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Фридрих I (, рођен 11. јула 1657. и умро 25. фебруара 1713) је био кнез изборник Бранденбурга (1688—1713), војвода Пруске (1688—1701), као Фридрих III, и први краљ Пруске (1701—1713). Од 1707. је и кнез Нешатела (створивши персоналну унију).

Биографија

Породица
Рођен је у Кенигзбергу као трећи син Фридриха Вилхелма и његове прве жене Луизе Хенриете фон Насау-Оранске, кћерке Фредерика Оранског Насауског и Амалије од Солмс-Браунфелса. Рођак са мајчине стране му је енглески краљ Вилијам III Орански. Када је његов отац умро, 29. априла 1688, Фридрих је постао кнез изборник Бранденбурга и војвода Пруске. Одмах након устоличења на престо основао је нови град (насеље у данашњем Берлину), јужно од Доротенштадта и назвао га по себи — Фридрихштадт.

Војна каријера
Фридрих I је познат по противљењу Француској, за разлику од свог оца који је хтео да успостави савез са Лујем XIV. Фридрих је прикључио Бранденбург Аугзбуршком савезу против Француске и 1689. и водио војне снаге у савезничкој коалицији. Те године војска је под његовим вођством освојила Бон.

Краљ Пруске
Држава Хоенцолерна је тада била позната као Бранденбург-Пруска. Главна имовина породице била је Маркгрофовија Бранденбург у оквиру Светог римског царства и Војводство Пруска ван царства, којима су владали преко персоналне уније. Иако је био гроф и кнез изборник Бранденбурга и војвода од Пруске, Фридрих жели престижнију титулу краља. Међутим, према закону у то време, не постоји могућност да постоји краљевство унутар Светог римског царства, са изузетком Краљевине Бохемије.

Фридрих је убедио Леополда I, надвојводу Аустрије и цара Светог римског царства, како би се омогућило да се Пруска уздигне у царству. Овај споразум је наводно дао у замену за савез против краља Луја XIV у рату за шпанско наслеђе. Фридрих је тврдио да Пруска никада није била део Светог римског царства, а он је владао преко њега са пуним суверенитетом. Због тога, како је рекао, није постојало правних или политичких препрека пустити га да влада као краљ. Фридриху је у преговорим помагао Шарл Ансилон.

Фридрих је крунисан 18. јануара 1701. у Кенигзбергу. Иако је то учинио уз цареву сагласност, као и са признавањем Августа II, који је држао титулу краља Пољске, Пољско-литванска унија је имала примедбе, и сматрала крунисање незаконитим. У ствари, у складу са одредбама Уговора Вехлау и Бромберг, династија Хоенцолерн нема апсолутни суверенитет над Војводством Пруска, већ зависи од наставка мушке линије (у недостатку мушких наследника војводство би било враћено пољској круни). Према томе, из поштовања према историјским везама у региону до пољске круне, Фридрих себе назива "краљ у Пруској" уместо "Краљ Пруске".

Иако је његова власт била ограничена Светим римским царством и његова држава је, додуше, још увек персонална унија између Бранденбурга и Пруске, Фридрих се ипак сматра првим пруским краљем и формално користи титулу "Краљ Пруске". Касније ће ова титула постати стварна јер је власт Светог римског царства само формална на овим просторима.

Фридрих је био покровитељ уметности. Основао је Akademie der Künste академију 1696, и академију наука у 1700.

Бракови и деца
Фридрих се женио три пута и његове жене и деца били су:

 Елизабета Хенријета од Хесен-Касела, са којом је имао једну кћерку,
Луиза Доротеја Бранденбургшка, рођена 1680, умрла са 25 година,
 Софија Шарлота Хановерска, са којом је имао два сина:
Принц Фридрих Август (1685—1686),
Фридрих Вилхелм I, рођен 1688, наследио је свог оца,
 Софија Лујза од Мекленбург-Шверина.

Фридрих I умро је 1713, и сахрањен је у Берлинској катедрали.

Породично стабло

Рођени 1657.
Умрли 1713.
Династија Хоенцолерн
Краљеви Пруске


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Spanish court says wanted Venezuelan spy still missing
by: CIARAN GILES, Associated Press
Posted: Nov 18, 2019 / 07:17 AM PST / Updated: Nov 18, 2019 / 07:38 AM PST
EDS NOTE : SPANISH LAW REQUIRES THAT THE FACES OF MINORS ARE MASKED IN PUBLICATIONS WITHIN SPAIN – FILE – In this file photo dated Sunday, Sept. 15, 2019, former Venezuelan military spy chief, retired Maj. Gen. Hugo Carvajal walks out of prison accompanied by unidentified family members in Estremera, outskirts of Madrid, Spain. Spanish police said Wednesday Nov. 13, 2019, they have been unable to locate Venezuelan former spymaster Carvajal, wanted by the United States for extradition on charges of drug trafficking. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez, FILE)
MADRID (AP) — A Spanish National Court official confirmed Monday that a former Venezuelan spymaster accused of attempting to "flood" the United States with drugs remains missing since an order for his arrest pending extradition was issued this month.
The official said the order for Maj. Gen. Hugo Carvajal's arrest in Madrid was issued Nov. 8, after the court reversed an earlier ruling that rejected the U.S. extradition request for allegedly being politically motivated.
He said Carvajal has yet to be located. The official spoke on condition of anonymity under court rules.
Carvajal was for over a decade the eyes and ears in the military of late Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez.
Carvajal had been free on bail with his passport confiscated following the initial ruling. Failure to locate him has been seen as very embarrassing for Spanish authorities.
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration ties Carvajal to a 5.6-ton cocaine shipment busted in Mexico in 2006 and accuse him of aiding and protecting Colombian guerrillas.
In the extradition ruling released Monday but dated Nov. 8, the court rejected the earlier decision and said the case involved "continued and organized behavior in relation to drug trafficking over 20 years."
Should Carvajal be located and arrested, the final word on his extradition will still lie with the Spanish government.
There was no immediate comment from Carvajal's lawyer.
The U.S. had been seeking Carvajal's extradition since the former head of Venezuela's military intelligence fled to Spain in late March after publicly supporting the opposition's efforts to oust Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
Prosecutors in New York say Carvajal should face trial for "narcoterrorism" as part of a group of Venezuelan officials who were charged with "flooding" the U.S. with drugs.

