text:
#include <zzip/lib.h>           /* exported... */
#include <zlib.h>

#include <string.h>
#include <errno.h>

#include <zzip/file.h>

/* *INDENT-OFF* */
static struct errlistentry { int code; const char* mesg; }
errlist[] =
{
    { ZZIP_NO_ERROR,        "No error" },
    { ZZIP_OUTOFMEM,
      "could not get temporary memory for internal structures" },
    { ZZIP_DIR_OPEN,        "Failed to open zip-file %s" },
    { ZZIP_DIR_STAT,        "Failed to fstat zip-file %s" },
    { ZZIP_DIR_SEEK,        "Failed to lseek zip-file %s" },
    { ZZIP_DIR_READ,        "Failed to read zip-file %s"},
    { ZZIP_DIR_TOO_SHORT,   "zip-file %s too short" },
    { ZZIP_DIR_EDH_MISSING, "zip-file central directory not found" },
    { ZZIP_DIRSIZE,         "Directory size too big..." },
    { ZZIP_ENOENT,          "No such file found in zip-file %s" },
    { ZZIP_UNSUPP_COMPR,    "Unsupported compression format" },
    { ZZIP_CORRUPTED,       "Zipfile corrupted" },
    { ZZIP_UNDEF,           "Some undefined error occurred" },
    { ZZIP_DIR_LARGEFILE,   "Directory is largefile variant" },
    { 0, 0 },
};
/* *INDENT-ON* */

#define errlistSIZE (sizeof(errlist)/sizeof(*errlist))

/**
 * returns the static string for the given error code. The
 * error code can be either a normal system error (a
 * positive error code will flag this), it can be => libz
 * error code (a small negative error code will flag this)
 * or it can be an error code from => libzzip, which is an
 * negative value lower than => ZZIP_ERROR
 */
zzip_char_t *
zzip_strerror(int errcode)
{
    if (errcode < ZZIP_ERROR && errcode > ZZIP_ERROR - 32)
    {
        struct errlistentry *err = errlist;

        for (; err->mesg; err++)
        {
            if (err->code == errcode)
                return err->mesg;
        }
        errcode = EINVAL;
    }

    if (errcode < 0)
    {
        if (errcode == -1)
            return strerror(errcode);
        else
            return zError(errcode);
    }

    return strerror(errcode);
}

/** => zzip_strerror
 * This function fetches the errorcode from the => DIR-handle and
 * runs it through => zzip_strerror to obtain the static string
 * describing the error.
 */
zzip_char_t *
zzip_strerror_of(ZZIP_DIR * dir)
{
    if (! dir)
        return strerror(errno);
    return zzip_strerror(dir->errcode);
}

/* *INDENT-OFF* */
static struct errnolistentry { int code; int e_no; }
errnolist[] =
{
    { Z_STREAM_ERROR, EPIPE },
    { Z_DATA_ERROR, ESPIPE },
    { Z_MEM_ERROR, ENOMEM },
    { Z_BUF_ERROR, EMFILE },
    { Z_VERSION_ERROR, ENOEXEC },

    { ZZIP_DIR_OPEN, ENOTDIR },
    { ZZIP_DIR_STAT, EREMOTE },
    { ZZIP_DIR_SEEK, ESPIPE },
#  ifdef ESTRPIPE
    { ZZIP_DIR_READ, ESTRPIPE},
#  else
    { ZZIP_DIR_READ, EPIPE},
#  endif
    { ZZIP_DIR_TOO_SHORT, ENOEXEC },
#  ifdef ENOMEDIUM
    { ZZIP_DIR_EDH_MISSING, ENOMEDIUM },
#  else
    { ZZIP_DIR_EDH_MISSING, EIO },
#  endif
    { ZZIP_DIRSIZE, EFBIG },
    { ZZIP_OUTOFMEM, ENOMEM },
    { ZZIP_ENOENT, ENOENT },
#  ifdef EPFNOSUPPORT
    { ZZIP_UNSUPP_COMPR, EPFNOSUPPORT },
#  else
    { ZZIP_UNSUPP_COMPR, EACCES },
#  endif
# ifdef EILSEQ
    { ZZIP_CORRUPTED, EILSEQ },
# else
    { ZZIP_CORRUPTED, ELOOP },
# endif
    { ZZIP_UNDEF, EINVAL },
    { 0, 0 },
};
/* *INDENT-ON* */

/**
 * map the error code to a system error code. This is used
 * for the drop-in replacement functions to return a value
 * that can be interpreted correctly by code sections that
 * are unaware of the fact they their => open(2) call had been
 * diverted to a file inside a zip-archive.
 */
int
zzip_errno(int errcode)
{
    if (errcode >= -1)
    {
        return errno;
    } else
    {
        struct errnolistentry *err = errnolist;

        for (; err->code; err++)
        {
            if (err->code == errcode)
                return err->e_no;
        }
        return EINVAL;
    }
}

/*
 * Local variables:
 * c-file-style: "stroustrup"
 * End:
 */

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using System.Collections;

public class GameAir : MonoBehaviour
{
	private GameController gameControl;

	// Use this for initialization
	void Start ()
	{
		GameObject gameControllerObject = GameObject.FindGameObjectWithTag ("GameController");
		gameControl = gameControllerObject.GetComponent <GameController>();
	}

	// Update is called once per frame
	void Update ()
	{
		if (Application.loadedLevel == 0){
			renderer.enabled = false;
		}
		else {
			renderer.enabled = true;
		}

		if (gameObject.name == "Air")
		{
			GetComponent<TextMesh>().text = "air";
		}
		else
		{
			transform.localScale = new Vector3(gameControl.gameAir, 0.25f, 1.0f);
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Do people really understand what's happening in the NHS in 2016?
By and large, the public have little awareness of the impact of what is happening in the NHS, particularly in relation to austerity, budget cuts and social care cuts.
Also, they think it's more expensive than it actually is. We must understand that the UK spends the second lowest amongst the G7 countries, as far as the GDP is concerned. That's the kind of thing people don't understand.
While people seem to know that the NHS is in crisis, they still turn up in unnecessarily large numbers putting pressure on A&Es and putting pressure on GP's surgeries. My view is, when it comes to their own health, they disregard the funding crisis, as if this is about everyone else, and not themselves. It's as simple as that.
The NHS is at a more pivotal stage than it ever has been since I became a GP more than 30 years ago. The financial squeeze on our health service will get much tighter over the next five years with spending per person on the NHS falling by 9%.
In 2015, the Institute of Fiscal Studies predicted that even if the NHS budget remained protected from cuts, the cuts we hear about all the time - you heard George Osborne and now even Theresa May saying that the NHS budget is protected, it's ringfenced. That is not true – it's a myth. The growth in the population every year, whether it is immigration or indigenous, leads to real big time cuts. Because we can't cope with the increase in the population. So it's a myth that the NHS budget is protected.
Even if health spending continued to rise with inflation, the age-adjusted spending per person, as the NHS spends more on a person as they get older, would be 9% lower in 2018. This is evidence based.
On top of this, our great friend Jeremy Hunt wants to cut another £22billion by 2020. Simon Stevens, the chief executive of the NHS, when he took over in April 2014, he said to stay still, the NHS need £30billion more. He went to Osborne and eventually Osborne agreed to £8billion – the other £22billion you have to make through efficiency savings. This 'efficiency saving' is just a name. The truth is this so-called 'efficiency saving' is just cuts, cuts, cuts.
We already know getting a GP appointment is becoming almost impossible. You go to A&E – people are now waiting more than four hours to be seen in almost 80% of A&E admissions.
It's also a myth that tax receipts are falling. This again is something people don't understand. The UK doesn't have a falling tax bill. Receipts on income tax and VAT continue to grow. The UK economic improvement is £12.3billion as of this January, a 5.4% rise on £11.7billion on the same month in 2015. The same is true of VAT – VAT receipts increased by £3.8billion or 3.7% to £108.2billion. They're both increasing rather than going down.
But none of this makes any difference as the NHS still has to make £22billion in cuts.
There are lots of surveys in which people say they are very happy and willing to pay more tax as long as it's ringfenced for the NHS – there's a willingness there. But the real problem is, if the budget for health and social services does not rise in real terms in the next year, then we will see commissioners and providers blacklisting more and more treatment options.
We're already seeing so many treatments which are now out of bounds or not available to quite a few patients in various CCGs (Clinical Commissioning Groups - are clinically-led statutory NHS bodies responsible for the planning and commissioning of health care services for their local area), whether it is tonsillectomies, cataracts or treatment for glue ear, there are so many things you used to get on the NHS which are no longer available, and that rationing list is increasing by the day.
That means if you're not rationing, you are essentially increasing the waiting times and waiting lists. They are also going through the roof. These cuts will put the NHS on the brink.


