(iii)Musisi Ddamba - 2,517 votes.
b) The said election be annulled and set aside and new elections held.
c) In the alternative, but without prejudice to the foregoing, a vote recount be conducted under the directions of court.
d) The Respondents pay costs of this petition.
e) Such other remedy available under the electoral laws as the court considers just and appropriate.
Let me first clarify that the prayer (e) above is redundant. It is the settled position in Law that the phrase "such other remedy available court considers just and appropriate" is not a specific prayer for a particular remedy, because courts cannot "shop around" for remedies on behalf of litigants. Order 7 rule 7 of theCivil Procedure Rules, which is applicable to election petitions by virtue of Rule 17 of theParliamentary Elections (Election Petitions) Rules, SI 141-2;is to the effect that a party seeking reliefs in court should make specific averment as to the reliefs sought either simply or in the alternative. See also Nkambo v. Kibirige  EA 102; Odd Jobs v. Mubia  EA 476. Prayers such as (e) above add nothing to what is prayed for, and such a statement is a mere surplusage and cannot be used as an inclusive cover up to avoid penalty for sloppy and inadequate drafting of pleadings. See Take Me Home Ltd v. Apollo Construction  HCB 43. Therefore, court will disregard prayer (e) as adding no value to the remedies sought in this petition.
The Petitioner advanced multiple grounds, but in the main they converge on the major one that the election was not conducted in accordance with the Law, which violated the cardinal principles of freedom and fairness. In addition, the Petitioner contended that the non-compliance with the law and the violation of the principles of freedom and fairness affected the result in a substantial manner in that the election was a nullity, and the Petitioner wants this court to declare it so.
The petition is supported by the affidavit of the Petitioner dated 23rd day of March 2011. The Petitioner also attempted to file two other additional affidavits; one which was sworn on the 20th June 2011, and was received in the Court Registry on the 21st June, 2011, and another one whose date of swearing was left blank, but was received in the Court Registry on the 23rd June, 2011. All the three affidavits of the Petitioner raise serious issues of form and substantive law, as well as touch on the admissibility of affidavit evidence which, in my view, affect the entire petition which is solely premised on them.
The Respondents, for their part denied all the allegations in the petition. The 1st Respondent made a general denial contending that the election was conducted in accordance with the principles of the elections and the Law, and that there were no irregularities or rigging or malpractices, and that even if these occurred, they did not affect the election result in a substantial manner.
The 2nd Respondent for his part, mainly countered that there were no electoral irregularities, rigging, or malpractices, and that he never connived with, or condoned any of the persons named by the Petitioner as having violated the electoral laws; and that he never benefited from the alleged rigging, malpractices and irregularities. Both Respondents prayed that the petition be dismissed with costs.
The Petitioner was represented by Mr. Kabega Moses of M/s Kabega, Bogezi & Bukenya Co. Advocates, together with Mr. Kakuru Kenneth of M/s Kakuru & Co. Advocates. The 1st Respondent was represented by Mr. Kawuma Terance of M/s Muwema & Mugerwa Advocates, while Mr. Kiwanuka Abdul of M/s Lukwago & Co. Advocates appeared for the 2nd Respondent.
1. Whether the election of the LCV Chairperson Wakiso District was conducted in accordance with the laws governing election.
2. Whether the non-compliance, if any, affected the outcome of the elections in a substantial manner.
3. Whether the 2nd Respondent personally or through his agents, or with his knowledge and approval committed any electoral offences and/or illegal practices.
4. What are the remedies available to the parties?
At the commencement of the hearing, all the parties indicated that they would not call witnesses for cross-examination, and agreed to file written submissions. A schedule was also agreed upon by all the parties, that the Petitioner would file and serve copies of the submissions on to the Respondents' counsel by 21/6/2011, the Respondents would file and serve the Petitioner any replies by 28/6/2011; and the Petitioner would file and serve any rejoinders by 5/7/2011. Judgment would be delivered on 19/7/2011. This schedule was agreed upon bearing in mind the statutory requirements and the need for the expeditious hearing of, and determination of the election petitions.
This is, however, not the true reflection of the court record. What transpired was that the Petitioner's counsel, Mr. Kabega Moses, wanted court to adjourn the hearing in order for him to first gather documentary evidence from the Electoral Commission (EC) - the 1st Respondent. The counsel for the EC, Mr. Kiwanuka Abdul, opposed the adjournment arguing that if the Petitioner indeed required the documents, he would have applied for, and obtained them long before the scheduling conference from the EC on payment of the prescribed fee. The EC was duty bound to avail them to him and could not refuse to do so. After considering the matter, this court ruled that the Scheduling Conference should proceed, and that it was up to the Petitioner's Counsel make the necessary application, if he needed any particular documents from the EC.
I understood the foregone proceedings to mean that it was up the Petitioner to bring whatever evidence he wished to prove his case, but did not suggest, in the least, that the he was free to file fresh evidence anytime he pleased after pleadings had closed, and the matter had proceeded to the submissions stage. The ruling of this court that it was up to the Petitioner to obtain any documents from the EC did not amount to granting of leave to the Petitioner to re-open his case and to file fresh evidence after parties had duly closed their respective cases. There was no leave sought, and therefore, no leave was granted.
The irregular procedure adopted by the Petitioner put the Respondents in an awkward situation. It was certainly prejudicial to the other party who had no opportunity of properly responding to any issues raised in the fresh evidence. As a matter of fact, counsel for the 1st Respondent protested the continued filing of more evidence on the court record after the Petitioner had closed his case, and on 24/6/2011 wrote to the Registrar of the High court to bring it to his attention. The Petitioner did not file without leave only once, but twice. On 23rd June, 2011 he again filed more fresh evidence on record. I believe the Respondents were right to protest.
It needs to be emphasized that Petitions too, conform to rules that govern pleadings generally, by virtue of the operation of Rule 17 of theParliamentary Elections (Election Petitions) Rules, SI 141-2. A party cannot simply file pleadings continuously on the record after it has closed its case. There must be an end to the filing of pleadings. Even if leave were to be sought, it could be properly done before parties have closed their respective cases. It was, therefore, improper for the Petitioner to attempt to re-open the case by the filing of more fresh evidence.
As already stated, counsel for the 1st Respondent, for their part, had written to court on 24/6/2011, expressing "consternation" that rather than file the required written submissions, the Petitioner had instead continued to file more evidence on record even after he had closed his case. Counsel then put the court on notice that they would object to the evidence being presented after the parties had closed their respective cases.
I could not agree more with the objections raised by both counsel for the Respondents. The supplementary affidavits put in by the Petitioner on the 21st and 23rd June, 2011 were indeed "smuggled" on to the court record. The Respondents had no opportunity to respond to the evidence raised therein, yet the legal position is that where facts are sworn to in an affidavit and these are not denied or rebutted by the opposite party, the presumption is that such facts are accepted. See Massa v. Achen  HCB 297. This would certainly put the Respondents at a disadvantage, in that they would not have been treated on the same or equal terms as the Petitioner. Such would be contrary to; and in violation of the principle of natural justice as to a fair hearing encapsulated in Article 28 of theConstitution; which cannot be derogated from.
Let me restate that the object of pleadings, inter alia, is to require each party to give fair and proper notice to his opponent of the case he has to meet to enable him or her to frame and prepare his or her own case for the trial, and this is essential to avoid the other party from being taken by surprise. These basic tenets of pleadings have been considered and confirmed in various decided cases of Reiding v Skyline Advertising (U) Ltd. 1971] HCB 166; Bisuti v. Busoga DA  ULR 179;Thorp v. Holdsworth (1876) 3 CHD 647; andEsso Petroleum Co. Ltd. V Southport Corporation  AC 218 at 238. Accordingly, I find that the evidence introduced by the Petitioner in his affidavits of 21st June, 2011 and 23rd June, 2011 cannot be allowed, and it is excluded.
I have also noted that the Petitioner's affidavit registered in court on 23/6/2011 bears no date on which it was deponed, and this appears in the jurat, hence it is serious omission. The error is attributable to the Commissioner for Oaths, whose duty it is under Section 6 of theOaths Act (Cap.16)to insert the date. It is a professional lache that should not be visited on the Petitioner. I am inclined to disregard the omission as a technicality which does not go to the root of the affidavit, and is ignored and/ or curable under Article 126 (2) (e)of the Constitution. Having stated that, I still regard the supplementary affidavits as fresh evidence that could not be filed after parties had closed their respective cases, without leave of court. It is settled that a supplementary affidavit can only be filed with leave of court. See Samuel Mayanja vUganda Revenue Authority, Miscellaneous Application No.17 of 2005, perEgonda-Ntende J. (as he then was).
I now turn to the affidavit in support of the petition. The parts on which the Petitioner seeks to relay to prove the alleged malpractices, irregularities and rigging are all clearly based on hearsay evidence. This fact has also been pointed out by the Counsel for the Respondents in their written submissions. The affected parts begin from paragraph 9 up to 23. I will reproduce them for ease of reference.
"9. That I have been informed by my agents and I verily believe them that the presiding officers did not account for several ballot papers that were handed to them and this facilitated ballot stuffing at diverse polling stations as can bee (sic) seen from the declaration of results forms. Copies of the declaration of results forms are attached hereto collectively marked "B1-B25.
10. That any agents have also informed me which information I verily believe to be true that the presiding officers and the 2nd respondent's agents at different polling stations tampered with the results by reducing my votes and also adding the 2nd respondent more votes than he had obtained. Copies of such declaration of results forms are attached hereto marked "CI-C5".
11. That the presiding officers at several polling stations entered wrong figures on the declaration of results forms and this facilitated alteration of results and entering of wrong votes on DR Forms.
13. That the presiding officers at different polling stations caused the disappearances of election materials/ballot papers and failed after counting process to account for the missing ballot papers as can be seen from the declaration of results forms. Copies of the declaration of Results forms are attached hereto collectively marked "E1-E16".
15. I was informed by my agents whose information I verily believe to be true that several polling stations there were more votes than the people who had actually case their votes due to ballot stuffing and issuance of more than one ballot papers. Copies declaration of results forms are attached hereto collectively marked G1-26.
16. That I was informed by my agents Nakiggude Caroline and Nasukusa Matilda that the 2nd respondent's agent intimidated and threatened my known supporters and stopped them from voting at Nansana West IB especially Kasozi Paul and Yawe Livingstone.
18. That I was informed by my agent Kagiri Arafat that Kazo Central polling station MUK-NAK the presiding officer was allowing people to vote in names of other voters when they were not registered to vote at this polling station.
19. That I was informed by my supervisor, Tonny Kirumira that the 2nd respondent's agents campaigned and ferried voters at Kazo Central to vote for Bwanika and this was mainly done by Bumba Joy and Ali Kyagulanyi.
20. That I was informed by my agent Sentongo Catherine that many of my valid votes where (sic) declared invalid and the presiding officer refused to record her complaint at Kazo Lugoba Nursery School L-NAKIG.
21. That I was informed by most of my agents that they were duped and others were forced to sign blank declaration of result forms much earlier before the end of the voting exercise under the guise of time management and facilitated the alteration of results.
22. That I was informed by my agent supervisor Nyanzi Moses that the 2nd Respondent bribed votes with money, sugar and promise for tenders in case he is elected in office.
