Pandora's Box: Where in the world is.....Contest and GIVEAWAY!
Not only does my tote travel with me, but sometimes my dishes do, too!
You will be entered for a chance with each correct answer...Good Luck! Winner of this luggage tag will be notified on Wednesday Feb 7th!
Tales of the Traveling Tote series!
You are so darn cute in your winter woolies, Patti! I love that you used your Flower Market mug there (my lips are sealed as to where!). I have so enjoyed each tribe member's take on this unique post. I only wish my project was past me to have joined in the fun. What a great little token for readers to receive by participating!
Oh what fun Patti! I love all your styled scenes! I have no clue as to where your picnic was, but I do recognize Niagra Falls, Canada perhaps? Cute luggage tag! Thanks for coming up with this idea, much fun!!! And the Alabama chapter of the TTTs really enjoyed it!
Looks like you're having fun at Niagara Falls, Canada!
What fun you have had. You look darling in your winter garb. Good luck to the lucky winner. I have no clue to where you are. I am so sorry I could not join you on this Traveling Tote post. We have been so busy caring for my mom.
I recognize Niagra Falls in Canada, and I'm going to guess Skeneateles (sp?) or Aurora NY for your picnic, although I don't recognize the spot. Now I'm curious, and can't wait to see where it is!
Well, I can figure out #2 - Niagara Falls! Still working on the first one and determined not to peek at the previous answers...Such a pretty luggage tag!
Looks lije Niagra Falls to me as well.
Yes looks like Niagra Falls to me as well.
Patti. I admire that you can live with those frigid temperatures, but I admire even more that you can look so cute all bundled up. Me, I look like a bear! This is a great post Good luck to all the readers. Stay warm, my friend!
How fun to be enjoying a warm beverage with the frigid temperatures, surrounded by the powerful Niagra Falls!
Oh you are so fun! I love that you included your past posts too. I hope someone can figure out the second spot. It is beautiful and your picnic is so fun. Good luck to the winner.
Going to guess number one is the winery in Upstate.
And that number two definitely is Canadian side of Niagara Falls.
I'm from Bingo and feeling a little guilty being in Florida for the winter! Haha thanks for the fun!!
Traveling is so much fun! Cape Cod is on my "go to" list! We love the northeast and have been to Boothbay Harbor, Salem, and several towns in Connecticut and Vermont. Love your photos! Have a great weekend! Love and hugs!
Niagara Falls, Canada! Looks cold, but you look cute in your winter wear!
Your mug and dishes look right at home in Cape Cod. Hope our North Pole subsides for a while, and I'm looking forward to almost 50 degrees next week! I know that quaint town and it will be calling my name this summer. Love the luggage tags. Have a great weekend.
Hello from Texas! The first one looks like an old fort in Maine. The second is Niagara Falls, Canada. You look cute and warm!
You look so cute all bundled in you down coat, Patti! I'm not sure what quaint town you visited in the Fall, but I'm guessing Niagara Falls for winter.


