"Hoppy beer is like a rad loaf of sourdough bread," Alexander said.
The plan for the brewery in 2017 is to have a can and bottle release each month. This will involve the introduction of Fuzz, its flagship beer. The cans will be sold out of Structures' taproom. More Structures beer will also be showing up at other local establishments, including Elizabeth Station. Structures also plans on having a food truck parked in front of its taproom at 1420 N. State St. for much of 2017.
For details and updates on Structures, visit its Facebook page.
With Black Friday out of the way, next up is Cyber Monday, something that has presented a challenge to local brick-and-mortar stores for years.
The Nov. 28 event is not as big a deal as it used to because online stores have opted to offer deals throughout the holiday season, said Dev Shapiro of Gottadeal.com, which tracks retail sales. However, online sales in general continue to take a bigger bite out of local store sales. What do online sales mean for sales tax revenue for cities like Bellingham?
It's hard to tell, but they do have some impact, said Brian Henshaw, finance director at the city.
With sales tax destination-based, the city should get revenue from things that are delivered here. That's the way it works for the big sites like Amazon.com, which collects the tax at the time of purchase. A smaller website based outside Washington may or may not be collecting that tax.
So far this year retail sales revenue for the city has been solid, but a bigger part of it has resulted from a busy construction season. Revenue from stores, particularly big box stores, is down. How much of that is from the dip in cross-border shopping vs. the growth of online shopping probably depends on the individual store and its target customers.
ACME Farms + Kitchen is opening a holiday pop-up store at 1230 Cornwall Ave., in The Leopold building. The shop will offer gift boxes featuring locally sourced foods and treats, according to a company news release. Some items will come from San Juan Sea Salt, Moon Valley Organic and Flying Bird Botanicals. Regular days of operation through Dec. 23 are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturdays. Details can be found on its Facebook page. ... Bellis Fair also includes a variety of holiday pop-up stores this season, including See's Candies, Hickory Farms, Emoji Pillows, Pillow Pets, LED Shoes and RC Toys.


Love under trying circumstances One night out of the blue, Ratchet Clarks ill-natured mother tells her that Ratchet will be leaving their Pensacola apartment momentarily to take the train up north. There she will spend the summer with her aged relatives Penpen and Tilly, inseparable twins who couldnt look more different from each other. Staying at their secluded house, Ratchet is treated to a passel of strange family history and local lore, along with heaps of generosity and care that she has never experienced before. Also, Penpen has recently espoused a new philosophy whatever shows up on your doorstep you have to let in. Through thick wilderness, down forgotten, bear-ridden roads, come a variety of characters, drawn to Penpen and Tillys open door.
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Her books have been New York Times and Publishers Weekly bestsellers and Rosie O'Donell and Oprah picks. She is translated into over twenty five languages and her books are taught in children's literature curriculums in North America and internationally. She lives in British Columbia.


