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Q: Overlapping svg path events depending on variable I made a basketball svg court. In this svg there two significant paths that are useful to me: #inside_area_a with #threepoint_area_b and #inside_area_b with #threepoint_area_b.
#inside_area_a overlaps with #threepoint_area_b and #inside_area_b overlaps with #threepoint_area_a. With jQuery i want to make only one pair(a or b) to be clickable, depending on a variable. For example,
if(poss=="home"){
    //#inside_area_a and #threepoint_area_a click functions
}
else //#inside_area_b and #threepoint_area_b click functions

How could this be done with jQuery?

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<svg version="1.1" id="Layer_1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" x="0px" y="0px" viewBox="0 0 435.7 234.4" style="enable-background:new 0 0 435.7 234.4;" xml:space="preserve">

  <rect id="XMLID_28_" x="5.2" y="24.3" class="st0" width="0" height="186.7" />
  <path id="inside_area_a" class="st0" d="M29.1,211c52.4,0,94.9-41.8,94.9-93.4S81.5,24.3,29.1,24.3H5.2V211H29.1z" />
  <path id="threepoint_area_a" class="st0" d="M5.3,24L5.3,24l0-0.7L5.3,24h23.9c52.4,0,94.9,41.8,94.9,93.4s-42.5,93.4-94.9,93.4H5.3
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  <path id="threepoint_area_b" class="st0" d="M430.4,210.4L430.4,210.4l0,0.7L430.4,210.4h-23.9c-52.4,0-94.9-41.8-94.9-93.4
         s42.5-93.4,94.9-93.4h23.9V23l0,0.6V5H5v224.1h425.4V210.4L430.4,210.4z" />
  <line id="center_line" class="st0" x1="217.8" y1="231.9" x2="217.8" y2="3.4" />
  <ellipse id="center_circle" class="st0" cx="217.8" cy="117.6" rx="27.3" ry="26.9" />
  <line id="freethrow_line_a" class="st0" x1="93.3" y1="144.5" x2="93.3" y2="90.8" />
  <line id="freethrow_line_b" class="st0" x1="342.4" y1="144.5" x2="342.4" y2="90.8" />
  <path id="freethrow_circle_a" class="st0" d="M93.3,90.8c15.1,0,27.3,12,27.3,26.9s-12.2,26.9-27.3,26.9" />
  <path id="freethrow_circle_b" class="st0" d="M342.4,144.5c-15.1,0-27.3-12-27.3-26.9s12.2-26.9,27.3-26.9" />
  <line id="freethrow_lane_line_a_left" class="st0" x1="93.3" y1="144.5" x2="4.6" y2="144.9" />
  <line id="freethrow_lane_line_a_right_dashes" class="st0" x1="4.4" y1="90.8" x2="93.8" y2="90.8" />
  <line id="freethrow_lane_line_b_left_dashes" class="st0" x1="431.1" y1="144.5" x2="342" y2="144.5" />
  <line id="freethrow_lane_line_b_right_dashes" class="st0" x1="430.6" y1="90.8" x2="342.2" y2="90.8" />
  <line id="basket_board_a" class="st0" x1="23.4" y1="131.1" x2="23.4" y2="104.2" />
  <line id="basket_board_b" class="st0" x1="412.3" y1="131.1" x2="412.3" y2="104.2" />
  <line id="basket_holder_a" class="st0" x1="23.4" y1="117.6" x2="27.9" y2="117.6" />
  <line id="basket_holder_b" class="st0" x1="412.3" y1="117.6" x2="407.7" y2="117.6" />
  <ellipse id="XMLID_27_" class="st0" cx="31.7" cy="117.6" rx="3.8" ry="3.7" />
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</svg>

A: I duplicated your "inside" and "three point" areas. For one set I left the id's as they were. For the other set I prepended "select_" onto the id. Having these two sets allows me to separate hover targets from color targets. (You should probably do this duplication dynamically, especially for more complicated graphics, but this manual duplication is good enough to demonstrate the technique.)
I put the originals at the "bottom" of the svg stack of elements (i.e. near the start of the svg code) so that coloring them wouldn't hide any black lines. (Note that I had to slightly rearrange these so that, when colored, the three point areas wouldn't cover the inside area.) However, I put the duplicate set at the "top" of the svg stack (i.e. near the end of the svg code) so that the hover targets would be topmost.
Then I hid all of the duplicate elements, i.e. the ones that emit hover events, such that no hovers can initially be detected. When one team's button is clicked, only the one hoverable "inside" area and the one hoverable "three point" area for that team are made "visible". These still remain unseen by the viewer (fill is always transparent) but "visible" with respect to now being hover targets (visibility changes from hidden to visible). Thus, the hover targets are essentially swapped depending on which team is chosen. Note that the hoverability of all the targets always remains intact. It's just that only 2 of the 4 are ever visible, and thus truly hoverable, at any point in time.
The code that includes the doubly-nested forEach loops is just a concise way of setting up all the jQuery hover events.
UPDATE: You asked about which area to click on. I updated the code to show that the appropriate targets are those with id's starting with "select_". I had fun demo'ing that by implementing a simple game score updated by clicking on a 2- or 3-point area for either the home or away teams.

var $btn = $('button');
var ins    = 'inside_area_';
var thr    = 'threepoint_area_';
var selIns = 'select_' + ins;
var selThr = 'select_' + thr;
var score  = {home: 0, away: 0};

[[ins, selIns], [thr, selThr]].forEach(function(areas) {
  ['a', 'b'].forEach(function(side) {
    $('#' + areas[1] + side).hover(
      function() {$('#' + areas[0] + side).css('fill', '#1abc9c'    );},
      function() {$('#' + areas[0] + side).css('fill', 'transparent');}
    );
    $('#' + areas[1] + side).click(basketballShotHandler);
  });
});

function basketballShotHandler(evt) {
  areaClicked = evt.target.id;
  var team, pts;
  switch (areaClicked) {
    case 'select_inside_area_a':     team = 'home'; pts = 2; break;
    case 'select_threepoint_area_a': team = 'home'; pts = 3; break;
    case 'select_inside_area_b':     team = 'away'; pts = 2; break;
    case 'select_threepoint_area_b': team = 'away'; pts = 3; break;
  }
  score[team] += pts;
  $('#homeScore').text(score.home);
  $('#awayScore').text(score.away);
}