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Lit Mag's Latest Issue Devoted to American Writers from North American and Middle Eastern Countries
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Review of Fifth Wednesday Journal, Fall
Leah Brundige
Conventional (i.e. not experimental),
Cultural focus,
Considering Trump's recent racial slurs at an oval office meeting on immigration, this is an increasingly relevant time to review a journal featuring the various plights and pleasures covered by American writers from North African and Middle Eastern countries. In its 21st issue, Fifth Wednesday continues its longstanding effort to publish writers who "..have the creative and intellectual power to make generous contributions to our understanding of diversity, community, compassion and cultural learning." The Publisher's note describes the contributors as people "who have come to our land to find a more certain, a more peaceful, a more prosperous future," and who know "the many hardships caused when a nation, any nation, will not or cannot provide the conditions for its citizens to live without fear, hatred, and violence."
From poetry to fiction and nonfiction, it's clear that these writers have several common threads between them. They long for lands lost and share stories of assimilation, shaky new gains and incredible loss. Many of them also have a talent for linguistics and an eye for sociolinguistics, which is referenced in several pieces throughout the journal. Ibtisam Barakat uses wordplay in her poem, "Pain in Three Languages." In Arabic the word means "distance," while it translates to "suffering" in English. The poem evolves with each new translation and takes a turn with the French word pain translating to "bread," which permits the poem to take a celebratory ending. It's a simple poem which explores the depth of sociolinguistics. Any monolingual lover of words should be inspired to take on a second language after reading this gem.
Silva Zanoyan Merjanian's poem, "Multilingual," has a byline which speaks for itself; "Reduced emotional resonance of language." This poem begins, "If language were a city, I'd be homeless in its alleys," and ends with the poet wondering if any other language could do the heaviness of her lines quite the same justice as her mother tongue does. These poems alone would make this journal a standout read for any multilingual student or teacher.
Furthermore, Lena Zaghmouri's short nonfiction piece, "The Psyche of a Palestinian-American writer," makes this journal a worthwhile read for any teacher or student, period. This piece talks about Lina's experience sharing her personal essay in a nonfiction workshop, which she describes as "harrowing."
In the essay, Lena feels nervous about submitting this essay about the tumultuous marriage of her interracial parents, as any student would. As a Palestinian-American, she admits to feeling even more nervous about reinforcing negative stereotypes about Palestinian men and leaves out key truths about her father to avoid denigrating her culture.
The reception of her work is cringeworthy and her reaction is heart wrenching. Lena struggles between the loss of interest in telling her parents' story and the disinclination to be robbed of it. Although this narrative of personal pain feels extremely intimate, Lena acknowledges that she is sharing a common experience. She writes, "Of course, I know-and knew then-that many writers, especially writers of color, had faced this sort of predicament often-having others take their writing and shape it into something unrecognizable, either by their revisions or their perceptions."
"The House in Aleppo that I Would Never Get to See," a poem by co-editor Hedy Habra, expresses loss mostly in terms of descriptions of the house passed down by grandmothers who promised that one day, the poet would get see the house. This poem is reminiscent of a mother mourning a baby in terms of wasted beauty and all the lost possibilities. The reader herself can't help but become deeply engaged in the scenery, infatuated with the image of "the marble fountain inlaid with pink stone," while simultaneously burdened with the knowledge that these scenes will never be carried out. Habra envisions the possibilities of the house, even in times of war, "…the secret passage leading/from the cave to the once imposing Citadel,/offering the possibility of an escape…" but again, even with the compromise of using the house to alleviate "the anxiety of living under constant threat," Habra writes in mourning.
The marks of PTSD are also a prevalent theme in the journal. Philip Metres discusses the effect war has had on his father in his short, touching poem, "Veteran, Father." Elmaz Abinader shares a story titled "Fourth of July" from the forthcoming novel, The Language of Dreams.
"The Fourth of July" is a story which leads the reader to believe the main character is hiding in response to real bombings, "In the closet alone, she rests her head against a back wall. Clothes hang in front of her…She wishes she had a cigarette or a hand to hold." The reader slowly realizes that the main character, Dede, is reacting to the sounds of American fireworks in the days preceding the annual fourth of July celebration. Dede compares her current intolerance for noise to her normal reaction fireworks in Beirut and attributes the change to the bombings she suffered through. She asserts, "It's almost as if our hearing had to adjust to fear what we never feared."
Fifth Wednesday notes that "President Donald Trump signed an executive order early in 2017 that banned travel to the United States by the residents of Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen." For this Fall 2017 issue, the journal chose to feature a stunning collection of photos from each of these seven countries, as a "a link to peoples and cultures we dare not turn from." This journal certainly succeeds in its effort to portray a shared humanity and convey the importance of an accepting multicultural American society.
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Fabergé egg
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The Moscow Kremlin egg, 1906.
A Fabergé egg is considered to be any one of the sixty-nine[1] jeweled eggs made by Peter Carl Fabergé and his assistants between 1885 and 1917. Fifty of those eggs—known as the Imperial Fabergé Easter eggs—were made and presented to Czars Alexander III and Nicholas II of Russia,[2] initially as gifts for their wives, the Tsarinas. At that time, a tradition was started within the royal Russian family that included making a jeweled egg to commemorate Holy Days and special celebrations.
Each Fabergé egg is custom made of precious metals or hard stones decorated with combinations of enamel and gemstones. Every egg is unique and the designs, at least initially, included a surprise inside.
2 The Eggs
2.1 List of Fabergé Imperial Easter eggs
2.2 Other Imperial eggs
2.3 List of Fabergé Kelch eggs
2.4 Other Fabergé eggs
3 Locations of the eggs
The name Fabergé Egg has become synonymous with luxury and opulence. Today they are valued not only as masterpieces of decorative art, but the original Imperial eggs are also regarded as part of the legacy and historical record connected to the last days of the Romanov Dynasty.
Bouquet of Lilies Clock egg.
In 1885, under the commission of Czar Alexander III of Russia, Carl Fabergé and his goldsmiths designed and constructed the first Imperial egg. It was presented as an Easter gift for the Tsar's wife Maria Fyodorovna.[3]
On the outside it looked like a simple egg of white enameled gold, but upon opening, it revealed a golden yolk. The yolk itself had a golden hen inside it, which in turn had a tiny crown with a ruby hanging inside, reminiscent of the matryoshka nesting dolls.
Empress Maria was so delighted by this gift that Alexander appointed Fabergé "Court Supplier" and commissioned an Easter gift each year thereafter, stipulating only that it be unique and contain a surprise. His son, Nicholas II of Russia continued the tradition, annually presenting an egg each spring to his wife Alexandra Fyodorovna as well as his then-widowed mother.
From 1885, the eggs were produced on a nearly annual basis. Once an initial design was approved, the work was carried out by an entire team of artisans under the supervision of Peter Carl Fabergé. Among the designers were Michael Perkhin, Henrik Wigström and Erik August Kollin. At the peak of his production Faberge employed hundreds of craftsmen in his St. Petersburg studio, however, it was his own ingenuity and inventiveness that drove the success of his business.
The Imperial eggs soon garnered international fame, as members of royalty in Europe became aware of them. Fabergé went on to make fifteen more (known) eggs for private clients. Among them were a series of twelve Easter eggs commissioned by Alexander Ferdinandovich Kelch, a Siberian gold mine industrialist. These eggs were not as extravagant as the Imperial eggs, and were not as unique in design; they often copied the originals.
Two additional eggs were planned and designed (but never delivered); they were the Constellation and Karelian Birch eggs of 1917. The Constellation Egg was the last Fabergé egg created. Due to the tumultuous events surrounding the Russian Revolution of 1917, the egg was never finished or presented to Tsar Nicholas' wife, the Tsaritsa Alexandra Feodorovna.
At the time of the Bolshevik Revolution only one, the 1916 Order of St. George egg, managed to escape, along with its owner, the Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna to Europe.[4] The rest remained in Petrograd.
Following the Revolution, the House of Fabergé was nationalized by the Bolsheviks, and the Fabergé family fled to Switzerland, where Peter Carl Fabergé died in 1920. The Romanov palaces were ransacked and their treasures moved by order of Vladimir Lenin to the Kremlin Armoury. In the process of being sequestered away some were destroyed or lost.[5]
In 1927, in a bid to acquire more foreign currency, Joseph Stalin had many of the eggs sold after having them appraised by Agathon Fabergé. Between 1930 and 1933 fourteen Imperial eggs left Russia. Many of the eggs were sold to Armand Hammer, president of Occidental Petroleum and a personal friend of Lenin, whose father was founder of the United States Communist party, and Emanuel Snowman of the London antique dealers Wartski.
The Eggs
Of the sixty-nine known Fabergé eggs, only sixty-one have survived to the present day. The vast majority of them are housed in public museums, with the greatest number of them (thirty) existing in Russia. Of the fifty-four known Imperial eggs, only forty-six have survived.
List of Fabergé Imperial Easter eggs
1885 Hen
1886 Hen with Sapphire Pendant†
1887 Blue Serpent Clock
1888 Cherub with Chariot†
1889 Necessaire†
1890 Danish Palaces
1891 Memory of Azov
1892 Diamond Trellis
1893 Caucasus
1894 Renaissance
1895 Rosebud
1895 Twelve Monograms
1896 Revolving Miniatures
1896 Alexander III Portraits†
1897 Doweger (or Pelican)
1898 Lilies of the Valley
1898 Mauve†
1899 Bouquet of Lilies Clock
1899 Pansy
1900 Trans-Siberian Railway
1900 Cockerel
1901 Basket of Wild Flowers
1901 Gatchina Palace
1902 Clover Leaf
1902 Empire Nephrite†
1903 Peter the Great
1903 Royal Danish†
1904 No eggs known
1906 Moscow Kremlin
1906 Swan
1907 Rose Trellis
1907 Cradle with Garlands
1908 Alexander Palace
1908 Peacock
1909 Standart Yacht
1909 Alexander III Commemorative†
1910 Colonnade
1910 Alexander III Equestrian
1911 Fifteenth Anniversary
1911 Bay Tree
1912 Czarevich
1912 Napoleonic
1913 Romanov Tercentenary
1914 Mosaic
1914 Grisaille
1915 Red Cross with Triptych
1915 Red Cross with Imperial Portraits
1916 Steel Military
1916 Order of St. George
1917 Karelian Birch
† Indicates missing egg
Other Imperial eggs
1885-1889 Resurrection
1899-1903 Spring Flowers
List of Fabergé Kelch eggs
1898 Kelch Hen
1899 Twelve Panel
1900 Pine Cone
1901 Apple Blossom
1902 Rocaille
1903 Kelch Bonbonnière
1904 Kelch Chanticleer
Other Fabergé eggs
1885-1891 Blue Enamel Ribbed
1899-1903 Scandinavian
1902 Duchess of Marlborough
1902 Rothschild
1907 Youssoupov
1914 Nobel Ice
1917 Night
Unknown date Lapis Lazuli
Locations of the eggs
The largest gathering of Fabergé eggs, after the Kremlin Armoury's, was assembled by Malcolm Forbes, and displayed in New York City. The collection, totaling nine eggs, and including approximately 180 other Faberge objects d'art, was put up for auction at Sotheby's in February 2004 by Forbes' heirs. Before the auction even began the Forbes collection was purchased in its entirety by the oligarch Victor Vekselberg for a sum estimated between $90 and $120 million. The imperial eggs in the collection included the first egg, the Hen Egg and the famed Coronation Egg (featured in the 2004 film Ocean's 12.)[6]
In 2001 the Constellation was found at the Fersman Mineralogical Museum in Moscow, where it is currently on display. The egg is made of dark blue glass and is studded with diamonds. It is engraved with the star constellation of the day of Nicholas II's birth. It rests on a base made of quartz. The egg was supposed to have a silver rim around it, but lacks the original rim, clockwork motion and dial, as well as the larger part of the diamond stars, since it remained unfinished.[7]
The Karelian Birch egg was the second to last Fabergé egg made, before the Constellation. It was considered lost until 2001, when a private collector who had owned it since 1927 sold it to the State Historical Museum in Moscow. With the advent of the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917, the eggs were ultimately scattered throughout the world; some were lost or destroyed; others were later rediscovered and purchased by collectors.
The Karelian egg is made from birch panels set in a gold frame. The departure in design from previous eggs, which were far more ornate and gilded, was due to rising discontent with the monarchy and declining fortunes as a result of World War I. Its surprise was a miniature mechanical elephant, which could be wound with a small jewel-encrusted key.
In November 2007, a Fabergé clock, named by Christie's auction house as the 'Rothschild Egg' sold at auction for £8.9 million ($17.4 million), including commission.[8] The sale price set two records for auction: first, for being the most expensive timepiece ever sold at auction and, the second, being the most expensive Russian object—including previous Faberge Eggs—ever sold at auction; even surpassing the 2002 $9.6 million sale of the 1913 Winter egg.
Of the eight lost Imperial eggs, photographs only exist of two[9]—the 1903 Royal Danish, and the 1909 Alexander III Commemorative eggs.
Location of the Fabergé eggs
Imperial: 54
Kremlin Armory Museum, (Moscow, Russia) 10
Viktor Vekselberg collection, (Russia) (formerly Forbes) 9
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, (Richmond, Virginia, USA) 5
Royal Collection, (London, UK) 3
Matilda Geddings Gray Foundation. Displayed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, (New York City, United States) 3
Edouard and Maurice Sandoz Foundation, (Switzerland) 2
Hillwood Museum, (Washington, D.C., USA) 2
Walters Art Museum, (Baltimore, Maryland, USA) 2
Cleveland Museum of Art, (Cleveland, Ohio, USA) 1
Albert II of Monaco collection, (Monte-Carlo, Monaco) 1
Alexander Ivanov. Displayed at Ivanov's Fabergé Museum in Baden-Baden, Germany. 1
The State of Qatar 1
Private Collections 4
Location Unknown 8
Kelch: 7
Hermitage Museum, (Saint Petersburg, Russia) 1
'Alexander III Equestrian' Egg.
The Memory of Azov Egg.
The Peter The Great Egg.
The Imperial Coronation Egg.
Romanov Tercentenary Egg.
Faberge Train Egg.
Tsar of Russia, Nicholas II presented this Clover egg as an Easter gift to his wife, Alexandra Fyodorovna.
Basket of Flowers Egg.
Twelve Monogram Egg.
Gatchina Palace Egg.
↑ List of Fabergé eggs Mieks. Retrieved August 5, 2019.
↑ Tatiana Faberge, Lynette G. Proler, and Valentin V. Skurlov, The Faberge Imperial Easter Eggs (Christie, Manson, & Woods Intl Inc., 1997, ISBN 090343248X), 90.
↑ The first Hen egg Mieks. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
↑ 1916 Order of Saint George Egg/Cross of Saint George Egg Mieks. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
↑ Faberge Eggs - the fate of the eggs PBS.org. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
↑ Carol Vogel, Russian Industrialist Buys Fabled Forbes Fabergé Eggs The New York Times, February 4, 2004. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
↑ 1917 Blue Tsarevich Constellation Egg Mieks. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
↑ The clock was previously documented and had been published in 1964 in L'Objet 1900 by Maurice Rheims, plate 29.
↑ Alan Farnham, Egg Hunting, Pro Division Forbes.com, April 12, 2004. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
Faber, Toby. Fabergé's eggs: The Extraordinary Story of the Masterpieces that Outlived an Empire. London: Macmillan, 2008. ISBN 140006550X
Faberge, Tatiana, Lynette G. Proler, and Valentin V. Skurlov. The Faberge Imperial Easter Eggs. Christie, Manson, & Woods Intl Inc., 1997. ISBN 090343248X
Lowes, Will, and Christel Ludewig McCanless. Faberge eggs. Lanham, Md: Scarecrow, 2001. ISBN 0810839466
Solodkoff, A. von, and Christopher Forbes. Masterpieces from the House of Fabergé. New York: H.N. Abrams, 1984. ISBN 0810909332
All links retrieved August 3, 2019.
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PUENTE THEATRE
MISSION & MANDATE
TOURING SHOWS
WORLDPLAY
WORKPLAY
conVERGE 2021
THE 3.7% INITIATIVE
Started by Boca del Lupo's Artistic Director, Sherry J Yoon, the 3.7% Initiative was created for the express purpose of helping women who self-identify as ethnically and culturally diverse, of Indigenous, or of mixed-racial heritage to find greater success in their performing arts practice. Named for the low percentage of key creative roles in Canadian theatre held by ethnically and culturally diverse women, this initiative supports women who have a strong desire to change that statistic by taking their performing arts career into their own hands.
As of today, the 3.7% Initiative has over 60 members. Participants benefit from peer-to-peer learning and free programming such as guest speakers, workshops, professional development seminars, open discussions, and cultural events. Our goal is to strengthen the performing arts sector through greater diversity. Boca del Lupo is looking for people who self-identify as women or gender non-conforming, and are artists working in theatre/performing arts who:
– Self-identify as being ethnically and culturally diverse (including those of Indigenous or mixed-racial heritage).
– Have aspirations to have a career working professionally and full-time if they had the opportunity.
Since its inception in 2015, The 3.7% Initiative has welcomed new branches to support artists in different regions:
3.7% YEG+ for female IBPoC identifying artists based in Alberta hosted by Concrete Theatre.
3.7% Victoria – for female IBPoC identifying artists based in Victoria hosted by Puente Theatre.
3.7% Leadership cohort for female IBPoC identifying artistic leaders across the country.
643 Cornwall Street
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mercedes@puentetheatre.ca
judd@puentetheatre.ca
Puente Theatre would like to acknowledge that for thousands of years the Coast Salish,
Nuu-chah-nulth, and Kwakwaka'wakw peoples have walked gently on and been the care-
takers of the territories of what we today call Vancouver Island. It is with great gratitude
that we acknowledge that we live, work, and create in the unceded territories of the
Lək̓ʷəŋən, WSÁNEĆ and Wyomilth peoples of the Coast Salish Nation. As immigrants
to this land, we are infinitely grateful for the opportunity to do so, and we actively seek a
new relationship with the first peoples here, one based in honor and respect, and we thank
them for their hospitality.