23. That I was informed by my agent Yusuf Sulaiman that 2nd Respondents(sic) agents where (sic) campaigning at polling stations using the slogan – "genda olime" "oze kulima" which slogans were intended to guide the voters to vote for the hoe (DP) (sic)". (Underlined to highlight the hearsay aspects of the evidence).
It is obvious that the facts the Petitioner deponed to constitute hearsay evidence. Of course, as a candidate in the LCV election race, the Petitioner would not be expected to be personally at every of the 1019 polling stations in the entire District, but only to have his known agents at those polling stations to take care of his interests. However, having obtained information from these agents – some of whom are not even disclosed at all – the Petitioner should have required them to adduce evidence by way of affidavits, to prove what he claims they witnessed of the alleged irregularities and/or malpractices on those particular polling stations. They did not adduce any evidence in support, and that left the evidence of the Petitioner the worst kind of hearsay. It raises very serious questions as to the admissibility of such evidence for a number of reasons, which I will state here below.
(i) Hearsay evidence is only admissible on the principled basis, the governing one being the reliability of the evidence and its necessity. Using the reliability test, the question to ask in the instant case is: can the information the Petitioner claims to have obtained from his agents, who never put in evidence to confirm what is attributed to them be reliable? In my view it is not. This is particularly so given the fact that it cannot be determined with certainty that it was the exact kind of information the agents gave to the Petitioner, if they did at all. Similarly, it cannot be ascertained from the available evidence that the so-called agents even existed, since a good number of them are not named. The Petitioner makes sweeping statements such as, "I was informed by most of my agents"; which is the most absurd way to conceal the sources of information and evidence in support, which remain anonymous, and as such the evidential value is greatly diminished. The correct position, in my view, is that the evidence set out in an affidavit should be confined to the particular facts within the personal knowledge of the deponent, except where the hearsay exception rule applies. I am alive to the fact that evidence by affidavit may constitute one of the exceptions to the hearsay rule, but where the fact in issue needs to be proved, the evidence of the witness who is alleged to have witnessed the fact needs to be called to prove the fact in issue. Therefore, the failure to adduce evidence in support from the alleged agents puts the particular affidavit of the Petitioner outside the exception to the hearsay rule.
(ii) When a statement is made to a witness by a person, who is himself or herself is not called as a witness, such evidence is inadmissible particularly where the object of the evidence is to establish the truth of what is contained in the statement. The rule against hearsay, in the strict sense, is that a witness who proves the out-of-court statement has no personal knowledge of the facts stated, and a party against whom the statement is tendered has no opportunity of cross-examining its maker.(see Cross On Evidence ( 1979 5th pp. 7-8 Edition). In the instant petition, the parts of the Petitioner's affidavit in support of the petition with hearsay would not be admissible as long as it was clear that the alleged agents would not be available to put in affidavits in support of the statements attributed to them by the Petitioner, upon which they could have been cross-examined by the opposite party.
(iii)The admissibility of hearsay evidence is a matter of substantive law, and in considering whether or not to admit the hearsay evidence, courts are usually guided by the "threshold reliability test", which requires that the circumstantial indicators or guarantees of reliability be present to completely avoid instances such as where the declaration is likely to be fabricated or inaccurate as opposed to true or accurate. The exclusion of hearsay evidence is to the effect that evidence of previous representation made by a person is not admissible to prove the existence of a fact that the subsequent person intended to assert by that representation. In the instant petition, the so-called agents, if any, have remained voiceless and faceless. Their alleged information cannot be independently verified, or constitute, or be substituted for evidence of another party. There is a high likelihood of "putting words into the mouths" of these anonymous agents, which makes the evidence in the affidavit of the Petitioner highly suspect and unreliable. It fails the threshold reliability test.
(iv)In determining the admissibility of hearsay evidence, such as contained in the Petitioner's affidavit, it is the reliability of the deponent that is in issue more so than the credibility of the witness to the hearsay. An affidavit with hearsay will be admitted at trial as long as there is some indication that the out-of-court declarant will be available and willing to testify in accordance with the hearsay statement. In the instant case, it would be difficult to relay on the evidence of the Petitioner, particularly in absence of verifiable evidence from the other sources of his information to testify in accordance with the Petitioner's hearsay statements.
I have taken note of the fact that copies of the Declaration of Results Forms (DRFs) were referred to in the Petitioner's affidavit, and attached in an attempt to show the alleged irregularities and malpractices. But the having stated that the information of alleged malpractices is contained in the DRFs as stated by his agents, the Petitioner should have followed up by adducing the evidence of those agents, whom he claims witnessed the malpractices and irregularities, in order to match it with the information on the DRFs. Instead, the Petitioner just filed a mass of documents and left the court on its own devices to sift through and guess whether or not there could have possibly been evidence to prove right his suspicion of the alleged malpractices and irregularities. In my view, this amounts to shifting the burden which is always cast upon the Petitioner, and not otherwise, to prove the allegations in the petition to the satisfaction of the court, on the balance of probabilities as required by Section 61(3) of theParliamentary Elections Act. Whereas the Local Governments Actdoes not specifically provide for the burden of proof in election petitions brought under the Act, Section 172thereof stipulates that the principles relating to the Presidential Elections Actand the Parliamentary Elections Act (Act 17 of 2005)shall apply to petitions under the Local Governments Act.
"Any ground specified in subsection (1) shall be proved on the basis of a balance of probabilities" (underlined for emphasis).
The standard of proof in election petitions was duly clarified by court in Matsiko Winfred Komuhangi Vs Babihuga J. Winnie, Election Petition Appeal No. 9 of 2002 (CA) while considering Section 62 (3)of the Parliamentary Elections Act, which is very similar to the current Section 61 (3)(supra). It was held that the court trying an election petition under the Act will be satisfied if the alleged grounds in the petition are proved to the balance of probabilities, although it would be slightly higher than in the ordinal civil case. This is because an election petition is of great importance both to the individual concerned and the nation.
This court is not satisfied that the hearsay evidence adduced by the Petitioner in the instant petition would meet the required standard of proof set for an election petition. Further it is now settled Law, (See Runumi Mwesigye Francis v. The Returning Officer, Electoral Commission and Adson Kakuru, Election Petition No.2 of 2002) that hearsay evidence cannot be relied upon by a court to substantiate any allegation as true. To that extent, this petition would fail since hearsay material was just about all the evidence adduced to prove the alleged irregularities and malpractices. The evidence falls far too short of being the "credible and cogent" required to set aside an election.
8. DRFs that did not indicate the time of signing.
All this was done in order to explain the alleged irregularities and malpractices on the DRFs and tally sheets annexed to the affidavit of the Petitioner for those parts which were not severed off as listed above.
A look at the said "Annextures" to counsel's submissions reveals that the content therein is directly derived from the copies of the DRFs and Tally Sheets either attached to the Petitioner's affidavit in support of the petition, or his supplementary affidavits, which were filed after the close of pleadings. This court has already pronounced itself on both categories of the affidavits.
The "Annextures" to the affidavit in support of the petition themselves raise serious issues as to their admissibility in evidence as they offend against the provisions of the Evidence Act (Cap 6).The Petitioner attached photocopies of the documents all of which constitute secondary evidence. Section 62(supra) defines secondary evidence as meaning and including copies made from the original by mechanical process which in themselves ensure accuracy of the copy and copies compared to such copies. There can be no doubt that photocopies of the DRFs and tally sheets fall under the section. In addition, under provisions of Section 60(supra), contents of a document may be proved by secondary evidence. Section 64 (supra) gives instances in which secondary evidence relating to document – such as the photocopies of DRFs attached to the affidavit of the Petitioner – may be given. The Annextures to the affidavit in support of the petition clearly do not fall under any of the instances stipulated under the provisions of the Evidence Act(supra) referred to.
Secondly, Section 65 of theEvidence Act(supra) requires that secondary evidence shall not be given unless the party proposing to give it has previously given notice to the party in whose possession and power the documents are.(the underlining is for emphasis). In the instant petition, there is no evidence that such a notice was given to the Electoral Commission or any other party, that the secondary evidence would be adduced. What is on record is the request, through court, by Mr. Kabega Moses counsel for the Petitioner, to be availed particular documents after he had filed the pleadings with the photocopies of DRFs in question already attached. Even when the specified documents were obtained, they were neither the originals nor the certified photocopies thereof. This could not serve as the notice required under Section 65(supra). It is therefore, not certain as to the source of the attached photocopies of the DRFs. It is also not explained as to whether they are photocopies of the originals, which are usually left with agents of each candidate as required by Section 136 (1)(c) of the Local Governments Act (supra), or whether they are photocopies of the originals retained by the Electoral Commission as required by Section 136(1)(b)(supra). Whichever the case may be, still they would require to be proved under Section 60of the EvidenceAct(supra) in order to attest to their authenticity - if not their accuracy. Since the essential requirements of admissibility of secondary evidence under Section 64 of theEvidence Act(supra) were not complied with, it follows that that the attached copies of DRFs could not be validly admitted in evidence. The Supreme Court has exhaustively provided guidance on the principles that govern admissibility of secondary evidence in Prince J.D.C Mpuga Rukidi Vs Prince J.D.C. Mpuga Rukidi, SCCA No. 18 of 1994; Kananura Melvin Consultant Engineers Vs Connie Kabanda SCCA No. 31 of 1992, and this court has been guided by them.
Having severed off the offending parts of the supporting affidavit, the remaining parts were also found to be bad in law for failure to comply with the rules of evidence as to admissibility of secondary evidence. Since the source of the photocopy DRFs and other documents attached to the affidavit of the Petitioner was never explained, and also it could not be shown that they fall within the ambit of Section 63 of theEvidence Act, the few remaining parts of the Petitioner's affidavit remained completly unsupported and unproven allegations. They cannot upgrade to the required standard of proof in election petitions under Section 61 (3) of theParliamentary Elections Act (supra). When an affidavit fails for non compliance with statutory requirements, even the application it supports must fail because it remains unsupported. See Teddy Namazi v. Anna Sibo  HCB 508. The same principle, in my view, applies equally to petitions.
For emphasis let it be stated that provisions in the main body of the electoral law derive from the Constitution, and therefore the requirements therein are constitutional as well as substantive. When an Act of Parliament prescribes requirements to be complied with, and the party ignores, or flouts them, it is not a mere procedural technicality that can be ignored under Article 126(2)(e)(supra), but a requirement of substantive lawand the Constitution. A party has no option but to comply with the requirements, the failure of which may be fatal to the petition. See Muzoora Amon RK v. NRM & 2 O'rs, High Court Misc. Cause No. 0201 of 2010; Ssali Godfery v. the Electoral Commission and Kabaale Sulaiman, Election Petition No.13 of 2011.
The Petition herein largely fails for reasons of non-compliance with requirements of substantive law enumerated above. There is no necessity to proceed to consider any other grounds which are also underlain by the said discredited evidence. The Petition is accordingly dismissed with costs.
Mr. K. Kakuru for Petitioner.
M/S Faridah Nabakibi for 2nd Respondent.


