I'm lost and these walls only blind me.
When I find you again, perhaps i'll be free.
When my morals return, then perhaps i'll gain something.
the town boasted a structure that was unlike any other. It stood there like a giant. Gracious and ambivalent. The cathedral was made entirelyout of stained glass, and stood 10 miles high. When one would enter it a voice would whisper from the gods.
the town boasted a structure that was unlike any other. It stood there like a giant. Gracious and ambivalent. The cathedral was made entirelyout of stained glass, and stood 10 miles high. When one would enter it was almost as though a voice would whisper from the gods.
A boy stepped into the church walking under the pews with a diligence he could not quite grasp. He felt a sense of honor having been asked to join the choir. No one had ever given him praise before, so when the pastor came to him and his father after Sunday school the week before he couldn't help but to say yes.
I am dissapointed by today's word. Cathedral is something religious, and I hate religious staff. I would better write about something more every day. But whatever. It is my first day on oneword, so cathedral. Here we go. Beautiful and terrific. Old and magical.
I've grown up in church since I was born, my parents have thought that the grand cathedrals in Mexico were amazing. I thought they were boring and wondered why they all felt the need to show Jesus hanging on the cross. It wasn't a pleasant place to be. Very boring. Very stuffy. Few people loved God in those places. Few people loved me.
A cathedral is a really big church.
The spires rose until they were lost in the clouds. She stood gazing at the massive walls and pondered how she came to even be here at all. He glanced at her from a window high above and ruefully shook his head at yet another victim come to grace the halls of the cathedral.
The cathedral was open and white, full of stained glass and sunshine. The colors mixed on the floor like a rainbow, but it reminded Melissa more of a kid's puke after one too many slushies and a trip on the Tilt-a-Whirl. She tried not to look at the swirling colors, but they were mesmerizing. She couldn't help but stare.
The cathedral was packed with people and noisy. All around me, there were people with blankets wrapped around their shoulders. They were wet from the rain, their hair stuck to their scalps, their eyes huge with shock and confusion. I searched the crowd, walking slowly from person to person, looking into their eyes, turning them around to see their faces. They were hugging each other and offering condolences for lost loved ones. It was like a horror movie come true.
I was near the alter when the double doors blew open. The wind rushed in, bringing with it the smell of rain and wet leaves.
I went to many cathedrals in the Philippines. They make me emotional, most of the time. I can always feel a presence of serenity when I walk in. I love the stained glass. I wish I had them in my house. I think that people back then were wayyyy more artistic that they are today. The art work is phenomenal. This thing is almost over..
Religion is my prison. Beautiful and deceptive, would I find God a second time? A memory swipe and it is obsolete. The grass is green and always will be.
The spires climbed higher atop the cathedral, yet I felt no closer to God, just that there was more between me and the place I was trying to go to. My faith is much stronger standing on a summit, yet here I kneel beneath yards of stone.
The elegant, imposing building stood towering over the square below. It's holy shadow cast upon the scurrying Londoners. Watching everything from it's lofty height.
I never been to a cathedral. I know they are beautiful structures built somewhere in Europe. I don't know much about them though. But I kind of want to study the older structure and architecture, and put it into my designs.
The cathedral hall was painted a myriad of divine colours from the sunlight streaming in through the glass portrayals of the apostles. Miranda stepped to the alter, the after-hours prayer service was going to help her through these troubled times. She was tempted to pray for her own success or even that of ever lasting life but a prayer has power and she was resolved to spend it on her son's troubling discovery.
We put power in prayer, expecting it to help us as if it were magic wishes from a genies lamp, but of those who believe, agree that it only works if put to a good cause but that good cause could result in gain down the road.
Stoic spires faced upwards from its canvas: delicate yet strong, jagged yet tender. Specs of light concentrated, forming a ray that softly brushed against them. From outside, voices could be heard; notes synthesized into harmonies pervaded the adjacent streets, offering warm invitations to curious onlookers.
Religion. What a complicated thing. According to almost everyone, their belief is correct. I don't understand why things have to be made so complicated. I'll be honest, at this point in my life, I don't know where I am. I don't want to think about heaven and hell. I don't want to think about agnostics and atheists. I don't want to be stressed about something that I don't even understand.
The little girl entered the cathedral, she could only se the shadows of figures. Each person merely a blur. This was not from the tears in her eyes, but the disease.
A cathedral of flowers and of sunset and of sky, a cathedral of clouds to remember you by, a cathedral of song cascades over my ears, a cathedral of loves, a cathedral of fears. A cathedral for good byes, a cathedral for hellos – a cathedral of life for everyone to know.
A foreign concept, makes me think of religion as opposed to relationship. But beautiful and lovely, an old tradition of honouring God that's lost on today's culture.
the wedding bells chime in the cathedral. What a beautiful day to be marrying the one that you love. The stained glass seems to reflect the inner passion that is felt between these two colorful people. Reverence. Perfection. A sacred union between a husband and wife. A life that they will start together. Ring. Ring.
that's the place where people get married, isn't it?
Cathedral is a church. This is the church. Here is the door and here is a steeple. Open up the doors and see all the people. The church doesn't really have much to do with the word cathedral I guess, but I used to love doing that when I was younger. It made me happy.
the cathedral was big and bold, dark and mysterious. like a lot of secrets were held there. deep ones that no one would ever find out, unless someone ready to scramble things up were to find the deep hole buried six feet under found them.
The cathrdral is beautiful. With high cealings and great artwork, it is a thing of genuis. Prayer. We go there to pray and reflect on this holy, sacred, quiet place.
he was blind; the man, and yet he asked me to describe the cathedral. i hadnt it in my imaginative capacities to do so. i drew it, with his hand balancing on mine, he saw it. i saw it too.
I remember traveling to Italy for spring break. I went to Milan with my best friend at the time. I saw her cry at the beauty of the place. Something I hadn't seen her do in a long time. She had cried about a lot of things in her life, but never the beauty of something. At least, not in front of me. Now we don't talk anymore… and I wonder if she cried about that. I miss her.
He went to the cathedral everyday. He loved the repetition of mass. The Latin songs, the voluminous amounts of Latin that only the few scholars could understand. He walked miles everyday just to hear the sounds–to feel closer to God. God knows he didn't feel it anywhere else.
The cathedral stood, majestic, peering over the townspeople. Snow tumbled from the pale grey sky above. Silence. 'What does it all mean?,' Johnson pondered as he tip-toed carefully past the crowds.
The thought beyond the thought. In silence behind the cathedral, we sit on a step. I look at your hands in mine.
i've never been to a cathedral that has taken my breath away. id like that to happen sometime.
it was a long goodbye. Five weeks ago I wheeled her into the hospital and knew then that she would die there. And now here we are again, wheeling her coffin into the cathedral. She was so worthy of this beautiful place.


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«The Settlers II: Зарождение цивилизаций» () — компьютерная игра в жанре градостроительного симулятора с элементами стратегии в реальном времени, разработанная студией Funatics Studio и выпущенная компанией Ubisoft в 2008 году для Microsoft Windows. Игра основана на компьютерной игре The Settlers II: 10th Anniversary и во многом повторяет её игровой процесс. Вместе с данной игрой и оригинальной The Settlers II входит в «классическую» подсерию серии The Settlers.

Игровой процесс
 См. также Игровой процесс The Settlers II: 10th Anniversary.

Игра построена на движке ремейка The Settlers II: 10th Anniversary и во многом повторяет его игровой процесс, являясь градостроительным симулятором с элементами стратегии в реальном времени. Игра содержит 11 миссий, в которых игрок управляет за одну из трёх рас — египтяне, шотландцы и баварцы. Игра входит в «традиционную» серию The Settlers наряду с The Settlers II и её юбилейного переиздания. Несмотря на это, игра вносит ряд изменений в игровой процесс.