$btn.click(function(e) {
  var currentSide, opposingSide;
  switch (e.target.innerText) {
    case 'Home':
      currentSide = 'a';
      opposingSide = 'b';
      break;
    case 'Away':
      currentSide = 'b';
      opposingSide = 'a';
      break;
    }
  $('#' + selIns + currentSide).css('visibility', 'visible');
  $('#' + selThr + currentSide).css('visibility', 'visible');
  $('#' + selIns + opposingSide).css('visibility', 'hidden');
  $('#' + selThr + opposingSide).css('visibility', 'hidden');
});
svg {
  height: 100%;
}
.st0 {
  fill: none;
  stroke: #010101;
  stroke-width: 3;
}
.st1 {
  fill: transparent;
  visibility: hidden;
}

<button id="home">Home</button>
<button id="away">Away</button>
Home: 0 Away: 0

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  <rect id="XMLID_28_" x="5.2" y="24.3" class="st0" width="0" height="186.7" />
  <path id="threepoint_area_a" class="st0" d="M5.3,24L5.3,24l0-0.7L5.3,24h23.9c52.4,0,94.9,41.8,94.9,93.4s-42.5,93.4-94.9,93.4H5.3 v0.6l0-0.6v18.7h425.4V5.3H5.3V24z" />
  <path id="threepoint_area_b" class="st0" d="M430.4,210.4L430.4,210.4l0,0.7L430.4,210.4h-23.9c-52.4,0-94.9-41.8-94.9-93.4 s42.5-93.4,94.9-93.4h23.9V23l0,0.6V5H5v224.1h425.4V210.4L430.4,210.4z" />
  <path id="inside_area_a" class="st0" d="M29.1,211c52.4,0,94.9-41.8,94.9-93.4S81.5,24.3,29.1,24.3H5.2V211H29.1z" />
  <path id="inside_area_b" class="st0" d="M430.5,23.6v188.1V211h-23.9c-52.4,0-94.9-41.8-94.9-93.4s42.5-93.4,94.9-93.4h23.9" />
  <line id="center_line" class="st0" x1="217.8" y1="231.9" x2="217.8" y2="3.4" />
  <ellipse id="center_circle" class="st0" cx="217.8" cy="117.6" rx="27.3" ry="26.9" />
  <line id="freethrow_line_a" class="st0" x1="93.3" y1="144.5" x2="93.3" y2="90.8" />
  <line id="freethrow_line_b" class="st0" x1="342.4" y1="144.5" x2="342.4" y2="90.8" />
  <path id="freethrow_circle_a" class="st0" d="M93.3,90.8c15.1,0,27.3,12,27.3,26.9s-12.2,26.9-27.3,26.9" />
  <path id="freethrow_circle_b" class="st0" d="M342.4,144.5c-15.1,0-27.3-12-27.3-26.9s12.2-26.9,27.3-26.9" />
  <line id="freethrow_lane_line_a_left" class="st0" x1="93.3" y1="144.5" x2="4.6" y2="144.9" />
  <line id="freethrow_lane_line_a_right_dashes" class="st0" x1="4.4" y1="90.8" x2="93.8" y2="90.8" />
  <line id="freethrow_lane_line_b_left_dashes" class="st0" x1="431.1" y1="144.5" x2="342" y2="144.5" />
  <line id="freethrow_lane_line_b_right_dashes" class="st0" x1="430.6" y1="90.8" x2="342.2" y2="90.8" />
  <line id="basket_board_a" class="st0" x1="23.4" y1="131.1" x2="23.4" y2="104.2" />
  <line id="basket_board_b" class="st0" x1="412.3" y1="131.1" x2="412.3" y2="104.2" />
  <line id="basket_holder_a" class="st0" x1="23.4" y1="117.6" x2="27.9" y2="117.6" />
  <line id="basket_holder_b" class="st0" x1="412.3" y1="117.6" x2="407.7" y2="117.6" />
  <ellipse id="XMLID_27_" class="st0" cx="31.7" cy="117.6" rx="3.8" ry="3.7" />
  <ellipse id="basket_b" class="st0" cx="403.9" cy="117.6" rx="3.8" ry="3.7" />
  <path id="select_inside_area_a" class="st1" d="M29.1,211c52.4,0,94.9-41.8,94.9-93.4S81.5,24.3,29.1,24.3H5.2V211H29.1z" />
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Q: backspace equivalent delimiter in javascript like '\n' for new line what is the backspace equivalent in javscript like '\n' is for new line.
purpose-
i want to re write the URL with our redirecting the page. presently i am using
window.history.pushState(null,'title','/something');
example-
this only replaces this https://www.google.co.in/?gws_rd=cr&ei=TKFZUrGxOIeOrQfG34DICw with https://www.google.co.in/something
so i indent to flush the entire url and re-write the domain name also.

A: There is no special character in JavaScript that would delete previous characters in a string.
For security reasons you can't add a page to the browser history that has a different domain than the page that's manipulating the history, or change the URL to show a different domain. You can't go around this restriction.

