White, middle-aged, single gay man who collects antique clocks, antique black amethyst glass, does massive gardening, but only with flowering plants. Avid reader. Have been to 14 countries.
Children, animal companions, antiques, travel, spirituality.
I have been looking for a job and signed up to several web sites that offer help with finding jobs. I received an email from Employment Garden listing several jobs. I never signed up for this web site and when I tried to unsubscribe, the unsubscribe page cuts off contact. That makes it impossible to not continue getting their emails. Seems like a shady company that won't allow people to unsubscribe. And, how did they get my email address anyway?
Tip for consumers: Don't even open the email. My security system tells me it is a malware site.
Ordered a 3 pack off variegated Bougainvillea plants. Although the price was a little high, the plants were packed well for shipping and got here in excellent condition. They have a nice web-site and offer a huge variety of garden plants.
Tip for consumers: If you go the web-site you will spend a lot of time cruising through their plants being offered for sale.
Tried to order a set of 3 different bougainvillea plants but PayPal would not go through. I closed the website and the next day, Mr. John Talbott contacted me personally and apologized for the PayPal problem and I ordered through him with my credit card. Because of the problem, he gave me the same deal at 25% less than the online order. The plants arrived packed very well and in good condition. Top of the line customer service.
Being a vegetarian, it is difficult to find a upper rung restaurant that doesn't charge a high price or offer cutsey vegan dishes. I love Green Tomatoes. The food is fresh, the soup bar you could live on by itself, the bread and desert bar is fantastic. The price is good and it is all you can eat. Staff is friendly and efficient. (If nothing else, I would go for the soups! I can't make them that good!) I even wrote their headquarters asking them to open one in my section of the county. Now I live within 5 minutes of the only one in the county. Oh, and they have seniors specials that are priced ridiculously low.
Tip for consumers: Go and enjoy the best salad bar, all you can eat, restaurant I have ever been to.
Went to Cody's Steakhouse as a guest in Pinellas County FL and was impressed. When you walk in you can fill up a little bucket with peanuts in the shell. As you eat them, you throw the shells on the floor. Very rustic. Not a quite place, but not so noisy as to be uncomfortable. The food was phenomenal and inexpensive. The waitresses do not use order pads and our waitress forgot two of our items. She did get them for us. We did sit next to the bar, and one "lady" was so loud it was irritating. Once she left all the patrons in the area laughed and winked at each other. The place does stay packed. They also have an outdoor dining/seating area. (I smoke and I appreciated that.) The staff is friendly and pleasant.
Tip for consumers: Go on an off day. Do not go a peak hours. The food in incredible and the pricing competitive.
WaWa is a Canadian company that invaded Florida a few years ago. Not only are they quick, efficient, extremely clean, well lit, competitive in their pricing, they also provide free air machines for tires. Everything WaWa does is rungs above American companies. Our homeland companies could learn a lot of lessons from our north of the border WaWa friends.
Tip for consumers: For a uplifting change, try out WaWa. Service and product as it should be.
EverQuote advertises on-line that once you enter your automobile insurance and personal information, you will never have to do it again and they will transmit all your info to automobile insurance companies that will contact you with lower automobile insurance rates. That is a lie. I have had to repeat over and over again all my info to various companies and finally gave up. And, after checking them out on the Better Business Bureau web site, I see that they answer all their complaints with double speak. Never addressing the issue of false advertising. I did file a complaint with the BBB.
Tip for consumers: Call individual companies yourself or go to their website. EveryQuote is just making money on your time sending your contact information to other reputable companies.
I have been wanting a battery operated mower for a long time. But was put off by the price. I finally bought a self-propelled, battery operated mower by Ryobi. I also bought a 2nd battery as a back up. I couldn't be happier with this mower. Although it does not have the power of a gas mower, it is quiet. I don't have to buy gas or oil anymore. I push one button and it comes alive. Pull one off two levers and it's off at a speed I select with a sliding button. I use it on mulch mode and it leaves no grass clumps behind. It is lighter than a gas mower. The handle folds into the body and the mower can be stored in an upright position or hung from the wall.
I had been looking for Gay Pride pins on different web-sites and was amazed at the high prices. Then I found Pin Mart. Their prices are almost 1/2 of what other web-sites offer. I wonder if the other companies are buying from Pin Mart and reselling the pins! Pin Mart offers a huge selections for every kind of use. Amazing at the variety they have. Very impressive.
Tip for consumers: Scroll around for the mega-variety of pins they offer.
When the installers came to install the door, they brought the wrong door with them. The installer told me that they would still put the door in and within a week someone would come out with the correct upper panel of leaded glass. I called Kaitlin (sp) at Banko and she had someone come from their warehouse with the correct panel. then after the installers left, they had not installed the rubber seals correctly around the door and I had to call Banko again. They had a repairman come out the next day and properly install the rubber seals. The installers may have not been on top of their game, but customer service in fantastic at Banko Overhead Doors.
I need a modern garage door to replace the old one piece up and back door. I had gotten a written estimate 2 months ago, and decided today to go with the original door I had selected. The 2nd Sales Agent, Theresa, who came out today had to re-write the order. I had selected upper windows in leaded glass to match the new front door I'm installing. Because she could not find the price for the leaded glass windows, she gave me the leaded glass windows for the same price as the plain glass windows. That's a bargain. I probably saved around $400 on the leaded glass windows. I am very impressed with Banko Overhead Doors. I had spoken with Amber twice on the phone. She was professional, personable and knowledgeable. And dealing with Theresa today was the same. A very friendly, polite, charming, professional and knowledgeable. If the installers are even half as nice as Amber and Theresa, I will be further impressed. Plus Banko's garage doors are less expensive than 4 other competitors that I had price the job.
Tip for consumers: Look at the different options.
Earlier I wrote a review of Atmor Tankless Water Heaters. The problem I faced was not looking at the output of the water heater. Had I done that I would have selected a higher level unit for the Kitchen and Bathroom sinks. That's my error. A rep with Paragon Group USA did call me today and offered, at no cost to me, to replace the units with larger capacity units. I have unfairly categorized the Atmor Tankless Hot Water Heaters as a "poor product". Although I selected the unit based on the chart listed on the retailer's web site, I neglected to look at the gallons per minute output. Had I done that I would have understood I needed a more productive unit. So, I have to give Atmor a better rating, especially in customer service.
Tip for consumers: Make sure if you select a model based on the use on the chart you also look at the gpm output.
I purchased 3 Atmor units from Home Depot on sale. Two were the AT900-03 and one AT900-10. I selected models based on your chart and that I live in central Florida. One for the kitchen sink, one for the bathroom sink and the AT900-10 for the shower/tub.
The kitchen sink: AT900-03 The water flow is 1/2 of what I normally get using the aerator supplied with the unit. It takes a very long time for the water flow to fill a sink or coffee pot. Because the aerator is so high pressured, it makes the water splash on the back-splash and onto the counter.
The bathroom sink: AT900-03 Your aerator does not fit on my faucet, so I had to use the one that came with the faucet. The water, because it is not restricted like your aerator does, is luke-warm. It never gets hot. Flow is still diminished.
The shower/tub: AT900-10 This unit works fine and produces plenty of hot water.
Overall, I am deeply dissatisfied with your product and would not recommend it to anyone. If I had known the shortcomings of the AT900-03's I would have gone to a higher unit. But based on your scale and my point of use, I selected what your chart recommended.
I did try to call the customer service number listed on the material included with the units. I got a recording and was told someone would call me back. No one did. Lousy customer service. Even Paragon Group USA email address is hard to find.
Tip for consumers: More than likely you will see units for sale on other company's web-sites. Do not buy these units. If you do, go to a higher unit than the one recommended on the charts supplied.
I needed a plumber to complete the installation of a tankless water heater for my shower/tub. The company I usually use does not do elec tankless water heaters! I called Joe Cool, spoke to a lovely call taker and set up an appt for the next day. The plumber, Daniel, called me while on his way to my house. Once he arrived, Daniel only took 39 min to complete the job. He was personable, knowledgeable, and his expertise was evident. This is a small, privately own company. I was very, very impressed Daniel and the service provided. I used an online coupon for $60 off provided on Joe Cool's website. And, the cost was less than 1/2 of what I usually paid the other company!
Tip for consumers: Enjoy being treated like a human with Joe Cool Air (Plumbing).
I wanted to order a Pink Triangle and had gone to a website. One of the complaints on that website was that PinMart sold the pin cheaper. Went to PinMart and was surprised that the (lapel) pins were 40% cheaper than other websites. And the variety of pins is phenominal. Ordered my pins on Monday and had them by Saturday. Great product and reasonable price.
Tip for consumers: Look at all the pins in the categories that interest you.
I ordered 28 plants from New Garden Plants in Hudsonville MI on the 8th of December and received the plants on the 15th of December. After spending a day on the web trying to find a vendor that would ship immediately and not wait til Spring, I was ecstatic. I received the plants today. NOT ONE PLANT WAS LABELED! I have 28 pots of plants and have no idea which is which. I tried to call and got a recording that tells me to send "Pete" an email. Which I did. I buy a lot of plants and am experienced in using dot-com companies for plants. I do not recommend anyone buy from this site. It is irresponsible to not mark the plants and not have a telephone number I can speak to a live human at. Shame on you New Garden Plants nursery and shame on you "Pete".
Added Comments: After unwrapping the first 11 plants, the rest had labels on them. So I was able to discern what 11 of those unidentified plants are. The 12th plant was a freebie. The label was stuck down in the pot. I'm still not happy with that kind of mistake. I'm not sure I'll use New Garden Plants again. I still have to get over my homicidal anger!
Tip for consumers: If you order more than one type of plant, you will have trouble discerning which plant is which.
Not much to say. Felt like I was in a closet. Aisles cramped and over filled. Felt encompassed. Prices were better than a convenience store, but not as good as a full sized supermarket.
Rode my motorcycle there. It is a small, small salad bar with just the basics. There are also 4 types of pizzas: pepperoni, hamburger, cheese and vegetarian. The vegetarian pizza is the best I've ever had. It was scrumptious! Also had pasta shells with cheese and tomato sauce. There was also homemade lasagna. There were two deserts: rice pudding and baklava. I ate so much, it was difficult to get on the bike! The wait staff is very pleasant and replaced my sweet tea as fast as I could drink it. The decor is beautiful. Very Italianate. If you're expecting a 90 item, all you can eat food bar, this place is not for you. This was my first visit and I will go back and take friends. Oh, my bill was $12 for all I could eat and unlimited sweet tea! Pizza buffet hours are 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. everyday.
Tip for consumers: Remember, it's basic. But well worth a visit. You will go away full.
I only need internet. While other companies charge a lot more, I was able to get internet for $39.99 a month. The staff at the call center were friendly, knowledgeable and did not try to upsell me. The tech who came out to run the line was fast, efficient. It's not a huge company, but it services my area. I would never go back to the other local provides now. I can see why the call it WOW!
Recently went on the web-site to order shoes. More than 50% of the shoes are no larger than size 10. I ordered 8 pairs of shoes. The company broke my order into 3 parts and charged my debit card in two charges. I saw no where on the web-site that I would pay an international charge card fee. At check out, I opted to not use Pay-Pal and submitted my order. It came back later, refused and refunded. The charge card fee was not refunded. Apparently one must use Pay-Pal or you cant order. My funds were refunded immediately. Nice site, but was also unaware it is a Chinese site and, if I understand it correctly, shoes are shipped from different locations in China. I would not recommend anyone buying from this company. There are too many American companies that do a better job and are more web friendly.
Fortunato's Italian Restaurant, mostly take out. Located on Starkey Rd. in Largo Fl, near the intersection of Park Blvd and Starkey Rd. The best Italian food I have ever eaten. Plentiful. Priced right and made in house daily. Nicest woman I've ever met owns the place.
Tip for consumers: Call ahead to pick up at the take out window.