These are details from a painting-in-progress-- another illustration from the book I'm working on. In this scene the old man is walking home, feeling uneasy after encountering a mysterious black cat with huge, greedy eyes.
"Perhaps, even now, it was watching him from somewhere in the forest."
Acrylic on text & maps on canvas, 9"x12" Click for details, & check back soon for the final art!
Wow that is so wonderful,luv the little eyes watching.Should be a fantastic book!


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New coronavirus law change for pubs and hair salons from Friday
The latest change in the law will come into force by the end of the week
Kelly-Ann Mills
Olivia BaronSenior Live News Reporter
A new coronavirus law will come into force this Friday, placing new restrictions on our daily lives once again.
The new rule affecting how people eat out and socialise will apply to pubs, cafes and restaurants as well as other hospitality businesses, close contact venues such as beauty salons and tourist attractions such as zoos.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced the change and will make a difference to anyone planning on eating or drinking in a venue from this Friday.
It could also apply to anyone getting a haircut, or visiting a cinema, bowling alley or amusement arcade.
The change in the law means that all venues will have to take contact details for people who are eating or drinking in, but not those taking away.
So far, that step has been voluntary, but from Friday it becomes mandatory.
It means those wanting to drink in a pub, or eat in a café or restaurant, will have to leave your name, address, phone number and email.
The rule is set to be defined later this week and could also apply if you step into a barbers to get your hair cut, or walk into a cinema to watch a film.
Businesses will have to keep information for 21 days and hand it over to NHS Test and Trace when asked to do so.
If you do not provide details you may be refused entry, and there will be also fixed penalties for organisations that do not comply.
Venues could be fined if they fail to ensure their premises remain COVID-secure, such as failing to take specified steps to collect contact information or taking bookings for groups of more than six.
Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock said: "NHS Test and Trace is a vital part of the government's response to fighting coronavirus, designed to help us return to a more normal way of life and reduce the need for local lockdowns in the future.
"The system cannot operate without the cooperation of business. We are now mandating venues collect the necessary contact details and support NHS Test and Trace to stop the spread of the virus."
The new rules mean organisations in scope will be legally required to request the contact details of every customer and visitor on their premises.
Venues must keep a record of all staff working on the premises on a given day and their contact details. These will also be stored for 21 days and shared with NHS Test and Trace, if requested.
The move aims to assist NHS Test and Trace to effectively contact everyone who may have been exposed to the virus during an outbreak in these settings and to provide the appropriate public health advice. This will help to stop the onward spread of the virus.
The contact details include: name, contact number, date of visit, arrival time, and departure time.
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Archbishop Temple School sends pupils home to self-isolate after positive Covid test
Business Secretary Alok Sharma said: "Each and every one of us needs to play our part to control the virus and avoid a second deadly peak.
"While the vast majority of businesses have done an incredible job by following the guidance to keep customers safe, we are now making it the law for certain establishments to collect life-saving NHS Test and Trace data and to keep this on record for 21 days.
"We need to take these tough measures now to reduce the risk of local lockdowns in the future. If we don't all pull together to drive this virus down, businesses will need to close and people's jobs will be put at serious risk."
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Every previous entry in this series has followed a pretty similar path: after returning to a game I previously didn't enjoy all that much, I discovered it really wasn't so bad after all!
This one is going to be different. Now, that doesn't mean I'm going to declare at its end that I still dislike the Famicom port of Rainbow Islands even after giving it a second chance, but it also doesn't necessarily mean I'm going to say that I'm now madly in love with it.
In reality, my current opinion of this 8-bit conversion of Taito's classic arcade game, the only official sequel to the company's Bubble Bobble, is that it's a hit-and-miss affair. On the one hand, for instance, its protagonist and enemy sprites are pretty darn nice, especially when you consider the Famicom surely pales in comparison, power-wise, to the arcade PCB.
As for what's keeping me from enjoying this installment as much as I enjoy, say, the pretty-much-arcade-perfect PC Engine one: a particularly noteworthy example, I think, is the limited color palette that's used here. Although the game's sprites look great, its backdrops often appear drab or washed out.
A few other reasons this Rainbow Islands port doesn't exactly stack up to its arcade or PC Engine brethren: the ever-present and action-obscuring flicker, the subtly altered gameplay (protags Bubby and Bobby can only shoot a maximum of two rainbows here, as opposed to the three that can be spawned in other iterations) and the screwed-up stage layouts.
That last negative is the most damning, if you ask me, as some of the level-design choices that were made during the production of this port are head-scratchers. Case in point: a number of stages now have spike-lined platforms that aren't, as far as I'm aware, present in other versions and that make progressing through some of the levels in this one to be an annoyingly difficult chore.
Even when stages aren't hampered by spike-lined platforms, though, they're often hamstrung by other obstacles--all of which conspire to kill the flow that I consider to be a hallmark of the arcade and PC Engine versions. As such, while playing the Famicom cart it's nearly impossible to get into the same kind of grin-inducing "zone" that makes those other iterations so enjoyable, and that's a shame.
To those of you who've also spent some time with Rainbow Islands' Famicom (or even NES) outing: what are your thoughts on it?
Worth it all for that boxart alone!
Rainbow Islands is probably my least favorite of the original Bubble Bobble trilogy, and the dull color palette of the NES really hurts the game's appeal. That was also an issue with the NES version of Bubble Bobble, where all the vibrant hues lost a lot of their luster.
Oh, yes, the dull color palette of this version definitely hurts it quite a bit, Jess. And although I agree that Bubble Bobble was similarly impacted (in a negative fashion) when it was ported to the Famicom/NES, I think that resulting product was far better than this one.
I dunno... Rainbow Islands doesn't have the same hook that Bubble Bobble does, in my opinion. I haven't played the Turbo version (wasn't even aware one existed!), but played it on the Genesis recently, and used to own it on the Saturn. That version was on a disc along with a (surprisingly crummy) port of Bubble Bobble.
Parasol Stars suffers from the same overstuffing as Gaplus, the sequel to Galaga. There's just too much going on, and it's hard to keep track of it all. Despite that, I'm drawn to the colorful artwork and all the items you can collect. The Bubble Bobble series in general does a really good job of scratching that hoarder's itch, throwing huge piles of goodies at you at any given moment. Parasol Stars is even more generous than the previous two games, with chocolate bars, martinis, and who knows what else packed into every stage.
You could say the same about Parasol Stars, really--that it doesn't have the same "hook" as Bubble Bobble, I mean--but I understand what you're trying to say all the same.
Also, although Parasol Stars' hook differs from the one found in Bubble Bobble, they're similar enough to be thought of as being related to one another, I think.
Rainbow Islands is a lot deeper and more intricate than BB and PS, if you ask me. I mostly view that as a good thing, but it also means the game is less accessible and also more prone to being difficult or aggravating.
As for the PCE port of Rainbow Islands, it's a JP-only release and was on CD. It's basically arcade perfect, as far as I can tell.
Oh, and for what it's worth, despite the fact that I *want* to like the Mega Drive port of Rainbow Islands, I've been unable to come around to it, even after spending some quality time with it recently. There's just something off about the way it feels--specifically, about how jumps feel. I don't know if something was changed when it was ported or if this is how the "Extra" version felt in the arcades, too, unfortunately.