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A Series of Unfortunate Events - Season 2 (Review)
Having loved the 2004 film I was super excited for the reboot in series form. I really enjoyed the odd nature of the first season and like Santa Clarita Diet, I was excited for the second.
Click here to watch the trailer or see below.
I ended up watching the whole series in 3 days and I think that was a really good idea. I found it quite difficult to get into an episode but by the second, third and fourth in a row, it was great. It's an unusual series and one that does take a little while to adjust to the development and plot, but it's enjoyable.
As with the first season, I'm amazed by the actors and actresses. Child actors always amaze me and they've certainly picked a great set, including baby Sunny. Of course, Count Olaf played by Neil Patrick Harris is absolutely hilarious and adds so much theatrical prowess to the role.
The extended cast have also been very entertaining. I loved the edition of some of my childhood favourites: Esmé Squalor played by Lucy Punch and Kevin played by Robbie Amell.
The constant change of location and new premise kept me engaged. I love the cyclic nature and slapstick humour, which makes it expected...and now I understand where the name comes from! All of the stories, still more left and I can't wait to see how the story meet's it's ending. From some, I've heard they stay very true to the books so if you were waiting and knew what to expect perhaps the TV show would be a little boring.
I've really enjoyed how they have each book last 2 episodes and then move on. While I thought the first season was perhaps a little slow, this series seems to have more complex elements and as such, they are much faster paced and engaging. I don't think it will ever be a show that will be watched over and over again but I do enjoy being able to relax from life.
Have you ever watched A Series of Unfortunate Events? There really is nothing else like it! What did you think?
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Anne Arundel County Courts Latest News
Anne Arundel County teachers visit appellate courts, meet COSA judges
August 17, 2018 August 17, 2018 Staff annapolis md, somd news, southern maryland courts, southern maryland news
The Court of Special Appeals hosted a group of 20 Anne Arundel County high school teachers on June 20. The trip was part of a three-day continuing education program offered through Anne Arundel Community College's (AACC's) School of Business and Law.
"Hosting school and community groups helps us increase public awareness of the court system and judges' responsibilities," said Patrick L. Woodward, Chief Judge of the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland. "These types of activities are helpful in clearing up misconceptions about the role of the courts."
The teachers visited the Robert C. Murphy Courts of Appeal Building and met with Chief Judge Woodward, Judge Kathryn Grill Graeff and Judge Andrea M. Leahy.
"The judges' stories on how qualities, such as professionalism and good writing skills, helped them throughout their careers were great lessons that I will pass along to my students," said Heather Barnstead, a teacher at Severna Park High School.
"We showed the teachers that judges have a human side, which contributes to our ongoing efforts to make the court more accessible to the public," Chief Judge Woodward said.
The teachers also participated in a mock oral argument based on the United States Supreme Court case of Maryland v. King. During the mock proceeding, teachers participated as judges, appellees, and appellants.
"Most of the teachers are familiar with the lower courts, so I thought it would be fun to expose them to the appellate process," said Erin Gamble, interim director and CLE coordinator of AACC's School of Business and Law's Legal Studies Institute.
Barnstead said it was an experience she will never forget. "We felt the sense of excitement and anticipation attorneys experience when they argue cases," she said.
Clerk of the Court of Special Appeals Greg Hilton also led the group on a tour of the Court of Appeals courtroom and the Maryland State Law Library.
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Russian chef and cookery TV presenter Zarifa Ragimova will lauch a bowl-food restaurant in Soho's St Anne's Court.
Babaji Pide, the Turkish pide restaurant launched by Alan Yau in 2015 has closed.
Why do so many chefs turn their backs on the kitchen? And what does life after restaurants look like? Four former chefs spill the beans.
Chef Ernst Van Zyl has canned plans to open a restaurant in Stockport and will close the Just Giving page he had set up to finance the launch.
A protégé of fusion pioneer Peter Gordon, Anna Hansen founded The Modern Pantry in Clerkenwell in 2008.
Former Tamarind chef Peter Joseph has opened his debut restaurant.
The Checkers restaurant in Montgomery, Wales, has asked to "hand back" its Michelin star ahead of a change in the direction of the business.
Sri Lankan restaurant group Coconut Tree is set to open two Bristol restaurants before the end of the year.
The National Chef of the Year (NCOTY) 2019 chairman of judges and competition director on the importance of cooking competitions and their tips for the 10 finalists.
The food and commercial director of Tossed has said its "controversial" decision to become cashless has resulted in "massive benefits" for its restaurants.
Gaucho has received approval from the majority of its creditors for its Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA) plan.
Thom Elliot founded Pizza Pilgrims with brother James in 2012. The pair now operate nine locations in London and a restaurant in Oxford.
Ealing-based Neapolitan pizza business Santa Maria has partnered with Firezza co-founder Edin Basic to relaunch the Red Lion pub.