Различные расы в игре не только различаются эстетически, но и имеют различные экономические модели, строения и воинов. Экономика египтян очень проста, в ней нет длинных цепочек экономических процессов, и она может быстро производить большое количество солдат, которые, однако, относительно слабы. Шотландцы, напротив, имеют куда более сложную экономику с многоступенчатыми процессами, а наём армии занимает большее количество времени, зато шотландские солдаты очень сильны. Экономика и солдаты баварцев находятся посередине. Также в игре присутствует магия, благодаря которой каждая раса может запрашивать у богов экономическую или военную помощь. Определённые экономические процессы были усложнены: так, пекарю в The Settlers II и «Юбилейном издании» для создания хлеба необходимы были вода и мука, а в «Зарождении цивилизаций» им также требуется соль, которую необходимо добывать в шахтах. Ещё одним нововведением является жертвенный храм; если игрок оставит на алтаре определённое количество ресурсов, поселение получит временный бонус: например, здания будут перемещаться в зоны, недоступные врагам; солдаты будут получать бонус к атаке; или товары будут производиться быстрее. Среди упрощений — отсутствие отдельных видов инструментов; в игре только один тип инструментов, которые могут использовать все работники для различных задач. Для однопользовательского режима существует настраиваемый уровень сложности.

В игре есть трёхмерное сетевое лобби, в котором игроки могут присоединяться к многопользовательским играм или создавать собственные, общаться с другими игроками в чате, добавлять друг друга в списки друзей, отправлять электронные письма и посещать портного для изменения внешнего вида своего Аватара. Также в лобби есть таверна, в которой игроки могут соревноваться друг с другом в трёх мини-играх — кости, шахматы и техасский холдем, — победа в которых принесёт игроку очки опыта и деньги, которые можно потратить на покупку новых аватаров.

Сюжет
По сюжету игры, во время подготовки к Олимпийским играм, боги Олимпа заметили, что люди стали одержимы деньгами, ведут войны друг с другом для завоевания всё новых и новых земель, в процессе оставляя на земле мусор. Испытав отвращение к их поведению, Олимп решил отменить игры. Ангелы Коста и Теофан, наблюдавшие за человечеством, объяснили Олимпу, что если бы все жили в мире и взаимоуважении, всё было бы чрезвычайно скучным. По этой причине они предложили дать людям последний шанс показать богам, что они достойны. К величайшему неудовольствию богини Сехмет, преследовавшей свои собственные цели, Олимп согласился, выдав каждой нации свои задания, пообещав простить людей после их выполнения. Сехмет, напротив, решила мешать людям выполнять задания Олимпа любыми доступными способами.

Разработка и выпуск
В сентябре 2008 года на движке The Settlers II: 10th Anniversary был выпущен духовный игры — Die Siedler: Aufbruch der Kulturen, изначально доступный только на немецком языке. В 2009 и 2010 годах локализованные версии игры были выпущены в Польше () и России («The Settlers 2: Зарождение цивилизаций») соответственно. Основным разработчиком игры выступила студия Funatics Studio, состоящая из бывших сотрудников Blue Byte. Рональд Каульбах, международный брэнд-менеджер Ubisoft, заявил перед выпуском игры:

Мы бы хотели внести ясность для всех фанатов Settlers и рассказать, на что они могут рассчитывать в каждой игре Settlers. Есть «традиционная» серия, в которую входят новая игра «Зарождение цивилизаций», ранее выпущенное «Юбилейное издание» и порт Settlers II на Nintendo DS. Эти традиционные игры выполнены в стиле старых игр Settlers. А ещё есть «эволюционная» серия, в которую входят игры с новыми стилями геймплея и графики.

В интервью с Eurogamer.de сценаристка и геймдизайнер Кэтлин Кунце объяснила решение разделить франшизу тем, что «это на самом деле было решение фанатов. Были те, кто говорили "мы хотим продолжения концепта старых Settlers", которым было очень весело играть в оригинальные Settlers II. А ещё были те, кто постоянно хотят чего-то нового. Наш фэндом развился по такому пути, в той или иной степени. Однако из-за этого у нас много разобщённости в сообществе, так что мы решили называть игры "традиционными" и "эволюционными"».

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Happy birthday to Bryan. It's funny, I often point to my own chest hairs as an indication I was getting old! And btw, 32 is still early 30s in my book. When I turn 35 in just over a month, there will be no denying I will be in mid 30s, though I think that definitively kicked in last year anyway.
If it's okay with everyone I'd like to not talk about chest hair anymore.