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May 16, 2017	Eastern Catholicism, Eastern Orthodox Church 1 Comment
How Not to Convert the Russian Orthodox
The following is an excerpt from a translated article by Fr. Sergey Golovanov, a Russian Greco-Catholic priest concerning the 1920 Jesuit mission to Istanbul, Turkey. The full text can be read over at the Holy Unia web-log here. (Thanks to Fr. Athanasius McVay for bringing it to my attention.)
In 1920, the superior general of the Society of Jesus ordered Fathers Baille, Jansseand, and Tyszkiewicz to go to Georgia. The war prevented the Jesuit missionaries from reaching their goal and stopped them in Istambul, where there were many thousands of Russian refugees. All Russians felt anxious and feared an attack by the Bolsheviks or extradition back to Soviet Russia. With the cooperation of the occupational administration of the Entente, the Jesuits organized relief action among Russians. Lois Baille, SJ, founded St. George's Residential School for orphans. He appointed a Russian Latin-rite priest, Sipiagin, as director of the school. Sipiagin came from a family with mixed Russian-Polish origins. He was enthusiastic about the Latin rite and Western culture. Stanislas Tyszkiewicz, SJ, set up a hostel for Russian proselytes. He taught the Catholic Catechism. The proselytes passed an examination after several months, repudiated Orthodoxy, made a profession of Catholic faith and communicated at a Latin-rite Mass. The Jesuits stimulated the transit of Russians into the Latin rite. Tyszkiewicz enrolled paid secret informers among Russians to control the situation. He had many secret contacts with persons among the Orthodox intelligentsia and suggested making conversion to Catholicism a condition of any financial help. Many Russians angrily rejected the unbecoming proposals of Tyszkiewicz. Fr. Sergiy Bulgakov was disappointed in Catholicism after the meeting with Tyszkiewicz: the great universal idea of St. Peter's ministry boiled down to mere proselytism. Tyszkiewicz was a Pole by origin and wrote many articles under the Russian pseudonym, Serge Bosforoff, where he called on Russians to convert to the Roman Catholic Church. He used the emigrants who received charitable help for his own purposes. He wrote a provocative «Open letter of the Thirty Russian Catholics to Orthodox Metropolitan Anastasiy Gribanovskiy», and used the names and signatures of those Russian people whom he had aided. This scandalous action compromised the idea of Catholicism among Russian intellectuals, who had sympathized with it earlier in the spirit of the philosopher, Vladimir Soloviev.
In 1922, Fr. Gleb Verhovskiy came to Istanbul at the direction of the Oriental Congregation. He set himself at variance with Tyszkiewicz owing to such improper methods of missionary activity and urged the conservation of Byzantine-rite status for all Russian proselytes. The Jesuits made Fr. Verhovskiy's situation very moral uncomfortable, and obliged him to leave Istanbul.
The most scandalous action committed by Tyszkiewicz involved sending a group of Russian young people to study in France and Belgium with stipendiums from the Catholic Church. Tyszkiewicz came from a very aristocratic family, and normally tended to give excessive importance to other aristocrats. He appointed a former courtier and aristocrat, Nikolay Burdukov, as a curator of the group. All the Russian settlement in Istanbul was scandalized and moved to laughter by this appointment. Nikolay Burdukov was famous in high society as a sodomite with the telling alias «princess Mescherskaya.
I'm quoting this article excerpt on Opus Publicum for three reasons.
First, despite what the situation may be today, this debacle serves as an important illustration of just how poorly the Society of Jesus often handled its encounters with non-Catholic Eastern Christians, particularly the Orthodox. Rather than respect their traditional rites and spiritual patrimony, they frequently attempted to foist a particular brand of Latin Catholicism on their would-be proselytes, which did very little to win much sympathy toward unity with the Catholic Church. Compare this with the missionary efforts of Blessed Bishop Mykola Charnetsky and other Redemptorists working in Ukraine to bring the Orthodox back into the Catholic fold. Rather than attempt to equate "Latinism" with "Catholicism," they adopted the form of the Byzantine Rite in use among the Russian Orthodox in the hopes of demonstrating that to be Catholic does not not mean sacrificing one's authentic traditions.
Second, there was genuine interest among certain segments of late 19th/early 20th century Russian society for unity with Rome. After seeing how the Russian Orthodox Church had become little more than a handmaid of the Russian Imperial state, only Rome proved to be a truly independent ecclesiastical force working in the world; standing up to the onslaughts of liberalism; and refusing — at least until the 1960s — to forego the social rights of Christ the King in favor of a "safe compromise" with secular powers. Even Fr. Sergius Bulgakov, who eventually became a fierce critic of certain Latin Catholic doctrines, was interested in joining the Catholic Church after his exile by the Soviets, though clearly that never came to pass.
Last, there are far too many (traditional and some conservative) Latin Catholics today who seem to think that the Church should approach the Orthodox in a manner not dissimilar from the Jesuits recounted above. Given the suspicion in which many of the Orthodox now hold the Catholic Church, coupled with the Latin Church's demolition of its liturgical patrimony, that's never going to work. Yes, some individual Orthodox priests and laity do choose to unite themselves with Rome, but often only after wading through a great deal of nonsense. (Those fortunate enough to have access to a Greco-Catholic parish tend to have an easier time of it.) This is why true ecumenical dialogue — understood as a necessary step toward re-unification — is neither a waste of time nor a betrayal of the Catholic Faith. Before unity can become a reality, centuries of misunderstandings and political animosity have to be swept away. While Catholics — Latin or Greek — should continue to witness to their estranged Orthodox brethren and never compromise the Faith, they should do so with patience and charity. In other words, don't follow the historic lead of the Jesuits.
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WEC Lines subsidiary to pay nearly €3 million for shipping a retired vessel to India.
The government of the Netherlands has fined a subsidiary of the Rotterdam, Netherlands-based WEC Lines for sending a retired containership to a non-sanctioned ship scrapping facility in India several years ago.
According to a news item on the Maritime-Executive.com website, the Netherlands Public Prosecution Service took action against the shipping line pertaining to the retirement of the HMS Laurence in 2013.
According to the Public Prosecution Service, Holland Maas Scheepvaart Beheer II BV (the WEC subsidiary) shipped the HMS Laurence to a company in Alang, India, which ran counter to the EU's European Waste Shipment Regulation (EWSR).
A fine of €780,000 ($890,000) was levied by the prosecutor, plus an additional settlement of €2.2 million ($2.5 million) charged as a remittance of the amount the ship owner is estimated to have earned from the transaction.
The EWSR implements into EU law provisions of the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal. The regulation includes a ban on the export of what are considered hazardous wastes to non-OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) countries. The amount of fuel, petroleum and other chemicals found within ships can cause them to be covered by the regulation.
U.S.-based tire and rubber recycler earns Circular Economy honors at World Economic Forum.
Tucker, Georgia-based Lehigh Technologies has been selected as the winner of the Young Global Leaders Award for Circular Economy SME (small-to-medium-sized enterprises), held in conjunction with the 2019 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. The award was presented as part of The Circulars 2019, the fifth edition of those awards.
MRP is used as an additive in a range of consumer and industrial products, including tires. Lehigh says its business model involves closing the loop on tire production, ensuring sustainability and stability in manufacturing costs for the tire industry and reducing dependence on oil-based chemicals.
Following a recent plant expansion in Navarra, Spain, Lehigh says it plans to expand into new international markets and improve the circular economy for tires and other applications. Lehigh's France-based parent company Michelin Group also intends to adopt MRP globally for multiple applications, according to Lehigh.
Tires made with Lehigh's MRP have consumed more than 20 million passenger car tire equivalents (PTEs) in the previous 10 years. To date, Lehigh's products have been used to manufacture more than 500 million tires using what Lehigh calls a circular model.
The Circulars is an initiative of the World Economic Forum and the Forum of Young Global Leaders in collaboration with Accenture Strategy and has been designed to recognize individuals and organizations dedicated to pushing the circular economy forward. Its SME category specifically recognizes small-to-medium-sized enterprises.


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Готтлоб Фрідріх Август Шуман (нім. Gottlob Friedrich August Schumann 2 березня 1773, Ендшюц - 10 серпня 1826, Цвікау) — німецький книготорговець, видавець і письменник, а також ще й батько відомого музиканта та композитора Роберта Шумана.

