In a lecture about Halloween back in 1981, the mythologist Joseph Campbell remarked that this holiday "gives us a chance to exercise our imagination – to bring out . . . some of the structuring forms that underlie our spiritual life and which we may forget in our daily work." As an example, he noted that the Halloween costume "talks to and evokes something deeply inside which is more permanent, which is archetypal, which is more eternal within us than the secular character that we represent in the world" (Campbell, Lecture). These comments reflect the influence of Carl Jung on Campbell's thought. The psychology and mythology underlying Halloween indeed hold the potential for personal transformation. As it happens, a precursor to Halloween, the pre-Christian Celtic Samhain festival, likewise appears to have been a festival of transformation. So in order to appreciate what Halloween can mean for us it is helpful to look back at Samhain (the Celtic new year, pronounced sow-in), as well as the Catholic Allhallowtide (All Saints' Eve, All Saints' Day, and All Souls' Day – October 31-November 2).
Getting to the bottom of Samhain can be tricky. In particular, we often hear that it was a festival about dead ancestors, partly to honor them but also to protect against them; also that it was to protect against "evil spirits." While this might be true in part, actually there is no evidence for it, as is now recognized in the scholarly community (Hutton, p. 370; MacLeod, p. 174). Rather, that notion appears to be an anachronism, attributing to Samhain the later concepts behind All Souls' Day (Rogers, p. 19). The actual idea behind pre-Christian Samhain appears to pertain to the living (Hutton, pp. 366, 370). Specifically, Samhain was meant to utilize the occasion of the new year to achieve the regeneration of individuals, their kings, and society, through interaction with the powers and beings of the Otherworld (Markale, p. 118). It was a festival of transformation, realized through myths and rituals concerning the Otherworld. Indeed, the action in most of the key Celtic myths took place on Samhain (Rogers, p. 20; Markale 1999, p. 165).
In order to understand Samhain, it is important understand Celts' conception of the Otherworld. In the Celtic understanding, there were two realms of reality: (a) the surface world of the living, and (b) everything else, called the Otherworld. The Otherworld was just under surface of earth, on magical islands, bottoms of lakes, in the sea, and in far-away places on earth. It was close, not in the sky ("heaven") (Monaghan, p. 371). There the normal order of the universe was suspended and somewhat dissolved, as in primordial, mythic time. It is this nullification of ordinary space and time which enables interaction between the two worlds (Markale 1999, p. 165). There were portals in and out of the Otherworld, especially the sidhe (fairy mounds). These were open on Samhain and Beltane, making the Otherworld and its beings accessible then.
The beings of the Otherworld were mostly former humans (whom that Gaels had replaced on the surface world as a result of a battle), but now supernatural and immortal. These beings, called the Tuatha Dé Danann ("people of [the goddess] Danu," also known as faeries), looked like people, and had the same virtues and vices as regular humans (Markale 2000, p. 71). They were mostly helpful, not "evil spirits," although some of them resented the Gaels who had conquered them (Markale 2000, p. 68). Generally, they watched over the surface world and endeavored to keep it balanced and harmonious, intervening when necessary to achieve this (Markale 2000, p. 36). For this reason they were often called the "Good People." The grotesque supernatural figures that that came to symbolize Halloween emerged later as a result of rank superstition and Christian demonization of the Good People.
On Samhain evening, in Ireland all existing fires (including at home) were extinguished, and new ones lit. This marked the end of summer and the old year, and the beginning of the new. Of these fires, the communal bonfire was the most important, especially at the Samhain celebrations of kings, attended by prominent Druids and poets.
In light of the nature of the Otherworld described above, any notion that the bonfire was primarily aimed at scaring away evil spirits is anachronistic. Rather, the fire was considered an agent of transformation. We can see this from the fact that Samhain was the new year and therefore considering New Year's mythology, from the mythology of fire in general, and from the Celtic myths concerning fire in particular.
As I wrote in an earlier post, New Year's mythology and ritual is typically about transformation and renewal (e.g., Babylon). Both gods (e.g., Marduk) and humans (especially kings) go through this process on New Year's. Generally, fire is a purging agent, eliminating the old and making way for, or creating, the new. Fire ("sulfur") plays this role in alchemy too. In Celtic thinking, unlike in ancient Greece, fire was not one of four primary elements, but was an agent for transforming the other three (earth, air, water), which is to say it can transform us as well. Celtic myths about fire occurring on Samhain illustrate this.
One such example is known as The Intoxication of the Ulstermen, in which the hero Cuchulain (a proxy for his king) and his companions are at a feast on Samhain hosted by their enemies, the king and queen of Connaught. After they are filled with food and inebriated with drink, they are imprisoned in an iron house, and a fire is started around it with the intention of roasting them alive. Cuchulain's companions blame him for their plight. But Cuchulain executes a powerful jump and breaks the structure, which enables them to escape. After that Connaught's king is apologetic and hosts them at another feast in a wooden house, at which, challenged by his companions, Cuchulain executes yet another jump known as "the leap of the salmon," in which he breaks through the roof of the house, proving that he is now better than ever. The lesson is clear: Cuchulain has emerged from the trial by fire in supreme shape and trusted by his men.
In another similar myth, a large, red-haired man and his wife, both from the Otherworld, arrive in King Matholwch's kingdom of Ireland and begin to commit various offenses. To get rid of them, the King's vassalscastt them inside an iron house that they had built, and fires are set around it to incinerate them. When it got too hot, the red-haired man gave the house a blow with his shoulder, casting it aside, he and his wife survived the ordeal. He learned his lesson about his bad behavior from the trial by fire, and was now gracious to the King, presenting him with a magic cauldron from the Otherworld which he had brought with him on his journey, which restores to life the dead that are placed within it. Which brings us to the feast . . . .
At the Samhain feast the featured dish was pork (Markale 2000, p. 25). Why? Because pigs were associated with immortality. They lived in the Otherworld too, and were eaten by gods and the Tuatha to retain their immortality. This is reflected in myths about the Dagda and Manannán mac Lir, king of the Tuatha. Each had pigs which they would kill and serve to their guests at dinner, but the next morning the pigs were alive and well again. Thus, eating them was thought to put one in touch with the Otherworld, and would help one gain immortality (in the afterlife). The food was transformational.
Further, the pork was not roasted on fire but simmered (braised) in a cauldron. Cauldrons were important in Celtic mythology, as evidenced by the many Celtic cauldrons unearthed by archaeologists. They were thought to be magical: They gave supernatural knowledge and perception, revived the dead, and provided for people. Thus, the Dagda had a magic cauldron which satisfied everyone, forever filled with good things like a horn of plenty (Monaghan, p. 79). In the Tale of Talesin, the protagonist Gwion acquired supernatural knowledge from tasting 3 drops of a potion boiled in a cauldron, and also gained the power of transforming himself, called "shape-shifting" (Monaghan, pp. 438-39). And in the tales Branwen Daughter of Llyr, Peredur, and others, cauldrons revive the dead. Such renewal by a cauldron is apparently portrayed on the famous Gundestrup Cauldron (see illustration).
Plate E of the Gundestrup Cauldron (ca. 1st century CE). On the bottom row, potentially in the underworld, is a series of dead or debilitated warriors proceeding toward a god and a cauldron on the left. The god dips them into the cauldron and they emerge not only alive, but promoted as horsemen. Between the rows is a horizontal tree with its roots at the cauldron, symbolizing life. One horseman (2nd from right) has a boar image on his helmet, and the 3 carnyx horns on the right also feature boars' heads, perhaps alluding to immortality. So we have the pigs discussed above in relation to the feast. A dog, for the Celts symbolizing the promise of future life (dog images were common in Celtic graves), appears under the cauldron and thus serves as a threshold.
As I mentioned in a recent post on the mythology of wine, in ancient times, when how fermentation and intoxication worked was not understood, people thought that these phenomena were magical, that supernatural forces were at work. People thought that by becoming intoxicated they were getting in contact with and uniting with the divine. Gods were thought to drink intoxicating drinks. Mead was the drink of Celtic gods, and so was the most common beverage at Samhain. Naturally, the action of all Celtic myths featuring intoxication took place on Samhain (Monaghan, p. 407). For example, in the Intoxication of the Ulstermen discussed above, Cuchulain and his warriors went to their place of transformation only because they were drunk (they were supposed to go see a friendly king).
The Catholic festivals of All Saints' Day, All Souls' Day, and the liturgy on the evening of October 31 (All Saints' Eve) were focused on the fate of dead souls rather than on the living. Nevertheless, these holidays were tied to the doctrine of the Communion of saints. This consists of the spiritual union of all members of the Christian church, living and dead (including in Purgatory), headed by Christ. The notion goes back to St. Paul, who said that in Christ Christians form a single body (Rom 12:4-13; 1 Cor 12). One enters the Communion when one is baptized. For our purposes, this doctrine is important because it breaks down barriers between earth and the supernatural realm (as Celts did, especially on Samhain), and implies a connection between the living and the dead. This too is transformative.
At this point we can consider the psychological dimensions of Halloween that Joseph Campbell was pointing out, because they can make the holiday transformative.
The symbols of Halloween relate to realms beyond our everyday conscious life and world. In fact, they emerge from our unconscious, which is the realm of what feels sacred and holy. Ultimately, our psyche refuses to erect a permanent barrier between the profane and the sacred, between our world and the Otherworld (that of the unconscious). The unconscious will catch up with us sooner or later. The symbols and rituals of Halloween are a result of this process.
So on Halloween we should not only let this process take its course, but proactively facilitate it. Campbell liked to call this kind of approach being "transparent to the transcendent" (Campbell 2004, p. xvii). Our other holidays have become domesticated and institutionalized, whereas Halloween allows us freedom and creativity. Halloween is the only remaining major American holiday in which people, young and old, can celebrate by taking on alternative roles that exercise their imagination and potential for creative expression and fantasy. It is cathartic. It therefore can serve important mythological, creative, and psychological purposes.
Halloween helps enable people to act out their sublimated fantasies. It can help children come to terms with frightening images and characters in dreams, and likewise can help adults deal with nightmares (by confronting and making friends with nightmare characters). In our constrained lives, the rebellious, transgressive aspect of Halloween can be liberating. And it can help us deal with death. Although mocking death can be a willful defense against the unacceptable, merely making it visible is still one path to coming to terms with it, like with nightmare images. The Otherworld beings were once helpful, and we can make it so again. It's not so hard, because they are already inside us. The veils are thinner than we realize. We can utilize Halloween to open them.
Campbell, Joseph. "Trick or Treat," lecture delivered at Fountain Street Church, Grand Rapids, Michigan, on October 25, 1981, available at http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/10/31/joseph-campbell-on-the-roots-of-halloween.html (cited as "Lecture").
———. Pathways to Bliss: Mythology and Personal Transformation. Novato, California: New World Library (2004).
Hutton, Ronald. The Stations of the Sun: A History of the Ritual Year in Britain. Oxford: Oxford University Press (1996). See Chapters 35-37 about Samhain, Allhallowtide, and Halloween.
MacCana, Proinsias. Celtic Mythology. London: Hamlyn Publishing (1970). Classic work by a leading authority, with many illustrations.
Markale, Jean. 1999. The Druids: Celtic Priests of Nature. Rochester, Vermont: Inner Traditions International (1999).
———. The Pagan Mysteries of Halloween. Rochester, Vermont: Inner Traditions (2000). Speculative but insightful.
MacLeod, Sharon. Celtic Myth and Religion. Jefferson, North Carolina, and London: McFarland & Company (2012).
Monaghan, Patricia. The Encyclopedia of Celtic Mythology and Folklore. New York: Checkmark Books (2008). Excellent resource with annotations for further research.
Rogers, Nicholas. Halloween: From Pagan Ritual to Party Night. New York: Oxford University Press (2002).
Rolleston, T.W. Celtic Myths and Legends. Mineola, N.Y.: Dover Publications (1990). Reprint of 1917 book that still reads well.
Thank you for the wonderful, well-researched article. I didn't know any of this from a Celtic perspective and am very glad to. Fascinating!


