slightly different physical appearances, as well as slightly different interior characteristics. In overall colouration and appearance, the Chinese species Zographetus Pangi in Guangdong, and Zographetus hainanensis in Hainan, are similar to the Chocolate-bordered Flitter, although the spotting patterns are slightly different. The Sikkim species' chocolate-brown dots on the hindwing are smaller, and the white spots on the forewing are similarly more pronounced. After 2015, this is the second butterfly species from the Northeast to be discovered by scientists. Krushnamegh Kunte, who is also the co-author of this research, discovered the banded kit in Namdapha.
Q11. Consider the following statements regarding International Monetary Fund (IMF):
1. Gita Gopinath, the India-born, first female chief economist of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), is appointed the first deputy managing director (FDMD) recently
2. The International Monetary Fund, or IMF, promotes international financial stability and monetary cooperation. It also facilitates international trade, promotes employment and sustainable economic growth, and helps to reduce global poverty.
3. It comprises 190 countries.
4. The IMF was conceived in July 1944 at the United Nations Bretton Woods Conference in New Hampshire, United States.
A. 1 and 2 only
B. 2, 3 and 4 only
C. 1 and 3 Only
D. 1, 2, 3 and 4
The International Monetary Fund, or IMF, promotes international financial stability and monetary cooperation. It also facilitates international trade, promotes employment and sustainable economic growth, and helps to reduce global poverty. The IMF is governed by and accountable to its 190 member countries. Hence statements 2 and 3 are correct.
Gita Gopinath, the India-born, first female chief economist of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). She is the first Indian Deputy managing Director. Hence statement 1 is also correct.
The IMF was conceived in July 1944 at the United Nations Bretton Woods Conference in New Hampshire, United States. The 44 countries in attendance sought to build a framework for international economic cooperation and avoid repeating the competitive currency devaluations that contributed to the Great Depression of the 1930s. Hence statement 4 is also correct.
Q12. Consider the following statements regarding International Institute for Democracy and electoral assistance ( IDEA):
1. It is an intergovernmental organization of 175 countries
2. The basic objective of this organization is to establish a democratic parliamentary system in every country of the world.
3. Recently Suneel Arora Ex-Chief election commissioner had joined it.
4. It was founded in 1995
The International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) is an intergovernmental organization It has 34 members. Hence statement 1 is incorrect.
It works to support and strengthen democratic institutions and processes around the world, to develop sustainable, effective, and legitimate democracies. It does not mean it promotes only a parliamentary system of democracy. This organization supports all forms of democracy. Hence statement 2 is incorrect.
Sunil Arora, Ex CEC had joined it recently. Hence statement 3 is correct.
Kevin Casas Zamora is the secretary-general as of August 2019. It was founded in 1995. Hence statement 4 is also correct.


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An international team from the World Health Organisation (WHO), which is looking into the origin of the new coronavirus will travel to Wuhan, China, without supervision from Beijing, a senior WHO official said on Friday.
Last week, WHO had announced that the international team would go to China in January, although it did not give any details on the exact date of the mission and the locations to be visited.
On Friday, WHO Emergencies Chief Michael Ryan said "the team will visit Wuhan;" the city where the Covid-19 outbreak was first reported, and that this was the purpose of the mission.
Ryan told journalists the date of the mission had not yet been set since visas and flights were still being arranged, but that the team was expected to leave "in the first week of January." The experts will be quarantined on their arrival and will pass through Beijing as a "courtesy" to the Chinese government, he said.
"The purpose of the mission is to go to the original point at which human cases were detected, and we fully expect to do that," the WHO official explained.
Scientists generally believe the original host of the virus was a bat, but no-one knows which other animal served as an intermediary in transmitting it to humans.
The WHO mission is made up of 10 scientists – from Australia, Britain, Denmark, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, Qatar, Russia, USA and Vietnam – renowned in their respective areas of competence. Their mission includes determining how the virus was transmitted to humans.
Responding to a journalist's question, Ryan emphasised that the team was a WHO team "of international experts with international renown," adding that they "will work with our Chinese colleagues" and "will not be, as you say, supervised by Chinese officials."
In the meantime, the experts have been able to hold many video-teleconference meetings since late October with their Chinese colleagues.
The government of the United States – the country that has the world's highest Covid -19 death toll, with over 314,000 death – has publicly accused Beijing of hiding things. Additionally, the Trump administration has also accused the WHO of bending over backwards to please the Chinese authorities.
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A strange signal arrives on the Earth disturbing all communications, while an ufo appears above the Antarctic sea. Captain Alex Hamilton is sent with his spaceship and crew to the space outside the Solar System to find the origin of that signal. They reach an unknow planet where a giant robot enslaved a whole population of humanoids by taking their psychic energies. The robot's got his eyes on the Earth, too...
This is a muddled, confusing, badly edited and occasionally completely unwatchable Italian science fiction movie, a rambling wreck of a film that tries so desperately hard to be impressive but fails miserably on almost every count. Still, I kinda liked its funky vibe. While bad, it's campy fun and certainly worth the five hours I spent watching the movie and writing this review.
Cosmos: War of the Planets was first released in 1977, riding the massive groundswell caused by Star Wars. Since that time, it has bounced around under various names, including Cosmos 2000: Planet Without a Name, Battle of the Stars, War in Space and even Battaglie Negli Spazi Stellari(!). At some point it was cast down into public domain hell and was picked up by b-movie pimps Brentwood Home Video, who released it on cheap-ass DVD under the name Cosmos: War of the Planets. - millionmonkeytheater
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Starring: John Richardson, Yanti Somer, West Buchanan
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The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons is proud to host the 2014 Annual Meeting — the world's largest meeting of orthopaedic surgeons, researchers and allied health professionals — at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, March 11 – 15.
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Complimentary breakfast, lunch, and refreshments on Tuesday, March 11 through Friday, March 14.
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Constructing a Safe and Accessible Playground is all in ONE Day's Work. Over the course of seven short hours, the AAOS and volunteers will construct a Safe and Accessible Playground at the FirstLine Schools' Arthur Ashe Charter School, 1456 Gardena Drive, New Orleans on Tuesday, March 11. Read more.


