The Intuition Effect #ShickAmbassador Reader Reviews!
Being a parent means we are constantly busy doing something; I literally never say or think "I'm bored!" and I always have something lined up if my kids decide to nag me. There is always something to do, somewhere to be, someone to deal with. There are so many things on my list daily; Raising three kids that are passed the baby stage, taking care of pets, running a household, cleaning, laundry, cooking, and my blogging plus other writing when I can slip in the time. Life doesn't seem to have a pause button.
It's busy and it is so easy to become too busy with only so many hours in a day, this can result in forgetting to slow it down and think of number one. It is okay to take a moment for ourselves; we need to remind ourselves we (moms/dads) are as important as the kids. If we aren't happy, how can we make them happy? I have to remind myself that sometimes, the laundry piles can wait. They won't go anywhere.
How do I find the time to take care of me? I try to carve it out when I can; simple. Yes, having an adults only day or evening is wonderful but my moments are surely happy ones when I can finally take even an hour or so to do something small for me; drink an entire coffee while it's still hot, paint my nails, have that hidden snack or my favourite, take a hot shower after a long day, on my own, all alone without any little ones trying to sneak into the bathroom and "see what I'm doing".
Taking a shower alone may not feel like a big thing to some people but in my life, it's the simple things that give me the Intuition Effect; simplify my life and make me happier.
Moments I can to take care of myself and feel "human" again. It's the small things like having the time to thoroughly wash my hair with my favorite shampoo that I keep hidden from the kids or shave my legs with my Schick Intuition razor. It's the simple things that give me the Intuition Effect.
Speaking of Schick Intuition have you tried the new Schick Intuition? It's literally one of my favorite on-the-go razors. It has a four-blade pivoting head surrounded by a moisturizing shave bar; no shaving cream required. The sleek handle gives it grip; no nicks or cuts.
Being a #SchickAmbassador has its perks; I really like this razor for a simple choice for the simple moments.
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I was so excited when I received my razor in the mail. With a very busy 8 month old in my life shower time is always a mad rush and 9/10 my legs get neglected as I just don't have time to lather up and shave. So having the soap on the razor definitely intrigued me. To start off the smell was amazing! I used the razor right away and tended to my neglected hairy legs! It was awesome. It was so easy to use, the handle was a great fit in the hand and my legs felt really smooth afterwards! The only downside I found was it was really hard to clean out the razor afterwards. Definitely gonna continue to use this razor, my husband will be happy his razors will be left untouched. Thank you again!!
My Intuition Effect isn't a common one. I "Gotitfree" in exchange for my honest feedback on the product, which is also a contest entry. I received my razor at the perfect time! I've got an infection on my foot and not able to balance well so using this razor was easy to use and made my shower process faster due to fewer steps! In one stroke I could lather and shave ... all without having to balance for too long. I'll be searching for them at the store.
I just got the razor in the mail today in exchange for honest feed back about the product. It's amazing! I really enjoy it! No cuts or nicks like I usually get from cheap razors! Smooth shave and great product. Worth giving a try.
#gotitfree in exchange for my honest feedback on the product. This is a contest entry. I just received this in the mail yesterday and have literally been waiting to use it! I've used the cheap Gillette women razor for years but I had no idea that Schick Intuiton is this simple and so much better to use! I used it in the shower for my legs, smooth perfect shave, no razor burn! Thanks Schick for giving me this chance to try it out! Love it!
I got the Schick Intuition sensitive care razor for free. "#Gotitfree in exchange for my honest feedback on the product, which is also a contest entry" on A Motherhood Experience.
What can I say about this product? Shick promises good quality razors and this razor wasn't any different. I love the subtle scent! It was gentle to use. I love the fact, I didn't have to use a shaving gel on the side. This razor lathers and moisturizes at the same time. I noticed it left my hands and legs really soft afterwards. I didn't even need to lotion them. I would recommend this razor to my family and friends.
#Gotitfree in exchange for my honest feedback on the product. This is a contest entry. I liked using this razor. The handle was great to grip, both in and out of the shower. It was a smooth glide from the beginning to the end of each stroke. My legs felt smooth and not dry after being out of the shower. My only complaint was that the moisture bar fades away quickly, so I would only be able to get a few uses from each razor. Overall, this was a great product to use and I would recommend it to friends and family.
#gotitfree in exchange for my honest feedback on the product. This is a contest entry. I was excited to try this razor and I have to say it was the softest shave I've ever had. I couldn't even feel the blades on my skin and my legs felt silky smooth all day!


