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The Third Epistle of John is the third-to-last book of the New Testament and the Christian Bible as a whole, and attributed to John the Evangelist, traditionally thought to be the author of the Gospel of John and the other two epistles of John. The Third Epistle of John is a personal letter sent by "the elder" to a man named Gaius, recommending to him a group of Christians led by Demetrius, which had come to preach the gospel in the area where Gaius lived. The purpose of the letter is to encourage and strengthen Gaius, and to warn him against Diotrephes, who refuses to cooperate with the author of the letter.

Early church literature contains no mention of the epistle, with the first reference to it appearing in the middle of the third century. This lack of documentation, though likely due to the extreme brevity of the epistle, caused early church writers to doubt its authenticity until the early 5th century, when it was accepted into the canon along with the other two epistles of John. The language of 3 John echoes that of the Gospel of John, which is conventionally dated to around AD 90, so the epistle was likely written near the end of the first century. Others contest this view, such as the scholar John A. T. Robinson, who dates 3 John to c. AD 60–65. The location of writing is unknown, but tradition places it in Ephesus.  The epistle is found in many of the oldest New Testament manuscripts, and its text is free of major discrepancies or textual variants.

Content
There is no doctrine laid out in 3 John, which is strictly a personal letter, but the overall theme is the importance of hospitality, especially when it comes to men who were working to spread the gospel. Third John is the shortest book of the Bible by word count, though 2 John has fewer verses. 3 John has 15 verses in the critical SBL Greek New Testament text, or 14 in the Textus Receptus.

It is the only New Testament book which does not contain the names "Jesus" or "Christ". The original Greek uses the term Ὀνόματος (Onomatos, verse 7) generally translated "Name" and referring specifically to the "Name of Jesus", but the text does not say "Jesus" or "Christ".

Greeting and introduction
The letter is written to a man named Gaius. Gaius seems to have been a wealthy man, since the epistle's author, who identifies himself only as "the Elder", did not think it would impose unduly on him to host some traveling preachers for a short time. The Elder may have converted Gaius, since he calls Gaius his "child" in the faith. The Apostolic Constitutions VII.46.9 records that Gaius was made bishop of Pergamon, though there is no early support for this statement.

The name Gaius occurs four other times in the New Testament. First, a Christian Gaius is mentioned in Macedonia as a traveling companion of Paul, along with Aristarchus (Acts 19:29). One chapter later, a Gaius from Derbe is named as one of Paul's seven traveling companions who waited for him at Troas (Acts 20:4). Next, a Gaius is mentioned residing in Corinth as being one of only a few people there (the others being Crispus and the household of Stephanas) who were baptised by Paul, who founded the Church in that city (1 Corinthians 1:14). Lastly, a Gaius is referred to in a final greeting portion of the Epistle to the Romans (Romans 16:23) as Paul's "host" and also host of the whole church, in whatever city Paul is writing from at the time (probably Corinth). However, there is no reason to suppose that any of these men were the Gaius of 3 John.

Verse 2
Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers.
This verse, where the author wishes material prosperity upon Gaius similar to the prosperity of his soul, is a commonly used proof text within prosperity gospel teachings; opponents of the prosperity gospel consider the verse to be little more than well-wishing.

Missionaries
The Elder continues the letter by commending Gaius for his loyalty and his hospitality towards a group of traveling "brothers". The "brothers" are brothers in the faith or missionaries, who in accordance with Jesus's command in Mark 6:8–9 have set out on a journey without any money.  The Elder then goes on to request that Gaius provide for the brothers to continue their journey.

Opposition of Diotrephes
The Elder next describes his conflict with Diotrephes, who does not acknowledge the Elder's authority and is excommunicating those, like Gaius, who welcome missionaries sent by the Elder. In verse 9 the Elder mentions a previous letter which he has written to the church which was suppressed by Diotrephes, and says that he intends to visit the church and to confront Diotrephes. "The church" is apparently known to Gaius, but he is likely not a member of it, since otherwise the Elder would not need to provide him with information about Diotrephes's activities. The dispute between Diotrephes and the Elder seems to be based on church leadership and authority rather than doctrine, since the Elder does not accuse Diotrephes of teaching heresy.

Most scholars do not connect the letter the Elder mentions with 2 John, since 3 John does not contain any reference to the doctrinal controversy described in 2 John, and argue that the Elder is here referring to a previous letter of recommendation. John Painter, however, argues the Elder is in fact referring to 2 John, since there is overlap between 2 John 9 and the theme of hospitality in 3 John.

The Elder closes this section with an entreaty to Gaius: "Beloved, do not imitate evil but imitate good. Whoever does good is from God; whoever does evil has not seen God." This injunction is reminiscent of several passages in 1 John (2:3–5, 3:4–10, 4:7).

Final greetings and conclusion
Verse 12 introduces another man named Demetrius, who according to the Apostolic Constitutions VII.46.9 was ordained by John as bishop of Philadelphia (now Amman, Jordan). Demetrius was probably a member of the group of missionaries discussed earlier in the letter, and 3 John likely serves as a recommendation letter to Gaius about Demetrius. Recommendation letters were quite common in the early church, as evidenced by 2 Corinthians 3:1, Romans 16:1–2, and Colossians 4:7–8.

The Elder, before ending the letter, says that he has many other things to tell to Gaius, and plans to make a journey to see him in the near future, using almost the exact language of 2 John 12. The closing verse, "Peace be to you. The friends greet you. Greet the friends, one by one", is typical of contemporary correspondence, with "Peace be to you" a greeting adopted by Christians from the Jews.

Authorship

3 John was almost certainly written by the same author who wrote 2 John, and likely 1 John as well. This individual may have been John the Evangelist himself or someone else, perhaps John the Presbyter, though according to scholar C. H. Dodd, "If we attempt to ... identify the anonymous author of these epistles with some known individual, we have little but surmise to go on."

There are many similarities between 2 and 3 John.  Both follow the format of other personal letters of the era; in both the author self-identifies as "the Presbyter", a term which literally means "the elder"; and both deal with themes of hospitality and conflict within the church. They are also extremely similar in length, probably because they were both written to fit on one papyrus sheet.

3 John is also linguistically similar to both 2 John and other Johannine works.  Of 99 different words used, 21 are unimportant words like "and" or "the", leaving 78 significant words.  23 of these do not appear in 1 John or the Gospel of John, of which four are unique to 3 John, one is common to 2 and 3 John, and two are found in both 2 and 3 John as well as in other New Testament writings.  Approximately 30% of the significant words in 3 John do not appear in 1 John or the Gospel, compared to 20% for 2 John.  These considerations indicate a close affinity between 2 and 3 John, though 2 John is more strongly connected with 1 John than it is with 3 John.  A minority of scholars, however, argue against common authorship of 2 and 3 John, and Rudolf Bultmann held that 2 John was a forgery based on 3 John.

If 3 John was written by John the Apostle, however, it is strange that Diotrephes would oppose him since the apostles were highly respected in the early church. One possible alternative view of the epistle's authorship arises from a fragment written by Papias of Hierapolis and quoted by Eusebius which mentions a man named "the Presbyter John". However, since nothing else is known of this individual it is not possible to positively identify him as the author of 3 John.

Date and location of writing
All three letters of John were likely written within a few years of each other, and internal evidence indicates that they were written after the Gospel of John, placing them in the second half of the first century. This dating makes sense given their allusions and opposition to Gnostic and docetic teaching, which denied the full humanity of Jesus, and which was gaining ascendancy at the end of the first century.

Dodd argues for a date between 96 and 110 A.D., concluding from the absence of references to persecution in the letters that they were probably written after the harsh reign (AD 81–96) of the Roman emperor Domitian, whose persecution of Christians seems to have prompted the writing of the Book of Revelation.  Dodd notes, however, that they could have been written in the pre-Domitian era, which is likely if the author was a personal disciple of Jesus. Marshall suggests a date of between the 60s and 90s. Rensberger suggests a dating of around 100, assuming that the Gospel of John was written in the 90s and the letters must have followed after. Brown argues for a date of between 100 and 110, with all three letters composed in close time proximity. A date past 110–115 is unlikely, as parts of 1 John and 2 John are quoted by Polycarp and Papias.

The letters do not indicate the location of authorship, but since the earliest quotations of them (in the writings of Polycarp, Papias, and Irenaeus) come from the province of Asia Minor, it is likely that the epistles were also written in Asia.  Church tradition typically places them in the city of Ephesus.