Employee referral programs typically outproduce any other source of hire, when looking at recruiting cycle times, costs, and new hire quality. No surprise, right? What should be surprising is that companies typically invest the smallest amount of resources into referral programs when compared to other recruiting programs, tools, technology, and databases.
Listen to the average consultant or expert and they'll tell you ways to improve your referral results include increasing the bonus, giveaway more prizes (like a car or trip), communicate better and encourage more referrals. If you want mediocre results, take their advice.
After working with several organizations on increasing their referral capabilities, there are approximately 100 characteristics of successful referral programs I've documented. Here is a list of the top 5 ways to revolutionize your referral program and experience dramatic improvements, based on this work.
Use a leading employee referral technology to market your program, jobs and referrals. And no, I don't mean the crappy landing page your applicant tracking system offers. I've used and would recommend checking out EmployeeReferrals.com. Your employees are busy, you shouldn't set the expectation that they need to check your open jobs or set job alerts to see what's available and who they might know. With EmployeeReferrals.com, your employees can be marketed jobs that match people from their professional or personal networks, automatically. Their solution is cost effective, and after implementation we experienced a 300%+ increase in referral activity and 60% increase in referrals hired, within 3 months.
Reward referrals that come from people outside of your company. A solution like EmployeeReferrals.com allows you to reward, recognize, and compensate individuals who don't work for your company. Let's say one of your employees' refers someone from their professional network (contact A) for a job and for whatever reason they aren't open or interested – and they refer someone from their network (contact B) who gets hired. Why wouldn't you split the reward between the original employee that referred Contact A, and Contact A as well?
Create a referral process, procedures and set SLA's. Nothing will frustrate your employees more than having their referrals lost in the black hole of HR. Examples may include setting expectations to check their Reqs and contact referrals everyday, or within 24 hours. Or defining communication parameters up front so your employees know what happens and what to expect once they submit a referral. Also include a centralized mailbox or phone number for questions – make it as easy and seamless for your employees.
Build a campaign around your program – beyond just having a program. Tie 2-3 campaigns or themes per year around your referral program, have contests and provide consistent messaging, updates and reminders to your employees through team meetings, leaders, the intranet, paycheck stubs, department and all company meetings. Use these venues to recognize top referrers and success stories, tied to business results. If you want to create a conversation piece, send an oversized postcard to your employees' home.
Host a referral event. There are a variety of ways to leverage your employees' networks, and hosting an invitation only event can produce very strong results. Having recruiters and hiring managers available and accessible for on the spot conversations and interviews is the obvious benefit. Organize an event where potential candidates can watch videos, see your CEO speak about the company and visit departments are a few ways to create additional interest. If your company operates in multiple geographies, consider hosting a virtual event – there are multiple technology providers that manage the even for you. Brazen Careerist is one that I've had experience with, and would recommend taking a look at.
Referral programs have, and will continue to be a leading source of hire for organizations. What you decide to do with your program will determine how engaged your employees are to refer, and what level of success your company will experience, as a result.


