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No. 2155:
GLASS AND BOTTLES
by John H. Lienhard
Click here for audio of Episode 2155.
Today, America makes bottles. The University of Houston's College of Engineering presents this series about the machines that make our civilization run, and the people whose ingenuity created them.
In 1608, the year after they'd reached Jamestown, settlers tried to start, of all things, a glass factory. They attracted several European settlers who knew that trade. Their attempt lasted only about six months, but archaeologists have excavated glass fragments and one complete glass bottle from that period.
Thirteen years later, Jamestown tried again. This time, they imported four Italian glassmakers. They managed to produce drinking glasses and some window glass, as well as bottles.
By 1639, the new Plymouth colony had set up a glassworks. Philadelphia was in the business in 1683. And so it went; 1813 found Pittsburgh -- still an outpost, separated from most of America by the Appalachians -- with five glass factories.
One might wonder why all this attention to a nicety like glassware, while starvation still lurked outside the door. We forget that our first settlers were Europeans accustomed to some level of finery. They expected to quickly recreate their old life in this New Jerusalem. They had no thought of starting from scratch, and ultimately had a very hard time of it. Many were quite unaccustomed to the hard manual labor of bare subsistence.
All this came into focus for me when I found a 1920 book on American bottles. It's a catalogue of the private collection of an Owens Bottle Company executive. The older bottles in his collection were from the early 19th century, and most had short necks with rounded bodies. Most were green, amber or blue depending on the impurities in the glass. Most important, all were essentially handmade, with fancy decorations molded into the glass.
You see American eagles, busts of Washington and fancy designs. Here an amber flask with the Ben Franklin's face, there, green bottles imprinted with Jennie Lind or a cornucopia.
Owens Glass began experimenting with bottle-making machines in 1899. They improved their way through several models. And, by 1906, bottles everywhere were being made by robots -- bottle-making machines. With them came a profound change in the very meaning of the word bottle.
Their costs had been reduced, overnight, "to a vanishing point," as one industry commentator put it. Now bottles began displacing even tin cans. And, in this economy of cheap disposable containers, the frills vanished as well. The plain milk bottle and the long-neck beer or soft-drink bottle appeared. Coca Cola was the old-timer among bottled soft drinks. Founded in 1886, it kept its old-time fancy molded flasks.
But elsewhere, plain glass bottles took its place. For a season, the cheap bottle would be a staple of the American scene. Today, paper and aluminum have moved in to displace glass. But remember, next time you open one of the surviving glass bottles, that you are carrying on a tradition as old as the first Virginia Colony.
I'm John Lienhard, at the University of Houston, where we're interested in the way inventive minds work.
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W. S. Walbridge, American Bottles Old & New. (Toledo: The Owens Bottle Co., 1920). (Images below are from this source.)
Here are some web sources on early Colonial glassmaking:
http://www.nps.gov/archive/colo/Jthanout/Glassmak.html
http://www.kismeta.com/diGrasse/jamestown_settlement_light_indus.htm
http://www.historicjamestowne.org/featured_find/wine_bottle.php
http://www.historicjamestowne.org/
The Engines of Our Ingenuity is Copyright © 1988-2006 by John H. Lienhard.
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It is being reported that Facebook said an attack on its computer network led to the exposure of information from nearly 50 million of its users. The company discovered the breach earlier this week, finding that attackers had exploited a feature in Facebook's code that allowed them to take over user accounts. Facebook fixed the vulnerability and notified law enforcement officials.
Please see below for commentary from cybersecurity experts.
"Another day, another software problem that leads to security disaster. Only this time it is Facebook whose software features have apparently been exploited by attackers, impacting around 90 million people.
"There's very little information to go on as of now, but it should be made clear that this is distinctly different from the Cambridge Analytica leak that made headlines a few months ago. This is a direct attack by hackers that exploited a vulnerability in Facebook's "view as" feature, which was designed to allow users to see their profile pages as a friend or stranger would. In contrast, the Cambridge Analytica incidentresulted from the abuse of data that Facebook willingly provided.
"This breach appears to have impacted 50m users of the social network site meaning that a vast amount of personal data is now in the hands of criminals. It is therefore imperative that Facebook are forthcoming in contacting all those affected, provide information on what this breach means for them, and offer support to those who are likely to be very concerned by the news.
We would encourage any concerned users of Facebook to contact the website through its official channels and also follow the updates that they are likely to provide over the next few days. It is important to remain vigilant in checking your account and bank statements to ensure there's nothing unusual. There's no need to panic or cancel cards, but if you do see any suspicious activity we recommend contacting your bank immediately.
It is encouraging to see that Facebook have reported the attack promptly and have already begun their investigation into how the breach occurred. It isn't yet clear how many EU citizens data has been affected but should it come to light that these citizens are among those whose data was breached, Facebook would be subject to hefty fines under GDPR. It appears that the breach was the result of a cyber-attack and not due to negligence, if this is the case then any fines will be proportionate and will take this into account.
However, fines are just one of the risks to organisations like Facebook. We believe the long-term effects on customer trust, share price and public perception could have more lasting damage.
"As Facebook has just discovered, any vulnerability that is not remediated will be quickly exploited. In this case, the data of 50 million users was exposed.
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"The time between detection and public notification on this one may be one for the record books, likely driven as much by risk to reputation and a wary eye on some of the large fines levied lately, as much as by GDPR and other compliance requirements.
Facebook has identified this was a vulnerability in its website code that allowed the attacker to gain authenticated access, which then allowed them to get effective access permissions for a huge numbers of users, giving the attacker the ability to access those users' accounts as if they were the user themselves. Forcing a logout on the users changed the access keys to help ensure no use of them remained.
They will be working to establish if any of these accounts were actually accessed and what personal data may have been lost, especially in the case of high profile users.
New features increase the risk that vulnerabilities like this can become part of the live application, and Facebook is known to implement new features at a high rate, having been acknowledged as the leader in agile web development practices in the past.
"Apart from 40 to 90 million customers being impacted, this is going to have long-term ripple effects with other large enterprises. This means there are up to 90 million new leaked credentials out there in the market. We expect a significant increase in credential checking or password list attacks at other large online properties in the coming days. This will result in increased number of accounts compromised overall, which will ultimately lead to more fraud losses.


