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S.C.S Chapter 287: Reaching the Top
Anyway, Ian decided to go on this adventure since he has nothing to do now, he took baby-5 and got ready to take off!
They were afraid that there's no way to let more people join this trip, so Ian planned to go with just Baby-5 to see the situation is on this Sky Island.
Ian and baby-5 stood close to each other, waiting for Fujitora to give them a starting push. Baby-5 was only a fragile poor woman, so she suddenly got a little nervous when the operation was about to start. Her voice trembled while asking Ian: "Can we cancel this trip? I heard there were a lot of monsters on Sky Islands!"
"Don't worry, what monsters are you afraid of while you are with me?" Ian smiled and told her: "Ready!!"
Ian stretched out his hands and hugged baby-5's waist. Fujitora's ability was activated, and the two floated lightly, and slowly rose into the air.
Generally speaking, there is usually an updraft near the ground, which is the result of the heat generated by the ground, so it's not surprising that they rose slowly under such weightlessness…
However, as mentioned before, after reaching a certain height, the updraft would disappear, and they would only float in place. Fujitora's ability just makes objects lose their gravity, but it can't flip it to negative gravity. (T/N: Debatable!)
At the moment of floating up, Ian saw that baby-5 was still very nervous. She couldn't help but open her eyes widely when he squeeze her butt. "Oh, I didn't expect you to have a great bum!"
When baby-5 felt Ian's hands around her thighs, she stopped being nervous, looked up at Ian with a blushed face, and said in shame: "You Perv… How dare you…"
However, before she finished her sentence, Yardi below them suddenly yelled, and punched Ian's feet with a great force. Ian bent his knees and held Baby-5 tightly, and with the huge strength of Yardi's Fist, they went flying…!
Yardi's punch had an amazing force, conservatively estimated to be about the same as Raideen's. Although this young man has no Devil Fruit Ability, he has an extraordinary amount of strength. With the force of his strike, Ian and baby-5 were immediately launched to the sky.
The whistling wind pulled the skin of their faces down, while baby-5 held her breath, and couldn't make any noise anymore.
When ascending, baby-5 hugged Ian hard, fearing that one of them would accidentally fall down. In fact, she didn't know that it was absolutely unnecessary. Fujitora used his Observation Haki to perceive their movement. Before removing the effect of his ability, even if they were at high altitude, they won't fall.
In the process of rising, Ian felt that the temperature was rapidly decreasing, and he didn't know how high they flew. The acceleration effect given by Yardi's fist was gradually disappearing. Looking up at the clouds above, he felt that he was a little closer, but the distance was still far away.
When their speed decreased to the minimum, Ian could feel the cold air blowing in the sky. In order to prevent himself and baby-5 from being blown away by the wind, he shook baby-5 twice to make her open her eyes.
Fortunately, after baby-5 got through the initial tension, she gradually calmed down, looked at her feet, and looked at the clouds above, and said to Ian: "Hold on to me! I'm going to transform!"
Needless to say, Ian was about to do so anyway, so his hand immediately embraced the waist of baby-5.
"Weapon Metamorphose: Missile Girl!"
It was the first time for baby-5 to be so close to a man other than buffalo and been held so tight. She blushed a little, but in order to cover up, she quickly transformed into a strange missile.
The top of the missile had a pair of eyes wearing goggles, and the most wonderful thing is that the missile was still holding a cigarette! Ian was surprised to see such a thing, but he hugged the middle of the missile tightly with his hands and feet.
In the past, after baby-5 became a missile girl, it was Buffalo who threw her at the target. But this time, she had no choice but to fly with her own strength. The bottom of the missile ignited and emitted a long tail flame, which led them to fly quickly towards the clouds above.
Ian didn't know from where the flame of the missile came. He just thought that this Devil Fruit Ability was very weird, so if he's trying to get to the bottom of it, a lot of his brain cells would die.
As baby-5 said before, this kind of flying ability consumes her Stamina, so her flying duration won't be that long.
But at that time, they would get closer to the clouds.
The tail flame of the missile was like a bonfire. After a few blows, it stopped, baby-5 suddenly became unable to maintain her transformation state, and had to change back.
As a result, Ian was originally holding the missile like a koala, so when she changed back. Ian found that his hands were holding her breasts. However, he wasn't ashamed, on the contrary, he seized the opportunity and squeezed them twice!
Baby-5 let out a scream, gathered the last bit of her strength, and pushed Ian away.
Ian didn't mind because they had to be separated for a moment. After being pushed away, he immediately untied the bandage on his right hand, and the Black Dragon wave rushed out and then came back to his direction, and got swallowed!
The scorching Black Dragon disappeared into Ian's body, and then Ian jerked out both of his hands, with that done, a pair of huge black Flame wings immediately appeared on his back!
He flew over and carried baby-5 like a princess in his arms, then launched himself toward the clouds.
Ian's body temperature was very high at the moment, and baby-5 would get burned if she hugged him, but it was just at such a high altitude, the temperature was too low, she felt warm in Ian's arms.
She was looking for warmth instinctively, and the feeling Ian gave her in his arms was very comfortable and made her feel at ease.
"Maybe… it's not that bad to join the Dragon Hunter Pirates…" Baby-5 suddenly had such an idea in her mind. She didn't know why, but she was no longer missing her master Doflamingo…
The appearance of the clouds has become clearer and clearer. Ian's flying speed was incredible. Although the consumption was high, his recovery is also very fast. With the two offsets, he maintained a stable flying state, even the duration was more than previously expected!
After about a minute and a half, Ian had already reached the bottom of the cloud. Until this time, both Ian and baby-5 had clearly seen the situation at the bottom of the cloud. They were surprised to find that there were countless colorful and dense balloons floating under the cloud!
That's right, balloons! It's the kind of hydrogen balloons. The tops of these balloons were touching the bottom of the cloud, and it looks like the cloud was completely held up by them.
This Sky Island was very different from what he had imagined. He originally thought that the bottom of the cloud would be a pile of volcanic ashes!
"Have you recovered some Stamina?" Ian lowered his head and asked Baby-5 in his arms.
"Just a little bit!" Baby-5 nodded.
"Great! Try shooting towards the clouds!" Ian said: "let's see if we can make an entrance!"
Baby-5 didn't say much, and turned into a bazooka in Ian's arms. Ian carried her and fired a shot at the clouds from below.
After the shell flew out, it first hit some balloons at the bottom of the cloud, but strangely, these balloons did not explode as expected. Instead, the rocket projectile squeezed and pushed away the balloons, and it went all the way into the clouds, but the balloons retreated and reformed the densely stacked balloon layer.
"It seems that there isn't much resistance!" After witnessing what just happened, Ian stopped thinking about the balloons. He held baby-5, which had changed back to her human form, and rushed up. His right hand stretched upward, like Superman, and pierced into the clouds!
When passing through the clouds, Ian felt the soft and thick texture all around. These clouds were indeed condensed, not just water vapor.
Just before his Nen was about to run out, Ian suddenly noticed a shining light in front of him, he finally broke through the clouds and saw the sun again.
Floating in midair, Ian, holding baby-5, suddenly felt that he started fell from the air… He then knew that it was Fujitora's deeds, who sensed that they had arrived, so he lifted the effect of his ability.
Ian was worried about whether he would fall down all the way back, but when his toes stepped on the clouds, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief… they were able to stand on these clouds.
After putting down Baby-5, Ian stood at the edge of the cloud, overlooking the bottom. Everything below him was so tiny, "The Ocean was still blue", but the island where they came from become a small black spot. [@-@]
"Wooo——Hooo———!!!" Ian couldn't help but yell out of excitement! His voice echoed high in the sky.
This is amazing! This feeling was wonderful! No wonder why many people have dreamed of going to Sky Islands and standing on top of such clouds, it is really like heaven!
What excites Ian the most was that he was capable of reaching such a place, he flew up directly in such an incredible style!
"Captain, look!" The voice of baby-5 suddenly came from behind. Regarding Ian's title, she has been with the members of the Dragon Hunter for a while, and she got used to it.
Ian turned his head, looked in the direction of baby-5's finger, only to see far away, there was a huge building complex!
There is a civilization above these clouds!? It really is a Sky Island!
Ian hurriedly took out a Visual Den Den Mushi from his hat. Before he came up, Nana gave it to him. Although only Ian and baby-5 were allowed on this trip, they could still transmit a live exploration stream through this little guy, and the people below would watch everything on a wide screen.
When Ian held the Cameko in his hand, and the Proko Den Den Mushi uses its two big eyes to transmit the picture of the building above Sky Island, the members of the Dragon Hunter pirates let out a loud exclamation noise.
"let's go and take a look!" Ian said to baby-5: "Let's see if we will meet Sky people!"
Baby-5 nodded happily, and it was really exciting to take such risks.
However, before they reached the building complex ahead, they saw a dilapidated wooden sign.
The wooden sign was badly damaged, but the writings on it was still faintly visible. Ian carefully identified the words and read the name: "Balloon Terminal!"
Bang! A thunderbolt flashed through Ian's mind, and he was immediately stunned!
Balloon Terminal!? Isn't this the Sky Island where the beast Kaido jumped off when he tried committing suicide at a high altitude!?
A cold sweat immediately appeared on Ian's forehead. could it be possible to meet Kaido here!?
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Bell Falls dam: Hydro-Québec says no significant erosion happening, but inspections continue today, tomorrow
Posted by Louise Sproule | May 1, 2019 | News, Top Stories
Hydro-Québec is conducting inspections of the Bell Falls dam and plans to send engineers by ground, if it is safe to do so. Dropping water levels are just one factor to be considered before allowing evacuated residents who live downstream from the dam, to return to their homes. Image: Google Earth
Updated May 2, 2019 at 10:30 a.m.
A spokesperson from Hydro-Québec said Thursday morning that there is no significant erosion at the Bell Falls dam. But evacuated residents are not allowed to go home just yet.
Grenville-sur-la-Rouge (GSLR) residents from about 50 homes were evacuated from the area downstream from the Bell Falls dam late Thursday afternoon and Friday morning after Hydro-Québec said it could not guarantee the integrity of the dam, given flow levels exceeding those expected once in 1,000 years. The flow was 1,300 cubic metres per second Thursday evening. It was built to withstand 1,000 cubic metres per second.
An inspection which took place yesterday (May 1) showed no erosion of any importance, according to Hydro-Québec spokesperson Cendrix Bouchard, who said that information may have been misunderstood, referring to a communiqué posted on the GSLR website which stated that erosion had been noted and that repairs would be planned.
More inspections are taking place today, Bouchard said; engineers are being sent in by ground to get as close as is safely possible to the dam.
Ideally, a dry dam is easier to inspect, Bouchard said, but engineers are going in as close as possible without compromising anyone's safety, he explained.
The flow of water at Bell Falls dam was 675 cubic metres per second at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, May 1 and that, Bouchard says, is still too high to allow the displaced residents to return to their homes. But the flow is only one issue, he continued.
"That information cannot be taken in isolation," noted Bouchard.
Acknowledging that word had circulated about a possible crack in the dam, Bouchard said he could not confirm where that story started and could not comment on it.
By Friday (May 3), Bouchard said Hydro-Québec should have more information on the condition of the dam.
The Bell Falls dam was built between 1913 and 1915. The last work took place there in 1999, he said. The dam is currently decommissioned, as the five megawatts of electricity it could generated is not needed by Hydro-Québec, he said. The facility could generate enough electricity to power 5,000 homes.
Bouchard says that Hydro-Québec follows protocols and inspects the dam on a required basis, which depends on many factors and that there is no universal rule. He did not have the protocol or inspection information available during the interview.
"We understand that people want to get back to their homes and we want to thank people (for their cooperation)," Bouchard said.
For all inquiries, citizens should contact Amy MacLean at 819-242-8762, extension 3127.
Last Thursday, April 25, about 60 homes downstream of the Bell Falls dam were evacuated on short notice, after Hydro-Québec warned that the dam was at risk of failure. Rising water levels due to above-average spring run-off have led to river levels matching those of a once-in-1,000-years occurrence.
Later Thursday evening, Hydro-Québec issued a statement reassuring that the dam was well-maintained. That press release said that the generating station is in good working order and has always been properly maintained, as is the case for all Hydro-Québec facilities.
In that press release, Hydro-Québec said it wanted to reassure the population that the evacuation order was issued as a precautionary measure only.
"When public safety is at stake, the company prefers to err on the side of caution. We are closely monitoring the level of all Québec rivers on which we operate facilities, and can affirm that currently, the situation on the Rouge is unique," stated the April 25 press release.
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Q: Swift how to load a class As we knew, when an Objective-C class was loaded the +load method would be called. But in Swift we don't have +load method.
So I tried to invested this. I added a symbol breakpoint at call_load_methods. In Objective-C world. this function will call all the class's +load. But it didn't enter this breakpoint.
So I wondering how to load in Swift. Or can you guys give me more detail a about Swift runtime or something else?

