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WILHELM KÅGE ARGENTA VASE WITH SILVER OVERLAY FOR GUSTAVSBERG (B)
A beautiful 'Argenta' stoneware vase in the classic green/teal glaze, designed in the late 1920s by Wilhelm Kåge for Gustavsberg, Sweden. This footed example flares from the bottom to the top, and is decorated with a floral motif that is hand painted in pure silver, as are the rim of the foot and the top opening. The silver retains its original patina, and the vase is fully marked on the ground.
ALGOT WILHELM KÅGE (1889-1960) was born in 1889 and died in 1960 in Stockholm. He was a Swedish artist, painter and ceramicist who studied decorative painting at the Technical School, later known as the School of Art Konstfack, in Stockholm (never graduating), and subsequently at the Valand Academy in Gothenburg, where he studied under Scandinavian painters Carl W. Wilhelmson and Johan Rodhe. He continued his studies in Munich, perfecting his skills as an illustrator. During the first world war, he gained notoriety in Sweden for his colorful posters for theaters, lotteries, and exhibitions. Wilhelm's poster art attracted the attention of the Gustavsberg porcelain factory. The factory was hoping to revive interest in its production and sought out artists with new ideas. Wilhelm accepted the offer, despite his lack of experience in clay, throwing, and glazing. His task was to add an artistic touch to the factory's functional items. The company's gamble on Wilhelm would pay great dividends. Within a year, Wilhelm Kåge had created the functional service series, "Liljebla" (Lily Blue). The forms, with their flowing blue decor, were simple yet reminiscent of 18th-century Swedish ceramics. The tableware series was a success at the Liljevalchs Exhibition in 1917, which is noted as the birthplace of the modern Swedish art industry. It was the first time artists and industries came together to create beautiful yet practical home decor. After the exhibition, Wilhelm was appointed artistic leader for Gustavsberg, a position he maintained until 1949, when he was succeeded by Stig Lindberg 1916-1982).
During the 1920s and 1930s, Wilhelm Kåge developed new glazes and designs for over thirty different tableware sets. The designs followed functionalistic ideas regarding rational production and multi-functional parts. Wilhelm's most popular dinnerware series was "Gra rander" (Gray Stripes) from 1945. It was lauded as "soft-form dinnerware" and was a commercial success for over two decades. In the 1920s, Wilhelm created the Argenta series, which was his first artistic success, as well as his first successful foray into ceramics, and included everything from ashtrays ,crocks, bowls, and vases, to 60 kg urns. Argenta was first shown at the groundbreaking Stockholm Exhibition in 1930, where Swedish artists, craftsmen and companies showed their latest products. Here, Argenta was considered the ceramics equivalent of engraved Orrefors glass. It soon became a major sales success. The series was produced from 1930 into the 1970's, although it had its heyday in the 1940s. The series with silver decorations on a green glaze is counted as the epitome of Swedish Grace. The first Argenta objects were manufactured in flint but later in stoneware, and the early products were hand painted by Kage himself using his own secret silver formula, but demand soon dictated that Gustavsberg expand, and by the late 1930s over 30 people were dedicated solely to the painting of Argenta. The green Argenta was the major product, but rare red, brown and blue versions were also produced.
Undeniably, Kåge did his best work with the very exclusive and unique Farsta stoneware which comprises his most exclusive pottery artwork. It was also first presented at the Stockholm Exhibition of 1930. The handmade Farsta pieces – totally unique in both their shape and glaze – were then crafted until the 1950s in the Gustavsberg studio, and consciously refined and improved all along the way. The stoneware clay for the artwork was collected from the Farsta bay close to the Gustavsberg factory. The objects were therefore incised on the ground with "Farsta". The breadth of the collection is striking – ranging from miniature to large-scale. There are vases and urns, sculptures, ashtrays, and half-meter high pieces. The Wilhelm Kåge Farsta objects all share a discernible presence and aura of quality. The fired Farsta pieces were dipped in a bath with metal oxides which were drawn into the clay. The pieces were then glazed and fired again. The oxides were drawn out by the heat to lend the glaze a layered texture with magnificent color effects. The Wilhelm Kage Farsta pieces fell into oblivion during the 1960s and 1970s. But since the 1980s, the pieces are again regarded as nobility in the world of Swedish pottery, and as such can be quite expensive.
Wilhelm Kåge initiated the Gustavsberg studio at Gustavberg in 1942, which would become the creative hub of the ceramic factory. The high-quality sets were marked with the Gustavsberg studio hand in different colors. Wilhelm mainly added the studio hand in brown. In 1949, Wilhelm relinquished his role as artistic director to his colleague, Stig Lindberg, although he continued his studio work at Gustavberg until his death in 1960. He is remembered as Gustavberg's ceramic king, who for more than 40 years, guided the factory through the shifting tide of 20th century style trends and into modern times.
Kåge's work can be found in the National Museum and the Royal Library in Stockholm, the Industrial Art museums in Oslo, Copenhagen, Vienna, Budapest and Prague, and at the Metropolitan Museum in New York.
GUSTAVSBERG PORCELAIN FACTORY was, for many decades, the largest ceramics maker in Sweden and home to some of the most innovative and ingenious makers of the past century. The company, Founded in 1825 on a site that was originally a brickworks, mass-produced a wide range of products. Gustavsberg began producing some individually crafted, highly decorated and richly glazed pieces in the 1860s. While the forms of their mass-produced vessels and plates derived from English, Continental and Asian styles, a select few painters won acclaim for their personal artistry. Gunnar Wennerberg became known for his work in the organic Art Nouveau style, and Josef Ekberg, the company's design chief from 1908 to 1917, was revered for his expert use of iridescent lusterware glazes and the sgraffito technique, in which a decorative pattern is incised in the surface of a clay pot before it is glazed and fired.
At the turn of the century in 1900 over eight hundred people were employed at the works. The factory was sold to the Swedish Cooperative Union in 1937 and a new facility was built to manufacture sanitary porcelain bathroom fixtures, including the first pressed-steel bathtubs that would oust heavy cast iron. But of first interest to collectors are the remarkable decorative works created in the Gustavsberg art pottery studio, in particular those by master ceramicists Wilhelm Kåge, Berndt Friberg, and Stig Lindberg.
It was not until Ekberg's successor, Wilhelm Kåge, opened Gustavsberg's first dedicated art pottery studio that the work became widely recognized. Kåge's "Argenta" series, which encompasses a variety of vessels coated with an oxidized green glaze and decorated in silver motifs, remains popular. Though perhaps his most striking works are his 'Surrea' vases — white bisque porcelain in off-kilter forms inspired by Cubist paintings — and his "Farsta" wares, which include totemic, spindly footed stoneware vases and bowls with textured surfaces, glazed in brown, green and blue.
Kåge's finest protégés, Berndt Friberg and Stig Lindberg, took over from Kåge as Gustavsberg's design directors in 1945. Friberg was a master potter. He threw elegant, simple, symmetrical vases and bowls painstakingly coated in layer after layer of matte glazing to achieve a classic striated effect known as "rabbit's fur." Lindberg's highly collectible studio ceramics fall into two principal categories: The first is made of white porcelain pieces in round, biomorphic or stylized natural forms. The second includes weightier vases — many with textured bodies and applied decorations — glazed in deep, earthy colors. Gustavsberg was a bastion of creativity and precise artistry that turned out a remarkable range of works whose style still resonates with lovers of Scandinavian Design.
In 1987 Gustavsberg was bought by the Finnish company Arabia and in 1988 it was combined with Rörstrand as Rörstrand-Gustavsberg AB.
Wilhelm Kåge
Vintage, Scandinavian Modern, Art Deco, Modernist
Excellent — This vintage piece is in near original condition. It may show minimal traces of use and/or have slight restorations.
Silver, Stoneware
Silver, teal
WALTER GERHARDS SPOTTED CONICAL VASE Nr. 1011/25
ILKRA VASE Nr. 1008/20 WITH MEANDERING DECOR
TALL ALVINO BAGNI FISH-MOUTH VASE FOR RAYMOR