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5 Reasons We Can't Wait for "Tokyo Jungle"
Dan Seitz
"Tokyo Jungle" is a Sony exclusive for the PS3 with a pretty compelling story: one day, all of humanity simply vanishes, leaving behind the animals. In Tokyo, this means the zoo animals, the pets, and the wildlife all take over a decaying, beautifully rendered Tokyo, and try to survive by eating, finding clean water, and knocking boots.
It's one of a long, long line of games, ranging from "Seaman" to "Pokemon", that center around genetics, evolution, and the life cycle to come out of Japan.
But it's got a lot more to it than just a wacky plotline. Here's why this PS3 exclusive is worth looking for, whenever it comes to the US.
#5) Finally, Simulated Animal Sex
OK, so the last thing gaming actually needed was 3D rendered models of Pomeranians humping, but, continuing with the wackiness, one of the important aspects of the game is finding a suitable mate and making more of yourself. This actually creates a "lives" system of sorts: when you reproduce, you hop to the next generation, and if you die before you reproduce in that body, you'll go to the next one.
#4) The Situation for Some Truly Ridiculous Scenarios Presents Itself
The way the games mechanics are constructed, where animals can form packs or herds, depending on their species, and use those packs and herds for defense or offense, you can, if you feel like it, take out a crocodile with a pack of beagles.
Insane events like that are what gaming is all about.
#3) The Gameplay is Surprisingly Deep and Old School
Here, have a video:
It's a mix of platforming, stealth, and old, old school RPGs, like you actually have to keep track of your hunger and thirst, make sure they're properly sated, and, needless to say, you can't carry any items because you're a four-legged beast, not a human.
There's also a mix of mechanics: assembling a pack or herd, for example. That's got some real promise for some genuinely unique gameplay.
There's some real appeal there. It's a pretty strange mix, but one that sounds fun.
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Fiction > Myths & legends
Fiction > Classic fiction
Fiction > Short stories
Tales from the Thousand and One Nights (Paperback)
William Harvey (illustrator), Mr N J Dawood (translator)
Sometimes known as the Arabian Nights, Tales from the Thousand and One Nights includes some of the world's best-loved tales, including such classics as Aladdin and 'Sindbad the Sailor'
The tales told by Scheherazade over a thousand and one nights to delay her execution by the vengeful King Shahryar have become among the most popular in both Eastern and Western literature. From the epic adventures of 'Aladdin and the Enchanted Lamp' to the farcical 'Young Woman and her Five Lovers' and the social criticism of 'The Tale of the Hunchback', the stories depict a fabulous world of all-powerful sorcerers, jinns imprisoned in bottles and enchanting princesses. But despite their imaginative extravagance, the Tales are also anchored to everyday life by their bawdiness and realism, providing a full and intimate record of medieval Eastern world.
In this selection, N.J. Dawood presents the reader with an unexpurgated translation of the finest and best-known tales, preserving their spirited narrative style in lively modern English. In his introduction, he discusses their origins in the East and their differences from Classical Arabic literature, and examines English translations of the tales since the eighteenth century.
Irish Folk and Fairy Tales
Gordon Jarvie
The Death of King Arthur
The Song of Achilles
The Vinland Sagas
Leifur Eiricksson
The Mists of Avalon
Russian Magic Tales from Pushkin to Platonov
Robert Chandler
Scottish Folk and Fairy Tales from Burns to Buchan
The Crystal Cave
The Greek Myths
Robin Waterfield
The Odyssey of Homer
Le Morte Darthur
Thomas Malory
The Folk Tales of Scotland
William Montgomerie
One Thousand and One Nights
Hanan Al-Shaykh


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F.V. Johnson
The Center for Technology & Innovation Leadership Award is named in honor of Fritihof V. "Fritz" Johnson (1909 - 2010), an avionics pioneer with General Electric who spearheaded the art of navigating with gyroscopes in the early 1930s. Mr. Johnson moved from GE-Schenectady to lead an aeronautical engineering group at GE-Westover, NY from 1964 until his retirement in 1975. In 1977, F. V. Johnson was named an IEEE Life Fellow for "contributions in inertial sensors and avionic systems," and in 1979 he was the first recipient of the IEEE Charles Proteus Steinmetz Award. In 1946, GE presented Mr. Johnson with the Charles A. Coffin Award and the GE Aircraft Control Systems Department created the F. V. " Fritz" Johnson Award for Engineering Excellence in 1991. Fritz Johnson maintained a lifelong involvement in civic, cultural, and church activities throughout his retirement. The core of the Center for Technology & Innovation's F. V. "Fritz" Johnson Leadership Award is his durable legacy of inspiring both technological and community advancement.


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        {
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            T export = container.GetExports<T, INameMetaData>().Where(t => t.Metadata.Name.ToString().Equals(name)).Select(t => t.Value).FirstOrDefault();
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As you must have worked out by now I hate to waste food. This was an impromptu 'using up' meal; I had some white crumbly cheese which my parents left with me before they went on holiday, plus some spinach and ham which my lovely lodger had not managed to finish off before she went away for a few days, and would not have lasted (don't worry, I will replace it!). A very cheap and yummy lunch for a wet, stormy Sunday.
Bring the pasta to the boil. Follow the instructions on the packet; not all pasta takes the same length of time to cook.
While the pasta is cooking, crumble the cheese, rinse the spinach and shred the ham into small pieces.
Drain the pasta and add a splash of oil and the oregano. Next add the ham, spinach and cheese and put the lid back on the pan so that the spinach wilts, the cheese melts and the ham heats through; the hob does not need to be on at this point, it should have enough residual heat from cooking the pasta.
After a couple of minutes add some black pepper and give it a good stir.
Serve with a sprinkle of chilli flakes.
It is over two weeks since I posted this taunting photograph with the Leftovers Soup, and I have finally got around to writing the promised (and much requested) recipe. Apologies for being a bit slack.
I usually use ½ wholemeal flour (i.e. 4 oz Wholemeal Plain or 4 oz Wholemeal Bread Flour).
If you do not have plain yogurt, milk can be used instead but make sure that you start with a much smaller volume and work up to the correct texture.
Sift the flours with the salt and bicarbonate of soda and then rub in the butter.
Add 225 ml / 7½ ml of the yoghurt all at once and mix quickly to make a soft dough, adding the additional yogurt only if necessary.
Shape into a 15 cm (6 inch) diameter 'cake' and place it onto a floured baking tray. Score deeply with the back of a knife into quarters.
Brush with beaten egg, then grind some salt and pepper onto the top. Seeds can be added at this point if you have them.
Bake in the centre of the oven for 30 minutes.
This soda bread is best served fresh from the oven. Enjoy with some nice butter, cheese and a lovely soup – such as this rather yummy one!
It's time to use up the rest of the carrots before my next shop, so it's soup time again! This particular pot of soup fed me for two meals.
Peel and chop the onions and carrots and cook in some olive oil (just enough so that they don't stick) along with the spices for about 5 minutes, keeping an eye on it and stirring occasionally.
Add the cider and cook on a medium heat for another 5 minutes.
Add the lentils and stock and simmer on a low heat for 10-15 minutes, adding more liquid if required.
Transfer to a blender and whizz until smooth, adding almond milk until the soup is nearly the right consistency. Pour the soup back into the pan, using some more of the almond milk to swill out the rest of the soup from the blender so you don't waste any.
Bring the soup slowly up to temperature. Taste. Season with salt and pepper and serve.


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Q: How to update a variable with a new value through a click event and undo it with the same event While working on a project recently I have got to face this problem
I'm a beginner in JavaScript
And now I can't find the solution for it
There is a thing in JavaScript called toggle
Like,
btn.addEventListener('click', function run() {
    btn.classList.toggle('big')
})

Here the btn variable is a button in my web.
Following the code, if I click on the btn , a class called big will be added to the element and if I click the btn again , the class will be removed
I want to do something similar
Suppose I have a variable called box and the value is 'empty'
const box = 'empty'

Now I have a btn and it's clickable.What I want is when the btn is clicked , the value of box will be changed to 'full'
And when I click it again it will be changed to 'empty' again
Help me to find the solution pls

A: I figured out a solution for this and it seamed the easiest way to me
It's something like this
const btn = document.querySelector('.button');
const ball = document.querySelector('.ball');

let color = 'green'

function varToggle() {
  if (color == 'green') {
    color = 'red';
  }
  else {
    color = 'green';
  }
}

btn.addEventListener('click', function bla() {
  varToggle();
  btn.style.background = color;
})

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This is a lovely film about one of the hidden crafts of advertising - the people who put up the huge painted billboards in New York.
The analogy's not perfect but for some reason this, sort of, strikes me as what the future of traditional TV advertising might be like. A few craft practitioners, in a few markets, making highly visible but ambient stuff for a decent, realistic wage. There's a nobility in that.
And there's something in the fact that it's part of a campaign for Stella. Something relating to this.


