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How to Safely and Securely Order Your Birth Certificate Online and Keep Your Information Private!
It's an unfortunate fact; ordering anything online today comes with the very real possibility that your personal information could be stolen and resold for profit. As a result, you may be about to order a birth certificate replacement but may wonder "Is it safe to order a birth certificate online?" The good news is that you don't have to wait in endless lines to ensure the security of your personal information; there are many ways to ensure your privacy when ordering online.
When was the last time you updated virus and malware definitions and did a scan for these on your computer? If you can't remember, then your computer might have some information-stealing bugs that you don't even know about. Before you go online to order a birth certificate, make sure that you've updated your security software and have eliminated any malicious programs or viruses that it found.
Now that your computer is clean, it's time to make sure that the company you're choosing to order your birth certificate online from can be trusted to keep your information. Trusted vendors should have a secure website address and merchant verification, use SSL encryption on their site, and have verified Trustpilot reviews, as well as accreditation from the Better Business Bureau (BBB).
Where it comes to how to get a birth certificate copy, not just any copy will do. It has to be an official copy, which means it was requested directly from the government. An official copy is the only type of birth certificate that will be considered to be a valid form of identification, so it's critical to ensure the company you choose offers these so that you don't waste your time and money. A company that issues official copies will understand the need for privacy and security.
That large company you're planning to order your birth certificate from may have a slew of positive reviews, but are they genuine? A commonly used tactic by many businesses is to minimize their negative reviews by paying individuals to write positive ones. If a company is willing to invest in fake reviews, it may also be untruthful about the level of ordering security it claims to offer you.
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This will be very interesting to see how it all plays out. I'm curious what they might do to speed up the manufacturing ramp. At least this time the suppliers should be wiling to believe the predicted production numbers to avoid the troubles Tesla had with the Model S.
I heard of someone who polled people in line and found that most of them had never owned an EV. It's exciting to be here for the revolution!
> I also made a reservation, couldn't help myself...  I want to support the Tesla mission.  The lease on my Spark EV is up next Feb.  Have to decide on my bridge car...  likely a Volt.
> I made a reservation.  Figured the Focus will need replacing by the time the 3 is shipping - I put over 25k miles on it in the last year.
> > Who managed to order a Tesla Model 3?
> > Looks to me like a super nice car, I'd be tempted myself but now that I waited I'm guessing it will take a couple extra years before new orders would be filled.


If you are looking to save some expenses and headaches in the future, then waterproofing your basement is an investment you should consider. Here at Sedona Waterproofing Solutions our goal is to be your first choice when it comes to waterproofing your basement.
We use the Proflow from Beaver System which is similar to hard plastic that is shaped like corrugated pipe three to four inches around. It is placed on top of the footer and a pitch is created towards the sump pump. We then mount a liner on the wall. Any water that would try to pass through the wall would hit this liner then be routed towards the sump pump.
Why do we do things this way? If a drainage system was placed with no liner on the wall and just rested on the concrete, water is likely to pass through to touch things you would not want water to touch (such as your two-by-fours or your insulation) and over time it will start to rot or build up mold.
Once our system is installed, we place concrete back over it and from there the liner goes up and everything is sealed up to prevent moisture that usually tries to get in from the wall or floor.
At Sedona this entire service has a warranty so our customers need not worry about paying for any potential after-service damages or defects.
If you are a homeowner who's looking to have your basement waterproofed then be sure to call us for a free inspection at (704) 960-7906. We will be more than happy to offer our professional services!


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Greben Kingman je greben u pacifičkom oceanu i pripada SADu kao nepripojen teritorij. Nalazi se ca. 61 km sjeverno-zapadno od Palmyra i cca. 1713 km južno-zapadno od Honolulua.

Povijest

Američki kapetan Edmund Fanning pronašao je greben 14. lipnja 1798. sa svojim brodom  Betsy. U svojoj knjizi "Voyages and Travels" opisuje kako je zamalo stradao na tom grebenu, da nije osjetio opasnost i na vrijeme zaustavio svoj brod. Na nekim pomorskim kartama je nazvan i "Danger rock" (engleski - "opasan rt").

Greben je dobio ime po pomorskom oficru 'W.E. Kingman', koji je stigao 29. listopada 1853. s brodom Shooting Star. Opisao je svoje otkriće u rujnu 1855. u novinama "The Friend" koje su se izdavale u Honolulu-u. Tu je i naglasio opasnost od grebena pogotovo noću kad se uoči tek onda kad je već prekasno.