8 ohms or 4 ohms settings for my B&W 803s?
I have a system that includes Krell SACD Standard, Rogue Audio Perseus preamp, Rogue Audio ST90 power amp, Straight wire Serenade speaker cables, Straight wire Cresendo interconnects, and the 803s speakers. I find that many cd's seam to be short on sound quality (sound sounds compressed on such CD's as Sprigstein "The Rising", Seely Dan "Royal Scam"). It was recomended that I try switching the power amp to 4 ohms from 8 ohms. Any comments or concerns out there regarding switching the impedence?
If the recording is compressed, I don't see how it would change by switching impedance. The 2 CDs you mentioned are not audiophile quality recordings.
I guess you can experiment, but I doubt it will change much.
You really should use the 4 ohms taps IMO. But yes, you can try both.
Using the 4 ohm tap for nominal 8 ohm speakers will not hurt you amp or speakers.
You may get a bit of a difference in the sound from the change in impedance match.
Thanks for all the answers... I did the change and the whole system blew, started a fire, and wrecked my office. Guess I'll have to go buy a new system, NOT!!! I did switch to 4 ohms and I do hear a suttle improvement.


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For DM, 2012 needs to about creativity
By Russell Parsons	 9 Jan 2012 1:31 pm
The economic environment that marketers are currently operating in means the spotlight on return on investment is brighter than at any time in living memory.
The gloomy economic forecasts for 2012 and beyond that dominate headlines on a daily basis only serve to fuel the notion that the immediate future for marketers is about frugality.
This reality, as I have written about before, lends itself very well to direct marketing. The channel's attributes are about low-cost, accountable campaigns with measurable return on investment.
Music to the ears of finance directors with both eyes permanently on the bottom line. Not to mention an opportunity for direct marketers to stake a claim for long-term inclusion in the marketing mix.
This short-term opportunity, however, could prove to be to the ultimate detriment of the channel if not handled properly. Just like deep discounting by retailers will have a long-term impact on brand equity despite the short term boost to volume sales, DM should not be solely sold as a cheap fix.
In last week's Marketing Week cover feature, editor Mark Choueke analyses why creativity – the big idea, the intangible concept – should be equal to data, accountability and measurement this year and beyond.
Some of the world's biggest marketers line up in the piece to talk about why, to quote one of the world's most lauded creative minded brands, marketers need to "think differently".
At the risk of appearing ungrateful, the number of emails that I receive every day detailing sales, offers and discounts are at risk of having their impact diluted by sheer volume. The same is often true of physical mail.
On a break from benevolence before Christmas, I paused to indulge by treating myself to an item of clothing purchased at a well-known outdoor chain. At the desk, I was presented with a deal that I gratefully accepted: A 20% discount for my email address. Every day, twice a day since I have been sent variations on the same theme, that I can get money off tents or such like if I but now, and not later.
The company has my email address, a confirmed interest in some of items that it sells but instead of thinking creatively and seeking to engage with me in a meaningful way, it achieving nothing more than irking me.
Direct marketing can offer all that is demanded by companies in challenging economic environments. What it also needs to do is demonstrate that it can be as creative and live beyond the short-term interest in its cost efficiencies.
If you think you can demonstrate creative thinking and ROI, make sure you enter the Marketing Week Engage Awards 2012. If you have produced a DM campaign that is creative and has delivered enviable returns then be sure to enter.
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Born in the North-East of England, poet and novelist Kriss Nichol moved to Scotland in 2003 and lives in a converted stables, writing poetry, short stories and novels.
Born in Stannington, Morpeth, Northumberland, she currently lives in Newton Stewart.
She lived in Nepal for six months whilst working for VSO.
She has an MA in Creative Writing at Northumbria University.
Third Prize in Scottish Writers Centre short story competition for writing groups
Loves travelling, meeting new people, exploring new cultures, and using these experiences in her work.
Kriss Nichol is a poet and novelist. Her latest book, Monsoons and Marigolds, was published in 2017 and is a novel about stories: those we are told; those we tell to others; and those we tell to ourselves.
Monsoon and Marigolds is set in Nepal amidst the political turmoil and civil unrest of 1997/8.On the wide canvas the novel touches on poverty, displacement, sex slavery, AIDS and political ideals. But the fine brush strokes come from the perspective of a conflicted individual struggling for a sense of belonging in an alien culture.
Monsoons and Marigolds was Highly Commended in the Luke Bitmead Bursary Prize
If you would like to know more about Kriss Nichol and her work, please visit her websites:
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https://www.facebook.com/KrissNicholWriter/
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https://www.amazon.co.uk/Kriss-Nichol/
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finding the wreckage that was home.
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WAYNE'S WORLDS: Marvel Comics Aren't Going Anywhere
by Wayne Hall on December 3, 2017 WAYNE'S WORLDS: Marvel Comics Aren't Going Anywhere2017-12-03T09:32:34-08:00 - Wayne's Worlds
I've been reading a lot of speculation online recently that Disney is going to stop production of Marvel's comics for a variety of reasons.
In my opinion, that's not going to happen. Let me tell you why.
WHY STOP?
If you're tried to self-publish anytime recently, you know just how expensive it is to generate comics. Some folks can make books by convincing others to donate their time and effort so they can get attention, but not many creators can afford to do that. Most people need to be paid so they can cover their life expenses.
Then you've got to publish and distribute your wares. Many folks need to go to conventions to set up booths to build a fanbase. It's not an easy task.
Granted, if you're Marvel, you've got some serious legs up on this process. People already know who you are and who your characters are, most likely.
But the costs of paying creators and printing that many copies of your books can really drain the pocketbook or wallet, so whatever profit you make is likely minimal.
With the Marvel Cinematic Universe in full swing and taking in lots of good cash, you can see why people wonder why Disney would make a fraction of that income with comics.
WHY I WOULDN'T STOP – 1
One important notion in this discussion is that Marvel's characters already exist and are only needed to plaster on the big or small screens. They've got plenty of them already, so there's no point in wasting any more time on trying to make more.
I have serious problems with this one because I remember the cold, dark days before Wolverine came along. Even back there, people were saying that comics had reached their pinnacle, that no new characters would come along to claim the spotlight.