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- What roles does a fashion designer play in the production process?
Fashion designers work on the design of a clothing range. While many are generalist, working across a wide field, some fashion designers may focus completely on a specialist area, such as sportswear, childrenswear, womenswear, menswear or accessories.
The main markets you will work in as a fashion designer are haute couture, designer ready-to-wear and high street fashion. Developments in technology mean that a designer ready-to-wear product can be produced as a high street version in less than six weeks.
Depending on level of responsibility and the company, a fashion designer may work to their own brief or be given a brief to work towards (including specifications in relation to colour and fabric) and develop a product from this.
Tasks depend on the market the fashion designer is producing for, but core responsibilities include creating/visualising an idea and making a sketch by hand or using computer aided design, keeping up to date with emerging fashion trends, liaising closely with sales, buying and production teams to ensure the item complements other products, negotiating with customers and suppliers and overseeing production.
Experienced fashion designers with larger companies may focus more on the design aspect, with pattern cutters and machinists preparing sample garments. In smaller companies these, and other tasks, may be part of the fashion designer's role.
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Part 3 of our four-part series showcasing successful campaigns explores multichannel efforts by Stop Hunger Now and the Salvation Army.
By Joe Boland
The day after the earthquake hit, Stop Hunger Now launched its relief campaign. Throughout the course of the year, it used e-mail, direct mail and social media to solicit donations to respond to both the short- and long-term effects of the devastation. Stop Hunger Now's history as both a hunger-relief and disaster-relief organization provided a blueprint on how to respond quickly and mobilize its resources as fast as possible. Before it began to package meals for the hungry, the organization was a crisis-relief nonprofit; it undertook a similar campaign during the 2004 tsunami crisis in Southeast Asia.
The first objective of the campaign was to mobilize the resources available to respond as quickly as possible. Stop Hunger Now was able to do that with its people on the ground and the work it was already doing in Haiti. On top of that, the organization wanted to raise as much money as possible for the relief effort. But since time was of the essence, it never established a specific dollar amount to shoot for.
"At the time, the hectic nature of organizing the meal shipments and the gift-in-kind shipments didn't allow us much time to think of a specific strategy and goal of the number we wanted to reach," Barrick says. "But the most important part of the relief aspect was mobilizing the resources as quickly as possible."
The media strategy encompassed reaching out to Stop Hunger Now supporters immediately and then updating them and continuing to ask throughout the year. That started with e-mailing its housefile of 9,000 e-mail addresses, sending quarterly newsletters on Haiti to its 18,000 direct-mail addresses and promoting the campaign via social media.
Stop Hunger Now wanted supporters to send in donations and gifts-in-kind to help the organization provide as many services as possible. Given the initial need and urgency of disaster relief, it expected a large response online, with more major donations coming in via mail.
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The Hills Recap: Someone Dust Off Candy Finnigan Because Drunken Holly Montag is Getting the World's Fastest Intervention!
Author: Patrick Varone Updated: October 21, 2009
This week on a very special episode of "The Hills," Kristin provides mosquito nets to children in third world countries, while Lo decides to donate her salary for the year to a homeless family, and Audrina contemplates enlisting in the US Army. Oh, wait, that didn't happen. Holly gets buzzed, which everyone thinks is "too drunk" and an intervention is staged, in which no one really shows up for. A dream come true. Here's what else went down last night on "The Hills: Is It Over Yet?"
We kick things off with Kristin providing a recap to us all about the fight between Brody and Jayde at his 5-year old surprise party. It would have been a nice touch if someone from the camera crew threw a water balloon at her face during the story. Next time. Kristin is fidgeting all throughout the conversation with LOser, which can only mean one thing to me: Justin Bobby gave Kristin crabs. What other reason could there be? LOser remains pointless during this scene, but not as pointless as Stacie the Pointless Bartender (who I'm now stalking on Twitter, so I'll let ya know how that goes).
I love how now when I see Stephanie Pratt I can't help but to pretend she's a big drunk in every scene that she's in, ever since the DUI over the weekend. Like, when she showed up at Audrina's house of horror instead of ringing the doorbell it would have been awesome if she crashed her car right through Oddy's front door.
Steph and Oddy are chit-chattin' like school girls in homeroom about, you guessed it, Justin Bobby and how Audrina must not have been thinking while she was dating him for the past 4-years. Objection, your honor. Move to strike. Audrina hasn't had the ability to think since the day she was God-damn born. As a sidenote she also hasn't had the ability to look down at ants on the ground either, but that's another story for another time in another place with other people.
I tune out a little during this scene because I'm noticing how Audrina has all single pictures of herself behind her in various poses. Brilliant.
Audrina "reads" the text message that J Bob sent her which consists of: "I cannot believe it's really over, is it really over, I can't believe it." Wow pure poetry from Justin Bobby. Also that text message is a real tooth-twister for Audrina to say since, you know, she, like a shark, has 3 sets of teeth.
Kristin heads home to Laguna Beach and I'm pretty sure when she was driving towards her parents house I saw Cami panhandling for money. I could tell it was her by the 6-foot gap between her two front teef. R.I.P Cami, R.I.P.
Seriously, the entire scene with Kristin's dad is pure brilliance. First off he's drinking wine and having cheese with his daughter in the middle of the afternoon. I'm waiting for Chris Hanson from "To Catch a Predator" to pop out from the living room and ask her dad to have a seat. Second, Kristin's dad asks Kristin if she's seen Steven or Lauren at all. Haha score one point in the "retro" column. I love how he still thinks she filming Lagina Creek. He probably thinks she's been in her bedroom for the past 5 years. And third, Kristin's dad takes the role of the "5th bitch" in the show and talks some smack about Brody being obsessed with himself. The only thing that could have made it better would be if he was braiding Kristin's hair while "dishing" with the ladies.
Sidenote: I want to make sex with Kristin's parents house. In particular, their outdoor area. Giggity.
Finally the moment we've all been waiting for! Steve Sanders is dressed in his plaid shirt and cowboy hat again, which he wears more like a Milli Vanilli hat than he does a cowboy hat…and Holly is drunky-drunkerson. Finally some reality in this show. Let me just say that I don't think that Holly was bad at all. I mean, she was drunk, sure, but that's fine with me.
Holly gives sloppy hugs to her sister, which she screams "sister" to in her face and moments later asks the recovering alcoholic (fail) Stephanie if she wants a drink. Holly asks it, but doesn't stick around for the answer. She's like "I'm buying" and then sprints to the bathroom.
Later Holly does a shot of tequila, apparently by herself. I mean this is really a problem. A big problem. I mean, a young girl having fun at a party? Send her to Promises Rehab immediately.
By the way, this high-end Brent Bolthouse party is being attended by Tom Green, so, yeah, not so high end. More to come on this later.
Holly later is doing karate chop dance moves to Steve Sanders friend, Charlie, and then tells him that "every single second of my life is the best moment of my life." Slap that on a Hallmark card and I think we've got a best seller. Later she tells Brent Crackhouse about some painting she wants to buy. Honestly, this whole scene was edited within an inch of its life. Hmmm, maybe everyone was trashed in every episode of every season of the show and that's why they edit it?
The party scene ends with the best scene all season….Holly Montag dancing. Drunk dancing. Interpretive dancing. Drunk Interpretive Dancing. While it all becomes very Lady Gaga, Holly has some original moves of her own. For example: Riding Santa's Sleigh, Washing the Windows, Robot With Turrets, Fan My Farts, and Snakes in the Air. Like the children I don't have, I love all of Holly's dance moves equally.
Pre-Intervention: Steph and Heidi begin the pre-intervention at lunch. Heidi doesn't seem to understand what "drunk" really is, as Steph says that Holly was out of control to which Heidi responds, "She just had too much to drink." Uh, yeah, that takes cares of the "out of control" part. Stephanie also informs the viewing audience that every time they go out, Holly gets kicked out wherever they are. Heidi, who is apparently still thinking about chasing seagulls on the beach, doesn't know if she should say anything to Holly because "she's hesitant." So basically Heidi is putting more thought into this situation than she did when she signed up for a new nose, chin, boobs, and hair. Interesting.
J Bob broke into Kristin's Malibu beach house to cook her dinner. Why they're playing "She-Wolf" right now is beyond me. Boring.
Audrina goes on her "date" with Justin's best friend. The only good thing that came out of this is when her date asks her if she's in "deep thought." You totally know that she was just trying to figure out what day it was and how old she was. Fail.
Audrina's teeth would be perfect for eating artichokes. That'll be all.
It's time for the quickest and most effective Intervention ever. Heidi and Steve Sanders meet Holly at a Mexican restaurant, to which Holly already orders a Margarita. Woooo-hooooo! Ay! Ay! Ay! Ay! Let the games begin! Seriously, I want to be able to drink at my intervention (remember that). Holly tells us that when it's an "occasion" she feels like she can have a few drinks. You know, like a Wednesday afternoon for example….or Flag Day!
The Intervention takes a left turn when Heidi and Steve Sanders start talking about how this will effect Holly's business. Her business? Which is……? Steve Sanders actually says, "This was Brent Bolthouse's most influential crowd….." Yeah, uh, we all saw Tom Green there. Very influential. I guess if Holly EVER wants to get her own Canadian podcasting show she better not piss off Tom Green. Heidi chimes in again that someone will say, "I don't want to do business with you. I saw you" to which Steve Sanders chimes in "do a danceoff." Don't listen to them, Holly. I've closed more deals by doing a danceoff than I did sitting in a boardroom and that's a fact! Also, everyone likes a drunk.
Well that was the fastest and most effective intervention. Just to sum it up, it basically went like this: Holly you should stop drinking. (Holly) You're right, I will. End scene.
Blah back to Audrina and Justin Bobby. They meet up on the roof, which I'm hoping they'll play "murder-suicide" on. They don't. Ugh. I never get what I want. Anyway, J Bob tells Oddy that there will never be anyone better than Audrina Patridge. Well that must have worked because Oddy agreed to not date J Bob's friend anymore. Audrina seems like the type of girl who will go into work explaining that J Bob socked her in the eye, but he had every right to do it because she did, indeed, burn the roast the night before.
Someone please give me an intervention about this show!
Next week, Holly drinks more. Ay! Ay! Ay! Arriba! Arriba!
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The Kathrine G. McGovern College of The Arts School of Theatre & Dance presents Ensemble Dance Works, an annual showcase featuring original dance works by faculty and guest artists, as performed by the pre-professional dance company, The UH Dance Ensemble. Ensemble Dance Works premieres April 27-28, 2018 at 7:30PM and April 29, 2018 at 1:30PM at the Lyndall Finley Wortham Theater, University of Houston Central Campus. On April 27th, Friday evening, audience members are invited after the performance to join UH in a celebration in honor of Judy & Walter Jones who have endowed a new dance student scholarship: The Tommy Tune Dance Scholarship.
Ensemble Dance Works showcases inventive choreography created by faculty John Beasant III, Teresa Chapman, Karen Stokes, Toni Valle, Becky Valls, and guest choreographers Corian Ellisor and Jennifer Wood.
The other works for the evening include choreography by celebrated UH dance faculty. John Beasant III presents his piece Calligraphy, a contemporary dance piece that explores the joy of unification through the idea of beautiful writing, yielding to a creative fire. Set to music written and performed by Sinead O'Connor, the dance highlights two dancers in a tight, lush, and sensual choreographic structure. The piece is "audience-friendly" in that allows the viewing eye to saturate itself in a pleasing and unchallenging way. "This piece is an example of the voice the art of dance can have," states Beasant. It also pays homage to Beasant's classical roots as a young mover and those who he studied with him in graduate school.
Teresa Chapman explores the invasion of personal space and the creation and decay of physical intimacy through her piece titled Place. "My happy place is in your personal space," remarks Chapman. Place is performed by ten Ensemble members with music by Radiohead and costume design by UH alum Ashley Horn Nott.
Karen Stokes is de-constructing a work from 2008, with a working title of Rearranging the Furniture. Come to the show and find out which furniture went where!
Spotless, choreographed by Becky Valls, is a "spoof on the American obsession with house cleaning." This satire battles "war on grime" equipped with household cleaning supplies and the misconception of it being a woman's watch post. Set to poetry and music, this dance will take the audience through the everyday household chores people encounter.
http://www.uh.edu/kgmca//theatre-and-dance/buy-tickets/2017-2018/dance-works/. For more information, contact UH Dance Production Faculty member, Toni Valle at (713) 409-2838.