Američka vanjska područja
Linijsko otočje, SAD

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A dissident faction of demobilized rebel group FARC has told tourism providers in southern Colombia they are no longer allowed to work in the region, according to newspaper El Espectador.
A tourism operator who asked to remain anonymous told the newspaper that he and his colleagues were only allowed to work in the area around San Jose del Guaviare, the capital of the Guaviare province, until Easter later this month.
According to the anonymous tour operator, the ban on tourism in the area around San Jose del Guaviare was imposed by members of the Southeastern Bloc, the largest of FARC dissident groups.
They told us that no one else could come in and that they will let us work only until Easter. Then we're going to have to talk to those people to find out when they're going to give us permission again.
The ban would mainly affect tourism at the Serrania La Lindosa, one of the country's most important archaeological sites with rock art dating back as far as 12,000 years.
The tourism operators will not hesitate to obey the FARC dissidents' orders. "You don't play with them," the anonymous tourism operator explained.
Guaviare is the center of operations of the First Front, the unit of "Gentil Duarte," who refused to accept a 2016 peace deal with the government and has since joined forces with other dissident commanders to form the Southeastern Bloc.
The power of the group has inflated substantially as ongoing failures by the government to execute the peace deal spurred hundreds of demobilized FARC members to rearm.
The groups by Duarte and his fellow dissidents are active in the south and southwest of Colombia where they have taken control over the criminal rackets abandoned by the FARC after a bilateral ceasefire in mid 2016.


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Barnstable golfers shine at Willowbend
Geoff Converse
MASHPEE — It was a banner day for Barnstable golfers as the team captured the fourth annual Willowbend Cup and teammates Holden Elletson and Jake Raye finished 1-3 in the individual competition in the 59th edition of the Cape Cod High School Golf Championship played on the meticulously groomed Willowbend Club layout on Friday.
The Red Raiders, led by Elletson's 4-over-par 109 over the par 105 Willowbend 27-hole layout, recaptured the Willowbend Cup, which they won the first year of team competition in the championship in 2014.
Along with Raye's 113 and the third member of the Raiders' triumvirate, Cam Scott, Barnstable got past defending champion Nauset by seven shots, 343-350. The loss ended the Warriors' two-year reign as the best team on the Cape.
"This is awesome," said the Raiders' Raye, who transferred to Barnstable this year from Sandwich High School, which finished fourth behind third-place Mashpee. "We have a good team at Barnstable and we've been getting better as the season has progressed. This was huge to pull out this win."
As for Elletson, who is in the midst of a golf smorgasbord with qualifying for the Cape Cod Amateur on tap today, possibly advancing and playing in the match-play portion of the Amateur Sunday and then the Division 1 South Sectional qualifier on Tuesday at Ponkapoag Golf Course in Canton, the victory has been on his mind since finishing 10th last year as a junior.
"Last year when I played I finished around 15-over-par and I knew that I was going to have to shoot five-over or better if I wanted to win this year," Elletson said. "I knew what I had to do. Right now it doesn't feel real because of what I have to do over the next five days. But it definitely feels good to win. This is only the second individual championship I have won. The other was the Old Colony League title two years ago."
Elletson, who played in the same threesome with second-place finisher Curtis Merritt of Sturgis West (112), said that it came down to almost playing match play over the final holes. Elletson sealed the win with a 1-over-par 36 on the Bend nine at the perfectly manicured Willowbend layout. That was the final nine the champion and winner of the coveted Walter Hewins Trophy, given annually to the tournament winner, played. He started with a 37 on the Bay nine, and then answered with a 36 on the Bog nine before the final nine score on the Bend.
Merritt started out with a 1-under 34 on the Bay nine, but stumbled on the Bog nine, shooting a 40, giving him a 1-shot deficit that he never overcame.

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Boy Aged One Dies After Falling From Balcony.
A family in Umoja Estate, Nairobi County is mourning the death of their one year old son who fell off the balcony and died.
The boy was playing and jumping around before he met his untimely death.
It is believed that he climbed on a chair that had been left by the neighbor before he tumbled over and fell.
The family to the boy resided at an apartment in the estate, occupying a house at the fourth floor, hence limited chance for survival after the fall.
He was immediately rushed to the nearby hospital and pronounced dead on arrival.
The father was left very devastated and is currently still in shock, narrating that he had left him in the morning very jovial and happy.
Oliwa Tobias narrated that he had just come home from work when his older son rushed to him reporting that an accident had occurred and that he had to rush to the hospital.
He wasted no time and rushed there, mind still in confusion.
On arrival, he received the devastating news that his son had already passed on and there had been limited chances of survival since he had lost a lot of blood and acquired serious injuries and fractures.
The mother to the boy fainted and became unconscious after the doctor declared the boy dead, and although she regained consciousness, she is still in a somber mood and shocked.
The police were alerted of the incident and confirmed the happenings before transporting the body to the city mortuary.
The police urged parents with young children to be vigilant and keen especially those living in top floors of buildings.


