What comes in mind when you think about the word Ringtones? Nothing, except that cell phones are capable of downloading new ringtones are the "must have" phenomena today!
One of the fastest growing trend today is none other than the mp3 ringtones, especially the free ringtones download. There are other downloadable items available on the internet too like Java Games, Various wallpapers and screen savers are very in thing but the top feature these days is free ringtones.
The cell phone and the the ringtones have become status symbol. Ringtones somehow show that a person is up to date and happening.You can even watch that what ringtone best suits your personality. You can now truly display your lifestyle and certainly your musical taste on your sleeve.
Ringtones market has developed within no time and has progressed a lot since the first Nokia ringtone was viral. Originally, you purchased a cell phone and only had a choice of monophonic ringtone, now as you will see their are a number of ringtones and you can get the best ringtone out of it as per your choice.
So there you have it, it seems like in today's wireless world and with cutting edge technology, quite a bit. Gone are the days when single bell had to ring on your cell phone and made it difficult for one person to stock that whose phone is ringing. Today the choices are endless so shop around to grab your latest ringtone.


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What The NY Times Left Out About Cpl. Jeffrey B. Starr.
Michelle Malkin-Belligerent has an item about the NYT selectively editing the e-mail of a dead soldier to omit his sense of mission and dedication.
Here's an excerpt from the Times' passage about Cpl. Starr:
Another member of the 1/5, Cpl. Jeffrey B. Starr, rejected a $24,000 bonus to re-enlist. Corporal Starr believed strongly in the war, his father said, but was tired of the harsh life and nearness of death in Iraq. So he enrolled at Everett Community College near his parents' home in Snohomish, Wash., planning to study psychology after his enlistment ended in August.
But he died in a firefight in Ramadi on April 30 during his third tour in Iraq. He was 22.
Sifting through Corporal Starr's laptop computer after his death, his father found a letter to be delivered to the marine's girlfriend. ''I kind of predicted this,'' Corporal Starr wrote of his own death. ''A third time just seemed like I'm pushing my chances.''
Last night, I received a letter from Corporal Starr's uncle, Timothy Lickness. He wanted you to know the rest of the story--and the parts of Corporal Starr's letter that the Times failed to include:
Yesterday's New York Times on-line edition carried the story of the 2000 Iraq US military death[s]. It grabbed my attention as the picture they used with the headline was that of my nephew, Cpl Jeffrey B. Starr, USMC.
Unfortunately they did not tell Jeffrey's story. Jeffrey believed in what he was doing. He [was] willing put his life on the line for this cause. Just before he left for his third tour of duty in Iraq I asked him what he thought about going back the third time. He said: "If we (Americans) don't do this (free the Iraqi people from tyranny) who will? No one else can."
Several months after Jeffrey was killed his laptop computer was returned to his parents who found a letter in it that was addressed to his girlfriend and was intended to be found only if he did not return alive. It is a most poignant letter and filled with personal feelings he had for his girlfriend. But of importance to the rest of us was his expression of how he felt about putting his life at risk for this cause. He said it with grace and maturity.
He wrote: "Obviously if you are reading this then I have died in Iraq. I kind of predicted this, that is why I'm writing this in November. A third time just seemed like I'm pushing my chances. I don't regret going, everybody dies but few get to do it for something as important as freedom. It may seem confusing why we are in Iraq, it's not to me. I'm here helping these people, so that they can live the way we live. Not have to worry about tyrants or vicious dictators. To do what they want with their lives. To me that is why I died. Others have died for my freedom, now this is my mark."
What Jeffrey said is important. Americans need to understand that most of those who are or have been there understand what's going on. It would honor Jeffrey's memory if you would publish the rest of his story.
When is the Times going to change it's motto to "All the news that fits our agenda."?
Smacked down by Dirk Belligerent at 12:50 PM
Merry Fitzmas!
It is 1:34pm, EST. The Vice President's right-hand man has been indicted and has resigned well over an hour ago.
It is now 1:36pm. Here is a list of my favorite conservative blogs who have not reported this huge event yet:
- Instapundit.com (last post at 12:20pm)
- Little Green Footballs (last story posted at 9:11am)
- Powerline (last post at 8:44am)
- Andrew Sullivan (last post 12:26pm)
- Michelle Malkin (last post 10:49am)
- Dirkworld (last post 12:50pm, cribbed from Malkin)
- Rush Limbaugh website: nothing
- Sean Hannity website: nothing
- Bill O'Reilly website: nothing
- Hugh Hewitt website: nothing
The only site with courage to report the bad news is redstate.org
I guess you're all waiting for your marching orders from the RNC.
Dirk Belligerent said...
I notice you left The Corner out of your round-up - probably because they've been all over it since last night - and gawd forbid that people wait until 2 pm (5 minutes from now) to hear Fitz's presser. Unlike you moonbats, there are people who wait for FACTS first.
Besides, this has got to be sad for you and Al Franken: No one gets executed for perjury; no treason charges against Rove. Heck, it's shaping up to be a Martha Stewart crime - where the charges are based about lying about something that wasn't a charged crime. Wow. Call the firing squad!!!
Also, unlike you (it appears), some of us have to work for a living and haven't patrolled the VRWC sites in a while. Besides, this is off-topic and further dumbass comments from you will be deleted. When I post something about it, feel free to bring your pathetic spin attempts to the proper forum.
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A-levels: from grade inflation to reforms
A-Levels comprise the Advanced Subsidary (AS) - a qualification in its own right - and the A2, which is not.
Pupils wishing to enter A-levels should achieve at least 5 GCSE with grades A*-C.
Critics have expressed concerns about grade inflation. They see the steady rise in average grades for nearly 20 consecutive years as evidence that A-levels are getting easier.
To address this as well as a series of other concerns, Education Secretary Michael Gove announced plans to reform the A-levels structure and the teaching curriculum.
Evidence of grade inflation
In 1987 grade allocation quotas (where 10% of candidates would get an A, 15% a B, 10% a C, and so on) was abolished and replaced by "criteria referencing".
Since this point there has been a sharp increase in student performance, particularly at the upper end of the scale. In 1982 the A grade was awarded to only 8.9% of entrants. By 2012 26.6% of students were achieving A or A* grades.
(Source: Alan Smithers on A-levels, Centre for Education and Employment Research, University of Buckingham)
A-levels in the 21st century
In 2000 new reforms to A-levels introduced AS-levels, an intermediate qualification between GCSE and the full A-level, which it was hoped would encourage students to study a wider range of subjects.
A-level courses have also changed since 2000 with the number of 'units' making up a qualification being reduced from six to four. The amount of coursework required from students has also reduced.
In 2010, an additional A* grade was introduced with the aim of helping universities identify the very best performers.
A-level reforms expected to be in place by September 2015
In 2010 the goverment published a White Paper on the future of A-levels. This was followed by a consultation run by Ofqual on the same subject. The changes being proposed include:
In future, universities will play a greater role in the development of A-levels.
Students will be limited in the number of resits they take.
The assessment system within A-levels will change, rendering the qualification fully linear. This means assessments will take place at the end of the course, rather than throughout the year.
AS qualifications will be "de-coupled" from A-levels; this means AS levels grade will not contribute to a full A-level qualification.
In a letter to Ofqual, Education Secretary Michael Gove said that he wanted the reform to be put into place by September 2015. That's when the new A-levels are expected to be taught in schools.
The four awarding organisations that offer A-levels in England (AQA, OCR, Pearson Edexcel and WJEC) have agreed to review the curriculum content in 13 subjects, including Maths, English, Biology and Computing.
Find out more on A-levels:
Michael Gove's letter to Ofqual
Ofqual's Impact Assessment of A-level reform
Ofqual's factsheet on A-level reform
Full Fact on grade inflation (2010)
Fit for Purpose? The view of the higher education sector, teachers and employers on the suitability of A levels (Ipsos Mori)
Full Fact: Are GCSEs better than AS-levels for predicting university success?
By Full Fact Team
Fact checks about schools, teacher supply, childcare universities and qualifications
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Brexit and universities
International education performance
Qualifications and skills
Routes after school
Spending on schools
Teacher supply
A-Level results: beware of the headlines
Iain Duncan Smith's figures on school absence are out of date
Observer Twitter poll data on air monitors is meaningless
MailOnline muddles professorship ethnicity figures
Claim that up to 135,000 children have not returned to school needs more context


Abstract: A beam of ThO molecules has been used to make the most precise measurement of the electron's electric dipole moment (EDM) to date. In their recent paper, the ACME collaboration set out in detail their experimental and data analysis techniques. In a tour-de-force, they explain the many ways in which their apparatus can produce a signal which mimics the EDM and show how these systematic effects are measured and controlled.


