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The world at night is my kind of world.
Vintage Decay
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The entrance to the abandoned town high up in the desolate mountains of the North Aegean Islands. We drove gradually upwards for what seemed like hours in the blistering heat without spotting a single other car. Eventually we were welcomed by the silence, the dust and the wild sheep who had replaced people. This town was built as a refuge for natives to hide from pirates and raiders arriving from the surrounding oceans. In other words, it was never meant to be found.
West Riding Paper Lunatic Asylum. 1895 - 2016. The hospital was designed on the broad arrow plan by architect J. Vickers Edwards. The 300 acre estate on which the asylum was built was purchased by the West Riding Justices for £18,000 in 1885 and the large gothic complex of stone buildings was formally opened on 8 October 1888. Now surrounded by an extensive housing development, the asylum was infamous for many unsavoury reasons over the years. The last of which was the case of Jimmy Saville during a series of visits in 1988, the accounts of which have only now been fully realised. In its final years of operation, High Royds had become outdated and unsuited to modern psychiatric practice. This was acknowledged by the chief executive of Leeds Mental Health in 1999 after complaints from consultants about violence and cramped conditions on the wards. The hospital closed for good in 2003.
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The Great British Defamation
After learning that yet another of the places I've documented has fallen victim to demolition, I went back through some of the images that I haven't yet edited to find this brilliant quote on the wall of the building that no longer exists. We destroy everything which dares to stand still long enough to allow us to stop just for one second, and appreciate what was once there.
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Often resembling a stationary rocket on the horizon, the wind-battered Darwen tower in Lancashire, England was completed in 1898 to commemorate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee. For the locals, it also signified their victory for the right to access the moor after an 18 year feud against the Lord of the manor of Over Darwen who had blocked access to the land. The tower can be seen for miles around, exposing it to winds from all directions of the county. In 1947 the original wooden turret on top of the tower was blown off in a gale and was not replaced until 1971 after local fund-raising. Then after more damage in later years the tower was closed to the public for 19 months due to being deemed unsafe for use. A survey in spring 2001 found that the structure had severe decay in the stone decking. To add insult to injury, the tower dome was blown off yet again by strong winds during the winter of 2010. A replacement stainless steel dome made was then winched into place by helicopter in 2012. Whether or not it will last any longer than the previous two remains to be seen.
These Georgian baths in northern England have slowly decayed since its doors shut some 8 years ago. All hope was seemingly lost until English Heritage granted it listed status in 2014, putting into motion new plans to restore the building to its former glory. Stories like this are now few and far between; despite the urge to protect this particular buildings architectural quality, far less public baths are so fortunate. The number of swimming centers has dropped by a third in just over two decades, with a growing decline of 10 percent every year. To put it into context, more than half of the country's children under the age of 11 are now said to be unable to swim the length of a traditional 25m pool.
The south porch of the spectacular interior corridors of Gloucester cathedral in perpendicular style with it's mesmerising fan-vaulted roof. The choir vaulting is traced over decorated gothic Norman work which dates back to the 11th century. The south transept shown here at the Abbey Church in Gloucester is considered the earliest example of this perpendicular style architecture, dating from 1337. English art and architecture was becoming increasingly insular from the mid 1300's as a result of war with France, thus encouraging new styles and experimentation in church design and decoration. The methods of the Severn Valley school of masons of the early 14th century can be seen in the details of the choir and transepts. This school of masons was particularly creative, and they experimented with a style of surface decoration that created layers upon layers of ground-breaking interior styles and methods right up to the late victorian era when the cathedral was extensively restored by George Gilbert Scott.
Exploring the country and the relics it has hidden wouldn't be worth doing without the best assistant you could ever ask for ✌ Taken after a long afternoon wandering in and out of the corridors between hundreds of british rail carriages left unused somewhere in the dusty midlands.
Pembroke Place
The last remnants of the only remaining example of court housing left in Liverpool, and one of the few examples of this housing type that remains in the UK. Court Dwellings were used as a form of high density, low quality housing which became widespread in the city towards the end of the 19th century as the population in the city grew by over 25% in just one decade due to its prosperous maritime industry. The Council built 23 blocks - 445 dwellings in total for 2476 people - to rehouse the displaced population. The insanitary houses were of the back to back type, situated in narrow and ill-ventilated courts, each court containing from ten to twelve houses. The sanitary arrangements were very defective, in many cases one convenience being used by the occupants of five or six houses. Pembroke place is now protected as a vital part of the city's heritage.
The Welsh Presbyterian
The first explore of the year. Built in 1865, the Welsh Presbyterian Chapel was once the tallest building in Liverpool. In 1982, when it was no longer used as a church, it was sold to the Brotherhood of the Cross and Star, a religious organisation with headquarters in Nigeria. They ceased to use the church in the 1990s, it became vacant, was vandalised, and became derelict from then on. Having become a crumbling wreck as the elements have set in, it merely holds clues to its former glory throughout the different seasons. As one of the listed buildings in the 'stop the rot' campaign it is waiting desperately for a granted heritage fund but the longer it takes, less and less of this building will be left to preserve.
A tower stands on a hill to the east of the approach road to the manor house at Lyme Park in Cheshire. Built around 1580 as a hunting lodge, the ladies of the British nobility could admire the prowess of their menfolk as they hunted stag on the slopes below. If all went well then the tower would become a banqueting hall and feasting and drinking would carry on well into the night. As time went by, the tower was used by the game keeper as his residence and a room in the tower was strengthened and used for locking up poachers that had been caught trying to steal the hare and deer that were both common in the park and said to be of exceptional quality and flavour. Three of the four sides of The Cage have sundials – the north facing side is the exception as it would never receive enough light for it to be effective. All the sundials have inscriptions. The south face reads: "Remember now the creator in the days of thy youth". The east and west faces are written in Latin and both read: "Live to-day. To-morrow will be less seasonable." During World War II it was used to house young evacuees from Manchester. By all accounts they were made welcome by Thomas Legh, 2nd Baron Newton, who at the ripe old age of 82 gave the estate and the surrounding land including the tower to his son Richard who was to be its final owner. The tower was used by the Home Guard as a vantage point during and shortly after the war, which was the last known civilian use of the tower that now stands proud but unused above the surrounding landscape.
Cueva de los verdes
Spanish for "The Green Caves" are not actually green, but a natural lava tube of the Haria municipality on the island of Lanzarote in the Canary Islands. The cave lies within the Monumento Natural del Malpaís de La Corona, a protected area, and was created around 3,000 years ago by lava flows erupting from the nearby volcano Monte Corona, flowing across the Malpaís de la Corona toward the sea. The lava streams cooled on top, developing a solid crust, before the lava drained away leaving the top part as the roof of a cave. The caves extend for 3.7 miles above sea level and for another mile below the sea, meaning that the caves are constantly half flooded with many natural lakes holding extremely clear water which are regulated by the Atlantic Ocean. This micro climate is home to a species of blind albino crabs known as 'Jameitos' which can be found nowhere else on earth. These crabs have been adopted as the symbol of the Jameos del Agua.
Another win for British Heritage - The Plaza, Northwich UK. Designed as a cinema by William and Segar Owen, the former cinema was built in 1928, and closed in the late 1960s, becoming a bingo hall before finally closing its doors in 2011 despite earning listed status a decade prior. It lay derelict for several years before a community group, the Northwich Cinema Trust, began a two year project to reopen the Plaza as a community heritage cinema for the town which faced a three year wait for a new Odeon in the centre of the town to open for the public. The group managed to secure a number of seats from the much loved nearby Regal cinema before demolition began in 2013, and thanks to them the Plaza is now officially saved.
The Wild Woods
Ancient forests once covered almost the entirety of the English landscape from coast to coast. Dense woodland forming a canopy over moss-ridden rock formations where wildlife dominated and small settlements scattered, disconnected from each other. Much of England had been cleared as early as 1000 BC, as the bronze age saw intensive farming on a scale that we are only just beginning to appreciate. Fast forward 3 millennia and almost every inch of the country has now been shaped to suit the needs of modern civilisation. These rare woodlands are one of only a handful left on the isles that remain untouched by man, and therefore serve as brilliant time capsule to our wild, forgotten past.
Asylum Hallway
When a greenhouse becomes abandoned, it creates an entire microculture of its own. Built in Edwardian times within the grounds of one of Northern England's wealthy estates. Many locals still have memories of it from their childhood; "It held three seperate rooms, each one getting progressively hotter as you passed through. Huge tropical plants and a large fish tank were fed by a constant stream of hot water from large cast iron pipes underneath the shelves. As an indication of wealth, it had exotic plants such as orchids, cacti, ferns and plants whose names most people couldn't even pronounce." After remaining in service to the public after the grounds of the manor became open parkland in the late 19th century, the greenhouse closed in the 1980's and has remained derelict to this day. The perfect climate allowed for the relentless growth of vegetation that now gives it permanent camouflage.
Eccles Crown Theatre
Opened in 1899 as the Lyceum in Eccles, this iconic theatre was designed as a home for Shakespearian performances. With the advent of popular music it very quickly became home to variety shows changing ownership and names in 1907 when it became the Crown Theatre. In 1932 the 2,500 capacity theatre was converted into a cinema but in 1963 it went the way of many such buildings and became a bingo hall until finally in 1980 a section of the theatre was demolished before closing forever. The site has been closed ever since, having already begun to fall into ruin.
The theatre was listed in 2003 and added to the Theatre's trust at Risk list in 2012. The once stunning proscenium arch inside the theatre depicted Shakespeare's Seven Ages of Man but stained glass windows of poets and playwrights installed by the original owner in his bid to educate the poor were removed during a refit several decades ago and sent to America. In 2013 fire crew were called to an arson attack on the building which effected the first and second floor balconies. The Crown is a landmark building in the town of Eccles in a vaguely Elizabethan Style with pilasters and mullioned windows.
The facade is constructed of moulded red brick of five storeys with terracotta dressings to three high arched windows at first floor. It is richly decorated, and has an asymmetrically placed short corner tower. This once had a pyramidal roof and the parapet was topped with square pinnacles. Becoming a cinema in 1932, it was later adapted for Cinemascope, ending stage use. Converted for bingo in 1963, by the late 1980s it was reported to be falling into disrepair internally. The exterior is largely intact, apart from the stage house which has been partly demolished. Planning permission was given in 2005 – and again in 2008 – for partial demolition (retaining the facade) and development of apartments behind. These works have not been started, and the building remains empty and increasingly derelict.
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Q: Defining $\lim_{n \rightarrow \infty} \sum_{i=1}^{n}| \Delta y|$ in this wiki-page. I'm trying to make sense out of this wikipedia articles procedure in defining arc length of a curve.. here is my observation:
Step 1. The hypotenuse of the triangle in the arc's partition is $\sqrt{\Delta x^{2} + \Delta y ^{2}}$.
Step 2. The arc length given is the limit of line segments equal to $\lim_{n \rightarrow \infty} \sum_{i=1}^{n}| \Delta y| = \lim_{n \rightarrow \infty} \sum_{i=1}^{n}  \sqrt{\Delta y^{2}}$. At this step I supposed that it's the same hypotenuse of the triangle, and $\Delta x^{2} \in \sqrt{\Delta x^{2} + \Delta y ^{2}}$ and deduced $\Delta x^{2}$ approaches $0$ as the number of partitions go up. But $\Delta y^{2}$ also approaches $0$ so why is it left over or why is $\Delta x^{2}$ not in the formula?
observations from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arc_length

