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Amy Poehler Takes On Jim Carrey: Who Will Win Best Comedic Performance?
Anna Faris, Steve Carell and James Franco all want the last laugh at the MTV Movie Awards, Sunday at 9 p.m. ET.
Eric Ditzian 05/30/2009
MTV Movie Awards categories come and go. We once gave out a Golden Popcorn statue for Best Sandwich. But one category that's been around since the beginning and deserves to stay forever is Best Comedic Performance. After all the Best Kisses have been bestowed and the Best Fights have been waged, it's the folks who made us laugh the hardest that might be remembered longest.
From pregnant baby mamas to clueless sorority house mothers, from stoned-out pot dealers to high-strung yes men to hapless secret agents, the 2009 Movie Awards offer quite a collection of side-splitting, guffaw-inducing nominees. Since this is one of the only categories to have neither [movie id="369195"]"Twilight"[/movie] nor [movie id="364450"]"Slumdog Millionaire"[/movie] dominating its ranks, it's tempting to say this is an open field in which any of our jokesters might prevail, or that it'd be cruel to choose among this merriment, so everyone should win. But who are we kidding? The Movie Awards are made for winners, and when we've laughed our last laugh, it's time to pick our favorites from all these wisecracking entertainers.
Who's the Favorite?
Aficionados of Movie Awards history should know never to bet against [movieperson id="10030"]Jim Carrey[/movieperson]. He's the all-time Golden Popcorn champ, having taken home 10 wins for appearances in films like "Dumb and Dumber," "Liar Liar" and "The Truman Show." And he has won in the Best Comedic Performance category no fewer than four times. The guy's a legend, and his appearances at the show are notoriously colorful. And his role as Negative-Nelly-turned-brazen-optimist Carl in [movie id="358529"]"Yes Man"[/movie] is no exception. When you check out a clip of Red Bull-wired Carl returning from a couple of raves to flirt a mile-a-minute with Zooey Deschanel's character, you can't help but think voters will once again be saying "yes" to this man.
Who's the Underdog?
[movieperson id="238943"]Amy Poehler[/movieperson] has been having a pretty good run lately. Her appearances as Hillary Clinton on "Saturday Night Live" during the presidential campaign were instant classics, and the debut of her own NBC comedy, "Parks and Recreation," announced to the world that Poehler had arrived. A win for her turn as an infantile surrogate mother opposite pal Tina Fey in [movie id="324620"]"Baby Mama"[/movie] seems like a richly deserved honor for a career on the rise. From peeing in a sink because she can't figure out the toilet's child safety lock (which is also nominated for Best WTF Moment) to throwing a hilarious fit over swallowing an oversize vitamin, Poehler's scenes in "Mama" were fertile territory for laughs and, perhaps, for awards.
» [movie id="307802"]"Get Smart"[/movie] nominee [movieperson id="9677"]Steve Carell[/movieperson] has won in this category before for "The 40-Year Old Virgin." Carell's "Get Smart" love interest is Anne Hathaway, who is 20 years his junior. The age discrepancy is explained away by saying Hathaway's character had undergone radical reconstructive plastic surgery to assume a new identity.
» The working title of [movieperson id="242920"]Anna Faris'[/movieperson] [movie id="363551"]"The House Bunny"[/movie] was actually "I Know What Boys Like." While the title eventually changed, co-star and "American Idol" runner-up Katharine McPhee had already recorded a cover of the Waitresses' "I Know What Boys Like" for the film.
» During last year's Movie Awards, [movie id="330674"]"Pineapple Express"[/movie] nominee [movieperson id="264077"]James Franco[/movieperson], along with co-star Seth Rogen, pulled out a possibly fake bag of weed during the live broadcast and proceeded to light a joint. The camera cut away, but the moment remains one of the most memorable in the show's history.
Will the vampires grab more trophies than the slumdog? What was the year's ultimate onscreen WTF moment? It's up to you to decide the winners of the 2009 MTV Movie Awards. Vote now, and tune in on Sunday at 9 p.m. ET, when the big show airs live from the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, California.
For breaking news, celebrity columns, humor and more — updated around the clock — visit MTVMoviesBlog.com.


Over its considerable lifetime NASA's Cassini spacecraft has collected a vast number of observations concerning the planet Saturn. Saturn, like the other gas giants in the Solar System, has energetic jet streams flowing east and west around the planet. These high-powered "winds" must get enormous amounts of energy from somewhere.
"We know the atmospheres of planets such as Saturn and Jupiter can get their energy from only two places: the sun or the internal heating. The challenge has been coming up with ways to use the data so that we can tell the difference," said Tony Del Genio of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, N.Y., the lead author of the paper and a member of the Cassini imaging team.
It has been said many time that our biggest intellectual or conceptual problem is knowing things that are not so. While Electric Universe advocates understand the bilateral option of the Sun or internal heating is not right, at least the focus is turning away from the Sun being the source of the energy. Instead of heat energy flowing from within, the Electric Universe paradigm has Saturn feeding off the Birkeland current that drives the Solar System. All the objects in our planetary system give off more energy than they receive from the Sun, and Saturn is too far away from the Sun to receive anything but negligible heat from it.
Without an electrical mechanism to drive these winds in different bands and at different levels of Saturn's atmosphere, mainstream thinking is turning towards the concept of internal heat evaporating water from the interior into vapor and carrying the energy upwards. Condensation at higher atmosphere altitude would then release this energy, but it is unclear how this mechanism would structure the atmosphere into distinctive levels and cause some jet streams to flow westward while most flow eastward.
In the Electric Universe model, electrical energy is driving the winds externally, all the while forming auroras at the poles, along with the mysterious hexagonal structure found at the south pole. The internal heating model is simplistic and inadequate to account for all the impressive atmospheric phenomena on Saturn.