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Pennexx Builds a Powerhouse of Advisory Board Members Bringing over…
PHILADELPHIA, PA / ACCESSWIRE / August 17, 2021 / Pennexx's (OTCMKTS:PNNX) powerhouse advisory board discussed continued implementation and growth plans for https://YourSocialOffers.com (YSO).
Pennexx hosted this valuable workshop with our newly formed Advisory Board Members:
Mr. Tom Coba has a compelling leadership record that expands into the financial sector currently serving as President/CEO of two brands in the business broker industry, one is a franchise operation in 38 states and Canada Tom was former President/CEO of 5 service brands with $2.6B Franchise Services Group of the ServiceMaster company. Mr. Coba was the Chief Operations Officer globally for the Subway brand. Prior to Subway Tom was Vice President of Dunkin Brands with responsibilities for the Dunkin' Donuts, Baskin Robbins and Togo's brands in North America. Mr. Coba has a BS from Tufts University.
Mr. Coba stated, "It's exciting to be part of such a very talented and experienced Advisory Team with decades of "Big Brand experience" as we plan for Your Social Offers (YSO) to grow and begin a very large-scale launch throughout the USA. YSO can scale in minutes to millions of users enjoying the benefits of the digital platform and the attractive consumer offerings. At the same time, tens of thousands of merchants will see benefits to their businesses from more customer transactions."
Mr. Jeff Moody is a visionary, high performance leader with 35+ years of diverse business experience in general management, domestic and international operations, and marketing and product management. Past positions include C.E.O. Rita's Italian Ice, C.E.O. Subway Franchise Advertising Fund Trust; Chairman, CEO of Metromedia Restaurant Group; President of KFC; V.P. Marketing, GE Appliances; and Sr. V.P. Operations of PepsiCo Restaurants International. Mr. Moody has a BA Amherst College. with Beta Kappa distinction.
Mr. Brian Jennings is a seasoned marketing professional with over 40 years of marketing /agency experience. His experience includes both client and agency side along with both domestic and international experience. Mr. Jennings was Division Manager for a National Food Chain for all areas east of the Mississippi River working with Franchisors, Franchisees and corporate stakeholders along with advertising agencies instrumental in all phases of local market planning.
Mr. Jennings holds a BS degree in Communications from University of Tulsa and an MBA from Pepperdine University.
Mr. Ron Weinstock is a successful executive and consultant with over 30 plus years of successfully launching, building, and revitalizing national and regional brands. Mr. Weinstock's expertise includes an emphasis on objective, strategies, brand positioning, marketing, training, development, culinary/R&D and financial management (ROI). Ron's career highlights include generating successes in consumer loyalty promotions, repositioning brands, retail turnarounds and new product and services launches. Mr. Weinstock Graduated from Duquesne University.
President of Pennexx, Joe Candito stated, "I am honored to have these top executives who are conveying confidence and belief in Pennexx and our product, YSO. We took our time over the past several months to find the right advisors with the synergy needed to move forward in a strategically correct pace."
Pennexx's advisory board brings Pennexx an added layer to evaluate their business strategies, technology, provide financial health and guidance, additional networks, leads, and associates to utilize YourSocialOffers.com and help build the YSO brand.
Pennexx will do their best to openly and publicly answer your questions and concerns via social media on Twitter https://twitter.com/pennexx @pennexx, or you may email investors@pennexx.net.
You may also follow them on Twitter; Joe Candito (@jcandito) https://twitter.com/jcandito, Mr. Risalvato (@vrisalvato) https://twitter.com/vrisalvato and Ms. Sunny Sweet (@sunnysweettweet) https://twitter.com/sunnysweettweet.
About Pennexx Foods Inc.
About Pennexx Foods Inc. (PNNX:OTCMKTS US). Pennexx, through its wholly-owned subsidiaries, is a holding company within the Software/Internet Industry focused on social media, prepaid debit cards, artificial intelligence, targeted marketing, and consumer rewards.
Safe Harbor Act: This release may contain 'forward-looking statements' within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and such forward-looking statements are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. 'Forward-looking statements' describe future expectations, plans, results, or strategies and are generally preceded by words such as 'may,' 'future,' 'plan' or 'planned,' 'will' or 'should,' 'expected,' 'anticipates,' 'draft,' 'eventually' or 'projected.' You are cautioned that such statements are subject to a multitude of risks and uncertainties that could cause future circumstances, events, or results to differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements, including the risks that actual results may differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements as a result of various factors, and other risks identified in a company's annual report.
For additional information, you may also visit our website at https://yoursocialoffers.com or https://pennexx.net or call 866-928-6409.
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GROWER AND MARKETER OF COBELÉN TABLE OLIVES
Grupo Cobelén capitalises on its exceptional geographical location, in the heart of the Aljarafe, to engage in the marketing of table olives; the main produce of the area.
The group was established in 1961, following the founding of Virgen de Belén Cooperative. Currently, it boasts 800 members, 700,000 olive trees and an average olive production of 11,000,000 kg of Manzanilla Fina and Gordal varieties.
The figures detailed above and the quality that has always characterised our products make us Spain's top individual olive producer.
Our commitment to further invest in product processing and new markets has led to the creation of Aceitunas de Mesa S.L.., a company geared towards the production and packaging of table olives in tin cans, glass jars and bags. The product range consists of green and black olives. Most of the products marketed within and across the borders are packaged under the customer's private label. However, Grupo Cobelén also markets its own brands, including PRECIOSA and MEDIODIA.


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Improper Delegation of Judicial Authority in Child Custody Cases: Finally Overturned
Dale Margolin Cecka, University of RichmondFollow
"The appellate courts of this Commonwealth are not unlit rooms where attorneys may wander blindly about, hoping to stumble upon a reversible error."
These words of Judge Humphreys, denying a 2016 child custody appeal, are cogent. Yet four months later, in another appeal, Judge Humphreys joined a unanimous decision overturning a common provision in a custody order. In Bonhotel v. Watts, the Court of Appeals of Virginia held that judges cannot delegate judicial decision making power in child custody cases to outside professionals. This sounds obvious, but such delegation is actually ordered all the time. In final orders, Virginia's trial court judges frequently give discretion to guardians ad litem ("GALs"), as well as therapeutic counselors, to determine issues such as the frequency, length, and substance of parent-child visitation.
This practice, whereby the best interests of the child are decided outside of a courtroom, should have been dispensed with long ago. The Virginia Code makes this clear. Delegation orders also run afoul of the United States Constitution. Delegation violates the fundamental right to parent and can violate an individual's physical liberty when that individual is held in contempt of court orders made by a non-judicial decision maker. Other states have banned the practice for years. Delegation is simply a cultural relic of the Virginia trial courts that has never had any legal basis.
Dale Margolin Cecka, Improper Delegation of Judicial Authority in Child Custody Cases: Finally Overturned, 52 U. Rich. L. Rev. 181 (2017).
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A insider source with information about the Saab closure claims that US car maker General Motors did not sell its Swedish unit to Dutch Spyker due to concern about too many inconsistencies surrounding Russian joint owner Vladimir Antonov.
Through his company Convers Group, Antonov owns around 30 percent of Spyker and is thought to have propped up the auto manufacturer through the supporting purchases of cars.
General Motors has taken the first steps towards closing Saab Automobile. "This was an extremely surprising and very unfortunate decision," said Sweden's enterprise minster Maud Olofsson during a press conference in Trollhätten, where Saab's headquarters are located, following the announcement from GM.
She emphasized that the decision was made by GM. "GM is Saab's owner and GM could have done a lot more for Saab during all of these years," she said.
Olofsson has called for a meeting on Monday with the affected local authorities, as well as trade union and company representatives, to assess the situation. She once again reiterated that the Swedish government will not step in to save Saab.
According to John Smith, vice chairman of the GM's board, GM realised on Friday afternoon that is was impossible to save the Swedish auto manufacturer, and that therefore was no reason to wait until next year to make a decision, as had previously been promised.
"Sometimes it just doesn't work," Smith told TT news agency.
He said that the goal is to shut down operations as quickly as possible. New investors are not being sought. "We have investigated all possibilities," the vice chairman said.
Smith reported that the GM has a ballpark figure for the cost of shutting down Saab, but declined to say how much. He blamed the car industry as a whole for the failure.
He declined to comment on questions regarding GM's responsibility as an owner. "We have tried to integrate Saab into GM in order to create quality products. But we have been unsuccessful for a variety of reasons. We have tried," Smith said.