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Die Bahnstrecke Opava–Hradec nad Moravicí ist eine regionale Eisenbahnverbindung in Tschechien, die ursprünglich als staatsgarantierte Lokalbahn Troppau–Grätz (tschech.: Místní dráha Opava–Grätz) errichtet und betrieben wurde. Sie zweigt bei Opava (Troppau) am Abzweig ("Odbočka") Moravice von der Bahnstrecke Opava východ–Horní Benešov ab und führt im Tal der Moravice nach Hradec nad Moravicí (Grätz).

Geschichte

Ursprünglich sollte Grätz einen Bahnhof an der Hauptbahnverbindung Zauchtel–Troppau erhalten, deren Bau in den Jahren 1873–74 begonnen worden war. Die finanziellen Folgen der Wirtschaftskrise von 1873 ließen dieses Projekt jedoch scheitern.

Am 13. August 1904 wurde "der Stadtgemeinde Troppau die erbetene Konzession zum Baue und Betriebe einer als normalspurige Lokalbahn auszuführenden Lokomotiveisenbahn von der Station Troppau der k.k. priv. Kaiser-Ferdinands-Nordbahn unter eventueller Mitbenützung einer Teilstrecke der Linie Troppau–Bennisch dieser Bahngesellschaft nach Grätz" erteilt. Teil der Konzession war die Verpflichtung, den Bau der Strecke sofort zu beginnen und binnen zwei Jahren fertigzustellen.
Das überwiegend von der öffentlichen Hand gezeichnete Kapital der Aktiengesellschaft Lokalbahn Troppau–Grätz betrug insgesamt 585.000 Kronen. Die Aktien befanden sich im Besitz des österreichischen Staates, dem Herzogtum Schlesien, der Stadt Troppau sowie einiger lokaler Interessenten. Sitz der Gesellschaft war Troppau. Am 28. Juni 1905 wurde die Strecke eröffnet.

Den Betrieb führte die k.k. privilegierte Kaiser-Ferdinands-Nordbahn (KFNB) für Rechnung der Lokalbahn Troppau–Grätz aus. Nach deren Verstaatlichung  ging diese Aufgabe am 1. Januar 1907 an die k.k. Staatsbahnen (kkStB) über. Nach dem Ersten Weltkrieg übernahmen die neugegründeten Tschechoslowakischen Staatsbahnen (ČSD) die Betriebsführung von den kkStB.

Die Verstaatlichung und Auflösung des Unternehmens kam infolge der Angliederung des Sudetenlandes an Deutschland im Herbst 1938. Das Gesetz vom 2. August 1940 "betreffend die Übernahme von Eisenbahnen im Reichsgau Sudetenland und in den in die Reichsgaue Oberdonau und Niederdonau eingegliederten Teilen der sudendeutschen Gebiete auf das Reich" regelte u. a. die Verstaatlichung von neun Lokalbahnen mit einer Gesamtlänge von 169,77 km, an denen der tschechoslowakische Staat bereits die Mehrheit der Aktienanteile besessen hatte. Die Lokalbahn Troppau–Grätz gehörte fortan zum Netz der Deutschen Reichsbahn, Reichsbahndirektion Oppeln. Nach dem  Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs kam sie wieder zu den ČSD.

Fahrzeugeinsatz

Die betriebsführende KNFB beschaffte für Rechnung der Lokalbahn Troppau–Grätz zwei dreifach gekuppelte Tenderlokomotiven mit den Nummern 956 und 957 von der Lokomotivfabrik Floridsdorf. Die kkStB ordnete sie 1907 mit den Betriebsnummern 197.42 und 197.43 in ihr Nummernschema ein. Die ČSD gab den Lokomotiven 1924 die neuen Nummern 310.139 und 310.140. Die 310.139 wurde 1936 ausgemustert, die 310.140 kam 1939 als 98 7731 noch zur Deutschen Reichsbahn. Ihr weiterer Verbleib ist unbekannt.

Die Strecke wird heute im Personenverkehr meist von Einzel-Triebwagen bedient.

Literatur
 Zdeněk Hudec u. a.: Atlas drah České republiky 2006–2007. 2. Auflage. Dopravní vydavatelství Malkus, Praha 2006, ISBN 80-87047-00-1.

Weblinks

 Opava východ–Hradec nad Moravicí auf www.zelpage.cz

Einzelnachweise

Bahnstrecke in Tschechien

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Pathari (Morang), Feb 25: CPN-UML Morang is holding its electoral constituency level meetings as part of the preparation of eastern regional level people's gathering scheduled for March 5.
According to information provided by UML Morang chair Mahesh Regmi, they are having meetings of constituency no. 1 and 4 today.
Likewise, the meetings of constituency no. 5,6 and 7 will take place on February 26. Rest of the meetings will be set soon.


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Q: Kubernetes: ignores the secret in helm and shows `certificate signed by unknown authority` I created a secure private-registry with a self-signed certificate. But I can also login to it using username/password. According to the Kubernetes documentation , the secret types of kubernetes.io/dockercfg and kubernetes.io/dockerconfigjson are used in order to:

store the credentials for accessing a Docker registry for images. When you do not have a Docker config file, or you want to use kubectl to create a Docker registry Secret, you can do:

sudo k0s kubectl create secret docker-registry <secret-name> \
--docker-username=<username> \
--docker-password=<password>

which is what I did and then put the secret inside the deployment helm-chart. Notice that I didn't copy the CA of the registry to the host of docker, helm or kubernetes clients.
Now when I deploy the helm-charts, I get the following error:

Failed to pull image
"www.private-registry.com/repo/testimage:2":
rpc error: code = Unknown desc = Error response from daemon: Get
https:// www .private-registry.com/v2/: x509: certificate signed by
unknown authority

Why is it complaining about the certificate even though the secret contains the credentials of the docker-private-registry ?


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Cryptid Wiki, Cryptids, Reptile,
Flying and Gliding
Cumberland Dragon
It looks somewhat like this
Cumberland region
Type Dragon
First Sighting 1794
Country America
Habitat Cumberland Mountains
Possible Population Not likely
The Cumberland Dragon, also known as Goosefoot, is a lesser known mystery creature only reported to have been sighted once near the Cumberland Mountains.
The Sighting
The following weird blurb was posted in the Caledonian Mercury on December 4, 1794:
"In February last, a detachment of mounted infantry, commanded by Captain John Beard, penetrated fifteen miles into the Cumberland mountain.
On Cover Creek, Ensign McDonald and another man, in advance of the party as spies, discovered a creature about three steps from them; it had only two legs, and stood almost upright, covered with scales of a black, brown, and a light yellow colour in spots like rings, a white tuft or crown on the top of its head, about four feet high, a head as big as a two pound stone, and large eyes of a fiery red.
It stood about three minutes in a daring posture (orders being given not to fire a gun except at the Indians.) Mr. McDonald advanced, and struck at it with his sword, when it jumped at least eight feet, and lit on the same spot of ground, sending forth a red kind of matter out of its mouth, resembling blood, and then retreated into a laurel thicket, turning round often as if it intended to fight.
The tracks of it resembled that of a goose, but larger.
The Indians report that a creature inhabits that part of the mountain of the above description, which, by its breath, will kill a man, if he does not instantly immerse himself in water."
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Today the Senate Finance Committee voted against two amendments that were designed to create a government insurance program, which has been called the "government option" in the media. It wasn't overly surprising that it didn't pass. What was somewhat surprising is that the main guy trying to push health care coverage through, Senator Max Baucus, voted against it.
His reasoning was sound. He believed that with the public option on the table that the full bill wouldn't be able to withstand a Republican filibuster, which would have pretty much killed the entire bill without a vote. He's probably right, since there wasn't a single Republican who was going to vote for it, including the one Republican who's on the side of health care, Senator Olympia Snowe of Maine.
I haven't talked much about whether I support a government health care plan or not. Truthfully, I'm of mixed emotions on it. On one hand, I think it would bring the cost of health care down a degree if insurance companies had to compete against a health care plan that offered lower premiums.
On the other, with all the other problems we're having with the economy these days, and knowing that at a certain point there will be a tipping point where all health insurance will start going back up anyway, I'm not sure that's the way to go. Not only that, but not everyone would be eligible for the government public option either. Larger companies with more than 100 employees wouldn't be a part of the mix, and if insurance companies continued as they usually do, those companies would bear the brunt of higher premiums. Where would the benefit be there?
This must be said, though. The Republican claims that a government option would mean the government would take over health care is a lie, and they know it. Either that or they're totally clueless, in which case they shouldn't be senators. If we ever go down that route, as I've said in the past, there would still be insurance companies. So that one's just a scare tactic.
Of course, I'll still be mad at any health care plan that comes out with that provision about fines, which I think is a slap against the middle class. I hope that sucker is gone from the final bill; I'd hate to be on the side against it.
This health care bill for me is still such a mystery. It's one of those legislations that I believe we won't be able to gauge its full impact until it becomes law (if it does).
Interesting indeed that Baucus voted against it.
We're beginning to see a few Dem-supported bills being changed in order gather wider support. The Financial Reform has seen some drastic changes recently (for example, no more requir. for "plain vanilla" products), see http://bit.ly/14xahv.
Obviously these concessions or modifications are done to get more support, which, to a degree, increases the debate and discussion — something I think is very important for these two reforms.
Please continue to keep us posted on health care.
I'll do what I can on this and other issues, Tim. The thing is, I'm commenting only on the stuff they're telling us about; I still have no idea just what the health plans are going to cover, and that's irking me.
That's what I'm saying! I guess that's why I feel as though I know so little — it's b/c they're telling us so little.
*And I'm sorry to hear about your Mother and Grand Mother. It's nice that you could be there, you'll be in our thoughts.
Thanks Tim; I really appreciate that.
Ain't that the truth, Wil! I mean, the government does some things that benefit us, but sometimes we wonder about the things that seem to want to hurt us also.
People are way too much on their complaining sometimes. They sure wouldn't do that if they have the position in the government.
I don't know that's true, Lyka. There's certainly a lot of complaining coming from both sides in the press these days. The only thing they're not complaining about is their own health care coverage.