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This longevity is important as it demonstrates its cost effectiveness in infrastructure applications. It is equally important when associated with carbon sequestration as one of the principal concens is how long planting a plant to sequester the carbon in its roots will continue to maintain that function.
Research carried out by CIAT in 1995 indicated that Andropogon guyanus, a closely related species of vetiver (Vetiveria zizanioides) could store as as much as 53 tons of CO2 as organic matter per hectare per year, equivalent to about 5kg per square meter. It should be noted that Vetiver grass has a much more massive root structure than Andropogon guyanus. A mature vetiver plant would take up about half a square meter of land area, making an estimated equivalent of 2.5 kg of carbon sequestered per plant.
Vetiver grass produces a huge mass of roots that attain a depth of 2-4 meters after two years (see photo on previous post). As Dale Rachmeler of TVNI has stated; "Root derived soil carbon accumulation is being estimated by scientific studies across the globe under both grassland and forests, either in the tropics or in temperate areas. For carbon to truly be sequestered it must be transformed to mineralized carbon aided by the microbial activity in the soil associated with the root zones. One of the reasons for high vetiver plant vigor is a result of its mychoriza (type of soil microbiological organism) association. This association is one of the reasons vetiver hedgerows produce such high amounts of biomass on the one hand and such high amounts of carbon added to the sequestered soil carbon pool. The Vetiver Network believes that we have a means of offsetting CO2 emissions by producing an equivalent carbon dioxide savings, that is, sequestering CO2 in the soil under vetiver hedges. Vetiver hedges also have many other benefits such as soil and water conservation, pollution control, erosion control, and poverty reduction especially in the tropics. It is especially useful at the community level to provide sustainable and affordable solutions to the variety of problems facing communities who are ill equipped to deal with these problems. When you combine the CO2 offset mechanism to these other benefits and considering its ease of planting and maintenance when compared with tree planting, the argument for using vetiver becomes even stronger."
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Watch Full HD Field of Dreams (1989) Online Free - SidiFlix
An Iowa corn farmer, hearing voices, interprets them as a command to build a baseball diamond in his fields; he does, and the Chicago White Sox come.
Genres: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Actors: Kevin Costner, Ray Liotta, Gaby Hoffmann, Amy Madigan
Director: Phil Alden Robinson
Metascore : 57
Awards : Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 6 wins & 10 nominations.
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Director: Barry Levinson
An eccentric toymaker's last wish is that his brother takes over the running of the business. The brother is a military General, and is out of touch with toymaking, and out of touch with reality too. The business should really have been given to Leslie, who was much more like his toymaking father. When the General starts making weapons instead of toys, Leslie decides to take action.
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Family, Fantasy, Romance, Animation, Musical
Director: Don Bluth, Gary Goldman
The daughter of the last Russian Tsar, Nicolas II, Anastasia is found by two Russian con men, Dimitri and Vladimir, who seek the reward that her grandmother, the Dowager Empress Marie, promised to the ones who'll find her. But the evil mystic of the Tsar family, Rasputin, still wants the Romanov family to be destroyed forever.
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Director: Troy Miller
Jack Frost is a singer who's on the road most of the time so he can't spend a lot of time with his son Charlie, although they love each other very much. When Jack dies in a car accident, Charlie becomes a very sad young man, until... Jack returns as a snowman! Now they can do all the things they've missed when Jack was human, but what will people think when they see Charlie talking to a snowman and what will happen when the weather gets warmer?
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Director: Howard Deutch
A group of doctors in a veteran's hospital must contend with their hopeless situation: too many patients and not enough beds. The main cause of their problems is bureaucratic belt-tightening by the hospital administrators. The doctors are determined to give the best service they can, even if that means defying the orders of management and performing unauthorized operations.
Swing Vote
Director: Joshua Michael Stern
November, 2004, New Mexico. Bud is a slacker with one good thing in his life, his engaging fifth-grade daughter Molly. On election day, Bud is supposed to meet her at the polling place. When he doesn't show, she sneaks a ballot and is about to vote when the power goes off. It turns out that New Mexico's electoral votes will decide the contest, and there it's tied with one vote needing recasting - Bud's. The world's media and both presidential candidates, including the current President, descend on Bud in anticipation of his re-vote in two weeks. Can the clueless Bud, even with the help of Molly and a local TV reporter, handle this responsibility?
Director: John Hughes
Bachelor and all round slob, Buck, babysits his brother's rebellious teenage daughter and her cute younger brother and sister.
Director: John Lee Hancock
A pair of police officers come out of retirement to catch the infamous outlaws Bonnie & Clyde.
The Man Who Saved the World
Country: Denmark, Latvia, Russia, USA
Director: Peter Anthony
Few people know of him... Yet hundreds of millions of people are alive because of him. The actions of Stanislav Petrov, a retired Soviet military officer, prevented the start of a worldwide nuclear war and the devastation of much of the Earth.
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Biography, Crime, Western
The story of Wyatt Earp as he interacts and battles other famous figures of the Wild West era.
Genre: Thriller, Crime
Director: Uwe Boll
Four rogue Secret Service agents, led by one named Baron, commandeer the house of war-widow Ellen. Her home is a prime sniper position for their plan to assassinate the President on his visit to the small town of Suddenly. The men fool the local cops except for one, Todd. A washed-up former war hero and deputy who is now the town drunk, Todd served with Ellen's deceased husband and has developed romantic feelings for her over the years. But she rebuffs his advances. Todd visits the house and is immediately suspicious of Baron, but no one will listen to the ravings of a drunk. Once Todd realizes what is going on, he manages to kill one of Baron's crew, but is captured. Now he and Ellen must find a way to stop Baron and his men before they kill the President.
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
A perpetually angry man is informed he has 90 minutes to live and promptly sets out to reconcile with his family and friends in the short time he has left.
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Crime
A security pro finds his past coming back to haunt him, when he and his unique team are tasked with retrieving a particularly important item.
The Sum of All Fears
CIA analyst Jack Ryan must stop the plans of a Neo Nazis faction that threatens to induce a catastrophic conflict between the United States and Russia's newly elected president by detonating a nuclear weapon at a football game in Baltimore.


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Gerard Kelly (en gaèlic: Gearard Ó Ceallaigh), conegut com a Gerry Kelly (Belfast, 5 d'abril de 1953), és un polític republicà irlandès, antic voluntari de l'Exèrcit Republicà Irlandès Provisional (IRA o PIRA). Va tenir un paper destacat com a representant de l'IRA en les negociacions que van propiciar l'Acord de Divendres Sant del 1998, que iniciava un període de pau en el conflicte nord-irlandès. Actualment és membre l'Executiva nacional del Sinn Féin, i membre de l'Assemblea d'Irlanda del Nord (MLA) del districte electoral del nord de Belfast.

Atemptat de l'Old Bailey
Kelly formava part de la unitat de l'IRA que va col·locar quatre cotxes bomba a Londres el 8 de març de 1973. Dues de les bombes van ser desactivades, però les altres dues van explotar, un a prop del Old Bailey i l'altre al Ministeri d'Agricultura, al costat de Whitehall. Com a conseqüència de les explosions, una persona va morir i gairebé 200 persones van resultar ferides. Kelly, que aleshores tenia 19 anys), va ser detingut junt a vuit persones més, incloent Hugh Feeney i les germanes Marian Price i Dolours Price. El novembre d'aquell mateix any van ser declarats culpables de diversos càrrecs relacionats amb els atemptats de Londres. Kelly va ser condemnat per conspiració i col·locació d'explosius, rebent dues condemnes a més vint anys.

Empresonament
Després d'estar empresonats a Anglaterra, Kelly i els altres presos van fer una vaga de fam exigint l'estatus de pres polític i ser traslladats a presons d'Irlanda del Nord. Després de 60 dies de vaga de fam, durant els quals va ser alimentat forçosament, l'abril de 1975 Kelly va ser traslladat a la presó de Maze, prop de Belfast. A Maze Kelly va participar en noves protestes, i va fer diversos intents per fugir el 1977, 1982 i 1983. El 25 de setembre de 1983, Kelly va tenir un paper destacat en la fugida de la presó de Maze, que encara és considerada com una de les majors fugides de presos al Regne Unit i Europa. Kelly, juntament amb d'altres 37 presoners republicans van segrestar un camió i van fugir malgrat l'enorme disposisitiu de seguretat de la presó 40 oficials. Durant la fugida, Kelly va disparar al cap a un oficial de la presó, que va intentar frustrar la fugida, que va sobreviure.

Després de la fugida, Kelly va estar tres anys pròfug i es va tornar a implicar en una unitat e l'IRA que operava a Europa. Va seer detingut el 16 de gener de 1986 als Països Baixos, juntament amb Brendan "Bik" McFarlane, al seu pis d'Amsterdam. En el moment de la seva detenció, la policia holandesa va recuperar efectiu en diverses monedes, mapes i passaports falsos, i les claus d'un contenidor que contenia 14 rifles, municions i nitrobencè. El 4 de desembre de 1986, els dos membres de l'IRA van ser extradits al Regne Unit en un helicòpter de la RAF, retornant a la presó de Maze. El 2 de juny de 1989, Kelly va ser alliberat d'acord amb les condicions d'extradició acordades amb les autoritats holandeses.

Carrera política
En sortir de la presó, Kelly es va implicar activament en la política i es va convertir en un membre destacat del Sinn Féin. El 27 de juny de 1998 va ser elegit a l'Assemblea d'Irlanda del Nord. Va ser vicepresident del comitè de desenvolupament social a l'Assemblea del 1998-2003, i actualment és portaveu del Sinn Féin sobre Policia i Justícia, i membre polític de la Junta de Policia d'Irlanda del Nord (Northern Ireland Policing Board). Ell i Martin McGuinness van participar en negociacions secretes amb representants del govern britànic des del 1990 fins al 1993. Membre del cercle de confiança de Gerry Adams i considerat un dels veterans més carismàtics entre els republicans, Kelly va tenir un paper destacat en les negociacions del procés de pau d'Irlanda del Nord, que van conduir a l'Acord del Divendres Sant el 10 d'abril de 1998. En la promoció del procés de pau, va mantenir converses amb Nelson Mandela, Thabo Mbeki, Bill Clinton, Tony Blair i Bertie Ahern.

