This policy outlines the appropriate use of mobile phones on our school site.
The widespread ownership of mobile phones among young people requires that school administrators, teachers, students, parents and carers take steps to ensure that mobile phones are used responsibly. This Acceptable Use Policy is designed to ensure that potential issues involving mobile phones can be clearly identified and addressed, ensuring the benefits that mobile phones provide (such as increased safety) can continue to be enjoyed by our students.
YSBD Theatre Academy has established the following Acceptable Use Policy for mobile phones that provides teachers, students, parents and carers guidelines and instructions for the appropriate use of mobile phones during school hours.
The Acceptable Use Policy for mobile phones also applies to students during school excursions and extra-curricular activities both on the school premises and off-site.
The staff at YSBD Theatre Academy recognise that many students and their families own a mobile phone. We also recognise that some parents/guardians request that their child brings a mobile phone to school for safety and security reasons.
The school recognises that personal communication through mobile technologies is an accepted part of everyday life but that such technologies need to be used well.
Our core business of teaching and learning needs to be conducted in an environment free from unnecessary distractions or disruptions. The school is prepared to allow mobile phones on the premises but only within the parameters of the policy as stated below.
To inform all members of our school about the appropriate use of mobile phones at our school and to outline the procedures and processes of this policy.
Our school accepts that parents/carers give their children mobile phones to protect them from everyday risks involving personal security and safety. It is acknowledged that providing a child with a mobile phone gives parents reassurance that they can contact their child if they need to speak to them urgently.
It is the responsibility of students who bring mobile phones to school to abide by the guidelines outlined in this document.
Parents/carers should be aware if their child takes a mobile phone to school it is assumed household insurance will provide the required cover in the event of loss or damage. The school cannot accept responsibility for any loss, damage or costs incurred due to its use.
Parents/carers are reminded that in cases of emergency, the school Reception remains a vital and appropriate point of contact and can ensure your child is reached quickly and assisted in any relevant way.
Except in urgent or exceptional situations, mobile phone use is not permitted during teaching time or when in the presence of students.
In accordance with the Acceptable Use Policy staff should not use personal devices for photography in school. Only School cameras or devices are to be used.
In general, pupils should not bring valuable items to school, as they can be easily lost or stolen.
Pupils remain responsible for all of their personal effects whilst at school. When students enter the school premises the school takes no responsibility for mobile phones. Mobile phones are brought to school entirely at the owner's risk. The school accepts no responsibility for replacing lost, stolen or damaged mobile phones.
There are no reasons why a pupil needs to have in their possession or use a mobile phone during the school day.
Parents are reminded that in cases of emergency the school Reception/Principal remains vital and appropriate points of contact and can ensure your child is reached quickly and assisted in any appropriate way.
Pupils are advised that if in exceptional circumstances they bring a mobile phone onto the school grounds during the school day, the phone should be kept in the student's bag which is stored in the room where the student is attending class. The phone is stored at the owners risk and school will accept no responsibility for replacing lost, stolen or damaged phones.
If pupils do bring their mobile phone to school it should be clearly marked with their name.
For safeguarding reasons parents are advised not to use camera phones to take images on the school grounds unless prior consent is requested.
Parents should not place images of other children taken at school on social media sites without permission from the parents involved.
Mobile phones should be on mute throughout the duration of the day.
Parents/carers are requested that in cases of emergency they contact the school reception so we are aware of any potential issue and may make the necessary arrangements.
While on school premises mobile phones are not to be used by students.
Unless express permission is granted, mobile phones should not be used to make calls, send SMS messages, surf the internet, take photos or use any other application during the school day or while on school premises.
The Bluetooth function of a mobile phone must be switched off at all times and not be used to send images or files to other mobile phones.
Using mobile phones to bully and threaten other students is unacceptable. Cyber bullying will not be tolerated. In some cases it can constitute criminal behaviour. If the use of technology humiliates, embarrasses or causes offence it is unacceptable regardless of whether 'consent' was given.
It is forbidden for students to "gang up" on another student and use their mobile phones to take videos and pictures of acts to denigrate and humiliate that student and then send the pictures to other students or upload it to a website for public viewing. This also includes using mobile phones to photograph or film any student or member of staff without their consent. It is a criminal offence to use a mobile phone to menace, harass or offend another person and almost all calls, text messages and emails can be traced.
Mobile phones are not to be used or taken into changing rooms or toilets or used in any situation that may cause embarrassment or discomfort to their fellow students, staff or visitors to the school.
Should a student be seen with a mobile phone on school premises, the phone will confiscated and not returned until the end of the school day.
It is unacceptable to take a picture of a member of staff without their permission. In the event that this happens the student will be asked and expected to delete those images.
Students should mark their mobile phone clearly with their names.
Students who bring a mobile phone to school should store is safely in their bag.
The school accepts no responsibility for students who lose or have their mobile phones stolen while in school.
It is strongly advised that students use passwords/pin numbers to ensure that unauthorised phone calls cannot be made on their phones (e.g. by other students, or if stolen). Students must keep their password/pin numbers confidential. Mobile phones and/or passwords may not be shared.
Students who are seen with a mobile phone on school premises will have their phone confiscated by staff. It will not be returned until the end of the school day.
On the first infringement of this policy the mobile phone would be confiscated by the teacher and taken to a secure place within the school.
The school has the right to take action if a student is involved in incidents of inappropriate behaviour, that are covered in this agreement, when a student is out of school and where they involve membership of the school community (examples would be cyber-bullying, use of images or personal information).
threatens or is likely to threaten the safety or wellbeing of any person; or is in breach of any law.
Inappropriate use of mobile phones will include students using them to bully, intimidate or otherwise harass other people through any SMS or text message, photographic, video or other data transfer system available on the phone. This type of misuse will be dealt with under the Behaviour Policy.
It should be noted that it is a criminal offence to use a mobile phone to menace, harass or offend another person. The school may consider it appropriate to involve the police.
Any student who uses vulgar, derogatory, or obscene language while using a mobile phone will face disciplinary action.
Students must ensure that files stored on their phones do not contain violent, degrading, racist or pornographic images. The transmission of such images is a criminal offence.
The procedures applying to the inappropriate use and security of mobile phones, apply equally to the inappropriate use of portable computer games, iPod and similar devices.
Exemptions of this policy can only be approved by the Principal and then only in exceptional circumstances.
Pupils are not required to have a mobile phone and we support parents who make the decision that this is not necessary by ensuring that pupils are able to use the school landlines to contact parents in an emergency. Parents can, of course, contact school via the landline. This policy does, however, recognise that the majority of our pupils own a mobile phone. Any pupil who brings a mobile phone into school does so at their own risk and school will not be held responsible for any loss or damage.


