A lovely ruby red with russet highlights. Aroma of ripe red fruit, cinnamon and spices. Good tannic structure in the mouth.
Rioja Crianza Quinto Arrio relies less on oak than many Navarran wines, the Crianza has a deep inky quality which is sublime. The Crianza is lightly oaked, it is refreshing in its lightness, but still pleasing to those who like their Riojas a little bigger! The Magister Bibendi wines are Navarrsotillos showcase wines.
This Crianza (vintage) wine is the result of painstaking labour. Grapes are selected from the oldest vines, they are blended before ageing for 12 months in American and French oak barrels. The wine is then also aged in the bottle, at a constant temperature.
A lovely ruby red colour, very clean, with medium to high robe and russet highlights with an aroma of ripe red fruit, a background of cinnamon and spices. Good tannic structure in the mouth, persisting in the aftertaste with dark-roasted tones. Balanced and full of flavour.
Serve at 18º C, let it breathe.
Ageing: Recommended to drink up to 7 years after harvesting.
As with all wines on this website, this wine is made without the use of animal products. This is not the case with so many wines that are commonly on sale in the UK. Far too many wines have animal products used as a so-called production aid; they will often have a large array of chemical additives as well. Have a look at our page on additives allowed in wines. Many vegan wines are also organic or better still bio-dynamically grown. The care taken in growing the grapes and making the wine comes through in the taste of the final product. This is a vegan wine.
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Daily fantasy sports have been all the craze in recent years and who doesn't want to see their favorite real-life players come together in the virtual world to slug it out without the limitations of their real world counterparts. Both men and women alike, young and old, have jumped on the bandwagon because it is an exciting prospect to see these games being played out. And with this trend, also comes the sideline of sports betting.
When it comes to daily fantasy sports there have been two rival competitors at the top of the industry, capturing 90% of the entire market: DraftKings and FanDuel. In September 2018, DraftKings launched its first official betting app that would allow bettors to look at the odds, place their bets, and monitor the results of games all in one click, no matter where they are. In response to this, the other industry leader introduced their own sportsbook, the FanDuel Sportsbook. As with any rival products, there are similarities and differences that make a user choose one over the other. In this article, we would like to show the benefits of using FanDuel's new mobile and online platform for sports betting.
FanDuel Sportsbook was launched in 2018 and is owned by Paddy Power Betfair. The purchase came in July, after the Supreme Court's decision to strike down the federal sports betting ban in the United States. It is a well-known brand that has been offering Daily Fantasy Sports (DFS) since 2009 and already popular among sports fans.
At this time, FanDuel only accepts sportsbook wagers from players 21 years and older and physically located in New Jersey. FanDuel verifies location through geolocation technology so you won't be able to sneak any bets in while out of the state. Also doing so is against the law. However, players can register and manage their FanDuel sportsbook account from anywhere.
Though payment options may be limited, users do have some of the best gateways available including Paypal, eCheck, PayNearMe, and credit or debit cards. It may still be lacking in a few features with regard to funding like having the capacity for making larger deposits. So far, it would seem that Paypal is still the most convenient method for doing your funding transactions.
Any withdrawals over $25,000 will need to be done via ACH/wire transfer.
Let's start with the obvious hook. FanDuel offers new users with an initial risk-free bet of up to $500, which could be immediately withdrawn once the user loses the bet. So any amount deposited up to $500 can be bet risk-free knowing you'll be refunded if you lose your first bet. Anybody within the legal age limit and within a legal sports betting jurisdiction is eligible to participate in this bonus offer. You simply just make an account on FanDuel Sportsbook's main site, make a deposit and make your first bet. You don't have to input any code, because the site wants you to try out their platform to feel out how it works.
After signing up and depositing some money, choose any matchup you like and make a bet knowing that there is literally nothing to lose, since you will be refunded if you lose the bet. This is what they call the promotion bonus. You can try it for "free" in the simplest terms. Once it has been determined that you lost, you may claim a refund 72 hours after the promotion period which runs until January 27, 2019. If you win, then you just won your first bet without having actually having to risk any of your bankroll. The only catch is that if you do win, you won't be able to withdrawal any winnings until you bet the total amount of the winnings. For example if you bet $100 and won $300 you would have to bet another $300 on the site before cashing out. This is called a rollover and is standard for online casinos and sportsbooks to have associated with their bonus offers.
The platform exists on both online and mobile formats so it gives users ease of access and real-time updates about results and other bets that are being placed on the platform.
The design of both the website and the app have been created with the user in mind so it gives you all the essential information you need about the money lines, spreads, and other data that you would use to make your decisions. It also presents these information in a straightforward layout so you don't have to scroll through the whole page just to find what you need.
The sportsbook offers some of the best prices (odds) on the money lines, spread, and run lines that would provide you with the best returns for your risk.
When you are on the FanDuel sportsbook site or app, there will be different kinds of bets that you can elect to make. From money line wagers to futures, you can experiment until you find the right market to satisfy your betting needs.
Since the technology behind this platform was made in collaboration with IGT, a trusted tech company, users can be confident that the quality is top-notch. It has a very smooth flow and once you land on their homepage, you would immediately see everything organized in their respective categories. Most of the functions on the app and site ensure that users will not have to deal with unexpected crashing or errors that would ruin the whole experience.
FanDuel offers some of the best bets and odds across the entire industry especially when it comes to money lines as they count even to the last digit. Their NFL spreads are pretty standard and similar to other sportsbooks. Not all of their offerings are as competitive or profitable though so it would depend on you to get a good feel of the board and find the hidden nuggets that would give you the best returns.
FanDuel offers wagering options for most major sports in the US but again, its range is limited in this respect. So far, their markets consists of football, basketball, baseball, soccer, golf, tennis, hockey, mixed martial arts, and boxing. It is likely they'll grow and add new markets over time.
When it comes to joining in on a game in progress, users will have one of the best time as they will be able to see the bets and the odds changing almost simultaneously while the game is happening, as well as seeing the scores being updated. Of course, the money lines during play may not be the most accurate at all times, but that would pretty much be the same with the rest.
FanDuel has a system of earning points within their platform allowing them to have a certain status that they can use to get certain benefits and other additional features available only to those who have been continuously supporting and using the platform. For each dollar that you would spend on the platform, you earn five of these FanDuel points and the more points you earn, the higher your tier will be which could give you great access to various perks within the site.
Two years ago, FanDuel was supposedly going to merge with their rival DraftKings but was prohibited by the Federal Trade Commission as it would turn them into a monopoly. Ever since, they have been vying for the top spot in the market and their latest app launches will be a big factor in determining how much they would attract new customers and capture the market.