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FGO's 'Florencia en el Amazonas' Soars
Opera Blends Ordinary With Extraordinary Just Perfectly
When a beautiful woman turns into a butterfly, what do you do? Well, if your story is steeped in magical realism, you just accept it as matter-of-fact.
Though this isn't an essay on magical realism, a few notes on that fantastical topic are worthwhile in order to take a deep dive into Daniel Catán's engaging opera, "Florencia en el Amazonas," which had its Florida Grand Opera premier in Miami at the Arsht Center on Saturday, April 28, featuring the Grammy Award winning Ana María Martínez in the titular role.
Photo credit: Chris Kakol.
Rooted in the genre of magical realism, a literary style that began in Latin America in the late 1940s and 1950s (think Jorge Luis Borges, Gabriel García Márquez, Isabel Allende), "Florencia" blends the ordinary with the extraordinary, where supernatural elements materialize in an otherwise real-world. It blurs the line between reality and fantasy and the characters in the story accept both as the norm. In short, it is a genre that allows the writer to be more expressive beyond the limits of reality.
Catán had obviously turned to García Márquez as a muse; though the location of his opera is centered around the real city of Manaus in the Brazilian state of Amazonas, semi-isolated in the heart of the Amazon rainforest, it's not unlike the mythical Columbian town of Macondo, the setting of Márquez's "One Hundred Years of Solitude," or the unnamed port city central to the story of "Love in the Time of Cholera."
This story is wholly the work of Catán and librettist Marcela Fuentes-Berain, a student of García Márquez, though Márquez's influence on character is evident in the opera.
Our Florencia is returning home after many years to pursue her long-lost lover, Cristóbal, who disappeared while searching for the rare Emerald Muse butterfly. Compare Florencia's character to Florentino in "Cholera," who remained spiritually connected to an absent lover for five decades. We have the ship Capitán's nephew, Arcadio, sharing the name of the Greek province Arcadia, a poetic byword for an "idyllic vision of unspoiled wilderness." Reminiscent of "Solitude's" mysterious Melquíades, is Ríolobo, a mystical, shape-shifting character, like the flexible, versatile and adaptable Ancient Greek Proteus, capable of changing form at will and having the power to fix unfixable events.
Opera by nature amplifies emotions and when you add magical realism to the mix, you get one mighty big story. One might argue that "Florencia" would do just fine as a magically realistic play, but devoting it to the medium of opera, takes it to a level beyond what the genre's short stories, novels and films can provide.
Soon after its premiere in 1996, Catán's "Florencia en el Amazonas" entered the operatic canon as a unicorn – it wasn't Italian, German nor French – but had a Spanish libretto.
Catán and Fuentes-Berain mined love – young love, old love, unrequited love, love for the river and love for a steamboat – all angling towards Teatro Amazonas, the unlikely opera house in the Amazonian rainforest. All their stories are about to collide with supernatural forces as they travel down the Amazon River, causing profound transformations, requiring the audience to suspend disbelief, which wasn't hard to do with Catán's lush, lyrical and melodious score.
The conceit followed Rosalba (soprano Cecilia Violetta López), a journalist/No. 1 fan of the famed soprano Florencia Grimaldi (soprano Anna Maria Martínez), having spent the past two years preparing to write a book about the elusive diva; Paula (mezzo-soprano Mariya Kaganskaya) and Álvaro (baritone William Lee Bryan), an older couple hoping to resuscitate their marriage with a trip to the exotic place to hear the great Grimaldi sing; and the diva herself, who is never spotted in public as she goes to great lengths to hide her identity offstage. We meet up with the Capitán (bass-baritone Rafael Porto), his nephew Arcadio (tenor Andrew Bidlack), and ship's mate/river god Ríolobo (baritone Steven LaBrie), who somehow is able to pull off a mysteriously happy ending.
Stage director Jose Maria Condemi has assembled one of the most consistently credible casts heard and seen on the FGO stage. Each singer portrayed their reality honestly with voices as consistently strong and flawless as their characterizations.
Since her memorable performance 10 years ago as Fiordiligi in FGO's production of Mozart's "Così fan tutte," Martínez has returned to FGO a popular international diva. Martínez brought Florencia to life with a chest-voice that resonated as luxuriant as her luminous highs, her supple quiet moments as attainable and captivating as her commanding power notes.
In order to pursue a career as an opera singer, and having scorned years earlier the man who taught her body "to feel passion" claiming that her voice grew as a result of their intimacy, Florencia is now aboard the steamboat that has set sail for Manaus. She is anxious to return home as she promised after her triumphs, hopeful (and certainly delusional) to reconnect with the man who inspired her and has since disappeared into the jungle.
Martínez essayed her aria with incredible control, her instrument as subtle as it was powerful, keeping her passion front and center while suppressing the implausible nature of Florencia's mission. She sang "…you said you would wait for me always…," the brass behind her voice amplifying the emotion, sliding beautifully into her upper register and boldly into her lower, having us believe that she just might find this guy.
After the shipwreck, Florencia asked a photograph she carried of Cristóbal, "…is this death…is this my body or spirit that will wander in eternal solitude?" – Martínez honestly caressing her high notes as if she was speaking softly to her lover. In her final aria, having been prevented from singing due to an outbreak of cholera in Manaus and making a last-ditch effort to connect with her 'bright elusive butterfly of love,' the pretty brunette luxuriantly surrounded her notes, her voice and orchestra swelling and tugging at the audience as a small blue butterfly grew ever-larger on the screen, leaving us to wonder if it was Cristóbal coming into view or Florencia morphing into the colorful creature.
López, playing the star-struck writer Rosalba, avoided the over-the-top trap such a role might encourage, instead playing with nuance and caution, giving us a deeper look into the character. Her soprano was strong, her cat and mouse duets with Bidlack expressive of the wariness of as well as interest in Arcadio. (We never find out why Rosalba at first appeared so disheartened about love, a flaw in the libretto, an additional hurdle for López to overcome, which she did, as there was no backstory for her to draw on.)
López and Bidlack combined their considerable chops in the wonderful Act 2 duet, where Rosalba and Arcadio parsed love, having "…seen lover's souls torn apart…with tongues like razors…couples who no longer love each other but sleep beside each other…." López flawlessly hit several money notes, kept her passion at bay while letting us glimpse it bubbling beneath the surface, as she and Bidlack gorgeously rode the argument as it rose and fell with the swelling music.
A duet between two sopranos is always lovely, and was evident when López and Martínez teamed up as Florencia sagely prompted Rosalba to "let go of the unhappiness of fear" and suggested that "…love is not a prison but a vast ocean…let it in and you will become the writer you have dreamed of being…." Their combined voices were splendid together.
A harp ascended deliciously as did Bidlack's satisfying tenor, painting pictures to Rosalba as he shared his dreams of becoming an airplane pilot. Porto genuinely conveyed his dedication and love for the steamboat El Dorado, his bass-baritone pure, especially in his higher register, bringing a soft gravity to his scene with Bidlack, their voices blending nicely as he encouraged his nephew to become a steamboat captain like all the men in his family had done. His scene explaining to Florencia that "Cristóbal found the heart of a beautiful woman instead of a butterfly" exposed Porto's tender side.
Teatro Amazonas, the unlikely opera house in the Amazonian rainforest.
The river, certainly a character in this work, was embodied in the score as well as in Ríolobo, the sturdy long-haired baritone LaBrie making fine work at being the conduit between the real life on the boat and the fantastic element encountered along the otherworldly way. Whether he was suggesting to Rosalba that she may find love, observing that the gleam of love had grown dim between Paula and Alvaro, or showing up with wings to implore the angry River to show mercy, his ample baritone was imbued with character. Serving as deus ex machina, he appeared suddenly to repair the broken ship, resolving the improbable forces of nature and bringing order to the chaos.
Kaganskaya brought a full and vibrant mezzo to the stage upon losing her husband overboard after the storm. Holding his jacket, realizing that too much time had passed since she said "I love you" (the consequence of too much pride), Kaganskaya delivered her aria with heartfelt believability.
The laughline of the evening came from a conversation between Kaganskaya and Bryan during a card game with Bidlack and López, Paula complaining that "the air on the river was unbearable" and Alvaro replying, "Then don't breathe." The four voices made for a fine quartet. As the storm encroached on the boat, the entire ensemble raised their collective voice in spectacular harmony.
Catán's palette is robust, painting romantically broad strokes that are rich, lush and often cinematic, with soaring melodies atop and sonorities portraying inner emotions. His style is also contemporary in that he doesn't telegraph "here comes an in-your-face wonderful aria," but rather the arias, duets and ensembles rise organically from the text, through-sung like dialogue underscored with glorious music, bringing more depth and layers to the words and characters. Arias are like interior monologues and the duets like conversations loaded with subtext, inviting the audience to get in touch with their own emotions.
For example, he adds a mounting musical passage to the ordinary occurrence of a married couple bickering over what to order for dinner ("I said no, you heard yes…,") amplifying the deepest realm of what's really going on beneath their conversation.
Catán elevated the Spanish language to the height of Italian lyricism.
Whether it is coincidental that "Love in the Time of Cholera" is a sentimental story about the enduring power of true love or García Márquez's main notion that lovesickness is literally an illness, a disease comparable to cholera, these themes played well in both his novel and Catán's opera. In the complete oeuvre of contemporary opera, "Florencia" floats to the top of the list. Perhaps the magic in the realism gives us greater access to our interior beings, always both clear and cloudy, providing otherwise unrealized insight into our souls.
Maestro Ramón Tebar helmed the spectacular FGO orchestra down the mighty Amazon, the panoramic score inclusive of European traditions laced with marimba and steel drums. The soundscape included several passages of harp, flute, clarinet sounding of running water, birds and butterflies, brass, winds and percussion offering up the jungle, the animals and the river, and soaring strings bringing the motion of the steamboat navigating.
The minimal set of Phillip Lienau, largely a long steamboat deck, was the functional playing space. Scrims of an old-world map of the Amazon River at top of show and a tangle of branches after the storm were well done. The lighting by Kenneth Yunker augmented the rich colors of projected flowers along the Amazon, lightning flashes and the vibrant colors of Manaus turning florescent purple and green as cholera closed in on the city. Elizabeth Poindexter paid fine attention to detail with her Edwardian style costumes.
It should be noted that, in this age of cost cutting (it easily costs $1.5 million to mount an opera), an innovation that's saving significant dollars is projection, used here to impressive effect as well as allay significant costs. Aaron Rhyne's images, projected onto an upstage backdrop, transported us to ship docks, down the Amazon river, through a massive rainstorm and to the city of Manaus.
The capacity crowd gave this sublime combination of a stellar cast in terrific voice, a richly developed score played by a supremely confident orchestra in an imaginative, magically realistic setting, an enthusiastic and sustained standing O.
Continuing with the efforts of FGO general director Susan Danis's vision to present a mix of opera's greatest hits with more contemporary offerings, FGO's 2018-2019 season will include "La bohème," "The Marriage of Figaro," "Frida" and "Werther."
Florencia en el Amazonas
By Daniel Catán; libretto by Marcela Fuentes-Berain; conductor, Ramón Tebar; stage director, Jose Maria Condemi; production, Opera Colorado; sets by Phillip Lienau; associate set designer, Maya Linke; lighting by Kenneth Yunker; costumes by Elizabeth Poindexter; wig and make-up by Sue Schaefer; chorus master, Katherine Kozak; assistant conductor, Joshua Horsch; production stage manager, Liam Roche; projection designer, Aaron Rhyne; FGO general director, Susan T. Danis
CAST: Florencia - Anna Maria Martínez, Ríolobo - Steven LaBrie, Rosalba - Cecilia Violetta López,Arcadio - Andrew Bidlack,Paula - Mariya Kaganskaya,Álvaro - William Lee Bryan,Capitán - Rafael Porto
Remaining schedule | Florencia en el Amazonas
an opera in two acts, lasting 2 hours and 20 minutes with one intermission
Sung without amplification in Spanish with projected titles in English and Spanish.
Miami Adrienne Arsht Center / Ziff Ballet Opera House
Tuesday, May 1 at 8 pm
Friday, May 4 at 8 pm
Saturday, May 5 at 8 pm
Audio Description provided by the Arsht Audio Description Volunteer Team is available without charge for blind and visually impaired patrons attending Arsht Center operas and Broadway shows.
Ticket purchases can be made online at www.FGO.org or by phone at FGO's Box Office (800) 740-1010.