1. The authority of the United States to punish crimes committed by or against tribal Indians in the "Indian country" (Rev.Stats. § 2145) in Oklahoma continued after the admission of that state as before. P. 271 U. S. 469.
2. The term "Indian country," within the meaning of § 2145, applies to a restricted Osage Indian allotment. P. 271 U. S. 470.
3. There is no difference in respect of the applicability of § 2145 between a "restricted" and a " trust " allotment. Id.
the Act of Congress approved June 28, 1906, . . . the title to which said allotment . . . was held in trust by the United States and was inalienable"
by the allottee, who had never had issued to her a certificate of competency authorizing her to sell the allotment. The indictment is drawn under § 2145 R.S., which extends the general laws of the United States as to the punishment of crimes committed in any place within the sole and exclusive jurisdiction of the United States, to the Indian country, with certain exceptions not material here. The court below sustained a demurrer to this indictment upon the ground that the allotment described in the indictment as the locus of the crime was not Indian country within the meaning of § 2145. Thereupon, the construction of the statute upon which the indictment is drawn being involved, the case was brought here on writ of error under the Criminal Appeals Act of March 2, 1907, c. 2564, 34 Stat. 1246.
(Matter of Heff, 197 U. S. 488, 197 U. S. 499; United States v. Celestine, 215 U. S. 278, 215 U. S. 290).
The sole question for our determination, therefore, is whether the place of the crime is Indian country within the meaning of § 2145. The place is a tract of land constituting an Indian allotment, carved out of the Osage Indian reservation and conveyed in fee to the allottee named in the indictment, subject to a restriction against alienation for a period of 25 years. That period has not elapsed, nor has the allottee ever received a certificate of competency authorizing her to sell. As pointed out in United states v. Bowling, 256 U. S. 484, 256 U. S. 486, there are two modes by which Indians are prevented from improvidently disposing of their allotments. One is by means of a certificate, called a trust patent, by the terms of which the government holds the land for a period of years in trust for the allottee with an agreement to convey at the end of the trust period. The other mode is to issue a patent conveying to the allottee the land in fee, but prohibiting its alienation for a stated period. Both have the same effect so far as the power of alienation is concerned, but one is commonly called a trust allotment, and the other a restricted allotment. The judgment of the court below turns upon this narrow difference.
"The explicit provision in the Act of 1897, as to allotments, * we do not regard as pointing a distinction, but rather as emphasizing the intent of Congress in carrying out its policy with respect to allotments in severalty, where these have been accompanied with restrictions upon alienation or provision for trusteeship on the part of the government. . . . The allottees were permitted to enjoy a more secure tenure, and provision was made for their ultimate ownership without restrictions. But meanwhile, the lands remained Indian lands, set apart for Indians under governmental care, and we are unable to find ground for the conclusion that they became other than Indian country through the distribution into separate holdings, the government retaining control."
"the United States possess a supervisory control over the land and may take appropriate measures to make sure that in inures to the sole use and benefit of the allottee and his heirs throughout the original or any extended period of restriction."
In practical effect, the control of Congress, until the expiration of the trust or the restricted period, is the same.
quite unreasonable to attribute to Congress an intention to extend the protection of the criminal law to an Indian upon a trust allotment and withhold it from one upon a restricted allotment, and we find nothing in the nature of the subject matter or in the words of the statute which would justify us in applying the term "Indian country" to one, and not to the other.
"include any Indian allotment while the title to the same shall be held in trust by the government, or while the same shall remain inalienable by the allottee without the consent of the United States. . . ."