I'm going to keep this short and sweet because I have a bunch of things to cross of the to-do list today. Mainly homework and appointments, okay 5% appointments and 95% homework because I'm trying to work ahead. I may have mentioned once or twice about how I'm a sports fan. Well one of my beloved sports is losing it's integrity. Football…..dear sweet football. Greed and stubbornness and seriously sloppy calls ruined what should have been a great game of Monday Night Football. Thanks to the poor calls made my replacement NFL referees something that was clearly an interception was ruled a touchdown. So this message is for Roger Goodell, NFL Commissioner….
Frankly I don't understand what the huge hold up is with the owners settling things with the real referees. This isn't an issue that concerns billions of dollars. And in the end the increase the league would have to make to accommodate the referees really isn't much. As Peter King said, "the difference between the NFL and the refs' union is $3.3 million a year. Well, there are 256 regular season games. The NFL could have the real refs if it forked over an extra $12,891 per game.
I can't completely blame the replacement refs because the league and owners put them in a situation they weren't prepared to handle. So please do all NFL fans and players a favor and end this now. Bring back our refs so we can restore what's left of football's dignity before it's too late.


῾Action is the wider door of redemption.
Inspired by Kazantzakis' Ascetics, a work that illuminates man's quarreling attempt to find the meaning of his existence and interpret it, is seen through the work of artist Vassili Kavouridis, who creates a ritual that is celebrated through an artistic act with important visual constructions, where the shadows, the object and the image begin to negotiate between each other in a study of the case for the unknown.
Attempting to transfer Kazantzakis' thought and speech to today's viewer by offering a unique journey that aims to create a "dialogue" with our own self: A suggestion for a deeper search for the world within us, our souls, our being and conscience leading towards the necessary sacrifice for fulfillment.
the synergy between the Charitable Institute of the Municipality of Mykonos for the Environment, Education & Development, The Municipal Port of Mykonos and the Design Art Concepts.