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Unfortunately, a load class method implemented in Swift is never
  called by the runtime, rendering that recommendation an impossibility.
  Instead, we're left to pick among second-choice options:
Implement method swizzling in initialize. This can be done safely, so
  long as you check the type at execution time and wrap the swizzling in
  dispatch_once (which you should be doing anyway). Implement method
  swizzling in the app delegate. Instead of adding method swizzling via
  a class extension, simply add a method to the app delegate to be
  executed when application(_:didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:) is called.
  Depending on the classes you're modifying, this may be sufficient and
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When considering a new construction home, it may be tempting to get the things you want, especially when you plan on living there for a long time. While it is your home and you should be comfortable living there, you should also consider your home as an investment. Since you will probably sell it someday, you want to get the best investments possible. Some upgrades to a new construction home are worth it, while others won't be as much. Here are a few upgrades that will be worth the investment.
When you first move into a home, you may think you won't need all the rooms available in a floor plan. Life changes happen all the time though, and it might be easier to add rooms that you don't need at the beginning. Your family might get children, or a loved one might need to move in for a while and it is best to have room to expand if you need it.
When thinking of cabinets and storage space for your new kitchen, they might not be the first thing on the list. But when you are looking to add cabinets or replace them only 5 or 6 years down the line, you will wish you chose sturdier cabinets or more space. Paying for nicer cabinets will save you money down the line.
A good kitchen is a place that allows you to entertain your family and friends while cooking. An upgrade to consider in a new home is a solid countertop material. You want your kitchen to last and be a place where spills and messes are easy to clean. A sturdy countertop is a substantial upgrade that will save you money and look great to a potential buyer down the road.
Electrical wiring in a home is key to being able to use all your devices with minimal interruption. Doing your electrical right the first time can save you heartache later down the line. If you have any wiring issues, it can be a significant expense, because walls may need to be ripped open and replaced after doing the electrical. Consider upgrading your electrical to save you time and money on your new home.
The lighting in a home can make all the difference when it comes to presentation. Great lighting can make a home look bigger and more comfortable not only to you, but potential buyers. Also, the more natural light you can bring into your home the less you will have to heat it.
Whether you can get more storage space with closets, or in a basement, or with cabinets having additional space to store things is always worth investing in. With people buying more and more things these days, having space to store them in the home is a better option than having to pay for expensive storage units.
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FOREIGN portfolio investor transactions in Nigerian equities increased by N208bn ($570m) to N991.2bn ($2.71bn) in the third quarter of 2018 narrowing the gap between foreign participation and domestic transactions on the stock market.
According to the latest figures published by the Nigerian Stock exchange (NSE), total transactions by foreign investors rose by 26.53% or N207.85bn in third quarter of 2018 to N991.2bn compared with N783.34bn recorded in comparable period of 2017. Over the weekend, the NSE published its third-quarter trading analysis for the nine-month period that ended on September 30, showing that the proportion of foreign/domestic transactions narrowed from 47.31/52.69% in the third quarter 2017 to 49.38/50.62% in the third quarter of 2018.
Total transactions during the nine-month period increased from N1.66trn in 2017 to N2.01trn in 2018, with domestic investors accounting for N1.02trn in third quarter of 2018 compared with N872.45bn in corresponding period of 2017. While foreign inflow increased to N477.68bn from N468.3bn in the third quarter 2017 in third quarter 2018, there was a marked increase in foreign outflow to N513.49bn from N315.04bn.
This implies that Nigeria suffered a foreign portfolio investment deficit of N35.81bn in third quarter 2018 compared with a surplus of N153.26bn in comparable period of 2017. This report, polled transactions from major custodians and capital market operators and is widely regarded as a credible measure of the foreign portfolio investment (FPI) trend.
It used two key indicators-inflow and outflow, to gauge foreign investors' mood and participation in the stock market as a barometer for the economy. Foreign portfolio investment outflow includes sales transactions or liquidation of equity portfolio investments through the stock market while inflow includes purchase transactions on the NSE.
The NSE report is generally regarded as a credible gauge of foreign portfolio investments in Nigeria as it coordinates data from nearly all active investment bankers and stockbrokers. Month-on-month analysis showed sustained upbeat in foreign transactions, with a slight tinge of sell than buy.
Foreign transactions accounted for about 64.8% of total transactions in September 2018 as against 53% in August. Foreign inflow and outflow however stood at N40.54bn and N43.78bn respectively in September compared with N36.66bn and N34.31bn respectively in the previous month.
Total transactions at the Nigerian stock market had dropped by 8.37% from N146.07bn recorded in July 2018 to N133.84bn in August 2018. Cumulative transactions from January to August however increased by 22.99% from N1.526trn recorded in 2017 to N1.877trn in 2018.
Foreign investors outperformed domestic investors by 6.06% in August 2018 and there was a significant decrease of 42.79% in total domestic transactions from N109.9bn in July 2018 to N62.8bn in August 2018. Total transactions at the NSE had reduced from N187.78bn recorded in June 2018 to N146.07bn in July 2018.


This was the set-up we won the use of (thanks to Wendy!) - a portable cottage and spa pool!
Soup and Spa after my third lap - it felt great but I'm not sure that my next lap benefited!
A shot of the night action, there were some pretty cool lighting set-ups.


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Un intercomunicador és un aparell electrònic que s'utilitza per parlar entre diferents punts dins d'un mateix edifici o d'un entorn tancat (privat). En alguns casos es tracta d'un sistema half-duplex, amb un microtelèfon semblant als emprats en telefonia, encara que el més corrents són del tipus mans lliures o més exactament, d'una mà lliure, ja que cal emprar l'altra per prémer el botó push to talk.

Els sistemes d'intercomunicació poden ser mòbils, però en general són de sobretaula o estan instal·lats de manera fixa en els edificis o vehicles on es fan servir (sobretot en els seus inicis, atès que l'amplificador emprat era una vàlvula de buit).

Els intercomunicadors més moderns poden incorporar enllaços a algun sistema walkie-talkie, a una xarxa de telèfons, a una xarxa cel·lular, o a panells de control (amb llums o senyals).