El 27 de juny de 1998 va ser elegit a l'Assemblea d'Irlanda del Nord. Va ser vicepresident del comitè de desenvolupament social a l'Assemblea del 1998-2003, i actualment és portaveu del Sinn Féin sobre Policia i Justícia, i membre polític de la Junta de Policia d'Irlanda del Nord (Northern Ireland Policing Board).

El 2013 Kelly va ser el centre d'una polèmica per haver-se aferrat a la part davantera d'un vehicle del Servei de Policia d'Irlanda del Nord (PSNI), durant una protesta a la seva circumscripció electoral. Aquell mateix any, Kelly va ser el representant del Sinn Féin durant les converses entre els diferents partits nord-irlandesos que va presidir el diplomàtic estatunidenc Richard Haass. L'any 2018 va protagonitzar una fotografia icònica de les cionseqüències de procés de pau irlandès, quan va saludar el Príncep de Gal·les durant una visita que aquest va fer a Irlanda del Nord.

Referències

Bibliografia

Polítics del Sinn Féin
Membres de l'IRA Provisional
Polítics de Belfast
Activistes nord-irlandesos


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Duterte eyes AFP chief Guerrero as new Marina administrator
Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 22 2018 04:47 PM
MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday said he will appoint Armed Forces chief of staff Rey Leonardo Guerrero to head the Maritime Industry Authority (Marina).
If Guerrero's appointment pushes through, he will become the latest addition to the growing list of former military men that Duterte has appointed to various government posts.
"Iyang si Jagger, siya ang maghawak sa Marina," Duterte said in a speech in Compostela Valley, referring to the AFP chief's nickname.
Guerrero will retire on April 24, 2018 after his term was extended for 6 months. He was supposed to retire last December 17, 2017 when he reached the mandatory age retirement of 56.
Duterte extends AFP chief Guerrero's term
Duterte this month fired Marina administrator Marcia Amaro III due to "excessive travels."
Duterte fires Marina chief due to 'excessive' foreign trips
Rodrigo Duterte, Marina, Rey Leonardo Guerrero, AFP
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Will the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 Be Waterproof? Here Are All the Leaks and Rumors
By Cooper Fleishman
Samsung's got a potential Apple iPhone killer, and it's called the Galaxy Note 7. It'll be unveiled August 2, but numerous leaks and rumors already give us a great idea of what to expect.
The feature that's collecting the most buzz so far is probably the dustproof and waterproof design, but there's plenty more to talk about. The high-definition, edge-to-edge screen will supposedly be nearly 6 inches, there's apparently a front-facing flash, it may have three colors: black, silver, blue, and run smoothly with a possible 6GB RAM and an expandable 64 GB hard drive.
Fast charging without a cable is a huge plus, and so is a larger battery — ideally, one that could last longer than the meager 10 hours or so most of us get with an iPhone 6S.
The biggest, but less likely, rumor so far is an iris scanner, a tool even more secure than the iPhone's fingerprint scanner, something that's straight out of Minority Report.
In May, Tech Insider ranked the best smartphone cameras and found the Samsung Galaxy S7/S7 Edge's great dynamic range and wide aperture beat out the new iPhone camera in a head-to-head test. If the Galaxy Note 7 has a similar model, rumored 12 megapixels in the back, 5 megapixels in the front, you've got a compelling case to switch to Samsung if you're eager for better photography.
Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge Manu Fernandez/AP
So, OK, let's compare to the iPhone 7 (or 6SE), the new iPhone coming out in September. With the new iPhone, we're looking at stronger glass (maybe), improved camera, improved speakers and ... no more headphone jack.
If you're one of the Apple fans bummed out that this won't be much of an upgrade, consider what the Galaxy Note 7 might have to offer instead. Basically, Samsung has solved everything Apple users complain about. The new phone is bringing us fast wireless charging, waterproof design, better camera, expandable memory longer battery and maybe some futuristic eyeball tech.
Basically, Samsung has solved everything Apple users complain about.
Watch the first ad for it here. Notice the part about phones falling in water. Anyone who's suffered the humiliation of dropping their phone in the toilet ought to feel a pang of jealousy.


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(U//FOUO) DoD Instruction: Counterintelligence (CI) Inquiries
The following instruction is part of a series of "limited release" DoD doctrine publications that are not released to the public.
Instruction O-5240.21: Counterintelligence (CI) Inquiries
May 14, 2009; Incorporating Change 1, November 19, 2010
1. INITIATING CI INQUIRIES
a. The CCMDs and Defense Agencies with organic CI assets shall initiate a CI inquiry upon receipt of information that cannot be resolved through security procedures, such as:
(1) The existence of a clandestine relationship between DoD personnel and agents of a foreign power, or of relationships between DoD personnel and individuals associated with international terrorist organizations.
(2) Failure to report contact with a foreign intelligence service.
(3) Other intelligence and/or international terrorist threats directed against U.S. Government or military facilities, property, information, operations, or personnel that appear to be at the behest of a foreign power or international terrorist organization.
(4) Failure to comply with the reporting requirements of DoDI 5240.6 (Reference (m)).
b. The goal of the CI inquiry is to establish or refute a reasonable belief that a particular person is acting for or on behalf of, or an event is related to, a foreign power engaged in spying or committing espionage, sabotage, treason, sedition, subversion, assassinations, or international terrorist activities.
c. The CCMDs and Defense Agencies shall use DCHC guidelines and reporting processes to document CI inquiries.
d. The CCMDs and Defense Agencies shall not delay the initiation of a CI inquiry for any improper purpose, to include attempts to delay the initiation of a CI inquiry to permit the use of otherwise prohibited techniques through security or other inquiry methods.
2. CONDUCTING CI INQUIRIES
a. CI inquiries shall be conducted in accordance with Reference (h).
b. (FOUO) Within the Department of Defense, only Military Department CI organizations have CI investigative authority and are authorized to use the intrusive techniques identified in Reference (h). The CCMDs and Defense Agencies are not authorized to use procedures 5 through 11 and procedure 13 of Reference (h). Additional prohibited techniques after the initiation of a CI inquiry are:
(1) (FOUO) Examining any information technology system or information within, except information that was gathered during the course of IA monitoring conducted before the CI inquiry began.
(2) (FOUO) Conducting consensual physical searches.
(3) (FOUO) Questioning the subject of a CI inquiry.
(4) (FOUO) Administering oaths, advising of rights pursuant to the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States (Reference (n)), and taking sworn statements, excluding unsworn official statements, except when an inquiry officer who is subject to chapter 47 of title 10, United States Code, (Reference (o)) is questioning another person who is also subject to Reference (o). In this case the inquiry officer must be familiar with the requirements of Article 31(b) of Reference (o) and, if necessary, consult with the local servicing judge advocate.
(5) (FOUO) Conducting liaison with Federal or military prosecutors unless accompanied by a representative of a CI investigative agency.
(6) (FOUO) Conducting polygraph examinations of subjects of CI inquiries.
(7) (FOUO) Requesting financial information from non-governmental institutions.
(8) (FOUO) Formally recruiting and tasking human sources.
c. CI inquiries need not be opened to:
(1) Review agency files at the request of an intelligence community (IC) member.
(2) Check agency and DoD databases to determine if an individual holds or held a DoD security clearance and has or had access to classified information or material, and provide the results to an IC member.
(3) Report, through an Intelligence Information Report (IIR), information that does not meet the threshold for initiating a CI inquiry but is of intelligence value.
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So I'm on this book tour. This means that, even though I haven't been writing posts over here, I have been contributing all kinds of stuff to other people's blogs. Over the last month I did several interviews and guest posts all while prepping my Shakespeare Camp (more on that later) and readying myself for my very first public reading.
If you're interested in the blog tour, I'll put a list of the posts/reviews that are already out at the bottom of this one.
Anyway, several months ago, I booked a public reading. I'd be appearing at Spalding University where I got my MFA, where I first sent in Awesome Jones as a raw manuscript, where I took the first fifteen pages of it to my very first writing workshop, and where I handed the book over to two talented, amazing authors (Crystal Wilkinson and Nancy McCabe) to read and comment. Now, a few years later, I would be returning to my writing home and reading from something that, while intensely personal, was also collaborative--I couldn't have written the book I did without the help of my mentors and writer BFF at Spalding.
I had months to prepare. I figured it would be a breeze.
Then, as the date of the reading drew closer, I realized how wrong I'd been. The months zipped by as I edited my next release, outlined the second Awesome Jones, scrapped that outline, did the blog tour, prepped the Shakespeare Camp, and got caught up with general, stressful life stuff. Suddenly, it was two days before the reading and I'd only managed to practice a handful of times.
Ok, here's the other thing. I was an actress. I grew up backstage and performed from the time I was a little girl. I never had issues with stage fright. I might get a few butterflies in the curtains but when my cue came, I strode on stage, found the light, and delivered like a pro. But, it's not the same when I read my own work. According to my brain, it's a wholly alien thing. My throat closes up. My palms sweat. My vision tunnels. My whole body betrays me. It's like all those years on stage never even happened.
So, sitting there, knowing my turn was next I started thinking to myself, "You can do this. You were Juliet. You were Beatrice. You were Meg. You can do this. It's just a few pages. You can do this. You can do this."
And when I got up there... Yeah, my voice cracked. My hands shook. And then I looked out into the audience and saw the people who had accepted me into their community and made me feel like it was ok to say that, "Yes, I am a writer," and I kept going. And it got better. I got more comfortable. I made them laugh. I slowly regained my ability to "feel" an audience. I gained purchase and I rode the wave. I breathed. I read.
Was I as clear or confident as when I was Juliet or Beatrice or Meg? No. But then I was burying myself in another character--here I was baring my soul to my family and friends and a ton of strangers and at the end they clapped and hugged me and lots of us cried.
Every reading from here on out will be different. I know that. I had a unique, beautiful experience with the people I loved and, for the most part, from now on I'll be talking to a room that includes my husband and some lady who wandered in from the rain. That's ok. I can hold this one close and remember that, "Yes, I am a writer."
There are still more to come and I'll try to be better about posting them now that life is (slightly) less hectic!
That is so awesome! I'm sure your reading went great!