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Are Your Relationships Up On Blocks?
Along with our sweet tea, SEC football, and good manners, in the South we also have an affinity for lawn ornaments. These can range from the occasional flamingo, the weeping angel statues you'll find in gardens, or my favorite eyesore- the car up on blocks. I'm not sure why you will see so many cars up on blocks here in the South, but I like to think that it tells us a lot about the person that lives in the residence. When I see a car up on blocks I have a few thoughts about the person who owns that car, and things that might be true about him or her. Cars can be a lot like people, and symbolic of relationships. Some cars can be members of the family and some even have names. A few questions come to mind when I see a car up on blocks. Is it fixable? Is it worth it?
Cars aren't meant to work forever. However, if treated properly, they can last for a long time with maintenance. If a car isn't maintained, much like a relationship, it will break down and it will not be usable. When a malfunction occurs it could be something simple, but odds are, if the car is up on blocks than it is definitely a problem much more complex. Most of the time before a vehicle completely breaks down there are a lot of signs that something has gone wrong. There might be a little symbol in your dashboard, or there could be a noise you hear when you are running the roads. Relationship symbols and sounds are a little different when they are signaling trouble, but they are there nonetheless. Communication is usually the key to both the breaking of the relationship, and also whether or not it gets fixed.
Signs your relationship are headed for a breakdown are easy to spot. While oil in a car is necessary, the relationship equivalent of oil is communication. It is the one thing that can help keep everything running smoothly. As long as communication is open and honest, there is hope to keep your engines running.
Another sign your relationship is headed for a breakdown is the same as if we were talking about a car. Sometimes, with little warning, something breaks. Something changes. It could be circumstances, it might be something deliberate. With a car it doesn't matter if someone cuts your brake line,or someone let the air out of your tire, time is of the essence in figuring out what it wrong and getting it fixed. The same can be said of most relationships. Getting to the problem is half the battle, but fixing the problem can be the most tricky.
Which leads me to what happens when something breaks? When a breakdown occurs, one thing is for sure. It won't fix itself. With relationships, because there is more than one person involved, this is a complex situation. In order for it to function properly it is not as simple as replacing a malfunctioning part. The process can take a long time. Also, there is the risk that it might never be fixed. Not everything is fixable.
When something has gone wrong you can respond in one of a few ways. You can try to fix it yourself, take it into the shop, or you can rely on a friend to help you. As a last resort the car might be beyond fixable, and therefore you might have to make a bigger decision than you first planned. In rare instances, a car might end up on blocks until you can decide what direction to go in. Restoration, trading it in, scrapping it, and just letting it sit there are all things that could happen to a car that is in need of assistance. When a relationship runs into trouble, the options are very similar.
Restoration is the first option. When a car is a wonderful piece of machinery and it could be worth much more fixed, people will choose to restore the car. It will require much time, hard work, and probably money, but when they finish what they started, it will be something to be enjoyed for years to come. Sometimes restoration is a wonderful option in relationships too. Sometimes with a little tender love and care an old beat up relationship can seem new as long as both parties are committed to the process, and it will be a process.
You can trade a car in, and sometimes that is truly the best option. Maybe you aren't attached to the car emotionally, and the best thing to do is to just replace it with a new car. Getting a new car can be exciting and fun. The same is true with a new relationship. If the commitment isn't there, maybe the best option is to get a new one.
Sometimes you don't need the car, and you can just scrap it. If it doesn't work anyway, it's a great option. You might not need to replace the existing car, but you know holding on to it isn't the best thing to do. This is also true about relationships. Maybe you are better off single for the moment, or maybe you just need some time to figure things out.
Lastly, you could just let it sit there. This is the option I refer to as putting a car up on blocks. This particular choice makes me wonder more than the other options. Letting something sit there with no progress toward the greater good also means that there will be negative consequences. Things rarely just sit and don't get worse. When a car, or a relationship, is up on blocks it's not going anywhere, and there are usually no plans for it to go anywhere. So, why keep it? Sometimes it is the sentimental reasons that make us reluctant to let go. Maybe a lot of firsts happened. Maybe you just aren't ready to have a final decision. Maybe you don't know how to fix it, and you are waiting on something to happen to guide you in the right direction. Perhaps you just don't have the time to devote to fixing it, but you don't want to let it go just yet. Whatever the reason, when I found myself pondering this recently, I found myself judgmental of those I knew with those kind of relationships. Then I realized I was in possession of a few relationships up on blocks myself.
I decided that I had been holding on to things because I was scared of letting them go. I was scared because I wanted to keep them so much, I didn't care if they hurt me. For a long time it was worth it to not say how I felt because I wanted to protect someone that meant everything to me, but I knew that in their eyes, it was me that was up on blocks. The truth is as human beings we are worth the best life we can lead. It may not be what we want, but maybe things will find their way to make them okay. So if you are reading this and someone is not choosing you, then choose yourself. You choose you, because you are worth it. A good friend of mine has a dream car I've never heard of, but that means there is someone out there for everyone. You are someone's dream. It might not always be perfect, but you deserve something amazing.
A relationship is not a trophy. It's not a merit badge we wear with our accomplishments. It's how we treat another human being , and they in turn translate that into having value to you. You are essentially letting someone know you love them when you are investing in your maintenance. When you invest in a person, you should get a return on your investment. The value of a car that is being worked on rarely goes down, and the same could be said about most relationships. But if for some reason you are pouring money into the car equivalent of the Money Pit, and you love it with all your heart, but it will never transport you anywhere again, please ask yourself why you are doing that. At the end of the day, you aren't going around in circles, you are going nowhere. We all know that it is rare that a car up on blocks ever actually makes it off. Luckily, here in the South, with a little kudzu we can consider them yard art.


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Justice Dept. officials appealed to White House to halt release of memo alleging FBI abuses related to author of Trump dossier
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein warned White House Chief of Staff John Kelly Monday about the risks of releasing the document. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
By Josh Dawsey
Devlin Barrett
Top Justice Department officials made a last-ditch plea Monday to White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly about the dangers of publicly releasing a memo alleging abuses by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, according to people briefed on the meeting.
Shortly before the House Intelligence Committee voted to make the document public, Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein warned Kelly that the four-page memo prepared by House Republicans could jeopardize classified information and implored the president to reconsider his support for making it public, those people said. Rosenstein was joined in the meeting at the White House by FBI Director Christopher A. Wray.
Rosenstein, who is supervising special counsel Robert S. Mueller III's investigation into Russia's interference in the 2016 election, said the Department of Justice was not convinced the memo accurately describes its investigative practices. He said making the document public could set a dangerous precedent, according to a person familiar with the discussion.
Created by Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.), the four-page memo is critical of the Justice Department and the FBI's handling of the Russia investigation. (Victoria Walker/The Washington Post)
While Wray also expressed opposition to the memo's release, Rosenstein did much of the talking, according to a senior U.S. government official. Attorney General Jeff Sessions was not present at the meeting.
In response, Kelly told Rosenstein and Wray that the president was still inclined to release the memo but the White House would go through a review led by the National Security Council and the White House Counsel's Office, a senior administration official said. That review is expected to take at least several days, a senior White House official said.
Trump has not yet seen the memo, according to a White House spokesman.
The West Wing meeting Monday with Kelly, which was originally scheduled to discuss other matters, is the latest sign of the tension between the administration and the Justice Department. That divide has deepened in the charged debate over the memo detailing alleged surveillance abuses by the FBI and the Justice Department, a document championed by Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.), chairman of the House Intelligence Committee.
After the House Intelligence Committee voted to release a classified memo, Republicans lauded the step while Democrats criticized it as a political deception. (Jenny Starrs/The Washington Post)
Rosenstein's urgent push to head off the disclosure of the classified memo came after Kelly privately relayed to Sessions last week that Trump wants to see the document come out, as The Washington Post reported Saturday.
The effort also comes amid questions about Rosenstein's own future. The president has told close advisers recently that the memo could provide him with grounds for either firing or forcing the deputy attorney general to leave, according to one person familiar with his remarks.
Trump sought release of classified Russia memo, putting him at odds with Justice Department
The White House, the Department of Justice and the FBI all declined to comment.
The showdown over the memo comes after Trump has lashed out at a number of top Justice Department officials. After firing FBI Director James B. Comey last spring, he has told aides at times that he would like to oust Sessions and Mueller. The president backed off a threat to fire the special counsel last June after White House Counsel Donald F. McGahn threatened to resign.
Trump's interactions with senior law enforcement officials have drawn scrutiny from Mueller's team, which is probing potential obstruction of justice.
White House officials have downplayed the Justice Department's role in the decision whether to release the memo. On Monday, deputy White House press secretary Raj Shah said on CNN that "the Department of Justice doesn't have a role in this process."
The release is increasingly probable after the House Intelligence Committee voted along partisan lines Monday night to release the memo, giving the president a five-day window to decide whether he agrees with the release. Leading Republicans have said it uncovers abuses that should be made public. Democratic lawmakers have said the document is a political tactic to undermine the Mueller investigation.
People familiar with the Intelligence Committee's memo say its main target is the FBI's relationship with Christopher Steele, a British ex-spy who was hired in 2016 by a Washington research firm to examine any connections between Trump and Russian leaders. The work, which was funded by Clinton's presidential campaign and the Democratic National Committee, led to a dossier of allegations against Trump and some of his advisers — allegations that the president has denied.
Within the FBI, some of Steele's work was eventually incorporated into a 2016 application to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to conduct surveillance on Carter Page, a former Trump campaign adviser, according to people familiar with the matter. Republican lawmakers have suggested that Steele provided bad information to the FBI, leading to a broader probe of Trump associates.
People familiar with the memo said it does not conclusively say whether Steele intentionally passed suspect information to the FBI or simply made a mistake.
Matt Zapotosky contributed to this report.


Home / Opinion / Blatt column / Prosperity Policy: Really, governor?
To interpret General Electric's recent decision to move its headquarters from Connecticut to Massachusetts as any kind of justification for tax cuts in Oklahoma is a mistake.
The reasons for GE's move are complicated. Yes, GE and other businesses had criticized recent tax increases enacted by Connecticut. At the same time, Massachusetts and the city of Boston offered GE the largest subsidy package in state history, pledging $145 million in grants and aid. Meanwhile, Connecticut had sided with a GE rival, United Technologies Corp., also based in Connecticut, in recent competitions for federal military contracts, according to The Hartford Courant.
Still, Gov. Mary Fallin seized on GE's announcement to defend her decision to push ahead with an income tax cut in the midst of a massive budget shortfall. "This is precisely why we know lower taxes influence where businesses go," she said.
This must have been the first time that a governor of Oklahoma has praised Massachusetts for low taxes. "Taxachusetts" has the 11th-highest level of state and local taxes in the nation and an 8-percent corporate tax rate.
The fact is, since 2004, Oklahoma has cut its top personal income tax rate from just under 7 percent to 5 percent. Yet the governor cannot point to one single company that has chosen to relocate to Oklahoma from Connecticut or anywhere else and cited our low tax rates as the reason.
The governor failed to mention that in choosing Massachusetts, GE was selecting a state that spends the eighth most per student on public education and has the highest share of college graduates in the country. Nor did she note that Massachusetts' workers earn the second-highest median hourly wage in the nation or that only 4 percent of Massachusetts residents lack health insurance.
Meanwhile, in Oklahoma, tax cuts – which have cost the state over $1 billion so far – are having a crippling effect on funding for schools, public health and other cornerstones of a thriving state. Our business leaders consistently put investing more in education at the top of their policy agenda. Some earned the ire of the governor's finance secretary by speaking out against tax cuts.
For too long, Oklahoma has dumped all its eggs in the low-tax basket. It's time for Gov. Fallin and others to admit the eggs are broken.