That was wrong then. I still think it's incorrect now.
If we could definitively say that the industry won't generate any new properties the public will love, then I'd be all for it. But I still believe there are many new characters on the rise that can capture the imagination of the people. So giving up now for that reason alone would be a mistake.
I'm always intrigued to see how many times the Marvel movies "borrow" from the comics. The Winter Soldier, Civil War – stories like that have been moved from the comics page to the big screen to make many times more money than they did before.
Which begs the question – Have creators completely run dry when it comes to stories to tell?
I'm certain if you were to ask just about every writer or artist out there they'd say, no, we have tales to share that you haven't even dreamed of yet! That's why they're storytellers!
I remember when Joshua Williamson was writing Ghosted, and I got to interview him for my podcast. He had posed the question, How do you collect a ghost? I remember saying I had no idea how he was going to make that happen. After all, a ghost is immaterial and cannot be contained. Well, he said, I should read issue number five. When I did, his solution made perfect sense, but that's why I'm a reader and he's a writer.
I think there may yet be even bigger stories that we need to read coming in the future, so I'd hate to miss out on them!
Another thing comics accomplish is that they keep the characters in them in the minds of their readers. Every few weeks, fans see new stories of Spider-Man, Thor and others.
Now, suppose there were no comics coming out. And suppose about five or more years went by without any new tales featuring these folks.
Then, suddenly, the MCU comes out with the word that they're making a new movie featuring The Vision, The Scarlet Witch or Quicksilver. I bet the response from many people would be, Who? In fact, I wonder if even Thor or other better-known heroes would still linger in the fickle consciousness of fans or the public if enough years go by.
So, in my opinion, if you want to make the movie millions, you need to keep spending the thousands on comics.
Anyway, that's what I believe. I'm not even bringing up what that would mean to local shops, other comics producers or fans. This is for Marvel and Disney only!
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From lawman to sports writer, Bat was a master
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By Bud Christian |
PUBLISHED: January 21, 2015 at 1:10 am | UPDATED: May 16, 2019 at 7:24 am
Bud Christian
Previous Question: What famous Old West lawman, once a Colorado resident, was appointed deputy U.S. Marshal for New York by Theodore Roosevelt?
Answer: Bat Masterson was born Bartholomew Masterson in Henryville, Quebec, Canada, on Nov. 26, 1853 (some reports list his birth as Nov. 24 or 26, and the year as either 1855 or 1856).
Masterson later went by the name William Barclay Masterson, in addition to Bat. Though he was born in Canada, he grew up on a series of family farms in New York, Illinois and Kansas.
In 1873, Masterson left home and began working as a buffalo hunter and Indian scout in Dodge City, Kan.
Over the next decade, he worked intermittently as the Ford County sheriff (1877-79) and a deputy U.S. marshal (1879), but largely made his living as a saloonkeeper and gambler.
Fighting in Colorado on the Santa Fe side of its war against the Rio Grande railroad, Masterson continued as Ford County sheriff until he was voted out of office in 1879.
Masterson spent a year as marshal of Trinidad, as well as serving as Sheriff of South Pueblo.
In 1888, Masterson was living in Denver, where he dealt faro for "Big Ed" Chase at the Arcade gambling house.
In 1888 he managed and then purchased the Palace Variety Theater where, it is reported, he met Emma Walter.
The pair subsequently lived together, and it has been widely reported that they married in Denver on Nov. 21, 1891.
Although no record of the marriage has come to light thus far, and Emma was not divorced from her first husband until Nov. 9,1893, the partnership was to survive until Bat's death.
In 1892 he moved to the silver boomtown of Creede, where he managed the Denver Exchange Club until the town was destroyed by fire.
On the 1900 Federal Census record for Arapahoe County in Denver he lists his name as William Masterson with his birthplace as Missouri in 1854.
His wife is listed as Emma Masterson, married for 10 years, and he lists his occupation as Athletic Club Keeper.
Bat continued to travel around the boomtowns of the West, gambling and promoting prize fights.
He began writing a weekly sports column for "George's Weekly," a Denver newspaper, and he opened the Olympic Athletic Club to promote the sport of boxing.
Masterson was a good friend and associate of the legendary lawman Wyatt Earp, who served in both Dodge City, Kan., and Tombstone, Ariz.
Bat's brothers, Ed and James Masterson, were also Dodge City lawmen. Masterson spent his later years in New York City.
In 1905, President Theodore Roosevelt appointed him deputy U.S. marshal for the southern district of New York, a position that Masterson held until 1907.
His enthusiasm for boxing and other sports led him to become a feature writer for "Human Life Magazine," a sports writer, and eventually the sports editor of the "New York Morning Telegraph." Masterson died of a heart attack on Oct. 25, 1921, in New York City.
In October of 1958, a television western series was introduced based on the life and times of Bat Masterson.
By western standards, he was quite a dandy with a derby hat, a gold-topped cane, and a wardrobe that belonged more in New York than in Dodge City where the series was set even though he roamed the southwest in many episodes.
Gene Barry portrayed the legendary Masterson for the next three years using his wit, his charisma, and his cane to disarm criminals and the ladies with a debonair charm that seemed out of place on a television western.
The real Masterson may not have been quite as glamorous a personality as Barry's portrayal indicated, but the real-life Bat Masterson was indeed quite a character in his own right.
The derby, cane, and a specially-designed gun were presented to the real Masterson by the grateful citizens of Dodge City during his tenure as sheriff there.
The TV series left the air in 1961, but reruns can be seen on several western cable channels today, more than fifty years later.
Question:An illustration of what TV and movie "celebrity" appeared on the teal-blue bottle of a unisex fragrance called Amphibia in 1995?
(This should be an easy guess even if you don't remember the product.)
Hang up your cell phone and just drive. Peace!
(Bud Christian, of Sterling, is the author of numerous books on the English language and trivia. Email comments or questions to budnjoyce1@msn.com.)
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Religion

Marienerscheinung
Seit dem 27. November 1982 wird in Soufaniah von angeblichen Marienerscheinungen berichtet. Die Ikone der Familie Nazzour soll Olivenöl weinen, Myrna Nazzour erhält angeblich Botschaften von Maria und Jesus Christus. Das Hauptthema sei die Einheit zwischen den Christen des Westens und des Orients sowie der Aufruf an die Christen, ihre oft unterdrückten Brüder im Osten nicht zu vergessen. Während Myrna Nazzour griechisch-katholisch ist, ist ihr Mann griechisch-orthodox.