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Sanford is a city in the U.S. state of Florida and the county seat of Seminole County. It is located in Central Florida and its population was 61,051 as of the 2020 census.

Known as the "Historic Waterfront Gateway City", Sanford sits on the southern shore of Lake Monroe at the head of navigation on the St. Johns River. Native Americans first settled the area thousands of years before the city was formed. The Seminoles arrived in the area in the 18th century. During the Second Seminole War in 1836, the United States Army established Camp Monroe and built a road now known as Mellonville Avenue. Sanford is about  northeast of Orlando.

Sanford is home to Seminole State College of Florida and the Central Florida Zoo and Botanical Gardens. Its downtown attracts tourists with shops, restaurants, a marina, and a lakefront walking trail. The Orlando Sanford International Airport, in the heart of the town, functions as the secondary commercial airport for international and domestic carriers in the Orlando metropolitan area.

Attractions in Sanford
 The Central Florida Zoo and Botanical Gardens
 Local Parks
 Fort Mellon Park
 The Paw Park Sanford
 Park on Park
 The Wayne Densch performing arts center
 Annual Oktoberfest(second weekend of October)
 Alive After Five (Second Thursday of every month in downtown)
 Sanford Museum
 Central Florida Soapbox Derby
 Historic Sanford Memorial Stadium
 Theater West End

City initiatives

The city's RiverWalk trail is a bike/walk/run trail that was completed in 2004. The ten-foot wide paved walkway spans a distance of several miles in Sanford's downtown area along the waterfront of Lake Monroe. Phase 2, which adds over 3000 feet to the trail, was completed in 2014. Phase 3 is expected to be complete by 2020.

The city completed multimillion-dollar streetscapes of 1st Street and Sanford Avenue in its historic downtown, using brick pavers, creating wider sidewalks, and adding trees, flowers, and benches.

Sanford is connected to the central Florida commuter railway SunRail, with the station 2 miles from the downtown.

To support green initiatives, Sanford has added five electric car charging stations. The city is proposing to replace streetlamp bulbs with LED lights.

In 2012, the city launched the "Imagine Sanford" initiative, which asks all Sanford residents to get involved in city planning by submitting and voting on improvement ideas via the city's Imagine Sanford website. The city of Sanford also launched a redesigned city government website in 2012.

History

Early history
The Mayaca or Jororo Indians inhabited the shores of Lake Monroe at the time of European contact. By 1760, however, war and disease had decimated the tribe, which would be replaced by the Seminole Indians.  Florida was acquired by the United States from Spain in 1821, but the Seminole Wars would delay settlement.  In 1835, the Seminoles burned the port of Palatka on the St. Johns River, then the major artery into Central Florida from the East Coast.  Consequently, an army garrison was established upstream, on the southern side of Lake Monroe near a trading post.  Established as Camp Monroe in 1836, the camp was enclosed by log breastwork on three sides but open to the river, with approximately 300 men based there. The camp was attacked by Indians on February 8, 1837.  It would be strengthened and renamed Fort Mellon in honor of Captain Charles Mellon, the sole American casualty.

General Zachary Taylor had a road built connecting a string of defenses from Lake Monroe to Fort Brooke (now Tampa).  The town of Mellonville was founded around Fort Mellon in 1842 by Daniel Stewart.  In 1845, Florida became a U.S. state. That same year, Mosquito County was renamed Orange County and the county seat was moved from Enterprise to Mellonville. Orange groves were planted, with the first fruit packing plant built in 1869.  In 1870, "General" Henry Shelton Sanford bought  to the west of Mellonville and laid out the community of Sanford.  Believing it would become a transportation hub, he called it "The Gateway City to South Florida."

Sanford imported two colonies of Swedes (totaling about 150 adults) as indentured servants  to labor a year for their travel
expenses. The Swedes would do the back-breaking work of establishing a new town and clearing the sub-tropical wilderness in advance of creating a citrus empire, arriving by steamboat in 1871. Incorporated in 1877 with a population of 100, Sanford absorbed Mellonville in 1883.  The South Florida Railroad ran a line from Sanford to Tampa, later the Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West Railroad ran a line to Jacksonville, and the area became the largest shipper of oranges in the world.  Arriving by steamer in April 1883, President Chester A. Arthur vacationed a week at the Sanford House, a lakeside hotel built in 1875 and expanded in 1882.

In 1887, the city suffered a devastating fire, followed the next year by a statewide epidemic of yellow fever.  When the Great Freeze of 1894 and 1895 ruined the citrus industry, farmers diversified by growing vegetables as well. Celery was first planted in 1896, and because of this Sanford is nicknamed the "Celery City."

On December 1, 1891, merchant William Clark and registered African American voters of Goldsboro incorporated as a town just to the southwest of Sanford.

In 1878, Mrs. Henry Sanford created the first library for public use in Sanford. A room was provided with a few books and a paid librarian. The initial library failed. In 1889, Mrs. Thrasher and Mrs. A.M. Deforest attempted to revive the library project with the aid of the Wednesday Club, the president, Mrs. Brown encouraged the women to begin fundraising efforts. The effort's fundraising progress was slow and sporadic. A Subscription library was established in a storefront on First Street. Mrs. Duver was the librarian at this location. The library later moved to Magnolia Avenue next to the theatre at this location the library was run by volunteers. The library grew at this location, until it moved in 1914 to the Women's Club on Oak Avenue. An official Public Library was built and opened in 1924 on 5th Street. This library was supported by the City of Sanford.