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Nobel Prize winner, Sir Paul Nurse visited Canaan today
New York, NY., Nov.23, 2010 – Canaan Data Service Group, the leading service provider in data recovery/restoration industry, has announced that the Nobel laureate Sir Paul Nurse with his secretary, Ms. Ryoko Mandeville, visited the New York City facility of Canaan. The president of Canaan, Mr. Sam Peng, had a special meeting with Dr.Nurse for about 1 hours and 30 minutes, during the meeting Mr. Sam Peng presented the digitally restored video files to Dr.Paul Nurse. Dr.Paul Nurse highly praised Canaan's wonderful work on his project.
Sir.Paul Nurse (left) and Mr.Sam Peng (Right)
For more information about Canaan Data Service Group, please visit www.CanaanData.com/.
About Dr. Paul Nurse, President & Professor
Laboratory of Yeast Genetics and Cell Biology
Dr. Nurse's research focuses on the molecular machineries that control cell division and cell shape. Using the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe as a model system, his laboratory studies the cell cycle and cell morphogenesis controls operative in eukaryotic cells. His major past contribution was the codiscovery of cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) as the key regulator molecule controlling S phase and mitosis, findings that have had implications for understanding cell reproduction, cell growth, development and cancer.
Present work in the Nurse laboratory is in three areas: the cell cycle, cell form and genomic studies. Research on the cell cycle has included controls acting over S phase. The Nurse lab has mapped all the replication origins in fission yeast and has found that they are used similarly during both the mitotic and meiotic S phases, although with differing efficiencies. Origin efficiency varies greatly with more efficient origins generally being initiated early in S phase. The ORC proteins, which form a landing pad for other DNA replication proteins at origins, bind the efficient origins early in the cell cycle, and as a consequence these origins compete more effectively for other later-associating DNA replication proteins. This provides an explanation for the temporal order of origin firing during S phase. When DNA replication stalls, the subsequent mitosis is blocked because the DNA replication initiation factor Cdc18 (Cdc6 in other organisms) forms a complex on chromosomes together with checkpoint protein kinases. These then signal to the cell that mitosis should not take place. A cell geometry sensing mechanism that can monitor cell size has been revealed based on a Pom1 gradient along the length of the cell. This mechanism regulates CDK activation at the onset of mitosis.
Dr. Nurse's recent work on cell form has shown that microtubules making up the cell's cytoskeleton become organized along the long axis of the cell by kinesin motor mediated microtubular sliding. This long axis organization can occur without microtubular organizing centers, showing that the microtubules self-organize de novo along the length of the cell. A key problem in cell biology is what determines the size and shape of membrane-bounded organelles. The nucleus in a fission yeast cell varies in size proportionally to the size of the cell. In contrast, DNA content has no effect on nuclear size, suggesting that there is a control mechanism that maintains nuclear size in direct relation to cellular size.
Recent genomic studies have generated a resource whereby every gene in the fission yeast genome has been individually deleted. The Nurse lab is using this resource to characterize all the genes necessary for cell viability and for various cell functions including progression through the cell cycle, generation of cell form, cell size and nuclear shape and size.
Dr. Nurse, a native of the United Kingdom, graduated from Birmingham University in 1970 and received his Ph.D. in cell biology and biochemistry from the University of East Anglia in 1973. He did postdoctoral work at universities in Bern, Switzerland, Edinburgh, and Sussex, and joined the Imperial Cancer Research Fund (ICRF) in London in 1984. In 1988 he moved to the University of Oxford as chair of its department of microbiology, and he returned to ICRF in 1993 as director of research. He became director general in 1996 and in 2002 was appointed chief executive of Cancer Research UK, formed when ICRF merged with the Cancer Research Campaign. He moved his laboratory to the United States upon being named president of Rockefeller University in 2003. He is also director of the Anderson Center for Cancer Research at Rockefeller.
Dr. Nurse is a member of The Royal Society and a foreign associate of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences. He received The Royal Society's Royal and Copley Medals and the Legion of Honor in 2002 and the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2001. In 1999 he was honored with knighthood in Great Britain for services in cancer research and cell biology and since 2000 has been a member of CST advising the UK Prime Minister on science and technology.
About Canaan Data Service Group.
Canaan Data Service Group provides technology-driven services and tools to help business and government entities as well as consumers restore, diagnose, produce and present data efficiently and cost-effectively. By uisng its own software, Canaan Data Service Group provides the following services: file data recovery, disk data recovery, computer data recovery, windows data recovery, cd data recovery, card data recovery, flash data recovery, forensic data recovery, ntfs data recovery, backup data recovery , computer recovery, computer file recovery, forensic computer recovery, computer hard drive recovery, hard disk crash recovery, disaster recovery, restore backup, backup recovery, data disaster recovery, backup disaster recovery, computer disaster recovery, disaster recovery services, diskette recovery, diskette data recovery, disk recovery, windows disk recovery, xp disk recovery, disks recovery, floppy disk recovery, boot disk recovery, memory recovery, memory card recovery, memory data recovery, memory card data recovery, flash memory recovery, sd memory recovery, sd card memory recovery, flash memory data recovery, memory card file recovery, laptop recovery, toshiba laptop recovery, laptop hard drive recovery, laptop hard disk recovery, paper and electronic discovery, jury consulting, ESI consulting, and presentation services. Canaan Data Service Group is a technology services division of Canaan Technologies. For more information about Canaan Technologies and its offerings please visit www.CanaanTechs.com; www.CanaanMedia.com
Canaan Data Service Group (New York City) Receives 2012 Best of Manhattan Award →