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From 1989 to 1995, a sketch comedy television series called The Kids in the Hall was a big hit in Canada and the U.S. Part of the reason may have been the catchy instrumental theme song "Having an Average Weekend," by the band Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet. The Toronto-based Shadowy Men disbanded in 1996 only to reunite in 2012. We thought it would be interesting to speak with drummer Don Pyle about the show and song that helped change his life. Following are edited excerpts from a longer conversation.
Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet performing at The Tractor in Ballard, WA.
Jim Clash: How did "Having an Average Weekend" come to be the theme song for The Kids in the Hall TV show?
Don Pyle: We had been working with The Kids comedy group since they had started. Reid [Diamond] and Brian [Connelly], the other two guys in our Shadowy Men band, had grown up with [writer/actor] Bruce McCulloch. Whenever they would need something, say a piece of music, they would ask us. They had been using the song "Having an Average Weekend," which was on our first seven-inch single, for club gigs. So when they got the TV show, it was just natural to use the same song.
Clash: Did you know when you recorded "Having an Average Weekend" that it would become a hit?
Pyle: There's some sort of magic that happens with certain recordings that you can't put your finger on. Some of it is how a band is feeling, who your engineer is, how comfortable you are in the studio. I always thought that "Having an Average Weekend" was something special because it has that nice 12-string acoustic guitar, chiming and bright. We didn't use a 12-string on much else. At the time, we thought the other two songs on that seven-inch single were better. But, like any band that's been around for awhile, you come and go with what you think is good. And those songs that you thought were amazing you hear years later and think very differently about them.
Clash: How did that song being the theme for The Kids in the Hall change your lives?
Pyle: At that point, we were already touring across Canada and playing in the northern [U.S.] states, largely because of college radio and a national radio program here on CBC called Brave New Waves. After the TV show, our audiences definitely bumped up quite a bit. It was interesting in that we were playing the same clubs, but the promoters and booking agents were more interested in working with us. I think often of the Canadian band, Triumph, and how they really took off when they started advertising their records on TV. So "Having an Average Weekend" and the TV show helped us leave our jobs and make a living at being a band, but they were just a larger part of a puzzle with many pieces.
Clash: I know you don't like the label, but often you're referred to as a surf band in the genre of The Ventures. Are you a surf band?
Pyle: I would say very minimally. We started listening to surf stuff after we formed. But we met through the punk rock scene. All of us were into a lot of '60s garage and rock and roll. There was Alice Cooper, The Who. So surf and instrumental music was a small part of everything. The surf beat is one of the easiest to play, and that was probably an early influence because, when we started, I had just begun playing drums. Brian was more into Fender guitars then, too, so it was higher tones and sharp, sharp sounds - and definitely a lot of reverb. I remember in the studio sending a reverb to a reverb. More reverb, more reverb [laughs]! Duane Eddy was more of an influence than The Ventures. Also, with a lot of bands, when you take away the singer, there are only so many genres you're going to get described as. We got put into the surf genre - that thing with media where one writer reads what the other writer says, and then says the same. So it became this perpetual thing that didn't really reflect what was going on with us.
Clash: How many times do you think you have played "Having an Average Weekend?"
Pyle: Oh God, I couldn't even tell you that. We rehearse way more than we play shows. It's uncountable. Six million times, I think [laughs].


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Weichert Real Estate Affiliates announces continued market growth in 2018 with 50 new offices
U.S. | Jan 30, 2019 at 7:20 am
Weichert Real Estate Affiliates Inc. continued its national expansion efforts with the addition of 50 new offices in 2018, it announced Tuesday.
The new offices are a 6 percent increase when compared to the company's growth in 2017. The brand's office footprint has expanded 22 percent since 2015, it said.
The Southern and Midwest regions of the country saw the most new Weichert offices, it said, accounting for 36 of the 50.
Weichert also added three new offices in California and two in New Mexico, it said.
"We're excited to see the Weichert franchise footprint continue to grow year over year — especially as we open in new markets and expand in others," Bill Scavone, president and chief operating officer of Weichert Real Estate Affiliates.
"Our sustained growth is proof that Weichert continues to be an attractive brand for independent companies across the country that want access to industry-leading operating and management systems and training programs to help them build a world-class brokerage," he said.
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Dit is een lijst van burgemeesters van de Nederlandse gemeente Berkelland in de provincie Gelderland sinds haar stichting op 1 januari 2005. Berkelland is ten gevolge van een gemeentelijke herindeling per deze datum ontstaan door de samenvoeging van de gemeenten Borculo, Eibergen, Neede en Ruurlo.

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 Lijst van burgemeesters van Borculo
 Lijst van burgemeesters van Eibergen
 Lijst van burgemeesters van Neede
 Lijst van burgemeesters van Ruurlo

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All the girls adore getting gifts and they are especially to have them when there is no an obvious reason for it. The Ukrainian ladies are not exception at all. They do love surprises and if their men make them regularly then the girls will be definitely happy staying with such boyfriends. Moreover the girls are in love not only with gifts but also with the process of choosing them so shopping will become a part of life of every man in the relationships.
Shopping might eat a hole in your pocket easily if you do not care where she goes for it. Of course the ladies hate limitations however it is vital to show her boarders of what is allowed and what is not. That is why you have to visit shops with her however it is a hard task for a man but it is necessary. She will more careful about what she is buying when she is with his boyfriend. You might give her advice what fits her better and at the same time look at the prices so it will be full control of the situation. Unfortunately the women from Ukraine are bad spenders so if they are not controlled then they might buy everything they see. It is destructive for the family budget but even if she keeps in mind that she has to spend not much money at once when there is no her man around she will definitely exceed the limit.
Of course not all the girls are so irresponsible but even if they are keeping their money save it is still a real torture for a man to visit malls with her. In order to save some cash she might choose the clothes for eternity without visible success. You might go through all the shops and buy only one thing for 5 hours. Moreover quite often your woman will buy nothing saying that tomorrow you need to go to another place. That is why the limitation of budget has not only positive sides but also negative because either way you spend money or time.
If you want to make her surprise on your own then the first thing to remember is not to buy her clothes because there might be a lot of problems with sizes and comfort. Some stuff might look adorable but when you wear it that might cause a lot of pain and stress for the body so in these cases it is better to go shopping with her. The same is better do with such a piece of jewelry as rings. You have to know exactly what the size of her finger or otherwise you will have to bring the ring back after it does not fit her.
Making a good gift will be much easier when you will consider her interests but not your own. That is why it is important to listen to her carefully when she talks about what she wants. If you present her a casserole when she has wanted tea-pot it might be considered as a sign of misunderstanding of her needs and that gift might only make the relationships worse but not vice versa. So if she constantly says how she wants new gloves then you have to choose the moment and to present them unexpectedly.
Sometimes ladies change their mind ten times a day so it is very hard to understand what they do want. If you have such a woman then you need to concentrate on what she dislikes and never buy it for her. Then it is necessary to remember all the options she has told you and choose the most appropriate one. It is a bad idea to ask about a piece of advice other ladies because some girls love flowers, some hate and the same is connected with all the stuff. That is why it is important to rely only on your own knowledge about her preferences.
It is always hard for a man to visit a shopping center even with the girl he loves. It demands a lot of patience or money so he has to choose what he values more – his time or money. The same is connected with the gifts because you might spend less time and buy her something luxurious and stylish or you might dedicate a week or two in order to find something worth her attention and in the same time not that costly. Often it is much better to spend some time looking for something special than buy something expensive but faceless.


