I have a love for high end fashion, always have and always will. However, it is definitely not something I can afford to buy all the time! For today's post, I thought I would share with you some of my tips for buying designer items at a lower price.
I know this can seem like it defeats the excitement of buying a designer item, but it is a good way to buy a luxury good you've been eyeing without breaking the bank! One of my favorite websites to look at for buying used luxury items is LuxuryGarageSale. They will authenticate every item and describe the items condition perfectly. They even accept returns of unworn clothing or shoes which is great so if you don't love it, you can send it back! LuxuryGarageSale also has popup shops, check out their website to see if you can find one near you! Ebay and Poshmark are another great place to shop for designer items! Even check your thrift stores! It's rare to find a designer item there but if you keep your eyes out, you never know what you might find!
TJ Maxx is a fun store to look for designer items at. However, I tend to find that I find more designer items online than I do in the actual brick and mortar stores! My other favorite stores to find discounted designer items at are Nordstrom Rack, Neiman Marcus Last Call, Saks Off Fifth Avenue and Gilt! For example, this coat I am wearing in the picture is from Nordstrom Rack! They always have great quality clothes for a cheaper price! There are so many online stores that sell designer items at a cheaper price than you would find at a department store. You just have to put the effort in to look!
Keeping an eye out for sales at department stores like Macy's and Nordstrom is a smart thing to do if you're looking to buy a designer item. The Nordstrom Anniversary Sale is an amazing sale in the fall that shows the new fall merchandise at a discounted price. Even see if designer's have sample sales going on! That's another great way to get a designer item at a discounted price.
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This is pretty self explanatory, but outlet shopping is a great way to find deals on designer items.
Most importantly, make sure you spend your money on something you love. There's no point in buying it if you're not 100% in love with the item. One thing I've learned over the past few years is to invest in designer handbags, shoes, and jewelry because they will last a long time.
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China's Militant Nationalism
by Gordon G. Chang
https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/3687/china-militant-nationalism
As we kept providing incentives for unacceptable behavior, Beijing predictably became less cooperative and more assertive. Worse, the less and less the Chinese felt the desire to engage us, the more and more we felt the need to engage them. If we do not change our policies, our indulgence may end up creating the very thing we have desperately sought to avoid: an incurably aggressive Chinese state.
Last April, China's ships surrounded Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea. By July, the Chinese had erected a barrier to the reef's entrance, denying access to all but their own vessels. The swift action was taken despite mutual promises by Beijing and Manila to leave the area, which up until then had been controlled by the Philippines. Chinese state media gloated over the deception.
After gobbling up Scarborough, Chinese vessels and aircraft stepped up their intrusion into Japanese territorial waters and airspace around the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, in an effort to wrest them from Tokyo. In a display of massive force, eight Chinese ships entered the waters around the uninhabited outcroppings on the 23rd of this month. On Friday, China's Foreign Ministry said the islands were a "core interest," meaning that Beijing will not stop until it has taken control of them. Some analysts think China will try to land forces on the Senkakus soon.
Beijing's aggression on the seas is being matched by its aggression on land. During the night of April 15, a Chinese platoon-strength force advanced 10 kilometers south of the Line of Actual Control, the de facto border between China and India in the Himalayas, and established a tented camp in the Daulat Beg Oldi sector of eastern Ladakh. In recent days, Chinese troops advanced another 10 kilometers into India, one more bold attempt to take ground from a neighboring country.
China is a belligerent state that seeks to seize territory from an arc of nations: from India in the south, to South Korea in the north. At the same time, we are hearing war talk from the Chinese capital—from civilians, such as new leader Xi Jinping, to China's senior military officers. Washington has yet to understand the fundamental challenge China's militant nationalism poses to America and to the international community.
At one time, it seemed that Beijing, for its own reasons, wanted to work with the U.S. Washington, in turn responded to Chinese overtures. Since Nixon's trip to Beijing in 1972, the U.S. "engaged" the Chinese to bring them into the international community. The concept was that our generous policies would avoid the devastation that Germany and Japan precipitated last century. The American approach proved durable, despite tumultuous change over the course of four decades, precisely because it was consistent with our conception of our global role as the ultimate guarantor of peace and stability. The policy of engagement of China was enlightened, far-sighted, and generous.
It was also a mistake. Beijing prospered because of America's engagement, and while the Chinese required help, they seemed to accept the world as it was. Now, however, they believe they no longer need others and are therefore trying to change the world for the worse. China is not only claiming territories of others but also trying to close off international waters and airspace; proliferating nuclear weapons technology to Iran; supplying equipment to North Korea's ballistic missile program; supporting rogue elements around the globe; launching cyberattacks on free societies; undermining human rights norms, and engaging in predatory trade tactics that helped tip the global economy over the edge in 2008.
Beijing has gone on a bender. Soon after President Obama's troubled summit in the Chinese capital in November 2009, China dropped all pretense and started openly to challenge the American-led international system. Chinese diplomats, officials, and officers spent less time explaining, persuading, and cajoling and more time complaining, pressuring, and threatening. In early 2010 China's flag officers and senior colonels made a point of publicly talking about fighting a war -- a "hand-to-hand fight with the U.S." as one put it -- in the near future. China, as Robert Sutter of George Washington University points out, is the only major power actively planning to kill Americans, and, judging from public comments, China's senior officers are relishing the prospect of doing so.
It is not hard to understand how China became a militant state. First, Chinese leaders became arrogant, evidently believing they were leading the world's next great power. They saw economic turmoil elsewhere and told us through their media that the United States and the rest of the West were in terminal decline.
Second, the ruling Communist Party was going through a tumultuous leadership transition that, despite appearances, is still not completed. As the so-called Fourth Generation, led by Hu Jintao, gave way to the Fifth, under the command of Xi Jinping, feuding civilians sought support for their personal political ambitions from the flag officers of the People's Liberation Army. Consequently, the generals and admirals effectively became arbiters in the Party's increasingly rough game of politics. And in a time of political transition, almost no civilian leader was in a position -- or willing to take a risk -- to tell the top brass what to do. As a result, the military gained substantial influence, perhaps becoming the most powerful faction in the Communist Party.
The result of discord among civilians has been a partial remilitarization of politics and policy in the Chinese capital. Senior officers are now acting independently of civilian officials, are openly criticizing them, and are making pronouncements on areas once considered the exclusive province of diplomats.
The implications of these internal changes are, obviously, large: China's flag officers want to use their new-found power. "China's military spending is growing so fast that it has overtaken strategy," said Huang Jing of Singapore's Lee Kwan Yew School of Public Policy. "The young officers are taking control of strategy and it is like young officers in Japan in the 1930s. They are thinking what they can do, not what they should do."
To make matters worse, this leadership transition was occurring while the Chinese economy stumbled. GDP growth rates, beginning in the middle of 2011, began to falter. In recent quarters, they have not been in the high single digits, as Beijing's National Bureau of Statistics claims. Electricity production figures, manufacturing surveys, price indexes, and corporate results, among other indicators, point to an economy growing at about 3%. Moreover, the economy is beginning to choke on debt incurred to build "ghost cities" and produce unsellable inventory.
Why is China's slowdown important? The Communist Party for three decades based its legitimacy primarily on the continual delivery of prosperity; without prosperity, the only remaining basis for legitimacy is nationalism. Nationalism in turn is causing leaders to increase friction with China's neighbors and the U.S.
There is a third factor, which could define this decade, also contributing to Chinese's troubling trajectory. Our engagement of China has, unfortunately, reinforced the worst tendencies in Beijing by inadvertently creating a set of perverse incentives. With the best of intentions, we rewarded irresponsible conduct in the hope the Chinese would change. No matter how they continued in their ways, we failed to hold them to account. In these circumstances, as we kept providing incentives for unacceptable behavior, Beijing predictably became less cooperative and more assertive.
Worse, the less and less the Chinese exhibited desire to engage us, the more and more we felt the need to engage them. It is evident from Beijing's recent actions that the old approach toward China is not working. If we do not begin to change our policies, our indulgence may end up creating the very thing we have desperately sought to avoid: an incurably aggressive Chinese state.
Ronald Reagan opposed the Soviet Union because he told us the form of its government mattered: that it prevented Moscow from evolving to better policies and serving as a reliable partner. We need to understand that the form of China's one-party state matters too.
The risk of getting China wrong, as we are now doing, is that an aggressive regime can undermine the institutions of free societies and take down the multilateral framework built after the Second World War. The Chinese have learned all the wrong lessons in recent years, but we have yet to adjust our approach. We have, with the best of intentions, created the conditions for the rise of a militantly hostile state.
Gordon G. Chang is the author of The Coming Collapse of China and a columnist at Forbes.com. Follow him on Twitter @GordonGChang.
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CR Warner • May 2, 2013 at 19:57
China's ultimate goal is total military and economic dominence in Asia and beyond. No one else seems to recognize this but Japan. There is only one option: This is the time for Japan's hands to be untied from its six decades long restriction from securing its own offensive capabilities, including military weapons. Asia's four largest military countries are nuclear powers; there is no reason why the sovereign nation of Japan, which has not made hostile declarations or military threats to anyone, not be the logical exception to aquire and develop nuclear weapons. I believe Japan's PM Abe understands this fully. Today's generation of Japanese leadership does not desire world domination. China will only be circumspect and be neutralized by an equally strong or superior military force in the region. For the U.S., your reference of President Reagan's active policy of the Soviet Union is our answer to China.
MR McCaffery • Apr 29, 2013 at 12:35
I concur wholeheartedly. This is notwithstanding the other 'sins' of the CCP, such as adulating the biggest mass murderer in history, cheating on world trade agreements, stealing proprietary technology, abetting wholesale copyright infringement, enabling the slaughter of endangered species, and on and on.... Looking ahead, one would expect the CCP to resort to their traditional method of fabricating success by cooking the books (if they are not already doing so). The question is whether they will be able to get away with it in the modern, Internet-fueled environment.
Ethan P. • Apr 29, 2013 at 07:40
The Soviet Union/Russia has long been friendly overseas while oppressive at home, and vice versa. Could the Chinese be doing the same? There is widespread and growing dissent in China and unrest among the Western Muslims. While our behaviour towards China has been groveling for decades, might not Chinese aggression be in part at least, a cover for growing internal problems?
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Q: Why won't my Ruby script execute? So, I made a simply ruby script,
#!/usr/bin/env ruby

puts "Hello!"