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Wills & estates: Hitchcock v Pratt Part I - confli…
Wills & estates: Hitchcock v Pratt Part I - conflict between the Succession Act and the Constitution
The NSW Supreme Court recently considered aspects of the Succession Act 2006 (Act) in Hitchcock v Pratt [2010] NSWSC 1508. The case had interesting implications for legal advisers by considering the cross jurisdictional issues (domestic or international) that can sometimes arise for clients who are making or defending a family provision claim.
Richard Pratt (the deceased) was domiciled in Victoria at his date of death in April 2009. Probate of his Will was granted by the Supreme Court of Victoria to his widow, Jeanne Pratt (the defendant).
The estate mostly comprised shares, all of which were located in Victoria by virtue of the shares being in companies registered in Victoria and share registers kept in Victoria.
Sharilea Hitchcock and her daughter Paula Hitchcock (the plaintiffs) commenced proceedings in the Supreme Court of New South Wales for family provision orders even though the deceased left no direct estate in NSW. Sharilea Hitchcock claimed eligibility for provision as the de facto partner of the deceased. Paula Hitchcock claimed eligibility as a daughter of the deceased.
This Bartier Bulletin will look at the jurisdictional issues that arose:
Does the Court have authority to make an order?
Section 64 of the Act says:
"A family provision order may be made in respect of property situated in or outside New South Wales when, or at any time after, the order is made, whether or not the deceased person was, at the time of death, domiciled in New South Wales."
The defendant contended that the NSW legislature could not authorise the Court to make a family provision order affecting assets outside of NSW that belonged to a person domiciled outside of NSW.
This issue was addressed when Windeyer J considered the corresponding section 11(1)(b) in the preceding Family Provision Act 1982 (NSW) in Balajan v Nitikin (1994) 35 NSWLR 51, 57. In Hitchcock v Pratt Brereton J concurred with the conclusion of Windeyer J in Balajan v Nitikin that the legislature had over-reached its authority by stating that an order could be made whether or not the deceased or their estate had any connection with NSW. Rather, the section should be read down to operate as intended so that it applied to assets located in NSW of persons who had died domiciled elsewhere, and to assets located outside of NSW of persons who had died domiciled in NSW.
Commenting that the section was re-enacted largely unchanged in the Succession Act 2006 (NSW), Brereton J said: "In short, it seems that the provision was re-enacted without adverting to the circumstance that it had been held to be unconstitutional."
Is s64 of the Succession Act 2006 invalid?
It was also submitted by the defendant that s64 was invalid under the Australian Constitution as it was inconsistent with Victorian law. Brereton J observed that conflicting state laws do not make one law valid and the other invalid. As such, the rules of private international law apply, and in this case, only the NSW law of succession in relation to immovables located in NSW will take effect. Section 64 was valid to the extent that it applies to:
assets in NSW of a deceased domiciled outside NSW; and
assets outside NSW of a deceased who died domiciled in NSW.
Can a family provision order be made if there is no grant of representation?
It was suggested that the action could not be commenced as the grant had not been resealed in NSW. The Court held that a grant of representation in NSW is not a precondition to commence family provision proceedings or for the making of a family provision order.
Legal practitioners should be mindful of the need for a "requisite connection" to NSW when advising clients wanting to make a family provision claim. The case has clear relevance in the multi-jurisdictional context being it across the Australian jurisdictions or for international clients with multi-jurisdictional estate planning issues.
Author: Philip Davis
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PREAMBLE. We, the people, grateful to Almighty God for our Preamble. freedom, do ordain and establish the following declaration of rights and frame of government, as the constitution of the state of Nebraska:
ARTICLE I.-BILL OF RIGHTS
SECTION 1. All persons are by nature free and Rights of independent, and have certain inherent and inalienable rights; among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. To secure these rights, and the protection of property, governments are instituted among people, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.
SEO. 2. There shall be neither slavery nor invol- Slavery prohibuntary servitude in this state, otherwise than for punishment of crime, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted.
SEC. 3. No person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law. (1 Neb.,
; 2 Neb., 403; 6 Neb., 42, 54, 71; 7 Neb., 278; 10 Neb., 114.)
ited.
Religious free dom.
Freedom of speech and the press.
Seo. 4. All persons have a natural and indefeasible right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their own consciences. No person shall be compelled to attend, erect, or support any place of worship against his consent, and no preference shall be given by law to any religions society, nor sha!l any interference with the rights of conscience be permitted. No religious test shall be required as a qualification for office, nor shall any person be incompetent to be a witness on account of his religious belief; but nothing herein shall be construed to dispense with oaths and affirmations. Religion, morality, and knowledge, however, being essential to good government, it shall be the duty of the legislature to pass suitable laws to protect every religious denomination in the peaceable enjoyment of its own mode of public worship, and to encourage schools and the means of instruction.
SEO. 5. Every person may freely speak, write, and publish on all subjects, being responsible for the abuse of that liberty; and in all trials for libel both civil and criminal, the truth, when published with good motives
and for justifiable ends, shall be a sufficient defense. Trial by jury. SEC. 6. The right of trial by jury shall remain in
violate, but the legislature may authorize trial by a jury of a less number than twelve men, in courts inferior to the district court. (3 Neb., 94; 5 Neb., 148, 458; 13 Neb. 451 )
Sec. 7. The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated; and no warrant shall issue but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched and the person or thing to be
seized. Habeas corpus.
Sec. 8. The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless, in case of rebellion or in
Search and seizure.
vasion, the public safety requires it, and then only in such manner as shall be prescribed by law.
SEC. 9. All persons shall be bailable by sufficient Ball. sureties, except for treason and murder, where the proof is evident or the presumption great. Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
Seo. 10. No person shall be held to answer for a criminal offense, except in cases in which the punishment is by fine or imprisonment, otherwise than in the penitentiary, in case of impeachment, and in cases arising in the army and navy or in the militia, when in actual service in time of war or public danger, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury; Provided, That the legislature may, by law, provide for holding persons to answer for criminal offenses on information of a public prosecutor; and may, by law, abolish, limit, change, amend, or otherwise regulate the grand jury system.
Sec. 11. In all criminal prosecutions the accused Impartial trial shall have the right to appear and defend in person or by counsel, to demand the nature and cause of accusation, and to have a copy thereof; to meet the witnesses against him face to face; to have process to compel the attendance of witnesses in his behalf, and a speedy public trial by an impartial jury of the county or district in which the offense is alleged to have been committed. 4 Neb., 226, 517; 5 Neb., 34; 11 Neb., 1.)
Sec. 12. No person shall be compelled, in any criminal case, to give evidence against himself, or be twice put in jeopardy for the same offense.
SEC. 13. All courts shall be open, and every per- Justice admin. son, for any injury done him in his lands, goods, person delay. or reputation, shall have a remedy by due course of law, and justice administered without denial or delay.
Sec. 14. Treason against the state shall consist Treason. only in levying war against the state, or in adhering to
istered without
its enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in
open court.
Penalties.
Bill of attainder; ex post facto law.
Militia.
Sec. 15. All penalties shall be proportioned to the nature of the offense, and no conviction shall work corruption of blood or forfeiture of estate ; nor shall any person be transported out of the state for any offense committed within the state.
SEC. 16. No bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or law impairing the obligation of contracts, or making any irrevocable grant of special privileges or immunities, shall be passed. (1 Neb., 381, 419, 462; 3 Neb., 383;
6 Neb., 33; 7 Neb., 179.) Military power, Sec. 17. The military shall be in strict subordina.
tion to the civil power.
Sec. 18. No soldier shall, in time of peace, be quartered in any house without the consent of the owner; nor in time of war, except in the manner prescribed by
law. Right of peti. Sec. 19. The right of the people, peaceably, to as
semble to consult for the common good, and to petition the government, or any department thereof, shall never
be abridged. Imprisonment SEC. 20. No person shall be imprisoned for debt in
any civil action on mesne or final process, unless in cases of fraud. (13 Neb., 194.)
Seo. 21. The property of no person shall be taken or damaged for public use without just compensation therefor. (1 Neb., 30; 2 Neb., 399; 3 Neb., 241; 12 Neb., 166.)
SEC. 22. All elections shall be free; and there shall be no hindrance or impediment to the right of a qualified voter to exercise the elective franchise.
Sec. 23. The writ of error shall be a writ of right in all cases of felony; and in capital cases shall operate as a superscdeas to stay the execution of the sentence of
for debt.
Private prope erty.
Freedom of elections.
Writ of error.
Alieus.
tained by
death until the further order of the supreme court in premises. (8 Neb., 24.)
SEC. 24. The right to be heard in all civil cases in Rights in civil the court of last resort, by appeal, error, or otherwise, shall not be denied. (5 Neb., 458; 6 Neb., 71; 12 Neb., 72.)
SEC. 25. No distinction shall ever be made by law between resident aliens and citizens in reference to the possession,enjoyment, or descent of property. (2 Neb. 9.)
SEO. 26. This enumeration of rights shall not be Powen reconstrued to impair or deny others retained by the people. people, and all powers not herein delegated remain with the people.
ARTICLE II, -DISTRIBUTION OF POWERS. SECTION 1. The powers of the government of this Division of state are divided into three distinct departments: the powers. legislative, executive, and judicial, and no person, or collection of persons, being one of these departments, shall exercise any power properly belonging to either of the others, except as hereinafter expressly directed or permitted. (6 Neb., 69; 7 Neb., 180.)
ARTICLE III-LEGISLATIVE. SECTION 1. The legislative authority is vested in a Legislative ausenate and house of representatives. (7 Neb., 314.)
SEC. 2. The legislature shall provide by law for an Census. enumeration of the inhabitants of the state in the year eighteen hundred and eighty-five, and every ten years thereafter; and at its first regular session after each enumeration, and also after each enumeration made by the authority of the United States, but at no other time, the legislature shall apportion the senators and representatives according to the number of inhabitants, excluding Indians not taxed, and soldiers and officers of the United States army and navy.
SEO. 3. The house of representatives shall consist Number of of eighty-four members, and the senate shall consist of
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Social Drama
History Plays
Holy Day Scripts
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Feast Scripts
Feast of Will
Feast of Names
Return of the Baby Snatcher
Waves of One Sea
Well in the Woods
Playmaking
"If stories come to you, care for them.
And learn to give them away where they are needed.
Sometimes a person needs a story more than food to stay alive."
— Barry Lopez, "Arctic Dreams"
It's difficult to remember information from a lecture. Stories are much easier to remember. In fact, stories are how we remember. Most of our knowledge and experience is organized in our memory as stories. We remember and imagine in terms of narrative. Stories are the placing and pacing of facts in a context that creates an emotional impact. For example, I could tell you that the queen died and the king died. I could tell you those facts. But if I told you that the queen died, and soon thereafter the king died of a broken heart, I will have told you a story. I will have given you the same facts. However, because I placed and paced those facts in an emotional context, you will better remember them. Your heart as well as your mind has been engaged. In fact, if you have ever found yourself leaning forward while listening to a story, you know that storytelling also engages your body. It's a total experience. That's the reason we remember stories.