Julie Chen recently spoke about being pressured to get plastic surgery on her eyes (and probably a few other places) in order to advance her journalism career. They didn't go into the issues deeply on the show, but it heartened me to see these racial issues brought to light on national TV.
Now I'm kind of relieved that her face isn't "real" because back then, I was amazed at how a seemingly Asian person was so…not at the same time. I knew I would never look like her, and grudgingly chalked it up to genetics. "The people on TV are one in a million. You've gotta start by being blessed with beauty and work to get the brains," I thought.
But having her admit it and talk about how hard it was to achieve it makes more sense. It makes life seem more fair. And in some ways, it's comforting to know that there's a slim (we're talkin' razor-thin) chance in hell that a Chinese person would look like that naturally. It's like we can all relax now and be reassured, again, that media is all smoke and mirrors and the only thing standing in our way of looking like that is a few thousands dollars and a year's(!) worth of recovery time.
I'm not against getting plastic surgery or any physical change to fit into a career that's largely based on looks. I like to watch pretty people, and am not immune to the enthralling antics in the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. I just like knowing. When I'm watching all the tiny-nosed, doe-eyed Chinese celebrities perform, it'd just be nice to know which ones are "fake" instead of schizophrenically staring at their noses and comparing them to the audience sitting offstage. Because there's no point comparing oneself to players in a whole other ball game.


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First drug to prevent chronic migraines approved by EU
Manufacturer says patients will be able to get treatment privately from September under EU licence
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Chronic migraines affect more than 600,000 people across the UK. Photograph: REX/Shutterstock
The first ever drug specifically designed to prevent a migraine has been given the green light by European health officials.
Erenumab is now expected to be considered by English and Scottish health agencies to assess whether it is appropriate for NHS use.
But manufacturer Novartis said that patients will be able to get the drug privately in September after the European Medicines Agency approved a licence for the drug for patients who have at least four migraines a month.
The drug, also known as aimovig, was designed to block the calcitonin gene-related peptide receptor, thought to be involved in migraine activation.
Chronic migraines affect more than 600,000 people across the UK. There is currently no cure for migraines, although a number of treatments are available to help ease the symptoms.
Novartis said that the drug is the first and only licensed treatment specifically designed to prevent migraine. It can be self-administered at home once a month with an auto-injector pen.
The drug, administered via a jab, has been shown in trials to halve the average number of days patients suffer from a migraine in a month.
"Erenumab is the first and only licensed treatment specifically designed to prevent migraine, demonstrating our commitment to developing innovative therapies for people living with some of the most debilitating conditions," said Haseeb Ahmad, managing director for UK and Ireland of Novartis Pharmaceuticals.
Commenting on the news, Wendy Thomas, chief executive of the Migraine Trust, said: "We think this decision is wonderful as this new treatment has the potential to help many people with chronic and episodic migraines.
"Migraine is incredibly painful, and has symptoms that include vomiting and visual disturbance, so getting it frequently can literally ruin lives.
"That is why it is important that it becomes available to patients as soon as possible."


We're just being old people. Still people Just being old Old people Being Old beings Being still Just old Still being People Just. I've left out the punctuation as it can be read in many different ways with different pausing – & can even be read backwards.


We need to simplify government. Our current system can't see the forest for the trees!! It has become a big, tangled complicated mess. We need some new life, some new ideas to help solve our government woes. Mark Hamilton's Twelve Visions Party has a lot of fresh new ideas. It is worth checking out. They may have the solutions to helping this ailing economy.


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We do not currently have a listing of all VINs for the Mercury Cyclone Spoiler IIs. The only VINs we have for the Registry are ones we have personally verified or the data has been submitted by the owner. We have two sets of information. One is the Table which contains all of the VINs we have for the Spoiler II cars that we currently know of. The other is the list of links to all the VINs from owners that have submitted Registration forms; these VINs are included in the Table. We apologize if this is a little confusing however, due to the ever increasing number of VIN submissions we can not be constantly redoing the master list with links to the forms. If you have not yet registered your car please Click Here and do it today.
*Please note that this list DOES NOT include every possible Spoiler II VIN.
9H15M502672 LeeRoy This is an excellent Clone and is presented here at the owner's request to prevent any future sale as a real Spoiler II.
9H15M564008 Dan Found online for sale 5-26-13 appears to be #2 condition. See Sold and For Sale page.
9H15M564656 Cale Reportedly parted out.
9H15M565405 Cale Found in GA and under restoration but not yet registered.
9H12M565558 Cale Found sitting in a back yard!
9H15M565588 Cale Found but details not yet available.
9H15M565892 Cale Found in #3 Condition Restored but not Reg.
9H15M569031 Cale Found in very poor condition but being restored.
9H15M569928 Cale Car is under restoration, is this the last known Spoiler II? Car was built March 27, 1969.
I signed up as a member and found the vin number for one of my Spoiler II's listed, but it will not let me click on it to see, or update information. Do I need to click on the register link, or is there another way to update information?
I am out of town until Tuesday. If you are current on dues you should be able to see the Registration but not update or change it. You can do a new Registration or email me the changes and I will make them for you.
Found and purchased a Gurney Spoiler II with the help of Marty Burke and Tom Wilson. VIN 9H15M563989 submitted the Marti report to Richard. The car is rough but very restorable missing only the original engine and transmission.
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Q: Note taking app with WebDav synchronization I am looking for a good self hosted notes taking app (self hosted via WebDav, I use OwnCloud)
Some tools that I have currently ruled out - and the reasons why. Happy to be mistaken:
Laverna looks alright but it doesn't support WebDav, and I didn't find a straight forward way to sync it via, for instance, a "database" file or similar.
Tagspaces can be synced just by syncing folders but saves the tags in the filenames (not sure I can think of any scenario in which that would be acceptable). The PRO version saves the tags in "sidecar" files, but the functionality is marked as beta and the PRO version is more expensive than Evernote - it means paying quite a bit for less functionalities (even though the idea behind tagspaces looks quite unique) and hoping that it works.
OpenNote and PaperWork projects seem not very mature or active either.
I don't seem to find any other good tool out there - whether paid or not.
Thanks