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"Strategic Deportation" Would Stop Reconquistas, Leftists Re-Running THE CIVIL RIGHTS SHOW And Seizing Power in Anaheim
Nicholas Stix
[Previously by Nicholas Stix: Report from Occupied America: Thanks to Immigration (and the MSM), Not Walt Disney's Anaheim]
For 60 years, from the NAACP's demands that black children be forced on white schools to Barack Obama's claims, in 2008, to be a "post-racial" "racial healer," white Americans have been watching the Civil Rights Show.
It's always the same script: If whites will just submit to the newest black demands, all social problems will be solved. The new rights (and more money) will "ease the racial tension" and allow the "racial healing" to begin.
And yet every time whites submit, blacks again scream "racism," engage in more violence, and make even more grandiose demands. During the 1960s, some wag called black militants "People who wouldn't take yes for an answer." Even winning the presidency has not ended this process.
Now an alliance of Reconquista Hispanics and white Leftists tells us that if only whites in Anaheim, CA would immediately surrender all power to the city's Hispanics, it would "ease tensions," "begin with the healing" blah blah.
By using the same rhetoric as their forbears, these characters are telegraphing their plans. Do they think that their thinly veiled threats of more riots will so terrify their victims that the latter will submit—even it's now obvious from repeated experience that doing so would be political and economic suicide for them?
The answer: yes.
And the Leftists may be right.
Last week, I reported the riots following the fatal police shootings of Manuel "Stomper" Diaz, 25, and Joel "Yogi" Acevedo, 21, on July 21 and 22, respectively.
Needless to say, local gangbangers and their supporters insist that murderous policemen are the source of all Anaheim's troubles.
Orange County Register Video by Jonathan Khamis: The Cops are the Real Problem!
On the night my VDARE.com article appeared, July 27, Anaheim police officers were involved in their third officer-involved shooting (OIS) in seven days.
A burglary suspect allegedly attempted to murder an officer by trying to run him down with a stolen truck. A second officer fired at the suspect, missing him. Jose Daniel Campos Castellanos, 32, was later arrested.
This time, the officer neither killed nor wounded the suspect. Methinks the officer was not trying all that hard to hit him—even though he was a would-be cop-killer. [Anaheim police arrest two men suspected in burglary by Denisse Salazar, Sean Emery and Salvador Hernandez, The Orange County Register, July 27, 2012.]
After this third OIS, white Mayor Tom Tait met with Hispanic residents at a private home in the vicinity of the fatal shootings. [Anaheim Mayor Meets with Residents Over Shooting Concerns, KTLA, August 1, 2012.]
Activists and Main Stream Media supporters were already claiming the shootings were symptoms of "divisions" within the city—of rich and poor, of hot summers with nothing for the "youth" to do.
That's odd. Poor and working-class white "youth" (my own background) rarely join violent gangs, deal drugs, steal cars, engage in identity theft, or have shootouts with police or riot, just because they have no money, they're bored, and it's hot out.
In fact, of course, the activists don't care about law enforcement—their objective is political power.
Activists and their media allies argue that the areas around Disneyland receive great sums from tourists, but poor Hispanic neighborhoods did not—as if tourists walked around neighborhoods near Disneyland, spending money. Or as if they would have a reason to go to gang-banger neighborhoods, where they could get killed!
But Anaheim's approximately 180,000 Hispanic "residents" do get hundreds of millions of dollars the people near Disneyland don't get, in terms of welfare, food stamps, Medicaid, education, free school breakfasts and/or lunches, etc. They have taken over the city's public schools, forcing whites and Asians to pay for public and private schools. The money comes from taxes that Disneyland and the hotels serving it pay from mostly white customers, taxes that local whites and Asians pay, and state and federal local coffers that are filled by whites and Asians.
Local Hispanics who work at Disneyland also bring millions of dollars into their neighborhoods.
Activists have demonstrated at Disneyland, apparently seeking to shake it down.
The unrest has exposed long-simmering divisions in Anaheim between the glitz of Disney and professional sports and the struggles in some of the less prosperous Latino neighborhoods in Orange County's largest city.
"Of the city's estimated 340,000 residents, 53% are Latino, and the protests have occurred in the city's flatlands, where many of those residents live. Most City Council members hail from the more affluent Anaheim Hills neighborhood to the east. [NS: As if Hispanic politicians would live in poor neighborhoods!].
Rusty Kennedy, executive director of Orange County Human Relations, said anger over the weekend shootings reflects wider woes in Anaheim's poorest communities, which suffer from unemployment, overcrowding and gang activity.
[NS: Of course, "unemployment, overcrowding and gang activity" are all consequences of the mass immigration of unskilled, violent, low-IQ, irredentist Hispanics.]
"It's a hot summer, school's out, and frustrations from the economy are certainly being felt," Kennedy said. "There are really good families in these neighborhoods that are just struggling to survive. They have fears their child will get in between the gang members and police."
[Protests reflect deep divisions in Anaheim; Latino residents struggle with crime and unemployment in neighborhoods where tourists are scarce by Nicole Santa Cruz, Christopher Goffard and Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, July 25, 2012, 7:54 p.m.]
"Latino residents struggle with crime"? Who is committing that crime—Martians?
Agitator-in-chief: white Leftist Eric Altman, [Email him] the founder of five-year-old Orange County Communities Organized for Responsible Development. (To answer the inevitable question: yes, he appears to be Jewish—as I am—plus he's also homosexual.)
Altman's vision for Anaheim:
1. Turning it into a Reconquista stronghold;
2. Taxing productive non-Hispanics to death;
3. Handcuffing the police (so that more cops can be killed);
4. Making it impossible for businesses to make money while investing in the city and creating jobs.
In February, Altman sued the city to stop a plan to give a tax abatement to the developer of two planned four-star hotels, which were expected to create 1,300 construction and 3,200 long-term jobs.
Altman claimed both that the tax abatement was illegal, and that he wanted to tear up the agreement and negotiate a new abatement that cost the city less.
But if the abatement is illegal, it's illegal at any price. Clearly, Altman is not concerned by legality. My guess: he's looking to engage in multimillion-dollar, ACORN-style shakedowns of anyone looking to do business in Anaheim. [Anaheim sued to stop $158 million hotel incentive; Community activists hope that tax deal will be nullified so the city can go back and negotiate a better deal by Eric Carpenter, The Orange County Register, February 29, 2012.]
In June, three Hispanic activists and the ACLU sued the city to have its political structure of four at-large councilmen thrown out, and replaced with a system of at least eight council districts. This would probably guarantee an immediate, permanent, unbreakable Hispanic takeover. While claiming to support representative democracy, Altman aggressively supports the lawsuit:
[The coalition] called on the city to quickly settle a lawsuit filed in June by three Latino community leaders and the American Civil Liberties Union. That lawsuit claims the city is violating the state's voting rights act and demands that Anaheim change its system to elect by districts rather than at-large.
[Coalition: Latino voice needed to ease tension in Anaheim; Group of leaders from across Anaheim says council with 8 district reps needed for fair representation by Eric Carpenter (!), The Orange County Register, July 31, 2012 Updated: Aug. 1, 2012 9:10 a.m.]
Yes, the OCR headline editor actually said that submitting to the rule of irredentist Hispanic aliens would "ease tension"!
Eric Altman Speech, video by OCR's Rob Whitfield, July 31, 2012
Altman:
"Anaheim needs at least eight council districts to truly represent our diverse population….
"And the city can and should act, the city can and should act immediately to settle the existing lawsuit, based on these principles and move us all forward towards healing."
"Healing"?! He actually said "healing"?
Most local MSM outlets have fallen in lockstep with Altman, and censored local opposition to the Reconquista. One exception: KABC:
White leftists like Altman were the brains behind the "Civil Rights" movement. They are now the brains behind the Reconquista socialist revolution.
Behind all of the demands lies the threat, "Do as we say, or we'll riot again."
Million Americans, who have seen one city after another destroyed this way, have already seen this movie.
Giving in to blackmailers never "eases tensions." On the contrary, they just up the ante continuously, and the "tension" (read: violence) never ends. Read Saul Alinsky.
Meanwhile, the City Council made the mistake of bringing in not only the state but the feds as well, to investigate the fatal police shootings. If Obama wins the November election, look for a Justice Department takeover of the APD; if Romney wins, look for… a Justice Department takeover of the APD?
Anything's possible, with the alien or the invertebrate in the White House.
The reasons Hispanic "residents," who constitute 52.8 percent of the population, haven't simply voted themselves into control are the usual: Many are non-citizens (legal immigrants or illegal aliens); too young; disenfranchised, due to felony convictions; and simply don't care—Hispanic voters are notoriously apathetic.
What the city and the Feds (a.k.a. the Americans) should have done: crack down on the rioters and systematically deport those who prove to be here illegally. (Typically, no MSM reports have even asked about the rioters' immigration status).
Anaheim is a classic case where what VDARE.com calls "strategic deportation" would have sent a salutary message—which would have resonated throughout the state: remember, there an estimated 2.6 million illegal aliens in California. And more than 90% of the estimated 1.3 million illegal aliens who left the U.S. after 1954's Operation Wetback "self-deported."
Instead, if the Reconquistas and white Marxists get their way, whites and Asians in Anaheim Hills will either have to secede and declare themselves an independent city—or, on current form, will start putting out "For Sale" signs.
A few years down the road, the Angels will follow them out. And then Disneyland will also get padlocked.
Must the devastating leftwing/ "Civil Rights" script be played out yet again?
Nicholas Stix [email him] is a New York City-based journalist and researcher, much of whose work focuses on the nexus of race, crime, and education. He spent much of the 1990s teaching college in New York and New Jersey. His work has appeared in Chronicles, The New York Post, Weekly Standard, Daily News, New York Newsday, American Renaissance, Academic Questions, Ideas on Liberty and many other publications. Stix was the project director and principal author of the NPI report, The State of White America-2007. He blogs at Nicholas Stix, Uncensored.
Strategic Deportation


