"Gunner Up!" is the cry when the enemy closes in on the convoy, so that your fellow soldier can shift topside to lay down the extra firepower. This coin honors every soldier who battles great evil to protect their brothers from danger. When your brother-in-arms call for "Gunner Up!" you know it's time to rock and roll. Insurgents beware, the heavy guns are coming out, and if you're in the way, it's going to end very badly for you. Give this coin as the perfect gift or reminder for the warriors of our United States Army.
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Михаи́л Ива́нович Ко́люшев (28 апреля 1943, Душанбе) — советский трековый велогонщик, выступал за сборную СССР во второй половине 1960-х годов. Двукратный чемпион мира в командной гонке преследования, чемпион всесоюзных и всероссийских первенств, участник летних Олимпийских игр в Мехико. На соревнованиях представлял спортивное общество «Динамо», заслуженный мастер спорта.

Биография
Михаил Колюшев родился 28 апреля 1943 года в городе Душанбе Таджикской ССР. Активно заниматься велоспортом начал в раннем детстве, проходил подготовку в душанбинском добровольном спортивном обществе «Динамо», затем в 1963 году переехал в Тбилиси, в период 1964—1965 представлял Минск, а с 1966 года проживал и тренировался в Ташкенте.

Первого серьёзного успеха на треке добился в 1965 году, когда стал чемпионом СССР в командной гонке преследования и, попав в основной состав советской национальной сборной, отправился на чемпионат мира в испанский Сан-Себастьян, где вместе с товарищами по команде Леонидом Вуколовым, Станиславом Москвиным и Сергеем Терещенковым одолел всех своих соперников и завоевал тем самым золотую медаль. Год спустя вновь был лучшим в зачёте всесоюзного первенства и вновь побывал на первенстве мира — на соревнованиях во Франкфурте-на-Майне на сей раз показал третий результат, пропустив вперёд команды Италии и ФРГ, в результате чего получил награду бронзового достоинства (при этом в его команде помимо Вуколова и Москвина состоял Виктор Быков).

Защитив титул чемпиона Советского Союза в командном преследовании, в 1967 году Колюшев выступил на чемпионате мира в Амстердаме, с Москвиным, Быковым и влившемся в команду латышом Дзинтаром Лацисом одержал победу и стал двукратным чемпионом мира. Также в этом сезоне установил мировой рекорд в гите на 1000 метров с ходу — на финише показал время 1.01,32.

В 1968 году Михаил Колюшев в четвёртый раз подряд выиграл командное преследование на первенстве СССР и благодаря череде удачных выступлений удостоился права защищать честь страны на летних Олимпийских играх в Мехико — вместе с командой, куда также вошли Станислав Москвин, Дзинтар Лацис, Виктор Быков и Владимир Кузнецов, сумел дойти до стадии полуфиналов, где потерпел поражение от сборной Дании. В гонке за третье место соревновался со спортсменами из Италии, но тоже проиграл. За выдающиеся спортивные достижения удостоен почётного звания «Заслуженный мастер спорта СССР».

После завершения спортивной карьеры в течение многих лет работал инструктором-методистом по велоспорту в специализированной детско-юношеской спортивной школе олимпийского резерва № 54 «Ориента» в Москве.

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Ссылки

Велогонщики СССР
Чемпионы мира по трековым велогонкам
Чемпионы СССР по велоспорту
Велогонщики на летних Олимпийских играх 1968 года
Заслуженные мастера спорта СССР

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import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
import { HttpClient, HttpHeaders, HttpParams} from '@angular/common/http';
import { MediaAccount } from './mediaaccount';
import { Channel } from './channel';
import { Observable, of } from 'rxjs';
import { mergeMap, map } from 'rxjs/operators';
import { MediaQuery } from './mediaquery';
import { QueryResult } from './queryresult';
import { MediaEntity } from './media.entity';
import { MediaEntityService } from './media.entity.service';

@Injectable()
export class MediaService {
    public static readonly defaultVersion: string = '2.14';

    private defaultHeaders: Map<string, string>;
    private apiUrl?: string;

    constructor(private http: HttpClient, private account: MediaAccount) {
        this.defaultHeaders = new Map([
            [ 'Accept', 'application/json' ],
            [ 'x-ms-version', account.apiVersion || MediaService.defaultVersion]
        ]);
    }

    private getRequestOptions(): HttpHeaders {
        return new HttpHeaders();
    }

    public getApiUrl(): Observable<string> {
        if (!this.apiUrl) {
            console.log(`Checking ${this.account.apiUrl} to see if redirection is needed `);
            return this.http.get<any>(this.account.apiUrl, { headers: this.getRequestOptions() }).pipe(
                map(json  =>  {
                    this.apiUrl = json['odata.metadata'].replace(/\/\$metadata$/, '');
                    return this.apiUrl as string;
                }));
        }
        return of(this.apiUrl);
    }

    /**
     * Gets the metadata for the rest endpoint.
     */
    getMetadata(): Observable<any> {
        return this.getApiUrl().pipe(
            mergeMap(url =>  this.http.get<any>(`${url}/$metadata`, {
                headers: this.getRequestOptions()
            })));
    }

    /**
     * Queries entities
     */
    getEntities<T>(entityName: string, query?: MediaQuery): Observable<QueryResult<T>> {
        return this.getApiUrl().pipe(
            mergeMap(entityUrl => {
                const options = {
                    headers: this.getRequestOptions(),
                    params: query ? this.buildSearch(query) : undefined
                };
                console.log(`querying ${entityUrl}`);
                return this.http.get<any>(entityUrl, options);
            }),
            map(json => {
                return {
                    count: parseInt(json['odata.count'], 10),
                    value: json.value
                } as QueryResult<T>;
            }));
    }

    private buildSearch(query: MediaQuery): HttpParams {
        const params = new HttpParams()
            .set('$inlinecount', 'allpages')
            .set('$top', query.top.toString())
            .set('$skip', query.skip.toString())
            .set('$filter', query.query.toString());
        return params;
    }

    get channels(): Observable<MediaEntityService<Channel>> {
        return this.getEntityService('Channels');
    }

    public getEntityService<T extends MediaEntity>(entityName: string): Observable<MediaEntityService<T>> {
        return this.getApiUrl().pipe(
            map(apiUrl =>
            new MediaEntityService<T>(this.http, this.account, apiUrl, entityName)));
    }
}

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Тім Томерсон () — американський актор.

Біографія
Народився 8 квітня 1946 році в Коронадо, Каліфорнія. Виріс на Гавайях і в Сан-Дієго. Після служби в Національній гвардії США працював реквізитором і робітником сцени в Old Globe Theatre в Сан-Дієго. Навчався у коледжі Сан-Дієго. Закінчив акторські курси Стелли Адлер в Нью-Йорку. Після закінчення курсу працював стендап-коміком в різних клубах, а з середини 1970-х років став з'являтися на екрані, виконуючи невеликі ролі в телешоу і серіалах.