Manuscripts
3 John is preserved in many of the old manuscripts of the New Testament. Of the Greek great uncial codices, codices Sinaiticus, Alexandrinus, and Vaticanus contain all three Johannine epistles, while Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus contains 3 John 3–15 along with 1 John 1:1–4. Codex Bezae, while missing most of the Catholic epistles, contains 3 John 11–15 in Latin translation. In languages other than Greek, the Vulgate and the Sahidic, Armenian, Philoxenian Syriac, and Ethiopian versions contain all three epistles. Between the different copies there are no major difficulties or differences, meaning that there is very little doubt over determining the original text.

Canonical history

There are some doubtful similarities between passages in the Johannine epistles and the writings of Polycarp and Papias, but the earliest definitive references to the epistles come from the late second century. Irenaeus in Adversus Haereses 3.16.8 (written c. 180), quotes 2 John 7 and 8, and in the next sentence 1 John 4:1, 2, but does not distinguish between 1 and 2 John; he does not quote from 3 John. The Muratorian Canon seems to refer to two letters of John only, though it is possible to interpret it as referring to three.  1 John is extensively cited by Tertullian, who died in 215, and Clement of Alexandria, in addition to quoting 1 John, wrote a commentary on 2 John in his Adumbrationes. All three Johannine epistles were recognized by the 39th festal letter of Athanasius, the Synod of Hippo and the Council of Carthage (397). Additionally Didymus the Blind wrote a commentary on all three epistles, showing that by the early 5th century they were being considered as a single unit.

The first reference to 3 John is in the middle of the third century; Eusebius says that Origen knew of both 2 and 3 John, however Origen is reported as saying "all do not consider them genuine". Similarly, Pope Dionysius of Alexandria, Origen's pupil, was aware of a "reputed Second or Third Epistle of John". Also around this time 3 John is thought to have been known in North Africa as it was referred to in the Sententiae Episcoporum produced by the Seventh Council of Carthage. There was doubt about the authority of 3 John, however, with Eusebius listing it and 2 John as "disputed books" despite describing them as "well-known and acknowledged by most". Although Eusebius believed the Apostle wrote the Gospel and the epistles, it is likely that doubt about the fidelity of the author of 2 and 3 John was a factor in causing them to be disputed. By the end of the fourth century the Presbyter (author of 2 and 3 John) was thought to be a different person than the Apostle John. This opinion, although reported by Jerome, was not held by all, as Jerome himself attributed the epistles to John the Apostle.

See also
 John the Apostle
 Textual variants in the Third Epistle of John

Notes

References

Bibliography

External links

Online translations
 Read 3 John at Bible Gateway (various versions)
 Kirby, Peter. "3 John." Early Christian Writings. 2006: 3 John: text, on-line and print resources
  Various versions
 Easton's Bible Dictionary, 1897
Commentaries
 The Third Epistle of the Apostle John: Exegesis and Commentary by Luke C. Werre
 The Third General Epistle of John from Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible
Other
 The Letters of John by Colin Kruse (Preview at Google Book Search)
 Johannine bibliography

2nd-century Christian texts
John3
Johannine literature
John 3
Antilegomena


Home / Insights / Emerging markets – buy the dip?
RATs – Russia, Argentina and Turkey – have been the main culprits of the latest turndown in emerging market equity performance. The falls in Chinese equities – the big boy in the EM index – haven't helped, either. Even so, there are strong reasons for diversified investors to allocate to this asset class, and its recent weakness offers a good opportunity to do so.
Global equity markets, as measured by the MSCI World index, have not seen a bear market (i.e. a market correction of 20% or more) since 2011, solidifying and reinforcing the 'buy the dip' mantra of recent years that could be heard with every instance of market weakness. 2018 is looking to be no different, with global markets having already recovered more than half of their losses from the steep sell-off in January/February.
However, emerging market (EM) equities remain the exception: they – briefly – entered bear market territory in early September. The question now is whether EM equities will resume their prolonged underperformance, which began in 2011 with the Arab Spring, or whether the asset class can rebound and continue its rapid appreciation following the China slowdown of 2015.
To begin to answer this question, we must first determine what the principal influences have been in the latest downturn. One likely explanation is the 'RATs' (Russia, Argentina and Turkey) of EM resembling the 'PIIGS' (Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Greece and Spain) during the European crisis, or worse. Unlike the PIIGS, the RATs are not insulated by a common currency.
The pain of this reality has been felt most acutely in Turkey and Argentina, whose currencies are down by 42% and 50%, respectively, year-to-date, at the time of writing, as investor flows have rapidly retreated. However, in Argentina, the International Monetary Fund has increased its credit line to the country to USD 70 billion and the central bank has aggressively raised short-term rates to 60% to defend the currency.
By contrast, in Turkey, President Recep Erdogan has stated that "interest rates are the mother and father of all evil" and his consolidation of power has rendered the independence of the central bank questionable, at best. Despite Erdogan's disdain for interest rates, rampant inflation has inevitably forced the central bank to sharply raise the policy rate to 24%. Whether or not this is the necessary first step to rein in inflation or support the flagging currency, it should be noted that the country accounts for only 0.5% of the MSCI EM index and has minimal financial linkages to the global economy.
The situation in Russia is much different, but still one of concern. The economy has held up rather well relative to that of Turkey and Argentina due to the recent strength in the price of oil. The Central Bank of Russia only had to raise policy rates by 25bp in September, which was a conservative decision given that it maintains one of the highest real interest rates in the world, even after considerable policy easing over the last few years.
We believe the larger risk facing Russia is a seemingly endless wave of sanctions imposed by the West. Investors worry about proposed bans on trading new Russian government debt and limits on the operations of state banks, which make up roughly two-thirds of the financial sector. Concurrently, foreign direct investment fell by more than 50% in the first half of 2018.
The broad weakness in EM this year is likely not explained by the mostly isolated risks posed by these countries, though. More plausibly, economic weakness in China from escalating trade tensions against a backdrop of already slowing growth has had a larger impact. Most recently, the US imposed 10% tariffs on USD 200 billion of Chinese goods, which are set to rise to 25% at the start of 2019, and China has since retaliated. Even worse, neither side has given any indication of backing down from the stand-off.
In the US, there is yet to be any impact on the economy or financial markets, although there likely will be one if there is no agreement. Meanwhile, in China, yuan depreciation has offset much of the impact so far. President Xi Jinping might also delay decisive action until after the US mid-term elections. In US dollar terms, the MSCI China index was down by more than 25% in mid-September from its peak in January, and the onshore equity market fell even further. As the second largest economy in the world, China is easily the largest component of the MSCI EM index, so it is logical to assume that China has been a significant driver of EM underperformance this year.
Lastly, the impact of a strong US dollar has likely also added to investor jitters over EM. With the US continuing its rate-rising cycle, a relatively stronger US economy and shrinking US dollar liquidity, the dollar has appreciated sharply and net speculative long positions in it have reached their highest point in more than a year, approaching levels not seen since the immediate reaction to the Trump election. However, the recent relative growth outperformance is partially due to the temporary jolt from US tax cuts and one would expect the widening budget deficit, especially during a peaking business cycle, to limit the potential upside for dollar appreciation.
There are a number of risks facing EM equities this year that were notably absent in 2017, but EM countries are generally better equipped to tackle these challenges than they were a few years ago. Current account deficits have improved considerably since the taper tantrum of 2013. EM equity valuations are now at a considerable discount to those of developed markets and well below their long-term average.
This is despite the evolving EM index composition, which now includes considerably more exposure to the growth-oriented consumer and information technology sectors at the expense of the more value-oriented energy and raw material sectors than it has had historically; that alone justifies a higher valuation than the long-term average. Forecasting short-term market moves is not our expertise, but we can say with confidence that the risk/reward potential for the asset class looks increasingly attractive.
In the long term, we believe the asset class still offers favourable growth dynamics and is under-represented in global indices in terms of market capitalisation in proportion to the global population and global economic output. The opportunity also remains under-appreciated as global equity funds maintain an underweight to the asset class. There is a strong argument for diversified investors to allocate to EM equities and the recent weakness presents an opportunity for those who recognise the long-term potential of the asset class.
Vincent Nichols, CFA, is an Investment Specialist for the Global Emerging Markets Equities team at BNP Paribas Asset Management (BNPP AM). He has responsibility for marketing and communicating the team's investment approach. Vincent joined BNP Paribas Asset Management in 2010 and is based in Boston. Prior to his current role, Vincent was Head of Client Service & Reporting in North America for BNP Paribas Asset Management, Senior Client Service Officer at Morgan Stanley Investment Management and Proprietary Equity Trader for Lynx Capital Partners. Vincent has 12 years of industry experience. He holds a BA in Economics from Union College and is a CFA Charterholder.


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Q: Extending the `Field` class in Django All my searching gave results for "custom fields" in Django which is not what I'm after, I'm trying to customize the Field class. The only similar question was not answered.