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Illicit drug overdose
Prevalence and acute management
Volume 42, No.7, July 2013 Pages 481-485
Wenlong Li
Naren Gunja
Illicit drug use is common in Australia, with nearly 40% of Australians having tried an illicit substance in their lifetime. While cannabis is by far the most prevalent substance used, heroin and other opiates contribute to over 90% of deaths associated with illicit drug use.
Objective/s
This article describes the current epidemiology and harms related to illicit drug use, and outlines the principles in the management of acute overdose.
The acute management of a suspected overdose involves the identification of the toxicants by taking a careful history accompanied by a focused physical examination. An understanding of the pharmacological profile of the illicit drug and its corresponding toxidrome is essential in providing acute care before referral to emergency medical services.
The societal burden from illicit drug use was estimated to exceed $8 billion in the 2004–05 financial year, of which the net cost to the Australian healthcare system was $201.7 million.1 The spectrum of acute medicine attributable to illicit drug abuse comprises drug overdose, drug induced psychosis, withdrawal and other medical complications. While mortality has declined with drug prevention strategies, overdose due to illicit drugs has nevertheless caused over 400 deaths annually.2
This article seeks to review the current trends in illicit drug overdose in Australia, and outline the recommended management strategies for acute poisoning. While the majority of acute poisoning is treated in the hospital setting, general practitioners play an important role in the diagnosis and subsequent management of illicit substance use.
Epidemiology of use and harm
A 2010 survey showed that nearly 40% of Australians over 14 years of age had used an illicit substance in their lifetime, and 15% had used within the past 12 months.3 Of these, cannabis use was most widespread, with a prevalence of 10.3%, followed by 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA or ecstasy; 3.0%) and methamphetamine and cocaine (2.1%). The prevalence of heroin use was less than 1.0%.2,3 This study underlines the fact that there has not been any significant reduction in the prevalence of illicit drug use within the past decade.2 In fact, cannabis use has increased (9.1% in 2007 to 10.3% in 2010), while a reduction in MDMA use (3.5% in 2007 to 3.0% in 2010) may be due to reduced supply.
For all the drugs mentioned above, use is most prevalent among young adults aged 20–29 years.4 This broadly correlates with drug overdose associated harm, as hospitalisation rates are highest in the 20–29 years age group; although for cocaine, cannabis and heroin, rates are also high in the 30–39 years age group.5 A likely explanation is that these older users are often more entrenched in drug use.2 Gender differences are apparent. Males are more likely to have tried illicit drugs across all age groups, and have a higher rate of hospitalisation.4,5
Heroin and related opiates are responsible for the highest mortality rate, despite their relatively low prevalence.2 The majority of deaths were due to overdose, followed by associated diseases (eg. HIV infection, viral hepatitis) and suicide.6
Amphetamines have the second highest mortality rate of the illicit substances. Acute harm from amphetamine overdose is associated with delirium, psychosis and cardiovascular side effects. An increasing trend of intravenous amphetamine use has added the possible complication of blood borne virus transmission. There were 26 deaths attributable to amphetamines in Australia in 2005.2 The extent of harm from MDMA has not been fully elucidated, however a National Coronial Information System review identified a total of 82 MDMA related deaths between 2000 and 2005, of which, 67 were directly attributed to the drug.7 Cocaine accounted for around 10 deaths in 2005, with mechanism of harm similar to that caused by amphetamines.4,8 There is yet to be a report of death directly caused by cannabis overdose,4 although it accounts for the third highest illicit drug related hospitalisation rate after heroin and amphetamines.5
Approach to acute drug overdose
The current management of illicit drug overdose primarily involves meticulous supportive care in a hospital environment. Victims of drug overdose may self-present to hospital or be brought to the emergency department by ambulance. In the primary care setting, the application of first aid and resuscitation can be life saving for the intoxicated patient. The Australian Poisons Information Centres can provide up-to-date advice on the management of illicit substance poisoning (see Resources).
Establishing a risk assessment alongside resuscitation are the first management priorities. This involves careful history taking and focused examination (Table 1). There is a significant disconnect in drug terminology between illicit substance users and health practitioners.
Table 1. Initial assessment of suspected drug overdose
Age, gender
History of drug exposure
drug(s)
type (eg. deliberate self poisoning, recreational, accidental)
Other drug history
General overview: vital signs (heart rate, blood pressure, temperature, respiratory rate, oxygen saturation)
Observation: colour, track marks, smell, bruising, skin changes, pressure sores
Neurological: Glasgow Coma Scale, pupils, tone, limb movements, reflexes, clonus, fasciculations
Other: signs of aspiration, secretions, signs of injury or trauma
Blood glucose level
Blood gas
ß-HCG (in women of childbearing age)
Screening paracetamol level (in deliberate self poisoning)
Table 2 contains common street names for illicit substances that may aid in conversing with patients.9 The clinician should keep in mind that it is common for the patient to have ingested multiple toxicants. Therefore, it is important to ascertain a full history, including details of licit substance use such as alcohol, tobacco, caffeine, prescription medications, over-the-counter and herbal preparations, as well as illicit substances. Comorbidities should be determined, as illicit drug use is associated with conditions such as mental illness, liver and chronic infectious disease. A history of psychiatric disorder or suicidal ideation will prompt subsequent mental health referral. Pre-existing cardiovascular conditions may be important when managing complications from cocaine and amphetamine abuse.
Table 2. Street names of common illicit drugs
Amphetamines (eg. methamphetamine, PMA) Speed, meth, ice, uppers, death (PMA)
Cannabis Marijuana, weed, pot, grass, joint, mull, cone, dope, ganja, hash, chronic
Cocaine Snow, crack, coke, rock
Ecstasy (MDMA) XTC, E, Eccies, M&Ms, Adam
Heroin Smack, horse, junk, skag, brown, Harry, 'H'
g-hydroxybutyrate GHB, fantasy, date rape drug, grievous bodily harm, liquid X/E/G
Illicit drug overdose commonly presents as one of several clinical toxidromes (Table 3). The sedated or unconscious patient may be affected by central nervous system (CNS) depressants such as opiates, g-hydroxybutyrate (GHB) or benzodiazepines. Care of these patients will involve providing airway support and ensuring adequate oxygenation and ventilation. The hyper-stimulated patient suggests toxicity from amphetamines, cocaine or newer synthetic stimulants, such as cathinones. Here, sedation and assessment of neurological and cardiovascular risk are the priorities of management. A third common presentation is an acute psychotic episode that may be precipitated from exposure to cannabinoids or stimulants. Severely agitated patients pose a significant risk not only to themselves, but also staff and other patients. They may require five-point physical restraint and chemical sedation. Common sedative regimens include a combination of a short acting benzodiazepine (eg. midazolam), and an anti-psychotic (eg. droperidol or olanzapine).10
Table 3. Toxidromes, complications and treatment options in common illicit drug poisoning
Illicit drug(s)
Associated toxidrome
MDMA Sympathomimetic toxidrome
CNS excitation: euphoria, hallucinations, agitation, psychosis, delirium, seizures
Neuromuscular excitation: hyper-reflexia, tremor
Autonomic effects: hyperthermia, diaphoresis, flushing, mydriasis
Cardiovascular effects: tachycardia, hypertension, myocardial depression, arrhythmias
Gastrointestinal effects: nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea
MDMA can precipitate serotonergic toxidrome
Rhabdomyolysis
Shock/cardiovascular collapse
Hyponatraemia (MDMA)
Hyperthermia (>39°C)
Serotonin toxicity
Acute coronary syndrome: aspirin, nitrates, opiate analgesia, benzodiazepines
Agitation: benzodiazepines, droperidol
Seizures, hypertension: benzodiazepines
Arrhythmias: sodium bicarbonate, amiodarone
Hypotension/shock: crystalloid infusion, inotropes
Hyperthermia: IV fluids, ice packs. May need intubation and paralysis
Opiates Opiate toxidrome
CNS depression: drowsiness to coma
Respiratory depression, hypercapnia
Aspiration (pneumonitis)
Non-cardiogenic pulmonary oedema
Oxygen plus respiratory support for acute management
Naloxone IV boluses (100–400 µg), titrated to clinical effect
If long acting opiate, may need naloxone
Supportive care:
IV rehydration
re-warming in hypothermia
maintenance of euglycaemia
Cannabis Psychological disturbance
Depersonalisation, disorientation, decreased inhibition, altered mood, memory impairment, lack of attention
Anti-emetics
Titrated oral or IV benzodiazepines
Anti-psychotics
Heroin and other opiates
The presentation of opiate overdose includes CNS depression and hypoventilation. The presence of a low respiratory rate (<10 breaths per minute) in a semi-wakeful state is highly suggestive of opiate poisoning, particularly when accompanied with miosis.11 In addition, the patient may present with the common complications of aspiration pneumonitis or non-cardiogenic pulmonary oedema. Additional investigations should include end-tidal CO2 monitoring or blood gas analysis, as pCO2 is the best measure of hypoventilation. Consideration of chest X-ray to assess pulmonary oedema is useful, as auscultative signs are likely to be diminished in patients with bradypnoea.11
The patient may develop severe hypoventilation, despite being in a rousable state (ie. Glasgow Coma Scale >12). Thus, providing airway and ventilatory support takes priority in all patients suspected of opiate poisoning.