Біографія

Молодість і перші професійні роки

Август Шуман народився 2 березня 1773 року у місті Ендшюц, Священна Римська імперія, був старшим сином священика з Тюрінгської поміщицької сім'ї. П'ятнадцятирічним августом Шуманом став у купця в Тюрінгії Роннебург. У 19 років він повернувся в батьківський дім і кілька років займався виключно читанням і письменством. У цей час виникло видовище під назвою сім'я Тальхейм. Кілька років працював контористом, а в 1792 році вступив до Лейпцизького університету, щоб зайнятися гуманістичними дослідженнями. Заробляв на життя письменством.

Роман рукопис під назвою лицарі швидкість і казки Чернець послав видавцеві G.H. Heinse в Цайц, який запропонував йому посаду бухгалтер у своєму книжковому магазині. У  Цайці Шуман познайомився з Джоанною Крістіаною Шнобель (1767-1836), великою племінницею поета Лессінга. Їх батько, шановний радник Абрахам Готлоб Шнобель, зробив зв'язок своєї дочки з «письменницьким книготорговцем» залежною від того, що майбутній зять повинен бути хоча б самостійним купцем.

Тому в 1795 році Шуман сам відкрив матеріальний магазин в Роннебурзі, в який він вклав 1000 талерів, прибуток від своєї письменницької діяльності за останні півтора року. У тому ж році Шуману було дозволено одружитися з Джоанною Крістіаною Шнобель, яка народила шістьох дітей, у тому числі молодшого з братів і сестер Роберта Шумана в 1810 році.

Свою велику колекцію книг Шуман створив як публічну запозичену бібліотеку і продовжив свої літературні роботи. Перше видавництво, засноване в 1799 році, пропонувало майже виключно твори з-під його пера. У 1808 році в бізнес вступив його брат Фрідріх Шуман, і книжковий магазин був перенесений в Цвіккау.

Видавець в Цвіккау

Видавництво братів Шуман у Цвіккау випустило кишенькову бібліотеку іноземних класиків у нових виданнях, яка довела її до більш ніж 250 томів. Наприклад, вельмишановні переклади англомовних творів Вальтера Скотта і лорда Байрона були стурбовані Елізою фон Гогенхаузен. У той же час твори англійських, французьких, італійських, іспанських класиків з'явилися відповідно мовою оригіналу (Pocket edition, портативною бібліотекою, Bibliotheca portatile або Bibliotheca портативний). Ряди можна було отримати і за передплатою.

«Готель Waldhotel цієї милої, особливо під час поїздок і прогулянок, безсумнівно, кожному з друзів літератури чудовий привітних витрати так мило і витончено, що це в That нічого не залишає бажати кращого», міркував один рецензент Jena бичачих цілому літературні газети: «друк і папір однаково добре і чисто, і композиції мідь, хоча і не постійно, але все ж набагато більшої частин після, в кресленні і хрестиком напевно Гера, і тим більш приємне доповнення, ніж їх портрети sämmtlichen містять письменник, біографія і загальна характеристика якого в той же час, в дуже доцільному і створеному з кращих джерел огляді, додаються всюди.»

З 1800 року він видавав Купецьку і Фабрикантську адресну книгу під назвою Комерційна Німеччина. Пізніше август Шуман заснував Провінційний Вісник ерцгерцога (1807-1812), а також пам'ятні листи для освічених читачів з усіх станів (1813-1826). Випуск іміджевої збірки «чудові князі, державні діячі та військові діячі» став ще однією економічною опорою.

З сучасної німецькомовної літератури Шуман переніс, зокрема, твори Бюргера, Клопштока і Мусея. Найвідомішим Видавничим твором був 18-томний повний Державний, Поштовий і газетний лексикон Саксонії, видання якого було продовжено і завершено Альбертом Шиффнером після його смерті.

Сім'я і діти

Август Шуман познайомився з Джоанною Крістіаною Шнобель і в них було 6 дітей:

 1. Емілі, народилася 19.07.1796 в Роннебурзі, померла на 05.10.1825 в Цвіккау 29 років.
 2. Едуард (див. IIA).
 3. Карл (див. IIb).
 4. Юліус (див. IIc).
 5. Лаура, народилася в 1809 році, померла в 1809 році.
 6. Роберт (див. IId).

Останні роки та смерть

Август Шуман - батько композитора Роберта Шумана (1810-1856), який народився останнім зі своїх шістьох дітей і якого він хотів навчити у Карла Марії фон Вебер. Але перш ніж вдалося прийти до відповідної угоди, обидва, Вебер і Август Шуман, померли влітку 1826 р.

Старший брат Робертс, Едуард Шуман, який вів компанію Форт і продав кишенькові витрати, нарешті, в 1837 році книготорговці J. G. Lindemann в Цвіккау. Видавнича книжкова крамниця Шумана проіснувала до 1840 року.

Роботи

→ Hauptseite: August Schumann (Wikisource)
 Compendiöses Handbuch für Kaufleute oder encyklopädische Uebersicht alles Wissenswürdigen im Gebiet der Handlung. Gräff, Leipzig 1795–1796.
 Vollständiges Staats-, Post- und Zeitungslexikon von Sachsen, enthaltend eine richtige und ausführliche geographische, topographische und historische Darstellung aller Städte, Flecken, Dörfer, Schlösser, Höfe, Gebirge, Wälder, Seen, Flüsse etc. gesammter Königl. und Fürstl. Sächsischer Lande mit Einschluß des Fürstenthums Schwarzburg, des Erfurtschen Gebietes, so wie der Reußischen und Schönburgischen Besitzungen. Schumann, Zwickau 1814–1833, 13 Bände und 5 Supplementbände.

Примітки

Література

Джерела

 Volker Knüpfer: Für Emanzipation und bürgerliche Ordnung. Zum publizistischen Wirken von August Schumann. In: Erzgebirgische Heimatblätter. Band 16, Heft 5, , S. 22–24.
 Gerd Nauhaus: August Schumann (1773–1826). In: Gerald Wiemers (Hrsg.): Sächsische Lebensbilder. Band 6, Teil 2, Steiner, Stuttgart 2009, ISBN  	978-3-515-09383-5, S. 723–733.

 Karl Ernst Richter: Friedrich August Gottlob Schumann. In: Neuer Nekrolog der Deutschen. Band 4, Teil 1, Voigt, Ilmenau 1828, S. 446–469.
 Rudolf Schmidt: Schumann (Zwickau). In: Deutsche Buchhändler. Deutsche Buchdrucker. Band 5, Schmidt, Berlin/Eberswalde 1908, S. 876–878.

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During the months of June, July, August, September and October you are most likely to experience good weather with pleasant average temperatures.
Most rainfall (rainy season) is seen in May, June, July, September and October.
Ikuata has dry periods in January, February and December.
On average, the warmest month is February.
September is the wettest month. This month should be avoided if you don't like too much rain.
December is the driest month.
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August 2018 /
Penny Creek Band highlights Scarecrow Stroll and Harvest Festival
By BY JEFF NAVIN
Published: September 27 2017
Chris Paganoni, left, Trevor Klutz, Susan Pounds, John Apfelthaler and Fritz Kraemer play for the Penny Creek Band.
VIERA VOICE Courtesy of Penny Creek Band
Late summer, virtually every year, Susan Pounds of the Penny Creek Band looks forward to a call from Jill Blue, publisher of the Viera Voice.
Blue, the CEO of the Bluewater Creative Group, conducts the Viera Voice Scarecrow Stroll and Harvest Festival each October at The Avenue Viera. The Penny Creek Band has performed in most of the festivals, and the bluegrass band will be featured at this year's festival once again.
The seventh Viera Voice Scarecrow Stroll and Harvest Festival will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 20 at The Avenue Viera.
Besides Pounds, other members of the Penny Creek Band include Chris Paganoni, Fritz Kraemer, John Apfelthaler and Trevor Klutz. Paganoni plays the guitar and vocals, Kraemer plays the mandolin and vocals, Apfelthaler plays the banjo, guitar and vocals and Klutz plays the fiddle.
"We're so happy that Jill has invited us back,'' said Pounds, who plays the mandolin, bass and vocals. "We love performing in the Harvest Festival, and we hope everyone there enjoys our music. It's a great family event and fundraiser for a great cause.''
Pounds, who was born in New Orleans and raised in Alabama, moved to Melbourne in 1986. She started playing the guitar in 1987 and soon developed a passion for bluegrass music. Pounds began playing the mandolin in 2000 and then, in 2010, the bass became her primary instrument for the Penny Creek Band.
Just a few days after Hurricane Irma struck Brevard County, Pounds attended a mandolin music camp in Nashville, Tenn.
"I like hanging out in Nashville, taking classes and expanding on my music,'' Pounds said. "There are so many camps for both the mandolin and the bass. You can always learn and advance. I always want to work on things.''
Businesses in Viera, Suntree and Rockledge are asked to build scarecrows to encourage foot traffic along a mapped route. Participants in the stroll will log in a secret code they receive at participating businesses that have built a scarecrow. The pull-out maps will be published in the October issue of Viera Voice.
Maps are turned in at designated locations, and participants vote for their favorite scarecrows. The winner of the stroll ballots will receive the People's Choice award. Participants in the stroll also will be eligible for prizes including a Forever Florida Adventure pack for the first place prize.
A silent auction to purchase each of the scarecrows will be conducted during the festival. All proceeds will go to the Family Promise of Brevard.
The popular Zucchini 500 car race also returns along with the pumpkin patch. Children will build their own race cars from aerodynamic green squash complete with axles and wheels.
The children's Mini-Crow building contest is open for children in two age groups — 6 to 9 and 10 to 16. The winner in each age group will receive cash prizes.
While strolling, the Penny Creek Band will contribute to the happy and care-free atmosphere.
"Bluegrass is so special to me,'' Pounds said. "It complements other types of music. It features all the instruments, and its sounds are like real life. The guys in the band are just awesome, and we get along great.''