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Polio All Transit Event
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October is Polio month with World Polio Day occurring on 24 October each year. Districts 9920/9910 continue to collaborate to hold an event called Polio All Transit (PAT) on the Auckland Transport Network, but due to Covid restrictions this could not be held in October 2021 and will now be held on Friday 25 February 2022.
This is based on the All Stations Event last held in 2020. Ferries have been added to the transport options.
The concept is that a team (dressed in red End Polio apparel) will ride the Auckland Transport (AT) Train and Ferry Network and at each train station or ferry terminal visited there will be a local Rotary Club (also dressed in red End Polio apparel) who will symbolically hand over a cheque for the End Polio Campaign to the Polio Team riding the trains or ferries. You may have a fake 'big cheque' to use for this occasion.
Snapshot of what it is like to ride the train - why don't YOU
Snapshot of what it is like to ride the Waiheke Ferry - join in on the FUN
The photo opportunity will be actioned either at the station/platform/terminal but if there is not enough time, the club members will join the train to have the photo opportunity on board and ride for a couple of stations – then return via train or ferry to their base station.
PROMOTION & FUNDRAISING:
AT have given permission for us to undertake this event and to collect donations from passengers traveling on the trains and ferries and at the stations/terminals.
It is anticipated we will not only raise awareness of the End Polio Campaign but it is also an opportunity for local clubs to promote Rotary and invite interested people to join or engage with their club.
The project team will work with clubs on allocation of stations. Some stations/terminals have been identified for more substantial information stands and require people throughout the event's duration.
It is strongly recommended that all riders wear a red polio shirt - these are available from a NZ supply and can be obtained by emailing tagpoliooff@gmail.com for NZD22 plus Post and Postage. Plenty of stock but demand is anticipated to be high so please get in early.
This event will happen on Friday 25 February 2022 and commence at approximately 8am until 6pm.
There will be a timetable of when the train or ferry with the Polio Riders will arrive at each club's designated station/terminal.
Rotarians will be able to join the Riders group by registering and this form is also attached. Riders can ride free on the network as long as they are wearing a red End Polio Shirt.
We suggest each Polio Rider arranges sponsorship from friends and families to raise money whilst they ride the trains at say $1 per station or $5 per ferry ride.
YOUR INVITATION:
We would like to invite your club to participate in this event.
If you are interested please complete the Registration Form. The form can be returned to tagpoliooff@gmail.com
Additional details will be sent to all those participating. All queries to Jennie Herring.
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A red-letter day
Watch out for a sea of red at the Britomart Station on Friday, October 23rd. It is the second year in succession that Rotary in Auckland is organising a `Ride a train to enable others to walk' event.
Just when the world is fighting a deadly battle against Coronavirus, the Rotary initiative of eradicating wild poliovirus from Africa recently made international headlines.
Immunizing more than 2.4 billion children in 122 countries since the last 30 years is an unimaginable feat, though sadly, the wild poliovirus still paralyses children in Afghanistan and Pakistan. As long as polio exists anywhere, it remains a threat everywhere.
It's the reason why Rotary in New Zealand has been going hard, to wipe out the virus from the face of this earth.
Sea of red set to flood Auckland trains and ferries in anti-polio campaign
A sea of red is set to engulf Auckland commuters tomorrow (23 October 2020) as hundreds of campaigners take to trains and ferries in a campaign to raise awareness about ending polio.
Rotary Club volunteers will ride around Auckland public transport wearing red shirts from 8am to 6pm as part of the Polio All Transit campaign. Article here: https://pmn.co.nz/articles/sea-of-red-set-to-flood-auckland-trains-and-ferries-in-anti-polio-campaign


