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Q: when am connecting to my server using filezilla it brings this error Status: Resolving address of ftp.ewemwa.org
Status: Connecting to 192.185.115.188:21...
Status: Connection established, waiting for welcome message...
Status: Initializing TLS...
Status: Verifying certificate...
Status: TLS connection established.
Command:    USER ewemwa.org
Response:   331 User ewemwa.org OK. Password required
Command:    PASS *************
Response:   530 Login authentication failed
Error:  Critical error: Could not connect to server
Status: Disconnected from server
Status: Resolving address of ftp.ewemwa.org
Status: Connecting to 192.185.115.188:21...
Status: Connection established, waiting for welcome message...
Status: Initializing TLS...
Status: Verifying certificate...
Status: TLS connection established.
Status: Logged in
Status: Retrieving directory listing...
Command:    PWD
Response:   257 "/" is your current location
Command:    TYPE I
Response:   200 TYPE is now 8-bit binary
Command:    PASV
Response:   227 Entering Passive Mode (192,185,115,188,132,70)
Command:    MLSD
Response:   150 Accepted data connection
Response:   421 chdir: Permission denied
Error:  Failed to retrieve directory listing
Error:  GnuTLS error -110 in gnutls_record_recv: The TLS connection was non-properly terminated.
Status: Server did not properly shut down TLS connection
Error:  Could not read from socket: ECONNABORTED - Connection aborted
Error:  Disconnected from server
Status: Resolving address of ftp.ewemwa.org
Status: Connecting to 192.185.115.188:21...
Status: Connection established, waiting for welcome message...
Status: Initializing TLS...
Status: Verifying certificate...
Status: TLS connection established.
Status: Logged in
Status: Retrieving directory listing...
Command:    PWD
Response:   257 "/" is your current location
Command:    TYPE I
Response:   200 TYPE is now 8-bit binary
Command:    PASV
Response:   227 Entering Passive Mode (192,185,115,188,195,68)
Command:    MLSD
Response:   150 Accepted data connection
Response:   421 chdir: Permission denied
Error:  Failed to retrieve directory listing
Error:  GnuTLS error -110: The TLS connection was non-properly terminated.
Status: Server did not properly shut down TLS connection
Status: Disconnected from server: ECONNABORTED - Connection aborted
Status: Disconnected from server
Status: Resolving address of ftp.ewemwa.org
Status: Connecting to 192.185.115.188:21...
Status: Connection established, waiting for welcome message...
Status: Initializing TLS...
Status: Verifying certificate...
Status: TLS connection established.
Status: Logged in
Status: Retrieving directory listing of "/"...
Command:    CWD /
Response:   550 Can't change directory to /: Permission denied
Error:  Failed to retrieve directory listing
Status: Disconnected from server
Status: Resolving address of ftp.ewemwa.org
Status: Connecting to 192.185.115.188:21...
Status: Connection established, waiting for welcome message...
Status: Initializing TLS...
Status: Verifying certificate...
Status: TLS connection established.
Status: Logged in
Status: Retrieving directory listing of "/"...
Command:    CWD /
Response:   550 Can't change directory to /: Permission denied
Command:    PWD
Response:   257 "/" is your current location
Command:    TYPE I
Response:   200 TYPE is now 8-bit binary
Command:    PASV
Response:   227 Entering Passive Mode (192,185,115,188,152,114)
Command:    MLSD
Response:   150 Accepted data connection
Response:   421 chdir: Permission denied
Error:  Failed to retrieve directory listing
Error:  GnuTLS error -110: The TLS connection was non-properly terminated.
Status: Server did not properly shut down TLS connection
Status: Disconnected from server: ECONNABORTED - Connection aborted

A: Your server does not allow access to the / directory:
Response:   550 Can't change directory to /: Permission denied

There are two likely causes for this:

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*Judging by the IP behind the hostname, it seems the FTP service is provided by a hosting provider. Did you follow their instructions on how to use their FTP service? You might need to access a directory like /users/username/web or something.

*Since you specifically said it is your server: In that case I would assume your user account has the right filesystem permissions to access /. In that case, most probably this is a configuration error in the FTP service. The FTP service log should provide more insight and it is impossible to address this issue without knowing which software the server is using.


Even the most geographically challenged among us know it's quite a trek to get from Philadelphia to Southern California, but Yardley, Pa.'s Michael Collier, fronting his recording project Del Sur, managed to do it — at least in spirit — without leaving Southeastern Pennsylvania. Next week Del Sur releases its debut EP, "H.A.G.S.," a collection of dreamy, surf-y pop songs he "recorded between between [his] junior and senior years of high school with pals Connor Watts (bass) and Alex Previty of Triathalon (mixing & mastering)," according to WXPN's The Key. You can stream the entire EP exclusively at Highway 81 Revisited in advance of its Feb. 24 release.
The 6-song EP (which will be available on cassette and digital formats via Rough Beast Records), provides a lilting, tropical respite from the icy weather battering us here in the East Coast, with appropriately sun-drenched song titles like "Lifeguards" and "The Tide Is Coming In." Del Sur's lo-fi approach, with vocals layered just out of reach, create a compelling dynamic with trilled guitars and bongos that evoke images both wistful and hopeful.


May 28, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka needs to look at ways to address, the lower female participation in the labour force and the under employment of the educated women, to get maximum contribution to the national economy, a senior economist said.
"Sri Lanka needs to create more suitable employment opportunities for women," Saman Kelegama, Executive Director of Institute of Policy Studies said at a recent forum.
Women represent approximately 57 percent of the total estimated population of 21 million in the Indian Ocean Island, but only 33.4 percent, contributes to the national economy from 8.5 million of economically active population in the county, data showed.
Thus, almost 70 percent of the labour force constitutes economically inactive women.
This is in spite of the fact that in most university courses, including management, law and liberal arts, the numbers of women outnumber men and large proportions of women attend management and accounts training programmes offered by private educational institutes.
"If you look at the undergraduate level the share of females is at 60 percent but this is not reflected in the employment levels or the labour force," Kelegama said.
In Sri Lanka more women are in labour position as pluckers, tappers and coir workers respectively, in the agriculture, tea, rubber and coconut industries, while an insignificant number occupy management positions data showed.
The garment sector employs more women workers but fewer women in management positions.
Sri Lanka's biggest foreign exchange earners are migrant workers among whom, women comprise a large percentage, mainly in the form of domestic labour. However a negligible numbers represent managerial positions.
A recent labour force survey in Sri Lanka shows that the highest percentage of women are in the service sector accounting for 39.5 percent of the labour force, while women in agriculture and industry account for 35.3 percent and 25.1 percent, respectively.
Speaking exclusively to LBO about women in management, Sanjeewani De Silva, Head of Corporate Affairs of Standard Chartered Bank of Sri Lanka says a striking phenomenon of recent time has been the extent to which women have increased their share of the labour force in Sri Lanka but far from reaching the ideal ratio.
There are no statistics of women in management in Sri Lanka but broad estimates would place the figure below 10 percent of the total cadre.
Chandi Dharmaratne, Director of Human Resources, Virtusa says the root cause as to why less women are in management roles, is simply because less women are participating in the labour force to begin with.
Once we get more women to join the labour force, Dharmaratne says, we can retain them by creating an inclusive culture with a focus on making the numbers count.
"For e.g. – this can be supported by enabling flexible work hours , offering work from home options, including men in the gender diversity agenda and creating inclusiveness by putting in place transparent communication platforms and processes which truly give both women and men equal opportunity to get to the top".
The Global Gender Gap report 2013 Sri Lanka says enrolment is almost equal at primary and secondary education levels but by tertiary level more women enroll than men.
Dharmaratne says the numbers indicate that women are opting out of the labour force.
Sometimes, she says insecurity and self-doubt of being successful in this dual role could also lead to them making this decision.


