Here's the deal….Welcome to Gwinett County, Georgia. Third Grade Math.
If you have a "teach to the test" curriculum where math and reading are the main thrust of schooling, subjects like history and social studies largely feed into those disciplines. That's not a good way to start anyhow.
It has been reported that the local NAACP is asking that the teachers be fired. I TOTALLY DISAGREE WITH THEM, with all due respect. This is an opportunity to educate. This is a classic "teachable moment." Firing them will not get the message across, rather it will only fan the flames of misunderstanding. This isn't about "political correctness," such an unfortunate phrase. This is about educational integrity, cultural and historical sensitivity, and the ability of African American parents not just to be incensed, but be proactive, interactive, and personally equipped to be representatives of our people in any educational situation. Do not discipline these teachers by firing them–discipline them by giving them a better education. What is the greatest amount of good for the greatest amount of people here? The third graders–will bounce back–the question is, can the adults?
If a teacher was trying to integrate other aspects of the curriculum into mathematics, then okay I can understand that. However…let me break it down.
Let's rephrase the word problems to see if the teachers get it: use the following groups–Native Americans, women, Jews, we can keep going, take your pick! When they go "Oh," and frown, then we get to indict the fact that in America's common discourse–being enslaved was somehow less painful, less devastating and less meaningful than an infant being shot at Wounded Knee, a woman being "assaulted" in Bosnia or a starving man in Auschwitz. All of these examples would make completely insensitive and distasteful language for a math problem, a "joke," or other such discourse. So…we should demand the same sort of accountability for the lives of enslaved people. But remember, dear reader, I am the food historian who will not call MY ancestors "the slaves," as if they were "the help," "the caste of Blacks" etc. The very fact that slave is synonymous with "Black," is problematic and factually and historically inappropriate. Such language and such ideas permanently trap our ancestors in the status of being property and not being regarded as human.
Slavery must be dealt with by our society as a whole because it IS the root cause of most of our racial ills in the West, and it is the root cause of much of what ails the African American community. More Africans have come willingly to America since 1990 than were forcibly exported and exiled here in the 17th-19th centuries. What's the difference? One group are immigrants from majority-Black societies with aspirations set by colonialization, nation-building in Africa and globalization; the other are people who have always lived as minorities in a society that was designed to set people of African descent at a permanent societal disadvantage. Both groups have their problems, but one of the two has more unique problems owing to the enslaved past. Don't get me wrong–I am ALL FOR DISCUSSING PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY, INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY AND COMMUNAL RESPONSIBLITY AND SELF RESPECT and CULTURAL INTEGRITY. No oppressive system should ever get more credit than the human will to overcome it….but….Racial chattel slavery was centered in robbing individuals of their right to person–in body, mind or spirit; their individual liberty, their communal authority, their self respect, and their cultural integrity. It was a system so morally bankrupt and so intellectually powerful that it has outlived its existence in terms of self-hatred, willful ignorance, community and family divisions, and an interrupted "group-think," which is to say the corporate mind of a group, nation, ethnicity or so-called "race," to survive, thwart competition, carve a niche for itself and compete in the marketplace of ideas and to plead its case in the court of public opinion and public discourse.
Another element–the school is majority Latino. This isn't just about Black vs. white. This is a case where Latino American students are being taught reinforced insensitivities and really bad language to discuss American history and culture.
African Americans! We have to discuss slavery with our children and own it. Own it. Own it–and don't let other people own it……That means we have the right and the responsibility to be experts on our own history and determine the language and talking points about our history–with open eyes. Taking a step back from this micro-incident, I have been a part of many micro-incidents where African Americans listening to my presentations or present for one of my demonstrations look noticeably dismayed and embarrassed at the mere mention of the word "slavery." It's ridiculous. By not going into the heart of our history and our collective experience–that which makes us African American—we are ceding our history, ceding our power to define ourselves and ceding our responsibility to be aware and vocal.
One of the reasons I am embarking on The Cooking Gene and fleshing out the project the way I am is because I want to keep this conversation and this discourse going in a more positive and informed direction. With all due respect to the cliches….there are some of us–there are MANY of us who are historically and culturally literate and incredibly informed about our history. That means you start the conversation from a place of knowing–and not from a place of mystery. It means having the intellectual integrity to explore the matter at hand with completely open eyes and hands. By using food to explore slavery, what it meant and where it brought us—and what comes down to us today, we can have a better discourse and have a more educated sense of humanity in a way that deflects but does not ignore, the "elephant in the room." We are what we eat so by cooking our history, we can't help but own it and acknowledge it is a part of us.
Read Christopher Emdin's piece on Huffingtonpost.com (link above) for a succinct guide to troubleshooting this matter in the future. This isn't the first time and won't be the last time something like this will happen.
I have a math problem, how many people does it take the change the word and repair it–the answer is simple, 7 billion and counting.