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Former London mayor compares the European Union to Hitler
Taylor Irwin
London's former mayor is fighting for the United Kingdom to leave the European Union, but his most recent attempt to prove that point has gained him a lot of criticism.
Boris Johnson, who's a current member of the U.K. Parliament, said in an interview with The Telegraph that the EU shares a common thread with Hitler — a desire for a powerful superstate – though he did note the EU is using "different methods."
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His comments come amid the ongoing "Brexit" debate. On June 23, British voters will decide whether to remain in the EU.
British Prime Minister David Cameron has been openly against leaving the EU, and so have other leaders — including President Barack Obama.
"I think to try and compare Hitler ... with the free democracies of Europe coming together to trade, to cooperate and to help secure peace since that war is deeply offensive," Shadow Foreign Secretary Hilary Benn said.
But Johnson's bold comparison has backers, too.
"There have been all sorts of attempts to dominate Europe, and these have all floundered because Europe is not naturally one entity," former Chancellor Lord Lamont said.
Johnson ended his interview by noting that the EU vote was "a chance for the British people to be the heroes of Europe."
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Every single business that doesn't literally accept cash over a counter should be utilising digital signatures as a way to speed up their sales process. It's more secure, legally certified and faster than old-fashioned signatures.
They open the proposal and sign by typing their name and clicking 'Sign Proposal'.
It takes seconds for your clients to sign and speeds up the approval process from weeks to minutes. There are other services that do this like Docusign and EchoSign but they're separate to the system you'd use to send your proposal so it's an additional and unnecessary step for you and your client. Investigate how you can implement this into your business.


With the lamp and rail.
Sorry, but it's another Final Destination clone, just one long & flat foreground.
Not completely. I mean i see stairs.... and you can't fall down.
On this stage you not suppose to fall down its slimar to bridge of eldin you can't die by falling down you can only die if you get knocked out the screen.
Are those robots taking any effect in the map?
This quite small... If you come up with a new/more interesting layout I will help.
No there just background characters it does not just flys pass the stage.
It's a good stage though it was my favorite level in sonic adventure 2 battle.
Probably if you're trynna make a sonic lv stage i suggest maybe using the final stage where you face shadow vs sonic. It would be a moving stage that will slowly move to the left and pieces of the stage would fall.
Lemme go fish it out.
This stage looks boring, you should have the enemies fly on, shoot at characters then fly off the screen. And make the enmies destroyable too.
What I'd like to see is an Adventure mode Escape from the City.
Yeah a longer city escape level in adventure that will be better.


A man has drowned while canoeing in a lake west of Brisbane as a wild storm swept through the area on Wednesday night.
The 48-year-old man was putting out crab pots with a friend at Lake Somerset when he was swept away about 6pm.
Emergency workers found him soon after but he was declared dead at the scene, say police.


Step back in time on the Classic Israel Tour while sightseeing Jerusalem's Old City and New City. Be emotionally moved with special visits to the Western Wall and Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial. Enjoy the experience of a cable car ride to the top of Masada and relax and enjoy yourself as you float on the Dead Sea, the lowest place on earth! The non-denominational Classic Israel Tour will make you fall in love with Israel and keep you coming back for future tours of the Holy Land!
Start the day with a magnificent panoramic view from Mount of Olives. Drive to the Old City. Visit the Tomb of King David and the room of The Last Supper on Mount Zion. Enter the walled city and walk through the newly restored Jewish quarter. Visit the Roman Cardo, the Herodian quarter and continue to the Western Wall. Walk along the Via Dolorosa to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Continue to Bethlehem*. View Rachel's tomb and proceed to visit the Church of Nativity and Manger Square.
Drive to the Israel Museum. Visit the Shrine of the Book where the Dead Sea Scrolls are housed and the miniature model of Jerusalem as it was during the second temple period. Proceed for a tour at the Knesset, Israel's parliament. Continue to visit Mount Herzl Cemetery and Yad Vashem, the memorial to the Holocaust. Visit Mea Shearim, the ultra-orthodox neighborhood in Jerusalem and learn about their unique lifestyle.
Drive along the coastal plain to Caesarea, capital of Judea under the Romans. See the excavations of the Crusader city and the Roman port, aqueduct and the amphitheater that has been restored to its former glory as a concert venue. Proceed to Megiddo, identified as the site of Armageddon; visit the archaeological excavations including the well-preserved water supply system. Continue to Daliat El Carmel, a Druze village and enjoy a late lunch at a local restaurant. Proceed via Mount Carmel to Haifa for a panoramic view of the Haifa bay and the golden-domed Baha'i Shrine and gardens.
Start the day with a visit to Nazareth and visit the Church of Annunciation; Continue to Tiberias. Visit Capernaum to see the ruins of the synagogue and octagonal Church of St. Peter. Visit Mount of Beatitudes where Jesus delivered the Sermon on the Mount. Drive via Beit Shean to Beit Alpha to see the remains of the mosaic floor of an ancient synagogue depicting the zodiac.