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How can open data inform public policy?
Helen Lasthiotakis named Executive Director, Strategic Partnerships at University of Toronto VP Research Office.
Congratulations to Andrew Kretz on successfully defending his PhD dissertation!
Team members present at the 2015 CIES Conference in Washington, D.C.
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Phoebe Jane Tonkin, född 12 juli 1989, är en australisk skådespelerska och modell. Tonkin är mest känd för sin roll som Cleo Sertori i den australiska TV-serien H2O: Just Add Water och The Originals. Tonkins roll i The Originals och The Vampire Diaries (1 säsong) är Hayley Marshall.

Karriär
Tonkins första TV-roll var i tonårsserien H2O: Just Add Water, där hon spelar Cleo Sertori, en av huvudrollerna som en tonåring som blir sjöjungfru så fort hon kommer i kontakt med vatten. Tonkin ansträngde sig hårt för att få rollen eftersom hon inte i verkligheten är en så duktig simmare. Hon är också den yngsta av huvudrollerna.

Den 20 oktober 2007 presenterade Tonkin priset för bästa band på brittiska Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards tillsammans med hennes motspelare Claire Holt och Cariba Heine.

Bland Tonkins övriga roller finns den australiska serien Packed to the Rafters, där hennes tidigare motspelare Angus McLaren också medverkar, och filmen Tomorrow, When the War Began. Hon har medverkat i reklamfilmer för bland annat Vauxhall Motors och Chic Management. Hon spelade rollen som Faye Chamberlain i TV-serien The Secret Circle från 2011, serien lades dock ner efter endast en säsong. Tonkin spelar nu Hayley i Vampire Diaries och dess nya spinoff The Originals. Phoebe Tonkin har också spelat i filmen Bait som Jaimie.

Filmografi

Film
Imorgon när kriget kom (2010)
Bait 3D (2012)
The Ever After (2014)
Take Down (2016)
Cul-de-sac (2016)

TV
H2O: Just Add Water (2006 - 2010)
Packed to the Rafters (2009 - 2010)
Home and Away (2010)
The Secret Circle (2011 - 2012)
The Vampire Diaries (2012 - 2013)
Stalker (2015)
Pillow Talk (2017)
Safe Harbour (2018)
The Originals (2013 - 2018)
The Affair (2018)

Referenser

Kvinnor
Födda 1989
Australiska skådespelare under 2000-talet
Levande personer

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Most people are all too familiar with having champagne tastes on a beer budget. But when it comes to diamonds, you may be able to have it both ways.
That's because gem-quality diamonds are now being grown in laboratories in places like Sarasota, Fla., and Boston. Forget cubic zirconia and Moissanite, which are made to pass as diamonds. Lab-grown stones are the real deal. And instead of the millions of years it takes to create natural diamonds, they're grown by man in a matter of days.
"We've essentially recreated the same conditions that occur hundreds of miles below the surface," says David Hellier, president of Gemesis, the Florida company that specializes in growing colored diamonds. "After about four and a half days, we get a three-carat rough diamond. From that day forward, there's no difference between that diamond and one that comes from the ground."
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This was a bit of a challenge, because most of the flowers in my yard are brighter reds and pinks and purples, but they did not photograph well. The colors turned to darker greys, giving off a lack of brightness. White and yellow flowers photographed much better. Can you tell which is which?
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My research focuses on popular politics and popular political participation in urban and rural Tuscany during the Italian Risorgimento, c. 1815-1860. More specifically, I am interested in the relationship between elite political ideologies – most notably nationalism – and the cultures of subaltern groups. On the one hand, my research explores the extent to which elite and intellectual political ideas were received and understood by popular audiences, both in the towns and in the countryside, in nineteenth-century Tuscany. However, I am equally interested in the ideas and concepts which subaltern groups themselves formulated to construct meaning out of the political and social changes going on around them, along with the various media and opportunities available to popular classes to articulate political voices.
In order to recover 'popular voices' from the past, I work with a diverse range of historical sources and artefacts. These range from archival documents, such as nineteenth-century police and court records, to vernacular and folkloric sources such as popular folk songs, ballads and stories.
I have also taught A-level students as an outreach history teacher as part of Oxford University's UNIQ summer school.
'The Italian Risorgimento and Sicilian Popular Balladry: The Problem of 'Deep Images' and Popular Reception' European History Quarterly, 46:2 (2016), pp. 238-61.
Review of Michael Buonanno, Sicilian Epic and the Marionette Theater, Journal of Folklore Research Reviews, online archive, March 2015.
I am currently involved in researching and writing digital content for Trusted Source, a knowledge transfer project between Oxford University and The National Trust which is seeking to create an online bank of short, accessible articles exploring links between National Trust collections and places.
I am also actively involved in designing the content for Royal Holloway's Citizens Project; an online educational project set up and run by Royal Holloway University – in conjunction with numerous heritage partners across the country – to explore how citizens' relationship with the state has changed over time, from the Norman Conquest to the Suffragettes. I have researched and co-written numerous online articles about the role of Oxford during the English Civil War, and am currently in the process of working with Royal Holloway to draft the transcripts for three short educational videos, which will be included as part of the new multi-media display about the Civil War in the redeveloped Museum of Oxford (scheduled opening 2020).


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Booger McFarland Highlights Perfect Tom Brady Successor in NFL Draft
By Devon Platana
ESPN analyst Booger McFarland offered his opinion on which quarterback would make sense for Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the draft. / Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images
Tom Brady's potential retirement seems like it's been talked about for years now. Every season NFL fans wonder if it will be his last, but he's showing little signs of slowing down. Father Time is undefeated and one day Brady will have to call it quits, which means the Tampa Bay Buccaneers may have to start thinking of his potential replacement.
NFL analyst Booger McFarland appeared recently discussed who the Buccaneers could select in the 2021 NFL Draft to be Brady's heir.
Booger McFarland: Best fits for Kyle Trask are Steelers, Buccaneers:https://t.co/VlFPfFgA6a pic.twitter.com/EPnStHF8nv
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McFarland suggested that Florida Gators quarterback Kyle Trask would be an appropriate successor in Tampa. While primarily talking about how Trask would be a fit for the Pittsburgh Steelers, McFarland said that he would be "good" for the Buccaneers too.
Trask has had an impressive college career with the Gators. Including college bowl stats, Trask recorded 7,386 passing yards and threw 69 touchdowns to 15 interceptions in three seasons with Florida. He's never been a mobile quarterback, but he also added 8 rushing touchdowns in his college career as well.
Trask also proved that he's a good locker room asset when he won the 2020 Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award. While it's given to the top offensive player in Division I college football, it also takes into consideration things like leadership, sportsmanship and a relationship with the community.
At the end of the day, Brady could end up playing for another few years if his body keeps cooperating. This could end up benefitting Trask should the Buccaneers select him in the draft. There are very few who have a mind for the game like Brady does. If he's able to pass even half of that information onto Trask, the Buccaneers could extend their era of dominance for years to come.


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Q: How to add a domain-switching selector to International Google sites? I am writing a Greasemonkey script to change the top-level domains of google.com.
The complete code is below. Testing my code in the dev tool, it did display the choosebox and the button. But, when I clicked the button, the page just reloaded, it did not switch language sites.
// ==UserScript==
// @name       GoogleFieldExpress
// @namespace  http://example.gg/
// @version    1.0
// @description  to change field from database
// @match      http://www.google.*/
// @match      https:/www.google.*/
// @copyright  2013,Matthew
// ==/UserScript==

//database domains and varibles
var domains=new Array;
domains=["gg","jp"];
var current="";
if (typeof this.href === "undefined") {
    current = document.location.toString().toLowerCase();
}
else {
   current = this.href.toString().toLowerCase();
}
var inner='\
    \
    \
        Choose field below:
\
    \
    <form id="choose" >\
    <select id="select_item">'
for (var i = 0; i < domains.length; i++) {
    inner+='<option value="'+domains[i]+'"\\>'+domains[i]+'</option>';
};

inner+='</select>\
    <button id="goto2">go!</button>\
    </form>\
    \
'

//functions
function getLanguageElement(){
    var lang=document.getElementById("als");
    return lang;
}
function appendHTML(element,html){
    element.innerHTML+=html;
}
//main process
(function(){
appendHTML(getLanguageElement(),inner);
document.getElementById("goto2").addEventListener("click",function(){windows.location=new String('www.google.')+(document.getElementById("select_item").value)},false);
})();

I am a greenhand and really mad at these.
How I can redirect to the right domain and what's wrong with my code?
I want to jump from www.google.com to www.google.gg or www.google.jp and so on.
P.S. the "als" element is the container of this sentence "Google.gg offered in: languages"

A: Several issues:

*

*http://www.google.*/ and https:/www.google.*/ are invalid values for @match.  Use:
// @include    http://www.google.*/
// @include    https://www.google.*/

*jp appears to be an invalid domain.  Google appears to use co.jp.