Humans have an innate love of story. Children want stories before they go to bed. We love to be the first one to share news because it gives us the opportunity to be a storyteller. We go to the movies because we love stories. We go to the movies to have an emotional experience, not to learn something. However, because we have an emotional experience at the movies, we do indeed learn something. We might not always be conscious of what we are learning, but we do in fact learn something at the movies.
Before we discuss story content, let's look at the structure of good story telling.
PART I: The Dramatic Arc of a Story
Most good stories have a dramatic arc. That is to say, a story builds — or rises — toward a crisis, from which it then plummets toward a resolution of that crisis. A storyteller must be aware of the "arc" of his/her story, so that s/he can pace the story and put emphasis in the proper places to create emotional impact.
These are said to be the five stages to a story's dramatic arc:
1. The Set-up
2. The Complication
3. The Crisis
4. The Face-Off
5. The Resolution
1. With the Set-up we are plunged into the world of the story and of our Main Character (the Protagonist). Most importantly we are plunged into the conflict of the story. This is not a time for description or explanation — unless it's the descriptive detail of the conflict and pertinent details of the characters that are in conflict. The conflict usually involves "stakes" — something of value at risk. The higher the stakes, the higher is the dramatic tension. The best stories begin in medias res (in the middle of things). You've heard the expression "cut to the chase." That means get to the action (i.e., the conflict) quickly. We observe this principle all the time in movies. An opening scene plunges the viewer into the action (i.e., the conflict); in succeeding scenes, only after a desire is created in us to know, do we learn the details of who, what and why.
2. The Complication is the complication of the conflict. It is sometimes called the Inciting Incident because something occurs or someone appears to "incite" a change in the main character's current situation. Often the stakes are raised, and the character encounters a challenging situation. Sometimes it's a new opportunity that appears. At this time in the story we are often introduced to the Antagonist.
3. The Crisis is the summit of the dramatic arc, the height or peak of the tension (i.e., the conflict) in the story. The crisis is sometimes called the Pivot or even the Point of No Return, because at this point in the story the Protagonist crosses a line that prevents him (or her) from being able to go back and say "do over" or "let's start all over again."
4. The Face-Off or Climax is the final confrontation between the Protagonist and the Antagonist in the story. In other words, the main character "faces off" with the person who has been trying to thwart him/her. Everything comes to a face-to-face confrontational head.
5. The Resolution is the result. After the exciting face-off, this is the quiet time that allows the "message" of the story to become clear. Now that the conflict has been resolved, we see how the world of the main character has changed and how the dramatic conflict of the story has been resolved. A "lesson" can be drawn. However, "if you have something important to say," as director Billy Wilder warned, "wrap it in chocolate."
The first half (or rising slope) of the story's dramatic arc builds toward a crisis (the peak of the arc), while the second half (or descending slope) resolves the crisis.
Playwright and Harvard Professor William Alfred said that the greatest drama in human history is the four Gospels. Few stories are more compelling than the clash of the forces of light and darkness in the life of a Manifestation of God — be it Jesus, Buddha, Moses or Muhammad. For the purposes of this exercise, we will focus on four stories from the lives of the most recent Manifestations of God — the Báb and Bahá'u'lláh.
Not all peoples of the world have access to books. But nearly everywhere on the planet people have access to the Ruhi workbooks of the Bahá'í institute process. To make this storytelling exercise accessible to the most people possible, we will focus on four stories found in Ruhi book #4, The Twin Manifestations. Ruhi book #3, Teaching Children's Classes, also has wonderful stories; however, they are a bit too short to effectively illustrate the elements of good storytelling. If a story is less than 500 to 1000 words, it is difficult for the storyteller to create the dramatic arc (defined above) that weaves the magic of storytelling.
So let us break down the dramatic arc of the following stories found in Ruhi Book #4:
1. Anís and the Martyrdom of the Báb
2. The Conference of Badasht
3. Bahá'u'lláh's imprisonment in the Siyáh-Chál
4. Bahá'u'lláh's exile to 'Akká.
Note: If the art of storytelling is part of a group study circle, it's helpful for the group to have a facilitator — or animator. For this reason, each story we will be followed by suggested activities as potential resources for the animator.
PART II: The Dramatic Arc of Four Specific Stories
1. The Story of Anís
(see Ruhi Book #4 "Life of the Báb" section 8, pp. 41–42;
also, section 6 paragraph #2 to emphasize the stakes involved)
Since 1848, when Anís first met the Báb, he has longed to be with Him. He feels so compelled to follow the Báb that his father has locked him up, because the town crier of the city (Tabríz) has warned that anyone approaching the Báb will lose his life and his property. But while praying in his room, Anís has a vision of the Báb and becomes calm, so his father unlocks his room.
Complication:
The Báb is brought to the town of Tabríz to be put to death. Anís breaks through the crowd and throws himself at His feet. As a result he is imprisoned with the Báb.
Crisis:
In prison the Báb expresses His preference to be slain by His disciples rather than by the firing squad. Anís jumps up to comply with this request. The Báb declines the offer but rewards this instant and exact obedience with a promise to Anís that he will be with the Báb forever. The next morning the Bab is dictating a Tablet to His secretary when the executioner interrupts Him to conduct the Báb to His death.
Face-Off:
The firing squad discharges 750 bullets. When the smoke clears the Báb is seen to have disappeared while Anís stands unharmed. After a search the Báb is found finishing the Tablet that He had been dictating when interrupted. He then rises to His feet and says He is now ready. Executioner Sám Khán resigns his post. Another executioner steps forward to proceed with the deed. The Báb addresses the on-looking multitude: "O wayward generation…" and holds Anís up as an example. Anís and the Báb are martyred together.
The martyred Báb's face is untouched by the bullets. The pummeled remains of the Báb and Anís are united in death. Anís is buried in the Shrine of the Báb, the center of the planet, and is united with the Báb for all eternity. The storyteller emphasizes how the act of obedience to the Manifestation of God yields such tremendous rewards.
Note: The storyteller can mold the story as found in Ruhi Book #4 to maximize the dramatic arc. For example, the story may be more dramatic if the Báb's words at the end of Section 8 are placed in context during the face-off/firing squad scene.
Activity: Discuss the concept of "instant and exact obedience."
Activity: Review the dramatic arc of the story.
Activity: Give a name to this drama. Anís means "companion." What might this story be called?
2. The Conference of Badasht ("The Veil and the Sword")
(see Ruhi book #4 "Life of Bahá'u'lláh" section 7 pp.88-89)
The voice of divine guidance is isolated — almost silenced — by the Bab's imprisonment in the castle of Máh-Kú. The Báb possesses not even a lamp by which to write. It appears as if the forces of darkness will prevent the New Day from dawning.
Through Bahá'u'lláh the Báb plans the Conference of Badasht. Its purpose will be to announce the laws of the New Dispensation in order to make a formal break with Islám. To each Bábí in attendance Bahá'u'lláh gives a new name. The new names indicate new possibilities of the New Day. Each day Bahá'u'lláh reveals a Tablet. These writings may be considered as the first emanations from His pen of Revelation.
Scene in Bahá'u'lláh's tent. One day Bahá'u'lláh is confined to His bed with an illness. Táhirih sends her man-servant to instruct Quddús to come to her. He refuses. The man-servant, presenting his sword to Quddús, informs him that Táhirih says if he refuses to come, then Quddús must cut off his head.
"So be it," says Quddús and accepts the sword. He raises it to strike. Right then Táhirih enters Bahá'u'lláh's tent with her face unveiled. This pronouncement of the equality of men and women is the famed "Trumpet Blast" promised in the last days of Islám. The Bábís who cannot accept such a break with Islám side with Quddús; those Bábís ready for the New Dispensation side with Táhirih.
Bahá'u'lláh brings about a resolution. He unites the Bábís. Quddús and Táhirih depart in the same howdah. However, three factions emerge from the Conference: 1) some orthodox Bábís desert the Faith; 2) some libertine Bábís celebrate the end of Islamic law by indulging their passions in a local village; 3) some Bábís become new creations, living up to their new names — opting for immortality. Three choices are presented to all future believers.
Activity: Discuss the concept of a "change in culture" that the Bábís experienced. How does it pertain to today? How might some of us stay stuck in the past, not rise to a "change in culture" and thus be forgotten by history? Will some of us lack restraint and gratify our selfish desires? Or, like Quddús and Táhirih, will we become "a new race of men," change the course of history and advance civilization?
Activity: Draw a veil and sword. What does a veil do? What does a sword do? Discuss the idea that "the pen is mightier than the sword."
Activity: Would you call this story "The Sword and the Veil"? Would you choose an alternate title?
Activity: Supplement the story with more details as found in the book "Nabil's Narrative: The Dawn-Breakers."
Activity: Review the dramatic arc of the story
(see Ruhi Book #4, "Life of Baha'u'llah" section 11 & 12, pp. 96–99)
Falsely accused of an assassination attempt on the life of the Shah, Bahá'u'lláh is arrested. He is forced to walk bareheaded in the hot sun en route to prison in Tihran. He is pelted with stones and spit upon. He allows an old woman to throw a stone in His face. "Deny her not," He says, "what she regards as a meritorious act in the sight of God."
The appalling conditions of the Siyáh-Chál dungeon three stories below ground: the vermin, the filth, the stench, the pitch-black darkness. The Bábís, shackled together in groups of seven and chained to the floor, can scarcely move. The mind-numbing din raised by their felon companions keeps them from sleep. For three days they receive neither food nor drink. The spirits of some of the chained Bábís begin to flag.
Bahá'u'lláh teaches a soul-stirring chant to revive the spirits of the imprisoned Bábís. In two rows facing each other, one row chants, "God is sufficient unto me. He verily, is the All-Sufficing." The other row of Bábís chants in reply, "In Him let the trusting trust."
The prison is adjacent to the royal palace. The Shah, awakened by the chanting, demands to know the source of this sound. When he is told it is the Bábís, he is too cowered to command silence. Lying in a bed of silk, the Shah is uncomfortable, while the chained Bábís, sitting in sewage, are radiant.
The Maid of Heaven visits Bahá'u'lláh with a new divine revelation. Sorrow is transformed into joy. Not even a king and his jailers can chain the Hand of God or stop the New Day from dawning.
Activity: Learn the chant: "God is sufficient unto me; He verily is the All-Sufficing! In Him let the trusting trust."
Activity: Learn to tell the story while integrating Bahá'u'lláh's words (see section 12 of "Life of Baha'u'llah" in Ruhi Book #4)
Activity: Supplement the story with details from "Nabil's Narrative: The Dawn-Breakers" (pp. 631-633) or "The Diary of Juliet Thompson" (p. 321)
Activity: Discuss the message or instructional point of this story.
4. Baha'u'llah's Banishment to 'Akká
(see Ruhi Book, #4, "Life of Baha'u'llah" section 25, pp. 126-127)
Bahá'u'lláh is banished to the loathsome penal colony of 'Akká in Palestine.
The horrid conditions of the sea voyage (no food or water for five days) for the Bábís. Nineteen days at sea. One believer loses his mind; another throws himself into the sea.
The conditions of the citadel prison in 'Akká. Bahá'u'lláh's Words in which He names it "the Most Great Prison."
The winning over of the hostile guards through the spiritual example of 'Abdu'l-Bahá.
The Voice of the Spirit and banners of light; fulfillment of prophecies as Bahá'u'lláh arrives in the Port of 'Akká.
Activity: Learn the chant: "Soon will all that dwell on earth be enlisted under these banners."