To raise the heat quotient at your next gathering, serve up a fun game and suggestively named cocktail, advise sisters Lauren Purcell and Anne Purcell Grissinger in their new book, Cocktail Parties, Straight Up!
Set out a bowl of Ping-Pong balls, each one inked with the names of two famous men or women. Each player picks a ball and has to answer: Who would you sleep with if you absolutely had to choose? SpongeBob or Homer Simpson? Martha or Hillary? You get the idea.
Combine in a large pitcher and stir: Store in refrigerator until party time. Pour into chilled glasses and sip slowly (this drink is yummy but potent!).
Pour ingredients into a glass over ice, stir. Garnish.


I only tried this as a sample, so can't speak for it's long term efficiency, but the sample tasted great, I was pleasantly suprised! It took a while to mix, but I kept shaking it between sips. I would buy more.
Nice flavour but could mix better.
Thought I'd try this out as sometimes I just want something that's not loaded with stimulants or pump products but has a decent flavour during a session. I mixed this in a bottle using a spoon rather than in a shaker & although I gave it a battering it all seemed clumped at the top, though it did eventually seem to dissolve on it's own after 5 mins left standing. Maybe as the water was cold it effected how long it took to dissolve? The blue flavour was nice & there was no weird aftertaste - would def use again.
What does it mean by 'Do not Take on an Empty Stomach' label on the back of this item? Any adverse effect if taken on an empty stomach? Anything bad? I have been taking it like this for 5 to 6 drinks with one scoop each, should i be worried?


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Olavinlinna (Olofsborg in svedese) è un castello medievale situato nella città di Savonlinna in Finlandia. Tra i meglio conservati di tutta l'Europa settentrionale, oggigiorno ospita il festival dell'opera, che dura un mese.

Fondato nel 1475 da Erik Axelsson Tott, governatore della città di Vyborg e delle Province Orientali, Olavinlinna fu dedicato a Olaf, un santo norvegese vissuto nell'XI secolo, e fu costruito allo scopo di proteggere il confine orientale dell'impero svedese.

I russi lo occuparono dal 1714 al 1721 e se ne riappropriarono nuovamente nel 1743 mantenendone il possesso fino al 1847.

Una curiosità sul metodo di pagamento dei soldati a difesa del castello: ricevevano cinque litri di birra al giorno e sette la domenica.

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Castelli della Finlandia


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Ring in the Holidays with Avon Players' 'Forever Christmas'
Enjoy the music of the season and laugh alongside your loved ones at this original variety show
Avon Players celebrates the sounds and sentiment of the holiday season with the newest installment of its very own Christmas variety show, Forever Christmas, running November 29 – December 14 in Rochester Hills, MI.
Left to Right: Principal singers Sherri Angelotti, Clay Hargrave, Kirsten Renas,
Matt Cason, and Lori Smith.
Photo Credit: Bryan Clifford
Do you remember gathering with the family, freshly popped popcorn in hand, around the 19-inch color television set to watch Christmas specials from the likes of Bob Hope, Perry Como, or the Osmonds? If so, Avon Players' latest offering will be as warm and comforting as your childhood couch. Created by Avon Players President John (JD) Deierlein, Forever Christmas combines beautiful seasonal music and holiday-themed sketch comedy in a show that will have the whole family in the holiday spirit.
Left to Right: Principal actors Anthony Sherman (Santa), Bodi Johnson (Boy), Katie Jostock (Elf), and Johannah Steinbrecher-Booker (Mom).
As an added holiday treat, audiences will feast on the performance of a special guest, legendary radio personality Chuck Daugherty. Mr. Daughterty is a Michigan native whose credits include work as an actor on the Detroit-produced The Lone Ranger, and DJ on The All Night Satellite and Hi-Fi Club. A friend of Barry Gordy and a frequent visitor to Hitsville, USA, Mr. Daughtery has the distinction of having subbed for Dick Clark on American Bandstand and was among the first to promote surfing music, including The Beach Boys.
Tickets for all shows are $22 ($20 on Sundays for students and seniors). Call 248.608.9077 for tickets or order online at www.AvonPlayers.org. Group rates are available by calling the box office. "Like" Avon Players Theatre on Facebook for special offers on tickets. Visa and MasterCard are accepted. All seats are reserved. Show dates and times follow:
Friday, Nov. 29 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 30 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, Dec. 1 2:00 p.m.
Friday, Dec. 6 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 7 8:00 p.m.
Friday, Dec. 13 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 14 8:00 p.m.
Founded in 1947, Avon Players is a 501 (c)(3) not-for-profit community theatre located along the winding banks of Stoney Creek in the quaint Historic District of Rochester Hills, only about two miles from the heart of downtown Rochester. Avon Players has been performing shows in its unique A-frame theater since 1965. With ticket prices set at a fraction of those at a professional theatre (plus free parking and concessions on a donation basis), a family of four can experience a sensational live theatrical event for about the cost of one ticket at a "downtown" venue. And for regular theatre-goers, an affordable outing can be an even better bargain by taking advantage of Avon Players' season ticket packages, which yield discounts of up to 21% per ticket. Additionally, season ticket holders enjoy priority seating selection and voting privileges in Avon's annual "Stoney Awards." Additional information regarding tickets and productions is available by calling the Avon Players box office at 248.608.9077 or by visiting the website: www.AvonPlayers.org.
Cast and Production Staff by Community:
Kirsten Renas (Alto)
Bodi Johnson (Actor)
Sharon Jourdan
Bryan Clifford (Projection Design)
Anthony Sherman (Actor)
John (JD) Deierlein (Creator/Director)
Peggy Deierlein (Producer)
Nick Frederick (Sound Design/Projection Design)
Clay Hargrave (Tenor)
Tina Castiglione (Actors' Costume Design)
Chuck Daugherty (Special Guest Appearance)
Katie Jostock (Actor)
Lori Smith (1st Soprano)
Johannah Steinbrecher-Booker (Actor)
Sherri Angelotti (Soprano 2)
Matt Cason (Bass)
Filed Under: The Community Edge, Theater and Stage Tagged With: American Bandstand, Avon Players, Barry Gordy, Bob Hope, Created by Avon Players President John (JD) Deierlein, Dick Clark, Forever Christmas, Hitsville USA, legendary radio personality Chuck Daugherty, Perry Como


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Navy disbands Landstuhl medical unit as casualties dwindle
Matt Millham
• • September 26, 2014
Landstuhl Regional Medical Center's commander, Col. Judith Lee, laughs as Rear Adm. Thomas E. Beeman presents her an official Navy Bell during a ceremony Friday, Sept. 26, 2014, marking the inactivation of the Navy Expeditionary Medical Unit and a transfer of the unit's responsibilities to the 4215th U.S. Army Hospital. (Matt Millham/Stars and Stripes)
Landstuhl Regional Medical Center's command group stands with a gift presented them Friday, Sept. 26, 2014, by the senior enlisted members of all of the iterations of the Navy Expeditionary Medical Unit who have served at the hospital since 2006. (Matt Millham/Stars and Stripes)
Col. Judith Lee, commander of Landstuhl Regional medical Center, salutes Navy Capt. Donald Sze during a transfer-of-authority ceremony Friday, Sept. 26, 2014, that saw the inactivation of the Navy Expeditionary Medical Unit, which had been at the hospital since 2006. (Matt Millham/Stars and Stripes)
Navy Capt. Donald Sze helps roll up and case the colors of the Navy Expeditionary Medical Unit at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany, during a ceremony marking the end of the unit Friday, Sept. 26, 2014. The Navy first deployed to Landstuhl in 2006, and has since managed the coordination of care and transportation for sick and wounded personnel airlifted from the last decade's wars. That job now falls back to the Army. (Matt Millham/Stars and Stripes)
Col. Jacqueline Bradley, commander of the 4215th U.S. Army Hospital, speaks at a ceremony Friday, Sept. 26, 2014, in which her unit took over from the Navy Expeditionary Medical Unit at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center. The NEMU cased its colors in the ceremony and, as a contingency unit made up of reservists and active-duty sailors from various Navy organizations, will disband. (Matt Millham/Stars and Stripes)
Soldiers, sailors and airmen at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany sing the Army and Navy songs at the end of a ceremony Friday, Sept. 26, 2014, marking the end of the Navy Expeditionary Medical Unit at Landstuhl and the transfer of authority to the 4215th U.S. Army Hospital, which will coordinate the care and transport of sick and injured personnel evacuated to the hospital from deployed areas. (Matt Millham/Stars and Stripes)
LANDSTUHL, Germany — The Navy on Friday inactivated its expeditionary medical unit at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, a move made largely in response to the dwindling number of American war casualties seen here.
It was the longest-running medical mission in the Navy Reserve, said Rear Adm. Thomas E. Beeman, the Navy's assistant deputy surgeon general for reserve affairs, who spoke at a ceremony marking the occasion in the hospital's auditorium.
The Navy Expeditionary Medical Unit ran a portion of Landstuhl that coordinates the movement and care of sick and injured personnel evacuated from places like Afghanistan, Africa and the Middle East. About half of the unit's members were doctors, surgeons and other specialists who augmented the hospital staff as it dealt with the crush of patients from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Since standing up in 2006, the NEMU received more than 51,000 patients who were airlifted to the hospital — 4,300 of whom were critically injured. But the unit's busiest days were long behind it before it shuttered Friday.
Since 2012, the number of casualties treated in a given month has dropped about 50 percent, said Capt. Donald Sze, the NEMU's last commander. Because it's a sign that fewer troops are getting injured, he said, he sees the shutdown of the NEMU as a good thing. Still, he was sad to see it go.
There are numerous opportunities to serve with members of other services throughout the military, he said. He noted that Landstuhl is the largest military hospital outside the U.S., describing it as "the mecca for patients to be stabilized and taken care of before going back home."
"So to be able to be involved in this is an honor," he said.
That sentiment was echoed by Col. Jacqueline Bradley, commander of the 4215th U.S. Army Hospital, a reserve unit out of Richmond, Va., that is taking over NEMU's mission at Landstuhl.
Bradley helped unfurl her unit's flag at Landstuhl moments after Sze helped case his. Ahead of its inactivation, NEMU's staff had dropped below 50, Sze said. Bradley's unit comes in with 40 soldiers — fewer than a third of its total strength and a far smaller number than the nearly 350 sailors who staffed the NEMU when it first stood up.
"Now, that's not to say that the numbers aren't going to increase looking at what's going on in the world right now," Bradley said.
Patients won't likely see much of a difference, she said.
"Taking care of patients is taking care of patients no matter what uniform you're in."
Col. Judith Lee, Landstuhl's commander, said that in the last nine months, 40 percent of the NEMU's sailors received volunteer service medals for each contributing over 2,000 hours of community service with various organizations in the local community.
Seeing the NEMU leave Landstuhl, she said, is "really, really sad."
"Who knows? With all that's going on in the world, some of you may be back."
millham.matthew@stripes.com Twitter: @mattmillham


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Q: Swift "Enum" base object If I want to add an extension to every object I can do the following:
extension AnyObject
{
     func myFunc() { ... }
}

Is there something similar where I can add a function to every Enum? In other words, what is the base "class" for every enum?