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Cowboy Adventure
Kick the dust off your boots at a live cattle auction.
Gallop through the open plains on horseback.
Witness Western works of art, admiring the deep rust, sky blues and golden hues.
Before pavement. Before roadside stops. There were trails blazed by the pounding hooves of more than three million head of cattle grinding a path through the heart of Oklahoma. This is where the rugged American cowboy drove his herd into the folklore and fabric of our country.
Every man has wanted to be a cowboy. Why play Wall Street and die young when you can play cowboy and never die?– Will Rogers
National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum
State Fair Park
There will never be any class of people in our country that can replace the old western cowman for common sense, shrewdness, humor and fine citizenship.– Will Rogers
Hit the Trail
Where men were as tough as the challenges before them. Long days on horseback crossing streams, chasing stragglers, and fending off predators. Followed by beans and biscuits cooked over an open fire, a bedroll and a blanket of stars.
Stockyards City (National Saddlery)
Get Lost, Cowboy
Explore the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum's more than 28,000 works of art, stopping to appreciate the history and culture of the prolific American West.
Shop around for a new pair of boots before enjoying a premium steak dinner at Cattlemen's Steakhouse or McClintock Saloon & Chop House in historic Stockyards City.
Don your best cowboy hat to ride horseback at Arbuckle Trail Rides.
Experience the living spirit of the American Cowboy at the Chisholm Trail Heritage Center.
Saddle Up, Cowboy
We've selected the destinations, but it's up to you to get there. Don't get lost.
Cowboy Destinations
Chisholm Trail Heritage Center & Garis Gallery of the American West
If you're a cowboy or history buff, make it a point to tour the Chisholm Trail Heritage Center & Garis Gallery of the American West in Duncan, Oklahoma. This interactive museum immerses visitors in the rough-and-tumble world of the historic Chisholm Trail, which was used in the post-Civil War era to drive cattle from Texas ranches to Kansas railheads.
Cattlemen's Steakhouse
Cattlemen's Steakhouse has been an Oklahoma City institution for over 100 years. Established in 1910 as Cattlemen's Café, the restaurant served as a hitching post for hungry cowboys and ranchers traveling through Stockyards City. Today, it continues to feed patrons from all walks of life, serving up some of the freshest steaks around.
McClintock Saloon & Chop House
You won't find a hitching post or swinging doors at McClintock Saloon & Chop House, but the new Stockyards City restaurant is certainly bringing a heavy dose of Old West nostalgia to the area. Original drinks, great food and a cozy interior are guaranteed to leave you coming back for more!
Stockyards City (National Stockyard Exchange)
Stockyards City lets you experience the old-time spirit of the American West in the middle of modern-day Oklahoma. Enjoy shopping for a new pair of boots, take in some country music, witness a live cattle auction, or take in a meal at Cattlemen's Steakhouse, an Oklahoma City favorite for over 100 years and recognized by both "Bon Appetit" and "Southern Living" magazines.
National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum
Witness the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum's collection of more than 28,000 Western and American Indian art and artifacts that preserve the history and cultures of the American West. Be sure to check out the variety of works by renowned American artist Frederic Remington, as well as the massive "End of the Trail" sculpture that greets visitors upon arrival.
Devon Ice Rink
O. Gail Poole's Sideshow
January 24 - May 10, 2020
Renegades: Bruce Goff and the American School of Architecture
January 24 - April 5, 2020
January 25, 2020 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

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I would like to give a special thanks and provide recognition to Melissa for all the work she did with me around streamlining the design of my kitchen recently.
I found Melissa a pleasure to work with – very approachable, with a delightful sense of fun, and wonderfully creativity. Melissa's 'can do' attitude was incredibly reassuring – nothing was a problem to her and what she didn't know she found out – keeping an extremely good dialogue with me around the ins and outs of the kitchen process.
We had our kitchen installed by Ulli. I wanted to thank Ulli for his exceptional work on the kitchen project. We have done a number of renovations over the years here in NZ and to our frustration the standard of craftsmanship and the work ethic/attitude is substandard and to be honest we are usually disappointed.
We fired our initial kitchen joiner on this project because he would not consult properly and provide sufficient specifications on paper, we decided to try Palazzo. The consultation and design service was perfect. Every part of the experience has been excellent. Ulli has been magnificent focussing attention on crucial details often requiring some effort, intelligence and exactitude. Our very streamlined designed kitchen requires a quality build with levels and edges meeting the design specifications, it's all about detail. Ulli has seemingly effortlessly met all these expectations and I really want you to know that he raises the standard of Kiwi workmanship.
Ulli is also very considerate, cleaning behind him, happily communicating with other trades people to keep the project moving and even keeping me informed, skyping me while I was overseas to check in with me. This kind of service exceeds my expectations and thrills me. Word of mouth is the most powerful form of marketing and this job deserves it. Once my kitchen is complete I will pop images on my FB with relevant links and we will gladly spread the word, as happy customers do.
An email is not going to come close to describing how ecstatic we are with our Palazzo kitchen and laundry/storage area. The quality of the finished product is beautiful, the workmanship faultless and we would definitely work with you and Palazzo again.
From our initial meeting at the Home Show, through to site visits and the design process, you have impressed us with your professionalism, your understanding of space and functionality, your incredible work ethic and above and beyond customer service.
Wishing you all the very best this year and I look forward to working with you again one day.
I would just like to take this opportunity to convey my thanks to your company for all your efforts to date. Initially on deciding that we were going to upgrade our kitchen, after visiting several kitchen specialists, had left us confused. My mother had a kitchen installed in Timaru from Palazzo. I was impressed by the modern design and look of it. From the initial visit you had us feeling easy and confident that we were getting what we wanted. I would have to say that your patience, attention to detail and product knowledge really stood out. As a mechanical engineer, I always strive for perfection and success for my clients. I was very happy to be on the receiving end this time around. I am very happy to recommend you on to family and friends.


This one was super satisfying to check off the list. This is the kind of project that will be ongoing, but getting to a good place with the toy organization feels good.
We started out with toys in every little corner of the living room, and Evy would regularly pull every single toy out and then move on to do the same thing in her room. There was too much stuff around for her to concentrate on any one thing for very long, and we needed some order to the situation. We have a small living room that doubles as play room for now. Here's some 'before' shots to set the scene.
I had attempted some organization with some bins and baskets here and there, but mostly they were crammed with stuff, some outgrown, with no rhyme or reason to where things were.
Storage in a small ottoman started out well, and then just became layers and layers of toys, pieces of puzzles, and just another place to hide the mess.
As I talked about in my last post, I wanted to drastically cut down on the number of toys out and visible at any one time, weed out anything that had been outgrown, broken, or should be filed elsewhere, and generally make it a less overwhelming scene for everyone.
I started by moving the blankets we had stored in our coffee table/ottoman and finding new homes for them. My goal was to stow most of the toys out of site in our two ottomans.
The second step was going through and removing anything that had been outgrown – a tote bag full of rattles, teethers, cloth books, and a couple stuffed animals went to basement storage.
I put most of the books from the living room along one side of the ottoman (I left out about five books in various baskets around the living room – we'll rotate these once a week or so). I added a couple baskets to organize things inside the ottoman. One basket contains the musical instrument-type toys. Another contains puzzles (now in bags to contain the pieces) and a couple of other toys. Some wooden toys and puppets take up the remaining space arund the baskets. It's more organized than this photo lets on, really.
The smaller ottoman, previously crammed with stuff, contains just a few larger toys and a basket with some smaller toys. The plan is to rotate the toys that are stored out-of-sight with the toys 'on display'- always keeping just a few out for play.
Storing toys in the ottomans freed up some baskets. The basket on the left contains a couple books and a small bag of about eight wooden blocks. The other basket contains our Playmobil Noah's Ark, an all-time favorite.
On to the bookshelf. I gave in and moved another stack of our (grown-up, non-board) books to another room. I also moved the extra chair and other clutter out of the corner and into another room (which now needs to be organized, of course). Another basket here contains a couple of board books. Just a few toys are displayed on the shelf (and I may even edit this further).
This is the final corner of the room. The table is still a favorite (even without the lights and sounds turned on- phew), so that stays out for now but I anticipate stowing that away in the near future.
I felt like I could see a difference in Evy's play immediately. She played with her blocks for awhile this morning, rather than emptying the bag and moving on. She's always spent a good amount of time with her books, but today she went back and forth between two rather than twelve. And when we brought her to the living room for clean-up at the end of the day, it was a much quicker process!
My remaining challenge here is the stuffed animal situation. Most of them are in E's room and not the living room, but I don't know what to do with them, how to store/display them, or how to cull the growing collection. Evy has been gifted some adorable stuffed animals, and she has a couple favorites, but the giant teetering pile in her room isn't in line with the toy streamlining we're working on. She doesn't really play with them, and they are very hard to store. I really don't know what to do about that one. I guess that's a project for another week!