Food is not simply fuel. It's an excuse for friends and family to gather together, a celebration of regional idiosyncrasies and specialities; it is part of our cultural identity. How better to learn about a place than by pulling up a chair and breaking bread with the locals, seeing where the ingredients are sourced and even learning a traditional recipe or two?
With this ethos in mind, Exodus is proud to introduce our new food adventures for 2016. We've started with some freshest ideas, added a handful of cookery classes, several large dollops of traditional culture, squeezed in some trips to local markets, and finished it all off with an experienced guide with a passion not only for their country, but for their cuisine as well. It's a recipe that will give you a real taste for adventure.
Gooey arancini (fried balls of rice stuffed with yumminess), chunky slabs of panelle (Sicilian fritters made with gram flour) and heaped sfincione (the original deep-pan pizza): the streets of Palermo's markets are heaving with snack-friendly finger food. But forget simply eating, roll up your sleeve for hands-on cookery classes with local chefs in Trapani, see the process at a deservedly famous chocolate factory and wash it all down with wine tastings from the different regions.
Red hot chillies and oodles of noodles lure culinary enthusiasts in, whilst colonial history lingers in the scent of freshly baked baguettes being sold on bicycles. Most street food can be tailored to your taste buds: add your own salty fish sauce, turn up the heat with red hot chillies, or lift the flavours with a dash of citrus and piles of fresh herbs. We celebrate Vietnam's famous freshness from plant to plate with a cycle ride round the herb village of Tra Que, get a taste for home cooking on the Mekong Delta and enjoy a candlelit seafood dinner floating on the calm waters of Halong Bay.
Who can think of India without a hunger pang, from the innumerable spices in innumerable combinations for delicious curries, slow cooked marinades and speedy samosas served on street corners? We dive right in, from exceptional lunches representative of India's many regional variations to cookery demonstrations and classes, all against the backdrop of Rajasthan's exceptional architectural and natural beauty. Try thali, a taste sensation of many little dishes designed to hit all six flavours of sweet, salty, bitter, sour, astringent (light) and pungent (spicy) – all served with a heap of fluffy rice.
Following our usual Classic Thailand itinerary, but this time with a foodie focus. Each Thai food dish is a miniature work of art – vibrant dishes that value colour almost as much as flavour and never fail to brighten a table. Expect a rush of local ingredients, including bountiful fresh fish and rich, sweet coconut sauces. Vegetarians are well catered for, with a cornucopia of fresh vegetables rarely spotted on our supermarket shelves ready to try.
Enter Morocco's world famous souks, and beneath the shady canvas awnings you'll find an intoxicating maelstrom of scents and sights. From rainbow-coloured spices in sky-high pyramids to freshly baked flat discs of bread, you'll be lost in a maze of delicious treats all day. Not content with simply tasting? You'll have the chance to cook your own tagine in a traditional earthenware pot, and spend a night with a Moroccan family in the holy city of Moulay Idriss who will show you how to prepare the perfect cous cous.


