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Discovering Bugs
The Super Duper Joke Book (Volume 1)
The Wizard of Oz Hardcover
The Night Before Christmas Heirloom Edition
The Velveteen Rabbit Hardcover
Meet the coolest creepy crawlies on the planet! Discovering Bugs features an in-your-face look at more than fifty fascinating insects—as if through a magnifying glass!
Zoom in on the coolest bugs in the world, crawling the forest floor alongside beetles and ants, and flying the skies with bees and dragonflies. Discovering Bugs makes you feel as if you're looking through a microscope...and the deeply textured cover looks and feels like a gigantic spider! Stunning artwork takes you up-close-and-personal with 50 of the most interesting "bugs" from around the world. Your own backyard! Discovering Bugs features: *Profiles of dozens of awesome critters, from the teeny, tiny fairyfly wasp to the ginormous Goliath beetle! *Fun Facts highlighting the fascinating features of each species, from the classic monarch butterfly, to the Gooty sapphire tarantula, to the Hercules beetle! *Intricate, full-page illustrations show these creatures in action, battling other bugs or blending into their natural environments!
Get ready to bust out your best humor with this side-splitting joke book packed with over 1,700 hilarious jokes, pithy puns, and wisecracking wordplay perfect to liven up any conversation.
Why should you never play chess with a leopard? What about what an elephant brings with him on vacation? Find out the punchlines of these jokes and more with this amazing joke book for kids of all ages. The Super Duper Joke Book Volume 1 is packed with over 1,700 of the best, kid-friendly jokes and is a must-have for pranksters (and punsters) everywhere. This silly big book of jokes is sure to put a smile on anyone's face. And with this many jokes to choose from, you'll be hard pressed to pick your favorite! Become the stand-up comic of your dreams with situational jokes, animal puns, and new takes on the classic knock-knock joke.
"We're off to see the Wizard! The wonderful Wizard of Oz!"
In this gorgeously illustrated, classic hardcover edition of The Wizard of Oz, readers of all ages will follow the Yellow Brick Road. It's an unforgettable and colorful journey that takes us from Dorothy's gray Kansas home into the blue Munchkin land; the sparkling bejeweled Emerald City; the dark, foreboding forest; and the ruby-red throne room of Glinda the Good Witch. This Classic Edition of The Wizard of Oz is a must-have for every family's library and features:
- A beautifully designed hardcover
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The work of New York Times bestselling children's book illustrator Charles Santore has been widely exhibited in museums and celebrated with recognitions such as the prestigious Hamilton King Award, the Society of Illustrators Award of Excellence, and the Original Art 2000 Gold Medal from the Society of Illustrators. He is best known for his luminous interpretations of classic children's stories, including The Little Mermaid, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Snow White, and more!
The Night Before Christmas is an enchanting Christmas story that has brought Santa Claus to life for generations. Celebrate the holiday season with this #1 New York Times bestselling edition of the classic poem.
This is the classic heirloom hardcover edition featuring an audio CD narrated by Jeff Bridges, a countdown-to-Christmas calendar, and a four-page foldout, perfect for gifting!
'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse
Carry on a family tradition or start one of your own with this new version of the classic Christmas book for children and families. Initially published anonymously as A Visit from Saint Nicholas, and credited as a work by Clement Clark Moore, this timeless tale has been lovingly preserved in this classic edition. Bring the family together for a read-aloud and as children prepare for Santa and his reindeer on Christmas Eve.
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- Lavish illustrations by renowned, New York Times #1 bestselling artist Charles Santore
- The original poem by Clement Clark Moore
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The Night Before Christmas:
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- A classic for children ages of all ages or the young at heart
Charles Santore's works has been widely exhibited in museums and celebrated with recognitions such as the prestigious Hamilton King Award, the Society of Illustrators Award of Excellence, and the Original Art 2000 Gold Medal from the Society of Illustrators. He is best known for his luminous interpretations of classic children's stories, including The Little Mermaid, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Snow White, and The Wizard of Oz.
The beloved story of the Velveteen Rabbit, the toy rabbit made real by the love of a boy, is now available in a beautiful heirloom hardcover.
Originally published in 1922, the classic story of a toy rabbit who loves a boy so much he eventually becomes real, has charmed children—and adults—for nearly a century. Author Margery Williams wrote this treasured classic that has warmed many hearts for decades. This story is among the top 100 books for children recommended by the National Education Association, chosen in a 2007 online poll, and also won the IRA/CBC Children's Choice award. This classic edition of The Velveteen Rabbit features:
- A beautifully designed heirloom hardcover with foil stamping
- Lavish illustrations by renowned New York Times #1 Bestselling artist Charles Santore, the critically-acclaimed illustrator of multiple classic tales including The Night Before Christmas, The Classic Tale of Peter Rabbit, and Aesop's Fables
- Three times as many illustrations as the origially published work
Create a family tradition with this wonderful volume and make memories your children will cherish for years.
The work of New York Times bestselling children's book illustrator Charles Santore has been widely exhibited in museums and celebrated with recognitions such as the prestigious Hamilton King Award, the Society of Illustrators Award of Excellence, and the Original Art 2000 Gold Medal from the Society of Illustrators. He is best known for his luminous interpretations of classic children's stories, including The Little Mermaid, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Snow White, and The Wizard of Oz.
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The Valentino Garavani tote in black textured calfskin leather features the label's signature Rockstuds along the border and handles. Made in Italy, this style possesses a silver metal flip lock closure on the exterior pocket, detachable shoulder strap, and two interior zip pockets. Carry yours to edge up feminine looks such as a floral dress or pair it with more matching looks such as leather pants and boots.


Recent concerns over the cardiovascular risk profile of Cox-2 inhibitors strengthen the case for pain compound AZD 3582, a new formulation of naproxen in Phase II trials at AstraZeneca. For the compound's originator, NicOx, forthcoming trial results will be critical in validating the firm's founding concept: grafting a nitric oxide molecule onto existing generic drugs.
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La casa Fargas se encuentra situada en el número 47 de la rambla de Cataluña en Barcelona.

Realizada en 1904, fue un encargo del doctor Miquel A. Fargas al arquitecto modernista Enric Sagnier i Villavecchia, que la construyó con una línea afrancesada y mucho más contenida que otros proyectos anteriores suyos.

La fachada es de una austeridad contenida sin grandes ornamentaciones, pero de gran calidad y sutileza, sus formas ondulantes están resaltadas por la tribuna central que recorre todos los pisos, realizada en piedra, los adornos tallados se muestran sobre todo en la tribuna y en los balcones del primer piso, teniendo un trabajo en hierro forjado en las barandillas del resto de los balcones pertenecientes a las otras plantas del edificio. Toda la fachada es simétrica, excepto la puerta de entrada colocada hacia la parte derecha.