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Netflix to launch own...
Netflix to launch own publication to chase awards
| 13 April 2019 9:49 AM GMT
Streaming platform Netflix will begin publishing a journal tentatively titled Wide to tout its voluminous programming to members of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. This is the latest in the platform's efforts to pursue awards, which help to attract new subscribers and talent to the service, reported variety.com.
Netflix spent, by most estimates, tens of millions mounting a no-holds-barred Oscar campaign for "Roma", a star-less black-and-white Spanish-language film, which won three Academy Awards this year. It also is in talks to acquire Hollywood's Egyptian Theatre, in part to appease Oscar voters who have reservations about backing Netflix films because they question its support of the theatrical moviegoing experience. And now, it is getting into the publishing business. (IANS)
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Kansas City Water Infrastructure Upgraded with Low Interest Bonds
InfoZine, the City of Kansas City, Mo., Water Services Department recently issued wastewater revenue bonds at a historically low interest rate of 2.86 percent, which will enable Water Services to perform $75 million in improvements associated with sewer rehabilitation, sewage treatment plants, pump stations, disinfection, sewer force mains, interceptor sewers, storm drainage, and green infrastructure improvements.
The bonds, in connection with Water Services' $2.5 billion, 25-year Overflow Control Program, were issued using the remaining authority from the August 2004 election. Because of the extremely low percentage interest rates, the Water Services staff estimates a total savings of approximately $23.7 million over the 25-year life of the bonds.
"The cost savings achieved would not have been possible without the confidence of the voters in the August election," said City Manager Troy Schulte. "Water Services was able to take advantage of historically low interest rates to fund much-needed sewer improvement projects, which will serve Kansas Citians for generations to come."
Water Services also has refinanced a total of $11.605 million of outstanding sewer revenue debt, taking advantage of the current low interest rate environment. The refunding portion of the bond sale will help Water Services achieve debt service savings, on a present value basis, totaling more than $1.5 million. The refunding bonds have replaced bonds that had interest rates averaging near 4.36 percent.
"Water Services is proud of its strong bond rating, which ultimately results in cost savings and improved infrastructure for our customers," said Water Services Director Terry Leeds. "Thank you to the City Finance Department and Treasury Division staff for their hard work on our behalf."
The Water Services Department continues to achieve savings through the acquisition of low interest rates and timely refinancing. On Nov. 4, 2011, $97 million in wastewater bonds were issued at 3.93 percent for a period of 25 years. On Feb. 7, 2012, $52 million in water bonds were issued at 3.27 percent for a period of 25 years. And, for this bond issuance, which took place on Nov. 29, wastewater bonds were issued at 2.86 percent for a period of 25 years.
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On Labor Day, Trump's mismanagement of Pandemic has left 27 mn Unemployed and Turning to Food Banks
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) –
It is a sad Labor Day, in the shadow of the Trump Pandemic. Over a fourth of workers are afraid of losing their jobs because of the pandemic, up from 15% last year this time, according to Gallup. That is, the anxiety over joblessness has almost doubled. Many are much more worried, as well, about having their wages cut. Workers are more anxious than at any time since the Great Recession began to taper off nine years ago.
Some 27 million US workers are receiving jobless benefits. While the government is reporting an improvement of unemployment to 8.4%, it is more like 9% because many workers who have been temporarily laid off mark themselves as "absent." Moreover, some 300,000 of the new jobs are as census workers, which doesn't really tell you that the private sector is rebounding. Not to mention that 8.4% unemployment is apocalyptic.
The bulk of the crisis is owing to the Trump administration's refusal to implement a national testing and tracing program or to encourage mask wearing, and its policy of closing down the economy too late and opening too soon, have all deepened and prolonged the crisis in a way that is not paralleled in other industrialized democracies such as South Korea and Germany.
The fears of the workers are justified, especially those with lower incomes. For those making under $27,000 a year, employment was down 14% this July, whereas for those making over $60,000 a year, it was down only about 1%, according Shirley Leung and Larry Edelman at The Boston Globe.
United Airlines is letting 16,000 workers go in October. Ford is firing 1400.
Workers of color have been hit harder than whites, with higher continuing unemployment rates and recent gains wiped out.
And remember all the hoopla about essential workers putting themselves on the line for us? That's gone, too, even though at least 130 grocery workers have died of the virus and at least 8,200 have fallen ill with it. Abha Bhattarai at WaPo reports that any hazard pay grocery workers received in the early days of the pandemic is gone, and many have quit rather than get Covid-19 or because they are exhausted from dealing with nasty customers who don't like being told to wear masks or who are just generally rude.This departure of so many has left those who remain bedraggled, over-worked, and more vulnerable and just as poorly paid as ever. One of the workers interviewed was making $11 an hour.
You cannot afford to rent an apartment virtually anywhere in the country even at $15 an hour.
Nor are other jobs easy to come by. Almost a million retail jobs have gone up in smoke this year in the US.
David Cay Johnston at The National Memo figures on the basis of a newly released IRS data known as Table 1.4 that:
"The nearly 87 million taxpayers making less than $50,000 had to get by in 2018 on $307 less per household than in 2016, the year before Trump took office, I find."
Gee, imagine that. For over half of US workers, Trump did not in fact create the best economy. People who needed a new $300 washing machine under Obama had the money for it. Under Trump, it evaporated. Imagine how much worse they are now, after Trump mishandled the pandemic for six months and consigned millions to unemployment.
People on the top have made out like bandits, Johnston notes:
"The number of taxpayers making $10 million or more soared 37 percent to a record 22,112 households."
That big Republican tax cut Trump is so proud of only really benefited his super-rich golf buddies.
Meanwhile, America's 600+ billionaires are nearly $1 trillion richer than they were last March 1, according to Inequality.org.
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Suspected Victory Inn sex trafficking ringleader on the run; alleged girlfriend charged
By Amy Lange
The alleged girlfriend of a man wanted for pimping out women and keeping them hooked on heroin at a Detroit area motel was in federal court on Wednesday on charges that she helped him cover his tracks.
Lena Sled, 61, was in a federal court on Wednesday on accusations that she helped Darrick Bell hide from federal authorities. Authorities claim that Bell, aka 'Tone', is the center of a major human trafficking ring that was busted at the Victory Inn in January.
Bell is accused of dealing drugs, pimping out women and keeping them high on heroin while forcing them into the sex trade against their will.
Detroit woman charged with harboring leader of Victory Inn drug, sex ring
The feds claim Sled is Bell's girlfriend and she was helping him hide out. Sled says she doesn't know where Bell is.
"They know i can't tell them anything. They know that I don't know," Sled told FOX 2 outside of federal court.
Investigators say she's a key defendant in the case. They also say that Bell and Sled kept in touch via flip phone that he gave her, but that's not all. They also say he recently had been staying at her home and that the two shared bank accounts and credit cards. When the bust came down at the Victory Inn in January, authorities say Sled traveled to Florida and elsewhere.
"Well I can't comment on it - I wish I could - but I can't comment on it right now. It's all going to come out," Sled said.
Police raid Detroit's Victory Inn motel for drugs, prostitution
She says she's known Bell for many years and on Thursday, she appeared to be telling him to turn himself in.
"You gotta do what's right, that's all you can do. You got a lot of peoples hurting," she said.
Sled is free on bond but must surrender her enhanced license and wear a GPS tether. Her attorney says they're convinced the allegations against her will be proven false.
"Just because they say it's so doesn't make it so. We're looking forward to her being vindicated in all of this," Lillian Diallo said.
Bell, a convicted killer, is wanted in the trafficking ring and has been on the run for months. Anyone with information abou this location is asked to call officials.


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Heart device maker Guidant Corp. said Monday the Food and Drug Administration has approved the relaunch of an implantable defibrillator that was recalled in June because some had malfunctioned.
Guidant officials said they expect to resume distribution of the Contak Renewal 3 defibrillators by the middle of this week and reach a full product supply by the end of August.
"Our top priority is to provide safe, reliable cardiac rhythm management products and therapies to physicians and patients," said Fred McCoy, president of the company's Cardiac Rhythm Management division.
Implantable defibrillators shock the heart back into a correct rhythm when it beats too quickly. The Contak Renewal 3 was recalled June 24 by Indianapolis-based Guidant after the company discovered they contained a faulty magnetic switch.
The relaunched Contak Renewal 3 line will have a new switch, approved by the FDA. The model is the company's largest seller, analysts have said.
It was one of 11 models the company recalled in June, totaling about 88,000 defibrillators. The company has also issued safety warnings on 28,000 pacemakers.
Guidant shares rose $2.84, or 4.1 percent, to $71.64 in morning trading on the New York Stock Exchange, their highest value since June 20.
Guidant shareholders voted in April to accept $76 in cash and stock, totaling $25.4 billion, in a pending acquisition offer by Johnson & Johnson.