After appropriate pre-hospital care, all patients suspected of heroin overdose should be admitted to the emergency department. Naloxone, an opiate antagonist, is indicated in opiate overdose and should be titrated to respiratory rate and effort, rather than the level of consciousness. Naloxone may be administered through various routes, including intramuscular (IM), intranasal (IN) and intravenous (IV). Doses in adults range from 100–400 µg IV,12,13 and 2 mg IM or IN. The IN route has several advantages in the pre-hospital setting, including a simpler rapid delivery system that carries less needlestick risk.14 Careful and timely administration of naloxone is recommended, as it may precipitate acute opiate withdrawal in opiate dependent patients. Withdrawal is characterised by agitation, diaphoresis and tachycardia. Naloxone administration may also give patients the ability to abscond from a healthcare setting, increasing the risk of accidental injury or recurrent sedation.
The current wave of prescription opiate abuse involves primarily oxycodone, codeine, morphine, tramadol and methadone. The presentation and management of poisoning with these opiates is similar to that for heroin, although the patient demographic is variable.
Amphetamines and cocaine
The presentation of amphetamine and cocaine overdose is consistent with sympathomimetic excess characterised by cardiovascular and autonomic hyperstimulation, as well as neuropsychiatric disturbance, such as delirium, hallucinations and agitation. The electrocardiogram is crucial in the assessment of acute coronary syndromes and arrhythmias in these patients.
Acute myocardial infarction is a serious complication of amphetamine and cocaine poisoning, and chronic sympathomimetic drug use is a strong risk factor for early onset coronary syndromes in teenagers and young adults.15 Coronary angiography often fails to reveal focal stenosis in these patients, as infarction is usually due to coronary vasospasm.
In the community, acute coronary syndrome thought to be from stimulant use should be managed with opiate analgesia, benzodiazepines, nitrates and aspirin. Benzodiazepines are an important component of treating the common cardiac features of sympathomimetic overdose, as well as delirium and agitation. They may be given orally in mild cases, however IV administration may be required for severe toxicity. Benzodiazepines are also first line in the management of stimulant-induced seizures and hypertension.
Symptomatic patients should be admitted to hospital for monitoring and treatment; delirium may persist for 48 hours.
Patients with cocaine overdose may also present with wide-complex tachyarrhythmias, such as ventricular tachycardia.16 Evidence suggests this is due to potent blockade of cardiac sodium channels. Treatment of cocaine induced ventricular tachycardia involves serum alkalinisation with hyperosmolar boluses of sodium bicarbonate 1–2 mmol/kg IV.16
Methylenedioxymethamphetamine is a potent amphetamine derivative with serotonergic activity. The effect of MDMA differs to amphetamine, as it enhances empathy, intimacy, loquacity and positive mood.17 Presentation of acute poisoning ranges from bruxism, palpitations, hypertension and diaphoresis in mild cases, to an amphetamine-like sympathomimetic toxidrome in severe poisoning.7,17 Interactions with other serotonergic substances may cause clinically significant serotonin toxicity.18
MDMA toxicity may present with hyperthermia, either due to its inherent toxicological effect, or due to the environment in which it is taken (eg. at 'rave' parties where vigorous dancing may lead to dehydration).7,19 In addition, patients may present with hyponatraemia associated with increased vasopressin release, leading to delirium and convulsions.20 The treatment of MDMA overdose is similar to that described for amphetamine overdose. Hyponatraemia and hyperthermia, when severe, should be managed aggressively with hypertonic saline and cooling.
Common clinical features of acute cannabis intoxication are anxiety and panic, which are often reported in cannabis-naive patients.21 The patient may also exhibit feelings of depersonalisation, disorientation, decreased inhibition, altered mood, memory impairment, and difficulty in maintaining attention. Tachycardia, palpitations, paroxysmal atrial fibrillation and orthostatic hypotension are also reported.21,22 Although cannabis use is associated with psychotic disorders, acute cannabis toxicity is rarely serious, and symptoms usually resolve within 2–3 hours after inhalation and 4–12 hours after oral ingestion.23 Patients with cannabis toxicity often only require reassurance, though benzodiazepines may be helpful in the management of agitation.
There is an array of other illicit substances the clinician may encounter. γ-hydroxybutyrate is a clear tasteless liquid and induces rapid onset CNS depression; its short duration of action and rapid offset mean that intervention is rarely warranted.24 In the intoxicated patient, the clinical picture may resemble that of benzodiazepine overdose, and management is similarly supportive. There is also a group of emerging 'designer' psychoactive substances, including cathinones and cannabinoids. These synthetic drugs resemble amphetamines and cannabis respectively, and the principles for their management are similar to that for a hyper-stimulated patient. However, it should be noted that concomitant use of multiple substances would alter the individual presentation and clinical findings.
There has been little change in the prevalence of illicit drug use in the past decade, leading to a continued burden on the healthcare system in Australia. In the primary care setting, effective management of acute illicit drug poisoning requires accurate assessment of the patient, as well as appropriate supportive care. The provision of first aid and resuscitation can be life saving while awaiting transport to a hospital environment where advanced support is available.
Australian Poisons Information Centres
24 hour information line providing advice to the public and health professionals on overdose
Alcohol and Drug Information Service (ADIS): 24 hour information line for the public and health professionals. Visit the National Drugs Campaign www.drugs.health.gov.au for contact information in each state or territory.
Competing interests: None.
Provenance and peer review: Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.
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Ross J. Illicit drug use in Australia: epidemiology use patterns and associated harm. 2nd edn. Sydney: National Drug & Alcohol Research Centre, 2007.
Roxburgh A, Degenhardt L. Hospital stays related to illicit drugs in Australia 1993–2004. NDARC Technical Report Number 261. Sydney: National Drugs and Alcohol Research Center, University of New South Wales, 2006.
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Kaye S, Darke S, Duflou J. Methylenedioxymeth-amphetamine (MDMA)-related fatalities in Australia: demographics, circumstances, toxicology and major organ pathology. Drug Alcohol Depend 2009;104:254–61.
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Chan EW, Taylor DM, Knott JC, Phillips GA, Castle DJ, Kong DC. Intravenous droperidol or olanzapine as an adjunct to midazolam for the acutely agitated patient: a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial. Ann Emerg Med 2013;61:72–81.
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Ashton CH. Pharmacology and effects of cannabis: a brief review. Br J Psychiatry 2001;178:101–6.
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Syria Daily: US Officials Met with Assad Regime in June
Posted by Scott Lucas | Aug 29, 2018 | 0
US security and intelligence officials met the Assad regime's head of State security in June.
The pro-Hezbollah al-Akhbar broke the story on Tuesday and "an official in the regional alliance" backing the regime — a phrase pointing to Hezbollah — reiterated the account later in the day.
Al-Akhbar said the American delegation met security chief Ali Mamlouk near Damascus International Airport.
"Two senior US intelligence officials" effectively confirmed that the meeting took place.. They said there is an "ongoing dialogue with members of the Assad regime" about removing the Islamic State from Syria, the regime's stockpile and use of chemical weapons, and the fate of journalist Austin Tice, abducted in August 2012.
The pro-Hezbollah site said the US officials pursued the American demand of withdrawal of Iranian forces from southern Syria. They asked for information on "terrorist groups", including foreign fighters, and for a role in the oil business in eastern Syria.
Mamlouk said Damascus will not cooperate with Washington on security issues until relations are "normal", and he said the Americans rather than the Iranians should withdraw, al-Akhbar asserted.
There have been previous claims of US-regime contacts, notably from Bashar al-Assad, but no confirmation.
The US shifted almost all its support from Syria's opposition and rebels to the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces in autumn 2015, putting the priority on the fight against ISIS rather than the departure of the regime.
The meeting took place weeks after a pro-Assad offensive, enabled by Russian airstrikes and using conventional and chemical weapons, reoccupied East Ghouta near Damascus.
The US then warned against an attack by the regime and its foreign allies on opposition areas of southern Syria. However, just before the June meeting, American officials told rebels that they could not count on any support, and the pro-Assad offensive — again enabled by Russia — seized the territory within weeks.
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Here is the announcement of our school grade from our principal, Mrs. Amy Heiser-Meyers Ed.S.
We DID IT…for the second year in a row Horizons' school grade is a "B"!!!! The outside banner gets to stay up…YAY!!! We proved Horizons is not some "one-year hit school grade wonder"…we are in it to win it!!! Keep in mind in 16-17 18 PCSB elementary schools (including K-8) earned a grade of "B". For this year 17-18 only 9/18 schools maintained that grade of "B". Horizons is one of the schools that maintained.
I want to commend everyone's hard work and dedication to our students and to each other. I am proud to report that for the 2nd year in a row we are the HIGHEST performing TRADITIONAL elementary school on the east side of Polk County. We ROCK the RIDGE! Actually, only one magnet school and one charter school is outperforming us, and their schools are staffed through application process, not a school zone. Again, I am so proud of you all!
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Soaring Above the Horizon to Success…always doing what is best for kids!
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The Russian Witch Hunt Hoax, started as the "insurance policy" long before I even got elected, is very bad for our Country.
They are Entrapping people for misstatements, lies or unrelated things that took place many years ago. Nothing to do with Collusion.
and China way down, the Fed is even considering yet another interest rate hike. Take the Victory!
following the party line. Time for us to save billions of dollars a year and have, at the same time, far greater safety and control!