*windows is not a valid object or variable.

*By using a <form> and a <button> with the default type, clicking "go!" actually submits the form!  This overrides trying to set the location URL.

*You need the protocol (http:, etc.) when setting a location.

*Do not use this in the global scope of a userscript.  this will vary markedly depending on: the browser, the sandbox state, possible the iframe state, etc.  Use this only inside functions and only when you are sure what it will refer to.

*The script needs error checking since the sought nodes will not be present on most Google pages.
There are several more minor issues -- which I'll skip, since Stack Overflow is not really a code-review site.  Just see the working script, below, and note where it is different from the question's script.
// ==UserScript==
// @name       GoogleFieldExpress
// @namespace  http://example.gg/
// @version    1.0
// @description  to change field from database
// @include    http://www.google.*/
// @include    https://www.google.*/
// ==/UserScript==
//database domains and variables
var domains = ["gg", "co.jp"];
var current = location.host;  // or location.href. Case-sensitive for a reason
var inner   = '\
    \
    \
        Choose field below:
\
    \
    <form id="gmChoose">\
    <select id="gmSelect_item">'
;

domains.forEach ( function (item) {
    inner  += '<option value="' + item + '"\\>' + item + '</option>';
} );

inner      += '</select>\
    <button id="gmGoto2" type="button">go!</button>\
    </form>\
    \
';

//main code
var lang = document.getElementById ("als");
if (lang) {
    lang.innerHTML += inner;

    document.getElementById ("gmGoto2").addEventListener ("click", function () {
        location.assign (
            location.protocol + '\/\/www.google.'
            + document.getElementById ("gmSelect_item").value
            + '\/'
        );
    }, false);
}

