In addition to washing machines and clothing racks, The Sims 4 Laundry Day Stuff has brought with it a whole heap of new rustic style items. From wicker chairs to washtubs, I've used almost everything this pack has on offer to create an idyllic country-side retreat! Complete with neutral colours, wood-tones, and more clutter than anyone ever needs, this house is perfect for those Sims who want to escape the city and get back to nature!
For this build, I decided that Windenburg would be the perfect location. Surrounded by grazing sheep and rolling hills this neighbourhood provides the ideal backdrop for my off-the-grid home. The items from Laundry Day Stuff can look good anywhere but if you're wanting to achieve that stereotypical l rustic look I recommend building in Brindleton Bay, Windenburg, or Willow Creek!
To make this build feel secluded and rural, I added lots of trees and flowers to the area surrounding my house. Although you won't always find a perfect match, using similar plants and trees to the ones found around your neighbourhood will help make your build looks like it really belongs! You can see here how I have tried to match the trees to the ones in front of and behind the house!
To insure my build looked rustic on the outside, as well as on the inside, I decided to create a wood cabin. As cabins are generally very basic shapes, this is a simple and effective style of house that doesn't require crazy building skills. Try experimenting with a few different sized rectangles, placing them in different orientations until you find a shape you like! Because of the cabin's simple design, I added interest with a large deck and two different colours of wooden siding.
As Stuff Packs come with fewer items than Game Packs or Expansion Packs, you will often need to supplement your build with objects and décor from the base game or from other DLC. For this Rustic Home, I found that the many of the items from The Sims 4 Cats and Dogs fit perfectly with my theme and helped to provide a few more options to play around with! Although not everything matched perfectly, I would often reach for objects from this Expansion when the Stuff Pack was lacking. This build's windows, interior doors and flooring came from Cats and Dogs, as well as a few pieces of furniture.
In order to make my job a little easier, I filtered the Build Mode catalogue by Cats and Dogs and Laundry Day Stuff. This simultaneously made sure that I had used as many items from the new Pack as possible and helped to save time by placing all of the game's rustic furnishings in one place!
This 6-seater table is from Laundry Day Stuff but I have paired it with some farmhouse style chairs from Cats and Dogs.
If you're building something homely or rustic, it's always a good idea to fill the space with a whole variety of different items! I really enjoyed filling every blank wall and empty space with something eclectic or interesting. I wanted this build to feel as if the décor had been collected over the course of a Sim's life — nothing matches perfectly, yet each room still looks cohesive and well decorated!
Of course, a Laundry Day Stuff build would not be complete without a washing machine. I decided to place mine under the stairs, creating a miniature utility room with a few cleaning supplies and an ironing board. I love the way that this area adds to the cluttered feel of the build!
None of the rooms in this build have a clear colour scheme. For the most part, they are a random mixture of different tones and shades! I really like the way this looks, not only does it add to the build's country-side aesthetic, but it meant that I had much more freedom in terms which items I could place where.
Although I didn't have a strict colour scheme, I did decide to stick to neutral colours. Almost all of the items that came with Laundry Day Stuff are slightly muted in colour. For this reason, I didn't want to upset the build's cosy feel by adding bright reds and yellows. Anything I have placed tends to be soft in colour. I stuck to light blues, browns, and wood-tones, making sure that any items from the base game or other DLC didn't jar with the rest of the build. I also, for the most part, kept away from dark colours. I wanted the space to feel light, airy, and inviting!
One of my favourite parts of this build is the wreath on the door. This wreath came with Laundry Day Stuff and is usually much larger than it appears here. Using the Resize Cheat (selecting the item and pressing the Left-Square Bracket Key), I was able to size it down until it fit perfectly on the door.
Although it is completely possible to create a pond in The Sims 4 without using cheats, it's a time consuming task and the end-product never looks as natural as the pond you find in Willow Creek's Park. In this build, I used the BuydeBug Cheat to add in a real pond, exactly like those you find in the game. Opening up the Cheat Bar (Press Ctrl + Shift + C) and typing in bb.showhiddenobjects will unlock a whole host of new items. There's always tons of interesting things to be found so I urge you to take a good look through and see what you can discover. To find the pond, I simply typed "Debug" into the search bar and scrolled through the objects until I stumbled across what I was looking for!
Hopefully this has given you some inspiration for building your own rustic homes! Happy Building!
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The wooden Greek Catholic church of St. Michael the Archangel, 1836, NKP
The church in Inovce is one of the smallest wooden churches in Eastern Slovakia. It was built in 1836 and dedicated to the St. Michael the Archangel. Because of the small tower of the church there was a need to build separate belfry. The belfry is plain, in the upper part columned construction, covered with shingle.
According to the ground-plan this church is divided in three spaces, built on low foundation. Curiosity of the church is its peak - style ending of the sanctuary, greater nave and smaller narthex. The whole construction is covered with shingle roof. This double towered church has its main tower over the narthex and smaller one over the sanctuary. Both towers are finished by onion domes with three - barred metal crosses. The entrance to the church leads to the narthex and then to the greater nave.
Because of the lack of room in the church there is an incomplete iconostasis, which is missing the row of prophets and Crucifixion. Besides that all the icons are influenced by western paintings, so it is hard to speak about traditional icons. Other atypical curiosity of this iconostasis is the fact, that due to the lack of space are here present only one deaconal doors. First row of icons contains St. Nicholas, Theotokos, Christ the Teacher and patron icon of St. Michael the Archangel. Deaconal doors are not set. The royal doors have medallions of Annunciation and four Evangelists. Inthe second row the cycle is not following the church year. Third apostolic row has Christ the HighPriest in the middle. This row is also the end of the iconostasis. The church was partially renovatedin 90's of the 20th century.
Belfry has simple, in the upper part columned structure. It is covered with shingles.
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William Shomos is Director of Opera and Professor of Voice at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. There he has staged a wide variety of productions ranging from traditional faire (The Marriage of Figaro, La Bohème) to world premieres and new works (O Pioneers! (White), Dead Man Walking (Heggie), A Wedding (Bolcom)). His staging of Tyler White's O Pioneers! received regional and national acclaim and was aired on Nebraska Educational Television (NETV). His productions of Dead Man Walking, Così fan tutte and Street Scene won first place in the National Opera Association's Opera Production Competition. Mr. Shomos has staged several works with Pensacola Opera and Nevada Opera. Between 2003 and 2005, Shomos spent three seasons with the Des Moines Metro Opera as stage director in the company's Apprentice Artist program, while also assistant directing mainstage productions. Between 2006 and 2009, he directed productions with La Musica Lirica in Novafeltria, Italy. Shomos has also directed outreach programs for both the Des Moines Metro Opera and Opera Omaha. From 2011-2103, Mr. Shomos returned to the Des Moines Metro Opera to direct in the Apprentice Artist Program. In 2013 he served as Assistant Director for a production of Wagner's Tannhäuser in Tirana, Albania, a production in which he also sang the role of Wolfram.
As a singer, he has performed numerous leading baritone roles including Marcello in La Bohème, Captain Corcoran in H.M.S. Pinafore, and the title role in Sweeney Todd. In 2006, Mr. Shomos appeared as a faculty artist with UNL Opera's production ofThe Most Happy Fella featured at the Waterford International Festival of Light Opera in Waterford, Ireland, where Shomos was awarded "Best Male Singer" for his portrayal of Tony Esposito. As a recitalist, Mr. Shomos toured throughout the country as a part of internationally renowned accompanist John Wustman's project to present the Complete Songs of Franz Schubert. In 2010, he performed Winterreise with Wustman at UNL. In 1999 he sang a performance of the Complete Mörike Songs of Hugo Wolf, which the Omaha World Herald declared to be "a towering accomplishment that will stand as one of the region's musical high points of the year and even the decade." Recent oratorio work has included the baritone roles in Ein deutsches Requiem,Messiah, and Elijah. William Shomos holds degrees from the University of Illinois (DMA), Northwestern University (MM), and Knox College (BA).


I have a hypothesis about the prescribing of PPIs for GORD and dyspepsia, which may or may not have any basis in fact, but is based on my observations as a GP over the past 9 years.
PPIs are extremely effective drugs. Usually, by the time that people consult me with GORD or dyspepsia, they have already tried at least one non-prescription drug: either antacids, or in many cases also an H2RA (recommended by the pharmacist after the antacids were not sufficiently effective). Having established they have no 'red flags', and discussed lifestyle factors, I prescribe a PPI. The effectiveness of this is such that after a period of time, the patient usually stops taking it every day. After a few days, their symptoms return, but they have their trusty PPI on hand to take again for another few days. For those patients who are in the habit of taking drugs every day, they include it as part of their routine, and are reluctant to stop or reduce it for fear of their symptoms returning. For those patients who 'don't like taking pills', they know that taking a PPI will be effective on an intermittent basis (in a way their antacids and H2RAs weren't), so they continue to ask for prescriptions for it when they run out. Your figures show that the average patient who has been prescribed a PPI takes it on 203 days out of 365 per year, with the peaks for the groups 'under 90 days' and 'over 270 days' being the two different groups I outlined above.