Cif belief Does religion have a monopoly on 'enchantment'?
Keir Martin: Weber linked rationalisation with 'the disenchantment of the world'. But is it fair to equate the lack of religion to an absence of magic and mystery?
Does religion have a monopoly on 'enchantment'?


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S.H.I.E.L.D.'s J. August Richards teases his 'difficult' take on Deathlok
Dec 18, 2018, 11:00 PM EST (Updated)
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After some fits and false starts over the past few months, ABC's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. is finally telling a legit superhero story. So, what should we expect from the small-screen Deathlok?
Co-star J. August Richards (Mike Peterson) opened up to Hero Complex about his take on the Marvel antihero, whose origin story is playing out this season on the Marvel series. According to Richards, he didn't even know he was playing Deathlok until well into the season, and was given some Michael Collins-era Deathlok comics to read for background.
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Richards noted that his adaptation is partially modeled on the comic story of Michael Collins, a pacifist who eventually goes on to work with Nick Fury and S.H.I.E.L.D., and he said the most fun has been in finding the human underneath all the "super" stuff:
"Definitely, in my reading, I was drawn more to the Michael Collins version because this character is such a good man, such a good moral, decent person. For [Peterson] to do the things he's asked to do as Deathlok are very difficult for him. When I showed up to play the character for the first couple of days, I was still trying to find it. Obviously these are circumstances that I can't relate to, but I had to really use my imagination to get at what it would be like for Mike Peterson to be turned into Deathlok.
Once I figured it out, it was like night and day, just a huge epiphany on what was going on internally for this character. I feel blessed that I've been asked to play this character because I always want to play the person behind the superhero. Even when I'm playing a lawyer or a doctor, I want to play a person. A human being. It's challenging physically, mentally, emotionally and even in the circumstances of the production. The makeup and the costumes. It's a huge challenge, but it's something that I love so much."
We're cautiously optimistic that this will turn out well. Richards is a great genre actor, and his take on Mike Peterson has been one of the highlights of the first season. His arc is arguably one of the most interesting storylines currently dangling, and we hope they'll milk it for maximum efficiency.
What do you think? Can Deathlok save S.H.I.E.L.D.?
(Via Hero Complex)


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from django import http
from django.utils import simplejson as json
from django.db import transaction

from piston.resource import Resource
from piston.handler import BaseHandler, AnonymousBaseHandler
from piston.utils import rc, throttle
from piston.doc import documentation_view

import models

class FundHandler(BaseHandler):
    allowed_methods = ('GET', 'POST')
    model = models.Fund
    fields = ('code', 'firm_code', 'description',
              'fund_holder', 'parent', 'curncy', 'dataid')

    def read(self, request, code = None, team = None):
        base = self.model.objects
        if code:
            try:
                return base.get(code = code.upper())
            except:
                return None
        elif team:
            return base.filter(fund_holder__code = team.upper())
        else:
            return base.all()

class PositionHandler(BaseHandler):
    allowed_methods = ('GET', 'POST', 'PUT')
    fields = ('code', 'description', 'type', 'country', 'curncy', 'firm_code', 'instrument')
    #anonymous = 'AnonymousDataIdHandler'
    model = models.Position

def urls(auth, baseurl = None):
    from django.conf.urls.defaults import url

    fundapi = Resource(handler=FundHandler, authentication=auth)

    if baseurl is None:
        baseurl = models.Position._meta.app_label

    if baseurl:
        baseurl = '%s/' % baseurl
    else:
        baseurl = ''

    return (
            #url(r'^%sversion/$' % baseurl, infoapi, {'version': True}),
            #url(r'^%stestdata/$' % baseurl, infoapi, {'testdata': True}),
            url(r'^%sfund/$' % baseurl, fundapi),
            url(r'^%sfund/(?P<code>.+)/$' % baseurl, fundapi),
            url(r'^%sfundteam/(?P<team>.+)/$' % baseurl, fundapi),
            #url(r'^%s$' % baseurl, documentation_view),
            )

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Organizers of a Third Annual Modern Warfare Symposium at Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas have issued a call for proposals. The theme of this year's event is "Modern Warfare through the Arts & Humanities." The date of the event is Oct. 6, 2018.
Deadline for proposals is Aug. 1, 2018. Individual presentations, as well as panel-style discussions comprising 2 to 3 presenters, will be considered. Presentations by veterans are encouraged, as are presentations by graduate students.
Sessions should fill approximately 60 minutes, with another 30 minutes for Q&A discussions with audience members. Notifications of acceptance will take place not later than Aug. 15, 2018. Accepted presenters will confirm presentations not later than Aug. 31, 2018.
Please send submissions via e-mail: andrew.hinton AT ttu DOT edu. If submitting a panel proposal, please include separate abstracts for each proposed presentation and CVs/resumes for each speaker.
The call for proposals states: "All submissions will be evaluated based on the relevance of the topic and potential to advance understanding about modern warfare through an arts or humanities lens. Acceptance is competitive."