Pulse Biosciences (NSDQ:PLSE) said today that it agreed to sell 2 million of the company's common stock at $15.02 apiece to investor Robert Duggan in a $30 million private placement.
The company plans to use the net proceeds from the private placement for working capital or other general corporate purposes, according to a regulatory filing.
Earlier this month, Pulse Biosciences withdrew the 510(k) application that it filed with the FDA in March for its PulseTx nano-pulse stimulation platform.
The Burlingame, Calif.-based company's PulseTx system uses short-duration electrical pulses directed at solid tumors to induce immunogenic cell death. The cell death process exposes the tumor cell antigens to the immune system, which triggers an adaptive immune response, according to Pulse Biosciences.
The company said that it withdrew the 510(k) application after failing to deliver requested information to the FDA before Sept. 10.
Pulse Biosciences added that it is "committed to generating the requested data and analysis" and that it plans to submit the application again soon.
See the best minds in medtech live at DeviceTalks Boston on Oct. 2.


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Posted on November 9, 2017 by David Wright
Cops searching for Hillsboro man
Detective says suspect charged with gun violations, involved in May meth bust
By David Wright - dwright@aimmediamidwest.com
Zumwalde
A Hillsboro man is being sought by law enforcement on criminal firearm charges after he was involved in a Wilmington drug bust earlier this year, according to authorities.
Officers are currently on the hunt for Trenton Zumwalde, 22, who is believed to be in the Highland County area, according to Detective Scott Baker of the Wilmington Police Department.
"We believe Zumwalde is armed and dangerous at this time," Baker said, urging residents to use caution and contact local authorities if they see Zumwalde.
Baker told The Times-Gazette that Zumwalde, who has a criminal record in Highland County, was recently indicted by a Clinton County Grand Jury for felony firearm violations, charges stemming from a May drug bust at the Hampton Inn & Suites in Wilmington, where local law enforcement officers and agents with the Greater Warren County Drug Task Force confiscated large quantitities of contraband, including more than a pound of crystal methamphetamine, cash, a white Lexus believed to have been bought with drug money, and two handguns, one of which was in Zumwalde's possession.
According to a case summary provided to The Times-Gazette by Baker, Zumwalde and a New Vienna man, Jesse Carpenter, were found in a hotel room with the handgun, ammunition, syringes and a small amount of marijuana after authorities knocked on the door and heard the toilet flush a number of times.
Zumwalde was arrested on a Highland County warrant for probation violations in a drug trafficking case, and was sent to prison several days later, according to court records.
Online records show Zumwalde was released from prison in July, and has since been under supervision by the Adult Parole Authority.
A federal drug trafficking case is pending against Foryst Rios and Karie Price, who were also arrested at the hotel after officers found drugs, cash and a pistol in the room in which they were staying, as well as more than a pound of crystal meth in the glove box of a white Lexus belonging to Price, the summary said.
The summary said authorities believed Rios and Price were "the main source of supply" of crystal meth in Highland County at the time, and Rios was suspected of obtaining it in bulk, "with an estimation of several pounds per week."
According to the summary, Price at one point told officers that the group was selling drugs in Clinton County since they had no ties to the community, then mentioned Highland County Common Pleas Judge Rocky Coss by name, saying, "You know he (expletive) hammers people for drugs."
Baker said anonymous tips can be called in at 1-800-382-8477, or sent by email to drugtips@wcdtd.org.
The Highland County Sheriff's Office can be reached at 937-393-1421.
Reach David Wright at 937-402-2570, or on Twitter @DavidWrighter.
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As an American, I take a certain amount of pride in the high standard of living made possible via an economy built on liquified dinosaurs (sweet sweet fossil fuels). There are some subversive elements in our society, however, that would like their grandchildren to have breathable air and non-poisonous water. They have elected to drive electric cars. While this post is not sponsored by the kind, almost Colonel Sanders-esque, big oil companies, I am sure they would appreciate our attempt to shine a light on these alternative energy deviants. So let us consider the Prius, the Tesla Model S, and their devotees.


It's time for your weekly dose of encouragement. I wrote my second post for my church's online Bible study this week. Our topic has been Hope for the World. This week I talk a little about what it means to say that you are a Christian. What do you do in your everyday life that allows others to see Jesus in you?
Take a 5 minute time out and head over to Hope Church's Online Study page to read this week's post ---> Hope for the World: Say What?
I also hope that you will be joining me for the month of October, as I join the Write 31 Days team, and write about one topic every day for the entire month. Follow the link below to see what it is all about, and join me back here on October 1st for my first post. My topic is 31 Days of House Projects.


I worried that we would not be able to take our 7 week photos today because it was quite chilly this afternoon. However, the wind died down and the sun came out and the puppies had a wonderful time in the garden.
They are fully mobile now and at least two of them can run up the stairs as fast as their mother. They are doing well eating solid food and they are all getting accustomed to having their nails clipped, although they have also developed stronger opinions about it. Their bites are excellent so far with their tiny baby teeth.
They go on Tuesday for their vet check up and to have their microchips implanted, and then next weekend, they begin to leave for their new adventures in their forever homes. I am personally really pleased by how beautiful everyone of these puppies is turning out to be. There is not one that does not have show potential at this point in time. They have beautiful type, good conformation and wonderful characters.
Emmelia also came out of her shell. Although she is naturally the most reserved and demure puppy, she too, has gotten into the wild play of her siblings. Her eyes are still puppy blue but they are beginning to change and I imagine that over the next four weeks they will be very deep brown. She is extremely effeminate and elegant.
Elamira, Eliana and Elham are wild things. Elamira is looking gorgeous. Her head is exquisite and she appears to be a black brindle, although not as dark as some I have seen.
Eliana is the puppy who looks and acts most like her mother. Her sweet expression will melt your heart and belies the saucy, sassy personality beneath that facade.
Elham is also growing into a very elegant girl. She is very outgoing and extremely inquisitive about the world around her. She was one of the first to learn to squeeze under the deck to get into the big dog yard and she loves to go and run with the adult Sloughis.
Everest and Eshe. What can I say? It is impossible to photograph them because they are just. So. Busy. They entertain themselves with every stick, every bud, everything they can find. And they never run out of energy. Watching them exhausts me.
Djem and Ehsan are a click less intense than their very busy brother. Both are very sweet and very engaging.
Sam is also doing great. He (along with Everest and Eshe) is also very busy. He is always ecstatically happy and he is working on being a lapdog.