Intercomunicadors permanents
Els intèrfons es troben en molts tipus de vehicles, avions, embarcacions, trens, tancs, estacions de tren, a l'interior dels ferrocarrils i a les estacions de metro i també en la majoria dels edificis, i hotels per a comunicar-se amb les sales de recepció. Finalment, els que han esdevingut més populars són els emprats en els sistemes que subStitueixen als porters dels blocs d'habitatges coneguts com a porter automàtic que permeten a més a més obrir la porta de l'edifici de l'immoble.

Intercomunicadors mòbils
Els intercomunicadors mòbils s'utilitzen especialment en esdeveniments esportius, en obres de teatre o en programes de televisió i també per a ús militar.

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 Monitor d'infants
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Algeria has joined the rest of the world in banning the sale of leaded gasoline.
Photograph by Oliver Soulas, laif/Redux
Finally, the end of leaded gas
After decades of international pressure by a UN group, leaded gasoline is no longer being produced.
ByIngrid Lobet
The last leaded fuel has finally disappeared from gas stations. The last country in the world to sell it: Algeria.
"It is a big day," said Jane Akumu, lead Africa program officer for sustainable mobility at the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
Akumu is one of a cadre of international transportation and children's health experts who have focused for decades on the issue of lead in fuel and paint.
For the past 19 years, country-by-country efforts to eradicate leaded fuel have been carried out by the Partnership for Clean Fuels and Vehicles, a group of 73 industry groups, governments, NGOs, and others under the aegis of UNEP. But why did this take so long, when the understanding of lead as a health hazard goes back more than a century?
Companies began creating lead additives in 1921 to fix knocking or pinging in engines that could damage them and waste gasoline. The leaded product was highly promoted and popular, even though there were cleaner alternatives— based on alcohol, for example.
All the lead that went into gas tanks globally—three grams in each gallon—came out the exhaust pipe as particles that lingered in the air before settling on surfaces. Gasoline coated the world in lead.
By the early 1970s, researchers were certain enough of lead's health effects to take their results to the newly created U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Japan was first to ban leaded gas in 1980. Austria, Canada, Slovakia, Denmark, and Sweden followed. In the United States and Germany, the final phase-out of leaded fuel came in 1996, a quarter century ago.
The science of adverse health effects accumulates
Evidence of lead's harm mounted after the bans.
Lead impacts nearly every physiological domain in the human body, said Amit Bhattacharya, a professor of environmental health at the University of Cincinnati. "The motor, cognitive, hepatic, kidney, visual systems, anything you think of, it can destroy it."
Mary Jean Brown, on the teaching faculty at the Harvard Chan School of Public Health, described the act of reading and the growing understanding of lead's potential assault on it. "When you are trying to read, there are several places that are trying to be integrated. You have to see a letter, which is a symbol, put it together with other symbols, connect that to a pronunciation, connect that to an object or an activity."
Children who have been exposed to lead take a blow to these processes that can amount to 10 IQ points.
"It was always a concentration thing with me," a 22-year-old named Tony told the national radio program Living on Earth in 2003. "School was rough, man. From first grade to 11th." Tony was one of 300 people from Cincinnati taking part in the longest running study in the world of people who were exposed to lead in the womb.
Less widely known than lead's learning effects on the brain are the ways that it affects balance in both kids and adults. That's been the focus of Battacharya's work. He and a team found a way to detect lead-induced impairments with a quick, non-invasive test that can be administered starting at age five. Found early, some problems with balance and motion may be treatable. Another researcher, Kim Cecil, shed light on the possible pathway, Battacharya said.
"They didn't have the neurons in the brain that should allow them to maintain balance. It was gone. The lead took it away," Bhattacharya said. Lead can travel across the blood-brain barrier, he explained: It can go anywhere it wants.
The more they look, the more researchers discover lead's reach. Currently, Bhattacharya is finding early bone fragility in women that is associated with lead exposure. "Already at the young age of 30, their fragility parameters are worse than someone 47 years of age," he said.
Research in the past 20 years indicates that no level of lead in children's blood is safe.
The international push to eliminate leaded fuel
In the early 2000s, 25 sub-Saharan countries agreed in the UN-sponsored Dakar Declaration to phase out leaded petrol. The UNEP partnership formed and began its work.
Luc Gnacadja, the former environment minister of Benin, only needed one briefing on lead's health effects to act. "The cost of inaction versus the benefit of action, knowing that gasoline was costing 1.2 percent of our GDP (in lost earning potential), helped a lot in making our decision," he said. The minister soon banned leaded gasoline from Benin.
But 117 countries in the world still allowed it. Progress was swift at first, said Rob de Jong, head of UNEP's sustainable mobility unit. "Within 10 years almost all had banned it. There were 10 left that took us another 10 years" to persuade, he said.
The UNEP team also encountered misinformation. In some cases, it was simply lack of familiarity with the new unleaded product. But people were also hearing that their older, often used, cars could only run properly on leaded gas. "There were myths that were put out there," said Inger Anderson, executive director of UNEP though she did not say who initiated them.
In 2010 Innospec Ltd., a leading manufacturer of gasoline's lead additive—and thought by then to be the last one still in business—pled guilty in U.K. court to bribing Indonesian government and refinery officials in an effort to get them to buy the additive. The idea was that a stockpile would give refineries a stake in encouraging consumer demand for leaded fuel, de Jong said. Innospec was fined $12.7 million. In 2015, a former director of the Indonesian state-owned refiner Pertamina was found guilty of receiving bribes from an intermediary acting on behalf of Innospec Ltd.
It was not the only instance of pressure from the lead industry. Don Ryan, then executive director of the Alliance for Healthy Homes, said in the 2003 Living on Earth documentary, "Every step of the way, the lead industry challenged the scientific evidence, ridiculed the reality of lead's low-level health effects, and basically, claimed this problem was being completely overblown by scientists."
But Akumu and de Jong and the rest of the partnership were making progress.
And a distinction soon became clear. Countries that had refineries differed from countries that imported all of their refined gasoline.
Kenya, for example, one of the largest countries in Africa, was a refiner. "So rather than going to Kenya and saying, 'You have to invest in the refinery,' we went to neighboring Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, Tanzania and said, 'You could just as well buy unleaded stuff. It is much healthier,'" de Jong said. These countries then went to Kenya and demanded it provide unleaded fuel or they would purchase their fuel elsewhere.
The team also used peer pressure, de Jong said. They pulled out maps showing which countries had gotten the lead out. "Ministers would say, 'Why are we still red on this map? And everyone around us is blue.'"
Akumu also discovered the value of training gas pump attendants. "They became our ambassadors," she said, as they explained to customers that unleaded fuel would not hurt their cars and was better for them.
The partnership also supported local blood testing in Hungary, Serbia, Ghana, and Kenya. It showed how quickly blood lead levels plummet once lead is removed from fuel. It funded ambient air testing. Then it used the results as persuasion points.
That data were absolutely clear. Levels of lead in people's blood dropped when lead was removed from fuel.
"The average blood level of children in the United States in 1986 was probably 8. Now it is 0.9 [μg per deciliter]," said Brown, who is approaching her 40th year working on lead issues.
By 2016 only Algeria, Yemen, and Iraq were holdouts.
Finally, the Algerian refinery used up its lead stockpile last month. UNEP estimates this will prevent 1.2 million premature deaths; avoided health costs and regained human potential could be worth $2.4 trillion annually.
For Akumu, more challenges await. Next is removing sulfur from diesel and with it, a major global lung cancer risk from diesel particulate.


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13 Foods We All Can't Wait To Eat At The Minnesota State Fair
Lauren Wells Published: May 12, 2021
Courtesy of Minnesota State Fair
Oh Minnesota State Fair, we really missed you! The big event is officially on for later this summer, which is great news considering it was cancelled in 2020 due to the pandemic.
The Minnesota State Fair is famous nationwide for being one of the top fairs anywhere. It has rides, concerts and of course, food.
As much as I love concerts, I definitely love eating all the food the most when I go to the Minnesota State Fair! I love so much of the food, from french fries to fun treats to deep fried anything. Ha!
The Minnesota State Fair is always taking the food and beverage options to the next level. It is all part of the experience to eat something on a stick or really just to eat anything and everything when you go there!
There is definitely no shortage of options. There really is something for absolutely everyone at the Minnesota State Fair but there are a few foods and drinks that stand above the rest that you pretty much have to get when you go there.
Here are thirteen of those foods that we all can't wait to eat again at the Minnesota State Fair this summer. Of course, we will all be eating more but this is a great place to start.
13 Foods We All Can't Wait To Eat At The Minnesota State Fair
5 Things That We'll Miss Most About the Minnesota State Fair
Filed Under: COVID-19 Coronavirus, drink, food, minnesota, minnesota state fair
Categories: Events, Featured, Food & Drink, Minnesota News
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package adapt.application;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.PrintWriter;
import java.io.StringWriter;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Date;

import javax.persistence.EntityManager;
import javax.persistence.EntityManagerFactory;
import javax.persistence.EntityTransaction;
import javax.persistence.Persistence;

import org.restlet.Application;
import org.restlet.Directory;
import org.restlet.Restlet;
import org.restlet.Router;
import org.restlet.data.LocalReference;
import org.w3c.dom.Document;
import org.w3c.dom.Element;
import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;

import adapt.entities.Action;
import adapt.entities.Resource;
import adapt.entities.User;
import adapt.entities.UserRights;
import adapt.resources.DeleteResource;
import adapt.resources.HomeResource;
import adapt.resources.IndexResource;
import adapt.resources.ModifyResource;
import adapt.resources.ProfilIzmenaResource;
import adapt.resources.ViewResource;
import adapt.resources.AddResource;
import adapt.utils.XMLAttribute;
import adapt.utils.XMLForm;
import adapt.utils.XMLManyToManyAttribute;
import adapt.utils.XMLManyToOneAttribute;
import adapt.utils.XMLOneToManyAttribute;
import adapt.utils.XMLOperation;
import adapt.utils.XMLParser;
import adapt.utils.XMLResource;
import freemarker.cache.ClassTemplateLoader;

public class AdaptApplication extends Application {

	private freemarker.template.Configuration fmc;
	private EntityManagerFactory emf;
	public ArrayList<XMLResource> XMLResources = new ArrayList<XMLResource>();
	private ArrayList<Action> actions = new ArrayList<Action>();
	private ArrayList<XMLForm> forms = new ArrayList<XMLForm>();
	private AdaptMainFrame mainFrame;

	SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("dd.MM.yyyy  H:mm:ss:SSS");
	Date today = new Date();

	public AdaptApplication(AdaptMainFrame mf) {
		super();
		this.mainFrame = mf;
		try {
			this.fmc = new freemarker.template.Configuration();
			this.fmc.setClassForTemplateLoading(this.getClass(), "/templates");
		} catch (Exception e) {
			getLogger().severe("Unable to configure freemarker.");
			StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
			e.printStackTrace(new PrintWriter(sw));
			String stacktrace = sw.toString();
			this.mainFrame.displayText(stacktrace, 1);
		}

		forms = getForms();
		XMLResources = getXMLResources("resources");
		XMLResources.addAll(getXMLResources("resources-generated"));
		emf = Persistence.createEntityManagerFactory("adapt");
		actions = getActions();

		persistTestData();
	}

	@SuppressWarnings({ "unchecked", "rawtypes" })
	@Override
	public Restlet createRoot() {
		Router router = new Router(getContext());
		File f = new File(".");
		String appPath = f.getAbsolutePath().substring(0,f.getAbsolutePath().length()-1);

		File file = new File(appPath + "src/adapt/templates");
		LocalReference lf = LocalReference.createFileReference(file);
		Directory dir = new Directory(getContext(), lf);

		Resource ress = new Resource();
		ress.setLink("/homepage");
		ress.setName("Naslovna strana");
		EntityManager ee = emf.createEntityManager();
		EntityTransaction tt = ee.getTransaction();
		tt.begin();
		ee.persist(ress);
		tt.commit();
		//		for(int i=0; i<XMLResources.size(); i++) {
		//			XMLResource r = XMLResources.get(i);
		//			if(r.getRouted()) {
		//				Resource re = new Resource();
		//				re.setName(r.getLabel());
		//				re.setLink(r.getLink());
		//				EntityManager e = emf.createEntityManager();
		//				EntityTransaction t = e.getTransaction();
		//				t.begin();
		//				e.persist(re);
		//				t.commit();
		//				e.close();
		//			}
		//		}

		router.attach("/files", dir);
		router.attach("/", IndexResource.class);
		router.attach("/homepage", HomeResource.class);
		router.attach("/profilIzmena", ProfilIzmenaResource.class);
		router.attach("/resources/{resName}", ViewResource.class);
		router.attach("/add/resources/{resName}", AddResource.class);
		router.attach("/delete/{dresName}/{delid}", DeleteResource.class); //delete page URI
		router.attach("/edit/{aresName}/{mid}/{pid}", ModifyResource.class);   //edit page URI - this goes to ModifyResource which just prepares modify form form given resouce
		router.attach("/edited/resources/{mresName}/{modid}", AddResource.class); //Add resource does the actual modifiy action
		router.attach("/showChildren/{cresName}/{presName}/{pid}", ViewResource.class);
		router.attach("/showMTMChildern/{mcresName}", ViewResource.class);
		router.attach("/mtmadded/{mtmResName}/{mtmResId}/{mtmcresName}", ViewResource.class);
		router.attach("/mtmdelete/{mtmResName}/{mtmResId}/{mtmcresName}/{mtmChId}", ViewResource.class);

		return router;
	}

	public freemarker.template.Configuration getFmc() {
		return this.fmc;
	}

	public EntityManagerFactory getEmf(){
		return this.emf;
	}

	public ArrayList<XMLForm> getForms() {
		ArrayList<XMLForm> forms = new ArrayList<XMLForm>();
		File f = new File(".");
		String appPath = f.getAbsolutePath().substring(0,f.getAbsolutePath().length()-1);

		Document formDoc = XMLParser.parseXml(appPath + "config/forms.xml");
		NodeList frmNodes = formDoc.getElementsByTagName("form");
		for(int i=0; i<frmNodes.getLength(); i++) {
			Element element = (Element)frmNodes.item(i);
			NodeList nName = element.getElementsByTagName("name");
			NodeList nAllowActions = element.getElementsByTagName("allowActions");
			NodeList nAllowControls = element.getElementsByTagName("allowControls");
			NodeList nFilename = element.getElementsByTagName("filename");

			String name = XMLParser.getCharacterDataFromElement((Element) nName.item(0));
			Boolean actions = Boolean.parseBoolean(XMLParser.getCharacterDataFromElement((Element)nAllowActions.item(0)));
			Boolean controls = Boolean.parseBoolean(XMLParser.getCharacterDataFromElement((Element)nAllowControls.item(0)));
			String fileName = XMLParser.getCharacterDataFromElement((Element)nFilename.item(0));

			XMLForm form = new XMLForm(name, fileName, actions, controls);
			forms.add(form);
			//System.out.println("[" + formatter.format(today)  + "] Form '" + form.getName() + "' parsed");
			mainFrame.displayText("Form '" + form.getName() + "' parsed", 0);
		}
		return forms;
	}

	public ArrayList<Action> getActions() {
		ArrayList<Action> actions = new ArrayList<Action>();
		File f = new File(".");
		String appPath = f.getAbsolutePath().substring(0,f.getAbsolutePath().length()-1);

		Document resDoc = XMLParser.parseXml(appPath + "config/actions.xml");
		NodeList actNodes = resDoc.getElementsByTagName("action");
		for(int i=0; i<actNodes.getLength(); i++) {
			Element element = (Element) actNodes.item(i);
			NodeList nName = element.getElementsByTagName("name");
			NodeList nLink = element.getElementsByTagName("link");
			NodeList nIcon = element.getElementsByTagName("imagePath");
			NodeList nType = element.getElementsByTagName("type");
			NodeList nTips = element.getElementsByTagName("tip");
			NodeList nIds = element.getElementsByTagName("btnID");

			String name = XMLParser.getCharacterDataFromElement((Element) nName.item(0));
			String link = XMLParser.getCharacterDataFromElement((Element) nLink.item(0));
			String icon = XMLParser.getCharacterDataFromElement((Element) nIcon.item(0));
			String type = XMLParser.getCharacterDataFromElement((Element) nType.item(0));
			String tip  = XMLParser.getCharacterDataFromElement((Element) nTips.item(0));
			String bID  = XMLParser.getCharacterDataFromElement((Element) nIds.item(0));

			Action action = new Action();
			action.setName(name);
			action.setLink(link);
			action.setImagePath(icon);
			action.setType(type);
			action.setTip(tip);
			action.setBtnID(bID);

			actions.add(action);

			mainFrame.displayText("Action '" + action.getName() + "' parsed", 0);

			if(!action.getName().startsWith("mtm")) {
				EntityManager em = emf.createEntityManager();
				EntityTransaction tx = em.getTransaction();
				tx.begin();
				em.persist(action);
				tx.commit();
				em.close();
			}
		}
		return actions;
	}

	public ArrayList<XMLResource> getXMLResources(String file) {
		File f = new File(".");
		String appPath = f.getAbsolutePath().substring(0,f.getAbsolutePath().length()-1);
		Document resDoc = XMLParser.parseXml(appPath + "config" + File.separator + file  + ".xml");
		NodeList resNodes = resDoc.getElementsByTagName("resource");
		ArrayList<XMLResource> ress = new ArrayList<XMLResource>();

		mainFrame.displayText("Fetching resources from file: " + resDoc.getBaseURI().substring(8), 0);

		for(int i=0; i<resNodes.getLength(); i++) {
			ArrayList<XMLForm> forms = new ArrayList<XMLForm>();
			ArrayList<XMLAttribute> attributes = new ArrayList<XMLAttribute>();
			ArrayList<XMLManyToOneAttribute> manyToOneAttributes = new ArrayList<XMLManyToOneAttribute>();
			ArrayList<XMLOneToManyAttribute> oneToManyAttributes = new ArrayList<XMLOneToManyAttribute>();
			ArrayList<XMLManyToManyAttribute> manyToManyAttributes = new ArrayList<XMLManyToManyAttribute>();
			ArrayList<XMLOperation> operations = new ArrayList<XMLOperation>();