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Rockie Lynne
Perseverance pays off for veteran singer/songwriter who finally found an 'in.'
At age 40, Rockie Lynne's career is just getting started.
That's how it appears on the surface, but in fact the country singer has spent years preparing for the release of his self-titled debut on Universal South.
Last week, his album entered Billboard's Top Heatseekers chart at No. 4 and the Hot Country Albums chart at No. 29. The set's sophomore single, "Do We Still," is No. 60 on the Hot Country Songs chart.
But Lynne's story really began nearly 20 years ago, when, after a brief stint in the army, the North Carolina native started performing in Los Angeles. He eventually landed in Nashville, where he often played guitar for more established country artists.
"Other than the three years I spent in the army, every piece of food I've eaten, every article of clothing, every place I've lived, every gallon of gas, every diaper for my daughters, I bought everything with music," Lynne tells Billboard.com. "You know how they say feast or famine? I never saw either one. It was never really great, but I never thought, 'Oh we're not gonna eat.'"
Forging a path as a musician for hire is nothing to scoff at, but Lynne grew restless with the fact that he wasn't playing his own tunes and decided he needed a new plan of attack.
"For the last 12 years, it's been nothin' but [performing] my songs. No cover songs, just mine," he says.
Since making that decision, Lynne has crisscrossed the country playing hundreds of gigs each year. "One year I played 342 shows," he notes.
Eventually, though, he realized that if he was ever going to build a fan base he would have to settle down. He thought Coon Rapids, Minn., near Minneapolis, was as good a place as any.
"Everybody thought it was the stupidest thing a human being could do," he says. "But they were all trying to make it in the music business, and I was just trying to make a living. In Nashville, I could throw a rock out the window and hit 500 other people who play guitar and sing, and they're all good. Minnesota was a place where I could stand out a bit, so it was perfect."
He says local fans "wrapped their arms around me and started coming to every show," but he still found himself on the outskirts of success.
"I used to think you had to know somebody to get into the music business, and now that I have a record deal and I've seen it work from the inside, I know you gotta know somebody," he laughs. "That's why it took so long for me, because I didn't know anybody that knew anybody that kinda knew somebody.
"I almost had this childlike view that if you went out there and made enough noise and had enough of a followin' that someone [from a label] would come," he continues. "And I guess essentially that's what happened. I finally met someone who knew someone. What surprised me, though, was how quick everything happened when I actually got through the door."
Signing with Universal South couldn't have come at a better time for Lynne, who believes his life experience gives him an advantage over many of the other new country artists trying to make a name for themselves.
"I spent a long, long time trying to entertain people who didn't necessarily want to be entertained -- like playing a lot of bars and casinos and places like that where people weren't necessarily coming to hear music," he says. "Over the years my songs got better because I found what gets people's attention. The more brutally honest I was with my songs and where they came from, the better they worked.
"That's really the surprising part of the whole thing," he adds, "because the reason I left Nashville was I thought my songs were way too personal. Like on 'Do We Still,' which is about my divorce. I thought nobody's gonna get this, but I wrote it to heal myself. But every time I would [perform] that, someone would inevitably come up to me and say, 'That's my life too.'"
Through the years, though, there was one other thing that really kept him going and helped him get where he is today.
"In my guitar case," he says, "there's a little piece of paper that's been in there for 15 years. It says, 'Play every gig like it's Carnegie Hall, and one day it will be.' Every single night, I give it everything I got."


On the heels of Kevin (Probably)'s one-and-done cancellation, JoAnna Garcia Swisher has landed another small-screen gig.
The actress has been cast in the Fox comedy pilot Dan the Weatherman, replacing Ashley Williams (How I Met Your Mother) as the female lead, per our sister site Deadline.
The potential series centers, naturally, on Dan — played by The Odd Couple's Thomas Lennon — who gets fired from his cushy job as a weatherman at the local TV station and reluctantly ends up in the world of cable TV.
Though Dan the Weatherman was not picked up to series before Fox's Upfront in May, Deadline reports that Fox is still considering the single-camera comedy for midseason, pending recasts and reshoots. Also joining the cast is Jack Stanton, who played the youngest Pemberton son, Ben, on Fox's now-cancelled The Mick.
Garcia Swisher is coming off a one-season run on ABC's axed Kevin (Probably) Saves the World, where she played Amy Cabrera, the sister of Jason Ritter's title character. Her recent TV credits also include Once Upon a Time, Pitch and The Astronaut Wives Club.


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Nintendo will continue to work hard to be "close to the eSports space"
Nintendo of America's Reggie Fils-Aime has reaffirmed that they will continue to be "close to the eSports space," sharing how the company has been encouraged at how much the community has embraced Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, Mario Kart 8, and Splatoon.
"We saw success last year with the Smash Bros. Invitational, and Smash Bros. has always been a game in the eSports community," Fils-Aime explained to Fortune.
"What we're really gratified to see is that the community has now embraced Super Smash Bros. for Wii U because it has the speed and customisation they like. We're also seeing them embrace Mario Kart 8, as well as Splatoon, in a competitive environment. We've always been close to the eSports space and will continue to be."
Nintendo were particularly pleased with how well the Nintendo World Championships has performed on its return after 25 years silence, with the event reportedly viewed more than five million times over the first four days since it was broadcast live.
"We're fortunate that we've got the range of content to pull it off in the here and now, and we're really gratified to see the reactions," Fils-Aime added. "All of that is going to go into the mix as we think about proper opportunities, future E3s as well as potentially taking the idea outside of E3. So it's something we're going to be looking at really hard."
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Malawi has the oldest plantations in all of Africa, with some bushes dating back to the 19th century. Therefore this makes Malawian teas richer and deeper than those produced from Kenya.
Malawi's tea industry developed in the 19th century, around the same time that the coffee crop in Sri Lanka failed. At that time, coffee planters moved away from Sri Lanka and moved to Malawi and started planting tea.
The soil in Malawi is a rich red, and the tea "liquor" takes on the same vibrant hue. Malawi teas are renowned to buyers around the world for their deep red colour.


Any assistance would be most appreciated - we are currently running Clarity 1.3 (I know - ancient! But when it works, tend to not touch it haha) on and even more ancient Windows Vista machine?! As the desktop is beginning to finally fail, I need to install on our more recent system that is running Windows 7 Professional.
I can download the most recent version of Clarity, but do not know (well before my time) what the License information is that we have - and moreso how to transfer it from one system to the other.
I do have the Product Key from the old install if that would help.
additional information - we are running the Clarity Software and a QX2 controller. I have completed the setup - copied the Show settings to the new computer, all works well. Just need to get out of the "Demo Mode".
The company that originally installed the software is no longer in business, and I am not aware of any USB License file.
more additional info - I have downloaded the latest version and have successfully setup the Show/Patches for our church service (we only use 32 fixtures / 54 channels), all works well except the Demo Mode cycles on/off, so we cannot use the software and our lighting until resolved.
You will need a licensed USB dongle to unlock Clarity from Demo mode.They come in various license options and unlock varying numbers of DMX channels depending on your USB dongle.
It is purple in colour and should be in one of the USB slots in your computer.I presume it would have been plugged into your original desk top machine.
The QX2 only provides the DMX out but does not licence Clarity.
The version of Clarity that Bill used was 1.32 and that was our free demo version (supposedly for a 6 month trial only). So he has never actually paid for the program Clarity. The deal was that if the computer changes, or the Clarity code changes, the the supplied free licence key would no longer work. In his case the computer died, and the new code ( 2.5.1) was installed into a new computer. So the blue Hasp key needs to be purchased to continue using Clarity.