I'm building a form in Django, and I'm trying to specify a specific icon to appear by each input field. (See mockup)
For example, I have added a non-standard icon argument when building my form:
checkin.py
from django import forms

class CheckInForm(forms.Form):
    last_name = forms.CharField(
        icon="fa-id-card-o"
    )
    dob = forms.DateField(
        icon="fa-calendar"
    )
    ...

I would like to access this new icon argument from my template:
checkin.html
<form action="" method="post">
    {% csrf_token %}

        {% for field in form %}

                {{ field.label }}

                    {{ field }}

        {% endfor %}

            <button name="submit" type="submit" class="btn btn-primary">Check In</button>

</form>

When I run this code, it of course fails with:

TypeError: init() got an unexpected keyword argument 'icon'

Attempted approach
It seems to me this is a good case to extend some Python classes.
Both CharField and DateField are subclasses of Django's Field class, so I thought I could extend it with something like this:
from django.forms import Field

class ExtendedField(Field):
    icon = ""

But this is where I get stuck: how do I deploy this new class? My CheckInForm object is a subclass of forms.Form, which is a subclass of BaseForm, which doesn't seem to directly create any Field objects -- so I'm not sure how they are related. However the Field class is used hundreds of times elsewhere. Should I override them all?
tl;dr: Is there an easier way to deploy this simple change to the Field class across every location it is used?

A: Quite dirty but straightforward solution:
from django import forms

class CustomCharField(forms.CharField):
    def __init__(self, *_, **kwargs):
        self.icon = kwargs.pop('icon', None)
        super().__init__(
            **kwargs
        )

class MyForm(forms.Form):
    title = CustomCharField(icon='dad', max_length=10)

In template get access by:
{{ form.title.field.icon}}

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#ifndef LIBGAV1_SRC_UTILS_RAW_BIT_READER_H_
#define LIBGAV1_SRC_UTILS_RAW_BIT_READER_H_

#include <cstddef>
#include <cstdint>

#include "src/utils/bit_reader.h"
#include "src/utils/memory.h"

namespace libgav1 {

class RawBitReader : public BitReader, public Allocable {
 public:
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  int ReadBit() override;
  int64_t ReadLiteral(int num_bits) override;  // f(n) in the spec.
  bool ReadInverseSignedLiteral(int num_bits,
                                int* value);  // su(1+num_bits) in the spec.
  bool ReadLittleEndian(int num_bytes,
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  bool ReadUnsignedLeb128(size_t* value);  // leb128() in the spec.
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  // successful return, |*value| is in the range of 0 to UINT32_MAX − 1,
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  bool ReadUvlc(uint32_t* value);  // uvlc() in the spec.
  bool Finished() const;
  size_t bit_offset() const { return bit_offset_; }
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  // of the bits being skipped over is non-zero. Return true otherwise. If this
  // function returns false, the reader is left in an undefined state and must
  // not be used further. section 5.3.5.
  bool AlignToNextByte();
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  bool VerifyAndSkipTrailingBits(size_t num_bits);
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  // byte boundary. The function returns false if the current position is not at
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  // buffer. Returns true otherwise.
  bool SkipBytes(size_t num_bytes);
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  bool SkipBits(size_t num_bits);

 private:
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  bool CanReadLiteral(size_t num_bits) const;
  int ReadBitImpl();

  const uint8_t* const data_;
  size_t bit_offset_;
  const size_t size_;
};

}  // namespace libgav1

#endif  // LIBGAV1_SRC_UTILS_RAW_BIT_READER_H_

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Lounge Life Stories
By Joe Bosso
COMFORT. RELAXATION. RESPITE. That feeling like our challenges and stressors are on hold. Just the right vibe for friends on the same wavelength to effortlessly engage. That's what attracts us to our favorite cigar lounge. Each establishment has its own personality. It becomes a niche community unto itself. Your go-to lounge is an escape where local flavor and robust tastes are right at your fingertips.
Each of these cigar spots profiled in this issue have put their unique stamp on the lounge life experience. It's highly recommended you pop in if you find yourself in their neck of the woods.
Privat Cigar Lounge at Agua Caliente Casino Resort Spa
General Manager: Kato Moy
The Cahuilla Indian term "pivat" means "smoking tobacco," but that doesn't adequately describe what visitors to the Pivat Cigar Lounge, located within the Agua Caliente Casino Resort Spa in Rancho Mirage, California, can expect. "We go out of our way to give our guests a high-quality cigar experience from top to bottom," says Kato Moy, the resort's senior vice president and general manager. "There's cigar bars, there's smoking rooms, and there's cigar lounges. We're an elegant, upscale example of the latter. Our clientele are generally professionals who savor the finest things in life, whether they be in dining, fashion, cars and cigars. We conceived and designed the lounge as a perfect way to complement their casino experience in every way."
Located next door to the resort's Steakhouse Restaurant, the Pivat is an intimate and luxurious man cave, with large leather club chairs, a sleek bar area, a big-screen TV and five video poker machines. There is also an adjacent patio that offer guests year-round outdoor smoking; heaters keep things nice and toasty during cooler weather, and water misters cool people off during hot summer nights.
The spirits selection is high-end all the way—anything from Louis XIII to Glenlivet to Macallan and beyond. Cigar-wise, the Pivat offers 100 hand-selected smokes, including Arturo Fuente, Davidoff, Graycliff, Gurkha, Montecristo, My Father, Oliva, Padron, Rocky Patel and Romeo y Julieta. "Most of our guests are pretty experienced cigar smokers," says Hoy, "but we occasionally get people who aren't as knowledgeable as others, or maybe they're trying a cigar for the first time. Our staff is always happy to make recommendations."
Jamie's Cigar Bar and Restaurant
General Manager: Donna Veneziano
Clifton, NJ
A visit to Jamie's Cigar Bar and Restaurant is almost like going back in time. From the moment you step inside, you're greeted by the sweet aroma of cigar smoke. Gaze out into the main dining room and you'll see customers happily lighting up and puffing away as they feast on linguini scampi, veal saltimbocca or filet mignon—or any of the other favorites served at this popular North Jersey eatery.
"We're one of the few places I know of that still allows customers to smoke cigars right at their tables," says general manager Donna Veneziano, who explains that the 15-year-old establishment was grandfathered into previous smoking laws. "The owner saw that the laws in New York were being changed, so we opened as a cigar bar before similar laws in New Jersey took effect. And our customers love us for it. There's so many restrictions on smoking these days, so people can come here, have a meal and a cigar and not be hassled.
The main dining room seats 50, and an equal number of customers can be seated comfortably in a separate bar area. "It's more of a casual atmosphere in the bar," Veneziano says. "People can sit at tables and watch baseball or football on the TVs." She notes that while there isn't a strict "no news" rule at Jamie's, "discussions can get a little heated whenever people are talking politics. So, we try to have the TVs tuned to sports. We like to be a place where people can get away from their problems."
Weather permitting, guests can also enjoy a meal and a smoke outside on the backyard deck. "The deck is open year-round," Veneziano says, "but obviously during the winter there's only so many 50- and 60-degree days. But during the spring and summer, the deck is really hopping, even into the wee hours." Unlike most smoking lounges, the staff at Jamie's allows patrons to bring in their own sticks, and they waive the usual cutting fee commonly associated with such privileges. "If you want to bring in your own cigars, that's fine with us," us," Veneziano says. "But we also offer a tremendous range of cigars from our humidor. Fuentes, Ashtons, Padrons, Monte Cristos–we've got a great selection. And we even offer some flavored cigars, which tend to be popular with some of ladies who come here."
Cigars by the Lake
"The beauty of a cigar lounge is that everybody is equal," says Angela Mostashari, owner of Cigars By the Lake, located in Santa Margarita, California. "No matter who you are, when you sit in a cigar lounge, you're all brothers–or sisters–of the leaf."
Cigars By the Lake isn't Mostashari's first cigar lounge rodeo—for the past two decades, she's run the wildly popular Club Aficionado in nearby Lake Forest. Responding to requests of her longtime customers, who wanted their own lounge close to Santa Margarita, Mostashari searched for a suitable location, finding a recently closed cigar shop near Rancho Santa Margarita Lake. "The old spot was nice, but we made a lot of renovations and improvements," she says.
The layout of Cigars By the Lake is divided into thirds. In the retail area, Mostashari sells smoking accessories; in the humidor, 500 boxes of premium-brand cigars are available; and the lounge area seats 25 people comfortably. "My main goal was to create a warm, intimate and inviting atmosphere for our customers," she says. "We have plush furniture and soft LED lighting. This is a relaxing homeaway- from-home for people. Whether you're a banker, surgeon, teacher, police officer—you name it—you're welcome here."
At both of her lounges, Mostashari also sells her own brand called Godmother Cigars. Comprised of Costa Rican wrappers, Nicaraguan fillers and Honduran binder, Godmother Cigars are made by the master blenders of Graycliff Cigars. "They're fabulous cigars," Mostashari raves. "I'm especially partial to the full-bodied ones, which have a hint of espresso. I've had the line for three years, and it's a big hit with my customers."
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Remember the original Racer X Illustrated 'zine? The underground newspaper that left black ink on your hands every time you leafed through its pages? We recently dug up a bunch of issues and decided to digitize some of them -- seems better than letting them rot away in the archives. The thumbnails below link to digital replications of past issues in their entirety, and we'll be adding more every now and then. For a look into what motocross and Racer X were like in the '90s, flip away. And no black ink this time.