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Audiobooks Narrated by	Neil Patrick Harris
Everyone's life is governed by an internal code of conduct. Some call it morality. Others call it religion. But Bros in the know call this holy grail the Bro Code.
Henry Huggins
Genuinely funny books for children are few and far between. So, when a story like Henry Huggins comes along, it comes to stay.
Targeted to listeners ages 9 to 12, "Marley: A Dog Like No Other" ties in to the new, major motion picture "Marley & Me" from Fox 2000, scheduled for theatrical release on Christmas Day.
Henry and the Clubhouse
For Henry Huggins and his friends Robert and Murph, a clubhouse is a place where they can do as they please, without being bothered by girls.
Henry and the Paper Route
Henry Huggins can't wait until he turns eleven years old, so he can have a paper route like his friend Scooter McCarthy.
A Coyote's in the House
Filled with spot-on dialogue and clever plotting that have made Leonard top dog among writers of every breed, "A Coyote's in the House" reveals the inner life of canines in a fresh and funny tale for the young and young at heart.
The Playbook: Suit up. Score chicks. Be awesome.
Since the dawn of history man, has searched for the answer to the most fundamental of questions: Why am I here... not banging chicks? Here's help....
Ribsy
Henry Huggins' dog, Ribsy, is hopelessly lost in a huge shopping mall parking lot. It's raining hard, the pavement is slick, horns are honking, and drivers are shouting.
Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography
You've already made a great choice by picking up the audio edition of Neil Patrick Harris' Choose Your Own Autobiography.


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`kdb global-umount <name>`

## DESCRIPTION

Unmount a global plugin from the key database.

## OPTIONS

- `-H`, `--help`:
  Show the man page.
- `-V`, `--version`:
  Print version info.
- `-p`, `--profile <profile>`:
  Use a different kdb profile.
- `-C`, `--color <when>`:
  Print never/auto(default)/always colored output.

## EXAMPLES

```sh
if [ -f "$(kdb file system:/elektra/globalplugins)" ]; then mv "$(kdb file system:/elektra/globalplugins)" "globalplugins.bak"; else touch "globalplugins.rm"; fi

sudo kdb global-mount tracer

sudo kdb global-mount
# STDOUT-REGEX: .*spec⏎tracer.*

sudo kdb global-umount tracer

# spec is always mounted by default
sudo kdb global-mount
#> spec

sudo kdb global-umount spec

sudo kdb global-mount
#>

if [ -f "globalplugins.rm" ]; then rm "$(kdb file system:/elektra/globalplugins)" "globalplugins.rm"; else mv "globalplugins.bak" "$(kdb file system:/elektra/globalplugins)"; fi
```

## SEE ALSO

- [kdb-global-mount(1)](kdb-global-mount.md).
- [elektra-mounting(7)](elektra-mounting.md).
- [elektra-plugins-framework(7)](/doc/dev/plugins-framework.md).

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"While he was still speaking, another also came and said, 'Your sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother's house, and suddenly a great wind came from across the wilderness and struck the four corners of the house, and it fell on the young people, and they are dead; and I alone have escaped to tell you!'" (Job 1:18,19).
In life, there are what we call "problems." A problem is a significant difficulty, something that hinders or hurts us in a major way. And surely, there is no shortage of such things in the world as it now is, broken and marred by the consequences of sin and strife.
But in life, there are also what we call "annoyances." These are difficulties of a lesser nature. They can be quite bothersome (think of a tiny pebble in your shoe), but in the larger scheme of things, they don't represent any serious threat to anyone's well-being.
Now the interesting thing is that a difficulty that one person sees as a problem, another person thinks of as just an annoyance. How do we account for the difference? The answer is simple. Your definition of a problem is relative to what you've had to deal with up to now. That ache in your leg won't seem like much of a problem if there ever comes a day when you don't have any legs at all.
So what is the biggest problem you have? Whatever it is, be aware that things could get worse, as they did in Job's life. But don't let that scare you or depress you; just let it make you grateful for your present situation. (There are people who would jump at the chance to have "problems" no worse than yours.) And let it make you glad for this fact also: the problems you have today have helped you to see that what you thought were your problems yesterday weren't really problems — they were only annoyances.
"Great pains cause us to forget the small ones" (German Proverb).


We're not talking about your regular table salt here that can damage our bodies, but Himalayan salt.
Himalayan salt is natural and not processed like our table salt is. While we all need some salt in our life to be able to be healthy, other minerals do our body good and one you need to introduce to you and your client's life is Himalayan salt.
Himalayan salt lamps have become a bit trendy as of late, but I don't want you to let that stop you from getting on board with introducing them to your clients. If you'd like some decorating inspiration, check out my Pinterest board here.
Salt is hygroscopic which means it absorbs moisture from the air. That's why you always find those annoying little silica packets inside your new shoes or bag.
Back in the 1800s, doctors noticed how healthy the salt miners were compared to other people. These miners were inhaling and absorbing fine salt dust particles on their skin as they mined.
So Halotherapy was introduced so that people who weren't miners could get the benefits, too. People will go sit for 45 minutes in a salt room where pure dry sodium chloride is dispersed into the room as microparticles.
As the salt is inhaled, it acts like a bunch of mini sponges absorbing excess mucus and other yucky stuff as well as opening up restricted airways. Who knew? Now you do.
Water molecules are always circling around us in the air. These water molecules carry dust, pollen, and other allergens.
The salt attracts the water molecules from the surrounding air. Then the heat from the bulb inside of the Himalayan salt lamp will then evaporate the absorbed water back into the atmosphere leaving the airborne pollutants on the Himalayan salt lamp and generating negative ions.
Negative ions have many positive health benefits like increasing serotonin, alleviating depression symptoms, relieving stress and boosting our energy.
The Himalayan salt lamps only release a smidgen of negative ions back into the room. Although the theory is that the longer you leave the Himalayan salt lamp on, the more negative ions it will produce.
To get more negative ions in the home, you'd also want to introduce a negative ion generator.
The bigger the Himalayan salt lamp will increase its ability to clean the air.
If you can't find a large enough lamp, you can always add more than one lamp to the room to make up the difference.
The best placement of Himalayan salt lamps is closest to where people will be most often so they can breathe in the fresher air that is generated.
So maybe next to the sofa in the family room or in the bedroom. Leaving the Himalayan salt lamp turned on all day in the bedroom and turning it off at night can really work wonders.
Is It An Authentic Himalayan Salt Lamp?
Since you can find these lamps everywhere now, you need to be able to figure out if you're buying a real Himalayan salt lamp or a fake otherwise you or your client won't be able to reap the benefits.
If it chips or breaks it's real. It's a natural substance that while it is hard, it is rather brittle.
It's dim and the light coming from it is uneven. The light given off by a Himalayan salt lamp is not meant to be like a lamp. Some parts of the lamp will glow brighter than other parts.
It's from the Himalayas located in Pakistan.
Himalayan salt lamps come in all sorts of colors depending on how much iron is present when it is mined from a certain location. The lamps can be white, pink, red, almost black. The color doesn't affect its effectiveness.
Once you hop on board with me on the Himalayan salt lamp train, you're going to find yourself becoming a fan. Maybe even a hoarder if you've got a Home Goods store near you to scoop up some at a great price!


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Q: How to display all posts with today's same month and day only? I'm trying to figure out how to do this. I have many posts. I want it so that when someone pulls up the site, the front page shows all the posts that were done on the same month and day -- but disregards the year. So, if I were to pull up the website on Jan. 30, I would see all posts done on Jan. 30th of ANY year... a historical listing. I was also thinking of doing it by category, if the category was named Jan-30, is there a way I can get the system to take today's date and compare it to the categories, and show the one that matches (no year, of course)?
Can anyone help?