20th century
In 1911, the community of Sanford Heights seceded from Sanford, because of discord over municipal services provided by Sanford. This added to concerns that Sanford's ability to expand would be constrained by the surrounding towns of Goldsboro, Georgetown and Sanford Heights, as well as Lake Monroe to the west. Florida State Representative and former Sanford mayor Forrest Lake led legislative efforts to curtail Sanford Heights' ability to incorporate as an independent entity. Goldsboro was also a target in Forrest Lake's annexation process, prompting Goldsboro's leaders to start a letter writing campaign to local newspapers. On April 6, 1911, the Sanford city council passed a resolution to annex Goldsboro and on April 26, 1911, the Florida legislature passed the Sanford Charter Bill, dissolving the incorporation of both Sanford and Goldsboro, and reorganizing Sanford as a city that included Goldsboro within its boundaries.

In 1913, Sanford became the county seat of Seminole County, created from Orange County.  Agriculture continued to dominate the economy until 1940, when it proved cheaper to cultivate produce in frost-free South Florida.

Naval aviation
In 1942, Naval Air Station Sanford was established, which conducted operational training in the Lockheed PV-1 Ventura, Lockheed PBO Hudson, Grumman F4F/General Motors FM-1 Wildcat and the Grumman F6F Hellcat. At its peak in 1943–45, NAS Sanford was home to approximately 360 officers, 1500 enlisted men and 150 WAVES and included an auxiliary airfield to the east near Lake Harney known as Outlying Field Osceola. The base was inactivated and reduced to caretaker status in 1946, but was reactivated in 1950 in response to the Korean War and the Cold War. A major construction program ensued, with NAS Sanford redeveloped as a Master Jet Base for carrier-based Douglas A-3 Skywarrior and later North American A-5A and RA-5C Vigilante aircraft.  At its peak in the mid-1960s, the base was home to nearly 4000 military personnel, comprising the air station personnel complement, an Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Department, the Navy Dispensary, the Marine Barracks, a Replacement Air Group/Fleet Replacement Squadron for the RA-5C, and nine deployable Fleet RA-5C squadrons that routinely deployed aboard large aircraft carriers to the Mediterranean and the Pacific. The latter were heavily engaged in combat operations during the Vietnam War.

As a result of the increasing costs of the Vietnam War and concurrent federal domestic spending related to President Lyndon Johnson's Great Society social programs, NAS Sanford was one of several stateside military installations identified for closure by the Department of Defense in 1967.  Flight operations were rapidly scaled down during 1968 as the squadrons of Reconnaissance Attack Wing ONE transferred to the former Turner AFB, renamed Naval Air Station Albany, Georgia.  This resulted in a significant economic downturn for the City of Sanford and Seminole County with the departure of all military personnel and their families. The airfield was conveyed to the City of Sanford via quitclaim deed by the General Services Administration (GSA) in 1969, renamed Sanford Airport and redeveloped as a general aviation facility. Subsequently renamed Sanford Regional Airport, then Central Florida Regional Airport, the airport commenced commercial airline service in 1995 and was renamed Orlando Sanford International Airport the following year.  The Navy's presence is commemorated at the airport by two historical markers and the NAS Sanford Memorial Park, which was dedicated on Memorial Day in May 2003 and includes a restored RA-5C Vigilante on loan from the National Naval Aviation Museum that was placed on permanent static display at the entrance to the commercial airline terminal.

Tourism
The opening of Walt Disney World Resort in October 1971 shifted the economy of Central Florida away from agriculture, military installations, defense/aerospace industries, and the NASA manned and unmanned space programs, and further towards tourism, service industries and residential development, the center of which is Orlando.  But because of Sanford's former preeminence as a trade center, the city retains a significant collection of older commercial and residential architecture, on streets shaded by live oaks hung with Spanish moss.  Its location on Lake Monroe and access to the navigable waterway of the St. Johns River has made it Central Florida's additional center for numerous marinas, allowing access for pleasure boats and commercial vessels to and from the Atlantic Ocean and the Intracoastal Waterway via Jacksonville and Mayport to the north.

Jackie Robinson
Sanford Field, built in 1926, was the location where Jackie Robinson first took the field in 1946 to play a member of a racially-integrated baseball team.

In 1946, Robinson arrived at Daytona Beach, Florida, for spring training with the Montreal Royals of the Class AAA International League, a minor league affiliate of the Brooklyn Dodgers. Since the Dodgers organization did not own a spring training facility, training took place at several local baseball stadiums, including Sanford Field.

Robinson's presence on the team was controversial in racially charged Florida. He was not allowed to stay with his white teammates at the team hotel, and many other local towns prevented the team from playing while he was part of the roster. The police chief in Sanford had threatened to cancel the game there if Robinson was to play. Robinson joined his team despite the threat, but the uproar from the mainly white audience in the stands caused him to be escorted off the field and he was not able to play.

Historic Sanford Memorial Stadium was built in 1951 near the site of the old Sanford Field as the Spring Training Facility of the New York Giants. The ballpark is located just south of Lake Monroe on Mellonville Avenue, less than a mile from Historic Downtown Sanford. Other Major League stars have played in the Sanford stadiums, including Babe Ruth, Willie Mays, Tim Raines, and David Eckstein.

21st century
Sanford was in the news in 2012 due to the killing of Trayvon Martin and the actions taken by the Sanford Police Department.

A city streetscaping project began in 2004 as city leaders sought to attract new businesses and visitors to downtown. By 2016, downtown Sanford was becoming known as a center for craft beer production in Central Florida, with two microbreweries, a home brewing supplier, and at least five other pubs focused on craft beers.

Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of ,  of which is land and  of which is water. Sanford is bordered by Lake Mary to the southwest and to the north by Lake Monroe and DeBary.