Фільмографія

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Actress Kathryn Bernardo explained to her fans and followers the 'unfollow' incident with Daniel Padilla on social media. Kathryn made it clear that it was purely accidental and it was a 'no issue'.
Kathryn said she accidental pressed the 'block' button not knowing that it will caused the unfollowing of some of her friends.
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The Best Holiday Gifts for Conservationists
Bringing mindfulness and sustainability into holiday shopping.
Adryenn Ashley, High tech priestess turned award winning author/producer, interested in future tech, global trends, and the here and now.
Each year the holidays become a little bit less about accumulating unnecessary stuff and a little bit more about contributing something meaningful to the world. If you have a consumerism-averse conservationist in your family or friend circle, they can be especially hard to shop for. But there are solutions.
These are some of the year's best gifts for environmentalists who want to make a difference.
Living Composter
The composting worm farm finally gets the minimalist treatment to blend in with the clean lines of your home. This countertop composter is a place to collect compostable kitchen scraps and transform them into gardening gold. The best part? Smart design makes it clean and odorless. The worms (not included) eat half their weight in kitchen scraps every day. The kit comes with a fancy thermometer-like tool that measures the pH, moisture and light levels. In addition to supporting your plant life, this kitchen composter reduces unnecessary landfill waste. If you're looking for a budget alternative, skip the worm casting process and go for this simple, cute countertop scrap collector.
Wildlife Collections Jewelry
A simple, elegant accent piece by Wildlife Collections will add a bit of conservation-chic to any wardrobe. Jewelry sales help support organizations like Save the Elephants and the Sea Turtle Conservancy. In the two years since Wildlife Collections was founded, they've already contributed tens of thousands of dollars to wildlife conservation. But they go one step further. Each piece of turtle or elephant jewelry comes with access to an exclusive tracking portal, where you can track your 'adopted' turtle or elephant and see whereabouts they're roaming around, free and happy as can be! That's enough to bring smiles to an animal lover's face throughout the entire year.
Yoloha's Cork Yoga Mat
Yoga mats are typically made of polyvinyl chloride (PVC). Needless to say, that's not especially sustainable. But a mat needs to be grippy, squishy and durable, so what's a yogi to do? Enter Yoloha (a portmanteau of 'yoga' and 'aloha'). This company started making eco-friendly surf gear, and then realized one day that cork is the perfect material for sustainably sourced yoga mats! Why is it so sustainable? The cork is made of bark from a special mediterranean tree. When harvested, it just grows back! They don't even cut the trees down. Think about that while you do your tree pose. Namaste, cork trees!
BigBlue 3 Solar Phone Charger
For the tech minded conservationist, this solar powered phone charger harnesses the mighty power of the sun to keep your mobile device all juiced up even when you're trekking on remote mountaintops. It has three USB ports built in, so it can charge multiple units at once. It folds up to fit in your backpack, and weighs just over a pound. It's compatible with most newer iPhones, as well as iPads (not the iPad Pro, though), Samsung's Galaxy S8, LG models and more. This is the highest rated solar charger according to solar experts, with reviews consistently claiming that it works efficiently even under cloudy conditions. Now you can stay connected even when you're off the grid.
Recycled, BPA Free Fire Truck
This eco-friendly spin on a perennial classic is made from recycled milk jugs and is BPA and phthalate free. It's packaged in recycled materials and soy based inks. Will the kids care? Probably not! Until they're older, that is. And then they'll gain a new level of appreciation for the thoughtfulness of your gift. In the meantime, they'll have a cute and classic fire truck to help them develop their motor skills and imaginative play. Green Toys also makes a dump truck and a garbage truck.
Hopefully this makes holiday shopping a little lighter, on you and on the earth alike. These are the kinds of gifts that show how much you care, and say that you also care about the planet. May all giving be joyful and sustainable this year.
— Published on December 8, 2020
conservationist,
Adryenn Ashley is a serial entrepreneur, speaker, and investor. As a Startup Advisor her advice is sought after, whether for her abilities to viralize a global conversation, or increase a company's revenue while streamlining costs. Her expertise ranges everywhere from breaking into banks (security testing in the 1990's), to being one of the first females in AI in the 2000's, giving Ashley decades of experience in navigating the bleeding edge of what's next. Having immersed herself in blockchain, artificial intelligence, and augmented reality, Ashley's newest disrupt, Loly, aims to reinvent the way people meet, mingle, and make magic online. Funding Loly through an ICO is what inspired the content for her newest book, Minting the Future (Spring 2019).
Recently named the #1 Woman in Blockchain, Ashley speaks around the globe from small elite audiences to jam-packed convention centers, using her signature style of humor to break down complex technologies into understandable bites of must have knowledge.
In addition to being a tech entrepreneur, Ashley is a best-selling author and award-winning filmmaker. In 2015, she skillfully turned fan engagement into #SocialTV profits with CrowdedTV, the world's first crowdfunding platform for broadcast television. Going a step further than just raising funds, CrowdedTV also recruited sponsorship and secured distribution. Using the CrowdedTV platform, Ashley's first show, Wake Up!, went from idea to national broadcast television in under four months, and is in pre-production for a second season, as well as development for their first 360 sitcom, and a crypto-centric comedy news show.
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When restaurateurs Anne and Bruce of the Mayan Café wanted to expand their business to a food truck, it became clear that the design needed to embody and carry through the story of Mayan cuisine.
Earthy colors from Mayan pottery and hieroglyphs from ancient codas were chosen and styled for their meaning of celebration and imbibing. Chef Bruce's tattoo of the Mayan God of Food and Agriculture was used as inspiration in creating the truck's 'hero' character.
The overall effect is that of an energetic, but stylistically accurate portrayal of the food's origin, life and story. The food truck lives in a semi-permanent location at the Gravely Brewing venue where patrons can enjoy locally brewed beers with their food.
This project won a 2017 AIGA design award.


The festival features blues music and hot-air balloon launches over Father's Day weekend.
Monroe residents Gary Gulaski and his wife Maggie have been to rhythm and blues shows all over the Midwest, but they say the medium-sized gathering in their backyard is one of their favorites.
So naturally the pair is pleased that after a one-year hiatus the Green County Fairgrounds will rock again in June with some of the best blues bands in the region.
The music, added several years ago to an ongoing balloon rally, now in its 30th year, will be held June 17 and 18 (Father's Day weekend) and feature six groups and more than a dozen colorful hot-air balloons.
Gulaski said when he told some of his friends who are members of the Great Northern Blues Society about the festival's acts, they were mightily impressed that the two days of music would include free concerts from Chicago's Nick Moss Band, Brent Johnson and the Call Up out of New Orleans, and the Left Wing Bourbon Band from the Chippewa Valley.
Local favorites, the Jimmys, led by Jimmy Voegeli, plus the Birddog Blues Band and the Léman Quartet (both from Madison) will also entertain festival goers, he said.
'I'm just a Polish boy from central Wisconsin, but there is something about the blues that really touches my soul,' said Gulaski, 65.
Gulaski said he's also looking forward to hearing Michael Ledbetter, who sings with the Nick Moss Band and is a descendant of the great Texas bluesman Huddie 'Lead Belly' Ledbetter.
Gulaski said the audiences for the concerts usually number less than 700, so blues fans should be able to get close to the acts.
'Frankly, for the quality of musicians who have played at this festival, it has been underattended,' he said.
'People had to figure out if they wanted this to go forward, and fortunately they did,' he said. The festival is now being run by ARC-Green County, an organization that provides aid to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Urban said the balloons that are participating will come from around the Badger State as well as Illinois and Iowa. The first launch will take place at 6:30 p.m. Friday, followed by flights on Saturday at 6:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Both evenings will also have balloon glows at sunset, around 8:30 p.m.
He said flight patterns depend on prevailing gentle winds over the Green County countryside. When propane runs low, pilots look for an open place to land.
Urban said he once crewed for a company called 'Balloon the Rockies,' which was based near Breckenridge and Keystone, Colo. With a base of 9,600 feet, he said the area is a 'wild' place to fly.
'There have been a number of balloon events in Wisconsin that have come and gone, but we're the longest-running one. It's all weather-dependent, of course, but I'm glad we've been able to keep this going,' he said.
In addition to music and hot air balloons, the festival will also include a car show, family and kids' activities, local brews and food. New this year is the Green County Gran Fondue, a cycling event aimed at raising funds for the Monroe Clinic & Hospital Foundation Cancer Fund.
More information: Admission to the Green County Fairgrounds for the festival is free; parking is $3. For more, see monroeballoonrally.com or call (888) 222-9111.
Getting there: Monroe is about 110 miles southwest of Milwaukee via I-43 and Highways 81 and 11.


Sunshine Wall is a fine wall located to the West of Cynical Pinnacle with some fine, moderate-length routes in the moderate range. In particular, Turkey Foot Crack, Standard Route, and Equinox are likely to delight.
Park at the large parking area and follow the old logging road past a switchback and across the mostly dry streambed, then start looking for a cairn and a faint trail on your right. This will lead straight uphill to the left side of the Sunshine Wall.
Another shot of Turkey Foot Tower.
Sunshine Wall right before sunset.
On top of the Standard Route.


Congratulations to all 3 students on their success! For the first prize in the senior section, Sean has won himself a 2 week trip to Tokyo to compete as New Zealand's representative in an International Japanese Speech contest later this month. We wish him all the best.


Better for you, your community, and the environment.
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Buying locally-grown produce is the right choice for many reasons.
Let's start with taste. Produce shipped from far away gets picked and harvested too soon, before it reaches peak flavor and ripeness. That's the only way it can survive the long journey and last on supermarket shelves.
Our fruits and vegetables don't have far to travel so they come to you at the peak of flavor and ripeness – which coincidentally is when they're most loaded with vitamins.
Buying local produce also helps keep alive New Jersey's farming tradition and preserves some green space in a state where we need all we can get. Buying local is also better for the environment. At a time of rising energy and food costs, a changing climate and declining water supplies, it's time we all started to rethink our relationship with food. Can we really afford to consume an apple that consumed 200 gallons of fossil fuel to get here? The choices we make as shoppers can have far reaching impact.


Sally Prasch creates a glass aparatus that will be used in a chemistry laboratory.
The shelves, drawers, nooks, and crannies of Sally Prasch's laboratory in the basement of Syracuse University's Center for Science and Technology are packed with a myriad of glass items—round and square rods, tubes, connectors, valves, stopcocks, ampules, and more—from the miniscule to the very large.
To the casual observer, the glass pieces seem unyielding, yet Prasch will bend, twist, shape, and fuse the material in seemingly impossible ways. She creates customized scientific glassware for researchers in the Department of Chemistry in SU's College of Arts and Sciences and sometimes for others across campus for experiments requiring highly specialized apparatuses that are not readily available from commercial suppliers.
In the world of scientific glassblowing, Prasch is a member of a shrinking fraternity, according to a 2006 article in Chemical and Engineering News. The American Scientific Glassblowers Society lists just 650 members from across the country on its web site. Many train at Salem Community College in New Jersey, the only school in the country that grants degrees in scientific glass technology. Prasch holds both a certificate in scientific glass technology and an associate's degree in applied science from the school.
Open for Peace, a glass scuplture created by Sally Prasch.
Even as Prasch is a member of an increasingly rare breed of scientific glassblowers, what's rarer still is how she fuses science and art in her professional life. She is internationally renowned for her artistic glass, which she creates in a private studio near Springfield, Mass. Her exquisite sculptures have been exhibited in galleries and museums across the United States as well as internationally. Her work is also featured in a number of books and magazine articles, including The Penland Book of Glass: Master Classes in Flamework Technique (Lark Books, 2009) and 500 Glass Objects: A Celebration of Functional and Sculptural Glass (Lark Books, 2006).
Prasch holds a bachelor's degree in fine art in glass and ceramics from the University of Kansas and is passionate about teaching both the scientific and artistic sides of her craft. Her specialty is flameworking and her tools of choice are hand-held gas torches of varying sizes. She also uses a glassblower's lathe, which can hold glass items that are too large to be held by hand. Prasch has taught flameworking at SU; the University of Massachusetts, Amherst; and the University of Michigan, Dearborn. She is frequently invited to teach masters-level workshops in different forms of glassmaking at some of the most exclusive artisan schools and studios across the country and around the world, including the Niijima Glass School in Japan; Snow Farm in Williamsburg, Mass.; Pilchuck Glass School, Washington; and the Penland School of Crafts in North Carolina.
Prasch was recently an invited guest at Penland's acclaimed Retreat for Teaching Artists. Held in September, the retreat was supported by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. In December, she will travel to Japan to teach masters-level workshops in Tokyo and Kobe, and next spring she will teach a weeklong workshop in Ireland at the famed Essence of Mulranny, known as an artist's paradise.
There's a story behind almost every piece of glass Prasch creates, whether she is creating an apparatus for a scientist or a sculpture, which emerges as a visible expression of her emotions, thoughts, and experiences. "I think we are all artists and need to express ourselves," she says.
Prasch created "Bouncing Goblets" in honor of her parents' 50th wedding anniversary. The stems are made of flexible glass coils, similar to the coils she creates for condensers in the chemistry labs. She says the goblets will bounce off the table if one is not careful. "I figured my parents had to be pretty flexible to be married that long," she says.