Das Haus der Familie Nazzour ist zu einem Marienverehrungsort geworden, der sowohl von Christen als auch Muslimen besucht wird. Während der Karwoche 2004 kam der Bürgermeister von Damaskus vorbei. Bis jetzt wurde die Wallfahrt nach Soufanieh auch während Versammlungsverboten vom syrischen Regime weder verboten noch unterdrückt. Eine kirchliche Anerkennung der Erscheinungen steht aus, während für die Transkriptionen von 1982 bis 1987 eine kirchliche Druckerlaubnis vorliegt.

Literatur
 Elias Zahlaoui: Soufanieh. in: Patrick Sbalchiero (Hrsg.): Dictionnaire des miracles et de l'extraordinare chrétiens. Paris, 2002: Fayard.
 Patrick Sbalchiero: Damas/Soufanieh. - in: René Laurentin/Patrick Sbalchiero: Dictionaire des "apparitions" de la Vierge Marie. Paris, 2007: Fayard.
 Johannes M. Touw: Öl-Materialisationen und Stigmen in Soufanieh (Damaskus). - in: Andreas Resch: Paranormologie und Religion. Innsbruck, 1997: Resch. pp. 251–321.
 Robert J. Fox: Light from the East – Miracles of Our Lady of Soufanieh. 2002.
 Michael Hesemann: Stigmata. Sie tragen die Wundmale Christi, Güllesheim 2006
 Andreas Resch: Myrna. Die Ereignisse von Sufanieh, Innsbruck, 2008.

Weblinks
 Seite der Marienerscheinungen in Soufanieh
 Bilder der Marienerscheinungen

Einzelnachweise

Ort in Syrien
Damaskus
Marienerscheinung
Katholischer Wallfahrtsort

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Russian football stars Kokorin, Mamayev convoyed to penal colony
Moscow court upholds prison terms of footballers Kokorin and Mamayev
Zenit football player Kokorin appeals against 18-month sentence
Russian football stars Kokorin, Mamayev sentenced to imprisonment
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Tags: Hooliganism, Penitentiary system, Pavel Mamayev, Alexander Kokorin, Russia
MOSCOW, July 4 (RAPSI) – Russian footballers Alexander Kokorin and Pavel Mamayev along with two accomplices on Thursday were transported to a penal colony to serve their sentence, the spokesperson of the Federal Penitentiary Service's Moscow directorate Sergey Tsygankov told journalists.
On May 8, Kokorin and Mamayev were sentenced to 18 and 17 months in penal colony respectively. Kokorin's younger brother Kirill and children's football coach Alexander Protasovitsky received 18 and 17 months in penal colony respectively as requested by the prosecution.
They appealed the ruling but in June the Moscow City Court upheld their prison terms.
The men were found guilty of intended infliction of minor harm to health from molester motives. However, Kokorin's younger brother was acquitted of beating CEO of the Central Scientific Research Automobile and Automotive Engines Institute Sergey Gaysin.
On April 17, the Moscow City Court upheld extension of the defendants' detention until September 25.
The four men were arrested on October 11 and charged with hooliganism, battery and intended bodily injury. The defendants initiated two fights in central Moscow in the early morning of October 11. According to the police, a driver of a Russian TV journalist received a nose fracture during the first incident on a street in central Moscow. Two hours later, Ministry of industry and trade official Denis Pak and CEO of the Central Scientific Research Automobile and Automotive Engines Institute Sergey Gaysin were assaulted by the footballers in a coffee bar and had to undergo medical treatment, the police stated. Pak reportedly sustained a concussion. The café's video records showed one of the sportsmen beating up Pak with chair.
15:30 04/07/2019 Russian footballers Alexander Kokorin and Pavel Mamayev along with two accomplices on Thursday were transported to a penal colony to serve their sentence.


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Q: How to iterate through a list and get all items stored in a variable in a specific format My program is supposed to take input for a list 'reg':
reg = []
while True:
    c = input('Enter applicable regs: ')
    if c == '':
        break
    reg.append(c.upper())

List reg would be like ['USPR', 'OSFI', 'EMIR', ...]
Now I'd want to iterate through each of the items, and store them in a variable so that the variable x looks like below:
x = '[USPR,OSFI,EMIR]'

given there are 3 inputs from the user.
How to accomplish this?

A: Use join() to concatenate list elements with a delimiter. Then concatenate the brackets around it.
x = '[' + ','.join(reg) + ']'

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Deeply rooted in Ethiopian culture, Yegna is a multi-platform authentic brand created to inspire behavioral change in and towards Ethiopian girls. Comprised of five teenage female band members, the project seeks to address different social issues affecting young Ethiopian girls across the country.
Deeply rooted in Ethiopian culture, Yegna is a multi-platform authentic brand created to inspire (fundamental)behavioral change in Ethiopian girls. Comprised of five teenage female band members, the project seeks to address different social issues affecting young Ethiopian girls across the country.
Ensuring the project appealed to its target group required extensive research into creating a unique identity that can relate to and inspire the young female population of Ethiopia. Resolution Studios played a significant role in the branding process starting from the research phase of the project.
Yegna was a collaborative effort incorporating a multitude of creative designers and artists. The work should be considered as a collective whole, the final result of multiple rounds of iterations involving various different people, where the total effect of the work is greater than the sum of its individual parts. We are grateful enough to take part in delivering this creative output.
Yegna is a very cultural product. Resolution Studio wanted to showcase this without relying on the typical patterns and imagery that are pervasive throughout depictions of Ethiopia. The compromise Resolution Studio reached was to use waves of color to represent the multi-faceted nature of Ethiopian culture.
Yegna is a very cultural product. We wanted to showcase this without relying on the typical patterns and imagery that are pervasive throughout depictions of Ethiopia. The compromise we reached was to use waves of color to represent the multi-faceted nature of Ethiopian culture.
Yegna is a girl band that very purposely has five very different personalities. To showcase this Resolution Studio created a different texture to differentiate between band members and give each girl a unique identity associated with that texture.
Yegna is a girl band that very purposely has five very different personalities. To showcase this we created a different texture to differentiate between band members and give each girl a unique identity associated with that texture.
Each of the five Yegna girls is associated with a color and a graphic texture/pattern. Those are researches that led us to
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Yegna has an active online presence. Many pictures and interface elements were designed,
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The original design of the online "Yegna Player", in collaboration with the developers from Harkable (London).
The billboards were designed to showcase locations, activities and personalities that people are familiar with, carry out and relate to respectively in their day to day lives. This approach was meant to appeal to each and every member of the public and garner the right attention.
At this stage, the elements of the brand had been created. The slogan 'xxx' means all our voices' and the billboards were created to advertise Yegna's talk show. Yegna's value proposition is to represent everyday life and showcase the various situations that the female population of Ethiopia encounter on a day to day basis. As a result, images of day to day life were used. Furthermore, the foundation of Yegna is that Ethiopian women of today can be many different things at once; the waves that intersect throughout the billboard represent this.
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At this stage, the elements of the brand had been created. The slogan 'Yehulachenem Demts' means all our voices' and the billboards were created to advertise Yegna's talk show. Yegna's value proposition is to represent everyday life and showcase the various situations that the female population of Ethiopia encounter on a day to day basis. As a result, images of day to day life were used. Furthermore, the foundation of Yegna is that Ethiopian women of today can be many different things at once; the waves that intersect throughout the billboard represent this.
At this stage, the elements of the brand had been created. The slogan 'xxx' means all our voices' and the billboards were created to advertise Yegna's talk show. Yegna's value proposition is to represent everyday life and showcase the various situations that the female population of Ethiopia encounter on a day to day basis. As a result, images of day to day life were used. Furthermore, the foundation of Yegna is that Ethiopian women of today can be many different things at once; the waves that intersect throughout the billboard represent this.
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Q: Change Adjacent Cell Vlaue Based on Cell Fill Color When Cell Color Changes VBA Does anyone know how I can add some code to my worksheet in VBA that evaluates a cell color only when the color is changed? So it would be similar to something like this
Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)

If Target.Address = "$B$1" Then

Call Search_Batch_Docs

End If

End Sub

But would only trigger on a fill color change.
I have a sheet where I have color coded a column but I also have a column that contains a specific word that coincides with the color of the first column.