White Stripe Spawn #3 seems to have hatched earlier than expected. I was looking at the tank on Saturday, 9-13, which would've been the day to pull the tile, but the eggs were already gone. So they may well be on a 5 day schedule?!
Meanwhile, Lightning Maroon Spawn #40 was laid on 9-10-2014. I'll be out of town late this week, which means I won't be able to properly tend to baby lightning maroons. So this batch, like the last, will be left to hatch and move one. I believe I'll be in a good position to deal with Spawn #41 if the fish are back on schedule.
By March 21st, both Mike and I were at zero for larval maroons from batch #26…we both crapped out.
It's now the evening of March 25th, 2014, and Mike left my fishroom about 25 minutes ago with a bucket and a tile; I'll be out of town at the NEC convention this week followed by a visit to the Vermont-based home offices of CORAL Magazine, AMAZONAS Magazine and Reef To Rainforest Media LLC, so Mike and my wife get to pay attention to the fishroom in my absense. It makes more sense to have freshly hatched clownfish in Mike's fishroom vs. my own, and the deal I've made with him is this – if he rears a good solid batch up, I owe him a Gold Nugget Maroon to pair with his existing Gold Stripe Female. Done deal in my book.
What I'm more curious about is to see if Mike can fair better than I have been doing. Just on the ride home, 10 already hatched….which brings me to the other ongoing issue – as this morning, it was apparently that a good portion of the eggs had already hatched on the overnight from the 24th going into the 25th. Once again, only 5 days post spawn. Mike should get a solid hatch tonight (6 days post spawn), and he might even be able to get stragglers again on the 7th day if he plays his cards right. What's up with the hatch spreading out over THREE days?! At any rate, this is what it looks like will happen for Spawn #27.
Last week, the hatch of Spawn #26 approached. I'd been talking with Mike, at this point looking for really different way to approach the rearing problems I've been facing. The thought process was simple – send a tile over to Mike and see if he can do any better. Well, based on the 6-7 day model, Spawn #26 was due to hatch on either the night of the 12th, or 13th.
Come the morning of the 12th, it looked like there had already been a big hatch…at least 50% of the eggs were gone. Easily half hatched on the only the 5th night! Well, I pulled the tile that night, gave it a H202 dip (4ml in 0.5 gallons for 15 minutes), and come morning of the 13th, probably 50-100 more larvae had hatched. And there were still viable eggs. So the afternoon of the 13th, Mike came over and grabbed the tile. And come the morning of the 14th, Mike had a few more babies hatched out.
And so, by March 19th, the larvae I had dwindled to around 6 or so…and Mike was down to 1. I noticed a very disturbing change in larval rearing; for some reason in this run, my larvae were floating on their sides…a very odd set of circumstances that only seems explainable by an internal gas buildup…odd seeing fish kinda stuck to the surface with headstripes forming.
It's been a busy January here, with my trip to Cleveland to give some well-received talks at C-SEA followed by a grueling week of fishroom preparation in advance of Reef Builder's world-reknowned Jake Adams dropping by for a surprise visit and a bit of Q&A at the Lake Superior Marine Aquarium Club's winter / holiday / new year bash. Of course, the Lightning Maroon breeding and rearing doesn't stop because life gets in the way, but you better believe the online posts can sometimes drop in priority!
Spawn #20 in the BRT, post metamorphosis, already easily discernable as white stripes or lightnings.
During my time at C-SEA, my good friend and fellow clownfish breeder Mike Doty (you may recall he helped hatch and rear the very first Lightnings) was keeping an eye on the fishroom. For no reason, somewhere around the 17th or so, the babies in the 10 gallon just died. Mike can't explain it, I can't explain it. We've seen this happen before.
Most recently, on the 28th I started a water change, which normally is done with a very slow siphon into a 5 gallon bucket, the intake being placed so that it won't drain the tank completely. Well…I didn't have it really clamped down, and so it drained the BRT ompletely. Those babies which were still in a couple mm of water survived the 99.9% water change, but those that were in shallower water – damp, but not submerged – were dead. 21 lost totally due to a preventable accident. The upside is that the fish took a very traumatic, near 100% water change, and yet survived.
I'm guesstimating another 20-30 still alive. Either way, that shows you the losses through attrition that happen as these fish grow up – I stocked the BRT with 140 larvae.
Spawn #21 – I left Spawn #21 more or less in the hands of Mike to hatch…a handful of offspring had hatched out on the morning of the 17th (pulling the nest on the 16th was 7 days post spawn), and later that afternoon I had to depart for Cleveland. Unfortunately, the tile fell overnight, so come the 18th, instead of Mike finding a bunch of larvae hatched out, he came over to find a dead nest.
Spawn #22 – on the afternoon of 1/20/2014, the 22nd clutch of eggs was put down by the Lightning Maroon and her mate. Paying a close attention to things, I knew I could be pulling them as early as 6 days post spawn…so 21,22,23,24,24, evening of the 26th being 6 days on. Well, I took a gamble, left a little more ambient room light falling on the eggs, and found that on the morning of the 27th, we still had a nice, solid nest. Come the evening of the 27th, I pulled the tile along with 5 gallons of broodstock water and 5 gallons of new saltwater, and set them up with a wooden airstone incubation. I used a second tile to prevent the tile from falling, as well as to help weigh down and position the wooden airstone under the eggs. (I found my wooden airstones from eBay seller hoolko, who happened to be mentioned on Reef Builders a while back).
Spawn #22 set up and ready for hatching in a 10 gallon tank. Note the larvae already hatched!
Within minutes of transferring the nest, I had a few larvae hatch, still in full light.
Newly hatched Lightning Maroon Clownfish offspring swims next to the Seachem Ammonia Alert Badge….
I left things go, not feeding or anything else. By the morning of January 28th, I had a few dozen larvae in the tank, but the bulk of the eggs remained unhatched. I weighed my options a bit, and ultimately decided to introduce some rotifers (about 2 gallons worth) but refrained from adding any phytoplantkon. I thought maybe I'd have more hatches later in the day, but come nightfall, nothing had happened. Would this be a botched hatch?
Apparently yes and no. This morning (the 29th) several hundred larvae were present in the tank, but many many more dead eggs were on the bottom. Most of the larvae held tightly to the black back wall of the 10 gallon tank.
Spawn #22 after the large hatch, before cleanup.
I took the opportunity to first siphon off all the dead eggs (and dead larvae) on the bottom before tinting the tank with 50 drops of RotiGreen Omega.
Spawn #22 after cleaning up the larval tank.
I gave the rotifers their morning feeding of RotiGrow Plus, and later this evening they'll get the next infusion of rotifers. I'm thinking I will once again work on a system of water changes, lowering salinity, and 24 hour lighting, to grow this batch, and as I discovered, I will once again at minimum split the batch early on.
So I finally pulled the trigger on pairing up my holdbacks. The Ecoxotic cube had been up and running for a while with a single holdback Lightning in it, so I swapped the fish and simply added in my Lightnings as a pair (they had formerly been neighbors, side by side) on 1/21/2014.
Initially, things went very well. Here's some video the day after, 1/22/2014.
Unfortunately, things didn't continue down this blissful path. A few days later, the larger fish turned on the smaller fish, damaging a few fins and forcing me to segregate the fish around 1/25/2014. Currently, it is the larger, "future female" Lightning Maroon who resides in a drilled specimen cup.
I should mention that somewhere in January I shuffled some fish around and introduced my two F1 PNG White Stripe holdbacks to each other as well. The pairing has gone so-so. They are not paired, but they continue to share their tank, the smaller fish cowering in a protected area but not otherwise excessively abused. I'll try to snag some photos at some point. This will be a very important pairing to breed, as it will help definitively answer the question as to whether the "white stripe" siblings carry any special genetics (and it will prove or disprove the presence of a recessive Lightning gene).