A: You can achieve this with the date_query parameters added in version 3.7.
To modify the main query on your posts page before it is run and apply the date_query parameters, we use the pre_get_posts action:
function historical_posts_list( $query ){
    if( $query->is_home() && $query->is_main_query() ){
        $date_query = array(
            array(
                'month' => date( 'n', current_time( 'timestamp' ) ),
                'day' => date( 'j', current_time( 'timestamp' ) )
            )
        );
        $query->set( 'date_query', $date_query );
    }
}
add_action( 'pre_get_posts', 'historical_posts_list' );

If the page you want this on isn't your posts page, you can add a custom query in your template with the same parameters, and run a separate loop:
$posts_from_today = new WP_Query( array(
    'date_query' => array(
        array(
            'month' => date( 'n', current_time( 'timestamp' ) ),
            'day' => date( 'j', current_time( 'timestamp' ) )
        ),
    ),
    'posts_per_page' => -1,
) );

if( $posts_from_today->have_posts() ){
    while( $posts_from_today->have_posts() ){
        $posts_from_today->the_post();
        the_title();
    }
}

A: $q  = new \WP_Query([
  'monthnum' => date('n'), // beware the date function!
  'day'      => date('j'),
]);

while ($q->have_posts()) {
  $q->the_post();
  // ...
}
wp_reset_query();

See the documentation on date parameters.
Since you want to modify the home page query specifically, you might hook into pre_get_posts and modify the main query on the home page only.
add_action('pre_get_posts', 'wpse174669_pre_get_posts');
function wpse174669_pre_get_posts($q)
{
    if (is_home() && $q->is_main_query()) {
        $q->set('ignore_sticky_posts', true);
        $q->set('monthnum', date('n'));
        $q->set('day', date('j'));
    }
}

A: If you go the Category route, you could do something like this:
First, get a slug of today's date:
$date_slug = current_time('M-d');

Then, create a taxonomy query argument array:
$tax_query =  array(
    array(
        'taxonomy' => 'category',
        'field'    => 'slug',
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Manitoba Biographies
Manitoba Wiki Topics
Business and Commerce
Municipal Records
Manitoba Background
Archives and Libraries
1 Online Records
2 Digitization Projects
3 Manitoba Legislative Library
4 FamilySearch
5 Digitized Books
6 Provincial and Municipal Sources
7 Local Sources
8 Important Websites
Online Records[edit | edit source]
Manitobia: Digital Resources on Manitoba History available in English and French. Digitized local history books frequently have biographical sketches of early, prominent, and other citizens.
Pioneers of Manitoba
Hudson's Bay Company Archives - Biographical Sheets
Manitoba : pictorial and biographical deluxe supplement
The Red River Colony
Introduction[edit | edit source]
A biography is an oral or written history of a person's life. In a written biography you may find the individual's birth, marriage, and death information as well as the names of their parents, children, or other family members. Additionally information may be found to narrow the search for homestead records and immigration records such as passenger lists. From the dates in the biography, it can be determined which census to peruse for additional information. Use the information contained in a biography carefully because there may be inaccuracies.
You Can Use this Record to Find...
Birth Information
Death Information
Thousands of biographies have been written about specific individuals. Copies may be at local historical societies and libraries. Lists of published individual biographies are available at your public library.
Don't forget to try searching the library for biographical books Surname Search of the FamilySearch Catalog under the individual's name. Also contact other family members for unpublished life histories they may know of.
Thousands of brief biographical sketches have been collected and published in local history books. These collections most often include biographies of early settlers and prominent or well-known citizens of a particular rural municipality, village, school district or town. The Family History Library has acquired some community local history books. Other almanacs feature biographical sketches of prominent persons such as scientists, writers, artists, or other vocations.
Digitization Projects[edit | edit source]
The University of Manitoba has undertaken the task of digitizing local history books at Manitobia: Digital Resources on Manitoba History available in English and French.
Virtual Manitoba has placed a virtual Manitoba collection online; the Manitoba local history book bibliography, which is a listing of local history books by geographic location.
Manitoba Legislative Library[edit | edit source]
The library has a large collection of local and family histories. These histories are from municipalities and communities throughout the province. They are accessible through the library catalogue.
FamilySearch[edit | edit source]
Collections of biographies at the Family History Library are generally listed in the Locality Search of the FamilySearch Catalog under one of the following:
Manitoba - Biography
Canada, Manitoba, [name of community] - Biography
Digitized Books[edit | edit source]
Local histories frequently include biographical sketches of early and prominent settlers. Many histories are no longer under copyright and can be found in the following online, digitized book collections. Search with keywords "History" and "the name of your locality" (state, county, or town).
FamilySearch Books
Provincial and Municipal Sources[edit | edit source]
The public and university libraries have collections of local history books. The information services departments carry indexes of national and regional compilations of biographical material, Who's Who. The librarians can assist you in finding additional biographical sources listed in such bibliographies as:
Local Sources[edit | edit source]
Local history books may be purchased from the local historical society which compiled the volume or by contacting the rural municipality administrator for more information. Biographical collections submitted to local history societies by family members. These books may also contain cemetery transcriptions and those who served in the great wars. The information in these books includes both those residents who are prominent and the local resident and may not be available in any other source.
Local libraries and historical societies usually collect biographies and histories about local residents. Directories have been published indexing the bibliographical information of these books, and there are a few bibliographies using these sources published online. Additionally, Our Roots Nos Racines has received permission to publish a few online. Similarly in some cases, local communities and rural municipalities have placed their books online if they are not going into re-print.
Important Websites[edit | edit source]
Canadian People -- A compilaton of prominent Canadian People, Western Canada sections are online.
Cyndi's List - Biographies
Our Roots / Nos Racines Online digitization project of local history books.
Advanced Book Search Google books contains digitized Manitoba history books.
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Vaughan 16/1/06
Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2006 6:13 pm Author: greeny Post subject: Vaughan 16/1/06
I was convinced this was going to be Gill as she has been there for 27 (now twenty eight) shows, but it was Vaughan whose not been there for too long. A deal too late but dealt a 10p box for £4,900.
Last edited by greeny on Mon Jan 16, 2006 8:16 pm, edited 2 times in total.
i thought it was going to be gill today as well - she's been on there for ages now.... She must be on tomorrow, poor girl
vaughan did Ok although think he was kicking himself missing out on the £18,000 deal.
It's got to be Gill's game really soon, must be over the next couple of days - she's had some big amounts in her box as well so could be an interesting game
Quite an interesting game today, there were 3 big'ish numbers knocked out first round (10,000-100,000-50,000) but he still got a decent offer from the banker of £3,300 - i've seen a lot worst offered...
Offers kept going up £5,900 - £8,000 and then £18,000, thought he might be tempted with that offer although the £250,000 was still out there.
He hit the £250,000 very next box after refusing the deal, and did well to accept the next deal at £4,900. Still having the £20,000 and £35,000 I thought he might have gone on, as he was talking as a bit of gambler who would take chances. BUT he knew when to quit and did ok in the end.
Bring on tomorrows game, fingers crossed for poor old Gill....
Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2006 9:54 pm Author: Baldy Post subject:
Location: Watford
For the first time I found myself hoping that he did not get much.
Seemed such a smug git.
Is it just me that thinks a few of the contestants are not getting into the game like the earlier ones did?
Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2006 12:46 am Author: kestral Post subject:
Baldy wrote:
He seemed ok to start with, then got more arrogant as he went on. I think the story about the horse tip/bet was spun to try and influence the banker, thats a big risk to take raising £12,000 to bet on a horse - he said he won nearly £400,000 - Thats odd of around 30/1. It must have been an incredible tip that he received to risk and win that much....
The bit where he went on about the offer only being £4,900 and he could earn that easily in commission in a week or so made him look very arrogant and i think he even started to wind up Noel a bit as he changed slightly towards him.


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LeBron James is out for the rest of the season - Did That... Just Really Happen?
Lebron James is being taken out for the rest of this season's games to give him time for his groin to make a full recovery, according to a statement from the Lakers.
James ends this season having played a total of 55 games which is so far the lowest in his career, and missing 17 consecutive games.
Lebron's absence in 17 consecutive games had resulted to the Lakers dropping in the standings with 6-11 during those 17 games.
Due to the LA Lakers being out of the playoffs with its All-Star forward LeBron James not fully recovered, it has been decided by the Lakers to take Lebron out of the games for the remainder of the season.
Following consultations with the team's medical staff, the Lakers said in a statement that they're holding LeBron out for the rest of the season's games.
While the Lakers' season ends on April 9, James' 13 consecutive playoff appearances and eight consecutive NBA Finals appearances will end as well.
The 55 games James had played this season, marks the lowest total of his career. From late December to late January, James missed 17 consecutive games after suffering a strained left groin on Christmas against Golden State. At the time, the Lakers were in fourth place in the Western Conference at 20-14. However, without James playing, the Lakers were 6-11 in those 17 games consequently dropping in the standings.
A combination of trade discussions involving Lakers players excluding LeBron coupled with James' absence have sent the LA team into a nosedive from which they couldn't recover, even after James said he is in playoff mode after the All-Star break.
In 10th place in the West, the Lakers were 28-29 and just three games out of a spot in the playoffs. But Los Angeles dropped out of playoff contention after having lost 12 of its succeeding 15 games. Now, in 11th place in the West, the Lakers sit 34-42, with 10 games out of eighth place with six games still remaining in the regular season.
More time for him to bash Trump! Carry on!