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The day has finally come to write about "ONSEN" in Jakarta!
To be precise, it is not ONSEN, but there is a facility in Jakarta that you can take a bath like a Japanese public bath.
This is an ONSEN report of "Hotel KURETAKESOU" opened in Kemang.
This time I got permission to shoot outside of business hours in advance to write an article. In the article, a bath for women also appears, but it is taken with legitimate permission.
1 Baths that can be used like public baths are valuable in Jakarta!
Baths that can be used like public baths are valuable in Jakarta!
Japanese people like to go to the bathtub very much.
However, Indonesia basically has a shower and there is no opportunity to use a bathtub.
Even if you have a bathtub, you can not get warm water if the boiler is weak.
There is a spa in Jakarta, but it is not a public bath.
There is also a facility called a hot spring on the outskirts of Jakarta, but it looks like an extension of footbath.
... As mentioned above, public baths are valuable in Jakarta!
And 2019 years ... If you finally reach out, you can get a public bath where you can go if you stretch out.
Hotel Kuretakesou opened at Kemang in December 2018.
They offer a large public bath as a hotel facility, but you can use Rp 100,000 once without being a guest.
Because it is a facility inside the hotel, the towels are complete, meaning you can use the public bath without preparing anything.
Beer after bath is included with the ticket.
I say it once more because it is important.
It is no exaggeration to say that this beer is more important than a bath.
The staff will guide you to the bath when you tell them how to use the bath at the lobby reception.
The lobby of the hotel is comfortable with a sense of liberation.
The public bath is located on the second floor of the basement.
By gender, it is locked by the daily PIN code.
The security code is safe because it is separate for men and women.
It looks like this in the men's changing room.
The space is a little small, but there is a complete set of things you need.
There is also a drum-type washing machine so you can take a bath while washing.
The changing rooms are equipped with towels.
And ... what is this?
It is a public bath but not here in Japan.
People who do not want to be naked can wear disposable underwear.
The baths are just beautiful, as they are just finished.
Complete with shampoo and body soap.
And there is a small sauna in the men's bath!
I also filmed a women's bath.
I am taking pictures with the permission of the facility.
I feel that women's changing rooms are more beautiful than men's changing rooms.
Complete with disposable underwear for women.
Women's baths are slightly smaller than men's baths.
There is no conditioner, so it may be necessary to bring it in. And there is no sauna in the women's bath.
I was also shown other than the bath.
There is a restaurant and bar space on the top floor.
There is a main event waiting for you after take a bath.
The shop is still in preparation, but will be reopened as "Japanese Bar Restaurant" in the future.
Snacks and liquor can still be ordered as of April 2019.
There is a lounge area where you can take a break or small MTG.
There is also a cartoon space, but the collection of cartoons seems to be prepared from now (as of April 2019).
There is also a mini-gym in the building.
In the gym there are running machines and exercise bikes, a tongue corner, and yoga mats and a space for stretching.
According to the staff, the public bath users can use the gym at the moment.
They seem to be preparing a membership plan that combines a public bath and a gym.
I wonder if the gym will be accompanied by beer ... I'm in a complicated mood that I want you to put on, not want to put on.
I actually experienced the bath and the hot water was hot enough and comfortable.
The water pressure in the shower is strong and you can relax and cleanse yourself.
Because you can use it without preparing anything, people passing through the area can also stop by on their way home from work.
It may be better to sweat in the gym and soak in a hot tub on the weekend.
Since they have just opened, it is also expected for further development in the future!
※This is for ONSEN(public bats) user.


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var test = require('tape')

var uri = 'magnet:?xt=urn:btih:d2474e86c95b19b8bcfdb92bc12c9d44667cfa36&dn=Leaves+of+Grass+by+Walt+Whitman.epub&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.openbittorrent.com%3A80'
var parsedTorrent = magnet(uri)
var peerId = new Buffer('01234567890123456789')

test('magnet + udp: client.start/update/stop()', function (t) {
  t.plan(12)

  var server = new Server({ http: false })

  server.on('error', function (err) {
    t.fail(err.message)
  })

  server.on('warning', function (err) {
    t.fail(err.message)
  })

  portfinder.getPort(function (err, port) {
    t.error(err, 'found free port')
    server.listen(port)
    var announceUrl = 'udp://127.0.0.1:' + port