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STEVEN J. PALLONEEan (left) and Camille Stevenson, twin brother and sister, pose at the high school after each graduating senior was honored as a Section 3 Scholar Athlete.
STEVEN J. PALLONECamille Stevenson poses after the graduating senior was honored as a Section 3 Scholar Athlete for her achievements as a three-sport athlete and standout student.
STEVEN J. PALLONEEan Stevenson poses after the graduating senior was honored as a Section 3 Scholar Athlete for his achievements as a three-sport athlete and standout student.
Stevenson twins Section 3 Scholar Athlete award recipients
By JOSH ST. CROIX
jstcroix@wdt.net
Josh StCroix
FULTON — Ean and Camille Stevenson estimated that they spent 90 percent of their respective G. Ray Bodley High School (GRB) tenures operating entirely separately from each other, but the twin brother-sister tandem ultimately flourished in similar fashion.
The Stevenson twins were each named GRB recipients of the Section 3 Scholar Athlete awards last month, recognizing their various contributions to the Red Raiders as three-sport varsity athletes while highlighting their academic achievements.
Camille Stevenson was also named her class valedictorian and made special mention of her twin brother during a speech at Fulton's recent graduation ceremony. Ean also finished near the top of their class academically.
"There were lots of late nights studying after getting home from games or practices," Camille Stevenson said. "It was nice to be recognized for playing three sports and also excelling at academics, a lot of people don't understand the extent of being involved in many varsity sports and also being at the top of your class. Lots of people can do it but it's just very hard to juggle your time and the time management skills are the key."
Camille Stevenson thrived in volleyball, softball and swimming at Fulton, while Ean Stevenson shined in track and field, golf, and swimming, and also participated in varsity bowling as an eighth-grader.
The duo each said they were encouraged to try sports at a young age by their parents – Kenneth and Carolyn Stevenson – the latter of whom was also an active three-sport athlete at Fulton. Ean and Camille were each introduced to soccer around the age of five and have been involved in a variety of sports year-round ever since.
"I definitely enjoyed being able to communicate with other kids and have a good time, improve, and compete," Ean Stevenson said of his Fulton athletics experience.
Camille Stevenson added: "I really think that's good to be involved in your community and be a part of sports that can make you a more well-rounded person and develop those skills like teamwork and cohesiveness, which I've definitely learned those things. Sports have helped me learn to work in a group setting."
The respective ambitious spirit of the twin brother-sister duo, combined with their natural sibling rivalry, has helped motivated each other to succeed.
Each was inducted into the National Honor Society and also took part in a plethora of other extracurricular activities at Fulton. Camille Stevenson participated math club, debate club, HOPE Club, Youth Create Change Coalition, Youth Court, Battle of the Books, and was a student mentor and a member of the school's orchestra. She also plays the piano, works part-time as a lifeguard and joined travel softball and club swim teams at various points of her athletic career.
Ean Stevenson participated in math club, acted in various musicals and plays, swam for a YMCA club team and works a part-time job in the area.
"There are moments where we are definitely fighting because we're competitive and we want to do so good, like academically we push each other and I mentioned that in my (valedictorian) speech, he definitely pushed me, and then in sports also, we push each other, especially in swimming," Camille Stevenson said.
Ean and Camille Stevenson's well-rounded schedules rarely overlapped, with the Fulton coed varsity swimming team serving as one of the few exceptions. The twin siblings were able to share in the triumph of the Red Raiders earning a share of the Section 3 Class B championship this past winter.
Ean Stevenson, who described swimming as his favorite sport, was part of the winning 200 medley relay team and 400 freestyle relay teams that helped thrust the Red Raiders into a first-place tie with Mexico for the Class B crown.
"My group of swim guys were the best group of friends I had throughout high school, and I also really love how physically and mentally challenging it was," Ean Stevenson said. "You push yourself, there is no one physically going against you like wrestling or something, but you're pushing yourself so that you can win against others."
Camille Stevenson cited the swim team's sectional win as one of her favorite sports moments at Fulton.
"When we heard that announcement, we just burst into applause," she said. "I didn't make sectionals this year (as an individual) but I was still able to support my team and go and watch, and you just get filled with euphoria."
Camille Stevenson also helped the Fulton softball team reach the Section 3 Class A semifinals as a starting pitcher, guiding her team to an 11-6 overall record after recovering from a broken foot earlier in the year that forced her to miss most of her senior volleyball season.
"That was very frustrating because sports was a big thing and to not be able to do senior volleyball, but I was able to reflect on everything I've been doing and take a break on a lot of the things I'm involved with, so I was able to get a lot done with a broken leg," Camille Stevenson said.
Ean and Camille Stevenson will each venture off to different colleges this fall. Ean Stevenson plans to attend Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and major in engineering, while Camille will head to the University of Rochester to study neuroscience, focusing medical research on neurological disorders like Parkinson's disease.
The twins will be separated by 234 miles during the upcoming school year, but each are eager for the challenge and believe the independent dynamic of their relationship has prepared each for their new journey.
"She kind of sticks to herself and I do my thing most of the time," Ean Stevenson said. " So I think it has kind of become our lifestyle and that will carry over to college."
Camille Stevenson said: "We're each our own person and we don't need the other there to do well. We push each other and it definitely helps, but I think our own strength comes from within and from setting our own goals and expectations for ourselves."
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Montréal International achieves record performance in 2018
Greater Montréal more attractive than ever
For the third consecutive year, Montréal International (MI) has achieved record results in 2018 in all of its mandates. The economic promotion agency supported over sixty foreign direct investment (FDI) projects totalling nearly $2.5 billion – i.e., $1.5 billion more than in 2015 – and there was a sharp increase in the number of foreign workers hired. The team also supported the success of four international organisation projects in Montréal, and the creation of two new international organisations.
These numbers, which prove Greater Montréal's economic attractiveness across the globe, were announced at a press conference attended by Valérie Plante, Mayor of Montréal and President of the Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal.
In 2018, Montréal International supported 63 foreign companies in setting up or expanding in the region. These record investments totalled $2.474 billion, a 22% increase compared to 2017 and up 147% since 2015. These projects, which created 5,939 quality direct jobs and maintained 535 jobs, generated significant spinoffs for the metropolitan area that account for 17% of Québec's economic growth in 2018.
Once again, this year, the high-tech sectors (information and communication technologies, aerospace, life sciences and health technologies) were the economic pillars of Greater Montréal, with investments of $1.536 billion, i.e., 62% of total investments. Within the ICT family, the visual effects, data centre, artificial intelligence and video games sectors are really going strong as they alone account for 35% of investments. The projects are from the Americas (50%), Europe (45%) and Asia (5%).
MI also rolled out efforts in 2018 to attract high-potential foreign entrepreneurs, resulting in meetings with 250 prospects, 35 of whom have already begun the process to launch their startup in Montréal.
International talent
In 2018, Montréal International helped recruit 640 experienced skilled workers, which is more than double the previous year. This was achieved through 14 international recruitment missions in which 184 businesses from Greater Montréal took part. The payroll for these workers amounts to $48 million, while their average annual salary is $75,000, which is about 60% higher than the average salary in Québec.
The I choose Montréal initiative, launched by Montréal International two years ago in collaboration with the Québec Ministère de l'Immigration, de la Diversité et de l'Inclusion(MIDI), made contact in 2018 with 10,442 international students already in the area through more than 160 activities designed to encourage them to stay and make Montréal their home. The added international student attraction component – new mandate entrusted by the Government of Québec in March 2018 – resulted in five international student prospecting and recruitment activities, in collaboration with 14 institutions and university research centres in Greater Montréal.
The year 2018 also brought a new international organization to Montréal, Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI), a global network that addresses the land rights of Indigenous Peoples and local communities living in the forests and drylands of developing countries. Moreover, MI supported three expansion/retention projects for the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (SCBD), the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the International Secretariat for Water (ISW), in addition to supporting 38 international organizations with their local development.
A brand new mandate entrusted by the Government of Québec had Montréal International support the creation of two new international organizations. The first one, the Réseau LGBTQI francophone international (International Francophone LGBTQI Network – provisional name), is dedicated to protecting and advancing the rights of the LGBTQI community. The second, temporarily called Organisation mondiale de l'intelligence artificielle (OMIA) (World Artificial Intelligence Organization), will act as facilitator between AI stakeholders around the world, coordinate existing organizations and consolidate AI framework initiatives. The establishment of these new organizations will be announced in the coming weeks.
From left to right: Valérie Plante, Mayor, City of Montréal and President of the Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal Hubert Bolduc, President and Chief Executive Officer, Montréal International Jean Laurin, Vice Chairman of the Board, Montréal International and President and Chief Executive Officer, NKF Devencore
"Every year, investments and talent from abroad give a big boost to Greater Montréal's economy. In 2018, the growing number of foreign investment projects in leading-edge sectors will enable the region to keep thriving and help create quality jobs. That's why Montréal International has also stepped up its efforts to support this remarkable growth by bringing more skilled workers and international students to the region."
− Hubert Bolduc, President and CEO, Montréal International
"Due to its uniqueness in North America, Greater Montréal has a strong drawing power that pulls in foreign investors, international organizations and foreign workers. However, in an ultra-competitive global economy, we should never take anything for granted and maintain our role in promoting the region and providing support. Montréal International can attribute its success to the support it receives from both private and public partners, proving that the region's prosperity is everyone's business."
− L. Jacques Ménard, President of the Board of Directors, Montréal International
"Montréal International plays a key role in the visibility and attractiveness of Greater Montréal and for the third consecutive year, the results speak for themselves. Our talent pool, and also the social and economic mix that define the city, is what makes it so unique and attractive."
− Valérie Plante, Mayor of Montréal and President of the Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal
About Montréal International (www.montrealinternational.com)
Established in 1996, Montréal International is a non-profit organization funded by the private sector, the governments of Canada and Québec, the Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal and the City of Montréal. Its mandate is to attract and retain foreign investment (companies and startups), international organizations, skilled workers and international students to Greater Montréal by providing support services tailored to their needs.
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The Ballistix Masters Championship 2018 took place over the weekend at LanX, Pretoria. Battlefield and Dota 2 teams fought for a share of R60,000 per title. If you missed the Dota 2 action you can head to YouTube/JubbaGaming to check out the VODs. This was a Dota 2 tournament with a few many upsets, with Goliath Gaming managing wins against White Rabbit Gaming and Sinister5 to make it to the Grand Final! Congratulations to all the teams who participated.