This article is a primer to Confidential Transactions (CT) with the goal of providing a framework to understanding the technology. It is not intended to be an in-depth explanation. As such, it only highlights the key concepts involved. It also doesn't include Ring Signatures or Bullet Proofs, which prevent accounting overflow. For a fully comprehensive study of CT, I recommend Gregory Maxwell's initial investigation or this summary by Adam Gibson.
A protocol that hides the amount of Litecoin you send as well as the receiver's LTC address.
Even though Litecoin is pseudonymous, it doesn't provide a whole lot of privacy. Due to the public nature of its blockchain, you can track Litecoin transactions and where it was previously spent through chain analysis. The pseudoanonymity of LTC addresses is especially weak for people who reuse them or post it on a social media account.
The lack of privacy ultimately makes Litecoin not as fungible as it could be and hinders its ability to become a censorship resistant medium of exchange. For example, one of the reasons why exchanges have suddenly shut down accounts is because the Litecoin a customer is trying to sell, unbeknownst to them, may have previously used it for illicit purposes. Confidential Transactions will help mitigate these issues inherent in public blockchains.
Confidential Transactions work by introducing a new address and transaction format. The transaction format is composed of a scriptPubKey, Pedersen commitment, and ecdh nonce.
The scriptPubKey contains the following: The Confidential Transaction Address (CTA) and a mathematical condition that the LTC can be spent only if ownership of the address' private key is proven with a signature.
The Confidential Transaction Address is the hash of a blinding key plus a regular LTC address.
A blinding key is used to hide the LTC address and LTC amount on the public ledger. Alternatively if you have access to the blinding key, you have the ability to view the LTC address and LTC amount in a Confidential transaction.
A Pedersen commitment is essentially a hash of the total LTC output plus a blinding key. In a regular LTC transaction, this is where the normal LTC output would go.
Finally, the ecdh nonce is the key to unlocking the whole Confidential Transaction. It is used to communicate encrypted data to the receiver of the transaction so they can learn the LTC transaction output and blinding factor of the Confidential Transaction.
Let's pretend Alice has 2 LTC in her address wants to send Bob 1 LTC.
Alice takes Bob's Litecoin address, creates a blinding key, and hashes the two together. This creates a Confidential Address. Although this gets recorded on the public ledger, no one knows that the CTA is tied to Bob's LTC address except for Alice and Bob.
Next Alice creates the Confidential Transaction. She takes the same blinding key and the 1 LTC output and creates a Pedersen commitment. This hides the amount of LTC Alice is sending to Bob. But both Bob and Alice can view the amount because they have the public blinding key. Alice has it because she created the blinding key. Bob can derive it with the private key of his LTC address.
Alice then creates a scriptPubKey with the CTA she created with Bob's LTC address under a mathematical condition that the 1 LTC can be spent if he can prove ownership of the address' private key with a signature.
The transaction is then broadcast and recorded on the public ledger.
One key principle in Litecoin is that addresses must maintain a 0 balance sum. This means that the number of Litecoin that get sent to an address must match the number of Litecoin that leave the address.
The traditional way mining fees are calculated through subtraction is no longer possible.
The clients can not determined if the output from an address matches the input in order to maintains a 0 balance sum.
The first problem can be easily resolved by sharing the mining fee publicly.
The second problem is bit more complicated, but can be solved through something called Pedersen commitments.
Let's say this is our basic algebraic structure and that we are "hashing" the values by multiplying everything by 2.
Now let's have a=1 and b=3.
This homomorphic property of Pedersen commitments is what Confidential Transactions uses to ensure that Litecoin addresses maintain a 0 balance sum.
Let's now apply this concept to Alice sending Bob 1 LTC. For simplicity's sake, we will not factor in mining fees.
Alice has a Pedersen commitment of 2 LTC for her Confidential Transaction Address. When Alice sends Bob 1 LTC, she uses a specified mathematical formula to create a hash. She then uses the same formula to send 1 LTC to a change addresses. The two hashes are added together to see if it equals the 2 LTC Pedersen commitment of Alice's address. If it does, then it becomes a valid Confidential Transaction.
Confidential Transactions can be a powerful tool to increase privacy on the public blockchain. By using blinding keys, LTC addresses and amounts are obfuscated thereby increasing its fungibility. However, blinding keys can also be used for auditing. That means either the sender or the receiver can hand over the blinding key to a third party for auditing purposes.
*A special thank you to all the people in the #bitcoin-wizards channel on IRC for their comments and review of the paper (maaku, waxwing, and sipa).
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Rosemarie Fendel – Biography, Age, Career and life facts
By Smith Bianca Last updated Jan 14, 2022
German film, television and stage actress
Rosemarie Fendel (19272013) was a German actress and director, who worked on the stage, in film, and in television. She was also a voice actress, and was the voice of notable actresses for German dubs of their work, including Elizabeth Taylor, Jeanne Moreau, and Annie Giradot.
She won numerous awards for her work in film and television, and also directed and wrote a few screen productions herself. Her daughter is German actress, Suzanne von Borsody.
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Fendel began her acting career on stage in 1946, appearing at the Kammerspiele in Munich as a flower girl in a production of Girodoux's "Die Irre von Chaillot". She studied acting with the actress, Maria Koppenhöfer.
She was noticed by director and actor, Gustaf Gründgens, who brought her to act in productions in the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus as well as to perform in Darmstadt, Munich and Frankfurt.
In 1957, she temporarily retired from the stage after the birth of her daughter, Suzanne von Borsody, who was born to her after she married actor and director Hans von Borsody.
She later returned to the stage, and in 1982, she had a notable performance in a production of Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard, at the Frankfurt Schauspiel.
She performed roles written for both, men and women, in productions of plays by Bertolt Brecht and Miller. Other notable performances include roles in Heiner Müller's Quartet.
Towards the end of her career, she routinely gave private and small performances of works by Goethe and Mascha Kaléko, often in her home in Frankfurt.
Fendel appeared in a number of television series in the 1960s, most notably in the crime series, 'Der Kommissar' as the wife of Erik Ode. She also had roles in Dem Täter auf der Spur, Kriminalmuseum, Tatort, Der Havelkaiser or Freunde fürs Leben, and Der Nachtkurier meldet.
Fendel also appeared in several films, including 'Trotta' (1971) directed by Johannes Schaaf, an adaptation of a novel by Joseph Roth, and won a federal prize for her performance in the film.
She is best known for her performance in The Sister (2010) directed by Margarethe von Trotta. In 1973, she won the Grimme Prize for her performance in Im Reservat, written by Peter Stripp and directed by Peter Beauvais.
Other notable film roles include Alle Jahre wieder (1967, directed by Ulrich Schamoni), Tätowierung (1967), Traumstadt (1973), Ödipussi (1988), Schtonk! (1992), Das Schwein – Eine deutsche Karriere (1994), Bonhoeffer – Die letzte Stufe (2000), Die Farben der Liebe (2003), Mensch Mutter (2006), and Das zweite Leben (2007).
Her last film appearance was in a threepart series titled "Das adlon" (2013) filmed for ZDF. She won the Bavarian Television Prize for her role in Das zweite Leben.
Directing and writing
In 1973, Fendel assisted her longtime partner, director Johannes Schaaf, in writing the screenplay for his film Traumstadt.
Following this, she wrote a screenplay for a television series, Der Alte, which was produced by ZDF. In 1980, she wrote and directed the television film Der Heuler. She also wrote the screenplay for Momo (1986).
During her retirement from the stage, Fendel worked as a voice actor and performed roles by Elizabeth Taylor, Jeanne Moreau, Simone Signoret, Lauren Bacall, Anne Bancroft, Myrna Loy, Dorothy Parker, Vanessa Redgrave, and Annie Girardot in German dubs.
Her roles include dubbing of roles by Gina Lollobrigida in Pane, amore e fantasia (1927), and Simone Signoret in Les Diaboliques (1954).
Fendel was born in 1927 in Metternich near Koblenz, and spent her childhood in Berlin and Bohemia. During the course of her career, she lived in Munich, Düsseldorf, and Hamburg, eventually settling in Frankfurt.
For several years she lived and worked with director Johannes Schaaf. She later married to actor Hans von Borsody, and their daughter is the German actress, Suzanne von Borsody, She died at the age of 85 in her home at Frankfurt, after a short illness.
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Lettore, in guardia! (titolo originale The Reader is Warned) è un romanzo poliziesco di Carter Dickson, ottavo della serie di gialli che ha come protagonista il burbero Sir Henry Merrivale, alias H.M. - detto il Vecchio.

Trama
Il giovane dottor Sanders si ritrova a dover mettere in dubbio la sua visione scettica nei confronti della valenza scientifica della telepatia. Durante una riunione di fine settimana in casa della famosa romanziera Mina Constable, incontra Herman Pennik, il quale sostiene di essere in grado di leggere i pensieri delle persone con la stessa facilità con la quale si legge un libro aperto. Sanders è incline a ritenerlo un ciarlatano, ma Pennik indovina sempre e con facilità ciò che gli ospiti stanno pensando in quel preciso momento. Pennik afferma inoltre di essere in grado di uccidere a distanza con la mente per mezzo di un potere che chiama "Teleforza". Sfidato da Sam Constable, il padrone di casa, a dare una dimostrazione dei suoi poteri, il telepata dichiara che l'uomo sarà morto prima dell'ora di cena. Nessuno, inizialmente, lo prende sul serio, ma poco prima dell'ora indicata, mentre Sam sta per scendere le scale, si ripiega su se stesso e crolla a terra cadavere. L'autopsia non riesce a rilevare nessuna plausibile causa di morte. Toccherà a Sir Henry Merrivale indagare e scoprire se Pennik è un impostore o se la Teleforza è una realtà scientifica.

Personaggi principali
 Mina Constable - scrittrice di gialli
 Sam Constable - suo marito
 Herman Pennik - lettore del pensiero, ospite dei Constable
 Lawrence Chase - avvocato, ospite dei Constable
 Hilary Keen - impiegata del Ministero degli Interni, ospite dei Constable
 Dottor John Sanders - medico, ospite dei Constable
 Sovrintendente Belcher  - della polizia locale
 Riddle - poliziotto di ronda
 Humphrey Masters - ispettore capo di Scotland Yard
 Sir Henry Merrivale - il Vecchio

Critica
"Un capolavoro dell'inganno. Si comincia con l'altamente improbabile e rapidamente si scende nell'impossibile, sapendo comunque che il maestro sarà lì per riportarci alla sanità mentale alla fine di tutto. [...] Tutto questo potrebbe davvero essere accaduto? Chi lo sa? Ma, se fosse accaduto, certamente è così che sarebbe andata. Carr qui è al massimo della forma e sparge senza freni false piste a destra e a manca."

Opere derivate
La BBC mandò in onda nel 1958 lo sceneggiato radiofonico in sei puntate You Have Been Warned, tratto dal romanzo, con Ralph Truman nel ruolo di H.M.

Edizioni

Note

Romanzi di Sir Henry Merrivale

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local math = require('math')
local fiber = require('fiber')
local tap = require('tap')
local ffi = require('ffi')
local fio = require('fio')

box.cfg{ logger="tarantool.log", slab_alloc_arena=0.1, rows_per_wal=5000}

local test = tap.test("snapshot")
test:plan(3)

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-- gh-695: Avoid overwriting tuple data with information necessary for smfree()
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

local continue_snapshoting = true
local snap_chan = fiber.channel()

local function noise()
    fiber.name('noise-'..fiber.id())
    while continue_snapshoting do
        if box.space.test:len() < 300000 then
            local  value = string.rep('a', math.random(255)+1)
            box.space.test:auto_increment{fiber.time64(), value}
        end
        fiber.sleep(0)
    end
end

local function purge()
    fiber.name('purge-'..fiber.id())
    while continue_snapshoting do
        local min = box.space.test.index.primary:min()
        if min ~= nil then
            box.space.test:delete{min[1]}
        end
        fiber.sleep(0)
    end
end

local function snapshot(lsn)
    fiber.name('snapshot')
    while continue_snapshoting do
        local new_lsn = box.info.server.lsn
        if new_lsn ~= lsn then
            lsn = new_lsn;
            pcall(box.snapshot)
        end
        fiber.sleep(0.001)
    end
    snap_chan:put("!")
end

box.once("snapshot.test", function()
    box.schema.space.create('test')
    box.space.test:create_index('primary')
end)

fiber.create(noise)
fiber.create(purge)
fiber.create(noise)
fiber.create(purge)
fiber.create(noise)
fiber.create(purge)
fiber.create(noise)
fiber.create(purge)
fiber.create(snapshot, box.info.server.lsn)

fiber.sleep(0.3)
continue_snapshoting = false
snap_chan:get()

test:ok(true, 'gh-695: avoid overwriting tuple data necessary for smfree()')