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Đorđe Petrović (, ), més conegut pel seu malnom Jordi el Negre, o Karađorđe (, ;  – ), fou un revolucionari serbi que va liderar la lluita per la independència del seu país respecte l'Imperi Otomà durant el Primer Aixecament Serbi de 1804–1813.

Nascut en una família empobrida a la regió de Šumadija de la Sèrbia otomana, Karađorđe es va distingir en la guerra austro-turca de 1788–1791 com a membre de l'Exèrcit Serbi Lliure, una milícia composta per serbis Habsburg i otomans que estava armada i entrenada pels austríacs. Tement represàlies després de la desefeta dels austríacs i els rebels serbis el 1791, va fugir amb la seva família cap a l'Imperi Austríac, on van viure fins al 1794, quan es va declarar una amnistia general. Karađorđe va tornar llavors a Šumadija i va fer de tractant de bestiar. El 1796, el governador rebel del Sanjak de Vidin, Osman Pazvantoğlu, va envair el Pashalik de Belgrad, i Karađorđe va lluitar al costat dels otomans per esclafar la incursió.

A principis de 1804, després d'una massacre de cabdills serbis perpetrada per geníssers otomans rebels coneguts com a Dahije, els serbis del Pashalik es van rebel·lar. Karađorđe fou elegit unànimement com a líder de la revolta contra els Dahije en una assemblea dels caps supervivents el febrer de 1804. En qüestió de sis mesos, la major part dels líders Dahi havien estat capturats i executats per les forces de Karađorđe, i el 1805, les darreres restes de resistència Dahi havien estat esclafades. Karađorđe i els seus seguidors ara exigien una autonomia àmplia, un canvi que el soldà Selim interpretava com a primer pas per la independència completa. Selim va declarar de seguida la jihad contra els rebels i va enviar un exèrcit contra el Pashalik. Els otomans van patir una sèrie de derrotes a mans de les forces de Karađorđe. El 1806, els rebels havien capturat la major part de les ciutats del Pashalik, incloses Belgrad i Smederevo, i n'havien expulsat els habitants musulmans. Aclaparat pels esforços que requeria també la guerra russoturca de 1806–1812, Selim va oferir una autonomia estesa als serbis, però Karađorđe va refusar per la promesa de Rússia d'ajudar els rebels si continuaven lluitant.

Les baralles internes freqüents, juntament amb la invasió francesa de Rússia per Napoleó el 1812, van afeblir els rebels, i els otomans van poder recuperar terreny. Karađorđe va haver de fugir de Sèrbia l'octubre de 1813 i Belgrad va caure el mateix mes, tancant així el Primer Aixecament Serbi. Els seus seguidors i ell van buscar refugi a l'Imperi Austríac, però foren arrestats i detinguts. Malgrat les peticions otomanes d'extradició, els austríacs van lliurar Karađorđe als russos, que li van oferir refugi a Bessaràbia. Allà, es va unir a la societat secreta grega coneguda com a Philikí Hetairía, que planejava d'iniciar un aixecament panbalcànic contra els otomans. Karađorđe va tornar en secret a Sèrbia el juliol de 1817, però fou mort poc després per agents de Miloš Obrenović, un líder rebel rival, que estava preocupat pel fet que la reaparició de Karađorđe faria que els otomans es fessin enrere de les concessions a què s'havien compromès després del Segon Aixecament Serbi de 1815. Es considera que Karađorđe és el fundador de la dinastia Karađorđević, que va governar Sèrbia en diferents intervals durant els segles XIX i XX. El seu assassinat va tenir com a resultat dècades d'hostilitat violenta entre els seus descendents i els d'Obrenović, i canvis conseqüents al tron serbi.

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Zach Despart and Mike Morris March 22, 2019 Updated: March 23, 2019 11:37 a.m.
A fireball again erupted into the sky.
An unknown volume of chemicals leaked into waterways, destined for Galveston Bay.
Deer Park residents peered out their windows at another plume of black smoke.
An hour after that, Harris County Fire Marshal Laurie Christensen announced the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms would join the county's probe, an effort to boost its investigative resources and make good on her pledge to hold ITC accountable.
A beefed-up county probe coincided with a separate investigation announced by the U.S. Chemical Safety Board, and a lawsuit by the Texas Attorney General, on behalf of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, alleging ITC violated the Texas Clean Air Act.
ITC had little to say about Friday's developments, rescheduling an afternoon news conference for Saturday morning. "It is still under investigation," said an ITC spokeswoman who declined to be identified.
Harris County officials struggled to fill the information vacuum. Francisco Sanchez, the county's deputy emergency emergency management coordinator, said his office often must relay secondhand information to the public.
Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo declined to comment Friday, for fear of compromising the county's investigation.
The first sign of trouble Friday emerged before dawn.
Around 4:38 a.m., one air monitor testing for carcinogenic benzene about 500 yards from the tank farm picked up an elevated reading, according to the Harris County Emergency Management Office. The reading was higher than one Thursday that prompted a shelter-in-place order for temporary Deer Park.
An ITC spokesman said that because the Friday reading was "localized," there was no need for a public notice or shelter-in-place order. No other nearby monitors picked up elevated benzene readings, according to a map on the county's emergency management website.
Shortly after noon, ITC announced a breach on the north side of the facility's perimeter that allowed chemicals and detritus from the blaze to flow into nearby waterways.
"We have learned that a portion of the tank farm containment wall containing the product has partially collapsed. Industrial neighbors and the Texas Battleship and Monument State Park should consider taking shelter-in-place precautions," said ITC spokesman Dale Samuelson.
Officials noted that such a breach could undermine the foam blanket that is coating the tank farm in the hopes of preventing flare-ups and the release of further toxins from the facility, where holding tanks began exploding on Sunday.
Sure enough, the site's afternoon reignition and resulting airborne pollution led Port of Houston officials to close part of the ship channel from Tucker Bayou to Light 116. The Ship Channel Bridge also briefly closed.
"TCEQ is working to fully assess and mitigate any wider impact," the agency said.
Pyrolysis gasoline, also known as "pygas" is a benzene-rich liquid byproduct that can be blended with other chemicals for use as a gasoline additive. That chemical was the source of a benzene spike Thursday morning, after it leaked out from foam covering one of the tanks. City leaders issued a shelter in place that lasted several hours.
ITC officials estimated Thursday that 14,000 barrels of pygas remained in that tank. However, ITC officials said Friday that about 20,000 barrels remained.
Crews attempted to pump pygas from the tank on Thursday, but the effort didn't work, Weber said, in part because of an less-than-ideal environment concerning the positioning of the pump, Weber said.
Flames and dark smoke billowed from ITC around 3:30 p.m. Minutes later, Sarai Aranda received a panicked call from her son Raymond, an ITC employee. Raymond Aranda, 34, said there had been an explosion at the plant, he feared his truck was on fire, and he saw no escape from the flames.
"He says, 'Mom, don't get scared, but I'm here, and I'm trapped,'" Sarai Aranda said.
The Pasadena mother rushed to the plant. Raymond Aranda said he and colleagues had been evacuated east to the San Jacinto Monument, where he was unharmed. Sarai Aranda said she feels drained after six days of worrying about her son.
"I don't want him to work there anymore," she said.
Unlike a brief flare-up on Wednesday, which crews extinguished within minutes, the blaze on Friday spread rapidly.
When viewed from television helicopters, flames appeared in at least two locations: the pod containing 15 tanks that burned from Sunday to Wednesday and a new location, a ditch leading from ITC to the ship channel.
Prior to the eruption, television footage showed the tank farm covered with less foam than on Thursday, when the white substance appeared as if a heavy snow had fallen. ITC officials said earlier the foam, designed to fight chemicals, is necessary to seal the volatile compounds from the atmosphere, preventing emissions leaks and fires.
By around 4:30, firefighters using flame-retardant foam appeared to have the fires under control.
The Harris County Fire Marshal's Office asked for ATF's help because of the severe nature and size of the fire, spokeswoman Rachel Moreno said. Key questions remain about the blaze, including how and where it started, why it could not be contained by local firefighters, and what the company could have done to prevent it.
ATF's Houston branch often helps with local fire probes, but Harris County is also asking for the assistance of the bureau's National Response Team, which aids major investigations, such as the 2013 fertilizer plant explosion in West. The NRT last joined a Harris County probe in 2012, when a three-alarm blaze ripped through a Cleveland flea market.
ATF agents have agreed to evaluate the fire scene, which on Friday remained too unsafe for investigators to visit. The bureau's leaders would then determine how much assistance to provide Harris County.
The federal government would also provide fire investigators at no charge to Harris County, which otherwise faces the prospect of conducting an expensive probe, sending a bill to ITC and hoping the company pays.
The Harris County Attorney, Vince Ryan, has asked permission from Commissioners Court to bring suit against ITC, based on the results of the investigation.
Staff writers Samantha Ketterer, Godofredo Vasquez, Julian Gill, Rebecca Schuetz and Andrea Leinfelder contributed reporting.