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The simple pole configuration of the Daybreak 2 tent allows for plenty of living space while still being quick and easy to set up. The full coverage fly keeps you and your gear dry, or with some trekking poles it can be configured into a shaded porch area.
As with every tent, one should always use a tarp or thick ground cover on which to pitch the tent.
The shade of green of the rain fly in the product photos are darker than the actual color. The best way to describe it is it's a "puke" green; or dayglo green. It definitely does not blend in with my wooded surroundings. I've remedied that by placing my camouflage netting over the rain fly when I actually use it. Most of the time I just keep the RF off which lets me see the stars as I fall asleep. Plus it also lets me see whatever is coming into my campsite late in the night! You can't see squat when the rain fly is on.
The only suggestion I would make would be to make a rain fly that is more of a forest green or even camouflage and then send me one of those new rain flies! Lol! :).
Hunters and anyone who needs/wants to blend in with their surroundings would scarf this tent up with a darker/camouflaged rain fly!!!
I purchased this tent for backpacking. The weight is just about right for what I was looking for. There are two drawbacks to this tent, however. 1) The poles are too light weight for the tent. They bend and crack to the point of nearly breaking when you set the tent up. 2) If you do not purchase the footprint, prepare for some moisture to seep in.
Bought the Slumberjack Daybreak 2 for a weekend kayaking trip and I can say it met all my expectations. This tent is compact and light enough to easily fit in a backpack, it sets up with ease, and IT WILL KEEP YOU DRY. For the price of this tent, the poles and material are strong and it will do the job its intend to do. It can compare to tents double its price.
the poles bent the first night.
I pitched the tent and the 2 main poles bent the first night. by the 3 time i pitched the tent ont of the poles bent. I did not get 60 days woth or use out of the tent, and i would like the poles replaced with some better tent poles.


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No. 11 UCSB Prepares for First Road Test of the Season, Will Participate in the Michigan Invitational
January 28, 2016 at 5:01 am by Sinead Leon
After a weekend of top-ranked competition, the No.11 UCSB women's water polo team will hit the road to compete in the Michigan Invitational, where it hopes to improve on its 3-2 overall record.
Miranda Schrader takes a shot into the corner of the goal. Dustin Harris/Daily Nexus
The Gauchos will once again face four top-20 nationally ranked teams this weekend, including No. 12 Pacific and No. 7 Michigan.
Despite losing to No. 2 UCLA and falling to No. 6 Cal in an intense game that went into overtime, Santa Barbara feels confident about its upcoming performance this weekend, even though they will be playing in a different setting than what they are used to.
"We have a lot of players who are from Southern California who have probably never seen snow before, but we will be ready," Head Coach Serela Kay said. "Adversity a lot of the times builds character."
With an outstanding performance in her first games after red-shirting a season, senior center Lauren Martin leads the team with 10 goals from this weekend.
"I think we made a statement," Martin said about the Gauchos' execution. "We played really good defense and we communicated really well."
Right behind Martin are junior utilities Miranda Schrader and Taylor Shore with seven goals each. Contributing to the offense was attacker Bryn Hudson, who had seven assists and four goals as well.
Aside from maintaining a tight defense throughout the weekend, the Gauchos also counted on senior goalkeeper Mackenzie Brokaw, who had 44 saves in total. In the last game against Wagner, Brokaw recorded a season-high of 15 saves, limiting the Seahawks to just six goals.
Santa Barbara will begin the weekend against No.17 Hartwick. The Hawks, who will see their first action of the year this weekend, tied for 18th last season with an overall record of 20-19, collecting their 14th-straight 20-win season.
Senior driver Brittany Tait received ACWPC Honorable Mention, All-American and CWPA Honorable mention for the Hawks in 2015. She led the team in steals with a total of 64, and recorded 42 goals during her junior season.
Shortly after the first game, the Gauchos will take on No.12 Pacific. With an overall record of 1-3, the Tigers are on the hunt for wins.
One of their key players is freshman attacker Kyra Christmas. The Alberta native kicked off her collegiate career with an outstanding performance at the LouStrong Invitational, scoring 19 goals in her first four games.
Christmas helped the Canadian U-19 team to third place at the 2014 Pan Am games and was the top scorer at the Worlds Hungary Tournament.
On Sunday the Gauchos will play against No. 7 Michigan in the afternoon and No.15 SDSU at night.
The Wolverines finished with an overall 3-2 record in their appearance at the UCSB Winter Invitational.
Michigan swept the weekly awards with senior attacker Ali Thomason who received CWPA Player of the Week after tallying 19 goals, two assists, four steals and 17-of-19 sprints won. The Defensive Player of the Week went to senior goalkeeper Julia Campbell, who had 35 saves, and the Rookie of the Week was awarded to freshman defender Kim Johnson who managed to put 12 away.
Santa Barbara will wrap up the weekend with No.15 SDSU, who will play its first games of the year in this tournament.
The reigning back-to-back Golden Coast Conference regular season champions have four returning All-American players, including Caroline Israels.
The junior utility was named GCC Co-Player of the Year and earned ACWPC Honorable Mention All-American last season. With 61 goals, 53 steals and 18 assists, she finished second in the GCC for goals scored.
Having played against top-notch competition last weekend gives the Gauchos a bit of an advantage for the upcoming games, especially since two of them have yet to see action this year.
UCSB takes on Hartwick at 3:40 p.m. followed by Pacific at 5:50 p.m.


Mahesh Babu To Romance With Parineeti Chopra In AR Murugadoss's Upcoming Bilingual Movie??
Mahesh Babu To Romance With Parineeti Chopra In AR Murugadoss's Upcoming Bilingual Movie??
Mahesh Babu To Romance With Parineeti Chopra : Filmmaker A.R. Murugadoss's next Tamil-Telugu bilingual with superstar Mahesh Babu will be made on a budget of Rs.85 crore to Rs.90 crore, making it the most expensive film of his career.This project will mark Murugadoss's return to Telugu industry after a decade. Composer Harris Jayaraj has already been confirmed to compose the tunes. As per news from a source Parineeti Chopra will take a female lead role in the movie.
Parineeti Chopra who we will see in Yash Raj Films' Meri Pyaari Bindoo opposite Ayushmann Khurrana has attracted Ghajini director AR Murugadoss's attention. The news is that he is set to make a bilingual Tamil – Telugu project and has roped in the Telugu superstar Mahesh Babu for the same. For the female lead though, Parineeti's name is being considered. Yeah, our Pari may go south!
Previously, this movie's casting team had Premam's fame Sai Pallavi and Nenu Sailaja's fame Keerthi Suresh on the cards. In a recent development, the movie's team wants to consider Bollywood beauty Parineeti Chopra as a potential female lead for the movie. The reason for this, is that the director AR Murugadoss wants to attract the Pan-Indian audience too.
But given the fact that Keerthi Suresh and Sai Pallavi are well versed and eloquent with the Tamil Language, the movie's team is having a hard time choosing between the priorities of a Tamil-known female and a pan-indian female. A source close to the project revealed, ""Murugadoss is keen on roping in Sai Pallavi or Keerthy since both of them know the languages in which the film will be made in. However, Parineeti is being considered to attract the pan-Indian audience." Well, we are sure that Parineeti will be a superhit down south. After Brahmotsavam, Mahesh Babu to start his work with AR Murugadoss's film.
AR Murugadoss last Telugu film was Stalin, starring Megastar Chiranjeevi and Trisha.The director recently completed his Hindi film titled Akira with Sonakshi Sinha. Murugadoss is yet to cast a leading lady for the film. The film may be looking at an early 2017 release.