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-- gh-1185: Crash in matras_touch in snapshot_daemon.test
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local s1 = box.schema.create_space('test1', { engine = 'memtx'})
local i1 = s1:create_index('test', { type = 'tree', parts = {1, 'num'} })

local s2 = box.schema.create_space('test2', { engine = 'memtx'})
local i2 = s2:create_index('test', { type = 'tree', parts = {1, 'num'} })

for i = 1,1000 do s1:insert{i, i, i} end

fiber.create(function () box.snapshot() end)

fiber.sleep(0)

s2:insert{1, 2, 3}
s2:update({1}, {{'+', 2, 2}})

s1:drop()
s2:drop()

test:ok(true, "gh-1185: no crash in matras_touch")

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-- gh-1084: box.snapshot() aborts if the server is out of file descriptors
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local function gh1094()
    local msg = "gh-1094: box.snapshot() doesn't abort if out of file descriptors"
    local nfile
    local ulimit = io.popen('ulimit -n')
    if ulimit then
        nfile = tonumber(ulimit:read())
        ulimit:close()
    end

    if not nfile or nfile > 1024 then
        -- descriptors limit is to high, just skip test
        test:ok(true, msg)
        return
    end
    local files = {}
    for i = 1,nfile do
        files[i] = fio.open('/dev/null')
        if files[i] == nil then
            break
        end
    end
    local sf, mf = pcall(box.snapshot)
    for i, f in pairs(files) do
        f:close()
    end
    local ss, ms = pcall(box.snapshot)
    test:ok(not sf and ss, msg)
end
gh1094()

test:check()
os.exit(0)

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In the previous ROS 101 post, we showed how easy it is to get ROS going inside a virtual machine, publish topics and subscribe to them. If you haven't had a chance to check the out all the previous ROS 101 tutorials, you may want to do so before we go on. In this post, we're going to drive a Husky in a virtual environment, and examine how ROS passes topics around.
If you just downloaded the updated version above, please skip the next section. If you have already downloaded it, or are starting from a base install of ROS, please follow the next section.
The first window shown is Gazebo. This is where we get a realistic simulation of our robot, including wheel slippage, skidding, and inertia. We can add objects to this simulation, such as the cube above, or even entire maps of real places.
The second window is RViz. This tool allows us to see sensor data from a robot, and give it commands (We'll talk about how to do this in a future post). RViz is a more simplified simulation in the interest of speed.
In the above command, we publish to the /husky/cmd_vel topic, of topic type geometry_msgs/Twist, at a rate of 100Hz. The data we publish tells the simulated Husky to go forwards at 0.5m/s, without any rotation. You should see your Husky move forwards. In the gazebo window, you might notice simulated wheel slip, and skidding.
The highlighted node and arrow show the topic that you are publishing to the simulated Husky. This Husky then goes on to update the gazebo virtual environment, which takes care of movement of the joints (wheels) and the physics of the robot. The rqt_graph command is very handy to use, when you are unsure who is publishing to what in ROS. Once you figure out what topic you are interested in, you can see the content of the topic using rostopic echo.
In Ros, tf is a special topic that keeps track of coordinate frames, and how they relate to each other. So, our simulated Husky starts at (0,0,0) in the world coordinate frame. When the Husky moves, it's own coordinate frame changes. Each wheel has a coordinate frame that tracks how it is rotating, and where it is. Generally, anything on the robot that is not fixed in space, will have a tf describing it. In the rqt_graph section, you can see that the /tf topic is published to and subscribed from by many different nodes.
This will bring up the following image.
Here we can see that all four wheel are referenced to the base_link, which is referenced from the base_frootprint. (Toe bone connected to the foot bone, the foot bone….). We also see that the odom topic is driving the reference of the whole robot. This means that if you write to the odom topic (IE, when you publish to the /cmd_vel topic) then the whole robot will move.


The Graduate Certificate in Community-Based Literacy as Applied Linguistics, which is offered as part of UND's Linguistics program, is intended to prepare students to promote literacy in other countries, particularly in multilingual societies and through non-traditional programs that are outside the formal educational system. Examples of such programs include those that address adult functional literacy (in health, agriculture, etc.), rights-based literacy, literacy in the local language first with transition to biliteracy in a national language or other language of wider communication, and transfer of literacy skills from a language of wider communication to literacy in the local language.
To prepare students to organize, teach, manage and promote non-formal literacy programs in multilingual societies, particularly in developing countries, and to provide a graduate-level credential to people working in literacy in other countries where such a credential is often expected by governments and NGOs and can be very helpful for career advancement.
A four-year bachelor's degree from a recognized college or university.
a course in cultural anthropology or sociolinguistics at the 300-level or higher.
A GPA for all previous college-level work of 2.8 or better.
In addition, it is recommended that students have either a background in education or in linguistics (such as one summer at UND taking courses from SIL).
A maximum of nine credits from this graduate certificate may be used toward the M.A. in linguistics, if the student enrolls in the M.A. program after completing the certificate. No professional accreditation is associated with the certificate.
See more detailed information at: http://arts-sciences.und.edu/summer-institute-of-linguistics.


Five days after it was released, Twitter #Music is the most popular free music app in Apple's iTunes app store.
Twitter #Music's main feature is a popularity chart, so it's fitting that the app itself is also charting well, so far anyway. Only Twitter's own video sharing app, Vine, and a few of the perennially-mega-popular iOS games rank higher — indicating that Twitter #Music really will make a dent in the app market, and validating the category of apps that are designed from the ground up for discovering music, as opposed to just listening to it.
Twitter #Music is also available for the web, in addition to iOS. Twitter says there's no Android version "yet," indicating that one is in the works.


What does the Green Power Indicator do?
The "Green Power Indicator" (GPI) displays whether the called site is hosted on a server, which is operated with environment-friendly produced electricity. It is realised as Firefox-Add-on. In that way the extension supports the development of a "Green Web".
Who can use the Green Power Indicator?
The Firefox extension can be installed and used by any Internet user.
The Green Power Indicator requires no user action. While the user is surfing in the Internet the green status of the current Web page is displayed by an icon (or in the text mode by a description).
How do I install the Green Power Indicator?
To use the extension a Firefox browser version 1.5 or later is required.
The add-on can be downloaded here. The user has to follow the instructions that appear in the browser window to install the add-on.
Why is a "?" shown in the GPI?
The quality of the current Web page is unknown, since it is not in our database so far. You know more? Then let us know: Service Request.
What do the different symbols mean?
active Green Power Indicator is active.
Green Power Indicator is inactive, there is no communication with the server.
The called Web site is hosted with green electricity, classification in the three quality classes A, B, C.
Energy quality unknown The power quality is unknown.
Which settings can be made in the Green Power Indicator?
The settings can be made in the menu that appears by right clicking on the icon of the GPI. The sidebar can be opened and closed by clicking on the GPI icon. The sidebar displays more information about the website and provides background information about the GPI project. Please note, that the sidebar is not available in the new versions of the addon.
Here, all Web pages visited until now are displayed, together with its quality classes, providers, etc. The cache shows the information to the central provider list.
The user can specify at what intervals the locally stored information are deleted, and can manually clear the cache in the settings dialog.
Which provider do I see in the Green Power Indicator?
The provider must meet various criteria, developed with the support by the BUND of Rhineland-Palatinate, and are then divided into three quality classes.
Are user data stored (data protection)?
How can I update the Green Power Indicator?
Add-ons downloaded from this site Mozilla ask for updates once per day. If an update is available the user can decide whether he wants to update his add-on.