A track man, Stacey was part of a team at Florida that set the nation's fastest time in the 4×200 relay with 1:26:31. The first pick of the Colts in the 4th round of 1990 that played both receiver and punt returner, Stacey saw playing time also with the Buccaneers, before heading over to the Orlando Thunder in 1992. After a short off-season with the 49ers, Stacey found a home for 8 seasons in the Arena Football League playing for the Tampa Bay Storm, winning two AFL Championships.
I have to give credit to Sotl for this find, as I had given up on this one some time ago. Seeing his name on the website, I easily recognized him as a member of the Orlando Thunder and nudged him a bit for those autographs and amazingly they arrived a bit over a year and a half later setting a new record at a fat 579 days.
He also included a nice note for it taking so long and welcomed me to check out his site at www.staceysimmons.com. It's amazing looking at these autographs from the two posts gotten some 20 years apart, and realizing that the autograph is authentic, because the signature is still the same.


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Q: How can I detect what functions the linker omits in a release build using VC10? Using Visual C++ 2010 (Service Pack 1), is there a way I can get the linker to output the functions it has discarded (are not called) in a release mode X64 build?

A: I doubt it.  You can do the opposite, however; the option
/Fmfilename, when passed to cl, will cause the
linker to output a map; if you invoke the linker directly, the option is
/MAP:filename.  (In both cases, you can omit the
filename.)  This will give you a list of all of the functions (and other
symbols) in the executable.
After the link, you can still recover a certain amount of information
(depending on the link options) by using dumpbin.

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Workers package edible oil at the Bidco plant in Thika, Kenya. The company manufactures edible oils, detergents, baking powder and canola.
Vimal Shah will be the keynote speaker at the annual Monitor Thought Leader's Forum on December 9, at the Kampala Serena Hotel.
The year was 1980. A 20-year-old Vimal Shah, the CEO of Bidco Group, along with his brother, were impressed that manufacturing consumer goods was a feasible business to undertake.
The two young men neither had the experience nor the capital to actualise their idea but their will and passion kept them going.
"We went to several banks and shared our project but none of them was willing to finance it. The idea was often noted as a good one, but the banks could not trust us with their money," Vimal said in an interview with Kenya's Citizen TV.
The banks reasoned that Shah did not have any experience in that particular line of business.
With the loan not coming through, Shah was induced to roll out the business premised on a sheer piece of advice "Start small and aim high" that had been shared with him.
After jumping the hurdle of opening the business, the next was finding market for their products. The two brothers resorted to going around the country in a van to market output. One of their marketing strategies involved urging shopkeepers to stock their products and paying after making sales.
Thirty years down the road, Shah is ranked as the richest Kenyan according to New World Wealth.
Last year, Forbes Magazine listed him as one of the wealthiest Africans, a worth of $1.6 billion.
Bidco, the idea that banks once shunned, has an annual turnover of more than $500 million.
The family owned company holds a 49 per cent share of the edible oils market in Kenya.
It manufactures edible oils, detergents, baking powder and canola. The products are distributed in 14 countries across the continent.
Wealthy as he is, one would assume Shah's objective is to make more money and rise up any rankings where he does not enjoy the number one position. "It is not important to gauge people based on wealth. I derive more satisfaction in living in the hearts and minds of people; in making a difference in people's lives," Shah said during an interview with a Kenyan TV Station. He shares that it is his passion and will that have kept him ahead in all his works.
He brings time tested solutions to business that allows businesses to grow their profits. Shah also brings experience from the biggest economy in East Africa and beyond.
"I believe in being "MAD" (Make a Difference). In every position one holds, one has to make a make a difference and achieve things not for yourself but for the people, the institution and businesses one represents, the country the region and over-all contribute to the growth of every external factor that one interacts with," Shah says.
Vimal Shah was born in 1960 in Nyeri – Kenya. He holds a B.Sc degree in Business Administration and Finance from United States International University – Africa.
He won the Prestigious East African Entrepreneur of the Year award in 2012 awarded by All Africa Business Leaders Awards (AABLA) in partnership with CNBC Africa and Forbes Africa.
In recognition of his exceptional effort and contribution to national development, Former Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki rewarded him with the 'First Class - Chief of the Order of the Burning Spear (CBS) in 2010.


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Q: Google place search API JSONP request returns Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token : I am trying to get json data from google place search.
Its returns Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token :
Below is my code. Please help me. Any help should be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
$.ajax({
   url: 'https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/nearbysearch/json?location=-33.8670522,151.1957362&radius=500&type=restaurant&keyword=cruise&key=xxxxxxxx',
   dataType: 'JSONP',
   jsonpCallback: 'callback',
   type: 'GET',
   success: function (data) {
    console.log(data);
   }
});