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Fourth German WPC Congress – Innovation Award: Top 6 nominated!
The over the years sustained global growth trend of wood-plastic composites (WPC) is to a considerable extent based on the innovation potential of small and medium-sized enterprises, not least in Germany. This development is well reflected in the competition for the Innovation Award of the "Fourth German WPC Congress" (December 13th-14th, Maritim Hotel Cologne, Germany, www.wpc-kongress.com).
Never before have so many companies stepped into the ring and it never was so hard for the jury to choose from the already outstanding field of applicants for the top 6 finalists. The election of the winners will be carried out by the participants of the WPC Congress on the evening of the first Congress day, the 13th of December 2011 in Maritim Hotel Cologne.
The number of congress participants and exhibitors increases unabated. Dipl.-Phys. Michael Carus, Managing Director of the organizer nova-Institut GmbH, is delighted: "Already three months before the start of the Congress we have over 100 registrations. This is truly remarkable!"More than 350 participants are expected, from inland and abroad. Connected to the Congress is the largest European WPC-Exhibition with over 30 companies and research institutions targeted.
The Curtania GmbH presents its newly developed curtain hanging system that goes far beyond the simple principle of a curtain rail. The individually extensible sliding system with running devices for rings and also grooves that are suitable as a curtain rail as well as for the insertion of e.g. LED light strips. Technically, the system is characterized by the various available forms of surface design, from brushed to high-gloss, in a very high color brilliance and also the high precision in the processing, which guarantees the sliding of the system parts during assembly to several meters in length.
In a joint project the Werzalit GmbH & Co KG has developed a process technology for the single step in-mould decoration and backing of genuine wood veneer. With this method it is possible to apply genuine wood veneer surface to large, highly shaped three-dimensional contours in only one step, for the first time. The WPC material offers properties like low shrinking and warpage which could be fully exploited technologically. The pre-forming of the veneer parts is not necessary either. Currently, the market introduction of a product using the new processing method is being prepared, a backrest for an office chair.
The result of a joint project with the Cracow University of Mining and Metallurgy, University of Bydgoszcz and Moeller-Polska zoo is presented by Möller GmbH & Co. KG: a sound protection profile made of WPC. The WPC-profile parts are weather and salt resistant, and through their simple plug-on system with profile widths up to 6m save expensive and energy-intensive assembly work on site. The inner damping performance of the WPC material was taken advantage of as well as a specially developed surface design for sound scattering. The sound insulation system is suitable not only for the aligning of busy streets, but can be used for example, as a sound absorbing housing in industrial plants and sound-absorbing interior walls.
In cooperation with Reifenhäuser GmbH & Co. KG Evonik Industries AG developed a pure PMMA wood composite. Known for its durability and fiber wetting, PMMA's properties are brought to best advantage in combination with wood. Thus the new material will bring WPCs to a whole new level in terms of weather resistance, color stability, dimensional stability and technical strength without any additional surface treatment. The first product group, with which the new material will be introduced is a decking with a specially developed surface structure in various, highly brilliant colors before it will also be available as a special WPC moulding compound.
The Swiss Rotho Kunststoff AG brings to the market a bucket specifically designed for organic waste: "Green Line", pursuing a particularly sustainable concept. For the material PEFC certified wood and recycled polypropylene is used and even the bucket handle is made from recycled steel. The "natural" design reflects these ecologically friendly approaches through visible wood fibres and a surface that should resemble tree bark. With this bucket Rotho takes an injection moulded WPC product to the average household, visibly and self-confident, and provides a resource-friendly alternative to buckets manufactured from pure virgin plastic.
With the new material Nerolit ® the PHK-polymer GmbH overcomes three main problems of lignocellulose-reinforced plastics: the swelling of the fibers, the durability against microbial degradation and the sensitivity to heat during processing. While with the first two an improvement of the durability in use achieved, the tackling of the latter allows the use of new matrix materials such as polyamides, which were previously mostly applicable for only inorganic fillers or reinforcements due to their high processing temperature required. With the introduction of these new matrix materials the application range of bio-based composites is extended towards high-performance areas. Nerolit ® is introduced in to the market as injection moulded parts such as a lamp housing, handles for office chairs, and pallet bases. It already has been certified as 100% bio-based by the USDA BioPreferred program.
Source: nova-Institut GmbH, press release, 2011-09-20.


Welcome to the race! Last year's 6th grade students added fun tasks to the push pins on each country they studied. These tasks are windows into the economics, culture, geography, history, and government of that country. Click on the push pins to preview the questions!
Here is how you play: Start from Southeast and move through each push pinned country to the Northwest. Contestants will have to answer one of the questions written on the pushpins (extra credit if you upload your answer to the map). For each answer, you also must add the link to where you got that information. This way we know you are giving credit to your sources and didn't just make it up!
For example, if the clue is, "Go to the building where the Head of State lives and knock on the door. Try to sell a copy of your latest essay," the contestant will have to find a photo of that building and save it in a powerpoint as well as the link to that photo. In other words, you create a slide (with the country name as the title) with your answer and the source of your answer. Remember: If you upload your answers (usually pictures and hyperlinks) to the GoogleMap, you get an extra point.
The first team to complete the race with accurate responses and links wins! Each extra point means you get to skip the next country.
This is a great way to get really good at creating keyword searches or MORE THAN ONE SEARCH TERM, and that gets results fast!
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On the heels of my Monday Tip-Off article discussing rosters and roster editing in NBA Live, a new update has been pushed through for NBA Live 18. As with all roster updates, it will be downloaded automatically when you fire up the game on PlayStation 4 or Xbox One, provided of course that your console is connected to the Internet.
At a glance, it appears as though the rosters are quite up to date in terms of the latest transactions. Aaron Brooks is notably still missing from the Minnesota Timberwolves' roster, however this is likely due to the fact that they currently have more than fifteen players. With any luck, issues like that will be resolved very soon. I haven't had a chance to check everyone's uniform number as yet, but looking at a few recently traded players, it appears that a few corrections have been made since the previous roster.
Speaking of uniforms, the latest update adds new classic uniforms for the Atlanta Hawks, Charlotte Hornets, Golden State Warriors, Indiana Pacers, Los Angeles Lakers, Miami Heat, Milwaukee Bucks, and Phoenix Suns. These classic uniforms will be worn for selected games during the 2018 season. No other retro jerseys are available in NBA Live 18 at this time.
As always, we're looking to compile feedback about the rosters to send along to the development team, so feel free to add your thoughts in the comments section below, as well as here in the NLSC Forum. See below for some screenshots of all the new uniforms in-game.
Weill l do enjoy seeing these jerseys in NBA LIVE l would love for the Live team to realize that taking things out of games and adding them back is a thing of the past and the consumer has become a bit more knowledge about what should be GOLD standards. Hopefully they patch in sleeve jerseys sooner better than later. Street Fighter and Marvel Vs Capcom franchises have suffered for taking things out of there game or locking them on a "dics" to be later DLC as proven disastrous to these said companies. This will also be the fate of 2K and there VC cannibalism.
Sleeved jerseys are gone because they are no longer going to be worn. They were an adidas thing, and now that Nike has the uniform contract, they're history. That's why they're not in NBA Live 18 or NBA 2K18.


All endourological and open urological procedures are carried out by a team of dedicated professionals.
At Jammu Hospital we offer treatment for Kidney, Ureter, Urinary Bladder, Prostate, Cancer.
At Jammu Hospital we offer surgical management and chemotherapy to the patients. A dedicated chemotherapy staff trained to give chemotherapy is available.
ICU is available for critically ill patients.
A dedicated team of Anesthetist and Intensivist is available for the patients requiring anesthesia during surgery and postoperative care. A team of Intensivists trained in ICU care in the form of Ventilator usage, infusion pump usage and central line management are available.
It is managed by a team of trained BLS & ACLS staff, doctors and paramedics.
Patient nurse ratio 1:1 maintained.
5. All the lifesaving and emergency drugs are maintained inside the ICU.
Hi-Tech lab managed by a team of dedicated professionals is available.
Lab services are monitored and managed by senior consultant pathologist.
Microbiology services are managed by senior consultant microbiologist.
Technical work is done by 3 trained Lab technicians.
8. Tumour Marker etc. are done using state-of-art equipments.
To maintain the accuracy and authenticity calibrations and quality controls are being done as per international standards.


October 26, 2007 - Siemens Medical Solutions will exhibit an alternative approach to IGRT, the MVision Megavoltage Cone Beam Imaging Package that is reportedly a powerful, unique volumetric in-line target imaging solution that employs the existing treatment beam to provide 3D target imaging, at ASTRO, Oct. 28 to Nov. 1, 2007.
MVision fully integrates and automates all processes, including acquisition, reconstruction, registration, assessment, patient positioning and clinical review, according to the company. Therapists can calculate 3D offsets, send them to the treatment couch to compensate for daily variations and safely deliver therapy.
The solution does not require an independent imaging source for IGRT, thus maximizing clinical accessibility and patient comfort. This innovation also frees caregivers from performing unnecessary electromechanical maintenance, so they can focus on patient care.