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Food, Faith, and Fair Labor Standards
On the spectrum of the relative excitement of various types of litigation, an employment law, wage-and-hour, case barely registers. Occasionally, though, one of them is a big deal because of the unusual circumstances – or characters – involved.
Three decades ago, in 1985, the United States Supreme Court grappled with a Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) lawsuit brought by a colorful cult leader named Tony Alamo. The government won, issuing what has been described as a landmark ruling: Tony & Susan Alamo Foundation v. Secretary of Labor (1985) 471 U.S. 290.
Fast forward to 2017. Another religious organization, Grace Cathedral, has been dogged by huge penalties for violating minimum wage and overtime rules. It is losing once again – so far – based on the Alamo Foundation precedent. In March 2017, a U.S. District Court in Ohio upheld a significant FLSA penalties and back-wages award. The case has moved on to the Sixth Circuit, where it is now in the briefing stage.
Religious Organizations Not Exempt From FLSA
In the earlier case, Reverend Alamo and his late wife, Susan, had led a nonprofit religious organization that went by various names including the Alamo Christian Foundation and the Tony & Susan Alamo Foundation. The Supreme Court described the activities as deriving "income largely from –
the operation of commercial businesses staffed by the Foundation's 'associates,' most of whom were drug addicts, derelicts, or criminals before their rehabilitation by the Foundation. These workers receive no cash salaries, but the Foundation provides them with food, clothing, shelter, and other benefits.
Long story short: The government had other ideas, invoking the worker protections of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The federal district court, and then the appellate court, sided with the government. The United States Supreme Court, in the 1985 Alamo Foundation case, agreed, ruling that (1) the Foundation was an "enterprise" within the definition of the FLSA, (2) "the Foundation's businesses serve the general public in competition with ordinary commercial enterprises, and (3) under the "economic reality" test of employment, the associates were "employees" of the Foundation protected by the Act.
The Foundation's defenses under the Free Exercise and Establishment Clauses of the First Amendment were rejected; there is "no express or implied exception for commercial activities conducted by religious or other nonprofit organizations." The FLSA has been "consistently construed … liberally in recognition that broad coverage is essential to accomplish the goal of outlawing from interstate commerce goods produced under conditions that fall below minimum standards of decency."
Is Grace Cathedral Subject to the FLSA?
Cleveland-based megachurch Grace Cathedral and its spiritual leader, Rev. Ernest Angley, argue that the "volunteers" at its church restaurant, the Cathedral Buffet, are "doing the Lord's work" and so should be exempt from the minimum wage and overtime protections of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
The Cathedral Buffet is a for-profit restaurant owned by Grace Cathedral, Inc.
For most of its existence, the Cathedral Buffet relied on church 'volunteers' to operate the restaurant. Angley, as president of Cathedral Buffet, was heavily involved in the management and operations, and actively recruited volunteers from the church. The restaurant maintained two classes of workers: employees who were paid an hourly wage and unpaid "volunteers." The volunteers constituted the bulk of the restaurant's workforce and performed virtually all the same jobs as the paid workforce.
In 2015, the Department of Labor filed a lawsuit against Cathedral Buffet; the government asked for back wages for the workers as well as "liquidated damages" (a type of penalty) and also requested a permanent injunction against the church-run restaurant. After a bench trial, the district court found – citing the Supreme Court's 1985 ruling in Tony & Susan Alamo Foundation v. Secretary of Labor – that the Cathedral Buffet, as a commercial, for-profit business, was a "covered employer" under the FLSA.
Reverend Angley was "also found to be an employer and personally liable for the judgment as allowed under the FLSA." The court looked to the "economic realities," concluding that the "volunteers" were employees within the meaning of, and entitled to, the protections of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
The defenses presented this time around were similar to those argued 30 years ago; that is, that the First Amendment and the workers' alleged "motivation" to volunteer their services, were enough to negate the application of the FLSA.
Once again, these defenses were rejected. Liability was imposed "for liquidated damages as well as for acting in bad faith because of previous citations." Judgment was entered for a total of $388,507.
Angley and the church have appealed the decision to the Sixth Circuit. It argues that FLSA shouldn't apply because it is owned and run by a tax-exempt church, does not make a profit (even though it's set up as a for-profit entity), operates with charitable intent, and "volunteers" didn't expect to get paid and didn't feel coerced to volunteer. In its recent brief filed with the Sixth Circuit, the Department of Labor sharply disagrees, emphasizing that "the FLSA prohibits the use of volunteer labor at for-profit businesses." The agency also made clear that it frowns upon the use of "coercion or pressure to procure volunteers," including the threat of divine retribution.
The law in place to date is that people who participate in a for-profit entity's business activities are considered employees instead of "volunteers" under the Fair Labor Standards Act even if there is a purported charitable purpose. The Sixth Circuit may rule otherwise; we'll watch for the outcome of this case. But a win for Grace Cathedral and its restaurant would affect only entities in the jurisdiction of the Sixth Circuit (Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and Tennessee) and the matter could – and likely would – be appealed to the United States Supreme Court.
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Q: Where i can find "/boot/vmlinuz" when "/boot" not exists Hi all I'm new here and I want to ask where i can find vmlinuz without "/boot" directory...
So system normally boots (Chrome OS) All working perefectly from pendrive But when I want dual boot I need Grub4Dos and There's problem I don't know where is the vmlinuz file to put it in "menu.lst"
P.S sorry For bad English
Closed: I find a way:
I Find /syslinux/vmlinuz.A File in /dev/sdb12 i copied all /dev/sdb12 contents to newly created /boot directory on ROOT-A and changed menu.lst kernel file to: /boot/syslinux/vmlinuz.A

A: Historically, the kernel was stored in the root directory /. The /boot directory appeared only when a few distributions started to propose several kernels to boot on and several other facilities (such as memtest like applications).
So, if you miss a /boot directory, the kernel (vmlinuz in your case) is more likely to be at /.

A: You might try changing directly to that address.  eg cd /boot/vmlinuz  I know some filing systems don't allow you to stop in a given directory (eg Netware).