A: First of all, note that you cannot do an extension to AnyObject as above, as AnyObject is a protected protocol (to which all classes implicitly conform) rather than a type. See e.g.

*

*Is there a way to add an extension to AnyObject?
Now, you could, however, extend any specific type as you show above, e.g., extension Int { ... }. However enum is not a type; rather a "container" of ordered raw representable values. So a more valid comparison could be "If I want to add an extension to every class, by extension class ...", which is, naturally, trickier.
Now, all enumerations with a rawValue and an initializer by rawValue conforms to protocol RawRepresentable, so you could extend this protocol for specific types of raw values:
extension RawRepresentable where RawValue == Int {
    var sqrt: Double {
        return pow(Double(rawValue),(1/2))
    }
}

And this extension property would be available to all enumerations that explicitly use the same raw value type, in this case, Int:
enum MyIntegerLiteralEnum : Int {
    case One = 1
    case Two
    case Three
    case Four
}

print(MyIntegerLiteralEnum.One.sqrt)
print(MyIntegerLiteralEnum.Two.sqrt)
print(MyIntegerLiteralEnum.Four.sqrt)

/* 1.0
   1.4142135623731
   2.0               */

As a disclaimer, note that this extension will be made available to all types that conforms to RawRepresentable with a rawValue of type Int, not only enum types. E.g.:
struct Foo : RawRepresentable {

    typealias RawValue = Int
    var bar : Int

    var rawValue: RawValue {
        get {
            return bar
        }
    }

    init(rawValue bar: Int) {
        self.bar = bar
    }
}

var a = Foo(rawValue: 16)
print(a.sqrt) // 4.0

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'Creating Woodstock' set for DVD, streaming
Buddy Iahn | July 26, 2019 | Notable Releases, Radio/TV/Film/Broadway, Rock News
DVD debuts July 30th with streaming on August 13th
Now that Woodstock 50 has been secured after hanging for months, a new documentary shows how original Woodstock festival founders made the unimaginable possible in 1969. A younger generation may not know that the original "Three Days of Peace and Music" were also plagued by uncertainty, last-minute venue changes, a lack of headliners and permits — and in fact it almost didn't happen! A new documentary called Creating Woodstock, gives fans the most comprehensive and deeply researched look into what organizers of the original Woodstock faced to put on the event.
Director Mick Richards, who attended the 1969 festival as a teenager, will release Creating Woodstock on DVD on July 30th and streaming August 13th. He's sifted through more than 70 hours of interviews with Woodstock producers, planners, and performers for the film.
The documentary features never-before-seen private film and rare archival video footage, original interviews with key figures, and uncovered photographs that show just how much went in to pulling off the impossible. First-hand accounts of little known stories are woven throughout the film, such as when Jimi Hendrix was stranded at the airport and hitched a ride to the site, or when a bank manager was awoken in the middle of the night to get money to pay The Who, which then needed to be helicoptered to them before they would go on stage – much like the personal supply of strawberries that Janis Joplin required.
Three decades in the making, Creating Woodstock resurrects the original site blueprints, features interviews with the founders of Woodstock Ventures – John Roberts, Joel Rosenman, Michael Lang, and Artie Kornfield – and takes viewers from the initial idea of the "happening" to the moments when the last festival goer stumbled off Max Yasgur's once pastural alfalfa field.
For three days in August 1969, nearly a half-million young people descended upon Max Yasgur's farm in upstate New York for the rock 'n' roll event that defined a generation. Mythologized for 50 years, the filmmakers set the record straight with the documentary.
The founders of Woodstock Ventures – John Roberts, Joel Rosenman, Michael Lang, and Artie Kornfeld – along with the best production talent on either coast, including John Morris, Bill Belmont, Mel Lawrence, and Chip Monck recall moments from the initial idea for the festival, to the search for a suitable site and then the race to build a venue, promote the event and, most importantly, book the bands.
Find out why the Grateful Dead wanted a "do over" and Crosby, Stills & Nash weren't going to show up, why The Who refused to play and Jimi Hendrix almost didn't make it, and how it turned into a free concert. Richie Havens, Arlo Guthrie, and Leslie West recount their experiences, including performing on a stage that nearly collapsed, and learn how a 15-year-old girl may have saved the festival from being shut down entirely.
DVD bonus features include "Arlo Guthrie Walking on Stage," "Grateful Dead Wants a Do Over," "The Making of the Woodstock Posters," "Who Wanted to Burn Down the Concession Stands" and "Issues with NYC Police Working the Festival."
Replacements reuniting for summer shows
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B is for Blackpool Transport
Saturday 28th January 2023 Blackpool Transport's history can be traced back 138 years to the Town Council's introduction of trams in September 1885. However, my 2023 fortnightly A-to-Z wander through selected bus and train operators is meant to be a contemporary commentary rather than a history lesson, so let's fast forward and see what the... Continue Reading →
Seventh heaven on the 777s
Thursday 26th January 2023 The first of Merseyrail's new fleet of 53 trains finally entered service on Monday morning. Ordered back in 2016 to replace the ageing Class 507/508, the new Class 777 trains were originally due into service in 2019/20, but as is the way with these things manufacturing delays, delivery delays, handover delays... Continue Reading →
The m4 goes to Bristol
Tuesday 24th January 2023 No; not the motorway although obviously the M4 does go to Bristol. The clue is in the lower case 'm'. This is all about Bristol's latest new bus route as part of the city's metrobus branded network which began on Sunday. The new route m4 runs from Cribbs Causeway to the... Continue Reading →
Arriva quits route 685
Saturday 21st January 2023 Tomorrow sees one of England's seven jointly operated inter-urban bus routes change to be operated by just one company. After today Arriva are quitting the long established route 685 between Newcastle and Carlisle with fellow operator Stagecoach taking over Arriva's three bus workings increasing their commitment from two buses up to... Continue Reading →
Seen around
Thursday 18th January 2023 This month's miscellany I spotted on recent travels. Coalville information I was in Coalville on Tuesday. It has two locations in the town centre where buses congregate - one called Marlborough Square and the other Memorial Square. It can be confusing for visitors but credit to Leicestershire County Council which has... Continue Reading →
Seven new stations MAY open in MAY
Tuesday 17th January 2023 2023 will see another impressive number of new railway stations added to the network. This follows a busy 2022 when five new Crossrail stations opened (Canary Wharf, Custom House, Tottenham Court Road, Woolwich, and Bond Street) as well as two others (Reston and Barking Riverside). This follows only two openings in... Continue Reading →
A is for Avanti West Coast
Saturday 14th January 2023 Welcome to another year of A to Z fortnightly blogposts which for 2023 are featuring bus and train companies. I'm beginning with the ironically named Avanti West Coast .... bearing in mind recent history, 'Avanti' is Italian for 'Forward' "reflecting a mission to deliver an innovative railway service that is ready... Continue Reading →
The quirky train that's now a quirky bus
Thursday 12th January 2023 The Chiltern Railways 'ghost bus' ran for the first time yesterday demonstrating our railway at its most bizarre. It was a whacky Wednesday welcome to a superfluous one-journey-a-week outing between West Ealing and West Ruislip stations which no passengers in their right minds will ever use other than for the enjoyment... Continue Reading →
Book review: Complete Local Road & Rail Timetables
Tuesday 10th January 2023 For the purposes of this blog please imagine you've woken up and it's July 1960. You're just catching a train on the Hertford North line from Grange Park station and in the booking office propped up against the ticket office window are a pile of little orange books. You know immediately... Continue Reading →
Who's running the railway?
Saturday 7th January 2023 Listening to Mark Harper, Secretary of State for Transport and Mick Lynch, General Secretary of the RMT doing the media rounds during this week's strikes brought home the dysfunctional state of Britain's railways. There seems no hope of an early resolution to the current industrial disputes while a state of paralysis... Continue Reading →
Bus riding along the Atlantic coast
Thursday 5th January 2023 There are some great bus routes along the northern coastlines of Somerset, Devon and Cornwall especially since Cornwall Council won the bus support funding lottery and First Bus found they could prosper by attracting the leisure travel market. I've ridden the complete coastline a few times over the last few years... Continue Reading →
Devon developments
Tuesday 3rd January 2023 I visited Devon at the end of last week and after all the negative media coverage of Stagecoach's driver shortage last summer it was heartening to see some positive developments, particularly in Exeter. I hadn't been back to the city's new bus station since it opened in July 2021 so it... Continue Reading →


Foundation Giving Trends 2018, which is has just been published by the Association of Charitable Foundations, says there was a 10.9 per cent increase in the amount of money awarded by Charitable Foundations, representing a record high of £3.3 billion worth of grants, in the 2016/17 financial year compared with the previous 12 months.
The report, which focuses on the largest 300 UK foundations by grant-making, also found that 63 per cent of foundations increased their grant-making in real terms in 2016/17.
Family Foundations awarded £2bn in the year covered by the report, but corporate foundations handed out only £228m.
An increasing number of foundations are also turning to social investment, according to the report, with the foundations in the study spending £120m on the concept, an 18 per cent increase on the previous year.
The top 300 foundations, which represent 90 per cent of all foundation giving in the UK, had £65 billion in assets, the report says.
However, asset growth fell from 5 per cent to 2.4 per cent once the Wellcome Trust – by far the largest foundation with assets totalling £21.9 billionn – was taken out of the study.
Brexit had focused many foundations' policies on place-based giving schemes, especially in areas that had been "left behind".
The report, which is free to download from the Association of Charitable Foundations' website, calls for agile, responsive and resourced organisations that are able and willing to collaborate for the greater good.