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The report includes feedback from more than 19,000 physicians representing more than 30 specialties, and 4% of respondents were from radiology. Data was collected between Oct. 25, 2018, and Feb. 14, 2019.
Overall, the average physician salary for 2019 is $313,000. Primary care physicians answered that they make $237,000 per year. Specialists, on the other hand, take home $341,000 per year.
A total of 21% of physicians in radiology are women, making it one of the lowest-ranking specialties when it comes to gender equality. Women represent more than half of all physicians in two specialties: OB-GYN and pediatrics.
The report asked respondents if they feel fairly compensated, and 66% of radiologists answered that they do.
While 74% of radiologists say they would choose medicine again, one of the lowest overall totals among all specialties, 92% of those who said they would choose medicine again indicated they would stick with radiology.
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Our preschool learning and fun takes us to outer space all month long! This week we are studying "Space from Earth" as we discover the stars, sun, moon, astronomers, and comets!
Of course we have lots of music, songs, stories, arts and crafts, dramatic play, and S.T.E.M. in store for our little learners as we BLAST OFF into another play-filled month of curiosity!
Just look at what we have done so far!
I LOVE the interactive and engaging method for teaching our young learners to recognize small, medium, and large stars WHILE becoming familiar with patterns high in the sky! We received these from our education partners at Mother Goose Time and they were an instant hit! So far we have learned to recognize the constellations Cassiopeia, Andromeda, Orion, and the Big Dipper! You can help make this come to life as you take me outside and gaze at the stars pointing these out as you see them in the night sky!
We discovered that the sun is a fiery ball of gas that is VERY big! We painted with red and yellow and observed that as we swirled the colors together they made shades of orange. We learned that the 3-D shape of the sun is a sphere, but that we were making our suns on "circle's". Even our littlest bitty was able to join in the this science and sensory painting experience.
"Up In Space, A Counting Book," by Chris Lensch has to be one of my FAVORITE new space books. It includes the names of the planets, simple facts about gas planets and rock planets, and it counts backward, then forward and back again! It is an educator's dream for reinforcing math and science in a beautifully illustrated piece of preschool literature!
Thank you, Mother Goose Time for providing this for us educators!
Our "Number Stars" game work seamlessly with "Up In Space!"
We played this sweet and simple game two ways. First, we used the cards with our glow in the dark stars to count one to one recognizing the number on each card and then counting correctly the corresponding number of starts.
Secondly, we used our cards and lined them up in order from 1-10 and then from 10-1, making sure each number was in it's proper place!
Our own little telescopes help encourage us to star gaze!
Many of our little learners immediately turned our bright blue and star stickered cylinders into megaphones, hooting and hollering to their neighbors. But many understood the concept of what a telescope is and that it helps us to see far into outer space. We were excited to take these home and look up into the night sky to see the planets, moon, and stars!
We will continue to discover comets and asteroids in the coming days, rock planets, gas planets, and methods of how we research and study about the galaxies all around us.
We are moving and grooving our way through March with some exploration, discovery, and most importantly....play.
This month our studies took us all around the world. We visited The Great Wall of China, The Grand Canyon, The Serengeti, Matterhorn, and The Great Pyramids of Egypt.
But this little lesson about the picture language of the ancient Egyptians captivated us all.
We received this from our curriculum partners at Mother Goose Time and we immediately observed that different pictures had letters that they symbolized. We discussed how we use pictures too on our phones to convey words and emotions, so we are not so different from the people from very long ago.
We turned this lesson into an opportunity to spell our names in hieroglyphics. I think the smiles below tell the story very well of how engaging this was for our students..
I loved the hieroglyphic alphabet!
Our 4 and 5 year olds quickly cut out their letters and pasted them in proper order noticing that their names were no longer made out of "A's, b's, and c's" but rather, 'bird, staff, hand, palm leaf, water!"
Our 2's and 3's practiced cutting out their letters and some asked for help while others arranged and rearranged their letters until they got it just right!
This lesson made reading their names more challenging as they had to find their individual paper to take home after it dried!
Silly and sweet and ready to read!! All in a day of play at Woolsey Academy!
As always, we wish you well and we hope you get to play today!
This is the way we learn about our world!
With literature provided to us from Mother Goose Time, "Let's Wonder Around The World," by Leslie Falconer and Chris Lensch, we learn to recognize places around the world and that children live and go to school near these places. We learn to recognize the special places near our own hometown!
This is the way we learn how about mountain goats of Matterhorn!
This is the way we learn to read!
This is the way we discover the pyramids!
Each and every day we read, play games, learn, laugh, draw, create, and discover with our little learners.
All in a day of play with Woolsey Academy!
As always, we wish you well and we hope you get to play today!!
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The other thing CAD packages do (and lets face it, King Machine does show definite similarities to one) is snap-to-position to make it easy to line up edges. Actually figuring out what to snap to what is a pig, though.
Hmm… possibly I should actually have researched some CAD solutions before reinventing the wheel?
I already have some snap-like tools (which is part of what I was referring to when talking about scenery), but they're mostly useful for slightly more advanced things so I won't be tuning those for a while yet. Early levels need to be completable without that sort of thing simply because otherwise the players' heads will explode from information overload!
Any feedback on some other aspects of the current UI ?
Not the more complex aspects, no. This being for the simple reason that the playtest levels so far don't make use of the advanced elements!


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Triton Digital Releases the Australian Podcast Ranker for January 2021
On Thursday, Feburary 11, 2021 we announced the release of the latest Australian Podcast Ranker. The Ranker provides insight into the Top 100 Podcasts as well as the Top 10 Publishers in Australia from 1 January through 31 January, 2021, as measured by Triton's Podcast Metrics measurement service.
A number of new entities appear in the Top 100 Podcast Ranker this reporting period, including Betoota Daily News Bulletin (Diamantina), It's A Lot with Abbie Chatfield (Nova), and The Minds of Madness – True Crime Stories (Wondery). Additionally, Stuff You Should Know (ARN/iHeartMedia) reclaimed the #1 spot as the most downloaded podcast in the country this reporting period.
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Van der Waals és un cràter d'impacte situat a la cara oculta de la Lluna. Entre els cràters propers s'inclouen Clark al nord, Carver a l'est, i Pikel'ner al sud-est. A uns dos diàmetres cap a l'oest-sud-oest es troba Lebedev.

És un element molt erosionat amb una vora exterior irregular, més baix en el costat meridional on és poc més que una cresta circular sobre el sòl. Està més desenvolupat en el costat nord, però allà la vora és entallada i escarpada. El cràter satèl·lit Van der Waals W està unit a l'exterior de la vora nord-est, i Van der Waals H envaeix la vora al sud.

El sòl interior és relativament uniforme i no té altres impactes significatius, amb tan sols uns cràters petits que marquen la seva superfície.

Cràters satèl·lit
Per convenció aquests elements són identificats en els mapes lunars posant la lletra en el costat del punt central del cràter que està més proper a Van der Waals.

