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Tiny Pretty Things is an American drama streaming television series based on the novel of the same name by Sona Charaipotra and Dhonielle Clayton, created by Michael MacLennan. It premiered on Netflix on December 14, 2020, and has aired for one season.

The series revolves around the goings on at a ballet school in Chicago, and focuses on the school's students, instructors, administrators, and benefactors. The dancing in the show is performed by the actors themselves, not doubles.

Critical reaction to the series has been mixed. Official announcement has been made that it will not be continued.

Cast and characters

Main

 Brennan Clost as Shane McRae, an openly gay dancer who is secretly sleeping with his roommate, Oren
 Barton Cowperthwaite as Oren Lennox, a dancer who has an eating disorder and Shane's roommate whom he is secretly sleeping with
 Bayardo De Murguia as Ramon Costa, one of the best choreographers in the world
 Damon J. Gillespie as Caleb Wick, a dancer who is secretly sleeping with Monique, the Archer School of Ballet's director
 Kylie Jefferson as Neveah Stroyer, a dancer from Inglewood, California, who is given a full scholarship at the Archer School of Ballet after a student falls from a rooftop and into a coma
 Casimere Jollette as Bette Whitlaw, a dancer who is living in the shadow of her older sister, Delia, and Oren's girlfriend
 Anna Maiche as Cassie Shore, the dancer who falls from the rooftop and is in a coma
 Daniela Norman as June Park, Cassie's former roommate and Neveah's roommate
 Michael Hsu Rosen as Nabil Limyadi  a French dancer who is a Muslim, Caleb's roommate, and Cassie's boyfriend
 Tory Trowbridge as Delia Whitlaw, Bette's older sister and a graduate of the Archer School of Ballet; she is living with Costa and is considered a rising star
 Jess Salgueiro as Isabel Cruz, a Chicago Police Department police officer who is investigating Cassie's case
 Lauren Holly as Monique DuBois, the director of the Archer School of Ballet in Chicago, Illinois, who is secretly sleeping with Caleb

Recurring

 Alexandra Bokyun Chun as Maricel Park, June's mother
 Shaun Benson as Topher Brooks, the ballet master at the Archer School of Ballet
 Michelle Nolden as Katrina Whitlaw, Bette and Delia's mother who is part of the Archer School of Ballet's executive committee
 Paula Boudreau as Selena Covey, Monique's secretary
 Jessica Greco as Torri Fuller, the Archer School of Ballet's resident advisor
 Morgan Kelly as Alan Renfrew, the head of sports medicine at the Archer School of Ballet and Topher's husband
 Clare Butler as Esmé Halterlein
 Araya Mengesha as Tyler Stroyer, Neveah's older brother
 Ashley Coulson as Gwen Resnik
 Nicole Huff as Paige Aquino
 Alex Eling as Matteo Marchetti, Bette's love interest
 Daniel Kash as Sgt. Dan Lavery, Isabel's boss at Chicago Police Department
 Luke Humphrey as Travis Quinn
 Josh Pyman as Dev Ranaweera, Shane's love interest
 Erin Pitt as Laura

Guest
 Karen Robinson as Makayla Stroyer, Neveah's mother who has served time in prison for murder and is looking to make amends.
 Tiler Peck as Sienna Milken
 Emily Skubic as Lindy (uncredited)

Episodes

Production

Development
Insurrection Media, Inc. optioned the source material from HarperCollins and developed the project for a year before getting a series order on August 6, 2019, from Netflix for 10 episodes. The series is created by Michael MacLennan who executive produced alongside Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, Jordanna Fraiberg, Deborah Henderson, Gary Fleder, Gabrielle Neimand, and Carrie Mudd. Felder also directed the first episode of the series. Production companies involved with the series were slated to consist of Insurrection Media and Peacock Alley Entertainment, Inc. The series premiered on December 14, 2020.

Casting
Upon the series order announcement, Lauren Holly, Kylie Jefferson, Casimere Jollette, Daniela Norman, Brennan Clost, Michael Hsu Rosen, Damon J. Gillespie, Bayardo De Murguia, Barton Cowperthwaite, Tory Trowbridge, and Jess Salgueiro were cast as series regulars. On September 20, 2019, Anna Maiche joined the main cast. On December 9, 2020, it was reported a professional ballet dancer, Emily Skubic is set to make her debut guest role in the series.

Filming
Principal photography for the series began on August 6, 2019 and ended on December 3, 2019 in Toronto, Canada.

Reception
On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, Tiny Pretty Things received an approval rating of 53% based on 19 critic reviews, with an average rating of 5.38/10. The website's critics consensus reads, "Tiny Pretty Things has some solid moves, but an over-reliance on empty scandal over emotional substance make for unsatisfying viewing." Metacritic gave the series a weighted average score of 47 out of 100 based on 6 critic reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".

References

External links

2020 American television series debuts
2020s American drama television series
2020s American LGBT-related drama television series
Dance television shows
English-language Netflix original programming
Television series about ballet
Television series about teenagers
Television shows filmed in Toronto
Television shows about drugs
Television shows based on American novels
Television shows set in Chicago

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Nice article. I am working on one test app in cluster environment. I have deployed remote stateless ejb on cluster (node A and node B in domain mode). I start one more standalone instance on node A and try to deploy a client app. Issue is that client cannot connect to ejb on node A while it connects to node B without any problems. If I put client on node B also on standalone instance it cannot connect to ejb on node B but can connect to node A.
Is this expected behavior or I'm missing something? Any link or tutorial will be mostly appreciated. My goal is to have one cluster where I will deploy remote stateless ejb in one server group and client on the same cluster under other server group which will communicate with both nodes. Is this possible? Thanks.
Can you post your question to WildFly forum at https://community.jboss.org/en/wildfly ?
We created an app that runs on wildfly.8.1.0.Final, but I must use two diffrent machines running wildfly for load balancing and fail over, can you help with this? Or do you know where I can look for some info on this?
Hope its not too late to comment on this article. Wanted to share a behaviour of wildfly i observed related to this article and also if you can suggest or share your thoughts on this.
For this multi instance standalone setup was using Wildfly-9.0.1.final. In the same machine started 2 standalone instances running on different ports and also had visualVM running to monitor these process.
Deployed app1.war through jboss-cli in 1st instance and all was rest services were good and working fine.
Deployed app2.war through jboss-cli in 2nd instance now when i try accessing the same rest services of app1 there were NoClassDefFoundError which later on was pointing to ClassNotFoundException. The stack trace then had this ModuleLoader.findClass.
Initially suspected it was problem with the packaging of war file (Maven). But the same war file was working fine in single instance that is by placing the war file in deployments directory of Wildfly.
So repeated the same steps by monitoring with visualVM for JMX MBean ServiceModuleLoader.
2. Took a dump of all the resources that were loaded by ServiceModuleLoader using VisualVM. Along with other resource there were 2 set of VFS Resource which had all the package path of class files from the app1.war.
3. Verified the Rest service of app1 and was good.
3. Started instance 2 (command – ./standalone.sh -c standalone_app2.xml) – deployed the app2.war. Now the 1st instance which had this 2 set of VFS resource were gone.
4. Now upon invoking the same Rest services observed NoClassDefFoundError.
Is there anything wrong with this setup?
I used 0100 as the offset value, and now management console of 2nd and 3rd JVM runs on 10090 and 10190 respectively.
:9990 is working fine, but 10090/10190 are not displaying anything.
Could you please guide whats wrong here?
When starting multiple instances of wildfly by using the port off set, how can different application be deployed to each instance when there is only one deployments directory. I need a.war running on server a and b.war running on server b.