En el vestíbulo de entrada, se encuentran dos arcos trilobulados para repartir el espacio del ascensor y la escalera de mármol blanco con un arrimadero de mármol ocre con lacerías en su parte alta, la barandilla es de hierro forjado con motivos florales.

En el piso principal se encuentra la sede de la fundación Trías Fargas. Se puede ver una placa puesta en la fachada donde aclara que «En esta casa nació, vivió y murió Ramón Trías i Fargas (1922-1989) economista y político que fue diputado y senador, regidor del ayuntamiento de Barcelona y consejero de la Generalidad de Cataluña».

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Edificios de viviendas de Barcelona
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Super Oats Banana Breakfast Cookies make a perfect quick breakfast or in-between-meals snack to keep your metabolism going! They have the perfect amount of sweetness balanced with nutritional goodness. Super Oats Nuts & Seeds already have quinoa, amaranth, chia, almonds, pumpkin seeds and flax seeds in them–so you don't need to worry about adding in other sources of protein or fiber. Make them the night before to pack in your lunch or freeze for easy access to a quick, last minute on-the-go power snack throughout the week! Keep them simple with just two ingredients or add in chocolate chips, white chocolate chips, coconut flakes or dried cranberries to add a little more sweetness or to satisfy a chocolate craving!
Optional: 1/3 Cup vegan chocolate chips, dried cranberries, coconut flakes or other healthy add-ins of your choice!
Mash banana and mix in oats in a bowl.
Stir in white chocolate chips, dried cranberries, vanilla, or any other add-ins of your choice!
Place small (1 inch) spoonfuls onto cookie sheet and press down with a fork.
Bake for 15-25 minutes (depending on oven) or until golden brown around edges.
Transfer from cookie sheet to cooling rack and enjoy.


A new safeguarding resource has been launched by Safe Network, for faith groups. Produced with partners from across the faith and voluntary sector, it gives a range of information, resources, support and networking opportunities with a multi-faith focus.
The Multi-faith safeguarding hub is at http://www.safenetwork.org.uk/resources/mfsh/Pages/mfs-hub.aspx.


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Press Release -- April 21st, 2010
Source: Frontier Communications
Tags: Construction, Exchange, Merger, VoIP
Illinois Commerce Commission Approves Frontier Communications' Acquisition of Verizon Local Wireline Operations
STAMFORD, Conn., Apr 21, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) --Frontier Communications Corporation (NYSE:FTR, news, filings) reported today that its pending acquisition of Verizon Communications' (NYSE: VZ) local wireline operations in Illinois has been unanimously approved by the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC). Frontier will review the written order when it is issued.
"Frontier strongly agrees with Governor Pat Quinn's April 16th statement to the ICC that the state should promote and facilitate investments in technology and telecommunications progress that will create jobs in Illinois and will provide opportunities and access to our rural, low-income, and disadvantaged communities," said Dan McCarthy, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Frontier. "Like Governor Quinn, Frontier believes that broadband network investments will hasten innovation in education, government, public safety, health care and economic and community development in the state."
Illinois is the eighth state to approve the transaction, joining Oregon, Arizona, Ohio, Nevada, South Carolina, California and Washington. Regulators in West Virginia and the Federal Communications Commission must approve the transaction or related transfers.
Forward-Looking Language
This presentation contains forward-looking statements that are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are made on the basis of management's views and assumptions regarding future events and business performance. Words such as "believe," "anticipate," "expect" and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements (including oral representations) involve risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such statements. These risks and uncertainties are based on a number of factors, including but not limited to: Our ability to complete the acquisition of access lines from Verizon; the failure to obtain, delays in obtaining or adverse conditions contained in any required regulatory approvals for the Verizon transaction; for two years after the merger, we may be limited in the amount of capital stock that we can issue to make acquisitions or to raise additional capital; our indemnity obligation to Verizon may discourage, delay or prevent a third party from acquiring control of us during the two year period following the merger in a transaction that our stockholders might consider favorable; the ability to successfully integrate the Verizon operations into Frontier's existing operations; the effects of increased expenses due to activities related to the Verizon transaction; the ability to successfully migrate Verizon's West Virginia operations from Verizon owned and operated systems and processes to Frontier owned and operated systems and processes; the risk that the growth opportunities and cost synergies from the Verizon transaction may not be fully realized or may take longer to realize than expected; the sufficiency of the assets to be acquired from Verizon to enable us to operate the acquired business; disruption from the Verizon transaction making it more difficult to maintain relationships with customers, employees or suppliers; the effects of greater than anticipated competition requiring new pricing, marketing strategies or new product or service offerings and the risk that we will not respond on a timely or profitable basis; reductions in the number of our access lines that cannot be offset by increases in High Speed Internet subscribers and sale of other products; our ability to sell enhanced and data services in order to offset ongoing declines in revenue from local services, switched access services and subsidies; the effects of ongoing changes in the regulation of the communications industry as a result of federal and state legislation and regulation; the effects of changes in the availability of federal and state universal funding to us and our competitors; the effects of competition from cable, wireless and other wireline carriers (through voice over internet protocol (VOIP) or otherwise); our ability to adjust successfully to changes in the communications industry and to implement strategies for growth; adverse changes in the credit markets or in the ratings given to our debt securities by nationally accredited ratings organizations, which could limit or restrict the availability, or increase the cost, of financing; continued reductions in switched access revenues as a result of regulation, competition and/or technology substitutions; the effects of changes in both general and local economic conditions on the markets we serve, which can affect demand for our products and services, customer purchasing decisions, collectability of revenue and required levels of capital expenditures related to new construction of residences and businesses; our ability to effectively