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Eagles Draft Predictions: McManus Vs. Kapadia
It's time for the first annual Birds 24/7 Draft Predictions, where Sheil and I lay it all on the line in a fight for bragging rights. Kapadia is still stinging from his sound defeat in our 53-man projections battle back in training camp. Let's see if he can get on the scoreboard.
Floyd Expecting Eagles To Run 4-3 Under
Whenever he has talked to reporters this offseason, Chip Kelly has been hesitant to put a label on his defense.
And for good reason. He just got them out on the field for the first time last week, and the roster won't be complete until the draft is over.
While we should gain some clarity on scheme after the Eagles make their selections, it's worth taking note of what the team is telling prospects.
For example, Florida defensive lineman Sharrif Floyd joined Mike Missanelli on 97.5 The Fanatic today and was asked if he would be miscast in a classic 3-4.
"I know I'm disruptive in a 4-3, but the package the Eagles run is the hybrid 3-4, which is a 4-3 in a sense," Floyd said. "It's just the outside linebacker walks out. So it's not a bad deal. It's still a 4-3, but it looks like a 3-4 front. It's more of an under front, and we did that at Florida. We did the 3-4, we did the 4-3, and we also ran under. So it's all the same, just a walk-down linebacker. That's all it is."
Eagles Draft Cheat Sheet: Defensive Options
If you missed part one on the offense, click here.
Now, for the defense. Here are 23 potential first-round prospects to round out the top-40. With each name, you'll find a short description on how he might fit with the Eagles, along with the likelihood of the player ending up in Philadelphia.
Eagles Wake-Up Call: Examining Three Draft Scenarios
Chip Kelly's response drew laughter, but there was actually probably some truth behind his words.
"Yeah, and I get bored," Kelly said last week, when asked about the process of working through different draft scenarios with Howie Roseman and the Eagles' personnel team.
"To be honest with you, when they give you a million different scenarios, I think the same thing in the back of my mind. What if one team will trade 17 picks for us? You would say that would never happen. But the New Orleans Saints did it for Ricky Williams, so you have to talk about it. So we talk about it."
Kelly is only three months into his tenure, but the sense here is that he's at his happiest when he's on the field coaching, or in the meeting room with his staff working on offensive concepts and X's and O's.
Eagles Mock Draft Roundup
Geno Smith? Star Lotulelei? Dion Jordan? With the draft just eight days away, there are still a lot of names in the mix for the Eagles with the No. 4 pick. Here's the latest mock draft roundup.
Three Thoughts On the Eagles' Draft
Who will the Eagles take with the No. 4 pick? Will they take a chance on Geno Smith? With the draft three weeks away, here are my thoughts.
Here's this week's roundup of mock drafts, along with projections for who analysts have the Eagles taking with the No. 4 pick.
Eagles To Host Sharrif Floyd, Eric Fisher
Add two big names to the list of players the Eagles are taking a look at in front of the 2013 NFL Draft.
According to sources, the team will be bringing in Florida defensive lineman Sharrif Floyd and Central Michigan offensive tackle Eric Fisher for visits.
Both are potential top-5 picks, and could conceivably be selected by the Eagles at No. 4.

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In a mixing bowl, combine peanut butter, 8 oz cream cheese, vanilla and powdered sugar. Beat with an electric mixer until smooth and fluffy. Set aside.
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Tonight on Monday Night Raw 5/19/14, the spoilers have indicated that next week, Stephanie McMahon, Triple H and The Authority will in fact strip Daniel Bryan of the WWE World Heavyweight Championship.
Even before the spoilers from Raw came out, Daniel Bryan responded to Triple H's comments about Bryan's injury proving that he is not an A+ player.
Bryan said that he is not opposed to being stripped of the title and then fighting back for it once again, which lines up with the indication that he will in fact be removed as WWE World Heavyweight Champion next week on Raw.


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Seychelles ranked fourth-highest in Africa in World Economic Forum competitiveness report
by Downtown Africa October 16, 2019, 1:11 pm 18.9k Views
(Seychelles News Agency) – Seychelles is the fourth-most competitive nation in Africa out of 37 countries ranked in the 2019 edition of the Global Competitiveness Report, scoring high marks in health and macro-economic stability.
The island nation was ranked 76 out of 141countries and territories on the index, which is published by the World Economic Forum.
The index uses a scale of 0 to 100 to show how close an economy is to the ideal state or "frontier" of competitiveness in that area.
Oliver Bastienne, the chairman of the Seychelles Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI), told SNA on Tuesday that Seychelles being fourth in Africa is a good sign of continuous economic progress.
"The economy of Seychelles thrives on the different businesses that it has available. We have appropriate laws and facilities in place which can enable anyone to set up a business and start trading," Bastienne said.
The SCCI chairman added that the island nation's good ranking in Africa and globally can also be attributed to the ease of doing business in Seychelles.
"However this is not to say that we don't have our share of challenges when it comes to competitiveness and the enabling environment that we have when it comes to doing business. We can do better next year if we cut down on bureaucracy and set up a one-stop institution that will facilitate everything for business," he said.
Seychelles, an archipelago in the western Indian Ocean, scored the highest in the health pillar, which assesses the average number of years a newborn can expect to live in good health.
According to Seychelles in Figures' publication for 2018 is 70 for male and 78 for female.
The island nation also scored high marks in the Macroeconomic stability pillar which assesses the level of inflation and the sustainability of fiscal policy
The most competitive economies in the world according to the edition of the World Economic Forum 2019 are Singapore, the United States and Hong Kong.
The top country in Sub-Saharan Africa is Mauritius, followed by South Africa and Morocco.
This year, there are 141 economies of which 37 African were ranked according to 12 indicators grouped into four main categories.
The first category relates to the business environment, which groups together four indicators namely: institutions, infrastructures, the level of digitization, and macroeconomic stability. The second category, human capital, is based on health progress and the skill level of the population.
The third category focuses on the economic structure across the level of production, the financial system and the size of the market. Finally, the fourth category scrutinizes the dynamism of companies and their capacity for innovation.
The World Economic Forum has been measuring countries' competitiveness since 1979. The Global Competitiveness Report is a tool to help governments, the private sector and civil society work together to boost productivity and generate prosperity.
The report is compiled from a wide variety of reputable data sources, including the World Bank, UNESCO, the World Health Organisation, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and the World Tourism Organisation.
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Abandoned due to wet weather and match was drawn with St Bernard's.
Finished in 7th place with 0 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses.
Finished in 6th place with 1 win and 4 losses.
Finished in 4th place with 3 wins and 3 losses.
Finished in 6th place with 1 win and 5 losses.
Abandoned due to wet weather and the match was drawn with St Bernard's.
Good luck to the Year 7 Cricket Team and Mr Hale in the Grand Final this Thursday November 21st AWAY versus St Bernard's.
Finished in 7th place with 1 win and 5 losses.