Activity: Integrate more details into the story from other sources. (see Shoghi Effendi's "God Passes By" p. 184)
Activity: Develop a monologue based on Bahíyyih Khánum's reminiscences as recounted by her in "The Chosen Highway"
by Lady Blomfield (pp. 65–66) and in "The Master in 'Akká" by Myron Phelps (pp. 70–78). Learn to present the monologue.
PART III: Learning to Tell a Story
To the Animator: Below are some steps you may take in facilitating a group to become storytellers.
Familiarize the group with the four moving stories discussed above about the Báb and Bahá'u'lláh.
Consider carrying out some of the Activities suggested for each story.
Have the group choose one of the stories to learn. Together the group reads the story. Together the group supplements the story with additional details, if available.
Then a volunteer rises to attempt to recite as much of the story as he or she can remember. When he or she is finished, the animator thanks the volunteer for bravely standing up to tell the story. The animator points out how difficult it is to remember all the details of a story and compliments the volunteer for making the effort.
Next the animator asks the group if the volunteer storyteller left out any significant details, plot points, or characters. The animator emphasizes that this is not a criticism of the volunteer, but a group learning process. S/he encourages those who wish to add details to do so constructively and politely.
After the group supplies additional details, the animator may wish to add any details that were still omitted.
A second member of the group is asked to volunteer to tell the story from memory.
Again a discussion of the details follows.
The animator might then ask what the group noticed about the telling of the story that made the effect compelling. The animator encourages the group to point out "what worked" for them as listeners, rather than saying what the storyteller should have or should not have done.
The animator has to walk the fine line of exploring the elements of good storytelling — without making personal assessments of the storytellers. A good approach is to ask the group "what worked" for them rather than "what didn't work."
In the later stages of the learning process, once confidence has been built and the storytellers are quite familiar with their stories, the animator may introduce consultation about "what didn't work" as well as "what worked."
Note: Ideally, if the group has time, it is best to familiarize the participants with all four stories, so that each person can choose to learn the one story he or she feels most drawn to. If time is limited and the group is small, then perhaps the participants may focus on one single story.
These choices provide opportunities for consultation.
Creating Storyboards
1) Selecting paper:
After having chosen a story for which the storyteller feels a personal connection or preference, each participant will take a large piece of blank paper—about 12" by 17" (a smaller piece can work, if larger paper is not available) to make a "story board." Each folds his/her paper in half; then folds it in half again; then folds it in half a third time. Each participant now has 8 rectangles on either side for a total of 16 frames. Next, divide the story into major "beats" (that is, scenes or sections). By thinking of an image to represent each "beat" (one for each frame) the storyteller will visually plot his/her story. One does not have to use all 16 frames of the paper.
2) Beginning your sketches:
The participants will now draw a series of sketches to help them remember the details of their individual stories. The purpose of the storyboard is to help one remember one's story. Its purpose is functional, not decorative. The participants are not being asked to make a work of visual art. Rather, the storyboard will serve as a memory aid.
Once the storyteller knows his or her tale by heart, the sketches will be discarded. Many people do not feel they can draw well; therefore, if they are reminded of the sketches' functional purpose, they will feel comfortable drawing stick figures or other simple images. However, those gifted at drawing who wish to take time with their sketches may be encouraged to do so by the facilitator. But the functional purpose of the sketches should be kept uppermost in mind.
Allow time for participants to admire each other's sketches.
Practicing the storytelling
Once the storyboard is completed, each participant can begin to practice telling his/her story. Participants should pair up. With storyboard in hand, each storyteller will consult his visual memory aid, while telling his partner his story. The purpose of the storyboard is to help the storytellers "see" their stories in their minds as they practice telling them aloud. Eventually they will discard their storyboards.
The storytellers are not to memorize their stories word for word, nor should they worry about making every word exact. Since they have used their storyboards to practice telling their stories aloud, their visual memory of the story will prompt them. The language of the story will become part of them. However, whenever storytellers feel the need to refresh their memories, they can always reread their story in Ruhi Book #4.
Each storyteller will practice the components of good story telling. Some of which are:
— telling it to someone as if relating it for the first time
— telling it as if it's the most important news the storyteller has heard
— using demonstrative gestures
— trying not to hold one's body too stiff or rigid
— changing voice intonation; perhaps using different voices for different characters
— practicing putting emphasis on certain words and phrases (by first deciding which are the key words in the story)
— using pauses to fix the attention of listener; especially at dramatic moments in the story
— projecting one's voice; sometimes a storyteller may need to tell his/her story to a large group
Polishing the storytelling
The animator can encourage the storytellers to develop the above skills by urging them to do the following:
a) To tell their stories to anyone who will listen. They can tell their story to a pet, a stuffed animal — even to themselves in a mirror. The key element is to PRACTICE OUT LOUD.
b) To think about how the characters in the story look and speak. That way, the storyteller can bring the characters to life through his/her voice and body movements.
c) To invite audience participation. If the story has a song or verse that is repeated, the storyteller might consider inviting the listeners to join in.
d) To practice pauses. Pausing fixes a listener's attention. Pausing creates emphasis. It draws a listener deeper into the story. If a storyteller speaks too fast, the listener stops listening.
e) To OVERLEARN one's story. The more storytellers repeat their stories, the more it becomes a part of them. Telling one's story is the only way to discover the parts of the story that need more work or practice. Remind them: telling a story isn't just about the words; it also takes voice and body movements to bring it to life. Encourage them to feel the power of their story! To enjoy the ancient art of story telling! The more one tells a story, the more confident one becomes to tell it in front of a group.
f) To put aside the storyboard. After many times practicing with the storyboard, the storyteller will come to recall the story without a need to consult the sketches. Practicing without the storyboard is the key to building one's confidence.
Note: Each person has a different timeline for learning to remember a story. Each participant should be allowed to set his/her own pace, while being encouraged to do so.
Constructive Critiquing
Once a storyteller has put aside the storyboard and "internalized" the story, s/he can solicit feedback from fellow participants. Encourage each storyteller to offer to tell his/her story in a compelling and entertaining manner to the group. This will build individual confidence as well as a sense of group unity.
After each storyteller tells his/her story to the group, the animator gives the group an opportunity to share in constructive criticism. The animator should coach the reviewers to frame their comments in the following two ways: "What worked for me was________" "What didn't work so well for me was_______" This approach stresses the subjective/opinion nature of the comment without implying it has any objective or absolute truth. The storyteller should listen patiently to the comments and not indulge in defending himself. He should winnow the wheat and disregard any chaff-like critiques.
The group might be asked to consider each storyteller's:
a) use of expression & tone; b) clarity of voice; c) good volume; d) use of various voices; e) use of pauses; f) emphasis on words; g) pacing
Storytelling as a Service
One's newly learned story is an instrument of service. By asking anyone, "Would you like to hear a story I learned?" one will find many willing listeners who, after being moved by your story, will wish to converse on spiritual matters rather than the mundane events of the day.
One can tell one's story as an inspiring part of a devotional.
The storyteller can offer to share his/her story at a Feast or Holy Day celebration.
Last Word on Storytelling:
A popular adage warns, "Never talk about politics or religion." Both topics tend to pit people and opinions against one another. So they tend to cause division and disunity. We began this section by pointing out how we learn and remember better through stories than through lectures. A lecture, like a conversation about politics or religion, is often an exercise in convincing the listener's mind. But storytelling attracts the listener's heart. It's a unifying experience. Whereas talking about religion might makes us feel uncomfortable (Does it look like I'm preaching? Does it look like I want something from the other person?), telling an inspiring, entertaining story makes us feel generous. We know we're providing a service. And knowing that as storytellers we are giving a gift, we now will be less shy about discussing spiritual matters.
On Gossip and Backbiting:
One form of storytelling that creates division and disunity is gossip. Because we love telling and hearing stories, we are inclined to talk about others. Gossip creates an emotional experience. We feel strongly about whom we are discussing, and we have strong feelings as we backbite or listen to gossip. However, gossip is an example of storytelling that damages. It damages the reputation of the person discussed, and it damages the internal unity of both listener and speaker. Many people aren't aware of this damage; just as sometimes people aren't aware of certain viruses. But Bahá'u'lláh spells out the damage when he reminds us that "backbiting quencheth the light of the heart, and extinguisheth the life of the soul."1
On the other hand, uplifting stories give light to the heart and life to the soul. When 'Abdu'l-Bahá tells us that "if a man has ten bad qualities and one good one, to look at the one and forget the ten," He is not merely telling us to be tolerant. He is telling us to feel good. Because when we focus on the positive in others — and in ourselves, "the hearts [are] illumined, the spirits glorified, and the human world [attains] everlasting felicity."2 Far from being a sacrifice, seeing the good in others is a benefit — to others as well as to ourselves. The best way to learn and to remember this principle is to experience it emotionally — through a story. So 'Abdu'l-Bahá tells the following story:
It happened one day in the time of Christ — may the life of the world be a sacrifice unto Him — that He passed by the dead body of a dog, a carcass reeking, hideous, the limbs rotting away. One of those present said: "How foul its stench!" And another said: "How sickening! How loathsome!" To be brief, each one of them had something to add to the list.
But then Christ Himself spoke, and He told them: "Look at that dog's teeth. How gleaming white!"
The Messiah's sin-covering gaze did not for a moment dwell upon the repulsiveness of that carrion. The one element of that dead dog's carcass which was not abomination was the teeth: and Jesus looked upon their brightness.
Thus is it incumbent upon us, when we direct our gaze toward other people, to see where they excel, not where they fail.
Praise be to God, thy goal is to promote the well-being of humankind and to help the souls to overcome their faults. This good intention will produce laudable results."3
As we learn to tell encouraging and inspiring stories, we will be less inclined to discourage through gossip and backbiting.
1. Bahá'u'lláh, "The Book of Certitude" 194
2. 'Abdu'l-Bahá, in J. E. Esslemont's "Bahá'u'lláh & the New Era" 84
3. 'Abdu'l-Bahá, "Selections From the Writings of 'Abdu'l-Bahá" 169
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More than a quarter of the United Kingdom's fishing quota is in the hands of a tiny group of the country's wealthiest families, an Unearthed investigation has found.
Just five families on the Sunday Times Rich List hold or control 29% of the UK's fishing quota.
The finding comes from a new Unearthed investigation that traced the owners of more than 95% of UK quota holdings – including, for the first time, those of Scotland, the UK's biggest fishing nation.