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Should Muir Woods National Monument Be Renamed?
Muir Woods photos by Kirke Wrench and Hans Roenau.
Muir Woods National Monument, the 558-acre preserve of towering redwood trees, right in our backyard, is the biggest tourist attraction in Marin and the crown jewel of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, drawing visitors for more than 100 years, including more than 900,000 in 2019.
But does it need a new name?
Set aside for protection in 1908 by President Theodore Roosevelt, the park is named after naturalist John Muir, who has been called "The Father of our National Parks" and a "Wilderness Prophet." Muir has, by a recent count from the San Francisco Chronicle, more than 50 places in California named after him, including our neighbor Muir Beach, as well as at least one high school, 21 elementary schools, six middle schools and one college named after him, as well as a glacier, a mountain, a woods, a cabin, an inlet, a highway, a library, a motel, a medical center, a tea room and a minor planet, according to Atlas Obscura.
John Muir, circa 1902. Library of Congress.
But Muir's words and actions were racist, harmful and egregiously out of step with modern society, and Michael Brune, the executive director of the Sierra Club, the environmental organization Muir founded in 1892, said as much in a post on the organization's website last week. Saying it was time for some "truth telling" about Muir's racist views and the white supremacist beliefs of the Sierra Club's original members, Brune noted that Muir "made derogatory comments about Black people and Indigenous peoples that drew on deeply harmful racist stereotypes, though his views evolved later in his life."
"As the most iconic figure in Sierra Club history, Muir's words and actions carry an especially heavy weight," Brune continued. "They continue to hurt and alienate Indigenous people and people of color who come into contact with the Sierra Club."
That hurt and alienation has no shortage of tangible examples. In 1838, the Cherokee Indians were evicted from their homes in the Smokey Mountains in the dead of winter by white settlers' hungry for their land and gold—even though a U.S. treaty and a U.S. Supreme Court decision guaranteed their land rights—and forced to walk more than a third of the way across the continent to Oklahoma, a march that would kill 4,000 people and come to be known as the Trail of Tears.
Muir described the Cherokee homes he found as, "the uncouth transitionist …wigwams of savages," according to the Atlas Obscura. "He described the homes of the very settlers who may well have drove them out as, 'decked with flowers and vines, clean within and without, and stamped with the comforts of culture and refinement.' For a man who supposedly walked with eyes wide open, this is a profound moment of blindness."
The Miseducation of John Muir piece continued:
This is the dark side of the Muir mythology, and one that was highlighted on his Southern journey. The man who thought of nature as a cathedral, and regarded, "whales and elephants, dancing, humming gnats," and even "invisibly small mischievous microbes" as divine, regarded Native Americans as subhuman. Later, in California, he called them: "dirty," "garrulous as jays," "superstitious," "lazy."
Amidst our long overdue national and local reckoning with our nation's history of racism and systemic inequity, Americans have confronted the country's past with vigor, particularly in the aftermath of the killing of George Floyd on May 25. Removal of racist symbols like Confederate flags as well as monuments and street signs dedicated to problematic figures has been happening throughout the country.
But in the aftermath of Brune's post about the Sierra Club, the National Park Service doesn't appear to be interested in renaming the Muir Woods. In a statement issued July 23, the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, which includes Muir Woods and Muir Beach said that National Park designations must be directed by Congressional legislation or presidential proclamation, but saw no need for a name change, according to the Mercury News.
"Across the country, the National Park Service maintains and interprets monuments and sites that commemorate and memorialize historical figures, including those who represent important, and painful, chapters in our nation's history," the agency said in the statement.
In the statement, GGNRA officials pointed out that Muir Woods already notes that the conservationist who proposed the monument's name, William Kent, had "espoused anti-immigrant ideas."
"A hallmark of American progress is our ability to discuss and learn from our history," the agency said, adding that the park service "is committed to continuing to tell these stories throughout our nation, in all of their complexity."
We want to hear from you: Where do you stand on this issue? Rename our redwood grove, or use this reckoning as a teachable moment about our history? Or both?
Tell us in the comments below.
Rachelle Sarosi
Do not change! He did far more good for people than bad.
Catherine Cole link
I think yes it's fair to continue discussion that may end up renaming all his pieces of named real estate.
Deborah Jean
Do not change - unless we begin to write out certain president names in our history too. Where does it stop?
Robert Iles link
NO, don't change
BJ Len
This has gone stupid. If a person does something bad when young, should they be dejected the rest of their life? Specially if they changed in later life. Time to get real.
Such a conceit. Changing the names of things every time the winds blow. Ignoring the contributions of those who made our history. If Mill Valley had its way, might the park not be named D'Angelo Woods?
Michael Banks link
Do not change. Ridiculous to do so. Next you'll be deleting Beethoven performances because he was a nasty individual. Muir changed his views as he grew older. Give the man a break. Stupid PC people!
Kathleen McGinn
Do not rename. I think it is fine to consider and discuss replacing his name on community buildings such as schools, libraries, the hospital. However, his contributions to the National Parks and our appreciation of the natural beauty that surround us should not go un-noted. Keep the name Muir Woods in honor of those contributions.

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package protocol

import (
	"bytes"
	"context"

	"golang.org/x/tools/internal/event"
	"golang.org/x/tools/internal/event/core"
	"golang.org/x/tools/internal/event/export"
	"golang.org/x/tools/internal/event/label"
	"golang.org/x/tools/internal/xcontext"
)

type contextKey int

const (
	clientKey = contextKey(iota)
)

func WithClient(ctx context.Context, client Client) context.Context {
	return context.WithValue(ctx, clientKey, client)
}

func LogEvent(ctx context.Context, ev core.Event, lm label.Map, mt MessageType) context.Context {
	client, ok := ctx.Value(clientKey).(Client)
	if !ok {
		return ctx
	}
	buf := &bytes.Buffer{}
	p := export.Printer{}
	p.WriteEvent(buf, ev, lm)
	msg := &LogMessageParams{Type: mt, Message: buf.String()}
	// Handle messages generated via event.Error, which won't have a level Label.
	if event.IsError(ev) {
		msg.Type = Error
	}
	go client.LogMessage(xcontext.Detach(ctx), msg)
	return ctx
}

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Q: Amazon RDS Promote Db Read Replica to RDS Db Instance When I promote a read replica to a db instance, does it replace the main db instance from which it was a read replica or does it create an entirely new Db Instance. I do not want to replace the Db Instance that the read replica is part of. I want to promote the read replica to a new Db Instance for testing.
thanks for replies and other suggestions

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When I promote a read replica to a db instance, does it replace the main db instance from which it was a read replica or does it create an entirely new Db Instance?

It does neither of those things.¹
Promoting an RDS replica converts the replica, in place, into a new and independent master.  The action leaves both the master and the replica instances running, exactly as they were, except that the replication connection between the two servers is permanently severed, and the former replica becomes an independent, writable master.
It cannot be rejoined to its former master as an RDS replica again after promotion, and it contains a copy of the data as it existed when it was promoted.

¹ This isn't true for Aurora, but the phrasing of the question implies that you aren't using Aurora.

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Sri Lanka's decision to ban imports of chemical fertilizers has now led to protests by farmers. In May, the ban was introduced for environmental reasons; however, the farming industry went into crisis because of it.
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How Do U Save Videos On Instagram: Currently Instagram has enabled short videos, the quality as well as quantity of media being shared on the social media has increased tremendously. If we really did not have sufficient of an excuse to while away the hours on the site already, including video into the mix just makes things even worse. You are definitely mosting likely to find a video or three that you want to download for yourself as some factor!
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The intro of 15 2nd video clips was a poke at Vine as well as has gone down effectively without a doubt. A lot more so since the death of Vine was announced. A quick scan of Instagram any time of day will see hundreds, otherwise hundreds of videos from anywhere on the planet covering every little thing from specialist EPs to somewhat less full-flavored subjects. There really is something for everybody on below. Once you surpass the company advertising and marketing as well as the meaningless self-promotion there is a great deal of creative thinking going on. Ripe ground certainly for some intriguing video.
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Downloading Instagram videos is not supported by Instagram themselves. They would clearly prefer you to invest as much time as feasible on the social network. As long as you do not share the web content you download and do not break any copyright, you're most likely fine downloading them.
The InstaSave Android app is a beneficial application that enables you to download any Instagram video. All you should do is install it, open it as well as paste the video URL right into the app where it claims 'paste your web link below'. Click Conserve video and also the app will do its job. The app also permits you to download any type of hashtags or text that comes with it.
Other apps that do similar things include InstaTV for iphone. It operates in similar means as well as uses the same quick, straightforward downloading of media from the social network.
There are a few internet sites that allow quickly Downloading of Instagram videos through your internet browser. One is W3Toys as well as one more is SaveDeo. I like W3Toys yet it can be busy and obtain slow-moving at peak times which is why I use a back-up internet site. Fair warning if you pick SaveDeo though as it tends to detail one of the most popular video downloads as well as a lot of them are most definitely not risk-free for job or for more youthful eyes!
Making this job, catch the URL of the video you intend to download. Navigate to the W3Toys website and also paste the LINK right into the box. Hit Go and the website will download the video onto your gadget to obtain started.
Another good downloader website is Dredown. It functions like the other two. Include the URL right into the box and also struck Dredown. Additionally, hit Get BB Link and also the website will produce a permalink to the video that got rid of the ads if there are any type of. Each is really valuable in its very own right.
Instagram has no particular device to download videos as they want you to stay on the site as much as possible. Yet with an easy modify you can transform all that. Just don't tell them we told you!
If you do not trust apps or downloader web sites, simply attempt this. Open the video on Instagram making use of a browser. Right click anywhere on the page and choose View page source or words to that effect. Press Ctrl + F on a Windows computer system to execute a search and also kind 'mp4'. The result needs to direct you to a LINK. Copy that URL right into a new browser tab as well as it will play the video. Press Ctrl + S to save it to your computer system.
While the hand-operated way takes a couple of secs longer, it doesn't rely on anything, or anybody else. If you prefer to keep applications to a minimum or do not trust those downloader internet sites, this is the way to download Instagram videos. It will certainly work time and again and also will not obtain as well active like the downloader websites.
My last way to download Instagram videos is also the coolest. It makes use of an IFTTT dish to automatically download any type of video you like onto your cloud storage. This is fantastic if you get on a mission to gather video series or simply intend to conserve vide for later use.
You will certainly need an IFTTT account, a Dropbox account as well as (clearly) an Instagram represent this to work. Log into IFTTT as well as use this recipe or make your own. To make a dish, you need to turn on the Instagram network and also your Dropbox channel, then use the dish.
Click the 'that' connect to establish the destination. Select 'Upload File from URL' as the action, select your Dropbox account as the destination as well as develop recipe. After that just transform it on.
Currently, at any time you such as a video on Instagram, IFTTT will instantly download it to Dropbox for you to access at any moment. How trendy is that?
Each of these methods is a viable method to download videos from Instagram. While I absolutely have my favored in IFTTT, if you don't utilize the IFTTT site or do not consistently download videos, it may not deserve your while. Because instance, the manual method or internet sites I listed above may be more to your tastes. Bear in mind however, those videos highlighted on SaveDeo will generally include NFSW material. You have actually been cautioned!
Do you consistently download from Instagram? Have otherwise of Downloading that I have not provided here? Use other Android or iphone app not mentioned? Tell us about it below as well as assist the area.