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Exclusive Purchase Obligation under Review
Franchising Germany
Many franchise systems place an obligation on the franchisee to obtain its products from the franchisor or from suppliers designated by the franchisor. Such exclusive purchase obligations often cover up to 100% of the range of goods and can be problematic in franchise agreements from a legal perspective because they limit the choice of suppliers and hence can restrict competition. For this reason, antitrust law and the block exemption regulations for vertical agreements place general time limitations on such exclusive purchase obligations and permit them in principle for up to five years. If a purchase obligation exceeds this period, the franchisee must be allowed to obtain 20% of its goods from outside suppliers; up to 80% of the franchise partner's purchase volume may be affected.
However, the question arises whether an (exclusive) purchase obligation in a franchise agreement for 100% of the products which exceeds the term of five years is permissible in view of the particularities of franchising. In its 1986 decision on the bridal fashions franchise system Pronuptia de Paris, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) held that an exclusive purchase obligation in a franchise agreement does not constitute a restriction of competition if it is essential to the functioning of the franchise system. Such a circumstance would occur if the obligation is necessary to prevent the know-how provided from becoming available to competitors, or to protect the identity and reputation of the franchise system.
This ruling applies to cases, such as those regarding fashion articles, where uniform quality requirements cannot be imposed or where it is impossible to monitor quality standards economically. In numerous systems the objective quality requirements for contractual products have been assumed to be inadequate, despite their certain scope for interpretation, such that the Pronuptia decision has subsequently been applied to mean that exclusive purchase obligations can be justified for longer than the five-year term.
Following a decision of the Higher Regional Court of Düsseldorf(1) on April 11 2007, this justification no longer appears possible in the absence of further grounds; the court has tightened the requirements governing the admissibility under antitrust law of a 100% purchase obligation lasting for more than five years.
The plaintiff had been a franchisee of the German subsidiary of The Body Shop International plc since 1992. This British franchise system sold cosmetics, personal hygiene items and relevant ancillary products. Until the termination of the original franchise agreement in 2003, the franchisor had permitted all of its franchisees (in some cases for 20 years) to obtain up to 35% of their goods from outside suppliers. According to the new franchise agreement, for a term of seven years the franchisee had to obtain 100% of contractual products from the franchisor or from authorized suppliers. Only goods obtained through these channels could be offered and sold.
This exclusive purchase obligation was considered by the franchisee to be invalid under antitrust law. The franchisee therefore sought a declaration of invalidity from the courts, as well as a judgment ordering the franchisor to consent to an amendment of the franchise agreement such that the franchisee would be entitled to obtain 20% of its total annual purchase value - that is, the value of all purchases of contractual products according to the balance sheet for the previous year - for ancillary products from outside suppliers and sell them.
The franchisee was unsuccessful at first instance. In contrast, the appeal before the higher regional court was decided in favour of the franchisee and it was held that the exclusive purchase obligation was invalid and that the franchisor had to accept that ancillary products would be obtained from (unlisted) outside suppliers, totalling approximately 20% of all goods supplied.
The court found that exclusive purchase obligations violate the ban on cartels in Article 81(1) of the EC Treaty, which prohibits agreements that restrict competition. The point of departure in this finding is the assumption that, as a matter of principle, an exclusive purchase obligation constitutes a restriction of competition because the franchisee is restricted in the free choice of its suppliers for its entire range of goods. Contrary to the Pronuptia decision of the ECJ, the Higher Regional Court of Düsseldorf held that an agreement on an exclusive purchase obligation is not so essential to the survival and functioning of the franchise system as to override a finding of a restriction on competition.
The court first established that the exclusive purchase obligation was unnecessary to protect know-how or the identity or reputation of the franchise system. The court found this to be proven by the fact that, until the establishment of the new franchise agreements, the franchisor had accepted the purchase of up to 35% of products from outside suppliers. It was unclear to the court why a 100% purchase obligation was essential to protect the identity and reputation of The Body Shop franchise organization as of 2003. The court also pointed out that the correct composition and adequate quality of a range of goods could be ensured through corresponding objective requirements, as cosmetics and personal hygiene product lines are generally not subject to the same changing conditions as fashion items. Should this not apply to certain individual items, a contractual agreement prohibiting procurement of such items from outside suppliers could be made. According to the court, objective requirements could be verified without excessive expense during the contractually agreed control visits to the existing 20 to 25 franchisees. The court did not consider whether there was sufficient justification for an exclusive purchase obligation based on the argument that The Body Shop brand might be diluted by products obtained from outside suppliers, as the franchisor is in a position to limit the supplies of goods obtained from outside suppliers to ancillary products, and to impose quality and product range requirements.
Therefore, the court concluded that there was a perceptible restriction of competition. It did not consider an exemption of the exclusive purchase obligation from the ban on cartels under the block exemption regulation applicable to franchise agreements because this possibility exists only for exclusive purchase obligations with a maximum term of five years and not, as in the present case, seven years.
The court therefore held that the exclusive purchase obligation imposed on the franchisee was invalid. The court subsequently placed an obligation on the franchisor to allow the franchisee to obtain ancillary products amounting to 20% of the purchase value from outside suppliers, as provided for under the block exemption regulation.
Despite its careful reasoning, the decision is not absolutely convincing. In deeming it acceptable for the franchisor to verify compliance with its quality requirements within the context of control visits to the shops, the court contradicts the findings of the Pronuptia decision of the ECJ. In the ECJ decision the court precisely intended to take into account the fact that effective controls of quality standards cannot be demanded of the franchisee from an economic perspective. The higher regional court has ultimately disregarded this finding. In principle, the requirements circumscribing exclusive purchase obligations used in longer franchise agreements in a manner permissible under antitrust law have become stricter.
For further information on this topic please contact Karsten Metzlaff at Nörr Stiefenhofer Lutz's Berlin office by telephone (+49 30 20 94 2000) or by fax (+49 30 20 94 2094) or by email (karsten.metzlaff@noerr.com). Alternatively, contact Karl Rauser at Nörr Stiefenhofer Lutz's Munich office by telephone (+49 89 28 6280) or by fax (+49 89 28 0110) or by email (karl.rauser@noerr.de).
(1) Case No VI-U [Kart] 13/06.
Karsten Metzlaff
Karl Rauser
Bogus self-employment and unethical franchise agreements
For want of an asterisk: regional court scrutinises franchisor's TV advertising
Admissibility of lawsuit despite effective mediation clause in franchise agreement
Requirements for interim injunction to enforce obligation to operate business
No compensation claim for franchisee where franchisor must block customer data when agreement terminated