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Do you think about the person you're screwing or someone else?
When there was a significant other to have sex with. I don't plan on getting with another chick unless I become convinced that there is no such thing as supernatural entities though. I'm kinda stuck on losing interest in even the hottest girls if they aren't the one who I fell off a 3 story building for after Mussolini told me to get with her.
That's like losing your virginity repeatedly to the same person for all eternity when you splatter on the pavement for them and they are named after the biggest reject in the Bible with the most disastrous (marriage which was a nightmare the morning afterwards when Jacob realized he married the wrong chick. How many dudes wake up in the morning realizing they married the wrong brawd? ?
Plus, Mussolini and Jacob are the same names, they both acted the same, both were dabblers in the occult (Jacob was a full blown sorcerer/magician), both were street fighters, both were very strong contenders, both were thieves, and both were Fascists.
But Jacob's first wife was Lia whom he hated the morning following the marriage and throughout her life. She's my favorite woman in Scripture and she was favored by God because the Prophets, priesthood, and Messiah descended from her, not Rachel, and Rachel died young and Jacob was buried with Lia.
Lia also represents cross and moon, the symbols of Christianity and Islam. She also represents rejection, being unwanted, suffering persecution, being despised, and being jealous.
So, it seemed obvious Il Duce many many times repeatedly was telling me that Lia was the one I was called to marry. I just screwd it up. That's what sinners do, even really blessed people like Jacob who became Israel, screwd up big time.
But I believe myself ( in the eyes of Benito and the Kami) to have had the sacrament of marriage bestowed on me and it is eternal. Maybe she won't recognize this until the next life, but still, it isn't like this one is very long anyway.
If and when I'm able to shed conviction of heart, I could could consider dating again, but that just isn't where my heart is at. I find human beings to be relatively shallow minded and not worth sacrificing much for.
The sacrifice would be to live with and procreate and provide for annoying children, take them to the dentist, hospital, enroll them and drive them to school, worry about who they are hanging out with, or who might be taking my daughter's virginity that I might have to castrate and put in a wheelchair.
No thanks! I would be willing to make that sacrifice for Lia though because it would mean I could provide evidence that the Old Testament prefigured and overshadowed Mussolini and Rachel plus Lia.
Lia's middle name actually means "She who is like God".
Her last name only comes from Kazakhstan which has the sun and an Eagle (which could pass for a hawk) and ram horn designs.
I identify Mussolini as the replacing the Sun God Ra, who is both a Hawk at times and a Ram depending on what his job is.
I have Rachel Mussolini's birthday which is Aries (Rams) and I live in Ramsey county and Ramses means "Begotten child of Ra". Also, at Capitol Hill the "Ram" is seperated from, and above the "Sey."
So, her last name I see as having Mussolini connections, and her first name was represented by the moon in Joseph's prophetic dream. That has Mussolini connections cuz Moon and Sun were husband and wife in the OT, and the stars their children.
Her middle name also has a Mussolini connection. So, this girl has "Mussolini" written all over her. ?? It's the only reason I haven't killed her by now.??
So, it would totally be a marriage to sacrifice and die for. It would also glorify Il Duce and be catalyst for taking Fascist apologetics and rebirth of Fascism and Mussolini rehabilitation to unprecedented new levels.
In her I see Dictator Mussolini with nicer boobs and a full head of hair.
I hastened everything and was totally transparent with her to the point it was super scary, so fucked it up totally and royally to the extreme! I didn't realize chicks with a degree in Psychology don't want to get married to schizophrenic drug addicts based on it satisfying the political agenda of a dead Fascist Dictator who hung upside down to be used as target practice and spit on.
But other than that I made her smile and laugh quite a bit.
But Rachel originally turned down Il Duce's advances and marriage proposal as well.
This was until Il Duce pulled a gun on her mother and threatened to kill her and himself, that she actually agreed to marry him.
Thing is, Mussolini was friends with her since she was 7. Lia and I just met in 2017 and I started throwing this obsessive creepy shit at her right off the bat.
Then I went on to read that typically Twin Flames don't make it and severely hurt each other. Who knows?
This thread isn't about Mussolini though. It's about why I'm going to get my virginity back and stay a Virgin Mary for the rest of my friggin shit life, because Virgins are cool! ???
It's also about whether or not you think about the person you're screwing.
I didn't put it in the romance section cuz it contains mention of Lord Voldemort, old Evil Eye. ?
Even if or when I screw Lia though, I'll be thinking about Caesar Mussolini's bloodless March on Rome, Quick conquest of Albania, his words when he entered the "Pact of Steel", and Fascist Apologetics. That's what actually gives me a boner. Don't tell anyone! ???
I'll invite everyone at tree fort to dance at my wedding!
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What do you think about when you make love to yourself? No, lol, I don't think about Mussolini lol.
I had someone barge into my house when I was jerking off on Il Duce's birthday though 2020 to announce that his brother got shot and killed:
He didn't actually see me jerking it , but I kinda don't like to lie, especially not to close friends, when he saw me lookin all suspicious and asked what I was doing.
The next following morning, the reading at mass was Martha telling Jesus "My brother is dead" and Jesus responded "I am the Resurrection and the life...even though they die, they shall live".
I told him about that and he said "I needed to hear that".
Sex is shallow compared to certain other forms of intimacy though
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ill Duce To answer your original question, before I finally realized that sex was a mistake - I always focused on the woman I was with. No fake Hollywood stars w/boob jobs fantasies for me. I always liked a more natural kind of girl.
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During more intimate moments and special sex with my partner I think about them but if it's like oral sex or something, my mind will wander. Nothing wrong with that.
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This song kinda speaks the truth. Not always but still has a good point. Very attractive women can be a lot more work, always tempted with pride, vanity, and thinking they deserve something better , and the world owes them more than women who aren't attractive:
Oddly enough the guy that writes that song or the name of the band is "Jimmy Soul". Jimmy is another name for Jacob (Mussolini), husband of Lia. So, "Mussolini/Jacob Soul" says "pick an ugly girl to marry you". Haha! The irony! In the Old Testament Lia was ugly.
I just got done talking about how he asked me to marry Lia. She isn't a supermodel, but definately more attractive than average.
I'm gonna take it as a sign that "Mussolini's Soul" just told me to "let her go" haha. I doubt it, but probably best I believed that. ??
ill Duce You can let Lia go without letting her go. The imagination is a powerful thing. Just don't let the real world fuck it up for both of you :-)
Yeah...I'm trying to not think about her but it's mainly how bad I hurt her and cost her one of her jobs that keeps me focused on her mainly. I want to make things right. Certain things can't be made right, but it could totally destroy her career for her to believe some of the shit I was telling her.
I mean it's bad enough the poor girl was just finishing school to begin her career as a therapist and she finds out some mental case jumped off a building and spent 10 weeks in a wheelchair with permanent handicaps over her.
Then he later shows up where she works and embarrasses her in front of her co-workers, forces her to lock herself in a room while continuing to tell her she has no charity in her heart, is selfish, and a danger to the mentally ill, and that I'm not going to be her only victim....
That my life has been a nightmare and torture ever since I met her.
Truth is, she's probably very sweet, humble, and kind, I just assumed she was selfish because she wouldn't briefly talk with me about the incident with a licensed professional present in a theraputic environment so that we could both heal from it.
She probably was just confused and scared, and being selfish had nothing to do with it.
So, my words and behavior was deeply disturbing, and to leave a girl believing she is the reason somebody almost died (and may be resenting her with plans of harming her ) is going to leave that poor girl in bondage.
I simply can't let that go no matter how hard I try.
ill Duce You just keep ruminating over and over again about something that is very much in the past. Lia made her boundaries clear to you. You need to respect that. As far as her playing you for a victim, she does not sound like that kind of person at all. Don't make the damage worse, Matt. It's time to let go.
If you were a therapist, and somebody jumped off a high building and blamed you for it, wouldn't you want to keep a safe distance? Hell, my therapist ditched me just for threatening suicide! And I saw and trusted her for years. Did I feel betrayed? Hell yeah. But after a few months I began to see her side of things, so I let the matter drop.
Find a new therapist, Matt. Leave Lia alone. Trust me, in the end you will only make things worse for both of you. Sometimes we have to say goodbye to those we love and need the most. I think this is one of those situations. I'm sure she will always care about you in her heart. But that does not give you the right to step on the boundaries she has made abundantly clear. Said with love, brother...
I wasn't saying I'm gonna violate any boundaries. Just saying I can't let it go. I mean I pray that I will be able to , but so far that is a grace that needs to come through something more than sheer will power. I mean to stop thinking about it everyday. If I could just tell myself each morning "I'm not going to think about Lia today" and then it doesn't happen, I would do that. It's just not how it works.
also, lol, she wasn't my therapist. That's just what she was finnishing up school for when we were conversing. But still, your point remains good all the same.
ill Duce I'll say an extra prayer for you. The more prayers - the better :-) Also, have you talked with a therapist about your thoughts and feelings regarding Lia? What sort of advise have you received? Just curious :-)
I am a Man ! I think about myself of course
I had a therapist that actually wanted me to sit down with him and Lia but Lia wasn't open to it which was why I showed up at her work and made a big scene accusing her of not having an ounce of charity and being a danger to the mentally ill.
But I've come to realize since then that I was mistaken. She was scared and confused, not lacking in charity. Lacking in courage perhaps.


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Stephen Colbert is a nine-time Emmy Award winner as well as the host of CBS' The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. On Sunday, September 17th, Colbert will add host of the 69th Annual Emmy Awards to his resume. Colbert finds himself in rare air as he will be both a host and a nominee at this year's awards. When asked about pulling double duty, Colbert responded with his trademark sense of humor.
"I've never been the host of something that I was also nominated for at the same time and if I don't win the night's a disaster," said Colbert. "I don't care how well everything else goes."
Colbert and his team have garnered an impressive six nominations this year. How does one react when hearing they are up for not one, not two, not three, but six Emmy Awards at once?
"I think I called my publicist and said, 'Are they good ones?'" said Colbert. "How were we nominated for six? Wait, we were nominated for writing for the election night special? They know I never did any of the scripts that we wrote right? We kind of made everything up as we went along, through our tears. That was my first reaction."
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A Novel Idea
The pseudonymous Will Nathan wrote a book about lawyers with no moral limits
Published in 2007 Northern California Super Lawyers Magazine — August 2007By Aimée Groth on March 3, 2016
Updated on October 1, 2019
Under the pseudonym Will Nathan (rumored to be William McGrane) and the protection of Hustler v. Falwell, a San Francisco lawyer published Book of Business: A Novel of the Law, a glimpse into the dark world of high-stakes civil litigation. His book shines an unflattering light onto "vicious" attorneys whose careers are driven by money, sex and pride. To guard the author from those who sue best, his publisher, the Philadelphian Press, bought $3 million of MediaPro Insurance before the book hit shelves in January 2007.
"I'm writing about lawyers at the top of the food chain," Nathan says. "They are very dangerously litigious people. … It's a sharp stick in the hornet's nest."
Representing a foreign dictator worth hundreds of millions of dollars, the protagonist eventually flees the country before a legal scandal disbars him. Unlike the fictional villain, "the people on whom the main character is based are still practicing in San Francisco and doing great," Nathan says.
Like all great novels, the author drew upon his own life for literary inspiration. "I'm not claiming to be any more meritorious than the characters in this book," says Nathan, who had a former job repossessing cars in Harlem. "I share the willingness to represent people who aren't so nice. I'm inside the circle."
To promote the book, Nathan sent 7,000 copies to law firms and law school faculty, and had a congressman friend share it with the judiciary committee. It's sold on Amazon.com and can be found at San Francisco independent bookstores City Lights, Book Passage, Cody's and Green Apple.
"The book is an attempt to deal with business law on the same level of realism that criminal law is dealt with in so many novels," he says. "People find large sums of money interesting."
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Q: Customize default mapType button in Google API I am trying to customize the default mapType button in Google API. What I am trying to do is trying to increase the height for the box of mapType and here is the code:
function initLeftMap(initialMapTypeId, planClicked) {
var initialMap_url;
var initialMap_name;
var initialMap_svc = new gmaps.ags.MapService(initialMap_url);
google.maps.event.addListenerOnce(initialMap_svc, 'load', function () {
    try {
        if (initialMapTypeId == "onemap") {
            initialMap_svc.spatialReference.wkid = 3414;  // impt! or else
            // overlays
            // can't show on
            // onemap