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Hodgson's Reign Of Horror Resigned To History As Klopp Keeps The Feel-Good Factor
by Andy Heaton | Mar 31, 2018 | Footie | 5 comments
THERE was a time in the not too distant past when Liverpool would take any excuse to feel sorry for themselves.
To give a game up as a bad job, a shrug of the shoulders, a sigh, a lead thrown away or an equaliser resulting in a capitulation, "just one of those days", nothing you can do about it.
The long, quiet journeys home after a listless, insipid loss lacking in any desire, creativity or inspiration or the bad-tempered debates in many a Breck Road boozer as the humiliations piled up.
Roy Hodgson may have only been Liverpool manager for six months, but the stench of mediocrity that was his forte lingered far, far longer.
Blackburn, Blackpool, Wolverhampton fucking Wanderers, the formidable Northampton Town among those storied teams that had bested Hodgson's Liverpool who were that bad they even lost to bloody Everton.
I use the word "they" quite deliberately, because nothing going on at the club in that particular period resembles anything remotely like what it should stand for, and Roy Hodgson was the embodiment of the decay that permeated the very fabric of the club.
It was a Liverpool team, but only in name.
One of those days. Every. Fucking. Week.
Liverpool had "one of those days" again today but unlike the spineless embarrassment masquerading as a football team under Hodgson's stewardship, Liverpool travel back to Merseyside having secured three points in more than challenging circumstances, and not for the first time this season.
The Reds have, on the whole, this season, been sensational, but almost as impressive as the routine annihilations, is the developing steel being forged throughout the side, the desire not to take the easy option, not to look for excuses, to not accept defeat.
Two games stick out this season where Liverpool haven't been anywhere near their brilliant, fluent best but they've managed to find a way to win, certain moments punctuate a season and both today, as at Turf Moor earlier in the season, Liverpool refused to accept anything other than victory.
The timing of today's game and the manner in which it played out could not be overstated with what is on the horizon next week. Too often we've seen Liverpool sides over the last few years take their eye off the ball and suffer defeats that suck the air out of a season.
But you feel that it's games like today where Liverpool find out more about themselves than any other, by holding each other to account and setting standards and not accepting the easy option.
Of course such an approach carries risk, and sometimes it won't work, as defeat to Swansea showed, but what it also illustrated is that, when it doesn't go right or we don't get what we deserve, the hangovers are far less severe.
"Those days" are getting fewer and further between, and even when they do, like today, we're getting far better at winning when not at anywhere near our best.
This Liverpool side do not emerge victorious from either Turf Moor or Selhurst Park any other time in the last decade, but slowly, Jürgen Klopp has instilled a strengthening backbone in this squad developing in his image.
This is a Liverpool team that once again feels like ours, a Liverpool team that refuses to let fate conspire against it, to write its own story.
And with a Champions League quarter final around the corner, who knows how this chapter might end?
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FrankC on 31 March 2018 at 6:49 pm
Hodge was an aberration. Let's never ever mention his name again in these parts. It imbues him with an element of recognition that the old bastard doesn't deserve.
James on 31 March 2018 at 11:35 pm
Hodgson was here SIX MONTHS, but somehow everything wrong at the club for the next three years was down to him. Get a grip!
Paddy Pajarro on 1 April 2018 at 6:31 pm
Fair play Andy. Capturing the mood very well with your writing of late!
benway on 1 April 2018 at 11:09 pm
That photo is something else. Trent earned the blinding joy etching his face ; Salah a stunning selfish/selfless flare-nosed stallion.

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Jenny Crumiller
Princeton, NJ Council member • personal website
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PCDO Talk
March 30, 2016 February 6, 2016 by jenny
As old-time Democrats in Princeton may know, I have been integrally involved in the Princeton Community Democratic Organization (PCDO) for a number of years. In 2006, became president after serving as membership chair, corresponding secretary and running a presidential campaign headquarters. I was president for three years, when the club became known as the largest and most active Democratic club in the state. After that, I ran for Princeton Council.
One of my major efforts as PCDO president, besides expanding and activating the membership, was to encourage competitive primaries in our virtually one-party town. You can see the resolution I wrote here. Competetive primaries were relatively rare before that; when I ran for the (former) Borough council, I was the first candidate in decades to run without having been appointed by the council to fill a vacancy first. The usual practice had been that a council member would resign before the term was up in order to allow the council to choose the next member.
The PCDO is now a vibrant membership organization, and a competitive PCDO local endorsement process is seen as a regular occurrence. It's going to happen again this year and I couldn't be happier, even if it means– unlike last time I ran– I will have competition and a little more work to do.
Primary voters who haven't spent a lot of time studying up on the candidates end up taking the PCDO endorsement seriously, and so if you want to make an impact on the election, you can join the PCDO, attend the endorsement meeting on March 20 where candidates answer questions, and vote. There is a minimum organizational dues payment of $5 and the suggested dues are $15. Dues help defray costs of renting space and running the organization.


The wild flowers of the Pyrenees are justifiably famous. Known as the flower garden of Europe the alpine flora is spectacular throughout the summer and a must for all wild flower lovers. The abundance and variety of wild flowers is incredible and our walks take us through meadows of gentians, iris, orchids and asphodels.
If you are looking for an excellent all round Pyrenees nature field guide, take a look at the Wildlife of the Pyrenees. Covering flowers, birds, trees, mammals, reptiles, etc it's perfect for holidays and avoids taking alibrary with you!
Discover the flowers of the Pyrenees with Olatz, our specialist flower guide. Lovely hotel and easy walking learning all about the fantastic flora of the Pyrenees. Read the full itinerary.
There are about 35 different species of orchids in Spain at least 20 of which we see during our hiking season. The first to flower are the Elderflower orchids which flower in abundance in the meadows around Punta del Pacino. A must see is also the Ladys Slipper Orchid. This is Europe's largest flowering orchid and is so rare it has a guard by it whilst in flower.
There are several varieties of gentians flowering throughout the season due to much of the Pyrenees being limestone, the rock type gentians usually grow on. Most are compact and are the typical intense blue we associate with gentians. The Great Yellow Gentian which grows in abundance however is quite different with a stem that measures nearly a meter tall and is, as the name suggests, yellow.
The saxifrage family are a well known mountain and alpine plant. The Latin translation for the word 'saxifrage' is literally 'stone-breaker'. They are often found growing out of rock faces and the Pyrenean Saxifrage is no exception to this.
Lilies come in all different shapes and sizes and can be found in almost any type of habitat where plants can grow. Some of the lilies we have here are a pyrenean strain (such as Merendera Pyrenacia ) which is sometimes only realised when reading the Latin name.
Glad you liked the flower guide and that it proved helpful. I've actually got a whole lot of new flower pics that I'll put on when I get a chance. We've a new guide that is an absolute expert at Pyrenees flora so she's identifying loads of new species for me!
Hey folks, nicely done! But the flower I photographed in the Pyrenees in July 2014 doesn't seem to be shown here. If I emailed you my photo, would you be willing to help me ID it?
Glad you liked the flower page and sorry you doidn't find what you were looking for. By all means email us a photo and we'll try and identify it (and we'll add it to this page too). We love seeing new flowers!
End of April is quite early in the Pyrenees for flowers – especially this year which is still cold and snowy. At that time of year the Sierra de Guara in the Pre-Pyrenees is much better for flowers. It's a bit further south and slightly lower and has warmer temperatures meaning the flowers will all be out. For the high Pyrenees Mid May to early July is the best season – sometimes earlier depending on the weather.
I was wondering if you knew the name of a flower that grows in the Pyrenees near sources of water. They grow about a 1/2 a foot to a foot tall, plain thin stem and the flower is white and looks like a cotton ball. I have a picture of them if you want to see them.
I think the plant that you are describing is cottongrass or bog cotton (Eriophorum angustifolium). It's quite common here around springs or boggy areas. The white tuft (that looks very like cotton) is actually the seed head rather than the flower which is a small green flower. Despite it's name it's not used to make cotton or textiles. You often see marsh marigold (Caltha palustris) growing in the same areas.
Can you recommend any good field guides to flowers of the Pyrenees? I moved to Andorra in Dec 2017 and was bowled over by the flowers I saw on some of my walks this last summer. I am now looking for a good guide so I can be set up for next season !
I will have to try and visit your area too.
If you are looking for a flower specific guide try the Blacks nature guide 'Wild Flowers of Britain and Europe' – although not Pyrenees specific it covers most of the things that you'll find here. A good Spanish Pyrenees guide is 'Guia de flores del Pirineo' by Maza, Cartagena and Navarro.
We have a wild flower week running on the 2-9 June with our secialist flower guide Olatz – why not come along?
2nd to 9th June is tricky as I'll be working during the week (I teach English at a language centre in Andorra.) – unless possible to do the weekend only. I'd certainly be interested in anything happening during the holidays (July and August).
I'm also interested in your upcoming snowshoeing hoilday. Does it continue over the weekend? Again, I have a problem of taking time off during the week!
This is going to be a very helpful aid in identifying the flora I photographed in 2018 whilst visiting the Spanish Pyrenees.