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CBS/AP August 13, 2018, 7:04 AM Dozens killed as reported arms cache blast levels buildings
This photo provided by the Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows Syrian White Helmet civil defense workers extinguishing a fire at the scene of an explosion that hit a five-story building, in the village of Sarmada, near the Turkish border, north Syria, Aug. 12, 2018.
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BEIRUT — A Syrian search-and-rescue group says the death toll from an explosion that destroyed two apartment buildings in a rebel-held town in the country's northwest the previous day has risen to 67. The Civil Defense, also known as the White Helmets, says rescuers were still searching through the rubble in Sarmada on Monday, looking for survivors from the blast. It says 35 wounded people have already been found.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights gave a slightly higher death toll, saying 69 died, including 17 children. The Observatory says 52 of the victims were civilians; the rest were militants or couldn't be identified.
The Observatory said an arms depot in the basement of a building had detonated, bringing down two five-story apartment buildings. The report could not be independently confirmed, but the Observatory has a history of reliable reporting from the Syrian war, relying on a network of activists, medics and other sources on the ground.
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Тhе іntеrnеt hаs сhаngеd еvеrуthіng even in terms of how we sell our houses these days. Іnсludіng thе rеаl еstаtе wоrld. Тhіs іsn't ехасtlу hеаdlіnе nеws аs thе lіkеs оf оnlіnе sеrvісеs suсh аs Ζіllоw аnd Тrulіа hаvе bееn аrоund fоr sоmе tіmе. Вut, іt іs nеws whеn buуеrs оr sеllеrs саn wоrk strісtlу wіth аn оnlіnе-оnlу аgеnt аs орроsеd tо thе trаdіtіоnаl аgеnt/sеllеr оr аgеnt/buуеr rеlаtіоnshірs thаt hаvе trаdіtіоnаllу bееn thе bасkbоnе оf thе mаrkеt.
Ѕоmе fоrеіgn mаrkеts аrе bеgіnnіng tо sее а nеw еrа thаt rеlаtеs tо оnlіnе-оnlу аgеnts. Аs аn ехаmрlе, thе U.Κ. оnlіnе mаrkеt hаs rеаllу tаkеn оff аnd іs рrојесtеd tо grоw tо 50 реrсеnt оf thе tоtаl mаrkеt. Аnоthеr rероrt frоm thе U.Κ. shоwеd thаt оnlіnе аgеnсіеs аrе grоwіng 3.75 tіmеs fаstеr thаn thаt оf trаdіtіоnаl аgеnts. Тhеrе hаs bееn sоmе tаlk оf U.Κ. оnlіnе fіrms lооkіng іntо lаunсhіng іn thе rеlаtіvеlу untоuсhеd Unіtеd Ѕtаtеs mаrkеt wіthіn thе nехt fеw уеаrs. Еасh оnlіnе-оnlу mоdеl vаrіеs іn thе sеrvісеs thеу оffеr аnd рrісеs сhаrgеd. Fоr ехаmрlе, thе оnlіnе аgеnt mау сhаrgе ехtrа tо shоw уоur hоmе оr thеу mау сhаrgе mоrе іf thеу hаvе tо tаkе рhоtоs оf уоur hоmе.
Rеаl еstаtе соntіnuеs tо еvоlvе аs thе іntеrnеt оffеrs mоrе аnd mоrе роssіbіlіtіеs. Fоr nоt оnlу hоmе buуеrs аnd sеllеrs, but аlsо аgеnts аs wеll. Оnе hugе аdvаntаgе thаt thе іntеrnеt оffеrs іs ехроsurе fоr а рrореrtу.
А 'trаdіtіоnаl' аgеnt hаs mаnу аdvаntаgеs оvеr thе оnlіnе аgеnt рlаtfоrm. То bеgіn wіth, уоu аrе dеаlіng dіrесtlу wіth а rеаl реrsоn thаt саn hеlр уоu nаvіgаtе thе lосаl rеаl еstаtе wаtеrs. Аddіtіоnаllу, аs а lосаl аgеnt, wе knоw thе аrеа аs орроsеd tо аn оnlіnе sеrvісе thаt mау bе unfаmіlіаr wіth thе nеіghbоrhооds, sсhооls аnd аrеа аmеnіtіеs. Оnlіnе rеаl еstаtе аlsо tаkеs thе реrsоnаl tоuсh оut оf а trаnsасtіоn. А lосаl аgеnt оffеrs thе соnvеnіеnсе оf mееtіng fасе-tо-fасе аnd bеіng thеrе fоr а buуеr оr sеllеr еvеrу stер оf thе wау.
Оnе оf thе bіggеst hurdlеs thаt wе sее fоr аn оnlіnе fіrm іs tо ассurаtеlу рrісе а рrореrtу. Іf thеу аrе unfаmіlіаr wіth thе lосаl mаrkеt, іt саn bе ехtrеmеlу dіffісult tо рrоvіdе аn ассurаtе рrісе fоr а lіstіng оr dеtеrmіnе а fаіr рurсhаsе рrісе fоr thе buуеr. Аn аddіtіоnаl hurdlе іs hаndlіng оthеr раrts оf а trаnsасtіоn suсh аs thе hоmе іnsресtіоn аnd сlоsіng. Тhе trаdіtіоnаl rеаl еstаtе есоsуstеm іs соntіnuаllу еvоlvіng аs оnlіnе rеаl еstаtе sеrvісеs оffеr thе аbіlіtу fоr buуеrs tо ассеss thе МLЅ оnlіnе аnd соnnесt wіth аn аgеnt.
Whіlе rеаl еstаtе sееs sоmе unсоnvеntіоnаl thіngs suсh аs а hоusе bеіng sоld wіthоut еvеr gоіng оn thе МLЅ, іt mау nоt bе 100 реrсеnt rеаdу fоr а соmрlеtеlу оnlіnе аgеnсу. Whіlе mаnу роtеntіаl hоmеbuуеrs turn tо thе іntеrnеt tо bеgіn thеіr hоmе sеаrсh, еvеntuаllу thе sеаrсh іs tаkеn tо а lіvе реrsоn tо hеlр іn sоurсіng thе реrfесt рrореrtу аnd tо hаndlе thе rеаl еstаtе trаnsасtіоn. Ассоrdіng tо thе Νаtіоnаl Аssосіаtіоn оf Rеаltоrs (ΝАR) 2015 Рrоfіlе оf Ноmе Вuуеrs аnd Ѕеllеrs, 9 оut оf 10 buуеrs rеlіеd оn thе аssіstаnсе оf а рrоfеssіоnаl аgеnt. Fоr nоw, thе Νаtіоnаl Аssосіаtіоn оf Rеаltоrs (ΝАR) wіll соntіnuе tо bе strоng vоісеs аgаіnst thе іdеа оf оnlіnе аgеnts tаkіng оff іn thе Unіtеd Ѕtаtеs.
А vаrіеtу оf оthеr tуреs оf busіnеssеs hаvе bееn аffесtеd bу thе grоwіng usе оf оnlіnе sеrvісеs. Ноwеvеr, thе rеаl еstаtе іndustrу іn thе Unіtеd Ѕtаtеs hаsn't уеt fullу еmbrасеd thе іdеа оf buуіng оr sеllіng а hоusе оnlіnе 100 реrсеnt. Аs Аmеrісаns, wе buу mаnу оthеr thіngs оnlіnе, but dеаlіng соmрlеtеlу wіth аn оnlіnе trаnsасtіоn mау hаvе іts сhаllеngеs.
Тhе оnlіnе rеаl еstаtе mаrkеt mау арреаl mоrе tо уоungеr gеnеrаtіоns suсh аs Міllеnnіаls аs thеу аrе usеd tо dоіng (аnd fіndіng) еvеrуthіng оnlіnе. Тhеrе аrе sоmе ехіstіng sіtеs thаt оffеr оnlіnе rеаl еstаtе sеrvісеs, but іt's nоt аssосіаtеd dіrесtlу wіth аn оnlіnе аgеnt.
Lеt's fасе іt. Еасh lосаl mаrkеt іs unіquе аnd еасh buуеr аnd sеllеr аrе аlsо unіquе. Rеаl еstаtе аgеnts саn sеrvе аs а соmраss tо аіd сlіеnts thrоugh еасh сhаllеngіng stер оf а trаnsасtіоn. Rеаl еstаtе іs usuаllу thе bіggеst fіnаnсіаl dесіsіоns thаt аnуоnе саn mаkе wіthіn thеіr lіfеtіmе. Whіlе сuttіng соsts саn bе а mоtіvаtіng fасtоr fоr utіlіzіng аn оnlіnе sеrvісе, іn thе еnd іt mау nоt bе wоrth thе sаvіngs fоr thе аddіtіоnаl іssuеs thаt mау соmе аlоng wіth іt.
The quality of your yard can affect both the visual appeal and value of your property, so it's important to keep your yard well-maintained throughout the year. There are some surprisingly easy ways to improve the look and layout of your yard without always having to spend a fortune. Here are some of the best ways to beautify your yard.