As users post messages containing links into Slack, we attach simple previews, adding context and continuity to conversations. With a Slack app, you can customize these link unfurls further, turning brief reading experiences into something richer.
Bring your own content and make it thrive: actionable, interactive, and easily addressed by URL. Or just keep it simple and let your content stand vivaciously alone.
There are at least two kinds of unfurls.
Slack app unfurling - When Slack encounters links your app is associated with, we send your app an event & your app decides what to do next with it. It's an exciting opportunity to start an interactive message workflow.
Classic unfurling - When Slack spots a link, we crawl it, devour its metadata, and spit out a mostly uniform summary.
If you've already read Everything you ever wanted to know about unfurling but were afraid to ask, then you might not actually know everything yet. Let's start with what's new.
Teach links new tricks by using the Events API and Web API together. Of course, you'll need your very own Slack app.
Don't know if you're ready to get started? Read our announcement about app unfurls.
If you haven't already, set your app up to support the Events API and subscribe to link_shared events.
Using your app's Event Subscriptions configuration page, register one or more domains your app will provide unfurling behavior for.
Install your app into your Slack workspace if you haven't already. You'll need the links:read and links:write scopes to perform all operations.
Provide an inciting incident: have a member post a message containing a fully-qualified URL matching the registered domain.
Your app will receive a link_shared event, giving your app the hints it needs to do its thing.
Your app uses chat.unfurl to attach custom unfurling behavior to the original message. Like a cherry on top of an already special sundae, you can make the messages interactive too.
Let's review that song and dance in more detail.
You'll need a Slack app and a server Slack can reach to follow along. If you want to develop locally, consider using a connection proxying tool as described in this tutorial.
Set your app up to use the Events API. You'll also be using the Web API — to unfurl links you'll need both the links:read and links:write permission scopes.
Before installing your app, be sure and set up your event subscriptions and register your domain.
Your app will be notified when a message containing a URL its interested in is posted to a channel it has access to. The vehicle for this notification is an Events API-only event type, link_shared.
These events do not contain the message itself, but instead just the info about the message you need to provide it unfurl behavior: the message's ts value, the channel it appeared in, and which URLs it contained matching your registered domains.
There are two kinds of event subscriptions: "Team Events" and "Bot Events". Slack app unfurling only supports "Team Events." Subscriptions to "Team Events" yield events perspectival to the installing user.
Your app will receive events as messages are posted in channels one or more installing users can see — including all of a workspace's public channels but only the private channels and direct messages the installing users may access.
Your app can't unfurl links it's not party to. If Person A installed the app, and Persons B & C are direct messaging each other, your app can't unfurl links in that conversation.
Slack apps can act as unfurlers for up to five registered domains. Register your domains on the Event Subscriptions page of your app's configuration.
Domains must have a TLD and cannot be a TLD alone (example.com and another.example.com are valid, example is not and nor is .com).
IP addresses are not domains and cannot be matched.
All additive subdomains and paths to the domain you provide will be considered matches.
By including a subdomain in your domain, you exclude the naked domain.
When users mention links to one of your domains, it must be fully qualified with a protocol (http:// or https://). Slack will not unfurl decidedly ambiguous domain and URL mentions.
When users mention links and they contain an explicit port (like https://example.com:23/skidoo), Slack will still consider it a clean match to a registered example.com.
Domain etiquette: You should own these domains and if you don't, you must follow all the terms, conditions, rules, policies, proclamations, warnings, and edicts around a domain. Be courteous, be kind, be helpful.
Be sure and leave out the protocol part of a URL when registering your domain. Discard any http:// or https:// or path or query string components, please.
Finally, Unicode domains are not yet supported.
Before proceeding, make sure your Slack app has been installed on the workspace you're working against and that installation included the links:read and links:write scopes (or the bot scope if that's more relevant to your subscriptions).
Adding or removing domains requires re-installation of your Slack app. Every time an app is installed, the installing user is agreeing to those specifically mentioned domains.
You've set everything up: your Slack app, the Events API, a link_shared event subscription, and you've registered your domains. You've installed your Slack app on a workspace, specifically requesting the scopes you needed and after you've registered your domains.
You have the knowledge. You have the back end. You have the power. You are ready to receive and react to link_shared event deliveries.
For detail on most of these fields, consult the Events API field guide.
token - This is a verification token, a deprecated feature that you shouldn't use any more. It was used to verify that requests were legitimately being sent by Slack to your app, but you should use the signed secrets functionality to verify requests now.
event - this is where all the stuff you're looking for lurks. It's an object.
type string Yes The specific name of the event described by its adjacent fields. This field will always be link_shared for this flavor of unfurling event.
channel string Yes The scene of the crime! This is where the link was mentioned. It's a channel ID, which means it might begin with C for a public channel, D for a direct message. But really, your app shouldn't care what it starts with. You'll need this mostly opaque value when using chat.unfurl to attach your content & behavior to a message.
user string Yes The user ID belonging to the user that posted the message mentioning the link. If the content you unfurl requires some kind of authority to post in a channel, compare this value with your explicitly authenticated records before proceeding. See authenticated unfurls for more info.
message_ts string Yes Almost all Slack messages have their own kind of quasi-timetsamp quasi-ID value called ts. You'll find the message that mentioned the link's ts value here and you need to provide it as part of chat.unfurl, along with channel.
thread_ts string No When the message is posted within a message thread, this field will contain the quasi-timestamp for the thread parent.
Once you've received this event it's time to do decide what to do next. Most likely, you'll use those url values to look up what to display to the user. Maybe you'll make an API call to another service. Maybe you'll just reference your app's own base of knowledge and never even hit another service at all.
Be sure and respond with a friendly HTTP 200 OK to the event as quickly as possible. Do not wait to wrestle an unfurl with chat.unfurl before telling Slack you received the event. You'll probably want to enqueue behavior like this.
Consider this link_shared event a kind of ping. Now it's up to you to pong with chat.unfurl.
The Web API method chat.unfurl takes a message identifier, a pointer to the channel where it was mentioned, and your wonderful content.
The links:write scope requested when users install your Slack app grants it the ability to leverage user tokens to attach additional content to messages mentioning your registered domains.
Sorry, bot user tokens cannot use chat.unfurl directly. You must still request the links:write permission scope and use the installing user's token instead.
token - the user token granted to you when installing your app for the workspace you're acting on behalf of.
unfurls - a URL-encoded string on JSON, detailing the blocks or attachments you'll provide for each mentioned URL. See below.
user_auth_required - (optional) require the user posting the link to authenticate with your app first. See authenticated unfurls below.
The provided ts value must correspond to a message in the specified channel. Additionally, the message must contain a fully-qualified URL pointing to a domain that is already registered and associated with your Slack app. All of these things must be true to use chat.unfurl.
The third important parameter to provide to chat.unfurl is unfurls.
When posting with application/x-www-form-urlencoded content types, the unfurls parameter expects a URL-encoded string fragment of JSON. You can also use application/json with chat.unfurl.
Unlike chat.postMessage's attachments parameter, it does not expect a JSON array but instead, a hash keyed on the specific URLs you're offering an unfurl for.
Each defined URL may have a single attachment, including message buttons. All the typical formatting available to you in message attachments hold true, except you can have only one per URL.
"text": "Every day is the test."
Your work here is done, unless you're conducting interactive message operations.
Of course, there are error responses too. You'll receive them if you forget to include ts, channel, and properly-formed unfurls attachments. See the errors section of chat.unfurl for more info.
That's it. You made a link unfurl and added to the complexity of the universe in your own way.
Since the attachments you provide as link unfurls are just like other Slack app-enabled message attachments, you can make them interactive with message buttons too.
Let's build on the knowledge gained so far and, provided you've set yourself up to use message buttons already, let's examine a more complicated example.
Let's say your app received an event detailing a match for https://figment.example.com/imagine. This is a service you provide to help stimulate the imagination. At this specific URL, you generate a random imagination exercise to stimulate the working mind.
Now your interactive unfurl is firmly attached to the originating message, complete with buttons.
Almost everything you already know about message buttons is true for these kind of buttons too.
When a user decides to click on one of your buttons, we'll send your action URL an invocation payload just as usual.
The only catch is that the original_message field will only contain the message attachment your app added when providing the unfurl. You still can't see the entire message.
Looks like the user decided for the ship to self destruct after all.
is_app_unfurl boolean No When set to true, this invocation is related to a Slack app unfurl your app is registered to handle. When absent or false, it's a standard message action.
original_message object No Contains attachments relevant to link unfurling from the original message that started this flow. See below.
Within an action invocation's original_message field you'll find an array containing only the attachments relevant to your unfurling behavior — in fact they are the same attachments you provided in the original chat.unfurl call that initiated this workflow. But we've decorated them with some helpful fields.
app_unfurl_url string No This is the URL that sparked this flurry of activity. Tie this to a URL received in a link_shared event you processed.
is_app_unfurl boolean No When set to true, this specific attachment is related to a Slack app unfurl your app is registered to handle. When absent or false, it's a standard message attachment.
From this point forward, you can use the response_url and all the other tools in the interactive message toolbox to evolve this workflow. What next will befall our intrepid interstellar travelers?
Of course, not all links are wild and free, full of content anyone can see. Some links require you to pay the piper or validate your identity and authority to access.
We provide a helpful way to ask the user posting a link to your service to authenticate before proceeding with an unfurl the whole channel can see.
By selecting Install from App Directory, users will be taken to your application's installation or configuration page — even if it's not part of the app directory.
Unless you're building an internal integration, you'll likely want to provide an Add to Slack on your app's home page that requests the links:read and links:write scopes.
This way you use the OAuth sequence to validate the authority of the member to unfurl privileged content within a channel for everyone to see. During the callback step where the user returns to your website, you would capture any needed additional information about the user about their identity on your service. What you need to do is up to you and the context of your content. Avoid surprising users by doing something unexpected.
After installation, the next time the user posts a message mentioning your links (or even retroactively), you can provide unfurl attachments.
To send users more directly to your website and a personalized authentication flow, use chat.unfurl's user_auth_url parameter to provide a "just in time" URL on your servers.
Or, painstakingly author an amazing ephemeral message with simple formatting using the user_auth_message parameter, including the link to your custom authentication flow in the message.
When building an app that also needs to authenticate with your service or a third party service outside of your control — for instance, if your app uses Twitter or Facebook to authorize users or your require them to sign in to your app first — you can handle that authentication step as part of this flow.
First specify the user_auth_url or user_auth_message parameters when using chat.unfurl. The URL should point to a page you control. If relevant to your app, include any state information you need in the URL.
Authenticate them into your app using service-specific login and password techniques.
Generate a Slack OAuth authorization URL and send the now-authenticated-with-your-service user to authorize your Slack app.
Associate any additional accounts like Twitter and Facebook by invoking each authentication flow and returning back to your service.
Whether you authorize users before or after Slack redirects the user to your OAuth redirect URI depends on how you want to juggle maintaining state and where you expect any authentication fatigue-based drop off to occur.
Links will only unfurl if the message they appear in contains a fully-qualified URL. Yes, the protocol like http or https is required.
As you register additional domains, workspaces will need to install your Slack app again for changes to take effect on that workspace.
App unfurls are a terrific way to build interactive workflows for your internal integrations.
Interactive message action invocations only include an excerpt of the original_message, relevant to the links you provided unfurling behavior for.
It's best to only register domains that you own, but if you're providing wrapper functionality for domains owned by others, you must follow all the terms, conditions, and policies declared by the owner. Even if that means you can't provide app unfurl functionality for that domain.
link_shared events don't contain the original message; your app just learns about any links that match your registered domains.
Everyone in a channel can see your app's unfurls. Using authenticated unfurls only requires authentication to unfurl, but still broadcasts those unfurls to a conversation.
Bot users can subscribe to link_shared events but only user and workspace tokens may execute chat.unfurl.
Imagine the figure of a fiddlehead fern frond unfurling, its universe within unraveled— revealed.
In addition to Slack app unfurling, we generate simpler content previews by default. Learn more about classic unfurling below.
If a workspace doesn't have a Slack app handler for a specific domain, unfurling will fall back to classic behavior: Slack crawls the URL, looks for common OpenGraph and Twitter Card metadata, and renders some micro-approximation of the content. For some domains, Slack even provides its own extra bells and whistles.
When deciding whether to unfurl a link we consider the type of content that has been linked to. We treat "media" -- that is images, tweets, videos, or audio -- differently to pages that are primarily text-content.
By default we unfurl all links in any messages posted by users. For messages posted via incoming webhooks, the chat.postMessage API method or chat.postEphemeral, we will unfurl links to media, but not other links.
If you'd like to override these defaults on a per-message basis you can pass unfurl_links or unfurl_media while posting that message. unfurl_links applies to text based content, unfurl_media applies to media based content. These flags are mutually exclusive, the unfurl_links flag has no effect on media content.
There is one notable exception to these rules: we never unfurl links where the label is a complete substring of your URL minus the protocol. This is so a paragraph of text can contain domain names or abbreviated URLs that are treated as a simple reference, and not a link to be unfurled. For example, if a message contains a link to http://example.com with the label example.com then that link will not be unfurled. There are more examples of this rule below.
Want to know more about unfurling? Find out everything you ever wanted to know about unfurling but were afraid to ask.
Our servers must fetch every URL in a message to determine what kind of content it references.
Set both unfurl_links and unfurl_media to false when posting messages to stop Slack from crawling a link and attempting to display an unfurl.
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Andhra Pradesh CM YS Jaganmohan Reddy spits fire on VP Venkaiah Naidu for opposing compulsory English medium schools
By P PavanP Pavan, Bangalore Mirror Bureau | Updated: Nov 11, 2019, 15:12 IST
Photo: BCCL
Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy on Monday spat fire on Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu for opposing the proposed conversion of all government schools in the state into English medium schools.
"I am asking Venkaiah Naidu garu… Which medium did your children study in? Which is your grandchildren's medium now?" Jagan asked while addressing a meeting on Moulana Abul Kalam Azad's birthday celebrations and an award presentation programme in Vijayawada.
Jagan was referring to an article penned by Venkaiah Naidu stressing on the importance of promoting teaching in the mother tongue. The article comes in the wake of Jaganmohan Reddy government's decision to convert all Telugu medium schools into English medium schools from the 2020-21 financial year. It may be mentioned that the government issued orders last week for converting primary and upper primary classes from 1 to 8 into English medium. Later, after stiff opposition from different quarters, Jagan announced that the conversion would be upto class VI.
There has been opposition to bid goodbye to Telugu medium schools. Teachers' associations are also opposing the move and have stated that teachers are not equipped to suddenly convert to teaching in English medium. He said the state would be at loss if it fails to catch up with English.
Strongly defending his decision, Jagan lashed out at critics. "We are competing with the rest of the world to get jobs. English is a must to face the completion. After we issued the order last week, several voices are head against it. They are asking why English medium education for poor children. Big leader Chandrababu Naidu garu, even bigger leader Venkaiah Naidu garu and even bigger cinema hero Pawan Kalyan garu are opposing it," Jagan Reddy said. He questioned these three leaders as to which medium did they educate their children and grandchildren in.
"Pawan Kalyan has three wives. He has four to five children. What medium is he educating them in?" Jagan thundered.
Venkaiah Naidu had expressed concern in his article that 196 languages in the country are on the verge of extinction. He stressed on the need to impart primary education in the mother tongue to bring out and encourage creativity among children at that tender age. He also pointed out that English is only one of the common languages in some countries, while many countries like China, France, Germany, Japan and South Korea showcased excellent progress without adopting English medium.
He mentioned that the Rajya Sabha facilitates its members to speak in 22 languages and the Apex Court had recently decided to make its judgments available in six regional languages. Telugu was conferred classical language status during the UPA- 1 regime, thus making it one of the six classical languages in the country. Telugu is spoken in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana and partly in Puducherry.
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Q: Error while calling eval() on Tensor variable in keras I am using keras and using a layer output for some modifications. Before, using the output ( a tensor variable ) I am converting it to numpy array and thus calling eval() on it, as below:
def convert_output(orig_output):
    conv_output = invoke_modifications(orig_output.eval(), 8)