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WRWC 2017
Women's Rugby World Cup: The story so far
We take a stroll down memory lane to look back at the seven previous editions of the Women's Rugby World Cup as the countdown to the 2017 tournament in Ireland continues.
Fri 4 August, 2017
Ireland 2017 will be the eighth chapter in a Women's Rugby World Cup story that began in Wales in April 1991 when USA were crowned the inaugural champions after a 19-6 defeat of England in the final.
From its humble beginnings to a 2014 edition which was broadcast to a record 167 countries in 2014, Women's Rugby World Cup 2017 is expected to reach even greater heights and be the most competitive tournament to date.
Hong Kong will become the 19th nation to grace the showpiece of the women's game, while only defending champions England, USA, France and Canada can lay claim to being part of every edition.
WOMEN'S RUGBY WORLD CUP 1991
Host nation: Wales
Dates: 6-14 April
Pool 1 – New Zealand, Canada, Wales
Pool 2 – France, Sweden, Japan
Pool 3 – USA, Netherlands, USSR
Pool 4 – England, Spain, Italy
New Zealand 0-7 USA
England 13-0 France
USA 19-6 England
Winning coaches: Kevin O'Brien and Chris Leach
Twelve teams took part in the inaugural tournament in hosts Wales, Canada, England, France, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Spain, Sweden, USA and the USSR with the teams split into four pools of three.
England, France, New Zealand and USA progressed to the semi-finals, but it was there that the challenges of Les Bleues and the Black Ferns ended.
England led 6-3 at the break in the final at Cardiff Arms Park after Gill Burns converted a penalty try, but nothing could stop USA from claiming the country's first – and last – major trophy since the men's team won Olympic gold in 1924, as they reeled off 16 points without reply.
Host nation: Scotland
Dates: 11-24 April
Pool A – USA, Sweden, Japan
Pool B – England, Scotland, Russia
Pool C – France, Ireland, Scottish Students
Pool D – Canada, Wales, Kazakhstan
USA 56-15 Wales
England 38-23 USA
Winning coach: Steve Dowling
To avoid clashing with the men's Rugby World Cup as the inaugural tournament had done in 1991, the second edition of the women's event came just three years later in Edinburgh with Kazakhstan, Ireland and hosts Scotland making their debuts.
Amsterdam had been due to host, but when the Dutch pulled out Scotland stepped in with three months to go and even fielded a Scottish Students side to compensate for Spain's withdrawal and keep the 12-team line-up.
It was evident from early on that the 1991 finalists were again the teams to beat as USA and England duly cruised to another title decider. This time, however, England exacted revenge in a hugely entertaining contest, winning 38-23 with flanker Gill Burns, centre Jacquie Edwards and full-back Jane Mitchell scoring tries and captain Karen Almond kicking 13 points.
Host nation: Netherlands
Dates: 1-16 May
Pool A – England, Canada, Netherlands, Sweden
Pool B – USA, Spain, Wales, Russia
Pool C – New Zealand, Scotland, Italy, Germany
Pool D – France, Australia, Kazakhstan, Ireland
USA 46-6 Canada
England 11-44 New Zealand
New Zealand 44-12 USA
Winning coach: Darryl Suasua
Four years after originally intended, Amsterdam did host a 16-team tournament which saw first appearances for Germany and Australia and the returns of New Zealand and Spain after missing the 1994 event.
New Zealand, led by their inspirational hooker Farah Palmer, quickly emerged as the biggest threat to previous winners USA and England as the trio were joined in the last four by Canada.
Defending champions England had been ruthless in the pool stages, as had the Black Ferns with a record 134-6 defeat of Germany, to produce the semi-final everyone wanted to see. It was a one-sided affair, though, with the 44-11 win a sign of the domination New Zealand were beginning.
USA swept aside Canada equally impressively in the other semi-final but had no answer in the title decider, Vanessa Cootes scoring four of New Zealand's eight tries in a 44-12 victory to ensure a third champion in as many tournaments.
Host nation: Spain
Dates: 12-26 May
Pool A – New Zealand, Australia, Wales, Germany
Pool B – France, USA, Kazakhstan, Netherlands
Pool C – England, Spain, Italy, Japan
Pool D – Canada, Scotland, Samoa, Ireland
New Zealand 30-0 France
Canada 10-53 England
England 9-19 New Zealand
Spain were the next hosts of a tournament that would set new standards of excellence in terms of skill and fitness. Samoa enjoyed a dream debut with a 22-0 win over Ireland, but England and New Zealand appeared destined for the final.
The Olympic Stadium in Barcelona provided a fitting backdrop for a final screened live in the middle of the night in New Zealand. The 8,000 crowd in the stands were treated to a blend of tactical awareness, gritty forward play and attacking rugby as the Black Ferns successfully defended their crown with a 19-9 victory, Monique Hirovanaa and Cheryl Waaka scoring the tries in the title decider.
Host nation: Canada
Dates: 31 August-17 September
Pool A – New Zealand, Spain, Kazakhstan
Pool B – England, Australia, Ireland
Pool C – France, USA, South Africa
Pool D – Canada, Scotland, Samoa
New Zealand 40-10 France
Canada 6-10 England
Winning coach: Jed Rowlands
WRWC 2006 broke new ground as the first tournament held outside of Europe, South Africa making their debut in Canada as the bar was raised once more by the 12 teams. It was the usual suspects in the semi-finals, though, with France and Canada unable to prevent another New Zealand-England final.
New Zealand's backs had taken women's rugby onto a new level with the triumvirate of Amiria Marsh, Stephanie Mortimer and Claire Richardson in particular impressive throughout. The final was another close affair, only settled when Marsh scored in the dying minutes for a 25-17 win to give Black Ferns captain Palmer the perfect send-off.
Host nation: England
Dates: 20 August to 5 September
Pool A – New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, Wales
Pool B – England, Ireland, USA, Kazakhstan
Pool C – France, Canada, Scotland, Sweden
England 15-0 Australia
New Zealand 13-10 England
Winning coach: Brian Evans
England welcomed the world in 2010 and invested heavily in preparations, hoping to avoid a third successive final loss to New Zealand. There were some upsets along the way with Ireland beating USA and South Africa edging Wales, while Australia made the semi-finals for the first time.
The final, played before a packed Twickenham Stoop, was a nail-biting affair and one that went right down to the wire. New Zealand had three yellow cards, but with one converted try apiece it was Kelly Brazier's penalty that proved the difference and secured a fourth successive crown.
Host nation: France
Dates: 27 July-19 August
Pool A – England, Canada, Spain, Samoa
Pool B – Ireland, New Zealand, USA, Kazakhstan
Pool C – France, Australia, Wales, South Africa
Ireland 7-40 England
France 16-18 Canada
England 21-9 Canada
Winning coach: Gary Street
The last edition of the Women's Rugby World Cup was played in the French capital and saw one of the biggest upsets in the tournament's history as Ireland ended New Zealand's 20-match unbeaten run on the WRWC stage with a 17-14 victory, one which meant the Black Ferns missed out on the semi-finals for the first time.
Ireland joined hosts France, England and Canada in the semi-finals with a first-time finalist guaranteed. Canada became only the fourth side to reach the final after a wonder try from Magali Harvey against hosts France, but it was England who were crowned champions, 20 years on from their last triumph, after a 21-9 win. Full-back Danielle Waterman scored the opening try with Emily Scarratt kicking three penalties before the centre converted her own try five minutes from time to seal the win.
Who will write their names into the latest chapter of WRWC 2017 history in Ireland? Join the conversation @WorldRugby using #WRWC2017
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After Game of Thrones: what on Westeros should we do now?
The end of GoT isn't just the end of a show. It's the end of gorging ourselves silly, collectively. Will anything ever fill this buzz vacuum?
Game of Thrones finale recap – The Iron Throne
Game of Thrones review – final epic episode corrects some major wrongs
Stuart Heritage
@stuheritage
Wed 22 May 2019 06.18 EDT Last modified on Wed 22 May 2019 09.20 EDT
In short, it will leave a hole ... the death of Game of Thrones. Photograph: HBO
In the dying days of Game of Thrones, it's fair to say that HBO got a little needy. With the palpable flopsweat of a soon-to-be-dumped lover, it broke its back showing everyone all the other great shows they could watch if only they stayed subscribed.
Like richly-drawn prestige ensembles? Big Little Lies is coming back, this time with Meryl Streep! Like snow and magic? Look, it's His Dark Materials! Like Westworld? No, of course you don't, nobody likes Westworld. But here's a trailer for season three, and it doesn't even look like Westworld any more! It looks like a cool new Aaron Paul drama. See? We can change. Don't leave us. We'll do anything you want.
Valar dohaeris! Every Game of Thrones episode – ranked
The reason for this sudden desperation is clear. The end of Game of Thrones isn't just the end of a series. It feels like the end of an entire way of watching TV. Game of Thrones wasn't the best show on television. It wasn't even the best show on HBO (that would be Barry). But it was, by some distance, the biggest. Sunday's finale was the most-watched HBO episode of all time, and that's before you factor in the tens of millions of people who found other ways to watch it. For years, the internet has heaved under the weight of recaps and spoilers and fan fiction. Game of Thrones was an immovable cultural fixture. It was appointment television on a level that other shows can only dream of. In short, it's going to leave a hole.
What will we gorge ourselves silly on now? Photograph: Courtesy of HBO
HBO will probably be fine. Although a recent survey found that 20% of its viewers would consider cancelling their $14.99 monthly subscription once their favourite show ended – which would cost HBO billions of dollars annually – the reality isn't nearly so stark. When its last true ratings juggernaut The Sopranos ended in 2007, HBO found that subscriptions actually increased slightly.
Besides, it's not as if the network is done with Westeros. Although programming president Casey Bloys has ruled out a direct sequel to Game of Thrones, replying 'Nope, nope, nope' when asked recently, there are still three prequels in the works. One – set 5,000 years before Game of Thrones – is about to shoot a pilot, with two more still at script stage. You can understand why HBO is keen to keep feasting on its biggest carcass, but it's worth pointing out that spin-offs to smash-hit shows are never automatic slam-dunks. Remember Caprica, the Battlestar Galactica prequel that sunk without trace a decade ago. Or, rather, don't.
But culturally, where do we go now? Last week Vanity Fair published a piece predicting heavy traffic drop-off for websites who until now have gorged themselves silly on Game of Thrones content. Sure, there will be other shows to fill the buzz vacuum – Stranger Things is only six weeks away – but the likelihood is they'll be squirrelled away on streaming platforms, dropped and left for viewers to discover and watch at their own pace.
Game of Thrones finale: who ended up on the Iron Throne? As it happened
The fanatics will gobble these new shows up in one sitting. Casual fans might take a few weeks. Intrigued outsiders might take months to discover them. But in terms of excitement, they'll just be blips, gobbled up in a matter of seconds. Meanwhile, by being scheduled once a week like clockwork, Game of Thrones has managed to achieve two months of breathless, agenda-setting attention. People are losing their minds about a partially obscured water bottle, for crying out loud. That has only happened because each new Game of Thrones episode was a huge cultural moment that took place out in the open. It'd be much harder to strip the flesh from its bones so comprehensively if it was a streaming show, because we'd all be experiencing it at different times.
But let's not lose hope entirely. While it might be hard to think of a show that could fill Game of Thrones' boots – and, despite HBO's best efforts, it certainly won't be Westworld – this is nevertheless a bumper age for old-fashioned linear TV. Despite the fracturing nature of the medium, BBC One's Bodyguard still managed to launch bigger than any other UK drama for over a decade, and the breathless week-on-week reaction to Fleabag shows that Game of Thrones wasn't the only series capable of dominating the conversation. The lesson seems to be clear: make it well enough and parcel it out properly, and there might just be life in appointment TV yet.
Game of Thrones: season eight