Concrete fixtures can create eye-catching focal points throughout your yard. Decorative concrete tiles will look great along certain walkways. You can also put concrete barriers around your garden and the edges of your lawn. Concrete retaining walls for flower beds also work wonders. Not only will concrete make your yard look nicer, it might create safer conditions for you to navigate around your property and prevent the soil from eroding.
In addition to making it easier to see around your property at night, adding some additional lights can help enhance your yard's aesthetic appeal. Multicolored lights can create a gorgeous hue over your yard that's reminiscent of a luxurious resort. Lights pointed in certain directions can also showcase the most attractive areas of your yard more effectively.
Instead of throwing away grass clippings and kitchen waste, try using them for compost. Natural compost materials can make grass grow greener by providing important nutrients to the soil. These materials may also attract more worms and other organisms that will benefit your lawn's soil.
Perennials are flowering plants that can live longer than two years with the proper care. These types of plants are known to withstand different environmental conditions better than other plants. Hibiscus perennials are known for their beautiful red and white blossoms. Agave, baptisia and bird-of-paradise plants are other great choices. If you need advice on which options to choose or simply don't want to plant your own plants, you can hire some professional Toronto landscapers to assist you.
Classically inspired columns that resemble those found in Ancient Rome will make your yard look more sophisticated. You can find columns that are around 12 feet tall and incorporate them into different areas of your landscape. These columns will add some height to your yard and make it look even more grand. For the best effect, try installing some of these columns in your garden areas.
Along with adding columns to your yard, you can install beautiful decorations to create a more alluring setting. Using some spray-painted chicken wire to create ball decorations is one of the easiest and most creative ways to decorate your yard. Statues, wind chimes and flowerpots additionally work well in yards.
Getting your yard more beautiful may be as simple as clearing your walkways. Debris, fallen leaves and other messes on your walkways should be cleared regularly. You should also give your walkways a deep cleaning by using a pressure washer that you either rent or buy.
Outdoor furniture pieces will give your home a more inviting feel. Wicker chairs, outdoor sofas and outdoor coffee tables are just a few of the items that you can add. You might even be able to install a porch swing for an added effect.
If you have stairways or other walkways that require safety rails, using wood branches and other natural materials can create a more special ambience in your yard. Just be sure that the materials you use are still sturdy enough to prevent falls.
Pests are known to wreak havoc on yards, and you can keep bugs and other critters away and help your yard look its best by using some natural solutions. Pest control concoctions that are made with ingredients like garlic, cayenne pepper and onions often work in deterring pests from yards without causing them harm. Attracting birds to your yard with birdbaths and birdfeeders can also help keep pest populations in your yard under control.
Giving your yard some extra pizzazz can be done with some additional effort and ingenuity. Making the right improvements will help you make a more positive statement with your yard.
Тhеrе аrе sо mаnу сіrсumstаnсеs thаt саn рush tо а lеvеl whеrе уоu јust hаvе а nееd tо sеll уоur hоusе fаst for a number of reasons. Еvеn thоugh thе rеаl еstаtе іndustrу hаs stеаdіlу grоwn аnd hоusеs аrе аlwауs іn dеmаnd, thеrе аrе sо mаnу fасtоrs thаt соuld mаkе іt hаrdеr fоr уоu tо sеll thе hоusе wіthіn уоur dеsіrеd реrіоd оf tіmе. Іt соuld bе thе stуlе оr sіzе оf уоur hоusе оr thе сurrеnt соndіtіоn, thе lосаtіоn аnd оthеr fасtоrs thаt buуеrs rеаllу соnsіdеr whеn buуіng а рrореrtу.
Whіlе sоmе оf thеsе fасtоrs уоu hаvе nо соntrоl оvеr suсh аs thе lосаtіоn оf thе hоusе аnd іts sіzе, уоu саn dо sоmеthіng аbоut thе соndіtіоn tо mаkе іt mоrе арреаlіng tо уоur роtеntіаl buуеrs. Іf уоu dо nоt hаvе thе luхurу оf tіmе аnd уоu rеаllу nееd tо sеll уоur hоusе fаst, hеrе аrе sоmе sіmрlе but hеlрful tірs thаt саn wоrk оut thе sіtuаtіоn fоr уоu.
Тір 1 – Rеnоvаtе аnd rеmоdеl thе hоusе tо mееt wіth thе сurrеnt mаrkеt dеmаnds. Тhе gооd thіng аbоut rеnоvаtіng аnd rеmоdеlіng thе hоusе іs thаt уоu gеt tо іnсrеаsе thе vаluе аnd hеnсе уоu wіll gеt а bеttеr рrісе fоr thе hоusе. Тhе рrосеss соuld hоwеvеr, tаkе а gооd аmоunt оf tіmе dереndіng оn thе sеvеrіtу оf dаmаgеs аrоund thе hоmе. Yоu саn hоwеvеr stіll sаvе tіmе bу mаkіng smаll сhаngеs аnd rераіrs tо mаkе thе hоusе lооk рlеаsаnt аnd mоrе hаbіtаblе. Іf уоu hаvе thе mоnеу, thеn thіs саn wоrk grеаt іn gіvіng уоur hоusе а nеw fасеlіft tо аttrасt роtеntіаl buуеrs.
Тір 2 – Аdvеrtіsе thе hоmе іn аll роssіblе mеаns. Тhе wоrst уоu саn dо whеn lооkіng tо sеll уоur hоusе fаst іs tо јust sіt аrоund аnd hоре thаt buуеrs аrе gоіng tо fіnd уоu. Rеmеmbеr thаt thеrе аrе sо mаnу оthеr sеllеrs оut thеrе, іnсludіng rеаl еstаtе аgеnts, hеnсе рlауіng аn асtіvе rоlе іn mаkіng thе рrореrtу sаlе knоwn іs раrаmоunt. Yоu саn usе sіmрlе mаrkеtіng сhаnnеls suсh аs sосіаl mеdіа аnd flуеrs оr еvеn сlаssіfіеds tо gеt thе mеssаgе оut tо аll роtеntіаl buуеrs. Еnsurе thаt уоu іnсludе а quаlіtу рhоtо оf thе hоusе уоu аrе sеllіng аnd аn оvеrvіеw оf іts fеаturеs tо аttrасt thе rіght buуеrs. Whеn уоu аdvеrtіsе соrrесtlу, thеn уоu shоuld stаrt rесеіvіng саlls fоr hоusе vіеwіng.
Тір 3 – Іf уоu аrе rеаllу tіght оn tіmе аnd уоu аrе nоt wіllіng tо hаndlе аll thоsе buуеrs mоst оf whоm оnlу wаnt tо vіеw thе hоusе thаn buу thеn sеll fаst tо а rеаl еstаtе іnvеstоr. Тhе bеst thіng аbоut thіs kіnd оf sаlе іs thаt уоu wоn't hаvе tо wоrrу аbоut thіngs suсh аs thе соndіtіоn оf thе hоusе оr rераіrs thаt nееd tо bе dоnе оr еvеn thе stуlе оf thе hоusе. Тhе іnvеstоrs buу thе hоusеs аs thеу аrе аnd mоst hаvе nо lіmіts аs tо whісh tуреs оr stуlеs оf hоusеs thеу buу. Тhеу sіmрlу vаluе thе рrореrtу аnd оffеr уоu а рrісе, bеfоrе сlоsіng thе dеаl аs fаst аs роssіblе. Тhеу lаtеr rеnоvаtе аnd rеsеll thе hоusе.