It reveals that more than two-thirds of the UK's fishing quota is controlled by just 25 businesses – and more than half of those are linked to one of the biggest criminal overfishing scams ever to reach the British courts.
Meanwhile, in England nearly 80% of fishing quota is held by foreign owners or domestic Rich List families, and more than half of Northern Ireland's quota is hoarded onto a single trawler.
The news comes as the government is preparing to publish a new fisheries bill, which will set the legal foundations for the UK's fishing industry after Brexit.
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What Is Cubital Tunnel Syndrome?
The ulnar nerve is one of three main nerves in the arm. It starts at the neck and ends in the hand. The nerve can be compressed at several places on its path, but the most common place is at the elbow. When the ulnar nerve is compressed or entrapped at the elbow, the condition is known as cubital tunnel syndrome. Cubital tunnel syndrome is the second most common type of nerve compression (neuropathy) in the upper extremities, after carpal tunnel syndrome.
Elbow Anatomy
The elbow is a meeting of three bones: the upper arm bone, called the humerus, and the two forearm bones, the radius and ulna. The ulnar nerve starts in the neck, runs down the inside of the arm and elbow and begins to branch below the elbow while continuing down to the fingers.
At the elbow, the nerve runs through a space called the cubital tunnel, which sits just below the medial epicondyle, a bony outcropping on the humerus. That electric feeling of hitting the "funny bone" occurs after injury to or compression of the ulnar nerve close to the medial epicondyle.
Cubital tunnel syndrome occurs when the cubital tunnel becomes tight or compressed and presses on the ulnar nerve. It can also happen if the nerve slides over the medial epicondyle repeatedly, which irritates the nerve.
Symptoms of cubital tunnel syndrome include:
Numbness and tingling in the ring and pinky fingers
Pain on the inside of the elbow
Weak grip and difficulty with fine motor movements
Muscle atrophy in the hand, if the nerve has been compressed for a long time
Often, it is difficult to pinpoint the exact cause of cubital tunnel syndrome. Factors that increase the risk of cubital tunnel syndrome include:
Bone spurs in the elbow
Fluid buildup in the elbow
Holding the elbow in a flexed position for long periods
Injury to the elbow
Occupations that require heavy manual labor, repetitive use of the arms or leaning on the elbow
A medical history and physical examination are typically the first steps in diagnosing cubital tunnel syndrome. The doctor may:
Tap the funny bone to see if there is a nerve reaction
Check if the nerve slides around when the elbow is bent
Move the neck, shoulder, elbow and wrist to see if symptoms appear
Check the feeling and strength in the hand and fingers
An X-ray, which does not show nerves or soft tissue, may be useful in ruling out conditions like bone spurs or arthritis as the reason for pain. A nerve conduction study can determine how well the nerve is performing by stimulating the nerve in one place and seeing how long it takes for the stimulation to reach farther down the nerve. However, nerve conduction studies can be negative in some people with cubital tunnel syndrome. The longer the duration of the symptoms, the more nerve damage is present.
Conservative methods of treatment are usually tried before surgery in the case of cubital tunnel syndrome. These nonsurgical treatments can include:
Elbow brace, including night splinting to help avoid excess movement of the elbow
Exercises to help the nerve slide through the cubital tunnel
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) such as ibuprofen
If these more conservative methods of treatment do not reduce symptoms, surgery may be necessary. There are a number of different surgical options, such as:
Cubital tunnel release, which aims to widen the cubital tunnel and give the ulnar nerve more room to move. The ligament at the top of the tunnel is cut and divided. The ligament will heal with more room to spare in the tunnel.
Medial epicondylectomy, where part of the medial epicondyle is removed in order to prevent the nerve from getting caught on it.
Ulnar nerve anterior transposition, in which the nerve is moved from behind the medial epicondyle to in front of it. This should prevent the nerve from getting stuck on or rubbing against the funny bone. In some patients, the nerve is moved deep to the muscle in front of the medial epicondyle.
The surgeon and the patient will discuss the best approach.
Recovery can occur over weeks or months, with nerve transposition generally having the longest recovery. Outcomes are good, with each form of surgery curing the condition at about the same rate for cases that are not severe. In severe cases with much nerve damage, surgery may not be wholly effective.
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Unified Communications in the Cloud vs On-Premise
Terry LaPointe
A modern office needs a phone system that can do more than just voice calls. Unified Communications (UC) provides organizations with a phone system and more.
Unified Communications systems can take two forms: on-premise and in the cloud (also known as UCaaS — Unified Communications as a Service). So which is best?
Unified Communications On-Premise
With on-premise UC, you own the phone system and the infrastructure. You host everything on-site and pay for it as a capital expense instead of a monthly expenditure. You also employ people to manage the phone system and pay for upgrades as needed.
Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS)
UCaaS means your phone system is in the cloud. You can choose to own or rent the phones themselves, and pay a monthly subscription for all maintenance, features, upgrades and support. UCaaS takes phone system management and maintenance off your plate. The system just works, and it's always up to date with the latest and greatest software.
Both are good options, and organizations base their decision on multiple factors.
Why Choose Unified Communications On-Premise?
Some organizations prefer to have their Unified Communications systems on-premise because they want to budget for a capital expense. They prefer to spend the money and depreciate the purchase. On-premise organizations want to own their system. Having an on-premise system means you don't have to keep paying a monthly fee like you would with UCaaS. Eventually, you will own your UC system.
Business phone systems can be complicated. Having an on-premise phone system means you're working with carriers, analog lines, SIP trunking, PRI, voice T1s and other connectivity options. Keep in mind that owning your own phone system on-premise means paying for circuits and connectivity, and those payments never go away. You're typically paying for analog lines for backup for when your PRI or primary line goes down.
Organizations that go on-premise have people on staff to manage the phone system or they pay an organization of experts, like Loffler, to manage it for them. Those voice experts can be hard to come by, because there are very few voice/UC engineers in the world (the industry term for phone system experts). There are a lot of excellent network engineers, fantastic security engineers, but there are not a lot of voice experts. That's because 20 years ago, most talented technical people thought phone systems were pretty boring. They didn't see what was coming with the whole UC platform.
Organizations choosing on-premise Unified Communications buy all the gear and install it all, too. This means putting the system into all sites, so you're connected, and all your phone lines are linked to each site as well.
On-premise phone systems are bulletproof. In simple terms, you lay down the capital expense for them, put them on the wall and they just run. They can run for a very long time, but you do have to deal with upgrades to keep your features current and your system security up to date. This would most likely mean paying a vendor to do the upgrade. Ancillary costs come along with that.
Why Choose Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS)?
When you think Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS), think cloud. Many organizations do not want to take on the burden of owning or managing their own phone system. They don't want to think or worry about it. They don't want to pay the annual maintenance contract and have those maintenance costs increase. Instead, UCaaS users are wanting to treat their phone system as an operating expense and pay a monthly subscription that includes all features, support and maintenance, without having to actually do all the work to keep it running.
The thing that makes the cloud model with UCaaS so attractive: It's easy. With UCaaS, you pay a monthly fee for all the features, and you're done.
With UCaaS, the phones you're using are either purchased or rented, and that's it. 100% of the hardware investment you have is the physical phones themselves. You don't have to worry about, think about or manage the rest of the phone system.
UCaaS allows you to always be on the latest and greatest software. When new features are released, they can be added on as part of your phone system without having to do an entire upgrade. You just need to turn on the features in the cloud. For a small or medium business (SMB), UCaaS means access to the features only an enterprise organization would typically see with their on-premise system: full-on enterprise-class, enterprise-grade feature functionality. UCaaS is the cost-effective way for SMBs to gain that big-business functionality.
For businesses with less than 50 phones, when you take all those ancillary costs that you pay for an on-premise UC phone system and upgrades, not to mention employing someone to maintain the system, UCaaS almost always saves the organization money.
Loffler Companies helps organizations improve their Unified Communications and business phone systems, whether UCaaS's cloud model or on-premise UC is the best fit.
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IND vs SL – 2nd Test – Preview: India seek another win in red-ball Test at home
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Despite all the hype, the first of the two-match Test series turned out to be a rather one-sided affair. A Ravindra Jadeja special saw India win the game without breaking a sweat. Thus, Sri Lanka will have to look for a quick turnaround in order to win the second Test.
It has been a while since Sri Lanka beat India in a Test match. It was in 2015 when the emerald nation last beat India in a red-ball game. As far as the second game in Bengaluru is concerned, the Karunaratne-led side have to work on their batting. Their batters need to build the big partnerships. The experienced players like Angelo Mathews as well as the Lankan skipper need to step up.
Besides, their bowling wasn't too great either. As this happens to be Suranga Lakmal's farewell Test, he would want to be at his best. As far as India are concerned, this is their fourth pink ball Test. It is to be noted that India are yet to lose a pink ball Test at home.
The hosts wouldn't want to change too many things for this Test. A win over here can significantly boost their standings at the Test Championship (WTC) table. As for the visitors, they wouldn't want to return home empty-handed. Thus, this game promises to be an absolute cracker of a contest.
Pitch Conditions:
The Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru is expected to favour the batters for the first few days. However, the ball is expected to turn and do all sorts of things as and when the game progresses. Besides, as this is a pink ball game, the pacers would get assistance during the last few overs of each of the five days.
Probable XIs:
Predicted Playing XI:
Rohit Sharma (c), Mayank Agarwal, Hanuma Vihari, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj
Dimuth Karunaratne (c), Lahiru Thirimanne, Pathun Nissanka, Charith Asalanka/Dinesh Chandimal, Angelo Mathews, Dhananjaya de Silva, Niroshan Dickwella (wk), Suranga Lakmal, Vishwa Fernando, Lasith Embuldeniya, Dushmantha Chameera
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Venue: M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
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Viewing the customer service representative's email in Thunderbird 78.7.1 on Linux, the character that should be 'ü' shows up as a white question mark on a black diamond background: '�'
The character also shows up thus in Gmail in my web browser (Firefox 88.0.1 on Linux), so it doesn't look like it is related to Thunderbird being my email client program.
When I asked whether the system in which this character is being processed limits characters to the ASCII character set, I was given the reply:
"This confirmation was sent in plain text which does not display special characters."
I am pretty sure that even plain text email can display non-ASCII characters, and that what matters is the character encoding, where Unicode would allow all manner of characters to be displayed correctly, as long as the user agent displaying the text has a corresponding font installed.
As to the funny character �: when viewing the message source, the text contains the following character sequence at the corresponding position: =EF=BF=BD
What kind of encoding is that, and how is it possible for 'ü' to get translated to "=EF=BF=BD"?