I hypothesise that a similar 'effectiveness trap' applies to inhaled corticosteroids for asthma. Beclomethasone is effective for asthma prevention, but the level of compliance required to achieve that effect is higher than with fluticasone. I believe very few asthmatics take their preventer as prescribed (i.e. 14 times per week, if prescribed as a twice daily dose). With beclomethasone, the effect of incomplete compliance is that their asthma remains poorly controlled. With fluticasone, they experience good asthma control even without good compliance. The unfortunate corollary is that once they perceive that fluticasone "works", they actually take their preventer inhaler more frequently and this is not ideal as they end up getting more steroid than they need.
Thus I fear bpac may be fighting a losing battle with trying to reduce prescribing of PPIs and high-dose inhaler corticosteroids. I acknowledge that these are merely observations, and would require studies to be done to see if they have any basis in fact.
I refer to your comments regarding Losec prescribing. You continue to be perplexed by the prescribing habits of General Practitioners. I can only speak for my own practice which is Low Access with over 4000 patients.
The simple answer is that Losec is one of the most effective drugs that has been presented to the market over the last 15 years.
In my view, it has literally reduced the number of acute ulcerations and subsequent morbidity to almost zero, has with continued use prevented long term complications of excess acid production, and finally has probably reduced gastric surgery by 90%.
The truth is that this is a very effective drug and General Practitioners by nature always move to the most effective drug when treating their patients. This is the simple answer to why there is no change in prescribing habits.
However, we should consider the converse of what would be happening if Losec and Zantac were not available. This would take me back some 34 years now to 1974 and 1975 when the treatment of reflux, ulcers and diseases related in general to high acid production and helicobacter was ineffective and almost a waste of time.
The truth is that these medications have improved the morbidity considerably in leaps and bounds and something that we were probably not expecting to happen. They are in my view the wonder drugs of the last 10 to 15 years and it is a real security to be able to prescribe these drugs with the confidence that in nearly every case they will work.
Your advice on vitamin D was probably fine for the elderly who I generally find are happy to take vitamin D almost without question. However virtually all of my young patients (including children) are at risk - 'People unable to obtain regular sun exposure for any reason'. I have tested perhaps too many people and found nearly all of them have low Vitamin D levels (less than 50) and of the remainder most are in the low part of the normal range (50 to 90) and I note some experts recommend levels over 60 or even over 90 - you made no comment on optimal levels and no comment on how to interpret tests at different time of the year.
My experience suggests persons with unexplained fatigue particular with seasonal - late winter or just post winter flares in fatigue benefit a lot from vitamin D supplementation - (I concede it could be placebo) - is there any research on this? Also with muscle weakness from low vitamin D and evidence coming out for cancer reduction with vitamin D and even better treatment results for cancer with vitamin D supplementation I think that whilst most vitamin supplementation is dubious it looks as though vitamin D supplementation is worth while. In young persons we are likely to be facing several problems including recommending doses for life, and fluctuating sun exposure.
The first issue is convincing someone to take Vitamin D - if they are to take it for life the $50 cost of the test is small over a lifetime - I find a blood test convinces people where my best attempts don't. The other reason to check a level is if they are tired and the level is low a top up dose depending on the level is in my opinion useful rather than just maintenance.
I would give the 10 tabs mentioned in your article at levels less than 30 and 5 tabs for those above 30 but less than 50 - then after that I would give maintenance doses - can we instead give a top up dose to everyone and avoid the need for the test or would that risk toxicity?
Daily pill taking is not appealing to most people for life (even those already on pills) and regimens for maintenance probably can include 2 (stat) 1.25 mg cholecalciferol tabs each 3 months or even 4 (stat) each 6 months from what I have read - scripting each 6 months on recalls is a lot less problematic than each 3 months and more cost effective for everyone - is scripting each 6 months adequate - i.e. can the body store it for that long - you made no comment on evidence for monthly Vs each 3, 4 or 6 months dose regimens - it would be helpful if you would as I am now getting hospital doctors taking my patients off my 2 pills each 3 months and putting patients on one a month and I would like someone to summarise the evidence appropriately which is what I thought you were going to do when I verbally asked you about this topic last year. If someone increases there sun exposure purposefully or by chance can toxicity occur at usual maintenance doses? And if so at what maintenance dose would we be free of that risk?
I would appreciate your comments on the above issues and I suspect other GPs would too.
We asked Professor Ian Reid, University of Auckland, to answer Steve's questions.
Optimal Vitamin D Levels There is considerable controversy regarding the optimal levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D. There is general agreement that they should be greater than 50 nmol/L, but some authorities suggest levels greater than 75 nmol/L or even greater than 100 nmol/L. The latter values are based on observational data that may well be confounded by the fact that individuals with other illnesses spend less time outside and therefore have less sunshine exposure. This does not establish that their other illnesses are caused by the low vitamin D; rather the reverse may be the case. Also, to establish levels greater than 100 nmol/L would require medication of virtually the entire population. Such a step should not be taken without clear trial evidence that this is both safe and effective. At the present time neither is available. In the absence of authoritative data, my belief is that we should go for the conservative minimal value which is 50 nmol/L, and apply this to both children and adults. In order to maintain this level throughout winter, individuals not taking supplementation, need to reach higher levels during summer, since the seasonal fluctuation may be as much as 40 nmol/L.
Vitamin D and Fatigue Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels <25 nmol/L are associated with clinical osteomalacia, which causes muscle weakness and pain. Therefore, it is likely that sub-clinical osteomalacia will have some associated muscle fatigue. Conversely, individuals who feel fatigued for other reasons are less likely to exercise and therefore less likely to get sun exposure, so may develop vitamin D deficiency as a secondary problem. Therefore, it is sensible to treat vitamin D deficiency in subjects with or without fatigue, but it should not necessarily be assumed that this will be associated with symptomatic improvement.
Intermittent Dose The half-life of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D after dosing with oral calciferol is of the order of 90 days. Therefore, intermittent dosing is certainly acceptable, and many European countries have used annual dosing at the beginning of winter as a way of preventing deficiency developing during the period when sunlight exposure is least. The optimal dosing is likely to be different for each vitamin D preparation and for each region, where sunlight exposure will influence the required vitamin D dose. Therefore, if individual practitioners wish to try a variety of different dosing intervals, they probably need to validate them with serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D measurements. In Auckland, it is well established that monthly dosing with 1.25 mg (50,000 U) calciferol produces 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels greater than 50 nmol/L in almost all adult subjects.
Toxicity The seasonal variation in 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels in New Zealand is of the order of 20-40 nmol/L. The reference range is usually given as 50-150 nmol/L, though toxicity doesn't usually occur until much higher levels than this are reached. Therefore, there is a substantial safety margin, and changes in sunlight exposure are most unlikely to lead to toxicity in individuals who are being maintained within the laboratory reference range.


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The Battle of Caesar's Camp (7 August 1793) saw the Coalition army led by Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld try to surround a Republican French army under Charles Edward Jennings de Kilmaine. Numerically superior Habsburg Austrian, British and Hanoverian columns converged on the fortified French camp but Kilmaine wisely decided to slip away toward Arras. The War of the First Coalition skirmish was fought near the village of Marquion located 12 kilometres (7 mi) northwest of Cambrai, France.
On 16 July 1793, Adam Philippe, Comte de Custine commander of the Army of the North was ordered to Paris where he was soon arrested and guillotined. Kilmaine was requested to lead the army until a permanent replacement arrived. On 6 August two Austrian columns set out to turn the French right flank while a British and Hanoverian column under Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany marched completely behind the French army. Though one representative on mission urged Kilmaine to attack, the general determined to escape to the west. On the 7th, the Coalition trap snapped shut on only two battalions and even these got away when Kilmaine intervened with his massed cavalry. Kilmaine was dismissed and later arrested, though he avoided the guillotine and served in Italy under Napoleon Bonaparte in 1796.
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We all have a more prominent side to our body; a leg you stand on more, a stronger arm, a better side for photos. It's something that we've sort of come to accept; our bodies aren't made equal, one side is slightly weirder than the other. This goes for your internal being too.
Within my practice, I've always been very aware that any asana involving twists are difficult for me. Anatomically, I think my shoulders are quite tight and having shorter limbs makes the binding a little harder. Not impossible, just a little harder but it's allowed me to get to know where in my body there is a block and what I need to manipulate to overcome that. Turning or twisting towards my left is much harder than towards my right. Since practicing yoga, Marichyasana C and D have always been more consistent on the first side. For a period I could twist and bind independently on both sides, but when I'm stressed or tired, the second side often goes and I need some help.
The first posture of Intermediate series is Pasasana, AKA my Everest! Whilst in a squatting position with legs together, you twist to bind your arms around both legs. My achilles don't allow me to squat flat footed either so there's also a balancing element to this for me! My teacher comes and assists each time and admittedly, the more I practice it, the easier it has gotten but as ever, one side is easier to get into than the other.
In these twisting postures, I have learnt to be more patient with myself and to keep giving my 'bad' side the chance. Wishing it was different or just bullishly trying to get into the bind literally gets you nowhere. It's about taking the time to adjust your position and to feel your way through it, and simply to keep trying your best.