A: I think they're just talking about two different things. Their definition of $L(f)$ is the total vertical distance traveled by $f(t)$, where you count upward movement and downward movement as positive. What you're looking for would be more like what they discuss in "Finding arc lengths by integrating". The organization of the Wiki page does seem kind of confusing, but what do you expect for a community of largely anonymous volunteers (like, um, this one)?

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Alberto Gonzales
Alberto R. Gonzales (born August 4, 1955) was the 80th Attorney General of the United States, becoming the first Hispanic to serve in the position. He formerly served under U.S. President George W. Bush as White House Counsel. He announced his resignation as Attorney General on 27 August 2007.
1.1 Speech regarding Civil Liberties and the War on Terrorism (November 20, 2006)
1.2 Speech to U.S. Attorneys' National Security Conference (January 11, 2007)
1.3 Speech to American Enterprise Institute (January 17, 2007)
From the day the President announced my nomination as the Attorney General of the United States three months ago, I have thought often about how to best prepare to meet the awesome responsibilities of this office. Outside these walls, the cries of those powerless souls who are injured, disenfranchised or otherwise aggrieved may indeed be faint. But those same pleas for help echo powerfully within the Department of Justice. Every day, like a steady drumbeat we are asked to provide an answer to a problem, to secure a remedy, to be a champion — and every day this Department responds as it has done so time and time again throughout the history of our beloved America.
Remarks at his installation as Attorney General [1] (February 14, 2005).
America is my home — I believe in her promise and I will do what I can to secure that promise for future generations of our children. America is great — not because of our military might or our economic strength — but because of the greatness of Americans, and I welcome the opportunity to stand shoulder to shoulder, side by side with all of you to preserve our heritage rich in "liberty and justice for all."
Remarks at his installation as Attorney General.
President Washington, President Lincoln, President Wilson, President Roosevelt have all authorized electronic surveillance on a far broader scale.
2006-02-06 Senate Judiciary Committee testimony.
There is no express grant of habeas in the Constitution. There's a prohibition against taking it away.
2007-01-17 Testimony during questioning by Senator Arlen Specter.
I consider myself a casualty, one of the many casualties of the war on terror.
in an interview with the Wall Street Journal, December 31, 2008.
(Asked by John King about the political climate that existed in Washington at the time, and criticism of the Department of Justice under his management) Listen I don't expect an apology from men like Chuck Schumer, and I would put him and other individuals who were attacking me at the top of the list contributing to the low, low public perception of Congress, the integrity of Congress quite frankly.
[2] July 23, 2010.
Speech regarding Civil Liberties and the War on Terrorism (November 20, 2006)[edit]
Online text of speech, given at the U.S. Air Force Academy
To achieve victory at the cost of eroding civil liberties would not really be a victory. We cannot change the core identity of our Nation and claim success. And our identity has never been in doubt — we are a free people, dedicated to liberty for the popular and the unpopular, committed to the ideal that the People govern themselves, and determined to have a government that cannot extinguish or suppress the rights that make us Americans.
Free speech. Freedom of association. These values are repulsive to the radical Islamic terrorist. They fear them and suppress them whenever and wherever they can. Yet through those very means, we as a society are protective of that terrorist's rights. This is ironic, but good. Because, as you well know, America has a unique responsibility to set the global standard for liberty and fair conduct. The world looks to us to set high standards for freedom, and we take that leadership role very seriously. Our commitment to leading by example – on issues from human rights to free speech – is strong. Indeed, other countries strike a different balance between security and freedom, both in the activities they punish as crimes, and in the procedures with which they do so. In some instances, our allies have adopted or utilized some counterterrorism tools that we have not adopted in the United States because doing so would abridge the civil liberties protected by our constitution.
It is a myth that the Patriot Act empowers the government to be overly intrusive, giving it power that could someday be used to pry into innocent Americans' personal lives. The fact is that the Patriot Act was born of a well-established criminal justice and national security structure as well as vibrant bi-partisan debate in Congress, both upon its establishment and its renewal. The Act was written to help the law enforcement and intelligence communities to protect Americans and fight the war on terror. It, in fact, answered the call of career, rank and file law enforcement to update our laws to match law-enforcement tools with modern technology. The Patriot Act simply ensures that law enforcement and national security personnel have the tools they need to keep us safe from terrorism — and in many cases those tools were already available to law enforcement in other contexts — while also ensuring that those tools are consistent with the Constitution and include appropriate safeguards against government over-reaching.
The Patriot Act does not authorize the government to go into your house or read your mail without probable cause and a warrant. It does allow law enforcement and intelligence personnel to better share information and better coordinate with each other. It does give national security investigators tools like those criminal investigators have used for years. And it does update the law to keep up with evolving technology and increasingly sophisticated terrorists. Many of the tools in the Patriot Act are identical to those that have been used for years to investigate drug dealers and white-collar crime. They've been used effectively, and they've been used without an adverse impact on civil liberties. So criticism of the Patriot Act has always begged the question: if we can use these tools successfully and prudently in the area of dealing with, say, drug traffickers, why shouldn't they be used in the war against terrorists who want to import chemical, biological or even nuclear weapons to inflict mass civilian casualties?
Torture is not tolerated by this country on the battlefield or off. Anyone who tortures or abuses a detainee tarnishes the service of every honorable student and soldier in this room today. The President has said this, and I will say it again: those who commit torture in the name of the United States government will be prosecuted. In any discussion of Guantanamo, detainees and military commissions, I think that one final fact helps put things in perspective — and that is the fact that members of al Qaeda are not merely common criminals. Some critics around the world have argued that they are "just" criminals, that their crimes somehow do not amount to war crimes. But here are the facts: al Qaeda seeks to employ weapons of mass slaughter as a means of achieving political goals against both the civilian and military capacity of the United States, Europe, and our allies throughout the world. Its members continue to fight our Armed Forces on battlefields around the world, and they will continue to do so until we stop them. Al Qaeda has committed acts on a scale that transcends mere crime, as recognized by NATO immediately after the attacks of September 11th. Their crimes are therefore nothing less than war crimes. Given the magnitude of the atrocities al Qaeda has committed, there can be no comparison between the crimes of its members and that of common civilian criminals.
Speech to U.S. Attorneys' National Security Conference (January 11, 2007)[edit]
Online text of speech
Today's gathering is particularly important because I must speak bluntly and urgently, about the single most important part of our jobs: preventing terrorist attacks on American soil. Our success or failure in this endeavor will define in the eyes of some President Bush and his legacy. Right or wrong, this is a task that will also define my government career and, indeed, to some degree my professional life. It will be the legacy of every one of us who is serving in this Administration. Terrorists chose to attack us. But it is we who must now choose — today, tomorrow, the day after that and the day after that, until the end of our government service — to do everything in our powers to stop them from striking again.
Because I worked at the White House on 9/11, I carry the memories and the pain of that day in a wound that is particularly deep — one that is very personal. Some of you were not in government on 9/11, and some are from parts of the country where people do not think much today about terrorism. I appreciate that some may not share the same sense of sadness and anger. But I must ask you to take on the perspective that President Bush and I had on September 11th and the days following — the brutal unprovoked murders of mothers and fathers — sons and daughters…the phone calls of desperate good byes…symbols of American wealth and power in flames and ruins. Five years have passed. I concede it may be difficult for some to stay committed to this mission — maintaining the necessary intensity and commitment — without that perspective.
Dig deeply for the energy and the creativity that we need to continue this successful record of prevention — which is the goal of all goals when it comes to terrorism because we simply cannot and will not wait for the next terrorist act to occur before taking action. Continue to arm yourselves with the American ideals of hope and freedom — because they are so much stronger than terrorist ideals of fear and intolerance. Remind yourselves and your colleagues back in your offices — that for the sake of our children, we will prevail because we must.