manage service quality; our ability to successfully introduce new product offerings, including our ability to offer bundled service packages on terms that are both profitable to us and attractive to our customers; changes in accounting policies or practices adopted voluntarily or as required by generally accepted accounting principles or regulators; our ability to effectively manage our operations, operating expenses and capital expenditures, and to repay, reduce or refinance our debt; the effects of bankruptcies and home foreclosures, which could result in difficulty in collection of revenues and loss of customers; the effects of technological changes and competition on our capital expenditures and product and service offerings, including the lack of assurance that our ongoing network improvements will be sufficient to meet or exceed the capabilities and quality of competing networks; the effects of increased medical, retiree and pension expenses and related funding requirements; changes in income tax rates, tax laws, regulations or rulings, and/or federal or state tax assessments; the effects of state regulatory cash management policies on our ability to transfer cash among our subsidiaries and to the parent company; our ability to successfully renegotiate union contracts expiring in 2010 and beyond; declines in the value of our pension plan assets, which could require us to make contributions to the pension plan in 2011 and beyond; our ability to pay dividends in respect of our common shares, which may be affected by our cash flow from operations, amount of capital expenditures, debt service requirements, cash paid for income taxes and our liquidity; the effects of any unfavorable outcome with respect to any of our current or future legal, governmental or regulatory proceedings, audits or disputes; the possible impact of adverse changes in political or other external factors over which we have no control; and the effects of hurricanes, ice storms or other natural disasters. These and other uncertainties related to our business are described in greater detail in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our reports on Forms 10-K and 10-Q, and the foregoing information should be read in conjunction with these filings. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements or to make any other forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise unless required to do so by securities laws.
This filing is not a substitute for the definitive prospectus/proxy statement included in the Registration Statement on Form S-4 that Frontier filed, and the SEC has declared effective, in connection with the proposed transactions described in the definitive prospectus/proxy statement. INVESTORS ARE URGED TO READ THE DEFINITIVE PROSPECTUS/PROXY STATEMENT BECAUSE IT CONTAINS IMPORTANT INFORMATION, INCLUDING DETAILED RISK FACTORS. The definitive prospectus/proxy statement and other documents filed or to be filed by Frontier with the SEC are or will be available free of charge at the SEC's website, www.sec.gov, or by directing a request when such a filing is made to Frontier, 3 High Ridge Park, Stamford, CT 06905-1390, Attention: Investor Relations.
This communication shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy securities, nor shall there be any sale of securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of such jurisdiction.
Frontier's stockholders approved the proposed transactions on October 27, 2009, and no other vote of the stockholders of Frontier or Verizon is required in connection with the proposed transactions.
SOURCE: Frontier Communications Corporation
Steve Crosby, 916-206-8198
SVP, Government and Regulatory Affairs
steven.crosby@frontiercorp.com
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The Cake Boss Live Featured on Homemade for the Holidays Tour
Today's date: June 11, 2012
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Diana Roth
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Buddy Valastro Live: The Cake Boss
Homemade for the Holidays Tour
Benedum Center
Tickets go on sale Friday, June 15, 2012
Pittsburgh, PA: Candy canes, carols, and the Cake Boss! Celebrate the holidays this season with America's favorite baker, Buddy Valastro, at the Benedum Center in Pittsburgh, PA on Wednesday, November 28, 2012, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets ($25.75, $35.75 & $45.75) go on-sale to the public on Friday, June 15, 2012, at 9:00 a.m. For information:www.Trustarts.org, call (412) 456-6666, or in person: Theater Square Box Office, 655 Penn Avenue. A limited number of VIP tickets are available for $85 which includes a post-show meet and greet, Cake Boss tour laminate, and special holiday surprise. This event is presented by The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust and is part of the Cohen & Grigsby Trust Presents series.
Buddy Valastro, star of TLC's "Cake Boss," brings a special live holiday show the entire family will enjoy. Sharing the holiday traditions and stories from his family at Carlo's Bakery, Buddy presents an all-new show full of holiday spirit and jingle bell rock. Demonstrating the techniques that have made him the most famous cake artist in the country, Buddy will share behind-the-scenes stories from his hit TV show, answer audience questions, and will bring several lucky members of the audience up on stage for cupcake and cake decorating. Pack up your sleigh and head on down to the show, 'cause Buddy is coming to town!
One of the centerpiece shows of the TLC network, a fifth season of "Cake Boss" began airing on Memorial Day. Viewers continue to celebrate the mouthwatering desserts and not-to-be-missed Valastro family moments occurring in bustling Hoboken, NJ, home of Carlo's Bakery, which celebrates its 102nd anniversary this summer. In addition, Buddy's second TV series on TLC "Next Great Baker" launches a new season on November 26, 2012.
In late 2011, Buddy's released his second book with Simon & Schuster. In "Baking with the Cake Boss: 100 of Buddy's Best Recipes and Decorating Secrets," Buddy shares everything a home cook needs to know about baking as he takes readers through the same progressive training he had in his apprenticeship at Carlo's Bakery. A new book is set for release in November 2012.
The Homemade for the Holidays Tour is produced by Mills Entertainment based in Saratoga Springs, NY. An industry leader in alternative and branded live entertainment, Mills produces, promotes, and manages shows throughout the United States, Canada, and abroad. For more information, visit millsentertainment.com.
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The last two weeks have been a blur of islands, temples, mountains, markets, motorbike rides, boat trips and festivals… Having visitors always gives you the opportunity to show off your favorite spots and do things you wouldn't do otherwise, like spend a week in nice hotels, go on impractical day trips instead of working and realize, again, what an incredible place you live in.
But first, here's a quick taste of what you can pack into two weeks in Thailand.
The past couple nights have been filled with lights, lanterns, fireworks and about a million cameras.
wow looks like you had a great time!
and see the lanterns there!
Id be totally cool to see those floating markets!
Safe travels! and thank you the lantern pic..