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Nigeria needs comprehensive tax reform 18 Nov 2019
Nigerian Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed
In just about six months into the second term of President Muhammadu Buhari's administration, the government has introduced several new taxes and levies. Along with the 2020 Appropriation Bill, which the president forwarded to the National Assembly last month, he also sent a Finance Bill in which the Federal Government (FG) proposed an increment of Value Added Tax (VAT) rate from 5 percent to 7.5 percent.
In his budget presentation speech, Buhari also referred to a proposed amendment of the Deep Offshore and Inland Basin Production Sharing Contract Act of 2004. The proposed amendment, which was passed with unprecedented speed by the Senate on October 15th, 2019, aims to increase the royalty payable by oil companies to the government.
The implementation of both the VAT (or its alternative) and the law governing the fiscal terms for deep offshore oil production might not take effect until the first or second quarter of 2020. However, there are other charges that have been recently extended or implemented, resulting in more dissatisfaction among Nigerians.
On June 24th, 2019, the president signed the Nigeria Police Trust Fund (Establishment) Bill into law. The Act imposes a 0.005 percent tax on the net profits of all companies operating in Nigeria. The law will be in force for a period of six years, subject to an extension.
Also, last month, the Senate advanced on the Communication Tax Bill 2019 sponsored by Senator Ali Ndume. The bill seeks to impose and collect a tax on electronic communication services paid for by consumers. Electronic communication services that would be subject to a 9 percent tax rate include voice calls, SMS, MMS, data services, pay per view TV stations, among others.
It appears the raft of taxes are part of efforts to generate revenue from alternative sources in an environment of faltering oil revenue. This was made abundantly clear from the president's speech during his presentation of the 2020 budget. According to him, the revenue performance based on the 2018 budget target, was at 58 percent as at June 2019, denoting considerable underperformance. The performance of oil revenues as of half-year was only 49 percent of the budget benchmark.
Under these circumstances, it accords with logic for the government to lay more emphasis on generating more non-oil revenues. However, the big question is whether the quick-fixes and band-aid tax policies emanating from the government due to the urgent need to tackle dwindling oil revenues would have the desired effect of raising enough revenue for government.
The question also has to be asked if the government's drive to increase tax revenue could have an unintended negative effect on the economy and the citizenry. In my article in the May issue of Financial Nigeria, I argued that increasing VAT rate under the current economic climate would have a regressive effect.
There is no question that the country needs tax policy reforms. There has, however, never been a holistic and deep reform of our tax structure and administration since Nigeria returned to civilian rule in 1999. Successive administrations have mostly operated ad hoc arrangements whereby amendments are made in line with the exigencies of annual budget revenue targets and to promote the macroeconomic policy at that given time.
In order to entrench taxation as a major fiscal policy to not only drive non-oil revenue collection but also inform a broad macroeconomic policy for the country, there is a need for deeper reforms. These must go beyond the Finance Bill and the Deep Offshore & Inland Basin Production Sharing Contract Bill 2019. One of the major fiscal policy challenges the government has is that the current tax system and administration are not effective. In fact, the system constitutes an albatross on the economy. This is why the government persistently complains about Nigeria's low tax-to-GDP ratio. Without proper reforms, all parties in the tax spectrum – the payers and the government – would continue to lose.
One of the areas the much-needed tax reforms must look into holistically is fixing the country's fiscal federalism. Another area that needs to be addressed through legislation is double taxation. The Nigerian fiscal situation is made worse by the number of different laws, which govern taxation in the country and the manner in which most of them were drafted leaves a lot to be desired.
A good example to illustrate these points is the dispute between the Hotel Owners and Managers Association of Lagos and the Lagos State Government (LSG) over the Hotel Occupancy and Restaurant Consumption (HORC) (Fiscalisation) Regulations issued by the Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) under the HORC Law of Lagos State. After fulfilling its obligation to charge and collect VAT on goods and services provided by the hotels, the hotel owners challenged the right of the LSG to impose consumption tax. In a judgment delivered on October 3rd, 2019, the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos upheld the statutory power of Lagos State to impose consumption tax on hotels and restaurants in line with the Taxes and Levies (Approved List for Collection) Act.
This isn't the first of such disputes. In 2004, Eko Hotels Limited's operations were being threatened by the LSG for failure to remit sales tax under the Sales Tax Law of Lagos State. The hotel was already remitting VAT to the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). It then approached the courts for a determination of whether it was bound to charge the same tax twice for the purpose of remitting to two different bodies.
All the courts that presided over the matter (the Federal High Court, Court of Appeal and finally the Supreme Court) upheld the superiority of the VAT Act over the Sales Tax Law of Lagos State under the doctrine of covering the field. The Supreme Court found that "it would amount to double taxation for the same tax to be levied on the same goods and services, payable by the same consumers under two different legislations." The apex court then suspended the operations of the Sales Tax Law while the VAT Act was in operation.
A 2015 amendment to the Taxes and Levies (Approved List for Collection) Act has subsequently provided ingenious ways for the LSG to charge businesses and ultimately the consumers of goods and services multiple taxes by creating additional taxes to be collected by the state. These taxes include Hotel, Restaurant or Event Centre Consumption Tax, Entertainment Tax, Animal Trade Tax, Produce Sales Tax, Property Tax and Economic Development Levy. Ordinarily, these new taxes can be subsumed under VAT, Education Tax, the Industrial Training Levy and the Land Use Charge.
The overlapping taxes are the fallout from Nigeria's current tax structure, which strongly favours the FG and leaves little room for states to generate revenue through taxation. The FG controls most of the buoyant tax sources and industries, including oil and gas, mines, customs and excise. Where it shares concurrent powers with the states, the FG still possesses the superior powers to legislate as any law passed by a state – as long as it is inconsistent with the laws made by the National Assembly – is void.
Where the provisions are similar, the state's law (referred to as the subordinate legislation by the Supreme Court in the case of Attorney General of Lagos State vs. Eko Hotels Limited referred to earlier) is put in abeyance and is inoperative, while the federal legislation is in force. This is the doctrine of covering the field entrenched in Section 4(5) of the Constitution, which provides that "If any law enacted by the House of Assembly of a State is inconsistent with any law validly made by the National Assembly, the law made by the National Assembly shall prevail, and that other Law shall to the extent of the inconsistency be void."