    // remove all tracker servers except a single UDP one, for now
    parsedTorrent.announce = [ announceUrl ]

    var client = new Client(peerId, 6881, parsedTorrent)

    client.on('error', function (err) {
      t.error(err)
    })

    client.once('update', function (data) {
      t.equal(data.announce, announceUrl)
      t.equal(typeof data.complete, 'number')
      t.equal(typeof data.incomplete, 'number')
    })

    client.start()

    client.once('peer', function () {
      t.pass('there is at least one peer')

      client.update()

      client.once('update', function (data) {
        // receive one final update after calling stop
        t.equal(data.announce, announceUrl)
        t.equal(typeof data.complete, 'number')
        t.equal(typeof data.incomplete, 'number')

        client.stop()

        client.once('update', function (data) {
          // received an update!
          t.equal(data.announce, announceUrl)
          t.equal(typeof data.complete, 'number')
          t.equal(typeof data.incomplete, 'number')

          server.close(function () {
            t.pass('server closed')
          })
        })
      })
    })
  })
})


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Connecticut archaeologist to unearth mysteries buried at Cahokia, a midwestern Indigenous city
Connecticut Public Radio | By Kelsey Hubbard
Published January 17, 2023 at 11:47 AM EST
Daniel Acker
The Washington Post via Getty Images
The St. Louis skyline is seen on the horizon beyond Monks Mound at Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site in Collinsville, Illinois, in 2019. Monks Mound is the largest prehistoric earthen construction in the Americas, containing an estimated 22 million cubic feet of earth with a base covering more than 14 acres.
Buried deep in the Mississippi Valley is an Indigenous medieval city known as Cahokia.
Today, the ancient civilization's massive remains are a modern-day historical park located in Collinsville, Illinois. But in medieval times, the city was the largest in North America — making it a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a state historic site.
While excavation of some of the historic "mounds" at the site have been studied, there are outer areas or "suburbs" that are attracting scholarly interest.
Sarah Baires, an associate professor of anthropology at Eastern Connecticut State University, has won a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to study Cahokia, and her students will get the chance to study the ancient site alongside her.
Baires will investigate the early occupation of the city, examining how neighborhoods on its outskirts relate to the central "downtown" area, in terms of culture and infrastructure. Baires believes this historical site holds lessons about why people began to congregate in cities.
"We need a broader understanding of the people who are coming to the city and living on its edges," Baires said. "How they are incorporating themselves into this urban environment. Are they bringing with them their community traditions from where they came from? Are they changing them when they get here? How are they participating in this city of Cahokia?"
As many as 20,000 people lived in Cahokia, which is located on the Illinois side of the Mississippi River, near present-day St. Louis, Missouri. The city existed from about 1000 to 1400, a time when London and Paris were also developing.
The reason for its abandonment is not known. Melissa Baltus, an associate professor of anthropology at the University of Toledo, will be a co-principal investigator with Baires on the project, and Baltus will study the late collapse of the city.
Large burial mounds, which have been extensively excavated, remain at the site. But Baires and her team will focus more on two locations on the outskirts of the city. They plan to use non-invasive techniques such as magnetometry to conduct their research. The technology allows for the high-speed sampling of what lies beneath the ground without actually digging in the soil.
Eastern Connecticut State University students will have the opportunity to participate in the study through archaeological field schools starting in the summer of 2024. Students will also have the chance during the academic year to analyze artifacts brought back from the field to Baires' lab at the university.
Baires and her team will look for evidence of how involved people in peripheral neighborhoods were in the ideologies and practices of the central city of Cahokia. She said she is interested in questions such as: What were the motivating factors behind why human beings began to congregate in cities, and what did they gain?
Baires and her colleagues hope this information can be applicable to contemporary experiences, particularly in the context of human migration and movement beyond cities and into new ones.
The NSF award is for five years with a total funding allocation of $128,000.
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Distillation apparatus from Brunschwig's Liber de arte distillandi de compositis (1512). © Wellcome Images
Project (2012-2015)
Hieronymus Brunschwig and the Making of Vernacular Medical Knowledge in Early Modern Europe
Reading & Writing Nature in Early Modern Europe
Tillmann Taape
The writings of the German apothecary and surgeon Hieronymus Brunschwig (c. 1450–1512) represent a significant episode in the history of science due to their seminal position—they were among the first medical works to be printed in the German language—and their unusual scope of sources and topics, ranging from surgery to medical alchemy. While individual aspects of Brunschwig's work are well-known to historians of surgery and alchemy, the corpus of his writings as a whole has not been studied systematically, and its influence on early modern medical literature has yet to be fully realized.
The Alsatian surgeon-apothecary Hieronymus Brunschwig (ca. 1450–1512), despite his lack of university education, read widely and wrote prolifically in his native vernacular. He was the first of his profession to make use of the printing press, and, by fusing artisanal, alchemical, and learned medical traditions in his writings, became a widely-read authority on surgery and medical distillations. While this makes him a landmark figure in histories of medicine and pharmacy, his works are generally dealt with in isolation, and often cursorily. This project provided the first systematic study of their production and their influence on vernacular medical knowledge.
In particular, Tillmann Taape investigated how Brunschwig integrated his wide reading of medical and alchemical treatises with his emphasis on personal experience and empirical observation, and how this made for reliable medical book that appealed to wide audiences. This meant to situate Brunschwig's works within histories of medical publications and vernacular genres, alchemy, "how-to" literature, and artisanal knowledge-making.
The instructions, anecdotes, and case histories in Brunschwig's publications provided a starting point for studying the medical landscape of his home town, Strasbourg. Supplemented by an exploration of archival sources relating to the local hospitals, guild regulations, and correspondence, Tillmann Taape investigated the shifting boundaries between learned and "vernacular" practitioners.
Brunschwig's works mark the beginning of the vernacular medical print tradition in the German lands, this seminal position begs the question to what extent Brunschwig had a formative influence on later vernacular or even learned writers. The numerous editions and translations of his works certainly suggest that he reached a wide range of readers, in the German lands and beyond. Their contemporary English translations were no less seminal than the German originals since they represented the first books on surgery and distillation available in the English language, and remained the only ones for years. Their obvious significance for the English medical print market demands an investigation of the role they played in medical controversies in early modern London, such as the ongoing power struggles between physicians, surgeons, and unlicensed practitioners, or the debate about chemical remedies. To this end, Taape closely compared the translations with the German originals to reveal how contents and tone were adjusted to appeal to a different readership. This contributes to our understanding of the transmission of natural knowledge in translation, a phenomenon that has only recently begun to attract scholarly attention.
Taape, T. (2014). Distilling reliable remedies: Hieronymus Brunschwig's Liber de arte distillandi (1500) between alchemical learning and craft practice. Ambix,61(3), 236-256.


Sir Edward Elgar, 1st Baronet, OM, GCVO (2 June 1857 – 23 February 1934) was an English composer. One of his first major orchestral works, Enigma Variations, was greeted with acclaim. He also composed oratorios, chamber music, symphonies and instrumental concertos. His compositions also include the Pomp and Circumstance Marches of which the trio of No. 1 is often sung to the words "Land of Hope and Glory", notably at The Last Night of the Proms. He was appointed Master of the King's Music in 1924.
During World War I his music began to fall out of fashion. After the death of his wife in 1920 he wrote little of importance. Shortly before her death he composed the elegiac Cello Concerto.
Elgar lived in the village of Kempsey from 1923 to 1927, during which time he was made Master of the King's Musick.
At the end of his life Elgar began work on an opera, The Spanish Lady, and accepted a commission from the BBC to compose a Third Symphony. His final illness prevented their completion.
He died on 23 February 1934. Within four months, two more great English composers - Gustav Holst and Frederick Delius - were also dead.