The code fails with following error:
File "<ipython-input-11-df86946997d5>", line 1, in <module>
    orig_output.eval()
  File "C:\ENV\p34\lib\site-packages\theano-0.9.0.dev4-py3.4.egg\theano\gof\graph.py", line 516, in eval
    self._fn_cache[inputs] = theano.function(inputs, self)
  File "C:\ENV\p34\lib\site-packages\theano-0.9.0.dev4-py3.4.egg\theano\compile\function.py", line 326, in function
    output_keys=output_keys)
  File "C:\ENV\p34\lib\site-packages\theano-0.9.0.dev4-py3.4.egg\theano\compile\pfunc.py", line 486, in pfunc
    output_keys=output_keys)
  File "C:\ENV\p34\lib\site-packages\theano-0.9.0.dev4-py3.4.egg\theano\compile\function_module.py", line 1783, in orig_function
    output_keys=output_keys).create(
  File "C:\ENV\p34\lib\site-packages\theano-0.9.0.dev4-py3.4.egg\theano\compile\function_module.py", line 1437, in __init__
    accept_inplace)
  File "C:\ENV\p34\lib\site-packages\theano-0.9.0.dev4-py3.4.egg\theano\compile\function_module.py", line 176, in std_fgraph
    update_mapping=update_mapping)
  File "C:\ENV\p34\lib\site-packages\theano-0.9.0.dev4-py3.4.egg\theano\gof\fg.py", line 180, in __init__
    self.__import_r__(output, reason="init")
  File "C:\ENV\p34\lib\site-packages\theano-0.9.0.dev4-py3.4.egg\theano\gof\fg.py", line 351, in __import_r__
    self.__import__(variable.owner, reason=reason)
  File "C:\ENV\p34\lib\site-packages\theano-0.9.0.dev4-py3.4.egg\theano\gof\fg.py", line 396, in __import__
    variable=r)
theano.gof.fg.MissingInputError: An input of the graph, used to compute InplaceDimShuffle{x,x,x,x}(keras_learning_phase), was not provided and not given a value.Use the Theano flag exception_verbosity='high',for more information on this error.
Backtrace when the variable is created:
  File "C:\Users\kak7lr\AppData\Roaming\JetBrains\PyCharm Community Edition 2016.3.2\helpers\pydev\_pydev_bundle\pydev_monkey_qt.py", line 71, in patched_import
    return original_import(name, *args, **kwargs)
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 2237, in _find_and_load
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 2226, in _find_and_load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1200, in _load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1129, in _exec
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1471, in exec_module
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 321, in _call_with_frames_removed
  File "C:\ENV\p34\lib\site-packages\keras\backend\theano_backend.py", line 23, in <module>
    _LEARNING_PHASE = T.scalar(dtype='uint8', name='keras_learning_phase')  # 0 = test, 1 = train

I intend to invoke a conversion function on the output of the previous layer). The conversion function takes the input as a tensor variable and do the computation. However, I also want to visualize the data and I need to compute bit_length on each element of it.
For eg If layer A gives an output Y1. This output is used by Lambda layer L1 and it invokes the conversion method. Sample code:
Y1 = layer A output
Lambda( lambda x: conversion_method(x))(Y1)

def conversion_method( input_tensor ):
     # do the conversion and also calc bit length
     calc_integer_bits( input_tensor )

def calc_integer_bits(X):
  noib_list = list()
  for pos, each in enumerate(X):
        in_range = int(round(abs(each .max() - each .min())))
        bit_length = in_range.bit_length()
        noib_list.append(bit_length)
   return noib_list

I used similar scheme for converting the layer weights using model.get_weights(). The get_weights() method returns numpy array list and thus could easily iterate on each element and calc the bit length. But while converting the output is an issue as the output is a tensor variable and when i call eval() on it, gives the error I mentioned in previous post. I hope I was able to clear my intentions.

A: You don't need to call eval() at all, your conversion_method should be done using symbolic functions (the ones from keras.backend) and should be differentiable.
It won't work otherwise, the network won't be able to be trained with Keras/Theano.


Sally Jo Peless was born on November 5, 1945 and passed away on January 2, 2019.
John, Gretchen, Curtis and the entire Peless family my thoughts and prayers are with you. I will never forget the last time I saw Sally. It was at my house. She told me repeatedly how much she loved me. She was so sweet. I enjoyed talking with her at Elvis and HBH events. I know she will be missed. She was such an intelligent lady.
My heart breaks for all of you over the loss of this wonderful woman. Sally will be missed by all of us, especially me, that knew her through you at Elvis Presley's Heartbreak Hotel. She so loved to visit us in the evenings and have her cup of coffee from the Jungle Room. We all can comfort ourselves with loving memories of her. Love and sympathy to you all.
We remember you with fondness. Your sweet smile, and sense of humor.
Always looked forward to seeing you enjoy all of the Elvis events around Graceland with Gretchen.
We are so glad that you had the loving care of your husband John, daughter Gretchen, and grandson Curtis, at home until the end of your life.