Climate

Like the rest of Central Florida, Sanford experiences a warm humid subtropical climate with dry warm winters and wet hot summers. The dry season lasts November–May, while the wet season is from June–September.

Demographics

According to the 2020 census, Sanford had a population of 61,051 with 22,616 households. There were 2.61 persons per household and the population per square mile was 2,589.2.

By age, the population was split with 6.4% under 5 years old, 23.3% under 18 years old, and 12.4% 65 years and over. 49.2% of the population were female persons.

By race, the population was split with 48.7% white, 28.2% black or African American, 0.2% American Indian or Alaska Native, 3.3% Asian, 9.3% two or more races, and 26.6% Hispanic or Latino. There were 2,821 veterans living in the city. And 15.6% of the population were foreign born persons.

The median value of owner-occupied housing units was $196,100. The median gross rent was $1,255. 947.7% of the households had a computer and 86.9% had a broadband internet subscription.

89.3% of the population 25 years and older were high school graduates or higher and 25.9% of that same population had a Bachelor's degree or higher.

Transportation and infrastructure

Aviation
The Orlando Sanford International Airport (SFB) provides international and commuter airline service for central Florida. Approximately 2.9 million passengers used SFB in 2017.

Bicycling
Sanford's Riverwalk is a key bike route following Lake Monroe and passing through Sanford's downtown. By 2020, it will link up with a greater network of trails as part of Florida's Coast to Coast connector—linking the west and east coasts of central Florida.

Bus
Sanford has multiple Lynx bus routes serving various destinations including its historic downtown, Seminole State College, the Sanford Sunrail Station, and its mall (Seminole Towne Center).

Rail

Sanford is the southern terminus of Amtrak's Auto Train which conveys Eastern Seaboard travelers and their vehicles to Lorton, Virginia, about  south of Washington, D.C. The nearest passenger-only Amtrak stations are in nearby Winter Park, FL and Deland, FL.

SunRail, the Central Florida commuter rail system, serves the city out of a new station off State Road 46. A new trolleybus (route and schedule) provides service between Sunrail and the historic downtown.

Roads
Sanford is near the northern end of the I-4 Corridor between Daytona Beach and Orlando. The State Road 417 or Seminole Expressway begins in Sanford at Interstate 4 and forms the Eastern Beltway around Orlando ending at Walt Disney World Resort.

Major Routes

Water
Sanford was historically a hub for Central Florida transportation as a port on the St. Johns River. Today, it has a downtown marina that includes free day slips for boaters visiting the downtown.

Education

Higher education
Seminole State College of Florida

High schools
Crooms Academy of Information Technology
Seminole High School

Middle schools
Sanford Middle School

Millennium Middle School

Elementary schools

All Souls Catholic School (K–8)
 Bentley Elementary School
 Goldsboro Elementary Magnet School
 Hamilton Elementary School of Engineering & Technology
 Idyllwilde Elementary Future Ready Academy
 Midway Elementary School of the Arts
 Pine Crest Elementary School of Innovation
 Wicklow Elementary School for Global Pathways
 Wilson Elementary School

Public Library
Sanford is served by the North Branch Library of the Seminole County Public Library. It is located at 150 N. Palmetto Avenue, Sanford, Florida 32771.

Notable people

 Ray-Ray Armstrong, professional football player
 Red Barber, sports announcer
 Zinn Beck, former professional baseball player
 Jeff Blake, professional football player
 Reggie Branch, professional football player
 Alwyn Cashe, US Army non-commissioned officer and recipient of the Medal of Honor
 Jim Courier, professional tennis player
 Gabe Davis, professional football player
 David Eckstein, former professional baseball player
 Rick Eckstein, baseball coach and scout
 Trinity Fatu, professional wrestler
 Elvira Garner, author and illustrator
 Joseph C. Hutchinson, lieutenant general in the Florida National Guard
 Trayvon Martin, shooting victim killed in 2012
 Tim Raines, professional baseball player
 Marty Raybon, Lead singer of country music group Shenandoah
 Bill Swaggerty, professional baseball player
 Mary Lou Zoback, seismologist and geophysicist

Gallery

References

External links

City of Sanford official website

Cities in Seminole County, Florida
County seats in Florida
Cities in the Greater Orlando
Populated places established in 1877
Populated places on the St. Johns River
Sanford family
Cities in Florida
1877 establishments in Florida

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Pen-and-ink and wash drawing of the ground plan of Cave 26 from an album of 26 ground plans of the Ajanta caves and 16 folios of drawings of sculpture and architectural details in the Ajanta caves, by Capt. R. Gill, dated c.1850.
excavated between the second - first centuries BC; then, after a period of more than six centuries, the excavations restarted around the fifth century AD, under he Vakataka period. Cave 26 is a large chaitya hall from the late fifth century. A court with subsidiary shrines, cells and verandas precedes the verandah which has columned chambers at the end. Three doors leads to the interior which has twenty-eight pillars, some of them richly carved. At the end of the apse there is a stupa with a seated figure of Buddha carved in front. On the wall of the left aisle there is a 7-m-long sculpture of the Buddha's Mahaparinirvana carved in high relief.


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Still in my late twenties, I can recall the shock and fear. "I'll never be able to get another job as good as this one, making the money I do." "No one will hire me!" My brain said, "You're taking the shipping position." But even as this thought went through my mind, the deepest calm and peace I've ever felt started at my head and went through my entire body. A little voice inside me said, "You're taking the layoff." My head yelled NO! Yet my whole body was calmly clear that I would leave and I knew it.
Though I couldn't know it then, this marked the beginning of full-time entrepreneurship and the redirection to the work I do today. Something inside me knew this was THE moment of a massive course correction in my life—and was making absolutely sure I took it.