Referències

Vegeu també
 Llista de cràters lunars
 Selenografia

Cràters de la Lluna
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Brazil Sends 16 of Its ...
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Brazil Sends 16 of Its Writers in a World Love-Story Mission
by Isaura Daniel May 7, 2008
A postcard from Cairo arrives at the house of a youth in São Paulo. in southeastern Brazil. The correspondence is from his identical twin brother, from whom he has not had news for some years. The postcard is the starting push for the youth's trip to Egypt, after his brother, and thus begins the novel written by Brazilian author Joca Reiners Terron.
The story takes place in the Arab country and in São Paulo. The writer spent one month in Cairo, between May and June last year, so that he could set his story there.
The writing of the story is currently in progress. It should be released next year. It is part of project Amores Expressos (Express Loves), which took 17 Brazilian authors to 17 different cities around the world to make them into the backdrop for their novels, all of them love stories, naturally.
São Paulo, Berlin, Buenos Aires, Tokyo, Shanghai, Sydney, Istanbul, Lisbon, Paris, Havana, New York, Prague, Saint Petersburg, Mexico City, Dublin, Mumbai and Cairo were the cities chosen. The elected travellers: experienced Brazilian writers, among them Joca.
Joca was in Cairo accompanied by his wife, Isabel Santana, who is a photographer, and for the thirty nights of his stay he was divided between two hotels in the center of the city. What he brought home were his impressions of the Arab city and notes and drawings in a notebook.
"And then my notebook was stolen," explains the author. However, the planning of the general lines of the novel came to Brazil together with him. Joca wants to complete the novel before the end of this year.
And as Express Loves project asks for love stories, the author, born in the midwestern Brazilian state of Mato Grosso, decided to focus on the fraternal love of the two brothers, identical twins. After receiving the post card, one of them travels to Cairo to find the other.
The first moved to the Arab country years earlier, anxious to find his own identity and moved by his passion for movie Cleopatra. The brother on the quest is the one that the uterus did not feed adequately, so he is more peaceful. The brother who ran away is the most developed.
"There is a German belief that says that the meeting of look-alikes is the beginning of doom," explained the author, giving clues about the meeting of the two brothers. Similar to the runaway brother's obsession with Cleopatra, the father of the twins is obsessed by the idea of duality.
The most developed son goes to Cairo as he feels he has found his true identity and wants to test it in another country. In the narration, Joca indirectly plans to show some differences between the West and the East.
Before starting to write the novel, Joca did not have much contact with the Arab world. "The Arab Egypt is very unknown," he says. He added that there are many differences between the imagined Egypt and the real one.
The great civilization of the past and the movies, like Cleopatra – which he describes as kitsch, – are, according to Joca, different from the current Cairo. Egypt, according to him, is now much more Arab and Islamic than can be imagined. "It was a great immersion," says Joca about his stay in Cairo.
Apart from being a writer, Joca Reiners Terron is also a graphic designer and editor. He already has six books published. One of them, called Hotel Hell, is a novel. Another two are poetry anthologies, two are of short stories and one is a novella. The short story book Curva de Rio Sujo (Curve of a Dirty River), published in Brazil in 2003 by Planeta publishing house, was also released in Portugal, in 2005.
Joca has lived in São Paulo for 17 years, but he was born in Cuiabá, in the midwestern Brazilian state of Mato Grosso. Currently aged 40, he published his first book ten years ago. He is also writing another work for a cultural project sponsored by Brazilian oil company Petrobras.
Express Loves
The destination of each author in the literary project was determined by the Express Loves production. Part of the project also included scenes of the authors' experiences of 16 authors in the cities, which are becoming documentaries.
The stay of each author should generate one documentary, each with 26 minutes. Four are already ready and the project coordinators are starting to negotiate their broadcasting on television channels.
Project Express Loves Itineraries was thought up by RT Features, belonging to Rodrigo Teixeira. He and Tadeu Jungle, of Academia de Filmes (Film Academy), got together to set up a third company, Ipanema Entertainment, responsible for the project. The documentaries were developed by Ipanema and Film Academy.
These are all the Brazilian writers participating in the Amores Expressos project: Paulo Scott (Sydney), Reinaldo Moraes (Mexico City), Sérgio Sant'anna (Prague), Chico Mattoso (Havana), Luiz Ruffato (Lisbon), Joca Reiners Terron (Cairo). João Paulo Cuenca (Tokyo), Cecilia Gianetti (Berlin), André de Leones (São Paulo), Daniel Pellizzari (Dublin), Antonia Pellegrino (Mumbai), Bernardo Carvalho (Saint Petersburg), Lourenço Mutarelli (New York) Adriana Lisboa (Paris), Amilcar Bettega (Istambul), Antonio Prata (Shanghai) and Daniel Galera (Buenos Aires).
Isaura Daniel
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Brazilian President's Harsh Demeanor Draws Public Criticism from a Minister
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The National Council on the Rights of Senior Citizens (CNDI) gave its approval today ...
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Brazilian oil multinational's Platform P-51, the first unit entirely built in Brazil, has left ...
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Anyone got a drawing of P/N 08720-20154 used in 8720D ?
Part 08720-20154, which is an RF cable which connects A63 to Front Panel B-Out on an 8720ES is obsolete. That same part is needed in my 8720D. Does anyone by chance have a engineering drawing of it, so I can make one?
I don't fancy taking the VNA apart, finding out what cable is needed, making the cable, then putting the VNA back together to test the cable. If I could make the cable in advance and test it, that would be much better. But I can't find out anything about that cable. I assume it is SMA male to female, but I might be wrong. If I could find out the length, and ideally where the bends are, that would be nice.


Busy actress Anne Hathaway, currently filming "The Dark Knight Rises" as Catwoman, revealed her intense fitness regimen to maintain her slim figure in the skin-tight feline suit.
At the junket of her upcoming romantic drama "One Day," Hathaway joked to "Extra," "Yes, I am allowed to eat," adding, "I just had to change the way I eat, and work out a lot more."
Hathaway also talked about a "hairy" situation, explaining, "I was actually going to cut my hair short recently, but then when I was cast as Selena Kyle in the new 'Batman' film, and Chris [Nolan] said he wanted long hair, so I kept it."
In "One Day" -- a film that spans the lives of two people who have been meeting on the same day every year for 20 years -- the 28-year-old Anne donned a British accent. "I had a few sessions and realized how desperately untalented I was at doing accents," she admitted. "It was a lot of hard work and a lot of pressure. But it seems to all have come together fine, so I'm very thrilled."
Hathaway's "One Day" co-star Jim Sturgess made it easy, though. The actress confessed Sturgess is "the best Brit I've ever kissed. He's amazing."
Find yourself falling in love with "One Day" on August 19.


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Konstantinos Garefis (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Γαρέφης) was a Greek chieftain of the Macedonian Struggle.

Biography
Garefis was born in 1874 in Milies of Magnesia. His grandfather, who was from Souli, was prosecuted by Ali Pasha, settled in Milies in order to get away. Garefis was of half Epirot and half Sarakatsani origin.

Armed actions
In 1905 Garefis joined the Macedonian Struggle and became the co-leader of Konstantinos Mazarakis-Ainian's armed group, acting mainly in Vermio. When the action of Konstantinos Mazarakis became known and his group had to be dissolved, Garefis replaced him by organizing his own armed group in the late 1905, expanding the range of action and restoring security to the area.

Final moments
On August 6, 1906, he discovered the hut in the village of Chernesovo Aridea (now Garefio), in which his enemies were hiding, the komitadjis Lucas and Karatasos. Captain Garefis, with no fear, entered the hut and killed Karatasos and heavily injured Lucas. However, during the clash, he was injured by the men of Luca. Garefis, despite his serious injury, insisted, before he left the field of battle, to see the result of it which was successful.

Few days later he died because of the wounds on August 24, 1906.

In 1922, Chernesovo got renamed to Garefio to honour him.

References

Sources
 Βασίλης Κ. Γούναρης, "Η ιστοριογραφία και η χαρτογραφία του Μακεδονικού Ζητήματος", στην ιστοσελίδα /www.imma.edu.gr του Ιδρύματος Μουσείου Μακεδονικού Αγώνα.
 Κώστας Λιάπης, "Κώστας Γαρέφης (1874-1906)"
 Κωνσταντίνος Γαρέφης, 1874 - 1906, "Μακεδόνες Μακεδονομάχοι", p. 58-60
 Μακεδονομάχοι - Κωνσταντίνος Γαρέφης

1874 births
1906 deaths
Greek people of the Macedonian Struggle
Sarakatsani
People killed in action
People from Milies
Greek people from the Ottoman Empire