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Northrop Grumman Renews Lease at Kearny Mesa Campus
Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, one of the largest companies in the entire country, recently completed a leasing deal that will keep the entity at its current home in the Kearny Mesa submarket of San Diego. According to the local office of Colliers International, the company has renewed its lease for the entire space that it has occupied at an office campus located in the Kearny Mesa Spectrum Center. Colliers noted that the leasing agreement is one of the largest deals of its kind in terms of size to be completed in 2014 in the area.
Alex Girda
Nov 13, 2014
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. has completed a deal that will keep the aerospace and security technology company at its current home in Kearny Mesa. According to the local office of Colliers International, the company has renewed its lease for the space that it has occupied for nearly a decade at the Kearny Mesa Spectrum Center. Colliers noted that the leasing agreement is one of the largest of its kind in the area this year.
Located at 9326 and 9356 Spectru m Center Blvd.. and 4830 Ruffin Rd., the three-building campus has been occupied by Northrop Grumman since its completion in 2005. The campus includes a pair of two-story buildings and a three-story building that comprise 182,870 square feet.
The Kearny Mesa campus features a data center, 608 surface parking spaces, electric vehicle charging stations, fenced and gated parking, and a cafeteria with multiple outdoor dining areas.
According to a statement, Tom Wilcox and Jay Arnett of Colliers represented the owner, American Fund US Investments L.P., while Tom Martinez and Evan Knutsen of CBRE Group Inc. represented Northrop Grumman. Colliers' San Diego office serves as property manager, and Real Estate Capital Partners is the asset manager.
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var TextType = require('../fieldTypes/text');
var DatetimeType = require('../fieldTypes/datetime');

module.exports = function DatetimeList(config) {
	return {
		selector: '.Form',
		sections: {
			name: new TextType({fieldName: 'name'}),
			fieldA: new DatetimeType({fieldName: 'fieldA'}),
			fieldB: new DatetimeType({fieldName: 'fieldB'}),
		},
		commands: [{
			//
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Budget and appropriations negotiations have been ongoing in Washington, with the deadline of September 30th beginning to loom soon after the approaching August recess. The House has already passed most of its annual spending bills, while House and Senate leadership have yet to reach an agreement for a budget deal that can pass a divided Congress and gain the support of the White House.
House Passes Appropriations Bill with Boost to Justice Programs
The House passed a spending bill funding the Department of Justice last month as part of a larger package aimed at accelerating the annual appropriations process. The "minibus" bill passed the House by a vote of 227-194 on June 25th and was composed of five of the twelve appropriations bills that fund the federal government: commerce, science and justice; agriculture; interior and environment; military construction and veterans affairs; and transportation, housing, and urban development. The Senate has yet to release any of its appropriations bills.
The House Commerce-Science-Justice bill funds the DOJ at $32 billion for the fiscal year 2020, a $1.1 billion increase over the previous year. $3.4 billion of that goes to state and local law enforcement activities. These include $582.5 million for the Violence Against Women Act programs; $323 million for Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) programs; and $80 million for grants to states to upgrade criminal and mental health records for the National Instant Criminal Background Check System.
Congressman Moolenaar Introduces Legislation on Service Weapon Purchasing
On May 15th, Congressman John Moolenaar (R-MI-04) introduced a bill that would allow retiring law officers to purchase their service firearms. H.R. 2765, the Law Enforcement Officer Safety and Security Act of 2019, would allow law enforcement agencies to offer for sale at the fair market value a single, functional firearm to a law enforcement officer employed by and in good standing with their agency. The bill has been referred to the Judiciary Committee; no companion bill has been introduced in the Senate. Per a press release from Congressman Moolenaar's office, the bill is a response to "current regulations prohibit federal law enforcement officers from purchasing the service firearm they have trained with and maintained for years."
House and Senate Members Introduce Bill to Block 3D-Printed Guns
Members of the House and Senate introduced a bill last month to outlaw the publication of digital information that could be used for the 3D-printing of firearms or firearm components. The 3D Printed Gun Safety Act of 2019 was introduced by Congressman Ted Deutch (D-FL-22) in the House and by Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) in the Senate. The House version of the bill currently has 40 cosponsors, while the Senate version has 26. The issue of digital instructions for 3D-printed guns has been subject to intense legal and political scrutiny in the last few years, a fact unlikely to change in Washington any time soon.
President Trump Nominates New Head of DOJ Office of Justice Programs
Last month, President Trump nominated a new head of the Office of Justice Programs at the Department of Justice (DOJ), the first non-acting head of the Office of his administration. Katherine Sullivan, a former Colorado judge, has most recently been serving as the Acting Director of the Office on Violence Against Women. The Office of Justice Programs distributes a number of grants to state and local law enforcement agencies. Sullivan will be replaced at the Office on Violence Against Women by Laura Rogers, currently the director of the Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering and Tracking (SMART) at DOJ.
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How many times have you watched a movie and thought "I'd really like to go there." or "I REALLY need to travel." Sometimes we need a little inspiration to spark that wanderlust in us. We've gathered movies to inspire your's and given you reasons why you should watch our movie picks. Check it out!
Traveling to Italy, India and Bali even just through this movie will ignite that wanderlust in you. The amazing backdrop and scenery in the movie will you have you booking your ticket.
Meeting new people is basically the essence of this movie and where else would be perfect than in a train in Europe? It's about taking chances and going for it.
Sometimes a new place is the answer. Tuscany, is one hell of a place to start anew. Luscious, gorgeous and beautiful, this gives you unending inspiration to just pick up and go.
Thailand has some of the most beautiful beaches. The Beach features Phi Phi Island near Phuket. Though the once perfect island was ravaged by a terrible tsunami it has now recovered and is once again pristine.
Midnight in Paris literally looks like a storybook of beautiful Paris City. One of the most visited and dreamt about destinations, the movie features Paris in the 1920's and also shows us it's modern beauty.
Though the movie starts off in New York, we follow the lead, Holly to the beautiful countryside of Ireland. We watch in awe and envy as she experiences traditional Irish life while taking in the luscious sites.
One of the most romantic cities in the world, Verona, Italy is the setting for Letter to Juliet. We'll get to travel to the bustling city of Verona but also see the famous wall where thousands of letters are left in the hopes of inspiring burgeoning love.
Sometimes, it takes dire circumstances to achieve our goals especially visiting dream destinations. It's not likely we can just leave at the drop of a hat so we watch as Edward and Carter travel all around the world checking off their bucket list.
Have you ever wanted trade places with someone? Well, today you can trade houses at least. In The Holiday, Iris and Amanda switch it up and live in each other's houses not realizing they'll also be living a bit of the other's life.
Bob Harris (Bill Murray) and Charlotte (Scarlett Johansson) are two Americans in Tokyo. Bob is a movie star in town to shoot a whiskey commercial, while Charlotte is a young woman tagging along with her workaholic photographer husband (Giovanni Ribisi). Unable to sleep, Bob and Charlotte cross paths one night in the luxury hotel bar. This chance meeting soon becomes a surprising friendship. Charlotte and Bob venture through Tokyo, having often hilarious encounters with its citizens, and ultimately discover a new belief in life's possibilities.
Japan has so much to offer and one of those is the natural yet robust culture they have and constantly are perfecting. Lost in Translation not only has a beautiful story but it has an amazing backdrop.
These are really nice movies. From this list, I've seen all except for Midnight in Paris. Would love to check it out soon. My favorite from this list though is a toss up between Eat, Pray, Love and Under the Tuscan Sun.
I absolutely love letters to juliet and lost in translation. My travel movie list would be lord of the rings because it shows the stunning places in new zealand. Vicky cristina barcelona is one of the movies i recommend as it shows a different side of barcelona spain plus it was a woody allen film. indiana jones takes us from egypt to india while learning about ancient artifacts. Eurotip is one hilarious movie that shows the characters misadventure in europe. I do have a lot more but it would take one whole post to discuss.
Thank you for this overview of movies! Now it's my must-watch list!
I have seen all of these movies and loved the majority of them. I really enjoyed Eat Pray Love, but I believe the book is much, much better than the movie. Same as PS I love you.
Loved Letters to Juliet. Nice list you have here! Will definitely be getting some movies to watch here to feed my wanderlust self whenever i cant travel. hahahaha.
P.S I love you is a beautiful book and film and I loved watching The Holiday as well. I will have to check the others, Midnight In Paris sounds good.
Letters To Juliet, Eat Pray Love, PS I Love You are the only movies I was able to watch from this list and now i am intrigue and eager to watch the rest. Although I haven't been able to travel abroad, the movie Eat Pray Love really encouraged me to go on travel and explore the beauty the world has to offer while you still can… Thanks for such great list! Will try to watch the others soon!
Under the Tuscan Sun & definitely P.S. I Love You are both my favorites! I'd have to watch the others though. Great list! Thanks for sharing!
I like your ideas! I still need to see Midnight in Paris. I heard it was really good.
Guess what, I only watched letters to Juliet and Bucket list out of all the movies in the list. Not to mention, I was younger and not so interested at the time I saw the bucket list! lol!
I've already seen some of those movies. As for others, I'll check them out. These are my type of films. Thanks for suggesting.
Such a great collection of films! There are a few I have yet to see so will make sure I check them out next time I need a feel good movie.
I have seen most of these movies, and I agree – many of them do stir that desire to travel! My two favorites on the list are "P,S. I Love You" and "Lost In Translation".
I love Letters to Juliet and Under the Tuscan Sun! I have them saved on Netflix and watch them about once a month.
Great list! Lost in Translation is my favorite from the list. Love the melancholic theme of the movie.
Eat Pray love is actually an all time favorite by the way. Wacthed it thrice! Xoxo!
Letters To Juliet and Under The Tuscan Sun have such great locations in them. I have a huge, and ever growing travel bucket list.
Some of the movies in this list sounds really great. I would like to watch some of them sometime. Most of these movies are set in places where one can truly wander just by watching.
Whenever I watch a movie I also observe the location of every scene. May I just add the movie Captain Corelli's Mandolin shot in Greece. I really love the place, Kefalonia island.
I have not seen some of the movies you listed, but of those I did, the one movie that really resonates with me, back then and until now, is the Beach. Set in the beautiful Phi Phi Island in Thailand, it is in some ways very much how Boracay was. During the time the movie was shown, I think it was during the same time I had lived in Boracay, so any movie that features a nice beach will always intrigue me.