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Principal Snowdy's career began at Baltimore City Public Schools as a high school social studies teacher. There he saw first-hand the desperate need for students to have a strong elementary and middle school experience.
After working in Baltimore city for four years, he moved to Washington, D.C. to serve as the Director of Counseling at Woodrow Wilson High School in District of Columbia Public Schools. In 2012, he joined Friendship Public Charter School as an Assistant Principal at the Blow Pierce Campus where he led the middle school community for three years before returning to Baltimore as the Founding Principal of Baltimore Collegiate School for Boys. While at BCSB, Principal Snowdy created a strong academic culture that lead the school to become one of the higher performing schools in the district. As the school's instructional leader, he drove double digit gains in reading and math PARCC scores. Due to his achievements at BCSB, he was a finalist for Baltimore's Heart of the School Award, a prestigious recognition of high-achieving principals in the district.
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Q: How to get the range between two rows Table1
ID Value

001 100
002 125
003 150
004 175
005 200
006 225
...

Expected Output

*

*If the user enters a value between 100 to 124, then id should display 001

*If the user enters a value between 125 to 149, then id should display 002

*If the user enters a value between 200 to 224, then id should display 005

*If the user enters a value between 225 to 249, then id should display 006

How to make a query for the above condition.
Need query help

A: It'd be easier to write query to transformed table like ID, ValueFrom, ValueTo.
For this table:
SELECT MAX(ID)
FROM Table1
WHERE Value <= @value

Basically, if 155 is entered, IDs 1 2 and 3 are returned, then MAX ID is taken (3) which is the answer.

A: Get the closest match and return first row previously sorting by value:
select top 1 id
from range
where value <= @value
order by value desc

Or, if you need to incorporate this query into another:
select id
  from range
 where value = (select max(value) from range where value <= @value)

A: Here you go:
First create the test table:
CREATE TABLE #Temp(ID INT, Val INT)
INSERT INTO #Temp VALUES(1, 100);
INSERT INTO #Temp VALUES(2, 125);
INSERT INTO #Temp VALUES(3, 150);
INSERT INTO #Temp VALUES(4, 175);
INSERT INTO #Temp VALUES(5, 200);
INSERT INTO #Temp VALUES(6, 225);

Set up the test value
DECLARE @value INT
SET @value = 125

If ID is sequential (i.e. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, etc)
SELECT t1.id
FROM #Temp t1, #Temp t2
WHERE t1.ID = t2.ID -1
AND @value BETWEEN t1.Val AND t2.Val -1

If ID is not sequential (i.e. 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, etc)
;WITH cte AS (SELECT ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY id) AS rownum, ID, Val FROM #Temp)
SELECT t1.id
FROM cte t1, cte t2
WHERE t1.rownum = t2.rownum -1
AND @value BETWEEN t1.Val AND t2.Val -1

A: Use CASE in SELECT statement....
Eg:
declare @c int;
set @c=120;
SELECT
    CASE
    WHEN @c BETWEEN 100 AND 124 THEN '001'
    WHEN @c BETWEEN 125 AND 149 THEN '002'
    ELSE 'Other'
END


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Fibrous dysplasia of bone
Congenital and Genetic Diseases
Fibrous dysplasia is a skeletal disorder that is characterized by the replacement of normal bone with fibrous bone tissue. It may involve one bone (monostotic) or multiple bones (polyostotic).[1][2] Fibrous dysplasia can affect any bone in the body. The most common sites are the bones in the skull and face, the long bones in the arms and legs, the pelvis, and the ribs.[1] Though many people with this disorder do not have any symptoms, others may have bone pain, abnormally shaped bones (deformities), or an increased risk of fractures (broken bones). The problems a person experiences depend on which bones are affected, and may arise from compression and displacement of adjacent structures to the lesions. For example, the legs can be of different lengths, leading to a limp, the bones of the sinuses can be affected, leading to chronic sinus congestion or headache.[1][2] This condition can occur alone or as part of a genetic disorder, such as McCune-Albright syndrome.[1] While there is no cure for fibrous dysplasia, the symptoms can be treated. Medications known as bisphosphonates can reduce pain and surgery may be used to treat fractures or to correct misshapen bones.[1][2]
Fibrous dysplasia may cause no symptoms, mild symptoms, or severe symptoms.[3][4] The most common symptoms are bone pain, bone deformities, fractures, and skin pigmentation differences (light brown spots on the skin).[1][2][3][4] The problems that a person experiences depend on the specific bone(s) affected. For example, if the legs are of different lengths, they might limp when they walk. If the bones in the sinuses are affected, chronic sinus congestion may be a present.[1]
In rare cases, fibrous dysplasia is associated with abnormalities in the hormone-producing glands of the endocrine system. This may lead to precocious puberty, hyperthyroidism (excess thyroid hormone production), excess growth hormone (gigantism or acromegaly), and/or excess cortisol production (Cushing syndrome).[1][2][3][4] If the face or skull bones are affected, hearing or vision loss may occur.[1]
The cause of fibrous dysplasia has been linked to a gene mutation that occurs after conception, in the early stages of fetal development. The mutation involves a gene that affects the cells that produce bone. People with fibrous dysplasia carry this mutation in some, but not all cells of their body. It is not well understood why the mutation occurs, but it is not inherited from a parent, nor can it be passed on from parents to children.[1][4]
Unfortunately, there is no cure for fibrous dysplasia.[1][2] Treatment depends on the symptoms present.
Fractures often require surgery, but can sometimes be treated with casting or splints.[1][3] Surgery is most appropriate in cases where fractures are likely to occur, or where bones have become misshapen. Surgery may also be used to relieve pain.
Medications known as bisphosphonates are also used to relieve bone pain.[1][3][4]
Other healthy strategies such as physical activity and adequate intake of calcium, phosphorus, and vitamin D are also encouraged.[1]
Radiation therapy is not recommended for patients with fibrous dysplasia because it is associated with an increased risk of cancerous transformation.[1][3][4]
Careful, long-term follow-up to monitor fibrous dysplasia is advised.
Differential diagnoses includes osteofibrous dysplasia, osteochondroma, exostosis, osteosarcoma, chondrosarcoma, osteofibroma, skull meningioma, osteoma
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The Children's Hospital Boston's Web site has an information page on this topic. Click on the link above to view this information page.
The MayoClinic.com Web site has an information page on fibrous dysplasia. Click on MayoClinic.com to view the information page.
MedlinePlus was designed by the National Library of Medicine to help you research your health questions, and it provides more information about this topic.
The National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD) has a report for patients and families about this condition. NORD is a patient advocacy organization for individuals with rare diseases and the organizations that serve them.
The Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases ~ National Resource Center provides patients, health professionals, and the public with an important link to resources and information on metabolic bone diseases, including osteoporosis, Paget's disease of the bone, osteogenesis imperfecta, and hyperparathyroidism. Contact them directly by calling toll-free at 800-624-2663 or by e-mail at NIAMSBoneInfo@mail.nih.gov
PubMed is a searchable database of medical literature and lists journal articles that discuss Fibrous dysplasia. Click on the link to view a sample search on this topic.
Fibrous Dysplasia Overview. NIH Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases National Resource Center. June 2015; https://www.niams.nih.gov/Health_Info/Bone/Additional_Bone_Topics/fibrous_dysplasia.asp.
Kaneshiro NK, Zieve D. Fibrous dysplasia. MedlinePlus. December 4, 2013; https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001234.htm.
Fibrous Dysplasia in Children. Boston Children's Hospital. https://www.childrenshospital.org/conditions-and-treatments/conditions/fibrous-dysplasia.
Fibrous Dysplasia. MayoClinic.com. July 8, 2014; https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/fibrous-dysplasia/basics/symptoms/con-20032196?p=1.


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Chandigarh Transport Undertaking (CTU) is the public transport unit of the Chandigarh administration in India. It is managed by the Home Secretary, who acts as transport secretary and director. It operates a mixed fleet of AC, non AC, mini, midi, and Corona low floor buses. Almost all the buses have digital display and the routes, time of arrival, and stops of the buses can be found in the CTU Bus Guide app for Android phones.

History
Chandigarh Transport Undertaking came into existence on 01.11.1966 with a fleet of 30 buses, as a result of trifurcation of Punjab Roadways at the time of re-organisation of Punjab State.

Fleet

CTU has 603buses, out of which 436 buses serve the Chandigarh region. The remaining 167 run on interstate routes covering Punjab, Himachal, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Delhi, Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir.

SMS Based and IVRS system is installed for queries for estimated times of arrival of buses.

Chandigarh CTU Local Bus Routes and Timings

References

Transport in Chandigarh
State road transport corporations of India
Indian companies established in 1966
Companies based in Chandigarh
1966 establishments in Chandigarh
Transport companies established in 1966

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When the apocalypse comes, Jesus asks you / to dinner. Jesus is the son / of your mother's best friend.
best friend's son's car radio / narrates the coming of the savior: / This is Delilah. Avert thy mortal / eyes.
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De Soesoehoenans of Keizers van Soerakarta, ook wel Soesoehoenans van Solo genoemd hebben in de 19e en 20e eeuw eigen ridderorden ingesteld. Zij volgden daarin het voorbeeld van de Europeanen die zich met sterren en kruisen uitdosten. Dergelijke eerbewijzen stammen niet uit de Javaanse traditie.