When I try to run it in terminal it doesn't put "Hello!" on the screen.  I have tried entering chmod +x test.rb (test.rb is the name of my file). When I run it, it doesn't give me an error, it just doesn't display "Hello!". Any help will be much appreciated. I have looked everywhere for a possible answer, and I have found nothing so far.

A: I'd guess that you're trying to run it as just test like this:
$ test

But test is a bash builtin command that doesn't produce any output, it just sets a return value. If you run your script properly:
$ ./test.rb

then you'll see something. Note the explicit ./ path, the current directory is rarely (and hopefully never) in your PATH so you need to say ./ to run something in the current directory (unless of course you're in /bin, /usr/bin, etc.).

In the comments you say that there are some Ctrl+M characters in your script:
$ cat -e test.rb
#!/usr/bin/env ruby^M^Mputs "Hello!"

I don't see any $s in that cat -e output so you don't have any actual end-of-line markers, just some carriage-return characters (that's the ^M). A single CR is an old MacOS end-of-line, Windows uses a CR-LF pair, and Unix (including OSX) uses just a single LF to mark the end of a line of text. Since you don't have any EOLs, the shell just sees a single line that looks like:
#!/usr/bin/env ruby ...

without an actual script for ruby to run, the shell just sees the shebang comment and nothing else. The result is that nothing noticeable happens when you run your script. Fix your EOLs and your script will start working sensibly. You might also want to look at your editor's settings so that it starts writing proper EOLs.

A: How are you calling this method. You would want to call this out by something like ruby test.rb if you are in the directory with the test.rb file. Another general tip for trying something out that doesn't work would be to go into irb on command line and try your program, like puts "Hello! to see if it is that particular code that is the problem.