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Discussion of the QKD-4G variant of the Quickdraw chassis. This variant has 4 Energy Hardpoints, 2 Missile Hardpoints, can use up to 7 Jump Jets and has a +33% Arm Movement Speed Quirk.
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The UN: a Case of Regulatory Capture
January 29, 2007 by Mitch Townsend
In today's National Review Online, Mario Loyola argues that conservative esteem for the rule of law should extend to a refined understanding of international law, backed up with consistent enforcement of its principles (in other words, either both Kosovo and Iraq, or neither). Too late. That issue was settled over 60 years ago.
Here is how the Economist defines regulatory capture:
Gamekeeper turns poacher or, at least, helps poacher. The theory of regulatory capture was set out by Richard Posner, an economist and lawyer at the University of Chicago, who argued that "REGULATION is not about the public interest at all, but is a process, by which interest groups seek to promote their private interest … Over time, regulatory agencies come to be dominated by the industries regulated." Most economists are less extreme, arguing that regulation often does good but is always at RISK of being captured by the regulated firms.
Familiar examples of regulatory capture in the US would include those agencies charged with setting rates, fees, and prices. The ICC, originally meant to keep railroads from overcharging farmers with no other means of shipping their commodities, eventually became a means by which trucking companies and interstate bus lines set prices, limited competition, and allocated routes. The FAA, until deregulation in 1978, assured airlines of an orderly and profitable division of routes, without the prospect of interlopers disrupting the arrangement. Similarly, the United Nations, formed in the very act of destroying a murderous tyranny, came to become a system for regulating tyranny and allocating the areas in which tyrants might operate without interference.
The immediate predecessor of the United Nations was actually not the League of Nations, but the Atlantic Charter between the United States and Great Britain. This was purely an Anglo-American document in terms of its principles as well as its origin. The two signatory nations disavowed any territorial claims, embraced consensual sovereignty and self-determination for all people, and stated their support for international economic cooperation, freedom of the seas, and eventual worldwide demilitarization. Even though the US had not yet entered the war, the treaty embraced the destruction of the Nazi regime as a common foreign policy objective. It also contemplated, but did not establish, "a wider and permanent system of general security." The original agreement between the two countries was signed August 14, 1941. On January 1, 1942, the representatives of 26 governments, including some governments in exile, signed the "Declaration by United Nations, Subscribing to the Principles of the Atlantic Charter." The United Nations then became the formal name of the anti-Nazi allies.
The signatories included the USSR. Stalin's government had no intention of following most of the principles set forth in the treaty; its signing was a transparent fraud. The Atlantic Charter and the United Nations were designed to restrain the practices of aggression, brutality, dictatorship, and government-sanctioned murder, yet the United Nations brought in one of the most brutal and murderous dictatorships as a founding member. Stalin's USSR set a precedent which is followed to this day.
The contradiction was present from the beginning in the UN Charter:
The Purposes of the United Nations are:
1. To maintain international peace and security, and to that end: to take effective collective measures for the prevention and removal of threats to the peace, and for the suppression of acts of aggression or other breaches of the peace, and to bring about by peaceful means, and in conformity with the principles of justice and international law, adjustment or settlement of international disputes or situations which might lead to a breach of the peace;
2. To develop friendly relations among nations based on respect for the principle of equal rights and self-determination of peoples, and to take other appropriate measures to strengthen universal peace;
3. To achieve international co-operation in solving international problems of an economic, social, cultural, or humanitarian character, and in promoting and encouraging respect for human rights and for fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to race, sex, language, or religion; and
4. To be a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations in the attainment of these common ends.
These ends were not and could not be harmonized. They were in fact placed in opposition:
Nothing contained in the present Charter shall authorize the United Nations to intervene in matters which are essentially within the domestic jurisdiction of any state or shall require the Members to submit such matters to settlement under the present Charter; but this principle shall not prejudice the application of enforcement measures under Chapter VII.
With a view to the creation of conditions of stability and well-being which are necessary for peaceful and friendly relations among nations based on respect for the principle of equal rights and self-determination of peoples, the United Nations shall promote … universal respect for, and observance of, human rights and fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to race, sex, language, or religion.
Note the contrasting strength of the language in these two provisions ("nothing …shall authorize" and "shall promote"). If human rights are truly universal, the interposition of national boundaries must be irrelevant, since they exist everywhere. As a practical matter, Violations of human rights were defined as outside of the scope of the UN, as long as they took place within a country's borders. It is as though there had been no reason to fight Hitler except for his invasion of Poland.
We cannot defeat tyranny by leaving tyrants safe and secure, as long as they stay close to home. The rights to life, liberty, and property are not just local customs. Either human rights are universal, or they are nothing.
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A correct, natural law, understanding of the concept of "rights". They can be forcibly suppressed or violated but by virtue of being intrinsic, can neither be granted nor revoked by government. Just respected.
Very Ciceronian.
Mitch, bravo.
Sovereignty was primary. All governments wanted that. Lip service to anything "higher", and a guarantee that the government business in general, and the existing "firms" in particular, would maintain a hands-off policy. The UN is basically a way for bad governments, including make-believe post-colonial governments, to get help form other governments against their own people just because they are all governments that happen to be in the governmnent business.
Écrasez l'Infâme.
Good point about the Atlantic Charter. We should dust that off and use it for a new Anglospheric commitment to international order.