It is twenty-five years now since directed energy weapons were a subject that was discussed in the anti-nuclear movement as a whole. The discussion of the Star Wars Programme, also known as the Strategic Defense Initiative, during the presidency of Ronald Reagan, focused the attention of all of the anti-nuclear movement. The conclusion was reached that the Star Wars proposals were unacceptably expensive and extremely unlikely to be technologically feasible, if their purpose was to shoot down ballistic missiles. Some Soviet commentators at that time raised the question of whether the Star Wars programme might really have been conceived to serve some other purpose, given that it was so impracticable and implausible as an anti-missile programme.
With the failure of Ronald Reagan at Reykjavik to secure Soviet consent to the Strategic Defense Initiative, even in exchange for a bizarre and apparently contradictory agreement to carry out universal nuclear disarmament, the subject faded from the headlines and from the consciousness of the anti-nuclear movements. The subject of a ground-based directed energy weapons system known as HAARP, (High Altitude Active Auroral Research Programme) was included in a remarkable 1999 report to the European Parliament "On the Environment, Security and Foreign Policy", compiled under the direction of the Swedish anti-nuclear activist Maj Britt Theorin, but it was not noticed by the anti-nuclear movements and it was not accepted by the European Commission, who said that such subjects were the business of NATO and not of the European Commission. This Commission decision is, by the way, in itself a confirmation of HAARP's being a weapons system and not merely a research programme as claimed by the American government.
The book "The Shock Doctrine" by Naomi Klein brought to the consciousness of the world the fact that natural disasters, or disasters claimed to be natural, can bring enticing new prospects for corporate profit and make possible political changes for the benefit of international corporations. Although Naomi Klein did not go so far as to make specific allegations of deliberate disaster production there were others who did. The young American researcher Dutchsinse, who has been monitoring the operations of HAARP, has not only made such allegations but has on the basis of this monitoring accurately predicted what are represented as natural disasters, such as the terrible tornado that destroyed Joplin Missouri on 22nd May. The American scientist Leuren Moret described the Fukushima disaster as "tectonic nuclear warfare". Her claim is disputed by other researchers, such as Major Doug Rokke, who has collaborated with Leuren Moret in campaigning against depleted uranium. Rokke says that the epicenter of the March 11 earthquake came from too deep in the earth to have been caused by a weapon. But what is most unacceptable about this discussion, and other discussions like it, is that they are taking place in a world of their own, in a ghetto, in a milieu that is stigmatized by the international media and the political mainstream as the world of "conspiracy theory".
The discussions on directed energy weapons that in the 1980s Star Wars discussions were part of mainstream political debate are today the speciality of a section of society called the "conspiracy theorists" and specifically the "chemtrails" activists, who have been trying for years to gain recognition for acceptance of the reality of a global campaign of aerosol spraying from aircraft, to serve a variety of purposes from reduction of levels of sunlight to counteract global warming to increasing the electrical conductivity of the atmosphere, precisely so as to facilitate the functioning of directed energy weapons. (This is to leave out of account a number of other accusations that are also being made in relation to chemtrails).
Unfortunately the debate has been complicated and confused through the intervention of another discussion which came into fashion in the early 1990s at the same time that the nuclear power discussion and even moreso the nuclear weapons discussion were going OUT of fashion, and that is the discussion on climate change. Climate change activists have developed the habit of citing disasters of all kinds from cyclones to earthquakes and tsunamis as evidence of the catastrophic effects of an anthropogenic climate change, whose reality is denied by the so-called climate change skeptics. The discussion as it is reproduced in the media blurs an important distinction: the distinction between the conservative climate change skeptics who ridicule climate change activists as prophets of doom and catastrophe mongers, and the radical climate change skeptics, whose criticism comes from the other direction and who accuse climate change activists of ignoring the factor of deliberate environmental warfare. In mainstream debate both types of climate change skeptic are conflated, with the result that discussions of any subject from nuclear power stations to extreme climatic conditions and environmental disasters can very easily become sidetracked into arguments over anthropogenic climate change.
What has been constructed is a very effective "divide and rule" scenario. On the one hand the anti-nuclear movements ignore the discussions of the "conspiracy theorists" over whether today's successive "natural" disasters are being generated deliberately. On the other hand the "conspiracy" theorists become increasingly preoccupied with the subject of whether the "natural" disasters are being caused by the Americans, the Chinese, the Russians, the Europeans, or whoever. This preoccupation is reinforced by interventions by the likes of the Russian nationalist Zhirinovsky, who claims on Russian television that the Russians possess "secret weather weapons" that can destroy any part of the planet and "kill millions of people".
Fortunately there are some who have managed to escape from the "divide-and-rule" scenario. The Greens of Cyprus, who are members of the European Greens and have representation in the parliament of Cyprus, campaign actively and at the leadership level both against both HAARP, which they believe also operates from Cyprus, and against chemtrails. They are an outstanding exception among the Green parties of Europe and indeed of the world, and their example should be followed by the other Green parties.
Meanwhile, in civil society, and in the anti-nuclear movements, the movements for pan-European nuclear disarmament, the movement for a Europe free of nuclear weapons and nuclear power stations that was so powerful prior to the collapse of the Soviet Union should be reactivated. The denuclearization of our region cannot be held hostage to global developments and to the divide-and-rule scenarios of American politics. The Saintes Appeal for a Nuclear Free Europe should be supported by everybody. The 1999 report of Maj Britt Theorin to the European Parliament "On the Environment, Security and Foreign Policy" should become the basis of a new European anti-nuclear movement, and indeed of a new citizens' Europe.
For more background, see Bob Riggs' Review of The Dead Hand: Reagan, Gorbachev and the Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race, with discussion by various activists.
For a succinct overview of directed energy weapons at the Phillips Research Site at Kirtland Airforce Base, see The Helen Keller Brain Salad Directed Energy Sandwich Nuclear Comparison.
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You didn't mention it but I am a victim of directed energy weapons and the other use that isn't discussed in the mainstream–it's use in covert mind control & non-consensual testing of citizens of developing military technology. If you look into remote neural monitoring, 'the frey effect', silent sound technology, mind reading technology (which is made possible by pulsed waves using electromagnetic frequencies), d.e.w., CIA's Mk-ULTRA & the FBI's Co-Intelpro pogrom (which i believe are being combined in a program of harassment and illegal testing and harassment of innocent americans and people worldwide)–and also author Gloria Naylor's account of her harassment in her novel 1996 and her online audio interview w/greg syzmanski in 2006.