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Billionaire Bill Gates arrives in Kenya
He is set to meet stakeholders in the private sector.
•The Microsoft founder is set to meet government officials and other stakeholders in the private sector.
•Gates will tour Makueni County and is will be hosted by Governor Mutula Kilonzo Jnr.
by NANCY KAMAU
BILL GATES: "The commitment this week to combat preventable diseases and save millions more lives through the Global Fund replenishment is a great step forward."
American businessman Bill Gates is in Kenya and is expected to hold a series of public engagements.
The Microsoft founder is set to meet government officials and other stakeholders in the private sector.
Gates will tour Makueni County and will be hosted by Governor Mutula Kilonzo Jnr.
Reports indicate that he will visit the Makueni Mother and Child hospital and Kathonzweni Health Centre.
He will also visit national and local leaders, partners, and grantees and also meet with regional scientists and innovators.
Gates will announce Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's commitment to supporting new innovations and ingenuity aimed at improving health, food security, and gender equality in African countries.
Together with the foundation leaders, they will visit and learn from farmers who are using digital tools to help with climate adaptation, see how primary health care clinics have delivered care during the pandemic and helped address ongoing threats like HIV, TB, and malaria.
Gates will also participate in a conversation with university students, to learn and share perspectives on how innovative tools and approaches can bolster efforts to increase food security and support climate adaptation across Africa.
The founder of Bill and Melinda Foundation last visited the country in 2016 and appraised innovations by young Kenyans.
[PHOTOS] Ruto meets Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation African director Seydi
Ruto said Kenya will employ technology to roll out the UHC programme.
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Discovery: Nick Hakim
By Benjamin Lindsay
ABOVE: NICK HAKIM. PHOTO COURTESY OF WILLIAM HACKER
Having just moved to Brooklyn, singer-songwriter Nick Hakim is a New York newbie, but if his exceptional debut EP is any indication, the Washington, D.C. native is here to stay. Where Will We Go Pt. 1 is emotionally rich and runs the gamut of R&B, jazz, folk, and Motown, taking cues from greats like Marvin Gaye and Harry Nilsson. Despite subtly explicating late-night grievances of the heart and mind, Hakim's entrance into Brooklyn's music scene is one of grand proportions.
Prior to Where Will We Go's release on July 14, Hakim has been taking to stages across the northeast to tease what he has in store. You can see him next this Friday performing as part of Rooftop Films' concert series at downtown Brooklyn's Metrotech Commons. Come August, he'll also have a lengthy residency at Williamsburg's Baby's All Right. Hakim has a surprise for the interim. He just postponed his London summer tour to September, saying that something else has unexpectedly fallen in his lap —mum's the word on the news for now, but it's something good, surely.
In advance of Friday's Brooklyn outing, we spoke with Hakim about growing up in a culturally eclectic household (his parents are Chilean and Peruvian), finding beauty in midnight brooding, and with his newest single, "Cold," mending the breakup blues.
CURRENT CITY: Brooklyn, New York
FINDING GOD (OR SOMETHING LIKE IT): I think that the whole project [Where Will We Go Pt. 1] collectively touches on a phase that I went through. There were a lot of things going on in my world that I had to deal with—death and, I don't know, religion. I had a few friends of mine that died, some of my family members passed. I always kind of had a very conflicting perspective on religion growing up. I had one parent that was extremely religious and one parent that wasn't religious at all. I'd think about it a lot. It's, like, where in the mix are we after this? Like, if we're just gonna be buried in the dirt or if there's another place that we go to. I feel like that consumes a lot of people's thoughts. It definitely messed with my head for a little while.
WRITING BREAKUP SONGS: There's gonna be songs that on the surface, they sound like a breakup song. Well, one of them is; a song that I recently wrote called "Cold." It's not about one person so much as it is a few different [people]. It's a giant storm of some of the people I was with. And I guess in the end, there's kind of a sarcasm to it. There's a happy little ending or something… "It goes on."
CREATING CATHARSIS: Sometimes [when performing] I really remember how I felt when I was writing the songs because it was pretty hard to write some of these songs. Some of them, I'd be up all night not able to sleep or I'd be up all night with, like, my microphone on and literally just recording all these ideas based off of what was going on in my head. I think now I'm working on a whole other sound, and a whole other project, so these songs are kind of old to me now. I think it's kind of interesting because these songs were written a while ago. Everybody's kind of new to it except for me and the people that were involved. Obviously I'm always going to be attached to these songs, and I'll always remember that phase I was going through as I was writing them.
RAISED IN A MUSICAL HOUSEHOLD: My parents both play guitar and sing really old folk songs from South America, and it definitely affected the way I approach music. The nature of my home back in D.C., there was always so much music being listened to. And also my older brother—he plays drums in a punk band, and he was really heavy in that whole hardcore punk scene in D.C. And my little brother, he was always playing his guitar, he's inseparable with his guitar. Definitely, we learned a lot from my folks, and definitely just always around people playing music so it's been kind of a natural thing.
D.C. TO BROOKLYN: It's hard making money. I mean, it's not really hard to make money, you just have to work a lot. It's been cool because there's always some shows going on, a good hang out. I go to shows a lot. I love living here, man. There's a lot of awesome people here… I ride my bike most everywhere; I like riding it across the Brooklyn Bridge. And I like long walks on the beach… nah, I'm just kidding.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON NICK HAKIM, VISIT HIS FACEBOOK OR SOUNDCLOUD. CATCH HIM THIS FRIDAY, JUNE 27 AT ROOFTOP FILMS AT METROTECH COMMONS.


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Yvonne B. Miller: First African-American Woman Elected to the Senate of Virginia
0 Posted by Jae Jones - February 6, 2019 - LATEST POSTS
Yvonne B. Miller was a role model for all women. She was the first African-American woman to sit in the House of Delegates, and later she became the first African-American woman elected to the Senate of Virginia and to chair a General Assembly committee.
Miller was born in 1934 as Yvonne Bond in Edenton, North Carolina, the eldest child of thirteen, to John T. and Pency C. Bond; she was raised in Norfolk after her family moved there. She attended local public schools, which were then segregated by state law.
Bond attended all-black Norfolk Division of Virginia State College, a historically black college (now Norfolk State University), for two years. She completed a B.S. degree in 1956 from the segregated, all-black Virginia State College (also a historically black college) in Petersburg, now Virginia State University. While in college, she became a lifetime member of Zeta Phi Beta sorority.
After college, Miller taught in the Norfolk Public Schools, then segregated by state law imposed in the 19th century. She later earned an M.A. degree in the summer Teacher's College program at Columbia University in 1962 and a Ph.D. in education from the University of Pittsburgh in 1973. She joined the education faculty at Norfolk State, becoming a professor and head of the Department of Early Childhood/Elementary Education.
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Miller was also the first African-American woman in Virginia to serve in each house, she was consistently re-elected to the Senate. At the time of her death, Miller was the longest-serving woman in the Virginia Senate. Miller died on July 3, 2012, she was one day away from turning 78.
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An encroachment occurs when someone or something unlawfully occupies or crosses onto another's land. In the most typical scenario, an encroachment results from a neighbor building some form of improvement which spans across the property line. In another common scenario, the neighbor might tend another's land as if he were the true owner, planting trees or shrubs and mowing the grass. Others have faced encroachments in the form of vagrants taking residence beneath outdoor covered spaces or within wooded acreage.
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BCS Coming & Going: Retail, Restaurants, Businesses, etc (2020)
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Slagathor
In reply to patrick.redmill • 11:26a, 8/7/20
Not to mention with Abuelo's being closed, too.
FlyRod
11:39a, 8/7/20
Between this, Pei Wei, and the uncertain future of Grub's location, that development is going to be hit *hard*. If I owned that development, I'd be on the horn with Tai *now* to see if there was anything I could do to keep Veritas in that spot.
I don't think Tai owns the location. I'm not surprised too much...he shifted his focus to more "BCS friendly" restaurants (lower prices, less interesting/innovative food). Still it will be missed.
Goose83
Bad time to be vested in real estate that leases exclusively to restaurants.
1:12p, 8/7/20
Verona's probably had the highest rent payment of any of his locations. I'm sure the decision was made that between rent being high, and it being a higher price point meal (which less dollars are being spent at these days, especially with A&M not doing its normal entertaining business with wining and dining), he chose to cut his losses and support the other locations.
Probably a similar decision that Eccell made to change their convent to more casual, cheaper options to get more feet through the door.
Chef Tai said on the KBTX story about Ronin that he was behind on rent, as most everyone is, but that they'd made arrangements to defer payments until later.
Sad, but hopefully the local businesses can get some much needed help with students coming back to town and spending money.
Indeed. Students won't have the kind of cash that keeps the flagship places going though. I guess the fast food places will do ok.
You'd be surprised, and every bit helps!
Students are not necessarily budget conscious these days...
Collectonian
Well that sucks about Veritas :-( I admit, I've only been to that one once, but we absolutely love Paolo's and Madden's Casual.
I wonder if it's purely COVID or things were stretched too thin with acquiring Madden's plus doing Urban Table (which had good food the one time we went, and I know my partner has gone multiple times since then).
1:44p, 8/11/20
It looks like Honolulu Poke House in Culpepper has closed. Sign was gone and lease sign in the window.
Tailgate88
In reply to Collectonian • 5:27p, 8/11/20
Collectonian said:
Sad to hear it, as it was the first Poke house in town, and we frequented it often. But since Poke Stop opened, we haven't been back. Mainly because they are closer, but I think a bit higher quality fish too. Funny how a decade ago there was no sushi, no poke.... no we have lots. And Nams is even dipping their toe in the Dim Sum pool!
JayHowdy!
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New restaurant coming to Urban Bricks center on Texas.
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I just saw this too. Rush Bowls coming to the Kohl's center. A little too healthy for me, but I am sure a lot of people will like it.
In reply to JayHowdy! • 12:57p, 8/12/20
Looks like a good addition, different than the same old stuff recycled under a different name. And I dang sure ain't making a trip to Chicago to try any of these foods! Looking forward to trying it.
src94
KBTX had a piece last night on Gate 12 Bar and Grill at Easterwood (GA side, old FBO building). Hoping to be open in Nov. I'm ready for this. Cody is doing great work and the place looks awesome!
ratfacemcdougal
In reply to src94 • 2:27p, 8/12/20
Love the Brenham and Fredericksburg airport restaurants...looking forward to this one.
techno-ag
Stein Mart declares bankruptcy, closing stores. Corona Virus got another one.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/stein-mart-files-chapter-11-150555263.html
The Brazos Kid
In reply to techno-ag • 6:14p, 8/12/20
techno-ag said:
My wife won't be happy about that...
war hymn aggie
I'd be concerned with parking availability if I was Fat Papa's.
Carney's has "reopened" with TABC approval. Given their outdoor seating and underrated burgers (IMO), I'll be checking them out.
Drove by this afternoon. Sign is still up and their open sign was flashing in the window.
In reply to MiMi • 10:47p, 8/12/20
MiMi said:
Hmmm... could have sworn that was the spot, but guess it was a different one and my brain conflated them.
In reply to Collectonian • 11:28p, 8/12/20
I don't think the Sweet Horse Bubble Tea is still in business (to the left of Tanaka Ramen). I don't think I noticed their signage when I drove by, but I was focused on Poke at the time.
frito bandito
In reply to ratfacemcdougal • 8:31a, 8/13/20
ratfacemcdougal said:
Did not know that the Southern Flyer had re-opened. That is good news, always a good meal there.
EBrazosAg
In reply to frito bandito • 9:22a, 8/13/20
frito bandito said:
Brenham (Southern Flyers) has not reopened ... at least not reliably. I would call before going. Houston aviators FB pages indicate it's not open at all. The business has not had a FB post in months.
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snaglepuss
In reply to EBrazosAg • 11:01a, 8/13/20
EBrazosAg said:
There website says they are CLOSED.
susieq30
In reply to EBrazosAg • 2:08p, 8/13/20
Their website says "Closed for Now" so maybe after the pandemic is over.
Thanks for that info susieq
Sinuso
8:40a, 8/14/20
Red Lobster has a big "Space For Lease" sign out front....
Aggie09Derek
In reply to Sinuso • 9:24a, 8/14/20
Pretty great location and maybe someone can sign a pretty favorable lease there right now.
JMac03
I passed On the Border this morning - and their big tall sign in the air - OTB has been removed and its just purple.
The signs are still on the building and a huge we are open sign. Not sure what is going on with the big sign.
KidDoc
In reply to Aggie09Derek • 10:44a, 8/14/20
Aggie09Derek said:
With COVID and now fall Football up in the air almost all of the locations on University are jumping ship. Abuelo's, Golden Corral, Veritas, that wok place, Grub-- all empty. It is turning into a pretty large stretch of empty buildings.
In reply to KidDoc • 10:57a, 8/14/20
Definitely some good lease terms to be had for sure.
KidDoc said:
Golden Corral closed??
It's gonna be a long time before you see any more buffet-style places again. Cafeteria style may be gone as well.
halibut sinclair
That noise you hear is techo crying in the corner.
In reply to JMac03 • 1:47p, 8/14/20
JMac03 said:
Just kidding. Sign pro putting them back up now.
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Q: No package stress available. How to install stress on CentOS 7.2? I'm running virtual machine CentOS 7.2 on Azure and want to install stress tool for some test related to Alert.
The point is even though i installed latest repository 7.6, i still wasn't be able to install stress.
[root@azure-virtualmachine ~]# yum install epel-release
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, langpacks
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
 * epel: ftp.iij.ad.jp
Package epel-release-7-6.noarch already installed and latest version
Nothing to do