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PUJA and FESTIVITIES
Award Padma Shri 2020
Vidya Mandir is proud to announce that Gloria Arieira has been awarded one of India's highest civilian honors, the Padma Shri Award, on Republic Day 2020, for her pioneering Sanskrit and Vedanta Literature and Education in Brazil.
Gloria Arieira
Sadashivasamarambham shankaracaryamadhyamam
Asmadacaryaparyantam vande guruparamparam.
On the occasion of being appointed for the Award Padma Shri 2020 by the government of India, I would like to say a prayer: May I, and all of us, be blessed to be tulya-ninda-stutih and vidya-vinaya-sampannah, with the blessings of the teachings of bhagavan Shri Krshna through the Bhagavadgita.
I am very honored, and at the same time surprised, to be appointed to the 2020 Padma Shri Award. It is a very important and significant award given by the government of India.
I offer the award at the feet of my guru-jis – Sri Swami Dayananda-ji and Sri Swami Chinmayananda-ji. Both teachers were very significant for me. Without any of the two I would not be here today, doing the work I have done, I am doing.
Swami Chinmayananda-ji have accepted me, welcomed me since I first met him in Brazil and then when I went to India in 1974. Even though I was very young and western, not knowing anything about India or Vaidikadharma, he received me and allowed me to be part of the on-going course at Sandeepany Sadhanalaya, Mumbai. He taught me to focus on what was most important for me and bear with what was secondary, if necessary. He taught me that people will mostly criticize us but that is ok. Adversities give us strength and helps us define what are our priorities and to work for them. All along he supported me and trusted I would do well.
Swami Dayananda-ji taught me all I know of Vedanta and Vaidikadharma, the most precious lessons on Ishvara and our basic relationship with Ishvara which we carry on on all other relationships. Swamiji taught me that Veda is a pramanam, a specific means of knowledge, and therefore it is for everyone independent of background. He taught me Satyam Brahman but also brilliantly made me understand that Brahman is easy to know, to understand Ishvara and bring Ishvara to one´s life is the most difficult, and that makes a big difference in one´s life. Swamiji made me appreciate, understand and love Sri Shanakara and his bhashyams.
These, my three gurus, are daily with me, in my mind and heart. I owe them all I know, all that I am today. Inspired by them I did all this work during these 41 years back to Brazil. But all I learned in India would not be enough if it was not for my three children and now also my two grandchildren. Through them I learned to be human and to accept my humanity, to accept the person I am with its limitations and greatness. I learned to appreciate the beauty of the world that is Ishvara. My parents, family and students have also contributed a lot along these years.
The Award goes to my gurus, my children, parents, family and students in Brazil and Portugal along these years. As also to my gurubhais. We, as students of the same teachers, are equal in blessings from our sampradaya. We are all blessed by the teachings and the teachers. But, as I was not born in India, in Vaidikadharma, I may look special, but it is not different from what is been done by many people of our sampradaya. The award belongs to all of us from this sampradaya. My coming from outside India to study Vedanta and Sanskrit in a traditional ashram and with traditional teachers made my daily life many times very difficult. I had special support from a few gurubhais to whom I am also indebted – my dear friend K. Chandra and her family, Chandramouli-ji, Swami Paramarthananda-ji, Swami Brahmatmananda-ji and Ramasamy. They, and a few others, accepted my being a westerner and the mistakes I did unknowingly; they did not criticize me but helped and supported me all along. They made all the difference in my life and accomplishments.
So, this award goes to many people who are inside me and each one deserves the Award Padma Shri.
I thank each and everyone.
Harih om,
Padma Awards Ministry of Home Affairs (Govt. of India)
Gloria Arieira dedicates Padma Sri to the Shankara Sampradaya
by Aparna Sridhar - February 4, 2020
Watch the news about the award at Doordarshan - DD News, an autonomous public service broadcaster founded by the government of India (starts at 9:09).
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We're proud to be supporting women's cycling with the Liv Summer Vibes Ride on Saturday 17 February.
Our Summer Vibes Ride has one simple goal – having fun in the sun. All over Australia and New Zealand, ladies will be heading out on a free social road ride*, followed by a themed beach party and refreshments.
If your goals this year are to ride more and meet fellow riders, this is the ride for you. We'll meet in Centennial Park at 6.45am before heading out around a special eastern beaches loop, finishing up beachside at Bronte Park for post ride treats and activities.
You'll get to know your local Liv ambassadors as well as some members of the Giant Cycling Club sydney crew.
Ride distance will be approximately 35km, with two group speeds available, 'beginner friendly' and 'intermediate'.
Spots are limited, so please register here to avoid disappointment.


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Die Erste Alternative Buchmesse (1. ABM) fand vom 11. bis 14. März 1990 in Leipzig-Gohlis im Klubhaus "Heinrich Budde" parallel zur offiziellen Leipziger Buchmesse statt und bot den neuen DDR-Verlagen sowie deutschsprachigen Klein- und Independent-Verlagen eine Präsentationsmöglichkeit.

Geschichte
Aufgrund jahrelanger Zensur und der oft einzigen Publikationsmöglichkeit via Samisdat hatten sich einige Leipziger Autoren und Grafiker zusammengetan und an die Nachrichtenagenturen Deutsche Presse-Agentur und Allgemeiner Deutscher Nachrichtendienst Einladungen zu einer Alternativen Buchmesse verschickt, worauf sich ca. 40 Verlage meldeten. Zur knapp 10-köpfigen Initiativgruppe gehörten Dieter Kalka, Benjamin Weinkauf, Jayne-Ann Igel, Rosemarie Heinze, Sebastian Kleindienst, Matthias Seydewitz, Hermut Geppert, Peter Hinze und Katharina Luft.

Die stark frequentierte Buchmesse fand in der Jugendstil-Villa, die einst Luis Trenker gehört hatte,
im Klubhaus "Heinrich Budde" statt.
Anliegen war es, den neu entstandenen Verlagen in der DDR sowie Kleinverlagen eine Möglichkeit zur Präsentation zu bieten sowie Verleger und Autoren miteinander bekannt zu machen. Daher gab es ein Café für Begegnungen und über den ganzen Tag verteilte Lesungen. Diese Idee wurde dann später von Frau Renker für die Leipziger Buchmesse übernommen und hat sich als "Leipzig liest" etabliert.
Eine Fortführung der Alternativen Buchmesse mit Unterstützung der Offiziellen, wie von Frau Renker vorgeschlagen, lehnten die meisten Verleger sowie die Initiativgruppe ab.

Verlage
Beteiligt waren Klein- und Kleinstverlage aus der DDR und der Bundesrepublik, aus West-Berlin, Österreich und der Schweiz.

Neben anderen stellten aus der Octopus-Verlag Radebeul, Leipziger Verlagsgesellschaft, Kontext-Verlag Berlin, Aurora-Verlag Berlin, dipa-Verlag Frankfurt/Main, Flemming-Verlag Stuttgart, Literaturzentrum Neubrandenburg, Forum-Verlag Leipzig, Verlag am Galgenberg Hamburg, Dr. Rügemer Köln, Klampen-Verlag Lüneburg, intarlit/drögel-verlag Köln, Mink-Verlag Berlin, Format-Verlag Gera, Unabhängige Verlagsbuchhandlung Berlin, Signal-Verlag Baden-Baden, Manhold-Verlag Bremen, AV-Verlag Augsburg, Literatte, ISP-Verlag Frankfurt/M., Labyrinth-Verlag Berlin, Syro-Verlag Göttingen, Linksdruck Berlin, Philosophisch-Humanistische Gesellschaft Sachsen Leipzig, Infodienst Ökodorf Steyerberg, Lenos-Verlag Basel, Menke-Press Leipzig, stecknadel-verlach Leipzig, Weismann-Verlag München, edition augenweide, Uwe Warnke mit der Zeitschrift Entwerter/Oder als Produzenten-Verlag, Anita Tykve-Verlag  - (Xing-Hu Kuo mit 2 Autoren), die Verlage von Osho und Krisna, der Ahriman-Verlag sowie als Kuriosum der Kinderbuchverlag der DDR, weil Kinder bis zum Alter von 14 Jahren auch in Begleiter Erwachsener keinen Zugang zur offiziellen Buchmesse hatten.

Lesungen
Gelesen haben u. a. Reinhard Bernhof, Manfred Jendryschik, Jayne-Ann Igel, Matthias Seydewitz, Ralph Hammerthaler, Benjamin Schwarzenberg-Weinkauf, Dieter Kalka, Hilmar Griesbach, Gabriele Barthel, Katharina Luft, Joachim Oertel. Andreas Schmidt las als Betroffener aus "Leben und Überleben im DDR-Gulag" und Xing-Hu Kuo aus "Ein Chinese in Bautzen - 2675 Nächte im Würgegriff der Stasi".

Presseresonanz
Weil die Buchmesse durchaus als Politikum verstanden wurde, waren neben ARD, ZDF, 3sat, Deutschlandfunk, Deutscher Welle auch österreichische und Schweizer Fernseh- und Radiostationen vertreten, neben Tageszeitungen wie Die Welt und die Süddeutsche Zeitung.