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FAQ :: What is the biblical significance of Pope Francis befriending Islam and Israel?
The Bible forewarns of a one-world religion, where many religions (sects) will converge as one body, which will embrace doctrines outside of the Bible. This one world religion can be found in Revelation 17:1-18, noted as "the great harlot." The specific identity of what comprises this end-times religion is uncertain but seems to lean toward an ecumenical movement for a one-world religious system stemming from Catholicism, Islam, the New Age Movement, or some form of religion, all merging into one body led by the False Prophet of Revelation 13:11-15. All of this makes sense, especially since Pope Francis is embracing even radical Isalm. The one-world religion under the False Prophet will become a significant part of the Tribulation years.
Addressing relations with the Vatican, Peres said that "relations between the Vatican and the Jewish people are now at their best in the last 2,000 years and I hope they will grow in content and depths. "Peres also spoke about the outgoing Pope. "I have much respect for the resigned Pope, Benedict, I found him a dear friend of our people, a profound thinker and he really contributed so much to bringing together, historically and otherwise, the relations between the Catholic Church and the Jewish people," Peres said.


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Chinese County Shames Debtors by Showing Their Faces During Cinema Screenings
By Spooky on May 22nd, 2018 Category: News
Authorities in Hejiang county, China's Sichuan province, have come up with a controversial method of convincing borrowers to pay up their debts – showing their faces and names during short clips played in cinemas before the main movie starts.
Called "Reel of Shame", the clip features an animated character who tells the audience "Come look at these laolai" before showing the borrowers' faces, names and other details on the big screen. The derogatory term 'laolai' refers to borrowers who fail to pay their debts on time. To maximize the technique's effectiveness, authorities show the borrowers' faces in cinemas in their local area.
"Public shaming has been an increasingly common tactic to punish laolai … along with other repercussions for failing to repay loans, including blacklisting and travel restrictions," Li Qiang, director of enforcement for Hejiang's courts, told Chinese website The Cover. "For the audiences in the cinema, we specifically chose to expose the names of debtors whose household registration were in that area so it was more targeted and the results would be more effective."
A video of the Reel of Shame playing in a Hejiang cinema recently went viral on China's microblogging platform Weibo. It showed the faces and names of 26 business executives who had defaulted on their loans despite local court orders demanding they pay up.
Interestingly, the Reel of Shame is just one of several public shaming methods used in China. Last year, the Government rolled out a national system allowing borrowers' names, identity card numbers, photographs, home addresses and the amounts owed to be made public and propagated through various channels as a way of coercing them to pay their debts.
Some cities put the borrowers' photos and information on advertising billboards, electronic screens and even buses, while provinces like Jiangsu, Henan and Sichuan have teamed up with telecom companies to have pre-recorded messages about their debts play whenever someone calls these offenders.
I guess China isn't as concerned about privacy as countries in the West…
Public shaming has also been used by a public utilities company in Russia, which recently installed a heavy Pyramid of Debt in front of the houses of its biggest debtors.
Posted in News Tags: Asia, borrowers, China, controversial, debtors, News
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Dang! I just checked my list of shows that I watch to see if any of them had started recently and there's like three that started a few weeks ago and I had no idea. My list is already long enough and now I need to catch up on those. I used to only watch a show at the end of the season so then I would just watch it all at once but for some reason I started watching it as it came out. Well, I started that cause a few shows I'd watch, some friends would watch as they came out and would want to talk about it and I'd always have to tell them to shut up cause I was waiting for the end of the season to start watching so yea.. made me start watching it as it got out so they could talk about it in front of me. There's just too many shows playing all at once. It's sometime hard to keep up with it. I'm glad I have a spreadsheet. Haha! I still have Desperate Housewives that I am watching on the side when I'm all caught up and don't have anything to watch but lately I haven't been able to watch that show as I was behind on shows. I am all caught up right now but not anymore if I start watching the three shows that started without me realizing.
Anyways, I only had to work from 12 to 4 today so that was nice. I also took my car to work. I wasn't too sure about it cause I didn't know if it was still gonna smell of paint inside but it was fine. I'm just so weird. Every time my car gets major repair, I have mix feelings about it and it always take me a while before I want to drive it back. Like I said, I'm just weird.
I bought my lil one's Bday gift today. $75 worth of Hatchimals. Toys are so freaking expensive. This is when I'm sorta glad I can't have kids. These little toys are so cute thought. I'm worse than a kid. I mean, I obviously wasn't buying it for myself but I took a lil while to decide which ones I wanted to buy cause they were all too cute and I couldn't make up my mind on which one I found the cutest. Silly! I'm sure the lil one doesn't care which one she gets as she doesn't have any and wants some. But that's me!
After I was done I went to the Casino with my friend. I played mom's $20 but of course, I didn't make anything. I can't believe my luck. I was so lucky last year and this year, nothing at all. I was tempted to put some of my own money but I did good.
Last night I was thinking of going to the clinic tonight to see if I could get some more antibiotics but I decided not to go in the end cause I sorta feel better. I don't want to say it too loud but I have some hope. It wasn't totally awful last night but it was weird. I did end up puking some mucus and then my throat was just feeling weird. I can't even explain. It wasn't dry per say but it was just different. All the muscles in my face feels sore. I think I'm doing too much swallowing so it's over working the muscles and maybe that was the feeling I had. I still have it today but not as bad. There's still a ball in my throat but it's getting smaller so that's good. I shall see how I feel tomorrow. Like I said, I can still feel some mucus in my throat but it's not totally bugging me to the point where I need to try to puke it. Maybe I am getting better after all.
OMG! I just had to come and write cause I just watched the first episode of Lip Sync Battle, which I totally love, and it was amazing. It was a special tribute to Michael Jackson and it was awesome. Michael Jackson was just so damn amazing, so very talented. This episode just made me so damn happy that I had to come write about it.
By the end there was a lot of hatred toward Michael but people have to agree on one thing, he was quite an entertainer. He had such good music and I love watching him perform. When I hear his music, all I want to do is dance and be happy.
Side note, my cat is currently sleeping in my arms like a baby and she's snoring. Soooo cute!!