A: You can use ownCloud with ownCloud Notes (https://github.com/owncloud/notes) in the web, it uses WebDAV for syncing. And it integrates with QOwnNotes (http://www.qownnotes.org/) on the desktop. There also is an iOS and Android app that talks to ownCloud Notes.

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Resumes. Previously trained by R & L Price. Can figure.
Coming off a modest run here last time out. Not out of this.
Resuming. Has a good first up record. Rates highly.
Returning from let-up. Went to line fairly at Ipswich at latest. Has to lift.
Average effort at Canterbury first-up. Improvement required.
Freshened. Just battled home at Rosehill last start. Suited over this distance. Only a place chance.
Solid performer. Strips fitter. Closed off well to place at Coffs Harbour first-up. Worth some thought.
Strips trimmer and goes well second-up. Place makes best appeal.
Went to line tamely at Randwick last outing. Normally races well at this distance. Could sneak a place.
Freshened. This trip suits. Rough chance for minors.
Has a good record over this trip. Place appeal only.
Failed to threaten here last time out. Hard to make a case.


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Television newsmen have tried to bribe Mr. Henning's stagehands – unsuccessfully – to learn his secrets. "I could patent the illusions," he said, "but then anyone could find out how it's done." Instead, through the years, the hundreds of people who have worked on Mr. Henning's shows have been required to sign secrecy forms that read "Because of my association with illusionist Doug Henning, I may learn some of the secrets of magic. I hereby agree that I will never reveal any of these secrets to anyone." A few artisans who have constructed magic apparatus for Mr. Henning have tried to build the contraptions for others, and have been sued until they desisted.
It made him special. "I was a little skinny kid with buck teeth and glasses," he said, "and I couldn't get a date. I was real shy." By the time he came to Broadway in 1974 at the age of 27, he was still shy. He was also a star. As with Mr. Rich's review of "Merlin," his magic, and not the show, won raves.


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PORT ST. LUCIE — Seven of the 10 candidates for mayor squared off Thursday for their first public debate and most agreed the major issues facing the city are budget woes, city spending, declining property values and job creation.
The debate, sponsored by the second annual Treasure Coast Business Summit at the Civic Center, was moderated by Charlie Neeld of WPSL 1590 AM. About 50 people attended the debate, which was a question and answer format.
The candidates unable to attend Thursday's debate were Albert Hickey, Kurt Hoyer and JoAnn Faiella. During a telephone interview last week, Hoyer said he would withdraw from the race because he didn't have the help or the finances to run an effective campaign. However, it's unclear whether Hoyer has officially withdrawn his candidacy.
CANDIDATES FOR MAYOR
Christopher Cooper: 50, city councilman and Palm Beach County firefighter
Shirley Copenhaver: 46, Realtor at Bradley & Associates Real Estate
Joe Edge: 51, owner of the Tax Shoppe
JoAnn Faiella: 46, records specialist at the Port St. Lucie Police Department
Albert Hickey: 48, retired New York City police detective
Kurt Hoyer: 66, formerly employed by L&M Botruc Co. out of Galliano, La., delivering supplies to oil and gas platforms in the Gulf of Mexico; laid off in April
Victoria Huggins: 55, political activist and former research specialist at a Palm Beach County lobbying firm
Frank Lillo: 56, sales agent and instructor for Keller Williams Realty
Timothy Neely: 26, general manager of a national restaurant chain
James Rich: 46, vice chairman of the city's Planning and Zoning Board and account executive for a direct mail marketing firm
GREATEST CHALLENGE FACING CITY?
Candidates were asked a series of questions. Here are the candidates answers to the question: What do you consider as the greatest challenge facing the city of Port St. Lucie?
"While obviously the biggest challenge is this year's current budget, and with my leadership, hopefully we'll be able to make our way through these trying times. It's very easy to sit back right now and say what you will do for this year's budget when you don't have to do it. I actually have to step up to the plate and make these decisions this year. The City of Port St. Lucie could not grow and could not take on projects of this nature without having to incur some debt. No city operates without debt. We geared up for the boom. This budget will fall back on us. While people are demanding more services and wanting to pay less taxes, it's very difficult to handle that situation. It's very difficult to make that happen."
Shirley Copenhaver
"The greatest challenge facing Port St. Lucie is an economic depression. At one point we were one of the fastest growing cities, and tax revenue was pouring into our city coffers. The City Council saw all of this money and couldn't resist showboating themselves to the public. City government grew beyond the ability of the city to support it, and personnel services, the employment pay budget for the city, grew from 16.6 percent in fiscal year 2006-2007 to the year 2008-2009. Growth like this with what was looming on the horizon at that time was unacceptable and certainly did not show proper stewardship of anyone sitting on the City Council."
Joe Edge
"Identifying the challenge is easy. It's the budget. Solving the problem is the actual challenge. Unemployment is the culprit, and expanding the job base at every possible level is the solution. Jobs create revenue and allow the economy to grow. Add in over 20 years of business experience in budgeting and finance, thinking outside the box is as critical as taking the emotion and politics out of reducing the budget."
Victoria Huggins
"I think there are two great challenges facing the city of Port St. Lucie. One is our city's massive long-term debt, which we have been saddled with by the previous administration. The second challenge is jobs creation. We cannot pay off the $2,051,953,337 long-term debt (including interest) with a 14 percent unemployment rate. This long-term debt figure includes the interest due on our outstanding balance. I believe to hold down our future debt the citizens must have a voice in the amount of expenditures that can be approved by the council."
Frank Lillo
"Our biggest challenge is that we need to continue to make the transition from a local service economy to a broad-based service economy with good industrial (jobs). We've already started with the biotech industry and the digital media industry. We cannot afford during this down period to lose the momentum that we've started and that many people have worked very hard for to attract those kinds of industries because that's the only way ladies and gentlemen that we're going to have real organic job and career growth."
Timothy Neely
"The greatest challenge, in my opinion, is the overhead of the city. How can we help grow the businesses here if we can't even keep our city in black? (We need to make) drastic changes to the way the city works, to what we spend our money on to the way we operate everyday, Until that's fixed, how are we going to attract business here? The city is running the city like they don't know how."
James Rich
"The greatest challenge immediately to the city is the budget. We heard earlier this year that we were going to have a deficit of $4.5 million. I heard earlier today the projected ad valorem tax that does fund the general revenue fund is lower than expected. We're going to have a $10 million projected deficit. That's huge."
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THE LEGACY OF BRITISH FUNK?
The prominence of British disco, funk, reggae and soul groups towards the end of the 1970s certainly helped to pave the way for the artists that followed them. Whereas beforehand, some record labels were at a loss as to how to promote and market black music acts, surely it should be the case that they were now much more capable of handling the new artists of the 1980s. Unfortunately this was not always true. Even in what appeared to be a promising new decade of many possibilities, certain artists were still disillusioned by the lack of support and promotion they received from their record company. However, many who had begun their career in the 1970s continued to flourish in the 1980s, along with the new wave of musicians and singer songwriters who had become their peers. The 1980s saw the emergence of much more confident and assured artists, both black and white, and they were also more technically adept at their craft. The technology in the recording studio had become more advanced and electronic, but was still not as accessibly affordable as it would be later on in the decade. This still proved to be no hinderance to composer performers such as Derek Bramble and Paul Hardcastle, who readily grasped the electronic instruments that would allow them to express themselves, and their creativety.
Although the musical trend had made its inevitable shift by the middle of the 1980s, which saw many of the Brit-Funk groups disappear from the public domain, the music was kept alive by the bands that still continued to perform live for their fans. The next generation of artists began to make their presence felt even more on the radio, in the charts, and increasingly on television. And although many of them also became casualties of change later on, they too broke new ground for the next era of black music makers in the 1990s to walk upon. It is now hard to imagine that even half way through the 1980s, there were still only a handful of musical styles to choose from in England. As the 21st century continues, and black music goes on to evolve into the now numerous genres of house, hip hop, rap, garage, ragga, dancehall, techno, deep house and so on, there may even be a possibility that the British funk sound will return…In one form or another.