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Erstveranstaltung 1990


Texas punk musicians and fans will gather in San Antonio for an inclusive showcase of local and statewide talent on Saturday.
Daisy Salinas just moved to town a year ago, but is leading the charge in creating the Black and Brown Punk Fest happening at La Botanica on the St. Mary's Strip. The event is the third installment of Xingonas in the Pit, a San Antonio group Salinas founded to celebrate "mujer and nonbinary artists of culture."
Salinas told mySA.com she wanted to "go big" with the upcoming event. Inspired by similar fests in cities like Chicago and New York City, she noticed a lack of opportunities in South Texas where the punk rock community could fully express themselves and network. Following the "do-it-yourself" mentality and with help from Jazzmin Readeaux, Salinas made the idea a reality in San Antonio.
Her goal is to create a "safe space for punks of color," which she described as a place where people can reclaim their identities and art without fear of discrimination, sexism, homophobia. If anyone attending the festival behaves contrary to the community guidelines, he or she will be asked to leave, Salinas said.
In addition to fostering an inclusive community under the love of punk music, Salinas also views the new event as a way to break the stigma that the genre is a "white" and to recognize the contributions made by black and brown musicians that she feels are often overlooked.
The lineup includes artists from San Antonio and across Texas. Fea, the offshoot of recently disbanded Girl in a Coma, is scheduled to perform as well as Salinas' group, Frijolera Riot. Winter Wolf, a "2 piece" band, is traveling to San Antonio from Harlem.
While the punk fest will take place from 5 p.m. to 2 a.m., two events earlier in the day — the San Antonio Zine Fest and Warrior Roots Training Camp — will kick off the festivities. Zine Fest, hosted at the San Antonio Central Library from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., will showcase self-published works of comics, poetry, nonfiction, photography and more. Those interested in getting involved with Warrior Roots, an activist training camp, are asked to register online.
Salinas said she is working to expand Xingonas in the Pit to a collective, which organizes screenings, art shows and self-defense classes. Anyone interested in joining are invited to email Salinas at xingonasinthepit@gmail.com.
Earlier this year, Xingonas in the Pit hosted a record release to support Puerto Rico hurricane relief and a July gathering of local artist to dissect the city's Tricentennial celebration and what it means to indigenous residents.
There will be a $10 cover at the fest to ensure artists of color are paid for their talents. All proceeds will cover the travel and fees for the night's performers. The fest is all-ages until midnight — at that point it will become a 21-and-up event.


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Akufen est un artiste montréalais. Il est un des inventeurs du courant microhouse en musique électronique.Au carrefour des expérimentations sonores, des rythmes funk et des mélodies pop se placent la plupart des projets du Montréalais Akufen. Ses maxis sortis sur les labels Oral, Hautec, Perlon, Trapez, Revolver ou Background, avant la sortie de son premier album sur Force-Inc (My Way), l'ont propulsé vers les plus hautes sphères de la musique électronique. Il codirige maintenant le label Musique Risquée.

Discographie partielle
 My Way
 Fabric 17
 Musique pour 3 femmes enceintes
 Horror inc. (en cours)
 Battlestar Galacticlown
DISCOGRAPHIE COMPLÈTE VOIR :http://www.discogs.com/artist/akufen

Liens externes
 Akufen sur bandeapart.fm
 http://www.residentadvisor.net/dj/akufen
 http://www.musique-risquee.com/index.php?root=4&lang=en&id=1
 http://www.perlon.net/
 http://www.play.fm/artist/akufen
 http://www.residentadvisor.net/search.aspx?searchstr=AKUFEN