Off the mat, I've been going through some things internally and as all humans, I have a side that I struggle with. It's not the majority of my personality (though at times it feels like it takes over a bit) but at the very least, it's always there on some level. When I remember it or it comes over me, it feels like a disappointment that I have it and a wish that it wasn't there because in honesty, I only want a good side.
Of course though, as it is anatomically, mentally and internally we aren't created equal. We have to work on getting to some level of equanimity and some parts will be easier than others to get to that. Learning patience with the harder side and accepting it's a part of me is a daily lesson. As with the twisting asanas, fighting through it and wishing it was easier does nothing, whereas calmly looking at it from above and creating some distance with it helps to put it in a different and more workable light. Once you acknowledge that an area needs more attention to improve, and that possibly some outside assistance will be helpful, it can feel like a weight has been lifted because there is now proactive work to start on.
The harder sides of us help us to evolve and grow, and to develop a deeper understanding of ourselves and a patience in our approach. If we were entirely without a lesser side, a side for us to improve upon, then how boring and stagnant would we be, individually and as a community. It's not always easy to truly get to this mindset, but it certainly helps in the journey understanding that the bad gives us space to change and better ourselves.
So, the bad side is in fact our better side. Not everything can come easily because if it did, I'm quite sure we wouldn't do very much more!


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HDPE Bellows, known as PE corrugated pipe, was first developed in Germany in the early 1980s.After more than 10 years of development and improvement, has developed from a single variety to a complete product series.In the production process and use of technology has been very mature.Due to its excellent performance and relatively economic cost, it has been widely used in developed countries such as Europe and America.
HDPE Bellows is a new kind of light pipe made of high density polyethylene. It has the characteristics of light weight, high pressure resistance, good toughness, quick construction and long life, etc. Its excellent pipe wall structure design has greatly reduced cost compared with other structures.And because of the convenient and reliable connection, it is widely used at home and abroad.Plenty of alternative concrete and cast iron pipes.
7. At a speed of 15 feet per second, the abrasion resistance is 3 ~ 5 times higher than that of normal or fine steel pipe.
1. Unique structure, high external compressive strength, impact resistance, flexible ring, small frictional resistance on the inner wall and large flow of pipes with the same internal diameter;Socket interface, flexible connection, convenient connection, high reliability, not easy to leak.
2. Light weight, quick construction and low cost.
3. The service life of buried ground reaches over 50 years.
4. Polyethylene is a hydrocarbon polymer with non-polar molecules and is resistant to acid and alkali corrosion.
5. The raw materials are green and environment-friendly, non-toxic, non-corroding and non-tarnish, which can be recycled and reused.
6, suitable temperature range wide, pipeline rupture, 60 ℃ environment medium maximum temperature of 60 ℃.
7. The cost of comprehensive engineering is basically the same as that of concrete, and the operating cost is low.
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Personal injury physician treats people having neck, spine and bone issues. They can have a wide range of specialisations, and individuals go to a physician for an injury they got from a car accident or sports. Many people seek treatment from a personal physician every year, and here are some tips to ensure you choose the right one.
For you to choose the correct personal injury physician, make sure that they offer the specific service you need for your injury. Concerning your injury, you should do an inquiry on a physician who has experience and some expertise in that sort of field, for instance, if it's a back agony or neck injury. Also, most of them offer additional services like cooling therapy or needle therapy hence you can find a physician who offers these sorts of services if you need them. You should also remember the work office of the physician.
Guarantee that your insurance can deal with the medical cost. Having appointments with a personal injury physician can be expensive, mainly if it's a weekly visit. Make sure your medical insurance covers the clinic that you will be visiting. It's a smart thought to contact your medical insurance supplier to check which personal injury physician are covered before you book an arrangement.
Make sure you meet with the physician before you book an appointment. Regardless of who recommended you to your personal injury physician, understand that every injury is one of a kind; what worked for them might not work for you. Meet the personal injury physician early, as this will enable you to know their techniques and qualities. It might be simple, but also, make sure that you like the personal injury physician as a person. Ensure you are alright with them, they are straightforward and expert, and they treat their staff well.
Additionally, guarantee that the physician discloses everything to you in detail. A decent personal injury physician ought to tell you everything in full. They should completely clarify the examination procedure, and they ought to likewise be getting some information about your injury and your medical history. They should similarly completely outline the treatment plan, and won't anticipate that you will agree to accept a long-term treatment without an appropriate clarification of how this will profit you.
Following these tips will enable you to locate the correct personal injury physician for you, and will guarantee that you're making a course for recuperation. Continuously consider a good personal injury physician wants the best for their patients, subsequently implying a fast recuperation and if need be a referral. Unfortunately, a couple of individuals wind up being casualties of awful personal care, which can prompt more harm or a permanent damage; yet in the occasion, you are a victim of carelessness care, you could simply make a claim.


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Forward Thinking: Carmelo Anthony Eyes South Bronx Site for New Athletic Facility
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Carmelo Anthony may be expanding his footprint in the South Bronx.
The former Knick recently met with Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. to talk about a "basketball facility" proposed for 845 East 136 Street in Port Morris, according to documents obtained by THE CITY.
The forward nicknamed "Melo" has been holding meetings to gauge opinions on the rec center idea, though talks appear preliminary, a source with knowledge of the Diaz-Anthony discussion told THE CITY.
Diaz met with Anthony the afternoon of April 30, according to a copy of the borough president's schedule obtained by THE CITY through a Freedom of Information Law request.
"That would be wavy, I'm not gonna lie," said Izaya Gray, of Mott Haven, who was skateboarding near hoops on Westchester and Forest Avenues. "They don't have a lot of rec centers out here. Shoutout to Carmelo Anthony!"
The building on East 136, which housed a self-storage until about a year-and-a-half ago in the fast-gentrifying neighborhood, is not currently occupied, according to a local broker.
Tom Cisco, leasing agent for the space, said that Somerset Real Estate was working with an interested client. Somerset, which teamed up with Anthony on a nearby pizzeria, did not return requests for comment.
It's unclear what the exact plan is for the two-story, 94,000-square-foot site. Both Diaz' office and Anthony's representatives declined to comment.
EXR-Somerset commercial broker Andrew Roth said Anthony was "very excited" about expanding his presence in the neighborhood.
"He's a big South Bronx fan and believes in its growth," Roth said.
Melo Shoots for the Bronx
Anthony, who was born in Brooklyn, has established a position in the South Bronx in recent years. Last May, the New York Post reported Anthony was an investor in Nobody's Pizza — which is about 10 blocks from the potential basketball center.
At the time, he told the paper that he was excited to get into a venture that combined "food, entertainment, sports and real estate."
In late 2015, his Carmelo Anthony Foundation teamed with a Bronx church and the nonprofit Feed The Children for a holiday food giveaway.
The pro-baller tried to open a sports center in the city before: In 2015, he announced his foundation would contribute funds for a facility proposed as part of the Bedford-Union Armory redevelopment in Brooklyn. But he pulled out following pressure from activists worried about accelerating gentrification in Crown Heights.
It's unclear how a similar play would run south of the Bruckner, where booming development, rising housing costs and fear of displacement have polarized some living in the area.
"I think it's a good idea," said Princess Sanchez, who's lived in Mott Haven most of her life. "The youth nowadays do need something to do."
"It's going to discourage them if it costs too much," countered her cousin, Julio Sanchez, who also lives in the neighborhood. "I mean, some of them don't even have money to eat. So how would they be able to use something like this, if the price is out of reach?"
All over Mott Haven and Port Morris, new construction is beginning to peek through a once-sparse skyline. Restaurants and businesses are springing up, too, inviting a wash of newcomers to the area. Corporations also have seized on the location — not far from 845 East 136 Street, HBO leased a 92,000 square-foot warehouse space to produce part of "The Deuce."
Between 2016 and 2018, the price per square foot for home sales in the Mott Haven and nearby Melrose shot up close to 60%, according to a 2019 report from the Association for Neighborhood and Housing Development, a nonprofit that advocates for affordable housing. Around 58% of those living in the area are considered "rent-burdened," the report says.
UPDATE: This story now has a comment from EXR-Somerset real estate broker Andrew Roth.
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If you've been having dreams of white water rafting, Colorado should be your first choice as a vacation destination. As the one of the world's premiere destinations for whitewater rafting, Colorado has rivers for all levels of rafting enthusiasts. In fact, when many people say the words "white water rafting", Colorado is the next word that comes to mind. But don't waste your time playing word associations games! Read on for exciting information about Colorado white water rafting.
If you thought that Breckenridge Colorado was just for skiers, think again! Once the snow melts, Breckenridge turns into a Colorado white water rafting paradise. Rafting in Breckenridge has a great side benefit. At the end of the day, you can enjoy the great Breckenridge shops, restaurants and attractions. On your day off from rafting, take a ride over to Silverthorne and explore the Silverthorne Outlet Stores.
When you choose Breckenridge for your Colorado white water rafting trip, you have a choice of a number of rivers. As the longest river in the Southwest, the Colorado runs from the Gore Canyon whitewater to the scenic "Upper C" section.
Since the 1880s, when Civil War veteran and explorer Major John Wesley called this stretch of river "impassable". Gore Canyon has since become a Class V Colorado white water rafting proving ground. When you ride downstream from the canyon, the Colorado opens up to a valley that meanders gracefully through meadows filled with wildflowers. This scenic section of the Colorado River known as the Upper C is perfect for beginner white water rafters.