And their eyes were open and they were conscious that they had no clothing and they made themselves coats of leaves stitched together.
With the hard work of your hands you will get your bread till you go back to the earth from which you were taken: for dust you are and to the dust you will go back.
And all the years of Adam's life were nine hundred and thirty: and he came to his end.
And all the years of Seth's life were nine hundred and twelve: and he came to his end.
And all the years of Enosh were nine hundred and five: and he came to his end.
And all the years of Kenan's life were nine hundred and ten; and he came to his end.
And all the years of Mahalalel's life were eight hundred and ninety-five: and he came to his end.
And all the years of Jared's life were nine hundred and sixty-two: and he came to his end.
And all the years of Methuselah's life were nine hundred and sixty-nine: and he came to his end.
And all the years of Lamech's life were seven hundred and seventy-seven: and he came to his end.
The waters went fifteen cubits higher, till all the mountains were covered.
And the fountains of the deep and the windows of heaven were shut, and the rain from heaven was stopped.
And the waters went slowly back from the earth, and at the end of a hundred and fifty days the waters were lower.
Noah sent out a raven, which went this way and that till the waters were gone from the earth.
And in the six hundred and first year, on the first day of the first month, the waters were dry on the earth: and Noah took the cover off the ark and saw that the face of the earth was dry.
And the sons of Noah who went out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth; and Ham is the father of Canaan.
These three were the sons of Noah and from them all the earth was peopled.
all the years of his life were nine hundred and fifty: and he came to his end.
And the Lord came down to see the town and the tower which the children of men were building.
And all the years of Terah's life were two hundred and five: and Terah came to his end in Haran.
For twelve years they were under the rule of Chedorlaomer, but in the thirteenth year they put off his control.
And one who had got away from the fight came and gave word of it to Abram the Hebrew, who was living by the holy tree of Mamre, the Amorite, the brother of Eshcol and Aner, who were friends of Abram.
And let the Most High God be praised, who has given into your hands those who were against you. Then Abram gave him a tenth of all the goods he had taken.
Now Abraham and Sarah were very old, and Sarah was past the time for giving birth.
Then Sarah said, I was not laughing; for she was full of fear. And he said, No, but you were laughing.
And so the two daughters of Lot were with child by their father.
Bethuel was the father of Rebekah: these eight were the children of Milcah and Nahor, Abraham's brother.
And even before his words were ended, Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel, the son of Milcah, who was the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, came out with her water-vessel on her arm.
Then the man came into the house, and Laban took their cords off the camels and gave them dry grass and food, and he gave to him and the men who were with him water for washing their feet.
Now the years of Abraham's life were a hundred and seventy-five.
And the years of Ishmael's life were a hundred and thirty-seven: and he came to his end, and was put to rest with his people.
And the children were fighting together inside her, and she said, If it is to be so, why am I like this? So she went to put her question to the Lord.
And when the time came for her to give birth, there were two children in her body.
For he had great wealth of flocks and herds and great numbers of servants; so that the Philistines were full of envy.
And coming to a certain place, he made it his resting-place for the night, for the sun had gone down; and he took one of the stones which were there, and putting it under his head he went to sleep in that place.
And he had a dream, and in his dream he saw steps stretching from earth to heaven, and the angels of God were going up and down on them.
And Leah's eyes were clouded, but Rachel was fair in face and form.
And because of this, the flock gave birth to young which were marked with bands of colour.
Now it came to the ears of Jacob that Laban's sons were saying, Jacob has taken away all our father's property, and in this way he has got all this wealth.
And he said, What were all those herds which I saw on the way? And Jacob said, They were an offering so that I might have grace in my lord's eyes.
Now the sons of Jacob came in from the fields when they had news of it, and they were wounded and very angry because of the shame he had done in Israel by having connection with Jacob's daughter; and they said, Such a thing is not to be done.
And their words were pleasing to Hamor and his son Shechem.
But on the third day after, before the wounds were well, two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brothers, took their swords and came into the town by surprise and put all the males to death.
But they said, Were we to let him make use of our sister as a loose woman?
And God said to Jacob, Go up now to Beth-el and make your living-place there: and put up an altar there to the God who came to you when you were in flight from your brother Esau.
Then they gave to Jacob all the strange gods which they had, and the rings which were in their ears; and Jacob put them away under the holy tree at Shechem.