Crisis-torn Plymouth have gone into administration and will now step up their search for new owners.
The npower League One outfit, who lie bottom of the table and have already been docked 10 points, have appointed Brendan Guilfoyle of the P&A Partnership as its administrator.
An application by Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs to present the club with a winding-up petition was turned down at a High Court hearing on Friday.
Guilfoyle, who has has taken control of the club with immediate effect and will be assisted by insolvency lawyer David Hinchcliffe, is hoping to find a buyer for the club by March 17.
Guilfoyle revealed three parties had expressed an interest in acquiring the club but said there were plenty of obstacles to overcome.
He said: "I am optimistic that we'll find a buyer. In previous clubs I've worked with, most recently Leeds United, Luton Town and Crystal Palace, we've always succeeded in finding a buyer and I'm encouraged by the fact that we have three parties that are expressing a definite interest in acquiring Plymouth Argyle.
"Unfortunately for the club, none of those parties are interested in buying the club shares, they want to buy the club from an administrator, thereby reducing the amount of money they have to make available to buy the club.
"So, in relatively short time, I hope to have given exclusivity to the most promising purchaser who in return will give me funding."


Love the Bud Bock!!!!!! I need to get one as I sold mine.......is it available? Does anyone know?
The answer to that was over in my pictures.....Watsonville - Saturday. Recognize this guy? @Boardman? Boardman? Ferris Boardman?
I had to put my donut down to take the photo! They were awesome! I think I had 4!!!
Yes it is mine and it is available. PM me if interested.


An end to subsidized gas, with a 79 percent price increase as of April 1, and the removal of all energy subsidies by 2016.
A flexible exchange rate, replacing Ukraine's current currency peg, as well as fiscal reforms to lower the national deficit.
The U.N. General Assembly passed a resolution declaring that Crimea's annexation referendum is invalid. It affirms Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity, and calls upon states, international organizations and agencies not to recognize any change in Crimea's status. The vote was 100 in favor and 11 opposed, with 58 abstentions. The General Assembly resolution is not legally-binding.
A package that combines Ukrainian aid and Russian sanctions passed both the House and Senate, clearing the way for White House approval.
In order to sidestep U.S. sanctions, President Putin announced that Russia will develop a new payment network, allowing its citizens to bypass U.S.-based systems.


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Australia have struggled at the Rio Olympics, and their struggle came to a grinding halt when Netherlands thrashed them 4-0 in the quarterfinal. Meanwhile, defending champions Germany scored 3 goals in the last five minute to beat New Zealand 3-2 in a thrilling quarterfinal match in Rio.
Argentina, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Germany have all sealed their respective places in the Semi-Finals of the men's hockey competition at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games following a highly dramatic day witnessed by over 10,000 people at the Deodoro Hockey Centre. Argentina's Los Leones battled their way past Spain to secure their place in the final four, where they will go head-to-head with reigning Olympic champions Germany – who produced a staggering fight back from 2-0 down to defeat New Zealand – for a place in the gold medal match.
Belgium's Red Lions overcame the challenge of Asian champions India to reach the Semis, and now face a meeting with European champions Netherlands, who dismantled reigning World champions Australia with a stunning 4-0 score-line.
The Semi-Finals will take place on Tuesday 16 August, with the Argentina versus Germany match getting underway at 12:00 Brasilia Time (GMT / UTC -3) before Belgium and Netherlands take to the field at 17:00.
The first Quarter-Final to be played on Sunday saw Pool A runners-up Spain (FIH Hero World Ranking: 11) fall to a 2-1 defeat against Pan American champions Argentina (WR: 7), who finished third in Pool B. Argentina's Los Leones opened the scoring late in the first quarter thanks to a wonderful penalty corner effort from Gonzalo Peillat, a lead that they held until three minutes from the end when Pau Quemada levelled and put the match on the brink of a shoot-out. However, Spanish hearts were broken when Juan Gilardi converted a late penalty stroke to send his team into the last four where they would face the winner of Germany versus New Zealand, the day's final match.
Pool A winners Belgium (WR: 6) were the next team to book their Semi-Final ticket, battling their way to a 3-1 win over Pool B's fourth-placed finishers India (WR: 5), the champions of Asia. Eight times Olympic gold medallists India made a strong start to the match and took the lead courtesy of Akashdeep Singh's 15th-minute tip-in, but the match was turned on its head in the third quarter thanks to a brilliant double strike from Red Lions star Sebastien Dockier. Tom Boon smashed home a third early in the fourth quarter and it proved to be the killer blow, ending India's hopes of Olympic glory at Rio 2016.
Belgium's opponents in the Semi-Finals would be the winner of the day's stand-out fixture, as Pool B runners-up Netherlands (WR: 2) took on the mighty Australia (WR: 1), who finished a lowly third in Pool A. The European champions produced a sensational performance to thrash the reigning World, Champions Trophy, and Hockey World League title holders 4-0, giving the Dutch a feeling of redemption following their 6-1 World Cup final defeat at the hands of the Kookaburras on home soil in The Hague two years ago. The dazzling Dutch opened the scoring in the first minute thanks to a backhand rocket from Billy Bakker, who soon turned provider for Bob de Voogd to make it 2-0 just before half-time. Valentin Verga scored a sublime third just after the break when he volleyed in a pass from the outstanding Jeroen Hertzberger, before penalty corner king Mink van der Weerden completed the rout eleven minutes from time to eliminate the pre-tournament favourites.
The fourth Quarter-Final was unquestionably the most dramatic of the day, with Pool A's fourth placed team New Zealand giving Pool B winners Germany a huge scare before eventually suffering the most painful of defeats. The Black Sticks took a shock lead against the Beijing 2008 and London 2012 Olympic champions when the impressive Hugo Inglis scored a fine solo goal three minutes into the second quarter. Remarkably, Shea McAleese doubled the New Zealand advantage when he touched home a penalty corner with just eleven minutes of the match remaining. The last ten minutes were utterly thrilling, with Germany piling on the pressure before eventually going for broke by replacing goalkeeper Nico Jacobi with an outfield player with six minutes remaining. The tactic worked, with team captain Moritz Fürste scoring two penalty corner drag-flicks to restore parity before Florian Fuchs netted a brilliant winner with just 1.4 seconds on the clock.
Rio 2016 Olympic Games Hockey (men) – Day 9
Quarter-Finals Results:Spain 1-2 Argentina; Belgium 3-1 India; Netherlands 4-0 Australia; Germany 3-2 New Zealand.
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Red Dead Redemption 2 Rumors on GTA Forums – Story Content Accidentally Revealed?
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It's been awhile since we've had any word on the latest cowboy, gun-slinging adventure Red Dead Redemption 2, and aside from a trailer and sparse articles on the game's advancement over…
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The CEO of Take-Two Interactive dodged a lot of questions about Red Dead Redemption 2 during an earnings call today. Strauss Zelnik brushed the questions away by stating that any…
Grand Theft Auto V (GTA V) Brings in 2017 With Double GTA$, New Mode, and More!
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The Grand Theft Auto franchise has been quite the powerhouse since its top-down days and when it would call us brown bread. Since then, it has taken us on many adventures throughout…
Modders Are Bringing Liberty City into Grand Theft Auto V
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Rockstar Games' open world crime game, Grand Theft Auto V (GTAV), takes place in the fictional west coast city of San Andreas. Fans of the series are aware that most of the previous…
Max Payne Intro Recreated in GTA V and it Looks Fantastic! (VIDEO)
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Everything always starts with a thought – random emotions do not just pop into our head without first us becoming aware of something, i.e. a new post on Facebook, we then process this and then we attach an emotion, depending on our own individual Mental Map and our unique value chain.
Why might we be feeling envious of posts we see on Facebook – or Farcebook as I like to call it because let's face it, for a large proportion of it, people are only posting their highlights. There are very few people who will detail what a crappy day they've had, that they're finances are in dire straits, how they're marriage is heading down the pan and that their relationship with their kids is pretty dire. No, what we'll see instead is some heavily filtered snaps en famille on holiday, with everyone smiling and laughing.
Psychologists interviewed for the Guardian piece discussed this notion of social media envy – people feel envious about what they're seeing online because they want this lifestyle. They seek out Instagrammers who'll give them tips on make-up application and hairstyle so that they can look different and perhaps feel better about themselves – the outside in approach as opposed to the tried and tested inside out method. They follow celebrities on social media – the rich and famous who seem to have it all. As the writer said, envy existed for centuries and was written about by Greek philosophers. Back in the days before social media, we'd be envious of the neighbours and they're swanky new car or plush sofa but now, it's in our face 24-7 and we know globally what kind of life people lead and what they have.
Who is creating these feelings of envy? The Instagrammer? The Facebook poster? Neither. We have a choice as to how much we access social media and we can choose the way we think about what we see, hear and read. We can also choose whether we are passive voyeuristic bystanders or whether we actively participate and contribute, which is far less likely to have an impact on the envy scale because we're actually engaging with people.
I confess that I'm an old-fashioned gal and I haven't exactly fallen in love with social media. I don't think I'm the only one and several of my friends take a hiatus from Facebook. It's never permanent though, they always go back which I put down to FOMO… It's a paradox really – that fear of missing out versus the envy.
Social media isn't all bad. In fact, none of it is bad – it's only as good or bad as you decide it is. Decide to be conscious about the way you're thinking about social media. You can take it or leave it and when you do engage with it, the way you respond to what you see, hear and read is entirely of your choosing.