[root@azure-virtualmachine ~]# yum install stress
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, langpacks
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
 * epel: ftp.riken.jp
No package stress available.

Someone tell me how to fix this please?

A: Stress is not available (yet) in Epel-Repository for RHEL 7. Google will find a RPM you can download from: ftp://fr2.rpmfind.net/linux/dag/redhat/el7/en/x86_64/dag/RPMS/stress-1.0.2-1.el7.rf.x86_64.rpm and install with yum localinstall stress-1.0.2-1.el7.rf.x86_64.rpm.

A: stress is now packaged in the EPEL 7 repository so this should be the preferred way of installation. To enable this repo, you should follow the instructions from the Fedora Wiki and install the epel-release package. Once enabled, you can then install stress. For example:
sudo yum install -y epel-release
sudo yum install -y stress

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Organic potatoes contain more microelements that are often deficient in soil
Foods grown using organic farming methods are said to be healthier than foods grown using conventional means. One of the advantages that organic produce has over conventional produce is that they are free of harmful chemicals, which are used in conventional farming to nourish crops and control pests and weeds. Organic farming is also believed to increase the nutritional quality of foods.
To further delineate the differences between organic and conventional foods, researchers at the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn investigated the effect of three production systems, namely, conventional, integrated and organic farming, on the micronutrient and trace element content of tubers belonging to very early, early and medium-early maturing potato cultivars.
The researchers found that organic farming allows crops to obtain more essential micronutrients from the soil than either conventional farming or integrated farming systems. These microelements are crucial not only for plant growth and development but also for plant survival. Research also suggests that these nutrients can influence the appearance of plants and, most importantly, their fruit yields.
The researchers discussed their findings in an article published in the journal Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica, Section B – Soil & Plant Science.
Organic farming ensures good plant nutrition
Today, modern farmers have a variety of options when it comes to raising animals and growing crops. Organic farming, conventional farming and integrated farming are three of the most common production systems currently used in agriculture.
In organic farming, farmers use natural fertilizers (e.g., farm manure, organic compost), herbicides and pesticides to support the growth of their crops. They also use natural methods (e.g., clean housing, rotational grazing) to keep their livestock healthy and feed them nothing but organic and chemical-free feed. (Related: Do you know the history of organic farming?)
In conventional farming, farmers rely on chemical fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides to ensure the quality and quantity of their produce. They also use growth hormones and antibiotics to accelerate the growth of their livestock and keep them safe from diseases. Conventionally raised farm animals also have less access (or none at all) to the outdoors than organically raised animals.
Integrated farming is a relatively new approach that combines livestock and crop production to reduce costs and waste and improve income. In this agricultural system, waste from one component (e.g., livestock) is used to sustain the other component (e.g., crops or fish). Besides ensuring that farm waste is eliminated sensibly, integrated farming also promotes ecological diversity by including both plants and animals in the production.
For their study, Polish researchers grew five local potato cultivars using the three above-mentioned production systems under field conditions. They then analyzed samples from each to determine the amounts of select microelements and trace elements they contained.
Microelements that the researchers looked for included boron (B), copper (Cu), iron (Fe), manganese (Mn) and zinc (Zn) that are essential for living organisms. They also tested for trace elements, such as chromium (Cr), nickel (Ni) and lead (Pb), which are all important but are considered non-essential nutrients.
The researchers found that the micronutrient and trace element content of potato tubers were influenced by three factors, namely, the type of production system used to grow them, plant genotype and weather conditions during the growing season. Organic potatoes had higher B and Cu content but lower Fe, Mn and Zn content than potatoes grown in either conventional or integrated systems. Meanwhile, conventionally grown potatoes had the highest Pb content.
Organic cultivation resulted in better alimentation of potato tubers with B and Cu, which are crucial elements for plant growth and survival but are often found to be deficient in soil. In contrast, the researchers noted that conventional farming required the use of fertilizers to ensure adequate plant nutrition.
Based on these findings, the researchers concluded that organic farming is the best cultivation system to use as it ensures that crops receive proper nourishment, especially ample amounts of essential micronutrients.
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Джоана Ръс () (22 февруари 1937 – 29 април 2011 г.) е американска писателка, една от основните фигури в англоезичната фантастика и съвременната феминистка литература.

Биография и творчество
Джоана Ръс у родена на 22 февруари 1937 г. в Ню Йорк, САЩ.

Следва в два университета – Корнел и Йейл. От първия получава бакалавърска степен по английски език, а от втория магистърска степен в областта на изящните изкуства. Била е студентка на Владимир Набоков. В началото на 1970-те г. на 20 в. започва работа като професор по английски език в Университета Вашингтон (в Сиатъл). Освен писател, тя е и известен есеист в областта на модерния феминизъм и литературната критика.

Кариера в областта на научната фантастика
Публикува първия си разказ, Nor Custom Sale, през 1959 г. Името ѝ се свързва с течението Нова вълна в американската фантастика. Произведенията ѝ са близки по тематика до тези на Урсула Ле Гуин и Самюъл Дилейни. Първият ѝ роман излиза през 1968 г. и носи заглавието Picnic on Paradise. Историята е част от цикъл произведения за амазонката Аликс, която е един от първите пълнокръвни женски образи в световната фантастика. Романът получава номинация за наградата Небюла, а цикълът оказва сравнително голямо влияние върху модерното фентъзи – Фриц Лейбър използва Аликс в някои свои истории за Фафърд и Сивия мишелов, а Самюъл Дилейни сочи творбите на Джоана Ръс като вдъхновение за своя цикъл Return to Neveryon.

Джоана Ръс е най-активна в областта на научната фантастика през 1970-те години. Тогава са публикувани най-известните ѝ романи. След Picnic on Paradise излиза And Chaos Died – предизвикателен като структура и стил роман, в който авторката се опитва да предаде чрез нетипични повествователни техники различни форми на екстрасензорни преживявания. Книгата е приветствана от критиката и колегите на Ръс като новаторска. През 1970 г. произведението е номинирано за Небюла, а Робърт Силвърбърг пише специален предговор за него, в който сравнява четенето на Джоана Ръс със ски-слалом, а това на творбите на другите фантасти – със спокойна разходка в планината.