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Katherine of Aragon as Regent of England
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Katherine of Aragon (Photo credit: National Portrait Gallery)
King Henry VIII was resolved to go to France and wage war. This decision set in motion a series of significant events, none which was beneficial to James IV, King of Scots. Scotland had initiated the 'Auld Alliance' with France in 1290 and it had been regularly renewed through the centuries. This agreement stipulated that Scotland and France would come to each other's aid in the event of an attack by England. But James had also ratified the Treaty of Perpetual Peace in 1503 with King Henry VII.
The terms of the 1503 treaty called for dire consequences if Scotland or England attacked each other. One of the more significant penalties awaiting the king who initiated the attack was excommunication by the Pope. The Treaty of Perpetual Peace allowed James to maintain his position as an independent monarch in Europe and for Henry VII to strengthen his dynasty. For the most part, the two kings observed these terms until King Henry VII's death.
In the meantime, there had always been trouble along the border area between England and Scotland, mostly consisting of raids on both sides. James IV had been incensed with the murder of Sir Robert Ker, his Warden of the Scottish Middle March. His assassin was the illegitimate son of a prominent Northumberland family, known as Bastard Heron. Heron had been allowed to remain free in England with impunity for his crime. This act had been something completely different from the mere raids perpetrated by the Reivers on either side of the border.
In preparation for his sojourn to France, King Henry VIII drew up grants on June 6, 1513 giving his Queen complete power as Regent before his invasion fleet left Dover for France. The first grant, by Letters Patent, stated: "Katherine, Queen Consort. To be Regent and Governess of England, Wales and Ireland, during the King's absence in his expedition against France". Her mandate allowed her to make commissions of muster and array; to grant licenses to elect to the chapter of conventual churches not being cathedrals [no bishops]; to present to vacant churches, in the king's gift, rated between 20 and 40 marks; to appoint sheriffs; to issue warrants under her sign manual to John Heron, treasurer of the king's chamber, for payment of such sums as she might require; and to sign warrants to the king's secretary, keeper of his signet, to the Chancellor for the use of the great seal.
Katherine would have the advice of a small council, led by the Lord Chancellor, William Warham, Archbishop of Canterbury, John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester, Sir Thomas Englefield, Speaker of the king's first House of Commons, and Sir Robert Southwell, chief butler of England, as well as the Treasurer of the Household, Sir Thomas Lovell. Henry selected these men to give the Queen advice but the King made it clear Katherine's word must be taken as his own.
The Letters Patent also included the ability "to fight and wage war against any of our enemies in our absence". She had "full power to convoke and bring together, when it seems necessary and opportune to the Queen, each and every one of our subjects who are most suitable and capable of defending and protecting our kingdom of England…to arm and equip them for war and to station, prepare and lead them…". He gave her the power to issue mandates to the treasury to pay any sums of money she might appoint for the defense of the kingdom.
Henry placed his ultimate trust in Katherine to provide additional supplies for the war in France and, as guardian of the realm, to defend England against any Scottish invasion. He was complimentary of his queen, stating in the Letters Patent that Katherine's "honor, excellence, prudence, forethought and faithfulness" could not be doubted. Katherine's loyalties were to Henry and England and Henry recognized her faithfulness by giving her an extraordinary amount of authority. It is clear Katherine exercised most of these powers and usually signed off on any documents with her name alone.
The Capitulation of Granada by F. Pradilla from Wikimedia Commons
Katherine had plenty of inspiration for her new role. Her mother, Isabella of Castile had demonstrated strategic mastery and taken a leading position in conducting the decade-long war against the Moors in the Reconquista of the Iberian Peninsula and in the Kingdom of Granada. Isabella acted as quartermaster, organizing the supply of men and materials. She showed a keen interest in military tactics and artillery, ordering gunpowder and setting up new forges in Spain to produce the siege artillery required for battering the citadels held by the enemy. Katherine witnessed Queen Isabella riding at the forefront of her troops to boost their morale before battle.
Katherine set out from Greenwich with Henry and the army for Dover. In the castle, Henry officially turned power over to her and she watched as Henry sailed for Calais. She returned to London and took charge of the defense of the realm, aided by Sir Thomas Lovell and Thomas Howard, Earl of Surrey. Henry had specifically appointed the military veteran Surrey to take charge of the military expedition against the Scots in the event of an invasion.
Katherine corresponded weekly with the royal almoner, Cardinal Thomas Wolsey. Each time she requested he send back with her courier any news about the king. She communicated with the king through Wolsey because she knew Henry was occupied and didn't want to bother him. She was solicitous and worried about the king's safety, pestering Wolsey for information about Henry's health and sending the king fresh supplies of linen. She pleaded with Margaret of Savoy, the Regent of the Netherlands, to send the best physician she could find to look after him.