Another example that illustrates this issue is the dispute in relation to the appropriate organ of government to issue licenses on lotteries and other gaming activities. The Federal High Court has repeatedly ruled in favour of the FG in view of the National Lottery Act.
There is thus a need to restructure our fiscal federalism to give additional earning powers as it relates to taxation to the states and local governments. The failure to do this has only resulted in the exposure of businesses, particularly small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs), which do not have the resources to challenge all the charges and levies imposed on them by state and local authorities.
Indeed, there is a need for harmonization of all taxes due and payable to create a degree of certainty for businesses. The Taxes and Levies (Approved List for Collection) Act and the Joint Tax Board have not been very successful at this much-needed harmony.
The federal and state governments would also need to work on their tax collection systems and the apathy of Nigerians towards taxation. To instill trust among Nigerians, governments at all levels need to reduce corruption and inefficiencies in the tax administration. They also need to reduce recurrent expenditure, capture the informal economy, and provide better education, communication and awareness.
While there is the urgent need to raise revenues through taxation for immediate needs, Nigeria needs proper reforms that would make taxation a sustainable revenue source for all tiers of government.
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Home Ressources Documents China vows closer ties with Pacific Island countries
China vows closer ties with Pacific Island countries
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BEIJING — State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Oct 21 that China is willing to work with Pacific Island countries for a closer comprehensive strategic partnership.
Wang made the remarks while chairing the first China-Pacific Island Countries Foreign Ministers' Meeting via video link.
Wang said the relations between China and Pacific Island countries have set a good example of friendly exchanges, solidarity, and cooperation between countries of different regions, sizes, and systems.
He called for further deepening policy communication, promoting mutual understanding and support on issues concerning each other's core interests and major concerns, and establishing a mechanism for regular foreign ministers' meetings between China and Pacific Island countries.
Wang said that China will continue to provide vaccines and various anti-epidemic materials to island countries, establish a China-Pacific Island Countries reserve of emergency supplies, and inject additional capital into the fund which provides support to China and Pacific Island countries to fight against the pandemic.
China will continue providing economic and technical assistance to island countries with no political conditions attached, Wang said.
A forum on fishery cooperation and development between China and Pacific Island countries will be held within the year, and a cooperation center on poverty reduction and development will be established to help the island countries accelerate their independent and sustainable development, he added.
On climate change cooperation, Wang said China has decided to establish a cooperation center for China and Pacific Island countries on climate change, supports the island countries' blue Pacific initiative, and will continue to fund the Pacific Regional Environment Programme.
China calls for an open, transparent, and responsible manner to prudently deal with the disposal of contaminated water from the Fukushima nuclear accident in Japan, and the discharge shall not be started until an agreement is reached with all stakeholders, Wang said.
He said China will also expand exchanges and cooperation with Pacific Island countries in the fields of education, culture, health, and sports.
Wang noted that the nuclear submarine cooperation between the United States, Britain, and Australia will bring nuclear proliferation risks, trigger an arms race, and undermine regional peace and stability.
China is willing to work with the island countries to jointly uphold the international non-proliferation regime with the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons as its cornerstone and the South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone.
Foreign ministers and representatives from Kiribati, Fiji, Tonga, Niue, Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, the Federated States of Micronesia, Solomon Islands, Samoa, as well as Secretary-General of the Pacific Islands Forum, attended the meeting.
Representatives of participating island countries expressed their gratitude to China for its long-term help and support, congratulated the Communist Party of China on its founding centenary, and reaffirmed their firm adherence to the one-China principle.
They also expressed their willingness to support China's Global Development Initiative, deepen cooperation on the Belt and Road, and promote the comprehensive strategic partnership between the two sides to a new level.
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At this stage, I think I have well established the fact that I am quite a 'overthink-y' person. What can I say? I'm a Pisces - creative and emotional through and through. So, as an outlet for this emotion, I keep a diary.
I have been keeping a diary since 2009; and although at times it can seem a little bit laborious to document every trivial detail of your existence, in the end it pays off. You get to look back at all the things that happen, no filter.
Unlike your iPhone, there will always be enough space to write down your feelings. I know it is the modern age and all, but I still believe in using good old pen and paper. Your instagram account can be your modern age equalivant - but you definitely can't be putting any filters on this baby.
Some people think that diaries is just like adding flames to the fire; that it only makes you dwell on things. But, personally, I think that it helps clear your mind. You can sort out all your thoughts on a piece of paper. It can often help you come to a conclusion, and if not, it at least helps to be able to express everything you're feeling without being afraid of judgement.
Well I really hope that paper doesn't judge... Because I'm sort of screwed.
I can't even begin to count how many times I have asked someone for their cinema ticket to keep. I know it sounds awkward but keeping little trinkets like that is important.
You're not a hoarder don't worry; but keeping the things that matter... that's definitely okay.
Having the odd laugh at the stupid things you thought were important is oddly enjoyable.
For example, me writing about my first boyfriend.... yeah.
Girl; write it all down. You never know when that info can come in handy..
With the expansion of the internet and social media, some things have become quite artificial and stale. A diary is real and authentic and you can't just delete it from cyberspace.
I don't know if I will ever have children; but if I do, I hope they find these someday so they can see what there mom was really like as a hormonal teenager. Or perhaps I could be used as a 'primary source' in someones history essay many many years down the line. When they are all floating around on hover-boards and all that.