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elections have consequences, sort of
Posted on July 31, 2019 by greg
Ordinary Dude: Why aren't we impeaching Comrade Trump?
Moderate Democratic Member of Congress: I don't think we have quite enough information to begin impeachment proceedings.
OD: Is there credible evidence that he obstructed an investigation into possible wrongdoing by him and his staff?
MDMoC: Well, yes, but…
OD: Is there credible evidence that he lies every day to the American people? That he lies so consistently and shamelessly that nobody can trust or rely on anything he says?
OD: Is there credible evidence that he was elected with the aid of a hostile foreign power? That he welcomed that aid in 2016 and might do so again in 2020?
OD: Is there credible evidence that he's abusing his office to increase his personal wealth?
OD: Is there credible evidence that Comrade Trump has cozied up to Mohammed bin Salman, who had a critic tortured, murdered and dismembered? And that he's repeatedly bypassed Congress in order to sell weapons to him?
OD: And that's he's playing footsie with other leaders of hostile nations, while insulting and demeaning the leaders of friendly nations?
OD: Is there credible evidence that he's abused the office of the president to settle personal grievances?
OD: Is there credible evidence that he's used his office to consistently undermine federal law enforcement agencies and the US intelligence community?
OD: And doesn't that make the US less safe?
OD: Is there credible evidence that Trump violated campaign finance laws by paying hush money to women with whom he's had affairs while married to his third wife?
OD: What about neo-Nazis and white supremicists? Is there credible evidence that he's encouraged these groups, either openly or through example?
OD: Is there credible evidence that he's attacked the freedom of the press and called the news media 'the enemy of the people'?
OD: Is there credible evidence that he's created policies that separate children from their asylum-seeking parents? That he's housed both the children and their parents in appalling circumstances? That he failed to insure there's a method for re-uniting those children with their parents? Is there credible evidence that some of those children will likely never see their parents again?
OD: Is there credible evidence that the Trump administration is the most corrupt, most inept, most conflicted, most incompetent administration ever?
OD: Is there credible evidence that Trump is a racist?
Democrats fleeing the swarm of Republican accusations of partisanship.
OD: Don't all these facts taken together amount to the biggest betrayal of the United States by a president in our history? And isn't that betrayal still taking place?
OD: So why aren't we impeaching the motherfucker already?
MDMoC: Because we're not sure impeachment is a politically wise position to take.
OD: …
MDMoC: If we try to impeach, Republicans will accuse us of being partisan.
MDMoC: And even if we do impeach him, the Senate probably wouldn't vote to convict.
OD: Jesus suffering fuck.
MDMoC: Hey, don't blame us. You elected us, after all.
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my plan to deal with dog ass republicans
I have a plan. Well, not a 'plan' plan, since I'm in no position to implement it. It's more of a suggestion for a plan. Would you like to hear it? If not, then stop reading, on account of I intend to reveal my suggestion for a plan in the next paragraph.
Ready? Okay. Here it is: impeach the motherfucker already.
I know, it's not original. And I know, you're going to say "Greg, old sock, even if the House impeaches the motherfucker already, the dog ass Republicans in the Senate will never convict the motherfucker, so what's the point?"
I'm glad you asked. First, stop calling me 'old sock'. Second, the fact that the dog ass Republicans in the Senate will never vote to convict the motherfucker is actually part of the plan. Or the suggestion for the plan.
My plan suggestion for a plan, in slightly more detail, is as follows: announce right up front that we know the dog ass Republicans in the Senate are already in the bag (by 'in the bag' I mean 'so devoid of patriotism and so unconcerned about democracy and governance that they'll do whatever Comrade Trump wants') but that it's SO GODDAMNED IMPORTANT to publicly hold Trump accountable for his many crimes that we're going to impeach the motherfucker already anyway. Announce right up front that we fully expect the dog ass Republicans to continue to support Trump's criminality and enable him to fuck up representative democracy, but we still hold some truths to be self-evident, and among those truths is that the United States should NOT be run by a cruel, ignorant, narcissistic bully who is completely lacking in morals and lies as frequently — and with as much forethought — as he blinks.
If we announce right up front that we're doing what we believe is the right thing to do even though we fully expect it to fail — not because the effort isn't worthwhile, but because we know the game is rigged — then we have absolutely nothing to lose. And if/when the dog ass Republicans refuse to convict Trump, we can say "This is why we call them dog ass Republicans."
So, that's my plan. My suggestion for a plan. Whatever. What do you think? Cool, huh?
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why i'm done with bernie
A friend recently asked me why I dislike Bernie Sanders now. I said I didn't dislike him; I just wish he hadn't decided to run for POTUS again. I supported Bernie for most of his 2016 campaign, so of course I like Bernie. I mean, the guy has devoted his entire life to social justice. Plus he's managed to demystify democratic socialism to a LOT of Americans. Also plus, he doesn't smile of laugh a lot — but when he does, it's a very genuine smile or laugh. How can you NOT like him?
But then I thought about it…and I realized that yeah, I kinda do dislike him now. Which is sad and disappointing because I really like Bernie Sanders a lot.
The problem isn't Bernie himself. The problem is there's a small but very loud segment of his base — folks I think of as OBAs. Only Bernie Assholes. As in 'Only Bernie can save us!' As in 'Only Bernie has the right ideas!' As in 'Only Bernie, and if Not Bernie then America deserves Trump!' As in 'Only Bernie or let the whole world burn!'
I respect their passion (no, I really do), but I have no tolerance for that sort of political purity. Political purity is just a nice way of saying 'extremism'. OBAs are extremists who won't accept a nuanced opinion about Bernie. They think you must either be totally and completely FOR him and everything he says or else you're absolutely AGAINST him. If your support isn't pure, undiluted, and unqualified, then you're compromised in some fundamental way. They see the notion of 'Vote Blue No Matter Who' as a betrayal of All Things Bernie.
That's annoying, but everybody has the right to vote the way thay want. The thing that really cements the 'asshole' in OBA is that so many OBAs are as conspiracy-minded as the Q-Anon folks. They seem to be truly convinced that if Bernie isn't winning, it can only be because shadowy corporate forces (usually in the form of the DNC) are actively conspiring and working against him. Other Democratic candidates are frauds who are stealing Bernie's ideas only in order to get elected, at which point they'll revert back to corporate whores. They are totally convinced Bernie was cheated out of the nomination in 2016 by the Democratic National Committee, and are equally convinced the DNC is doing it again in 2020.
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At the beginning of this campaign season I joined a pro-Bernie Facebook group (I also joined a pro-Cory Booker and a pro-Mayor Pete group because I wanted a better sense of who they were). The pro-Bernie group initially seemed pretty reasonable and I felt better about Bernie joining the race. Then it slowly became dominated by OBAs, who either drove less pure Bernie supporters out of the group or effectively silenced them. Here are some of the posts and comments that appeared in that group over the last day or so:
— Anyone who was in the trenches from the beginning knows this. It didn't take Russians to talk us out of voting for Hillary. It took looking into her record. Her scandal. The theft of the 2016 primaries. her online army of trolls. Shutting down Bernie Sanders Web pages with child porn.
— If the dnc rigs the election against sanders and gave us Harris or Biden, then I'm going full Bernie or bust. If we don't have standards, then the corporate dems are just going to shaft us.
— When the establishment prop up Warren, it's only to try to hurt Bernie. They are focused on trying to take him out in any way they can because he is an existential threat to their excessive amounts of wealth and corporate bribes.
— If the democratic party really wanted to beat trump they would pick Sanders if that truly was their main concern. It is not. They would rather lose to trump then have a Bernie presidency and that is a fact not some outlandish conspiracy.
— I used to like [Meryl Streep], and watched most of her movies. But she is a hypocrite, a big supporter of HRC among other Hollywood elites and out of touch. She has blindly supported HRC who is also as corrupt as Trump. Because of this reason, I do not watch the Oscars any more.
— Biden sucks. Everyone knows it. Even the DNC. That's why they are now artificially inflating Warren. Not cause they like/want her. But they'd rather have her, than Bernie. And it's becoming clear to everyone.
— I voted for Bernie in the primary I voted for trump in the general reason I never trusted Clinton I am back behind Bernie now like him he is the original deal a true socialist the one that will enact everything he is saying BERNIE 2020
— I wonder why Obama is mute about Bernie but openly support HRC in 2016??
— Bernie or GTFO!
— [T]he 1% run the D.N.C. They want to run another "Hillary" candidate that no one likes to make it look like a real win for Trump again.
— Polls are same as gerrymandering, or even worse totally biased!
— Bernie in did win CA in 2016, his hundreds boxes of ballots were not counted. On the day of HRC declared her so-called landslide won in CA. The Staffs posted hundreds of unopened box of his ballots.
Okay, that doesn't quite approach the lunacy of the Q-anon theory that 1) JFK Jr. is alive and 2) is actually Q, and 3) is working secretly with Trump and Mueller to build a case against Obama and Hillary. But still.