Celebrity Cosmetic Surgery: Sandra Bullock - Congrats!
Thanks for the post! Sandra looks fabulous.
I'd love your thoughts as to whether Angelina Jolie's "gills" might be the ribbons from a ribbon lift. And your thoughts about ribbon lifts in general.
Seriously? Definitely her nose and I'd say other things for facial lines.
I don't think it is possible for a person of 45, to look that smooth and wrinkle free.
I believe she has had something done.
You should take a look at the video of her on the razzie awards. She was so funny!
I think she has...and it's very good. Did you do it?
Yes, I think she's had some work done, if only to correct the bad facelift she had in her thirties. She was dating Heath Ledger at the time and I guess wanted to look younger for him; it was just awful. Her mouth was so wide it nearly cut her head in two when she smiled.


All foods are made up of hundreds of naturally occurring compounds that can have varying effects on us, depending on how much we eat and how sensitive we are.
Biogenic amines are normally quickly broken down in the body with the help of enzymes such as MAO (monoamine oxidase-A) which render them harmless. Missing, sluggish or blocked enzymes can lead to a build up of amines in the body.
The 'cheese effect'. In people who are taking certain drugs known as MAOIs (monoamine oxidase inhibitors), the enzyme is inhibited and a build up of tyramine can occur, leading to life-threatening high blood pressure as well as a range of symptoms including headaches, itchy skin rashes, heart palpitations and diarrhoea. A number of MAOI patients died from strokes or heart attacks before doctors realised that patients taking MAOIs needed to avoid foods high in tyramine. This is called the 'cheese effect' because it was recognised in the 1960s by a British pharmacist who noticed that his wife developed a headache every time she ate cheese - high in tyramine - while taking MAOI antidepressants.
Lacking the enzyme. There is a rare condition in which people who are born without the MAOA gene lack the MAO enzyme. Researchers have long known that this condition is associated with aggression in men.
Low activity enzyme. Much more common is a low activity variant of the gene known as MAOA-L, which seems to occur in about one third of the population. A study with nine uncontrollable children in 1985 found that on average there was five times more para-cresol in their faeces than for a control group. Para-cresol is a breakdown product of tyramine. Could it be that these children were failing to metabolise dietary tyramine due to a sluggish enzyme? We don't know because the study was never followed up, although the researchers commented that 'the results point to dietary involvement'. In 2002, a study found that men with MAOA-L who had been badly treated as children were more likely to exhibit antisocial behaviour than those who had been well treated.
Behavioural effects fit with what we see in the Food Intolerance Network. Children with oppositional defiance are the ones whose parents are often told 'he just needs a good smack'. But smacking has the opposite effect – if you smack these kids, when they are big enough they will hit you back. Or if they are scared of their parents, they will hit other people, and this is defined as conduct disorder. You have to treat these kids as if they are your friend – a calm approach – and avoid backing them into a corner at all times. It can be difficult to maintain a calm approach with someone who is extremely aggressive, and experts acknowledge that this approach has limited success. Network members find that it is easier to avoid the food chemicals that cause these effects.
Research suggests that about 70 per cent of children with behaviour problems are affected by salicylates, artificial colours and preservatives, compared to only about 40 per cent affected by amines. Many mothers have reported that their child becomes silly and hyperactive on salicylates whereas amines make them aggressive. In our experience, children who are expelled from day care centres due to aggressive behaviour are usually sensitive to amines as well as to other food chemicals.
Amines have been associated with migraines and headaches, as well as other symptoms of food intolerance, including irritable bowel symptoms, eczema and depression.
A biogenic amine called dimethyltriptamine (DMT for short) is the only known hallucinogenic compound naturally produced by the body. Normally it is metabolised by the monoamine oxidase enzyme before its effects can be noticed. It is used in tribal and religious rites in South America by combining a naturally rich source of DMT with a natural MAO inhibitor while avoiding tyramine containing foods, usually through fasting. DMT is present in small amounts in a wide range of animal and plant foods and mushrooms. In the 1950s, researchers suggested that the schizoid symptoms of auditory or visual hallucinations could be due to an inborn deficit in the MAO enzyme, allowing small amounts of DMT from foods to build up in the body. This theory is once again becoming popular. It would account for why some failsafers have reported that schizoid symptoms improve on a low chemical elimination diet.
My 14 year old son goes off his face with food colouring but it only lasts a couple of hours so we can put up with that. Salicylates aren't too bad either, at home, although it must be terrible at school. He gets bouncy and silly. In class he wouldn't be able to sit still or listen to the teacher. He would be too busy poking and prodding the kid next to him. Amines are the really big problem though. When he eats amines it's World War III at our place. We need an air-raid siren. He'll get up in a foul mood, kick the wall, swear, throw things, yell. Absolutely revolting. After we started the elimination diet we had five months of a perfect child but when we started our challenges that was the end of our wonderful existence. With his amine challenge he took nearly four weeks to calm down again.
My 7 year old daughter Caitlin (not her real name) has had migraines since she was about 3 years old. We had no idea what they were for several years. She usually gets a fever with her migraines and because of the fever the doctor would always put it down to a virus, prescribing painkillers. I would often give her panadol for 4 days straight just to keep the headaches at bay. She goes limp and listless, her eyes always droop, she lies there and sleeps for hours until the panadol wears off and then the pain and fever return. Most times she will scream and cry, grabbing her forehead and pleading with me to take the pain away, "Mummy Mummy my heads hurts, please stop it." She has always complained of feeling sick (nausea) when she gets them too, and 'sore legs'. As well, she has had problems with nasal congestion and had been using Rhinocourt nasal spray daily. She has always been a nail biter and a teeth grinder at night.
Two years later we started taking a fish oil Supplement called 'Eye-q'. (I later found 'Eye-q' has amines in it). The migraines became more frequent and she started throwing up with them. She would go to sleep with a migraine and wake at 3 am and throw up in bed or the bath (with the migraine and fever). I said enough!! No more Panadol, Nurofen or Painstop! This time her pediatrician ordered a cat scan which was clear. He offered my 6yr old a daily dose of betablockers or a trial using riboflavins or diet manipulation …guess which one we chose?
Fish, cheese, wine, some meats, some fruit such as bananas and avocados, some vegetables such as mushrooms, and fermented foods such as chocolate, sauerkraut and soy sauce are just some of the foods that have been listed as containing varying levels of amines, but basically any protein food can contain amines depending on the way it is handled. The amine content of foods varies greatly due to differences in processing, age, ripeness, handling, storage, variety of grapes or other produce, cooking method and many other factors. An Australian analysis of the amine contents of fish-based oriental sauces found up to 6 times the legal limit of histamines in some of the samples. Freshness is a key factor for avoiding amines. The new method of meat distribution in our supermarkets is a problem for amine responders. All meat is now vacuum packed, repacked and sold as fresh which means it can be up to ten weeks old when you eat it. Studies show that vacuum packing can inhibit the growth of bacteria but does nothing to retard the development of amines.
Many drugs can contain amines, including over the counter cold tablets, decongestants, nasal drops or sprays, some pain relievers, general and local anaesthetics and some antidepressants.
In 1996, researchers in a medical journal reported a more user-friendly MAOI diet based on laboratory analyses, claiming that many dietary restrictions were not necessary. Doctors on an internet forum were reluctant about advising patients to relax their diets. 'It is easy but is it safe?' asked one. Another reported a patient whose diet infringement with a now supposedly safe food resulted in headaches, high blood pressure and seizures.
Experience suggests that people who are sensitive to amines need to know a lot of about the history and freshness of their foods and approach all possible amine-containing foods with caution. Lists of amine-containing foods (such as the one on the World Headache Alliance website) are not complete from our point of view. People with migraines who have avoided some amine-rich foods often say 'I tried avoiding foods and it didn't work'. This is because migraines can be provoked by many other amine-containing foods and/or other food chemicals such as additives, salicylates and glutamates. For recipes that are free of additives and low in salicylates, amines and flavour enhancers, see our recipes page.
Abstracts for most of the papers below can be found in PubMed, the medical database.
Adams RF, Murray KE, Earl JW. High levels of faecal para-cresol in a group of hyperactive children. Lancet 1985;2(8467):1313.
Alberti A, Pirrone P, Elia M, Waring RH, Romano C. Sulphation deficit in "low-functioning" autistic children: a pilot study. Biol Psychiatry 1999;46(3):420-4.
Breakey J, Hill M, Reilly C, Connell H. A report on a trial of the low additive, low salicylate diet in the treatment of behaviour and learning problems in children. Aust J Nutr Diet 1991;48(3):89-94. (Certain amine containing foods such as chocolate were also excluded).
Caspi A, McClay J, Moffitt TE, Mill J, Martin J, Craig IW, et al. Role of genotype in the cycle of violence in maltreated children. Science 2002;297(5582):851-4.
Clarke L, McQueen J, Samild A, Swain A. The dietary management of food allergy and food intolerance in children and adults. Australian Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics 1996;53(3):89-94.
den Brinker C, Rayner C, Kerr M. Investigation of biogenic amines in fermented fish and fish products. Food Safety Unit, Public Health Division, Department of Human Services, State of Victoria, 2002. Free full text at www.foodsafety.vic.gov.au.
Fonberg-Broczek M, Sawilska-Rautenstrauch D. Level of histamine and tyramine in ripening cheeses. Rocz Panstw Zakl Hig 1995;46(3):243-6. Abstract only.
Gardner DM, Shulman KI, Walker SE, Tailor SA. The making of a user friendly MAOI diet. J Clin Psychiatry 1996;57(3):99-104.
Hauser MJ, Baier H. Interactions of isoniazid with foods. Drug Intell Clin Pharm 1982;16(7-8):617-8.
Kim-Cohen J, Caspi A, Taylor A, Williams B, Newcombe R, Craig IW, et al. MAOA, maltreatment, and gene-environment interaction predicting children's mental health: new evidence and a meta-analysis. Mol Psychiatry 2006. Molecular Psychiatry advance online publication, 27 June 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.mp.4001851.
Klausen NK, Lund E. Formation of biogenic amines in herring and mackerel. Z Lebensm Unters Forsch 1986;182(6):459-63.
Landete JM, Ferrer S, Polo L, Pardo I. Biogenic amines in wines from three Spanish regions. J Agric Food Chem 2005;53(4):1119-24.
Loblay RH, Swain AR. 'Food intolerance'. In Wahlqvist ML, Truswell AS, Recent Advances in Clinical Nutrition. London: John Libbey, 1986, pages 169-177. 1986.
Maga JA. Amines in foods. CRC Crit Rev Food Sci Nutr 1978;10(4):373-403.
McCabe BJ. Dietary tyramine and other pressor amines in MAOI regimens: a review. J Am Diet Assoc 1986;86(8):1059-64.
Meyer-Lindenberg A, Buckholtz JW, Kolachana B, A RH, Pezawas L, Blasi G, et al. Neural mechanisms of genetic risk for impulsivity and violence in humans. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2006;103(16):6269-74.
Millichap JG, Yee MM. The diet factor in pediatric and adolescent migraine. Pediatr Neurol 2003;28(1):9-15.
Mirchandani H, Reich LE. Fatal malignant hyperthermia as a result of ingestion of tranylcypromine (Parnate) combined with white wine and cheese. J Forensic Sci 1985;30(1):217-20.
Morinaga S, Kawasaki A, Hirata H, Suzuki S, Mizushima Y. Histamine poisoning after ingestion of spoiled raw tuna in a patient taking isoniazid. Intern Med 1997;36(3):198-200.
Nadon CA, Ismond MA, Holley R. Biogenic amines in vacuum-packaged and carbon dioxide-controlled atmosphere-packaged fresh pork stored at -1.50 degrees C. J Food Prot 2001;64(2):220-7.
Parker G, Watkins T. Treatment-resistant depression: when antidepressant drug intolerance may indicate food intolerance. Aust N Z J Psychiatry 2002;36(2):263-5.
Pomilio AB, Vitale AA, Ciprian-Ollivier J, Cetkovich-Bakmas M, Gomez R, Vazquez G. Ayahoasca: an experimental psychosis that mirrors the transmethylation hypothesis of schizophrenia. J Ethnopharmacol 1999;65(1):29-51.
People have different reactions to various food chemicals. Some people are affected by any or all of the following foods and food chemicals: artificial colours, natural colour annatto 160b, preservatives, synthetic antioxidants, flavour enhancers, salicylates, amines, dairy foods, wheat, gluten.