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Statistical Specification of the 500-mb Height Fields Using Smoothed Medium-Resolution Radiometric Fields of Nimbus II
Author: Frank L. Martin
Relationships Between Integrated Atmospheric Moisture and Surface Weather
Authors: Dale A. Lowry and Harry R. Glahn
WARMEST AUTUMN IN EAST
A Comment on "The N0 Jump of Raindrop Spectra"
Author: Francis J. Merceret
Estimating Regional Surface Heat and Moisture Fluxes above Prairie Cropland from Surface and Upper-Air Measurements
Authors: Alan G. Barr and G. S. Strong
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FORECASTING THE MOTION OF TROPICAL CYCLONES USING A NUMERICALLY DERIVED STEERING CURRENT AND ITS BIAS
ROBERT J. RENARD1
1 Department of Meteorology and Oceanography, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, Calif.
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The vector motion of severe tropical cyclones (including storm, hurricane/typhoon stages) is forecasted by a numerical scheme which involves two steps:
a. Numerical geostrophic steering of the center of the cyclone using the U.S. Navy Fleet Numerical Weather Facility's (FN WF) operationally produced smoothed isobaric height fields, called SR. The tropical perturbations are steered in 1-hr. time steps up to 72 hr., using winds derived from the SR analysis dated closest to warning time. SR 500 mb. in the Pacific and SR 700 mb. in the Atlantic gave the most accurate forecasts on tests of 10 northwest Pacific typhoons and all five north Atlantic tropical storms and hurricanes in the period Aug. 15–Nov. 1, 1965. Forecasts were made twice daily, 0600 and 1800 gmt, during this period using the best track information.
b. Next, the numerical-steering prediction is objectively modified to adjust for bias (i.e., deficiency in both zonal and meridional motion) by utilizing errors made in the most recent. 12- and 24-hr. numerical-steering forecasts. Several modes of adjustment are employed; the most recent 12- (12- and 24-) hr. numerical-steering bias yields the most accurate correction of subsequent Atlantic (Pacific) forecasts out, to periods of 72 hr. The optimal Naval Post-graduate School (NPGS) technique produces forecast errors ranging from an average of 4.2 kt. for 12-hr. forecasts to 6.2 kt. for 72-hr. forecasts. The U.S. Navy's official forecast accuracy is excelled by the NPGS scheme for all time periods.
Stratification of error statistics by area, trajectory, and stage of storm, intercomparison with ESSA's NHC-64 technique, discussion of merits and deficiencies of the research program relative to operational forecasts, and current experiments at FNWF are discussed.
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FCC's chairman Ajit Pai announced the Commission would vote next month about reversing the 2015 net neutrality order.
Four months into the new year it seems that the time has come for another update on R2BF around the world; you can find our latest roundup from December here. In almost one year to the day the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will enter into force and the right to be forgotten will be regulated by law. In the meantime national and regional Courts globally keep contributing to shape their version of the right to be forgotten.
Our new report presents an overview of the VAT rates applied to news publishers in the EU.


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#define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt

#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/moduleparam.h>
#include <linux/types.h>
#include <linux/timer.h>
#include <linux/watchdog.h>
#include <linux/notifier.h>
#include <linux/reboot.h>
#include <linux/init.h>
#include <linux/jiffies.h>
#include <linux/kernel.h>

#define TIMER_MARGIN	60		/* Default is 60 seconds */
static unsigned int soft_margin = TIMER_MARGIN;	/* in seconds */
module_param(soft_margin, uint, 0);
MODULE_PARM_DESC(soft_margin,
	"Watchdog soft_margin in seconds. (0 < soft_margin < 65536, default="
					__MODULE_STRING(TIMER_MARGIN) ")");

static bool nowayout = WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT;
module_param(nowayout, bool, 0);
MODULE_PARM_DESC(nowayout,
		"Watchdog cannot be stopped once started (default="
				__MODULE_STRING(WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT) ")");

static int soft_noboot;
module_param(soft_noboot, int, 0);
MODULE_PARM_DESC(soft_noboot,
	"Softdog action, set to 1 to ignore reboots, 0 to reboot (default=0)");

static int soft_panic;
module_param(soft_panic, int, 0);
MODULE_PARM_DESC(soft_panic,
	"Softdog action, set to 1 to panic, 0 to reboot (default=0)");

/*
 *	Our timer
 */

static void watchdog_fire(unsigned long);

static struct timer_list watchdog_ticktock =
		TIMER_INITIALIZER(watchdog_fire, 0, 0);

/*
 *	If the timer expires..
 */

static void watchdog_fire(unsigned long data)
{
	if (soft_noboot)
		pr_crit("Triggered - Reboot ignored\n");
	else if (soft_panic) {
		pr_crit("Initiating panic\n");
		panic("Software Watchdog Timer expired");
	} else {
		pr_crit("Initiating system reboot\n");
		emergency_restart();
		pr_crit("Reboot didn't ?????\n");
	}
}

/*
 *	Softdog operations
 */

static int softdog_ping(struct watchdog_device *w)
{
	mod_timer(&watchdog_ticktock, jiffies+(w->timeout*HZ));
	return 0;
}

static int softdog_stop(struct watchdog_device *w)
{
	del_timer(&watchdog_ticktock);
	return 0;
}

static int softdog_set_timeout(struct watchdog_device *w, unsigned int t)
{
	w->timeout = t;
	return 0;
}

/*
 *	Notifier for system down
 */

static int softdog_notify_sys(struct notifier_block *this, unsigned long code,
	void *unused)
{
	if (code == SYS_DOWN || code == SYS_HALT)
		/* Turn the WDT off */
		softdog_stop(NULL);
	return NOTIFY_DONE;
}

/*
 *	Kernel Interfaces
 */

static struct notifier_block softdog_notifier = {
	.notifier_call	= softdog_notify_sys,
};

static struct watchdog_info softdog_info = {
	.identity = "Software Watchdog",
	.options = WDIOF_SETTIMEOUT | WDIOF_KEEPALIVEPING | WDIOF_MAGICCLOSE,
};

static struct watchdog_ops softdog_ops = {
	.owner = THIS_MODULE,
	.start = softdog_ping,
	.stop = softdog_stop,
	.set_timeout = softdog_set_timeout,
};

static struct watchdog_device softdog_dev = {
	.info = &softdog_info,
	.ops = &softdog_ops,
	.min_timeout = 1,
	.max_timeout = 0xFFFF
};

static int __init watchdog_init(void)
{
	int ret;

	/* Check that the soft_margin value is within it's range;
	   if not reset to the default */
	if (soft_margin < 1 || soft_margin > 65535) {
		pr_info("soft_margin must be 0 < soft_margin < 65536, using %d\n",
			TIMER_MARGIN);
		return -EINVAL;
	}
	softdog_dev.timeout = soft_margin;

	watchdog_set_nowayout(&softdog_dev, nowayout);

	ret = register_reboot_notifier(&softdog_notifier);
	if (ret) {
		pr_err("cannot register reboot notifier (err=%d)\n", ret);
		return ret;
	}

	ret = watchdog_register_device(&softdog_dev);
	if (ret) {
		unregister_reboot_notifier(&softdog_notifier);
		return ret;
	}

	pr_info("Software Watchdog Timer: 0.08 initialized. soft_noboot=%d soft_margin=%d sec soft_panic=%d (nowayout=%d)\n",
		soft_noboot, soft_margin, soft_panic, nowayout);

	return 0;
}

static void __exit watchdog_exit(void)
{
	watchdog_unregister_device(&softdog_dev);
	unregister_reboot_notifier(&softdog_notifier);
}

module_init(watchdog_init);
module_exit(watchdog_exit);

MODULE_AUTHOR("Alan Cox");
MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Software Watchdog Device Driver");
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");


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In-depth news coverage of the Greater Boston Area.
Near Miss: Driver Escapes With Just a Scratch After Concrete Falls Off I-93 Overpass
The concrete left a large hole in Leonard Brown's windshield, but he wasn't seriously hurt
By Abbey Niezgoda • Published January 25, 2022 • Updated on January 25, 2022 at 7:11 pm
A Boston man was fortunate to escape serious injury when a chunk of concrete fell off an Interstate 93 overpass in Somerville as he was driving under it, landing right on his SUV.
The concrete left a large hole in Leonard Brown's windshield, but the only injury he suffered was a scrape on his wrist.
"That's the only injury, which, like I said, is completely amazing," he said.
Unbelievable. Leonard Brown has only a scrape on his wrist after a piece of concrete fell of the I-93 overpass in #Somerville and went flying through his windshield. @nbc10boston pic.twitter.com/fB6kCjKdU5
— Abbey Niezgoda NBC10 Boston (@AbbeyNBCBoston) January 25, 2022
The incident happened just before 10 a.m. Tuesday. Brown said he'd just got done running errands and was headed home to his wife in Boston. He said he's glad she wasn't with him.
"If I had had anybody else in the car they would have been severely injured, if not killed," he said.
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation said it was alerted to a report of concrete falling from the Exit 20 overpass and "immediately dispatched staff to inspect the structure."
The inspection is currently underway and there are no road closures at this time, a MassDOT spokeswoman told NBC10 Boston.
Crews were spotted out at the scene on Tuesday afternoon inspecting the overpass.
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Q: GCloud: Routing domain name to specific port to host multiple services on one compute instance without apache virtual hosts I'm looking to host multiple services on a single compute instance. I'm using docker for the one existing service, which has been configured to serve the http on the usual ports. And since I'm using docker I figured it would be easier to set a routing setting than set up a new apache/nginx server.
Could I route the traffic from one address to a specific port? Or, more specifically, is it possible to map a specific port on the server to the http/s ports for a certain domain name?
If it is possible I'm sure it must be a simple setting, but I'm not intimately familiar with GCloud so I'm also sure that I'm missing something.