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Katharine Towne bio: age, height, relationship with Charlie Hunnam
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Katharine Towne was a rising Hollywood star, who could not stay long on the peak of popularity. What happened to her? Where is she know? You will find interesting information about the life of this actress and her relationships with Charlie Hunnam.
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Keep reading to know everything possible about life and career of the actress. Some facts will surprise you.
Katharine Towne profile summary
Full name: Katharine Towne
Date of birth: July 17th, 1978
Birthplace: Hollywood, California, USA
Marital status: Charlie Hunnam (1999-2002)
Height: 170 centimetres (5' 7" feet)
Social networks: Twitter
Katharine Towne actress bio and career
Katherine Towne was born on July 17th, 1978, in Hollywood, California, USA. She is the only daughter in her family. Her father is a famous screenwriter and was awarded by Academy Award, Robert Towne.
Young Katherine soon realised that, although she had some writer, her true vocation was acting. She was in the track of her mother actress Julie Payne. Besides, the maternal grandparents, John Payne and Ann Shirley, were also actors.
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Attending acting classes, the young lady soon realised her acting ambitions and began to improve. Not many film enthusiasts drew attention to her work Girl in 1998, which premiered at the film festival. Katherine`s appearance in the next film She's All That in 1999, did not go unnoticed, although the actress played a supporting role.
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In the same year, Towne appeared in the criminal comedy Go of Doug Liman, and again her work was highly appreciated. Steady attention to the young woman and her acting skills appeared after filming the movie The Bachelor.
In the spring of 1999, Towne starred in David Lynch's television film Mulholland Dr. However, in October of the same year, Katherine made her television debut as a vampire in the horror series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Next, she started to play in the series M.Y.O.B. In contrast to the pathetic role of Christina Richie in this series, the character of Towne, Riley Veatch, is caustic, multifaceted and at the same time frankly funny person. The young actress managed to prove that she was the main reason why the viewers` were captivated on the series.
Now Katharine Towne age is 40. The actress has disappeared from the TV screens. She can be seen only on the official Twitter account where she discusses various topics.
Katharine Towne movies
Here is the actress's filmography:
Without Limits (1998)
She's All That (1999)
Go (1999)
But I'm a Cheerleader (1999)
The Bachelor (1999)
Mulholland Dr. (1999)
M.Y.O.B. (2000)
The In Crowd (2000)
What Lies Beneath (2000)
The Near Future	(2000)
Town & Country	(2001)
Mulholland Drive (2001)
Evolution (2001)
Undeclared (2001)
Longshot (2001)
The Anarchist Cookbook (2002)
Scream at the Sound of the Beep (2002)
Sol Goode (2003)
Easy Six (2003)
LD 50 Lethal Dose (2003)
Splitsville (2003)
Trespassing	(2004)
Mr. Dramatic (2005)
Barry Dingle (2005)
Something New	(2006)
Looking for Sunday (2006)
Glades of Glory (2007)
Tell Me You Love Me	(2007)
Amar (2009)
CSI: NY (2011)
The Aquabats! Super Show! (2012)
Beauty and the Least: The Misadventures of Ben Banks (2012)
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She played many different and vibrant roles and is remembered for incredible charisma and charm.
Katharine Towne hot
In 2002, she took the 71st position in the Hot 100 list according to the Maxim magazine.
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Katharine Towne height is 170 centimetres or 5' 7" feet. She has a gorgeous body and attracts a big part of the male population.
Katharine Towne and Charlie Hunnam
Charlie Hannam was 18 years old when he first met Katherine. They met at Dawson's Creek audition. After a stormy three-week romance, Towne and Hunnam decided to raise their relationship to a new level and got married on July 25, 1999, in a chapel in Las Vegas.
After spending about three years together, the husband and wife ended their relationship. Their divorce took place in 2002. After an unsuccessful marriage, Towne began dating Ethan Embry, an American actor; however, the couple broke up after a year of their relationship in 2003. Charlie said the following:
Three terrible years. Three terrible, painful, expensive years. I got the cats at the end of it, so that was good. There was a small victory.
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Now Katharine Towne is trying to find inspiration and new roles. We wish the actress a lot of new roles and desire to shine in the spotlight again.
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For information about the border between Canada and the United States of America, see the International Boundary Commission website.
The Canada-USA border is defined by a series of straight lines connecting border monuments. In terms of degree confluences, the only part of the border that comes into play is along the 49th parallel, between the west coast and the great lakes, which the IBC refers to as Section M.
This image shows each of the degree confluences from 49°N 123°W to 49°N 96°W, and their relationship with the closest border monument on each side of the line of longitude for the confluence. Between the pair of monuments on either side of the confluence longitude the line shows the location of the border. The lines between the monument pairs are just for illustration - the actual border follows monuments that are not shown on this image.
The border zig-zags back and forth along the WGS84 49th parallel, but none of the degree confluences along the 49th parallel are actually on the border, so each confluence belongs to the country in which it is located.
For Section M of the boundary, along the 49th parallel, from Monument 0 through Monument 912, and ignoring differences between NAD83 and WGS84:
The average monument location is 3 seconds north or south of 49 degrees, which is approximately 90 meters.
The average of all the monument locations, both north and south of 49 degrees, results in an average location of less than 1 second south of 49 degrees, which is less than 30 meters.
The monuments that are the farthest north are Monuments 35, 36, and 37, at 49 degrees 0 minutes 8.8 seconds North, and are located on the British Columbia border, just southeast of the Abbotsford airport.
The monument that is the farthest south is Monument 347, at 48 degrees 59 minutes 48 seconds North, which is located on the Alberta border, to the east of Coutts.
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This November, three new county commissioners will be elected, as their predecessors have reached their term limit. The HBA Political Action Committee (PAC) has been working tirelessly to interview and meet with over 15 candidates, totaling over 150 volunteer hours collectively, to make sure we endorse the right candidates who are pro-business and industry-friendly.
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Mark is a proven leader who has formerly served as a state representative as well as Deputy District Attorney in El Paso County. Mark served as the House Minority Leader for the 2013 legislative session and the Assistant House Majority Leader for the 2011 and 2012 legislative sessions. He is also a military veteran.
Stan is an Air Force Veteran and entrepreneur with experience running and managing public and private entities. He believes in smaller government, fiscal restraint, and the power of the free market.
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1. Solomon Bird Jr. was born about 1746 in Accomack County, Virginia. He died 1810 in Edgefield District, South Carolina. He married Nancy Britt. He has a will recorded in Edgefield District, South Carolina.
1. Easter Bird, born about 1785 in Accomack County, Virgina. She died 1860 in Giles County, Tennessee. She is buried on a hill behind Choats Creek Church, Giles County, Tennessee on the county line between Giles and Lawrence Counties. She married Elijah Smith about 1803 in Edgefield District, South Carolina. She was born 1783 in Accomack County, Virginia and died 1848.
2. Sarah "Sally" Bird was born about 1792 in South Carolina or Virginia. She died June 21, 1856 in Lawrence County, Tennessee. She married John Franks.
3. Rachel Bird, born about 1790 in South Carolina or Virginia. She died about 5 October 1863 in DeKalb County, Georgia. She married Jessee S. C. Jordan.
4. Mary Jane Bird, born about 1794 in South Carolina or Virginia. She died April 2, 1873 in Cleburn County, Alabama. She is buried in the Slate HIll Cemetery. She married Glaen Johnston January 18, 1818 in Edgefield District, South Carolina.
5. Elijah Bird, born about 1787 in South Carolina or Virginia. He died 1869 in Polk County, Georgia. He married Ann Eliza Hawkins December 7, 1819 in Polk County, Georgia. Elijah was a Reverend.
6. John Bird born 1789. He died after 1870 in DeKalb County, Georgia. He was buried in the old Wesley Chapel Church Cemetery, Decatur, Georgia. He married Martha B. Tyner February 7, 1813 in DeKalb County, Georgia.
7. Billions B. Bird, born about 1797 in South Carolina or Virginia. He died in DeKalb, Georgia. He is buried in Old Wesley Chapel Church Cemetery, Decatur, Georgia. He married Charity Tyner February 5, 1815.
8. Eborn Bird, born about 1795 in South Carolina. He died about 1879 in Forest City, Arkansas. He married Sally Armstrong about 1820 in Edgefield District, South Carolina.