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Welcome to the William Barnes Society
William Barnes is perhaps best known as the writer of Dorset dialect poetry through he published many poems in 'National English' as well. His Poetry was admired by Alfred, Lord Tennyson and is thought to have been influential in the writings of Gerard Manely Hopkins and Thomas Hardy. Barnes' interest in dialect prompted him to become a profoundly learned philologist who had taught himself to read some sixty languages and published many papers defending his strength of native (i.e. Saxon) English against the incursions of French and Latin.
Barnes' interests were by no means confined to poetry and philology, however, He was a schoolmaster and subsequently, a clergyman by profession, deeply loved by his pupils and parishioners who took added delight in his humour and eccentricity.
Barnes loved such practical arts as engraving and wood turning; played a variety of instruments; helped to found the Dorset County Museum and the Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club; published school text books and addressed innumerable meetings. The humour and pathos of his readings of his own dialect poetry delighted audiences in Dorset and beyond. Thomas Hardy remarked of him "a more notable example of self-help has seldom been recorded", and on Barnes' death in 1886, declared that he was "the most interesting link between present and past forms of rural life that England possessed".
Celebrate his life and work with the William Barnes Society. Dorset Meetings are held throughout the year, with talks, poetry readings, recitals and other entertainments including excursions to places with special Barnes connections.
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Dr Richard Bradbury on William Barnes: What is the point of William Barnes in the 21st Century?
William Barnes and My Father
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I'm happy to be once again partnering with fellow Shingo Award recipient Jim Benson to teach our combined full-day "Lean for Knowledge Work" class. We did this together last year in Seattle and had attendees from healthcare, government, education, non-profits, software, and a big coffee company. Lean is Lean… and the methods for organizing your work (and improving your work) are universal.
Hope to see you there! Tell your friends and colleagues!
And here's a fun video (really badly done, I realize) about "two great tastes that taste great together" – kanban and kaizen!


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As in WindowsXP it is not allowing me to create a file with the empty name.
Is there any change or should I name it .reload?
Is there any change or should I name it XYZ.reload?
Annoying, isn't it! The easiest way I've found to create a ".reload" file in Windows XP is to create a new text file (with default or any name), open it in Notepad and use "save as" to save it with a filename of just ".reload" (you also have to set "save as type" to "all files" so that it doesn't append ".txt" to the filename). You can then delete the original file, and can edit/save the ".reload" file as per any other file.