Speech to American Enterprise Institute (January 17, 2007)[edit]
A strong and independent Judiciary is necessary for our republic to remain strong, for our democracy to survive, and for the rule of law to flourish. To understand what I mean by independence, let me first clarify what independence is not. Judicial independence does not mean complete freedom from scrutiny or criticism. Judges' decisions may be criticized, and the nature of the job virtually guarantees it. After all, in every court case there will be a loser. Judges must resist the temptation to craft their opinions to avoid criticism or to seek approval, whether from the press, the public, the academy, or Congress.
Of course, the power and authority of courts — whether to improperly take policymaking power for themselves or to engage in legitimate decision making — is dependent upon the weight of their judgment. That is, it depends on their credibility with the public and the other branches of government. Judicial decisions are obeyed, in large part, because the judgment of the federal Judiciary is respected. But it is perhaps underappreciated that when courts apply an activist philosophy that stretches the law to suit policy preferences, they actually reduce the credibility and authority of the Judiciary. In so doing, they undermine the rule of law that strengthens our democracy. In contrast, a judge who humbly understands the role of the courts in our tripartite system of government decides cases based on neutral principles. He generally defers to the judgment of the political branches, and respects precedent – the collective wisdom of those who have gone before. In so doing, that judge strengthens respect for the Judiciary, upholds the rule of law, and permits the people — through their elected representatives — to make choices about the issues of the day.
I also am concerned about judges who imagine they see everything in society addressed in the Constitution. It is worth remembering that the Constitution is a very brief document. It defines the structure and authority of the federal government and protects a limited list of sacred rights. It does not, and was never intended to, address every legal issue that might arise in our nation's history. Democracy is well-served when the Court says, in effect, "the Constitution simply does not comment on this issue." In contrast, constitutionalizing an issue takes it out of the democratic process. If the people disagree with a court decision based on the law, they have a remedy in the political process. Through their elected representatives, they can change the law. But once a court declares a law to be unconstitutional or prohibits some agency action on constitutional grounds, it is limiting the options of the people. Such a step should be taken only where it is clear that the Constitution has truly spoken on the issue and forbidden what the political branches have determined to do.
We want to determine whether he understands the inherent limits that make an unelected Judiciary inferior to Congress or the President in making policy judgments. That, for example, a judge will never be in the best position to know what is in the national security interests of our country.
About selecting federal judicial candidates.
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If you're a George Carlin fan you may find this video for Toronto's Kids & Explosions by French collective Cumulus somewhat tame and derivative and if your a patriot or zealot you may find it blasphemous. Either way, the hand-drawn clip is probably NSFW so watch with caution, then watch "Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television" from Mr. Carlin below, which by the way, may be derivative of Lenny Bruce.
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2021 Development Camp Rosters & Schedules Released
By Minnesota Hockey, 06/09/21, 11:30AM CDT
The 2021 CCM High Performance 14 and 15 Summer Development Camps are set to begin Saturday on the St. Cloud State University campus in St. Cloud, MN. The week-long camps will feature the top boys and girls in Minnesota in the 2006 and 2007 birth years.
The Girls 15 Development Camp will open the action this Saturday, June 12, with the Girls 14 beginning on Sunday, June 13. The Girls Camps will conclude on June 17. The Boys 15 Development Camp will be held June 19-24 and the Boys 14 will run from June 20-24.
"Our camp is called a development camp," said Girls 15 Camp Coaching Director, Amber Fryklund. "It is an evaluation to move on to the next level, but we're here to develop these kids first and foremost."
"These players at camp are 14 and 15 year olds so everyone at camp can get better at everything as a hockey player. Really, we just want to make sure the kids have a great experience at camp; that they learn new things and can leave here being a better player, a better teammate and know how to continue working on their game."
Players at the summer camps will be exposed to a series of on-ice and off-ice development sessions, including areas such as proper weight training and stretching techniques, developing mental skills, video sessions and position specific skills. Players will also be split into teams and compete against other top players in games each day, providing opportunities for players to implement what they learn in practice.
The camp is led by current and former coaches from the Division I, Division III and high school levels. Current college players at the Division I and III levels serve as counselors.
Rosters and team schedules for the camps are now posted online. Follow the links below to view the rosters for the appropriate camp.
The Boys and Girls 14 Summer Camps serve as the final phase of the CCM High Performance Programs for that age group.
The top players from the Boys and Girls 15 Summer Camps will be chosen to represent Minnesota Hockey at a national festival/camp sponsored by USA Hockey involving the best players from each of the USA Hockey districts. The national festivals/camps are used by USA Hockey to identify the top performers in each age group for possible opportunities to represent the U.S.A. at advanced levels of national and international hockey competition.
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By truefusion, June 24, 2005 in Computer Gaming
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For all you Devil May Cry fans out there, which is probably everyone that has played the game, DMC 4 will be coming out for the PS3. All i've been able to find were just pictures of dante, and his new style. Along with the E3 promotional video, that was leaked. Besides that, it's pretty hard to give out any good detail about the game, but i can say that the graphics look kickass. Dante just keeps getting into that heavy metal rocker type look. Hopefully this game will blow DMC fans just like DMC3 did. All i hope is that they add unlockable characters like Vergil, for once. I've been wanting to play as vergil for a very long time. I can only hope the best. If any one know how i can contact capcom for some suggestions, that'd be awesome. I have a lot of great stuff i'd like them to add to the new DMC.
i would LOVE to see these things:
*Note: these things are not from the actual game, just stuff i wish would be in the game. Which i believe many people would love to see as well.
- Split screen storymode, and vs mode..
New Unique weapons
- and also bring back old weapons, but not all..
Better Style system
- can either switch off at the press of a button (On-the-fly), or combine them all into one.. If on-the-fly mode is chosen, increase level styles..
- if anything, add the ability to choose if the users want on-the-fly, or to combine them all..
- One of the styles should contain gun and sword capabilites, shoot and slice at same time, like in the cutscene on mission 8 in dmc3..
- Also, if on-the-fly mode is chosen, keep them based on what weapon is currently in use
- Add levels for styles w/o them, like doppleganger, and quicksilver
More rpg elements
- Keep gun slinger, sword master, and trickster
- Remove the not needed style: royal guard, unless a more useful feature comes up
Alternative endings
- based on what you've accomplished and your devil hunter grade..
More Super dante modes
- bring back the one from dmc2
Hand-to-hand fighting modes
- Grabbing of the enemies
- After grabbing, tossing, beat'em ups, and whatnot for combinational moves
- Combos after grabbing, or severely injuring opponent
More costumes
- each with added abilities
More interactive scenary
- for hand-to-hand combat, objects around player can be picked up and used as a weapon
- Dante. Vergil, and Sparda as an unlockable..
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Must say Im not really into horror kindof games, last time I played one.....the stench was unbearable....
Saint_Michael 3
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game play is kind of dull and the story is kind of bland and screw up really 3 doesnt really make sense at all it should have been more like he had no idea at all that he was a demon slayer son of sparta or had a brother that he new of hopefully they don't do another prequal again.
Part 3 help me understand a few things that the previous versions didnt. Like on how dante's mom died. I just wish in part 4 they dont go with the same thing, of someone trying to open up the demon world, or trying to take sparda's power. That's getting boring... Out of all the DMC games, part 3 would have to be my favorite. Part 2 wasnt all that good, it looked like they rushed through that game. DMC has lost any horror about it. I hope they make part 4 with some parts that make you jump.
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Yeah I heard about the DMC4. Have seen the promotional video, I hope Dante will still lok a little like he is in DMC3. Hope this time they'll have VS mode and Virgil and Sparda character unlock....But since it's PS3, I dont have the budget... -karmi
snpclan 0
Maybe will have to get this game as a starting game when PS3 comes out