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The year 2012 was one of the most significant and beautiful periods of my life. Among the many blessings of that year I count the scholarship received from the Blue Heron Foundation. When I applied for the scholarship, I had to write The Story of my Life. When I wrote it, I didn't focus on being an orphan; I preferred to stress my ambition and perseverance, my determination to do something good in life and my awareness of the struggle ahead.
Once I became a Blue Heron student, something new and very exciting began – my world gained a new meaning, a new perspective. The emotional support I got tops any other kind of support I've received. My mentor, Diana Marcin, contributed enormously to the improvement of my outlook. The encounters I had with Stefania Madgison, Mihaela Constantinescu, Cristina Porșega and other Blue Heron beneficiaries were unforgettable. We could talk about anything, for hours. It really felt like we were a family… The monthly journal was a pleasant surprise. By inviting me to write about my actions, achievements, failures and other meaningful moments, it gave me the chance to know myself better, to see more clearly into my possibilities.
Now I feel I have become who I hoped I would be. I am a teacher of Romanian language and literature. At any moment in my life, the Blue Heron Foundation will remain a point of reference. My volunteering and mentorship experiences were so formative – ingredients put together with care, vital to my personal and professional transformation.
I thank all the members of the Foundation for offering me some of the best experiences of my life so far.


Three young heirs, imprisoned by an unscrupulous uncle, escaped—to the sea, to the streets, to faraway battle—awaiting the day when they would return to reclaim their birthright.
Sebastian Easton always vowed he would avenge his stolen youth and title. Now back in London, the rightful Duke of Keswick—returning from battle a wounded, hardened, changed man—cannot forget the brave girl who once rescued him and his brothers from certain death.
Once upon a time, he was Lord Tristan Easton—now he is Crimson Jack, a notorious privateer beholden to none, whose only mistress is the sea. But all that will change when exquisite Lady Anne Hayworth hires his protection on a trip into danger and seduction. . .
Lord Rafe Easton may be of noble blood, but survival taught him to rely only on himself and to love no one. Yet when he sets eyes on Miss Evelyn Chambers, an earl's illegitimate daughter, he is determined to have her, if only as his mistress . . .
After her father's death, Evelyn Chambers never imagined she would be sold to the highest bidder, yet circumstances give her little choice but to accept the lord's indecent proposal. Rafe is wealthy, as well as ruthless. Yet his coldness belies deep passion and deeper secrets. If she must be his, Evelyn intends to lay bare everything the Lord of Pembrook is hiding. But dark discoveries threaten to destroy them both until unexpected love leads the last lost lord home . . .


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The Science (and Trivia) of Sea Monsters
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In days of yore, the seas between Norway and Iceland were treacherous. Vikings who would attempt to travel from one to the other were said to be attacked by a giant sea monster that could rally storms to its advantage and then, with its long, slimy tentacles would pull ships of marauding Scandinavians down to the depths where they would meet an untold and horrific doom. While rumored to leave none alive, the occasional seafarer was fortunate enough to make it back to land to spread stories of this creature of the deep. This monster they dubbed the Kraken, from the shared German word krake, meaning "octopus."
As the world moved on and scientific knowledge began to probe every end of the earth, we decided that the Kraken was a creature of fantasy, a myth for which the world no longer had room. But far from removing the fantastic from the world around us, further understanding of our world may make us realize that in fact the beasts that really exists are every bit as eerie, terrifying, and incredible as were the mythical monsters of ages past.
In 2005 a Japanese zoologist Tsunemi Kubodera (sure to be an expert at our Biology trivia) was able to capture pictures of the Architeuthis dux, or giant squid for the first time in history in the sea south of Japan. By dangling a line with bait resembling fish from the boat they were able to lure in the behemoth, and make a striking new observation: Architeuthis is far more aggressive than previously believed. Initially, researchers theorized that giant squids behaved more like jellyfish when searching for food: letting their tentacles loll about as they swim until they find a fish, at which point they draw their prey in gently, their victim realizing what's going on after it's too late to get away. Turns out it's just the opposite: once prey was spotted, the squid moved in and attacked laterally, putting it in a sort of stranglehold, enveloping it within its tentacles. Truly, the attack style of this giant squid was more akin to that of a python than a jellyfish. After getting one of its tentacles caught in the line, the squid eventually left, leaving a 5.5 meter (or just over 18 foot) tentacle behind. Estimating the size of the body from tentacle, this squid was likely about 8 meters (or 26 feet) long. That's some cephalopod anatomy trivia you can impress your friends (and enemies) with.
Architeuthis can actually grow to lengths as dramatic as 18.3 meters (or 60 feet). To help us at Sporcle put that in perspective, we measured that against the size of our office in Seattle. Starting in the back of the office, we had to keep measuring until we had actually left the building and reached the street outside to measure the Architeuthis' full potential length. After this endeavor, one of our employees resolved she was never going swimming in the ocean again. This may not be a bad plan, as there have been evidences found for their existence off the coast of North America and through much of the Pacific Ocean, as well as in the North Atlantic (where the Viking supposedly met their Kraken). Considering the incredible size of these squid, the fact they may be more aggressive than previously believed, and that they continue to lurk in the same oceans as they legendary Kraken, it doesn't seem like a stretch to imagine that the Kraken was just one particularly aggressive squid. And if that's the case, one has to wonder if there may someday be another squid with a similar personality disorder intent on destroying passing ships…
Other theories, though, have been proposed which could also shed light on the mystery of the Kraken. Long before humans came to inhabit the Earth there were gargantuan air-breathing sea dwellers called ichthyosaurs. At Berlin-Ichthyosaur State Park in Nevada there are a number of very well preserved ichthyosaur remains from the time when Nevada was still mostly covered in water. Theoretically, these ichthyosaurs had died from accidentally being stranded in a toxic environment due to a "plankton bloom." That they had died in relatively shallow water would be necessary for their remains to be discovered in such a neatly arranged manner. However, recent digs around the site have made it look less and less likely that they did die in shallow water. Similarly inconsistent with the plankton bloom theory, many of them are found to have twisted necks and broken ribs, which would imply they were killed by a much, much larger predator.
What predator could possibly be large enough to suffocate an ichthyosaur while dragging it ever more deeply into the sea? Furthermore, what would cause their remains to be arranged in such a way that it would be recognizable and intact after its demise? There is one animal that we know of in the modern world that does both of these things (albeit not with ichthyosaurs): the octopus. Paleontologist Mark McMenamin believes that a gigantic octopus could be the solution to this puzzle. Aggressive enough and intelligent enough to take down creatures like sharks through suffocation and strangulation, and frankly strange enough to feel the need to arrange the bones of its victims, the octopus would not be a far fetched candidate. As McMenamin puts it, this would be the "perfect Triassic crime." Because the remains of invertebrates don't endure through time as well as the bones of vertebrates, unless we were to find the beak of this creature we may never know it had existed.
We may never find further evidence of the Kraken. We may never be bothered by giant squid, and an enormous and ancient octopus does seem like something out of an H.P. Lovecraft novel. But one never knows. Perhaps someday when the tide goes out we'll catch a glimpse of the petrified remains of some Viking boatmen, neatly arranged.
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China's Welcome Gift for Obama?
Those watching human rights issues in China have a headline they can celebrate about today.
The legal scholar Xu Zhiyong and a Uighur activist, Ilham Tohti, were released from custody Sunday, just a day after U.S. Ambassador Jon M. Huntsman Jr. had his first ceremonial meeting with his new hosts in Beijing.
Both men were high on the U.S.'s list of prisoners of concern in China. Was this a gift for Huntsman and the White House, smoothing the way for President Obama's visit to China in November? The authorities aren't saying, though it is not unusual for China to grant prisoner releases at moments that offer the maximum symbolic payoff in international relations.
However, it is also not unusual for China to lock away activists at times when fewer people are watching. Or to make the most troublesome, outspoken among them completely disappear -- like Gao Zhisheng, missing since February. Xu is out on bail and still could be tried on tax evasion charges, and Tohti is keeping a low profile. A wrong step could put either back into jeopardy.
In China, there is always a sobering backdrop to any good headline about human rights. By releasing Xu and Tohti (and an office of assistant of Xu's, let out Saturday), China can claim credit for a humanitarian response on these particular cases.