Let me just say that the OBA's dislike of the Democratic National Committee has some basis in reality. Some members of the DNC openly disliked Bernie — although, to be fair, Bernie had spent years denouncing the DNC. But the DNC didn't 'steal' the nomination from Bernie. He lost it. He lost it in part because his followers didn't bother to learn how the primary and caucus systems worked. A lot of Bernie supporters who hadn't registered as Democrats turned up at closed Democratic primary sites expecting to vote and were turned away. Instead of acknowledging their error, they claimed they'd been disenfranchised — that they were refused because they were Bernie supporters. Which is nonsense.
Bernie wasn't cheated out of the nomination; he just lost. I say that as a person who caucused for him. He just flat out lost. There's no shame in that. There's no need to concoct conspiracy theories to explain his loss.
I really like Bernie Sanders. I won't support him in the primaries, but I'd happily vote for him if he's the eventual candidate. Because I believe 'Vote Blue No Matter Who' is a valid strategy to rid ourselves of the Trump administration. In my opinion, Bernie has always been more of an inspirational leader than a policy wonk, but that's okay. One of the most important jobs of POTUS is to inspire the populace to be better citizens. Bernie would be good at that.
I like Bernie. I really do. But I don't think he can win the nomination. And I cannot abide OBAs. And that's why I'm done with him.
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Stormy! Stormy! Stormy! Russia! Russia! Russia!
Your probably one of those snowflake liberals who think paying off porn stars to keep them from publicly stating the prensidential candidate they had sex with while he was married to his third wife (having cheated on the first two) in order to avoid a scandal before the election ought to be illegal or against the law. Hah. This is the big leagues, and if the water's too hot, get off the bridge before it hatches.
Now it's been confirmed that Donald J. Trump — the greatest prensident god gave the planet earth in his lifetime and much more — knew about the payments his lawyer (who, by the way, is a born liar who can't be trusted to know when to keep his mouth shut) made to the porn star (and c'mon, who's gonna believe a porn star, who is a slut who can't be trusted to keep her mouth shut when she's been paid to keep her mouth shut) even though he totally denied knowing anything about those payments. Which, okay, means Trump lied, but who wouldn't lie to protect his wife? It's proof of how much he loves Melanie (who is totally hot and classy in a way most women with big tits wish they could be that classy).
So there's nothing really there, right? But the liberal maimstream limp-wristed commie media keep bringing it up and bringing it up in an effort to 'prove' that committing a felony to protect his hot wife ought to be against the law. They hate women.
I wanted to see what real patriots and America-loving Americans thought about this so-called "issue" so I checked in on FreeRepublic, which is as American as mayonnaise. And here's what they said.
— So what would the crime be? It's his money?
— is there anything illegal about paying a hooker not to tell your wife? seems like good business practice to me.
— Basically, FBI was being used to do oppo research for Hillary. Paid for with taxpayer money. While other serious crimes (like Hillary's server, bribes delivered to her "family foundation," etc.) weren't investigated.
— Yup……she admitted she lied. Which makes Trump the VICTIM.
— trump better start indicting these jokers before the election rolls around, as a supporter,i am tired of not seeing hillary in jail.
— it is widely believed that Michell aka the Wookie, lived on the streets as a prostitute when she was about 17. She was saved by a Chicago pimp who realized she was too ugly to generate sales. The pimp signed a sealed affadavit that is in Chicago DA custody.
— The FBI is a branch of the Dem/Antifa party and they believe altogether too much.
— Stormy! Stormy! Stormy! Russia! Russia! Russia!
I couldn't have said it any more better than that. Stormy! Stormy! Stormy! Russia! Russia! Russia! Why can't the libs just accept the fact that they lost and deserve to be in the dust bin of history with all the other losers like Russia China Viet Nam and Venevuela (sp) down there in South America where all the illegal immigrants come from who are all or mostly gang members and drug deals. Or have vans with tied up women gagged in the back? Why?
The Deep State FBI should just go back where they came from so Prensident Trump can continue to make America Great Again MAGA and Keep it that way for ever until the Rapture or even after.
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yeah, he's lying
Comrade Donald J. Trump is a liar.
Every president has told lies. Every person on earth has told lies. We all lie. Most of our lies are social lies — lies told to lubricate social interactions. "No, the pie crust wasn't overbaked." "I'd love to visit, but I'm running a bit late." "Yes, of course, I'd be happy to help." "Please, stay as long as you'd like."
But Trump isn't just a social liar. He will lie about anything to anybody for any reason without any compunction and without any concern for consequences. He's an unrepentant liar. A serial liar. An inveterate liar. Worst of all, he's a dangerous liar. I mean that quite seriously. Trump's repeated barrage of lies are damaging the stability of our democracy.
Yeah, he's lying.
Back in 1978 the French writer Roger Errera interviewed Hannah Arendt for the New York Review of Books. Among the things they discussed was the role played by lying in totalitarian governments.
If everybody always lies to you, the consequence is not that you believe the lies, but rather that nobody believes anything any longer. This is because lies, by their very nature, have to be changed, and a lying government has constantly to rewrite its own history. On the receiving end you get not only one lie — a lie which you could go on for the rest of your days — but you get a great number of lies, depending on how the political wind blows. And a people that no longer can believe anything cannot make up its mind. It is deprived not only of its capacity to act but also of its capacity to think and to judge. And with such a people you can then do what you please.
We are still sometimes shocked by the viciousness and cruelty of some of Comrade Trump's lies. We're sometimes amused by the absurdity of his lies. We're occasionally baffled by the pointlessness of some of his lies. But it's been a long time since we were shocked by the fact that he lies. He's normalized lying. And increasingly, the result is exactly what Arendt said: it's not that anybody believes most of Trump's lies; it's that a lot of people no longer believe anything.
In the last election we elected a Democratic House of Representatives because they told us they would act to hold Comrade Trump accountable. They haven't. And because they haven't, we're less likely to believe them when they promise they will. It's getting harder and harder to believe anything.
As Arendt said, it's getting harder and harder to act. I'd intended to join the protest at a local detention facility last Friday. But I had company coming for a few days. Instead of inviting them to the protest, I stayed home. We cooked a meal, drank some locally brewed beer, talked, laughed, enjoyed ourselves. We did this while families seeking asylum are being separated and detained in appalling conditions.
This is how the fatigue caused by Comrade Trump's constant lying and hate damages the nation. This is how a weary population surrenders. This is how democracy dies.
One last comment by Hannah Arendt.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist.
Most of still make those distinctions. Most of us aren't 'ideal subjects' for totalitarian rule. But many of us — I hope it's not most of us — are just tired. We're just so goddamn tired. But I truly believe we'd find our energy again IF the Democrats in the House would begin impeachment proceedings.
So today I'll struggle to find the energy to call my member of Congress and, once again, encourage them to pressure Nancy Pelosi to do her fucking job. Democracy depends on it.
Posted in comrade trump, current events, despicable behavior, election 2020, ItMFA, politics	| 3 Replies
fixed it
Comrade Trump tweeted this in his morning rant:
The tweet needed work.
If Democrats Republicans want to unite around the foul language & racist hatred spewed from the mouths and actions of the very unpopular & unrepresentative Congresswomen president, it will be interesting to see how it plays out. I can tell you that they have he has made Israel the American people feel abandoned by the U.S. president and his Republican enablers.
There. Fixed it.
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in which i buy a hat
I needed a new cap. Wait…first let me say this: I'm not a hat guy. Some folks can wear a hat; some folks just can't. Some folks look like dorks whenever they wind up beneath a hat. I am one of those folks. Except baseball caps. Anybody can wear a ball cap. Even me.
Right. So I needed a new cap. And I decided…wait. Maybe need is an exaggeration. I actually had two ball caps. A nice one bought at the ball park, with the logo of the local minor league team (Iowa Cubs). It's a good cap, moderately expensive, but when I bought it I had long hair. I've cut my hair since then; now the cap doesn't fit. A stiff wind will swipe it right off my head.
The other cap is what I call my 'Commie Coke hat'. It's moderately cheap grey cap, adjustable, has a Co-cola logo with a red star on the front. I mostly wear it when I'm in the woods. Or doing some sort of manual labor. Which means it's pretty beat-up and stained. Not something you'd want to wear in public.
Co-cola Commie cap.
As I was saying, I needed a new cap. The problem was finding one with a logo I could tolerate. I tend to logo-resistant. I wouldn't wear that Co-cola cap if it didn't have the red Commie star (which I assume wasn't intentional, but still). I mentioned my logo problem to a friend, who gave me the following advice:
Go look on Etsy, you putz.
So I looked on Etsy (which, if you don't already know, is an online marketplace). There are easily a gazillion ball caps on Etsy. A mind-numbing selection. An overwhelming number of choices and options which left me…well, overwhelmed. I was about to exit the site when I noticed a seller who'd let you put your own lettering on a cap. That had potential. Plus the cap looked fairly nice. Plus it only cost like US$15.
Then I saw it was a seller in South Korea. How could somebody in Korea customize a cap and mail it to the US for about twenty bucks (including shipping)? The answer, of course, is because the Korean seller doesn't have to fuss about with inconvenient stuff like a livable minimum wage for their employees, a safe working environment, worker health care costs, reasonable working hours, or child labor laws.