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When mothers day comes, don't wait till the last minute in order to do the preparation. Make sure that you have planned everything beforehand. Create some good decoration in your house or the venue of your choice. It is better to decorate your own house but then the element of surprise would be less. If you can have your mom stay away for a while, then it would be better since you will get time for preparation.
You can show your crafty skills in the materials used. You can buy any type of decorative material from stores but make sure that they are eco-friendly. You just need to decorate the entrance of your house and the room where you want to hold the party. Hence, don't spend too much.
Stuff made of fabric is better than plastic and you may reuse them for other parties as well. The table-scape is another important factor. You might have to apply table-scape on multiple tables depending on the number of tables used. Fabric scraps are the best for table-scape.
Any game would do as long as your mother enjoys it. Try antakshari, monopoly, bingo, singing, extempore speech etc. but make sure that there are participants. Children will great talent can exhibit in song and dance numbers. If you want you can hold a small drama with the children about Mother's Day. You can also recite poems for mother day.
For her whole life she has been cooking for you. Why not cook her favorite dishes on that day and give it to her? It is a nice way of bonding with your mom. Further, your guests would also be curious to know what your mom likes the most since they would have had the taste of her food at least once in their lives. In addition, you can add other cuisines as well. If the crowd is small, you can cook, if you not you can have some caterers take care of the job.
Fabric scrap flowers are a great eco-friendly Mother's Day gift for mom. Your mother will be expecting flowers and you can give her something that wouldn't decay. Candles are another good gift. If your mom loves pets, you can buy her one. If she is a jewelry gal, then you can get her a Mother's Day Brooch. A pretty cardigan covered in flowers is yet another great gift. The options are endless if you are ready to apply some thought.


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namespace Vidal\MainBundle\Admin;

use Sonata\AdminBundle\Admin\Admin;
use Sonata\AdminBundle\Datagrid\ListMapper;
use Sonata\AdminBundle\Datagrid\DatagridMapper;
use Sonata\AdminBundle\Show\ShowMapper;
use Sonata\AdminBundle\Form\FormMapper;
use Sonata\AdminBundle\Route\RouteCollection;

class RbkMoneyAdmin extends Admin
{
	protected $datagridValues;

	public function __construct($code, $class, $baseControllerName)
	{
		parent::__construct($code, $class, $baseControllerName);

		if (!$this->hasRequest()) {
			$this->datagridValues = array(
				'_page'       => 1,
				'_per_page'   => 25,
				'_sort_order' => 'DESC', // sort direction
				'_sort_by'    => 'id' // field name
			);
        }
	}

    protected function configureRoutes(RouteCollection $collection)
    {
        $collection->remove('create');
        $collection->remove('edit');
    }

	protected function configureShowField(ShowMapper $showMapper)
	{
		$showMapper
			->add('id')
			->add('eshopId', null, array('label' => 'Идентификатор магазина VIDAL в RBK'))
            ->add('orderId', null, array('label' => 'Идентификатор платежа'))
            ->add('product', null, array('label' => 'Товар'))
            ->add('price', null, array('label' => 'Цена для участника'))
            ->add('user_email', null, array('label' => 'Email участника'))
            ->add('sent', null, array('label' => 'Перешел на оплату в RbkMoney'))
            ->add('paid', null, array('label' => 'Оплата успешна в RbkMoney'))
            ->add('failed', null, array('label' => 'Оплата неудачна в RbkMoney'))
            ;
	}

	protected function configureDatagridFilters(DatagridMapper $datagridMapper)
	{
		$datagridMapper
			->add('id')
            ->add('eshopId', null, array('label' => 'Идентификатор магазина VIDAL в RBK', 'required' => false))
            ->add('orderId', null, array('label' => 'Идентификатор платежа', 'required' => false))
            ->add('product', null, array('label' => 'Товар', 'required' => false))
            ->add('price', null, array('label' => 'Цена для участника', 'required' => false))
            ->add('user_email', null, array('label' => 'Email участника', 'required' => false))
            ->add('sent', null, array('label' => 'Перешел на оплату в RbkMoney', 'required' => false))
            ->add('paid', null, array('label' => 'Оплата успешна в RbkMoney', 'required' => false))
            ->add('failed', null, array('label' => 'Оплата неудачна в RbkMoney', 'required' => false))
            ;
	}

	protected function configureListFields(ListMapper $listMapper)
	{
		$listMapper
			->add('id')
            ->add('orderId', null, array('label' => 'Идентификатор платежа'))
            ->add('user_email', null, array('label' => 'Email участника'))
            ->add('product', null, array('label' => 'Товар'))
            ->add('price', null, array('label' => 'Цена для участника'))
            ->add('sent', null, array('label' => 'Перешел на оплату в RbkMoney'))
            ->add('paid', null, array('label' => 'Оплата успешна в RbkMoney'))
            ->add('failed', null, array('label' => 'Оплата неудачна в RbkMoney'))
			->add('_action', 'actions', array(
				'label'   => 'Действия',
				'actions' => array(
					'show'   => array(),
					'delete' => array(),
				)
			));
	}
}


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Travelers from India to UAE set to reach 3.3 million by 2023, says GlobalData
Posted in Travel & Tourism
The number of international travelers from India to the UAE is set to grow from 2.6 million in 2019 to 3.3 million in 2023, increasing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6.1%, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.
According to GlobalData's latest report, 'Tourism Source Market Insight: India', reveals that a combination of the UAE's world class shopping facilities, single digit flight schedules and similar cultural traditions will continue to spur international travel from India to the Middle East.
Ralph Hollister, Travel and Tourism Analyst at GlobalData, comments: "Emirates such as Dubai act as a home away from home for the Indian source market. Several varieties of Indian food and a wide range of activities such as sports, night-clubbing and heritage tours help to attract different age segments within the Indian source market to the UAE."
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The popularity of the UAE has had a positive impact on its surrounding nations. From 2019 to 2023, visitation numbers from India to Saudi Arabia are also predicted to grow at a CAGR of 5.4%, with inbound flows growing from 1.8 million to 2.2 million.
Similar to the UAE, Saudi Arabia is accessible to Indians through budget airlines such as IndiGO at affordable prices.
Hollister continues: "India is among the top three nationalities to visit Saudi Arabia every year for religious purposes. In 2017, around 700,000 Indian pilgrims traveled to Saudi to perform either the hajj or umrah. ' The All India Haj Umrah Tour Organizers Association' states that India has two categories of religious pilgrims: poor or lower middle class but still save up and go for the obligatory hajj, and upper middle-class families who can afford to go on hajj or umrah multiple times."
The rising disposable income with middle class families and the growing perception among Indians that their social status will be elevated while traveling to fashionable cities in the Middle East will continue this growth trend for years to come.
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Thanks to the advances in modern medicine that much has done much in the fields of such diseases and emergencies to aid cure. The availability of many such drugs is subject to the registration in a particular country and that depends on the rules and regulations of governing authority of drug control. Hence, a medicine that may hold licence of registration in USA might not have the registration in India.
When someone you care about becomes chronically ill, and there is a need of any such medicine which is not registered in India, the only method is to import the medicine from the country of origin. Import, manufacture, sale and distribution of new drugs and Clinical Trials are regulated in India under the provisions of the Drugs & Cosmetic Act 1940 & Rules 1945 and requirements under Schedule-Y.
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Q: Multiple Azure AD with SAML I have a requirement to implement SAML SSO for a client as follows:
We have 2 Azure Environment

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*Our Azure environment that will be hosting web application.

*Client Azure environment where User identities will be managed in their Azure AD.

When the client user wants to access application (hosted on our Azure environment), we will make a SAML request to Client Azure AD and retrieve the SAML response to sign them in.
To achieve this, I believe we will need to create an Enterprise Application(as App Registrations only support OpenID) under client's Azure AD and configure the URLs for our web application in their Azure Environment. Would this be the correct approach or any other recommendations?

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Kanye West has an invitation to sit down this Thursday with President Donald Trump.
"Kanye West is coming to the White House to have lunch with President Trump and he will also meet with Jared Kushner," White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders confirmed to reporters Tuesday morning.
The New York Times first published details about the meeting. News of West's upcoming visit to Washington comes on the heels of his controversial Saturday Night Live appearance last month and his questionable tweets about the 13th amendment, which abolished slavery.
Following the rapper's performance on SNL, he launched into a pro-Trump rant — while wearing a MAGA hat — and shared his thoughts about race in America.
West's comments drew widespread criticism, and he has since deleted all of his social media accounts.
This isn't the first time the Jesus Walks singer has met with Trump. The two sat down for a meeting at Trump Tower in December 2016, shortly after Trump was elected president of the United States.
West's wife, Kim Kardashian, also met with Trump in May 2018 to help free Alice Marie Johnson, a woman who spent 21 years in federal prison for a nonviolent drug conviction.