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Q: Embedding a font within dyslexic assisting app https://github.com/sammytaggart/Help-with-OCR
I am a Design teacher in Belfast and I have a 12 year old student who has designed a font for dyslexic readers.
We have bodged an app by snipping open source stuff from across the web. we have a fairly functional app, Where:

*

*User takes pic

*Selects pic

*OCRs the text
4 Presents text in a font of choice (dyslexia.ttf)

I have be able to change the font to any of the custom fonts, but not to the one of choice. I am very unsure of the code (not a clue)
this has been an app to add on to the design of the students font (with the font being the main feature....can anyone PLEASE shed some light? I have tried with and without.ttf, I, to my knowledge am sure all is embedded and bundled etc...to no avail.
all is viewable at the above link on github
I have googled it to death And following tweak after tweak, I am done...apologies for the request only, but this is not my area of expertise at all, but will add the icing on the cake to my students project.
Many thanks
Sammy

A: This works as of iOS 3.2, and is pretty straightforward. You need to follow these steps:

*

*Copy the TTF file into the Resources folder in Xcode, so it gets copy inside the app bundle when you compile the app.

*Edit your Info.plist file and add the following key:
<key>UIAppFonts</key>
<array>
    <string>dyslexia.ttf</string>
</array>

*From within the app, you can instantiate a UIFont by calling:
[UIFont fontWithName:@"dyslexia" size:12];

and set that to the font property of a UILabel for instance.
One important thing to note, though: the name of the font you pass to + fontWithName: is not necessarily the name of the ttf file, but the name of the font within the font metadata. Make sure you are using the proper name there.


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Governing by Scapegoat
January 25, 2018 /0 Comments/in Politics & Pop Culture /by Robert Koehler
Got a problem? Simplify and project.
When you have a country to govern and you have no idea what to do — and, even more to the core of the matter, you also have a crony-agenda you want to push quietly past the populace — there's a time-proven technique that generally works. Govern by scapegoat!
This usually means go to war, but sometimes that's not enough. Here in the USA, there's been so much antiwar sentiment since the disastrous quagmires of the last half century — Vietnam, the War (To Promote) Terror — we've had to make war simply part of the background noise. The military cash bleed continues, but the public lacks an international enemy to rally against and blame for its insecurity.
Creating a scapegoat enemy domestically has also gotten complicated. Thugs and punks — predatory (minority) teenagers — shoulder much of the responsibility for keeping the country distracted, but in this era of political correctness, politicians have to be careful. Thus the Trump administration has turned to the immigrants. Not all of them, of course — only the ones from Latin America, the Middle East and Africa. In particular, it has turned to … the illegals!
Why is America so violent?
"It's pure evil," runs the newly released Trump campaign ad. "President Trump is right: Build the wall, deport criminals, stop illegal immigration now. Democrats who stand in our way will be complicit in every murder committed by illegal immigrants. President Trump will fix our border and keep our families safe."
Governing by scapegoat is more than just a stupid appeal to the base. Its cruel consequences are manifold. In essence, doing so both wrecks lives and ignores the real causes of the country's problems. Often enough, it contributes to the social collapse at the root of the problems it purports to address.
Here's one look at the humanity of DACA: "It meant we did not fear that today — any day — was going to be the last day we could hug our children, parents or siblings," Dreamer Reyna Montoya writes at Truthout. "It allowed us to have inner peace, knowing that we were not going to be thrown to a country we no longer know. DACA provided safety, and that is now being ripped away."
Leaving hundreds of thousands of lives "hanging by a thread," as Montoya put it, strikes me as contributing to the problem, not the solution. Trump's claim that "illegals" contribute in a serious way to American violence is totally without factual basis, but because violence has become a plague in this country, explaining its cause with scapegoat propaganda has a feel-good resonance for a lot of people. It's so much easier to blame some designated "other" than to look within.
But consider …
"The governor and several people in Benton (Kentucky) said they couldn't believe a mass shooting would happen in their small, close-knit town. But many such shootings across the nation have happened in rural communities."
Yeah, another one, at a high school in rural Kentucky. This was just the day before yesterday, as I write. Two students killed, as many as 20 injured, a 15-year-old boy arrested. He fired a handgun into a crowded atrium at the school until he ran out of bullets. This is now minor news in America: ho hum, another mass murder. Unless the death toll is in double digits, it commands only perfunctory headlines.
Indeed, the Associated Press account of the shooting — complete with stats and data putting it into the context of similar occurrences — read almost like coverage of a sporting event. "The attack marked the year's first fatal school shooting."
And, oh yeah: "Marshall County High School is about 30 minutes from Heath High School in Paducah, Ky., where a 1997 mass shooting killed three and injured five. Michael Carneal, then 14, opened fire there about two years before the fatal attack at Columbine High School in Colorado, ushering in an era when mass school shootings have become much more common.
"Meanwhile, in the small North Texas town of Italy, a 15-year-old girl was recovering Tuesday after police said she was shot by a 16-year-old classmate in her high school cafeteria on Monday, sending dozens of students scrambling for safety. Police in Louisiana, meanwhile, are investigating shots fired Monday as students gathered outside their charter school."
The agenda that Trump and his cohorts are focused on moving forward is not the one that addresses American misery, but the one that slashes corporate taxes and privatizes as much of the social infrastructure as possible. For instance, four months after Hurricane Maria, 30 percent of Puerto Rico remains without electric power. Government relief efforts didn't go much beyond the presidential tossing of paper towels — a racist gesture if ever there was one — but now the Puerto Rican governor has a plan to privatize the island's power utility. Appalled critics are calling this a blatant example of disaster capitalism: the use of tragedy to further a corporate agenda.
Let the rich grow richer. When that causes trouble, blame the ones who have the least.
Editor's Note: Robert Koehler is an award-winning, Chicago-based journalist and nationally syndicated writer. While he may not write specifically about mimetic theory, his articles demonstrate the contagious nature of violence, and more importantly, inspire hope in the contagious power of compassion. We are honored to feature his articles every Thursday. His book, Courage Grows Strong at the Wound, is available. Contact him or visit his website.
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KCBS-FM (93.1 MHz) is a commercial radio station in Los Angeles, California, serving Greater Los Angeles.  It is owned by Audacy, Inc., and broadcasts an adult hits music format branded as "93.1 Jack FM".