Another option for a Breckenridge Colorado white water rafting is to combine your rafting trip with a Colorado camping trip. Many people choose the Arkansas River for these combined trips.
Aspen is another ski area that, in the warmer weather, becomes a great place for white water rafting in Colorado. Like Breckenridge, Aspen offers a variety of shops and restaurants that can be enjoyed at the end of the day. The Roaring Fork River is Aspen's premiere white water rafting destination. Waters range from Class II to Class IV, depending on where you are in the river.
Come summer, the Eagle River in the Vail Valley turns into another rafter's paradise that offers the best of both worlds. Enjoy great rafting in the daytime, and the Vail shops and restaurants at night. Dare devils like the Dowd Chute, Beginners and intermediates should stick to Middle Eagle and Lower Eagle.
You can't talk about white water rafting in Colorado without mentioning the Royal Gorge. However, bear in mind that this will be a challenging trip! White water rafting in the Royal Gorge features 17 miles of rapids such as Three Rocks, Spikebuck, Sunshine Falls, Sledgehammer, and Wallslammer. You can get a thrill as you look up and see the Royal Gorge Bridge, or take a day off from rafting to enjoy the Royal Gorge Park!
The best part of white water rafting in Colorado is when you finished a day of rafting you're in Colorado! What could be better?


Although appearing to be based out of Spain, Questra World has ties to Russia and Africa through Atlantic Global Asset Management.
Questra World claim to be an "advertising broker" with "exclusive rights" to promote Atlantic Global Asset Management.
In addition to Questra World's own Ponzi scheme, Atlantic Global offer weekly ROIs of 6.47% on deposits of up to €500,000 EUR.
The activities of both companies has caught the attention of the Polish Financial Supervision Authority (KNF), who have added both Questra World and Atlantic Global to their public warning list.
As per the KNF's warning list, Questra Holding Inc., based in the British Virgin Islands and Questra Global World SL, based in Spain, are under suspicion for violating Polish Banking Law and the Act on Investment Funds.
banking activities, in particular accepting cash deposits in order to charge their risk, without the permission of the Financial Supervision Authority.
activities concerning depositing funds into securities, financial market instruments and other property rights without the licence of the KNF.
Violations of both laws are criminal offenses, with the Warsaw Public Prosecutor's Office leading the investigation.
Belgium's Financial Services and Markets Authority issued a warning against Questra World back in September, 2016. Another warning was issued by Austria's Financial Market Authority in November.
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Always appreciate your sweet words and prayers Judy xox thank you so very very much !!
You have been so incredibly supportive since day one! Thank you with all my heart Diana !! Sending our love right back to you and your beautiful family!
Nothing brings more joy than to see Maurice looking up at James. That little warrior brings such warmth to my heart. God bless him and prayers will be sent your way for a quick procedure and speedy recovery.


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Q: How best to represent negative-binary numbers for use in counters and comparators in Verilog HDL? I have been designing a Delta-Sigma DAC and have run into confusion and despair over the handling of signed numbers in my (sigma)counters and (delta and Vref) comparators.
I have tried to employ signed 2's complement but the EDAcompiler doesn't seem to notice when I do it, its most likely my own mistake!
So basically my question is, how (in Verilog) do I represent negative numbers in a way that they can be used in counters (which can therefore count up and down)? I am aware that a counter register that will hold signed numbers must be declared reg signed [:0]
Thanks!
Gavin

A: Well I am not that clear on your question. Some compilers may not be able to handle signed registers directly since if I recall correctly it is a Verilog 2001 feature. But generally if you use digital logic that works with signed numbers you shouldn't have an issue. For example if you use an adder ip just mention that inputs are signed numbers. As for the simulator you can select the type of data you need, generally by selecting the register/value, right clicking on the waveform window and changing the type.
Finally if you have to create the logic yourself just use sign extension. so lets say you are working with 4 bit values
-5 would be 11111011 and 5 wold be 00000101. So you can see that for negative numbers the MSB is 1 and for positive its zero. Using this you can interpret the numbers in your code but just make sure that the size is bigger then what you want to use so no overflow occurs.

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Resources - Scientific Posters
Multiplexed Assay for IL-6 Secretion and Cell Viability using an Epithelial Ovarian Cancer Cell Line
Authors: Andreas Rieger, Brad Larson and Peter Banks, BioTek Instruments, Inc., Winooski, Vermont, USA; Nicolas Pierre, Suzanne Graham and Francois Degorce, Cisbio Bioassays, Codolet, France; Stephanie Georgiou, Enzo Life Sciences, Farmingdale, New York, USA
According to the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), each year about 20,000 women in the United States are diagnosed with ovarian cancer. 90% of these cancers are classified as "epithelial" and are believed to arise from the surface (epithelium) of the ovary and are termed Epithelial Ovarian Cancer (EOC). While prognosis is good with early diagnosis, in disease stages I/II, symptoms are non-specific and difficult to trace. The majority of ovarian cancers are diagnosed at late stage III/ IV, where symptoms become more evident. Unfortunately at this point, prognosis is poor. A common manifestation of EOC at this late stage of its progression is a build-up of fluid in the abdominal cavity (ascites). It has been shown that high levels of IL-6 are present in patients with ascites.
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Sometimes you don't realize you've done the wrong thing until after you've already done it. When that happens you're essentially left with 2 choices: try to make the "wrong thing" be the "right thing", or just acknowledge the misstep, pivot and get back going in the right direction.
I'm canceling the trip to Cuba.
Yes, the very trip that I diligently worked to curate for weeks & weeks (and weeks)...the one I launched JUST 3 days ago.
I don't actually WANT to take a group to Cuba (at least not right now).
It deviates from what I really love most about seeing the world: having the freedom to figure the plan out as I go. THAT is really one of my strengths and it's the thing that always impacts me the most when I travel--finding joy in the unexpected quiet spaces. The best moments have always come when Ijust let the trip dictate the plan instead of trying to plan the trip.
I read that short sentence on Saturday & then I heard my God-voice ask, "Are you taking these people to Cuba because you really WANT to have this experience with them or because you're trying to BENEFIT from them going?"And in an instant I knew the honest answer was more about the benefits than my wants. Yikes.
I've had my heart set on Cuba for so long that I totally plowed through the fact that having to keep a tight schedule with 10 people actually does NOT sound like EASE to me. Or enjoyment. Or excitement. It sounds like work, force and "efforting" which is totally antithetical to how I believe my work should feel in this world.
I momentarily got caught up in making this new opportunity happen instead of allowing it to happen. And even though it occurred to me afffffffter all of the months of planning and afffffter I announced it (ugh).....I knew I needed to recalibrate.
So I'm going to Cuba...but I'm gonna go alone. At least this time. There will be other trips for sure--India, Vietnam, Greece, Thailand & Egypt are all on the list--but they will be more like what I've planned for Marrakech: a curated group of women traveling together based around engagement, relaxation, community, empowerment & finding oneself in the world. And those trips will feel easy, exciting and enjoyable. They'll be in the flow.
There's been a ton of interest in this trip so I apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. I believe that when you know better you do better and the best way I can honor you in designing these one-of-a-kind experiences....is to first honor myself.So that's what I'm gonna do.
I'm not gonna lie--I wish I'd realized this before I invested so much time putting it all together, but I know this will all serve me in someway down the line. I'd rather tell the truth than ignore my intuition that has clearly whispered, "Girl, you know this ain't right."


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A Romantic Take - Martha Argerich & Guy Braunstein in Concert
She is a piano legend, he has collaborated as a soloist with all leading conductors and orchestras around the world. Now Martha Argerich and Guy Braunstein come to the Pierre Boulez Saal with their first-ever duo program—an artistic encounter that…
The Planets – A figure skating and modern dance fantasia
A spectacular ice fantasia featuring the olympic skating champions Paul and Isabelle Duchesnay and former world champion Brian Orser. Set to the music of the symphonic masterpiece by Gustav Holst, this dazzling production incorporates solo and…
VIVALDI'S The Four Seasons
This ballet, choreographed by James Kudelka, and set to Vivaldi's celebrated score, describes the four seasons in a man's life – from the exuberance of youth in "Spring" to the resignation and compassion of old age in "Winter". Kudelka created the…
The Ninth Symphony by Maurice Béjart
Maurice Béjart's compelling staging of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony has been enchanting audiences worldwide since its inception and its idea of universal brotherhood remains highly topical. "Alle Menschen werden Brüder" (All men will be brothers) is…
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The Belcea Quartet is one of the world's leading chamber music ensembles, having won many international accolades. Now, with the string quartets, the musicians have rediscovered a gem of twentieth century chamber music. "Here is a composer moving…
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The Víctor Ullate Ballet brings to its repertoire a new version of this important,internationally performed classic. Choreographer and artistic director Eduardo Lao emphasizes the comic spirit of Coppélia while keeping the original score written by…


LOUDON, N.H. (AP) Denny Hamlin held off Kyle Larson over the final laps to win Sunday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway and send Joe Gibbs racing to victory lane for the first time this season.