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Get to Know Sustainable Coastlines Hawaii | Environmental Nonprofit
Kahi Pacarro's life is juxtaposed between being a successful real estate developer and a composting, hen-raising, grassroots hustler working to save one beach at a time as the Executive Director for Sustainable Coastlines Hawaii.
Perched on a hillside in Kaimuki, offering views from Mauka to Makai, the Pacarro hale is a testament to tireless passion and the visual representation of a steadfast vision.
Ascending the 30 stairs to the Pacarro's home will leave you breathless, and the welcomed hillside breeze is second to the sights at the top: a honed, sustainable household. Fruits and vegetables dance along rock wall terraces; a pile of plastic floaters and fish trackers from commercial vessels recovered during cleanups; an aquaponic circulation system; Bokashi compost aging the richest soil; photovoltaic panels harnessing energy; and the Ladies – five hens, when mature, will lay one egg per day.
Upon entering the home, you are immediately drawn to a large map hanging on the wall.
Strings zigzag back and forth, up and down, wrapping around small brown nails forming what is clearly the travel path of a two year journey that altered Pacarro's life. It is a constant reminder of an experience that awakened him to the state of the world's pollution crisis, and in 2010, along with a group of eight friends, challenged him to step out of a career in real estate development into a new life of servitude.
Sustainable Coastlines Hawaii's roots are in large-scale beach cleanups, campaigning against single-use products, and educating communities toward better consumer behavior.
"Trying to clean up the ocean is like trying to bail out a bathtub with the tap still running," Paccarro explains.
Stopping the tap, he insists, should be the focus of eradicating trash and plastics.
Q&A with Executive Director Kahi Pacarro
Video by Aria Studios
What is the mission of Sustainable Coastlines Hawaii?
To inspire local communities to care for their coastlines.
What was the inspiration behind creating your organization?
Inspiration stemmed from traveling around the world and seeing the degradation of the places that I thought were the most ideal-like paradises. When I came back home to Hawaii, I kind of put that in the back of my head, but one day, I was at Kailua Beach. I was staring out at the horizon, kind of reflecting on the trip, and I looked down only to notice that this same degradation and invasion of plastic pollution was front and center at my home beach.
What were some of the biggest hurdles you've had to overcome?
The biggest hurdle was in the three years of not getting funding – putting out as many grants as we could, only to be continually denied. You can understand why funders don't want to give money to an unproven organization that doesn't have a track record, so we understood that, but it was tough surviving in Hawaii.
What are your main sources for generating revenue now?
The main sources of generating revenue is through collaborations with corporations and foundations. Secondary would be through individual contributions, and lastly, through government grants.
Would you care to share the percentages per each category of the total money you get?
We probably get about 60% from our corporate collaboration – sponsorships, company grants, company donations, etc., and about 10% from individual contributions. I would say then 20% from government style grants – that's state, city, or federal. Last, we do our own programs and services that generate revenue.
What do you use to track to make sure you're accomplishing your overall mission?
The metrics are the amount of people that participate in our beach cleanups, the amount of students we're able to educate every year, and the pounds of debris that we're able to collect and recycle. Then it would be the government and legislative pushes towards bills that reduce plastic pollution and issues surrounding the ocean.
What would you say is the most influential factor in your organization's success?
That would have been the $300,000 donation by Matson in 2015. That was just kind of like a gift from God. It was like "You guys are kicking ass. We see you guys out there doing work, and you're doing it on a shoestring budget. Here's 300 grand. See what you can do now."
What do you know today that you wish you had known when you first started?
I would say the time investment. A nonprofit, more or less, takes up your entire life. When you end up becoming a global organization like we have, we are interacting with people around the world. Phone calls at 11 at night aren't out of the norm, so it's just the realizing what you're getting into from a time standpoint. I'm totally fine with it. I get it and I love it, but I didn't realize how much time it was going to take. You gotta make sure that you're willing to put this much time into it.
What's one piece of advice for somebody wanting to start a nonprofit?
I think the first one is that it's not as hard as people think to create a 501c3. There are templates and now YouTube videos that can guide you to start up a 501c3. The main thing is to create a mission that is broad enough to allow you to hone in later. Think of an issue in a broader sense, and then hone in later, because your 501c3 documents are editable once you actually become a 501c3.
Another word of advice is realizing that you're most likely not going to get paid for three years. Have enough savings or have another job in the meantime in order to justify not taking an income for the first two to three years.
Another one that's super important, which took us a while to embrace fully, was collaboration. There are so many non-profits out there and a lot of the times we're fighting for the same pot of money. Your willingness to be open to collaborate will help you be a part of the community versus being an outcast.
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Manfred's latest folly, currently being tested in spring training, is the pitch clock that will limit hurlers to 20 seconds in between pitches. It may or may not be used in the future.
Another experiment that the Atlantic League is testing is a three-batter minimum on relief pitchers. And eventually, the dreaded robot umpire will take its place behind home plate. Count on it!
Fans will remember, with irritation, that Manfred is responsible for the tedious replay review system which slows the game's pace.
As fans sit on their hands, bench coaches call their video guys, umpires stare at managers for an order to look at replay, and the umpiring crew deliberates, then consults with the New York-based experts – snail's pace stuff.
More Manfred tedium: the automatic intentional base on balls wherein the manager simply flashes four fingers, and the batter trots to first base. The pitcher is relieved of throwing the traditional four wide ones.
The estimated game time saved is only a few seconds, but to Manfred every second lost is precious.
Manfred being Manfred, he cooked up the pitch clock with an eye toward bringing it to regular season games as quickly as possible.
Manfred's czar-like authority over MLB allows him to impose the pitch clock in 2019 regardless of the players or their union's opinions. Kansas City Royals' manager Ned Yost has his doubts.
Yost said: "I'm not so sure if a 20-second clock is going to make that big of a difference." And three-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer is a pitch clock critic, too, and thinks that it messes with the game's fabric. Wild guess: Yost and Scherzer know more about baseball than Manfred.
According to a Wall Street Journal analysis, shots of players standing around doing nothing takes up 67 minutes per telecast; commercials take up another hour, and actual on-field action is a mere 11 minutes. Yet, fans don't mind.
The 2019 Super Bowl, the granddaddy of long games, set a streaming viewership record with a 31 percent increase over last year.
Baseball games' length isn't the problem, especially when they take place on balmy summer evenings when the yard is perhaps the most pleasant place in town to spend a few leisurely hours.
The problem isn't the elapsed time between pitches, but rather the amount of time that passes without on-field action. Too many strikeouts and too many foul balls put too many fans to sleep.
During the 2018 season, in at least one month, batters struck out more times than they registered hits. And Travis Sawchik reported at FiveThirtyEight.com that, over the last two decades, foul balls have increased significantly while the number of balls put in play has dropped dramatically.
Pitch clocks can't cure those ills. Sawchik recommends that MLB investigate decreasing the foul territory's area which might produce more foul outs that, in turn, would shorten games.
Fans might as well relax; the pitch clock is coming and sooner rather than later. Manfred's fixation with reducing the length of baseball games isn't going away.
Too bad that Manfred can't learn from baseball's rich history. Dating back to the first games in the mid-19th century, baseball, and the way it's played, has always ebbed and flowed. Let the game be the game, and stop fiddling with it.


Q: David why are you using so many enzymes???
Great question I was asked in response to the Enzyme Peroxide Video from earlier! "Why such a high dose of enzymes?" I love those types of questions! I appreciate all the support, interest, and everyone out there who is inspired to learn more, and with each day grow healthier!


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Transport, Local Transit
New York City Wants to Spend $32 Billion on Subway and Rail Expansion
Michelle Kaske , Bloomberg
- Sep 24, 2014 9:00 pm
If the MTA promised to use a few billion to raze Penn Station to the ground it could raise the money in a day from the region's beleaguered travelers forced to pass through that transportation nightmare.
— Jason Clampet
New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority plans to spend $5.5 billion on expansion projects in the next five years, with about half of that bringing Long Island Rail Road to Grand Central Station.
The agency's $32 billion capital-spending plan on subway cars, safety upgrades and expansion projects is $15.2 billion short of funding. The MTA anticipates selling $6 billion of debt to help pay for it, according to a news release today. The authority's board is to consider the plan tomorrow at its monthly meeting, before lawmakers in Albany weigh in.
"The MTA network is a $1 trillion asset, and it needs constant investment so it can serve everyone who relies on it now and can grow to serve more people in the future," Thomas Prendergast, the agency's chief executive officer, said in the release.
The largest U.S. mass-transit system plans to spend $2.8 billion to help bring the LIRR to Grand Central Station. The commuter line currently serves only Manhattan's Pennsylvania Station. An additional $1.5 billion will start construction of the second phase of New York City's Second Avenue subway line. The first phase is to open in December 2016.
The system, which includes the city's subways and buses as well as the Metro-North and LIRR commuter railroads, serves an average of 8.6 million riders per weekday. It had $34.4 billion of debt of June 30, according to MTA's website.
To contact the reporter on this story: Michelle Kaske in New York at mkaske@bloomberg.net. To contact the editors responsible for this story: Stephen Merelman at smerelman@bloomberg.net.
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Photo Credit: Subway station in New York City. Derek Key / Flickr
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Neta Dobrin (: נטע דוברין) je izraelská politička a bývalá poslankyně Knesetu za Stranu práce

Biografie
Narodila se 27. října 1975 v Safedu. Vysokoškolské vzdělání bakalářského stupně v oboru sociologie a antropologie získala na Haifské univerzitě. Titul M.B.A. získala na izraelské pobočce University of Derby. Studovala pak právo na vysoké škole Ša'arej Mišpat. Sloužila v izraelské armádě, kde dosáhla hodnosti seržanta (Samal). Hovoří hebrejsky a anglicky.