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Home/World News/Middle East/Iran/Commander: Iran One of Only Two World Countries in Possession of Super Hi-Tech Torpedo
Commander: Iran One of Only Two World Countries in Possession of Super Hi-Tech Torpedo
Senior Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) officials said the IRGC Navy is equipped with state-of-the-art weapons and vessels, and is one of the only two world military forces equipped with a unique torpedo which moves with unbelievable velocity.
Speaking to FNA, IRGC Navy Commander Rear Admiral Ali Fadavi said when the home-made missile/torpedo, Hout, was displayed in a series of wargames a few years ago, over 2,000 world media covered the news.
He said the speed of the missile is 100 meters per second (360km/h) under water.
The Admiral explained that the gruesome weapons has originally been made by the Russians, adding that Americans have spent a sum of 20 billion dollars in 15 years to develop its technology, but failed.
The Russians call the torpedo Shkval. The speed of this missile or torpedo far exceeds that of any standard torpedo currently fielded by NATO. This speed is a result of supercavitation: the torpedo is, in effect, flying in a gas bubble created by outward deflection of water by its specially shaped nose cone and the expansion of gases from its engine. By keeping water from coming into contact with the surface of the body of the torpedo, drag is significantly reduced, allowing extremely high speeds.
The Russians started designing it in the 1960s when the NII-24 research institute was ordered to produce a new weapon system capable of combating nuclear submarines. In 1969, the GSKB-47 merged with NII-24 to create the Research Institute of Applied Hydromechanics in Kiev, Ukraine (constructor Merkulov); the Shkval being a product of this merger.
Russian V-A 111 Shkval Torpedo photo from archive
Announced as being deployed in the early 1990s, although previously operational as early as 1977, the Shkval is designed as a countermeasure against torpedoes launched by undetected enemy submarines. It may also be used as a counter to incoming torpedoes whereby it is launched at the enemy submarine, forcing it to evade, and hopefully cutting the guidance wire to the enemy torpedo in the process.
Launched from 533 mm torpedo tubes, the VA-111 exits the tube at 50 knots (93 km/h). Shortly afterwards, its liquid-fuel rocket ignites and propels it to speeds of up to 200 knots (370 km/h). Some reports indicate that speeds of 250+ knots may be achieved, and that work on a 300-knot (560 km/h) version was underway. The rocket engine uses a combination of high test peroxide and kerosene; the propellant tanks contain about 1500 kg of hydrogen peroxide and 500 kg of kerosene.
The torpedo controls its direction using four fins that skim the inner surface of the supercavitation envelope. To change direction, the fin or fins on the inside of the desired turn are extended, and the opposing fins are retracted. To make faster turns, the push plate on the nose can be used to control the shape of the bubble the missile is traveling in.
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Another American hero from the Greatest Generation has passed away. Louis Zamperini, Olympic runner and WW II POW survivor died Wednesday at age 97 after a 40 day battle with pneumonia. Zamperini was chosen to be Grand Marshal of the 2015 Rose Parade in January. A movie about his incredible life is being directed by neighbor and friend Angelina Jolie and set to be released by Universal Pictures on Christmas day. The movie is based on the best-selling book, Unbroken, a World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption written by Laura Hillenbrand. Unbroken was published by Random House in 2010.
Unbroken is one of those books you just can't put down. I picked it up a few years ago after hearing a fascinating interview with Zamperini on radio station KWVE out of San Clemente, California. It's an unbelievable, true story and probably the best documented biography I've ever read, demonstrated by 49 pages of Hillenbrand's notes.
I don't want to give away the whole story, but Louis' journey from a troubled Torrance, California youth to a World War II hero and motivational speaker includes a plane crash and 47 days at sea on a life boat with virtually no provisions. Zamperini roomed with Jessie Owens during the 1936 Berlin Olympics and graduated from USC, which he attended on a track scholarship, in 1940. With a high school mile record of 4 minutes 21.2 seconds and a national college record of 4 minutes 8.3 seconds, many thought he would break the 4 minute mile much earlier than 1954, when Roger Bannister broke it. But Louis' running career came to an end in 1940 when the Olympics were cancelled because of World War II and he became a bombardier on a B-24 Liberator. His survival at sea and in captivity is nothing short of miraculous, but his starved and battered body was so damaged that he was unable to resume his track career.
Zamperini's survival from most certain death is almost overshadowed by his long life, strong mind and ability to forgive his tormentors in person. After reading Unbroken, I watched Louis' appearance on the Tonight Show, where he demonstrated a quick wit and infectious sense of humor during an interview with Jay Leno. When Leno asked about surviving Japanese POW camps, Louis made a crack about surviving marriage.
Zamperini was married to Cynthia Applewhite from 1946 until her death in 2001. Their marriage survived Louis' post war alcoholism and severe post-traumatic stress disorder. In 1949, Cynthia convinced Louis to attend a Billy Graham crusade in Los Angeles, California, where Louis became a born-again Christian and began repairing his shattered life to become an inspiration to at-risk youth and others.


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False Allegations of Domestic Violence
By Mark B. Baer, Esq.
Domestic violence and child abuse are terrible crimes, and those who commit such crimes should be severely punished.
An allegation of domestic violence is made in approximately 25% of divorces. Moreover, such allegations are more common in relationships involving children. What is the relationship between domestic violence and the existence of children in the relationship? Do children somehow provoke domestic violence in a relationship?
It is estimated that as high as 80% of allegations of domestic violence and child abuse are completely false. What would cause someone to make a false allegation of domestic violence? It is widely recognized that false claims of domestic violence are often made in divorce and paternity actions in order to gain a legal advantage. It can be of no surprise that child custody tends to be awarded to the accusing parent. Why would someone make such false allegations against the person they once loved, considering that the claim stigmatizes and humiliates the person and may require the expenditure of substantial sums to defend against? When a relationship ends, the emotions involved are anger, hurt, frustration, rage and bitterness. In fact, when a couple with children together are breaking up, they almost cannot help themselves from somehow using the children as weapons or pawns. Who would do such a thing? As many as 4 out of 5 people making such allegations are treating their children as pawns in an effort to seek revenge for something. If 80% of all domestic violence allegations are false and such allegations are made in 25% of divorce cases, then in 1 out of every 5 divorce or paternity cases, a parent is using their child as nothing more than a weapon to achieve a desired result. This is fascinating, considering that parents almost always say that their children mean more to them than anything else.
Considering that as high as 80% of the allegations of domestic violence are false, it is interesting that a person accused of domestic violence is guilty until he/she is proven innocent. How do we punish those who make such false allegations? We give them complete custodial control, the destruction of the life of their former mate, and the destruction of any semblance of a normal relationship between the other parent and his/her children. What about the fact that the U.S. spends $4 billion a year on domestic violence programs and that such claims have been found to contribute to $20 billion in public costs and taxpayer burden associated with fragmented families? Persons who knowingly make such accusations are almost never subject to legal sanctions.
Children who succeed after divorce, have parents who can communicate effectively and work together as parents. Numerous studies have shown that a high conflict divorce involving children not only leaves its mark on the children, but also the grandchildren, great-grandchildren, etc. At least the person making such false allegations should know that the collateral damage to the children as a result of their behavior is virtually irreparable.


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Glad to hear from you. Thought I wasn't getting the blog. Safe sailing for you two.
Wonderful to hear from you, hope you have calmer seas from here on out.
Great to see your post and good to know you are both enjoying the cruise.
Beautiful photos – really appreciated!
60 mph winds on the open ocean must be a real thrill and a test of your ability to avoid sea sickness! Have a wonderful cruise!