			Element element = (Element) resNodes.item(i);
			NodeList nname = element.getElementsByTagName("Name");
			NodeList nLabel = element.getElementsByTagName("Label");
			NodeList nLink = element.getElementsByTagName("Link");
			NodeList nRouted = element.getElementsByTagName("Routed");
			NodeList nForms = element.getElementsByTagName("Forms");
			NodeList nAttributes = element.getElementsByTagName("Attributes");
			NodeList nOneToMany = element.getElementsByTagName("OneToManyAttributes");
			NodeList nManyToOne = element.getElementsByTagName("ManyToOneAttributes");
			NodeList nManyToMany = element.getElementsByTagName("ManyToManyAttributes");
			NodeList nOperations = element.getElementsByTagName("Operations");

			for(int j=0; j<nAttributes.getLength(); j++) {
				Element element1 = (Element) nAttributes.item(j);
				NodeList nAttribute = element1.getElementsByTagName("attribute");
				for (int k =0; k<nAttribute.getLength(); k++) {
					Element e = (Element) nAttribute.item(k);
					NodeList nAName = e.getElementsByTagName("Name");
					NodeList nDBName = e.getElementsByTagName("DatabaseName");
					NodeList nnLabel = e.getElementsByTagName("Label");
					NodeList nType = e.getElementsByTagName("Type");
					NodeList nUnique = e.getElementsByTagName("Unique");
					NodeList nMandatory = e.getElementsByTagName("Mandatory");
					NodeList nRepresentative = e.getElementsByTagName("Representative");
					NodeList nValues = e.getElementsByTagName("Values");

					String aName = XMLParser.getCharacterDataFromElement((Element)nAName.item(0));
					String DBName = XMLParser.getCharacterDataFromElement((Element)nDBName.item(0));
					String type = XMLParser.getCharacterDataFromElement((Element)nType.item(0));
					String label = XMLParser.getCharacterDataFromElement((Element)nnLabel.item(0));
					Boolean unique = Boolean.parseBoolean(XMLParser.getCharacterDataFromElement((Element)nUnique.item(0)));
					Boolean mandatory = Boolean.parseBoolean(XMLParser.getCharacterDataFromElement((Element)nMandatory.item(0)));
					Boolean representative = Boolean.parseBoolean(XMLParser.getCharacterDataFromElement((Element)nRepresentative.item(0)));
					ArrayList<String> values = null;
					if(nValues.getLength() > 0) {
						String v = XMLParser.getCharacterDataFromElement((Element)nValues.item(0));
						System.out.println("Values za " + aName + ":" + v);
						String[] vals = v.split(";");
						values = new ArrayList<String>(Arrays.asList(vals)) ;
					}

					XMLAttribute attr = new XMLAttribute(aName, DBName, label, type, unique, mandatory, representative);
					attr.setValues(values);
					attributes.add(attr);
				}
			}

			for(int l=0; l<nOneToMany.getLength(); l++) {
				Element element2 = (Element) nOneToMany.item(l);
				NodeList nOTM = element2.getElementsByTagName("oneToMany");
				for (int m=0; m<nOTM.getLength(); m++) {
					Element el = (Element) nOTM.item(m);
					NodeList nOTMName = el.getElementsByTagName("Name");
					NodeList nOTMLabel = el.getElementsByTagName("Label");
					NodeList nRefferencedTable = el.getElementsByTagName("RefferencedTable");
					NodeList nMappedBy = el.getElementsByTagName("MappedBy");

					String OTMName = XMLParser.getCharacterDataFromElement((Element)nOTMName.item(0));
					String OTMLabel = XMLParser.getCharacterDataFromElement((Element)nOTMLabel.item(0));
					String refferencedTable = XMLParser.getCharacterDataFromElement((Element)nRefferencedTable.item(0));
					String mappedBy = XMLParser.getCharacterDataFromElement((Element)nMappedBy.item(0));

					XMLOneToManyAttribute oTMAttr = new XMLOneToManyAttribute(OTMName, OTMLabel, refferencedTable, mappedBy);
					oneToManyAttributes.add(oTMAttr);
				}
			}

			for(int n=0; n<nManyToOne.getLength(); n++) {
				Element element3 = (Element) nManyToOne.item(n);
				NodeList nMTO = element3.getElementsByTagName("manyToOne");
				for(int o=0; o<nMTO.getLength(); o++) {
					Element ele = (Element) nMTO.item(o);
					NodeList nMTOName = ele.getElementsByTagName("Name");
					NodeList nMTOLabel = ele.getElementsByTagName("Label");
					NodeList nDatabaseName = ele.getElementsByTagName("DatabaseName");
					NodeList nType = ele.getElementsByTagName("Type");
					NodeList nMandatory = ele.getElementsByTagName("Mandatory");

					String MTOName = XMLParser.getCharacterDataFromElement((Element)nMTOName.item(0));
					String databaseName = XMLParser.getCharacterDataFromElement((Element)nDatabaseName.item(0));
					String MTOLabel = XMLParser.getCharacterDataFromElement((Element)nMTOLabel.item(0));
					String type = XMLParser.getCharacterDataFromElement((Element)nType.item(0));
					Boolean mand = Boolean.parseBoolean(XMLParser.getCharacterDataFromElement((Element)nMandatory.item(0)));

					XMLManyToOneAttribute MTOAttr = new XMLManyToOneAttribute(MTOName, databaseName, MTOLabel, type, mand);
					manyToOneAttributes.add(MTOAttr);
				}
			}

			for(int m=0; m<nManyToMany.getLength(); m++) {
				Element element4 = (Element) nManyToMany.item(m);
				NodeList nMTM = element4.getElementsByTagName("manyToMany");
				for(int p=0; p<nMTM.getLength(); p++) {
					Element elle = (Element) nMTM.item(p);
					NodeList nMTMName = elle.getElementsByTagName("name");
					NodeList nMTMDBName = elle.getElementsByTagName("databaseName");
					NodeList nMTMLabel = elle.getElementsByTagName("label");
					NodeList nMTMType = elle.getElementsByTagName("type");
					NodeList nMTMJoinTable = elle.getElementsByTagName("joinTable");
					NodeList nMTMJoinColumn = elle.getElementsByTagName("joinColumns");
					NodeList nMTMInvJColumn = elle.getElementsByTagName("inverseJoinColumns");

					String MTMName = XMLParser.getCharacterDataFromElement((Element) nMTMName.item(0));
					String MTMDBName = XMLParser.getCharacterDataFromElement((Element) nMTMDBName.item(0));
					String MTMLabel = XMLParser.getCharacterDataFromElement((Element) nMTMLabel.item(0));
					String MTMType = XMLParser.getCharacterDataFromElement((Element) nMTMType.item(0));
					String MTMJoinTable = XMLParser.getCharacterDataFromElement((Element) nMTMJoinTable.item(0));
					String MTMJoinColumn = XMLParser.getCharacterDataFromElement((Element) nMTMJoinColumn.item(0));
					String MTMInvJColumn = XMLParser.getCharacterDataFromElement((Element) nMTMInvJColumn.item(0));

					XMLManyToManyAttribute MTMAttr = new XMLManyToManyAttribute(MTMName, MTMDBName, MTMLabel, MTMType, MTMJoinTable, MTMJoinColumn, MTMInvJColumn);
					manyToManyAttributes.add(MTMAttr);
				}
			}

			/*
			 * 	<operation allowed="true" label="Transaction" name="Transaction" target="null" type="transaction"/>
				<operation allowed="true" label="Report" name="Report" target="null" type="report"/>
			 */
			for(int n=0; n<nOperations.getLength(); n++) {
				Element operationElement = (Element) nOperations.item(n);
				NodeList nOps = operationElement.getElementsByTagName("operation");
				for(int s=0; s<nOps.getLength(); s++) {
					Element nOp = (Element) nOps.item(s);
					String allowed = nOp.getAttribute("allowed");
					String label = nOp.getAttribute("label");
					String name = nOp.getAttribute("name");
					String target = nOp.getAttribute("target");
					String type = nOp.getAttribute("type");

					XMLOperation op = new XMLOperation(Boolean.parseBoolean(allowed), label, name, target, type, "");
					operations.add(op);
				}
			}

			String name = XMLParser.getCharacterDataFromElement((Element) nname.item(0));
			String label = XMLParser.getCharacterDataFromElement((Element) nLabel.item(0));
			String link = XMLParser.getCharacterDataFromElement((Element)nLink.item(0));
			Boolean routed = Boolean.parseBoolean(XMLParser.getCharacterDataFromElement((Element) nRouted.item(0)));
			if(!(nForms.getLength() == 0)) {
				String sforms = XMLParser.getCharacterDataFromElement((Element) nForms.item(0));
				/*String[] fform = sforms.split(",");
	 	        for(int in=0; in<fform.length; in++) {
	 	        	XMLForm ff = getForm(fform[in]);
	 	        	forms.add(ff);
	 	        }*/
				//Ovo je bilo u starom frameworku iz mog master rada, sada vise ne treba
				XMLForm form = new XMLForm(sforms, "", true, true);
				forms.add(form);
			}

			XMLResource res = new XMLResource(name, label, link, routed, forms, attributes, manyToOneAttributes, oneToManyAttributes, manyToManyAttributes, operations);

			mainFrame.displayText("XML Resource '" + res.getName() + "' parsed", 0);
			ress.add(res);
		}
		return ress;
	}

	/**
	 * Stores one user (admin) to database and sets all permissions for that user
	 * This method is used for fast prototyping purposes only and needs to be removed once user administration module
	 * is added to mockup tool.
	 */
	public void persistTestData() {
		User admin = new User();
		admin.setUsername("admin");
		admin.setPassword("admin");