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St. Augustine Lighthouse
Other Name/s Anastacia Lighthouse
Address 81 Lighthouse Ave, St. Augustine, FL 32080, USA
Location United States, Florida
Type Lighthouse
Activity reported Haunting, Shadow Figures
The St. Augustine Lighthouse is in St. Augustine, Florida. It has been the subject of a number of paranormal investigations over the years.
History of St. Augustine Lighthouse
There has been a structure of some kind on this site since the 1500s. It was in 1874 that the St. Augustine Lighthouse, in its current incarnation, began to guide ships safely into shore; its age making it the oldest brick building in the area. The lighthouse keeper's house was built two years later to house the keeper and their assistants.
In total, there are 219 steps to the top of the lighthouse – and these steps are full of history.
With a long-held reputation for supernatural occurrences, the lighthouse has attracted numerous visitors who wish to find out more about the strange events that have taken place there.
Presence of Spirits
A number of spirits are thought to be present, including that of Peter Rasmussen, one of the first keepers of the St. Augustine Lighthouse. Peter had a fondness for cigars, and staff and visitors report being able to smell a cigar in the lighthouse.
Joseph Andreu was another keeper. His ghost has been seen at the top of the lighthouse. Joseph died over a century ago, falling 60 feet to his death while he was painting the outside of the tower.
The best-known spirits (and perhaps the most chilling story associated with the lighthouse) are those of Eliza and Mary Pittee, daughters of Hezekiah Pittee who was hired as superintendent of lighthouse construction from 1871 to 1874.
The girls were playing in a cart that was being used to transport materials, when the cart broke free and gathered speed, eventually coming to a sudden stop against a gate. Sadly, Eliza and Mary didn't survive the accident.
On pretty much any given night, the girls can still be heard laughing from the tower. Visitors have seen Eliza walking around, wearing the same blue dress she was wearing when she died.
It is also possible to take a tour of the lighthouse keeper's home. Some visitors have said that they felt very cold and then a strange, tall man appeared before them only to vanish shortly afterwards.
It is believed that a man hanged himself here in 1929. Although there is no evidence to support this, many people have seen what seems to be a man dangling from a rafter on stormy nights.
Unexplainable Events
Aside from the ghostly apparitions, the lighthouse is also known for events that just cannot be explained.
The last lighthouse keeper refused to sleep in the keeper's house after he heard voices and footsteps, and saw lights go on and off by themselves.
Staff lock the door at the top of the tower every night, but sometimes it will be wide open when they arrive at work the next morning. There are also reports of chairs being moved around or even overturned. Items go missing from the gift shop, only to mysteriously reappear at a later date, and music boxes sometimes come on all by themselves.
Guides have spoken of their own experiences, including having their ankle grabbed during a tour, and having some arm hairs plucked off. A shadowy figure has been spotted in the tower, and a hand has been seen coming through a door.
Investigators have reported some weird occurrences; perhaps the creepiest of these is the sound of a woman's voice: she simply says, "Help me."
Other reports include a figure leaning over a railing, something moving quickly on a staircase, a presence on a landing, and a hand grabbing a railing.
Burial Ground
Before the current lighthouse was constructed, thirteen pirates were caught and punished for their crimes. They were put to death and it is thought that they were buried underneath the ground where the lighthouse keeper's house now stands. The hauntings in the basement of the house are attributed to these pirates.
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Videos of St. Augustine Lighthouse
Photos of St. Augustine Lighthouse
How to find St. Augustine Lighthouse
Ghost Hunters Season 2, Episode 19 on Syfy Channel.
Ghosts and Gravestones: St. Augustine Frightseeing Tour, "Haunted Guide to the St. Augustine Lighthouse", accessed July 26 2017,
staugustine.com, The St. Augustine Record, "A Look Back: Haunted History at St. Augustine Lighthouse", accessed July 26 2017,
syfy.com, "St. Augustine Lighthouse", accessed July 26 2017,
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Inici >> Node >> Malaria and the Nobel Prize
Malaria and the Nobel Prize
History of malaria treatment
Malaria and wars
Malaria in Spain
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Malaria and the Nobel Prize Image Gallery
Autographed photograph by Sir Ronald Ross.
Ronald Ross was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology in 1902 for his discoveries about the transmission of malaria.
Ross, R. Malarial fever. It's cause, prevention, and treatment. London: Liverpool University Press, 1902.
Recommendations to prevent malaria for travelers from endemic areas. It was published in February 1902, a few months before receiving the Nobel Prize.
Laveran, A. Du Paludisme et son Hématozoaire. Paris: Masson, 1891.
Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran (June 18, 1845 - May 18, 1922) received the Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology in 1907 for the discovery of protozoan parasites that act as the causative agent of malaria.
Advertising of the antimalarial product Esanofele.
Advertising poster for the antimalarial product Esanofele, produced in Italy, and with the caricature of Dr. Alphonse Laveran.
Vallejo Nágera, A., González Pinto, R. Nuestra experiencia clínica sobre la malarioterapia de la parálisis general progressiva. Madrid: Imprenta del sucesor de Enrique Teodoro, 1927.
Monograph recounting the results of the experiment with the inoculation of malaria to treat neurosyphilis in Spain. This practice, known as malaria therapy, earned psychiatrist Julius Warner Jauregg the Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology in 1927.
Portrait of Julius Wagner-Jauregg.
Portrait of Tu Youyou.
Thanks to arduous research, Tu YouYou discovered artemisinin in 1972, extracted according to Western methods from qinghao, a popular plant in traditional Chinese medicine. The discovery of this substance, with important antimalarial properties, has saved more than 200 million lives and led Youyou to win the Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology in 2015, along with William C. Campbell and Satoshi Ōmura.
Malaria Control Project. Malaria is still the greatest scourge of mankind. Wageningen: H.Veenman & Zonen.
Malaria remains the great evil of humanity. World Health Organization billboard showing the use of DDT insecticides for indoor spraying. The discovery of the high efficacy of DDT as an insecticide earned Paul H. Müller the Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology in 1948.
Insecticide sprayers. Espanya.
Grassi, B. Studio di uno zoólogo sulla malaria. Milà: Premiato stabilimento tipo-litografico A. Rancati.
Grassi vs. Ross: Who Really Solved the Malaria Riddle? At the end of the 19th century, the Italian zoologist Giovanni Battista Grassi (March 27, 1854 - May 4, 1925), together with his collaborators, discovered the life cycle of Plasmodiium falciparum, establishing that only females of the Anopheles mosquitoes were able to transmit the disease. A bitter controversy arose between him and Ronald Ross, who eventually sided with the latter once he was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1902. Today there is unanimity that both doctors should have shared the prize.


Immediately after hearing his tunes, Scooter Braun asked Asher Roth to fly to Atlanta, where he was signed to his record label looked after started to bring large sums of cash to Asher Roth net well worth. You can find Asher Roth on Twitter and Instagram at Asherroth. He attended Pennsbury High School. Note: All net worths that have been published above, collected from trusted web portals. The sales of the single also have elevated Asher Roth net worthy of a whole lot.
Associated With He worked with Pharrell Williams on his second studio album. During his studies, he began producing music, as he recorded his own sequence over popular songs by other artists. This American Hiphop started his career in 2005. Where Does Asher Roth Live now? Like many recording artists, he has also appeared on television a number of times. Famous Rapper Asher Roth is still alive as per Wikipedia, Last update: December, 2018. The album also features collaborations with popular artists such as and and also the hip hop group New Kingdom. He shifted to Atlanta to follow his career within hip hop.
Asher Roth : Net Worth, Age, Biography Updates 2019!
Early Life Asher Roth was born in year 1985 to Elizabeth and David Roth. I remember going to school telling my friend about this up-and-comer, thinking I was ahead of the curve. His birthplace was Morrisville, situated inside Pennsylvania and here he was brought up. That very year the rapper presented his first album. During sophomore year, Roth posted some of his verses on his MySpace page and sent a Friend. Asher Roth Bio and Career To make a successful career, a person should be ready to take risks. He worked with Producer Pharrell Williams on his second studio album.
The same holds true for hip-hop heads. I let my friend tell me what was good music and what was not good music. As of 2018, he also has two studio albums to his name Asleep in the Bread Aisle and RetroHash, both of which have charted in the United States. We are a stubborn lot and once we develop ideas and listening habits, they are hard to break. Being the Stan that I was ok, still am , this certainly peaked my interest. Also, Asher Roth posted some of these songs on his MySpace page and contacted with Scooter Braun, who is one of the top managers in the industry.
Since then, he has dropped a number of projects including the hit album, Asleep in the Bread Aisle. After that, he got many offers and signed deal with many records. American Rapper who gained national recognition with his hit single, I Love College, in 2009. Therefore, the Asher Roth Net Worth and income figures or earnings statistics may not be 100% accurate. What is the Religion of Roth? When he graduated from senior high school, Asher Roth was recognized to the West Chester University, where he was learning to become a main at Elementary education. According to Wikipedia, Roth's birth religion Not Found.
He also worked as hip hop recording artist. But how did he start? Married Life Marital Status Update Soon Spouse Update Soon Children We will update soon about Childrens. Roth had a different air about him; on this mixtape, a lot of the time, he seemed to just rap for the sake of rapping and his nonchalant demeanor was felt through every track. Therefore, after signing this record offer, Asher Roth relocated to live to Atlanta, where he was promoted as a hiphop singer. Asher Roth supported his album nationwide with a tour with Kid Cudi and B. When he graduated from high school, Asher Roth was accepted to the West Chester University, where he was studying to become a major at Elementary education.
Asher Roth Net Worth: Wiki, Age, Ethnicity, Nationality, Height, Weight.
Misc Questions How old Asher Roth is? That very week Asher Roth left his studying and moved to Atlanta. On June 13, 2008, he put out a professional release with The Greenhouse Effect mixtape. . Asher Roth is 1 of the celebs with the age 33 years old. To his surprise, he soon flew down to sign the rapper within a week. Trivia His debut album, Asleep in the Bread Isle, peaked at 5 on the Billboard Music 200.
A week after talking to Braun, he was signed by Braun. Late 2008, he began recording his album, finished in 2009. Ultimately, it was during that time that he started to post some of his verses onto Myspace. Before Fame He began posting his music on Myspace before earning a meeting with an influential promoter. This is 2009 — when Soulja Boy, T-Pain and Flo Rida were still a dominant force in mainstream music.