So fuck that, right? There was absolutely no way I could ethically buy a cap made under those conditions. Here's a confession: my ethics can get a tad elastic when my curiosity is engaged. And I was curious. If I ordered that cap, how long it would take for the order to be delivered? Would the product be what I actually ordered? Could a $15 cap made by oppressed workers in Korea be anything but shoddy?
So what the hell, I ordered one. I ordered a specific color, with ITMFA (Impeach the Motherfucker Already) on the front in a specific font.
You guys, it arrived in ten days. It's a better quality cap than my Co-cola commie cap. It's the color I ordered. And while the lettering isn't perfectly centered, it's still pretty good and it's in the font I ordered. In fact, the entire experience was so good that it's discouraging.
I'm mostly a writer, which means I'm relatively poor. I come from a working class family, which means I feel solidarity with working folks. I can understand why poor folks would opt to buy a quality product from the Asian market for a bargain price instead of a quality product from a US source for a higher price. I think it's still ethically wrong, but understandable. In the long run, this hurts the poor and working class — but let's face it; the poor and working class can't always afford to think about the long run. They've got bills to pay now.
So here I am, a relatively poor American wearing a cap made by significantly poorer and much more oppressed Korean workers. Here I am, wearing a hat calling for the impeachment of a man who not only endorses but enthusiastically utilizes the oppression of foreign workers for his own personal profit.
I like the hat. I like the message. I sort of regret buying it. I hate that I don't regret it more. I deeply regret that global conditions exist that allow one group of workers to be exploited like this, and that allow other workers to justify exploiting less fortunate workers. We can say it's a dog-eat-dog world, but it's mainly that way because the rich are starving the dogs. I regret that I contributed to starving the dogs.
If YOU want an ITMFA cap, don't do what I did. Instead, if you can afford it, kick out the extra coin and buy one made here in the US. In fact, I encourage you to kick out the extra coin and buy a ball cap from a source who'll use the profits to support worthy causes. A source like, say, the ITMFA Store.
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pointless, sort of stupid, dorky = fun
Posted on July 9, 2019 by greg
My brother and I started geocaching last April and let me just start by saying flat out that geocaching is pointless and sort of stupid. But like a lot of pointless and sort of stupid things, it's also fun.
Okay, so some a lot most of you are probably saying, "Greg, old sock, just what the hell is geocaching?" First, stop calling me 'old sock'. Second, geocaching is…well, it's described as an 'outdoor recreational activity'. Which makes it sound incredibly dorky. (Also, when I said geocaching is pointless and sort of stupid, I should have included dorky, because let's face it — it's also fairly dorky.) Basically geocaching involves using a GPS-enabled device to locate a container hidden somewhere in the world.
Yeah, there's a geocache hidden here.
That's basically it. You may be wondering why you'd want to use GPS to locate a hidden container, especially if it's pointless, sort of stupid, and dorky. That's a perfectly valid question. It has a lot of answers, most of which can be boiled down to what I said earlier: it's fun to find hidden things. Think of it like a treasure hunt. Only without the treasure. Oh, some cache containers include trinkets or toys or other swag, but most don't — and really, nobody goes geocaching with the idea of finding anything more valuable than the fun of finding it.
There's one under this bridge.
So how does it work? You download an app, of course. That's how everything is done these days. The app shows you the general location of caches and gives you some idea of what to look for — the approximate size of the container (most range in size from an ammo box to a teensy tube no larger than the tip of your finger), the difficulty of the terrain (on a scale of 1-5), the difficulty of finding it (again, 1-5), and maybe a hint. Maybe. The app will usually get you to within 10-15 feet of the cache. Then all you have to do is find it.
Yeah, one hidden here too.
It sounds easy. Sometimes it is. Like the one we found yesterday. The map showed us where it was at. All we had to do was park in the lot of some electrical company, hike a third of a mile over a field to a pair of boulders, nose around a bit, and there it was: a dark metal tube on the ground. Easy peasy lemon breezy.
1) Find it on a map.
2) hike to the location.
3) Find the damned thing. It's right there in the middle of the photo. Honest.
But sometimes it's not so easy. Sometimes the cache is disguised. Sometimes it's a false electrical plate on an air conditioning unit. Sometimes it's a hollow chunk of dead wood in the crook of an old tree. Sometimes it's in an old bird's nest or in a magnetic box painted the exact same color as the metal girder to which it's attached. Sometimes it's a tiny container inside a hole drilled into a bolt screwed into an old section of railroad track.
The thing is, you never know. The cache might be out in the open or it might be cleverly disguised. You let the app get you close, then you just start looking. The only thing you expect to find in a cache is a logbook — which is often just a rolled up piece of paper. You sign the log, date it, put it back in the cache, put the cache back where you found it, and…well, that's it. That's the whole enchilada. Oh, except for this: don't let anybody see you doing it.
Folks not involved in geocaching are referred to as 'muggles' — and yeah, the term was snitched from Harry Potter. As in the PotterVerse you're not supposed to let muggles see you engaged in that thing you're doing. Partly because muggles will, out of innocent curiosity or malevolent intent, fuck with a cache. They might take it, move it, destroy it, throw it away. Or worse — they might all the police.
And one hidden here behind a flood control barrier, though we never found it.
And who could blame them? If you see somebody sidle up to a light pole in your supermarket parking lot, lift the cover of the base, and remove or insert an object of some sort, you'd probably be suspicious. A couple of guys skulking around the flood control barriers looks dodgy as fuck. They could be hiding drugs or planting an IED or cheerfully murdering homeless folks. So you'd be forgiven for calling the police.
Seriously. It's happened. In Wetherby, England a waitress saw a man behaving suspiciously outside the restaurant.
He appeared to have a small plastic box in his hand and after fiddling with the container he bent down and hid it under a flower box standing on the pavement. He then walked off, talking to somebody on his phone.
She called the police, the police called the Army, the Army sent in the bomb squad with a robot to conduct a controlled explosion. There have been at least five geocaching bomb scares in the last few years. So yeah, when geocaching in urban/suburban you need to be somewhat discreet.
Okay, this is part of the reason we go geocaching.
But here's the thing. It's pointless, sort of stupid, dorky, and sometimes suspicious, but geocaching is fun. The brother and I used to get together and sort of lackadaisically noodle around the countryside, stopping at some point for food and beer. Geocaching allows us to lackadaisically noodle around the countryside, stopping at some point for food and beer, only now with a pointless and sort of stupid dorky purpose. We've only found about 40 caches, but we discovered a great BBQ place in the small town of Slater that serves a kick-ass modified Cuban sandwich and serves local craft beers. And a place in the small town of Norwalk that serves kick-ass egg rolls and serves local craft beers. And a place in the small town of Carlisle that serves a kick-ass mac & cheese made with some sort of spicy sausage and serves local craft beers.
Okay, maybe geocaching isn't entirely pointless.
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Augusta – Aside from Chairing the Government Oversight Committee, Senator Chenette was also appointed by the Senate President to serve on the Environment & Natural Resources Committee.
Like the name suggests, this committee oversees the Department of Environmental Protection and handles legislation pertaining to air and water quality, mining rules, hydropower and sets overall environmental policy for the state.
AUGUSTA — Sen. Justin Chenette (D-Saco) has been appointed by Senate President Troy Jackson, D-Allagash, as Chair of the Legislature's bipartisan Government Oversight Committee for the 129th Maine Legislature.
The Government Oversight Committee directs the nonpartisan legislative Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability (OPEGA) to perform independent performance reviews of state government operations. This could include investigating agencies and departments, conducting hearings with officials, and reviewing reports.
AUGUSTA — Sens. Justin Chenette, D-Saco, and Susan Deschambault, D-Biddeford, made the "2017-18 Honor Roll" from the Maine Conservation Voters for their consistent support for the state's environment, as well as policies that protect public health from toxic chemicals and advance the development and adoption of clean, renewable energy.
Maine Conservation Voters scored nine key environmental votes during this year's legislative session. Sens. Chenette and Deschambault both received a 100 percent score for their votes.
During the 128th Legislature, Sen. Chenette also introduced a resolution to direct the federal government to fix the erosion issues caused by the jetty at Camp Ellis in Saco.
Veterans will now be eligible to receive a free lifetime pass to the State Museum because of passage of L.D. 1656 - An Act To Allow Veterans Free Admission to the Maine State Museum.
The Maine Bureau of Veterans' Services has updated information on their website to reflect the change.
If a Maine veteran would like to apply for their free park pass, they may do so by completing the application on the state website.
Government is at its best when it is responsive to the people not special interests and lobbyists. However, the continued influx of dark money into politics from shady corporations and a handful of wealthy – often anonymous donors – is elevating the role of outside influence and shutting out the voice of hardworking people. It's not right, and it's why I have consistently fought for a more transparent, accountable, and ethical political system.
Hello, this is Senator Justin Chenette of Saco. Thank you for tuning in.