		EntityManager em = emf.createEntityManager();
		em.getTransaction().begin();

		em.persist(admin);

		for (XMLResource resource : XMLResources) {

			Resource res = new Resource();
			res.setLink(resource.getLink());
			res.setName(resource.getName());
			em.persist(res);

			for (Action action : actions) {
				UserRights right = new UserRights();
				right.setAllowed(true);
				right.setAction(action);

				right.setResource(res);
				right.setUser(admin);

				em.persist(right);
			}
		}

		em.getTransaction().commit();
		//em.flush();
		//em.close();
	}

	//returns list with names of all resources which reference passed resource (ManyToOne)
	public ArrayList<XMLResource> getResourceChildern(XMLResource resource) {
		ArrayList<XMLResource> childern = new ArrayList<XMLResource>();
		for(int i=0; i<XMLResources.size(); i++) {
			XMLResource res = XMLResources.get(i);
			for(int j=0; j<res.getManyToOneAttributes().size(); j++) {
				XMLManyToOneAttribute mattr = res.getManyToOneAttributes().get(j);
				if(mattr.getType().equals(resource.getName())) {
					childern.add(res);
				}
			}
		}
		return childern;
	}

	//returns list with names of all resources which reference passed resource (ManyToMany)
	public ArrayList<XMLResource> getManyToManyChildern(XMLResource resource) {
		ArrayList<XMLResource> childern = new ArrayList<XMLResource>();
		for(int i=0; i<XMLResources.size(); i++) {
			XMLResource res = XMLResources.get(i);
			for(int j=0; j<res.getManyToManyAttributes().size(); j++) {
				XMLManyToManyAttribute mtmattr = res.getManyToManyAttributes().get(j);
				if(mtmattr.getType().equals(resource.getName())) {
					childern.add(res);
				}
			}
		}
		return childern;
	}

	public XMLResource getXMLResource(String resource) {
		XMLResource res = null;
		for(int i=0; i<XMLResources.size();i++) {
			if(XMLResources.get(i).getLink().equals("/resources/" + resource)) {
				res = XMLResources.get(i);
				return res;
			}else if(XMLResources.get(i).getName().equals(resource)) {
				res = XMLResources.get(i);
				return res;
			}
		}
		return res;
	}

	public Action getAction(String name) {
		Action action = null;
		for(int i=0; i<actions.size(); i++) {
			if(actions.get(i).getName().equals(name)) {
				action = actions.get(i);
			}
		}
		return action;
	}

	public XMLForm getForm(String name) {
		XMLForm form = null;
		for(int i=0; i<forms.size(); i++) {
			if(forms.get(i).getName().equals(name)) {
				form = forms.get(i);
			}
		}
		return form;
	}

	public AdaptMainFrame getMainFrame() {
		return mainFrame;
	}

	public void setMainFrame(AdaptMainFrame mainFrame) {
		this.mainFrame = mainFrame;
	}
}

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Christine  Manie (born 4 May 1984) is a Cameroonian footballer who plays as a defender for French club Yzeure and the Cameroon women's national football team. At the 2014 African Women's Championship, Manie scored an extra-time winner in the semi-final against the Ivory Coast, which brought Cameroon to their first-ever FIFA Women's World Cup.

Honours
FK Minsk
 Belarusian Women's Cup: 2011

CFF Olimpia Cluj
 Romanian Superliga: 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15
 Romanian Women's Cup: 2013, 2014, 2015

References

External links

 Profile at soccerdonna.de

1984 births
Living people
Footballers from Yaoundé
Cameroonian women's footballers
Women's association football forwards
FCU Olimpia Cluj players
FC Minsk (women) players
Cameroon women's international footballers
2015 FIFA Women's World Cup players
2019 FIFA Women's World Cup players
Olympic footballers of Cameroon
Footballers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
African Games silver medalists for Cameroon
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La Batalla de Bet Zur fue un enfrentamiento armado librado el año 164 a. C. en la región de Hebrón, en Judea. Los bandos contendientes fueron un ejército seléucida, dirigido por Lisias, y un ejército judío encabezado por Judas Macabeo, y tuvo lugar en el marco de la Revuelta de los Macabeos. El combate finalizó con la victoria judía.

Antecedentes

Dos años después de la derrota de Emaús, el ejército del gobernador seléucida de Siria, Lisias, marchó hacia Hebrón por la llanura del litoral para evitar de este modo las zonas montañosas del interior de Judea, donde el terreno hacía difícil las maniobras de su infantería pesada. Judas Macabeo, líder de la insurrección judía contra los griegos, lo siguió con sus tropas a través de una vía paralela desde el sur.

Judas buscaba un terreno favorable para que su ejército pudiera atacar a los seléucidas en orden de marcha y anulara así la superioridad numérica enemiga. Escogió la zona barrancosa de Bet Zur. Judas dividió sus huestes en cuatro grupos, uno de 3.000 hombres, dos de más de 1.000 hombres y el último de 5.000 hombres, que emplazó como reserva. Los seléucidas mientras tanto avanzaban desde el norte a través de un estrecho desfiladero.

La batalla

En el momento en que la desprevenida vanguardia seléucida entró en el desfiladero, la unidad de 3.000 hombres de Judas salió de su escondite y emboscó el flanco izquierdo de la columna. El ataque sembró el caos en la vanguardia de la columna seléucida. La unidad judía continuó su ataque sobre los seléucidas rechazando al segundo nivel de la columna. El segundo y tercer grupo judíos atacaron el flanco derecho de los griegos. El pánico cundió entre las tropas de Lisias, encerradas en el angosto desfiladero, y comenzaron a huir. Los fugitivos regresaron a su campamento siendo todavía 8.000 soldados. El campamento fue entonces sitiado por la reserva judía de 5.000 hombres, pero las tropas sirias se dispersaron antes de que se lanzara el ataque.

Consecuencias

Lisias se retiró con las tropas que aún le seguían a Antioquía. Judas no persiguió al ejército derrotado, ya que no quería internarse en territorio hostil y prefirió en su lugar reconquistar Jerusalén. Las pérdidas judías fueron insignificantes, pero Lisias perdió alrededor de 5.000 hombres.

Referencias

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Bet Zur


Welcome to the Family Day edition of Monthly News.
Family Day is a holiday in some parts of Canada, like Ontario, where I'm from. The government needed a holiday, lucky for us.
It was also my two year Blogoversary on August 2! But with all the drama of my brother's passing, I forgot to post anything.... read about that HERE.
I don't know if other writers feel this way. It's not talked about. I looked for it on the web. I used Google and Bing. Still nothing. Is its absence the paradoxical proof that it's there?
Like I said: we don't talk about it. At least I don't. Usually don't. And I couldn't find it on the web.
What is the creature that stalks us in the night? Haunting us, keeping us awake on the eve of publication, the evil bogey waiting to come down the chimney. Waiting for our guard to drop and then creep in to fill his bag with our most prized, secret possession, and sweep it away, laughing and whipping his growling, red-eyed devil deer through the hellish cold and dark.
What is it? Is it just me?
After saying goodbye to Ann, Cameron sat in his car determined to find something to take his mind off Jessie, his memory loss, the book, Ann--everything. Even if it wasn't good for him.
Three years ago, Phineas Nobul was at the top of her game as a defense attorney in Los Angelos. When the Lair, New York native returned home for the holidays, she was surprised to find herself willing to give it all up for love. Now brokenhearted, nearly penniless, and once again unemployed, Phineas finds herself partnering up with her sister to take a second shot at success.
Phoebe, the eldest and more responsible Nobul daughter, envies her little sister's free spirit and loathes her unreliability. this is never more the case than when Phoebe finds herself dumped on her wedding day and her little sister nowhere to be found. When Phineas resurfaces and much wine has been consumed, she presents the heinous idea of Phoebe quitting her career in publishing to team up with her as private investigators. Phoebe rejects the idea at first but then sees this as a chance to start over.
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Philip G. Bell was born in West Ealing, a suburb of London, England.
Welcome to Week 41 with me!
The hanging colored lanterns and yellow lights flamed out down the midway in a domino effect that wrapped around the curve of the chain-link border of the fairgrounds.
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The "I dig NY" Graphic T which will be ready to ship on September 1st to consumers, is our way of giving back to those who helped dig us out of the rubble back on 09/11/01. 60% of proceeds from the sales made prior to 09/11/11, will be given to the New York Police and Fire Department Unions, given they risked their lives to save others during the terror attacks on the World Trade Center.
We want to inspire people around the nation to wear the "I dig NY" T-Shirt on September 11th as a tribute to showing the world just how Americans of all different cultures can unite. We also want to display that we will "Never Forget" and will always dig New York.
Propelled by the sunny hand-clap and catchy hook of hit single "Hey Mama", Young Love is quickly making listeners fall for Mat all over again.
I really, really like this album! I like it so much that I posted the video to my Facebook yesterday when I listened to the cd. I had to see if anything was on YouTube... so glad it was.
I listened to the cd twice actually.
I really love the track he came out with, Hey Mama. I also loved She Got the Honey and Young Dumb and in Love. Those were the best songs for my tastes.
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I know it says make up and dirt and grass, but I thought what the heck! I got a blanket I use for the dogs. Bella got her unmentionables recently and drops of blood appeared on this old blanket. I thought the worst that would happen is I'd have to toss an old blanket.
See the spot. Blood. Ew.
Now it wasn't any of the fabrics listed that you shouldn't use it on, so I went for it. I'm glad I did, since it worked!
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When he could finally unhinge his left hand from the banister and forcefully unparalyze the hand that had never waved to a beautiful bikini girl, Fred walked back into his office. Longing to feel better about himself, he began organizing his desk.
Please give a warm welcome to Natasha Larry, author of Darwin's Children.
Life can get pretty complicated for any seventeen-year-old girl, but for a home-schooled telepathic black girl trying to survive in a prestigious private school in small-town Jonesborough, Tennessee, it can be maddening – especially when her telepathic father keeps eavesdropping on her thoughts!
One FBI Agent One geekette. One dead Muchkin. Parallel worlds galore. An inter-dimensional conspiracy when Matt Anders stumbles across the body of a dead munchkin in a suspect's apartment, a conspiracy begins to unravel that leads him on a reality-jumping adventure to the magical Land of Oz... and beyond!
The premise of this book sounds so good, how could I pass up the opportunity to review it?!
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Really this story could have come together better. I'm not sure what it is missing or lacks but I just didn't feel it came together in an interesting way. I really couldn't get into it, no matter how hard I tried.
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Lisa Becker had endured her share of hilarious and heinous cyber dates, many of which inspired Click: An Online Love Story. She is now happily married to a wonderful man she met online and lives in Manhattan Beach with him and their two daughters. So, if it happened for her, there's hope for you!
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This is BRIAN JAMES's first early chapter-book series. He lives in Woodstock, New York, with his wife and their cat, Doggie.
This was an adorable and quick read. The illustrations are what I find adorable and they are throughout the whole book.
I really enjoyed the lessons being taught, learning to listen to your instincts, loving yourself and acceptance. All valuable things for the readers of this age.
A really fun whondunit with a laughable twist!
Kids in Grades 2-3 will enjoy this the most I think.
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A look at what happens when a southern town's unspoken code of rules and behavior is shattered by three courageous women who strike up an unlikely friendship.
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That can only mean I think it's a must-see!
I really loved the book, and loved the film too. It was nice seeing it come to life.
Recommend?Definitely, but not for children. They are impressionable.
From the time I reluctantly moved back home from Toronto in 1981 at sixteen, I had told anyone who would listen I intended to move back there once I was out of high school. And as soon Flirt's East Coast leg was over at the end of the summer 1983, I did exactly that.
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Consumers in the country will have to wait for the official year end financial results for the City of Windhoek at the end of June to know how much more they are going to fork out for their electricity bills.
This follows the recent approval by the Electricity Control Board (ECB) for NamPower's Tariff Adjustment which will take effect as of the 1st of July this year, which will see a 13.22% effective bulk tariff increase to N$1.17per kWh.
She added that currently the CoW's budget has not been tabled and would only be done so at the end of June with the end of their financial year which they are busy compiling.
Meanwhile, according to the announcement this week by the acting Chief Executive Officer of the Electricity Control Board (ECB), Rojas Manyame the bulk electricity supply NamPower had initially made an application to the electricity Board (ECB) in terms of section 27 of the Electricity Act, (ACT 4 of 2007).
He said that in their application, NamPower requested for an effective bulk tariff increase of 21.29%, an increase from N$1.03 to N41.25 per kWh (generation and transmission tariff inclusive) for the financial period 2014/2015, to meet its service delivery costs and for the tariff to remain cost reflective.
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"Electricity tariffs in Namibia, just like in most other SADC countries will continue to rise over the next five years.
However, the Electricity Control Board in consultation with the government embarked on a study to address the issue of affordability of electricity.
The project titled 'Support Tariff Mechanism' is expected to be completed by the end of the month and is expected to make electricity affordable to low income customers," he said.