Unlike most radio stations airing the Jack FM formula, KCBS-FM runs a fairly focused playlist of popular classic rock and modern rock tracks. Currently, the station has no DJs.  The only voices heard on Jack-FM are Crystal Z and Dr.Cranfill with "Jacktivities" (events and whatever announcements deemed worthy by "Jack") and Howard Cogan supplying prerecorded quips and ironic remarks between songs.  Unlike most other stations in this format, the call sign does not include any form of the word "Jack," opting instead to keep call letters tied to the station's former CBS corporate identity.

Although Jack proclaims that the station is run "in a dumpy little building in Culver City", the KCBS-FM studios and offices are actually located at 5670 Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles, after moving from a previous location at the corner of Fairfax and Venice in 2018. The transmitter is atop Mount Wilson.  KCBS-FM broadcasts using HD Radio technology.  Two digital subchannels carry country music and sports betting formats.

History

The Young Sound and mellow rock

On March 30, 1948, the station signed on as KNX-FM.  In its early years, KNX-FM was mostly a simulcast of sister station KNX 1070 AM.  In the mid-1960s, KNX-FM, along with other CBS-owned FM radio stations, began airing an easy listening format branded as "The Young Sound".  It played mostly instrumental cover versions of popular songs, but it was a bit more uptempo than competing beautiful music stations.

In 1973, KNX-FM switched to a mellow rock format, featuring artists airing on other rock stations but choosing softer selections than heard on rivals KLOS and KMET. (Volunteers launched an internet stream recreating the KNX-FM format of the 1973-1983 era in 2019, now calling itself "TheMellowSound.net, a KNX-FM 93 tribute".  Another tribute website is simply "KNXfm.com" with a similar mix of mellow rock and classic features.)

Hitradio 93
On August 25, 1983, KNX-FM adopted a Top 40 music format, similar to the other CBS Radio FM stations, and branded as "Hitradio 93 KKHR". The heritage KNX-FM call sign switched to KKHR. KKHR was not a traditional top 40 music format of the time, as the playlist was more stringently limited to 30 songs.

The original KKHR disc jockey staff consisted of Lou Simon, Dave Donovan (whose real name is Joe Cipriano), Chris Lance, Todd Parker (replaced by Jack Armstrong several months later), and Mark Hanson. Rich Fields, who would later become the announcer on The Price Is Right for over six seasons, also joined KKHR in the station's last year with the "Hit Radio" format.

Mellow rock returns
Due to the station's lackluster ratings, the mellow rock format and heritage KNX-FM call letters were returned under the new branding "Quality Rock" in 1986.

KNX-FM struggled with low ratings, and was not able to re-capture its original audience. On March 2, 1989, at 12:00 p.m., following a day-long stunt with a ticking clock during songs and an announcement from vice president and general manager Charlie Seraphin, an oldies music format was introduced and the heritage KNX-FM call sign was dropped yet again. (The KNX-FM call letters returned to the Los Angeles airwaves on December 21, 2021, when they were picked up by co-owned 97.1, formerly KNOU.)

Oldies 93.1
With the new oldies format, the station switched its call letters to KODJ and the branding changed to "Oldies 93.1". KODJ competed with crosstown oldies rival KRTH, which later came under common CBS Radio ownership when limits were relaxed by the FCC.

KODJ focused more on the 1950s and the early 1960s era of oldies music than KRTH. DJs on KODJ were The Real Don Steele, Charlie Tuna, Rich Fields, Machine Gun Kelly and Jeff Serr. In response to KODJ's debut, KRTH gradually reduced and eventually faded out the number of newer songs from its playlist, focusing mainly on the 1960s decade of oldies with a few songs from the late 1950s. In addition, KRTH brought in Bill Drake as consultant while featuring all new jingles by the Johnny Mann Singers, which helped it reach higher ratings. The Real Don Steele left KCBS-FM in mid-1992 to join KRTH. Charlie Tuna, the morning host at KODJ/KCBS-FM from 1989 to 1993, would later work at KRTH from 2008 to 2014. After his tenure at The Price is Right, Rich Fields was also on KRTH for a time as well.

On July 12, 1991, at 2 p.m., KODJ changed to its present call sign, KCBS-FM, as part of an re-imaging marketing campaign to bring in new listeners believing the "CBS-FM" call letters had a stronger association with the oldies format. These call letters had previously been used by two CBS-affiliated stations (now KSOL and KLLC) in San Francisco. KCBS-FM still kept the oldies format, but shifted its focus mainly to the 1960s decade of oldies with a lesser selection of 1950s oldies, and more early-1970s rock oldies to better compete with KRTH.

Arrow 93.1
KCBS-FM struggled with low ratings, while KRTH continued to hold the majority share of the oldies market.  On September 10, 1993, at 3 p.m., KCBS-FM flipped to a mixed classic rock and classic hits format, and branded itself as "Arrow 93FM, All Rock and Roll Oldies".  The moniker "Arrow" stood for "All Rock and Roll Oldies".  The new format focused on the late 1960s and the entire 1970s decade with an emphasis on only classic rock oldies, not including adult contemporary hits, Motown, bubblegum, disco or doo-wop.

The Arbitron ratings for KCBS-FM went from 18th to 3rd place by the end of 1993, making the new format an immediate success. The station kept the KCBS-FM call letters, but would only quickly identify its call sign once at the top of the hour per FCC station identification requirements. The format would later evolve towards classic rock of the late 1960s, 1970s, and early 1980s, and re-branded itself as "Arrow 93FM, All Rock & Roll Classics" in 1996.

Jack-FM
In 2005, Infinity Broadcasting (as CBS Radio was known at the time) won the licensing rights to brand its adult hits music formatted radio stations as "Jack FM".  This led to yet another format change for KCBS-FM. On March 17, 2005 (St. Patrick's Day), after an all-day stunt with music from U2 (as that band is from Ireland), the classic rock format was dropped, as "93.1 Jack FM" debuted in Los Angeles, airing an adult hits format that started in Canada and was getting picked up in numerous U.S. markets. The Jack format was a break from the heavily niched formats that had developed beginning in the 1970s. Jack was also unusual in that it employed no DJs, and had a much larger playlist than the typical classic hits or classic rock radio station.