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JULY AT THE CALEDONIA HISTORICAL VILLAGE
Caledonia Historical Society Posted on July 2, 2018 by Linda Graeper July 2, 2018
Come to the CHS Open Houses at the Caledonia Historical Village!
The Caledonia Historical Society invites everyone to the monthly open houses held the fourth Sunday of the month through September. The buildings in the Caledonia Historical Village just east of Hwy 38 on 5 Mile Rd will be open from 11 am to 3 pm. Docents will be available in the buildings to share the history of the buildings and of Caledonia. Bring the family, have a picnic, enjoy the historic atmosphere. There are many historic artifacts housed in the buildings, and each building has an interesting history. The open houses are free to the public, but donations are appreciated so that the Village can be maintained. The Caledonia Historical Society is a 501(c)3 non-profit.
Learn about the history of railroad cabooses from CHS member, John, as these ladies did at the June Open House.
Happenings at the Caledonia Historical Village!
The new Caledonia Historical Village sign was placed at the entrance to the CHV recently. The CHV is owned and operated by the Caledonia Historical Society. The CHV is maintained by CHS volunteers, and funding is raised by donations, membership dues, fund raisers and grants. The latest project is the renovation of the 1919 Botting Machine Shed. The CHS volunteers are working every Monday and Thursday morning starting at 9 am. If you can help, come to the CHV and enjoy the comradery while you work.
In June a group of seniors took a bus tour to the Caledonia Historical Village. They toured the buildings and enjoyed a full course lunch afterwards in the 1902 Milwaukee Road Depot.
Festival! Festival! Come Join Us At The Festival!
The Caledonia Historical Society annual festival is the weekend of September 8th and 9th. The Re-enactors will be there, the blacksmith will be there, the Model T Club will be there, the sawmill demonstrations will be there, the barrel train will be there, the children's games appropriate to early Caledonia will be there, the Fire Trucks will be there on Sunday, September 9th. There will be spinning and loom demonstrations. There will be cannon fire. There will be food and much, much more. The Caledonia Historical Village buildings will be open with docents. If anyone would like to be involved in educating festival attendees about their early Caledonia family history, send an email to [email protected] or use the Contact Us page on this website.
The Caledonia Historical Society meets the third Thursday of every month, and the next meeting is July 19th at 6:30 pm at the 1902 Milwaukee Road Depot in the Caledonia Historical Village just east of Hwy 38 on 5 Mile Rd.
The meetings are open to the public, and everyone is welcome. Become a CHS member and envelop yourself in the history of Caledonia. Help CHS spread the word! Membership forms can be downloaded from the ABOUT page on this website.
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Share this Story: Seven Things to Do in Metro Vancouver Dec. 13-19: Mixed Nuts, Magic Sword, and more
Seven Things to Do in Metro Vancouver Dec. 13-19: Mixed Nuts, Magic Sword, and more
Headlining this week's picks is the Arts Umbrella's annual production Mixed Nuts.
Local dancers perform in Arts Umbrella's Mixed Nuts Dec. 13-15 at Vancouver Playhouse. Photo by David Cooper /PNG
Whether you're looking for date ideas, free things to do or just something fun to do in downtown Vancouver, you can't go wrong with our list of events happening around Metro Vancouver between Dec. 13 and 19.
For more ideas, click HERE for our coverage of Vancouver's arts scene, or HERE to search our entertainment listings database.
Here are seven things to do in Metro Vancouver this week:
Pic credit: David Cooper. Photo by David Cooper /PNG
1. Mixed Nuts
When: Dec. 13 to 15 , various times
Where: Vancouver Playhouse
Tickets: From $25 at artsumbrella.com
Arts Umbrella's annual holiday family treat updates The Nutcracker with local references and performances by Vancouver-based choreographers and dancers. This year, the company is replacing the traditional second-act Spanish, Arabian, Chinese, and Russian dances with a production number inspired by the 1940s board game Candy Land.
2. Magic Sword
When: Dec. 13, 7 p.m.
Where: Venue
Tickets: $25 at ticketweb.ca
As the holidays approach, non-seasonal-related pickings thin out. So let's hear it for Magic Sword, a Boise, Idaho-based electronic trio who dress in masks and cloaks and call themselves The Keeper, The Seer, and The Weaver. Willamette Week describes their sound as "epic sci-fi electropop that sounds something like John Carpenter producing the next Justice album." Magic Sword is touring with Dance With the Dead, a duo from Southern California with a fondness for '80s electronic music, science-fiction and horror movie soundtracks, and metal. You can't get much more non-Christmassy than that.
3. Bah Humbug!
When: until Dec. 21
Where: SFU Goldcorp Centre for the Arts
Tickets: From $24 at eventbrite.com
The musical version of A Christmas Carol is celebrating its 10th and final year. This version is set in the city's Downtown Eastside, the better to confront local social issues. Jim Byrnes (pictured) plays Scrooge, here a pawnshop operator and hotel landlord who displaces people through renovictions. Other actors include Tom Pickett, Kevin McNulty, Sam Bob, Savannah Walling, and Margo Kane. Blues, gospel and industrial rock genres are interspersed with traditional seasonal favourites. Images by muralist Richard Tetrault of back alleys, ravens and Vancouver's portside provide a backdrop to the adaptation.
4. Star Wars Holiday Special Burlesque
Where: Rio Theatre
Tickets: $25 at riotheatretickets.ca, $30 at the door
Vancouver burlesque dancers perform selections from the Geekenders' popular series of Star Wars-themed shows, including A Nude Hope, The Empire Strips Back and Reveal of the Jedi. True to its title, the show also references the 1978 Star Wars Holiday Special, which is apparently so bad it's never been rebroadcast or released on home video (it lives on in bootlegs, though, and YouTube). Spoiler alert: the show includes a tribute to Baby Yoda.
5. Van Django's Cool Yule
When: Dec 13, 8 p.m.
Where: St. James Hall
Tickets: $28 at roguefolk.bc.ca
Local gypsy-jazz act Van Django presents a variety show that mixes Christmas favourites, jazz standards, pop tunes, classical elements, and singalongs. As in past years, L.J. Mounteney (pictured) lends her vocals to the evening's selections.
6. A Christmas Carol
Where: Pacific Theatre
Tickets: From $20 at pacifictheatre.org
As he reads from Charles Dickens' original text, Pacific Theatre artistic director Ron Reed enacts Scrooge and 43 other characters. In 2011, the year of the show's debut, Reed said "working with Dickens' original text, the story of Ebenezer Scrooge is anything but frivolous or sentimental. This story plays for keeps. Dickens' language is extraordinary, his passion for justice electrifying, his insights into the human heart substantial."
7. Kliffs
Where: Biltmore Cabaret
Tickets: $15 at eventbrite.ca
Fans of Mark Bérubé take note: the Montreal singer/songwriter is back in Canada, this time touring as one-half of Berlin-based duo Kliffs. Bérubé formed the unit with Kristina Koropecki, who plays cello, keyboards, and sings. Following a self-titled five-song introductory EP, Kliffs has just released a full-length, Temporary Cures. They describe their music as "recycled tone poems for the perpetually bemused, and pop songs for shy dancers."
Looking for something to do? Check out our comprehensive event listings
The latest Metro Vancouver arts news
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Q: Integrating Symfony security and other template utilities with ReactJS I have working application on symfony with twig template engine. It is very usefull to have app.request and app.user objects and utils like is_granted('ROLE_MODER') in template. Is there way for handling all this in react js? For example for routes i think i could use FOS JsRouting bundle, but i couldn't find any opportunity how could i access app
object or granting function in react js.