        }

        var initialMap_tileLayer = new gmaps.ags.TileLayer(initialMap_svc);
        var initialMap_agsType = new gmaps.ags.MapType([initialMap_tileLayer], {
            name: initialMap_name
        });
        var myOptions = {
            zoom: 12,
            maxZoom: 18,
            minZoom: 11,
            backgroundColor: '#fff',
            center: new google.maps.LatLng(1.347074, 103.81382),
            mapTypeId: initialMapTypeId, // google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP
            mapTypeControlOptions: {
                mapTypeIds: [initialMapTypeId,
                                google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP,
                                google.maps.MapTypeId.SATELLITE,
                                google.maps.MapTypeId.HYBRID],
                style: google.maps.MapTypeControlStyle.DROPDOWN_MENU
            },
            streetViewControl: true,
            scaleControl: true
        };
        map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map_canvas"), myOptions);

        map.mapTypes.set(initialMapTypeId, initialMap_agsType);

                    google.maps.event.addListener(map, 'maptypeid_changed', function (e) {
            toggleBaseMapLegend();
        });

        initRightMap(initialMapTypeId, initialMap_agsType, planClicked);
        //load the last viewed extent
        loadLastState();

        // init after map is created
        initBuffer(map);
    } catch (e) {
        alert(e);

    }
});
}

I wonder is there any way to style it by using css under the style tag? Or is there any better way to customize it by increasing the height of the box only?
Thanks in advance.

A: It is possible, yes. It's not particularly easy, since Google don't give you many hooks to nail down that div and it's not a documented feature so they could change it whenever they want.
Looking at the page source, your best bet is to use the gm-style-mtc class to target the base div of the map selector:
<div class="gmnoprint gm-style-mtc" style="margin: 5px; z-index: 0; position: absolute; cursor: pointer; text-align: left; width: 200px; right: 0px; top: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 35, 0);">

So your CSS becomes:
<style>
     .gm-style-mtc > div:first-child {
         width: 150px;
         height: 60px;
         ...and so on
     }
</style>

You can target the children (the individual options in the dropdown, etc) by using some combination of .gm-style-mtc > div, gm-style-mtc > div > div etc. Endless fun to be had with child selectors.
This question might be useful to you as well.

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CYBRA Corp. Hires Michael J. Shabet as Vice President, Sales and Marketing
CYBRA Corp., the developer of EdgeMagic RFID Control Software and MarkMagic Bar Code Labels, RFID Tags and Electronic Forms Software announced that RFID industry veteran Michael J. Shabet has joined the software developer as vice president, sales and marketing. The hiring was announced at the GS1 U Connect 2011 Conference and Exhibition at the Orlando World Center Marriott.
In more than 20 years at Avery Dennison, the $7 billion dollar worldwide labels market share leader, Shabet achieved a company record of 15 Winner Circles Awards. Over the course of his career at Avery, he was an industry innovator in Six Sigma/Lean Manufacturing driven solutions for RFID; inventory; track and trace; pick, pack and ship; in-plant printing; and print and apply automation. During the last three years as a global sales manager, Shabet drove Avery Dennison's RFID item level apparel sales group, delivering ground-breaking advances to the RFID apparel marketplace and consistently exceeding quota objectives. In his new role, Shabet will oversee global sales and marketing activities for CYBRA's RFID solutions team.
"Michael Shabet's joining CYBRA as vice president, sales and marketing is a significant milestone for our rapidly growing company," said CYBRA founder and CEO Harold Brand. "It's as if Michael was custom made for CYBRA. He brings with him extensive sales experience, customer focus and mastery of sales development and empowerment of a high-performance sales organization. This, combined with his expertise in RFID technology, makes him an ideal fit for CYBRA at this stage in our growth, when we are shifting into high gear and introducing innovative RFID solutions for item level tagging to fully serve the demands of our customers."
"I am delighted and honored to join CYBRA," Shabet said. "I am extremely impressed with the breakthrough capabilities of CYBRA's software and the early leadership position of the company in the exploding market for RFID and advanced Bar Code solutions. Demand for these products and services are accelerating dramatically, not only in the U.S., but throughout the world, and I eagerly look forward to this challenging opportunity to help take the company to the next level."
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Robinson trained at Bournemouth College of Art in the 1960s, before a career in advertising and music. Since 1990 he has concentrated full-time on painting and has taken part in numerous mixed exhibitions including Gordon Hepworth Fine Art; Belgrave Gallery, St Ives; Stour Gallery; and, Lena Boyle Fine Art, London, amongst dozens of others. His many one-man shows include Cadogan Contemporary, London, 2001; Mullan Gallery, Belfast, 2003- 09; Thompsons Gallery, London, 2008. His work is in many private and public collections, including those of David Puttnam and George Michael.
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Emerging young Michigan rockers GRETA VAN FLEET performed their new single, "When The Curtain Falls", on the Thursday, July 26 episode of "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon". Check out video footage of their appearance below.
GRETA VAN FLEET's first full-length album is tentatively due later this year. "We're reshaping it and then get into mastering and hopefully release it soon. It's looking like late summer," lead singer Josh Kiszka recently told MLive.
The band played in Michigan clubs for six years before rocketing to the top of the rock radio charts last year with "Highway Tune". The track is taken from the "Black Smoke Rising" EP.
GRETA VAN FLEET drummer Danny Wagner recently told Musik Universe that his band doesn't mind being regularly compared to LED ZEPPELIN by fans and music critics alike. "We get it a lot, but you know what? In the end, it's such a high honor — it really is," he said. "Being compared to anyone of a generation that's nowhere of any relevance to yours is humbling alone, and the fact that these guys, to us, are prodigies — these guys are the real deal. These are the ones that we've never gotten to live to see, because we're so young. And the fact that we're being compared to them and it's garnering so much attention, it's honestly just a high honor to us at this point. We take it very humbly."
Asked if he thinks the ZEPPELIN comparisons will help GRETA VAN FLEET in the long run, Wagner said: "I hope so. But as every band goes, we've been working on our debut album, and we're really starting to hone in on a sound that has been developing over the last couple of years, and we're really trying to form this GRETA VAN FLEET kind of universe as we're doing so."
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He added: "I think it's one of the greatest compliments that could ever be given to a young band like ourselves. They're arguably one of the greatest rock bands of all time, so that is humbling and inspiring and honorable, in that sense… Even if it exactly wasn't an overwhelming influence of ours, it still was influential and we can certainly see it. But overall, it doesn't really affect the writing of our music."