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La madre dello sposo (The Mating Season) è un film del 1951 diretto da Mitchell Leisen e interpretato da Gene Tierney, John Lund e Thelma Ritter, basato sul lavoro teatrale Maggie di Caesar Dunn.

La Ritter ricevette per la sua interpretazione la seconda delle sei candidature all'Oscar (tutte senza vittoria) come miglior attrice non protagonista.

Trama
Il giovane e ambizioso impiegato Val McNulty si innamora della socialite Maggie Carleton con la quale convola a nozze. Quando la madre Ellen si vede costretta a trasferirsi dai novelli sposi, Maggie la scambia per la nuova cuoca e la donna decide di stare al gioco, riuscendo a convincere il figlio ad assecondarla. Ellen non vuole far sentire la presenza della suocera in casa e pensa in questo modo di tenere a bada coloro che non approvano il matrimonio, ovvero gli ex fidanzati dei due giovani. La situazione rischia di complicarsi quando fa la sua comparsa la madre snob e insopportabile di Maggie, Fran Carleton, ma Val riesce ad evitare il peggio e guidare gli eventi verso il lieto fine.

Produzione
Il film fu girato nei Paramount Studios di Hollywood dal 18 maggio al 1º luglio 1950, con alcune scene aggiuntive girate nel mese di agosto.

Il fatto che Miriam Hopkins, conosciuta per il carattere difficile sul set, non fosse la star del film mise a dura prova il pur esperto Mitchell Leisen: «Era sempre facile lavorare con Johnny Lund e adoravo Thelma Ritter», ha commentato in seguito il regista, «erano tutti meravigliosi... tutto andava bene finché non abbiamo iniziato a girare le scene con Miriam Hopkins». Come ha ricordato l'assistente alla regia Eleanor Broder, «Miriam Hopkins fece impazzire Leisen. Non riusciva a capire che stava interpretando solo un ruolo secondario e che non era la protagonista del film. Ogni notte immaginava tutte le cose che poteva fare con le sue battute... le sue idee erano molto buone, ma limitavano Gene Tierney e Lund che erano i veri protagonisti della storia».

Tra gli attori non accreditati figurano, in una delle loro ultime apparizioni sul grande schermo, Richard Neill, Jack Richardson e Jean Acker, più nota per essere stata la prima moglie di Rodolfo Valentino.

Distribuzione
La madre dello sposo debuttò negli Stati Uniti il 12 gennaio 1951 e nel mese di giugno fu proiettato alla 1ª edizione del Festival di Berlino.

Date di uscita
 Stati Uniti (The Mating Season) – 12 gennaio 1951
 Australia (The Mating Season) – 19 ottobre 1951
 Germania Ovest (Köchin gesucht) – 9 novembre 1951
 Argentina (Casado y con dos suegras) – 23 gennaio 1952
 Finlandia (Rakastelua) – 28 marzo 1952
 Danimarca (Hvedebrødsdage) – 5 maggio 1952
 Svezia (Parningstid) – 12 maggio 1952
 Francia (La Mère du marié) – 4 luglio 1952
 Portogallo (Cocktail de Sogras) – 5 settembre 1952
 Spagna (Casado y con dos suegras) – 10 novembre 1952

Critica
La rivista Variety scrisse che «a sostenere considerevolmente la commedia è il fatto che il divertimento non si basa su situazioni troppo inverosimili.. Gli sceneggiatori fanno sembrare tutto perfettamente logico e sia il soggetto che la regia rafforzano quell'effetto».

Nella recensione sul sito AllMovie, Craig Butler ha giudicato positivamente il film soprattutto perché «il regista Mitchell Leisen e il suo gruppo di sceneggiatori trattano la premessa di base rispettosamente», creando un ambiente ideale per la prova di Thelma Ritter: «l'ironia delle battute... una personalità particolarmente accattivante e la capacità di prendere il comando di qualsiasi situazione sono un enorme vantaggio per il film».

Riconoscimenti
 1951 – Festival internazionale del cinema di BerlinoOrso di bronzo per la migliore commedia
 1952 – Premio OscarCandidatura per la miglior attrice non protagonista a Thelma Ritter
 1952 – Golden GlobeCandidatura per la migliore attrice non protagonista a Thelma Ritter

Note

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Film commedia
Film basati su opere teatrali
Film diretti da Mitchell Leisen
Film ambientati in Ohio
Film Paramount Pictures


Here are three sheets of archival, laser printed designs for your crafting pleasure. The pretty circular designs are made from triangular cuts- multiplied into a kaleidoscopic/mandala type format.
I present these to you in three pages: Two with circlets about 3.75" across, and one page with an assortment of circlets done quite small; ab out 2" across. The first sheet shows small images of the design elements from which the designs were excerpted.