Hello everyone! Today I want to adress a subject that has been in my head for a while, but I didn't knew how to start talking about it.
We have seen everywhere all the struggles that fast fashion is making to our planet starting with pollution, poor labor conditions in developing countries and nonetheless the horrible mindset of nonstop consuming in our lifestyle.
I'm just partially happy with the items I own, because of my bad shopping habits and the mindset "is not that expensive I'll take it" I accumulated so many things I actually don't wear and they just take space (read point number one above).
I don't want to be attached to material things, it is true that material things bring us joy, but I also think it is important to learn to let them go, I have so many pieces (especially dresses) that I love, but I don't actually wear them anymore, so they're just sitting in my closet in immaculate condition, when actually they could be in someone else's hand right now.
You bring a bag to the store full of clothes ( It doesn't matter the brand), then they give you a 5 CHF voucher, valid for every 30 CHF you spent in the store (see more details about their program here). Honestly, the deal is not amaaaazing, but I thought it was better than nothing.
I do these when I clear my closet every season and the clothes that are out aren't going to any friends or family (basically underwear, socks, old pj's etc…).
Stuff that would never get a second life (in my opinion).
These is something new for me, I really never thought of buying second-hand clothes, since I always thought that I was fortunate enough to allow myself to new clothes, now I realize that it has nothing to do with having the money or not, is more about how to use it smartly and save some bucks.
I have to say a huge THANK YOU to my dear friend Alexia (@Alexia_lila) on Instagram, she is always selling her clothes and organizing "vide dressings" with really nice items and brands. Since she wears the same size as me, I was immediately curious about her sales!
A couple of weeks ago, I bought one of her Sabo Skirt dresses, when I previously saw it featured on her photos I thought it was really pretty and adaptable to any season with the right accessories. So I bought the dress for 20 CHF (Sabo Skirt dresses are usually around 60 CHF + shipping & taxes).
And there's more to tell you about this subject, Alexia just recently created her own company called Swisstagram Tour, with her new company one of the services she offers, is to help you sell your clothes! All you need to do is buy your entry for 30 CHF (or 60 CHF for her VIP service), she comes and helps you out with sorting the things you want to sell, establish a price and voilà! I'll leave all the details of her website below.
And of course, if you want to buy the clothes, you can check out the dates of the Pop-Up store they organize, or shop on the online boutique!
Visit your local second-hand shop, and ask how you can sell your clothes!
During sales season I ONLY shop for basics that are timeless.
Never buy for the season ahead. Example: Don't buy a winter coat during summer.
Don't buy things spontaneously. Here is where Pinterest comes in handy! I have my "Fashion Inspo" board, and here I collect many outfit ideas and potential buys, so I have a clear idea of how I wish to dress, if I ever come across one of the items of my board, then I consider to buy it.
I allow myself to replace a broken or very used item.
I treat myself to a special buy on my birthday.
I Hope you find my post useful and might consider adopting new habits when it comes to shopping!
Of course, I still make mistakes and my wardrobe is far from being perfect. I wish one day I can be able to build a capsule wardrobe, which means you basically dress with only 33 items (clothes, shoes & accessories) during a whole season and no shopping, sounds crazy right?


Posted: Wed 20 Jul 2016, 01:16 Post subject: how many puppy users are there in 2016?
poll is mostly just to let posters up the counter.
if youre here and never use puppy, you can still up a counter-- theres one for you if you really want it. the percentages probably wont mean much.
I am only using Tahr and Fatdog since since 2 years.
I rarely boot in to Windows.
I think that the best indicator of puppy usage is how active this very forum is. You see there are still many puplets actively worked on and users interacting all the time, many new threads opened daily... so don't worry about that, you won't get nearly correct result of this poll but there are more then you'd think.
It's a difficult thing to quantify as some only use Puppy occasionally or as a rescue CD, whilst others may not even be part of the forum and others just read the posts and don't engage in discussions.
Between home and work, I have Puppy loaded on about 8 or 10 different machines, do I count as 1 user or 10?
There must be plenty of others that have Puppy loaded on multiple machines.
I suspect that the regulars here are the ones that use Puppy exclusively or together with another OS.
Either way, nothing wrong with a poll and to a certain extent the forum activity and number of new projects also tell a story.
I like to run Stripped down Puppies with a Browser running from opt and a few apps of my choice. Lucid 5.11 at the moment and sometimes Slacko 5.11.
if the poll settings work, it should remain open until about a day before 2017, or 2017. so there will be plenty of opportunities for people to add themselves.
if they consider themselves a puppy user-- for any reason, at any level of use, that should count.
im sure there are puppy users that are not registered, or that do not frequent the forum enough to use the poll. this includes the author (the one i know) of dpup, whose account is locked.
I've used puppy exclusively for at least 5 yrs now and for over a decade in all. Three machines in the house and four to six farmed out to other users. All used daily. My wife is pretty much an android gal at this point but still has an ancient thinkpad with XP on it for downloading books only where the library software only supports you know what (could prolly do it under wine but there's a learning curve involved) and a puppy laptop at her shop. Since I got used to LibreCAD and set up the puppy NAS box at home I'd be hard pressed to think of anything I need to do and can't do in a pup.
I've used puppy exclusively for at least 5 yrs now and for over a decade in all. Three machines in the house and four to six farmed out to other users.
this is a good point about forum users vs. puppy users. its not only possible, but likely (and suggested in your post among several others like it) that sometimes multiple users exist per forum participant-- their family. if you are the "go to" person for fixing puppy issues in your family, you could be the only user in your family that comes to the forum.
I might just be guessing wildly here, but wouldn't it be fair to say that puppy users vs murga-forum poster users is lopsided way more than any of us can possibly think?
I am thinking puppy users (my definition is people who use puppy once a week) probably number in the mid-hundreds per person (if not higher) of people who actually post here. From other forums I've frequented on other Linux OSes, as I am a notorious multiple Linux multi-booter/user (out of sheer joy and the chance of discovery), I can think offhand of 40-50 people who use puppy but who've never posted here, ever. And this is surely a big, underrepresented sample.
For my two cents, here is my wild guess: worldwide, of all puppies and their deratives, I am thinking the low end of the scale of actual-at-least-once-a-week-to-more users ranges from a 1 to 1.5 million low end. High-end guess is 5 mill +. Call me an optimist. Heck, even with some old-timer afraid of computers people, when we visit their house, I see they have a USB and/or CD lying there on their computer desk and I notice written on it is something along the lines of Precise 5.7 (or pick whatever version you can think, I've seen it). I play dumb and ask what it is, and I usually always here her same thing: it's the safest way for them to do their secure stuff online. That this has propagated through the info mess in the world to these people is astounding.
I reckon your estimate is not a bad one.
If one digs around on the net, it is estimated that there are around 2 billion PC's worldwide.
Now let's trim that figure down by 20% to compensate for errors and PC's that have been trashed.
That leaves 1.6 billion PC's.
Now another estimate is that Linux holds around 2% of the PC market, making it around 32 million.
Now according to distrowatch (yes, I know but at least it's some sort of reference), Puppy Linux is number 19 so going by that, it makes it aprox. 1.7 million Puppy users.
In reality it's probably somewhere between 1.5 and 2 million.
Pretty much on par with your estimate.
Please note that for billion, I used the American definition ( a thousand million) and not the English one which is a million million.
The reason being that the stats on the net are most probably all of American origin and thus based on their definition.
which lucid 5.11? is it this one? https://archive.org/download/PuppyLinux_barebones/Lucid5.11Barebone.iso id like to check out whats included by default.
Xslacko 3.1 (very customised). I support 3 other users, who aren't on the forum.
I know of Alley, he loves Puppy and very dedicated and its fun to trawl through the collection.