A: You could struct your application using HATEOAS:
https://github.com/willdurand/Hateoas

and also a REST bundle
http://symfony.com/doc/current/bundles/FOSRestBundle/index.html

Finally, to keep everything in security you can work with symfony's Voter/or ACL:
http://symfony.com/doc/current/security/voters.html

and keep all the control you need.
If you want to tell symfony information to reactjs, just create an endpoint for this. If you want to build a react component that handle with symfony's part, build it using twig.
But I suggest you to consider your symfony part as a REST API. I mean, ... you are just talking with an API. Your ReactJs client should never know that that API is written in Symfony.


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Q: Python class member or global variable When defining a Python class, class members are like global variables for the class. Then, I do not understand why global variables do exist ? Shouldn t we always use class members instead ?

A: Class members are like global variables for the class. Global variables are like class members for the module.
It's really that simple.
P.S. Just in case you are a Java programmer: yes, you can have more than one public class in  your module; yes, you should use this when appropriate.

A: And you can program without objects at all :)


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Q: Printer scanner driver for Epson Workforce WF-5320 Having trouble with setup here.  I have 64-bit Ubuntu Unity 12.10.
First I ran
sudo apt-get install xsltproc

Then I clicked accept on the Epson website here.  I downloaded iscan-data_1.25.0-1_all.deb and installed it with
sudo dpkg -i iscan-data_1.25.0-1_all.deb

Next, after some trial and error (because there were several .deb files to choose from, but only one would install successfully), I downloaded iscan_2.29.3-1~usb0.1.ltdl7_amd64.deb and ran
sudo dpkg -i iscan_2.29.3-1~usb0.1.ltdl7_amd64.deb

Next, as suggested here, I ran
sudo gedit /etc/sane.d/epkowa.conf

and inserted a line below in the Examples section: net xxx, where for xxx I inserted my best guess at the IP address of the printer.
Finally, from my Dash Home, I typed "epson", and a new application `Image Scan for Linux!" appeared.  However, when I try to launch this, I only get a message that says "Could not send command to scanner.  Check the scanner's status".  Now what?  The scanner just worked fine a moment ago through it's connection with a windows machine.
I wonder if I have the wrong IP address for my printer.  Including this, I have not yet found an explanation of how to identify the IP address of my printer in a fully straightforward way.

A: I have just gone through the process of installing the Epson iScan software following the recipe in the original question. There is just one stage missing to enable network access of the Epson scanner, to install iscan-network-nt.
The full recipe is as follows. For 32-bit machines the architecture labels will of course need changing to i386:
sudo dpkg -i iscan-data_1.25.0-1_all.deb
sudo dpkg -i iscan_2.29.3-1~usb0.1.ltdl7_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i iscan-network-nt_1.1.1-1_amd64.deb
sudo gedit /etc/sane.d/epkowa.conf

There are two entries to change in the epkowa.conf file, one for the network ip address (which you can get from the printer itself or from your router), and one to specify preference for the document feeder (although the latter seems to be brain-dead). After editing epkowa.conf it should contain the following lines somewhere:
net your.printer.ip.here
...
option prefer-adf

Not only does this enable the Epson scanner software, it allows XSane and Simple Scan also to correctly locate and interact with the scanner.

A: In Ubuntu, almost all the All-In-One printers does not need additional drivers to be installed. Drivers are automatically loaded by the following applications.
You can run the scanner with application Simple Scan
And the Printer with application Printers


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5 New Picks For The Lovers Of Cozy Mysteries
If you like cozy mysteries, make sure to check out these new exciting titles. You will not be disappointed:
Last Diner Standing By Terri L. Austin: Rose Strickland is having a blue Christmas. Her friend is arrested for attempted murder, her sexy bad guy crush is marked by a hit man, and her boss is locked in an epic smackdown with a rival diner.
Determined to save those she loves, Rose embarks on an investigation more tangled than a box of last year's tree lights. With her eclectic gang at the ready, Rose stumbles across dead bodies, ex-cons, chop shops, jealous girlfriends, jilted lovers, and a gaggle of strippers in a battle for freedom she might not survive.
Pillow Stalk By Diane Vallere: Interior Decorator Madison Night has modeled her life after Doris Day's character in Pillow Talk, but when a killer targets women dressed like the bubbly actress, Madison's signature sixties style places her in the middle of a homicide investigation.
The local detective connects the new crimes to a twenty-year old cold case, and Madison's long-trusted contractor emerges as the leading suspect. As the body count piles up like a stack of plush pillows, Madison uncovers a Soviet spy, a campaign to destroy all Doris Day movies, and six minutes of film that will change her life forever.
Cropped to Death By Christina Freeburn: Former US Army JAG specialist, Faith Hunter, returns to her West Virginia home to work in her grandmothers' scrapbooking store determined to lead an unassuming life after her adventure abroad turned disaster. But her quiet life unravels when her friend is charged with murder, and Faith inadvertently supplied the evidence.
So Faith decides to cut through the scrap and piece together what really happened. With a sexy prosecutor, a determined homicide detective, a handful of sticky suspects and a crop contest gone bad, Faith quickly realizes if she's not careful, she'll be the next one cropped.
Further Confessions of a Slightly Neurotic Hitwoman : Knocking off a drug kingpin was the last thing on Maggie Lee's to-do list, but when a tragic accident leaves her beloved niece orphaned and in the hospital, Maggie will go to desperate lengths to land the money needed for her care.
But the drug kingpin is the least of her worries. Maggie's aunts are driving her crazy, her best friend's turned into a bridezilla…and a knock on the head has given Maggie Dr. Dolittle abilities—she can talk to animals. Unfortunately, they talk back.
It's just another day in the life of this neurotic hitwoman…
Other People's Baggage : Three Interconnected Mystery Novellas: Baggage claim can be terminal when a computer glitch mislabels identical vintage suitcases. These are the stories of what happened after three women with a knack for solving mysteries each grabbed the wrong bag.
MIDNIGHT ICE by Diane Vallere: When interior decorator Madison Night crosses the country to distance herself from a recent breakup, she learns it's harder to escape her past than she thought, and diamonds are rarely a girl's best friend.
SWITCH BACK by Kendel Lynn: Ballantyne Foundation director Elliott Lisbon travels to Texas after inheriting an entire town, but when she learns the donor was murdered, she has to unlock the small town's big secrets or she'll never get out alive.
FOOL'S GOLD by Gigi Pandian: When a world-famous chess set is stolen from a locked room during the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, historian Jaya Jones and her magician best friend must outwit actresses and alchemists to solve the baffling crime.
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SE is such a great little phone. Small form, big motor. Always a good combo.
Modern phone cameras resolve complex lighting situations better than a lot of hi end cameras.
Not enough resolution or low light performance for this kind of work. There's a reason Pro sports shooters carry around big heavy equipment.
Serenity Now has not added any gear yet.


Thank you Jessica for asking USA Gymnastics about why Brenna and Mykayla were not on the floor. In my opinion it is an absolutely fair question. Their response is not acceptable. They had to have known people were going to ask. I felt gutted for Brenna when the rest of her team was celebrating when she wasn\'t there. Something has changed because Sam Peszek was totally on the floor in 08 as well as Anna Li in 11. Saying that the years blend together is a total cop out. And if the years to \"blend together\" then you are not qualified for your job. Many gym fans know more about the sport than you!
First of all, great job on the Worlds coverage! Only one thing I\'d point out – in this episode, it was mentioned that the Chinese team aren\'t \'as bonded\', or aren\'t \'emotionally invested\' in their routines, and aren\'t \'out there on social media\' interacting with their fans as other teams. Actually, they ARE out there – it\'s just the Chinese have their own popular social media channels (like WeChat, Weibo, and other Chinese forums), but very few of their photos, posts, \'tweets\' get translated for the rest of the gymternet to see. The Chinese girls are incredibly sweet, have great sense of humour and are also big fans of the other gymnasts. I\'m so glad that this Worlds the rest of the gymternet has slowly gotten to see that side of them through translated posts on Tumblr – particularly SongSong, have you seen the photos of her buying truckloads of icecream for her teammates?? Given Gymcastic\'s awesome rep for myth-busting, I thought this is also another one you\'d like to mention on one of your upcoming podcasts. Thanks guys.
First off, another WONDERFUL Worlds podcast! Bravo!
THANK YOU Jessica for asking USAG about Brenna's absence from the floor during team finals!! The question was absolutely valid and appropriate, and if I had been in your shoes, I would have asked the question myself. It's refreshing to finally have someone like you out on the floor, asking REAL questions! I'm so over all the coddling Martha has been given by the media over the years, asking only what seem to be pre-determined, generic, cookie cutter questions.
Leslie King's answer was complete BS, but did anyone think we'd get the real story behind Brenna's absence? I'm sure they NEVER thought anyone would have the balls to ask that question (because God forbid anyone question anything Martha does). Let's hope your bravery is contagious!!