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I enjoy meeting new people and speaking about writing, research, and many other topics. My appearances have been rare during a time of family need, but I am anticipating getting out and visiting with more of you in the near future. See "Ask Lynette to be a Guest" below.
I love attending many science fiction and writing conventions. Meeting fans, readers, and authors is always a joy.
ConQuest – Kansas City
ConQuest is a science fiction and fantasy convention held in Kansas City, Missouri on Memorial Day weekend each year. You can find me hanging out in the lounge area or catch me on a panel.
Local Book Sales
My grandson helped me at my bookselling table when I appeared at the Mid-Continent Public Library's 6th Annual Story Center Local Author Fair.
Mysterious Goings On (MGO) is a podcast hosted by Kansas City area resident, J. Alexander Greenwood. We follow each other on Twitter. I am honored to have been a guest on his show twice. We talked most recently on May 12, 2022.
Listen to the May 12, 2022 episode where I discuss finishing my novel, If I Should Die, during a time of personal loss and using real-life settings in fiction.
Don't forget to listen to my first appearance on MGO in 2020 where I discuss learning to shoot like a sniper for a novel I'm working on.
J. Alexander Greenwood is an award-winning writer, public relations consultant, podcaster, speaker, and former journalist and broadcasting executive. He is best known as the author of the John Pilate Mysteries and host/producer of the Mysterious Goings On podcast and the PR After Hours podcast. Mysterious Goings On was named an Apple Podcasts "New & Noteworthy" show in 2016 and was a 2019 People's Choice Podcast Awards nominee. Alex has recorded hundreds of hours of podcasts and made numerous appearances on TV, radio, podcasts, webinars, and conferences. He is the author of the Amazon Top-Selling eBook, The Podcast Option.
Interviews and Appearances on Other Blogs
CanvasRebel interviewed me about what it takes to be a successful writer on January 11, 2023.
Claire Buss hosted me for an interview in March of 2019 on her website, But I Don't Like Salad. I like her domain name, don't you? Having been a published author for a mere seven months, was my first guest appearance. Thank you, Claire!
Claire Buss is a multi-genre author and poet, completely addicted to cake. Find all her books on Amazon. Join the discussion in her Facebook group Buss's Book Stop.
Jan S. Gephardt has been a friend of mine for many years. You could say we were baby writers together. She had an idea that we could write a twinned interview. We posted it on the same day in September 2021 on each of our sites. See it on Jan's website.
It was not only fun to do, readers thought it was a fun and interesting post.
Jan S. Gephardt commutes daily between her Kansas City-area home and two other universes: the sunny balcony in the Wizards' Village where she makes her paper sculpture, and a habitat space station the size of New York City, far from Earth and several hundred years in the future, where she writes science fiction novels about a sapient police dog.
Appearances on YouTube
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This IsDB Group Science Technology and Innovation (STI) internal competition, launched by the STI Department is designed to promote mainstreaming the benefits of STI within the Group operations.
It aims to recognize talents and skills at work environment while also helping the colleagues scale up innovative ideas in the Group. The competition is open to all colleagues at the IsDB Group in all duty stations irrespective of positions or types of contract and is meant to facilitate expression of innovative ideas that could improve the working environment of the bank by making it more healthy, conducive and collaborative in order to spearhead achieving the mission and the vision of the IsDB Group Chairman.
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... Monographs on Education in the United States, Volume 2
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In 1878 there were 125 schools with 4320 students. The growth in students in 21 years has been 87 per cent.
The seminaries have increased their requirements steadily so that all the great divisions of theology are now represented in their faculties. In 1899, i school had a course of 7 years, 10 a course of 6 years, 6 a course of 5 years, 24 a course of 4 years, 116 a course of 3 years, 7 a course of 2 years and i a course of 1 year. 73 grant degrees.
Early theological training — The rise of independent seminaries marked the second step in the development of theological education in this country. A desire to educate candidates for the ministry had influenced the founding of colleges at a much earlier period. In fact our first institutions for higher education owed their origin to this desire. The chief object in the founding of Harvard college (1636) for example was to provide an educated ministry. Cotton Mather in his Magnalia Christi Americana gives a list of New England churches in 1696 which shows that of 129 pulpits supplied by 116 pastors, 107 of the clergymen were graduates of Harvard college. The colleges founded at New Haven (1700) and at Princeton (1748) followed Harvard in making education free to candidates for the ministry who could not meet their own expenses.
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4 049 16 Plymouth Brethren (4) 6 661 18 (River) Brethren (3)
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49 194 Congregationalist 512 771 Spiritualist
45 030 Evang. Lutheran 223 588 Moravian
11 781 Evang. association 133 313 New Jerusalem
7095 Unitarian 67 749 Other
79 444 [Estimates revised to April 1, 1898 give total communicants 26,054,385; Roman catholics (7) 8,410,592, methodists (17) 5,735,898, baptists (13) 4,232,962.]
H. D. Sedgwick jr in the October 1899 Atlantic monthly writes that the propor. tion of Roman catholics to the whole population in 1783 was I in 80, in 1829, I in 16, in 1844, I in 15, in 1890, 1 in 10.
had read either in private or with the assistance of a preceptor. This same scheme was followed in this country in the 17th and 18th centuries. The college faculty included as a rule a professor of Hebrew and a professor of theology and their work was supplemented by the study of theological books either in private or under the oversight of an experienced clergyman.
Rise of independent seminaries - At the close of the 18th century the colleges had departed so far from the special purpose of their creation that it was thought necessary to establish theological seminaries. For more than half a century private theological schools had been in existence. Dr Joseph Bellamy of Connecticut conducted the first of these institutions that attained distinction and some of his graduates opened other similar schools. The theological seminary proper, however, had its origin in this country in the closing years of the 18th century. In England when the universities were closed to those outside of the established church, new institutions sprang up but these included academic as well as theological courses. In this country the seminaries" became a supplement to the college, not a substitute as in England." Undoubtedly the desire to have schools in which their special religious doctrines might be taught influenced the denominations in America that had no secular colleges to found their own theological seminaries, but the necessity for the more definite and systematic training of the theological schools seems to have been felt by all.
The history of the existing institutions that are specially devoted to preparation for the ministry is limited with three exceptions to the present century. The Seminary of the reformed Dutch church in America was founded in 1784. In that year Drs Livingston and Meyer were set apart to be professors of theology and the method of training men for the ministry by any individual pastor whom the student might select was formally discontinued. The succession of classes since 1784 has been continuous with the exception of two or three years. These years were not consecutive so
that the work of the professors has been continuous. This work was done first in New York, then at Flatbush, L. I. and since 1810 at New Brunswick, N. J. St Mary's seminary was founded at Baltimore in 1791 and is under the direction of members of the Society of St Sulpice. Xenia theological seminary is the result of the consolidation in 1874 of the Seminary of the northwest with the Associate seminary at Xenia. The Theological seminary of the associate presbyterian church of North America was located originally at Service, Beaver co. Pa. in 1794, when Dr John Anderson was elected professor of theology by the Associate synod. In 1821 the seminary was transferred to Cannonsburg, Pa. and in 1855 to Xenia, Ohio. In 1782 the Associate reformed synod was formed by the union of the Associate presbyteries and the Reformed presbyteries. Those who refused to accept this union established the Theological seminary of the associate presbyterian church of North America at Service, Beaver co. Pa. The Associate reformed synod opened a theological seminary in New York in 1805. In 1808 New England congregationalists united in opening the theological school at Andover. In 1812 the General assembly of the presbyterian church founded the Princeton theological seminary. In 1815 Hartwick seminary, the oldest Lutheran theological school in this country, was opened in Otsego co. N. Y. In 1817 the General convention of the protestant episcopal church established the General theological seminary in New York where instruction was first given in 1819. The seminary was removed to New Haven in 1820 but was reopened in New York in 1822. In 1820 the Baptist education society opened Hamilton theological seminary, the first theological school established by baptists in the United States, since 1893 a department of Colgate university. The Reformed church in the United States founded the theological seminary at Carlisle, Pa. in 1825. In 1839 the methodists founded their first theological seminary "in commemoration of the first centennial of ecumenical methodism." The institution was opened in 1840 at Newbury, Vt., was removed to Concord, N. H. in 1847, to Boston in 1867 and became in 1871 the theological department of Boston university. Of the 165 existing theological schools 3 were established before 1800, 18 between 1801 and 1825, 25 between 1826 and 1850, 72 between 1851 and 1875, 47 between 1876 and 1900. When the necessity of systematic training for the ministry was recognized theological schools were established. The multiplication of these schools, however, is due to some extent to differences of opinion touching matters pertaining to the Christian faith. When men can not think alike even in details that seem trivial they split frequently into sects which sometimes found theological seminaries to teach their own peculiar views. In an interesting paper on the causes and remedy of the disunion of Christendom the rector of St Andrew's, Rochester, expresses the opinion that the purpose of the church to discipline life, to make men pure and just and kind is often lost sight of in an effort to secure intellectual agreement concerning the most abstruse and difficult subjects that the human mind can entertain. Bishop Whipple of Minnesota emphasizes the other side of this picture as follows: "Never in the world's history has there been such enthusiasm in all humanitarian work as now. Not even in the primitive church have greater victories been won in leading heathen folk to Christian civilization." Religious bodies vary greatly with regard to the training deemed essential for the ministry. The training of the Roman catholic priest for example begins normally at about the age of 12 when the candidate is secluded in many ways from contact with secular life, living and working constantly under ecclesiastical supervision. On the other hand the protestant candidate for the ministry is usually free to choose his teachers, studies and associates, and he does not begin his special training till he has finished his general education and entered the theological school. Again episcopalians,


Palaia is a farming town situated on one of the highest ridges that divide the valley of the Arno river Era.
Of Etruscan origin, as evidenced by some findings, Palaia has experienced a period of relative prosperity in the thirteenth century, when they built the church of San Martino, the original brick building which is holding an annual international festival of choral and church of Sant 'Andrea, which preserves valuable works of art.
The memory of its agricultural traditions can be found in the surroundings in the village of Montefoscoli today houses the Museum of Country Life, where you can visit wineries, crusher and coppaio. At the Museum of Work and the rural culture of San Gervasio are exposed equipment, tools and even vintage tractors.
Palaia is a starting point for excursions and landscapes of great beauty, as the road through the villages of Colleoli (old castle now a hotel), Villa Saletta (where movies were filmed The Night of San Lorenzo and the Taviani brothers and Fiorile Paolo Virzi Io e Napoleone) and Toiano, uninhabited village amid rolling hills and steep gullies of sand.
Among the events will signal the Medieval Festival (Palaia, third Sunday of September) and the People's Theatre Festival (Villa Saletta, the end of June). If you are looking with curiosity at Forcoli takes place in July, the original beauty contest "Miss Chubby," he sees on the catwalk women from all over Italy provided more than 100 kg.
Palaia is also collecting area of the white truffle. Not surprisingly, it has recently been established on the nose River Park, first in Italy, where they are protected vegetation and water courses which are intended to reproduce the precious tuber.


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