De vorsten zijn ook na het stichten van de Republiek Indonesië hun sterren blijven dragen. Sampeyan Dalam ingkang Sinuhun ingkang Minula saha ingkang Wijaksana Kanjeng Susuhanan Prabhu Sri Paku Buwana XII Senapati ing Alaga 'Abdu'l-Rahman Saiyid ud-din Panatagama [Hamardika], Soesoehoenan van Soerakarta die tot 2004 regeerde droeg de Bintang Kanjeng Kyai Suryawasesa van zijn Keizerlijk Huis boven zijn Indonesische Bintang Satya Lencara Pahlawan Gerilya .

De ridderorden van de Soesoehoenan
 De De Hoogste Ster of "Bintang Kanjeng Kyai Suryawasesa". Ingesteld door Soesoehoenan Pakoeboewono X van Soerakarta als de hoogste en meest exclusieve onderscheiding van zijn keizerrijk. De ster werd alleen aan de allerhoogste adel, bekleed met de titel "Pangeran Adipati Anum" toegekend. Het versiersel is een ster met zestien met diamanten ingezette stralen en een centrale saffier in een ring van grote diamanten. Op elk van de stralen is een rode karbonkel gezet.

 De Hoogste Ster of "Bintang Kanjeng Kyai Suryawasesa", ook wel "Bintang Kasenapaten" genoemd. Ingesteld door Soesoehoenan Prabhu Sri Paku Buwana V in het midden van de 19e eeuw. Het versiersel is een ster met achttien dicht aaneengesloten en met briljanten versierde stralen. Negen van deze stralen zijn iets korter dan de anderen. Deze op de borst gedragen ster werd in twee klassen toegekend.

Het is ook bij de Maleise en de met hen verwante Javaanse vorsten niet ongebruikelijk dat iedere vorst "zijn" ster of orde sticht die met hem weer verdwijnt. De zesde, zevende, achtste en negende Soesoehoenan bleven de ster van de vijfde Soesoehoenan gebruiken.In Soerakarta is men na 1940 de ster van Prabhu Sri Paku Buwana X blijven gebruiken. Soesoehoenan Pakoeboewono X van Soerakarta droeg beide "hoogste sterren".

 De De Ster van de Compagnie of "Bintang Kompeni".  Ingesteld door Soesoehoenan Pakoeboewono IV van Soerakarta die een verbond met de VOC had gesloten. Deze achtpuntige ster met balletjes aan de punten en korte stralen heeft in het midden een door diamanten omringd medaillon met het symbool van de VOC terwijl op de stralen een grotere ring van edelstenen is aangebracht.

 De Ster van Daendels of "Bintang Daendels". Deze ster werd door Soesoehoenan Prabhu Sri Pakoeboewono IV van Soerakarta ingesteld en was genoemd naar de Nederlandse Maarschalk Daendels die Gouverneur-Generaal van Nederlands-Indië was voor Lodewijk Napoleon Koning van Holland. De zilveren achtpuntige ster heeft afgeronde stralen met daarop facetten en in het midden een door ronde diamanten omringd medaillon met een gestileerd monogram terwijl op de stralen een grotere ring van edelstenen is aangebracht. Rond het centrale monogram verwijzen vier ronde edelstenen naar de vier windrichtingen.

De Ster van Eer of "Bintang Sri Nugraha", ingesteld op 16 september 1904 door Soesoehoenan Prabhu Sri Paku Buwana X. Op 8 april 1900 had de Keizer twee Nederlandse onderdanen de "Pujung Sri Nugraha", het recht om de pajong te voeren, toegekend. Deze pajong, het recht om een grote parasol boven zich te laten dragen was het kenmerkende en jaloers bewaakte privilege van de Javaanse adel. Nederland kon niet accepteren dat een Indisch vorst Nederlanders op deze wijze onderscheidde en zag de verlening van pajongs als een belediging van het Nederlandse koloniale gezag. Ook in Brits-Indië mochten de kolonisatoren geen inlandse orden, geschenken of privileges aannemen. De Orde diende ook als orde van verdienste voor de bevolking van Soerakarta en heeft vijf graden: Eerste Klasse of Bintang Sri Nugraha Pangkat I, Tweede Klasse of "Bintang Sri Nugraha Pangkat II", Derde Klasse of "Bintang Sri Nugraha Pangkat III", Vierde Klase of "Medali Sri Nugraha Pangkat IV in Brons en Vijfde Klasse of Medali Sri Nugraha Pangkat V in Koper.

De Eerste Klasse werd door de Soesoehoenan aan al zijn zeventig wettige kinderen verleend. Men draagt deze ster aan een keten of lint om de hals. De orde bestond in ieder geval al in 1903 en zal rond 1900 zijn ingesteld.

De medailles werden meestal aan de dienaren van de Kraton toegekend. De dragers van de eerste drie graden hadden recht op een pajong.

De Ster bij Gelegenheid van de 200e stichtingsdag van de Kraton van Surakarta of "Bintang 200 Tahun Kraton Surakarta". Toen de Kraton van Surakarta 200 jaar bestond werd door Soesoehoenan Prabhu Sri Paku Buwana XI een onderscheiding ingesteld om deze feestdag op 7 maart 1940 in herinnering te houden. Deze sterren werden in goud en zilver uitgereikt.

Medailles

Er zijn ook drie medailles bekend.

 De Jubileummedaille van Soesoehoenan Prabhu Sri Paku Buwana X bij zijn 25-jarig ambtsjubileum op 3 januari 1929. Deze werd uitgereikt in goud, zilver en brons.

 De Eremedaille ter Gelegenheid van het 40e Regeringsjubileum van Pakoe Boewono X Soesoehoenan van Soerakarta

 De Medaille bij de Meerderjarigheid van Sekar Kedaton of "Medali Gusti Radin Ayu" werd ingesteld door Soesoehoenan Prabhu Sri Paku Buwana X toen zijn oudste dochter op 2 oktober 1934. meerderjarig werd. Uitgereikt in goud en zilver. De medaille draagt het portret van de Keizerlijke prinses en de inscriptie "Gusti Radin Ayu Sekar Kedaton Kuswinayah tumbuk yuswo 16 tahun, Selasa Wage tanggal 22 Jumadilakir tahun wawu 1849-1865, 25.3.1919 – 2.10.1934".