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Mofussil Musings
Poverty Porn: When Politicians Start Insulting The Citizenry with Impunity
[From my column Obviously Opaque in the UTS Voice, 01-15 August, 2013]
Raj Babbar was not quite off the mark. Neither was the war reporter who had thrown one of the most notorious questions ever asked in the history of journalism at the hundreds of just rescued European survivors of a siege at Stanleyville in eastern Congo in November 1964. "Anyone here been raped and speak English?" was the question if you must know.
They both were just a bit unfortunate to be caught off guard on the other, insensitive, side of the fence; the side that remains perennially oblivious to the plights of lives plagued by unimaginable horrors of poverty. Though we can never be sure about that, the intentions behind both, Raj Babbar's comment and the war reporter's question, might had been noble. Or, could they? For, there are those who look at others' misery with empathy. They go for real, human stories and report or respond to them with all the empathy such human stories deserve and demand.
And then, there are others for whom all that matter is poverty porn. Unfortunately, the line between them has often been very thin. Journalists have been known for risking everything, even their lives, to expose horrifying tales of death and despair wrecking havoc on hapless people. And there have been those who are best, or worst, known for doing exactly opposite; sensationalizing such stories either to sell more or in quest of that 'one' story that seals their place in the annals of journalism.
There was, yet, a very discernible difference between the two. Poverty porn was almost always indulged into by the 'outsider'. It were the 'others' who would turn 'poverty into entertainment, something that can be momentarily experienced and then escaped from,' as Kennedy Odede, the executive director of Shining Hope for Communities, Kenyan social services organization has asserted in his opinion piece for New York Times denouncing slum tourism. 'Slum tourism is a one-way street: They get photos; we lose a piece of our dignity' he had further added. The 'otherness' of the onlooker was cemented.
Raj Babbars' have snatched poverty porn back from being monopolized by the quintessential other. Not if one goes by the recent statements made by him and several Indian politicians regarding the poor and their hard to come by meals. Babbar, a former actor and a sitting Member of Parliament from the ruling Indian National Congress was the first to lead this charge against one of the last citadels of the Raj. In a move that marked the final triumph of the natives, Raj Babbars had ensured that insulting fellow natives was no longer an exclusive privilege of the (ex) colonial masters.
Babbar had led the charge from the front by asserting that one could easily get a full meal for as less as INR 12, that is 20 US cents for the uninitiated, in nothing less that Mumbai, financial capital of the country. No reality checks would suffice to slow the warriors down; not even the fact that forget full meal, even a cup of tea costs more than 7 rupees in any metropolitan city of India. Rasheed Masood, a fellow M.P. of the Congress would, in fact, bring the bar even lower. For him, a lowly sum of 5 rupees could fetch a full meal in Delhi.
The chorus would soon be joined by Farooq Abdullah, Union minister of new and renewable energy belonging to the National Conference. "One could fill his stomach even for just Re 1," he would tell to baffled reporters in a tone and tenor bordering at being spiritual. Though reports were completely silent on this, I am sure that he would have looked up in the sky in a manner befitting only those who are completely resigned from the lowly realities of the materialistic world. This would be the tone and tenor he would maintain again, like the other two, while regretting his comments 'if they had hurt anyone'.
Yet, there was a problem with Abdullah's statement. He had put the bar too low to be breached. Putting the cost of a full meal lower than this would not merely be humanely impossible but also make the one attempting that look lunatic. Lunatic, now that's something politicians can ill afford to be identified as it would disqualify them, constitutionally, from running for any elected office. Even this, though, would not stop making politicians from making even more absurd claims. Nilomoni Sen Deka, Minister for Agriculture in Assam would throw his hat in the ring claiming that eight people could have a proper meal for just Rs. 20.
Unlike the earlier three, he would not even regret, forget withdrawing, his insensitive comments despite getting thoroughly panned across the state and political spectrum. Quite on the contrary, he would claim to prove his comment in a press conference within a week. How would he pull out such a Rambo act, now don't read between the lines your naughtiness, is still to be seen. It is bound to be more so as Tarun Gogoi, Chief Minister of Assam, had not only distanced himself from his comments but has virtually disowned them as a 'personal opinion'. A minister operating out of his personal opinions in a system defined by collective responsibility, take it as an evidence for further democratization of Indian society.
Don't make the mistake of seeing this new native breed of poverty porn to be similar to its original, imported, form. The politicians at the helm of reclaiming insensitivity earmarked for the outsiders are neither cut off from the reality nor do they get to see it in fleeting images over small sojourns in devastated foreign lands as foreign correspondents. They, on the contrary, are deeply entrenched in the system to know it inside out. They are the ones who have overseen the transformation of India from a largely closed economy to one that is marked by deepening rural distress at one end and countless international chains selling a cup of coffee for more than INR 100, or more than thrice the amount they have pegged poverty line at.
Neither are they confined to one political party or alliance; provided one takes political alliances seriously even in these blink-and-a-party-had-switched-sides days. That reminds me of quick fix ideology supplements like Janta dal (United) becoming secular overnight after leaving Bhartiya Janta Party(BJP) led National Democratic Alliance(NDA) but then, that is beside the point. That the 'betrayal', as JDU's exit was called by the BJP, left the erstwhile NDA only with Akali Dal and the Shiv Sena thus reducing it to be nothing more than a Regional Communal Alliance is also beside the point.
Coming back to the issue, despite all the righteous noise made by the BJP, there is nothing to suggest that they have been any better than their counterparts in the current ruling coalition. One can easily recount the horror of officials of Odisha calling mango kernels 'nutritious' and an integral part of 'food habits' even after several poor tribals had died of food poisoning after consuming them in 2001. "And, some of them even had a bank balance"; Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the then Prime Minister and BJP stalwart, had notoriously added in parliament, for a good measure, while rubbishing the reports of starvation as a conspiracy to malign the image of the country.
Remember, again that none of these comments came from ignorance but for, perhaps, the almost comic one- why don't you grow jaggery instead of sugarcane- often attributed to Rajeev Gandhi. He is the only one in the pack who could have been given the benefit of doubt for being pushed into a system he never wanted to be part of. Should I assert here, though, that I have no particular liking or disdain for him? It is just that his comments might be the only one born out of naivety of someone trying to make sense of a new setting because of an accident, literally.
There is nothing to suggest that any of the rest are, or were, unaware of the realities plaguing the lives of the poor of the country. Be it 2001 by when the agricultural distress resulting in large-scale suicides of farmers had started making it to the headlines of the national newspapers or 2013 by when per capita consumption had slipped to an abysmally low figure of INR 33.3 in urban India and INR 27.2 in rural, they have seen and known it all up close and personal. They had to for they were the ones responsible for deteriorating the situations to that extent.
Why do they, then, end of making such statements that could hurt their own prospects? Out of stupidity? No, that does not explain the enormity of insensitivity intrinsic to such jibes. They make them for they know that the citizenry, call them the electorate, has ceased to matter. They know that the poor don't really have many choices available in the highly polarized electoral arena. They know that voters compelled to choose between a party with riotous past and neoliberal economic agenda and a party with merely neoliberal agenda will also be compelled to go with the one that does not threaten their lives, at least.
They know that the BJP has made it much easier by sacrificing the NDA for an arrogant and divisive leader and turning it into a Regional Communal Alliance. They know that the BJP would make it even easier by belittling itself further in its quest for power. They know that all the anger against them is bound to get dissipated by the threat of their political enemies coming to power. They know that the choice had gotten reduced to an exercise of choosing the lesser evil and they are that lesser evil. They know that the democracy is indispensable and the citizens would, therefore, ensure that those threatening it are kept out of power.
They know that they can get away with poverty porn till their opponents are found watching real porn in assemblies.
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धर्म और पंथ में अंतर
बहुत बड़ा अंतर है. यह कि रिलिजन वाले अर्थ में संस्कृत/हिन्दी में कोई शब्द ही नहीं है. यहाँ धर्म का अर्थ है 'या धारयति इति धर्मः'- अर्थात जो धारण किया जाय वह धर्म है। उदाहरण लें तो आग का धर्म हो जायेगा जलाना और बिच्छू का डंक मारना।
पंथ इससे अलग है- आचरण का codified यानी कि संहिताबद्ध रूप है. धर्म वाले सन्दर्भों में कहें तो पूजापाठ, सम्पत्ति अंतरण, जन्म से मृत्यु तक के संस्कार वाला रूप. ऊपर वाला उदाहरण लें तो बिच्छुओं का कोई समूह अगर तय कर ले कि अब रास्ते में पड़ जाने पर ही डंक नहीं मारना है- दौड़ा के डंक मारना है तब वह पंथ हो जाएगा।
उन अर्थों में भारत में कभी कोई धर्म (हकीकतन पंथ) रहा ही नहीं। अंग्रेजों के आने तक तो क्षेत्रीय ही नहीं (जैसे तमिल और काश्मीरी) एक ही क्षेत्र के हिन्दुओं में इतने फर्क थे कि वह एक मोटीमोटी जीवनशैली तो था पर धर्म नहीं था. बस एक उदाहरण लें तो अंग्रेज न आये होते तो (तथाकथित) पिछड़ी जातियों में स्त्रियों को पति के जिन्दा रहते भी पुनर्विवाह का अधिकार था जबकि (तथाकथित) उच्च वर्णीय जातियों में पति के मर जाने पर भी काशी के अलावा बस चिता का ही रास्ता था.
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गांधी, गोडसे और व्हाट्सऐप से परे असल इतिहास
मुझे गांधी की जयंती पर गोडसे का ज़िक्र बस उसके अपराध को याद दिलाने तक पसंद है! आखिर गांधी जयंती गांधी जी को याद करने का दिन है- गोडसे को नहीं!
अगला दिन गोडसे, और उसके नए समर्थकों से सवाल का- पूछते रहिये जब तक वे जवाब न दें- पाकिस्तान को 55 करोड़ रुपये दिलाने के लिए गांधी के अनशन के 'कारण' से नाथूराम गोडसे इतना उद्वेलित हुआ कि उसने उनकी हत्या कर दी। बाद में अपने बयान में (एक कथित बयान उसकी आवाज में भी है जिसका टेप संघियों के पास मिलता है) वह कहता है कि मैं गांधीजी के अच्छे कामों की प्रशंसा करता हूँ लेकिन वह 55 करोड़...और उनके द्वारा पाकिस्तान बनने से न रोक पाने का उन्हें दंड देना चाहता था। अखबारों के आलावा नाथूराम गोडसे को क्या जानकारी थी कि पाकिस्तान कैसे और किन परिस्थतियों में बना?
क्या वह यह नहीं जानता था कि सबसे पहले द्वि-राष्ट्र सिद्धांत की बात उसके वैचारिक पिता सावरकर ने की थी? नाथू पाकिस्तान बनने से उद्वेलित था तो उसने जिन्ना की हत्या करने की कोशिश क्यों नहीं की?
नाथू देश से इतना ही प्रेम करता था तो उसने पहले किसी अंग्रेज शासक की हत्या क्यों नहीं की?
नाथू सच में ही पाक…
सावरकर, भगत सिंह और नेताजी सुभाष चंद्र बोस- व्हाट्सप्प के पार का सच:
नोट. अंग्रेजी में एक शब्द होता है पोस्ट-फैक्टो: किसी घटना के गुज़र चुके होने के बाद की दृष्टि- जिसमें चीजें काफी साफ़ होती हैं. मेरा सावरकर पर यह लेख पोस्ट फैक्टो है- आम जनता ही नहीं, गांधी तक उन्हें 1921 तक तो क्रांतिकारी मानते ही थे- उनकी रिहाई की भी अपील की थी! सो यह ध्यान रखें।
सावरकर फिर चर्चा में हैं. फिर वही सदियों पुराने झूठों के साथ- सच्चाई तो इतने से साबित हो जानी चाहिए कि इतने वीर थे कि अंग्रेज़ों से 5 बार माफ़ी मांग 1921 में ही रिहा हो गए, वह भी 60 रुपया महीना की पेंशन के साथ! फिर जीवन में कभी अंग्रेजों के खिलाफ चूँ तक न की!
उल्टा भारतीयों को अंग्रेजी सेना में शामिल होने का आह्वान करते रहे! यह भी भूल जाएँ- अंग्रेजी राज ख़त्म होने के बाद गांधी हत्या के आरोपी होने, फिर सबूतों के अभाव में बच निकलने के बाद सावरकर लंबा जिए- 26 फरवरी 1966 तक.
रिहाई के बाद उन्होंने क्या किया? अगर कांग्रेस/सरकार- जिसमें संघ के मुताबिक़ भी महान माने जाने वाले लाल बहादुर शास्त्री जी की भी सरकार रही थी- गलत थी तो उन्हें संघर्ष करना चाहिए थे- आखिर कम से कम काला पानी तो ख़त्म ही हो गया था!
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Special to the Enquirer Civil Air Patrol Cadet Jordan Heaps receives the General Ira C. Eaker award, presented by Lt. Col. Brian Williams, the vice commander for the Alabama Wing.
Hartselle cadet achieves prestigious General Ira C. Eaker Award
Published 9:41 am Tuesday, March 22, 2022
Special to the Enquirer
In another first for the Civil Air Patrol General Joe Wheeler Squadron of Hartselle, Cadet Jordan Heaps has been awarded the General Ira C. Eaker Award, the second-highest achievement in the Civil Air Patrol's cadet program.
Heaps was presented with her award at the CAP's March 10 meeting. She is the first cadet in the squadron to be receive such recognition.
The Eaker Award marks completion of Phase IV of the CAP Cadet Program, recognizing sustained excellence in all four areas of cadet life: leadership, aerospace, fitness and character. As Heaps has earned the General Ira C. Eaker Award, she was promoted to the grade of cadet lieutenant colonel and is challenged to lead and serve junior-ranking cadets not just in the Gen. Joe Wheeler Squadron but around the state, as well.
After earning the Eaker Award, only the Spaatz Award Examination remains for Heaps to conquer as a CAP cadet.
Heaps' promotion to cadet lieutenant colonel is yet another milestone for her as she excels in aviation. Earning her Solo Wings, she is on track to finish getting her pilot's license in the near future as she strives to become a commercial pilot.
Enrolled at Wallace State Community College in the aviation program, Heaps is well on her way and also serves as a mentor for younger cadets in the squadron.
The commander of the Gen. Joe Wheeler Squadron, First Lt. Blake Dozier, praised Heaps and her drive. "She is the epitome of what a cadet should be like, living out the core values of CAP: integrity, volunteer service, excellence and respect."