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Residents of the Holy Land should have one states for all, the Jerusalem Patriarchate official believes
Natalya Mihailova | 03 February 2014
Moscow, February 3, Interfax – It will never be possible to establish two states – the Jewish and the Palestinian – in the Holy Land, Archbishop Theodosios of Sebastia believes (the Jerusalem Orthodox Church).
"The peace is needed, it isn't possible to be in war forever. But it is not by chance that negotiations about setting up two states: Jewish and Palestinian ones are not successful – there are no chances for it. There were some under Arafate, but now there aren't any," the hierarch said in his interview published by the Kultura paper.
According to the archbishop, it is necessary to set up "one democratic state for all residents of the Holy Land: Jews, Christians, Muslims. With one parliament, government, head of the state."
"If a united democratic state is not established, then the power will be captured by Jewish and Muslims fanatics from various sides," he is convinced.
The archbishop told how he had found himself in a difficult situation.
"I was born in Israel and I'm an Israeli citizen, I travel with an Israeli passport. But as I urge to observe rights of Palestinians, the Israel intelligence service believe I'm an enemy of Israel," he said.
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Moscow, February 3, Interfax - It will never be possible to establish two states - the Jewish and the Palestinian - in the Holy Land, Archbishop Theodosios of Sebastia believes (the Jerusalem Orthodox Church). "The peace is needed, it isn't possible to be in war forever. But it is not ...
Moscow Mufti, "Rash Decisions on the Status of Jerusalem Offend the Feelings of Almost Two Billion Muslims around the World"
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May 11, Interfax – Head of the Spiritual Assembly of Russian Muslims, Moscow Mufti Albir Krganov, believes that…
Head of Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church Arrives in Moscow
On 15 May 2018, Patriarch and Catholicos Abune Mathias I of Ethiopia arrived in Russia with an official…
On Other People's Suffering
A believer does in fact perceive death differently from an atheist. Where an atheist sees a complete and…


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Daughter of farmworkers in Quincy, now a Ph.D. student studying conditions in the fields, wins $100,000 Bullitt prize
Oct. 9, 2019 at 6:00 am
Nina Shapiro
Seattle Times staff reporter
It was all negative. That's what Maria Blancas remembers about a lecture on Yakima Valley farmworkers she heard as an undergraduate studying global health at the University of Washington.
She remembers thinking: "Have you ever been there?"
Blancas grew up in Eastern Washington, the child of farmworkers who came from Mexico. She herself picked apples and collected onion seeds in summers and on weekends during high school.
And while on occasion she saw those around her in the fields get dizzy and nauseous from heat and lack of water, while she could remember feeling like her face was on fire and getting rashes on her shoulders from carrying heavy bags, she felt the community could not be summed up by its "issues."
"There's so much more," she says. There's strength, too, and joy.
Now a Ph.D. student in UW's School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, she wants to paint a fuller picture as she studies farmworker conditions. On Wednesday, she will receive the Bullitt Environmental Prize, which comes with $100,000 over two years – a big boost as she completes her degree and a related documentary project.
"It's such a big blessing," Blancas said. "I can just focus on my work."
In the past, she's worked up to three jobs to support herself during her studies, and to help with family expenses. Her parents live in Quincy, her hometown. Her mom retired after an ankle injury at a packing facility and her dad still works the fields at a family-owned farm.
The Bullitt prize is unusual, described by Bullitt Foundation president Denis Hayes as "in a sense a reverse Nobel Prize." Rather than rewarding decades of accomplishment, the prize seeks to nurture graduate students with the potential to become leaders. "We're betting on them at a very early stage of their careers," Hayes said.
The foundation, a major funder of Northwest environmental causes, has designed the prize to continue even as it winds down the multimillion-dollar grant-making the organization is known for.
The foundation also aims to diversify the environmental movement's largely white leadership by giving the prize to people of color. Past winners include Nicola Smith, a Simon Fraser University doctoral student from the Bahamas studying coral reef fish ecology; and Cornelius Adewale, a Nigerian who arrived at Washington State University with only enough money to cover one semester of his Ph.D. studies, focusing on environmental practices in farming.
Part of the effort to diversify means affirming a broad sense of environmentalism, encompassing social justice, Hayes said. Latinx leaders like Blancas may be interested in the pesticides raining down on farm workers, he said, but also access to health care, education and housing.
"Maria cares about her community as a whole," Hayes said.
You could see that early, said the 29-year-old's mom, Luz Maria Blancas. She recalled one time her daughter was working in the fields. It was about 100 degrees and some workers who didn't have water with them were visibly suffering. The teenager, working that summer to help pay for her quinceañera, went through the rows giving out water from her own jug.
After getting her bachelor of arts from UW, Maria Blancas returned to Quincy, for several years working as an outreach coordinator at a health clinic and teaching basic education at a community college. Academic researchers would periodically approach those organizations looking for study participants but, Blancas noticed, would never return with their results.
"How do we change this?" she wondered as she went back to academia.
In the summer of 2018, she was part of a team of researchers surveying nearly 350 farmworkers in Whatcom and Skagit counties. Crucial to her, the project, dubbed "Nothing About Us Without Us," worked in partnership with a community organization and used respected locals, called promotores, to help gather results.
The survey revealed interesting demographics: 40% of the workers identified as indigenous peoples, mostly from Mexico, and about a quarter couldn't read Spanish. Its findings, in keeping with academic conventions, quantified problems: 40% said they didn't always have regular breaks, 20% lacked consistent access to water, and 60% hadn't seen a doctor in the past year.
As farmworkers talked about their lives, researchers picked up on other, unexpected issues. The workers were looking for ways to protect themselves from wildfire smoke, drifting down from British Columbia that summer. It was a double whammy for some migrants among them, also affected by smoke previously while working in California.
A couple dozen workers allowed researchers into their homes to assess living conditions. The workers had said they had kitchens but, often, the stoves turned out to be the propane-fueled camping variety, according to Blancas.
There were stories, though, that didn't fit into field notes, whether positive, showing for example the pride workers have in their skills, or negative, like experiences with sexual harassment. They were "being kind of lost," she said.
Blancas is now working on a project for her dissertation that will allow farmworkers to tell their own stories. She plans a three-day workshop this fall that will guide them in creating short videos about whatever they choose.
In preparation, she created her own. It's an unusually lyrical look at farm worker life, recalling the exhaustion, the heat and the rashes, and also the beautiful color of the sun rising over the fields and waking up amid predawn clatter as everyone got ready for work. It was her favorite part of the day, she says in the video, when she got to eat with her dad.
"When people ask me why I do the work that I do," she says, "I always think about my family: mi familia."
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Why do you serve God the way you do? Because people are watching you; or because you're trying to please God? Religion wants you to look at what people think. It can make you do some strange things under the pretense of serving God.
I'm glad that when the Holy Spirit inspired the Bible, He didn't whitewash the lives of the apostles. We see them as they were – with all their faults and challenges.
In Paul's letter to the Galatians, he recounts a confrontation between the Apostle Peter and himself. It all had to do with religious observances and trying to please men.
When Peter came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he was clearly in the wrong. Before certain men came from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles. But when they arrived, he began to draw back and separate himself from the Gentiles because he was afraid of those who belonged to the circumcision group. The other Jews joined him in his hypocrisy, so that by their hypocrisy even Barnabas was led astray.
According to ancient Jewish customs, it was not proper for a Jew to enter the home of a Gentile or to eat with them. But now that we're in Christ, these outward appearances should hold no sway over who we fellowship with.
There were those in Jerusalem, however, who felt that these customs needed to be carried over into Christianity. These were the Judaizers that I talked about in a previous post.
At this point in his life, Peter had already understood that he was free to fellowship with Gentiles. The Lord revealed it to him and then sent him to a Gentile home to preach the Gospel of Christ. (Acts chapter 10)
When he first arrived at Antioch, the site of the first largely Gentile church, Peter had no problem fellowshipping with the believers in their homes. But when those of the Judaizers arrived, he wanted to stay on their good side and stopped eating with Gentiles.
What's important to see is that even though Peter didn't believe that it was necessary to separate himself from Gentiles, he was sucked into a religious observance. Religion places customs above faith. When that happens, we alienate people.
Paul understood that it needed to be stopped before any permanent damage was done to relationships.
When I saw that they were not acting in line with the truth of the gospel, I said to Peter in front of them all, "You are a Jew, yet you live like a Gentile and not like a Jew. How is it, then, that you force Gentiles to follow Jewish customs?"
The truth of the Gospel is that we're all one in Christ Jesus. Who's house I enter, or who I eat with doesn't make me any more or less holy. The outside observances only serve to impress people (or push them away).
We need to be able to take a step back and question our own motives. Why do we do what we're doing?
Please understand that I realize there are many different styles of worship. Some services are highly formal and ritualistic while others seem to have no structure at all. It doesn't matter what style you're comfortable with, as long as you don't invalidate those you're not comfortable with.
Don't let religion control who you fellowship with. Don't fall into the trap of thinking you can do something to make God love you more. In Christ, you're already loved more than you could ever imagine.
Question: How have you seen religion alienate people?
© Nick Zaccardi 2017
Posted by Revzacc on August 2, 2017 in Fellowship, Legalism, Spiritual Walk, The Gospel
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Haytham Abdulmomen Hassan Shoja'aadin () ist ein jemenitischer Diplomat. Seit 2017 ist er Botschafter der Republik Jemen in Österreich, Kroatien, der Slowakei und Slowenien, sowie Ständiger Vertreter bei den Vereinten Nationen und internationalen Organisationen in Wien.