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PM visits Karachi, reiterated no compromise on tax collection
July 11, 2019068
PM didn't budge on request for reduction in GST and removal of CNIC condition for Buy and Sell
Imran Khan asked the businessmen to support government's policies and become its partners
Prime Minister Imran Khan was on a One-day visit to Karachi on Wednesday where he met the business community of the city to hear their concerns over the budgetary measures taken by the government.
However, the defiant air of the Ruling Party was evident as Prime Minister Imran Khan refused to consider the traders' demand for withdrawing CNIC condition for sale and purchase activities citing that trading activities will no longer be run on the old pattern.
Advisor to PM on Revenue and Finance, Abdul Hafeez Sheikh and FBR Chief also accompanied the Prime Minister and also shared the same view.
The advisor to the PM, Abdul Hafeez Sheikh said that the government will not compromise on tax-related conditions and everybody has to pay tax.
Concerns of the Industries
Representatives from the textile sector also shared their concerns with the PM. Textile sector pointed to an anomaly in the budget where customs duty on imports of machinery was raised from 2% to 4%, along with 5% income tax on electricity. They also added that at the time of imposition of Sales tax it was decided that previous Sales tax refunds will be auto-generated however this didn't happen.
The issue of Sales tax on the textile sector and CNIC condition was also discussed at length. Prime Minister asked the textile sector to discuss these issues at length at a meeting to be held on Friday with businessmen.
Talking to the business Community PM Imran Khan asked the businessmen to support the government's policies and become its partners towards the prosperity of the country.
Representatives from Auto Manufacturing sector lamented the dismal Car sales owing to high prices after currency devaluation and imposition of higher taxes imposed including FED and Custom Duty. They added that how the government will collect more revenue from this sector if car sales will decline. Abdul Hafeez Sheikh while responding to the concerns said these taxes were also imposed on other sectors and the government will analyse its overall impact in coming months.
Proposal from Construction Sector
Prime Minister agreed to a request from Chairman Association of Builders and Developers (ABAD), Mohammad Hassan Bakhshi to rationalise valuation rates of property in Lahore, Hyderabad and Karachi.
ABAD Chairman further added that Cement and Steel cartel should be investigated which are increasing the prices without any let-up.
He also put a proposal that Builders should be allowed to sell the property to overseas Pakistanis in US Dollars against which the import of Construction Materials for equal Dollar proceeds be considered without any duty or taxes.
ABADA Chairman also put a proposal for exempting persons buying the property of up to Rs. 10 million from Wealth reconciliation.
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The BBC Sport website's Jose Mourinho leaves Chelsea coverage
21st, September 2007
The BBC Sport website's Mourinho Leaves Chelsea section, which has relegated any other stories to Other Football News got me thinking: which other managers would command such domination of the website in the days following their departure? Fergie, probably. Arsene Wenger, maybe. But I doubt even that long-standing and successful duo would receive the same coverage as everyone's favourite cocky Portuguese.
It would be interesting if the Beeb's committment to being unbiased in politics, for instance, extended to football. Can you imagine a Sammy Lee Leaves Bolton section dominated the website as we all ponder the little man's next move? Or Billy Davies Watch, anyone? So is Mourinho worthy of so much attention, Pies fans? Do we love him that much, or is just a quiet news week Mourinho aside?
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Sheps says:
The value of this news story isn't just the size of Mourinho's popularity at all though is it? It's the shock of the sudden departure – I think when he didn't leave in the summer everyone expected him here until xmas at least, and also there's the whole Abrahamovic vs. Mourinho thing going on, compounded by his replacement being Grant. There's a lot of news going on around this story, still a lot people want to know – that's why it's such a big deal – Ferguson wouldn't get this much attention, say if he retired at the end of the season having notified everyone at xmas, because we'd all know the details, the whys the hows etc.
naiem says:
wy iz chelseas maneger messein about 4.
my advise if the manager gonna stay let him stay
if he wnts 2 go let him go dnt bother wth him.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111
Kipp says:
A handful of journalists managed to track down the fleeing Jose Mourinho to a harbourside eaterie in west London. When asked what the official Chelsea statement meant when it stated he left by "mutual consent", Mourinho replied, "look it up in the dictionary".
That is why…the strach should get his own page when he goes too
PRINCE LUCKY says:
IAM CHELSEA FANS AND IM NOT HAPPY FOR JOSE MOURINHO OUT OF CHELSEA PLY I WANT HIM BACK IN MY CLUB THANKS


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Volkswagen enlarges emissions scandal probe: 'Millions' more cars may have cheated
Meanwhile customers lawyer up
By Iain Thomson in San Francisco 22 Oct 2015 at 22:50
Volkswagen has warned that the figure of 11 million cars that cheated in air-pollution tests may be larger than first thought.
The automaker is under fire for using diesel engines that deliberately lowered their output of nitrogen oxides during lab testing to pass strict emissions standards. In real-world use, the cars pumped limit-busting amounts of harmful gasses into the atmosphere.
In a statement on Thursday, the German car manufacturer confirmed that two versions of its diesel engines, the EA 288 EU5 and EU6 models, were free of so-called "defeat devices" designed to fool emissions testers.
Crucially, it is now looking at earlier builds of the engine to see if they also use the dodgy standards-evading software, potentially adding to the 11-million figure.
"I think it is a big problem," Ferdinand Dudenhoeffer, head of the Center for Automotive Research at the University of Duisburg-Essen, told Reuters, saying millions more cars could be defective. "It suggests it doesn't know its product, which is a tragedy."
EA 288 engines are used in the Volkswagen Golf, Volkswagen Beetle, Beetle Convertible, Passat, and Jetta. A representative of Volkswagen America said that none of the firm's cars in the US were covered by the statement.
Volkswagen has warned that recalling and fixing all the cars carrying defeat devices could reach $7bn, but that's just the cost of correcting the vehicle's engine and control software. There are also legal costs to factor in.
The National Law Journal has been keeping an eye on the situation and now estimates that over 300 separate lawsuits are pending against Volkswagen in the US over the incident. Americans are notoriously litigious, however there are fewer than half a million Volkswagens in the US affected by defeat devices. But VW has legal problems in other parts of the world.
There are also government penalties to consider. American car companies are lobbying for the feds to issue a very large fine against Volkswagen, and the EU and Australian governments have also warned of bills to come. ®
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Q: Target shooter game lags terribly when firing bullets I am programming a small game which is a target shooter for a school project. If you run the game, you will notice that the targets already move with a sort of stutter but then when you start firing bullets, it becomes unplayable. Is this just the framerate pygame offers or is it something that can be fixed in the code?

pygame.init()
window = pygame.display.set_mode((800, 575))
pygame.display.set_caption("TARGET PRACTICE")

#Colour variables (Module 1)

BLACK = (0, 0, 0)
WHITE = (255, 255, 255)
RED = (200, 0, 0)
GREEN = (0, 200, 0)
BLUE = (0, 0, 200)

exec = True

#Target class created (Module 5)

class Target:
  def __init__(self, x, y, h, w, v):
    self.x = x
    self.y = y
    self.h = h
    self.w = w
    self.v = v

#Instantiation of targets (Module 5)

target_1 = Target(0, 80, 60, 40, 0.5)
target_2 = Target(0, 100, 60, 40, 0.5)
target_3 = Target(0, 50, 60, 40, 0.5)
target_4 = Target(0, 75, 60, 40, 0.5)
target_5 = Target(0, 45, 60, 40, 0.5)
target_6 = Target(0, 85, 60, 40, 0.5)

#Declaring variables to be used in the while loop (Module 5)
clock = 0

target_2_threshold = 500
target_3_threshold = 1000
target_4_threshold = 1500
target_5_threshold = 2000
target_6_threshold = 2500

#Setting player sprite dimension variables (Module 6)

player_sprite_x = 357.5
player_sprite_y = 450
player_sprite_h = 125
player_sprite_w = 85

all_bullets = []

while exec:
  pygame.time.delay(1)
  for event in pygame.event.get():
    if event.type == pygame.QUIT:
      exec = False
    if event.type == pygame.MOUSEBUTTONDOWN:
        if event.button == 1:
            print("[shoot!] mouse position:", event.pos)
            dx = event.pos[0] - (player_sprite_x+ player_sprite_w//2)
            dy = event.pos[1] - player_sprite_y
            direction = pygame.math.Vector2(dx, dy).normalize()
            bullet = {'x': player_sprite_x+42, 'y': player_sprite_y, 'direction': direction}
            all_bullets.append(bullet)

  #Defines movement of targets and sets delay between drawings (Module 5)

  clock += 1
  target_1.x += target_1.v
  if clock > target_2_threshold:
        target_2.x += target_2.v
  if clock > target_3_threshold:
        target_3.x += target_3.v
  if clock > target_4_threshold:
        target_4.x += target_4.v
  if clock > target_5_threshold:
        target_5.x += target_5.v
  if clock > target_6_threshold:
        target_6.x += target_6.v

  all_bullets_keep = []

  for item in all_bullets:
    item['x'] += item['direction'][0] # item['direction'][0] * 2
    item['y'] += item['direction'][1] # item['direction'][1] * 2
    # keep bullet if it is still on screen
    if 0 < item['x'] < 800 and 0 < item['y'] < 575:
          all_bullets_keep.append(item)

  all_bullets = all_bullets_keep
  #print(len(all_bullets), end='\r')

  #Fill the background (Module 5)

  window.fill(RED)

  #Redraw each target in every frame (Module 5)

  pygame.draw.rect(window, BLUE, (target_1.x, target_1.y, target_1.h, target_1.w))
  if clock > target_2_threshold:
      pygame.draw.rect(window, BLUE, (target_2.x, target_2.y, target_2.h, target_2.w))
  if clock > target_3_threshold:
      pygame.draw.rect(window, BLUE, (target_3.x, target_3.y, target_3.h, target_3.w))
  if clock > target_4_threshold:
      pygame.draw.rect(window, BLUE, (target_4.x, target_4.y, target_4.h, target_4.w))
  if clock > target_5_threshold:
      pygame.draw.rect(window, BLUE, (target_5.x, target_5.y, target_5.h, target_5.w))
  if clock > target_6_threshold:
      pygame.draw.rect(window, BLUE, (target_6.x, target_6.y, target_6.h, target_6.w))

  for item in all_bullets:
    pygame.draw.rect(window, BLUE, (item['x']-5, item['y']-5, 10, 10))

  #Draw the player sprite (Module 6)

  pygame.draw.rect(window, BLUE, (player_sprite_x, player_sprite_y, player_sprite_w, player_sprite_h))

  pygame.display.update()

pygame.quit()