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Here is an anonymized excerpt of the email source with the parts related to encoding and the mentioned funny character on the last line:
...
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
X-Mailer: ColdFusion 2016 Application Server

Your contact information on file is as follows:                            =
  =20
G=EF=BF=BDld...

A: The sequence represents the Unicode "unknown character" glyph U+FFFD so it's either incorrectly stored in their database, or incorrectly encoded by the software which sent the email.
Indeed, a MIME part with Content-Type: text/plain can optionally have a charset parameter to select a different character set than the legacy pre-MIME default of 7-bit US-ASCII. This facility has been part of email for much longer than either Thunderbird or Gmail has existed, and by your description, their own message was clearly sent as UTF-8 with quoted-printable encoding.
You can easily demonstrate to them that their email client can display a mixture of Chinese, Arabic, Cyrillic, Hebrew, and Indic characters simply by sending them one.
Subject: demo text/plain message
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable

Here's =C3=BC, and here's =EF=BF=BD

should display as

Here's ü, and here's �

You can add other characters from the full Unicode repertoire by looking up their code point and encoding it as quoted-printable; it should not be hard to find web sites which easily let you type in arbitrary text and have it thusly encoded.
On a Unix-like system with outbound email properly configured, you can send this message by storing it in a text file, then
sendmail -oi yourself@example.org <filename

Unicode specifically assigns U+FFFD as the glyph to use when the proper glyph cannot be encoded for whatever reason. We can speculate that their email system or the bridge from their database was implemented by a junior developer with a limited understanding of email or Unicode, or even both. A proper implementation would store the database as UTF-8 and simply extract the information verbatim; but some legacy database platforms require non-ASCII strings to be stored in some proprietary or legacy format.
The central pertinent IETF standards governing this are RFC5322 for the basic format of email messages, and RFCs 2045 trough 2048 which describe MIME (the full set is not necessary; 2045 is the centerpiece, 2046 describes different content types, and 2047 provides a special notation specifically for email header values). Wikipedia has an article which describes and discusses the Unicode replacement character.


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Austin Daniel Coleman (born 1983) is an American professional BMX rider and reality television personality, the co-host (along with his partner Raisa Kuddus), on the HGTV series First Home Fix.

Personal life
Austin Coleman was born in Los Angeles, CA to Freddie and Jeanette Coleman.  Austin was involved in sports as a child and began skateboarding at the age of 10 until he got his older brother's BMX bike.

Although his first year as a professional came senior year of high school, an avid student, Austin continued his academic and professional athletic careers simultaneously attending the University of Southern California on Academic Scholarship and graduating May 2006, with a degree in Urban Planning and Development.

In 2021, Austin co-hosts Fresh Starter, where he and his partner Raisa Kuddus help create custom renovations using only what their young clients have to offer—awkward spaces and tight budgets.

Style
Coleman is known for having his own unique flair, either dropping completely unique variations or tweaking tricks in ways only he's been able to master. Not surprisingly, he strives for diversity in his riding, which has led him into several different disciplines throughout his riding career, the most recent being Vert. He brings his signature style to the halfpipe, floating downside whips so big it seems impossible that he'll make it back to the pedals in time.

Competitions
X Games Asia 2010 Vert Bronze Medalist
X Games Asia 2010 Mini Mega Bronze Medalist
T-Mobile Extreme Playgrounds 2010 Bronze Medal
Dew Tour 2008 Park Bronze Medalist
Action Sports World Tour 2008 Silver Medalist

References

External links

1983 births
Living people
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Sportspeople from Miami
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Seydan (, also Romanized as Şeydān; also known as Saiyad and Şayyād) is a village in Hoseynabad-e Jonubi Rural District, in the Central District of Sanandaj County, Kurdistan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 99, in 23 families. The village is populated by Kurds.