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BMM Articles | February 4, 2021
The Business of Space
by Bill Schmick
Space! It holds the promise of riches beyond our wildest dreams—solar systems bursting with precious resources ripe for the taking. Just the idea of such prizes has set off a frenzied rush by global business entrepreneurs to claim stakes in this new frontier.
The private sector has increasingly pushed aside governments and their contractors in a frenzied bid to develop commercial space exploration. At the same time, using all their cost-cutting prowess to reduce the cost of putting people and objects into orbit, and that is only the first step.
This year, for example, there are three separate missions to Mars, which are scheduled to arrive in February. The Emirates Mars Mission is due to arrive next week on February 9th. Its task is to study weather cycles and the Mars atmosphere overall. A Taiwanese spacecraft will touch down two days later. Its orders are to map the surface of the Red Planet, do atmospheric tests, and launch a rover that will search for signs of life. Finally, a week later, on February 18th, NASA will land another rover on Mars' Jezero Crater to collect soil samples, rocks, and hopefully return to earth with its treasures.
While all of this may send our blood racing and hearts pumping, the more mundane business of turning a profit in this fledgling industry is centered on the transportation side of commercial space. The budding business is built upon the bet that more and more companies will want to fill the skies with much-improved (and cheaper) nanosatellites constellations that will allow greatly expanded communications, imaging, and the use of scientific instruments to measure everything from temperature to energy consumption.
Over the next few years, an entirely new fleet of private sector rocket companies with names such as Virgin Galactic, SpaceX, Blue Origin, Alen, Astra, and Rocket Lab, are hoping to launch daily rockets laden with thousands of pounds of satellites into orbit for commercial and government use.
SpaceX, the company founded by electric vehicle pioneer, Elon Musk, is the frontrunner in this race for space. Last year, SpaceX launched astronauts to the International Space Station twice and is scheduled to do it again this year. If all goes as planned, expectations are that SpaceX will become the successor to the U.S. government's former space shuttle program.
The company also planned to fly a mission for a Texas-based company that has purchased a trip for a crew of four tourists to the space station. Could this be a forerunner of a sort of private sector cruise line into space?
Although none of these ventures have yet to make a profit, stock investors anxiously await their debut as public companies. Virgin Galactic, the only pure play in space, has seen a doubling of its stock price in the last six months, but it is not the only public company involved in the industry. Aerospace giants Boeing, Lockheed Martin, and Northrop Grumman are also major players in this arena. Additionally, there is an exchange traded fund (ETF), the Procure Space ETF, (symbol UFO) that is widely traded, which has gained 33% in price during the last three months.
Another space rocket startup, Astra, is planning to go public using a blank check company, or Special Purpose Acquisition Corporation (SPAC), in the near future, worth a $2.1 billion valuation, according to the Wall Street Journal. Space tug company, Momentus, founded in 2017 by Russian-born, Mikhail Kokorich, is also planning to go public via a SPAC, Stable Road Acquisition Corp, in a $1.2 billion transaction this year.
In addition, Ark Investment funds CEO, Cathie Wood, is also planning to launch a new space-focused ETF to join her stable of seven successful, disruptive technologies ETFs.
Critics of the space boom point to the fact that all these companies are losing money. The likelihood of profits, they say, could be years away (if ever). Space bulls argue that early investments in electric vehicles was derided with the same arguments and look what happened to those with the courage and vision to risk their capital.
For the people attracted to investing in some version of tomorrow's Starfleet, be forewarned that it will require an enormous amount of patience, an extended time horizon, and possibly as much volatility as the Millennium Falcon's frequent jumps into Hyperspace.
As for me, color me Buzz Lightyear, since I am already convinced that "infinity and beyond" could be the future of space investment.
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Posted in BMM Articles, Events, General Interest, Global, Stock Market, The Retired InvestorTagged Boeing, Elon Musk, Momentus, private sector rocket companies, space exploration, space investment, SpaceX, Virgin Galactic
Bill Schmick
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Logitech's Year-End Promotion 2017: 3 Products you don't want to miss.
Logitech's year-end promotion is now on until 31 December. Every week, Logitech will be revealing a product that can help you in your search for the perfect Christmas gift for your friends and family, and the products that have been revealed will be on promotion until 31 December. Logitech G will also be having an islandwide promotion from 2 November to 31 December for selected products.
Here are three good buys that you should not miss out during this year-end promotion.
The K380 Multi-Device Bluetooth Keyboard can connect up to three devices with a switch of a button. With its OS-Adaptive feature, the K380 automatically recognises the connected device and maps the keys according to the functions and shortcuts. Powered by just two AAA alkaline batteries, the K380 can last up to two years. The K380 comes in orange, grey, maroon, blue and berry colours.
The Logitech MX Master 2S is a highly rated mouse by many tech reviewers around the world, thanks to its versatility and comfort. Like the K380 Multi-Device Bluetooth Keyboard, the MX Master 2S can also connect itself up to three devices, in this case, three computers. Logitech said that "with the Logitech FLOW feature and the Logitech Options software, users can seamlessly control multiple devices at the same time and even-copy paste content and documents between those computers." The ergonomic design also allows users to scroll through websites with ease and reduces fatigue to the wrist and hand. Another feature on the MX Master 2S is the Darkfield High Precision Tracking that gives the user flawless control on almost any surface, including glass, with up to 4,000 dots per inch.