One of the top organizations in NASCAR, JGR had yet to have any of its four drivers win until Hamlin held off the hard-charging Larson on the final lap.
Hamlin needed his 30th career Cup victory to secure a berth in NASCAR's version of the postseason and end a winless streak that stretched to last September at Richmond.
Larson had an amazing run from the rear of the field, where he was forced to start because he failed inspection after he won the pole. Larson lost his points lead last week and his crew chief was suspended after failing a post-race inspection at Kentucky.
Hamlin crashed the No. 11 Toyota in practice and was forced to race in a backup car. It seemed to suit him just fine at New Hampshire.
Martin Truex Jr., was third, followed by Matt Kenseth and Kevin Harvick.


Executed a strategic exclusive option license agreement with one of the world-leading European animal health companies, for the development of VBL's proprietary anti-inflammatory molecule, VB-201, for veterinary use. VBL is receiving an undisclosed up-front payment and upon exercising the option to license, VBL will receive additional milestones and royalties, which may exceed €50 million. VBL retains worldwide rights for the use of VB-201 for the treatment of humans.
Presented new data at the Society of Gynecologic Oncology (SGO) 50th Annual Meeting on Women's Cancer demonstrating the potential of VB-111 to stimulate the immune system and drive immune cells to infiltrate the tumor microenvironment, switching tumors from immunologically `cold` to `hot`.
Presented new analysis from the Phase 3 GLOBE study of VB-111 in patients with rGBM at the 2018 Society for Neuro-Oncology (SNO) annual meeting. New data provided insight into how the VB-111 treatment regimen may influence its anti-tumor activity, and thus why use of Avastin without prior priming with VB-111 monotherapy can block VB-111 activity. This likely explains why the positive Phase 2 data in rGBM were not replicated in the GLOBE Phase 3 study.
Presented new data on the potential of VB-600 platform of antibodies targeting MOSPD2 for treatment of various inflammatory indications, including multiple sclerosis (MS), nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) at the Keystone Symposia on Myeloid Cells. An Investigational New Drug (IND) application for MOSPD2 mAb for treatment of inflammatory indications is planned for submission in 2020.
Published a manuscript demonstrating MOSPD2 as a key player in breast cancer metastasis and a potential target for treatment of solid tumors. Earlier in 2018, VBL presented a late-breaking study at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) 2018 Annual Meeting, demonstrating a novel bi-specific antibody that induces immune-cell mediated killing of cancer cells through binding MOSPD2. An IND application for bi-specific antibody for treatment of solid tumor indications is planned for 2H2020.
Awarded a non-dilutive grant of over 10 million New Israeli Shekels (approximately $2.9 million) by the Israel Innovation Authority (IIA), to support continued development of VB-111 for 2019.
Revenues: Revenues related to the VBL's collaboration in Japan amounted to $0.6 million in the year ended December 31, 2018.
Cash Position: At December 31, 2018, VBL had cash, cash equivalents and short-term bank deposits of $50.5 million and working capital of $47.0 million. VBL expects that its cash and cash equivalents and short-term bank deposits will be sufficient to fund operating expenses and capital expenditure requirements through 2021.
R&D Expenses: Research and development expenses, net, after government grants, for the year ended December 31, 2018, were approximately $15.9 million, compared to approximately $17.8 million in the same period in 2017.
G&A Expenses: General and administrative expenses for the year ended December 31, 2018 were $5.2 million, compared to $5.8 million for the same period in 2017.
Comprehensive Loss: VBL reported a net loss for year ended December 31, 2018, of $20.4 million, or ($0.62) per share, compared to a net loss of $10.2 million, or ($0.37) per share, in the year ended December 31, 2017.
Vascular Biogenics Ltd., operating as VBL Therapeutics, is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of first-in-class treatments for cancer. VBL's lead oncology product candidate, ofranergene obadenovec (VB-111), is a first-in-class, targeted anti-cancer gene-therapy agent that is being developed to treat a wide range of solid tumors. It is conveniently administered as an IV infusion once every two months. It has been observed to be well-tolerated in >300 cancer patients and demonstrated activity signals in an "all comers" Phase 1 trial as well as in three tumor-specific Phase 2 studies. Ofranergene obadenovec is currently being studied in a Phase 3 potential registration trial for platinum-resistant ovarian cancer.
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http://www.NewsAndOpinion.com | The author met with President Bush on Tuesday afternoon in the Oval Office. After discussing the upcoming State of the Union address, Bush and Thomas covered a wide range of subjects. Following is an edited transcript of their interview.
Q: Iraq's interim President said today he doesn't foresee American troops leaving until the country's security forces are built up and pockets of resistance are destroyed. He said, by the end of year we could see the number of foreign troops decreasing. But you seem to have a goal in mind of when the — you're turning it around — when the goal is achieved, then the troops will come back, not the reverse.
THE PRESIDENT: I think timetables are a mistake. The enemies can wait out timetables; the enemies anticipate a time — the arrival of a date. The enemies will lie low, a timetable happens, and then they strike. I have a different view. I believe we ought to achieve the goal, and that's the — that will be the moment — and the goal is to, obviously, help this country realize its dreams. And what the American people saw was a country that has dreams. I mean, people defied the terrorists and went to the polls in amazing numbers. Exciting moment.
Q: Did you have any — the night before, did you have any doubts, any fears that it would come off differently?
THE PRESIDENT: Well, I — any time there's uncertainty, you, obviously, think about all the alternatives. But in the end, I had great faith. And I believe truly that if people — if given a chance, people will vote, people want to be free. And the first confirmation of the belief of, just give people a chance, they will express themselves, like the people in our country expresses themselves, happened in Afghanistan. I mean, the vote was overwhelming. And same in Iraq.
Q: Low Sunni turnout bother you at all?
THE PRESIDENT: Well, I talked to King Abdullah, in Jordan, who told me that they had a very high turnout of Sunni — of Iraqi voters in Jordan, most of whom are Sunnis, because — which tells me that if the situation is secure, that people will vote. And that's what kind of these polls indicated.
I think you'll find — and again, we haven't found — seen all the results from all the areas. It is understandable in a province like al Anbar, which was — where Fallujah was the heart — where people had been dislocated and there's camps — you can understand why the turnout may be lower than other places. We wanted all the people to vote.
And the key now is, is that there be an expression of inclusiveness, that there be minority rights, that people recognize that the new government is one that will listen to their hopes, as well. And that's why I was very heartened by Allawi's statements, who is a Shia, that said to the Sunnis, we want to work with you. And there's an outreach program going on that is very important.
Q: I want to ask you about the Democrat reaction — not all of them, but some of them — Senator Kennedy, Senator Kerry — Senator Kennedy, especially, in a speech recently has called you a liar, called for a timetable for getting out. Senator Kerry, on Meet the Press, Sunday, sought to minimize your election victory, called it small, cautioned against attaching too much significance to the Iraq election. I know some Republicans would say this is a cry of desperation. How would you characterize those remarks?
THE PRESIDENT: Well, I think Washington is a town where — you get all kinds of expressions here. And I just — I don't take it personally. I think there is — I just let the facts speak for themselves. And the fact of the matter is the Iraq people, in the face of very tough odds, rejected this notion that the — the sense that somehow certain people don't want to be free. They said loud and clear, in the face of terror activities and beheadings and killings and bombings, we want to be free. And that's the only thing that matters, as far as I'm concerned.
Q: Do you think those remarks encourage the terrorists? I found a quote from Bui Tin, a now retired general in the North Vietnamese army, who told The Wall Street Journal that the North Vietnamese counted on the antiwar movement in the United States at the time as part of their strategy.
THE PRESIDENT: I think it's different this time. I do, Cal. I think — I think that the terrorists are really watching how resolute this government is, that they — and the elections confirmed our country's desire to stay there and complete the mission. And they see not only how resolute the government is and that the Congress is willing to fund the troops, but they also see a military that knows the country backs them. And so their spirits are high, and they're desire is very strong to complete the mission.
Q: A federal judge ruled Monday in Washington that the people in prison in Guantanamo Bay have a constitutional right not to be deprived of liberty without due process. The government is going to appeal it, of course. But if the government loses the appeal, do you think this will impede the war on terrorism?
THE PRESIDENT: I think it's best that I not comment on a specific case. I've always felt like the people that we detained on the battlefield who were illegal noncombatants should be treated under the — in the spirit of the Geneva Accords, but that they were — they were unique. It's a unique war, a different kind of war. And so we went out of our way to explain to the American people why Guantanamo was set up, and why it is a different concept. It's now obviously being litigated in our courts, and we'll see what the courts decide.
Q: Speaking of courts, you know the history of Republican, even conservative Presidents and their — the way their nominees to the Supreme Court turned out. It's been a little checkered. Do you have a mechanism in place that will produce the kinds of justices — should you get the opportunity to present some — that would not disappoint your stated conviction that people should interpret the Constitution and not make law from the bench?
THE PRESIDENT: Right. We will do the very best we can to glean from writings and from, obviously, interviews, the way a person would interpret the Constitution - or interpret — or the way the person would handle the duties of judge in regards to the Constitution — is the best way to put it.