A: Excel doesn't have an event specifically for background color change.  But checking the color of a single cell with each change shouldn't be unreasonable for most use-cases.
Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)

If Target.Address = "$B$1" And Target.Interior.color <> xlNone Then

Select Case Target.Interior.ColorIndex
    Case 3
        Target.offset(0, 1).Value = "Text if adjacent cell is red"
    'And so on

End If

End Sub

EDIT: As per the comments below, this assumes that a VALUE in the targeted range has been changed, not only the formatting.  If you require an event-based solution that is called more frequently, you could try Worksheet_SelectionChange to be called every time a new range becomes the active selection, but it will be less efficient.
If possible, it might be best to have a button to update values when pressed.  And/or have it update when the worksheet is activated using Worksheet_Activate.


Police have thanked the public for their help after a woman who went missing from the Royal United Hospital (RUH) in Bath was found as a direct result of a social media appeal.
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She was later found by officers from Avon and Somerset police in the centre of Bath at around 9:30pm on the same day.
The force said on Facebook that this was made possible after a member of the public got in touch following their appeal.


In 2016, Radesifolamae's water crisis finally came to an end when the Solomon Islands Rural Development Program (RDP) funded the construction of a new water supply.
unknowingly drinking from the well after it had been contaminated.
Today, every household enjoys easy access to clean water, as a rain catchment system now feeds twenty water tanks shared across the sixty homes in the community.
In addition to preventing further tragedies, the close proximity of a clean water source has dramatically improved day to day life for residents of Radesifolamae.
Mothers, or more often their children, previously traveled 45 minutes by canoe to collect water. The 990-minute roundtrip gave families a difficult choice to make. Either parents would have to take time away from crafting shell money—the primary source of income for Radesifolamae residents—or the kids would have to skip school to fetch water for the family.
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The Serra Dourada State Park () is a state park in the state of Goiás, Brazil.

Location

The Serra Dourada State Park is in the northwest of Goiás, divided between the municipalities of Buriti de Goiás, Mossâmedes and the city of Goiás.
As of 2014 it had an area of .
The park is about  from the city of Mossâmedes.
It is on top of a mountain range, and can be reached with a four-wheel drive car.
Within the park the trails are level and lead to interesting rock formations called "stone cities" surrounded by typical cerrado vegetation.

History

The Serra Dourada State Park was established in 2003. It included 188 properties.
A 2008 thesis on sustainable ecotourism in the park found that nothing had been done following the decree creating the park.
Although there was large potential, there was no management plan and no environmental education for visitors.

In June 2014 it was reported that the State Secretariat for the Environment and Water Resources (Semarh) was studying a proposal by the Union of Rural Producers of the city of Goiás to reduce the size of the park from .
According to a consultant for the Federation of Agriculture and Livestock of Goiás, "the park exists only on paper, was created without the studies required by the legislation, and to this day no one knows where it begins and where it ends.
The vice-president of the Goiás branch of the Association of Brazilian Geographers (AGB-GO) said the proposal made no sense when efforts were being made to preserve what was left of the cerrado and even to recover degraded areas.

Notes

Sources

State parks of Brazil
Protected areas established in 2003
2003 establishments in Brazil
Protected areas of Goiás


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Q: Separate Strings from Array for HTML use in Xcode 7 Swift 2 I'm using Xcode 7.1 and Swift 2. I have an array var ingredientsList: [String] = [] that will contain data that is displayed in a UITableView.  I want to separate each String in the array and assign to a new string variable to later add to some html.  I looked here and it was very confusing and also dealt with int.  I tried to apply it with mine, but obviously using string instead but it didn't work.  Can someone please help me? An example of the array data is: cheese, pepperoni, sauce, olives, onions, sausage. Thank you.
My ViewController with a UITableView is:
func tableView(tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {

    let cellIdentifier = "IngredientTableViewCell"

    let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier(cellIdentifier, forIndexPath: indexPath) as! IngredientTableViewCell

    cell.ingredientLabel.text = ingredientsList[indexPath.row]

    // TOTAL of 50 ingredients Max
    if indexPath.row == 0 {
        if ingredientsList[0] != "" {
            ingredientItem0 = ingredientsList[0]
        }
    }
    if indexPath.row == 1 {
        if ingredientsList[1] != "" {
            ingredientItem1 = ingredientsList[1]
        }
    }
    if indexPath.row == 2 {
        if ingredientsList[2] != "" {
            ingredientItem2 = ingredientsList[2]
        }
    }
    if indexPath.row == 3 {
        if ingredientsList[3] != "" {
            ingredientItem3 = ingredientsList[3]
        }
    }
    if indexPath.row == 4 {
        if ingredientsList[4] != "" {
            ingredientItem4 = ingredientsList[4]
        }
    }
    if indexPath.row == 5 {
        if ingredientsList[5] != "" {
            ingredientItem5 = ingredientsList[5]
        }
    }

    // ... it goes all the way down to a total of 50 ingredients

    return cell

}

I have a UIBarButtonItem that performs an action of exporting the [String] data as a PDF and allows the user to email it out.
My export code is:
    let html =
    /*HEADING*/"

** \(nameTextField.text!) **

" +
    /*DIVIDER*/"- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -" +
    /*BODY*/"

\(ingredientItem0)

\(ingredientItem1)

\(ingredientItem2)

\(ingredientItem3)

\(ingredientItem4)

\(ingredientItem5)
 ...
\(ingredientItem49)

"

    let fmt = UIMarkupTextPrintFormatter(markupText: html)

    // Assign print formatter to UIPrintPageRenderer

    let render = UIPrintPageRenderer()
    render.addPrintFormatter(fmt, startingAtPageAtIndex: 0)

    // Assign paperRect and printableRect

    let page = CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: 595.2, height: 841.8) // A4, 72 dpi
    let printable = CGRectInset(page, 0, 0)

    render.setValue(NSValue(CGRect: page), forKey: "paperRect")
    render.setValue(NSValue(CGRect: printable), forKey: "printableRect")

    // Create PDF context and draw

    let pdfData = NSMutableData()
    UIGraphicsBeginPDFContextToData(pdfData, CGRectZero, nil)

    for i in 1...render.numberOfPages() {

        UIGraphicsBeginPDFPage();
        let bounds = UIGraphicsGetPDFContextBounds()
        render.drawPageAtIndex(i - 1, inRect: bounds)
    }

    UIGraphicsEndPDFContext();

Right now, in my UITableView code above, I have it assign each indexPath.row to a String variable I've created.  I have it set for up to 50 ingredients.  I don't like that I've set a limit and if the user only has 4 ingredients and or more than 50. In my pdf export, it acts like there are 50 and prints blank lines for them.  So a potentially short recipe will have blank pages from the blank ingredients that I assigned that weren't there. Make sense?  It's ugly, but I don't know how else to do it.

A: For loop through your ingredients list in your export code and append your html that wraps your ingredient list item to the html
 var html =
/*HEADING*/"

** \(nameTextField.text!) **

" +
/*DIVIDER*/"- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -" +
/*BODY*/"
"

 for var i = 0; i < ingredientsList.length; i++ {
    html += "
\(ingredientsList[i] as String)
 "
 }

Something like that....