Its reported that Halladay is available, this is a guy we cannot pass up on. I am not sure what it would take to land this guy but he one of the best pitchers out there. This should be a no-brainer to grab him but what is it gonna take?
If your going after him you better be ready to throw in Porcello and another big time prospect. I'm not sure I'm willing to do that just yet. Although, with the way we draft it wouldn't be out of the question.
What do you mean "********"? I'd trade Verlander for Halladay in a heartbeat.
But he's not available, so lets all forget it.
now that being said, i would NOT deal Verlander for Halladay, Verlander still has a TON of good years a head of him, we are talking about a guy that in 2 1/2 years has wracked up 43 wins... the last three years their stats are very comparable... and if it weren't for justin's rough start he would probably have better stats this year..
In order to get Halladay we would have to clear out every play worth something in our farm system.. and i am not prepared to do that, considering we just did it for cabrera, willis and renteria.. we need to restock our system and DD has done a solid job so far.. but we can easily get out bid on halladay by most teams, due to lack of depth in our farm system of elite prospects..
agreed. halladay just won't happen. and i'm not trading verlander for halladay. a guy who's been pretty dominant in the league for 2+ years for a guy thats been playing for 10. i'm going with the young guy. if we could somehow get halladay for a reasonable price, then fine. i wouldnt want to give up Porcello though.
Jason Stark: "Interestingly, other clubs that have spoken with the Blue Jays say they'll talk about anybody. But when the conversation turns to, say, Roy Halladay, the conversation ends fast."
Halliday is not going anywhere... Toronto has no reason to trade him, has a couple years left on this deal at reasonable price and the minor leauges in pitching are a bit thin now so they'd need a major leauge ready pitcher in return. Plus they are not that far away from being real contenders.
You'd need to make an unbeleiveable offer to get started with talks. Same with any other club.
I wouldn't trade Verlander for Halladay. Verlander is a better value with no history of real arm problems. Halladay (although I do bow to him) ends up on the shelf every other mid-season or so. Sorry, I just see more upside with Verlander. Plus, I do believe that he is and will continue to get better. Doc has more or less peaked.
exactly, with Halladay we know how good he is.. but with Verlander, he is still getting better year to year.. i mean for how poorly this guy started off, he still has a legit shot at 15 wins on the season..
were talking about a guy that has upside leading to anyone you can think of.
halladay has 4 more 15 win seasons in him,verlander 10-15 haha(prolly over dramatic? lol)maybe though?? if health stays on his side.
Halladay is the franchise player, and he isn't going to any team cheap.


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I don't see how his argument stands. iPods don't have a monopoly, and neither do any of the record companies. I suppose if they could give us all you can eat music for a fee, they'd have a big advantage. But the real enemy here is the uber-greedy record companies that have been charging artificially high prices for years, yesno?


The Department of Music observes the retirement of pianist Reynaldo Reyes with a celebration of his 50-plus years of service to Towson University and the community. The evening includes his performance of Bach's "Chaconne in D Minor" as transcribed by Busoni, and stories and anecdotes shared by TU alumni and colleagues. The tribute concludes with an open reception, giving all the opportunity to congratulate Professor Reyes in person.
Piano Prodigies director and pianist Elizabeth Borowsky studied with Professor Reynaldo Reyes from age 13-21. She considers him a tremendous influence on shaping her musical, technical, and teaching skills. In preparation for his retirement celebration, she sat down to ask him about his life as pianist and teacher. Below is a sneak-preview of the interview!
Elizabeth Borowsky (EB): Tell us about your childhood, and specifically, how you got into music.
So… you were chosen to be the pianist?
No! It was an accident. My sisters learned piano and taught me. We came from a small town and didn't know much. The piano we had at home was not intended for me - it was intended for everyone. My sisters were my first teachers. When I was seven I started taking lessons with a real piano teacher. But she lived 17 kilometers away. How do you think I got to my lesson each week?
Yes. I walked! It was during the war and everything was destroyed. There was no transportation. We walked four hours each way, each week, for a one hour lesson. When my students call me and say "Mr. Reyes, I can't come to my lesson as my car doesn't work" I laugh and tell them this story. The challenge is not the point. Piano lessons were so important. I would never be absent, for anything, for any reason!
Were you an exceptional talent?
I didn't have anyone to compare myself to, and that wasn't important for me. Also, I didn't know the word "talent" or what it means. I was… capable. I never complained when I was given something difficult. In fact, the harder it was, the more I liked it. It challenged me. I didn't do it because I was talented or because I liked it so much. I didn't understand those words and their complex meaning.
The variations on Bach - I've always loved them. But they were so hard - I didn't even dare to start them. Until I decided that I'll do it for this recital. So, at the age of 81, I chose to force myself to learn them… even if just to test myself and answer the question: can I still do it? I could say, "It's hard. It's difficult. I'm old. I cannot memorize anymore." But I'm not going to give into this fear. I'm not going to be defeated. If I can't learn it, I shouldn't be playing! I'm learning with the sheer belief that I was taught how to learn, and how to compete with myself. That competition — that challenge — is making me learn it. If I can do it, it means I really can still play, and learn, anything. I'm not learning a simple piece. It's difficult.
I studied with Reynaldo at the Peabody in the late 1950's. He was an incredible inspiration. I wound up winning a competition and performing a private concert at Leakin Hall at the age of 18: Scarlatti, Schubert, Brahms, Debussy and Beethoven: all studied with Rey. I'm just listening to a reel to reel tape of that concert transcribed for CD.
I am currently living in Manhattan, in full time practice as a psychologist/psychoanalyst, continuing to study with concert pianists, and performing a series of piano recitals every May and June in Manhattan, Long Island and Puerta Vallarta Mexico.
If you haven't heard it yet, Prof. Rey passed away 2 days ago in Maryland. His pupil for his performance doctorate in the Philippines just emailed me. His sister was a former neighbor of ours in southern Philippines. I now live in San Diego. He was a persona larger than life. We are proud of his accomplishments. May he rest in peace.
May Professor Reyes rest in peace.


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Home Office 'saw EU settled status scheme as opportunity to instil fresh culture'
Written by Beckie Smith on 3 May 2019 in News
Report urges better communication of the scheme after finding some EU nationals confused about whether they need to apply
Photo: PA
The Home Office saw the EU settlement scheme as an opportunity to rehabilitate its image and develop a "fresh culture" of looking for reasons to grant rather than refuse applications, according to an independent review that said improvements were needed to several areas of the scheme.
A report published yesterday said senior managers of the scheme, to which EU nationals must apply to live and work in the UK after Brexit, were acutely aware of how the Windrush scandal had affected perceptions of the Home Office.
The review, carried out by independent chief inspector of borders and immigration David Bolt, examined the scheme's development up to the conclusion of the second private beta phase in January.
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Bolt said that "against a climate of mistrust of its intentions and its competence, it is not lost on the Home Office that the scheme is also [as well as presenting a logistical challenge] an opportunity to demonstrate what it is capable of achieving with the right resources, appropriate input from other government departments and ministerial support for a new ('looking to grant') approach."
The review found there was a concerted effort by the department to ensure applicants felt their cases were handled "right first time".
It also showed the majority of staff working on the scheme were new recruits, Bolt's report found.
This added up to just over 1,800 full-time equivalent staff in total: 1,537 on casework and 266 in the resolution centre.
"Recruitment on such a scale is unusual for the Home Office, but managers saw it as an opportunity to develop a fresh culture in these business areas, one that reflected the aim of 'looking to grant, not for reasons to refuse'," the inspection found.
All staff received training on processing applications and queries, including on customer service, as well as an introduction to the civil service in the case of new recruits.
Inspectors identified a strong customer service ethos and found that "without exception", the staff they spoke to were "enthusiastic about their work and morale was obviously high".
"Everyone said that they were committed to providing a 'world class customer service' and were clear that the aim was to ensure that the decision the applicant received was 'right first time'," the report said.
However, it warned that the department must be vigilant in maintaining these "when the scheme is no longer a novelty but has become 'business as usual' and the workloads have become more challenging".
The report found senior managers were acutely aware of how the Windrush scandal had damaged public perceptions of how the Home Office would handle the scheme.
Among those to have drawn parallels between the scheme and the Windrush scandal is the Lords EU Justice Sub Committee, which has said it is "very concerned" about the Home Office's plan not to issue physical documents as proof of settled status.
But despite being aware of these concerns, the report said it was unclear whether the department had ever had a strategy to tackle any negative publicity.
Some 200,000 people applied to the settled status scheme during the private beta-phase testing, and the review questioned whether this "low" level of take-up meant this qualified as "robust tests of the relevant systems and processes".
For example, there was little opportunity to stress-test how the system would cope with a large volume of applications, it said. And there were questions about whether the scheme's ability to handle applications from vulnerable or "non-straightforward" applicants
The take-up also raised concerns about whether enough people who were eligible for the scheme were aware that they needed to apply, it added.
Further potential communication problems were highlighted by the number of times applicants challenged the outcome of their case. More than 100 people challenged the decision to grant "pre-settled status", which is for EU nationals who have been living in the country for fewer than five years, rather than "settled status". In other cases, "confusion" arose when applicants believed they already had permanent residence status.
The report urged the Home Office to improve its communication around the scheme, as well as to set out how much the decision to remove the fee for settled status applications would cost the department. Inspectors said they had been unable to assess the impact of this decision.
And it said the Home Office must ensure the IT systems for handling the scheme are up to scratch to allow performance targets to be set for caseworkers and to enable regular reports on the breakdown of applicants and outcomes.
Some of the technology problems identified by inspectors have now been resolved, it said. For example, around 380 applicants encountered a problem whereby HM Revenue and Customs data proving their residence in the UK was not available, resulting in an error message. A 'save and return' function has now been added to prevent the same problem in future, the Home Office said.
The report was published the same day as the Home Office published figures showing some 600,000 people have applied to the settlement scheme so far.
The internal review showed more than 200,000 people had applied during the public beta test phase, including 8,152 on the first day. By 16 April 2019, 187,959 of these applications had been decided, of which none have so far been refused, it said.
Of those the beta-phase applications that had been resolved, the Home Office said 69% had been granted settled status and 31% pre-settled status.
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For anyone keen to keep up to date with Fortuna as an organisation this article is perfect. Get access to exclusive information on all of Fortuna's ambitious plans for the future, as well as an insight into our CEO's thoughts.
We at Fortuna Gaming are a Newcastle based marketing company active in the iGaming space. First founded in 2017 by Scott Manford and have seen significant growth in a relatively short lifespan. Our CEO recently said "It's been both encouraging and exciting to see the rapid growth we've seen at Fortuna. For 2018 we aim to keep this as a trend by pushing our brands further into international territories. In addition to releasing new brands, helping to cement our place in the market." You can discover more about us here.
After the release of Wizard Slots and Easy Slots in 2016, Fortuna Gaming has marketed a total of four live casinos now at the end of 2017 and have plans to get involved in the roll out of two more in early 2018. This perfectly representing the hard work that has been put in by CEO Scott Manford. In addition to a dedicated team that surrounds him at the Newcastle Office. The Business is ahead of the game due to its focus on recognising digital marketing as the key to success in the industry. With a high reliance on SEO allowing them to reach the top of search engines. This attracting a high volume of traffic that most new gambling operators wouldn't be able to achieve in such a short time.
Many of our competitors have been notorious for using offshore sites as their Headquarters. Manford has already mentioned that "Our Newcastle base is key to the company's success and differentiated us from competitors. Also, at Fortuna Gaming we put a priority on our responsibilities and ethics as an organisation. Many of the economies found off-shore are unethical and are often made redundant by an increasing amount of regulations places on their taxes. Additionally, the local expertise within Digital Marketing have been a vital factor in being able to build a successful team to promote the brands." So, you can be assured we have a bright future and will remain at our current location based in Newcastle. If you want to contact us or visit the Newcastle Office you can find information here.
With the success in the first two years of the company's lifespan, its likely this trend will continue. You'll be seeing a range of developments and new brand releases from Fortuna Gaming. However, as always there will be a range of new and growing challenges for the team. Meaning it will be important to keep strategizing and keep digital marketing at the forefront to ensure success.
Fortuna Gaming have been unique and original right from our origins in 2016. Differentiating ourselves from the competition to create a rapid growth as our customers love what we have to offer. Keeping on top of all search engine optimization techniques has allowed us to propel brands to the top of google. This drawing in a large volume of traffic and creating loyal customers. Although in this fiercely competitive industry, so it will be important to keep ahead of the game in 2018. The Future of Fortuna is going to be a bright one that we're all excited for. If you enjoyed this Article, please feel free to read our other post about the London Affiliate Conference.