Musicien canadien de musique électronique


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A Dedicated Thread For Talking About Star Trek Episodes
By BigJKO, October 31, 2013 in Movies & Television
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Phaedrus' Street Crew
On 29/01/2019 at 12:36 PM, SecretAsianMan said:
The main reason I'm still watching The Orville is because I'm trying to figure out why other people seem to like it. It's one of those low critic, high public score shows. I've seen several pieces talking about how people think The Orville is better Trek than Discovery. Having not seen Discovery yet I can't make the comparison myself but it makes me wonder if either I'm missing something about The Orville or if Discovery is really that bad.
As someone who probably prefers the Orville to Discovery, I can give my two cents. While I totally agree that the Orville misses at least as often as it hits, and there are whole parts of the show I just don't like (such as most of the storylines centred on the Captain), I appreciate that it's trying to be about ethics and exploration and diplomacy. I like that most of the people involved are inherently good and trying to make the best of things. I don't always want to watch something basically optimistic and utopian, but sometimes I do and Star Trek was that for me a lot of the time. The most recent episode basically could have been a TOS episode - down to the slightly hamfisted "oh shit this civilisation is secretly a cipher for an issue in the real world" twist. The way the crew acts is pretty TNG. They're super excited about first contact with a new species, because that's why they're in the fleet in the first place. And that's why I'm into Star Trek in the first place!
By contrast, Discovery doesn't feel like Star Trek at all. I didn't mind the first season, because it had decent performances (split personality scenes notwithstanding) and incredible production values, but it's not about anything that I care about. It's not even really trying to be Star Trek in any way other than terminology. It's not even borrowing the aesthetic to any great extent. Again, not everything I watch has to be sunshine and daisies (in fact most of what I watch isn't), but I certainly don't award any extra points for dark "grittiness" either, and one of the main ways Discovery appears to be trying to impress us is by simultaneously having Star Trek in the title and swearing in the script.
So I guess to sum up; I think the Orville and Discovery both regularly fail at what they set out to do, but I at least prefer the Orville's aspirations.
SecretAsianMan
Thumbs Candyman
I can appreciate that. I do like that The Orville is trying to appeal to the classic Trek aesthetic and not going for "gritty realism". I find some of their ideas clever and I even like that many of the situations don't resolve cleanly. I'm not very into the characters though (except maybe for one who seems to have left the show) which makes it hard for me to feel invested.
It sounds like I might hate Discovery based on what I've heard.
Roderick
Bad Brain's Intern(TM)
S2 Episode 3 of Disco was yet another good'un! The plot was basically straight out of TOS/TNG (apart from a few obligatory scenes devoted to the overarching story), there was drama and resolution and it pulled at the heartstrings.
(The previous episode was, by the by, a giant Klingon-infused angsty mess. This show wildly veers from one to the other right now.)
I think you're talking about episode 4, because actually episode 3 was heavily about boring Klingon crap. I too enjoyed episode 4 more than I've enjoyed Disco generally. The universal translator shenanigans were fun, and I only wish they'd been dived into more. As I said in Slack, it's an episode that actually fits with the title of the show for once. Captain Pike continues to be a really solid addition, and as someone else said in Slack, he seems to be one of the few people who can really pull off the sometimes dodgy dialogue.
I still wish the show were ever about anything that doesn't involve everyone on screen being under threat of death, though. I also wish we ever saw them take any time off or engage in any leisure activities or hobbies. Part of the reason the scene in Saru's quarters this episode was so striking is because we almost never see anyone's quarters or anything about them that isn't being in uniform, about to be blown up, and we almost never see them be friends or lovers unless it's a doomed romance a la last season. The only realistic relationship in season one was
Stamits and the Doctor, who promptly got fridged.
Ah, it was indeed ep4 then. Luckily we have a more useful way of knowing where we are: counting backwards and forwards from the 'Klingon crap'.
TychoCelchuuu
Discovery's writers seem like they're ADDICTED TO DRAMA because every second of every episode seems like it has to be during a countdown to everyone dying, or someone dying, or something bad happening, and there's never any time, and frankly it's not really my jam. It's like, I know you're trying to make it exciting, but would it kill you if there was ever a plotline that wasn't a ticking time bomb or something? Aside from that I'm enjoying the show, even the Klingon crap. I like it when they speak in Klingon! It's novel. And it's funny how the Klingons all live in overwrought space dungeons for some reason. I guess there's no Klingon word for "cozy." Mostly I feel the same way about Discovery as I did about Star Wars: The Force Awakens, which is that a lot of the trappings are not really my jam, but its heart is in the right place and all the characters + actors they have are quite good, so there's definitely room to grow.
I avoided this topic for a few weeks because I had to catch up. So here's my review on the latest two eps: they were both good! Tilly's big space adventure in the spore world was pretty good and Section 31 seems like goofy fun. It's place where Georgiou seems to fit rather well, though for better or worse she has become a little comic book through it.
The Saru episode, fresh off Saru's refound sense of non-fear, was straight up golden age science fiction and I loved it. I kept guessing (wrongly) what the Ba'ul would be and it got pretty crazy, in a good way.
All in all, Discovery Season 2 is looking pretty positive so far!
Ben X
Formerly bbX1138
My guess for what the Ba'ul would be:
An upper social class of Kelpian who keep most of the resources to themselves and have gradually created this Ba'ul identity to prevent revolution.
I'm still holding out a sliver of hope that this is the actual double-twist truth.
That was my guess as well, and I get the feeling that's the red herring they were going for, to make viewers feel smart and then out-smart them by presenting the more standard reveal. Kind of a double bluff. Still worked in my opinion, and kept me guessing. I expect more slow burn unfolding of the situation between the kelpians and ba'ul.
Yeah, you're probably right. It definitely feels like more reveals are planned, though - that Ba'ul design seems notably vague..!
Has anyone watched Picard? The series premiere is currently free on YouTube. I watched it and I admit I'm a little intrigued, mostly at the way it both follows and abandons the Abrams films. I'm still hesitant to get a CBS account to watch the show but it has put me back in a Trek mood.
Salacious Snake
videogrames
I'm digging it so far. A few of us have been chatting about it on the Slack, in #startrek.
I get it on Prime UK. There's some very clunky writing - the first ep papered over the cracks with good pacing, action and acting. The second ep was mostly serialisation busywork so it didn't fare as well. I suspect ep 3 will be good.
After watching the premier of Picard, I did a rewatch of DS9 and Voyager. I increasingly appreciate DS9 the more I watch it but as a Trek show I still prefer others to it. I especially hate anything to do with the Prophets and the Pah Wraiths. That entire storyline goes nowhere and the resolution is almost completely inconsequential to anyone. My feelings on Voyager are about the same as they were before. Some serious character missteps but otherwise good sci-fi fun.
Afterwards I saw that CBS was doing a month of their streaming service for free so I hopped on that and watched all of Picard. I've got some mixed feelings on it. On the one hand I enjoyed watching it and genuinely wanted to know what happened next after each episode. They kept things moving along without resorting to cliffhangers or surprise twists or a lot of other lazy gimmicks. The characters have a lot of nuance and some DEEP flaws which makes them far realer than the mostly pure paragons of humanity of previous Trek.
On the other hand it's kind of disjointed. The actual plot is kind of hard to follow because of the way they tell it (lots of flashback type stuff). There's a lot of reliance on the previous shows, not so much that you'd get nothing out of it if this was your first Trek, but you'd be missing a TON. And not just fan service stuff, really important and sometimes vital plot info that isn't explained at all. And there's just a bunch of loose ends and open questions that don't really get addressed. Maybe in the future but at the end I had more questions than the beginning.
Still, I did end up digging it, enough to be looking forward to a second season.
I gave up on Picard. Very slow, clunky writing, dull story. I got a few minutes into episode 5 when another character pretty much looked into camera and said "this is my backstory and emotional arc", and then I was reminded of the prospect of a 'casino planet' episode and that was it for me.
Also, re. this Discovery discussion
On 3/2/2019 at 9:00 AM, Ben X said:
I gave up on Discovery too, but seems like
they didn't do much more with the Ba'ul/Kelpian thing except use them as factions in the serialised Red Angel stuff.
I've seen a lot of other complaints about Picard being slow. I don't entirely disagree, I was probably able to get through it because I binged the entire season so it felt more like one big long episode.
The most jarring thing to me is the rather drastic changes to the personalities of everyone involved. Maybe it's because I haven't watched any of Discovery but the tone is so very different it's hard to feel comfortable saying it's still the same Jean-Luc. I'm willing to accept that people change over time but we're talking about a major shift of his core personality and some of the defining traits of the character. It's such a radical shift that it makes the resulting conflicts feel very manufactured.
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'There will be price increases': Overland Park business owner discusses local impact of China tariffs
Posted 8:43 pm, September 1, 2019, by Rebecca Gannon
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - If you buy diapers or clothes, or shoes, or televisions, those are about to cost a bit more. On Sunday, those items, along with about $112 billion in other items, went up in price.
There is a steady line of customers waiting to check out. At the registers, the beeps keep pace with the line. For Seth Freiden, it's the sound of business.
"Everyone's aware of what's going on," said the CEO and primary owner of U.S Toy. "It's out there, and everyone knows about these China tariffs."
But the numbers on the register are about to be a little higher. Much of U.S. Toy's offerings come from China.
"They need to brace themselves," said Freiden of his customers. "There will be price increases."
That means the items on the floor in Overland Park will soon cost more.
"I know Trump is out there saying there will be no price increases," said Freiden. "There will be price increases. When that happens, there has to be. There's no way around it. If you want companies to stick around and be profitable, they have to pass on the price increase."
It's not just on trinkets and party supplies. The 15% U.S. taxes apply to about $112 billion of Chinese imports. After Sunday's tariff hike, 87% of textiles the U.S. buys from China and 52% of shoes will have import taxes.
Right now, at U.S Toy, those tariffs raise the cost a couple of cents on a few paper products. Freiden picked up a packed of small spiral-bound notebooks. "These will have a price increase of 10%." Currently, the cost is $2.29. An increase of 10% would raise the price to $2.31.
It won't happen right away - Freiden said he has a warehouse in Grandview stocked with inventory. But he also orders items roughly six months in advance. Everything he ordered for Christmas was ordered before the tariffs were discussed, and implemented.
However, come Christmastime another round of tariffs will go into effect. This one will impact everything he sells, said Freiden. So expect everything on the floor to go up in price. But don't blame it on Seth Freiden.
"Everyone has to deal with it," explained Freiden, "whether it's us or Apple or Home Depot, or any retailer, they all have to deal with it."
Jesse Rocha just purchased about $100 in carnival prizes - vampire teeth and glow necklaces. He's retired now, so he said he has all he needs; in fact, he and his wife are trying to downsize.
Rocha thinks about the younger generation. "I think about my kids and grandkids," he said, "and what they're going to have to spend in the future." Rocha worries the prices of things rarely go down. And his grandkids grow so fast, they're constantly in need of new clothing and shoes.
The cost of doing business worries Freiden too. While the increased cost of a new notebook is small, it adds up. So does the cost of a $40 Lego set. Freiden thinks he won't know the true impact of the tariffs until a customer walks up to the register - and possibly walks away.
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All qualifying events have completed at EGLR today. We have some great news to share. Samantha Lee won Juvenile group A with the impressive score of 54.34. Lilah Gibson (41.10) placed 4th in Juvenile group B. Both girls advanced to the final round on Saturday. Sreya Sakhamuru (30.02) and Caleigh Barnard (26.82) placed 9th and 11th respectively in Juvenile group C. Caroline Beck (32.37) got 7th in Juvenile group D.
In Novice Ladies, Abigail Schmitt (53.54) place 7th in group A and made her way to the finals. Cienna Baka (49.54) and Rosie Canter (44.38) placed 9th and 13th in group B.
Junior Ladies SP, intermediate Ladies SP, and Senior FS will be tomorrow. Follow icenetwork to cheer for our skaters.
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Castel Gandolfo is de pauselijke zomerresidentie gelegen in de gelijknamige stad in de metropolitane stad Rome Hoofdstad. Het paleis is een exclave van Vaticaanstad. De pauselijke residentie (die een Apostolisch Paleis, de Villa Barberini, de Villa Cybo en een kleine boerderij omvat) werd in de 17e eeuw in opdracht van paus Urbanus VIII ontworpen door de Italiaanse architect Carlo Maderno. Sindsdien verbleven de meeste pausen in Castel Gandolfo tijdens de zomerperiode.

Nadat de paus na de eenwording van Italië en de Inname van Rome in 1870 de "gevangene van het Vaticaan" werd, kon hij zijn buitenverblijf niet meer bezoeken. Pas na het Verdrag van Lateranen dat de Heilige Stoel in 1929 sloot met Mussolini, werd dit weer mogelijk.

Uit archeologisch onderzoek is het vermoeden gerezen dat Castel Gandolfo staat op de plek waar vroeger Alba Longa lag, een stad in het oude Latium die rivaliseerde met Rome. In de Barbarini-tuinen van Castel Gandolfo zijn nog steeds de resten van een villa van de Romeinse keizer Domitianus te zien.

Enkele pausen, onder wie Pius XII en Paulus VI, zijn overleden in Castel Gandolfo.
Paus Benedictus XVI legde er op 28 februari 2013 zijn ambt neer en verbleef er enkele maanden tot 2 mei dat jaar, toen in Vaticaanstad een passend verblijf was klaargemaakt.

De huidige paus Franciscus maakte tot heden geen gebruik van het zomerpaleis. Wel droeg hij er in het eerste jaar van zijn pontificaat op Maria-Tenhemelopneming de mis op. Sinds maart 2014 heeft Franciscus de tuinen van Castel Gandolfo van maandag tot zaterdag anderhalf uur per dag opengesteld voor publiek middels een geleid bezoek.