We haven't had a Supreme Court pick yet, but my record is pretty clear when it comes to picking judges for the circuit bench. And the record is pretty clear of some people in the United States Senate who don't want these judges to go forward. And I will call upon the Senate to have an up or down vote. I believe they have a constitutional duty to give an up or down vote to every person I nominate. And they have chosen otherwise. They are filibustering not one, but numerous judicial candidates.
So I think people ought to — I know people ought to take a look at the appointments I have made and the nominees I've suggested to the Senate. And there will be a consistency. One, they're very capable of doing the job; and, two, there's a philosophical consistency.
Q: Would you please elaborate a little bit on remarks you made in an interview with The New York Times last week concerning abortion, where you said you will try to convince people to make right choices in life, to understand there are alternatives to abortion, like adoption. It sounded, at least from what they ran, that you were just going to talk about it and not do much else.
THE PRESIDENT: Well, we've done a lot, as the President, in terms of the legislative agenda. Partial-birth abortion — signed a ban on partial-birth abortion. I signed a law that said if you were — if you murder a pregnant woman, you're subject to the trial of two deaths, not one. I've made some decisions protecting life unilaterally. So we've been active at promoting the culture of life.
My point was, however, that much of the political debate will be resolved as people's hearts change, in other words, when people begin to respect life and understand the value of life. And I think that's happening. I think more and more people are understanding that a wholesome society is one in which the most vulnerable are protected - is protected.
Q: "and lean not on your understanding" was his favorite when he was here. I wonder if one has particularly sustained you during time of war and the great pressures of this job?
THE PRESIDENT: It's an interesting question. I have said that I don't see how anybody can be President without prayer and a belief in the Almighty, although I'm sure others were able to do so. I think that's an important qualifier, because I'm sure people sat here in the office and felt like they could be President. I recognize that, in my feebleness, I need support from the Almighty, because I believe in an Almighty. And I love the support of the people through prayer.
THE PRESIDENT: Wait upon the Lord — it's a great Bible verse.
Q: Mount up with wings as eagles.
THE PRESIDENT: That's a great Old Testament verse. You know, I'm reading the Bible this year — I've got a Daily Bible, and last year I read Oswald Chambers. Every other year I read the Daily Bible and pick up a daily devotional guide, devotional. And then the next year I read Oswald Chambers. I've told people I thought Oswald Chambers is an interesting gauge to determine the depths of understanding of the Word, because he's such a provocative writer, and the more clearly you understand Oswald Chambers, the more likely it is the word of G-d is reaching your heart. That's how I view it.
Q: What standard will you use to judge whether you have run the race, kept the faith, and become a successful President?
THE PRESIDENT: Well, it's really two questions you ask. What standard will I judge is whether or not I gave it my all, the very best I could and as honest a way as I could. The standard about history will be judged by others, not by me. And I suspect that the history — the true history of any administration won't really be known until years down the road, particularly if an administration like ours tries to do big things.
What's amazing about this period of time is that we have seen freedom evolve in places that were dark and run by tyrants very quickly. But a lot of times it takes time for movements to develop and reformers to be inspired and tyrants to fall. And so I don't anticipate some of the big changes that will take place as a result of what we started to take place until down the road. I don't think you can expect cultures to shift instantly. I don't think you — and so — I know that the only true history that can be written about a President will be with the advantage of time, to determine whether or not big goals were set and results were achieved.
It's easy — you can see short-term legislative successes. And that's — don't get me wrong, that's a very important part of the job. For example, we were confronted with a recession, taxes were cut, and the economy is now growing. That's easy to measure. But peace, culture of life, personal responsibility, respect for your neighbor, compassion for the less fortunate, those are all values and accomplishments that take a while. And I don't expect one administration to be a part of — to be "the answer." Administrations help propel movements and sometimes start movements.
Q: Ramble all you like.
THE PRESIDENT: Well, history — and so a President shouldn't worry about history.
Q: Richard Nixon said something very similar.
Q: Yes. He was asked about his place in history. He said, that depends on who writes it.
THE PRESIDENT: Well, I say that all the time, as well, because the person who writes it in the short-term is somebody who is not going to have the advantage of time to look at history, look at the true history of the presidency.
You know, it's amazing that — there's kind of an interesting George Washington now — Ellis has written a book which I'm reading now, and David McCullough is writing a book on George Washington. I read one earlier on Washington — I can't remember the name of it — Washington Crosses The Delaware — something — it was a very interesting book about some of the many — how he organized the army. The Alexander Hamilton book by Chernow, which is obviously about Hamilton, but it was about the time of George Washington and Washington plays a prominent role.
It's very interesting, there's a resurgence in analyzing Washington, the first President, during the time of the 43rd President, which makes my point — that there's — history is always evolving, and people's appreciation of a President changes over time, as well — one way or the other.
THE PRESIDENT: I thought you were going to say, who was the greatest President. There he is, right there. That's the seat of honor for the greatest President — Lincoln.
Q: Indeed. But you don't want to make a pick for the DNC chair?
THE PRESIDENT: No, no, no. I'm keeping my attention on the State of the Union address. That's what I'm thinking about.
THE PRESIDENT: Right, yes. Saw the preacher.
Q: And you motioned me over to come sit next to you. So they're going on and clapping and all this stuff. And I said, you ever been to one of these before? And you said, no, I don't think so. I said, you know, it's not like the Methodist church. You said, no, it's not? I said, no, after an hour they're just getting warmed up.
Q: You were glad to get out of there.
THE PRESIDENT: No, no, it was a great sermon. I know the guy, and I'm trying to remember his name — I'm campaigning in Des Moines in 2004, and it's at the end of the campaign, it's the last day of the campaign — I'm not kidding you — and I'm working the rope line, and there he's there. And I said, "Pastor, I remember coming to your church in 2000." He said, yes, you were there. And it was just one of those moments.
Q: On the screen, yes. Very good.
THE PRESIDENT: Pretty long. I'll get you the name of it. I read a lot.
THE PRESIDENT: And I like to read. And it's — that dumb thing, that's the elites who put that out.
Q: It's great, it works well for you.
THE PRESIDENT: I like it. I like it.


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Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum Rededication
2013-08-18T08:30:37-04:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/351/20130818084610003_hd.jpgAt a rededication ceremony for the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum, speakers talked about the development of the site in Hyde Park, New York, and the legacy of the former president and former first lady Eleanor Roosevelt. The ceremony included a color guard, pledge, national anthem, and invocation. The library was rededicated after its first renovation since it opened in 1941.
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At a rededication ceremony for the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum, speakers talked about the development of the site in Hyde Park, New York, and the legacy of the former president and former first lady Eleanor Roosevelt. The ceremony included a color guard, pledge, national anthem, and invocation. The library was rededicated after its first renovation since it opened in 1941. close
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An Unmistakable Humanity: Jason Green
Jessica Cabe • February 6, 2018 • Add Comment
Recovered Geometry No. 11, 22 in. (56 cm) in length.
In 1995, Jason Green had just earned his BFA in ceramics from the University of Connecticut, and before venturing off to Alfred University for his MFA degree, he spent some time renovating houses with his father.
There was one house in particular in Lime Rock, Connecticut, that sparked ideas in Green about the way our homes become havens for memories. "Part of the house was built in 1739, so we basically had to strip every surface down to the bare substrate and then rebuild it," Green says. "I would literally be scraping off layers and layers of wallpaper—five or six layers that had been put up over time—and I loved the beauty of that, all these patterns overlapping."
Renovating that 250-year-old house set Green down a path he is still exploring to this day: one focused on architecture and design and the ways ceramic sculptures can reference buildings, from domestic spaces to Italian cathedrals.
Green has created everything from fully enclosed porcelain rooms to undulating tile sculptures for the wall, but his work is less about structure for structure's sake and more about the memories that tend to be held within structures. "When I was working on that house, I was also thinking about how each of those layers of decorative wallpaper defined a certain time and defined a person's memory who lived in that house while it had that kind of decoration," he says. "The wallpaper became this marker of time and marker of different types of memory through time."
Green's focus on the role architecture plays in memory—and vice versa—may explain why his pieces never feel cold. Even though he's emulating built spaces, there's an unmistakable humanity in his work. Even though his process is quite calculated, there's a beautiful spontaneity in the end result.
Though Green's work has evolved in the 20 years since he finished graduate school, his ideas about architecture and memory are still at the forefront of all he does.
Slipping Away From Function
Jason Green's introduction to ceramics came in college at the University of Connecticut. Originally, he was studying liberal arts, but when that didn't feel quite right, he took a semester off and started working at a factory maintaining race cars and building car parts. Green enjoyed the repetitive work at the factory, and when he returned to school, he signed up for a pottery class and quickly changed his major to ceramics.
Initially, Green thought he might make a living for himself as a potter. He saw a relationship between making pottery and the factory work he enjoyed, and he knew some successful potters when he was growing up, so it seemed like a viable career. But eventually, his focus shifted to sculpture.
"Once I was introduced to slip casting and mold making, I got really into those processes," he says. "I made a lot of pieces in undergraduate school with slip-cast and reassembled slip-cast parts from found objects, especially found scientific glassware." Some of his earliest work was mixed media that he describes as "mini-installations." "The ceramic object would be the centerpiece, and then a context would be created around those pieces using other types of materials," he says.