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HOW TO BUILD A BRAND IN A PANDEMIC, ACCORDING TO LA'S EMCĒ STUDIOS
by Harriet Shepherd
Like many of the industries put to the test in 2020, fashion has had it hard. The pandemic has put a spanner in every aspect of its works, in the form of travel bans, lockdowns and social distancing regulations that have affected everything from production to consumption. But as big houses choose to forgo the traditional fashion calendar, and smaller brands are rethinking their strategies, what's left for the labels who had been planning their launch amid it all? How have the unprecedented events of this year halted and hindered the baby brands born this year?
Morgan Childers is one designer who knows the answers to these questions only too well. Her brand, EMCĒ Studios (pronounced the same as her initials) launches this September, meaning the bulk of the hard work that's gone into it has happened mid-pandemic. It's meant the LA-based label has had to do things differently—from creating a user-generated content lookbook in response to COVID lockdowns, to building a new brand community digitally, instead of IRL. As EMCĒ enters the fashion circuit with its SS21 collection with creative direction by Matt Holmes, we catch up with the brains behind it to find out what it was like to build a brand in a pandemic.
What was the drive behind EMCĒ Studios?
After working professionally as a designer for the last 6 years, I realised how my actions were directly affecting the community (from fabric and material sourcing to working with overseas manufacturers) and I became increasingly interested in sustainable alternatives and solutions. The lack of responsible contemporary companies to work for as a conscientious designer was the drive behind creating EMCĒ.
When did you originally plan to launch?
We had our first trunk show in LA in November 2019, which was more of a test to see if there was a market and/or interest in the brand. The trunk show exceeded expectations, and I began speaking with showrooms in NYC to show for AW20. Because that was already behind schedule, and felt rushed, I decided to officially launch the following season, SS21. Obviously we couldn't predict the impact of Covid in January, but I think having skipped AW20 saved us and allowed us to reevaluate for the current times.
What aspects of the process did the pandemic affect most?
Anything in person and all concepts of time. The pandemic pushed us to source more locally because of shipping delays, canceled all in person meetings, and put a lot of stress on our vendors and manufacturers. However, out of all of this frustration, I did notice an air of compassion that began to circulate. I think at some point everyone realised we were all trying to adjust to this new abnormal—companies became more flexible, and conventional rules began to fade in the wake of this pandemic.
How was lockdown in LA?
Isolating and daunting with all of the unknowns. As someone who was born and raised in LA, I had never seen desolate freeways or inaccessible beaches and mountains. It felt unreal.
From production to the scheduling, fashion's status quo has been called into question this year, and many aspects of it seem redundant. Do you feel like launching your brand this year has given you more freedom to depart with antiquated ideas of what fashion should be?
100%. As it turns out, launching this year meant that we could be as fluid and flexible as the times needed us to be, and that we have nothing to compare to or to make up for. We're rejecting the conventionalities of the whole industry in a way—where the collections are essentially genderless, a campaign created from our creative (and local because of travel constraints) community themselves for their own homes, a digital launch, and a transparent process that eliminates any vendors or manufacturers that aren't striving for a more sustainable solution.
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There are two ways to link to the full-screen version of a YouTube video. The first is using the popup player (now called the embed player), and the second is using YouTube's new TV-optimized website.
Take out the watch= in the YouTube link and add V- and watch full screen videos.
Is there a way to create a link that takes you to a full screen video that is supported by mobile phones?
Can you force to play in landscape mode or fullscreen for device?
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What's Ahead For Mortgage Rates This Week – June 8, 2020
June 8, 2020 by Linda White
Last week's economic news included readings on construction spending and labor reports on public and private sector jobs and the national unemployment rate. Weekly readings on mortgage rates and first-time jobless claims were also released.
Construction Spending Falls in April
The Commerce Department reported lower than expected deficits in consumer spending in April. Construction spending fell by -2.90 percent from the March reading of 0.00 percent growth in spending; analysts expected 6.80 percent less construction spending for April due to the Coronavirus pandemic.
Additional declines in construction spending are expected for May and June as impacts of the Coronavirus and uncertain economic conditions lessen demand for homes. Residential construction spending fell by 4.50 percent in May.
Mortgage Rates Mixed as Initial Jobless Claims Fall
Freddie Mac reported higher rates for 3-year fixed-rate mortgages, which increased an average of three basis points to 3.18 percent. Rates for 15-year fixed-rate mortgages were unchanged at an average of 2.62 percent. Rates for 5/1 adjustable rate mortgages fell by three basis points to an average rate of 3.10 percent. Discount points averaged 0.70 percent for fixed-rate mortgages and 0.40 percent for 5/1 adjustable-rate mortgages.
First-time jobless claims fell last week but were much higher than readings reported before the coronavirus outbreak. States reported 1.88 million new jobless claims, which exceeded expectations of 1.81 million new claims and fell short of the prior week's reading of 2.13 million initial jobless claims.
2.23 million initial jobless claims were filed last week including claims made under federal programs. 3.21 million total jobless claims were filed the prior week.
Jobs Reports Show Mixed Results In May
ADP reported -2.76 million private-sector jobs lost on a seasonally-adjusted annual basis as compared to April's reading of -19.60 million jobs lost. The government's Nonfarm Payrolls report showed 2.50 million more public and private-sector jobs than were reported in April.
Analysts expected -7.25 million fewer public and private sector jobs in May as compared to April's reading of -20.70 million jobs lost.
The national unemployment rate dipped from April's rate of 14.70 percent to 13.30 percent in May. Analysts expected the national unemployment rate to reach 19.00 percent in May.
Lower unemployment readings suggest that the economy is recovering at a faster pace than originally estimated, but recent civil unrest may cause another wave of coronavirus cases as protesters failed to observe social distancing protocols.
This week's scheduled economic reports include readings on inflation and consumer sentiment. The Federal Reserve's Federal Open Market Committee is set to meet next week, but this meeting may be canceled due to the Coronavirus pandemic.
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Q: Error editing the Salesforce Wave Dashboard I created a dashboard and when I trying to edit it I receive the following error. Not sure what is the actual reason.