Politická dráha
V letech 1996–1997 byla na Haifské univerzitě členkou studentské samosprávy, v letech 1998–2003 předsedala v Haifě městskému výboru pro mládež. V letech 1998–2003 zároveň byla členkou městské samosprávy v Haifě.

V izraelském parlamentu zasedla po volbách do Knesetu v roce 2003, v nichž nastupovala za společnou kandidátní listinu Izraelská strana práce-Mejmad. Mandát získala až dodatečně v únoru 2006, jen pár měsíců před koncem volebního období, jako náhradnice za Ornu Angel, která rezignovala. Do činnosti Knesetu se výrazněji nezapojila.

Odkazy

Reference

Externí odkazy
  Kneset – Neta Dobrin

Narození v roce 1975
Žijící lidé
Izraelští Židé
Členové Knesetu
Sabrové
Absolventi Haifské univerzity
Ženy
Narození 27. října


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Q: Optimize application performance when searching in the list How can I optimize the list filtering? There are 2000 records in the list and when entering text into the application's search engine it clips a bit. Do you have any suggestions that could optimize the search?
Code
import CoreData
import SwiftUI

struct SongbookView: View {
    @Environment(\.managedObjectContext) var managedObjectContext

    @FetchRequest(
        entity: Song.entity(),
        sortDescriptors: [NSSortDescriptor(keyPath: \Song.number, ascending: true)]
    ) var songs: FetchedResults<Song>

    @State private var searchText = ""

    var body: some View {
        NavigationView{
            VStack{
                SearchBar(text: $searchText)
                Spacer()
                List(songs.filter({searchText.isEmpty ? true : removeNumber(str: $0.content!.lowercased()).contains(searchText.lowercased()) || String($0.number).contains(searchText)}), id:\.objectID) { song in
                    NavigationLink(destination: DetailView(song: song, isSelected: song.favorite)) {
                        HStack{
                            Text("\(String(song.number)). ") .font(.headline) + Text(song.title ?? "Brak tytułu")
                            if song.favorite {
                                Spacer()
                                Image(systemName: "heart.fill")
                                    .accessibility(label: Text("To jest ulubiona pieśń"))
                                    .foregroundColor(.red)
                            }
                        }.lineLimit(1)
                    }
                }.id(UUID())
            }
            .listStyle(InsetListStyle())
            .navigationTitle("Śpiewnik")
        }
    }
    func removeNumber(str: String) -> String {
        var result = str
        let vowels: Set<Character> = ["1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9"]
        result.removeAll(where: { vowels.contains($0) })
        return result
    }
}

extension UINavigationController {
    // Remove back button text
    open override func viewWillLayoutSubviews() {
        navigationBar.topItem?.backBarButtonItem = UIBarButtonItem(title: "", style: .plain, target: nil, action: nil)
    }
}


Earning reviews is an important step. Showing them off is another!
But...how do your customers and potential customers see the reviews?
One way, of course, is on the major review sites like Google, Facebook, Yelp, etc. Another is on your ReviewBuzz Online Review Portfolio. We put all of the reviews you earn with ReviewBuzz in one place so that your customers can see how great your company is.
It's kind of like a review trophy case. Show off those review trophies!
Then, we break down the reviews by the employees who earned them.


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Pierre Cardin's Bubble Palace For Sale
Fashion Festive Films To Watch This Year
It's the time of the year where fashion brands roll out their holiday films and we take a look at some of it.
Nov 30, 2021 | By Joseph Low
Image: Louis Vuitton
The holiday season is upon us and brands are making sure of that with the barrage of advertisements. From Cartier's "Love Is All" marketing campaign to Louis Vuitton's "Holiday House", the message is clear: get ready for the year-end festivities. Brands are making sure that its own short film garners the most attention through placements on social media, billboards and televisions.
Here are some of the latest that we have seen:
Be part of the whimsical world of Louis Vuitton in its latest holiday film named, "Holiday House". Staring house ambassador Stacy Martin, join the actress as she dances to the tune of Candi Staton's disco classic "Young Hearts Run Free".
Along the way in the film, we are introduced to the Maison's latest creations through different landscapes. Featured in the film are the newest high-performance skiwear, travel trunks and some of the Louis Vuitton's signature bags like the Capucines and Coussins.
Directed by Augustus Punch (a collective formed by Diesel Schwarze & Alexandra Bolton) and with creative direction by Roman Coppola, the latter said, "We hope the viewer experiences our vision, and the spirit in which it was made, which is coming together with friends and family, the delight of gifting, appreciating beautifully crafted designs, and that sense of magic that we all love about the Holidays."
READ MORE: Louis Vuitton's Les Extraits Collection Reinvented
The festive period is a time where we celebrate our love and gratitude for our loved ones. For Cartier, the definition of "love" goes beyond just the affair between a couple. The scope of love extends to include siblings, friends and even ourselves.
Starring Ella Balinska, Troye Sivan, Willow Smith and other "friends of the Maison", the stars are decked out in Cartier's signature pieces while dancing to the tune of the 1970s hit song performed by Roger Glover and Ronnie James Dio.
Filmed over three locations, the red hue that Cartier is most remembered for sets the stage for the short festive film titled, "Love Is All". The coming together of different individuals in the film also drive the belief that Cartier has which that "each person's singularity is enriched by others', and that these connections reinforce our talents".
READ MORE: Cartier's 'Love Is All' Film Aptly Captures The Festive Season
In Prada's "A Midwinter Night's Dream", the Italian brand's holiday 2021 campaign video, the best of fashion and film making takes centerstage. Featuring four burgeoning Hollywood stars: Julia Garner, Shira Haas, Louis Partridge and Taylor Russell, they are wearing pieces from the specially designed festive collection.
Rhinestones seem to be a recurring material used as it is seen across dresses, shoes and bags. The stones sparkle ever so brightly as the four stars traverse across the snow-covered terrain that is revealed to be Los Angeles.
The film is directed by Glen Luchford, a long-time collaborator of Prada and storytelling by Mary Harron, whose works include American Psycho, The Notorious Bettie Page and Daliland. Distinctive to Prada's 2021 film is the use of state-of-the-art technology like the Volume (a visual effect tool used for "The Mandalorian"), which helped to elevate the cinematic experience for fans and viewers — the immersive experience transports anyone to the winter wonderland of Prada.
For Bvlgari's holiday campaign 2021, the Roman jeweller looks to the sky for inspiration. In particular, the stars that fill the vast space are what makes life magnificent according to Bvlgari. The brand has had connections with the celestial entity since its founding — the Condotti eight-pointed star is a mainstay throughout its boutiques across the world.
How else to better celebrate this festive season than with the dazzling jewellery selection from Bvlgari. From the iconic Serpenti collection that wraps beautifully on the wrists to the exquisite Diva collection that hangs splendidly on the neck, the choices are endless. Not to mention, the B.Zero1 rings and crossbody bags are all top selection as well.
In the words of Bvlgari, "There is a tale of endless inspiration, the Italian joy of life, and a relentless quest for ultimate magnificence." You would only need to look for the nearest boutique to enjoy this ethereal experience.
READ MORE: Bvlgari's Re-opening at Singapore MBS is an Ode To Italian Craftsmanship
Continuing the success of its Aria collection unveiled earlier this year, Gucci is presenting the "Hacker Project" to be the collection for this holiday season. The silhouettes of stablemate Balenciaga get "Guccified" — Gucci's design codes are infused throughout.
As part of a four-part series, the "Hacker Project" takes a deep dive into the concepts of authenticity and appropriation. These concepts have become a topic of conversation within the fashion world and Gucci is leading the discussion with this "Hacker Project".
Directed by British photographer, Harley Weir, the film aptly captures the spirit of creativity, care, and love.
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