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Acre Ancient Port
Exploring the Holy Land
It is probable that the Acre ancient port and was first located at the mouth of the Naaman River south of Tel Acre, where the urban settlement remained until the Hellenistic period. But changes in the river's route and subsidence of alluvial soil make it difficult to find supporting findings. Josephus Flavius noted that vessels entered the creek to load sand used for the glass industry. Acre was mentioned as a port city in a certificate from the city of Ugarit in the 14th century BCE.
In This Photo: Ancient Acre
Some More About Ancient Acre Port
So the ancient Acre port in its current location is first mentioned in a Phoenician inscription from the Persian period. The inscription, which dates to the 6th century BCE or to the 5th century BCE, was found on the southern breakwater. Finds from excavations conducted at the site indicate that the foundations of the breakwater were built using Phoenician methods.
Zenon of Kaunos, a Ptolemaic official, noted in a papyrus from 259 BCE that wheat was exported from the port of Acre to Egypt. Many discoveries dating to and after the 3rd century BCE indicate that the importance of the port increased during the Hellenistic period, and Acre became the most important port city in the Land of Israel.
Remains of a floor from the Hellenistic period, located near the eastern sea wall, were discovered in early 2009. The floor is located about a meter below sea level and may provide information about the height of the Mediterranean Sea at the time of its construction. A large number of amphorae remains from this period, which originated in the cities of the Aegean Sea, were also discovered in the port areas.
During 2012, additional excavations were carried out at the foot of the southern sea wall and the continuation of the sea wharf as well as large tying stones that were used to tie up the ships moored in the port were exposed. The weight of the binding stones ranges from 250-300 kg. Many pottery vessels were found at the bottom of the port, including dozens of complete vessels and many pottery fragments. The pottery originated from the Aegean islands such as Rhodes, Kos, and more.
In This Photo: The Modern Port of Acre Had Lost its Importance and Now is Mainly For Recreational Use and Small Scale Fishing
Ancient Acre Port in the Roman Period
The development of the port continued in the Roman period and to this period the remains of the southern breakwater date. Its eastern part is located below the modern breakwater, while the remains of its western part are in the "Pisan port". Despite the importance of the Roman Port of Caesarea the port of Acre continued and was the main port used by the Roman army during the Great Revolt.
It appeared on a 2nd-century Roman coin that showed a structure with arches, extending along the southern breakwater. Another coin shows a lighthouse standing, apparently, on the fly tower. The number of amphorae discovered in the port from this period is three times greater than the finds from the Hellenistic period. There has been an increase in the variety of types and regions of origin of the amphorae, and the origin of the most dominant group is from North Africa.
Ancient Acre Port in the Middle Ages
In the Byzantine period, the condition of the port worsened and the southern breakwater was destroyed. Sultan Mu'awiya I established a shipyard on the site but it only operated for a short time. Egyptian Governor Ahmad Ibn Toulon rebuilt the port in the second half of the 9th century. He erected the eastern embankment that extended into the seawater further to the eastern mainland wall. This embankment, sunk below sea level, connected the fly tower to the northern shore of Acre Bay, greatly increasing the port area. It was probably established to protect the port from enemies, as the waves coming to the port from the east do not endanger the ships moored there.
The Crusaders conquered Acre in 1104 after a siege from the sea and land, and during their time the importance of the port of Acre reached an all-time high.
The maritime traffic between the Holy Land and Europe passed through it, and most of the commercial activity in the port focused on its western part, the docks that resided in the Pisan district and the Venetian district of the city. It is also known from descriptions of the people of the period that the port was protected with a chain. Despite its importance, the port of Acre did not meet the needs, and it was unable to cope with the volume of maritime traffic. For this reason, some of the ships that visited the port were forced to anchor outside it, and already during this period, there were ships that due to their size could not set anchor there.
The conquest of Acre by the Mamluks after the siege in 1291, led to the destruction of the city and the port. But the remains of a wooden pier dating to the 14th century indicate that the port continued to be used during this period as well.
Ancient Acre Port in the Moder Period
The port regained importance in the middle of the 18th century when Daher al-Omar fortified Acre and opened many construction projects in the city. But their prosperity since the Crusader rule reached a peak during the time of the city's next ruler, Ahmad al-Jazar. In 1799 Napoleon laid siege to Acre, and al-Jazar defended the entrance to the port by sinking a ship across it.
In 1966, the remains of a shipwreck that was originally 34 meters long and five meters wide were discovered at the site. This may have been the shipwreck during the Napoleonic siege. However, the remains of eight other shipwrecks were discovered in and near the port of Acre – one from the Roman period, one from the 11th to the 13th century, three from the Ottoman period, and the rest from the beginning of the 20th century.
In the fourth decade of the 19th century, the port served the Egyptian navy of Muhammad Ali and Ibrahim Pasha. But it was destroyed in the bombing of Acre by the British navy in 1840. The port's final sinking occurred in the 20th century when the British chose the port of Haifa and made it the main seaport of Israel. Since then, the port of Acre has been used mainly as a fishing port and as a holiday anchorage.
The current breakwater was built in 1965 on top of the remains of the southern breakwater from antiquity, and the port waters were deepened between 1993 and 1999. Beyond the ships discovered in and near the port, thousands of other finds were discovered at the site, including anchors, fishing objects, cargo of ships, coins, pottery, weapons, and ammunition.
The Hospitaller Fortress
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The 1948 War
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Emperor Titus
Before becoming Emperor; Titus gained renown as a military commander; serving under his father in Judea during the First Jewish–Roman War.
Yitzhak Rabin Memorial
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Q: Show modified strings that appear more than once I got a Query which cuts off domain suffixes for every row, e.g. google.com -> google or google.co.uk -> google
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Now I want to display all modified domains that occur more than once. How can I do that? Thanks for helping me out ;)