Discussion in 'Replica Costumes' started by SKS Props, May 22, 2015.
Starting a new hunter thread for my latest mask the Destiny Hunter Celestial Nighthawk. I wanted to make this one so bad that I took this commission even before the official name for the mask was released. This mask should be a little easier to build because I get to use my past helmets as a base to build upon. Like all of my other build I searched the internet to try and find some good reference pics. Even though the DLC just came out there are not many really good images yet. I hope by the time I get to the final details I will either have the helmet in the game or one of my friends will so I can get some better shots. Here is the collage I designed so that I can get multiple angels at once while I build up the clay. Since it uses the same lower half as my previous hunter mask I am going to build the top out of clay cast it in resin along with a lower half of my first hunter mask. I will then combine the two casts and add the final details for the final version that will be remolded and recast. Here is a shot of the first hunter mask I created. You can see how I built this in my original Hunter thread here http://www.therpf.com/showthread.php?t=228705 I started this mask by casting up a Mask of the Third Man because I like the eye placement better and want the Nighthawk to be pretty close to that in size. I melt down a tub of Monster Clay and begin building up the bulk of the shape adding small amounts of clay here and there. You don't want to add to much at once or start getting into details before the form is really flushed out.
I'm getting the pics prepped and will start posting progress this next week. Here is a shot a little further than the last showing the profile of the helmet.
Ok now that I have got around to uploading a bunch of Destiny Celestial Nighthawk pics let go back and see more of my sculpting process. I started off by using a cast of my third man mask because I really liked the placemen of the eyes. I usually start by taking small globs of Monster Clay and build up the profile and basic features. I have found I work better this way because I won't clump to much clay on at once and get lost in the overall form. The mohawk ridge I created is used as a guide for the top and front of the mask. The sculpt still needs to remain very loose though you don't want to start putting in details and then realize that form is all wrong.
I'm going to be at Phoenix Comicon for a couple of day so I thought that I would go ahead and give you all a teaser pic showing how the Destiny Celestial Nighthawk is shaping up. I promise that when I get back I will post more sculpting progress photos.
I'm going to start the "junk mold" for my Destiny Celestial Nighthawk tomorrow I'll try to take some progress pics of that. I hope to get my first rough cast this weekend!!!
With the base sculpt complete it is time to make a "junk mold". I use Smooth-on's rebound 25 to make jacket molds of my Destiny Celestial Nighthawk and another Borderlands psycho. I like to make 4-5 thin layers building up little by little. The mother mold is made out of Smooth-on Plasti Paste. I let all of this setup overnight and took the mold off the next morning. I resin cast the top of the Nighthawk and the bottom of my original Destiny rustburner mask with Smooth-on 65D . I lined these up to see how the final fit would turn out. I will now start to sand and smooth out all of the imperfections for the final cast.
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Destiny Celestial Nighthawk - This is why I make a junk mold. Look at how smooth and beautiful the top of this mask got after I was able to make a resin cast and sand it down. I plan on leaving some of the imperfections just because I like the hand made look that you don't get from a 3d print. I attached the two halves together and filled the gaps with monster clay. Next will be detailing the paint design on the upper mask.
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I made the "ears" for my Destiny Celestial Nighthawk by using found objects. The half circles were made out of a rubber gasket cut to fit and then filled with monster clay. The detail lines on the beak and respirators were carved out using a couple different small Dremel bits. Almost ready for molding!!!
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First official cast of my Destiny Celestial Nighthawk. I can't wait to get some paint on this!!!
Man that looks awesome! Will you be adding lights to the eyes?... You know, for when you aim at something, lol.
Painting process on my Destiny Celestial Nighthawk Helmet (Mask)- The raw masks get cleaned up using a Dremel and a sanding sponge. Once clean it is sprayed with a very thin layer of Krylon Black primer and left to dry for several hours. Next a thin layer of Camo Beige is applied and once again left to dry for several hours. Unbleached Titanium is hand brushed onto the upper winged areas of the mask and a dark Umber Brown wash is mop brushed onto the beak. Iridescent Bronze is dry brushed over the beak and top of the helmet leaving the dark wash in the detailed crevasses. Parchment is dry brushed over the Unbleached Titanium on the edges for a highlight effect. Bright gold is dry brushed over the Iridescent Bronze again on the highlight areas. The final details are brushed in using Cadmium Red for the stripes and the same Unbleached Titanium and Parchment for the shapes above the brow. Mars black is used in the recesses and the details on the respirators. Bright silver is dry brushed over the mouthpiece and ear covers.
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Wow! Impressive work! I keep telling myself I need to get into sculpting and molding and what not, but then I see skill like this and become so overwhelmed! You are a master of your craft, amazing piece!
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Q: apostrophe php issue I was making a school assignment with involves a shoutbox. A found great tutorial wich uses jquery,ajax,mysql and php. Now i run into a little problem with the following sentence:
$result .= "
".$row['user']."".$row['message']." ".$row['date']."
";}

I was wondering if anybody could find out why it gives errors. So far I came to this conclusion $row['message'] and then it thinks the rest of the code as a string. So it probably is a apostrophe problem.

A: Just for the sake of making your life easier: use ' for the php and " for html like this:
$result .= '
'.$row['user'].''.$row['message'].' '.$row['date'].'
';

Pretty sure you should get the idea.

A: $result .= "
{$row['user']}{$row['message']}{$row['date']}
";

You're confusing yourself by coming in and out of quotations - you can wrap variables with {} to force the interpolation in such cases.

A: $result .= "
".$row['user']."".$row['message']." ".$row['date']."
";}

Avoid using " inside of the string - it is easy to forget about escaping special chars. Instead of " use '.
Besides - you use " only when there is any PHP parsing necessary within this string. E.g.
$var1 = 1;
$test = "$var1"; //evaluates to '1'
$test = '$var1'; //evaluates to '$var1'

A: It appears that you are attempting to escape quotes and making your job harder.  A great feature in PHP for HTML output is using quoted strings so that you don't have to worry about escaping double quotes. Please reference the PHP Manual for Strings.
In other words your line becomes:

 $result .= '
' . $row['user'] . '' . $row['message'] .
            '' . $row['date'] . '
' .
            '
' . $row['user'] . '' . $row['message'] .
            '' . $row['date'] . '
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Harry Reid International Airport (IATA: LAS, ICAO: KLAS, FAA LID: LAS), dříve McCarran International Airport, je hlavní komerční letiště, které obluhuje hlavní metropolitní oblast v americkém státě Nevada Las Vegas Valley. Leží v Paradise asi 8 km jižně od centa Las Vegas. Jméno nese po americkém senátorovi Harrym Reidovi, členovi Demokratické strany. Letiště leží na ploše asi 11,3 km2.
Dříve neslo jméno po předchůdci senátora Reida, také senátorovi Patu McCarranovi, členu Demokratické strany, který přispěl k rozvoji letectví jak v Las Vegas, tak i v celostatní míře.

Před tímto letištěm obsluhovalo Las Vegas letiště Anderson Field otevřené v listopadu 1920. Letiště McCarran bylo postaveno roku 1942 a pro komerční lety otevřeno v roce 1948. Od té doby prošlo různými úpravami. Skládá se ze čtyř runwayí a dvou terminalů: Terminal 1 a Terminal 3.

Jsou odsud odbavovány nepřetržité lety do Severní Ameriky, Evropy a Asie.

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Valeant Plummets as Democrats Seek Subpoena on Drug Prices
Valeant Plummets as Democrats Seek Subpoena on Drug Prices by Eoin Treacy
This article by Caroline Chen for Bloomberg may be of interest to subscribers. Here is a section:
"We believe it is critical to hold drug companies to account" when they buy old drugs and raise their prices, 18 Democratic representatives wrote in a letter to Jason Chaffetz, the chairman of the House's committee on oversight and government reform. They highlighted Valeant's heart drugs Nitropress and Isuprel, whose prices increased by 212 percent and 525 percent the day that Valeant acquired the rights to sell them.
Valeant's shares have fallen for three straight days after Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said last week that she would reform the drug industry to protect consumers from price hikes. Clinton was responding to media reports on Turing Pharmaceuticals AG Chief Executive Officer Martin Shkreli, a former hedge fund manager who raised the price of a decades-old antibiotic 50-fold, to $750 a pill from $13.50 a pill, after acquiring it.
Clinton outlined a plan that included a mandate on research and development spending, a proposal which could hurt companies like Valeant that rely on serial acquisitions to build a pipeline of drug candidates. Last year, Valeant spent $246 million on R&D, far less than companies of similar size, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
Mrs. Clinton might be flagging in the polls but she remains the odds on favourite to become President and this type of populist rhetoric is bad news for the once highflying biotech sector. Ground breaking innovative therapies are expensive to develop and while there is clearly an argument drug prices are much higher in the USA than just about anywhere else, this is a situation that would be best handled in a nuanced fashion rather than the vote seeking approach currently being pursued.
This is all the more important because the biotech sector has grown in importance over the course of a five-year uptrend and the move to relative weakness from what was the best performing sector earlier this year is a headwind. The S&P 500 Pharmaceutical and Biotech indices currently represent a combined 8.8% of the wider Index.
The Nasdaq Biotech Index encountered resistance in the region of the 3750 two weeks ago and moved to a new reaction low today following last week's additional downward dynamic. This is a major loss of uptrend consistency and a sustained move above 3750 would be required to question medium-term supply dominance.
Valeant closed off its lows today so there is some potential for steadying and an unwinding of the short-term oversold condition, but a sustained move above $210 is the minimum required to signal a return to demand dominance beyond the short term.
Illumina has now dropped to break the medium-term progression of higher reaction lows.
Bristol-Myers Squibb has held up somewhat better but encountered resistance in the region of the trend mean from two weeks ago and a sustained move above $65 will be required to question medium-term supply dominance.