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Wurstsalat ist ein mit Essig, Öl und Zwiebeln sauer angemachter Salat aus Wurst, meist Brühwurst wie Lyoner, Stadtwurst oder Regensburger. Er ist eine traditionelle Zwischenmahlzeit in Süddeutschland, dem Elsass, der Schweiz (mit Cervelat) und in Österreich, wo er, aus Knackwurst oder Extrawurst zubereitet, auch Saure Wurst und Essigwurst genannt wird.

Laut Deutschem Lebensmittelbuch, Leitsätze für Feinkostsalate, ist das "Ausgangsmaterial geschnittene Wurst, auch in Vermischung verschiedener Wurstsorten untereinander, Gurken und/oder Zwiebeln sowie andere würzende Zutaten".

Zur Zubereitung wird die Wurst in dünne Scheiben oder Streifen geschnitten und mit rohen Zwiebelringen oder -würfeln kurz in einer einfachen, leicht mit Salz und Pfeffer gewürzten Essig-Öl-Marinade eingelegt. Häufige Ergänzungen sind kleingeschnittene Radieschen, Petersilie oder Schnittlauch. Serviert wird Wurstsalat üblicherweise mit Brot oder Bratkartoffeln, in der Gegend um die Kurpfalz oder im Saarland auch mit Pommes frites.

Bekannte Varianten sind der Schwäbische Wurstsalat, der zur Hälfte Blutwurst enthält, und besonders die in Deutschland Schweizer Wurstsalat, auch Straßburger oder Elsässer Wurstsalat genannte Zubereitung mit einem Anteil Emmentaler Käse. Der sogenannte Grenzgänger ist eine oberschwäbische Kombination von beiden.

In der Schweiz ist eine Variante mit Käse verbreitet, die dort aber "Wurst-Käse-Salat" genannt wird. Dabei wird in der Regel Cervelat verwendet. Die Käsesorte kann variieren, je nachdem, ob ein eher milder oder pikanter Käse bevorzugt wird; es können auch zwei unterschiedliche Käsesorten verwendet werden. Am häufigsten findet man Rezepte mit Greyerzer, Emmentaler und Appenzeller.

Verwandte Gerichte sind Ochsenmaulsalat, Nürnberger Gwerch, Fleischsalat und Käsesalat.

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Kingspan insulation used to roof new UK academy
By Liz White, UT staff
Cavan, Ireland-A new £12-million City Academy in Nottingham, UK, uses tapered rigid urethane insulation from Kingspan Insulation. In such uses, tapered insulation "provides a light-weight, practical and cost effective alternative to timber firings or screed to falls for draining a roof of rainwater," said a Kingspan statement.
The Djanolgy City Academy, designed by Foster and Partners, replaces Djanogly City Technology College and Forest School: it specialises in Information and Communication Technologies for students aged 11-14.
A total of 5000 sq.m of Kingspan's Thermataper TT47 LPC/FM was installed by roofing specialists Advanced Roofing. "Having already used Thermataper TT47 LPC/FM on numerous projects, we had no doubt that it was the ideal choice for this project due to the quality and reliability of the product and the impressive U-values it achieves," said Advanced Roofing's David Hartshorn, in a Kingspan statement.
Thermataper is designed for use under single-ply waterproofing, giving low heat loss, and preventing the build-up of rainwater. If rainwater collects on a flat roof, it can seriously reduce the roof's life by subjecting the membrane to thermal stress, alkali formation and mould growth.