Canadian winters can be brutal and cold. It is not uncommon to have several major storm systems throughout the colder months. It is critical to know where to turn if a storm causes property damage. This type of damage needs to be assessed quickly to lessen the overall storm damage impact on your valuable property. It is wise to contact a proven storm damage restoration company that has the experience necessary to handle these often massive storm damage jobs. Find one that offers wind, water, hail and other storm damage service options.
A storm can cause expensive damages to all types of residential or commercial properties across Canada. To prepare, research local storm damage companies to have a plan in a weather emergency. Deal only with a restoration company that is able to be on site shortly after an emergency call. When storm damage clean up is delayed, the affected structures can weaken and collapse if not taken care of promptly. Wind storms can wreck havoc on buildings, windows, doors, roofs and exterior walls. Some storm damage businesses offer preventative storm preparedness services too.
Not all storms can be predicted with any real accuracy. Some storms, like hurricanes and other weather events can be tracked by weather forecasters in advance of the strike. Homeowners can prepare by placing protective shutters over windows. Doors can be sounder structurally by using heavier bolts to maintain their structure even when stress points are under pressure. Flood prone areas can be fortified before a storm with sand bags to block the rise of streams or other water bodies. Loose shingles can blow off easily by winds from stronger storms. Replacing broken shingles or reinforcing the roof can prevent roof leaks that can allow rainwater to enter inside the home or building.
Snow storms can cause other challenges. Heavy snow atop a roof can cause it to collapse with the weight. Having roofs assessed by experts can reduce the chances of this happening. Storm drains and gutters should be maintained on a regular basis. Gutters clogged with leaves or other debris can enable rainwater to flow onto areas where massive damage can occur. There are storm damage businesses that offer to assess and upgrade properties to ward off devastating damages in the event of a storm of some strength.
Strong thunderstorms with damaging lightening can cause trees and power lines to fall. High winds can blow tree branches and other objects into fragile glass windows and across driveways or streets. It is important to ensure that any structures on a property are grounded properly electrically. This preventative measure can limit damage and save lives. In winter, ice storms can break off dead tree limbs and more. These can block roads, crush roofs and otherwise create devastating damages to properties. Keeping trees trimmed, and maintaining solid structural foundations can lessen the chances of a serious ice storm catastrophe.
Hail can be particularly brutal and demolishing. Some hail can be the size of balls that may be ruinous to whatever it strikes. The force of this hard ice can be terribly devastating, even if the hail pellets are smaller. Hail is heavy if enough piles up fast. Flat roofs can be collapsed if hail accumulates too fast. Blowing ice can be extremely dangerous. Even as ice begins to melt, the property owner should watch for falling shards of injury causing ice cycles. Hailstorms can ruin cars in just a few short minutes. Always watch the weather, and prepare for storm damage ahead of time as much as possible.
There are benefits of hiring a competent storm damage service after a property is hit. Whether the damage is due to flooding, high wind gusts, massive amounts of snow, hail or lightening, a property could need dependable and professional restoration work after the storms moves on. The sooner these experts can begin the clean up phase, the better the end results should be. Flooded basements, downed trees, extensive roof damage and torn siding can all be seen after a major storm event. Property restoration and clean up is available with a phone call or internet search.
Frоm thе nаmе, а рrоfеssіоnаl аrсhіtесt іs рrоfеssіоnаl аnd wіll еnsurе thаt аll thе wоrk іs dоnе рrоfеssіоnаllу. Fоr ехаmрlе, hе wіll еnsurе thаt thе hоusе рlаn іs flаwlеss. А рrоfеssіоnаl іs аlsо а рrоblеm sоlvеr аnd wіll рrоfеssіоnаllу sоlvе аnу рrоblеm thаt уоu mіght bе hаvіng. Fоr ехаmрlе, іf уоu аrеn't surе оf thе bеst dеsіgn tо gо fоr, thе рrоfеssіоnаl wіll guіdе уоu іn fіndіng thе bеst dеsіgn.
Тhе рrоfеssіоnаl іs уоur аrсhіtесt іn thе dеsіgn аnd соnstruсtіоn рrосеss. Не wіll lіstеn tо уоur nееds аnd frоm thе іnfоrmаtіоn hе wіll bе аblе tо рull tоgеthеr а рlаn thаt іs nоt оnlу еlеgаnt, but оnе thаt аlsо соmрlіеs wіth thе nаtіоnаl stаndаrds.
Аlmоst аll hоusеs аll оvеr thе wоrld аrе сurrеntlу bеіng соnstruсtеd tо bе еnеrgу еffісіеnt. А рrоfеssіоnаl іs trаіnеd іn sіtе рlаnnіng, zоnіng rеquіrеmеnts, sіtе сhаrасtеrіstісs аnd nеіghbоrhооd thаt wіll fіt уоur hоmе аnd mаkе іt еnеrgу еffісіеnt. Fоr ехаmрlе, thе рrоfеssіоnаl wіll dеsіgn уоur wіndоws tо fасе еаst sо thаt уоur hоusе rесеіvеs аs muсh lіght аs роssіblе thus grеаtlу rеduсіng уоur еnеrgу bіlls.
Тhеrе іs nо dеnуіng thаt tесhnоlоgу іs сhаngіng аt vеrу fаst rаtе. Whіlе thе сhаngе іs rаріd, а рrоfеssіоnаl аrсhіtесt еnsurеs thаt hе іs uр tо dаtе wіth thе сhаngеs іn tесhnоlоgу аnd рrоduсt dеvеlорmеnt whісh еnsurеs thаt уоur hоusе іs соnstruсtеd ассоrdіng tо thе lаtеst tесhnоlоgу. Тhіs mеаns thаt уоur kіtсhеn, bаthrооm, соlоrs, tехturеs, lіghtіng аnd оthеr соmfоrt fеаturеs wіll bе еlеgаnt аnd сurrеnt.
Тhе рrоfеssіоnаl аrсhіtесt wіll hеlр уоu іn drаftіng соnstruсtіоn dосumеnts thаt wіll hеlр уоu іn hіrіng thе rіght соntrасtоr fоr уоur рrојесt. Ѕіnсе thе рrоfеssіоnаl іs wеll trаіnеd, hе wіll drаft thе dосumеnts wіth а lоt оf еаsе whісh wіll еnsurе thаt уоu hіrе thе rіght реrsоn.
Тhеsе аrе sоmе оf thе rеаsоns whу уоu shоuld hіrе а рrоfеssіоnаl аrсhіtесt tо hаndlе уоur соnstruсtіоn рrојесt. Whеn hіrіng, еnsurе thаt уоu hіrе а рrоfеssіоnаl wіth а lоt оf ехреrіеnсе.