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Windies skipper Brathwaite confident pace bowlers can play key role in spin-friendly Sri Lanka
West Indies Test captain Kraigg Brathwaite is expecting a strong performance from the team's pace bowlers in Sri Lanka, despite conditions on the subcontinent tending to favour spin bowlers.
The last time the regional team faced Sri Lanka away, in 2015, it was the part-time spin of Brathwaite that stole of as the batsman claimed six wickets in an innings. The frontline pace bowlers Kemar Roach (2), Jason Holder (3), Shannon Gabriel (1) failed to have a huge impact on the series, with the exception of Jerome Taylor who claimed 6 over two games.
Although the captain admits the surface is likely to favour spinners, Brathwaite is confident the Windies quicks will have a big role to play.
We haven't been there as yet to see the surface but there's always a role for the fast bowlers. Shannon Gabriel really led the way in Bangladesh in the first Test, bowling with some good pace, then Kemar Roach getting an early wicket in the morning was very crucial. Obviously, Jason wasn't there but is always crucial. So, I do believe that possibly there being spin-friendly pitches, I think the pace bowlers will do well.
"I can see them getting wickets. It's really about building pressure but seamers are very important and obviously, Shannon will bring some aggression and I look forward to seeing the guys operating."
Babar Azam and Fawad Alam lead Pakistan fightback after early disaster against West Indies
Half-centuries from Babar Azam and Fawad Alam wrested the early initiative from the West Indies and put Pakistan in a position of strength at the end of the first day of the second Betway Test at Sabina Park on Friday.
Kemar Roach sees bright future for Jayden Seales. "I have the greatest hopes for him."
Kemar Roach has high hopes for protege Jayden Seales and says the future of the West Indies bowling is bright.
'We are sorry!" Captain Kraigg Brathwaite says the batsmen let the team down in 2-0 whitewash
Those were the words of Captain Kraigg Brathwaite after the West Indies humiliating 158-run defeat to South Africa inside four days at the Darren Sammy Cricket Stadium in St Lucia on Monday.
The West Indies, resuming from their overnight score of 15 without loss in pursuit of 324, were bundled out for 165 thanks mainly to the bowling of left-arm spinner Keshav Maharaj, who took 5-36, including a hat-trick that saw the home side slide from 104-3 to 104-6.
Kagiso Rabada was also among the wickets, taking 3-44 as the West Indies batting one man short, fell for 165.
Kieran Powell, who scored 51, Kyle Mayers 34 and Kemar Roach and Jermaine Blackwood, who scored 27 and 25, respectively got into double figures.
Brathwaite, who made scores of 0 and 6, laid the blame squarely at the feet of the batsmen, himself included, for the poor performance of the team who did not score more than 170 runs in any of their four innings. The batting was especially embarrassing coming off much better performances against Bangladesh in Bangladesh and the home series against Sri Lanka earlier this year.
In the first Test, the West Indies had scores of 97 and 162 and followed those weak scores with 149 and 165 in the second Test capitulation. Confronted with that reality in the post-match media conference, the disappointed captain could not hide from the truth.
"As batsmen, we know we went wrong. We didn't bat well," said Brathwaite, who revealed that they had planned to bat better and having consistent partnerships during the series against the South African bowling attack but said they have to come back better for the next series.
"We are very sorry. Obviously, the fans look forward to the West Indies doing well and we were disappointing," he said.
"Sometimes it's not about winning but you still want to see the fight and we didn't show the fans that fight. Myself included, we have to come back better and make the fans proud."
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South Africa batsman Rassie van der Dussen clean bowled by Kemar Roach after letting a straight one go.
' One bad match doesn't make us a bad team' - Roach back Windies to rediscover mojo for second Test
West Indies fast bowler Kemar Roach has backed the team to recover mentally for the second Test, following a disappointing start to the series against South Africa.
The visiting Proteas handed their hosts a deflating innings and 63 runs defeat in the first Test in St Lucia. In total, the Windies managed just 259 in both innings after scoring just 97 in the first. South Africa was tasked with batting once and 322 was comfortable enough to win the game.
The manner of the defeat was perhaps all the more surprising as the team headed into the series on the back of an exceptional away performance against Bangladesh and a solid home showing against Sri Lanka. Roach has, however, backed the unit to recover its fortitude quickly ahead of the second Test.
"I know the guys had their batting meeting. I'm sure they spoke about what is required to put on a better showing in the second Test match," Roach told members of the media.
"The dressing room is good, relaxed. We have had a good year of Test cricket. One bad match doesn't make us a bad team. It about us remaining positive, trust our process, gain some confidence for the second Test match and take it from there."
Bouncy St Lucia pitch will benefit West Indies in the long run - Kemar Roach
Despite being shot out twice for less than 300 runs at the Darren Sammy Cricket Stadium in the first Test against South Africa last week, West Indies fast bowler Kemar Roach says pitches like the one they played on will help West Indies cricket in the long run.
On a grassy surface that offered bounce and pace to fast bowlers, South Africa bowled the West Indies out for scores of 97 and 162 while securing victory by an innings and 63 runs inside three days. South Africa made 322 in their only turn at-bat.
However, according to Roach, who took 2-64 from the 20 overs he bowled, said pitches like the one they played on will ultimately benefit the players in the region.
"I think the pitches benefit us in the long run, especially when we go on tours to South Africa and Australia where the bounce is a lot more," Roach said.
"We wouldn't be unfamiliar when we go to these countries. I think it's good to have a pitch like this in the Caribbean we can prepare ourselves for these overseas tours."
The bowler, who is a few days shy of his 33rd birthday, had a successful stint in May with Surrey in the English County Championship where he took 22 wickets at an average of 20.54. Among the 22 wickets were nine that he took in his final match against Middlesex.
He said the pitches he played on were different in nature to the one in St Lucia.
"Pitches don't bounce much in England. There is a lot of movement because of the atmosphere and the amount of grass they put on the pitch," he said, adding that he believes he and his teammates will need to adjust their game to suit the surface.
"The pitch in St Lucia bounced a lot more than I have seen in a while. It reminds me of a wicket in Australia or probably South Africa, so it's about us adapting. It's about taking on the challenge and trying to be as positive as we can."
The West Indies will see how much they have adjusted to the St Lucia pitch when the second Betway Test begins on Friday.
Jermaine Blackwood and Jahmar Hamilton to lead teams in first 'Best v Best' squad match
Teams led by middle-order batsman Jermaine Blackwood and wicketkeeper/batsman Jahmar Hamilton will face off in the first of two 'Best v Best' matches set to begin Monday morning at the Darren Sammy Cricket Ground as the West Indies ramp up preparations for the upcoming series against South Africa.
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Kemar Roach ends Surrey stint with nine-wicket haul in drawn match against Middlesex
West Indies fast bowler Kemar Roach ended his five-game stint in the English County Championship on a high on Saturday taking nine wickets in Surrey's drawn match with Middlesex.
Kemar Roach's career-best 8-40 fires Surrey to massive victory over Hampshire
Kemar Roach took career-best figures of 8-40 and 10 wickets in the match as Surrey defeated Hampshire by an innings and 289 runs in their English County Cricket match that ended on Friday.
Roach began the match taking 2-40 in Hampshire's first innings of 92 all out. However, it was Jordan Clarke who did the bulk of the damage taking 6-21. Lewis McManus top-scored with 31 for Hampshire in their innings that lasted just 34.3 overs.
The situation would only become even direr for Hampshire as 215 from Hashim Amla, 131 from Ollie Pope 131 and knocks of 80 and 78 from Jamie Smith and Roy Burns, respectively, propelled Surrey to 560 for 7 declared.
Roach then moved in for the kill.
Getting prodigious swing both ways, the Barbadian took three in eight balls towards the end of his first spell, two in seven in his second, and three in 13 in his third as Hampshire folded for 179 in their second turn at-bat.
"It was going conventionally, not reversing," Roach said.
"The way I gripped the ball was a little looser today. It was overcast conditions so the ball was going to do something once you put it in the right areas and stayed strong at the crease. The guys worked incredibly well on the ball and the information I got on the field about different batsmen and their weaknesses worked fantastically."
Once again, McManus was Hampshire's top scorer with 51.
Roach's 10-80 was also a career-best for the veteran West Indies pace bowler.
Nissanka hundred, Dickwella, 96, leave West Indies with mammoth chase on last day of first Test
The first Sandals Test match is intriguingly poised with one day left to play at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium. Sri Lanka dominated the fourth day on Wednesday and scored 476 in the second innings – with a patient, maiden century on debut by Pathum Nissanka (103) and Niroshan Dickwella (96).
The pair added a record 179 for the sixth wicket and Nissanka became the first Sri Lankan to make a century away from home in his first match. He eventually fell to a catch by Kemar Roach from the bowling of off-spinner Rahkeem Cornwall, who ended with 3-137 off a marathon 42.5 overs.
Roach had the best figures of 3-74 off 27 overs to end the match with six wickets – following up his 3-47 off 16 overs in the first innings.
This left the West Indies with a victory target of 375. They reached 34-1 at the close and will require another 341 to win on the final day with nine wickets in hand. Nkrumah Bonner will resume Thursday on 15 not out and with him captain Kraigg Brathwaite on eight not out.
The match resumes on Thursday at 10 am (9 am Jamaica Time).
Mayers strikes twice to keep West Indies in the hunt for victory
in the hunt for victory seam bowler Kyle Mayers captured his first Test wickets to break a century partnership which kept West Indies chances alive on the third day of the first Sandals Test match on Tuesday at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium.
With Sri Lanka on 170-1, a half-hour after tea, Mayers produced two brilliant outswingers – to remove Oshada Fernando for 91 with his first delivery and then Dinesh Chandimal for four in his next over. Both were caught behind by 'keeper Joshua Da Silva.
Kemar Roach added the wicket of Lahiru Thirimanne for 76 a few overs later as Sri Lanka lost three wickets for 19 runs in the space of 45 balls. Mayers finished the day with 2-10 off four overs while Roach has 2-28 – overall figures of 5-75 in the match so far.
Thirimanne and Fernando added a superb partnership of 162 – a record for the second wicket at this venue. It surpassed the previous record of 136 between Simon Katich and Ricky Ponting of Australia in 2008. Then, Dhananjaya de Silva ended the day 46 not out and Pathum Nissanka, unbeaten on 21, to see Sri Lanka to the close on 255-4. The overall lead is 153 with two days left to play.
Speaking on the Sandals Players Zone, Mayers said he was delighted to make a contribution with the ball, as he started his career as a bowling all-rounder.
"I'm happy to get my first Test wicket I like to be in the game – I'm that kind of person. I like to win games for my side, so bowling, batting, fielding – any part of cricket at all I can play to win the game for my side, I will do that. I think the wicket is a good one – it has flattened out nicely. Obviously, they had the upper hand, but the game is still evenly poised. We're still in the game," he said.
The match resumes on Wednesday at 10 am (9 am Jamaica Time).
Holder takes 5-27 as Sri Lanka bowled out for 169
Jason Holder had excellent figures of 5-27 as the West Indies took full control over Sri Lanka on the opening day of the first Sandals Test match on Sunday.
Windies fast bowler Kemar Roach to play seven games for Surrey in English County Championships
West Indies fast bowler Kemar Roach has signed with County Championship side Surrey for the first seven games of the season.
WI coach Simmons believes having more experienced players should make difference for Test series
West Indies coach Phil Simmons hopes the relative experience of the Test team, compared to the One Day International (ODI) unit, will make for a more competitive showing against Bangladesh when the series bowls off next week.
World-class spinner Shakib Al Hasan and a full-strength Bangladesh made short work of the regional team in a lopsided 3-0 sweep of the ODI series last week. The Windies went into the series without several of its regular first-team players who pulled out of the tour for various reasons.
The ODI team, which was captained by Jason Mohammed, was the hardest hit, however, with at least eight players making their international team debut. With more proven campaigners like bowlers Kemar Roach and Shannon Gabriel, and batsmen Kraigg Brathwaite and Jermaine Blackwood, the Test team should be in better shape, in terms of experience in any case.
"It's a big difference, we may have one, maybe two debutants for this Test series, whereas we had 10 for the ODI series. So, it's a huge difference," Simmons said.
"The good thing is that those guys have been down here before. On the last tour down here, Kraigg (Brathwaite) was captain, and Shannon and Roach were here. So, it's good to have that kind of experience going into a Test series," he added.
The West will play Bangladesh in a two-Test series, which begins on February 2nd. The second Test will take place between February 10th to 15th.