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Grenell: Dems 'hoodwinked' US into thinking Russia bigger threat than China
Both the United States and the international community have failed to recognize China as a "clear and present danger," former acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell told "Life, Liberty & Levin" in an interview airing Sunday.
"I think that we're at an incredible crossroads, and in many ways we've missed it, and we've allowed China to go into the WTO [World Trade Organization]," Grenell told host Mark Levin.
"We decided to do that because we thought we'd try engagement, and I believe that engagement can work," Grenell added, "but I think that you also have to benchmark it very quickly, maybe two or three years, to see if it does work.
"We're now 20-plus years with China into the WTO. They've completely manipulated the process," Grenell went on. "We also have allowed China to play us at the United Nations where they get a veto in the permanent membership of the Security Council … They're getting money from the United Nations, from the rest of us, because they can't always feed their people, but yet they are a superpower in the making."
Looking ahead to the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden earlier in the program, Levin told Grenell that he was "extraordinarily concerned, as are many Americans, that the Biden family is so bought off in so many ways by the communist Chinese government [and] that this is exactly the wrong man at the wrong time to be anywhere near creating and leading American foreign policy."
Grenell concurred, saying he was "very concerned" about not only Biden, but other members of the incoming administration.
"Look at [National Security Adviser-designate] Jake Sullivan, who has really tried to compliment Beijing and to really surrender to the fact that that China is going to be a superpower and that we should just deal with it," he said. "I don't think that that's true. I think that the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative is phony. More countries are realizing that it's fake, and we have to get much more aggressive about recognizing that China is a crisis."
"Too many Democrats are trying to tell us that Russia is the crisis …" Grenell added. "Russia is a problem. But when you view China as a non-crisis, then you give life to the fact that Russia is more important than China. And that is not true. We've been hoodwinked for the last couple of years by many Democrats trying to make Russia a bigger problem."
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Hi Marie, wow! I just realized that you did something here that only adds to the brilliance of these "diagnostic criteria"! You shortened them appropriately to SPD, which is terrific. I think I will begin referring to SPD when dealing with or talking about the behavior of such individuals, should it ever be my misfortune to be under their control or even in their presence. This spoof was so amazingly spot-on that I no longer believe it is and only is intended as a spoof of the DSM, directed at belligerent or desparaging staff. Indeed, only someone intimately connected to such people, either as an inmate or much less probable, as an observant staff member could have invented those trenchant criteria. SPD, indeed! Brilliant!
Yes. I am not sure just why these and other (apparently facetious but with an obvious concern that is terribly serious) diagnostic criteria were removed from the site I bookmarked, but I still think they are fantastic. I could only post this one because I saved it off line. I wish I had thought to save others but I was not worried at the time that such brilliant writing and thinking would disappear. Wonder why…! Hope it is not offensive to the author that I did so, but I would definitely give credit if I knew she or he wanted it! Thank you!
Hi Marie, this disorder is "tongue in cheek" — meant to be a joke at least in part.