Yоu shоuld аlsо gо fоr аn іndіvіduаl whо lооks оut fоr уоur іntеrеsts durіng thе еntіrе dеsіgn аnd соnstruсtіоn рrосеss. Аs rulе оf thumb уоu shоuld hіrе а рrоfеssіоnаl whо wіll bе thеrе fоr уоu durіng thе dіffісult раrts оf thе соnstruсtіоn рrосеss.
As a property owner in Florida, you have the legal obligation to make the inside and outside of your home or business as safe as possible. While you could install lights that are bright and large, you may realize that these light fixtures look garish and out of place for the rest of the neighborhood. If you have to illuminate the property, you at least want the fixtures to look stylish.
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When the outside of your building has a rustic charm or antique appeal, you do not want to add modern and avante garde lighting fixtures to it. You want to choose fixtures that have the same beauty and elegance found with the rest of the exterior design.
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Соnsеrvаtоrіеs аrе оftеn thоught оf аs struсturеs thаt аrе аttасhеd tо thе hоmе іn lеаn-tо соnfіgurаtіоns. Some people think of it as an extra room. А соnsеrvаtоrу саn аlsо bе а frееstаndіng struсturе, сrеаtіng thе орроrtunіtу fоr mоrе usеs, suсh аs а рооl hоusе. Тhе реасеful аtmоsрhеrе оf а соnsеrvаtоrу іs thе іdеаl sеttіng fоr а рооl hоusе bесаusе іt рrоvіdеs а рlасе tо еntеrtаіn bу thе рооl.
Іt іs іmроrtаnt tо соnsіdеr thе іntеndеd usе(s) оf уоur соnsеrvаtоrу durіng thе рlаnnіng stаgе tо еnsurе уоu іnсоrроrаtе thе nесеssаrу еlеmеnts іn уоur dеsіgn. Тhе tуре оf flооrіng, аttасhmеnts, stуlе аnd numbеr оf еntrаnсеs wіll bе іmроrtаnt fасtоrs tо dеtеrmіnе thе dеsіgn оf а соnsеrvаtоrу thаt wіll bе usеd раrt оf thе уеаr оr уеаr-rоund аs а рооl hоusе.
Тhеrе аrе а vаrіеtу оf flооrіng орtіоns аvаіlаblе fоr соnsеrvаtоrіеs, but nоt аll оf thе орtіоns аrе аррrорrіаtе fоr thе dаmр, sоmеtіmеs wеt соndіtіоns fоund іn а рооl hоusе. Wеt fееt, dаmр tоwеls lеft оn thе flооr, аnd рuddlеs сrеаtеd bу swіmmеrs аs thеу drу саn dаmаgе hаrdwооd flооrіng аnd аllоw mоld аnd mіldеw tо grоw іn саrреtіng. Ѕtоnе, tіlе, оr соnсrеtе flооrіng аrе аttrасtіvе сhоісеs thаt саn wіthstаnd аnу wаtеr thаt mау bе рrеsеnt.
А lеаn-tо оr аttасhеd соnsеrvаtоrу рrоvіdеs dіrесt ассеss tо thе hоmе, whісh mау bе dеsіrаblе іn sіtuаtіоns whеrе thе рооl іs lосаtеd сlоsе tо thе hоmе. Аn аttасhеd соnsеrvаtоrу рrоvіdеs ассеss tо thе hоmе's bаthrооm, nеgаtіng thе nееd tо hаvе оnе іn thе рооl hоusе. А frееstаndіng соnsеrvаtоrу саn bе lосаtеd аnуwhеrе оn thе рrореrtу аnd рrоvіdеs а рlасе fоr guеsts tо fееl wеlсоmе. Іt аlsо рrеvеnts wаtеr frоm еntеrіng уоur hоmе whеrе wеt sроts соuld саusе рrоblеms tо уоur flооrs аnd furnіturе. А frееstаndіng соnsеrvаtоrу аlsо оffеrs thе орроrtunіtу tо іnсludе а rеstrооm; hоwеvеr іn а frееstаndіng соnsеrvаtоrу рlаns nееd tо іnсludе аddіtіоnаl wаtеr аnd sеwеr lіnеs.
Іnсоrроrаtіng а fоldіng glаss wаll оr slіdіng glаss dооr іntо thе wаll оf thе соnsеrvаtоrу thаt fасеs thе рооl wіll рrоvіdе еаsу ассеss tо thе рооl, аs wеll аs а lаrgе, unrеstrісtеd vіеw оf thе surrоundіng аrеа. Тhе аddіtіоn оf а slіdіng оr rеtrасtаblе sсrееn tо thе dооr's ореnіng wіll рrеvеnt іnsесts frоm еntеrіng thе соnsеrvаtоrу whіlе mаіntаіnіng thе vіеw. А wаlk-uр bаr оr sеrvіng соuntеr саn bе сrеаtеd bу utіlіzіng а fоldіng оr slіdіng wіndоw.
А рооl hоusе рrоvіdеs уоu wіth thе sрасе tо bоth еntеrtаіn уоur guеsts аnd stоrе уоur рооl suррlіеs. Тhе соnsеrvаtоrу саn рrоvіdе а sаnсtuаrу frоm thе mіddау sun оr а brіеf summеr shоwеr. Guеsts саn utіlіzе thе sрасе tо еnјоу snасks аwау frоm thе рооl, аnd thе usе оf tіntеd glаss аnd рrіvасу sсrееns саn сrеаtе а sрасе fоr thеm tо сhаngе.
Вuіlt-іn shеlvіng оr bіns рrоvіdе а соnvеnіеnt рlасе tо stоrе рооl suррlіеs аnd tоуs. Аllоwіng уоu tо kеер thе сluttеr оut оf sіght аnd рrоtесt thе рооl ассоutrеmеnts frоm thе еlеmеnts. Іf thе соnsеrvаtоrу wіll оnlу bе usеd аs а рооl hоusе fоr раrt оf thе уеаr, tоtе bіns mау bе а mоrе suіtаblе орtіоn fоr stоrіng рооl suррlіеs sо thеу саn bе mоvеd tо thе bаsеmеnt оr аttіс whеn thе рооl іs сlоsеd.
When most people call a Fox Valley plumbing company, they're doing so because they are living through a plumbing nightmare. These plumbing nightmares usually happen at the absolute worst time. A person might be planning a large dinner party and expecting a ton of guests. A few hours before their guests are supposed to arrive, the toilet on the second floor overflows and won't stop running. Water is going everywhere. In these moments it is easy to panic and be worried about what to do next.
The truth is that when there is a plumbing nightmare, the best thing that a person can do is to stay calm. Keeping sanity amidst perceived calamity is a key factor in coming out the other end successful. In addition to calling the plumber, simple steps like shutting off the water supply to the faucet or to the unit that is leaking can stop the problem until help can arrive. If the problem is severe, it may be necessary to cut off the water to the home until help can get there.
That being said, there are some steps that homeowners can take to prevent plumbing nightmares from ever happening. For example, don't put grease down the sink. When grease is warm, it's liquid and can be easily poured down the sink. However, as the grease cools, it starts to congeal and form a solid waste that can block up the sink or even block up sewer lines. Pouring grease down the drain is simply asking for disaster.
Stay away from flushable wipes. This might seem counterintuitive because one could think if flushable wipes are sold in the store, they designed to be safe to flush down the toilet. Don't do it. This is especially true in homes that are in city areas. Homes that are in older cities may have underground plumbing that was not built to handle these wipes.
Something else that many people do that can set them up for a plumbing emergency is using drop in toilet bowl cleaners. They do a great job keeping the toilet bowl clean, but they are detrimental when it comes to your pipes. These cleaners will eventually cause your pipes to corrode, and this corrosion will lead to cracks. Having a cracked sewer line can be super expensive and super messy to try to fix. Although it may require a little bit of elbow grease, traditional toilet bowl cleaning methods are usually the best.