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Shu Xiuwen (1915 - ), également romanisée sous le nom de Shu Hsiu-wen, est une actrice chinoise de cinéma et de théâtre, ainsi que la première actrice de doublage en Chine. Elle grandit dans la pauvreté mais se fait un nom dans l'industrie du théâtre et du film de Shanghai avant la Seconde guerre sino-japonaise, puis dans la capitale de la guerre, Chongqing. Elle joue dans de nombreux films et pièces de théâtre, y compris son film le plus acclamé, Les Larmes de Yangzi, et est reconnue comme l'une des quatre meilleures actrices de Chine.

Après la fondation de la république populaire de Chine en 1949, Shu est élue à la Conférence consultative politique du peuple chinois (CCPPC) et à l'Assemblée nationale populaire. Cependant, elle est gravement persécutée au début de la révolution culturelle de 1966 jusqu'à son décès en 1969.

Shu est connue pour sa polyvalence et ses performances ont grandement influencé les générations futures d'acteurs chinois. En 2005, elle est élue comme l'un des 100 meilleurs acteurs des  du cinéma chinois.

Biographie

Jeunesse
Shu Xiuwen est née à Anqing, dans la province d'Anhui, en 1915. Elle a trois sœurs. Son grand-père était un érudit confucianiste éminent, mais sa famille s'est appauvrie depuis. Quand elle a six ans, sa famille s'installe à Pékin où son père enseigne dans une école secondaire. Quand Shu est au lycée, son père perd son emploi et elle est forcée d'abandonner ses études pour aider sa mère à la maison. Ses parents deviennent alors dépendants de l'opium et s'endettent. Son père essaye de la vendre pour rembourser ses dettes, mais elle s'échappe et travaille comme escort et danseuse dans un club de la rue East Chang'an pour survivre.

Début de carrière

Considérant son travail humiliant, Shu Xiuwen, alors âgée de , quitte Pékin pour Shanghai au printemps 1931 afin de rechercher de meilleures opportunités. Elle trouve un travail d'enseignante en mandarin à la Société cinématographique Tianyi et double la chanteuse de Sing-Song Girl Red Peony (1931), le premier film sonore en Chine, devenant ainsi la première doubleuse du pays. Elle est également présentée à , l'actrice vedette de la société, qui donne à Shu un rôle mineur dans le film Une fille nommée Yunlan  1932).

Son expérience d'actrice lui permet de trouver du travail avec la troupe Jimei Song and Dance Troupe. Bien que la troupe se soit dissoute peu de temps après, grâce à ses relations professionnelles, elle peut se joindre à la troupe de théâtre Mayflower dirigée par le célèbre dramaturge de gauche Tian Han. Cependant, le gouvernement du Kuomintang dissout la troupe à cause ses pièces de gauche et arrête l'ami de Shu, Gui Jiangong. L'expérience l'incite à s'impliquer activement dans les mouvements de gauche. Lorsque Tian Han forme une nouvelle troupe appelée Spring and Autumn, Shu Xiuwen le rejoint et en devient devenue l'actrice principale. Elle interprète de nombreuses pièces de théâtre telles que Death of a Star, Seven Women in the Storm et Killing of an Infant.

Après Tian Han, Shu rejoignit la Société cinématographique Yihua en 1932 et devint officiellement une actrice de cinéma. Elle joue dans la série Survival de Tian Han et Raging Waves of the China Sea de Yang Hansheng. En 1934, elle rejoint la Société cinématrographique Mingxing. Au cours des trois années suivantes, elle joue dans au moins 15 films. Deux films qu'elle co-vedette avec Hu Die, Peach Flowers After Calamity et Fragrant by Night, sont acclamés par la critique. Au fur et à mesure que sa carrière s'épanouit, elle fait venir ses parents et ses sœurs à Shanghai et les soutient financièrement.

Guerre
Lorsque la deuxième guerre sino-japonaise éclate en 1937, les studios de cinéma de Shanghai sont en grande partie détruits lors de la Bataille de Shanghai. Shu rejoint l'exode massif de réfugiés vers la capitale du temps de guerre, Chongqing, où elle travaille pour le Studio cinématographique chinois dirigé par le gouvernement. Elle joue dans plusieurs films tels que Defend Our Land, A Good Husband et Frontier Storm. En se rendant en Mongolie intérieure pour tourner un film, elle visite à la base communiste de Yan'an et est reçue par Mao Zedong.

De 1941 à 1946, Shu se consacre au théâtre antijaponais et patriotiques telles que  et Sunrise du célèbre dramaturge Cao Yu. Ses interprétations établissent sa réputation comme l'une des « Quatre grandes actrices de théâtre de Chine » avec Bai Yang, Qin Yi et Zhang Ruifang.

Shu retourne à Shanghai après la fin de la guerre en 1945. Elle joue dans plusieurs films acclamés, dont Killer, Weakness, Your Name Is Woman et le film le plus célèbre de sa carrière, Les Larmes du Yangzi. En 1948 et 1949, pendant la guerre civile chinoise, Shu se rend à Hong Kong et joue le rôle principal dans Flowers Fall in Spring City, Way of Love et Wild Fire, Spring Wind.

Chine communiste

Après la création de la république populaire de Chine en 1949, Shu revient à Shanghai pour travailler pour le Studio de cinéma de la ville. Transférée à Pékin en 1957, elle devient directrice artistique adjointe du Théâtre d'art populaire de Pékin. Durant cette période, elle apparaît dans les films Female Driver et Li Shizhen, et dans les pièces de théâtre Le pousse-pousse et Guan Hanqing.

Shu est élue à la  Conférence consultative politique du peuple chinois, aux  et  Congrès populaires nationaux, au comité exécutif de la Fédération des femmes de Chine et à la Fédération chinoise des cercles littéraires et artistiques. Elle est également directrice générale de la China Theatre Association et de la China Film Association.

Comme beaucoup de professionnels du cinéma et du théâtre, Shu Xiuwen est gravement persécutée au début de la révolution culturelle en 1966. Elle ne survit pas à la persécution et meurt le  à l'âge de 54 ans.

Héritage
On se souvient de Shu Xiuwen comme l'une des plus grandes actrices de son époque, pour sa polyvalence. Elle est en mesure de jouer un grand nombre de rôles différents au cinéma et sur scène. Dans Flowers Fall in Spring City, elle interprète deux personnages très différents : une femme rurale pauvre et sa fille qui a été élevée dans la richesse de la grande ville. Ses performances ont grandement influencé les générations suivantes d'acteurs chinois.

En 2005, Shu est élue parmi les 100 meilleurs acteurs des  du cinéma chinois.

Références

Liens externes

Naissance en 1915
Naissance dans la province de l'Anhui
Actrice chinoise de cinéma
Actrice chinoise de théâtre
Victime de la révolution culturelle
Décès en mars 1969
Décès à Pékin
Décès à 54 ans


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As WWE headed into its penultimate Raw before SummerSlam, the PPV was mostly booked already, which is a good thing.
But it also meant that Raw was a lot of coloring inside the lines for the show. The big draw clearly was Ronda Rousey's first bout on Raw, giving her one more Raw match than Brock Lesnar has had in this run with the company. Aside from that, you had to wonder what the fallout from Brock's attack on GM Kurt Angle would be.
We got our answer to both of those questions Monday night, with Rousey passing her test and Paul Heyman delivering a killer promo that was very unlike him. We also saw what role Bobby Lashley has settled into after flirting with a Universal Championship match. We saw what happens when Roman Reigns tries to pull double-duty. And we saw Braun Strowman find another way to lose, but it wasn't a bad thing.
Raw wasn't bad by any stretch Monday night, but it should be firing on all cylinders right now, not sputtering at times giving us Titus O'Neil/Rezar matches to set up a rubber tag team match. Not everything can be perfect, but WWE certainly could do a little better.


Nashville police officer Richard Wilson was charged for attempting to assist cocaine dealers in exchange for money.
He accepted money from undercover federal agents, and he was also transporting cocaine while armed and while having his badge on.
He thought that the badge would protect him if he got stopped and found with all the cocaine in his car. His plan was obviously to badge his way out of it. Wilson thought the undercover cops where real drug dealers, which makes the charges even worse.
Still Wilson pleaded not guilty to the charges. He even argues that the government was able to manipulate the seriousness of the offenses by choosing the quantities of purported cocaine involved.
He was at last denied bail. His history of suspension is 11 days in six years, once for sexually assaulting a woman.
The "sexual assault" never took place. If you researched you would have know that. People want the truth.
Look at this fat donut-eater. Needs to be put in general pop.
Looks won't send this man to GP nor will the allegations, What a shallow comment Steve.