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Q: why this Diophantine equation $2ks=(5t+3)(16t+9)$ has always a solution for every $k$? I would like to solve the following Diophantine equation and show that it has always a solution; i.e. for every positive integer $k$, there exists an integer $t$ such that the fraction is an integer:
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Any hint will be grateful.
P.S.: Without considering cases for $k\equiv 0,1,2,3,4(\mod5)$.

A: Note that $t$ will have to be odd, say $2w+1$, so we want $(5w+4)(32w+25)$ to be divisible by $k$. Let $k=2^a5^b l$ where $l$ is divisible neither by $2$ nor by $5$.
We will succeed if we can find a value of $w$ such that $5w+4$ is divisible by $2^a$ and $32w+25$ is divisible by $5^bl$. So we want to solve the system of congruences
$$5w\equiv -4\pmod{2^a},\qquad 32w\equiv -25\pmod{5^b l}.$$
By multiplying the first congruence through by the inverse of $5$ modulo $2^a$, and the second congruence by the inverse of $32$ modulo $5^bl$, we obtain a system of congruences of the shape $w\equiv c\pmod{2^a}$, $w\equiv d\pmod{5^bl}$.
By the Chinese Remainder Theorem, this system has a solution.

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Of the diverse variety of Indian garments that exist, the saree is undoubtedly the most renowned. The beautiful 9 yards of fabric has been around for ages and is far from waning in popularity. In fact, the love for the elegant garment only keeps growing. The majestic saree is also a Bollywood favourite so to celebrate Independence Day, here's a roundup of 8 stunning B-town stars who stylishly donned the saree with pride.
For an awards ceremony, Deepika Padukone chose a pink and gold saree with a gold choker necklace, classic smokey eyes and a neat bun.
At a wedding function, Priyanka Chopra stunned in a gold saree with red borders and a green blouse, burgundy necklace and matching lips.
Kangana Ranaut had all eyes on her when she wore a burgundy and green Sabyasachi saree with matching jewellery, juttis and Sabyasachi's signature beauty look.
Aishwarya Rai looked nothing short of magnificent in a grey and pink saree by Masaba Gupta, with gold jewellery, sleek tresses and a bright pout.
In a dreamy mix of pink and silver, Alia Bhatt paired her Manish Malhotra sareewith heavy earrings and a radiant makeup look.
Of course we couldn't miss out on Bollywood legend Rekha who shimmered in a gold and pink saree with gold jewellery and her signature red lipstick.
Saree lover Vidya Balan looked lovely in a pink, orange and gold number with a green blouse which she accessorized with gold earrings and a potli bag.
Rounding off our list is Taapsee Pannu who wore a brightly hued Neeta Lulla saree with a black blouse for the right kind of contrast.
Which of these celebrity saree looks is your favourite one? Let us know in the comments.


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July 2018 AA A A AA A A
Emily Mansfield (lead analyst); Pepijn Bergsen (analyst). Published 27 July 2018, 2100 GMT.
This sovereign rating is issued by The Economist Intelligence Unit credit rating agency, registered in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1060/2009 of 16 September 2009, on credit rating agencies, as amended, and is issued pursuant to such regulation.
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Sovereign risk
The rating remains at AA and the score at 16. Germany's budget is in surplus, and fiscal discipline has full political and public support. The country enjoys safe-haven status during global market volatility, and demand for sovereign bonds is being boosted by the quantitative easing programme of the European Central Bank. The debt/GDP ratio is high for an AA-rated country, but has been falling fairly quickly since 2013—a trend that is expected to continue.
The rating remains at A, after a rating band change from BBB in April. A better economic and institutional outlook for the euro zone has increased its resilience to political risk and external shocks, and structural support for the currency comes from a large current-account surplus. The Economist Intelligence Unit expects the euro to average US$1.21:€1 in 2018-19 after US$1.13:€1 in 2017.
Banking sector risk
The rating remains at A and the score at 24. In aggregate, the banking sector is well capitalised and the level of non-performing loans is low. There are concerns about smaller, regional lenders, many of which are poorly capitalised, and worries remain about the outlook for Deutsche Bank, the country's largest lender. Low profitability, high leverage and fragile balance sheets will remain causes for concern, but do not pose an immediate threat to the outlook.
Political risk
The September 2017 federal election led to a lengthy government formation period. The new government has greater internal policy disagreements than its predecessor, and a far-right party now has a voice in parliament. However, German politics will remain strongly centrist and consensus-driven, and so does not pose a threat to sovereign creditworthiness.
Economic structure risk
Dependence on exports, especially of capital and transport goods, exposes Germany to downturns in external demand. We expect the recent exchange of tariffs between the US and the EU to be broadened to include European cars later this year, but to stop short of a trade war. An escalation of the global trade conflict to the point where it harms economic growth remains a risk, however.
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Nominations for EU top jobs confirmed
Confirming Ursula von der Leyen as the next European Commission president might prove to be difficult.
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Mercosur-EU deal agreed at last
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What to expect at the Osaka G20 summit?
Trade discussions, trade negotiations and trade concerns will dominate the agenda.