Julian was educated as an organ scholar at Tonbridge School in Kent, before winning an organ scholarship to Christ's College, Cambridge in 1999, studying under Thomas Trotter and David Sanger. He is currently Director of Music at St Cyprian's Church, Clarence Gate, a post which he combines with a busy freelance performing schedule.
Much in demand as a choral director, he conducts numerous choirs in London including the Barnes Choir, Epsom Choral Society and Teddington Choral Society. He also works regularly with Ad Libitum Chamber Choir and is founding musical director of the much acclaimed Arcubus Ensemble with whom he is due to record a debut album in 2019.
As an organ recitalist he has performed extensively both in the UK and overseas as well as broadcasting for BBC radio and television. Recent recital engagements have included Portsmouth Cathedral, St Alban's Abbey and St John's College Cambridge in addition to concerts in the Channel Islands, France, Belgium, Germany, Spain, Holland and Estonia.
As organist with Svyati Duo, he regularly collaborates with cellist, Rebecca Hepplewhite, performing concerts in the UK, Europe, Asia and the United States of America. The duo have three critically acclaimed recordings to their name on the Regent Records label and have commissioned a number of new works by leading UK composers.
Julian also performs organ duets with Benedict Lewis-Smith as the Oxbridge Organ Duo - recent engagements have included Kristiansand Cathedral in Norway and the Victoria International Arts Festival in Gozo. Their debut recording of Stravinsky's Firebird in a transcription by Guy Bovet was released in 2018.
Phil has worked with choirs as both accompanist and director for over 25 years.He has been an Assistant Director of Music at both Prep and Secondary level. He was Director of Music at the Godolphin and Latymer School for 6 years, which included directing the Latymer and Godolphin Choral Society. He now works as a Deputy Head of a private nursery school in Kensington, as well as enjoying work as a freelance musician in his spare time, particularly enjoying teaching piano, guitar and recorder as well as loving accompanying work for individuals and choirs in any style on piano or organ.


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Q: What is the state of easyautocomplete? We use the js-library easyautocomplete in our projects. A few weeks ago I noticed that easyautocomplete.com is gone. Does anybody knows about the state of easyautocomplete?

A: You can use cached version: https://web.archive.org/web/20161026014214/http://easyautocomplete.com/guide
Btw. they have opened issue about documentation:
https://github.com/pawelczak/EasyAutocomplete/issues/259


A. I had some few conversions but NOT tracked in Bemob and not appearing in Zeropark so that I cannot optimize and don't know where the conversions comes from. (How can I fix this problem)?
D. Should i edit in the setting in Zeropark the convesion delay from 3 hours to no delay ? and why it is set to be 3 hours delay ?


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The Faces of Design
CicLavia over the weekend – Photo by Heejae Lee
As designers charged with defining the landscape we strive to create and curate spaces. Spaces that bring positive change to the community, connecting the environment, while narrating a story. We strive to make an intimate connection between spatial landscapes and the user through the examination of patterns, maps, and demographics.
As a designer, one of the great points of inspiration in the study of curating the spatial landscape are people themselves. Not only from a demographic or statistical perspective, but by the process of visualizing the faces and experiences of the individual that shape and inhabit the design.
Photo by JR: 28 Millimeters, Women Are Heroes
Action in Kibera Slum, General View, Kenya, 2009
On that note, an inspiration of mine is an artist who goes by the moniker, JR. His works can be found throughout the world, both in rural and urban environments. His art highlights the faces of the community, pasted on walls and adjacent buildings at gigantic scale, reclaiming and transforming spaces by assigning a "face" to buildings and often abandoned structures. With each face and surface narrating a story, JR's artwork creates an intimate connection with the community while clearly communicating who lives there.
As I look back to my own urban environment, what inspires me as a designer is the art of bringing communities and the faces of that community to light through inquiry and design…to not allow the design process people, but to have people process the design.
The Wrinkles of the City
August 13th by Heejae Lee in	Editorial Film & Video
AHBE Lab / Friday Five for August 14th, 2015
A Connecting Divide: No Name Garden


The Atonement can only be accepted within you by releasing the inner light. Since the separation, defenses have been used almost entirely to defend against the Atonement, and thus maintain the separation. This is generally seen as a need to protect the body. The many body fantasies in which minds engage arise from the distorted belief that the body can be used as a means for attaining "atonement." Perceiving the body as a temple is only the first step in correcting this distortion, because it alters only part of it. It does recognize that Atonement in physical terms is impossible. The next step, however, is to realize that a temple is not a structure at all. Its true holiness lies at the inner altar around which the structure is built. The emphasis on beautiful structures is a sign of the fear of Atonement, and an unwillingness to reach the altar itself. The real beauty of the temple cannot be seen with the physical eye. Spiritual sight, on the other hand, cannot see the structure at all because it is perfect vision. It can, however, see the altar with perfect clarity.
The acceptance of the Atonement by everyone is only a matter of time. This may appear to contradict free will because of the inevitability of the final decision, but this is not so. You can temporize and you are capable of enormous procrastination, but you cannot depart entirely from your Creator, Who set the limits on your ability to miscreate. An imprisoned will engenders a situation which, in the extreme, becomes altogether intolerable. Tolerance for pain may be high, but it is not without limit. Eventually everyone begins to recognize, however dimly, that there must be a better way. As this recognition becomes more firmly established, it becomes a turning-point. This ultimately reawakens spiritual vision, simultaneously weakening the investment in physical sight. The alternating investment in the two levels of perception is usually experienced as conflict, which can become very acute. But the outcome is as certain as God.