A: Yes, you can route ports using IP Tables or setting up a container for virtual hosts which will use Apache or Nginx or similar). However, there are very good reasons to not expose Docker containers to the Internet. Deploy Apache or Nginx as your frontend or deploy a Google Cloud HTTP(S) Load Balancer.

A: This is not how virtual host works - only cannot simply remap :443 without breaking SSL.
Use Cloud DNS to provide name resolution & use virtual host to tell apart the host headers.
External HTTP(S) Load Balancing  would be required to map different internal portswhich also requires named virtual hosts - else the backend will not know which site it is.
With named virtual hosts one can also define multiple SSL certificates.

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Posted by Vanessa Greenwood, Ph.D.· December 5, 2015
In no particular order with no particular taxonomy. Subjects range from the mundane to the magnificent. All views are strictly my own.
Nathan For You is For Me
[added November 4, 2018] It should come as no surprise to anyone that I am in love with Nathan Fielder. If you have ever watched his show Nathan For You on Comedy Central you would understand. Nathan is a business advisor who implements strategies that no traditional consultant would dare attempt. Whether it's creating a coffee shop called Dumb Starbucks, inventing a poo-flavored yogurt or staging an elaborate video where a pig saves a goat, no idea is too daring. And while Nathan's efforts may not always succeed, they always have big results. It's a spectacular ethnomethodological study of people through pseudo-reality tv. Yes, it's complicated. In many ways. It's post-modern. And it's oh so brilliant. Even when Nathan appears on talk shows, he never breaks character. And what a brilliant character he is. The video essay "The Un-Reality of Nathan For You" (Full Fat Videos) explains it very well:
A Cookbook (sort of, but not really)
© 1996 Spectrum House
[added February 15, 2017] Rarely does a cookbook stir me like this one (no pun intended). In Memory's Kitchen: A Legacy From the Women of Terezîn is based on a handwritten cookbook written by undernourished and starving women in a the Czechoslovakian concentration camp of Terezîn—the Nazi's "model" ghetto on the outside, but on the inside a way station to Auschwitz and other death camps. In the book, Mina Pächter and her friends talked obsessively about food. Pächter compiles the cookbook (and urged others in the camp to contribute) as a legacy for her daughter Anny Stern who was living in Palestine at the time. Sadly, these women did not survive Terezîn. However, the compilation of recipes were smuggled out of the camp prior to Pächter's death in 1944.
Within the pages of this book are gut-wrenching messages about human suffering. Yet, even more powerful are the messages about defiance and familial and cultural legacy. This is an extraordinary book (and I'm not even Jewish).
Michael Berenbaum, the Director of the U.S. Holocaust Research Institute in Washington, D.C. eloquently writes in the foreward to In Memories Kitchen:
A page from the original cookbook
It is a flight of the imagination back to an earlier time when food was available, when women had homes and kitchens and could provide a meal for their children. The fantasy must have been painful for the authors. Recalling recipes was an act of discipline that required them to suppress their current hunger and to think of the ordinary world before the camps—and perhaps to dare to dream of the a world after the camps.
As such, this work—unlike conventional cookbooks—is not to be savored for its culinary offerings but for the insight it gives us in understanding the extraordinary capacity of the human spirit to transcend its surroundings, to defy dehumanization, and to dream of the past and of the future. One can sense a spiritual toughness in the sisterhood forged in these pages. It adds but another fragment to understanding an event that defies comprehension. For the imagination of those of us who were not there—even those of us who know the history so well—still cannot approach the inner courtyard of this hell" (xv-xvi)
It puts everything (including my own lackluster cooking skills) into perspective. Well-served, Mina Pächter.
I Love D-Day
2016 Doris Day Calendar (dorisday.com)
[added February 8, 2016] Not that D-Day. Doris Day. She may have been mocked as a Goody Two-Shoes but don't let her fresh-as-a-daisy countenance and fashionable exterior fool you: Doris Day is tough, resilient, determined, and multi-talented. These qualities showed through in her films that I grew up watching as a little girl. Her smile was magical (her wardrobe fabulous). My film favorites are her rom coms of the 1960s ("Lover Come Back," "Pillow Talk," and "Move Over, Darling") but she showed some serious acting talent in "Love Me or Leave Me" with James Cagney and musicality in "Pajama Game." Doris Kappelhoff (her real name) started out as a big band singer (with Les Brown) yet I actually didn't discover her music until I was a teenager (after I discovered her films). I can see why she has been referred to by many as one of the best lyrical singers on par with Frank Sinatra. Doris has overcome some serious challenges in her lifetime—yet she has always projected gratitude and a sense of purpose beyond show biz. Without apology.
Now at the seasoned age of 92, Doris Day has aged the most gracefully out of any radio-film-TV star or human that I know. She lives in one of my favorite places (Carmel, California) and has devoted her golden years to serious philanthropic efforts. She hasn't looked back on Hollywood, but has been fully engaged in her various animal charities. Her autobiography is pretty compelling and of the various books out there, I like Garry McGee's bio of Doris Day titled, Sentimental Journey (on Kindle). DorisDay.com is also retro-chic as it loops her classic songs and offers vintage and recent photos. The site features a recent clip (about 3 minutes) of Doris sending holiday greetings and giving an update on her animal charities to her fans. It is heartwarming. You can also buy her 2016 calendar and her book of paper dolls. Now, that is the cat's meow. Move over, Betty White.
Crocheting & Knitting Towards Warmer Weather
[added November 25, 2015] I can't remember when exactly I learned to crochet. I think my older sister taught me when I was around 7 years old. I wasn't adept at first. But I liked it. And stuck with it. I was much older before I was allowed to work with sharp knitting needles (wise decision). I love both crocheting and knitting, but only in the winter season. For a native Californian living in the northeastern United States, it is highly therapeutic. With each item I create (and then give away), I am psychologically (and technically) closer to warmer weather. I recently realized that I can classify the past four holiday seasons according to a crochet and/or knit trend in my universe:
Barbie models a slouch hat.
2012 featured the knitted (and crocheted) scull cap (with round needles).
2013 debuted the wonders of the crocheted scoodie (scarf + hoodie)
2014 brought a retro-chic aura through the crocheted slouch hat
2015 is the knitted/crocheted bulky scarf. Lots of them. For everyone.
I especially appreciate how easy it is to learn new stitches and find new (and free) patterns on YouTube. (Huge learning curve between reading a knitting pattern versus watching an online tutorial). Although most of the projects aren't the colors or exact styles I would choose, it's fun to adapt it to my own creative tastes. A type of craft re-mixing, I suppose. There are some excellent craft vlogs out there. One of the consistently best channels (and the most educational) for crocheting is by an Aussie named Clare. Her video instructions are clear and it's evident she is passionate about crocheting. Her YouTube Channel is BobWilson123 and she also has a page on patreon.com. If you're a crafter/maker like me, then you are sure to get hooked. Pun intended.
HitRECord on pivot tv
[added June 30, 2015] The National Association for Media Literacy Education awarded HitRECord the 2015 Media Literate Media Award and rightly so. Joseph Gordon Levitt's creative, collaborative, crowd-sourced program is an inspiration. Just take a look at the first episode and you'll see why it's one of the best new shows on one of the best new networks: pivot tv.
All things Tiffany Shlain
[Added June 12, 2014] She had me at Connected: An Autoblogography About Love, Death & Technology. Watch the teaser below and you'll see why:
That is just one of the many fruits of Tiffany Shlain's amazing creative yet oh-so-analytical brain.
Shlain is an Emmy-nominated filmmaker and founder of The Webby Awards and her San Francisco-based Moxie Institute Film Studio + Lab has had four films premiere at Sundance, won over 70 awards, and her work has been described by the New York Times as "Examining everything from the big bang to Twitter." Three of their films have been selected by The U.S. State Department to screen at embassies around the world as part of the American Film Showcase. Their AOL Original hit series, The Future Starts Here, was nominated for an Emmy Award in the category New Approaches: Arts, Lifestyle & Culture, and has over 40 million views. Shlain also runs a sister organization to the film studio, a nonprofit called Let it Ripple: Mobile Films for Global Change that make free films for schools globally. They just organized the second annual #CharacterDay where they premiered two new films The Adaptable Mind & The Making of a Mensch to over 6700 screenings in 41 countries on Sept 18th. Oh, did I mention she's also a wife and mother?
Shlain is simply amazing. And mindful. She is known to take a technology shabbat every Saturday to power down and live life to the fullest. (I take my technology sabbath on Sunday).
You can sign up for updates on her new films, projects and (my favorite) her quarterly newsletter of her favorite things.