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Maximilian Krendzelak, answers a question for his teacher Marisol Alarcon in his kindergarten class taught in Spanish at River Glen School in San Jose, Calif., on Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2016. Students learn in both English and Spanish at this school. The California Non-English Languages Allowed in Public Education Act (Senate Bill 1174), also known as Proposition 58, will be on the California ballot. If Proposition 58 passes it will essentially repeal most of the 1998 Proposition 227, the "English in Public Schools" Initiative, thus effectively allowing non-English languages to be used in public educational instruction. Public schools have found loopholes in Prop. 227 for years and the recent popularity of bilingual education make the passing of Prop. 58 likely.
SAN JOSE — When Palo Alto software entrepreneur Ron Unz led a campaign to ban bilingual education 18 years ago, California erupted in an acrimonious debate that drew national attention, with proponents expressing fears about the decline of English and opponents charging racism and predicting an educational Armageddon.
But today, in a sign of the Golden State's dramatically changing demographics and politics, the campaign to roll back the "English-only" Proposition 227 seems low-key and uncontroversial, overshadowed by a bevy of hot-button ballot initiatives and the emotionally charged presidential race.
Through Proposition 58 on the November ballot, bilingual education proponents seek to permit public schools to teach in languages other than English, without securing explicit parental permission, as is now required.
Lara insists he doesn't advocate returning to the pre-Proposition 227 days, when many immigrant children were taught for years in Spanish, often without their parents' permission or knowledge, and went on to struggle in English.
Proposition 58's opponents, however, argue that English-teaching shouldn't be delayed, and they emphasize what's commonly observed: The younger the children, the easier and faster they learn English. And, the opponents say, parents have the right to know if their kids are placed in a class taught in a foreign language.
After eliminating bilingual education in his Oceanside school district, Noonan said, reading scores of second-grade English-learners grew 100 percent.
Bilingual education already has crept back into California schools because of legal provisions that allow parents to sign waivers to place a child in non-English classes. San Jose Unified School District offers bilingual classes in 14 elementary and middle schools, Mount Diablo Unified in six schools. In particular, programs that immerse children in a foreign language from kindergarten have become popular among parents of English-speaking children.
Proposition 58 could have a significant effect on the 22 percent of California's 6.2 million students in public schools who are learning English as a second language.
Many parents see the measure as a way to make it easier to start teaching their children in their native language because schools won't have to get signed permission to do so. "Our children will begin learning academic concepts without losing months" in English-only classes in which they hardly understand a word, said Jacqueline Garcia, a mother of three children at McKinley School in San Jose. And, she added, children learning in their first language can get help from parents who don't speak English. "It's always better when parents can be involved in their children's studies," she said.
Proponents also say it will promote bilingualism – which they say is becoming increasingly vital in business. "It's a good idea, absolutely," said Frank Guerrero, father of a fourth-grader in a Spanish-immersion class at San Jose's Willow Glen Elementary. He, his wife and son are all bilingual.
Teachers unions, the state school boards association, the state PTA, Gov. Jerry Brown and a slew of Democratic politicians all back Proposition 58. Proponents have raised about $1.9 million, much of it coming from the California Teachers Association and other unions.
That has left Unz, who spearheaded Proposition 227, waging a lonely campaign to protect the status quo. The Republican and Libertarian parties have signed on but aren't contributing any financial support. Unz hasn't reported raising any money for a campaign.
In June 1998, his initiative passed overwhelmingly, winning more than 61 percent of the vote. And rather than the predicted educational disaster, he said, state test scores of English-learners rose substantially.
Bilingual-education proponents, however, point to a George Mason University study from 1998 to 2000 that showed that the switch in teaching methods did not narrow the wide achievement gap between English-learners and native speakers.
Proponents favor so-called dual-immersion schools, which have spread throughout the state, including in San Jose, Palo Alto, San Mateo, Oakland and Concord, according to multilingual-education consultant Claudia Lockwood. Most of the 430 schools are Spanish-English, but others teach Mandarin, Korean, Vietnamese, German or French.
Unz contends that Proposition 58 is backed by dual-immersion Anglo families, who need a certain number of Spanish-speaking children for their program model to work. Eliminating the current requirement for parents to sign waivers makes it easier to populate those programs, he said.
Educators, however, see the waivers as impeding bilingual classes, especially when skeptical parents have to be convinced to sign up their children. "It is a tedious process," said Jose Espinoza, director of English-learner services for the Mount Diablo district.
But critics of bilingual education say parents are right to feel uncertain.
Isabel Ocampo says her older daughter had attended a Spanish immersion program in Redwood City from kindergarten. A native Spanish speaker, she reached middle school struggling in English and math, said Ocampo, who then decided to pull her younger daughter from the Spanish program.
What it would do: The measure would rescind provisions of California's "English-only" ballot measure that limited bilingual education. It would also allow schools to teach in foreign languages without getting the explicit permission of parents, as is is now required.
What supporters say: "English-only" classes have failed to adequately teach students learning English as a second language; California needs to produce more multilingual students.
What opponents say: Bilingual education failed to teach immigrant students English; parents should have more of a say as to which language their children are taught.
How much money is being raised? Proponents collected $1.9 million as of Monday. [we will update"]The opponents have not reported raising anything.
To read more arguments in favor of Proposition 58, gotosupportprop58.com/endorsements.php.
To read more arguments against Proposition 58, go to www.keepenglish.org.


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Karl Löbe (* 4. Juni 1911 in Berlin-Charlottenburg; † 24. Februar 1993 in Bremen) war ein deutscher Jurist und Politiker (FDP).

Biografie

Ausbildung und Beruf

Löbe studierte nach dem Abitur am Humanistischen Gymnasium in Halberstadt Rechts- und Staatswissenschaften an der Universität Innsbruck, der Universität Wien und der Universität Kiel, und erwarb beide juristischen Staatsexamen. 1935  promovierte er zum Dr. jur. 1938/39 sowie 1945/46 arbeitete er in der Hafen- und Wirtschaftsverwaltung der Hansestadt Bremen, zuletzt in der Funktion eines Regierungsrates. Zwischenzeitlich nahm er als Soldat am Zweiten Weltkrieg teil, wurde als Artillerieoffizier eingesetzt und geriet zuletzt in Gefangenschaft, aus der er 1945 entlassen wurde.

Löbe arbeitete als Syndikus bei der Weserschifffahrt, war seit 1947 zunächst Geschäftsführer und wurde 1958 Vorsitzender des Weserbundes. Des Weiteren war er seit 1952 Vorstandsmitglied der Mittelweser AG in Hannover. In diesen Funktionen war er leitend an der wirtschaftlichen Entwicklung des Raumes von Nordhessen bis zur Wesermündung sowie an der Kanalisierung der Mittelweser und dem Ausbau des Mittellandkanals beteiligt. Später war er Geschäftsführer der Nordwest-Kanal GmbH und der Fulda GmbH.

Löbe hat während seiner beruflichen Tätigkeit mehrere Bücher veröffentlicht, die sich mit den Themen Weser und Schifffahrt in historischer Perspektive befassen.

Politik

Löbe trat 1937 in die NSDAP ein (Mitgliedsnummer 5.453.460).
Nach dem Krieg wurde er 1954 Mitglied der FDP und er war seit 1955 Vorsitzender des Verkehrsausschusses beim Landesvorstand der Liberalen in Bremen.

Löbe war seit der Bundestagswahl 1961 bis 1965 Mitglied des Deutschen Bundestages. Er war über die Landesliste der FDP Bremen in das Parlament eingezogen.