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            url:'http://localhost:2012/HBWebService/ws/employees',
           // url:'js/Manager/data.json',
            reader: {
                type: 'json',
                root: 'Project'
            },
            writer: {
                type: 'json'
            }
        }
    });

Working fine but
If I'm giving url:'http://172.166.11.9:2012/HBWebService/ws/employees'. It is not working

A: You must use JsonP proxy for getting data from another domain.
http://docs.sencha.com/ext-js/4-0/#!/api/Ext.data.proxy.JsonP

A: Ext.define('Person', {
    extend: 'Ext.data.Model',
    fields: ['EmployeeID', 'FirstName', 'LastName','Designation','Role','BillingRate','SignedOn','SignedOff']
});
var store = Ext.create('Ext.data.Store', {
        autoLoad: true,
        //autoSync: true,
        model: 'Person',
        proxy: {
            type: 'jsonp',
            url:'http://localhost:2012/HBWebService/ws/employees',
           // url:'js/Manager/data.json',
            reader: {
                type: 'json',
                root: 'Project'
            },
            writer: {
                type: 'json'
            }
        }
    });


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Hi everyone. I'm Roya...I'm currently living in the college dorm which i find is my biggest obstacle. My highest weight was 198 and I got down to 173, but since then I have gotten back up to about 184 because I find it hard living in the dorms and not being able to cook the healthy meals at home. I'm rather disappointed with my weight gain, so I hope I can find support from everyone here (and give support in return) to lose the weight again.
Are you counting calories or following a specific type of food program? Do you exercise?
Have a look around, and post wherever you're comfortable!
Hi Roya, pretty name. When I was in college, I would workout on my long breaks at the fitness center, I didn't live on campus though. There are a lot of college girls in 20 somethings. Jump in where you can.
Give us some more information so we can point you to good spots to settle into! What kind of plan are you following? What are your interests?
Keep posting, look around, and find a spot or two (or ten!). Can't wait to hear more from you soon!
During the summer I worked with a 24hour trainer, and counted calories using the BodyBugg device...With the dorm food its hard to count calories, because I really have no idea what everything is.
I try to get to the gym, but with work and school and EMT training I usually only find time once a week. I got some weights to go some arm works in my dorm room, but within this small room its hard to do any sort of workout video or anything that I would have done at home when I didnt have time to get to the gym.


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Does having Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger + Zendikar Resurgent give you two extra mana when you tap a land?
How much mana do you get from a land when having Mana Reflection + Zendikar Resurgent + Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger?
Last_Laugh that's right... Animate Dead is irreplaceable in this deck. It´s happen with my Hedron Crab in turn 2 mill Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger and i have Animate Dead in hand... Turn 2! lol!
Sultai Soothsayer , Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger , Channel , and Villainous Wealth were the inspirations.


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Kalanggaman Island package or offers are showcased in different means so as to reach a specific audience. They can have personalized and or have what itinerary they want for the day, and with such package, it is more convenient, travel is safe and they don't have to worry about their budget. In the island, other than diving and snorkeling, kayaking, stand up water paddling and free diving are available for them to try. This is perfect as well if that have an action camera with them and record all the fun activities that they are going to do. After such activity, tourists can enjoy the relaxing scene of the area, its long white sandy shore, fresh food in the island and enjoy the company of the locals as they tend to all the needs of the tourists.


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Office of Chief Examiner is an office of the state of Victoria in Australia, responsible for exercising coercive powers under the Major Crime (Investigative Powers) Act 2004. The office is independent of Victoria Police.

Using its coercive powers the office may compel a witness to answer questions and produce documents or other materials. Failure to comply with a direction of the office is contempt of court and may lead to punishment including imprisonment. The office has been described as inquisatorial in nature and "akin to a modern 'star chamber'".

The coercive powers may only be used when authorised by the Supreme Court of Victoria via a "coercive powers order". These orders may only be issued in relation to an organised crime investigation. The court must be satisfied that issuing the order is in the public interest. Examinations held by the office are secret and all participants are bound by confidentiality orders. In practice, confidentiality is often breached with informer Nicola Gobbo describing the secrecy as "laughable" with witnesses issued summonses in public and its physical office close to a known underworld hangout.

Oversight of the office is provided by the Victorian Inspectorate.

The office was established in 2005 following the Melbourne gangland killings of the early 2000s. Its establishment was criticised by Liberty Victoria who described it as a ""standing royal commission" without the checks and balances Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Christine Nixon was an advocate for its establishment stating in her autobiography "I wanted coercive powers – that is, the authority to compel witnesses, usually in secret, to answer questions and tell no one".

The initial Chief Examiner was Damien Maguire who held the role until 2015. , the Chief Examiner is Joanne Smith, who started in the role in 2018.

References

External links
  - Office of Chief Examiner

Law enforcement agencies of Victoria (Australia)


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UGC and AICTE will be abolished from the coming year; a government commissioned body to take their place
A new Higher Education Commission will replace the two autonomous bodies.
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TED NewsDesk, New Delhi: As informed by a government representative, the year 2021 will see the abolition of autonomous higher educational bodies the University Grants Commission and All India Council for Technical Education. Instead, a government-supervised Higher Education Commission will be established to take their place.
The move has been taken keeping in mind the guidelines planned out in the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020. The NEP states the formation of a Higher Education Commission of India (HECI) to regulate every area of higher education, apart from legal and medical, under an overarching governing body.
The decision was approved by the Union Cabinet a few days ago. As per Amit Khare, the Higher Education Secretary, "You will see some of the major changes in 2021 itself. If I could list out, for example, the common admission test for entrance to all central universities that are coming in 2021, the Academic Bank of Credit through which one can transfer credits from one university to another, that is also 2021."
The educational bodies that are going to be abolished are UGC, AICTE and National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) in accordance with the administrative changes planned for the next year.
Khare also discussed the National Research Fund, which also finds mention in the NEP. Its main objective is to provide funds for research to researchers seeking funding or sponsorship in the country.
He added, "All universities, be it private, state, or Central, they can have competitive funding. It's like the National Science Foundation of the USA. Some addition that we have added, social science also will be the part of National Research Fund."
Source: India Today
In adherence with the AICTE norms, the universities will be able to change the affiliation norms, says SC.
Pokhriyal planning a live discussion with teachers in lieu of next year's board exams
Pokhriyal planning a live discussion with teachers in lieu of next year's board exams


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