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04/14/2022 v1.0.0 Release Confirmed
The "eFootball™ 2022" v1.0.0 update will be released on April 14, 2022.
"To offer soccer fans around the world an opportunity to enjoy a new soccer game with unparalleled realism like never before."
With that resolve in mind, we entered what would eventually be a two-year period of development for eFootball™ 2022. However, we were too focused on getting the game out on time that we lost sight of the most important thing — quality.
Naturally, we were met with critical reviews from rightfully disappointed fans.
The development team has been hard at work since to regain the trust of our esteemed fans, as well as to make the game even more enjoyable for soccer fans around the world.
As part of our commitment to improving the game, we have added new commands and numerous elements (both offensive and defensive) that are prevalent in the modern game of soccer. We have also readjusted the balance of the game and fixed bugs to ensure an enjoyable gaming experience.
All these changes were only possible because of your valuable opinions garnered from user feedback that we gathered from in-game surveys and social media posts — your "real voices".
Among those voices, many of them were encouraging us to create the best game possible. We were inspired by the warmth of the feedback and were able to pull together as a team, even amid the global health crisis. For this, we would like to thank you from the bottom of our hearts.
Although it has been 6 months since the initial release last September, we believe we have finally reached a level of quality that we can be confident of. Hence the decision behind the release of v1.0.0.
Rest assured, we still have some more functionalities that will be implemented in future updates, so keep an eye out for further information in the future. In the meantime, we certainly hope you enjoy this "New Soccer Game"!
Improvements and New Elements in v1.0.0
In response to your valued feedback, as well as to accomplish our aim of creating an even more enjoyable "New Soccer Game" for everyone, we have implemented a variety of fixes and new features in the game. Now, let's go through some of the highlights of the coming update.
Changes to Defending Controls and the Addition of "Call for Pressure"
Out of all the feedback we have received, most of it mentioned defending. In particular, many of you commented on how difficult it is to defend and to win the ball back.
After reviewing the prioritizations of defense-related plays, we decided to change the default button settings to make defending more intuitive. Pressing commands that were available in previous installments will also be reintroduced into the game.
Furthermore, we added a new command, "Shoulder Charge", for you to regain possession in a more proactive manner.
Pressure: Regain possession by applying pressure to the opposing ball holder.
Match-up: Jockey the opposing dribbler with a lowered stance and finer steps. This is also effective for blocking passes and shots.
Shoulder Charge: Win the ball back by barging your shoulder against the opposing player. Especially effective when the opponent has touched the ball far from his foot or is trying to trap the ball.
Apart from individual defending, we have also reevaluated the elements of team defending. As such, the command "Call for Pressure" has also been implemented in the game. On top of having several players going for the ball, other teammates will also work in tandem to regain possession by blocking passing lanes as well as pushing up the defensive line.
On top of these functional additions and changes, we have also made numerous modifications to other elements of the game that are fundamental to defending to provide a more responsive and intuitive defending experience.
Passing Improvements and New Command "Stunning Pass"
Besides defending, we have also received a lot of feedback regarding passing. Many of you commented that the passes were too slow and there were too many unforced passing errors. In light of this, improvements have been made to the game with a focus on game balance and satisfaction of controls.
We have generally increased the pass speed so that the pace of the game matches with the aforementioned defense-related improvements. Moreover, we have also implemented a mechanism that utilizes the rebound of the ball as a force of acceleration. This will be useful, for example, when performing one-touch passes, as the ball speed will increase due to this mechanism. The result of all these changes is a "rhythmic passing game", which is an important element in modern-day soccer.
Regarding passing errors, we have deduced that they were caused by both the passer and the receiver's actions during and after the pass was made. As such, we have implemented fixes to the following points:
- Improved targeting decisions for passes
- Improved AI decision-making when receiving passes
- Improved movements when receiving passes
Following these corrections, the occurrence of unnatural passing errors has decreased substantially.
On top of that, as a new element to make the passing game all the more enjoyable, we have added "Stunning Pass" commands that allow you to kick the ball with various special trajectories. With these commands, you can dictate the rhythm of attack and put in that decisive final pass.
Additional Shooting Trajectories for Enhanced Satisfaction
Regarding shooting, we have made specific improvements to the following 2 points:
- Improved shooting speed with a focus on realism and satisfaction
- Adjusted the rate of on-target shots to appropriately reflect match circumstances
Furthermore, we are adding to the game a wide range of shot variations and trajectories for each situation, such as the incisive "Stunning Shot". We believe this can allow you to experience a variety of realistic goal-scoring scenes.
Strategic Evolution Through Improved Dribbling Functionality
In terms of dribbling maneuverability, we have made significant improvements to the following points to present a gratifying one-on-one experience through realistic motions. These include:
- Better ball tracking accuracy and response to L Stick inputs
- Improved response to Dash inputs
Other functional enhancements include improved response and ball behaviors for the new "Sharp Touch" command, as well as simpler feint inputs. We hope that these improvements create an enjoyable dueling experience against the opposing defenders.
Improved Online Connectivity
To improve the stability of online connections as well as to reduce the number of voided matches, we have decided to adopt a client-server system starting from this installment.
We are also constantly looking for ways to improve the response time of online matches.
To ensure the best soccer experience, we will continue monitoring the situation after the update and make improvements as needed.
Additional Features for Game Plan
We have implemented the following additional features and modifications to the Game Plan to bring back some beloved functionalities and fix some issues:
- Additional features such as "Formation Change", "Individual Instructions", "Auto Select", "Sub-tactic", "Data Management", etc.
- Improved processing load for better responsiveness
This is just the tip of the iceberg, as we have implemented many other gameplay-related features and fixes. Please stay tuned, as we will be going through this "New Soccer Game" in detail when the coming update goes live!
New Team Building with "Dream Team"
Previously introduced as "Creative Team", a game mode in which you can enjoy building your very own team will be added to the game in the coming update as "Dream Team". The name was not the only thing that changed. We also decided to revamp a lot of our original ideas to ensure you will be able to create your very own dream team.
"Dream Team" is not just about building a team with the strongest players and managers.
In this mode, you will be able to choose your favorite players and managers when signing them. You can then develop your players to fit your personal playstyle, which means you have almost infinite freedom to shape the team to your liking.
Build your "one and only Dream Team" with your favorite players as well as players you have developed, and bring your own style of soccer to life. Play against other "Dream Teams" from around the world, and experience as many titanic clashes of differing soccer ideologies as there are fans throughout the world.
Regarding "eFootball™ 2022" Mobile Version
We would like to apologize once again for the delay of the "eFootball™ 2022" mobile version update.
The development team is working hard on the mobile version of the game to ensure that the eventual release is of the highest quality, which our esteemed fans rightfully deserve.
We will be making an announcement regarding the release of the mobile version update soon. In the meantime, your patience is much appreciated.
We will continue to work on game improvement and updates beyond v1.0.0 to bring the best soccer experience to more and more fans. As always, your valued feedback is much appreciated.
Mark April 14 on your calendar, which is when we plan to disclose more information.
Thank you for your continuous support of eFootball™.
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Korean Drama Fool's Love Information
Drama Title: Fool's Love
Alternative Title: Fool's Love / 호구의 사랑 / Ho Goo's Love
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Published Date: February, 2015
Casts: Choi Woo Sik, UEE, Im Seul Ong, Lee Soo Kyung, Choi Duk Moon, Jung Won Joong
This drama is based on webcomic "Hogooui Sarang" by Yoo Hyun Sook which was published from 2013-March-16 to 2014-May-10 via "daum".
Kang Ho Goo (Choi Woo Sik) has a twin sister, Ho Kyung (Lee Soo Kyung). He has tried to pass the civil service examination, but has failed for 7 years. One day, he meets Do Hee (UEE). She was the most popular girl when they were in the same high school. They spend the night together, but the next morning he finds a baby next to him and Do Hee is gone.
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Hillary Clinton was unable to be reached for comment, but reportedly could be heard cursing America from the woods she currently resides in (see headline to hear more about this story). President-elect Donald Trump (I literally vomited typing that) refused to comment to reporters, but promised to post a tweet about the issue after a high fiber dinner on Thursday night.
SOMEWHERE BAD—After suffering an incredible loss in the presidential election, Green Party candidate Dr. Jill Stein made a drastic decision.
Although her views were controversial and widely refuted by scientists, Stein remained adamant that Wi-Fi radiation is harmful and could lead to death.
Stein's campaign manager, Gloria Mattera, was shocked when she discovered what her candidate had done.
Stein is currently being held in a mandatory 72-hour psychiatric hold in order to determine her current mental state. She has not been allowed access to phones, television, or–of course–the Internet.
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Live Encounters Magazine July 2021.
José Truda Palazzo, Jr. is a Brazilian environmentalist, wildlife gardener and writer with a career spanning 43 years and 14 books published as author or co-author. He served for almost two decades in government delegations to international conservation treaties and is a co-founder of many conservation organizations around Brazil and South America, having led successful campaigns for the establishment of several Marine Protected Areas in his home country. José is also a Member of the IUCN (World Conservation Union) Task Force on Marine Mammals and Protected Areas and its Tourism and Protected Areas Specialist Group, a Life Member of the Australian Conservation Foundation, and a Board Member of the Brazilian Humpback Whale Institute. His next book, Living Water: Marine Ecotourism, Communities and Conservation will be published later this year by Australian publishing house Stormbird Press. More about his work and writings at www.josetruda.wordpress.com.
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Ecotourism and wildlife encounters are essential tools for reconnecting with nature.
The wind is blowing hard – as it almost always does – across the blue-gray horizon of the Nuevo gulf in the Patagonian shores of Argentina. Yet the water surface of this immense enclosed body of water is rather flat, calmed by the protective high cliffs dotted by marine fossils which encircle it, especially here at the outskirts of Puerto Pirámides, the tiny village where the boats depart from.
I don't mind the wind, and in fact I barely notice anything else around but the big eye watching me from no more than three or four feet off the boat. It's a Southern right whale, a mother with its calf, and like 400 others of its kind moving around the gulf at this time of the year it doesn't mind the whale watching boats at all – in fact this particular one and several others actively seek interactions with the boats, circling around and putting its huge eye near the surface of the water to look at the curious apes floating around in this nutshell, making contented noises at every move by their gigantic ocean hosts.
The boat I'm in is operated by Captain Micky Sosa, son of Argentinian legendary diver Adalberto 'Peke' Sosa, and back at their office by the beach Peke's granddaughter manages the office. This is the longest-running whale watching family business in the world, having been around for five decades. In the time since Peke started taking tourists out to see whales, this still-endangered species has recovered happily in the waters around Puerto Pirámides. They – the whales and the Sosas – are the definitive proof that responsible whale watching does not impact the animals and can provide a long-lasting, sustainable source of income for coastal communities.
Examples such as that of Argentina have popped up all around the world. In Mexico, the friendly gray whales of the Baja California lagoons even allow petting by mesmerized visitors who get out to see them in the small boats of local fishing families turned whale watching operators. But not only whales get to be visited and interact with people. Halfway across the world, in the western Pacific coral lagoon of Yap in the Federated States of Micronesia, Bill Acker and his native family take divers to see majestic manta rays every day of the year in the channels and around coral heads that serve as cleaning stations, with dozens of small fish picking up parasites and dead skin from the mantas as people watch and are watched from close quarters. And off the Filipino town of Oslob and at a remote bay of Cenderawasih National Park in Indonesian Papua, it is whale sharks that delight human visitors; the largest fish in the ocean are attracted by the provision of tiny fish as food by the locals and hang around divers for hours in a row.
There's absolutely no question that each of these experiences I just described, and which I've had the privilege of experiencing first-hand, are life-changing experiences for most. Being in the immediate presence of wild animals in their own environment, exhibiting no fear of the most destructive species on the planet – us – touches the heart of adult people in a way that documentaries and still images cannot. Further, if children are allowed to experience these encounters, it can shape their entire lives, their professional choices, their view of the world, their morals towards biodiversity and our duties as stewards of a living planet. It happened to me ever since my late father took me to Patagonia; it happened to my daughters and is happening to my grandson. Experiencing the beauty and power of Nature first-hand does create better, more responsible human beings. And we need that, urgently, as we again get out in the open in a post-COVID world which begs for our help to continue existing.
One would assume that everyone supports responsible Ecotourism and wildlife interactions like these mentioned above, and which cause no harm at all to the animals. However, out of many human activities in the wild, it seems to me that non-extractive, non-lethal ones are somehow those that attract an inordinate amount of criticism, especially from academia. You just need to google around a bit to find all sorts of papers published in allegedly reputable journals with scary titles and abstracts about the perceived horror of whale watching and the tremendous impact of ecotourism and etc. etc. etc., to the point where you are led to think that looking at fish will degrade their quality of life (no joke – I read an article saying almost that very thing).
I was made so uneasy by so many allegations of 'harm' in watching Nature that I decided to dig deeper, and what I found led me to write a book about the subject, coming up later this year. Not only it seems to me that the cost-benefit of Ecotourism activities and well-managed wildlife interactions, be it for conservation or socioeconomic improvements in local communities, fully justifies the activities; but also, many of the 'scientific' papers alleging impacts of non-extractive uses do not actually determine real detrimental conservation effects of these uses. There's a surprising tolerance in accepting opinion and short-term studies as 'evidence' for impacts which experience in the real world contradicts. Some scientists warn of 'serious' whale watching impacts, yet not a single species or population of large whale targeted by whale watching around the world has suffered as a result of the activity; much to the contrary, all such populations have recovered steadily from the damage wrought by whaling, and most continue to grow after 30, 40 or 50 years of intensive watching. Bill Ackers' manta rays continue to show up daily for diver interactions as they did in 1986 when visits began. And the whale sharks of Oslob continue to lead happy lives, oblivious to the throngs of snorkelers visiting them during mornings, or the rantings of ivory tower dwellers trying to prove they are being 'harmed' by it. (Alas, whale sharks in the Oslob region were killed by the locals before they became a tourist attraction. Talk about weighing cost-benefit of different uses!) Across the Caribbean, feeding sharks in front of divers also has replaced shark fishing and finning, yet 'concerned scientists' keep screaming bloody murder against it because… well, because they think it might perhaps maybe quien sabe somehow one day be harmful. Ask the millions of dead sharks every year whether they'd rather be watched or killed.
Still, government bureaucrats around the world whose field experience with wildlife is next to none are rallied by these papers with outlandish 'impact' claims, and oftentimes (including when directly and unduly prodded by 'impact researchers') embark on drafting and imposing layer upon layer of restrictions to regulate human-wildlife interactions, 'based on scientific evidence' extracted from these papers with very little factual grounds, making it ever more difficult for people to approach, interact with, and be changed by wildlife species after harmless encounters.
Photo credit – José Truda Palazzo, Jr.
Two important researchers seem to agree with me in that these abusive restrictions are not only unwarranted, but harmful to conservation when cost-benefit is considered. One is dr. Roger S. Payne, Ph.D., father of modern non-lethal whale research and who, as whale watching was becoming an issue of concern back in 1990s, wrote a working paper for a seminar titled What Will We Lose if We Overprotect Whales, expressing his concern that over-regulation and the adoption of supposedly 'precautionary' restrictions on human-whale interactions would hamper the development of widespread empathy for the plight of these animals at the broader scale of human society. I call it the Roger Payne Paradox. Should we sacrifice the many, evident, real-world socioeconomic and environmental benefits of whale watching (or Ecotourism, for that matter) due to perceptions of potential impacts, more often than not anchored not in scientifically proven facts or experience, but in 'moral' or 'ethical' beliefs of certain groups of people?
The other is Richard Louv, award-winning writer and researcher of children and Nature, who in his best-selling Last Child in the Woods complains strongly about the excess of regulations preventing children from enjoying close experiences with Nature in North American public parks and green spaces. To me there's no question about it: from climbing trees to watching whales up close, children deserve a childhood full of first-hand experiences with wild places, things, and beings.
Of course, chasing wildlife (or worse, using captive animals for entertainment-only purposes) is wrong. Of course, overcrowding national parks and trampling off trails is wrong. But that's not what academic zealots are deriding; it's legitimate wildlife watching activities with no proven harm. It is about time that cost-benefit for conservation and people, and real-world long-term results, are brought back into the equation. Looking at a live whale or shark up close creates Nature defenders, employs local people, generates social legitimacy for conservation. And we need these three things for a post-COVID recovery of the economy, yes, but also for healing minds and souls, and, ultimately, our planet.
Go out, let a whale watch you. By looking into her eye, you might be able to capture the essence of life and maybe, just maybe, a bit of the meaning of it.
© José Truda Palazzo, Jr.