In July, word reached Katherine of James IV's mustering of troops for an invasion of England. Surrey began his preparations for war, recruiting men from his own household and tenants. Katherine's duties included gathering ordinance, horses, carts and uniforms and the appropriate heraldic items. She reported to Wolsey she was "horribly busy with making standards, banners and badges".
She signed a warrant to the Great Wardrobe for two "standards of the lion crowned imperial according to the two with those of England and Spain, two with the cross of St. George, three of imagery (i.e. of the Trinity, Our Lady and St. George), one coat of arms of England for a herald and one for pursuivant, 6 trumpet banners and 100 pennants for diverse carriages." To the north she sent artillery, gunners, a fleet of eight ships, grain, pipes of beer, rope, cables and suits of light armor along with ten thousand pounds for war expenses. For herself, she ordered a golden headpiece with a crown, a light sallet helmet and a rounded, broad-brimmed shapewe helmet (a type of armored sun hat). There is no record of Katherine being seen wearing a full suit of armor.
Before about five hundred troops on parade in London on July 21, Katherine gave a speech. The Italian humanist Pietro Martire d'Anghiera reported: "Queen Katherine, in imitation of her mother Isabella, who had been left regent in the King's absence, made a splendid oration to the English captains, told them to be ready to defend their territory, that the Lord smiled upon those who stood in defense of their own, and they should remember that English courage excelled that of all other nations." The next day, the English forces departed for the north.
For years, James IV had been asking Henry VII and then Henry VIII to hand over the Bastard Heron for just punishment. On August 18, 1513, Katherine signed a pardon for Heron as his crime was considered a misdemeanor in England. This paved the way for him to fight at the battle of Flodden on the side of the English. He would be instrumental in coming to the aid of Edmund Howard, father of the future Queen Catherine Howard, during the battle and saving his life.
The troops and artillery were headed to Newcastle. In August, Katherine and Sir Thomas Lovell were raising additional men. James IV threatened to reach York by Michaelmas (September 29) and Katherine took this threat seriously. Between September 3 and 7, Lovell was raising troops in the Midlands under martial law conditions at Queen Katherine's command. Katherine personally gathered together a third force, forming a reserve army around London.
Battle of Flodden (Photo credit: https://www.scotclans.com/flodden-the-little-known-battle-that-changed-history/)
Along the roads leading to Buckingham, levies were pouring in from as far away as Wales, and from all the southern and western counties. The army totaled about sixty thousand men which Katherine intended to lead to York by herself. In early September, she rode out of London at the head of the reserve force of gentlemen and yeoman of the counties, a band of Londoners and gunpowder artillery from the Tower, on her way to rendezvous with the rest of the army. By September 14, she arrived at Buckingham, about fifty miles from London, when she received a letter from Surrey announcing the English victory at Flodden (September 9) and declaring "there is no great man of Scotland returned home, but the Chamberlain (Lord Hume)"
English reaction to the victory was ecstatic. Katherine wrote to Henry in France:
"My Lord Howard has sent me a Letter, which I enclose for our Grace within mine. You shall see in detail the great victory our Lord God has given to your subjects in your absence….and to my thinking this battle has been for your Grace and all your realm the greatest honour there could be, and more than if you should win all the crown of France. Thanks be to God for it, and I am sure that your Grace will not forget to do this, which will be the cause of sending you more such great victories."
She also sent Henry the bloody surcoat of James IV:
"Your grace shall see how I can keep my promise, sending you for your banners a King's coat. I thought to send him to you in person but our Englishmen's hearts would not suffer it. It should have been better for him to have kept the peace than have this reward. All that God sends is for the best." She signed this letter as "his humble wife and true servant".
Katherine realized England could not sustain two armies at once so began to disband the reserve army and reduce Surrey's troops. She offered to send someone to comfort the widowed Queen of Scots, Henry's sister Margaret. She assured Margaret that as long as she kept the peace, her brother would support her regency in Scotland for her young son, James V. The letters exchanged between Margaret and Katherine suggest they were looking for a permanent peace.
Henry had reached Calais on June 30. In August, he won the Battle of the Spurs and took several prisoners, including Louis of Orléans, duke de Longueville. Henry sent the duke to Katherine. Due to the threat of the Scottish invasion, she imprisoned him in the Tower of London for his safety. Later in August, Henry seized the town of Thérouanne and in September, after a siege, Tournai surrendered to him.
By October 21, Henry was back in England. The duke de Longueville remained in the royal household until peace was made with France the following year. He seems to have enjoyed his stay in England. After paying his ransom, he returned to France asking to be remembered to the Queen.
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