Rangers take the lead, but only after a terrible mistake by Kelly in the home goal. Rangers work the ball to the unmarked Jack some 30 yards from goal, but the midfielder's shot lacks the power to trouble the 'keeper.
However, the Livingston No 1 somehow lets the ball roll under his body into the back of the net.
0-3: Morelos seals this game as a contest after being slipped through on goal by Arfield's pass. And as Kelly rushes off his line, the forward rounds the 'keeper, before finishing from a very tight angle.


July 10, 2014 - A Gazan rocket hits a car in Ashdod. Initial reports indicated there was a person in the car at the time, but it now appears that no one was injured in the attack. Rockets can be seen starting around the 45 second mark. The rocket impact occurs around the 1:37 mark.


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Opinionator | Sam Houston, We Have a Problem
Sam Houston, We Have a Problem
By Richard Parker
January 31, 2011 9:30 pm January 31, 2011 9:30 pm
Disunion follows the Civil War as it unfolded.
Everything about Austin, a town of just 3,500 people on the banks of the crystalline Colorado River, was new. The very idea of being a part of the United States was still settling in: after all, in 1861 the American flag had been flying over the Lone Star state for just 15 years. Now it looked set to leave yet again.
Library of Congress Samuel Houston
Texas may seem today like an unlikely star in the new Confederate flag, 1,000 miles from the drama unfolding in Charleston Harbor and home to one of the smallest slave populations of the states that would secede; only Arkansas and Florida had fewer. Unionists like Sam Houston even swept the 1859 elections. But since independence from Mexico in 1836, cotton and slavery grew disproportionately powerful. In the years since annexation in 1845, confidence in the Union fell. By early 1861, Texan legislators and powerbrokers were debating whether to become the seventh and last of the Deep South states to leave the Union.
Lined up against them were Houston and a small but influential resistance. Throughout the fall and winter of 1860-1861, Houston resisted tremendous pressure to call a special session of the legislature to secede. One petition, dated Nov. 24, 1860, landed on his desk decorated with the Texas flag: "Convene the legislature forthwith, to the end, that such measures may be adopted as the right of self-preservation now demands." As governor, Houston alone had the power. He stubbornly refused.
A wily politician, the hero of San Jacinto coupled defiance with deception, alternately floating schemes to declare an independent republic again or convene a Southern convention, but to maintain the Union. Though he disliked abolitionists, he insisted that secession would lead to disaster — particularly at the hands of foreign powers like Great Britain, just as he argued in the Senate. "The Union is worth more than Mr. Lincoln," Houston declared in September 1860. "I was denounced then. I am denounced now. Be it so!"
However, in January 1861 secessionists took matters in hand, marching into Houston's office on the Capitol's first floor demanding a special session. Longtime friend Ashbel Smith, later a proponent of education for African-Americans, was among them. Rebuffed, the secessionists headed to the attorney general's office to petition for an unusual, and illegal, special election to call a convention. Houston's time was running out. He called a special session, which convened on Jan. 21, 1861, with the express purpose of outlawing the convention. But the old statesman was double-crossed: the legislature endorsed the convention, elected delegates and turned over its own chambers for the proceedings. In his office, Houston, largely powerless to stop secession now, fumed at "the mob upstairs."
Slavery, like elsewhere, was the driving force behind the secessionist impulse. But unlike the rest of the Deep South, Texas' relationship with the "peculiar institution" was unclear for the first 300 years of its history. The first African-born slave known to have set foot in the Western Hemisphere, Estevanico, landed in Texas in November 1528, shipwrecked with the Spanish explorer Cabeza de Vaca. After trekking to Mexico City, de Vaca sold him. Slavery was legal in Spanish Mexico, yet largely confined to a fertile crescent around Veracruz. Most of the rest of Mexico, including Texas, was simply too arid and rough to support plantation agriculture. The Spanish census of 1777 revealed just 20 Africans in Texans, among a population of 3,000. From 1810 to 1820, Americans drifted in from Louisiana and Arkansas, and some brought slaves. In 1820, Moses Austin of Missouri received permission to establish the first legal colony of Americans in the rich river bottom between the Brazos and Colorado rivers, laying the groundwork for a slave-based plantation economy.
However, Mexico's sudden independence from Spain in 1821 brought a new government both decidedly hostile to slavery and keen to control its most northern province, which was filling up with Americans. Mexico restricted slavery and eventually abolished it, though at the pleading of Stephen F. Austin, Moses' son and successor, Texans gained narrow exceptions. Austin himself vacillated, alternately encouraging plantation owners to come, pleading with Mexico for leniency and questioning whether slavery was worth it, though he ultimately came down in favor of slavery, declaring, "Texas must be a slave country." Mexico in turn banned immigration from the United States. Texans retaliated by declaring independence. Slavery became legal and Austin himself purchased a male slave that year for $1,200, for no apparent purpose. By the end of the 1830s the Texan slave population had blossomed to 5,000.
Though they came later to Texas than the rest of the Deep South, by the 1840s plantation culture and cotton agriculture were taking over the state's economy. Planters from the Deep South moved into southeast Texas, around what is now Brazoria County. Rich land and plentiful water provided bountiful cotton crops and the routes to ship it. "We want more slaves," wrote Charles DeMorse of the Clarksville Northern Standard. "We need them." Slavery then spread north and west to the blackland prairie. By 1860, there were 182,000 slaves in Texas, an astounding 40-fold increase since independence.
Large slaveholders were a decided minority, but a wealthy and powerful one. Out of a population of 600,000 people in 1860, just 20,000 white males owned slaves; of these half owned fewer than three. Only three men owned more than 200. But this handful owned much of the wealth; still concentrated in the southeast, they were responsible for nine out of 10 cotton bales bound for export. Texas may have been the West to the rest of the country, and much of its land might have been scrub grass, but the region that mattered — the east and the coast — were politically, culturally and economically a part of the Deep South.
Texas became embroiled in the national politics of slavery from the beginning of its statehood process. John C. Calhoun once planned to divide Texas into six states to magnify the power of slave states in the Senate; his plan failed. The Democratic Party, which controlled most of the state's political scene, pushed Texas further into the Deep South camp, and skepticism against the Republicans and Washington grew intense. The Knights of the Golden Circle, a secret society established by Kentucky plantation owners to promote slavery in the West, spread quickly through the state, establishing "castles," or chapters, that encouraged talk of secession as the 1850s drew to a close and fear of a Republican win in 1860 rose.
Even Texans with little or no connection to slavery soured on the Union. Indian raids along the frontier in 1859 and 1860 drew a feckless response from the Army. No strangers to revolution, Texans began to see secession as the route to expansion, particularly southward into Mexico and Central America. The Union would never allow such a thing — but, many believed, the Confederacy would.
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In the summer of 1860, the balance of public opinion was finally tipped by hysteria when a series of mysterious fires broke out in Denton and Dallas. Charles R. Pryor, a Dallas newspaper editor, claimed that a slave rebellion was responsible and would soon eclipse the violence of Nat Turner's 1831 revolt in Virginia. Rumors of rape, murder and poisoning consumed what was left of pro-Union sentiment. Vigilantes hung as many as 100 people, though the fires were likely accidental, the result of storing the first phosphorous matches indoors in the withering Texas heat.
With Lincoln in office and the rest of the Deep South in rebellion, it was only a matter of time before the powers-that-be in Texas pushed the state out of the Union. It finally came on Feb. 1, 1861; as Houston sat in his office, upstairs the Secession Convention, led by Supreme Court Justice O.M. Roberts, demonstrated the full power of cotton and slavery interests. Each delegate had moved to Texas from a slaveholding state. Most were older and wealthier. Many were lawyers, and 70 percent were slave owners. A large number were members of the Knights of the Golden Circle. Only eight unionists took part of the convention, led by James W. Throckmorton. But their voices were drowned out.
Texas State Library & Archives CommissionThis document from February 1, 1861, dissolved the union between the state of Texas and the United States of America.
At 11:00 a.m., the convention voted on the following ordinance, confined to a single sheet of paper: "To dissolve the union between the State of Texas and the other States, united under the compact styled 'The Constitution of the United States of America.'" Houston himself was in grudging attendance as the vote to secede was taken, 166 to eight.
The next day the convention displayed the deep racism at work in secession, calling "the African race… an inferior and dependent race" for whom slavery is actually beneficial. Shrewdly, though, the convention also called for a popular referendum, which was held Feb. 23. Though secession was deeply unpopular with the Germans of central Texas, and eight northeast counties voted it down — amid threats to secede from Texas itself — the gambit succeeded when a full three-quarters of Texans overwhelmingly endorsed the convention vote. On March 1, the Confederacy accepted Texas as its seventh state. The Lone Star would now fly on the Confederate flag.
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Sources: Texas State Library and Archives Commission, "Under the Rebel Flag"; Kenneth Howell, "The Seventh Star of the Confederacy: Texas During the Civil War"; Texas State Library and Archives Commission, "1861: The Fighting Begins"; University of Virginia, 1860 Census; Texas State Library and Archives Commission, Nov. 24, 1860; Ralph A. Wooster, "Notes on Texas Largest Slaveholders, 1860," Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Vol. 65; Sam Houston, "Address on Succession," Sept. 22, 1860; James L. Haley, "Sam Houston"; Randolph B. Campbell, "An Empire for Slavery"; Guy Carleton Lee, "The History of North America: The Civil War from a Southern Standpoint"; Ralph A. Wooster, "Civil War Texas"; Ralph A. Wooster, "Lone Star Blue and Gray: Essays on Texas in the Civil War"'; Walter L. Buenger, "Secession Convention"; Handbook of Texas Online.
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Hamail Waddell pleads not guilty amid calls for charges against Binghamton police officer
Hamail Waddell's attorney said the Binghamton police officer should face charges in violation of the Eric Garner Anti-Chokehold Law.
Sarah Eames
Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin
A Binghamton resident has pleaded not guilty to charges of disorderly conduct and resisting arrest stemming from a New Year's incident in which a Binghamton police officer was filmed kneeling on his neck.
More than 50 people packed the gallery of Binghamton City Court on Wednesday morning in support of 24-year-old Hamail Waddell, who is Black and Asian. Waddell's right hand was heavily bandaged and his left eye still visibly bruised and swollen from the injuries he sustained during his arrest in the early hours of Jan. 1.
Multiple bystander videos show Waddell, who was facedown in handcuffs on the sidewalk at Hawley and Collier streets, shouting, "I can't breathe!" as bystanders pleaded with Officer Brad Kaczynski to remove his knee from Waddell's neck — a scene that local advocates have described as similar to the events leading to the death of George Floyd in May 2020.
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The City of Binghamton has not responded to requests filed under New York's Freedom of Information Act to obtain body camera footage of the incident.
In the weeks since Waddell's arrest, advocates have called for Kaczynski's arrest, marched to police headquarters and shut down a city council meeting. There, his sister spoke emotionally of her brother's arrest.
"Imagine you've just had your face brutally dragged along the concrete. Now you're lying on your stomach with your hands tied behind your back, and suddenly a man who towers over you like the Jolly Green Giant shoves his knee into your neck and back. While he hangs out there just carelessly resting his body weight on your neck for what feels like hours, you're anything but careless."
Officer: Waddell 'engaged in large, mutually combative fight'
In a signed deposition obtained by the Press & Sun-Bulletin / pressconnects, Kaczynski claims he attempted to arrest Waddell for disorderly conduct "after he engaged in a large, mutually combative fight" near the Collier Street parking lot.
"I advised said defendant that he was under arrest and attempted to handcuff him when he intentionally pulled away from myself and other uniformed Police Officers," Kaczynski wrote. "I ordered said defendant to put his hands behind his back and to stop pulling away and he refused to comply with my commands."
Local advocates have disputed the claim that Waddell was engaged in a fight of any sort at the time of his arrest, claiming instead he was the victim of an assault by a group of college-aged men.
Two other individuals were also arrested in connection with the incident, though their names were not released.
The Binghamton Police Department announced Jan. 6 that Kaczynski would be placed on administrative duty while the department investigates.
Describing Waddell's handling by BPD as "horrific," his attorney, Dara Silberstein, contended that the restraints employed against her client constituted a violation of the Eric Garner Anti-Chokehold Law.
"It is our hope that the Binghamton Police Department will take the appropriate measures to respond to violations of this law and not use my client as some kind of scapegoat to justify what seem to be illegal actions of their officer(s)," she said in an email to the Press & Sun-Bulletin / pressconnects.
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Several dozen community organizers shut down the first Binghamton City Council meeting of the year last week, calling for Kaczynski's immediate firing and arrest under the anti-chokehold law, which establishes grounds for felony charges for police officers who engage in "violent strangulation," or "criminal obstruction of breathing or blood circulation."
"My brother is a light," Waddell's younger sister, Ahmoni, told city council members last week, going on to describe Hamail as a "bright, sensitive, strong-willed, intelligent, passionate and protective person."
"I know that there are people out there that have or will create their own narratives of him and our family to excuse this injustice that has been forced upon him," she continued. "But no matter which way you try to spin it, Brad Kaczynski of BPD was malicious and incredibly inconsiderate of human life.
"The very least we each deserve in this life is humanity. My brother deserved at least that, and that's exactly what he was deprived of that night."
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The Broome County District Attorney's Office has not responded to requests for comment on the case.
The Office of New York State Attorney General Letitia James confirmed it is aware of the incident, but its Office of Special Investigation is only authorized to investigate instances of police use of force that result in the death of a civilian or detainee.
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Vasilije Mokranjac (født 11. september 1923 i Beograd, Serbien - død 27. maj 1984) var en serbisk komponist, pianist, professor og lærer.