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Muffins wins Award of Excellence
Monday 19th April 2010
THE very finest local produce has secured a hotel and a string of tea rooms dotted across the Westcountry with an award for the top quality of the afternoon tea they offer.
Experts from The Tea Guild spent countless hours in hotels and tea rooms across Britain to single out those businesses worthy of praise for serving up a tea to a high standard.
The guild is part of the UK Tea Council Limited a non- profit making, independent organisation dedicated to raising the profile of tea.
All visits were anonymous to ensure the results were fair and accurate.
Judges awarded up to 125 points for the variety, excellence and knowledge of the teas offered, together with the quality of food, service, décor, ambience, and presentation.
In Devon winners of the Guild's Top Tea Place Awards of Excellence included Cheristow Lavender Tea Rooms, Hartland, Dartmoor Tearooms and Café, Moretonhampstead and the The Corn Dolly, South Molton.
And in Cornwall De Wynn's, Falmouth, Muffin's Tea Shop, Lostwithiel and Rectory Farm Tearooms, Morwenstow proved victorious along with The Tea Shop, Wadebridge.
The guild's Top City and Country Hotel Tea Award of Excellence went to The Quarterdeck at The Nare Hotel - Veryon, Cornwall.
Toby Ashworth, hotel proprietor, said using local produce was important for customers.
He said: "We are delighted to have won. We offer a traditional afternoon tea experience using good, local produce. And we use a range of teas from Cornwall's Tregothanan Estate.
"It's very important to offer our residents and non-residents high-quality afternoon tea at prices to suit everyone."
Irene Gorman, head of The Tea Guild said: "Each year the standard of entrants for the awards continues to scale new heights, making the judges' task of choosing those who achieve an Award of Excellence challenging and this year's competition was no exception.
"Across the UK, the tradition of afternoon tea has never been stronger, with Tea Guild members busier than ever."
Ms Gorman said taking afternoon tea was becoming increasingly popular.
She said: "More and more people are taking time out to enjoy that very special afternoon tea moment. It's the perfect, both fun and affordable, way to catch up with friends, family or business colleagues, celebrate a special occasion or enjoy a romantic date."
Referring to The Nare Hotel's success, she said: "The judges were so impressed with the quality of the afternoon tea served at The Nare that they awarded them very high marks in every category.
"They were also very impressed with the high standard of the tea rooms across Devon and Cornwall.
"The Award of Excellence was presented in recognition of the consistently high standards of tea making and customer service in the tea rooms.
"This was evident in the care and attention to detail with which afternoon tea was prepared and served."
Text courtesy of the Western Morning News