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Firstly, the video in question it's only a video its not a video that requires an scholastic response. Also from a Shia point of view we are immune from these kinds of Anti- Shia propagandist, because is nothing new hence it does not require a rebuttal. for centuries Shias have defended their faith from anti- Shia Sunni propagandist, and have dealt with everything the enemies of the Shias have thrown at us. Al hamdallah over the centuries the Sunni propagandist have continually failed in their propaganda. Example: Taufa Ithna Ashari (Urdu: تحفة اثنا عشرية) (Gift of Twelvers) is a highly controversial book by Sunni Islamic scholar Shah Abdul Aziz This book by Shah Abdul Aziz Sunni scholar was if not the best book written against the Shia faith, however it was dealt with comprehensively by our Ullamahs. The point is you are astounded by this trivial video clip, yet you are utter novice when your own great scholars have failed.
Sam Rasoul (Roanoke VA delegate) isn't Shia as far as I know, but to the average American there is no difference.
Maybe. I'll check out both of those people, see if they're in my district.
It's pretty nice, not too touristy, but the public schools are awful, and dealing with any government agencies is an absolute nightmare. There's at least one halal foods market, can't remember the name of it, but it's got pretty decent selection, at least it did when we lived there four years ago.
Politics is no longer about running for the people. Its self endulging self fulfiling egoisticism. Its all about characters playing a role like an actor on the world stage. Shia Islam is not a movie or a theatre play. Step forward where? It's all gimick no matrer how much people try to change nothing changes. I don't follow politics but from the days I did I remember some major figure in American politics whose daughter was married to a Shia iranian influenced him to support Muslims but it was something that the men behind the scenes disapproved at the White House. Not surprisingly he disappeared from the world political stage. It doesn't matter what you try it will not work because the whole system is controled by them. The system is politics, mass media and popular culture. We do not own this complex machine and would only get hurt trying. These were not scumbags but Pakistani, brown skinned Muslims with high public profiles. It was quite obvious to the whole nation it was propaganda bullying against them by the way media dismantled them every day by finding whatever they could and by lying. Now its all finished and forgotten and lives ruined tney got what they wanted. They control the masses as they wish like puppets and the masses cannot do anything. Being a public figure as a Muslim really is not the answer these days, trust me on that.
Would you vote for me if I did ?... On a side note, a Shi'a by the name of Yasmine Taeb is running for State Senate in Virginia. As is an Ahmediyya Muslim named Qasim Rashid in Virginia as well.
How does this equate to superiority of Abbas(عليه السلام) over Isa(عليه السلام)? The path you are choosing is of conjecture/Qiyas and the the better description would be bil rae. Therefore I asked you to ask a proper scholar other than Hafiz Tassaduq Hussain for he is a man of Qiyas bil Rae.
There would have to be too much compromise of beleifs to reach that position. I would therefore not trust such a Muslim.
Did you not listen to the whole lecture. Isa(عليه السلام) has given a pledge to be a helper to Rasul Allah(sawws). Listen to lecture to understand the possession of Bil Quwa and Bil Fael.
My brother to try and portray this as some sort of superiority of Abbas(عليه السلام) above Isa(عليه السلام) Do you understand the Bil Quwa and Bil Fael.
I could have asked you to explain this further first but maybe after what I state you will probably give me your understanding as well. It is the nearness to the absolute in the vertical realm and from there the lower is in need of the one above. It means that their is a hierarchy in which Isa(عليه السلام), Ruh Allah, an Ulil Azm Prophet is even further above and closer to the true reality.
It's not haram per se, since it's done under the guise of a nikah/mutah. By cheat I mean go behind their first wife's back when there is a clear understanding that the wife entered the relationship in belief that he would remain faithful and monogamous. Bottom line is, lying is haram. Why would a man be exempt of that sin just because he does it to marry a second woman? Anyway, this is besides the point of your thread.
I am doing nothing, this verse is not mutashabeh. I am not interpreting anything nor extrapolating anything out of this verse. Surah An-Nisa, Verse 69: وَمَن يُطِعِ اللَّهَ وَالرَّسُولَ فَأُولَٰئِكَ مَعَ الَّذِينَ أَنْعَمَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِم مِّنَ النَّبِيِّينَ وَالصِّدِّيقِينَ وَالشُّهَدَاءِ وَالصَّالِحِينَ وَحَسُنَ أُولَٰئِكَ رَفِيقًا And whoever obeys Allah and the Apostle, these are with those upon whom Allah has bestowed favors from among the Prophets and the truthful and the martyrs and the good, and a goodly company are they! (English - Shakir) Hazrat Abbas (عليه السلام) has indeed obeyed Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى) and Apostle (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم). He is a shaheed, Abdus-saleh and siddiq as well. He is among those upon whom Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى) has bestowed in'am as mentioned in the verse above. Do you have any problem in this statement? If yes, what?
Salamalykum do the Shi'a view these 3 as Muslim or kaffir? I was told Muslim but there is some political issue and that is all that the dispute is. Is that true??
Did you understand the Bil Quwa and Bil Fael in that speech and the degree of it's possession. (hidden/latent or apparent) My brother this is a very dangerous practice to try and gather meaning from single verse or hadith and draw conjectural inference from there. This is the reason I asked you to ask some truly learned scholar. Maybe brother @Ibn al-Hussain might be able to help us.
What do you mean by cheat. As in they have a haram relationship outside marriage ?
I have asked from you to tell me what reason you have for calling him "mowla".
Now in view of just the Bil Quwa and Bil Fael do you see that you and others might have misunderstood as in your view above and some others in defense. Ask any learned scholar rather than that Lahori Qiyas filled Hafiz Tassaduq Hussain.
I don't think its dying, many people cheat on their first wives and keep secret second wives. Also, western people are becoming more open to polygamy and that's bound to affect Muslims' practice of polygamy because alot of people are probably held back by societal views towards polygamous relationships.
Salaam would any here consider getting/being a second wife. As it seems to be a dying sunnah.
Hey too bad. My family and I live in Pensacola.


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Posted Date: February 22, 2013
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Habemus Papam, one of the most famous Latin phrases still in use today, means "We have a Pope!" It will be said preceding the announcement of which bishop is to be elevated to the office of supreme pontiff. But this ceremony follows a great deal of ritual surrounding the election of a new pope by the group of electors from the College of Cardinals. For a thorough description of the process, see "Election of new pope follows detailed procedure," a Catholic News Service story.
Pope Benedict XVI's official abdication of the Chair of Peter on February 28 signals the first time in modern history that the bishop of Rome has retired rather than stay in office until the end of his mortal life. Many have reacted to this news in various ways, but blogger Rocco Palmo summarizes some of the issues related to the papal resignation very well in his Feb. 12 post: "And Now, 'Vatishock'." Palmo's blog Whispers in the Loggia has received accolades for his deeply insightful and punctiliar style of reporting on ecclesiastical affairs. Another online source to watch for Catholic Church news is "Live Catholic Headlines from the last 30 days."
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Q: Apple keyboard mapping on Ubuntu KDE I want to configure the Apple keyboard mapping on dell precision notebook keyboard on Ubuntu KDE such that alt-> win, ctrl->alt, fn -> ctrl.
That means i want to make the dell precision notebook keyboard to feel more like apple keyboard.
I tried to configure in the keyboard settings but this didn't work properly, i.e. the mappings didn't work for some hotkeys like ctrl+c. Is there any way that the modified mapping really works well in all applications?
Is this possible?

A: After a bit of googling the below procedures are said to solve your issue.

Add apple:badmap option to the "XkbOptions" in the "InputDevice"
  section in your xorg.conf. The section should look like this:

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
    Driver "kbd"
    Option "CoreKeyboard"
    Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
    Option "XkbModel" "apple"
    Option "XkbLayout" "us,ru"
    Option "XkbVariant" ",winkeys"
    Option "XkbOptions" "grp:shift_caps_toggle,apple:badmap"
EndSection

This should swap problematic keys under X. If it doesn't help one can
  try adding apple:goodmap instead.

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SAN ANTONIO - Come on a safari for the day or stay the night in one of their cabins, there are plenty of ways to have fun at Exotic Resort Zoo.
Take a 45 minute safari ride and get the chance to feed over 60 species and 700 animals along the way while learning all about the animals such as camel, zebra, buffalo, springbok, ostrich, gazelle and many more.
Also, stop by the petting zoo while you wait and get the chance to pet and feed the smaller animals.