В следващите няколко години Джона Ръс продължава с експериментите си. През 1972 г. в антологията на Харлан Елисън Again, Dangerous Visions е включен When It Changed (написан е през 1969 г.). Разказът е поредната стъпка на Ръс към разчупването на представите за половите роли в литературата и в обществото като цяло. Разказващият историята е човек със съпруга и деца, който живее на планета, наречена Whileaway, преоткрита от човечеството след години на изолация. Авторката не дава информация за пола на героя си (женски) и обществото на планетата (изцяло женско) в продължение на няколко страници. When It Changed се превръща в жанропроменящо произведение и до днес е един от класическите разкази на съвременната фантастика. Номиниран е за награда Хюго, става петата творба на Ръс, която получава номинация за Небюла, и първата, която печели наградата; получава ретроспективна награда Джеймс Типтри - младши през 1996 г. и през 1999 г. читателите на сп. Локус го включват в класацията си за най-добри разкази на всички времена.

През 1975 г. Джоана Ръс публикува третия си роман. The Female Man, едно от най-дискутираните и влиятелни произведения в модерната феминистка проза, се смята за върха в творческата кариера на писателката. Романът е сред най-радикалните и експериментални фантастики и централен за утопичната литература от втората половина на 20 в. Номиниран е за Небюла и печели ретроспективна награда Джеймс Типтри – младши. Произведението е изградено от четири преплитащи се сюжетни линии и описва четири различни свята от бъдещето или алтернативното настояще. Четирите героини са превъплъщения на жената от 20 в. в различни общества. Един от световете е планетата Whileaway. Разказът "Едно старомодно момиче", който е преведен и на български, е част от The Female Man.

Следващият роман на Ръс е We Who Are About To… от 1977 г. Произведението е остра критика на едно от най-разпространените клишета в научната фантастика: катастрофиралия на непозната планета кораб, чийто екипаж оцелява в новите условия и успява да изгради колония.

Последния си фантастичен роман Джоана Ръс написва през 1978 г. The Two of Them е история за две жени от различни общества. Едното е планета, на която властва религия, подобна на исляма, а другото е нашият свят от бъдещето, в който мъжете и жените са равни. Според някои критици този роман е най-силният на авторката. Произведението е предмет на анализ в книгата на Карл Фрийдмън Critical Theory and Science Fiction.

От началото на 1980-те г. Ръс пише предимно кратки произведения. Издава три сборника с разкази и повести – The Zanzibar Cat (1984), Extra(ordinary) People (1984) и The Hidden Side of the Moon (1987). Повестта ѝ Souls печели наградите Хюго и Локус през 1983 г.

Поради сериозни здравословни проблеми Джоана Ръс почти не пише в последните години.

Други произведения
Джоана Ръс има няколко книги с критика и есеистика. За постиженията си в първата област получава наградата Pilgrim през 1988 г.

През 1980 г. излиза автобиографичният ѝ роман On Strike Against God. А две години по-рано, през 1978 г., детската книжка Kittatinny: A Tale of Magic.

Библиография

Романи
 "Пикник в рая" (Picnic on Paradise) (1968)
 And Chaos Died (1970)
 The Female Man (1975)
 We Who Are About To… (1977)
 The Two of Them (1978)
 Kittatinny: A Tale of Magic (1978)
 On Strike Against God (1980)

Сборници
 The Adventures of Alyx (1976)
 The Zanzibar Cat (1984)
 Extra (ordinary) People (1984)
 The Hidden Side of the Moon (1987)

Критика
 How to Suppress Women's Writing (1983)
 Magic Mammas, Trembling Sisters, Puritans and Perverts: Feminist Essays (1985)
 To Write Like a Woman (1996)
 What Are We Fighting For?: Sex, Race, Class, and the Future of Feminism (1997)
 The Country You Have Never Seen (предстои)

Награди
 Награди Хюго:
 1983 (Най-добра повест – "Souls")
 Награди Небюла:
 1973 (Най-добър разказ – "When It Changed")

Американски писателки
Американски писатели фантасти
Американски писатели феминисти
Носители на награда "Небюла"
Носители на награда Хюго
Университет "Корнел"
Родени в Ню Йорк
Починали в Тусон

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Apamea is located on the right bank of the Orontes river about 55 km to the north west of Hama . It overlooks the Ghab valley and was built by Seleucus Nicator, the first king of the Seleucids in Syria in 300 BC. He named it after his parisian wife, Afamea.
The city flourished to an extent that its population numbered half a million. As an Eastern crossroads, it received many distinguished visitors: Cleopetra, Septimus Severus and the Emperor Caracalla.
In the Christian era, Apamea became a center of philosophy and thought, especially of Monophostism.
Most of the uncovered ruins in it date back to the Roman and Byzantine ages. It is distinguished for its high walls and the main thoroughfare surrounded by columns with twisted fluting. The street is 1850 meters long and 87 meters wide. The ruins of the Roman theater which have been frequently disturbed, are now a great mass of stone.
Its colonnade (The Cardo Maximus) is 145 meters long. Erected in the 2nd century, it was destroyed in the 12th century by two violent earthquakes; some columns are still standing nevertheless.
To the west of the city, stands the Mudiq citadel, which once formed a defense line along the Orontes.
Fierce battles with Crusaders attempting to conquer it took place in the 12th century, and Nour Eddin finally surrendered it in 1149.
The citadel has huge towers, overlooking the Ghab valley. It also has a Khan (Inn) built by Ottomans in the 16th century which was transformed into an archaeological museum housing Apamea's wonderful mosaics, paintings, and 15,000 cuneiform clay tablets.


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Omega Pharma Launches Zantac Into Grocery Market
September 04, 2014 12:05 PM By square1
Omega Pharma is launching the popular heartburn and acid indigestion reliever, Zantac, into grocery for the first time this month.
The move coincides with a relaunch of the brand, which is the Number One H2 Antagonist in Ireland and has a 30-year heritage providing long-lasting relief from heartburn and acid indigestion. The relaunch will include a robust ATL campaign including TV advertising, Video On Demand and a digital presence along with PR support.
With 44% of the population suffering from Heartburn and Acid Indigestion (H&I) in Ireland, affecting both men and women, H&I is one of the largest OTC categories in grocery.
Fiona Keenan, Omega Pharma said: "This significant investment in Zantac reflects our commitment to supporting the brand, which has a 30-year heritage in providing long-lasting relief from heartburn and acid indigestion in Ireland. We know heartburn and acid indigestion affects a huge amount for people in Ireland and Zantac is ideally positioned to provide long-lasting relief through the day or night."
Zantac 75mg is an effective treatment for the relief of heartburn and indigestion. Each tablet contains 75mg ranitidine, an H2 antagonist, which works by preventing the body from producing too much stomach acid, providing relief from heartburn and indigestion. Zantac is fast-acting and has the power to relieve heartburn and indigestion for up to 12 hours, thereby providing all day or all night relief.
Zantac 75 is available in 6s at an RRP €3.99. For all enquiries please contact [email protected] or please call 01-8790600.


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Q: Unexpected token > jquery ajax I'm making an ajax call to a webmethod and I'm getting the error "unexpected Token >"  I'm not sure why I'm getting this.. Any ideas?
function addToQueue(me) {

    if (validateTimeFrame()) {
        $.ajax({
            method: "POST",
            url: "GenerateReportModal.aspx/AddToPrintQueue?id=" + $('#patientNum').val(),
            data: {buttonID: me.id},
            dataType: "json",
            success: function (data, textStatus, jqXHR) {
                alert(data);
                $('#GenerateReportModal').dialog('close');
            },
            error: function (jqXHR, textStatus, errorThrown) {
                console.log(errorThrown + ' ' + textStatus);
                console.log(jqXHR);
                $('#GenerateReportModal').dialog('close');
            }
        });
    }
}

<----------------------------------------------->
[WebMethod]
public string AddToPrintQueue(string buttonID)
{
    try
    {
        var deIdentify = 0;
        var adminUserNum = Int32.Parse(Session["AdminUserNum"].ToString());

        if ((Session["AdminUserNum"].ToString() == "6460" || Session["AdminUserNum"].ToString() == "6537" || Session["AdminUserNum"].ToString() == "7885") && (Session["ClinicalDataAdmin"].ToString() == "1" || Session["AccountAdmin"].ToString() == "1" || Session["SystemAdmin"].ToString() == "1"))
            deIdentify = (cbDeIdentify.Checked == true) ? 1 : 0;
        else
            deIdentify = 0;

        switch (buttonID)
        {
            case "FollowUpAddtoQueue":
                FollowUpAddToQueueClass(deIdentify);
                break;
            case "WearTimeAddToQueue":
                WearTimeAddToQueueClass(deIdentify);
                break;
            case "TrendsAddToQueue":
                TrendsAddToQueueClass(deIdentify);
                break;
            case "EndOfUseAddToQueue":
                EndofUseAddToQueueClass(deIdentify);
                break;
        }
     }
     catch
     {
        return "There was an issue, we appologize for the inconvenience";
     }

     return "Added to print queue";
 }

<---------------------------------------------------->
<asp:Button runat="server" OnClientClick="return addToQueue(this); return false;" CssClass="button" ID="EndOfUseAddToQueue" Width="150" Text="<%$ Resources:PatientDetail, btnModAddtoQueue %>" />

A: You're returning a string from your Webmethod, but you've told jQuery to expect JSON.
$.ajax({
    //...
    dataType: "json",
    //...
});

Change that to text (or take it out completely) and see if that solves your problem. Refer to the dataType property of the jQuery AJAX documentation.