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Putting Military Families in Harm's Way
By Hans A. von Spakovsky
About Hans A. von Spakovsky
So the families of service members killed in the line of duty since October 1 will receive death benefits after all. Last night, President Obama signed a bill that specifically authorized those payments.
But the late-night drama wasn't necessary at all. Nothing had ever prevented the administration from making those payments. The only thing that stood between the military survivors and their benefits was the administration's very strained reading of existing law — an interpretation completely out of character with the very broad readings the administration has given other federal statutes over the past five years.
In trying to justify the administration's peculiar interpretation, the Pentagon's comptroller, Bob Hale, claimed that "we don't have the legal authority to make those payments." More specifically, the Navy Times reported, an anonymous Pentagon official claimed the Pay Our Military Act (POM Act), signed into law on October 1, "cannot be used to legally justify the payment of survivor benefits."
The $100,000 death gratuity is intended to cover the unexpected expenses incurred by the families of service men and women who are killed while on active duty. The payments are authorized by 10 U.S.C. § 1478. Section 1480 of the same federal law says that the funding for this death payment "shall be made from appropriations available for the payment of members of the armed force concerned."
The POM Act specifically appropriated from the Treasury Department all "sums as are necessary to provide pay and allowances to members of the Armed Forces." Since the death benefit is paid out of "appropriations available for the payment of members of the armed force[s]," the POM Act funds were available to make the death payments.
Yet Pentagon lawyers pursued a very narrow reading of the law. That's a sharp departure from this administration's history of broad readings concerning the president's executive authority. For example, the president's legal eagles have frequently embraced far-ranging (to the point of being legally untethered) readings to claim that the president can refuse to enforce statutes he disagrees with, to decline to defend their constitutionality in court, to waive statutory requirements even when the statute does not give the president express waiver authority, and to act in areas like immigration and the environment without specific statutory authorization.
Defense Secretary Hagel said he was "offended, outraged, and embarrassed" that the government shutdown prevented him from making these payments. But what should have "offended, outraged, and embarrassed" him and the president was the Pentagon's curious reading of the law. Even the Congressional Research Service agreed that the Pentagon was misinterpreting the POM Act.
The initial refusal to pay benefits, however, was wholly consistent with the tactics used by the administration throughout its budget battle with members of Congress who want to pull the plug on Obamacare. From its unnecessary lockdown of the World War II Memorial in the nation's capital to its efforts to limit access to national treasures like Mount Rushmore and Yellowstone Park, the executive branch has set out to try to inflict as much pain as possible on the American people so they will pressure Congress to give the president what he wants to end the government shutdown.
The administration seems committed to pursuing its "maximum pain" strategy as long as it's politically tenable. At the Thursday White House press conference, Jay Carney still was arguing against the death-benefits relief bill, saying it was "not necessary" for the president to sign the bill since the Fisher House — a private charity — had stepped up with an offer to pay the benefit.
President Obama obviously changed his mind late Thursday as the public-relations damage from his stance continued to mount. But will signing a bill that should never have been needed get the president off the hook?
The initial refusal to allay the pain and hardship of grieving military families seems a particularly cruel misuse of power by the executive branch. People may long question why this administration chose to embrace an uncharacteristic and unreasonable interpretation of the law, rather than help the families of those who have given their all to these United States.
— Hans A. von Spakovsky is a senior legal fellow at The Heritage Foundation and a former Justice Department lawyer.
Hans A. von Spakovsky — ans A. von Spakovsky is a senior legal fellow at the Heritage Foundation. He is the coauthor of Who's Counting? How Fraudsters and Bureaucrats Put Your Vote at Risk and Obama's Enforcer: Eric Holder's Justice Department.


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Nordkreis Vechta nennt sich eines von fünf Gebieten im Oldenburger Münsterland in Niedersachsen, die zu Zwecken der Tourismusförderung als "Erholungsgebiete" ausgewiesen wurden. Zum "Nordkreis Vechta" zählen die Kommunen Bakum, Dinklage, Goldenstedt, Lohne (Oldenburg), Vechta und Visbek.

Fast alle typischen Naturräume Nordwestdeutschlands sind im Nordkreis Vechta anzutreffen. Als naturräumliche Besonderheit ist hier das Goldenstedter Moor hervorzuheben. Der tiefste Punkt des Erholungsgebietes befindet sich in der Flussaue bei Carum (23,80 m üNN). Eine weitläufige Geestlandschaft, verschlungene Bachläufe, Hutewald im Herrenholz, sowie mittelalterliche Mühlenteiche und Wassermühlen auf dem Gebiet der Gemeinde Visbek charakterisieren das Landschaftsbild. Als landschaftliche Besonderheit sind die zahlreich anzutreffenden Schlatts zu bezeichnen. Das sind abflusslose kleine Gewässer, überwiegend Windausblasungsmulden aus der letzten Kaltzeit, die in ihrem Zentrum meist noch eine Wasserfläche aufweisen, aber auch zeitweise trocken fallen können. Sie sind Lebensraum für selten gewordene Tier- und Pflanzenarten. Typisch für die flachwellige Geestlandschaft zwischen Visbek und Goldenstedt sind weiterhin die sogenannten Bruchbachtäler mit den Geestbächen und feuchten Niederungen der Aue und Twillbäke im Naturschutzgebiet Bäken der Endeler und Holzhauser Heide, deren Bäche allesamt in die Hunte münden.

Ein gut ausgebautes Rad- und Wandernetz von über 450 km Länge und ein 34 km langes Reitwegenetz erschließen das Erholungsgebiet.

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Holy Land Christians Need Courage, Says Pope
Urges Them to Lay Down Lives in Service of Others
The Mass that Benedict XVI celebrated today in the Amman International Stadium turned out to be a festival of faith for Jordanian Catholicism: Some 30,000 attended the event out of an estimated 109,000 Catholics in the nation.
The Pope exhorted the Middle Eastern Christians to stay in the Holy Land and give testimony to Jesus in this region so plagued by conflict. The Jordanian government decreed that today would be a vacation day for Christians — normally Sunday is a workday in Jordan — and stores and businesses followed suit.
"Fidelity to your Christian roots, fidelity to the Church's mission in the Holy Land, demands of each of you a particular kind of courage: the courage of conviction, born of personal faith, not mere social convention or family tradition; the courage to engage in dialogue and to work side by side with other Christians in the service of the Gospel and solidarity with the poor, the displaced, and the victims of profound human tragedies; the courage to build new bridges to enable a fruitful encounter of people of different religions and cultures, and thus to enrich the fabric of society," the Holy Father acknowledged.
And, he said, fidelity for Middle Eastern Christians also means "bearing witness to the love which inspires us to 'lay down' our lives in the service of others, and thus to counter ways of thinking which justify 'taking' innocent lives."
The Mass was the largest celebration planned for Benedict XVI's days in Jordan, where he arrived last Friday. A large image of Christ, the Good Shepherd, presided over the site, since the Eastern Church is celebrating the 4th Week of Easter and Good Shepherd Sunday. (They marked Easter one week later than in the West). An image of Mary and John the Baptist, patron of Jordan, also adorned the sanctuary.
Vocations crisis
Benedict XVI was welcomed by one of Jordan's native sons, Archbishop Fouad Twal, patriarch of Jerusalem. The prelate offered the Pope the "Arabic and Jordan hospitality," but jokingly warned him that the Church there is passing through a "vocations crisis." There are too many seminarians for our resources, the archbishop said, and we are having to find other places to house them.
Archbishop Twal also spoke of the challenge this local Church is facing as it takes in refugees from Iraq. More than 1 million Iraqis have fled to neighboring Jordan, an estimated 40,000 Christians among them. The Church and the local Caritas organizations are supporting the refugees not only spiritually but also materially.
Cardinal Emmanuel III Delly, patriarch of Baghdad, was among those present.
The Eucharistic celebration culminated with 40 Jordanian children receiving their first Communion.
On Monday, the Pope will leave Jordan, receiving an official good-bye from King Abdullah at the airport, in a gesture of warmth that breaks protocol. Shortly thereafter, the Pontiff will be welcomed in Israel by President Shimon Peres and other representatives of the Israeli government.
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In the Netherlands, when using breeding techniques on animals, animal egg cells and embryos may only be removed and transferred by someone with a professional qualification. Only sperm collection centres may collect sperm. For pig and cattle sperm, sperm collection centres must be certified by the minister of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy. Breeding techniques may not cause the animal unnecessary pain, injury, stress or any other distress.
You can ask for dispensation from these regulations from the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy. Such dispensations are only granted very rarely and provided your activities will not endanger the health or welfare of the animals.
You can apply for a certification of your sperm collection centre also via Message Box. Message Box is a secure email system that enables you as an entrepreneur to exchange digital messages with Dutch government agencies.