Xiaomi Mi 4C is the company's new mid-range flagship released in September 2015. This innovative phone features many tricks up its sleeves, such Edge Tap, Fast Recharge, USB Type-C and Subway Mode.
Much like the Redmi line, Xiaomi Mi 4C comes in a variety of colour options. Unlike the Redmi Note 2, Xiaomi Mi 4C isn't as big in physical size, so it sure will be a selling point for many. The handset is available with either 2GB of RAM and 16GB of internal storage, or 3GB of RAM 32GB of internal storage.
Powering this device is a strong 3,080mAh battery, which is more than enough to last through the day. In any event, Mi 4C's battery is complemented with a Type-C USB port. The latter option will be able to speed up not only data transfer, but also replenish Mi 4C's charge up to 60% in a matter of 30 minutes by utilizing Qualcomm's Quick Charge 2.0.
Xiaomi Mi 4C features a great 5" Sharp 1080p Full HD screen boasting a resolution of 1920 by 1080 pixels. With all the screen real-estate, Xiaomi manages to keep Mi 4C relatively compact, measuring 138.1mm x 69.6mm x 7.8mm. The phone weighs 132 grams, while providing plenty of processing power through incorporating a 6-core 64-bit Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 processor clocked at 1.8GHz. All of this provides for a smooth and satisfying graphic user experience through the brand new MIUI 7. The latter has already become Xiaomi's trademark, as one of the best designed proprietary Android experiences out there, bearing a lot of resemblance to Apple iPhone 6 iOS.
Xiaomi Mi 4C provides plenty of options for self-expression with dual cameras, a rear-facing 13 megapixel and a front-facing 5 megapixel selfie one. A number of photo enhancements are available for those who like to tweak and play with their images. Last but not least, the Edge Tap. A single tap on the screen edge allows you to snap pictures quickly, whereas double tap takes to back to the previous app.
Whether uploading photos, browsing the internet or watching videos, Xiaomi Mi 4C is all about powerful connectivity options, including 3G and 4G LTE, as well as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and GPS, which could come in handy to those enjoying an occasional travel.
While Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 is a great deal, its larger overall size does not cater to all of the consumers. With respect to this it is worth noting that while Mi 4C does feature an awesome 5 inch Full HD screen, it is presented in a package that is quite a bit more compact, being almost 20mm lower in height and 10mm narrower as compared to Xiaomi Redmi Note 2. Thus, we believe many of our buyers will find Xiaomi Mi 4C will suit their needs best, being an incredible value proposition, gracefully complemented by an Apple iPhone-inspired aesthetic and a buyer appeal all of its own.


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Peter Marshall, British Ministry of Defense scientist and a member of the GSE since its creation, acted as principal coordinator during the IMS negotiations had participated in the tripartite testing talks between the United Kingdom, the United States and the Soviet Union in 1977-1980.
The delegates decided to rule out satellite and electromagnetic pulses (EMP) monitoring due to financial restraints, and China withdrew its opposition to radionuclide monitoring. As consensus seemed near, Russia soon withdrew its proposal to use air-born "radionuclide laboratories" in the IMS. India's withdrawal of its seismic stations from the IMS required some readjustment to the system, but the delegates finally agreed upon a system of remote monitoring stations employing four different technologies to verify the nuclear test ban.
The International Monitoring System (IMS) was designed to detect nuclear explosions anywhere around the globe of at least one-kiloton yield. The delegates clearly stated that the one-kiloton yield was not a threshold but a practical means of monitoring the test ban, which would provide a substantial deterrent to nuclear testing well under a one-kiloton yield while also proving cost effective.
The IMS was conceived to comprise a total of 321 monitoring stations: 120 seismic, 11 hydroacoustic, 60 infrasound and 80 radionuclide stations. Based in some 250 locations in some 90 countries around the world upon completion, operating costs were estimated at US$ 80 million a year.
Relying on four technologies, the IMS was conceived to comprise a total of 321 monitoring stations: 50 primary seismic stations and 120 auxiliary seismic stations; 11 hydroacoustic stations, 5 T-phase; sensors and 6 hydrophones; 60 infrasound; sensors; and 80 radionuclide stations. Based in some 250 locations around the world and operating in around 90 countries, the annual operating costs would be roughly US$80 million a year upon completion.
Delegates found it important to include provisions for on-site inspections in the CTBT. However, the debate over the nature of the inspections was fraught with political sensitivities. Some thought that challenge inspections could be abused by adversaries to gain critical foreign intelligence. Others were opposed to using National Technical Means (NTM) outside of the IMS.
In other words, there was disagreement over which evidence could be used to support a challenge inspection. Also at issue was the decision-making process and management of access to suspected nuclear explosion sites.
There were two camps divided over the fundamental guidelines for approving an on-site inspection. This debate focused on whether a "green light" or "red light" process was appropriate for initiating an inspection. Those in favor of the green light approach wanted the inspection process to begin only with prior approval of the Executive Council. Conversely, the red light approach would allow an on-site inspection to occur unless voted down by the Executive Council.
Israel and China were in favor of the green light approach with a two-thirds majority required to initiate an inspection, allowing for a period of consultation within the Executive Council. The United States favored a red light approach with a two-thirds majority vote followed, if necessary, by a second phase dependent on a green light simple majority vote. Australia, Germany, Italy, Japan and the Netherlands supported this proposal while Russia, France and Pakistan supported the Chinese and Israeli approach.
Negotiators eventually agreed to follow the green light approach, but the number of votes required was still unresolved.
It was decided that approval for an on-site inspection would require at least 30 of the 51 Executive Council members' votes.
Some delegations proposed that the approval for an on-site inspection should only require one-third of the membership of the Executive Council. At the other end of the spectrum, some delegations wanted a three-quarters majority requirement for the authorization of an on-site inspection. It was eventually decided that at least thirty of the 51 members' votes were needed to approve an on-site inspection.