Set of three straws and brush.
The borosilicate straws are made in our favorite glass shop in Czech Republic, Podkrkonoší.
From each set we contribute 1 EUR to Garbage Clinical Insurance.
Ideal for drinks and smoothies.
Straws are made of borosilicate, on a Mohs hardness scale, where the diamond has a hardness value of 10, and the chalk hardness value of 1 is borosilicate glass rated 7.5 points. Ordinary glass 5.5-6.
Can be washed in a dishwasher and / or cleaned with a brush that is included.
Do not bite the straws. Under the age of twelve only under the supervision of an adult.
Design of yoni logo painted was done by painter Anna Doležalová.


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Moving around the canon of Banjo-Kazooie a bit, for various reasons, Nuts and Bolts feels like a late entry for a 3D platforming hero – the genre seemed to be forgotten about around this point. This game draws on some additional influences, mainly advertising a vehicle building game that I'm sure will be useful later. Let's see whether that works.
As the name implies, this game places a heavy emphasis on building vehicles. You get a bunch predesigned, but are encouraged to build your own (which probably is better than the pre-created vehicles). The various levels are accessed in a way to many other of these platformers, themed areas that slowly unlock as you finish missions elsewhere. We saw it in Super Mario 64, but many others have done it since.
Pretty nuch all of these missions require the use of vehicles. Luckily there are plenty of styles – light and fast, heavy and slow, and some that can fly – to provide enough variety, but I felt the limits of this system sometimes – I was hoping I could get a bit of platforming out of it each time.
Still, the vehicle parts provide you with plenty of collectibles to look for, and at least the gameplay makes for an interesting game, a nice mix of a driving game and a 3D platformer of sorts. There are still some odd touches – and I certainly struggled with some of the "grapple thing and drag it around" setups – but it's a decent idea.
I'm not sure I'm quite as much on board with this game as with other platformers. The driving makes for a nice change as an interesting way to change the formula, but it feels a clumsy at times and a bit repetitive. A world I want to explore, but it'll take some time.