Werke (Auswahl)
 Bremens Holzwirtschaft, Bremen 1943
 Weserschiffer. Bremen 1961
 Das Weserbuch. Roman eines Flusses. Hameln 1968
 Seehafen Bremen. 100 entscheidende Jahre. Bremer Lagerhaus-Gesellschaft 1877–1977. Verlag Heinrich Döll & Co, Bremen 1977, ISBN 3-920245-42-3.
 Im Weserland. Begegnungen und Erlebnisse. Hameln 1979

Weblinks

Einzelnachweise

Bundestagsabgeordneter (Freie Hansestadt Bremen)
Politiker (20. Jahrhundert)
FDP-Mitglied
NSDAP-Mitglied
Person (Bremen)
Deutscher
Geboren 1911
Gestorben 1993
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NY Times Gaslighting Readers Twenty-Four Years After Praising Donald Trump for Being a Brilliant Businessman
Elder Patriot| The New York Times has, during the campaign and the presidency of Donald Trump attempted to besmirch the president as a fraud and tax cheat relying on revising a quarter-century old story.
Editors at the Times even attempted to paint Trump as a lousy businessman despite the fact that not many people could lose $1 Billion and still amass a net worth, according to Forbes, of $3.7 Billion.
The Times didn't always condemn Donald Trump over his paper losses. Back on October 25, 1995 the Times praised then citizen Trump as the "Comeback King."
Though there are still four years to go in the 90's, business and government leaders in New York honored Donald J. Trump yesterday for pulling off what they called "the comeback of the decade."
Mr. Trump, the developer who came to epitomize opulent wealth during the 80's before tumbling into deep financial trouble, has managed to erase much of his debt and is moving ahead with major projects at a time other developers are idling.
Judging from the attention showered on him yesterday at the Union League Club, some of New York's civic and business leaders are quite captivated by Mr. Trump, despite the financial uncertainties that still surround some of his properties.
How did Trump pull it off? While others were cowering from the economic disaster of the Carter administration, the future president relied on superior negotiating skill and a incentive included in President Reagan's tax plan to put America back to work – ACRS.
Reagan's Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981 included the accelerated cost recovery system (ACRS), that changed the rules for depreciating assets purchased from 1980 to 1986.
Rather than depreciating income-generating assets using a straight-line approach based on the lifetime of the asset, ACRS allowed taxpayers to depreciate them on shorter schedules based on cost recovery.
Accelerated depreciation increased the deductions property owners were able to claim, which the law's proponents believed would accelerate economic growth.
For real estate developers like Donald Trump, whose projects could take years to yield returns, the losses were massive and immediate allowing for loss carrybacks and carryforwards.
Real estate developers in the 1980's & 1990's, more than 30 years ago, were entitled to massive write offs and depreciation which would, if one was actively building, show losses and tax losses in almost all cases. Much was non monetary. Sometimes considered "tax shelter," ……
….you would get it by building, or even buying. You always wanted to show losses for tax purposes….almost all real estate developers did – and often re-negotiate with banks, it was sport. Additionally, the very old information put out is a highly inaccurate Fake News hit job!
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It was a way of incentivizing the investment class that had been destroyed under the Carter presidency to become re-involved in rebuilding the American economy. Carter left the White House in January 1981.
It worked too as the nation's GDP exploded (see chart above).
Consider what President Trump could accomplish if the Democrats were interested in growing the economy.


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Missing Louisiana Teenager Found Nude and Incoherent, Sex Offender and Man With Manslaughter Conviction Charged
By Kashmira Gander On 2/20/19 at 4:05 AM EST
Justin Noel and Steven Cooley have been charged over the disappearance of a 16-year-old girl. Louisiana State Police
U.S. Crime New Orleans Human trafficking
A teenage girl who went missing was discovered "nude and incoherent" in an apartment, according to police who have charged a registered sex offender and man convicted of manslaughter in connection with the case.
The Louisiana State Police Bureau of Investigations Special Victims Unit arrested two New Orleans men on Monday after the 16-year-old disappeared, the force said in a statement. The victim's name was not released.
Senior Trooper Melissa Matey told the Associated Press the girl had not been seen for days when police discovered her.
The men were charged with contributing to the delinquency of a juvenile. Police believe they were with the girl during the time she was missing.
Police arrested Steven Cooley, 54—who is on parole for manslaughter— at the apartment where the teenager was found. Justin Noel, 42—a registered sex offender Tier III for Forcible Rape—was detained in Gentilly, New Orleans.
The girl's family alerted police that she was missing and they had received threatening text messages linked to her whereabouts.
Louisiana State Police Detectives, New Orleans Police Department and U.S. Marshals worked together to investigate the incident and locate the teenager. She is safe and has been given medical treatment, police said.
The investigation is ongoing, and police believe more arrests are likely to be made.
According to the New Orleans sexual offender registry seen by the Associated Press, Noel is a court-determined sexual predator. He was convinced of forcible rape and kidnapping in 1994, in an aggravated crime against nature, and was released in 2001. Noel was convicted again of the same crimes in 2000 involving aggravated oral sexual battery and released in 2015.
Trooper told the Associated Press the investigation is in its early stages, and said police were looking into whether the girl had been sexually assaulted or drugged.
Police did not state the case was one of human trafficking but said they provided information to the National Human Trafficking Hotline beneath their statement.
Human trafficking is widely regarded as a form of modern slavery, with 40.3 million victims currently trapped according to the International Labor Organization. Some 24.9 million people worldwide are estimated to be exploited for work, and 15.4 million made to get married. Of the total, women and girls make up 71 percent of victims, while 29 percent are men or boys. Around 10 million victims are under the age of 18, with over a fifth of victims of sexual exploitation being children.
Victims and survivors of human trafficking can access The National Human Trafficking Hotline by emailing help@humantraffickinghotline.org. Tips can be submitted through the online form at at www.humantraffickinghotline.org; or by calling 1-888-373-7888 or texting 233733.
Discarded Napkin Connects Man to 1993 Cold Case Murder
Paper Publishes Names of 1,200 Children Killed by Guns
Video Shows Shooter Execute Man Getting Into Uber


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Last March 14, my family and I went to join the beach wedding of my former students and I could only be surprised since the bride was my student in Zamboanga City and the groom was my former student in General Santos City. And, how they managed to meet in Qatar, only their love tale can clearly say.
So, we managed to drive through the rain for almost two hours and we came in late although the wedding went well in spite of the lurking rain. The beach - inspired ceremony was quite touching with the personal vows made by the newlyweds and their messages to their respective parents. And, since it was an untraditional wedding, the ceremony was brief but sincere and romantic. It ended with the couple's first kiss beneath the tapestry of fireworks.
My husband took their pictures while my kid just had to endure waiting for his time to splurge the cool and bright waters of Glan, Sarangani.
We ended with cool sea breeze and a stay in an open cottage. We might be quite uncomfortable with the open cottage stay, but, the travel and visit with my old students became more worthwhile.


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Niederfränkisch ist die Sammelbezeichnung für eine Sprachgruppe, die sich sprachtypologisch von den hochdeutschen und niederdeutschen Sprachvarietäten des Kontinuums unterscheidet. Der weitaus größte Teil der niederfränkischen Dialekte wird vom Standardniederländischen überdacht, einer Sprache, mit der die Sprachgruppe aus der historisch-linguistischen Sicht weitaus synonym ist; ein kleinerer Teil wird vom Standarddeutschen überdacht.

Definition
Mit Niederfränkisch werden die Nachfahren einer Reihe westgermanischer Dialekte, die in den ehemaligen westlichen Kernregionen des frühmittelalterlichen fränkischen Reiches gesprochen wurden, bezeichnet. Diese Dialekte nahmen nicht an der zweiten Lautverschiebung teil und unterschieden sich sprachtypologisch ebenfalls von den sächsischen und anglofriesischen Varietäten. Die Sprachvarietäten entstammen weitaus dem Rhein-Weser-Germanischen und wurden bis in die Frühe Neuzeit von der niederländischen Schriftsprache überdacht.

In der frühen niederländischen Sprachforschung des 19. Jahrhunderts wurde der Begriff Niederfränkisch anfangs nicht benutzt, stattdessen wurden die heute als Niederfränkisch bezeichnete Varietäten nur als Fränkisch kategorisiert, in Übereinstimmung mit der damals in der Niederlandistik geltenden Konvention, wobei das niederländische Sprachgebiet in fränkische, sächsische und friesische Varianten unterteilt wurde. In der zweiten Hälfte des 19. Jahrhunderts wurde das niederländische Fränkisch mit der von Wilhelm Braune (1850–1926) erfundenen Einteilung des Westgermanischen verbunden. Für Braune formte Fränkisch eine heterogene Restkategorie innerhalb des ehemaligen kontinentalwestgermanischen Dialektkontinuums ohne angebliche sprachgeschichtliche Verbindung. Mit dem Zusatz Nieder- wurde deutlich gemacht, dass es sich hier um eine Sprachgruppe handelte, die nicht an der zweiten Lautverschiebung teilnahm.