The Los Angeles incarnation of Jack includes more modern rock titles than most Jack outlets, reflecting the local influence of KROQ-FM during its alternative heyday. Initially, KCBS-FM played a blend of pop and rock hits from the late 1960s to late 1980s, with a sprinkling of newer, sometimes almost current, tunes. Eventually, the newer songs and pop songs were phased out in favor of mostly classic rock and classic alternative. KCBS-FM is the longest-serving of all of CBS' Jack stations.  CBS also introduced the Jack FM format in New York, Chicago, Dallas, Minneapolis, Seattle and Baltimore.

Though the station has no DJs, KCBS-FM will occasionally respond to current events, such as playing all Michael Jackson songs following his death, or spinning a celebratory tune or two following a local sports victory (especially with the Rams).

The "voice" of Jack FM is a real person named Howard Cogan. His quips which are heard between songs are created by a team of writers. As Jack became popular, Cogan moved to Los Angeles to record his comments more easily.  He is also the voice-over artist for other "Jack FM" stations around the country.

In October 2008, CBS Radio chose not to move the KCBS-FM call letters to its sister station at 106.9 FM in San Francisco, after that station flipped from classic hits to an all-news simulcast of KCBS. That station remains KFRC-FM, heritage calls in themselves.

Entercom and Audacy
On February 2, 2017, CBS Radio announced it would merge with Entercom. The merger was approved on November 9, 2017, and was consummated on November 17. As part of the agreement with CBS, Entercom was given the rights to use the brand and trademarks for KCBS-FM along with sister stations WCBS-AM and WCBS-FM in New York City, KCBS-AM in San Francisco for a 20 year period after which Entercom (or succeeding entity) will be required to relinquish using those call-letters.

As part of the merger, the FM radio rights to the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League were moved to KCBS-FM from KSWD, which was sold off as part of the deal when it flipped to contemporary Christian format as KKLQ on November 16, 2017. The Rams broadcasts were FM only, and regular programming was exclusive to the Audacy app during game broadcasts, including in Los Angeles.

On March 30, 2021, Entercom rebranded to the corporate name "Audacy". KCBS-FM programming is found on the Audacy.com website and app.

KCBS-FM HD
In addition to the main Jack FM format on HD1, KCBS-FM-HD2 simulcasts KFRG, its co-owned country music station in San Bernardino. Before KLSX switched from talk to CHR in 2009, 93.1 HD2 carried a CHR format with the "AMP Radio" branding.

Former sister station KFWB had been broadcasting on the KCBS-FM HD3 signal, but due to that station's sale, its signal is no longer heard on KCBS-FM. As of December 6, 2018, that signal began simulcasting all-news KNX (AM 1070).  It has since carried KFRG/KXFG.  On January 25, 2021, KCBS-FM-HD3 started carrying the nationally syndicated sports network "The Bet" since Audacy's purchase of the company BetQL.

See also
KFWB (former sister station)
KCBS-TV
KCBS-TV/FM Tower
KCBS-AM

References

External links
FCC History Cards for KCBS-FM

Jack FM stations
Audacy, Inc. radio stations
Adult hits radio stations in the United States
CBS-FM
Radio stations established in 1948
1948 establishments in California

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Dinner with Michael and the cast
There were ten guests at the round table and I sat only two seats from Michael, who, we were delighted to see, brought his partner Sue; they planned to marry next year. He told us that they met rambling; I think it's a wonderful match as Michael loves walking so much, I doubt he'd be happy with someone who didn't. He told us they were going camping and walking the coming weekend, a bank holiday. They also share a love of language—the Ouse River running through Bedford, he told me, is pronounced 'oose'—history, and the arts.
poured us all wine and acted the attentive host. Poor man, I don't think he got to eat very much of the meal. Neither did I; I was far too interested in what he was saying.
He was surprised (as Gareth was later) at our relative youth, though one man at the table was older than him. I asked if he felt younger than he was, and he said no as he has arthritis in one knee, but always uses two alpenstocks when walking distances. He was still capable of dancing though, he said, and got up and did a jig, making us laugh. Paul Darrow saw this and came over. "I've been pouring wine for my lot all evening," he said, "and haven't even had one tip!"
"You want a tip?" Michael asked. "I've got one for you: put twigs in your compost to let it breathe." This got us onto compost heaps (and various fans' problems with them) and of course drove Paul away.
Someone remarked on how tanned and fit he looked. He said he tans very easily due, he thinks, to a Spanish great-grandmother—snap! I have one too, though I remain interestingly (ha!) pale. He says he has to wear a hat these days though as he has rather more forehead than he had. Actually, I think he's aged the least of the men. His hair might be grey now, but there's not that much less of it than Vila had.
Someone asked where the name Vila Restal came from; Michael had no idea. I suggested Terry Nation may have got it—consciously or subconsciously—from 'villain' and 'arrested', and Michael liked that idea a lot and said he could well believe it.
Towards the end of the meal, people started circulating and taking pictures of the guests of honour, so I did too. And then, before I quite realised it, it was all over and they were being rushed off to their hotels.
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Stephen Pacey (and empty wine bottles)
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This article Fire Starters – You Can Never Have Enough. Was originally published at the web site preponadime.com for more informative posts visit Prep On A Dime at the above link.
Yesterday we posted an article from our friends over at Authorized Boots on making survival shelters. If you missed it you can find it here Make Survival Shelters Ultimate Guide. What do you need once you have built the ultimate shelter? FIRE! Warm your shelter and to start the fire you need Fire Starters.
You can never have enough ways to start a fire I always have some type of fire starter with me. Sure you can try rubbing two sticks together and it is a good skill to have however when you are cold and tired do you want to take the time? I can not stress this enough you need at least three ways to start a fire. If you were to look in my bug out bag you would find more than three fire starter. There are at least 3 lighters they are cheap dollar store 5 pack for a buck. Waterproof matches in a prescription bottle, Magnesium Survival Fire Starter, and a magnifying glass. There are many other ways including the hand drill friction method.
For your fire starter, you will also need tinder and kindling to get your fire going make sure and collect these before attempting to start your fire add larger pieces of wood once your fire is burning. For tinder, I carry a small tin with cotton balls soaked in rubbing alcohol and petroleum jelly. I also have char cloth and a commercial fire starter called wetfire.
Wetfire can get a fire going no matter how wet it is, we soaked a cube in a cup of water for an hour then put a match to it began to burn right away.
Char Cloth is probably the ultimate fire starter a small spark or ember will catch it and begin burning see how to make it.