A: dataType: "json", asks you to return json type from webmethod!! So you need to decorate your webmethod with below line
[WebMethod]
[ScriptMethod(ResponseFormat = ResponseFormat.Json)] //Add this
public string AddToPrintQueue(string buttonID)
{
     try
     {
           //Your other code
     }
     catch
     {
          return "There was an issue, we appologize for the inconvenience";
     }

     return "Added to print queue";
}

In addition to this try specifying contentType in your ajax call as below:
$.ajax({
      method: "POST",
      url: "GenerateReportModal.aspx/AddToPrintQueue?id=" + $('#patientNum').val(),
      data: {buttonID: me.id},
      contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8", //Add this line too
      dataType: "json",
      success: function (data, textStatus, jqXHR) {
              alert(data);
              $('#GenerateReportModal').dialog('close');
      },
      error: function (jqXHR, textStatus, errorThrown) {
              console.log(errorThrown + ' ' + textStatus);
              console.log(jqXHR);
              $('#GenerateReportModal').dialog('close');
      }
});

A: I think WebMethod doesn't accept query string parameter. You should try to call webmethod by only post method.

A: One quickie might be related to the question itself or might just be an tip on the road.
This line: data: {buttonID: me.id} makes your webmethod believe that you are sending them an object named buttonID and not as a string as stated in your C# method.
You should change to data: {'buttonID': me.id} if you want it to be seen as a string and not an object.

A: I got it to work by making the webmethod static...
[WebMethod]
public static string AddToPrintQueue(string buttonID)
{
...
}

Bit of a bummer because I could no longer reference the input objects directly from the aspx page.  All the values needed to be passed through the ajax call.


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3 Palestinians, including teenager, killed in Gaza protest
0 0 Friday, October 5, 2018 Edit this post
© The Associated Press Palestinians run for cover from teargas fired from Israeli troops during a protest at the Gaza Strip's border with Israel, Friday, Oct. 5, 2018. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip
Israeli forces shot dead three Palestinians, including a 13-year-old boy, as thousands of people protested Friday along the fence dividing the Gaza Strip and Israel, Gaza's Health Ministry said.
The ministry said the boy was struck in the chest, a 24-year-old man was shot in the back and another man, 28, succumbed to his wounds at hospital.
It added that 126 protesters were wounded by live fire.
Responding to calls by Hamas, the Islamic militant group that rules Gaza, thousands of Palestinians thronged five areas along the fence, burning tires, throwing rocks and chanting slogans against a stifling Israeli-Egyptian blockade on the territory.
The Israeli military said about 20,000 protesters participated. They threw explosive devices and grenades toward the troops which used tear gas and live fire to disperse the crowds, it added.
At least at two locations, young men with bolt cutters tore the frontier fence but did not break into Israeli territory, according to the military.
Israeli aircraft carried out two airstrikes in what the army said was a response to the firing of explosives. One strike hit less than 50 meters away from two clearly marked press cars belonging to The Associated Press. A cameraman said journalists, ambulances and vendors were in the area, about 250 meters away from the fence. There were no casualties.
Hamas, which violently seized the territory from the Palestinian Authority in 2007 after winning legislative elections a year earlier, wants an end to the blockade that has shattered the economy and put the unemployment rate at more than 50 percent, plaguing most of Gaza's 2 million residents.
Hamas has initiated the protests in March on weekly basis but escalated and intensified them recently after Egyptian-mediated efforts to broker a cease-fire deal easing the closure faltered.
The number of participants was higher than last Friday, which, at seven deaths, was the deadliest in the last four months. While hundreds breached the fence last Friday, only dozens ventured to the fortified boundary today.
Israeli fire has killed 148 Palestinians, including 33 children under the age of 18, since the protests began in March. In August, a Gaza sniper shot dead an Israeli soldier, prompting cross-border exchange of gun and rocket fire that fueled fears of a full-blown war.
Khalil al-Hayya, a senior Hamas official who attended the rally in east Gaza, said his movement will not give up on lifting the blockade. "We don't seek confrontations, but we want freedom," he said.
Earlier Friday, Hamas' leader told an Israeli newspaper that another war in the Gaza Strip is "definitely not in our interest."
Hebrew daily Yedioth Ahronoth published a rare interview with Yahya Sinwar on Friday in which he viewed a cease-fire with Israel as entailing "complete calm" and an end to the blockade of Gaza. He said "through war we don't achieve anything."
Hamas later issued a statement saying the Italian reporter who conducted the interview misrepresented herself and didn't say she worked for Yedioth Ahronoth.
World - U.S. Daily News: 3 Palestinians, including teenager, killed in Gaza protest
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https://world.dailynews.us.com/2018/10/3-palestinians-including-teenager.html


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package com.friskysoft.test.tests;

import com.friskysoft.framework.Browser;
import com.friskysoft.test.framework.BaseTests;
import com.friskysoft.test.utils.TestConstants;
import org.assertj.core.api.Assertions;
import org.openqa.selenium.UnhandledAlertException;
import org.testng.Assert;
import org.testng.annotations.BeforeMethod;
import org.testng.annotations.Test;

public class BrowserTests extends BaseTests {

    @BeforeMethod
    public void openUrl() {
        browser.open(baseUrl + loginPath);
    }

    @Test
    public void loginTests() {
        String actualMessage;

        loginPage.login(TestConstants.TEST_USERNAME, "");
        Assert.assertEquals(browser.getCurrentUrl(), baseUrl + loginPath);
        actualMessage = loginPage.flashMessage.waitToBeVisible().getText();
        Assert.assertEquals(actualMessage, "Password cannot be empty");

        loginPage.login("", TestConstants.TEST_PASSWORD);
        Assert.assertEquals(browser.getCurrentUrl(), baseUrl + loginPath);
        actualMessage = loginPage.flashMessage.waitToBeVisible().getText();
        Assert.assertEquals(actualMessage, "Username cannot be empty");

        loginPage.login("", "");
        Assert.assertEquals(browser.getCurrentUrl(), baseUrl + loginPath);
        actualMessage = loginPage.flashMessage.waitToBeVisible().getText();
        Assert.assertEquals(actualMessage, "Username and Password cannot be empty");

        loginPage.login("abc", "123");
        Assert.assertEquals(browser.getCurrentUrl(), baseUrl + loginPath);
        actualMessage = loginPage.flashMessage.waitToBeVisible().getText();
        Assert.assertEquals(actualMessage, "Bad Credentials");

        loginPage.username.clear().type(TestConstants.TEST_USERNAME);
        loginPage.password.clear().type(TestConstants.TEST_PASSWORD);
        loginPage.submit.click();
        Assert.assertEquals(browser.getCurrentUrl(), baseUrl + homePath);

    }

    @Test
    public void jqueryTriggers() {
        browser.injectJQuery();
        loginPage.submit.triggerHover().triggerClick();
        Assert.assertEquals(browser.getCurrentUrl(), baseUrl + loginPath);
        String actualMessage = loginPage.flashMessage.waitToBeVisible().getText();
        Assert.assertEquals(actualMessage, "Username and Password cannot be empty");
    }

    @Test
    public void moveWindow() {
        browser.moveWindow(100, 500);
    }

    @Test
    public void moveToCenter() {
        browser
                .minimize()
                .resize(800, 600)
                .moveToCenter();
    }

    @Test
    public void minimize() {
        browser.minimize();
    }

    @Test
    public void screenshot() {
        browser.takeScreenshot();
    }

    @Test
    public void fullpageScreenshot() {
        browser.open(baseUrl + largePagePath);
        browser.takeScreenshot(true);
    }

    @Test
    public void driverQuit() {
        browser.quit();
        browser.quit();
        browser.quit();
    }