A: This error is coming from one SAQL Query. Kindly check that particular widget where you are using this SAQL Query.
Create a lens from this Dashboard Dataset. Go to SAQL Query Section. Then write this logic there also you'll get this error. Fix it there and the you'll get correct SAQL Query.

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Posted byLittle-Known Blogger	 01 AMpWed, 18 Mar 2009 10:08:00 -050008Wednesday 11 1 Comment on Hey, All!
Just a note to let everyone know that I'm still around. There's actually been quite a bit to blog about in the last month, but I've been busy with so many other things in the real world.
I miss everybody, and I hope I'll have a chance to do some real blogging in the near future!
Hope you blog soon! :)!


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Tiger Woods returns to golf 10 months after car wreck, entering 2021 PNC Championship with son Charlie
Tiger Woods is going to close out a harrowing year on a heartwarming note. After nearly losing his right leg in a horrific car accident in February, Woods announced on Wednesday that he will play in the 2021 PNC Championship in Orlando on Dec. 18-19 with his son, Charlie.
"Although it's been a long and challenging year, I am very excited to close it out by competing in the @PNCchampionship with my son Charlie," Woods tweeted Wednesday. "I'm playing as a Dad and couldn't be more excited and proud."
The duo teamed up last December as well, and that was the last time Woods was seen in any kind of competitive environment. In January, as the PGA Tour season started to unfold, Woods had an additional back surgery. In February, his Los Angeles car wreck left him in a hospital bed for nearly a month.
The weeks since then have been a long, slow march to this moment.
Woods said last week at the Hero World Challenge that he didn't know when he would be able to play PGA Tour golf again. And while this is not a PGA Tour event, it's still a meaningful step forward in his recovery process.
"As far as playing at the Tour level, I don't know when that's going to happen," said Woods. "Now, I'll play a round here or there, a little hit and giggle, I can do something like that. I certainly like … the USGA suggested Play It Forward. I really like that idea now. I don't like the tees on the back. I like Play It Forward. … To see some of my shots fall out of the sky a lot shorter than they used to is a little eye-opening, but at least I'm able to do it again. That's something that for a while there it didn't look like I was going to."
Justin Thomas and his father, Mike, are the defending champions at the PNC Championship.
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A tactical insight into Artetaball
Written by Josh Andrews
Mikel Arteta became Arsenal's head coach on Dec 20. 2019 after a string of poor results and discontentment from the Arsenal fan base, which ultimately led to Unai Emery's departure from the club. Arteta was an interesting choice from the Arsenal hierarchy, with some Arsenal fans excited to have a coach who was mentored by Pep Guardiola. Others were concerned by his lack of experience and didn't want to see a coach who ultimately would not be ready for the job.
Though he hasn't made an instant impact in terms of results, many of the more apprehensive Arsenal fans are pleasantly surprised to see a big improvement on what they had seen under Emery. Arteta himself spoke about making small changes in the environment and culture within the club to help lift spirits, and has acknowledged his own lack of managerial experience.
"I won't convince the players I have experience, you know I will convince the players that I know certain things we have to do that are non-negotiable that will bring success."
Mikel Arteta – Dec 20. 2019
So what key changes have been made? What differences can we already see from this Arsenal team that justifies the promise of the up-and-coming head coach that Arsenal fans want to see?
Playing out from the back
Firstly, it is clear that Arsenal are much more competent at playing out from the back. Under Emery, every decision looked like it was being made one pass at a time but now the players seem more aware of the movements they need to make. There's more fluidity in the movements and whilst their shape is still very structured, the subtle changes in body positioning and movement have helped create spaces for players to play through. Consequently, the attacks start at a much higher tempo.
Attacking lanes and increased freedom going forward
Mesut Ozil always appears to have time on the ball and space to attack. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is able to attack the inside left channel knowing that the left back is attacking the wide area outside him. Nicolas Pepe is able to get into more 1v1 situations now that there's more space on his side of the pitch. Arteta favours an attacking approach that utilizes 5 attacking lanes. In the Arsenal team, that usually manifests itself in Pepe on the far right lane, Ozil and Alexandre Lacazette interchanging between the right channel and the centre of the pitch, Aubameyang on the left channel and Bukayo Saka on the far left. This creates a problem for teams that defend in a back four as it's difficult to mark all 5 people without help from their midfielders. Finally, this leaves the midfield free for Arsenal to build their attacks and maintain control of the game.
Improvement off the ball
This cohesion within the team is also evident when Arsenal don't have the ball. They press as a complete unit rather than in small units, looking for triggers to attack more aggressively and forcing mistakes from the opposition. Once the team improve their physical fitness and stamina, they should be even more effective in this aspect of their game.
In addition to their pressing, the players also defend in a very compact manner when the initial press is beaten. They often force their opponents to play the ball wide and cross, which plays into the strengths of David Luiz and Shkodran Mustafi as they are both highly adept at dealing with crosses and aerial duels.
Despite all of these improvements though, it's clear that the team needs to do more. They aren't yet capable of playing on the front foot for 90 minutes because of the high physical demands of this new brand of football. There are also still question marks over certain players as to whether or not they're capable of maintaining the high standards Arteta is demanding.
Hopefully the players are doing the physical work during the quarantine so that they come back to the training ground fit and ready to win games. If they return fully fit and show a drive to learn and continue their development, then Arteta should be very pleased with the players he has to work with.
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Q: Xamarin forms app no longer connected to easy tables I have recently develop an Xamarin forms app which was linked to Microsoft Azure easy tables.  This is a B2B app and will only be used by half a dozen users. It has been approved by the App Store. The syncing with the easy tables worked great.
My client is very familiar with Microsoft Access, and wished to be able to view the tables and add/edit data via this software.  I successfully set up the express server and using ODBC linked the database to Access.  With no problems on that end.  I can see the data, delete rows and add/edit data.
But when I checked the app, the sync to the easy tables was hanging.  And when I went into Azure.  The easy tables are listed but they have no columns or data.
Are the easy tables now defunct because I have used ODBC to access them? Are they now different somehow?
How do I fix this?  Is there a different connection I need to use?  Do I need to set up a web api now?    Do I need to use a different Nuget package/code? I am just not sure which direction I need to head.
The data is still there as I can see it in Microsoft Access.
Or do I just cut my losses and recreate the database and a new set of easy tables?  There is not a lot of data to recreate and I have them in CSV files.
If this is the case, what is the best way of my client accessing and adding or editing the data from Azure? I realise the obvious one is developing a mobile app for him.  I just wanted to check if there is any other way?
Thanks

A: Thank you very much for assisting me.  Your advice, although did not directly solve the problem.  It sent me down a rabbit hole of looking at the data in the actual SQL Database, and when I was there it asked me to login.  I remembered I had changed the password to the server, when I was setting up the database in Microsoft Access as I could not not remember the original one (rookie mistake and I should know better).  I changed the password back (as I found it in the connection string).  Both now work.  Thanks again.