This film shows the use of clever slide-like masks. They slide into a slot between the gate and lens (I assume).
I love the effect. In visual storytelling, masking off certain parts of the frame is very useful. Chaplin used the iris-in to great emotional effect.
This can be done easily in digital editing, but if I wanted to use these tools in-camera, how would I do it? Were these specific to the Cine-Kodak Special? Or did all cameras before the 50s have such options?
Many cameras had gelatine slots for filters that could accommodate very thin shim stock (brass usually). How far from the film plane the slot is located determines the sharpness of the matte or mask.
Some variants of silent film cameras like the Mitchel Standard could be fitted with a factory option, built-in iris behind the lens mount that could be adjusted for center point and diameter, as well as hand cut hard matte cards (https://archive.org/stream/motionpicturenew24moti_6#page/2330).
However the majority of cinematographers used a custom mattebox in front of the lens. Goerz seems to be the most popular manufacturer I run across in literature from the silent era. Read this article on camera specifications by Carl Louis Gregory in 1917 under the section "Attachments and Mattes" (https://archive.org/stream/moviwor31chal#page/n637).
Here is another article by the same author in 1920; https://archive.org/stream/motionpicturenew21moti_1#page/1736.
It depends upon the camera and how it was designed. All cameras can use a Matte box with shape masks, but they are ill defined and not of much use for precise in-camera split-screens and such. To do seamless matte work, the matte must be almost in direct contact with the surface of the film and the matte slot would have to be directly over the taking aperture, as is the case with the Cine Kodak.
While there are few existing vintage matte boxes with working iris attachments, you can build your own iris mechanism by adapting a large format adjustable iris lens mount to fit on a matte box. You can see an example on this webpage: http://picssr.com/photos/132059798@N02/page159?nsid=132059798@N02.
That's some excellent info. Precisely what I was looking for.
I have an Elmo Super 106 and I just bought a Bell & Howell Model 627 16mm.
I know the Elmo has an attachable "fader," but I'm not sure this does the same thing as an "iris-in."
As for the B&H, I'm not sure how a matte box could even be fitted. It's an oddball turret design.
Just like any other camera, you get a set of rods or a plate (heck it could be a simple board) that mounts between the tripod and camera body and extends beyond the lens. You then mount a riser upon which you attach a filter frame that can accommodate a lens hood and any attachments you wish to use.
You'll need to carefully measure the distance from the tripod mount to the lens front and the height from a plane extending from the bottom of the tripod mount to lens center to either purchase or fabricate the mattebox holder.
Do some Google searches like; DIY Mechanical Iris, DIY Matte Box, etc.
Again, excellent info. Thank you.
I saw an Elmo fader for sale on another site and wondered if it was worth the bother. Doesn't sound like it.
It seems to me that the matte box wouldn't give me the same effect as a proper mask/matte slide. In fact, it would more than likely cause focus headaches.
I do think a mechanical/manual in-camera effects have a unique look, but unless the camera itself is designed to employ them, it's a waste of energy.
Digital vignettes/masks look almost ironic when they're used. I'm thinking Wes Anderson here. That may just be because I find his sincerity suspect. I'm not certain he doesn't use iris effects and matting in a hipsterish fashion. I suppose that's a perfectly valid use, but I personally don't care for it.
Depends on what you want to do and, beyond a general expressed desire to do an iris-in, you haven't defined what that it is you want to do.
As for cameras being "designed to employ" a mechanical/manual effect, 99% of film cameras were not designed with specific special effects in mind, but gave the cinematographer a precision framework from which to made it possible with a lot of hard work, experimentation and imagination.
In the past several decades I have corresponded with others on how silent film special effects were made, this is about the point where most people drop their ambitions and do something easier.
I want to make new silent/visual comedies. So I'm exploring the techniques used in the golden age of silent cinema to see what's practical for today. It's not really about recreating anything. Rather it's being aware of the established language of silent film, but telling my own stories.
I'm not a cinematographer, I should reiterate. However, I feel that a director should have a working knowledge of cinematography so he/she can adequately realize his/her vision. This is especially important if you're working in a style of cinema that's largely dead. The last great director of visual comedy was Jacques Tati and that was the 1960s.
So whether I use the physical, mechanical effects or not, I want to know how they are/were done.
Certainly I agree that the Pathés, 2709s, and Mitchells were incredible platforms for creative filmmaking. Consumer or even pro-sumer film cameras cannot compete.
The question becomes then: are those techniques possible on the equipment we currently have access to? As a director, you have to think in terms of compromise. Where are you going to employ the most effort? You just can't have everything. So it's not so much a matter of dropping ambitions, it's more a matter of efficiency. A finished film is better than a theoretical film. If you're going to resurrect dead techniques, you'd better have a good reason, or they're wasted.
"The War, The West and The Wilderness"
"Behind the Mask of Innocence"
"Two Reels and a Crank"
"Silent Film" is not monolithic. There are roughly 4 periods of production in U.S. silent film production; 1894 to 1904, 1905 to 1912, 1913 to 1918 and 1919 to 1927.
Which do you wish to emulate?
It is not a simple topic.
That's a great list. Thanks again.
I'm not looking to emulate any era (though my biggest influences are Chaplin, Keaton, and Tati). That's a one-way ticket to mediocrity.
I'm well aware how wide a topic it is. There's an entire European catalogue of silent film that often gets forgotten.
It can never be a truly hand-cranked, in-camera, nitrite medium any longer. No matter how much we might love those films from 1915-1940. The whole thing changed with "The Great Dictator." One the Little Tramp spoke audibly, the spell was broken. Silent comedy (not silent film mind) is book-ended by Chaplin. The minute the Tramp looks down the barrel of that Pathé in "Kid Auto Races at Venice," the die is cast. Once the Tramp spoke, the era ended.
Tati did manage to recapture a good deal of it with his use of 70mm, but he had also studied that golden era. He reinterpreted the language of physical comedy and mime by combining it with a good deal of the new wave.
So I can never emulate 1925 (or any year really) unless I have a really good reason.
Yeah, sorry to bother you. Good luck with your future.
No bother at all! Those resources are extremely helpful!
So to update, I stumbled over the Cokin system, which is perfect for these simple mask effects. Fits my s8 and 16mm cameras perfectly.
The only filter I don't see available is a moveable iris. The diy options are all too large.


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Brady's Bauer, Vaughn get baseball all-district superlative awards
Bauer, Vaughn lead slew of district champ Brady Bulldogs on 6-3A baseball team
Brady's Bauer, Vaughn get baseball all-district superlative awards Bauer, Vaughn lead slew of district champ Brady Bulldogs on 6-3A baseball team Check out this story on gosanangelo.com: http://www.gosanangelo.com/story/sports/high-school/2018/06/08/bradys-bauer-vaughn-get-baseball-all-district-superlative-awards/686888002/
Amy McDaniel, San Angelo Published 6:27 p.m. CT June 8, 2018 | Updated 10:09 p.m. CT June 8, 2018
The Brady High School baseball team celebrates after winning the program's first-ever playoff trophy Saturday, May 5, 2018, against Merkel.(Photo: James Stewart / Brady Standard-Herald)
Brady High School's Walker Bauer was co-defensive MVP and Tyler Vaughn was newcomer of the year on the all-District 6-3A baseball team announced recently.
Bauer, a sophomore, had 132 putouts and 10 assists to finish with a fielding percentage of .966. He also batted .403 and drove in 26 runs for the Bulldogs, who won the district title and advanced to the second round of the playoffs for the first time in school history.
Vaughn, a freshman, was 2-0 on the mound and had an ERA of 2.37. He drove in 21 runs and had 12 stolen bases. He finished with a fielding percentage of .949.
First-team selections for Brady were sophomores Kasen Baronet (DH), Benjamin Galindo (OF), Caleb Galindo (P) and Gonzalo Morales (IF).
Second-team selections were senior Chad Cross (OF), senior Marshall Schmitz (IF) and sophomore Dylan Raybion.
Cutter Johnson and Cody McBee were freshman honorable mention picks.
Academic all-district honors went to: Cross, Schmitz, Baronet, Bauer, sophomore Zach Lozano, Morales, Raybion, Johnson, McBee and Tyler Vaughn.
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Sarah Palin's bus tour rolls on to Philadelphia
By Robin Abcarian, Los Angeles Times
May 31, 2011 12 AM PT
Reporting from Philadelphia —
Palinpalooza, Day 3: Don't even ask. It's the same answer every time: She hasn't made up her mind yet.
But Tuesday morning, Sarah Palin's bus tour had all the trappings of a presidential campaign swing — a surprise visit to a coffee shop, a tour of some famous American landmarks and an increasing intensity on the part of the growing number of journalists who are following her or intercepting her along the way.
By the time Palin's big bus pulled into Philadelphia around noon for a tour of Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell, a mob of reporters was waiting for her.
"Watch the children! Don't step on the children," a man yelled as the scrum jostled a group of schoolchildren on a field trip. She was ushered into both buildings, and the crowd was left behind in the wilting heat.
Her bus left a short time later and was believed to be heading to New York.
The day started in typical fashion for this unconventional road trip. No schedule, no announcements, just a bunch of journalists trying to read tea leaves by watching where the bus goes. But the former Alaska governor had slipped out of her Gettysburg hotel early, in a sedan, for a quiet tour of the Civil War battlefield.
Later, as the bus headed to Philadelphia, it stopped in the town of Dillsburg, and Palin's entourage stepped out for some coffee. Palin joined a trio of customers at their table and chatted about economic policy and job creation. One of the men phoned his wife and put her on with Palin, who promised to stay at Coffee Express until the wife arrived, which she did about five minutes later.
In the last two days, as she moved from Washington to Maryland to Pennsylvania, Palin has delighted in showing her knowledge of and interest in American history and has seemed comfortable answering policy questions.
When a customer announced that his birthday was Dec. 16, "which is the Boston Tea Party," Palin replied, "Awww. All right! Party like it's 1773."
After her visit with the coffee-shop patrons, she said she didn't think it was appropriate to have a deadline for withdrawing American troops from Afghanistan.
"I've said along with Sen. McCain and so many others, the conditions on the ground need to dictate when our troops start coming home instead of having some kind of political decision being made. … We show the enemy our playbook -- that doesn't make any sense. It's not good war strategy."
Although her husband, Todd, generally avoids the press, he spent a few minutes chatting with reporters at the coffee shop.
He is often said to be his wife's closest advisor but said he's leaving the decision about whether to run for president to her.
"It's up to her what she decides to do," he said. "I am not pushing her either way. It's her decision. There are pros and cons, of course. But this country, we have to get back on the right track."
Todd Palin also knocked down reports that the point of the trip was to give the Palin family the opportunity to experience what a presidential campaign would be like.
"I don't know where they got that from -- 'test run' for the family," he said. "This family has been tested. ... Her career and every step in her career is another step for the family. ... These kids grew up around a mayor of a small town. Local politics is in your face every day."
He also took issue with how his wife is depicted in the press. "People talk about 'Oh, she just got plucked up out of Wasilla.' You need to look at her career."
Palin also said he didn't think they would invite reporters aboard the bus for interviews, the way McCain did on his Straight Talk Express, which helped burnish his persona.
"It's a different scenario," he said. "She is employed by Fox."
But, he added, "she's talking to you guys, you are getting a lot, right?"
robin.abcarian@latimes.com
Robin Abcarian
Robin Abcarian is an opinion columnist at the Los Angeles Times. She writes about news, politics and culture. Her columns appear on Wednesday and Sunday. Twitter: @AbcarianLAT