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public class Triangle {

	public void draw(){
		System.out.println("Ey there! This is a triangle!");
	}
}


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Neocons like Jeffrey target Turkey, but why?
Hakki Ocal @hakkiocal
James Franklin Jeffrey was George Bush's ambassador to Turkey. Obama kept him in this position until he replaced him with Francis Ricciardone. Ambassador Jeffrey is an infantry officer by profession; he is a history major and received his MBA in 1977 and then he joined the U.S. Foreign Service. He became deputy national security adviser in 2007 and was sent to Turkey as an ambassador. From Ankara he was transferred to Baghdad. He is now a member of the CIA External Advisory Board, a visiting fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, and he appears on television programs and writes for Foreign Policy magazine.
In his recent article, Jeffrey tries to make his readers believe that the alliance between Turkey and the U.S. is close to crumbling because of issues that are dividing the two countries. This list consists of (in his own words):
1. Erdoğan's Putinesque consolidation of power
2. [Erdoğan's] disregard for human rights
3. The arrests of U.S. citizens and Turks employed by American missions
4. Ankara's co-opting "jihadis" as allies in the Syrian fight
5. Turkey's cooperation with Russia
6. Turkey's purchase of a Russian air defense system
According to Mr. Jeffrey, this load of issues will sink the ship soon; some people in Washington are strongly tempted to throw this alliance into the sea instead of trying to mend it. Then, the U.S. should impose on Turkey for its actions.
You can pose hundreds of questions about the validity of these observations Mr. Jeffrey makes here. The constitutional change from the parliamentary to the presidential system can be anything but "Putinesque." Turkish people overwhelmingly gave its consent to the system change. It was not a government decree; it was not a communique. It was a referendum overseen by the judiciary and observed by tens of governmental and nongovernmental organizations from all over the world including those from the U.S. and Europe. It has not gone into effect yet! It will after the new general election of a new president in 2019. So, current President Erdoğan has not assumed those powers that the future president will have after the election.
May Jeffrey give one, just one, example of Putinesque consolidation of power? Again, may he please explain how the president in Turkey can disregard human rights! There is cabinet of ministers under the prime minister and they all function according to the law. There are administrative and constitutional supreme courts which can overturn and rule, actions or laws that disregard human rights. Human rights are under the protection of the constitution in Turkey just like the U.S. Constitution, almost verbatim
On the one hand you accuse the Turkish president of disregarding the laws and rules, and on the other hand you ask him to release the U.S. citizens and Turks that have been arrested lawfully. How can Erdoğan or any other law-respecting president, prime minister or minister ask the courts to release these lawfully arrested people? Can President Donald Trump ask Judge Richard M. Berman to release Hakan Atilla of Halkbank from jail in New York City?
Again, if Jeffrey thinks the truth of his statements is an important aspect of his credibility, could he please show his readers one, just one, proof that the Turkish government appointed a jihadi group as its proxy in Syria—no matter how he defines jihadis?
All these issues of consolidation of power, disregard for human rights, arrests of U.S. and Turkish citizens and co-opting of jihadis are nonsense and Jeffrey knows it. The real contentious issues are at the end of his list: Turkey's cooperation with Russia and its purchase of a Russian air defense system.
Bush Neocons and Jeffrey – who is one of them – want to destroy Russia and Iran, and Turkey's cooperation with these two countries is the only obstruction in doing so. Mr. Jeffrey mentions Turkey's help as crucial in destroying a growing Russian-Iran alliance specifically.
Pity on the American institutions that would value this ill-willed guidance.
Source: Daily Sabah
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Hakkı Öcal is a columnist at both Daily Sabah and Milliyet newspapers, which are based in Istanbul. He is also an advisor to the President of Ibn Haldun University.
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Antique Maps of North America/
1863 Johnson Map of North America (Canada, United States, Mexico)
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Johnson's North America.
1863 (undated) 23 x 17 in (58.42 x 43.18 cm) 1 : 15840000
A beautiful example of Johnson and Ward's 1863 map of North America. It offers a fascinating snapshot of North America, particularly the United States, Canada and Mexico, just after the outbreak of the American Civil War.
States roughly follow the 1861 configuration with archaic borders between Nevada and California and Nevada and Utah, whose capital is noted as Fillmore City. The new borders of Nevada as set in the territorial charter forced Johnson to revise his earlier map moving the California border westward to the Sierra Nevada range. This unusual choice infringed upon California's border charter inciting a border dispute between the two regions. The dispute was formally resolved in 1863 roughly according to the original California charter. This is the only example of Johnson's North America map to show Nevada's original territorial border configuration.
Several important transcontinental routes are shown, including the U.S. Mail Route through Texas and New Mexico and the Pony Express route to Sacramento. Also notes numerous American Indian tribes throughout. Canada and Mexico are shown in considerable detail with color coding according to region. Features the strapwork border common to Johnson's atlas maps from 1860 to 1863. Published by A. J. Johnson and Ward as plate nos. 15-16 in the scarce 1863 edition of Johnson's Family Atlas. This is the second edition of Johnson's atlas to bear the 'Johnson and Ward' imprint.
Alvin Jewett Johnson (September 23, 1827 - April 22, 1884) was a prolific American map publisher active from 1856 to the mid-1880s. Johnson was born into a poor family in Wallingford, Vermont where he received only a based public education. He is known to have worked as school teacher for several years before moving to Richmond, Virginia. Johnson got his first taste of the map business and a salesman and book canvasser for J. H. Colton and company. The earliest Johnson maps were published with D. Griffing Johnson (no clear relation) and date to the mid-1850s, however it was not until 1860 that the Johnson firm published its first significant work, the Johnson's New Illustrated (Steel Plate) Family Atlas. The publication of the Family Atlas followed a somewhat mysterious 1859 deal with the well-established but financially strapped J. H. Colton cartographic publishing firm. Although map historian Water Ristow speculates that Colton sold his copyrights to Johnson and his business partner, another Vermonter named Ross C. Browning (1832 - 1899), a more likely theory is that Johnson and Browning financially supported the Colton firm in exchange for the right to use Colton's existing copyrighted map plates. Regardless of which scenario actually occurred it is indisputable that the first Johnson atlas maps were mostly reissues of earlier Colton maps. Early on Johnson described his firm as the "Successors to J. H. Colton and Company". Johnson's business strategy involved transferring the original Colton steel plate engravings to cheaper lithographic stones, allowing his firm to produce more maps at a lower price point. In 1861, following the outbreak of the American Civil War the Johnson and Browning firm moved their office from Richmond, Virginia to New York City. Johnson and Browning published two editions of the Johnson Atlas in 1860 and 1861. Sometime in 1861 Browning's portion of the firm was purchased by Benjamin P. Ward, whose name subsequently replaced Browning's on the imprint. The 1863 issue of the Family Atlas was one of the most unusual, it being a compilation of older Johnson and Browning maps, updated 1862 Johnson and Ward map issues, and newer 1863 maps with a revised border design. The 1864 issue of the Family Atlas is the first true Johnson and Ward atlas. Johnson published one more edition of the atlas in partnership with Ward in 1865, after which Johnson seems to have bought out Ward's share the firm. The next issue of the Atlas, 1866, is the first purely "Johnson" atlas with all new map plates, updated imprints, and copyrights. The Family Atlas went through roughly 27 years of publication, from 1860 to 1887, outliving Johnson himself who died in 1884. Johnson maps from the Family Atlas are notable for their unique borders, of which there are four different designs, the "strapwork border" from 1860 to 1863, the "fretwork border" from 1863 to 1869 and the "spirograph border" in 1870 – 1882, and a more elaborate version of the same from 1880-1887. In addition to the Family Atlas Johnson issued numerous wall maps, pocket maps, and in the 1880s the Cyclopedia. Johnson maps are known for their size, accuracy, detail, and stunning, vivid hand coloring. Johnson maps, purely American in their style and execution, chronicle some of the most important and periods in American history including the Civil War, the Westward Expansion, and the Indian Wars. Today Johnson's maps, especially those of the American west, are highly sought after by map collectors and historians.
Johnson and Ward, Johnson's New Illustrated (Steel Plate) Family Atlas, (1863 edition). Johnson's New Illustrated Family Atlas was produced in numerous editions from about 1860 to 1887. Johnson's first atlas was mostly likely the 1859 edition of Colton's General Atlas which both aesthetically and comprehensively very similar to the 1860 first edition of the New Illustrated Family Atlas. Johnson's atlas was noteworthy in its day as one of the few commercially produced American atlases that could compete with more established European Atlases. Although he called the atlas 'Steel Plate' on the title page for marketing purposes, Johnson in fact incorporated modern lithographic printing techniques and lower quality woven wood pulp paper to economically produce large format maps in quantity. He also began publishing the New Illustrated Family Atlas on the cusp of the American Civil War, a decision that proved fortuitous, as the war corresponded to a general increased interested in cartography. For the most part, Johnson's Atlas was sold by subscription; nonetheless it became so popular that for at time he was considered the largest publisher in the world. Other than the first edition, the atlas itself has no true editions. Rather, Johnson incorporated updated maps as they became available, so each example of the Johnson atlas might well contain unexpected and scarce individual maps. Johnson's map of the American Southwest, for example, appeared in more than 17 different states, each illustrating minor variations to the rapidly chasing geography of that region. Moreover, Johnson's offered a service whereby he would mail updated map pages that could be tipped into older atlases to keep them current. Generally speaking, Johnson's atlas was issued in four periods - each defined by a distinctive decorative border. The earliest edition featured a strapwork border that appears as rolled and decoratively cut leather. This border work remained in use until 1863. In 1864 Johnson started using an updated fretwork or grillwork border that resembles worked iron - as in a decorative fence. This border was in use from 1863 to 1869. The 1863 edition of Johnson's atlas used both borders and is considered transitional. From 1870 to 1882, Johnson introduced a new border that featured elaborate Spirograph style geometric designs, which was used from 1870 to 1882. After 1880 a new border different but aesthetically similar to the Spirograph border began appearing. Certain editions of the atlas issued from 1880 - 1882 were transitional.
Very good. Minor wear and verso repair along original centerfold. Some spotting at places. Text on verso.
Rumsey 2905.006 (1860 edition). Phillips (Atlases) P6140, 10-11.
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Art. 9: No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrests, detention or exile. This cartoon by Valery Momot is part of the official selection of our project to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Ye, there is definitely a similarity, although I suspect it is a coincidence. I also think there are more cartoons out there with a similar concept, were we to look for it.


At an April 3 public hearing, IDOT showed a version of Alternative 15.4 -- the option that doesn't include a noisy, blighting flyover above Halsted Street -- with six lanes, and ruled out building it. Previously this option called for five lanes at this location (see map below) and the agency had said it would consider building it.
In a move that has baffled and frustrated residents of 400 S Green Street, the Illinois Department of Transportation has apparently ruled out a version of the Circle Interchange expansion project that would avoid building a new, elevated highway ramp above Halsted Street. At an April 3 hearing on the project, IDOT told residents the option to avoid building the flyover, known as Alternative 15.4, was "off the table, not even being considered," according to condo board president David Lewis.
Lewis said that during an earlier meeting in March with IDOT's Paul Schneider, the agency said that Alternative 15.4 was still acceptable. Something else changed between the March meeting and the April meeting: IDOT added a lane to the westbound side of I-290 in Alternative 15.4.
Previously, the agency had always shown five lanes where westbound I-290 passes 400 S Green, as you can see in the map of 15.4 shown below. At the April meeting, the agency showed a drawing where that section of the highway had six lanes.
There are currently five lanes on I-290 next to 400 S Green, and the agency's "preferred alternative" — which includes the Halsted flyover and would generate a lot of noise next to residences — also calls for five lanes on this section of the highway. Streetsblog has submitted multiple requests to IDOT seeking an explanation for the addition of the sixth lane in the option that doesn't include building a flyover. The agency has not responded.
While today is the last day for public comment on the Circle Interchange project, the case of the extra highway lane raises serious questions about why IDOT has ruled out the version of the project without the Halsted flyover. Why was the sixth lane added? If the design without a flyover still called for five lanes, how would that change the cost of the project? Answers from IDOT have been in short supply.
Until April, IDOT was showing maps of "alternative 15.4" with five lanes on westbound I-290 where the highway passes by 400 S Green Street. The cross section shown at the top of the post is marked in red on the map. ##http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamesbondsv/8658610938/in/photostream##View a larger version of this image##.
The IDOT consultants indicated at the outset of their public discussions that they would be examining how to get a new HOV/HOT lane through the Circle – maybe that is one way they are thinking they'll do it.
I asked them about this (HOV/HOT) at the public hearing and the response was, "We are designing the Circle Interchange in such a way as to not preclude any kind of future development". They didn't say they were trying to put it in there.
Any design of anything will preclude some kind of future development.
At that point their consultants had already explicitly stated that was part of their charge – to see how they can get an HOV/HOT lane through the Circle . . .
Also, did they mention that modeling indicates there will be thousands of extra cars and trucks coming to I-290 following completion of their work? No worries, though, as they'll all be going much faster – about 40% faster, according to IDOT.
That's the golden ring – more cars and trucks going faster and traveling farther.
IDOT's vision of the future is wed to its understanding of the past. Their modeling of project benefits assumes that the sprawl our region has experienced over past decades will continue into the foreseeable future. Therefore, our investments – which last generations – must support sprawl traffic patterns.
I think they skipped class on the day the teacher taught the rest of us about self-fulfilling prophecies.
IDOT knows nothing of future development – they simply know how to guarantee that road building is a big part of it . . . by not being held accountable for the consequences of what they build today. Their claims of project benefits are grossly over-stated, their method of collecting and incorporating public feedback is superficial, and their conclusions severely skewed in favor of pre-determined road-oriented solutions.
Public engagement is little more than a dog and pony show because the public allows them to get away with it. Every problem is defined the same way, and every solution the same. It is as though every time there is a major investment, the public speaks in unanimous support for road expansion.
Major IDOT studies read like plagiarized novels, and bad ones at that. Hey, haven't I read this before? The highway is past its useful life. There are too many crashes. There are design deficiencies that must be corrected. The road is too congested. We need to reconstruct and expand the highway. Oh, by the way, be sure to classify it as a "fix-it-first" and safety improvement project because that makes us look like good public stewards. That's the story line. It is repeated over and over . . . and the results are always the same.
The 1966 road industry graphic demonstrates that the cycle never ends. We're stuck on the induced demand and generated traffic hamster wheel and nobody seems to know how to jump off, though many of us know we are getting nowhere. IDOT simply spins the wheel faster and laughs as everyone tries to keep up.
Yeah, its a sadistic game . . . and we're losing.