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Katy Perry announces release of highly-anticipated 'Smile', excited fans call it 'album of the decade'
The singer said that the record is about 'finding the light at the end of the tunnel' and reclaiming your smile
By Judah Charles Lotter
Updated On : 21:26 PST, Aug 27, 2020
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Katy Perry has taken to her social media to announce the release of her highly-anticipated album 'Smile'. And for Perry's fans, the hype is real as the artiste has been teasing the album with ongoing snippets, cover art, fan art and more via her social media since early 2020.
"IT'S HERE! IT'S REALLY HERE! 🙃" Katy Perry began her announcement on both Instagram and Twitter. "I finally got back my smile! Hope this record puts one on your face 🙂 #SMILE 🙂 IS OUT EVERYWHERE NOW! LOVE YOU GUYS SO MUCH ENJOY 🤡♥ (sent from my hospital bed lol)." In her post, she shared a promotional clip that featured tears that had each of the album's song names, coming from a still image of Katy Perry.
IT'S HERE! IT'S REALLY HERE! 🙃 I finally got back my smile! Hope this record puts one on your face 🙂 #SMILE 🙂 IS OUT EVERYWHERE NOW! LOVE YOU GUYS SO MUCH ENJOY 🤡♥ (sent from my hospital bed lol) https://t.co/BImXF3kEcw pic.twitter.com/2UmVajDoyn
— KATY PERRY (@katyperry) August 28, 2020
Fans were super quick to comment to her announcement and share their excitement. Several fans described the new LP as "POP PERFECTION" and others said it is her best yet: "OMG THIS IS YOUR BEST ALBUM YEY."
POP PERFECTION
— there it is, Gabi (@httpswitness) August 28, 2020
OMG THIS IS YOUR BEST ALBUM YEY
— there it is, halle💗 (@katycat_023) August 28, 2020
One fan called it, "ALBUM OF THE DECADE."
ALBUM OF THE DECADE
— there it is, rhett 🎪 (@perryxrexha) August 28, 2020
Another fan added, "I LOVE YOUUU ITS PERFECT."
I LOVE YOUUU ITS PERFECT
— 𝖗𝖊 mundinho daisy (@purposekaty) August 28, 2020
One fan said, "already listening to #smile and all I'll say is: thank you so much for putting your heart and soul into music. I'll always be grateful to have you in my life."
already listening to #smile and all I'll say is: thank you so much for putting your heart and soul into music. I'll always be grateful to have you in my life.
— there it is, rafaela (@katymyhaven) August 28, 2020
"When my future grandchildren ask me how I survived the 2020 pandemic.... This is what I will tell them:" says another fan, sharing a collage of Katy Perry promotional pics and social media photos for 'Smile'.
When my future grandchildren ask me how I survived the 2020 pandemic....
This is what I will tell them: pic.twitter.com/Wsubt48s3n
— There it is, Levy ✨ (@bloomsberger) August 28, 2020
'Smile' is Perry's sixth studio album and follows three years after 'Witness'. Perry released lead single 'Daisies' on May 15. Its cover art was also posted that day, featuring the singer smiling in a field of yellow daisies. The second single to arrive was the LP's self-titled track which dropped in July. The song samples Naughty by Nature's 1999 song 'Jamboree' and in it, Perry talks about expressing her gratitude for changes in her life. Previously released standalone singles 'Never Really Over' and 'Harleys in Hawaii' are also included on the album.
Perry described 'Smile' as her "journey towards the light, with stories of resilience, hope, and love". The singer explained that the record is about "finding the light at the end of the tunnel" and reclaiming your smile. She also expressed that the album comes from a place where she fell in after her career and relationship with Orlando Bloom hit a low point back in 2017. She discussed struggles with depression and suicidal thoughts and claims that gratitude is what saved her life.
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Home / News / Ambode Insists On Banning 'Danfo' buses, Sets Aside N30bn For For Air Conditioned Vehicles
Ambode Insists On Banning 'Danfo' buses, Sets Aside N30bn For For Air Conditioned Vehicles
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Governor of Lagos state, Akinwunmi Ambode, has insisted on banning yellow commercial buses known as "Danfo" with 5,000 air-conditioned vehicles.
Speaking with journalists at the weekend, Ambode disclosed that his administration had set aside N30 billion for an integrated public transportation system, which would kick start this year.
Ambode identified the challenges Lagosians go through on a daily basis commuting via public transportation, saying the reform was aimed at providing a viable alternative.
"We decided that the best thing is to allow the yellow buses go and so the bus reform initiative itself is a three-year plan of 2017 to 2019 in which it intends to bring in new buses of 5,000 units in the three-year plan," he said.
"The bigger size buses will take 70 people and then the medium range buses will take 30 people. We believe that the middle range buses will be supplied up to 70 percent of the total volume which will amount to about 3,600 units and then the longer range in that direction."
He said he administration would fund the initiative by launching a public transportation infrastructure bond of N100billion that would span between seven and 10 years.
"You are aware that the federal government paid the refund of the Paris Club loan last December and this is a money belonging to the state governments due to the refund and so Lagos state decided not to touch its share of the Paris Club refund. Right now, we have a sinking fund of N14.5billion that is already put in place to drive this public transportation bond," he said.
"We refused to touch our money and we believe that the second batch of the refund should be paid next month and eventually that will be N29billion that we will have. I will add another N1billion to it making it N30billion to kick start this initiative.
"By the time we have N30billion as sinking fund to drive the bus initiative against the bond of N100billion that we want to put into the market, there will be that credibility and credence that the bond will drive itself and that is the whole idea."
He said aside the bond, his administration also intends to give out franchise to interested stakeholders in multiple of 50 buses each, 100 buses, 200 buses and above, explaining that what is required is a down payment of 25 percent of the buses.
"So, these are bankable projects as we have a sinking fund and so our exposure as a government is just technically 75 per cent," he said.
"So, from the kind of machinery we want to use to run the buses, there are no cash takings, everything is automated and obviously, whoever has a franchise, whoever drives, they have the recourse to take part of the money while part of the intake also goes to the repayment of the facility and so it is a comprehensive template."
He said the state government was willing to absorb Danfo drivers into the new initiative, and added that transport unions would be expected to take ownership to ensure sustainability.
"This is just a paradigm shift where Danfo drivers move from being addressed as Danfo drivers but as professional drivers," he said.
"So, we will buy back the Danfos from them and it becomes the seed money to become eventual owners of those buses in the years the facility is spread.
"It is something we have been working on in the last one year and we don't come out to say we are going to do anything without working properly on it. It is process and now we are at the advocacy process.
"We intend to start to go to the bus parks and all that to educate people and the integral part of these buses is what you see us trying to provide bus terminals, Laybys, bus stops. They are coming in pieces but they will become a complete cup of delivering this particularly product when we put them together."
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In der Schweiz ist nur das Netz von Zürich eine S-Bahn im strengen Sinn, wie in Deutschland meist verwendet. Durch das langfristige Projekt Bahn 2000 sind die weiteren "S-Bahnen" entstanden, die zum Teil noch im weiteren Ausbau sind (Anpassung bestehender und Bau zusätzlicher Haltestellen, teilw. Überhol-Abschnitte auf eingleisigen Stecken). So ist die Bezeichnung "S-Bahn" bis auf weiteres meist nur als Marketingbezeichnung für die früheren "Regionalzüge" mit Halt an allen Stationen zu sehen.

Es gibt in der Regel keinen Preisunterschied zwischen Fernverkehrs- und S-Bahn-Fahrten. Eine Fahrt von Ziegelbrücke nach Zürich mit der S-Bahn kostet beispielsweise genauso viel wie dieselbe Fahrt mit dem InterRegio. Weiter wird der Begriff S-Bahn meistens bei Agglomerationen mit einem grösseren Netz an Nahverkehrslinien verwendet. Die meisten Linien führen oder tangieren dabei die Zentralstadt.

Die Schweizerischen Bundesbahnen haben für die Schweiz folgende Mindestanforderungen an eine S-Bahn gestellt:
 Existenz von Durchmesserlinien
 Durchschnittsgeschwindigkeit von ca. 50 km/h
 Einheitliche Tarife
 Einheitliches Erscheinungsbild und Kommunikation gegenüber den Kunden
 Koordination und Vernetzung mit anderen Verkehrsunternehmen

Nicht im Anforderungsprofil für eine S-Bahn der Schweizerischen Bundesbahnen, dennoch aber ein Hauptmerkmal:
Im Kernbereich der zentralen Grossstadt gebündelte Fahrwege der S-Bahnlinien mit typischerweise eigener Gleisinfrastruktur und eigenen, vom Interregio- und Fernverkehr unabhängigen Haltestellen und Bahnhöfen
Allerdings erfüllt keine S-Bahn alle Kriterien vollumfänglich. So fährt die S-Bahn Zürich über den Bereich des ZVV-Tarifverbundes hinaus und selbst die teilweise auf dem Zürcher Tramnetz fahrende Forchbahn wird als "S-Bahn" geführt. Die S-Bahn Bern hat noch Linien, die nur stündlich verkehren. Die S-Bahn Luzern kann infrastrukturbedingt keine Durchmesserlinien einrichten. Die S-Bahnen werden oft von verschiedenen Eisenbahnverkehrsunternehmen betrieben und haben bis auf Basel und Bern kein Symbol als Erkennungszeichen.

Der Begriff S-Bahn wird in öffentlichen, zweisprachigen Publikationen mit Réseau Express Régional (RER) ins Französische übersetzt.

Anmerkungen
 Die Netze von Luzern und Zug teilen sich einen gemeinsamen Nummernbereich und werden oft als S-Bahn Zentralschweiz zusammengefasst.
 Die meisten Normalspurlinien (1435 mm) werden mit Wechselstrom 15 kV 16,7 Hz betrieben, ebenso die meterspurigen Linien in Luzern. Die nach Frankreich führenden Linien fahren ab Basel SBB und ab Genf Cornavin mit Wechselstrom 25 kV 50 Hz. Die meterspurigen Linien in Zürich, Bern und St. Gallen verkehren mit 1200–1500 V Gleichstrom.
 Im Kanton Aargau, der zwischen den drei S-Bahn-Netzen Zürich, Basel und Zentralschweiz liegt, wurden auf Wunsch des Kantons auf Ende 2008 alle Regionalzugslinien mit S-Bahn-Nummern versehen. Schon davor fuhren rund die Hälfte der Regionalzüge mit einer S-Bahn-Nummer, da sie nur eine Teilstrecke im Aargau zurücklegen, der Rest aber im Kerngebiet der jeweiligen S-Bahn.