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Spotify's 2014 growth was little short of spectacular, especially its December surge. But it is still not enough to IPO on. Not because 15 million subscribers in itself is not a huge achievement – it is – but because the market place is holding its breath, waiting to see what Apple does. Apple remains the world's largest digital music company and is on the verge of becoming the world's leading shipper of smartphones. But most crucially Apple has the iTunes ecosystem and a deep, deep understanding of the world's most valuable content consumers. If anyone can take subscriptions to the mainstream Apple can. And in the process it will likely take back a chunk of the iTunes Music buyers that Spotify 'stole'. Which is not to say that Spotify will not be able to continue to grow, but instead that rapid growth will be harder when Apple is snapping at its heels.
Pricing will be key, as will the role of free. If Apple succeeds in bringing the standard price point down to 7.99 (and perhaps a subsidised price point of 4.99) then a whole new swathe of users will be brought into the marketplace. Still not the mainstream, but certainly getting towards the higher end of the mainstream that Netflix competes in. And certainly a bigger marketplace than the current one. If Spotify finds its free tier heavily capped then it will lose much of its customer acquisition strength, which may force it to spend more heavily on traditional acquisition tactics like app marketing and TV ad spots.
In this expanded marketplace a $500 million war chest would give Spotify the ability expand into new territories, double down on churn management and market in core markets. The intent will most likely be to weather the Apple storm and to be in solid enough shape the other end to IPO. As we have seen in the smartphone and tablet business, Apple can be leader but still leave plenty enough space for a vibrant and competitive marketplace. That is the scenario Spotify, Deezer, Rdio, Rhapsody and Jay-Z's new plaything-to-be WiMP will be hoping for.


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In February 1917, I was transferred to Naval 10, a new squadron just formed at Saint-Pol in France, near Dunkerque.
My two partners in crime at the time were William "Ollie" Smith Oliver and Gerald Nash. We worked hard, and played harder. The boys in your squadron quickly become your family. We were in this thing together. I don't think you can really understand what that's like unless you live it.
Towards the end of the summer, we were re-equipped with the new Sopwith Camel. We got into bombing that September, which was our role in the battle for the Menin Road Ridge. While the troops were fighting hard on the ground, we bombed rail lines, convoys and aerodromes, and attacked enemy positions on the ground.
In the end, what were we fighting for? Freedom? Empire? I'm not really sure. All I can tell you is that most of us were fighting for each other. Millions of lives were lost and millions more changed forever, all around the world. Few families were left untouched by the horrors of that war. So I honour them by remembering the sacrifice of all those who died, far from their homes and loved ones. And I hope you will too.


Yup'ik Elders admired this pair of Iñupiaq boots, which are similar to ones they remember from childhood. Oiled boots with waterproof stitching were needed for walking on the wet tundra in spring, summer, and fall. The maker of this pair used her teeth to soften the bearded sealskin soles and to shape the pleated toes and heels.
Virginia Minock: They're like rubber shoes. They are waterproof.
Joan Hamilton: Kiagllainarmi-qaa aturlarait makut?
Joan Hamilton: When weather is warm enough that there's moisture, like in the fall. Ii-i [yes], when there's liquid on the ground.
Neva Rivers: Seal-auyugnarquq. Seal skin-auguq mana kavirluku tauten. The whole thing. Allakaunruuq.
Joan Hamilton: Their sewing is different from our style.
Neva Rivers: Mm-hmm. Makut natrallrit naug' keggmarluki. Tangeqsaitua taugaam keggmarluki waten.
Joan Hamilton: They use their teeth for this kind of crimping.(2) Assirpag [so nice]!
Neva Rivers: See, maaggun stitch-arluki-ll' qamaggun pimaut makut. Teguarit makut spread-asqevkenaki waten tam mingeqluki maa-i pillruit.
Neva Rivers: Then when they're dry enough, they put these on, sew it on to this one [vamp].
Aron Crowell: Is that alder dye? To make them that nice red color?
Aron Crowell: And then to make them waterproof, you put oil, soak oil into them?
Neva Rivers: Yes, they do it this way [gestures sewing technique].
Neva Rivers: That fastens them really good. And the thread has to be very tight.
Neva Rivers: To make it waterproof.
Joan Hamilton: This [drawstring at top of upper] is braided sinew. This [strap] is the same thing to keep these [boots] in place, and then up here [drawstring] too.
John Phillip, Sr.: North-armiut tuaten piliilartut tamakunek.
Neva Rivers: Qagkumiut tam waten natratuut.
Aron Crowell: That particular pair, but you had similar waterproof boots?
1. An ivruciq—plural is ivrucit—is a "waterproof skin boot" (Jacobson 1984).
2. A teguaq—singular of teguat—is a "crimp in the sole of a skin boot." A teguarun is a "device for crimping boot soles" (Jacobson 1984).
3. Rye beach grass refers to taperrnaq "coarse seashore grass" (Elymus mollis) (Jacobson 1984).
4. An egliq is a "welt seam on boot" (Jacobson 1984). A welt—often made from a narrow strip of skin—was stitched into seams of boot soles and uppers to make the seam waterproof.
Smithsonian collector Edward W. Nelson purchased these waterproof sealskin boots at the trading post of St. Michael near the mouth of the Yukon River, but Yup'ik Elders suggested that they were made farther north, in Iñupiaq country.(1) Similar boots were used in the Yup'ik region for walking on soggy tundra during spring, summer, and fall. Elders observed that the maker of these boots used her teeth to shape the pleats, or crimps, on the toes and heels.
Anthropologist Margaret Lantis, on Nunivak Island in 1939-40, learned: "Around Norton Sound an ′xtay was a person who had been ashamed to go home and had turned into a wandering spirit.


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Food Facts & Fun
America's Top 10 Favorite Street Foods
by Oisin Curran
This famous Philly snack tastes best sprinkled with salt and smothered in mustard.
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In 610, a monk twisted some leftover dough into the shape of crossed arms and gave it to children as a reward for learning their prayers. Pretzels were a hit across Europe, and nine centuries later, when the Turks were tunneling under the walls of Vienna, it was the early-bird pretzel bakers who heard them and sounded the alarm. Even today, the coat of arms of the Viennese bakers proudly bears a pretzel. But it was the Pennsylvania Dutch who perfected what would become a famous Philly snack. According to The New York Times, the soft pretzel, sprinkled with salt and smothered in mustard may be the definitive street food.
10 Coolest Summer Foods
10 Meals that Are Proven to Make You Happier
Top 10 Picnic Foods
How Pizza Works
What are hot dogs made from?
American Museum of Natural History. "Hot Dogs as America." April 30, 2009. (April 28, 2010).http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/baseball/hotdogs/
Churrisimo Café. "Traditional Spanish Foods" June 22, 2006. (April 28, 2010).http://www.churrisimo.com/churros_history.html
Feiler, Bruce. "Spun Heaven." Gourmet Magazine. February 2000. (April 28, 2010). http://www.gourmet.com/magazine/2000s/2000/02/spunheaven
Fox, Peter. "Burritos -- A Search for Beginnings." Washington Post. April 11, 1998.
Goldstein, Elaine Dann. " Fare of the Country; Philadelphia's Twist on the Pretzel." The New York Times. Nov. 13, 1988. (April 28, 2010).http://www.nytimes.com/1988/11/13/travel/fare-of-the-country-philadelphia-s-twist-on-the-pretzel.html?sec=travel
Gordan, Lucy. "The Pizza Connection." The Epicurean Traveler.com. May 2007. (April 28, 2010). http://www.epicureantraveler.com/articles/Pizza_History_Gordan/Pizza%20History_Gordan.html
Kantor, Jodi. "A History of the Mideast in the Humble Chickpea." The New York Times. July 10, 2002. (April 28, 2010).http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/10/dining/a-history-of-the-mideast-in-the-humble-chickpea.html?pagewanted=2
Kraig, Bruce. "Hot Dog: A Global History." Reaktion Books, University of Chicago Press. 2009.
Pappas, Lou Seibert. "Crêpes: Sweet & Savory Recipes for the Home Cook." Chronicle Books, 2006.
Segal, David. " The Gyro's History Unfolds." The New York Times. July 14, 2009. (April 28, 2010).http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/15/dining/15gyro.html
Street Food.org. "Serving Up Street food in the Global South." (April 28, 2010).http://street food.org/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1
University of Guelph. "Ice Cream History and Folklore." 1995. (April 28, 2010).http://www.foodsci.uoguelph.ca/dairyedu/ichist.html
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DJ Arafat Dies In Motorbike Accident
A popular music artist, Ange Didier Huon alias DJ Arafat has died after being involved in a Motor Accident on Sunday night.Arafat was admitted to hospital in the main city, Abidjan, with a fractured skull after his motorcycle collided with a car on Sunday, Jeune Afrique says.
The 33-year-old died early on Monday.He has been referred to as the "king" of coupé-décalé dance music and one of his biggest hit songs, Dosabado, has over five million views on YouTube.
Amirablesblog.com learn that ,Fellow music artists like Davido have taken to social media to share their condolences.