1 Recovered Geometry No. 5, 24½ in. (62 cm) in height.
2 Recovered Geometry No. 13, 24½ in. (62 cm) in height. All pieces: terra-cotta tiles, slip, glaze, fired vertically to cone 04, down fired 150°F per hour to cone 06.
The Early Years of Architectural Clay
Green's first year at Alfred was a time of vast experimentation. Everything from casting techniques to glazes and firings changed for him during that time. After trying out a little bit of everything, Green found a new focus that combined the techniques he had learned with his ideas about memory and built spaces.
"I began, near the end of my first year, to get interested in creating more of a complete environment where the viewer could be completely enveloped in the piece," Green says. "That led me to making a multi-room room installation that was completely unfired porcelain on the inside." The frames making up the ceilings, walls, and floors were covered with unfired bone china and slip-cast porcelain tiles. Green came up with a process for the walls where he would cast slip on a large mold of embossed Victorian wallpaper. He'd then put burlap down on the back of the liquid slip and wait until it could be peeled off of the mold in one sheet and attached to the wall.
These rooms became Green's focus during his second year of graduate school, and his thesis project consisted of two framed rooms and a hallway with the interior surfaces covered with bone china, porcelain tiles, and slip-cast wallpaper. "I thought of that space as a place where people might project their own memories of other spaces," he says. "It was this white, porcelain, pristine thing where you could imagine color would have at one time been there. There was also a lot of reference to decay through all the shrinking and cracking of the clay, so the material gave a sense of crumbling architecture. It gave this weird feeling of permanence and impermanence at the same time." The elements of decay in Green's early work referenced that old house he renovated with his father. The cracks in the clay expressed a sense of age and passing time.
These ideas are still present in Green's work to this day, but a variety of factors have led him to shift his focus from clean, white, room-like installations to smaller, terra-cotta tile sculptures that pop with color and pattern.
3 Recovered Geometry No. 16, 4 ft. (1.2 m) in length, terra-cotta tiles, slip, glaze, fired laying flat to cone 04, down fired 150°F per hour to cone 06.
4 Recovered Geometry No. 6, 36½ in. (93 cm) in length, terra-cotta tiles, slip, glaze, fired vertically to cone 04, down fired 150°F per hour to cone 06.
A Shift in Scale
After graduating from Alfred in 1998, Green landed a job teaching ceramics and sculpture at a private high school in Massachusetts. After becoming used to the expansive facilities at Alfred, his new studio space required some adjusting. "I had a studio there, but it was about as big as a closet," he says with a laugh. "I wanted to continue working with these ideas of layering surfaces and decorative surfaces in relation to architecture, so I started to make tile."
The small studio was the final push, but in fact Green had grown curious about how he could use tile to build sculptures reminiscent of walls and floors for a while. In graduate school, he was exposed to the world of architectural terra-cotta renovation and turn-of-the-century construction by architects like Louis Sullivan, who would have steel-framed buildings that would be clad in terra cotta. He also visited the Boston Valley Terra Cotta factory in Orchard Park, New York, where workers renovate terra-cotta façades. He explains, "At that time, they had a few acres of all these terra-cotta fragments that had been taken off buildings that they were essentially rebuilding. The staff would have to take these pieces off the building, resculpt them by hand and at a larger scale because of shrinkage, match the glazes, manufacture them and then reinstall them on the building. I really liked the fragments that had been taken off. They were old and cracked and had all this cement and brick still attached from where they were cleaved off the building and all this grime from years of being in whatever city they were in."
After graduate school, he visited the Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, which was once a functioning brick factory. "I found all these old wooden molds for bricks and for architectural moldings, like corner moldings, and I started using those molds," Green says. "I started making pieces with them. I'd press into the mold and then reassemble the pieces into these new sculptural shapes."
After that, Green started making his own wood and plaster molds to form tiles that were concave and convex and interlocked to form wall sculptures. Around 2002, he began using computer programs to create and print paper templates to get the shapes to match up as closely as possible. In addition to changing up how he formed his work, Green was also working in terra cotta rather than porcelain, and experimenting with new ways to use surface decoration to express his ideas.
"Around that time, I started firing tiles on their edge as opposed to flat so that I would get more movement out of the glaze," he says. "I was using glazes that were sometimes almost corrosive—glazes that would melt the slip surfaces underneath, glazes that had very different viscosities or different surface characteristics. Some would really flow over the surface, some might be more like a cracked paint surface. So I was using the glaze as another way to allude to this erosion and decay over time."
5 Shift, 6 ft. 7 in. (2 m) in length, terra-cotta tiles, slip, glaze, fired at a 35° angle to cone 04, down fired 150°F per hour to cone 06.
Adding Layers
In 2011, Green was teaching at the University of Georgia's study abroad program in Cortona, Italy, and the architecture he saw there inspired a new direction in his work. "We would go to different significant architectural sites, all the cathedrals and things like that," he says. "I got really interested in the use of perspective in decorative situations. If you have seen the marble floors from these Renaissance or late Medieval cathedrals, they have patterns that look three-dimensional. When you're walking over them, you almost have the sense that you're floating above this weird three-dimensional space. They really create this optical illusion of depth on this flat surface."
Green began capturing these patterns in photographs and keeping a collection of them. He would bring these photos home and recreate the patterns two-dimensionally using computer programs. He has also become interested in mathematical patterns, "The field of mathematical tilings is where mathematicians figure out all the different ways you can tile a plane or a flat surface," he explains. "Some of those patterns are grid-based, but others are aperiodic tilings, which are groups of tiles that repeat but not on a grid; so they grow exponentially. I started combining those mathematical patterns along with the other patterns I had found through travel. I'd also look at old books on how to make patterns from nature and other sources, along with documents that were teaching people like draftsmen and pattern makers how to make an abstract pattern. In addition, I was also looking at Arabic patterning."
The patterns he uses reflect either decorative architecture he's seen in person or mathematical patterns he's created on the computer. He then projects these patterns onto the flat tiles he's been making more recently and traces them with pencil. Then the pattern is painted with underglaze. Eventually he glazes these tiles and hopes the end result shows movement and corrosion, the architectural concepts that best illustrate memory and the passage of time.
"As my patterns and surfaces change during the course of my studio exploration, so do my glazing strategies," Green explains. "In earlier pieces, I often used glaze to reinforce the existing geometry and organization of the dimensional pattern. I also made color choices that resembled stained glass windows as another way of suggesting dimensionality to the surfaces—a window as a layer or barrier—but always with something behind it. More recently I have been interested in approaching color more subtly, and use glazes with less color intensity—glaze color that is less nameable. My recent approach to color is aimed at calling attention to the dimensionality of groups of shapes that exist within the overall pattern. I now try to use color as another way to amplify the illusion of depth that the patterns and layering of pattern also suggest." Depending on the piece, Green makes choices about the amount of flow that the glaze will have. He observed that glazing within the lines and firing tiles flat tends to give a much more graphic quality to the pieces while firing the tiles upright, and allowing the glazes to flow and mix, amplifies the inherent phenomena of the materials.
Green says that, when it comes to the color combinations he uses, he "enjoys finding colors that are on the edge or between nameable hues—transparent glazes that are subtle pinks, purples, and beiges—while also being interested in the way we might name a group of similar but different hues with a single color name. While color choice is always somewhat intuitive, I do enjoy finding unexpected combinations and juxtapositions of color." As everyone who works with clay has experienced, ceramics has a relatively unique relationship with color. Green explains that, in history, color used in ceramics has an absolute connection to place and the availability of materials, which, for him, led to an interest in how glaze can be used as a conceptual reference. "Specific glazes can bring to mind certain time periods and geographic locations," he says, "while also having strong ties to different cultures and the historical exchange between these cultures."
Recovered Geometry No. 15, 5 ft. 9 in. (1.8 m) in length, terra cotta, slip, glaze, fired vertically to cone 04, down fired 150°F per hour to cone 06.
Continued Exploration
Green is an adjunct professor at Alfred University, teaching two classes per semester. For this academic year, he is teaching full time as a visiting assistant professor. He teaches a tile class every year, and he also teaches foundations or a throwing class. He makes and fires his work in the studio at his home in Alfred Station, which he and his wife purchased in 2009. However, he has also been interested in making tools, designing technical tooling, and custom fabrication, and the university provides him access to facilities and technologies to explore these ideas that are beyond the reach of many studio artists who do not have an academic or maker-space affiliation. He also takes classes with a master machinist, and takes online software courses in order to expand his skills.
Making Patterned Relief Tiles
To draw his architecture- and mathematics-inspired patterns, Jason Green uses Grasshopper, a software plugin for the CAD program Rhinoceros (more commonly known as Rhino). Grasshopper is a graphical algorithm editor that allows users to build forms and patterns that can be controlled parametrically. The user interface is graphic, so users do not need knowledge of coding to use Grasshopper (1).
He exports his patterns as vector files that can brought to the laser cutter. He cuts out a piece of ¹⁄8-inch thick Masonite to the size of the entire pattern and then cuts the pattern out of chipboard (2). He sprays the back of the cut chipboard patterns with spray adhesive and attaches them to the Masonite (3–5).
Green seals the surface of the chipboard with several generous coats of Plasti Dip spray synthetic rubber (6). This seals the relief surface without warping the Masonite.