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By Anthony Di Paolo - HNIB Beat Writer, 10/24/22, 9:00AM EDT
Team EHL Gains Invaluable Experience from Weekend in New York
BOSTON, MA -- One of the most exciting things about college sports is an upset, and the Eastern Hockey League (EHL) All-Stars did that over the weekend as they defeated Nazareth College, 4-3, in a shootout.
It was the second time an EHL All-Star team defeated a Division III program, and was the highlight for the league between the three-game series, as New England Wolves goaltender Trevor Joule made some incredible saves late in the game and in the shootout, and Seacoast Spartans and New Jersey 87's forwards William Pray and Aleks Gamzatov both scored in the shootout to lead the All-Stars to its second-ever win over a college team.
In addition to Friday night's win, the main All-Star team lost the following day to SUNY Brockport by a score of 7-3, and the South Division All-Stars took Lebanon Valley College to overtime in a 5-4 defeat.
Friday's matchup against Nazareth at Bill Gray's Regional Iceplex turned out be a tug-of-war battle, as the Golden Flyers jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the 1st period. The All-Stars responded with a goal from Connecticut Chiefs forward Hunter Rossi as he wired a wrist shot from the high slot to even the score.
Nazareth took the lead late in the 1st period, but the All-Stars scored again in the 2nd period on a bank shot from East Coast Wizards' forward George Kolovos. He slid a centering pass towards the front of the goal, and banked it off a Nazareth defender and into the net to make it 2-2. The All-Stars scored again in the 3rd period on a power-play, as Spartans' forward Kenny Maxwell fired a wrist shot from the blue line that found twine, giving his team a 3-2 lead.
The Golden Flyers tied the game later in the 3rd period, sending the contest into overtime. Both teams had a few chances in the extra session, but it remained a 3-3 hockey game and the two coaches, Adam Houli for the EHL and George Roll for Nazareth, mutually agreed to take the game into a shootout.
Neither team scored in the opening round, but the Golden Flyers pulled ahead in the 2nd round as former Wizard Ryan Turse scored, and put the EHL team on the brink heading into round three. Pray kept the shootout alive, however, as he snapped a shot high-glove side.
As the shootout went into the 4th round, Trevor Joule made the save of the night on Nazareth forward Logan Tobias. The freshman forward faked the shot and went to the backhand, and Joule reached back with his glove and made a sprawling save at the goal line. Aleks Gamzatov then scored on a back-hand to forehand move right after Joule's save, and the Wolves netminder made one last stop to complete the upset.
Joule spoke about the team's confidence heading into their matchup against Nazareth.
"We were confident," said Joule. "We went into the game thinking that we could beat these guys. They were in our position just one, two, or three years ago, so we thought, 'look, we're just going to go out there and play our best game,' and we knew that we could come away with a victory."
He also discussed the sprawling glove save he made in the shootout.
"It was desperation, you try to stay with the guy as long as you can and he was very patient. I kind of made the first move which is not what you want to do, but I was just trying to stick with it, that's all," added Joule.
On Saturday, Kolovos and Pray found the back of the net once again, while Wolves forward Edijs Grigorjevs also scored in the All-Stars 7-3 loss to SUNY Brockport at Wegman's Ice Arena.
Railers Jr. Hockey Club goaltender Stefan Kulhanek stopped all 15 shots he faced in the opening period, but the Golden Eagles scored four goals in the 2nd and two more in the 3rd to take a 6-1 lead. Pray and Grigorjevs scored 1:35 apart in the 3rd period as the All-Stars tried to crawl their way back into the game, but SUNY Brockport iced the contest with an empty-net goal.
Later that Saturday night, the EHL South Division All-Stars took on Lebanon Valley College at Hersheypark Arena. The Flying Dutchmen scored in the 1st and 2nd period to jump to a 2-0 lead, and the All-Stars finally got on the board midway through the game as Philadelphia Hockey Club (PHC) forward Ethan Byrne scored on a wrister from the top of the circles.
Lebanon Valley struck again late in the 2nd period and came into the 3rd with a 3-1 lead. PHC defensemen Tommy Madden cut the deficit early in the 3rd as he stepped over the blue line and flung a wrist shot off the cross bar and in.
Former New Hampshire Avalanche forward Rais Francis scored next on a power-play for Lebanon Valley, as they took a 4-2 lead with 5:44 left in regulation. The South Division All-Stars, however, roared back in the final 2:01 of the period. They cut the deficit to 4-3 on the power-play as PHC forward Quinn Murphy banged home a rebound at the edge of the crease, also marking the third goal from a player representing PHC.
With about a minute remaining in the 3rd, the All-Stars pulled the goalie for an extra attacker. New Jersey 87's forward Kyle Folkerson lobbed a puck in the air towards the net, and Patrick DeMarinis—also from the 87's—redirected the puck from the hash marks and past the goaltender to even the score. The comeback fell short though, as Stefan Lakoseljac netted the overtime-winning goal for the Flying Dutchmen.
This year's college series marked the second time the EHL defeated one college while taking another program past regulation. In 2019, the EHL All-Stars defeated Salem State College 5-1, and tied Fitchburg State University by a score of 1-1.
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Ein Fundamentalstern ist ein Fixstern, dessen Himmelskoordinaten und ihre zeitlichen Änderungen (Eigenbewegung) mit höchstmöglicher Genauigkeit bekannt sind und in einem absoluten System vorliegen.

Durch eine größere Zahl von Fundamentalsternen wurde früher auf der Himmelskugel das Fundamentalsystem der Astronomie definiert, das auch den Rahmen für raumfeste Koordinatensysteme der Geowissenschaften darstellte.

Die Fundamentalsterne dienten als "Anschlusssterne" bei der Bestimmung der Örter aller anderen Himmelskörper. Daher musste die Bestimmung ihrer Koordinaten unabhängig von anderen Gestirnen erfolgen, also mit einer absoluten Methode. Heutzutage wird das Koordinatensystem üblicherweise basierend auf den Positionen von Quasaren festgelegt, da diese durch ihre extrem große Entfernung eine äußerst geringere Eigenbewegung aufweisen, und deshalb für diesen Zweck besser geeignet sind. Beispiele für  basierend auf Quasaren wären der ICRF oder der GCRF3.