    @Test
    public void driverClose() {
        browser.close();
        browser.close();
        browser.close();
    }

    @Test
    public void alertHandling() {

        browser.executeScript("alert('Handle me!')");

        //FIXME: Assertions.assertThatThrownBy(() -> loginPage.username.sendKeys("foo")).isInstanceOf(UnhandledAlertException.class);
        //FIXME: Assertions.assertThat(browser.getAlertText()).isEqualTo("Handle me!");

        browser.dismissAlertIfExists();
        loginPage.username.sendKeys("foo");
        browser.dismissAlertIfExists();
        loginPage.username.sendKeys("foo");

        browser.executeScript("alert('Handle me!')");
        //FIXME: Assertions.assertThatThrownBy(() -> loginPage.username.sendKeys("foo")).isInstanceOf(UnhandledAlertException.class);

        browser.dismissAlertIfExists();
        loginPage.username.sendKeys("foo");

        browser.switchToTopWindow();
        loginPage.username.sendKeys("foo");
    }
}


Военен самолет Ан-72 с регистрационен номер UP-72859 катастрофира в Казахстан. Загинали са всичките 27 души на борда му. Със самолета пътували високопоставени военни от казахстанските гранични войски, сред които и директорът на граничната полиция на страната полковник Турганбек Стамбеков.
Машината излетяла от столицата Астана и се разбила на 20 км от летището на Шимкент, южен Казахстан. Полетът в района на катастрофата се изпълнявал в условия на снежна буря, намалена видимост, нощем. Води се разследване.
В результате крушения самолета Ан-72 (UP-72859), которое произошло накануне вечером близ Шымкента, погибли 27 человек, которые находились на борту, в том числе глава Погранслужбы Казахстана Турганбек Стамбеков с супругой.
Также начальник управления пограничных войск "Онтустiк" Павел Доценко и руководители погранотрядов "Кордай" и "Сарыагаш". Все они находились 25 декабря в Астане для участия в заседании Военного совета. Руководство Пограничной службы направлялось в Шымкент для проведения совета в Региональном управлении "Онтустiк".. В настоящее время на месте авиакатастрофы работает межведомственная комиссия по расследованию авиационных инцидентов. В Шымкент вылетел председатель КНБ республики Нуртай Абыкаев. Всю ночь на месте авиакатастрофы работали пожарные, спасатели, полицейские. Во время катастрофы шла буря. По словам очевидцев, самолет пролетел очень низко над селом, затем был сильный взрыв. АН -72 упал в карьер цементного завода.
An Antonov 72 passenger plane (UP-72859) crashed some 20 km from Shymkent Airport (CIT), Kazakhstan. All 20 passengers and seven crew members were killed. The airplane was operated by the Kazakhstan Border Guards. Amnong those killed was acting director of National Security Committee's Border Guard Service, Colonel Turganbek Stambekov. Weather at Shymkent was poor with heavy snowfall and limited visibility.
01.12.2012*/US/ FL/ Palm Beach County/ Pahokee - A T-18 Tiger light plane (N118GG) crashed in a field killing the pilot.
*/US/ MI/ Oceana County/ Walkerville/ Tanner's Swamp - A Bell 47G-2 helicopter (N3755Z) crashed into a swampy area killing the pilot, injuring seriously the passenger.
02.12.2012*/US/ MN/ Rochester/ Rochester International Airport (KRST) - A Cessna 172M Skyhawk plane (N9853Q) missed the runway on landing in heavy fog, bounced and flipped over injuring 2 of the four occupants.
*/US/ IA/ Woodbury County/ Correctionville - A 1961 Beechcraft P35 Bonanza plane (N1566Z) crashed on landing and caught fire killing 2, injuring 1 on board.
The injured man succumbed on 11.02.2013 due to his injuries and burns.
*/US/ HI/ Kahului - A Cessna 172S Skyhawk SP plane (N3554Y) with a pilot on board missing.
*/US/ IN/ Greensburg - A Piper PA-46-350P Malibu Mirage plane (N92315) crashed on approach killing all 4 people on board.
*/US/ MT/ Billings Logan International Airport (KBIL) - An Aerotek Pitts S-1T plane (N49309) crashed and flipped over on landing.
05.12.2012*/Mexico/ Baja California Sur/ 36 km SE of La Paz - A military Zlin 242L plane crashed during a training mission. Both occupants died.
*/US/ NV/ west of Hiko - An UAV General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper crashed during a nighttime training exercise.
*/Germany/ Over Baltic Sea - An Eurocopter AS 350 Ecureuil helicopter with 2 occupants is missing.
*/Zambia/ Muchinga Province/ Shiwangandu area - Zambia Air Force Harbin Z-9 helicopter (AF746) with 11 occupants crashed on takeoff into trees. One person on the ground was hurt in the incident.
*/US/ MO/ SE of Bolivar - A Stinson 108-2 plane (N8775K) experienced a loss of power and clipped trees and power lines during a forced landing in a field.
Eleven people, including six crew members, were killed when the South African National Defence Force Dakota DC3 C47 (6840) crashed in bad weather on Wednesday. The plane left the Waterkloof Air Force Base in Pretoria en route to Mthatha in the Eastern Cape. After initial speculation, the Defence force confirmed that none of former president Nelson Mandela's medical team were not among the victims. President Jacob Zuma sent his condolences to the families of the Drakensberg plane crash victims.
06.12.2012*/India/ New Delhi/ Delhi-Indira Gandhi International Airport (DEL/VIDP) - SpiceJet Boeing 737-9GJ/ER (VT-SPT), operating as flight SG 239 from Delhi to Hyderbad , hit an electric lamp post during taxi for departure damaging the right wing. No injuries.
07.12.2012*/Mexico/ La Yesca Airstrip - A Britten-Norman BN-2A-7 Islander ambulance plane (XC-UPJ) took off with 2 soldiers who had been injured in a traffic accident, but hit a tree and crashed in bushes due to strong winds. The pilot was only slightly injured, and the two soldiers also escaped alive.
*/US/ TX/ Houston Southwest Airport (KAXH) - A Cessna 172M Skyhawk plane (N172BJ) made an emergency landing in a field and flipped over.
*/US/ CO/ Denver/ Centennial Airport (KAPA) - A Cessna 172S Skyhawk SP plane (N415RJ) suffered a bird strike during approach. An eagle broke the windshield of the Cessna 172S. The pilot suffered minor face injuries, but managed to land the plane safely.
*/US/ TX/ Abilene Regional Airport (KABI) - An Enstrom F-28C training helicopter (N574H) made an emergency landing due to an engine failure, damaged.
*/US/ CA/ near Tehachapi Municipal Airport (KTSP) - A Bellanca 7ECA Citabria plane (N8595V) crashed in a field during approach in foggy weather. The pilot escaped minor injured.
*/Netherlands/ Groningen-Eelde Airport (GRQ/EHGG) - A Piper PA-34-220T Seneca V plane (PH-WDL) collapsed the nose gear on landing.
*/US/ AZ/ NE of Phoenix/ Roosevelt Lake - A Robinson R44 Raven II helicopter (N557AC) crashed into Roosevelt Lake. The 3 passengers onboard the helicopter received serious injuries.
*/US/ HI/ Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam - An F-22 fighter jet that had performed a flyover at a Pearl Harbor anniversary event, Friday, later scraped its tail on landing at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, causing an estimated $1.8 million in damage to the jet.
08.12.2012*/Germany/ Hessen/ near Wolfersheim - A Piper PA-32-301 Saratoga (D-EUEU) and a Robin DR.400 (D-EHJP) both crashed following a mid-air collision. All 5 occupants of the Saratoga and all 3 occupants aboard the DR.400 were killed.
*/Russia/ Moscow Oblast - A Robinson R44 II helicopter (RA-04189) crashed killing the 3 occupants on board.
09.12.2012*/Mexico/ near Iturbide - A Learjet 25 corporate jet (N345MC) crashed killing all 7 people on board, including the famous Mexican-American singer Jenni Rivera.
10.12.2012*/US/ IL/ Rochelle - An ambulance MBB BK 117A-3 helicopter (N911BK) crashed in a field killing the pilot and 2 nurses.
*/Brazil/ MG/ Ibia - A Cessna 182P Skylane plane (PT-IMJ) crashed on landing and caught fire.
*/Algeria/ Ain Nehala - Two military planes, reportedly MiGs, collided in a mid-air. Both pilots were killed.
*/Pakistan/ Malir cantonment - A training Cessna 172D Skyhawk plane (AP-BHT) crashed. No injuries.
11.12.2012*/US/ ND/ Grand Forks (KGFK) - Cessna Citation (N212M) sustained substantial damage to both wings while inflight. No injuries.
*/Brazil/ Goias/ Goiania - An Eurocopter AS 350BA Ecureuil helicopter (PT-YSW) crashed while was performing a test flight. No injuries.
12.12.2012*/US/ CA/ San Diego/ North Island Naval Air Station - US Navy Sikorsky MH-60R Seahawk helicopter made a hard landing injuring 4 occupants.
*/Afghanistan/ Helmand province/ Nava district/ Barana area - An unmanned (UAV) aircraft crashed.
13.12.2012*/US/ TN/ Murfreesboro Municipal Airport (KMBT) - A Cessna 172P Skyhawk plane (N54500) ran off the runway and hit a hangar injuring seriously the student pllot.
15.12.2012*/US/ UT/ Logan/ Logan-Cache Airport (KLGU) - A training Robinson R22 Beta II helicopter crashed on landing. Both the instructor pilot and student pilot sustained minor injuries.
*/US/ VA/ Williamsburg International Airport - A Piper PA-28R-180 Cherokee Arrrow plane (N3915T) crashed into a hangar.
*/Colombia/ Aguamansa Bay/ Island of Providencia - A military Sikorsky AH-60L Arpia III helicopter (FAC 4130) made an emergency landing injuring 3 occupants.
16.12.2012*/Tanzania/ Katavi region/ Mpanda district/ Nsemlwa village - A Cessna 182Q Skylane plane (5H-FZS) crashed injuring the pilot.
*/US/ SD/ Winner - A military Sikorsky UH-60 helicopter sustained damage to its rotor and fuselage after striking an airport hangar.
17.12.2012*/UK/ Gloucestershire/ Cheltenham/ Staverton/ Gloucestershire Airport - An Alpi Aviation Pioneer 400 plane (G-CGAJ) collapsed the landing gear on landing.
*/India/ Begumpet Hyderabad airport - An AgustaWestland AW139 helicopter (VT-APC) and 6 trainee aircrafts of the Andhra Pradesh Aviation Academy were destroyed by fire.
*/Italy/ Sondrio Province/ Pizzo Tambo - Guardia di Finanza helciopter crashed injuring seriously the 3 occupants.
*/Australia/ QLD/ Fraser Coast/ Barrum Heads - A Cessna 182A Skylane plane (VH-SGB) crashed on approach killing the pilot.
*/Peru/ Yauyos Cochas province/ Tomas - An Amazon Sky Antonov AN-26, registration OB-1887-P, performing a freight flight from Lima to Cusco Malvinas (Peru), crashed in a mountain and exploded killing all 4 crew members.
18.12.2012*/US/ FL/ Hamilton County/ between Jasper and Live Oak - A training Zenair CH-2000 Alarus plane (N1204D) crashed on landing. No injuries.
19.12.2012*/US/ FL/ Lido Key/ Gulf of Mexico off Lido Beach - A Steen Skybolt plane (N328GW) crashed due to an engine failure and ditched in the Gulf of Mexico. The pilot received minor injuries.
20.12.2012*/US/ NC/ Indian Trail/ Goose Creek Airport (28A) - A single-engine Cessna plane overran the runway on landing and crashed into some bushes and trees.
*/Antarctica/ Holtanna Peak/ Holtanna Glacier - Kenn Borek Air Basler BT-67 plane (C-GEAI) crashed on takeoff injuring slightly 2 passengers.
*/US/ VA/ Hot Springs-Ingalls Field (HSP/KHSP) - A Grumman American AA-5 Traveler plane (N5813L) veered off the runway in gusty wind conditions during landing and hit some trees, damaged. No injuries.
21.12.2012*/US/ OK/ Oklahoma City-Will Rogers Airport (OKC) - A Cessna 550 Citation II plane (N753CC) crashed on landing injuring slightly 1 of the 2 occupants.
22.12.2012*/Canada/ NU/ Sanikiluaq Airport - Kivalliq Air SA227-AC Metro III chartered plane (C-GFWX) crashed on approach killing a six-month old infant and injuring slightly the remaining 8 occupants.
23.12.2012*/US/ MN/ Corcoran - A Robinson R22 Beta II helicopter (N27AT) crashed on landing injuring slightly the pilot.
24.12.2012*/US/ FL/ Leesburg/ Dennis Road - A Piper PA-31-350 Navajo plane (N78WM) crashed on approach killing the pilot and injuring seriously the passenger.
*/US/ TX/ San Antonio/ Twin Oaks Airport - A Globe Swift II plane (N84NS) crashed after takeoff. No injuries.
25.12.2012*/Myanmar/ Heho Airport (HEH) - A Fokker 100 passenger plane (XY-AGC) operated by Air Bagan crashed on approach killing 1 passenger, injuring 8 of 71 people on board. A person who was travelling on a motor cycle on the ground was hit by the aircraft as it landed and was also killed. The fuselage broke in two and a fire erupted, destroying the plane.
26.12.2012*/US/ OK/ Tulsa/ Jones Riverside Airport - The throttle of Cessna-172R plane (N387ES) became stuck as a mechanic was moving the plane from one hanger to another. The plane flipped and the man was injured.
*/Syria/ Hama: Kafar Zeta - Syrian Air Force MiG jet shot down by rebels.
*/Syria/ Mazzeh Mlitary Airport - Syrian Air Force Mi helicopter shot down by rebels.
*/Brazil/ MG/ Para de Minas - A training Piper PA-28-181 Archer III plane (PR-NAX) crashed killing the 2 occupants.
29.12.2012*/US/ TX/ Giddings-Lee County Airport (KGYB) - A Grumman American AA-5B Tiger plane (N4513N) collapsed the nose gear on landing.
A Tupolev 204 passenger plane, RA-64047, owned by Red Wings Airlines, was destroyed following a landing accident at Moscow-Vnukovo Airport (VKO), Russia. The Russian Interior Ministry reported that the captain, copilot, flight engineer and one flight attendant were killed. The remaining four crew members sustained serious injuries. Later the injured flight attendant Tatyana Penkina died due to her injuries. The airplane departed Pardubice Airport (PED), Czech Republic about 11:10 local time as Red Wings Airlines flight RWZ9268 to Moscow-Vnukovo Airport (VKO). Flight 9268 approached from the north and landed on runway 19 about 16:33 local time. The Tu-204 overran the runway and collided with the M3 highway embankment. It broke into three and the forward part of the fuselage came to rest on the highway. The distance between the end of the runway and the embankment is about 320 m on downsloping terrain with a sharp dropoff of 10 metres at the embankment. It had been snowing prior to the accident and there was a significant cross wind with gusts up to 29 knots.
30.12.2012*/India/ Jammu and Kashmir/ Reasi district/ Katra/ Trikuta Mountains foothills - Pawan Hans Helicopters (PHHI) Bell-407 helicopter (VT-PHH) made an emergency landing and tilted injuring the 7 occupants.
*/US/ AZ/ near Chandler airport - A Cessna 210 lost power on approach to the airport and the pilot had to make a forced landing about a quarter-mile south of Chandler Municipal. The plane collapsed the nose gear.
31.12.2012*US/ FL/ Manatee County/ Palmetto - An ultralight plane crashed killing the pilot.
*/Honduras/ San Pedro Sula Airport (SAP) - Easy Sky British Aerospace 3101 Jetstream 31 passenger plane (HR-AWG) veered off the runway and came to rest in a ditch while it was landing. One of the pilots suffered minor injuries.