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Shoja'aadin arbeitete zunächst bis 2001 als Referent im Büro des jemenitischen Außenministers in Sanaa. Anschließend war er von 2001 bis 2007 als Botschaftsrat an die Botschaft in den Niederlanden entsandt und übernahm nach seiner Rückkehr nach Sanaa die Leitung des Niederlandereferats in der Europaabteilung des jemenitischen Außenministeriums. 2010 wurde er zum Leiter der Europaabteilung befördert. 2012 folgte die zweite Auslandsverwendung in der Botschaft in Rom, zunächst als Leiter der Abteilung für Wirtschaft und Handel sowie stellvertretender Ständiger Vertreter Jemens bei der Ernährungs- und Landwirtschaftsorganisation der Vereinten Nationen (FAO), dann als Geschäftsträger und Ständiger Vertreter bei der FAO (2013–2016).

Im Januar 2017 wurde er vom jemenitischen Präsidenten Abed Rabbo Mansur Hadi zum außerordentlichen und bevollmächtigten Botschafter der Republik Jemen in Österreich und Ständigen Vertreter bei den Vereinten Nationen und internationalen Organisationen in Wien ernannt. Es folgten weitere Akkreditierungen als nicht ansässiger Botschafter in der Slowakei (Juni 2017), in Slowenien (Juli 2017), und Kroatien (Oktober 2017).

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From its inception, Luas tramway welcomed by Dubliners
NTA's plans for bus rapid transit could be more cost-effective than more Luas lines
Tue, Jul 1, 2014, 01:00
Frank McDonald
Customers using the Luas yesterday on the 10th anniversary of its launch, alight at the St Stephen's Green Luas stop in Dublin. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill/ The Irish Times
Bringing back the trams was the trendy thing to do in the early 1990s. New tramways were already running in the French cities of Grenoble, Nantes and Strasbourg, and many more were being planned. Even Manchester was getting one. It was the urban transport solution du jour.
After plans for what became known as Luas were put forward by consultants Steer Davies Gleave for the Dublin Transport Initiative, there was almost immediate public acceptance. The only real worry people had was that the power lines would detract from the streetscape.
A three-branch network was proposed, linking Ballymun, Dundrum and Tallaght with the city centre. For cost reasons, one line had to be dropped and the axe fell on Ballymun – fewer people on the route had cars, so the benefits of Luas in promoting a switch to public transport were more marginal.
What Dublin was to get then was a boomerang-shaped line running from Tallaght to Dundrum (later extended to Sandyford), via St Stephen's Green, College Green and Lower O'Connell Street. In Dublin, however, being a "centre of paralysis" as James Joyce correctly diagnosed it, there had to be a "review".
In May 1998, the then Fianna Fáil-Progressive Democrats coalition – egged on by Fine Gael's Garret FitzGerald – spurned the idea of running trams up and down Dawson Street. Minister for transport Mary O'Rourke then produced a crude diagram showing the Luas line running underground in the city centre.
The project then proceeded on the basis of two independent lines – dubbed Luas by then chief executive of CIÉ Michael McDonnell – each with its own depot, at the Red Cow interchange and Sandyford Industrial Estate. No other city in Europe would have contemplated such an outcome.
By then, the Luas project had been taken over by the Railway Procurement Agency (RPA), which was set up in 2001 to deliver rail projects and supervise their operation. The Green Line to Sandyford, most- ly laid on the former Harcourt Street railway line, was the first to start in August 2004.
The new trams were an instant success. Figures were produced that commuters were switching to Luas in large numbers, but on closer examination, many of them had previously been using buses; the trams were a cut above Dublin Bus.
After the Red Line to Tallaght opened in October 2004, passenger numbers on Luas rose steadily to 83,500 a day. Extensions were built to Saggart and Bride's Glen, with much of the cost being met by development levies or direct contributions from developers with land along the 36.5km "system".
The Luas compares with an average of 315,000-plus passengers a day using Dublin Bus services. The comparable figures for Dart and Dublin suburban rail services are 43,100 and 27,200 a day, respectively.
However, instead of building more Luas lines, the RPA invested much of its energy and resources in pursuing the Metro North and Metro West projects.
They were both misnomers as they were to have the same type of vehicles as Luas trams, able to run underground for long distances.
Both "metro" projects have since been pigeonholed on cost grounds and now the RPA is building Luas Cross City, which will extend the Green Line through the city centre – as originally envisaged in the mid-1990s – extending northwards to Cabra, where it will link with the Maynooth line.
The focus of the National Transport Authority has shifted to bus rapid transit, with proposals for busways to link Blanchardstown, UCD Belfield, Clongriffin and Swords with the city centre, which would be more cost-effective than more Luas lines.
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