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Timeline: A123 Systems' Downward Spiral to Bankruptcy
Posted on October 16, 2012 October 11, 2016 by Paul Chesser
As Bloomberg reported today, stimulus-funded electric vehicle battery maker A123 Systems filed bankruptcy in federal court after failing to make a debt payment that was due. Milwaukee Business Times has reported that Johnson Controls will purchase the "automotive business assets" of A123 for $125 million, and that A123 will receive from Johnson $72.5 million in "debtor in possession" financing to continue operating during the sale process.
Regular readers won't be surprised, as the company's gradual sink to its current depths – despite receiving hundreds of millions of dollars from taxpayers – has been covered by NLPC since late last year. A review:
December 2011: A123 announced it would lay off 125 employees at its two refurbished plants in Michigan, attributing the cutbacks to diminished production by its top customer, Fisker Automotive. NLPC documented how A123 was also an investor in Fisker, which has had its own difficulties and had its own Recovery Act loan guarantee from the Department of Energy cut off. A123 CEO David Vieau and other executives were shown to be donors to President Obama's and other Democrats' campaigns, and Vieau was also featured in a 30-second spot in late 2009 to promote energy and climate legislation desired by the president and his fellow Democrats. Vieau was rewarded with a Rose Garden press conference that promoted A123.
January 2012: NLPC reported on EV battery manufacturer Ener1, similar to A123 in that it received $118 million in stimulus funds while almost entirely dependent on a single unproven, often-failed electric car company in which it was invested, Think Cars. Ener1 declared bankruptcy in January.
February: DOE cut off Fisker after paying out $193 million from a $529 million loan guarantee, leading to the car company's own layoffs and stoppage of work at a plant it planned to refurbish in Delaware to produce electric cars. The development caused NLPC to speculate whether Fisker's troubles would take down A123, but we would soon learn that it was more likely that A123 was a significant reason for Fisker's problems. Securities analyst Theodore O'Neill said the end of government funding for Fisker would create a "doomsday" for A123.
Later in the month NLPC reported that top A123 executives, despite earlier layoffs of factory workers and the company's continued poor performance, saw their own pay and parachutes (in the case of a sale of the company) get big boosts.
March: A123 announced to investors it would suffer a loss of $257.7 million for last year, compared to the $152.6 million in losses for 2010. A loss of $85 million was taken in the 4th quarter in part because of a $11.6 million write-down of its stake in Fisker, in addition to reduced orders of its batteries. One Wall Street analyst said the situation reminded him of Ener1, as just prior to its bankruptcy filing, Ener1 wrote off its investment in Think Cars and stated the electric car business would not present an opportunity for profitability any time soon.
April: A123 became the target of an investor class-action lawsuit and its stock price dropped below $1. The lawsuit followed a second recall of A123's batteries due to defective products, which the plaintiffs claimed the company failed to disclose. Both recalls affected production of Fisker's $107,000 model the Karma, the second of which suffered a high-profile breakdown while Consumer Reports was trying to test it for a review. "The company's statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times," the lawsuit's complaint said.
Later in the month, in perhaps the worst example of the agency's blundering judgment, the Department of Energy gave A123 a vote of confidence by extending a deadline until 2014 to spend down its $249 million stimulus grant. Within days of that decision an A123 battery caused an explosion at a General Motors research facility in Michigan, sending one employee to the hospital. Also, another A123 company – electric truck-maker Smith Electric Vehicles – was revealed as another victim of its defective batteries. The Detroit Free Press reported that lackluster sales of electric vehicles would likely lead to a consolidation of the battery industry which was "overstimulated" by the Obama administration.
Fox Business featured NLPC on "The Willis Report" for a discussion about whether A123 is "the next Solyndra."
May: A123 reported a $125 million 1st quarter loss and its stock price dipped to 88 cents, near its 52-week low, but the executives that were just awarded big raises and parachutes months earlier looked like they wanted to cash in and sell the company. Despite telling the Securities and Exchange Commission its ability for the company to continue is a "going concern," Vieau and fellow executives announced they had retained an outside adviser for "evaluation of strategic alternatives." In other words, they were looking for a buyer.
June: NLPC noted how every time A123 suffers bad news or a stock price hit, Vieau miraculously produces great news via press release that temporarily bumps shares higher. The recent example at the time came when A123 announced a "technological breakthrough" called Nanophosphate EXT that officials claimed would reduce or eliminate the need for cooling systems for overheating batteries, and lower the cost of electric vehicle batteries by $600. Wall Street was unjustifiably non-skeptical, as A123 saw its stock price temporarily shoot up from $1.04 to $1.58. NLPC detailed previous examples of A123's good news/bad news rollercoaster ride.
July: The company announced it would access $39 million via a stock sale to institutional investors and the release of other cash after meeting requirements related to its existing reserves. The dilution drove the stock price all the way down to its all-time low (to date) of 69 cents. NLPC stated that A123 is "in the throes of a death watch," while Elon Musk, CEO of electric automaker Tesla, said "There are few industries with more BS than the battery industry. It's quite remarkable."
August: In another phantom positive 'development,' A123 released its latest financial bad news, but also disclosed that it also had a potential buyer – from China. Despite another $82.9 million in second-quarter losses, good news also magically materialized as Wanxiang Group Corp. was announced as a new investor. The Chinese were allegedly going to provide hundreds of millions in loans and investment in exchange for an ownership stake of up to 80 percent, but many stipulations were attached including approval from both U.S. and China's governments. A123 also would be required to keep its state and federal grants and incentives, and its research and development teams.
Another condition for the deal was for A123 to maintain its listing on NASDAQ, and sure enough, only two weeks after the China deal was announced the stock exchange warned the battery maker it would be delisted if its stock price didn't rise above $1 for ten consecutive business days.
In other words, the Chinese deal was unlikely to be consummated.
September: NLPC reviews how despite all the taxpayer money spent and 100-plus years of research under scientists' collective belt, there has been no significant technological advancement with regard to batteries' cost, range, and efficiency, in terms for American usefulness for today's electric vehicles. They are still extremely expensive ($12,000-$15,000 for the Ford Focus Electric battery, for example); don't travel more than 100 miles, and usually much less; and still require several hours to fully recharge.
Add on top of that A123's breakdowns, explosions and all-around failures, today's news was inevitable.
Yesterday: Sens. Charles Grassley and John Thune sent a missive on Judiciary Committee letterhead asking Vieau for explanations about its grant from DOE, its pending sale to the Chinese, how taxpayer funds were handled, and how its government contracts and security interests would be handled in light of the proposed deal.
As the Wall Street Journal reports today, with tonight's second presidential debate, "Mitt Romney just got more fodder to attack President Barack Obama's green-energy programs…."
"This is important not just because of what you guys are doing at your plant, but all across America," President Obama said in September 2010 at a highly promoted event for the opening of A123's new Michigan plants. "Because this is about the birth of an entire new industry in America—an industry that's going to be central to the next generation of cars."
Paul Chesser is an associate fellow for the National Legal and Policy Center and publishes CarolinaPlottHound.com, an aggregator of North Carolina news.
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The support available from Warwick University was very helpful, especially during tough times when things were not going as expected. It would be very useful to meet like-minded entrepreneurs and learn from their experiences. We can have these kind of events in London too. Since Enterprise at Warwick has gained exponential popularity, I think specialist support designed to attract initial investments can be very productive in the formative stages for graduates.
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Shia leader Muqtada Al-Sadr calls Al-Maliki a dictator
April 9, 2014 at 10:45 am | Published in: Iraq, Middle East, News
Shia leader Muqtada Al-Sadr has criticised Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki and his government, calling Al-Maliki a dictator who runs an authoritarian tyranny.
The cleric stated that Al-Maliki's government violates the rights of the Iraqi people of all sects, as well as oppresses and detains its opponents in the name of Shiites. "The Iraqi government sheds the blood of Iraqis and steals the country's wealth," he said. Al-Sadr reiterated his earlier announcement that he will withdraw from political life and dissolve his political movement, but called on his supporters to still participate in the upcoming elections.
Iraq's Hammurabi news agency quoted sources earlier as saying that Al-Sadr's decision comes after learning of a conspiracy to oust him and his movement by Al-Maliki and his government.
At least 19 members of the parliamentary bloc affiliated with Al-Sadr have submitted their resignations following his announcement.
A member of the Shia coalition known as the National Iraqi Alliance, Ahmad Masari, told Arabiya news agency that Al-Sadr's resignation will only serve the other political parties in the National Alliance and boost Al-Maliki's position, allowing him to return for a third term as prime minister.
A member of the Al-Sadrist parliamentary bloc, MP Thafer El-Ani, noted that while Al-Sadr's decision is unexpected, his critique of the Al-Maliki government is not a surprise. "We are appealing to the Al-Sadrist movement to convince him to reconsider his decision, which will lead to a significant imbalance within Iraq's political process," he said.
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LeBron James, Kevin Durant named All-Star Game captains
LA Lakers' LeBron James will start in the All-Star Game for the 17th consecutive time when this season's contest is held on March 7 in Atlanta.
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LeBron James will start in the All-Star Game for the 17th consecutive time when this season's contest is held on March 7 in Atlanta, extending his own record.
The Los Angeles Lakers forward also was named a captain for the All-Star Game. Forward Kevin Durant of the Brooklyn Nets is the other captain and will be making his 11th career appearance.
James and Durant will select their rosters on March 4.
The voting formula for starters consisted of fan balloting counting as 50 percent with player and media voting each counting as 25 percent.
Joining James as starters from the Western Conference are frontcourt players Nikola Jokic of the Denver Nuggets and Kawhi Leonard of the Los Angeles Clippers. The backcourt starters are Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors and Luka Doncic of the Dallas Mavericks.
NBA scoring leader Bradley Beal of the Washington Wizards and Kyrie Irving of the Brooklyn Nets are the starting guards from the Eastern Conference. Joining Durant in the frontcourt are Giannis Antetokounmpo of the Milwaukee Bucks and Joel Embiid of the Philadelphia 76ers.
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Perhaps the biggest surprise was Portland Trail Blazers star Damian Lillard being bypassed as a starting guard. Lillard, who ranks third in the NBA with a 29.8 scoring average, tied with Doncic for a West starting spot.
The Western Conference @NBAAllStar Starters Pool!@KingJames (Captain)@StephenCurry30@luka7doncic
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Fan balloting was used as the tiebreaker. Doncic ranked second in the Western Conference backcourt voting by the fans and Lillard was third.
There has been criticism of the NBA holding an All-Star Game during the coronavirus pandemic, but commissioner Adam Silver defended staging the contest during an appearance on TNT.
'No. 1 fan engagement event'
"All-Star is the No. 1 fan engagement event of the entire season for the league," Silver said. "It's been a 70-year tradition and something like 100 million people will vote for All-Stars ... For us, All-Stars is part of the league, no different than the games we played. It begins and ends with the fans. This is an event our fans love to see. Nothing comes without controversy during a pandemic."
James trails only Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (19 times) and Kobe Bryant (18) in number of All-Star selections. He is averaging 25.7 points, 8.2 rebounds and 7.9 assists per game this season.
Making his 3rd #NBAAllStar appearance... Bradley Beal of the @WashWizards.
Drafted as the 3rd pick in 2012 out of Florida, @RealDealBeal23 is averaging 32.8 PPG, 5.2 RPG, 4.7 APG for the Wizards this season. pic.twitter.com/tIWm8Avppm
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Jokic (third appearance) is averaging 27.4 points, 11.1 rebounds and 8.6 assists while Leonard (fifth) is scoring 26.7 points per game. Curry (seventh) ranks second in the NBA with a 30.0 scoring average and Doncic (second) is averaging 29.1 points, 9.4 assists and 8.6 rebounds.
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Durant is back in the contest after missing all of last season due to an Achilles injury. He is averaging 29.0 points, 7.3 rebounds and 5.3 assists. Irving (seventh) is averaging 28.3 points per game.
Beal is making his third appearance but is a starter for the first time. He is averaging 32.8 points per game.
"It is truly an honour to be selected to start in the All-Star Game for the first time in my career," Beal said in a statement. "I want to thank the fans, media and players for selecting me to represent the Wizards organisation during the All-Star festivities in Atlanta. I also want to thank my team-mates, coaches, the entire organisation, and our fans who are still supporting us through this unprecedented season."
Antetokounmpo (fifth) is the two-time reigning regular-season MVP. He is averaging 28.2 points, 11.4 rebounds and 5.8 assists. Embiid (fourth) is fourth in the NBA in scoring (29.7) while also averaging 10.8 rebounds.
The All-Star Game reserves will be announced on Tuesday. Seven players from each conference will be chosen by NBA head coaches.
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Q: Grouping values in a string array matching a criteria in R I have a big data frame df1 that has a column Student which has string values for students name, Grades with numeric values for the grades of an exam. Another data frame df2 that has three columns Class numeric, From To as a range for the grade and Count that summarizes how many students has a specific grade between some value for a specific class.
As an example:
Stundent <- c("Mark", "Jhon", "Stuart", "Lillie", "Carl", "Jason", "Stewart","Jack")
Grades <- c(7,9,1,6,7,6,4,8)
df1 <- data.frame(Stundent,Grades)