Click here to download the Feb. 2nd, 2019 conference schedule.
The University of Florida's Writing Program invites proposals for the annual Conference on Pedagogy, Practice and Philosophy. This year, we will examine how writing environments influence writing practice and pedagogy. Writing always takes place somewhere, from notes on a page and assignments addressing a specific audience to graffiti sprayed on a wall and memes designed for viral circulation. As communication becomes more mobile and multimodal, writing instruction must consider where writing takes place alongside how writing moves and circulates. Students and instructors alike communicate across a multitude of writing ecologies, developing composition practices that shape our relationships with individuals, networks, institutions, and events. How can college composition use ideas of space, place, and participation to help students understand different perspectives, formats, and rhetorical goals? We want to discuss tools and approaches for teaching writing as a part of a complex environment that extends beyond courses and classrooms – to analyze how writing environments shape not only where we compose, but how, why, and to what effect.
Analyzing writing environments means examining the conditions as well as the locations of composition. Increasingly, writing programs are asked to incorporate skills that encourage students to participate in public forums or civic action. Writers balance academic goals with community activism, public engagement and professional development. How can college composition prepare students for diverse writing environments and methods of circulation? How do writing instructors already engage community-based pedagogies or emerging writing environments with new media technologies and shifts in pedagogical practice, design, and implementation? In addition, how can writing programs create access to resources or better account for disparate conditions when teaching writing? We seek presentations that address the ever-changing dynamics of composition, while also attending to the challenges and opportunities these changes afford for both students and instructors.
The conference is designed as a practicum that emphasizes collaboration and exchange. Participants are asked to reflect upon the study, practice, and philosophy of teaching writing in universities, and to reconsider current educational trends about learning, engagement, comprehension, and skills-development. In addition, we ask scholars to reflect on writing methods and environments that occur outside of classrooms and to discuss how diverse modes of writing influence classroom learning. The overarching goal of this conference is to create a network for sharing effective, innovative, and creative approaches to composition pedagogy in practice. If you have a theory, lesson, activity, or discussion – please come and share your writing practice and pedagogy with us.
Instead of having panelists read traditional twenty-minute conference papers, we welcome proposals for ten to twelve minute presentations or demonstrations that illustrate pragmatic approaches, strategies, and techniques for teaching writing. Accepted participants will be grouped into themed or conceptual panels, but our goal is to extend the dialog and conversation across the conference sessions. We are also open to proposals for roundtable discussions, which are to model a conversational, collaborative, and audience-centered or participatory format.
Instead of having panelists read traditional conference papers, we welcome proposals for ten to twelve minute presentations or demonstrations that illustrate pragmatic approaches, strategies, and techniques for teaching writing. Accepted participants will be grouped into themed or conceptual panels, but our goal is to extend the dialog and conversation across the conference sessions. We are also open to proposals for roundtable discussions, which model a conversational, collaborative, and audience-centered or participatory format.
This year, instead of featuring one keynote speaker, we have organized a workshop to discuss diverse writing environments. The workshop will address specific techniques and approaches through structured, collaborative discussions. By creating a space for instructors to communicate and learn from each other, we hope to build upon the expertise already at the conference and allow multiple perspectives to guide a productive exchange.
To submit a proposal for an individual presentation, please email a 250 word abstract in .doc, .docx, .rtf, or .pdf format to Shannon Butts at Shannon.butts@ufl.edu. Be sure to include your contact information, affiliation, and position/title on the abstract. To propose a roundtable, please email a description of the discussion, a rationale of what it seeks to accomplish, and the names, affiliations, and positions/titles of each participant. Proposals must be submitted no later than November 25th. Accepted participants will be notified by December 1st. The Conference will occur on February 2, 2019 at the University of Florida.
Please feel free to email Shannon.butts@ufl.edu if you have any questions.


- The Garden of Virtue and Harmony: This garden was built as a theater for the Empress Dowager. Its construction began in the 17th year of Emperor Guangxu's reign (1891) and lasted for five years. The three-storey theater stage is the biggest and best-preserved wooden stage of delicate design and magnificent structure, and is therefore of much scientific and artistic value. Famous Beijing Opera actors of the Qing Dynasty such as Yang Xiaolou and Tan Xinpei would come here to perform for the Empress Dowager and the stage was regarded as the"Cradle of Beijing Opera". The Empress Dowager also granted special permission for some of the princes, dukes and cabinet ministers to watch Beijing opera here.
- Xian City Wall with Bicycle: The City Wall is the oldest and best preserved city wall in China, and it divides the city into inner and outer parts. It is 25.7 kilometers long and encircles the inner city. Biking on the City Wall is a pleasant experience to enjoy the view and its former glory.
- White Pagoda Mountain: The White Pagoda Hill is located at the northern bank of the Yellow River. It was named after the white pagoda on top of the hill. It was said that the pagoda was built in honor of a well-known Tibetan Lama who died of an illness in Lanzhou on his way to meet the founder of the Yuan Dynasty. Now the White Pagoda Park covers an area of more than 8,000 square meters. There are some special features waiting to be explored.
- Waterwheel Garden: The huge old waterwheel, originated from Ming Dynasty, is used to irrigate the fields along the Yellow River in ancient times in Lanzhou. The Waterwheel Garden, which is also known as 'Heaven Wheel', is built in honor of the old irrigative tool. It will be a thrilling experience for the visitors to tour the Waterwheel Garden to see the replica of the old irrigation system.
Lanzhou city nestles into a narrow valley, sandwiched in the south and north moutains, with the Yellow River running through the city proper at the foot of Jiuzhou Mountain.The Binhelu Road at the southern bank of the Yellow River is known as the "green corridor" and extends for some ten km from west to east with numerous flower gardens and small parks scattered along the road. It is believed to be one of the longest roads along the river banks in China.
- Zhongshan Iron Bridge: Zhongshan Iron Bridge is known as the first bridge on the Yellow River under the heaven. It was built in the Qing Dynasty and has a history of more than 100 years.
- Quanshunlou Restaurant: Quanshunlou Restaurant specializes in pasta and roast mutton cooked in the north western style.
- Nine Scenery-view Stations on the Way: There are 45 stations along the 1972 km long Qinghai-Tibet railway from Xining to Lhasa and every station has unique scenery. To provide travelers better opportunity to enjoy the stunningly beautiful scenery on that way, nine scenery viewing platforms have been set up at nine stations. These include: Yuzhu Peak Station, Chumaer River. Tuotuo river, Buqiangge, Tanggula Mountain, Lake Namtso, Nagqu, Damshung, Yambajan. The platform is around 500-meter long and 1.25 meters high. On the platform, visitors can enjoy the views around that area and take photos. The authority has scheduled the trains so that passengers will be able to make use of the viewing platforms during daytime.
- Potala Palace: Built in the seventh century, Potala Palace was the former winter home of Dalai Lamas. Today it served as a huge museum that houses and exhibits precious materials and articles of the history, arts, religion and culture of Tibet.
- Sera Monastery: Sera Monastery is one of the three greatest monasteries in Tibet. It is grand in scale, with an area of 114,964 square meters. It is the venue where monks hold daily debates.
- Barkhor Street: It is the oldest street in Lhasa with colorful Tibetan features. Varieties of commodities are sold here and present to you all aspects of Tibetan life. You will also see pilgrims from different places of Tibet with praying wheels circling around the Jokhang Monastery.
- Original Crazy Yak Restaurant: Crazy Yak Restaurant is located in the city center near Potala Palace. It mainly provides a Tibetan buffet, Chinese dishes and Western style cuisine, it also serves as a casual bar as well. Decorated in Tibetan style of architecture, it has live performances at night.
- Drepung Monastery: Located 5 kilometers from Lhasa city center, Trepung Monastery is the largest monastery in Tibet. It was founded in 1416. Its white grand buildings makes a contrast under the sunlight against the black mountain at its back.
- Yomdrok Lake: With a length of 72 kilometers, Yamdrok Lake is one of the three largest sacred lakes in Tibet. It is surrounded by snow-capped mountains. In Tibetan mythology, the lake is the transformation of goddess.
Transfers between airports, hotels and scenic spots while sightseeing in Beijing, Xian, Dunhuang, Lanzhou, Lhasa by private air conditioned vehicle with a driver and English-speaking guide (as listed above).


Job has already said that he'd rather rest in hell than continue on with his current condition - a ridiculous thing to say. Job's friends are moved to speak into this untruth and misery. In this podcast, the twins characterize the friends, criticize their approach and theology, and then, finally, they look at what it means to be a good friend to the sufferer.


A B C is running a story on a recent gun law in Arkansas. You can go there and post comments on the story, right on their site--it's not a poll, it's a blog. The antis could blog this out, and you need to help stop that.


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Q: Google managed vm java - 503 response code We have a running application on gae java flexi env,
now a days we are getting 503 errors most frequently for most of the urls -
response code - 503
Request was aborted after waiting too long to attempt to service your request.
What could be possible reason ?


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A joint initiative between the American Immigration Council and AILA seeks to alter the enjoying discipline for immigrants dealing with deportation. A lawyer might help you determine which one could also be finest in your scenario and also you might be able to study more choices than beforehand thought. If they're both residing legally within the United Kingdom, your son could also be eligible to file his Petition for Relative with the overseas USCIS workplace in London.


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SFB may refer to:

 Securities and Futures Bureau, an agency in Taiwan
 Sender Freies Berlin (Radio Free Berlin), a German broadcaster
 SfB-Oure FA, a Danish football club
 Small finance bank, a type of financial institution in India
 Sonderforschungsbereiche (Collaborative Research Centres), German research projects
 Star Fleet Battles, a board game
 Statens filmgranskningsbyrå, Finnish Board of Film Classification
 Stochastic Fair Blue, an active queue management algorithm
 Sunken featured building, or pit-house, a type of partially below-ground shelter
 N-succinimidyl 4-fluorobenzoate, an organofluorine compound
 Orlando Sanford International Airport (IATA code)