References

Towns and villages in Sanandaj County
Kurdish settlements in Kurdistan Province


A Jewish man has described how he feared for his life after being beaten by a group of men armed with a knife as he left a synagogue near Paris. The latest anti-Semitic attack comes as France vows to tackle a rise in anti-Jewish incidents.
An investigation is underway in France to track down a group of men who allegedly attacked a 53-year-old Jewish man on Saturday as he was leaving the Saint-Ouen synagogue in the Seine-Saint-Denis department north of Paris.
The man, who owns a supermarket and has lived in the area for 15 years, said he was leaving the synagogue with a Rabbi at around 1:20 pm on Saturday when he was pursued by a man aged around 25.
As he walked along Rue du Docteur Bauer the man following him repeatedly called him "dirty Jew". When he failed to react the attacker spat at him and when he told the man to stop, things turned ugly.
"He head-butted me, I was bleeding everywhere," the victim was quoted as saying by Le Parisien.
He then spoke of how he tried to defend himself before the attacker was joined by two other men.
"They beat me up. They kicked me in the leg, back and that's when the first attacker took out a knife. I heard the others saying 'Go on, stab him, Jew'," he recalled.
The attackers eventually fled after kicking him in the stomach.
The victim reported the incident on Sunday and police are now working to identify the attackers and to determine the anti-Semitic nature of the attack.
The attack has been condemned by the National Bureau of Vigilance Against Anti-Semitism (BNVCA).
"Even if the sites for the Jewish community are under surveillance, Jews are still vulnerable targets in the streets and in shops," the organization said in a statement to Le Parisien.
The attack comes amid a continuing and worrying rise in the number of anti-Semitic incidents in France.
Last year, 851 anti-Semitic acts were reported, compared with 423 the previous year, with acts of physical violence jumping to 241 from 105, according to France's Jewish umbrella organization CRIF.
"These anti-Semitic acts represent 51 percent of racist acts committed in France while Jews make up only one percent of the French population," said the group in January.
The Jewish population in France, the biggest in Europe, is thought to number between 500,000 and 600,000.
The CRIF report was released just weeks after four Jewish men were shot dead at a kosher supermarket in Paris by jihadist gunman Amedy Coulibaly on January 9th, two days after brothers Cherif and Said Kouachi killed 12 people in an attack on the Charlie Hebdo offices.
Less than a month later, soldiers who were protecting a Jewish centre in Nice were attacked by a knife-wielding man and in February hundreds of Jewish graves were vandalized in a suspected anti-Semitic act that shocked the country.
On Sunday President Francois Hollande warned that the continued existence of racism and anti-Semitism meant "the worst could yet return", as he led commemorations at Struthof in the Alsace region, site of the only Nazi camp on French soil.
Did gunmen meet in Alps to plan Paris attacks?


The Redskins might have a site for their planned new stadium offered to them, but they will need to answer the phone first.
A new 65,000-seat football stadium is among the possibilities that Events DC, the sports and entertainment arm of the D.C. government, is considering for the land on which RFK Stadium, the Redskins' former home, and the DC Armory currently sit.
A stadium or basketball/hockey arena probably wouldn't open for at least another decade. The Redskins, Wizards, and Caps all have leases in their current facilities that expire in 2027.
The site has long been considered by many to be an ideal spot for a new football stadium, with a Metro stop already is service and a location that makes for easy access by automobile from points all around the metropolitan area.
In addition, stadium concept plans recently unveiled by Dutch architecture firm Bjarke Ingles Group (BIG) show an area around the stadium that can be used year round, including a moat around the stadium. Such a design could allay objections, voiced by residents of the area surrounding the stadium, to using the land to construct a building that would be used just 10 times a year.
But neighborhood opposition will remain and that is just one of several daunting obstacles that stand in the way of the Redskins once again playing in a stadium on the banks of the Anacostia River.
The first thing that has to happen is that the Redskins have to answer the phone when it rings with a 202 area code. According to the article in the Post the Redskins have not returned phone calls from Events DC. That is an important first step in the process.
Other issues that could keep a stadium at the site from becoming a reality are money—the Redskins and the NFL would contribute to the cost, which likely will be over $1 billion, but a good chunk of government money will be needed—and the name of the team. Mayor Muriel Bowser has expressed opposition to the name and any financial contributions that DC makes could be made contingent on the team changing the name. In addition, the U. S. Congress would have to approve an extension of the District's lease on the land and it's possible that any such approval will have a name-change string attached to it.


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UIC physicist suggests there may be a black hole in our solar system
James Unwin
Earlier astrophysics research has noted that sets of asteroids well beyond the orbit of Neptune, called trans-Neptunian objects, exhibit unusual orbital characteristics. This has been interpreted as evidence of a new astrophysical body in the outer solar system.
Speculation among researchers in the field is that the orbits of these chunks of rock and ice have been influenced by a new planet, which is commonly referred to as Planet 9, that is about five to 15 times larger than Earth.
But, could Planet 9 actually be a small black hole? That is the theory of a new study co-authored by James Unwin, UIC assistant professor of physics.
In a paper posted online to arXiv, Unwin and co-author Jakub Scholtz of the University of Durham in the United Kingdom, showed that the likelihood of capturing a free planet, which is one of the possible explanations for the origin of Planet 9, is very similar to the likelihood of capturing one such black hole, and thus argued that this is a reasonable scenario deserving further consideration.
"We're not saying that it can't be a planet," Unwin said. "We're saying it need not be a planet and the important point is that this extends the experimental search needed to find this object we believe may be in the outer solar system."
The researchers point to gravitational anomalies thousands of light-years toward the center of the galaxy that were recently observed by the Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment, or OGLE, based at the University of Warsaw in Poland.
OGLE reported six microlensing events during which an object bent the light of a star that was under observation. These six unexpected events correspond to objects whose masses are in the range of 5 to 20 times the mass of Earth, such as Primordial Black Holes, which can be thought of as relics of the Big Bang.
Unwin and Scholtz highlighted in their paper that it is "remarkable" that both anomalies point to new objects of mass between 5 to 20 earth masses and argued that the OGLE observation and Planet 9 may be connected.
An important outcome is that it is much harder to look for a black hole than to look for a planet, they note.
While a planet reflects the light from the sun and radiates thermal radiation as well, the black hole alone gives no such radiation. However, Scholtz said it is reasonable to expect a dark matter halo surrounds this black hole.
"If dark matter can annihilate into observable particles, the halo surrounding the black hole would produce high energy photons which could then be observed in searches for X-ray and gamma-ray sources," he said.
Brian Flood
bflood@uic.edu
twitter.com/bflooduic
Campus, Research
astrophysics, black hole, physics, Planet 9\, solar system, space