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Saint Bernard eller Saint-Bernard  kan syfta på följande platser:

Geografi

Filippinerna

 Saint Bernard, Filippinerna, kommun, Östra Visayas, Province of Southern Leyte,

Frankrike

 Saint-Bernard, Ain, kommun i departementet Ain i regionen Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes,
 Saint-Bernard, Côte-d'Or, kommun i departementet Côte-d'Or i regionen Bourgogne-Franche-Comté,
 Saint-Bernard, Haut-Rhin, kommun i departementet Haut-Rhin i regionen Grand Est,
 Saint-Bernard, Isère, kommun i departementet Isère i regionen Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes,
 Lilla Sankt Bernhardspasset, bergspass,

Kanada

 Saint-Bernard (kommun), Québec, Chaudière-Appalaches,

Schweiz

 Sankt Bernhardspasset, bergspass, Valais,

USA

 Saint Bernard (ort), Ohio, Hamilton County,

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Michael Pollan's newest book, In Defense of Food, has a simple, 7-word message written across the head of red leaf lettuce that graces the cover … EAT FOOD. NOT TOO MUCH. MOSTLY PLANTS.
If healthy eating is really that simple – why have we made it such a complicated process? The answer, Pollan claims, lies in what he calls "nutritionism." Defined as "thinking about food strictly in terms of its chemical constituents," Pollan blames corporations, agribusiness, and foods science labs for kidnapping not only our food supply but our common sense as well. "Nutritionism has created an environment in which we supposedly need experts to tell us how to eat. What ever happened to grandma's common sense cooking?" Pollan asks.
Since World War II, our food has become so increasingly processed that a majority of Americans are now living on chemicalized, food-like substances that in no way resemble the food that their grandparents and great-grandparents enjoyed. Government regulations allow many of these processed foods to be marketed as healthful, and journalists lead us to believe that everything done to our modern food products is good for us.
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Note: I wrote this non-rhyming poem several years after my divorce. I found it this weekend in an old notebook and decided to post it on its own, since I am not sure where it belongs in my manual, which I will start to post as soon as I sort through a few more files. But this one, written in two parts, seems important enough to post now. Healing takes a long time, but it comes.. I promise!
Yet darkness poured over me like an endless night.
I struggled with the words, as my husband sat opposite me, cross-armed.
The words I uttered in earnest fell on impatient ears, already closed to love.
Our marriage was in shreds, and like Humpty-Dumpty, I couldn put it back together again.
I babbled on & on, digging a deeper hole, falling into complete darkness.
As if a knife was embedded so deep in my heart I could not pull it out.
Dripping blood on every step as I retreated up the stairs.
I cannot recall the love he once professed again & again.
And when the sun pours through my living room window, the darkness has disappeared.
Perhaps even stronger than before.
And now, while I still remember, I am much larger than the pain.
P.S. When I was in the throes of distress, I often found a "sad song" was needed to reflect my mood. I wish Lonely Motel was written then, but it is a brand new song written & sung by Jay Jacobson, my son-by-marriage, and you can hear it if you go to www.jayjacobson.com and click on the photo of Jay near a window with shadows and the title Lonely Motel. Even if you are not a fan of country, I think you will love this single. When you go to the site, the first thing you will hear is the title from his newesy CD Get Ready. But just click on Lonely Motel and you will hear an excerpt.
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Unemployment rate steady at 5.2%.
Participation rate decreased to 65.2%.
Aggregate monthly hours worked decreased to 1,608.8 million hours.
Employment decreased 15,400 (0.1%) to 11,444,000. Full-time employment was steady at 8,063,600 and part-time employment decreased 15,400 persons to 3,380,400.
Unemployment increased 16,400 (2.7%) to 632,200. The number of persons looking for part-time work increased 5,600 to 181,200 and the number of persons looking for full-time work increased 10,800 to 451,000.
The unemployment rate increased 0.1 pts to 5.2%. The male unemployment rate increased 0.2 pts to 5.1% and the female unemployment rate increased 0.1 pts to 5.4%.
The participation rate decreased 0.1 pts to 65.2%.
Aggregate monthly hours worked increased 21.6 million hours to 1,616.6 million hours.
Trend estimates: The labour force underutilisation rate increased to 12.6%.
Seasonally adjusted estimates: The labour force underutilisation rate decreased to 12.5%. The male labour force underutilisation rate increased 0.2 pts to 10.8%. The female labour force underutilisation rate decreased 0.3 pts to 14.5%.
The estimates in this publication are based on a sample survey. Published estimates and the movements derived from them are subject to sampling variability. Standard errors give a measure of sampling variability (see pages 34 and 35). The interval bounded by two standard errors is the 95% confidence interval, which provides a way of looking at the variability inherent in estimates. There is a 95% chance that the true value of the estimate lies within that interval.