Macildowie HR is currently working with a fantastic forward thinking business based in Corby, Northamptonshire in recruiting for a HR Officer. This is a fully generalist role and will give you the chance to get involved with various projects. This is a permanent role paying up for ?35,000 depending on experience plus brilliant benefits.
Reporting into the Head of HR, the HR Officer will be responsible for managing the recruitment process including authorising and advertising job roles, reviewing CVs, booking in interviews and providing detailed and appropriate feedback to the candidates. Following on from recruitment, you will also be responsible for the onboarding process ensuring that all offer letters and contracts are issued and completed along with correct and accurate right to work documentation.
You will support the Head of HR with pushing policies and making improvements on the HR systems. You will support with ER cases which will consist of absence and performance.
This role will enable you the opportunity to get involved with the businesses flexible benefits scheme and ensuring that this is maintained when introducing new initiatives.
The business as a whole is looking to step forward with its HR department so you will get the chance to be involved with various projects in order to progress the team. You will also be looking at the new pay grading system for hourly paid employees and implementing new training programs alongside the Training Manager.
This is a brilliant opportunity for someone looking at gaining exposure within a generalist HR role. You will need to have vast experience in a fully generalist role and be used to a fast paced hard hitting background such as manufacturing or logistics. You will be able to use your own initiative to create your own workload when the Head of HR is not on site. You will be able to use data and analysis to show results and be very solutions focused.


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