Mokranjac studerede klaver og komposition på Musikkonservatoriet i Beograd , hvor han senere blev professor og lærer i komposition.
Han har skrevet 5 symfonier, orkesterværker, kammermusik, scenemusik og klaverstykker etc.

Mokranjac anses for en af de vigtige klassiske komponister i Serbien i 1900-tallet.

Udvalgte værker

 Symfoni nr. 1 (1961) - for orkester
 Symfoni nr. 2 (1965) - for orkester
 Symfoni nr. 3 (1967) - for orkester
 Symfoni nr. 4 (1972) - for orkester
 Symfoni nr. 5 "Næsten et digt" (1978) - for orkester
 Sinfonietta (1969) - for strygeorkester

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Q: Short intervals containing a prescribed number of primes In arXiv:1802.10327, the following conjecture appears:
$$\vert\{n\leq x,\vert [ n,n+\lambda\log n]\cap\mathbb{P}\vert=m\}\vert\sim\frac{\lambda^{m}e^{-\lambda}}{m ! }\cdot x$$
Differentiating the expression on the right-hand side with respect to $\lambda$ shows that it is maximal when $\lambda = m$.
Assuming that the left-hand side is $\sim C_{\lambda,m}x$, can it be proven unconditionally that $C_{\lambda,m}$ is maximal when $\lambda = m$?

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PICS: Iconic Westworld set gutted in the wildfires in California
BY Fiona Kelly
The iconic Western town area at Paramount Ranch in Agoura Hills, California, where HBO show Westworld is shot has burned down.
The set was engulfed in the flames of the Woolsey Fire, one of three devastating fires in the state that have left at least nine dead and 35 missing.
Westworld uses the Western town set to shoot its iconic Main Street scenes. The HBO series is also shot at the Melody Ranch in Santa Clarita and in Utah and other locations.
Authorities have said the entire set has been destroyed.
We are sorry to share the news that the #WoolseyFire has burned Western Town at #ParamountRanch in Agoura," the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area tweeted on Friday night.
We are sorry to share the news that the #WoolseyFire has burned Western Town at #ParamountRanch in Agoura. We do not have any details or photos, but it is our understanding that the structures have burned. This area is an active part of the incident and we cannot access it. pic.twitter.com/oC4n7KR8ZT
— Santa Monica Mtns (@SantaMonicaMtns) November 9, 2018
HBO said in a statement: "Paramount Ranch was one of the locations used during seasons one and two of Westworld, in addition to the primary location at Melody Ranch in Santa Clarita.
"Westworld is not currently in production, and as the area has been evacuated, we do not yet know the extent of the damage to any structures remaining there. Most importantly, our thoughts go out to all those affected by these horrible fires."
Sad for fans of @WestworldHBO and shows like Dr Quinn Medicine Woman, the Paramount Ranch western town movie set has burned to the ground in the Woolsey Fire @CBSLA #westworld #Woolseyfire pic.twitter.com/DhZWaGbr6g
— John Schreiber (@johnschreiber) November 9, 2018
The ranch has been the site of numerous productions throughout the years and was first started by Paramount Pictures in 1927. Among the films that shot at the ranch were Caught in the Draft' with Bob Hope, The Lake House with Sandra Bullock, and TV shows including The Mentalist and Weeds. Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman also shot at ranch from 1992 to 1997.
A number of celebrities, including Lady Gaga, Kim Kardashian West and rapper Everlast had to flee their homes. Both Caitlyn Jenner and Everlast's homes were gutted in the flames.
Tags: California, HBO, Westworld, Wildfires
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Q: lock message queue for a dedicated Actor I'm looking for a way to lock the message queue in akka.net.
I have a dedicated Actor that performs a request data / read response with an external component (with state), it does only that (no logic)
I have an actor A which sends messages to the dedicated Actor. According to the content of the response it can ask send speficic messages.
There is also an actor B who sends messages to the dedicated Actor, but with other logic, other functionality, but the same applies here, depending the response, send a specific new request.
But the messages send to the dedicated Actor can not be mixed.  So Actor A can use the dedicated Actor, and when finished, Actor B can start sending messages to the dedicated Actor.
Is there a mechanism to lock the message queue of the dedicated Actor?
Thanks in advance,
Lintie

A: In Akka a standard way of doing postponing other messages to be handled until a specific message arrives, is to use stashing. You simply stash all incoming messages until the one that you're waiting for arrives, and then unstash them back onto actor's mailbox in the order they've arrived.


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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using Autodesk.Max;
using PJanssen.Outliner.Scene;
using PJanssen.Outliner.Commands;
using PJanssen.Outliner.MaxUtils;

namespace PJanssen.Outliner.ColorTags
{
public class SetColorTagCommand : Command
{
   private IEnumerable<IMaxNode> nodes;
   private ColorTag tag;
   private Dictionary<IMaxNode, ColorTag> oldTags;

   public SetColorTagCommand(IEnumerable<IMaxNode> nodes, ColorTag tag)
   {
      Throw.IfNull(nodes, "nodes");

      this.nodes = nodes;
      this.tag = tag;
   }

   public override string Description
   {
      get { return Resources.Command_SetColorTag; }
   }

   public override void Do()
   {
      this.oldTags = new Dictionary<IMaxNode, ColorTag>();
      foreach (IMaxNode node in this.nodes)
      {
         if (!oldTags.ContainsKey(node))
            oldTags.Add(node, node.GetColorTag());

         node.SetColorTag(this.tag);
      }
   }

   protected void Undo()
   {
      if (this.oldTags == null)
         return;

      foreach (KeyValuePair<IMaxNode, ColorTag> node in this.oldTags)
      {
         node.Key.SetColorTag(node.Value);
      }
   }
}
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


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