(1) My teen-age chef turned 14.
(4) The unofficial song of the social worker by Junior Brown.
How long would I freeze them?
Chaja is a beautiful young woman. These pictures make me realize how much I've missed of her growing up. It makes me sad.
Ah, to be a young chef. She looks like she's having fun. About the jean freezing… I suppose I get the bacteria part, but what about the basic dust and dirt of life? Hmmm.


We all know that business simulations can be used to see how individuals and teams handle and derive experiential learning from challenging scenarios in a safe and risk-free environment. This short article introduces Adoption Model Simulation which can be used to model almost any business situation which has some form of customer or user adoption at its core.
What do we mean by "adoption" and "adoption model"?
The objective is usually to move UP the Ladder but it is also possible to move DOWN and/or to jump off the ladder altogether (Natural Decay, Dissatisfaction and Rejection). A good example of a planned reverse adoption model is giving up smoking or reducing alcohol consumption.
Each level on the ladder may have specific properties such as the volume of products purchased or chocolate consumed at that level.
Loyal Customers typically have larger average consumption, satisfaction and loyalty than Regular Customers who in turn are higher than Occasional Customers etc. Target Customers might also be split into Non-Category (not using the product) or Category (using a competitor's product).
This kind of adoption model is often at the heart of Business Acumen simulations such as XSIM.
This model can be extended with, for example, Prospects being either new prospects, recycled Prospects or Customers coming up for renewal in a subscription revenue model.
This kind of adoption model is at the heart of Change Management Simulations such as COHORT or CHAPTER.
1. Direct adoption needs to address all levels of the adoption model not just the top and bottom levels. Pipeline Health measures (discussed in the next section) can warn you if you are neglecting key parts of your adoption model – an oversight which may not be obvious in the short-term.
2. Not all adopters are equal. Adoption by Opinion Leaders can create positive Word of Mouth (WoM) which encourages other users to adopt.
3. It is not just direct adoption activities that contribute to user adoption. There are two other very important types of activity – Preparation (fitness) and Risk mitigation (insurance). Many adoption failures involve either doing too little or too much of these two activities!
"Spread" (aka Penetration) is a single number which measures the degree of adoption. It is the weighted average of the number of adopters across all the levels of the model. In the example, in a highly unlikely scenario of all 200 users reaching "Partnering" (Level 5) then the Spread would be 5.00. Conversely if all 200 users remain "Unaware" then the Spread would be 1.00.
"Satisfaction" can be measured in a number of different ways – here we show the Net Promoter Score (NPS) which is defined as %Promoters - %Detractors. In this example, we have defined NPS is a generous way as Promoters = (Partnering + Piloting + Engaged) and Detractors = Rejected. However this value is still only 8% whereas organizations with top customer satisfaction tend to operate at the 70%-80% bracket which shows that there is definitely a potential satisfaction problem in this dataset.
"Pipeline" is a measure of the health of each stage in the adoption model and uses conversion rates and targets to compare the values at each level with the ideal values at the particular stage of the exercise (in this case 75% complete). It shows clearly that there is a problem in the rate at which users are being made aware of the new product/practice to be adopted. Pipeline is a very important metric as adoption managers can become fixated on just some levels of the Adoption Model and by the time the problem is spotted it is too late.
For example, a very common problem in organizations is when sales leaders and their staff prioritise pushing prospective clients over the line to achieve annual targets (and bonuses) in the last quarter of the year. An undesirable consequence of this is that they may then find the "cupboard in bare" in the first quarter of the new financial year with a shortage of prospects and/or suspects. Such problems can be almost impossible to fix quickly once they have been allowed to fully develop!
One of the key decisions in Adoption Model Simulation is whether you must use a standard simulation or whether you can build your own. The downside in building your own is the time and cost involved. SPREAD addresses this problem by offering a customizable Adoption Model Platform which is easy to totally customize with your own project and adoption model.
Adoption Model Simulations can be used to effectively model many common business scenarios including business start-up, existing business growth, change management, customer-focus, marketing programmes and business development campaigns. There are off-the-shelf simulations (e.g. XSIM and COHORT) and simulation platforms e.g. SPREAD) which can be readily customised to specific organizational requirements.


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OlliOlli2: Welcome to Olliwood carves onto PC, Mac, and Linux on August 11th
Award-winning developer Roll7 and award-losing game label Devolver Digital have announced that the PC, Mac and Linux versions of the celebrated skateboarding opus OlliOlli2: Welcome to Olliwood will kickflip onto Steam, GOG, and Humble on August 11 for $14.99.
Originally launched on the Sony PlayStation 4 and Vita, OlliOlli2 went on to win rave reviews from both critics and fans while receiving top awards from the likes of BAFTA and more in the digital the trophy case. The computer-savvy version of OlliOlli2 has been given the premium treatment with all the bells and whistles PC, Mac, and Linux users have come to expect like perfect gamepad controls, achievements, and a slew of new gameplay modes including the manic four-player split-screen Combo Rush.
"If you''re going to play one gorgeous award-winning skateboarding indie game this year, make it OlliOlli2: Welcome to Olliwood," said Devolver Digital CFO Fork Parker. "But pay full price – if you wait for a discount down the road then you're a piece of human garbage and don't deserve my love."


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Le comté de Sampson est un comté situé dans l'État de Caroline du Nord aux États-Unis.

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La vallée du rift du Jourdain, en hébreu , , en arabe ,  ou , est une dépression du Proche-Orient correspondant à la portion centrale de la faille du Levant, entre le golfe d'Aqaba au sud et le mont Liban au nord, le tout faisant partie de la vallée du Grand Rift.

Il s'agit d'un rift encadré par une série de horsts et dont le fond est occupé par la mer Morte et le Jourdain dans sa quasi-totalité, y compris le lac de Tibériade ; il sépare la plaque africaine à l'ouest de la plaque arabique à l'est.

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Au Précambrien, des plissements forment de hautes montagnes que l'érosion réduit peu à peu. Au Cambrien, l'érosion éolienne provoque d'énormes dépôts, les . Le paléo-océan Téthys recouvre presque toute la région recouverte de sédiments marins sur près de  d'épaisseur. Au Crétacé, se déposent les sédiments calcaires qui forment la chaîne montagneuse centrale de Palestine due à l'orogenèse alpine au paléogène. Au Miocène (de 23 à  d'années), la plaque arabique se sépare de celle de l'Afrique, ce qui se traduit par l'ouverture du grand fossé africano-levantin (le grand rift est-africain), et régionalement, au niveau du rift de la mer Morte.

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Articles connexes
 Vallée du Jourdain
 Jourdain

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Rift
Vallée du Grand Rift
Rift Jourdain
Géographie de la Jordanie
Géographie du Liban
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Парк Жилибера — городской парк имени Жана Эммануэля Жилибера в центре города Гродно, Беларусь.

История и описание
Парк имени Жана Эммануэля Жилибера находится в центре города Гродно. Ж. Э. Жилибер был французским учёным-медиком и просветителем. С помощью мецената Антония Тызенгауза, он основал первое высшее заведение на территории Беларуси — Гродненскую медицинскую академию. Также он является одним из создателей акушерской школы, гродненского госпиталя и создал ботанический сад. Сад был основан 8 апреля 1775 году и являлся наглядным учебным пособием в академии. Через три года после основания сада он считался самым лучшим в Европе и насчитывал 2000 видов растений, многие из которых были редкими. Когда Жилиберу пришлось покинуть город, уход за садом перешёл в руки властей города. Они не могли ухаживать за садом как следует, и парк был заброшен. Несколько лет спустя его территорию разделили на два сада и один парк. В 1920-е года было решено заново создать на этом месте ботанический сад. В этот раз опеку взял на себя Ян Кохановский. Сад насчитывал всего 800 видов различных растений. Ещё одну часть сада преобразовали и украсили бюстом польской писательницы Элизы Ожешко. Когда наступила Вторая мировая война, военно-полевой госпиталь хоронил воинов на территории парка. После окончания Великой Отечественной войны все останки перезахоронили в одной братской могиле. На этом месте стоит постамент, где зажжён Вечный огонь. На сегодняшний день парк сильно отличается от своего первого варианта, заложенного Жаном Жилибером.

Примечания

Ссылки
 Гродненский француз
 Городской парк Ж. Э. Жилибера и площадь А.Тызенгауза
 Парк Жилибера

Достопримечательности Гродно
Ботанические сады Белоруссии
Организации, основанные в 1775 году