Siehe auch
 Liste der Schweizer Tarifverbünde
 S-Bahnen in Deutschland
 S-Bahnen in Österreich
 S-Bahnen in Frankreich

Einzelnachweise

Weblinks
 Die S-Bahn Systeme der Schweiz (S.24) (franz. Version (S.18)) (5,6 MB)


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CECC confirms 88,293 more COVID-19 cases, including 88,247 domestic cases and 46 imported cases
On June 1, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) announced 88,293 new confirmed cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Taiwan. Of the 88,293 new cases, 88,247 are domestic and 46 are imported (31 of them tested positive upon landing). The CECC announced 122 deaths today.
Regarding the 88,247 new domestic cases, 42,365 are male and 45,861 are female, while the gender of the other 21 cases is under investigation. They range in age from under five to above 90 years.
Of those domestic cases, 14,894 were reported in New Taipei City, 11,511 in Taichung City, 11,499 in Kaohsiung City, 9,568 in Taoyuan City, 7,634 in Tainan City, 7,480 in Taipei City, 4,852 in Changhua County, 3,177 in Pingtung County, 2,527 in Hsinchu County, 2,008 in Hsinchu City, 2,008 in Miaoli County, 1,852 in Yunlin County, 1,622 in Yilan County, 1,496 in Nantou County, 1,493 in Hualien County, 1,423 in Keelung City, 1,226 in Chiayi County, 902 in Taitung County, 677 in Chiayi City, 215 in Penghu County, 131 in Kinmen County, and 52 in Lienchiang County.
Regarding the 122 deaths from domestic cases announced today, they were 67 men and 55 women ranging in age from under five to above 90 years. They were severe cases.
Regarding the 46 new imported cases, they were 25 men and 21 women ranging in age from under 10 to above 90 years. Of the cases, two arrived from the US and one each from the Philippines and Spain. The areas the remaining 42 cases arrived from are being investigated. They all arrived between May 30 and 31, 2022.
The CECC reported that a total of 11,268,682 cases related to COVID-19 have been reported in Taiwan among which COVID-19 has been ruled out in 9,154,046. Of these reported cases, infection with COVID-19 was laboratory-confirmed in 2,121,231 cases. Of the 2,121,231 confirmed cases, 13,034 are imported; 2,108,143 are domestic; 36 are naval crew members aboard the Panshi fast combat support ship; 3 are infections on an aircraft; 1 case has an unknown source of infection; 14 cases' sources of infection are being investigated. There have been a cumulative total of 2,377 COVID-19 deaths since 2020; of the 2,377 deaths, 2,362 are from domestic cases and the other 15 are from imported cases.


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module Locomotive
  module API
    module Entities

      class SiteEntity < BaseEntity

        expose    :name, :handle, :seo_title, :meta_keywords, :meta_description,
                  :robots_txt

        expose :locales, :domains

        expose :memberships, using: MembershipEntity

        expose :timezone do |site, _|
          site.timezone_name
        end

        expose :picture_url do |site, _|
          site.picture.url
        end

      end

    end
  end
end


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Toast Ziggy Stardust and Get a 23-Karat-Gold Massage At This Historic London Hotel
By Morgan Halberg • 05/11/19 9:00am
Entering London's Hotel Café Royal is a dramatic affair. Courtesy Hotel Cafe Royal/Leading Hotels of the World
The Hotel Café Royal's glitzy history goes all the way back to the 1860s, when a French wine merchant opened the building as a meeting place, restaurant and bar. It quickly became a favorite and over the years welcomed patrons like Princess Diana, Elizabeth Taylor, Mick Jagger, Brigitte Bardot and Oscar Wilde.
It shuttered its doors in 2008, but after a four-year, multimillion-pound renovation courtesy of David Chipperfield Architects reopened in 2012 as part of Leading Hotels of the World. The good news? It has lost none of its celebrity allure—Kanye West, Rihanna and Serena Williams are just some of the famous faces who've been spotted in the five-star, 160-room stay. Located between Mayfair and Soho, the space continues to pay homage to its star-studded past, with additions like the Oscar Wilde Lounge and Ziggy's cocktail bar (a tribute to David Bowie).
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Princess Diana loved lunching at the Hotel Café Royal. Courtesy Hotel Cafe Royal/Leading Hotels of the World
Princess Diana, Winston Churchill and Elizabeth Taylor all frequented the Café Royal.
The Princess of Wales would often lunch there in the 1990s, as did Churchill, who was a big fan of the steak and champagne. Elizabeth Taylor and her then-husband Richard Burton, on the other hand, preferred the parties at the Café Royal.
More recently, Kate Moss, Naomi Campbell, Cara Delevingne and Harry Styles have all stopped by, and it's easy to see why—everything is perfectly curated, from the subtle Diptyque scent wafting through the lobby (which happens to feature a resplendent chandelier so massive, it nearly graces the floor) to the restaurants to the Assouline book–filled library.
Oscar Wilde would surely approve of the lounge built in his honor. Courtesy Hotel Cafe Royal/Leading Hotels of the World
The Oscar Wilde Lounge is named after its most famous former patron, who made some not-so-wise decisions there.
The Hotel Café Royal reopened The Grill Room, which dated back to 1865, as the Oscar Wilde Lounge in honor of the famous writer. It's the very room where Frank Harris famously attempted to get Wilde to drop charges against his lover Alfred Douglas' father, the ninth Marquess of Queensberry. It didn't work out, and Wilde eventually ended up in prison.
It isn't home to this kind of intrigue nowadays (at least not that we know of), but the afternoon tea there is one of the best in London, and Wilde would surely appreciate its unapologetic opulence: gilded walls, velvet and mirrors for days.
The ultimate David Bowie homage. Courtesy Hotel Cafe Royal/Leading Hotels of the World
David Bowie retired Ziggy Stardust with an epic party at the hotel.
The late music icon retired his alter ego in 1973, celebrating the occasion with a major after-party at the Café Royal attended by the likes of Paul McCartney, Mick Jagger and Lou Reed. The hotel decided to honor Bowie by opening Ziggy's cocktail bar, a chic spot with walls covered in photographs of the star by Mick Rock. Even the drinks are a nod to him, like the Cat From Japan and Tiger on Vaseline.
Modern, but with a twist. Courtesy Hotel Cafe Royal/Leading Hotels of the World
The rooms feature some very impressive marble.
Most of the rooms at the Hotel Café Royal (which start at $569) are furnished with contemporary low beds, pink and green leather couches and chairs, and English oak accents. The all-marble bathrooms contain dreamy carved tubs, rainfall showers and the very crucial television-screen-in-mirror.
One of the terraces at the Dome Penthouse. Courtesy Hotel Cafe Royal/Leading Hotels of the World
The pièce de résistance is the $7,760-a-night Dome Penthouse.
The 3,000-square-foot Dome Penthouse occupies the sixth floor of the hotel, and has two furnished terraces overlooking the London cityscape as well as a circular master suite with a giant green marble tub. The three-bedroom suite, which starts at $7,760 a night, also comes with a dedicated butler and concierge who will fulfill any request, whether it be adding a fire pit or rooftop sauna (hear that, Ed Sheeran?), or preparing a glamping setup on the terrace.
Get ready for some water poetry. Courtesy Hotel Cafe Royal/Leading Hotels of the World
Relax with a gold shea butter massage or Poetry in Water in the Akasha spa.
The holistic underground Akasha spa contains a 60-foot pool, a hammam, a sauna, a hot tub, nine treatment rooms and a Watsu pool, where you can enjoy a Poetry in Water treatment in which you'll perform specific movements that will apparently change your perception of shape with zero gravity. Personally, we'd opt for the massage, which uses 23-karat-gold mineral shea butter.
Filed Under: Lifestyle, Travel, Travel, David Bowie, Kate Moss, Princess Diana, luxury travel, Naomi Campbell, Mick Jagger
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Q: Is it possible to set source dynamically in Azure Repos Git? I'm looking for a solution to dynamically select a branch to build in the Azure pipeline. I have Azure Repos Git where I select project, repository and default branch. I would like to be able to select branch based on a variable.
What I'm trying now is to use the Command Line task and fire a git checkout command (e.g. branch is a variable):
git checkout $(branch)
I can't confirm it working yet but still I confirm it works but I feel that there is a better option than checking out default branch and then switching branch with the command line.

A: Update:
If you want to have single pipeline that can build different branches (version branches) for different branches, you could just specify them in the trigger of branch filters. This will not build all branches.
The branch you select in build definition is just the default branch used when you Queue New Build manually. OTOH the build trigger establish which branch to download, e.g. if the build has been triggered by a git push on branch develop then that is the one checkout'ed and built. Take a look at this link: Get the sources from the branch that triggered the build in Team Services
Besides, you could  disable the default get source step.Then use you own powershell script and git command to get source code manually(just what you want)  and check out branch, finally build based on your variable.

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*For YAML, to disable the default "Get Sources" just specify none in
the checkout:
checkout: none

*For UI, please refer my reply in this question:
Is it able to ignore/disable the first step Get source in vNext Build?

Assuming you're choosing the default branch. That doesn't mean that
  it's the only branch that can be built by that build definition.
You can choose which branches to monitor for CI (on the Triggers tab,
  you can add multiple branch filters to represent the branches you wish
  to build on commit), and the appropriate branch will be checked out
  when the build is triggered. You can also choose an alternate branch
  when manually queuing the build.
Source Link: Get Sources from multiple branches

If you want to dynamically select default branch as below, this is not available at present.

This is the branch that you want to be the default when you manually
  queue this build. If you set a scheduled trigger for the build, this
  is the branch from which your build will get the latest sources.
The default branch has no bearing when the build is triggered
  through continuous integration (CI). Usually you'll set this to be
  the same as the default branch of the repository (for example,
  "master").

There is a related user voice here: When triggering a build, use the same branch as the trigger build. You could kindly vote up and track the process.


Donna Phipps Stout grew up in Kentucky, and as a child spent her time exploring the woods and fields, and drawing. Her parents were both teachers, encouraged her artistic talents, gave her with oil paints at a young age. Donna's interest in the arts flourished and she went on to earn a master's degree in fine arts from Indiana University. Donna has taught at John Brown University and the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. She has received many honors, including the Mid-America Alliance/National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship Award in Painting and Works on Paper, and the Farman Still Life Prize, Salon Biennial, Grand Palais, Paris, France. This exhibition includes several pieces shown for the first time.
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