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Suspected bomb found outside Mississippi courthouse; investigators search for culprit
Published 10:37 pm Thursday, April 22, 2021
A suspected bomb was left outside a Mississippi courthouse Thursday sending a small town in a partial lockdown as roads were closed and bomb-sniffing dogs brought in to investigate.
The package was apparently under a pile of leaves that had blown onto the Panola County Courthouse steps and became visible when the leaves were blown away.
The packaged was noticed by the Courthouse deputy on duty, who thought it was a piece of trash, according to Panola County Sheriff Shane Phelps. When the officer picked up the package he realized it weighed about two pounds and quickly set it down again.
It reportedly weighs approximately two pounds, and concerned law enforcement officials enough to close most of the roads leading into the downtown area for portions of Thursday.
When a bomb-sniffing dog brought in by the Mississippi Highway Patrol indicated the package may contain some explosive materials, the Panola County Sheriff's Office immediately made calls to have a professional bomb squad team from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms come to investigate further.
Sheriff Phelps offered few details but confirmed that Thursday was scheduled to be a term of drug court at the courthouse when many people enrolled in the program would be coming before Circuit Court.
Phelps also confirmed that a man came to the courthouse earlier and asked if today was drug court and if a certain judge would be there. Phelps said he could give no more information at this point.
Some early reports said courthouse workers also warned about a bomb by a telephone caller, but that information has yet to be confirmed.
The sheriff confirmed late Thursday that the package was transported to a safe location and detonated. He said the courthouse would remain closed on Friday as investigators worked the case.
Article originally published in The Panolian.
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Our founder – Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
Our founder, Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche (Geshe-la), passed away peacefully at Manjushri Kadampa Meditation Centre in September 2022, at the age of 92.
Venerable Geshe-la, a truly remarkable person, lived a life of extraordinary service to others. Born in a remote village high on the Tibetan plateau he ordained as a Buddhist monk at the age of eight and spent the next twenty years studying the teachings of Buddha in the great Tibetan monasteries.
After concluding his studies and being awarded the title 'Geshe', which means 'virtuous spiritual friend', he entered a life of meditation, engaging in deep retreat at first near the Nepali border and later in the mountains of northern India, where he soon developed a reputation as a great meditator, with many coming to regard him as a modern day Mahasiddha.
After almost twenty years in retreat, in 1977 at the behest of his own Spiritual Guide, Kyabje Trijang Dorjechang, Geshe Kelsang graciously accepted an invitation from Manjushri Centre to travel to the West and become the Resident Teacher at what was then a fledgling Buddhist centre that had recently acquired Conishead Priory as its base.
Since that time Manjushri Centre was Venerable Geshe-la's spiritual home, where he gave thousands of teachings. Many of these teachings have been published in 23 highly acclaimed books on Buddhism and meditation.
Throughout his life he was a great believer in the universal applicability of Buddha's teachings and presented them in such a way that everyone, regardless of nationality, age or gender, can put them into practice in their daily lives and begin to experience true inner peace.
He understood the problems faced by modern people and showed how we can solve them through simple scientific methods taught by Buddha. But though his teachings are extraordinarily clear and easy to understand they contain the entire profound lineage of ancient wisdom he holds. Geshe-la's oft-repeated phrase, 'simple, but very profound' perfectly encapsulates his uncommon presentation of modern Buddhism.
While at Manjushri Centre Geshe Kelsang designed and oversaw the construction of the first Kadampa Temple for World Peace, and inaugurated the International Temples Project with the intention to establish Buddhist institutions such as Temples throughout the world.
Over the years, Venerable Geshe-la founded more than a thousand meditation centres and groups in over forty countries, and has established three study programmes – the General Programme, the Foundation Programme, and the Teacher Training Programme – to be taught continuously at these centres.
He trained hundreds of teachers and ordained scores of monks and nuns, and transmitted a complete lineage not only of teachings and insights but also of prayers, ritual practices, sacred art and music, all tailored to the needs of the modern world.
Even when he retired as Spiritual Director, he continued to work tirelessly to spread the precious teachings of Kadampa Buddhism throughout the world with the intention that each and every living being will eventually experience the supreme permanent mental peace of enlightenment.