Class <- c(101, 101, 201, 308, 507, 201, 507, 308)
from <- c(1,6,1,1,6,6,1,6)
to <- c(5,10,5,5,10,10,5,10)
Count <- c(0,2,1,0,1,1,1,2)
df2 <- data.frame(Class,from,to,Count)
df2 <- df2[order(df2$Class),]

And what I'm expecting is to get something like this
Students <- c("","Mark, Jhon", "Stuart", "Lillie", "","Carl, Jason", "Stewart", "Jack")
df3 <- data.frame(df2, Students)

A: It is not entirely clear.  Here is a for loop version.  Based on the expected output, it could be 'Stundent' from the 'df1' are allocated to each row of 'df2' 'Students' column by comparing the 'Grades' against the 'from', 'to' in 'df2' and the number of 'Stundent' selected are limited by the 'Count' value.  Once a 'Stundent' is  selected, it is not repeated again
tmpdat <- df1
tmpdat$Stundent <- as.character(tmpdat$Stundent)

df2$Students <- ""
for(i in seq_len(nrow(df2))) {

       if(df2$Count[i] >0 ) {
        st1 <- head(tmpdat$Stundent[tmpdat$Grades >= df2$from[i] &
                                    tmpdat$Grades <= df2$to[i]], df2$Count[i])
        tmpdat <- tmpdat[!tmpdat$Stundent %in% st1, ]
        df2$Students[i] <- toString(st1)

      }

  }

df2
#  Class from to Count    Students
#1   101    1  5     0
#2   101    6 10     2  Mark, Jhon
#3   201    1  5     1      Stuart
#6   201    6 10     1      Lillie
#4   308    1  5     0
#8   308    6 10     2 Carl, Jason
#5   507    6 10     1        Jack
#7   507    1  5     1     Stewart

In the expected output, the Jack and 'Stewart for 507 are switched.  From 'df1', Jack's Grades  is 8 and Stewart 4

A: I am assuming that there should be another column in df1 which would be Class identifying which student is in which Class because there is no information to match the data. If my assumption is not correct, let me know and I'll delete the answer.
#adding class column
df1$Class <- c(101, 101, 201, 201, 308, 308, 507, 507)

We can left_join df1 and df2 by Class and create comma-separated values of Stundent which are in range.
library(dplyr)

df1 %>%
  left_join(df2, by = 'Class') %>%
  group_by(Class, from, to) %>%
  summarise(Stundent = toString(Stundent[Grades >= from & Grades <= to]))

#  Class  from    to Stundent
#  <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <chr>
#1   101     1     5 ""
#2   101     6    10 "Mark, Jhon"
#3   201     1     5 "Stuart"
#4   201     6    10 "Lillie"
#5   308     1     5 ""
#6   308     6    10 "Carl, Jason"
#7   507     1     5 "Stewart"
#8   507     6    10 "Jack"

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Home GENERAL NEWS Police officer shoots friend, kills him at funeral house
Police officer shoots friend, kills him at funeral house
A Police officer of Kabwe's Kasanda Police Camp has died after being shot by his close friend.
Police Spokesperson Esther Katongo has named the officer as Sergeant Samuel Tembo aged 47 who was allegedly shot by Simon Mbulo of Makululu compound using a revolver.
Ms Katongo says the incident happened in the early hours of 19th June at about 01:40 hours at a funeral house in Kasanda police camp.
She says brief facts are that the victim who was in the company of other friends at the funeral house went to the suspect's motor vehicle where he was found sleeping and tried to wake him up by knocking on the door of the motor vehicle, prompting the suspect to fire two shots at the victim through the window who sustained bullet wounds.
Ms Katongo says the victim was rushed to Kabwe General Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
She says the suspect has since been arrested and the pistol recovered while body of the deceased is in Kabwe General Hospital Mortuary.
Meanwhile Home Affairs Minister Steven Kampyongo says Police are still investigating the shooting of a student at Lusaka Apex Medical University Kasama road campus.
Mr. Kampyongo says preliminary investigations revealed that the undeveloped land opposite the university campus is used as a firing range by the Zambia Army.
He has told parliament in ministerial statement on the rising number of criminal gangs and activities as well as a comment on the firing range in the Chalala area of Lusaka and the alleged shooting of a student.
Mr Kampyongo said looking at the location where the student is said to have been standing at the time of the alleged shooting, it is possible that he could have been shot by a stray bullet from the range.
And Mr Kampyongo says 66 people have been arrested by Police in Kitwe for various gang related offences,ranging from aggravated robberies to abductions,unlawful wounding,causing grievous bodily harm and conduct likely to cause a breach of peace.
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package achievements;

import javafx.scene.Group;
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The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) projects a 10-year 50% increase in the number of employed home health aides from beginning in 2008. This will result in an expected 1.38 million aides by 2018. Despite this increase in available aides, not all are equally qualified to care for the elderly, reported a Huffington Post blog post by Marki Flannery, president of senior supportive services organization Partners in Care.
The post cites Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine's Lee Lindquist, M.D.'s study, that found many health care agencies recruit home health aides through job sites such as Craigslist and 55% of the agencies researched hire individuals without performing criminal background checks. Additionally, the study found many agencies lie about the qualifications of their aides and do not provide training.
Not holding home health agencies and aides accountable is a problem that must be addressed, Flannery writes.
As I've argued before, the job of a home health aide cannot and should not be done by just anybody. Home health aides perform a vital job on the front lines of health care for vulnerable seniors and others who want to live at home but are not stable enough to be on their own. Talented, well-trained aides are the best offense for keeping at-risk individuals out of the hospital and living safely and as comfortably as possible in their own homes.
When you hire a home health aide, you should expect a person who is compassionate, trustworthy and knowledgeable — which is why I recommend hiring an aide who is insured, certified and properly trained.
This study [Lindquist's study] serves as an important wake-up call, both to individuals seeking home care and to the home care industry. As experts in the field, we must recognize that people searching for home care are often overwhelmed by need and emotion and frustrated by lack of consistent information, regulation and benchmarking.
Our lawmakers need to make this a priority, and laws should be changed to regulate home care services on a national level. Training, screening and supervision of aides aren't optional; they need to be non-negotiable table stakes.
While this survey uncovered far too many "bad apples," home health aides like Zena give us a benchmark to strive for as we seek to fill a ballooning and all-important need: caring for our loved ones as they age.


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There is probably no other piece of gear in the 50+ years of guitar pedal history that has caused more conversation, speculation and interest than the Klon Centaur overdrive. Love it or hate it, it is what it is. It has spawned countless clones from DIY builders all the way to big powerhouse pedal companies and in our opinion is seated to be as legendary as the Tubescreamer in the decades to come. The KTR is a more mass produced but still 100% authorized version of the famous Klon to the original specs including those sacred and secret Germanium diodes we have all grown to love. We have loved the Klon way before it was the legend it has become and even made a faithful replica back in the day, this mod stays true to what we all love about the circuit while giving you some very useful and fresh options that you are going to love.
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Q: Visual Studio: Why sometimes "Start Without Debugging" much slower than "Start Debugging"? I'm using Visual Studio 2010, C#, WPF. I noticed in some of my projects, "Start Without Debugging" is much more slower than "Start Debugging", maybe 50 times slower.
When "Start Debugging", everything is normal, UI is smooth and responsive. But when "Start Without Debugging", every operation freezes UI for 30~60 seconds.
What are the common causes of this problem? Thanks.
(sorry, I can't upload my projects)

A: Do you have the problem in Release builds as well?
Are you running antivirus?
Sorry, but I'm not sure we can diagnose your problem without more information.