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Read Sarah's blog post below:
"I am delighted – and considerably flattered – to be part of the UK Water Partnership again, as its new chair. It was great to see old friends at the Leadership Council in July (though sadly via video) but also to meet some of the more recent partners who have joined.
I feel that the need for the Partnership has become even more urgent since I was last involved in 2018. The welcome, and long overdue, worldwide consensus that urgent action is needed to arrest climate change, and tackle the impacts we are already experiencing, has put water right in the public spotlight. In 2018 I wouldn't have predicted that flash floods and that state of our rivers would by now be widespread topics of concern on social media in the UK. The hard questions and pressure for action mean that an effective mechanism for connecting people to drive innovative solutions is essential.
The UK Water Partnership is unique in its potential to make this happen but my sense, from the relatively few people I have so far had the chance to talk to, is that it is not yet fulfilling its ambition. Eighteen months of lockdown haven't helped but I'd like to see us making up for that now with fresh impetus and a clear operating model that will help us recruit and retain new members.
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Divorce Liberation
By Jennifer Senior
Illustration by Jacob Thomas
Until last week, when a vote in the State Senate began the process of changing the law, New York's approach to divorce may have seemed like an invention of the Old Testament. While every other state in the union had moved to a no-fault divorce systemat least a quarter of a century ago, politely allowing couples to end their marriages without vengeful testimony of wrongdoing, New York was stuck in a fault-divorce structure, which, in its attempts to assign blame, often forced one spouse to lie and say he or she committed adultery or some other biblical sin just to meet the legal criteria to dissolve the marriage.
One might assume this system lingered in New York for much too long because of the influence of the Catholic Church or a bunch of retrograde upstate Republicans. (In the last thirteen years, religious conservatives resurrected the option of fault divorces in Arkansas, Arizona, and Louisiana in the form of "covenant" marriages, where, going in, husband and wife essentially agree to not divorce unless they see evidence of cheating, domestic violence, or felonious behavior.) But in fact, it wasn't just the church or conservative coalitions that stood in the way of reforming New York's divorce laws. It was also New York's liberal constituencies—and the state's history of a commitment to liberal social policy itself.
Besides the church, the only other major group to lobby against the no-fault legislation was the New York State branch of the National Organization for Women. Over the years, "the opposition has come largely from women's groups," says Marsha Garrison, a professor at Brooklyn Law School and secretary-general of the International Society of Family Law, "and the last major push for no-fault reform was by the Republicans, not the Democrats." Specifically, a state senator from Long Island named Michael Tully pushed no-fault legislation in 1989 because his wife had refused for years to grant him a divorce, and he obviously couldn't change his residence to make it happen. "Women's groups," says Garrison, "killed the bill."
For the best-intentioned reasons, of course. They believed that fault divorce helped women, imagining that women were more often resisting the dissolution of their marriages than men. But the opposite, it turns out, is true: A well-known study in 2000 by economists Margaret Brinig and Douglas Allen showed that women initiate divorce proceedings two-thirds of the time. (And apart from the Colonial period, when many state legislatures had to approve a divorce, women have more or less consistently asked for divorce in higher numbers, says Brinig.) Women's groups were also haunted by a series of California studies from the late seventies and early eighties that said the state's switch to a no-fault divorce policy had hurt women financially. The problem, says Garrison, is that California had revised its property-distribution and spousal-support laws at exactly the same time, so it was impossible to identify the true cause of women's disenfranchisement. After New York had similarly revised its laws, Garrison replicated the California study. She found that the outcomes were exactly the same—even though we didn't offer the option of no-fault divorce.
"Downstate legislators have to tread very carefully when it comes to women's issues," says a New York judge who's well versed in matrimonial law. "No one wants to be portrayed as anti-woman."
It wasn't until 2004 that the state Women's Bar Association got behind no-fault. When the measure passed the State Senate last week, the group cheered, as did most women's organizations, having said it would spare families the financial and emotional devastation wrought "by one spouse's refusal to give up 'control' by consenting to a divorce."
If only the state chapter of now could join them. now already compromised its credibility nationally by railing against the Botox tax, which is bad enough; but by embracing fault divorces, which keep people locked in marriages they don't wish for … that's advocating paralysis of a much more insidious sort.
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"It's Only Rock 'N' Roll" - Wirtualna Polska, September 2010
ARTICLES:2010
Title: "It's Only Rock 'N' Roll"
Publication: Wirtualna Polska
Their history is full of alternating tragedy and euphoria hits and pits, politics and love. Next year will mark 25 years of their activity, and any day daylight will see their 10th album "Postcards From A Young Man" to be "the last great leap to mass communication." WP talking to Nicky Wire bassist of the Manic Street Preachers.
Last year, I spoke with James (Dean Bradfield, lead singer) During Szczecin Rock Festival, and said, among other things, that after a little depressing "Journal For Plague Lovers', the next album will have to be" some kind of explosion of joy. " And here it is!
Nicky Wire: Exactly.
We also spoke then of such a formula, according to which albums Manic Street Preachers once they are somewhat smutnawe, and other times more oriented radio stations. Still you use it?
Nicky Wire: I think so. 'Journal For Plague Lovers "for us was quite indulgent in such a delightful way. You know, the use of texts Richey'ego was quite a big privilege. We realized then that the "Holy Bible" was "Everything Must Go", which is probably our most joyful album. We thought that if the music industry is dying, and everyone around say that rock'n'roll is dead, we will do the last big jump on the radio and mass communication. It is not known how long all this will continue. Thus, a pattern actually gives you a sense on this issue.
If we mention the "Journal For Plague Lovers', reportedly with the whole team are you most at the beginning of sprzeciwiałeś recording this album. How much truth?
Nicky Wire: I do not know whether the "opposition" is not too strong a word. I was a little scared, because it was too large pressure. We knew that the texts that left Richey are great, but the question remained whether we will be able to combine them with music. I did not want it to after a great return, what was the album "Send Away The Tigers' next album was a complete flop. But as soon as James began to write music, I knew that everything would be fine. At some point, even I added some of his own tunes.
As you said, the album "Postcards From A Young Man" you called "the last great leap to mass communication."Why the last?
Nicky Wire: You know, most of the teams of my generation have either reformed or disbanded, or cut off coupons giving another compilation of greatest hits, or live albums. Oasis were from the era probably the last. We came to the conclusion that apart from a few of us already. You know, we released 10 albums in the same studio with the same composition. We decided to take advantage of all we have to make this album so comforting and commercial as possible. It is true that, in the works of Manic Street Preachers will always be a certain amount of sadness, melancholy, or politics. I'm not saying that this is our last album, but probably the last, where we try to feel like in the 90's.
It's been about 25 years since you started playing together. You feel even a little burned out, but if it is still in the band hot.
Nicky Wire: I think we felt burned out after "This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours" and a concert at the Millenium Stadium for 25,000 people. This was followed by the albums "Know Your Enemy" and "Lifeblood", which personally appreciate very much, but I have not found a good contact with people. But since the "Send Away The Tigers" we are completely re full of energy. In three years we recorded 3 albums. The history of our team is complicated. There is both a tragedy and joy, ups and downs. But if you strip it with a variety of events, it will be really great songs.
How much cover for "Postcards From A Young Man" was inspired by the New Order album 'Get Ready'?
Nicky Wire: As soon as I saw this picture of Tim Roth showed it to James. Tim was our hero growing up years. But then we had the impression that it reminds us something. It was only then we realized. Indeed, there are similarities as well as differences. First of all, on the cover of New Order we have a digital camera, while on our cover Tim Roth holds a Polaroid.But all this was just a funny coincidence. Although personally we are all fans of this team.
The album does not lack visitors. How did the collaboration with Duff, Ian, and John?
Nicky Wire: This album is quite nostalgic. I will not pretend that this is the most innovative thing in the world, because it's not true. Here's more of the same songs. Probably because we came back to the people of our musical youth. Ian McCulloch gigs with the band Echo And The Bunnymen were among the first at which all went. John Cale, Welsh music icon, was a member of The Velvet Underground, one of the most important bands in history. A Duff McKagen of Guns N 'Roses were a huge inspiration for us when we started just as a team. Such PERSONAL our music heroes.
You're the one...I wonder how good grasp so you do not offend. You are the "strange" in the Manic Street Preachers . (At this point a very loud laugh Nicky). Is your character sometimes cause tensions within the team?
Nicky Wire: There is something in me that. I wish I could control it, and I think with the years I'm doing better and better.Always something pushes me to do, to show the other side of all things. It always gave me pleasure when someone made fun of me because it was for me in a sense, inspiring. I derive a certain pleasure from such a "battlefield communications."But you know, it's only rock'n'roll. I always liked to argue. Although never I do not mean any hatred or negative emotions. I just think that the possibility of not agreeing with someone is the gift of democracy and freedom.
Besides, I have a feeling that in your team there is a certain balance. You always jawiłeś me as the most controversial Sean as the quietest and James balancing somewhere in the middle.
Nicky Wire: Indeed. Sean is a type of silent drummer who simply tries to embrace everything. James, in turn, is the type of Bruce Springsteen. You know, the working class and the like. While Richey and I were in a band not only musicians, but also provocative songwriters. I think that these differences make the team just more interesting.
Going back to the beginning of our conversation, for which albums Manic Street Preachers personally more obsessed? These joyful, like the present, or "Send Away The Tigers", or the more depressing and complicated.
Nicky Wire: With age, I think it is changing. Probably 10 years ago I would say that the latter. But today more joy makes me just these optimistic. But this is simply a consequence of growing up, having children. It's just you do not want to see "the dark side" as often as I used to. Obviously still I love "The Holy Bible" and "Journal For Plague Lovers', but do not reach for the not so often as the others. But in a funny way still really like the "Generation Terrorists" for having had such exorbitant ambitions. Then we tried to make something that was completely out of our reach.
Your recent performances in Poland show that a lot of people who like to see Manic Street Preachers live. What are your memories of visits to our country?
Nicky Wire: So far, very good. Very fond memories of Lodz (performance at the Eska Awards in 2008 - ed. Ed.). It turns out that we have with you some of the most loyal and hardcore fans in the world. But I think we need to finally play in Poland own concert. That's why we're working to make it through the upcoming tour. Although I love festivals, is the awareness that we all came just for you, is an entirely different experience. Maybe next year, we'll see.
Is the occasion of the 25 years you plan something special, or rather, you're not the type of guys?
Nicky Wire: I think a little bit afraid of anniversaries. Although we like to look back and recall the various events of the history of the band and a few times we want to play the whole "The Holy Bible", or "Everything Must Go", I think we are not yet ready for it. Probably would come a good time, but you still need to wait.
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