Zwei- und dreidimensional
Prinzipiell werden Sternpositionen in zwei Koordinatenwinkeln (α, δ) auf der Himmelssphäre angegeben, die Rektaszension und Deklination heißen. Sie beziehen sich auf den Himmelsäquator (Verlängerung des Erdäquators) und den Frühlingspunkt, wobei die Deklination analog zur geografischen Breite ist. Durch die langsame Kegelbewegung der Erdachse (der 26.000-jährigen Präzession) und andere Effekte ist dieses Koordinatensystem zeitlich veränderlich, kann aber mit sehr hoher Genauigkeit (besser als 0,01") modelliert werden.

Eine wichtige Rolle spielt dabei die Radioastronomie in Form eines präzisen "Netzes" von Quasaren, das mit dem Netz der Fundamentalsterne verbunden wurde. Die Messungen der Sterne erfolgen optisch (visuell, fotografisch oder mit optoelektronischen Sensoren).

Vom zwei- zum dreidimensionalen Sternort wird (α, δ) durch eine Entfernungsmessung. Das einzige präzise Mittel dafür ist die Parallaxe – eine durch die Erdbahn verursachte scheinbare Ortsverschiebung "naher" Sterne am Himmel. Erst im Jahre 1838 gelang Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel eine solche Messung an 61 Cygni, einem sog. Schnellläufer, dessen rasche Bewegung eine geringe Entfernung zur Erde nahelegte, an dem Bessel aber trotzdem nur eine Parallaxe von 0,31" fand (tatsächlicher Wert: 0,286").

An sich könnte sich ein Fundamentalsystem mit 2D-Koordinaten begnügen, wenn es sich auf "ferne" Sterne beschränkt. Doch sind auch helle Sterne vonnöten, die statistisch betrachtet eher "nahe" sind (etwa 10 Fundamentalsterne bis 50 Lichtjahre Entfernung, wo die Parallaxe noch fast 0,1" beträgt). Doch hat ein 3D-System den Vorteil, auch die Dynamik der Milchstraße modellieren zu können, und mit dem Astrometrie-Satelliten Hipparcos gelangen seither gute Messungen von über 100.000 Sternen.

Fundamentalkataloge – heute als Datenbank
Die Fundamentalsterne werden zu eigenen Sternkatalogen zusammengefasst und bilden einen Koordinatenrahmen, in dem die Bewegungen des "Kreisels Erde" genau modellierbar sind. Die ersten vier "Fundamentalkataloge" entstanden unter deutscher Leitung, weshalb sie bis heute FK abgekürzt werden. Den ersten gab 1879 Arthur Auwers heraus, er enthielt 539 Sterne des Nordhimmels (δ bis −10°). Jener von 1907 (Berliner Astronomisches Jahrbuch) hatte bereits 925 Sterne und konnte auf über 150 Jahre Präzisionsbeobachtungen zurückgreifen. Solche langen Zeitreihen sind bis heute für die genaue Erfassung der Eigenbewegungen entscheidend, da ja die Sternörter mittels dieser individuellen Geschwindigkeiten in die Gegenwart und Zukunft vorauszuberechnen sind.

Absolute Deklinationsbestimmung
Die Deklination δ eines Sterns wird am besten bei seiner Kulmination im Nord- bzw. Südzweig des Meridians gemessen. Einerseits steht er in diesem Moment am höchsten und "wandert" horizontal durch das Gesichtsfeld des Fernrohrs bzw. Sensors, was die Messgenauigkeit erhöht. Anderseits entfallen im Azimut 0° bzw. 180° verschiedene Fehlereinflüsse.

Mit z als gemessene (und wegen der Refraktion korrigierte) Zenitdistanz und φ als geografische Breite ergibt sich im Meridian der Minimalwert von z,
   z1 = δ - φ  und daher
   δ = φ + z1
Die Formel gilt für die Obere Kulmination jedes Sterns. Findet diese südlich des Zenits statt, ist z1 negativ zu nehmen, nördlich hingegen positiv. Für die Untere Kulmination, wo der Stern 12 Stunden später unterhalb des Himmelspols durch den Meridian geht, gilt
   z2 = 180° - φ - δ und daher
   δ = 180° - φ - z2

Weil aber die Breite φ erst genau bestimmt werden muss und außerdem durch die Polbewegung leicht variiert, hat man Zirkumpolarsterne ursprünglich in oberer und unterer Kulmination beobachtet, wodurch sich φ eliminierten lässt:
   δ = 90° + (z1-z2)/2
   φ = 90° - (z1+z2)/2

Absolute Rektaszensionsbestimmung
Die absolute Ermittlung von Rektaszensionen ist komplizierter, weil sie sich auf den Frühlingspunkt beziehen und daher Sonnenbeobachtungen erfordern. Doch kann die Bestimmung der Sonnenrektaszension auch zu anderen Zeitpunkten erfolgen, etwa aus absoluten Deklinationsmessungen der Sonne.

Die Rektaszension eines Sterns folgt dann aus der Sternzeit-Differenz zwischen dem Meridiandurchgang der Sonne und des Sterns, plus der Sonnenrektaszension. Um die gemessene Zeitdifferenz und damit die Messunsicherheit klein zu halten, sind Tagbeobachtungen von Sternen notwendig, was die absolute Rektaszensionsbestimmung auf helle Sterne (bis maximal 3. Größe) beschränkt.

Einfluss der veränderlichen Erdachse
Nun sind aber die Sternörter wegen der im Inertialraum etwas veränderlichen Erdachse nicht konstant. Dies bedeutet
 einerseits, dass ihr zeitlicher Verlauf genau erfasst und berechnet werden muss,
 andererseits eine Möglichkeit, die zugrundeliegenden Kräfte auf die Erde und ihre jährliche Bahn um die Sonne zu erforschen.

Die Bezugsebenen der Astronomie unterliegen, wie oben erwähnt, langsamen Verschiebungen durch die gravitative Einflüsse des Sonnensystems auf die Erde. So wie jeder Spielzeugkreisel ein wenig taumelt, ist es auch bei der Erde – nur viel langsamer und regelmäßiger. Man nennt diesen Effekt Präzession und seine Dauer von etwa 25.800 Jahren ein "Platonisches Jahr". Die Erdachse beschreibt in dieser Zeit einen klar definierbaren Kegel mit einem Winkel von 22–24° (Schiefe der Ekliptik), was man inzwischen auf 0,01" (0,000005 %) genau vorausrechnen kann. Dazu gehört auch ein zweiter Effekt namens Nutation – ein vom Mond verursachtes monatliches "Zittern", das ebenso genau modelliert ist.

Gemessen werden diese Effekte durch spezielle Instrumente und Methoden der Astrometrie und der Geodäsie; die wichtigsten sind die Weltraumverfahren VLBI (Richtungsmessung nach Quasaren), Weltraumlaser und GPS, sowie erdgebunden der Meridiankreis und Astrolab bzw. PZT; die beiden letztgenannten haben im letzten Jahrzehnt an Bedeutung verloren. Ergänzend kam vor einigen Jahren noch eine Art Weltraumscanner dazu, der Satellit Hipparcos.

Das hier beschriebene, durch Fundamentalsterne verankerte astronomisch-geodätische Modell der Erdbewegung stellt als Fundamentalsystem der Astronomie die derzeit beste Realisierung eines Inertialsystems dar.

Analog werden auch terrestrische Fundamentalsysteme realisiert – durch "Herunterholen" auf die sich drehende Erde. Man nennt sie ITRS (International Terrestrial Reference System) und den alle 2 bis 3 Jahre wiederholten bzw. verfeinerten Modellen eine Jahreszahl. Sie werden aber nicht durch Sterne, sondern durch besonders gut und global bestimmte Vermessungspunkte repräsentiert (siehe Fundamentalstationen, in Europa etwa 20). Durch zahlreiche GPS-Messstationen wird dieses globale Vermessungsnetz verdichtet und dauerhaft vermarkt.

Weblinks
 Neues Fundamentalsystem FK6, Astron.Recheninstitut Heidelberg 2000
 Fundamentalsystem des FK5, ARI/ Heidelberg 1988
 Description of important Fundamental Catalogues

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Watford was recorded in 944 and the name is derived from the Old English waed, 'place for wading' or wad, 'hunting' - and means 'ford which is used by hunters', from a once nearby natural feature.
The station was opened as WATFORD on 2 November 1925.
The centre of Watford in the early 1930s.


A) What is the prevalence of domestic violence and homelessness in Maine?
B) What are the effects of poverty, substance abuse, health and neighborhood on homelessness?
C) What options does an abused adult or child have to escaping their abuser?