Here, we will show you how to calculate how many dimes there are in 34 dollars.
First, calculate how many cents there are in 34 dollars by multiplying 34 by 100, and then divide that result by 10 cents to get the answer.
Note: We multiplied 34 by 100, because there are 100 cents in a dollar, and we divided 3,400 by 10, because there are 10 cents in a dime.
How many dimes are in 35 dollars?


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Q: Access Azure blob storage using C++ Was looking around and found a few answers that suggests that I should use REST. But how would I integrate this in Qt/c++? Could anyone link some examples of this or maybe a few lines of code? Would really appreciate it!

A: It took me a lot of time to achieve it. The trickiest thing is that you have to decode your primary key. With the help of this question, I've decided to use OpenSSL and I've made the following code.
QString datastring = "GET\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nx-ms-date:" + date + "\nx-ms-version:2009-09-19\n/myStorage/\ncomp:list";
QByteArray ba = datastring.toUtf8();

unsigned char* signature = reinterpret_cast<unsigned char*>(ba.data());
QByteArray kba = QByteArray::fromBase64("theStorageAccountKey");
unsigned char* key = (unsigned char*) kba.data();
unsigned char result[EVP_MAX_MD_SIZE];
unsigned int result_len;
ENGINE_load_builtin_engines();
ENGINE_register_all_complete();

HMAC_CTX ctx;
HMAC_CTX_init(&ctx);
HMAC_Init_ex(&ctx, key, strlen((const char*)key), EVP_sha256(), NULL);
HMAC_Update(&ctx, signature, strlen((const char*)signature));
HMAC_Final(&ctx, result, &result_len);
HMAC_CTX_cleanup(&ctx);

QByteArray array = QByteArray::fromRawData((char*)result, result_len);
array = array.toBase64();
qDebug() << "signature hash" << array;

QString version = "2009-09-19";

//requesting the list of container to Windows Azure
QNetworkAccessManager* manager = new QNetworkAccessManager();
QNetworkRequest request;
request.setUrl(QUrl("http://myStorage.blob.core.windows.net/?comp=list"));
request.setRawHeader("Authorization","SharedKey myStorage:" + array);
request.setRawHeader("x-ms-date", date.toStdString().c_str());
request.setRawHeader("x-ms-version", version.toStdString().c_str());
QNetworkReply *reply = manager->get(request);
connect(reply, SIGNAL(readyRead()), this, SLOT(manageCloudReply()));

I hope it'll help somebody.

A: Please check out this question. It covers what you ask and outlines couple of freely available C++ libraries, which you could incorporate to access Azure services.


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Commentary Eccentric or artistic?
Prioritizing creatives' mental health
Written by: Sonia Ionescu
Visual by: Laura Brennan
Content warning: suicide, mental illness, self harm, substance abuse
When I'm prescribed a new medication, one of the first things I do (besides going to the pharmacy to fill the prescription) is look on forums and websites to see potential side effects of the medication — places like the r/bipolar subreddit, patientslikeme.com, and the section of the medication's wikipedia page dedicated to the possible side effects, how frequent they are, and their severity. The most common side effects tend to be drowsiness and weight gain, but something that is perhaps more concering than clinicized symptoms is the continuous mention, over and over again, of a stifling of creativity due to medications.
Many people worry that medications made to treat mental illness will drain their creative juices, leaving them unable to create or perform the way they once did. This is something that I have struggled with, as well. Prior to my diagnosis and the chaos that is university life, my camera was basically attached to my hand; I wrote fairly frequently; I listened to music almost non-stop. But between a lack of time and a lack of inspiration, the things that I once considered integral to who I was became little more than a passing thought on most days.
But between a lack of time and a lack of inspiration, the things that I once considered integral to who I was became little more than a passing thought on most days.
However, after finding a medication which works for me, along with a regular regimen of cognitive behavioural therapy, my love of art and creation began to come back. Without the debilitating exhaustion caused by depressive episodes and the whiplash-inducing speed with which I veer from topic to topic while hypomanic, I am able to create much more consistently. Why, then, do I occasionally wish for just a little bit of heartbreak, a little extra sadness?
There are plenty of cultural references, both modern and historical, to feed the "tortured artist" trope. Many accomplished artists led lives shrouded in sadness: Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Kurt Cobain, Amy Winehouse, and the rest of the members of the "27 club," for example, which have been a topic of discussion since Kurt Cobain's death in 1994. Over the past several years, the suicides of Robin Williams and Chester Bennington have caused increased discussion surrounding the treatment of mental illness.
This is not, however, a modern invention. The phrase poète maudit, meaning accursed poet and associated with writers living "outside society," often resulting in early death, was popularized in the 1800s. Edvard Munch, who painted "The Scream" in 1893, suffered from anxiety and hallucinations. Vincent Van Gogh was known for his attempts to poison himself by eating paint and drinking turpentine. Virginia Woolf filled her overcoat pockets with stones and walked into the River Ouse. Lord Byron once said, "We of the craft are all crazy. Some are affected by gaiety, others by melancholy, but all are more or less touched."
Popular science has elaborated on this correlation: there are countless articles, and even books, about the relationship between mental illness and creativity. A 2012 study from researchers at the Karolisnka Institutet claims that creative professionals are eight per cent more likely than the general population to be bipolar, and writers in particular are 120 per cent more likely to be bipolar. A 2015 study by researchers from a biological research company called deCODE genetics claims that "creatives" are 17 per cent more likely to carry genetic variants that increase the risk of bipolar disorder or schizophrenia than non-creative types. However, others question these claims: Scott Barry Kaufman, a psychologist at the University of Pennsylvania, says that "any particular set of genes is only going to explain a very small part of variation in any psychological trait."
Research shows that there may also be a link between an artist's personal life and how their art is evaluated. This has been coined the "eccentricity effect" by Wijnant A. P. Van Tilburg, a researcher at King's College London. In a 2014 study, Tilburg et. al. found that when they created a fictional Icelandic artist named Jón Stefánsson, evaluation of Stefánsson's art was more positive when a short introduction noted that "on the personal level, Jón Stefánsson is often described as very eccentric." In a separate cohort of the same study, Tilburg showed photos of Jón Stefánsson — in the "low eccentricity condition," the man is dressed ordinarily and has short hair; in the "high eccentricity condition," the man is skinny, with half-long hair combed over one side of his head, wearing a black shirt and vest. The perceived eccentricity had a significant positive effect on the evaluation of Stefánsson's art.
The pressure to appear interesting in order to be taken seriously as an artist, or even as a person, can be overwhelming to anyone attempting to form a sense of style — in my experience, this is compounded when trying to recover from mental illness. In my teen years, while my peers were developing a constructive sense of self, I was frankly struggling to stay alive. There is a phenomenon known as "identity moratorium," where an adolescent in crisis is unable to make a commitment to roles or values which form an identity, and this was definitely true for me. When entering treatment, I found that so much of my sense of self was wrapped in self-destruction and mental illness that I did not know who I was or who I could become. A desire to go to art school further complicated this, as I felt that being healthy and happy would detract from the valorized "interesting" persona. This took multiple years of therapy to overcome, and is a thought that still plagues me during particularly difficult times.
In therapy, I now discuss how to do things that are both "good" and "right." Often we do things that are good ó they make us feel better, they bring us comfort — and wrong. Things at this intersection can include anything that goes against one's own set of morals. For me, this has included self-harm and substance abuse. Art can be good and right, or good and wrong, or even bad and wrong. Art therapy exists for a reason, and the simple act of creation can be transformative. Countless artists, myself included, take this to an unhealthy extent, torturing themselves for art, because it is said that the best art makes you feel something, and it is often easier to put pain on paper than joy. It is my contention that it is not necessary to feel this pain in order to create something meaningful, and that the world (and art) would be better off if more people believed that happy people can still make eloquent, even sad, art.
Countless artists, myself included, take this to an unhealthy extent, torturing themselves for art, because it is said that the best art makes you feel something, and it is often easier to put pain on paper than joy.
A 2009 meta-analysis by Mark Davis, a researcher at the University of North Texas, found that a "positive mood enhances creativity." In addition, "those in the creative professions [are] no more likely to suffer from psychiatric disorders that other people." In my experience, happiness (or even just contentedness) and creation can and do overlap. When I think of the years that I lost to mental illness, I mourn the me that could have been — a me that was more able to take and edit photographs, rather than laying in bed for days on end, a me unafraid to try new media (I've always wanted to try sculpting), a me with more harnessable energy, rather than energy that seems to only channel itself into destruction. In periods of stability, I am infinitely more able to create, and I wonder how my art could have grown if I had had the consistency that untreated bipolar disorder has stolen from me. If I had been more confident that recovery was the right direction for me, I could've avoided so much pain and suffering.
My greatest fear about this discussion is that the trope of the tortured artist leads to the creation of real tortured artists, as it has become so deeply ingrained in popular discourse that artists just aren't happy. If they are happy, they're not just happy, they're eccentric; there's no room to be both a regular, well-adjusted person and an artist. I'm not saying that artists should attempt be forced to happiness. I am saying that they should have the option to do so, and still be taken seriously as an artist.