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This is the list of the heads of state of Azerbaijan from 1918 to the present. 25 people have been head of the Azerbaijani state since its establishment in 1918. It includes leaders of short-lived Azerbaijan Democratic Republic (1918–1920), of Soviet Azerbaijan (1920–1991), and of post-Soviet era.

Multiple terms in office, consecutive or otherwise, are listed and counted in the first column (administration number) and the second column counts individuals.

The youngest head of state by his accession to office was Grigory Kaminsky, at age 25, and the oldest Heydar Aliyev, at age 70.

Leaders of Azerbaijan since 1918

Azerbaijan Democratic Republic (1918–1920)
Chairman of the Azerbaijani National Council

Chairman of Parliament

Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic (1922–1936) and Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic (1936–1991)
Chairman of the Presidium of the Communist Party of Azerbaijan SSR

Executive Secretary of the Communist Party of Azerbaijan SSR

First Secretary of the Communist Party of Azerbaijan SSR

Republic of Azerbaijan (1990–present)
Presidents

See also
President of Azerbaijan
Prime Minister of Azerbaijan

References

External links
 Republic of Azerbaijan

Government of Azerbaijan
Lists of Azerbaijani people
Azerbaijan
Lists of political office-holders in Azerbaijan

Azer


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Can be bought in 6% Hydrogen Peroxide, 10% Cabamide Peroxide, 16% Carbamide Peroxide.
1, 2 or 3 syringe kits come in a cardboard pillow box.
4 syringe kit comes in metal presentation tin.
We can bespoke the kits with your logo if you order 10 kits or more.
The kit is sent with a Tray Voucher.
The Tray Voucher is used like a lab docket.
Fill it in and return it with your impressions in the pre-paid business bag.
Used with our trays, and not whitening the molars, we would expect a kit to last 20 days.
This kit can only be used with 16% Carbamide Peroxide. It contains 8 syringes.
The kit is sent with a Tray Voucher – you must use our S4S whitening trays with the B1 Guarantee Kit.
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TokyoCabinet-based RESTful NoSQL databaseTokyoCabinet-based RESTful NoSQL database.
Swordfish is a high-level persistent key-value database with a RESTful HTTP interface.
It was designed to complement a relational database by providing a means to denormalise—or partly denormalise—the results of expensive JOIN operations, particularly where standard techniques such as caching would be insufficient.
Swordfish's primary data structure is a dictionary with ordered keys and provides functionality for atomically manipulating and querying these structures, particularly set-based operations such as intersection and difference. Swordfish also supports counter types, multiple databases and an efficient means of populating a large number of trees in a broadcast (or "map") manner.
Swordfish is especially effective in web applications with "friends" or similar concepts, as the queries typically required are not only time-consuming to execute, the results cannot be shared with other users by caching. In addition, the use of JOINs prevents the implementation of sharding and other optimisations.
Clients may be trivially constructed for all languages that boast HTTP and JSON libraries.
However, Swordfish ships with an optional wrapper for projects using the Django web-development framework - a Swordfish-backed QuerySet object is provided that allows Swordfish queries to satisfy the interface of common Django utilities such as django.core.paginator.Paginator as well as the usual QuerySet properties such as laziness, splicing and local caching. This quasi-QuerySet additionally provides an interface to move from values stored in Swordfish (typically database IDs) to instances of Django models using a single database query.
The source tarball includes a fully-working demonstration of a Twitter clone based on Django and Swordfish which acts as an educational tool for learning about and experimenting with Swordfish.
Swordfish currently uses Tokyo Cabinet as the storage backend and libevent for low-level event notification.
Swordfish is released under the GNU General Public license version 3 or later (server) and the BSD license (client libraries).


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Mass Evacuations In Syria Continue Despite Deadly Blast
More than 3,000 Syrians were expected to be evacuated from four areas as part of a population transfer that was stalled by a deadly blast.
Ibrahim Ebu Leys—Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
By Bassem Mroue / AP	· April 17, 2017 October 26, 2020
This article originally appeared on Time.
(BEIRUT) — More than 3,000 Syrians were expected to be evacuated Sunday from four areas as part of a population transfer that was briefly stalled a day earlier by a deadly blast that killed more than 120 people, many of them government supporters.
As the evacuations were expected to begin Sunday, shells fired by the Islamic State group on government-held parts of the eastern city of Deir el-Zour wounded two members of a Russian media delegation visiting the area, according to state-run Syrian news agency SANA. Russia is a main backer of Syrian President Bashar Assad and Russian journalists enjoy wide access in government-held parts of the country.
The United Nations is not overseeing the transfer deal, which involves residents of the pro-government villages of Foua and Kfarya and the opposition-held towns of Madaya and Zabadani. All four have been under siege for years, their fate linked through a series of reciprocal agreements that the U.N. says have hindered aid deliveries.
Rami Abdurrahman, who heads the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, and Hezbollah's Al-Manar TV said 3,000 people will be evacuated from Foua and Kfarya, while 200, the vast majority of them fighters, will be evacuated from Zabadani and Madaya.
Abdurrahman said Saturday's blast —which hit an area where thousands of pro-government evacuees had been waiting for hours — killed 126. He said the dead included 109 people from Foua and Kfarya, among them 80 children and 13 women.
No one has claimed the attack, but both the Islamic State group and the al-Qaida-affiliated Fatah al-Sham Front have targeted civilians in government areas in the past.
A wounded girl, who said she lost her siblings in the blast, told Al-Manar TV from her hospital bed that children who had been deprived of food for years in the two villages were approached by a man in the car who told them to come and eat potato chips. She said once many had gathered, there was an explosion that tore some of the children to pieces.
After the blast, some 60 buses carrying 2,200 people, including 400 opposition fighters, entered areas held by rebels in the northern province of Aleppo, Abdurrahman said. More than 50 buses and 20 ambulances carrying some 5,000 Foua and Kfarya residents entered the government-held city of Aleppo, Syrian state TV said, with some of them later reaching a shelter in the village of Jibreen to the south.
U.N. relief coordinator Stephen O'Brien said he was "horrified" by the deadly bombing, and that while the U.N. was not involved in the transfer it was ready to "scale up our support to evacuees."
He called on all parties to uphold their obligations under international humanitarian and human rights law, and to "facilitate safe and unimpeded access for the U.N. and its partners to bring life-saving help to those in need."
Residents of Madaya and Zabadani, formerly summer resorts, joined the 2011 uprising against President Bashar Assad. Both came under government siege in the ensuing civil war. Residents of Foua and Kfraya, besieged by the rebels, have lived under a steady hail of rockets and mortars for years, but were supplied with food and medicine through military airdrops.
Critics say the string of evacuations, which could see some 30,000 people moved across battle lines over the next 60 days, amounts to forced displacement along political and sectarian lines.
In eastern Syria, an airstrike by the U.S.-led coalition on the village of Sukkarieh near the border with Iraq killed eight civilians who had earlier fled violence in the northern province of Aleppo, according to Deir Ezzor 24, an activist collective, and Sound and Picture Organization, which documents IS violations.
Airstrikes by the U.S.-led coalition had killed dozens of civilians over the past several weeks as the battle against the extremists intensifies in Syria and Iraq.
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Series Name: Man From S.U.N.D.A.Y.
Charles Rand is an agent with S.U.N.D.A.Y.
Technically it should just be the first five letters since its name is Special United Nations Defence Agents but then they add the qualifier of Y Section and there you have the full name. The Y Section has an asterisk which the footnotes indicates means The Section of Men Licensed To Kill.
We know very little about Rand for two reasons. The first is that there is only one (comic) book released with his adventures. The second is that I do not have nor have I ever held a copy so other than the data we can glean from cover, we know nothing more.
What we can discern is that he is S.U.N.D.A.Y.'s best agent, shown by the qualifier of "The Number One Man". We know he is a man of action and has apparent skills in hand-to-hand combat considering the way that he is flying at his opponent feet first with one pedal colliding with the man's face and the other one possibly ready to strike the bread-basket (or lower).
From his comment about "putting my best foot forward" we can see that he is not above a bit of humor in his work, especially at the expense of his adversary. That he can mouth this pithy line while in the middle of his assault speaks to his conditioning as well.
One additional obvious fact about Rand is his rugged good looks and his blond hair, which is worn in a rather longish (for that time) style despite his normal (again for the era) dress of a dark suit and tie.
Note: should ANYONE have anything to add about this series, please let me know and if you happen to have a copy you would not mind sharing for a brief read, even better!
The Dutch images were taken from Catawiki.
1st of 4 stories in the single issue comic adventures of Charles Rand - (16 pages) - The infamous Association of Barmen are planning a major operation and Charles Rand is sent to the coast of Spain to leap into action to stop them.
2nd of 4 stories in the single issue comic adventures of Charles Rand - (16 pages) - [plot unknown].
3rd of 4 stories in the single issue comic adventures of Charles Rand - (16 pages) - [plot unknown].
4th of 4 stories in the single issue comic adventures of Charles Rand - (16 pages) - Mr. Pensacola is a U.N. envoy heading to Jahanpur, India, for the signing of a treaty but there are those who do not want it signed.
Giving my opinion on a series I've never read more than the front cover is silly so I will try nevertheless!
Of course I have no real comments on it other than it is a shame that no more than one issue was written but at least we have (or would have if I owned a copy) four different adventures in that solo output.
Thorne & Porter were known to me before this series for having published a few "annuals" about other popular series - most notably the Avengers and Danger Man. They also did this single issue of what I am sure they hoped to be a series.
2102, 2105, and 2107. Interspersed with these were Danger Man and Avenger adventures among others. The inclusion of Charles Rand in a "TV Classic" series is a tad odd since there was no show about it.