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Friday with Norwegian #15 – movies.
Last time I presented few series, this time we will have few movies on a plate. I tried to look not only for good productions but also those who can be easily found outside the whole NRK spectrum. It's really hard to find film with solid subtitles, so the best way to is to download the movie and then go on subscene.com and find your subtitles called in Norwegian undertekst. Most of the websites name old movies, which can be really hard to find subtitles for and not everyone is fan of those type of productions (however I have respect for it) so I picked only those rather new. First one is in English besides the fact that's Norwegian production, however I thought it's still important for the Norwegian film scene.
Short about film: set in rural America in 1964, an immigrant and single mother who works at a factory takes refuge from her hardships by imagining herself and her co-workers in Hollywood musicals.
Short about film: Norwegian winter, early 20th century. On the boys home Bastøy, a new inmate leads the boys to a violent uprising against a brutal regime. How far is he willing to go to attain freedom?
Short about film: most people live in China. But who lives in Norway? A movie about Norwegian people in their "normal" life. In my opinion quite grotesque, but still really interesting.
*I couldn't find any trailer from this movie, unfortunately.
Short about film: A scientific observer's job of observing an old cantankerous single man's kitchen habits is complicated by his growing friendship with him.
Short about film: A teenage boy loses his footing when he finds himself drawn to the new boy in class. Absolutely stunning, the atmosphere in this film is amazing.
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Bioethical motifs in the literary work of Karel Čapek
Petr Jemelka
This text presents an assessment of the literary work of Karel Čapek from a perspective that has not yet been discussed. It focuses on analysing Čapek's works from the viewpoint of their possible inspiration by bioethical issues. Čapek's philosophy and the powerful ethical charge of his texts tend to be associated with his interest in pragmatism, a subject to which he, however, took an individual and critical approach. One of the most important categories of his way of thinking is life. In his prose works and plays we therefore see motifs that may be associated with the thematic definition of bioethics. These are questions concerning the value and quality of human life, issues concerning the dehumanizing impact of science and technology, as well as reflections upon the moral dimension of man's relationship to nature and also to the relationship between people and animals. Čapek's work may therefore provide inspiration from the perspective of the history of the gradual formation of the bioethical point of view.
in Ethics & Bioethics
A bitter diagnostic of the ultra-liberal human: Michel Houellebecq on some ethical issues
Zuzana Malinovská and Ján Živčák
The paper examines the ethical dimensions of Michel Houellebecq's works of fiction. On the basis of keen diagnostics of contemporary Western culture, this world-renowned French writer predicts the destructive social consequences of ultra-liberalism and enters into an argument with transhumanist theories. His writings, depicting the misery of contemporary man and imagining a new human species enhanced by technologies, show that neither the so-called neo-humans nor the "last man" of liberal democracies can reach happiness. The latter can only be achieved if humanist values, shared by previous generations and promoted by the great 19th-century authors (Balzac, Flaubert), are reinvented.
Ethical teachings of Classical Antiquity philosophers in the poetry of Saint Gregory of Nazianzus
Erika Brodňanská and Adriána Koželová
The paper focuses on the ethical teachings of Classical Antiquity philosophers in the poetry of Saint Gregory of Nazianzus, especially on the parallels between the author's work and the Cynics and the Stoics. The syncretic nature of Gregory's work, reflected in the assimilation of the teachings of ancient philosophical schools and the then expanding Christianity creates conditions for the explanation and highlighting of basic human virtues. Gregory of Nazianzus' legacy also draws on the teachings of such philosophers as Plato and Aristotle, but he always approaches them from the perspective of a strictly Christian worldview. He understands philosophy as a moral underlying basis from which one can draw inspiration for a virtuous and happy life. Gregory thinks that philosophy cannot harm Christians in the pursuit of a virtuous life. Nevertheless, Christian teachings and God are the highest authority. They stand above all philosophical schools or ideas advanced by specific philosophers. Gregory's moral poetry thus directs his readers, if they are to deserve eternal life, to follow the commandments, which is possible only if one lives a practical and virtuous life.
Hugolín Gavlovič on moral education: Enlightenment ideas in baroque literature?
Katarína Komenská
The work of Hugolín Gavlovič belongs is part of the most influential literary and didactic heritage of 18th century literature in the region of contemporary Slovakia. Even though Gavlovič was not a systematic moral philosopher, the role and importance of ethics in his literary work is significant. He contributed greatly to the debate on moral education, which was (in the context of that time) linked to the fulfilment of God's will and to the accomplishment of a good life. In his extensive poetic work Valaská škola mravúv stodola [Shepherd´s school of morals], the author not only formulated moral norms but, inspired by classical Greek philosophy, he also defined them in the wider ethical context of virtue, morals, and human nature. In this study, the historical context of his work, marked by the literary and cultural transition to the Enlightenment era, will be presented, concepts related to the understanding of good life (as a goal of moral education) will be identified, and the possibility for further philosophical and ethical analysis of Gavlovič's work will be offered (through a reflexion of Aristotle's thoughts referred to in Valaská škola). Overall, the paper offers an original point of view on how to interpret the thoughts of Hugolín Gavlovič from the perspective of ethics. This has been, despite the impact of his work, rather omitted.
Jiří Menzel's treatment of sacrifice
The paper explores the philosophical treatment of sacrifice in four of Jiří Menzel's films of the 1960's, Closely observed trains (Ostře sledované vlaky), Capricious summer (Rozmarné léto), Mr Balthazar's death (Smrt pana Baltazara), his short film contribution to the anthology film of the New Wave, Pearls of the deep (Perličky na dně), and Larks on a string (Skřivánci na niti). The paper argues that Menzel problematizes romanticized versions of messianic sacrifice as they all too easily disregard the moral significance of mundane relations. By analysing the treatment of sacrifice in each of these films, the paper makes a case for the significance of Menzel's treatment of sacrifice for current philosophical debates.
Kafka: Crime and punishment
Timo Airaksinen
When we read The Trial and In the Penal Colony together, we read about the logic of law, crime, punishment, and guilt. Of course, we cannot know the law, or, as Kafka writes, we cannot enter the law. I interpret the idea in this way: the law opens a gate to the truth. Alas, no one can enter the law, or come to know the truth, as Kafka says. The consequences are devastating: one cannot know the name of one's own crime, which is to say guilt is eternal and permanent; nothing can absolve us. Only one solution exists. Josef K. in The Trial should have committed suicide like the Officer in "Penal Colony." That is to say, perhaps, that you always are your own judge and executioner. Guilt cannot be doubted and thus, you are doomed. Both narratives are cruel and ruthless in their own way in their moral pessimism.
Kafka's animals between mimicry and assimilation
Barbara Di Noi
In Kafka's literary world, several animals emerge; they belong to an odd and enigmatic fauna, on the edge between violence and artistry but also between stillness and music; according to the writer, scripture represents both the fault and the punishment waiting for the solitary artist. Animals, especially depicted as hordes of small mice or other rodents, also hint to the heterogeneous structure of the Self, who doesn't manage to keep under control all the divisions in his ambiguous dentity. Through opposition between the point of view of the subject, who considers his own isolation as indispensable to carry on writing, and the multitude of escaping small animals, Kafka also expresses and experiences his own impossibility of "description" (Beschreibung). In the meantime, Kafka's animals embody the creatural and unconscious sources of imagination the writer draws from that constantly escape his own control and willingness, pushing forwards into an unknown and inhospitable region, towards the wasteland, the eternal winter that can be identified with scripture. In writing, a deep metamorphosis of the Self takes place. Kafka shares this belief with one of the writers he most admired and considered his master, Gustave Flaubert, who firmly thought that, while writing, one loses his previous identity, becoming someone else, even assuming the appearence of the "otherness". We can state that Kafka's imagery of animals takes to the extreme the paradox and ambiguity the idea of writing relies on, also reproducing, especially, in his hybrid creatures, the feeling of uncertainty and lack of safety of the assimilated Jewish artist.
The literary works as a code of ethics in Great Moravia
Vasil Gluchman
The author studies selected fundamental literary records from Great Moravia of the 9th century (The rules of the holy fathers [Zapovědi svatych otcov], Judicial law for laymen [Zakon sudnyj ljudem], Nomocanon [Nomokanon], Adhortation to rulers [Vladykam zemle Božie slovo velit]) presumably compiled, translated or created by Constantine (Cyril) and Methodius, the Thessaloniki brothers. In the context of defining early and medieval Christian ethics, the author concluded that the texts in question contain elements of the Christian code of ethics, by means of which Constantine (Cyril) and Methodius, following the model of the Byzantine Emperors Leo III and Constantine V, wished to form the social morality of Great Moravia. Based on this, the author holds the opinion that the history of Christian ethics in Moravia, Slovakia and Bohemia goes as far back as the activities of Constantine (Cyril) and Methodius and the period of Great Moravia.
Morals and culture at the time of Decameron
Rastislav Maxinčák
The article is devoted to the theme of the moral condition during the Black Death epidemic in Florence within Boccaccio's group of young people in his Decameron. The disease in the region of Florence caused many existential and moral tragedies. A group of young people transferred the joy of life and moral principles to the gardens outside the city of the disease. They describe different moral and philosophical thoughts in their songs at the end of each day.2 These songs represent ten parts of nature and form the basis on which the allegorical character of the works is further developed. They are also carriers of the laws of nature and natural wisdom.
On the testimony of the Holocaust in literature and ethics
Stefan Konstańczak
In the article, the author analyses the impact of the tragic experiences during the Holocaust on contemporary ethics and literature. Such considerations coincide with yet another anniversary – the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp, celebrated globally as Holocaust Memorial Day. The article also considers the reasons why testimonies from Holocaust survivors have not had an adequate impact on society. The author argues that trivialisation of the Holocaust tragedy occurred in modern science and it is related to the fact that traditional ethics has not been able to convincingly explain why the Holocaust occurred in the most civilised nations. Thus, Holocaust testimonies should be constantly popularised in society for the good of all mankind. Literature seems to be the best form of mass media for this task and it is also a recorder of human emotions. According to the author, it is essential that humanity is protected this way against the possibility of a similar tragedy occurring in the future.