A: Just add
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HAVING COUNT(*) > 1

to your query.
EDIT:

Could you tell me if there is a way to list the complete domains one by one with your addition?

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There are a total of 5 assisted living facilities in MCDUFFIE County, Georgia. This list includes MCDUFFIE County senior housing, assisted senior living communities and residential care homes for the elderly. MCDUFFIE County assisted senior living facilities also provide dementia and Alzheimer's care, also known as memory care in MCDUFFIE County, GA.
Free Love Pch is an assisted living community in Dearing, Georgia. It can accommodate a maximum of 2 seniors at a time. It is located at 3668 Ellington Airline Road, 30808 zip code in Mcduffie county. Free Love Pch helps seniors who need assistance with daily living tasks.
Masters Personal Care provides assisted living in Mcduffie county, Georgia. It contains a total of 8 assisted living apartments for 55+ adults. Masters Personal Care provides affordable, pet-friendly assisted elderly housing and is located at 362 Carver Street, S. e. , Thomson, Georgia 30824.
Watson Manor is an upscale assisted living facility in Thomson, Georgia. It supports a total of 11 assisted living units. Watson Manor is available to all Mcduffie county elderly residents in need of assisted living. Watson Manor is situated at 115 Watson Street in Thomson, Georgia.
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Job advertisement: Orthodox rabbi of Stockholm
The Jewish Community of Stockholm is by far the biggest Jewish community in Scandinavia with over 4 300 members. The community is an "Einheitsgemeinde" (unity community) and has three synagogues, two orthodox and one Masorti (the Great Synagogue). The Jewish community employs two rabbis, one Orthodox and one Masorti. The rabbis are expected to cooperate. The Orthodox rabbi is also expected to cooperate with the other Orthodox rabbis in Sweden and Scandinavia. The employed rabbis in Stockholm report to the Secretary General of the Jewish Community of Stockholm, who answers to the board of the community.
Job descriptionWe are looking for a rabbi who is comfortable leading and arranging services. Halachically accomplished. Very knowledgeable about synagogue activities and Halacha in practice. Weddings, Bris, Gets, Bikkur Cholim, conversions, burial services and Shivas are all part of the communal life, with which the Orthodox rabbi needs to feel at ease and be able to guide and lead.
The rabbi is also expected to work with education besides the two orthodox synagogues also with in cooperation with different parts of the Jewish community such as the Jewish School, cheder, summer camp and the old age home. In the role as a rabbi he should also act as a counselor, spiritual guide, visit the sick and comfort the grieving. He should also be able to work well with the Masorti rabbi and others within the community. The Orthodox rabbi is responsible for kashrut in the community and should develop and refine the kosher items list and supervise its fulfilment together with the community's kashrut committee. He should also develop the commercial side of kashrut.
We want our new Orthodox rabbi to be a natural unifying force who creates an environment where people meet and strengthen their identity as Jews. He also should nurture the unified community and have respect for people with different opinions. To meet our expectations, we think that the rabbi needs to be a visionary leader that engages more people into the Orthodox way of living and facilitates bringing people back to Judaism. To meet all our expectations the position requires that the rabbi lives in Stockholm. It is an advantage if the rabbi is married and that his wife also resides with the rabbi in Stockholm.
Background requirements
Rabbinical education from a mainstream, accepted Orthodox yeshiva, whose smicha is accepted by Orthodox communities in general and by the rabbinate in Israel.
Other education is considered to be an additional qualification but is not required.
Certified experience of working as a rabbi in a community
Certified experience of working with kashrut
Certified experience in education
Speaks Swedish or has the ability, preparedness and willingness to learn Swedish.
General knowledge that can be connected to Jewish knowledge or that can be used in the rabbi's position is deemed a qualification. (For example, psychology, history, etc.)
For more information, see full job description on our homepagewww.jfst.se. You are also welcome to contact Secretary General Isak Reichel, isak.reichel@jfst.se or +46 8 587 858 09, with any questions regarding the position. Please send the application to isak.reichel@jfst.se no later than October 31 2019.
Read the job description here.


William Carpenter III, Ph.D. - "Twogether in Texas"
Couples spend countless hours planning a wedding; and though the details and celebration are important, preparing for life afterward is even more important, yet often gets left out. None of us come into this world knowing how to have a successful marriage, and those who grew up in a household with divorced parents may have never even seen the daily workings of a successful relationship. Therefore it seems almost inconceivable that after investing so much time and emotion into the courtship and wedding, many will spend additional thousands of dollars on prenuptial agreements in case things don't work out, yet never consider spending a few hours to learn strategies in advance to help insure that the relationship doesn't get to the trauma stage.
Premarital sessions are offered as pastoral counseling either in the form of individual sessions tailored to the couple's (or individual's) specific needs, or in the classroom setting. Both formats satisfy the requirements of the "Twogether in Texas" program.
If you're not currently familiar with the "Twogether in Texas" program, it is a State authorized initiative that will waive the State portion of the marriage license fee and the State required 3-day waiting period when you complete Premarital Counseling through an approved provider.
Please visit our Premarital Counseling page to learn more, or if you like to speak with someone directly, contact us online, or call the office at 469-225-9040.


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Q: Images load fine directly, but not on the actual page I am having problems with my HTML image code. The first few images load, then the rest don't. They load when accessed directly, but not through the page.
See page here: http://swaba.gaming.multiplay.co.uk/cinderella/cinderella.html#tonights-the-night
(It's for a friend who's helping at a school play)
here is the image code I used:

Lyrics

Tonight's The Night

A Friend Like You

It's Not All It's Cracked Up To Be

I'm So In Love With Me

You're Going To The Ball

There's A Party Here Tonight

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If I Had One Wish

Your Feet Are Too Big

Happy Ever Afters

Any help would be greatly appreciated!
PS: The images stop loading after the '03.png'
EDIT: The images load correctly in Firefox, just not on Chrome.

A: Answering my own question here:
I needed to do the following to fix:
• Lower the resolution of the images. At the time I was using the  tag's width feature to re-size, putting a lot of pressure on the browser.
• Set the height feature
• And, compress the images
This all led to me being able to see the lyrics on my site!


Metamorphia :She Who Shapes The Sacred Land This project is delving deeper into my struggles with motherhood. I am trying to make sense of my new role as builder of humans. As a mother it is my duty to build and shape my small children into amazing, prescient, open minded human beings. That is a tall order. I hope to, through my work, push further both on the canvas and through my kids. My daughter and son have become color representations in these works.