Die Verwendung des Begriffs Niederfränkisch in der historischen Linguistik ist eingeschränkter als bei artverwandten Bezeichnungen wie Hochdeutsch, Niederdeutsch oder Friesisch. So gilt zum Beispiel nicht Mittelniederfränkisch, sondern die mittelniederländische Sprache als Vorstufe der heutigen niederfränkischen Varietäten. Für die (historische) Sprachlandschaft bis im 19. Jahrhundert sind die Begriffe Niederfränkisch und Niederländisch in der Praxis nahezu synonym. Im Laufe des 19. Jahrhunderts kam es in Deutschland aber zu einer aktiven Sprachpolitik der preußischen Regierung, deren Ziel die vollständige Verdrängung des Niederländischen und die Etablierung des Deutschen als alleiniger Standard- und Schriftsprache war. Folglich wurden dabei die in Deutschland beheimateten niederfränkischen Mundarten nicht länger vom Standardniederländischen überdacht und es entstanden soziolinguistische Kriterien, nach denen die von der deutschen Standardsprache überdachten niederfränkischen Mundarten und die niederländische Sprache im weiteren Sinne nicht länger synonym waren. Trotzdem werden das Kleverländische und das Südniederfränkische (Limburgisch in Deutschland) oftmals als "niederländische Mundarten" bezeichnet, da der sprachliche Abstand zur hochdeutschen Standardsprache (Deutsch) wesentlich ausgeprägter ist als zum Niederländischen.

Die historische deutsche Dialektologie schlug häufig auch die niederfränkischen Varietäten dem Niederdeutschen zu. Diese Zuordnung gilt heute als sprachwissenschaftlich und politisch überholt. Sprachwissenschaftlich gehören die niederländischen (bzw. niederfränkischen) Varietäten, zusammen mit den englischen, niederdeutschen und friesischen, zu denjenigen germanischen Varietäten, die nicht an der zweiten germanischen Lautverschiebung teilgenommen haben. Zwar fehlt im Niederländischen wie im Niederdeutschen die zweite Lautverschiebung, doch ist die niederländische Sprache – im Gegensatz zu Niederdeutsch und Englisch – nicht hauptsächlich aus den nordseegermanischen Sprachen des 1. Jahrhunderts entstanden, sondern aus den Weser-Rhein-germanischen Sprachen. Auf diesen Unterschied der Herkunft gehen eine Reihe phonetischer, lexikalischer und grammatischer Unterschiede zurück.

Der Begriff Niederfränkisch wird von den Sprechern der verschiedenen niederfränkischen Dialekte nicht als Eigenbezeichnung benutzt. Keiner der niederländischen Groß- oder Kleindialekte enthält (nieder)fränkisch in seinem üblichen Namen, und die in Deutschland beheimateten Varianten werden von ihren Sprechern meistens Niederrheinisch genannt. Der gleichnamige Regiolekt, der auch als Niederrhein-Deutsch oder Rheinischer Regiolekt bezeichnet wird, ist eine Varietät des Standarddeutschen (wie Ruhrdeutsch oder Kiezdeutsch) und gehört nicht zur niederfränkischen Sprachgruppe.

Sprachgrenzen und Verbreitung

Das niederfränkische Dialektkontinuum erstreckt sich über das südliche und westliche Gebiet der Niederlande, den Norden Belgiens (Flandern), ein kleines Gebiet im äußersten Norden Frankreichs (Französisch-Flandern) sowie den Niederrhein und den Osten des Bergischen Landes im Westen Deutschlands. Niederfränkische Dialekte werden heute noch vorwiegend in den Regionen westlich von Rhein und IJssel in den Niederlanden, im flämischen Teil Belgiens, aber auch am Niederrhein in Deutschland gesprochen.

Die niederfränkische Dialektgruppe ist im Südwesten durch den französischen Sprachraum begrenzt. Im Osten begrenzen das Niederdeutsche und Hochdeutsche die niederfränkischen Varietäten. Traditionell sind die niederfränkischen Mundarten nördlich der Benrather Linie und westlich der Einheitsplurallinie verbreitet.

Die Einheitsplurallinie formt die Grenze zwischen niederfränkischen und niederdeutschen Varietäten. Sie wurde früher mit dem Verlauf der IJssel gleichgesetzt, ist aber inzwischen abgeschwächt und die Dialekte des Ost- und West-Veluws, die sich westlich der IJssel befinden, werden heute dem Niedersächsischen zugerechnet, in den Niederlanden auch als Nedersaksisch bezeichnet.

Das Südniederfränkische, zwischen Uerdinger Linie und Benrather Linie, formt der nördliche Terminus des Rheinischen Fächers, ein linguistisches Übergangsgebiet vom Niederfränkischen zum Hochdeutschen. Er erstreckt sich von Nord nach Süd von Uerdingen, Düsseldorf-Benrath, Köln, Bonn, Bad Honnef, Linz, Bad Hönningen, Koblenz und St. Goar nach Speyer und deckt das Gebiet des deutschen Niederrheins, der Kölner Bucht, der Eifel, des Westerwaldes und des Hunsrücks ab. In diesem Bereich wurde die Zweite Deutsche Lautverschiebung nur teilweise durchgeführt. In Deutschland ist die Zuordnung einer Mundart zu einer bestimmten Region oder Stadt durch regionale Neuordnungen schwieriger geworden, da inzwischen Dialektgrenzen sich quer durch Kommunen ziehen. So verläuft die Uerdinger ik-ich-Linie jetzt durch das Stadtgebiet von Krefeld und Duisburg und trennt das südniederfränkische Krieewelsch vom nordniederfränkischen Hölsch Plott des Ortsteiles Hüls. Derartige Beispiele lassen sich auch für andere Kommunen aufführen.

Bis im Mittelalter bildeten die niederfränkische Küstendialekte den Übergang zum Westfriesischen und weisen insofern ein nordseegermanisches Substrat auf, das nach Norden hin weiter zunimmt. Das Holländische weist das stärkste Substrat unter den niederfränkischen Dialekten auf.

Im Zuge der Ostsiedlung ab dem ausgehenden Mittelalter gelangten auch niederfränkische, genauer gesagt niederländische Mundarteinflüsse, ins Ostniederdeutsche, besonders ins Märkische, weil viele Altsiedler aus Flandern zuzogen. Diese wurden in seltenen Einzelfällen später wieder in die umgekehrte Richtung mitgenommen, so entstand zum Beispiel das Hötter Platt.

Gliederung
Die National- und Schriftsprachen Niederländisch und Afrikaans beruhen hauptsächlich auf niederfränkischen Varietäten (Brabantisch, Flämisch und Holländisch) und überdachen den weitaus größten Teil der niederfränkischen Dialekte.

Zum Niederfränkischen zählt man heute die folgenden Hauptvarietäten:
 Westniederfränkisch
 Brabantisch
 Holländisch
 Ostflämisch
 Westflämisch
 Seeländisch
 Ostniederfränkisch
 Nordniederfränkisch (Kleverländisch)
 Südniederfränkisch (Limburgisch)

Siehe auch
 Niederländische Dialekte
 Rhein-Maasländisch
 Dialekte in Nordrhein-Westfalen
 Mölmsch (Dialekt)
 Krieewelsch (Krefelder Stadtdialekt)
 Hölsch Plott (Mundart des Krefelder Ortsteiles Hüls)
 Duisburger Platt

Literatur
 Arend Mihm: Sprache und Geschichte am unteren Niederrhein. In: Jahrbuch des Vereins für niederdeutsche Sprachforschung. 115, 1992, , S. 88–122.
 Arend Mihm: Rheinmaasländische Sprachgeschichte von 1500 bis 1650. In: Jürgen Macha, Elmar Neuss, Robert Peters (Hrsg.): Rheinisch-Westfälische Sprachgeschichte. Böhlau, Köln u. a. 2000, ISBN 3-412-06000-3, S. 139–164 (Niederdeutsche Studien 46).

Weblinks

 Jömelejer Plat. Der Dialekt, Informationen zum Gemmenicher Platt in Ostbelgien

Einzelnachweise

Niederfränkischer Dialekt
Kultur (Rheinland)
Germanische Sprachen
Kultur (Niederlande)
Kultur (Flandern)


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Great! All these items can be created using nested for loops.
Below is some code to get you started. Underneath each of the comments, fill in the code required to make the pattern.
# Below, replace "pass" with your code for the loop.
# Don't loop from 30 to 60 to shift everything over, just add 300 to x.
# Use the modulus operator and an if/else statement to select the color.
# Don't use multiple 'if' statements.
# Use the modulus operator and just one 'if' statement to select the color.
# Do NOT use 'if' statements to complete 5-8. Manipulate the loops instead.
Each little square is a 5x5 pixel square.
If the center of each square is 5 apart, you won't see an edge and it will look like one big square.
Remember, row controls up and down, so it corresponds to y. Column corresponds to x.
When working on sections 2-8, you can simple add to the x and/or y values to shift everything over. For example, just add 300 to all the x values in section 2, to put it in the second box.
Each section is 300x300 pixels.
You will only need two for loops. Do not use a third nested for loop.
Section 4 only needs one if statement. The trick is to use an and.
You can count "backwards" by subtracting.