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A new round of nuclear lies
A look at the "progression of lies" surrounding the August 6, 1945, dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima provides insight into how those lies are being repeated for new wars today.
WHEN I first went to Hiroshima in 1967, the shadow on the steps was still there. It was an almost perfect impression of a human being at ease: legs splayed, back bent, one hand by her side as she sat waiting for a bank to open. At a quarter past eight on the morning of August 6, 1945, she and her silhouette were burned into the granite.
I stared at the shadow for an hour or more, then walked down to the river and met a man called Yukio, whose chest was still etched with the pattern of the shirt he was wearing when the atomic bomb was dropped.
He and his family still lived in a shack thrown up in the dust of an atomic desert. He described a huge flash over the city, "a bluish light, something like an electrical short," after which wind blew like a tornado and black rain fell. "I was thrown on the ground and noticed only the stalks of my flowers were left. Everything was still and quiet, and when I got up, there were people naked, not saying anything. Some of them had no skin or hair. I was certain I was dead." Nine years later, when I returned to look for him, he was dead from leukemia.
Columnist: John Pilger
John Pilger is a renowned investigative reporter and documentary filmmaker who was called "the most outstanding journalist in the world today" by the Guardian. He is the author of numerous books, including most recently Freedom Next Time: Resisting the Empire, a collection of investigations into the effects of war crimes and globalization. His books and films are featured at JohnPilger.com.
In the immediate aftermath of the bomb, the allied occupation authorities banned all mention of radiation poisoning and insisted that people had been killed or injured only by the bomb's blast. It was the first big lie. "No radioactivity in Hiroshima ruin" said the front page of the New York Times, a classic of disinformation and journalistic abdication, which the Australian reporter Wilfred Burchett put right with his scoop of the century. "I write this as a warning to the world," reported Burchett in the Daily Express, having reached Hiroshima after a perilous journey, the first correspondent to dare. He described hospital wards filled with people with no visible injuries but who were dying from what he called "an atomic plague." For telling this truth, his press accreditation was withdrawn, he was pilloried and smeared--and vindicated.
THE ATOMIC bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was a criminal act on an epic scale. It was premeditated mass murder that unleashed a weapon of intrinsic criminality. For this reason its apologists have sought refuge in the mythology of the ultimate "good war," whose "ethical bath," as Richard Drayton called it, has allowed the West not only to expiate its bloody imperial past but to promote 60 years of rapacious war, always beneath the shadow of The Bomb.
The most enduring lie is that the atomic bomb was dropped to end the war in the Pacific and save lives. "Even without the atomic bombing attacks," concluded the United States Strategic Bombing Survey of 1946,
air supremacy over Japan could have exerted sufficient pressure to bring about unconditional surrender and obviate the need for invasion. Based on a detailed investigation of all the facts, and supported by the testimony of the surviving Japanese leaders involved, it is the Survey's opinion that...Japan would have surrendered even if the atomic bombs had not been dropped, even if Russia had not entered the war and even if no invasion had been planned or contemplated.
The National Archives in Washington contain U.S. government documents that chart Japanese peace overtures as early as 1943. None was pursued. A cable sent on May 5, 1945, by the German ambassador in Tokyo and intercepted by the U.S. dispels any doubt that the Japanese were desperate to sue for peace, including "capitulation even if the terms were hard."
Instead, U.S. Secretary of War Henry Stimson told President Truman he was "fearful" that the U.S. air force would have Japan so "bombed out" that the new weapon would not be able "to show its strength." He later admitted that "no effort was made, and none was seriously considered, to achieve surrender merely in order not to have to use the bomb."
His foreign policy colleagues were eager "to browbeat the Russians with the bomb held rather ostentatiously on our hip." General Leslie Groves, director of the Manhattan Project that made the bomb, testified: "There was never any illusion on my part that Russia was our enemy, and that the project was conducted on that basis." The day after Hiroshima was obliterated, President Truman voiced his satisfaction with the "overwhelming success" of "the experiment."
Since 1945, the United States is believed to have been on the brink of using nuclear weapons at least three times. In waging their bogus "war on terror," the present governments in Washington and London have declared they are prepared to make "pre-emptive" nuclear strikes against non-nuclear states.
With each stroke toward the midnight of a nuclear Armageddon, the lies of justification grow more outrageous. Iran is the current "threat." But Iran has no nuclear weapons and the disinformation that it is planning a nuclear arsenal comes largely from a discredited CIA-sponsored Iranian opposition group, the MEK--just as the lies about Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction originated with the Iraqi National Congress, set up by Washington.
The role of western journalism in erecting this straw man is critical. That America's Defense Intelligence Estimate says "with high confidence" that Iran gave up its nuclear weapons program in 2003 has been consigned to the memory hole. That Iran's president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad never threatened to "wipe Israel off the map" is of no interest. But such has been the mantra of this media "fact" that, in his recent obsequious performance before the Israeli parliament, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown alluded to it as he threatened Iran, yet again.
THIS PROGRESSION of lies has brought us to one of the most dangerous nuclear crises since 1945, because the real threat remains almost unmentionable in western establishment circles and therefore in the media. There is only one rampant nuclear power in the Middle East and that is Israel. The heroic Mordechai Vanunu tried to warn the world in 1986 when he smuggled out evidence that Israel was building as many as 200 nuclear warheads. In defiance of United Nations resolutions, Israel is today clearly itching to attack Iran, fearful that a new American administration might, just might, conduct genuine negotiations with a nation the west has defiled since Britain and America overthrew Iranian democracy in 1953.
In the New York Times on July 18, the Israeli historian Benny Morris, once considered a liberal and now a consultant to his country's political and military establishment, threatened "an Iran turned into a nuclear wasteland." This would be mass murder. For a Jew, the irony cries out.
The question begs: Are the rest of us to be mere bystanders, claiming, as good Germans did, that "we did not know"? Do we hide ever more behind what Richard Falk has called "a self-righteous, one-way, legal/moral screen [with] positive images of western values and innocence portrayed as threatened, validating a campaign of unrestricted violence"?
Catching war criminals is fashionable again. Radovan Karadzic stands in the dock, but Sharon and Olmert, Bush and Blair do not. Why not? The memory of Hiroshima requires an answer.
First published in the Guardian.
Khury Petersen-Smith
Why won't Obama apologize for a war crime?
Barack Obama is the first sitting president to visit a Japanese city annihilated by an atomic bomb--but rather than apologize, he's promoting militarism.
K. Smith
Resistance builds in Okinawa
Recent protests in Okinawa represent the latest stage of the struggle against the overwhelming U.S. military presence.
A wave of anti-U.S. protests in Okinawa
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Chris Kim
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In response to Japan's tragedy earlier this year, a wave of protest has emerged with the potential to rejuvenate the left.
Kenji Kunitomi
Is real change coming to Japan?
Liberal Yukio Hatoyama was elected prime minister of Japan by promising change, but how far will he go in challenging Japan's big capitalists?
Jen Roesch
The silence is broken
Revelations of widespread sexual assault in Hollywood have prompted millions of women to share their own stories--and to demand change.
Ferguson is fighting back
SocialistWorker.org writers report from a Missouri city that is rising up against police murder, despite every effort by authorities to silence them.
Justin Akers Chacón
ICE: The making of an American Gestapo
From its origins in the "war on terror" to its racist and anti-labor practices, ICE is a thoroughly oppressive agency that should be abolished.
How Marx became a Marxist in five easy steps
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Marxism and democracy
Socialists have always fought for the widest possible expansion of democracy and political rights as an essential part of the class struggle.


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The Freedom Endeavor Photo Exhibit & Honoring American Heroes Concert
Wed, Aug 12th, 2020
Mineral Area Council on the Arts is honored to present The Freedom Endeavor Photo Exhibit, a photography project by Steven Snyder of Mount Vernon, Missouri. The mission of The Freedom Endeavor project "is to recognize and honor the everyday citizens who took the oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States. The Freedom Endeavor also creates community awareness of the veterans we unknowingly see every day." Each veteran's story, in his or her own words, will be available along with the dramatic photo of the veteran. The photos include veterans from the eras of World War II, Korea, Vietnam, and those of the most recent times of conflict.
The MACOA Board of Directors has eagerly awaited the opportunity to present this exhibit to our community. The exhibit will be open to the public free of charge in the Mineral Area College Fine Art Gallery (Theater Lobby) at the dates and times listed below.
Tuesday, August 25, Noon – 4pm
Wednesday, August 26, Noon – 4pm
Thursday, August 27, Noon – 4pm
Friday, August 28, Noon – 4pm
Monday, August 31, 5 – 8pm
Tuesday, September 1, Noon – 4pm
Wednesday, September 2, Noon – 4pm
Thursday, September 3, Noon – 4pm
Friday, September 4, Noon – 4pm
Tuesday, September 8, 5 – 8pm
Thursday, September 10, Noon – 4pm
Friday, September 11, Noon – 4pm and 5 – 8pm
Reservations are not necessary, however, those with the desire to make a reservation for social distancing or to bring a large group, please contact Scottye Adkins, Executive Director, at sadkins@MineralArea.edu or (573) 518-2125.
The Freedom Endeavor photo exhibit will culminate in an "Honoring American Heroes" concert in the Mineral Area College Theater on Friday, September 11th, at 7 p.m. The concert will include students from Mineral Area College assisting with our national anthem and presentation of the colors. A brass ensemble directed by Mr. Kurt Bauche of Farmington will perform a patriotic and exhilarating program that will include the theme songs of the five branches of the United States military among other entertaining tunes.
The photo exhibit and the concert are free to the public. Donations are welcome. MACOA wishes to invite our local American heroes, both military and first responders. It is the desire of the Board of Directors to honor those who have given so much throughout the history of our nation and done so with pride and dignity indicative of heroes. The Freedom Endeavor photo exhibit will magnify the faces of ordinary men and women who dug deep in order to achieve a level of endurance and heroism that many American citizens have never experienced.
All precautions are being followed in order to provide a safe and enjoyable art experience for the patrons. MACOA has prepared for your safety in part by becoming a Missouri ArtSafe Certified organization, which includes our pledge to follow guidelines set by our community health department and to respect others by the use of 1) facial coverings, 2) social distancing, 3) health checks, 4) contact tracing, 5) enhanced sanitation, and 6) training in COVID-19 practices. To view the Mineral Area Council on the Arts Safety Practices visit www.MineralAreaArts.org.
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