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CeriC Accidental Immortal Serialisation Blog Books & Writing July 24, 2017 | 0
There are fates worse than death…
Welcome to the serialisation of Accidental Immortal. Chapters will be published four times a week so the serialisation will be completed at (roughly) the same time as on Wattpad, if not a little sooner!
If you would like to start from the beginning, please head over to chapter one. There is also a contents list at the bottom of each post.
Chapter 20 – Danger Revealed
Arkan's feet padded on the ground as he approached the Palace on foot. Overhead, clouds covered the sky, periodically blocking the light from the silver crescent moons. The perfect conditions for a clandestine visit. The woods around him were quiet except for the occasional call from a night owl to disturb the stillness. The only similarity to the bird of myth was its propensity to hunt at night. Its size, claws and intelligence made it a formidable opponent to humans. Something Arkan kept at the back of his mind while walking. He could fight it off with no problem but the sound the creature would make would alert everyone for an iteru. He could probably explain why he was creeping around the palace grounds at night when the king was away but it would be better not to.
There was something about how the king was acting that confused him. Herad had been watching the Temple for days. The grizzled veteran was old but very reliable in all the time he'd known him. He'd sat heavily on the tavern bench that afternoon. He didn't say it but Arkan knew the old man was in pain. He took a deep draught of the beer that Arkan had ordered before he'd arrived and wiped his mouth with the back of his hand. His eyes twinkled.
"I have news, young assassin."
"Herad, not here."
"No one can hear. That screeching sound, I hesitate to call music is too loud and that rabble wouldn't be interested anyway."
"There are ears everywhere Herad." Arkan admonished, flicking a coin between his fingers. "What have you seen?"
"The king visited Baserius this afternoon." Herad coughed and spluttered for a moment before swallowing it back down with a swig of beer.
Arkan looked up at Herad but he was deadly serious. Why would he do that without telling him? He flipped the coin he was holding in the air and the old man grabbed it without blinking. Anyone watching would have been hard pressed to see the action but within moments the barmaid came over to refill Herad's drink. Arkan made sure to go while the other man was busy.
There were few guards in the gardens. Their heavy boots, made them noisy and cumbersome on the undergrowth, allowing Arkan to evade them with no trouble. He moved like a ghost from trees to statues until he came up to the folly he was looking for.
It was built over a century ago, added to the designs by the Assassins Guild with coins greasing the right palms. If you didn't know what you were looking for, the building was just a tall tower. Its ground floor was open to the elements but it provided a brief shelter from the rain or sun for people enjoying the gardens that needed protection.
Arkan entered the structure and moved to the south-west corner where he pushed some dirt away to reveal a ring. It resisted for a moment but he strained his muscles to pull harder. Dirt cascaded down from the hatch that opened, revealing a dark opening. He dropped down, pulling the hatch closed behind him. The action jarred a chain that moved a small piece of wood that contained some dirt above the hatch. The dirt fell to the ground, concealing the hatch once again from prying eyes.
The tunnel was narrow and low. He had to hunch down with difficulty to get the flint from his pocket. He felt along the wall until he found an alcove where a lamp had been hidden by a predecessor. He would have to remember to replace it later. He struck twice and the tunnel illuminated.
It smelled musty and swathes of spider webs filled the space ahead. Arkan reached for a light wooden shield on a stick which had been left on its side beside him. It was designed to protect his clothes from the worst of the tunnel detritus by bringing down the webs as he walked. It wouldn't be done to be seen wearing filthy clothes when he entered the palace. It would arouse suspicion. He moved forward holding the device before him. It was light but the awkward angle made it seem heavier than it was.
Arkan breathed a sigh of relief when he reached the palace itself. The tunnel widened into a corridor allowing him to stand at his true height.
He moved through corridor after corridor. As he entered the inhabited part of the palace, he noticed it was practically deserted. It was easy to pass unseen into the King's private study. Not many people knew about this room. It was concealed by a tapestry off his official rooms.
Arkan pulled back the heavy fabric and slotted a key into the disguised lock near the top of the door. The door itself was shaped and decorated as a panel for when the tapestries were cleaned once a year. The key turned with a small click and the door swung inward without a sound.
Unlike the other study this one had few luxury trappings. The king liked to play the playboy in front of his subjects, the absent minded lord but Arkan knew the king had a mind like a steel trap. If there was anything the king was hiding from him then this would be the place he would find it.
Arkan searched the desk but found only business documents. Now, where would they be? He stood with his back to the door and scanned the room for anomalies. There, that had to be it. On the shelves against the longest wall, were hundreds of small thin boxes made to hold scrolls. Each one was precisely in alignment. Except – one of them jutted out against the others on the end of the shelves next to the desk. There was a thin layer of dust covering all but that one. Arkan smiled, it must have been recently used. Arkan reached up and felt the box. It rattled as the contents shifted to the side and downwards as he drew it from the shelf. He brought the box closer to his face and sniffed. A sharp whiff of incense shot up his nose. It could only have come from one place.
"The temple" he breathed, "this is why he went there.
Arkan put the box on the desk and pulled the chair under him. The king had already left for the ball so there was no need to worry about time.
He pulled the scroll out and skimmed through the glyphs. It was about myths? Why would Baserius give the king this? Further down the scroll was an illustration of the Osiris band and Arkan's breath caught. Baserius knew about that? Arkan delved further in and a history he knew nothing of before unfolded.
During the reign of Suramus II, he read, an expedition was called to find the ancient pyramids of myth. The scroll detailed the provisions taken like a shopping list. Arkan's eyes glazed and he skipped the contents. It took weeks to prepare it went on, the provisions had to be found, guides and men hired.
Arkan skipped further down again. After weeks travelling the desert and with their water supplies dwindling, they reached the temple. Dawn was breaking and a dragon attacked them. A dragon? Arkan's head raised slightly but he lowered it again, eager to read on. He was fascinated. Now that he knew the band existed he tried to suspend his disbelief at what he was reading.
A great battle was fought over the next few hours. The explorers on the expedition were not soldiers, they were not expecting to fight anyone or anything but they bravely fought on for the riches they were promised.
Whatever they did to the dragon, they found to their fear that it would not die. They removed its head with a heroic slash of a blade and for a while they thought it was over until it grew back within hours. This time, the dragon grew even more ferocious in its defence.
Arkan stopped reading. Lynsey had healed remarkably quickly. He remembered how her bruises had disappeared before his eyes after the accident. Was she like the dragon?
He bent down to read again, turning the lamp up a notch.
Finally the men were able to put chains and trap the dragon on to their cart. The roars were deafening but they slashed it with swords until it subsided. As the blade sunk into the dragon's arm, its blood spurted on to the wounds of an injured explorer. To the amazement of the rest of the expedition, the wound healed before their eyes.
There were jewels and objects beyond price found in one of the pyramids but the transport was filled with an even greater treasure, the dragon. They filled their pockets and took what would fit in their pockets leaving treasure beyond their imagining behind them. They would come back.
Arkan realised that time was passing. He hurriedly scanned though a few more passages. They were set upon by some thieves and one of the company was fatally wounded defending another. The thieves were quickly dispatched. As they were fighting a fire began, destroyed much of the camp including maps that had been drawn to allow them to get back.
Further down the scroll again, there was an illustration of the temple being built over the dragon.
Arkan rolled up the scroll and put it back into the box. He was careful to place it exactly as he'd found it. He'd read enough. Here was the proof that Lynsey was in danger. If Baserius and the king were prepared to ally to get hold of Lynsey, nowhere was safe in Ghinari. He and Luna were wrong. For the power of the Osiris band, the location of unlimited treasure and blood that could heal any wound there would be nothing Baserius or the king would not do to get her.
Chapter 1 - Duat
Chapter 2 - London - Present Day


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MORE ON AUSTRALIA'S STONEHENGE TALKS
Richard Patterson (Patestos*)
Marketer, researcher, poet, soldier, lecturer, digital artist, entertainer, mediator. educator, author, crime solver.
Believed to have solved one of the world's great crime mysteries. The Jack the Ripper murders, of London in 1888. With his, 1997, discovery of Francis Thompson, a new suspect.
Click on the image to watch the latest documentary of Patterson's book on his solution.
Patterson is also credited with his 2013 discovery of what experts claim to be the most important archeological site in the world - An ancient stone arrangement widely known as Australia's Stonehenge.
Here is a clip, from the History Channel, featuring the standing stone site. This clip was beamed into in 95 million homes around the world. It asks if Patterson's find can provide insights into other stone arrangements scattered around the world.
Patterson's solutions have been reported on by many of the world's largest media outlets. These include:
Jack the Ripper The Works of Francis Thompson (Book), The Whitechapel Journal, Ripperologist Magazine, The Jack The Ripper A to Z (books) Wikipedia, The Lancashire Evening Post, BBC North West Tonight, Fox News, CNN History Channel, The UK Daily Mail, The Christian Science Monitor Magazine, The UK Express, Sydney's Radio 2Ue, The New York Daily News, Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) Sunderland Echo, Lancashire Post, West Sussex County Times, NBN News Australia, The Northern Star, The Northern Echo, Mancunian Matters, Nexus Magazine, The UK Huffington Post, Manchester Evening News, New Dawn Magazine.
* In 1988, Patterson legally changed his surname from Patestos .


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Licensing Agreement for Opioid Addiction Drug
Represented Titan Pharmaceuticals, Inc., in a licensing agreement with Braeburn Pharmaceuticals Sprl for U.S. and Canadian commercialization rights to Titan's Probuphine® product, which is under review by the FDA.
Represented Titan Pharmaceuticals, Inc., in a licensing agreement with Braeburn Pharmaceuticals Sprl for U.S. and Canadian commercialization rights to Titan's opioid addiction product Probuphine®, which is under review by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Under the terms of the deal, Titan received $15.75 million up-front and will receive up to an additional $215 million if Probuphine® is approved by the FDA and reaches sales and regulatory milestones.
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На многих фотографиях 70-80 годов на сцене около Ричи Блэкмора можно нередко заметить катушечную деку. Для чего она использовалась Блэкмором?
"...It's my preamp, which is an old souped-up Aiwa reel-to-reel tape recorder that I originally used as a tape delay. It has an input and an output stage, so I plugged into it and noticed that it gave me a fatter sound - about a 3-watt boost. I used it from that day on. If I don't use it, the sound is too shrill. It seems to calm the sound down and give it more midrange. I just thought it was a normal tape deck, but now it's become this little soul on the side of the stage. It's like my little friend."