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On measuring the shear strength of ice
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National Research Council of Canada. NRC Institute for Research in Construction
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9th International Symposium on Ice, August 23-27, 1988, Sapporo, Japan
ice; shear strength; test procedures; méthode d'esai; finite element analysis; beams; four-point asymmetric loading; internal stress fields; specimen geometries; loading geometries; shear stresses; columnar-grained freshwater ice; stress concentrations reduction; ice shear testing method proposal
Finite element analysis of beams subjected to four-point asymmetric loading has been used to calculate the internal stress fields for different specimen and loading geometries. The shear stresses determined from these stress fields were significantly different from those calculated from simple beam theory. Laboratory experiments done on samples of columnar-grained fresh water ice showed that consistent values of shear strength were obtained provided specimen and loading geometries did not vary beyond a particular range. At -10 deg C an average shear strength of 600 kPa was determined. Special measures taken to reduce stress concentrations at the load application points resulted in an increase of the average shear strength to 1100 kPa. Based on this experience, a shear testing method for ice is proposed.
Proceedings: the 9th International Symposium on Ice, Sapporo, Japan, August 23-27, 1988, IAHR Committee on Ice Problems 3: 76–88.
Reprinted as
Frederking, Robert M (Bob), O. J. Svec, and G. W. Timco. 'On Measuring the Shear Strength of Ice'. National Research Council of Canada. Institute for Research in Construction, 1988. https://doi.org/10.4224/20375356.
Reprinted as "Paper (National Research Council of Canada. Institute for Research in Construction); no. IRC-P-1612"
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The ruined structure here may once have been the cabin of Andrew "The Swede" Lindholm.


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Lincoln man, Foster woman arrested by Pawtucket
Police and charged with multiple drug and firearms
offenses; eight firearms and over $20K worth of
marijuana seized
Arrests made as part of Attorney General's Urban Violent Crime Initiative
Attorney General Peter F. Neronha and Pawtucket Acting Public Safety Director Chief Tina Goncalves announced that a Lincoln man and Foster woman were arrested on Monday on a multitude of drug and firearms charges.
The Pawtucket Police Departments Narcotics Unit, as part of the Attorney General's Urban Violent Crime Initiative and with the assistance of the Lincoln Police Department, executed court-ordered search warrants at 6 Sabin St. in the City of Pawtucket and 18 Ballou Ave. in the Town of Lincoln. The search warrants stemmed from an investigation by the Pawtucket Police Department's Narcotics Unit into an illegal marijuana grow operation run by Michael Murray (age 31) of Lincoln.
Police seized eight firearms, including two assault rifles, a shot gun, and five handguns, thousands of rounds of ammunition, and approximately $20,000 worth of marijuana.
As a result of the investigation, Murray was arrested and charged with:
1. Possession with Intent Schedule I
2. Possession of Marijuana in Excess of 5 Kilograms
3. License or Permit Required to Carry a Concealed Pistol
4. Possession of a Firearm While Committing a Controlled Substance Violation
5. Using a Firearm When Committing a Crime of Violence
6. Conspiracy
Shirley Desjarlais (age 30) of Foster was also arrested as part of the investigation and charged with:
1. Manufacture/Possession/Deliver Marijuana in Excess of 5 Kilograms
"The participation of Pawtucket Police on the Attorney General's Urban Violent Crime Initiative task force allows us all to join in the efforts to protect our communities from violent crimes," said Pawtucket Acting Public Safety Director Chief Tina Goncalves. "We have been able to effectively use the strategy and communication of the task force to reduce any barriers that may have been present in addressing violent crime."
"This operation illustrates the benefits of working together through our Violent Crime Initiative task force. Among the things driving violence in Rhode Island is the proliferation of multiple firearms in the hands of drug dealers. Make no mistake – firearms, and in particular high-powered firearms like those involved here, are used to protect the trade and intimidate others, or worse. Our partnership allows us to move proactively and swiftly to address these threats," said Attorney General Neronha. "I am grateful for the excellent investigative work by the Pawtucket Police Department in this particular case, and for the work of all our partners on the task force as we take proactive steps to prevent violence in our urban core. To effectively address these threats to public safety, we must be able to proactively identify and target those who engage in such criminal activity, while recognizing that that activity – as it did here – crosses municipal boundaries."
The Pawtucket Police Department Narcotics Unit seized approximately 18lbs of usable marijuana, 85 marijuana plants, a Glock 22 .40 caliber handgun, Kimber Micro 9mm handgun, FN 509 9mm handgun, Glock 27 .40 caliber handgun, FN 503 9mm handgun, Mossberg Maverick 12-gauge shotgun, Sig Sauer MCX multi-caliber pistol, Sig Sauer 716 .308 caliber rifle, several thousand rounds of various calibers, packaging, and distribution materials. The seized marijuana has an estimated street value of approximately $20,000.
Murray was arraigned and released on $60,000 with surety bail at 6th District Court yesterday. The investigation remains ongoing and may result in future charges.
The Attorney General's Urban Violent Crime Initiative was established earlier this year and includes the Providence, Pawtucket and Central Falls Police Departments, the Department of Corrections, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF). The Attorney General has deputized officers from law enforcement agencies in Providence, Pawtucket and Central Falls to provide greater ability to investigate suspects across municipal jurisdictions.
As part of this initiative, prosecutors, investigators and analysts work together to gather data and intelligence, analyze the information to support investigations and prosecutions, and guide violent crime enforcement priorities. The task force has prioritized information sharing and analysis across agencies through the use of a data analyst and platform – funded through a Department of Justice grant awarded to the Office of the Attorney General in 2020. Using this platform, the team can quickly draw connections between different crime scenes and weave together police reports and other records to help identify suspects and witnesses.
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Q: On a pandiagonal Latin square, what is a broken diagonal? After reading "No pandiagonal latin squares with order divisible by 3?" I didn't understand what a "broken diagonal" is.
Thanks

A: Broken diagonals are collections of $n$ cells - one on each row and column. They are parallel to one of the main diagonals but they wrap around when the diagonal reaches a border of the square. So either a set of cells in positions $(i,i+k)$ for $i=1,2,\ldots,n$,
and a fixed $k$, or in positions $(i,i-k)$. The arithmetic on the column indices is done modulo $n$. Changing the value of $k$ gives another broken diagonal.
For example in the following latin square the red cells form one broken diagonal and
the green cells another one. The brown number is in their intersection.
$$
\pmatrix{
0&\color{Red}2&4&6&\color{Green}1&3&5\cr
1&3&\color{Red}5&\color{Green}0&2&4&6\cr
2&4&\color{Green}6&\color{Red}1&3&5&0\cr
3&\color{Green}5&0&2&\color{Red}4&6&1\cr
\color{Green}4&6&1&3&5&\color{Red}0&2\cr
5&0&2&4&6&1&\color{Brown}3\cr
\color{Red}6&1&3&5&0&\color{Green}2&4\cr
}
$$

A: My illustration for broken diagonals

Please see this thread
https://boinc.progger.info/odlk/forum_thread.php?id=178