After the sealer is dry, he pours plaster onto the template to create a plaster mold (7). Once the plaster sets up, it can be separated from the template (8).
Next, he secures wooden boards around the plaster mold, creating the walls of the tile, then presses terra cotta into the mold to create the tile (9–11). After pressing the tile, and building interior cross supports, he disassembles the wooden frame around the mold (12) flips the tile and plaster mold over on a board and removes the mold (13).
After pressing, Green lets the tiles dry completely and paints them with white underglaze (14).
Green then creates patterns in Grasshopper that he will project onto the tile for tracing (15).
He arranges all the tiles onto a large easel board in the position he'll want them in for the final piece (16), and then projects a more mathematical, dimensional pattern onto the surface (17). This is traced onto the tile with a graphite pencil, which acts as a resist for the underglaze. Green darkens the graphite lines, then uses a fine brush to paint lines using black underglaze (18), after which the tiles are bisque fired, glazed, then fired again.
Learn more and find additional images of work Jason Green has made over the last 20 years at http://jasongreenceramics.com.
the author Jessica Cabe studied arts journalism at Syracuse University and has been a clay hobbyist for two years. She lives in Chicago, and works as a freelance journalist. Learn more at www.jessicacabe.com.
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Certain truths are by nature evident and need not be discussed in normal circumstances.
But, in a day and age when the most evident truths are shrouded by the clouds of doubt and questioned, one is forced to discuss even the most obvious of them.
One such truth is the necessity for an ascetic element in human life. Without an element of self-denial and asceticism no religion and therefore no human culture is possible.
One must withdraw occasionally from the full life of the senses even in order to be able to enjoy the fruit of sensual perception.
As the Taoist saying affirms, it is the empty space of the wheel which makes the wheel. It is only a certain degree of restraint from the material objects of the senses that makes even the life of the senses balanced, not to speak of making possible an opening in the human soul for the spiritual life.
One such practice of restraint is fasting, promulgated in Islam as obligatory for the month of Ramadan and recommended for other periods of the year. As the Holy Qur'an asserts, it is a practice which existed in older religions and in Islam it was only revived and institutionalized in the form of the sawm of Ramadan.
"But the most difficult aspect of the fast is the edge of the sword of abstention directed toward the carnal soul, the al-nafs al-ammarah of the Holy Qur'an..."
Fasting during this month possesses, of course, many social and external benefits and features which have been discussed often and in fact even somewhat overemphasized in certain quarters, where the chief virtue of fasting is reduced to charity towards the poor.
This element of charity is, of course, there but like all true charity it becomes spiritually significant only when it is directed towards God. And in fasting it is the obeying of the Divine Will which has as its fruit charity towards the poor and the needy and an actual participation in their hunger and thirst.
But the most difficult aspect of the fast is the edge of the sword of abstention directed toward the carnal soul, the al-nafs al-ammarah of the Holy Qur'an.
In fasting, the rebellious tendencies of the carnal soul are gradually dampened and pacified through a systematic submission of these tendencies to the Divine Will, for at every moment of hunger the soul of the Muslim is reminded that it is in order to obey a Divine command that the passions of the carnal soul go unheeded. That is also why the fast does not include only food but also abstention from every form of lust and carnal passion.
As a result of this systematic restraint, the human soul becomes aware that it is independent of its immediate natural environment and conscious that it is in this world but not of it.
A person who fasts with complete faith becomes aware very rapidly that he is a pilgrim in this world and that he is a creature destined for a goal beyond this material existence. The world about him loses some of its materiality and gains an aspect of "vacuity" and transparence which in the case of the contemplative Muslim leads directly to a contemplation of God in His creation.
The ethereal and "empty" nature of things is, moreover, compensated by the appearance of those very things as Divine gifts. Food and drink which are taken for granted throughout the year reveal themselves during the period of fasting more than ever as gifts of heaven (ni'mah) and gain a spiritual significance of a sacramental nature.
To fast is also to wear the armor of purity against the passions of the world. It is to incorporate even "physically" in one's body the purity of death which is of course coupled with spiritual birth.
In fasting, man is reminded that he has chosen the side of God over the world of passions. That is why the Holy Prophet loved fasting so much. It was a basic element of that "Muhammadan spiritual poverty" (faqr), about which he said, "al-faqr fakhri" (spiritual poverty is my glory).
The holy month has therefore been called "the blessed", mubarak, one in which the grace or barakah of God flows upon the Islamic community and rejuvenates its deepest sources of life and action.
From the author's Islamic Life and Thought (Albany: State University of New York Press, 1981).


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About C. G. Jung
Restitution of the Feminine Principle: Symbols from the Jewish Kabbalah
What in the World is An Archetype
Eros, Love and Power
Lecture & Workshop: Laurel Howe, M.A.
Film: Science of the Soul
Lecture/Discussion Series: Louis Deshotels, LCSW
Lecture: Charlene Henry, LCSW, Jungian Analyst
Lecture & Reading Seminar: Regine Schweizer-Vullers, Ph.D.
Film: The Way of the Dream
Lecture & Workshop: Carolyn Bates, Ph.D.
Lecture & Workshop: John Todd, Ph.D.
Lectures: A Free Lecture Series
Lecture: Charlene Henry, L.C.S.W.
Lecture & Workshop: Michael Conforti, Ph.D.
Lecture: Deedy Young, L.C.S.W.
Lecture & Workshop: Lynne Radomsky, Ph.D.
Charlene M Henry, LCSW, Diplomate Jungian Analyst
Where love reigns, there is no will to power; and where the will to power is paramount,
love is lacking. The one is but the shadow of the other. (CW 7, par. 78)
Saturday, March 13, 2021
10 AM to 12 PM
Back in 1959 Jung spoke about the world situation in which "…humanity, as never before, is split into two irreconcilable halves." (CW 9ii, par 126) Of course, this process has been happening for hundreds of years. But, today, as we look at, and are affected by, the many oppositions and the great tension in the world, we can no longer sit back and ignore these. The fate of humanity and the planet are in question.
Rather than looking only for outer solutions or for others to rescue us, more of us must look within as individuals to find those splits and to find ways to resolve them. The outer world carries the projections of what we all carry within. In the Red Book Jung says, "Life does not come from (outer) events, but from us (my emphasis). Everything that happens outside has already been." (Red Book reader's edition, p.152)
Jung's own suffering from the splits within himself and his "confrontation with the unconscious," has gifted us with insights into the composition and working of the psyche. The choice is now ours as to whether or not we learn from the wisdom of this suffering.
In this presentation, we will look at what is meant by the "splits in the psyche" with particular emphasis on love and power. As in other oppositions, each side has value. Can we see the value in both? What is the result from rejecting one side or the other? What happens to that side which we reject? Are we taking away or adding to the great split in the world? What is our responsibility to the well being of ourselves and to the world? In addition, we will look at the how the Feeling function and Eros can help us to find our way in dealing with these splits.
Charlene M Henry, LCSW and Diplomate Jungian Analyst is in private practice in Lafayette, LA. She has been a psychotherapist and analyst for the last 50 years and was one of the founders of the C.G. Jung Society of Lafayette, serving as president for ten years. She has lectured in the U.S. on various topics such as Alchemy, Basic Concepts in Jungian Psychology, on "An Alchemical Interpretation of Like Water for Chocolate," on the subject of her thesis "Searching for Evangeline, the Quest for the Acadian/Cajun Psyche," and various other subject matters. She has met with small groups in Dream Interpretation and study of the Red Book.
"The Healing Tree", Painting by Amber Rhyanne Bayham, www.ARTmine/Agora Gallery


The Supreme Court chief justice has vowed to fight "bullying" as President Duterte's congressional allies launched an impeachment process against her.
Voting 38-2, the House of Representatives justice committee said there was "probable cause" to impeach Maria Lourdes Sereno. Critics have alleged the move is part of an ongoing efforts by the president to destroy foes and usher in one-man rule.
An impeachment trial in the Senate will follow if the House adopts the committee's report, which is focused on allegations Sereno failed to pay about two million pesos of taxes.
"All kinds of lies, threats, harassment and bullying have been thrown my way but I will not yield," Sereno said at an International Women's Day event in Manila today (Thursday, March 8).
"I am fighting for our future as a freedom-loving nation," she added, saying the case against her was an issue of "judicial independence".
The president has said this week that he had no hand in the impeachment.
Alongside the impeachment case, Solicitor General Jose Calida on Monday asked the Supreme Court itself to oust Sereno under "quo warranto proceedings" for alleged failure to disclose assets.
Justice committee chairman Reynaldo Umali said his panel would ask the lower house, which is dominated by Duterte loyalists, to send the case to the Senate for trial.
The committee also accused Sereno of falsifying and tampering with court resolutions, excessive spending by buying a luxury official vehicle, staying in expensive hotels and flying business class.
Sereno, appointed in 2012 by Duterte's predecessor, is on an indefinite leave of absence to prepare for a possible trial in the Senate.
Duterte's 'War Against Anyone Who Disagrees' continues.
He especially hates women who disagree.
How about the billions of pesos in Duterte's bank accounts?
How about the trillions of pesos the Marcoses stole?
They never paid taxes on those funds.
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