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34th Parallel Magazine, Issue 47, October 2017
It is 1942. Miriam leans against an inside wall of the Jewish ghetto in Warsaw. Daily roundups and deportations have depleted the population and it is rumored that soon the ghetto will be burned down. All checkpoints are heavily guarded and anyone attempting to escape is shot on the spot. Hunger and exhaustion have wasted Miriam's body. Her precious three month-old daughter Rachel has sucked her breasts dry. Miriam presses her slumbering child to her heart one last time and wets her sleeping face with a flood of tears. The mild sedative for her daughter has cost Miriam the last keepsake from her grandparents, a gold pendant with a crest of tiny diamonds. She pins a note to the baby's shirt: Rachel, my love. Live! Then she tenderly wraps her infant firmly between two cushions, lashes them together with a scarf and heaves them with the last of her strength over the wires atop the wall. Then Miriam sinks to her knees, sobbing uncontrollably. An SS man who has watched the spectacle from across the prison yard approaches and summarily executes her where she kneels. Outside the ghetto wall a passing stranger, happening upon the whimpering bundle, instinctively snatches it up and hurries home. As the ghetto goes up in flames days later, the Polish man and his wife keep Rachel safe and vow to raise her as their own.
Two years later in a small coastal town on the Baltic Sea Inge and Karl pack a rucksack for their only living son, Henrik, who has just turned 15. Their oldest son was killed at the beginning of the war in France and two other sons fell in the battle at Stalingrad. Inge, a busy mother and enthusiastic sports instructor, and Karl, a respected judge, are prominent members of their community. Though not fond of Hitler and his ilk, as patriotic German Nationalists they want to believe the government's promise to make Germany great again after the humiliating Versailles Treaty that ended World War I. They willingly supported their sons' desire to serve their country. But now with the situation on the Eastern front worsening and the regime announcing plans to conscript youngsters from high school, doubts and fear have crept in. Huddled together around roaring flames in the big brick fireplace in their villa, Inge and Karl's conversations grow heated and lengthy. Unable to sleep, Inge wanders the corridor between their upstairs bedrooms. Only the wind rattling the icicles on the eves of the roof picks up her lament. "I have lost three sons. I can't lose another."
A few nights later they resolve to send Henrik to visit relatives in Sweden for the Christmas break. Henrik has been raised in comfortable surroundings but his passion is for long hikes along the unspoiled dunes of the Baltic Coast. He is not thrilled at the thought of spending the holidays away from his friends who are organizing a winter campout. Besides, he is ready to volunteer in the youth organization which will soon join the fight for the Fatherland. Inge and Karl reassure Henrik that Sweden in winter offers unique opportunities for forays into nature.
An attempt to bribe the captain of a fully booked boat to Stockholm to make room for an unaccompanied minor falls on deaf ears. But an invitation from a prominent Swedish cousin stating that the family was in need of a hardy young geology student to join them on an expedition to gather ice samples from frozen springs near Uppsala secures Henrik passage in steerage. The prospect of adventure excites Henrik and softens his reluctance to leave. And he is convinced that he will be back in time to start his final school semester. On the evening before his departure Henrik notices that his mother rumples his hair a bit longer than usual before bedtime and hands him her favorite collection of Schiller's dramas for the trip. It unnerves him momentarily when he glimpses his mother dabbing her eyes as she leaves the room, but he gives it no further thought. His father has bought him a fancy camera and encourages him to take as many pictures as he likes to show them when he comes home. The next morning when Henrik boards the ship and stands at the railing vigorously waving a red-and-white checkered handkerchief, Inge clutches Karl's arm so forcefully that he winces.
Henrik feels betrayed when his Swedish aunt informs him that there is no return ticket and explains in great detail the increasingly dangerous situation in Germany. Retreating to his room, Henrik buries his head in a pillow and cries hot tears of fury. He harbors thoughts of running away but quickly realizes that he has no other place to go. He does not speak Swedish and has no money. He desperately misses his parents and feels like a kid again, imagining his mother's gentle fingers softly tousling his hair.
In the autumn of 1944 Inge and Karl decide to remain in their hometown even as a swarm of refugees treks through from farther east, telling of atrocities and plunder. When the Soviet army marches through their town, the family villa is sacked. As with other women in the town, Inge is repeatedly raped by rampaging soldiers. A lifelong swimmer, she makes her way to a nearby lake to wash away the traces of violation. Like a water turtle she plunges deep beneath the surface of the water. When she comes up for air a sniper's bullet strikes her forehead.
Now alone and bereft, Karl sets out from what remains of the villa on a cold February night in 1945, warmly dressed in fur but without luggage. He walks to the train station and joins the throng of waiting travelers, but no trains rumble through. As the temperature drops well below freezing, a mother carrying a child begs him for his coat. Karl hands it to her. When a crippled man hobbles up and points at his boots, Karl takes them off. Finally, with nothing on except his shirt and trousers, he slumps against a barren tree and sinks to the frozen ground. When a servant from the old days happens upon him and tries to drag him to safety, he realizes that Karl has died of the cold. In his hand he clutches a note: To my beloved son, Henrik. Live!


Duran Duran rocked the Foxwoods in Connecticut on Aug 24th.
Canadian New Wavers Platinum Blonde absolutely destroyed Weir Rockin' in Nova Scotia on August 18th.
<br>Duran Duran rocked the Foxwoods in Connecticut on Aug 24th.
I presume they sang "It Doesn''t Really Matter". Was the mother there?
They did sing it, no, Mark's mother was not there. Oh well, the recording worked as exepected.


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John Lyly's Galatea by Edward's Boys
Galatea is the first full play by Lyly that Edward's Boys, the schoolboy troupe from King Edward VI School in Stratford, have performed, and I'd guess that it won't be the last.
Nowadays Lyly is largely remembered as one of the prime influences on Shakespeare, particularly in his early comedies. I'd never seen a play by Lyly before, and was expecting to hear speeches full of the formal verbal flourishes used by Shakespeare in Love's Labour's Lost, but the style of Galatea is direct, witty and energetic. It was a bit of a revelation.
Lyly's play was written in the late 1580s and was performed before Elizabeth 1 on New Year's Day, probably in 1588. In her programme note Dr Farah Karim-Cooper of Shakespeare's Globe remarks "Their performances attracted members of elite society, the wealthy patrons in their finery who expected to see beautiful costumes and to hear melodious songs, fine music and the well-tuned voices of the boy actors". It was the adult performers who were disreputable. The homoerotic overtones of last year's production of Marlowe's Dido, Queen of Carthage made for uneasy viewing, but this, with several of the same boys playing leading roles, has a very different feel.
Here there's a real sense of freshness and enjoyment from the whole ensemble, and I would rather not single out individual performers. As usual with Edward's Boys, there's much physical inventiveness, as in the group of boys who metamorphose into the tree beneath which action takes place. Most of the strongest characters in the play are female, and putting teenage boys into women's clothes wouldn't seem to be the most obvious way of getting them to enjoy themselves. Struan Leslie is the Movement Director for the play, and comments "A crucial fact about being a member of Edward's Boys: at some point you will play a girl".
The title page of Galatea, 1592
Leslie finds that in fact the boys relish it: "Boys bring to these plays an openness that is more fluid and unfettered than an adult company when men are portraying women…You never know where you are with boys". I was surprised how much space there is within the play for individual interpretation, and how many of the boys grasp the opportunity. As well as the sweetly sincere heroines Galatea and Phyllida, girls who are dressed as boys by their fathers in order to avoid being sacrificed to Neptune, female roles include the deliciously haughty Diana, eyes flashing wildly on every appearance, followed by her gaggle of nymphs, and Venus, goddess of love.
Other roles are played with just as much gusto, such as the trio of north-country brothers (I still don't know why the action takes place in Lincolnshire), who every now and then appear with a cheerful blend of good humour and song. The trident-bearing Neptune huffs and puffs, threatening dire consequences if the most beautiful virgin doesn't get offered up to the sea-monster Agar. Cupid, possibly having the most fun of any of the performers, is first revealed as other actors melt away, in his characteristic pose balanced on one foot, bow drawn. On every possible occasion he cheekily mocks the pomposity of the goddess Diana.
With Diana an unmistakeable parallel to Elizabeth 1, would the queen have laughed at herself, played by a boy, in that performance at court? It seems likely that she would. There are many laugh out loud moments in the play, which builds up to the big dramatic scene in which the third-prettiest girl is offered up to Neptune. This difficult scene contains a long, heartfelt speech by the girl who accepts the necessity of her sacrifice only to find herself rejected because she isn't beautiful enough. It's a beautifully-written speech, moving between tragedy and comedy, containing long, static silences which the actor performed admirably. Eion Price's blog post about the production focuses in particular on this scene, and the whole play has been reviewed on The Bardathon.
A scene from Galatea by Edward's Boys
The play does, then, have serious moments, and always there in the background is a question that would have resonated with Queen Elizabeth and her court: Can it ever be right for an individual to put their desires above the good of society as a whole?
Edward's Boys are the ordinary pupils of a grammar school in a small Warwickshire town, not the highly-trained choristers for which the play was written. To emphasize this fact a number of boys appear in school uniform. But this company, led by Perry Mills, is doing something very unusual by performing plays written for boys, by boys. Their obvious exuberance, a quality Lyly must have wanted to bring to the fore, makes the performance a delight. The company's reputation has been steadily building and on Sunday evening the audience included a clutch of Shakespeare academics and educators.
It's a triumph for Edward's boys, but also for John Lyly, proving that his plays deserve to be performed in their own right rather than just as footnotes to Shakespeare. Galatea still has two performances to go, in April, one at the Playbox Theatre in Warwick and one at the new Sam Wanamaker Theatre at Shakespeare's Globe as part of the study day John Lyly and the Children's Companies' Repertoire on 27 April. If you don't have your ticket yet, get one – it's not to be missed.
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