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I will be having a bowl of Honeycomb cereal , orange juice and a cup of coffee.
Coffee no other breakfast. I had tortilla chips and queso and then I made taco bake for a late lunch. I know that is so bad! I need to eat more fruits.
Taco bake is fine as long as you eat. Food is better then no food…ha!
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Photoelectric effect from CsI by polarized soft x-rays
Ping S. Shaw, Eric D. Church, Shaul Hanany, Yee Liu, Judith Fleischman, Philip Kaaret, Robert Novick, Giuseppe Manzo
Further studies are reported on the polarization dependence of the photoelectric effect produced by soft X-rays from CsI. A major difficulty in these experiments is the geometrical effects which mimic the polarization signature. We present a detailed calculation of these geometrical effects that are produced when the X-ray beam is not precisely aligned on a rotatable plane photocathode. These effects were observed experimentally and were used in turn to precisely determine the alignment of the incident beam of polarized X-rays on a rotatable photocathode. From these studies, were are able to uniquely determine the true polarization dependence of the photoemission from CsI. We confirm that the photoelectric effect in CsI is dependent on the polarization state of the X-rays. The 'phase shift' which was reported previously has now been explained as a result of these off-axis effects. This shows that there is no intrinsic 'phase shift' in the polarization dependence of the photoemission from CsI. Preliminary surface analysis of the CsI photocathode was performed to determine the surface quality.
https://doi.org/10.1117/12.23218
X-Ray/EUV Optics for Astronomy, Microscopy, Polarimetry, and Projection Lithography - San Diego, CA, USA
Duration: Jul 9 1990 → Jul 13 1990
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Shaw, P. S., Church, E. D., Hanany, S., Liu, Y., Fleischman, J., Kaaret, P., Novick, R., & Manzo, G. (1991). Photoelectric effect from CsI by polarized soft x-rays. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 1343, 485-499. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.23218
Photoelectric effect from CsI by polarized soft x-rays. / Shaw, Ping S.; Church, Eric D.; Hanany, Shaul; Liu, Yee; Fleischman, Judith; Kaaret, Philip; Novick, Robert; Manzo, Giuseppe.
In: Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Vol. 1343, 1991, p. 485-499.
Shaw, PS, Church, ED, Hanany, S, Liu, Y, Fleischman, J, Kaaret, P, Novick, R & Manzo, G 1991, 'Photoelectric effect from CsI by polarized soft x-rays', Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. 1343, pp. 485-499. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.23218
Shaw PS, Church ED, Hanany S, Liu Y, Fleischman J, Kaaret P et al. Photoelectric effect from CsI by polarized soft x-rays. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. 1991;1343:485-499. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.23218
Shaw, Ping S. ; Church, Eric D. ; Hanany, Shaul ; Liu, Yee ; Fleischman, Judith ; Kaaret, Philip ; Novick, Robert ; Manzo, Giuseppe. / Photoelectric effect from CsI by polarized soft x-rays. In: Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. 1991 ; Vol. 1343. pp. 485-499.
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Assassin's Creed 3 review
By Chris Thursten 2012-11-30T15:30:00.334Z Review
Entertaining storytelling and fantastic naval combat marred by terrible mission design and endemic feature creep.
I am pursuing a man in a tricorner hat through the streets of colonial New York. In the top-left of the screen, Assassin's Creed III instructs me to chase him. In smaller text just below it, there is a secondary objective: 'do not shove or tackle anyone'. I turn sharply into an alleyway and barge past a woman, earning myself a red X on the mission log and losing my 'full synchronisation' bonus. I'm not sure why I want to be fully synchronised, but the completionist in me insists that I try again.
A few attempts later, I've figured out a system. Stop sprinting when the alleyways give out onto open streets, edge carefully around pedestrians, and continue. It's ludicrous - why on Earth would I not shove someone, if the fate of a nation was at stake - but I've not incurred the red X, I've not lost my bonus. I chase the man and, as is tradition, wait for the cutscene where I catch him. It doesn't come. We pass through the same fishmarket for the second time and I realise that we've done a lap of central New York. The game is waiting for me. Oh! I think. This is an assassination. I do those.
I can't get close enough to use my hidden blades so I wait until we're running down a clear alleyway, pull my flintlock, and fire. Desynchronised! Target was killed. Try again.
It takes another couple of tries before I figure out that the game wants me to catch him - tackle him , if you will. My objective is to give chase. My sub-objective is to not tackle anyone . The solution is to tackle someone. You may Google your own facepalm jpeg.
Assassin's Creed III features the silliest and most self-defeating mission design in the the series' history, and it's a huge shame. When it isn't directly hamstrung by constrained mission areas, flakey AI, and imprecise movement, it manages to steer you into the path of these flaws anyway with optional objectives that encourage you to game the system - and Assassin's Creed III's systems do not hold up well to gaming. When full sync bonuses were introduced in Brotherhood, they were designed to encourage creative use of the tools at your disposal. Here they more often tamp down your options, exposing the emptiness of the game underneath. You can ignore them, sure, but you can't ignore the signal sent by that big red X.
There's a lot more to an Assassin's Creed game than its missions, but the fifth in the series drops the ball with such regularity that it resonates through the entire experience. A pervasive sense of frustration is the snare drum that accompanies Assassin's Creed III on its march through the American revolution.
You undertake that march - for the most part - as Connor, a young assassin with a British father and a Native American mother. Connor's quest to negotiate a future for his people against the backdrop of revolutionary war is well written and often well acted. The game's treatment of issues of race, class, democracy and empire even manages to be insightful, and Ubisoft have no qualms about turning America's founding mythology on its head. Characterisation is strong. Connor will get some flak simply for not being Ezio, but he comes into his own in the second half of the game. Assassin's Creed III has a cracking villain, too, in a senior British Templar that the writers seem to like more than they do their ostensible lead.
The game suffers for a lack of female characters - the only real exception being Connor's mother, who after a brief period of activity retreats from the stage to usher in the series' next male protagonist. It's a shame that the game does not do more, given how laudably it addresses themes of repression in other contexts.
There is also, of course, Desmond. Creed's sci-fi metanarrative splutters to a stop, pulling together its various precursor races, ancient artifacts and cosmic threats for a conclusion with the dramatic impact of a wheezing cat finally sicking up all over the carpet. It's not all bad: a handful of present-day missions let you see what Desmond's time in the Animus has taught him, and Danny Wallace's character has somehow metastasized from the human equivalent of Clippy from Microsoft Word into a likeable person with something to say about history.
There's a lot going on, then, and a lot to do. The new Animus bombards you with side-missions, collectibles and challenges, often without heed to what you're doing or whether the tone will be ruined by the sudden notification that you're in the top 50% in the world for whistling. Its three main explorable areas - Boston, New York, and the compressed frontier that links them - are liberally sprinkled with men to stab, lists to fill out, and every other form of open-world busywork you can think of.
Crafting returns, expanded from Revelations' bomb-making into something far larger and far harder to rationalise in the context of a game about a man who stabs people. Combining materials gathered through hunting and purchased from settlers in your homestead allows you to make a wide array of items for further crafting or trade - from barrels to booze, venison jerky and Franklin stoves. You can top up your supply of arrows and other consumables in this way, but it's far quicker and not very much more expensive to just buy them. The system feels irrelevant and the cumbersome interface prevents it from simply being a breezy distraction. It's one example of the many ways that Assassin's Creed III manages to draw the player away from what is fun or meaningful. It's like thrusting a pile of dried fruit and a bottle of Captain Morgan into the hands of a pilot and telling him that he's allowed to make rum and raisin ice cream now. That's nice, Assassin's Creed III. Do you mind? I'm flying a plane.
Puppeteer-style controls are gone, replaced with traditional keybindings: interact, attack, secondary weapon and so on. The verisimilitude suggested by the old arms, legs and head system has been lost, but the new way is clearer and for the most part it's a worthy change. The animation team deserve credit for the way that Connor moves through the environment - the seamless transitions from ground to tree-branch, from street to interior, from attack to canned takedown animation. Assassin's Creed III manages to incorporate detail that other games would force into quick-time events into the flow of regular play, and as a result it's substantially less compromised than you'd expect by its cinematic ambitions. If 'less compromised than you'd expect' sounds like guarded praise, then that's because it is.
Counter-riposte combos are still the dominating force in combat, but what exactly constitutes a riposte has been diversified: firing lines mean grabbing an enemy to use as a shield, and heavy foes are better responded to with quick, aggressive jabs at their defences than waiting for them to attack. No more Ezio-style multi-man murder sprees spring from a single tap of the attack button. Hoisting the leader of a roaming patrol into the trees with a rope dart before slamming to the ground and taking out his friends with a few precisions strikes builds on the best of what the series is good at, which is self-contained, satisfying bursts of action. Moments like this are one of the key things that protect Assassin's Creed III from outright mediocrity, but the problem is that they have to be staged by the player in the open world: the game's main missions, which should be an opportunity to encourage creativity, more often actively punish it.
The game looks substantially better on PC but otherwise this is an underwhelming port. Keyboard and mouse controls can't be rebound and feel like an afterthought, so play it with a gamepad. The game ran at 30-50 fps on full settings on an Intel i5 760 system with 8Gb of RAM and a Radeon HD 6970. A few dips to 20 fps while in busy cities necessitated dialing back shadow quality a little. The game uses Ubisoft's Uplay system, but a permanent internet connection isn't required and all you lose for switching to offline mode is a few entirely missable unlockables.
The root of my issue with Assassin's Creed III is this: that for as much stuff as it provides, the amount that it actually allows you to do feels thinner than ever. A vast amount of its content can be reduced to 'get from A to B and push a button', and stealth rarely strays from minigame territory: 'try to stay in the circle', 'try to stay in the circle when it's moving '. It's about pattern recognition rather than creative thought, binary reactions with no room for life or dynamism. Ubisoft clearly hope that top-grade presentation will be enough to convince you that holding forward to make Connor walk between cutscenes is somehow satisfying - but it isn't. Players deserve the freedom to make up their own minds. Isn't that what Assassin's Creed purports to be about?
Assassin's Creed III's basic mechanics fare much better in multiplayer, where human opponents - or allies, in the co-op Wolfpack assassination challenges - provide the depth and dynamism that the single-player game lacks. The other area where the game excels comes entirely from left field: naval combat.
Connor moonlights as a privateer captain in a series of optional sea missions that thread in and out of the main plot. During these you take the helm of an Assassin frigate, barking orders at your men and steering your warship into broadsides and boarding actions. It's absolutely spectacular - weather and ocean effects create a phenomenal sense of place, and control is just arcadey enough to be exciting while retaining the heft associated with 18th century naval warfare. What's more, the mechanics are actually interesting, rewarding tactical thought in a way that sits flush with Assassin's Creed's broader historical mission statement. Why is Assassin's Creed suddenly the best Master and Commander game ever made? I have no idea, but I'm glad that it is.
It is not that the rest of the game feels rushed. The production values on display hit the heights of what this industry is capable of. It's quixotic, but often admirable for it. Assassin's Creed III is not a half-assed game: but it is approximately half ass. Frequently during my twenty hours with it I'd find myself wishing that other body parts had played a bigger role. Brains, perhaps, for rethinking the necessity of crafting or trading or courier missions or Desmond. Hands for testing and determining that, no, it is not fun to be whacked with a great big red X for failing to abide by pedantic and inartfully implemented rules. Assassin's Creed III rises above mediocrity by virtue of its ambition, its writing, and the set-piece moments where its best ideas form ranks and push. It's the sequel that proves that a revolutionary rethink is needed, but not the sequel that pulls it off.
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