Jamaica provides wedding planning and marriage services to couples from around the world. Marriage records are maintained by the Registrar General's Department. Requests are made online and payments must be made before the record request will be processed. Marriage records can be ordered as a bride's copy or a traditional copy. The bride's copy of marriage records are not certified and can not be used for official purposes.
Open the Registrar General Department's web page (see References) and click "Services."
Click "Certificate of vital events."
Scroll to and click "Online marriage certificate application."
Complete the online marriage certificate application form and click "Submit application."
Review the application information provided to ensure accuracy. Click "Go back & correct" to make any changes.
Click the type of delivery service you would like in the "Service required" section. Delivery options include seven-day service for £55 U.S. as of January 2011 or regular service for £35 U.S. Regular service takes six to eight weeks for delivery.
Click the drop-down arrow to select the payment option you would like for your order and click "Submit application." You will be taken to a confirmation page and given a record number. If you plan to mail a payment to the Registrar General's office you must include the record number on your money order.
Click "Click here to pay online" if you wish to pay for your record using a credit card. You will be taken to the payment page. Enter your payment information and click "Submit order." Your will be sent a confirmation e-mail once your payment is approved.
Payments should be mailed to Registrar General's Department Head Office Twickenham Park, St. Catherine, Jamaica, West Indies.


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Court administrators file whistleblower suit against N.J. city, claiming racial discrimination
By Anthony G. Attrino | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
Two Englewood court administrators have filed suit claiming race and gender discrimination by city officials and the human resources department discriminated over denied promotions.
Jacqueline Bland, who is the city's municipal court administrator, and Debbian Barr, the deputy administrator, claim "high-level supervisors" violated state laws against workplace discrimination and retaliation, according to the suit filed in Bergen County Superior Court.
Bland, 56, and Barr, 54, both longtime city employees, claim for the past 10 years they "have never received any merit salary increases when other similarly situated peer employees" have received raises, the suit states.
The women, who are of Jamaican heritage, claim employees under them have launched attacks based in part on their culture and that city officials, including human resources, allowed it to continue, the suit states.
One of the employees allegedly has "a history of making false accusations" to city officials about both administrators, the suit states. The lawsuit claims the employee is married to an Englewood police officer with an alleged long history of violating the civil rights of others and who is "untouchable in the police department" and city government.
Bland and Barr claim they were retaliated against when they reported the employees to human resources for allegedly conspiring to set up a local business owner "on a sham witness tampering charge."
The business owner was arrested but the prosecutor dropped the charge when he learned that Bland and Barr would testify on the business owner's behalf, the lawsuit claims.
A short time after the prosecutor dropped the charge, Bland claims the police officer and/or his wife keyed her car. Bland states in the suit she made a criminal complaint about the incident in August 2018.
The women claim they were also harassed by upper level supervisors who subjected them for over a year to "additional abuse, discrimination and retaliation" and that the city did nothing to intervene.
Bland and Barr are alleging violations of the New Jersey's whistleblower law, the state's law against discrimination and say they have suffered mental anguish and emotional suffering at the hands of city officials.
The suit seeks unspecified compensatory and punitive damages, along with "sanitization" of their personnel records. They also want the city to establish a "color-blind HR Division that adjudicates all claims and complaints without preference to caucasians, or to any one group or race."
In an email Wednesday, Deputy Chief Gregory Halstead of the city's police department referred all questions about the suit "to the office of the city manager."
Interim City Manager Jewel Thompson-Chin declined to comment, saying "these issues pre-date the commencement of my consulting engagement with the City of Englewood."
Anthony G. Attrino may be reached at tattrino@njadvancemedia.com. Follow him on Twitter @TonyAttrino. Find NJ.com on Facebook.
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Khaled's all out effort on those last 15 burpees was inspiring to see in person. 20 minutes into a grueling WOD he found something inside and left everything he had out there. This is what makes a great CrossFitter in my eyes. Effort and heart have nothing to do with our athletic ability.


The perfect thing to keep your ears warm in a storm! Fisherman's Rib is a simple, rhythmic pattern. The result? A cozy fabric with unequaled warmth and volume. A deeply textured stitch that's satisfying and comfy in just about any gauge. Hurray!
US 5 (3.75mm) 16″/60cm circular needles and DPNs, or size to obtain gauge.
Blunt darning needle to finish.
2 ½" pom pom maker (optional).
Approx. 20 sts = 4″/10cm in stitch pattern.


Zippered outer layers allow you to remain comfortable under shelter, but ready to go on deck at a moments notice.
Protect zippers for storage. See PS Mailport December 2013 for more tips.
Regular protection will prevent dirt buildup and sheet water away. Our five-year-test did not offer a sure indication of UV protection, since none of the panels showed significant UV deterioration.
Before making any repairs with glue or tape, the surface around the repaired area needs to be cleaned with a solvent. We used xylene to prepare the areas we fixed.
A cruiser's sail repair kit will include a combination of tapes (left) and glues (right), as well as the tools required to make the repairs.
HMPE rope was unimpressive during side-to-side chafe testing against cinder block.
Freezing temperatures knocked the weevils out cold—so to speak.
Unless you're a carpenter, mechanic, and fiberglass repair expert, this storm damaged Morgan 41 Out Island would be a challenging project. Several nearly cruise-ready Out Island's are on the market that might be a more cost-effective option to this salvage job.


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At the time of Julius Caesar, the dreaded giant Druon Antigoon lived near the river Schelde. All passing ships had to pay him a heavy toll. Boatmen who refused to pay had their hand cut off. One day a Roman warvessel appeared on the river, with the Roman centurion "Silvius Brabo" on board.
Our Roman hero did not intend to pay and defeated the giant, cut off his hand and threw it into the water. Since then, this place was called "Handwerpen" (throw the hand), later changed to "Antwerpen".
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