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Q: QLineEdit focus highlight in window with Qt.WA_TranslucentBackground I have a QWidget that is a borderless window with rounded corners. The background is drawn in the def paintEvent(self, event): method. In addition I'm using self.setAttribute(Qt.WA_TranslucentBackground, True) to ensure that my custom background is the window's background.
On the widget I add an QLineEditwith a transparent background. Since I'm on Mac I also added self.setAttribute(Qt.WA_MacShowFocusRect, False) to remove the blue highlight when the input field has focus.
However, when the QLineEdit has focus it still has a focus highlight and this focus highlight is transparent showing whatever is behind the window:

As you can see also the cursor seems to have some highlighting that creates the same transparency.
How do I get rid of the focus highlight completely?
Or is there a way to customly style the focus highlight so that I can give it resonable colors?
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from PyQt5.QtCore import Qt
from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QWidget, QLineEdit, QApplication, QVBoxLayout, QLabel
from PyQt5.QtGui import QPainter, QFont, QBrush

class TransparentLineEdit(QLineEdit):
    def __init__(self, parent=None):
        super(TransparentLineEdit, self).__init__(parent)

        font = QFont()
        font.setFamily('Helvetica Neue')
        font.setWeight(10)
        font.setPointSize(32)
        self.setFont(font)

        self.setAttribute(Qt.WA_MacShowFocusRect, False)
        self.setStyleSheet("""
                            QLineEdit{
                                background:transparent;
                                outline: 0px;
                                outline: none;
                                outline-style: none;
                                border: none;
                                }
                            """)

class MainWindow(QWidget):
    def __init__(self):
        super().__init__()
        self.initUI()

    def initUI(self):

        # window style
        winwidth = 400
        winheight = 40

        self.setWindowFlags(Qt.FramelessWindowHint | Qt.WindowStaysOnTopHint )
                            #| Qt.SplashScreen

        # self.setWindowOpacity(0.75)
        self.setAttribute(Qt.WA_TranslucentBackground, True) #100% transparent
        #self.setAttribute(Qt.WA_MacOpaqueSizeGrip, True)
        #self.setAttribute(Qt.WA_NoSystemBackground, True)

        self.setGeometry(0, 0, winwidth, winheight)
        pos = QApplication.desktop().screen().rect().center()-self.rect().center()
        pos.setY(pos.y() - 100)
        self.move(pos)

        # window contents
        MainLayout = QVBoxLayout()
        MainLayout.setContentsMargins(10, 10, 10, 10)
        InputField = TransparentLineEdit()
        MainLayout.addWidget(QLabel('INPUT'))
        MainLayout.addWidget(InputField)
        self.setLayout(MainLayout)

    def paintEvent(self, event):
        painter = QPainter()
        painter.begin(self)
        painter.setRenderHint(QPainter.Antialiasing) # Anti-aliasing;
        painter.setBrush(QBrush(Qt.darkGray))
        painter.setPen(Qt.transparent)
        bgrect = event.rect()
        bgrect.setWidth(bgrect.width() -1)
        bgrect.setHeight(bgrect.height() -1)
        painter.drawRoundedRect (bgrect, 5, 5)
        painter.end()

if __name__ == '__main__':
    import sys
    app = QApplication(sys.argv)
    win = MainWindow()
    win.show()
    sys.exit(app.exec_())


Each of these mason jar candle comes with a gold foil label on the front (in your choice of seven designs) and a pretty gold foil dotted label on the lid. Candles are made of 100% soy wax and have a floral/citrus scent. Better yet, they come packaged in a &quo;Hello Beautiful" gift-box. Even better, you may choose to have the backside personalized with a personalized message label for a nominal additional fee. Burn time: Approximately 45 Hours. PLEASE NOTE: Sold individually. No other pictured items are included – only the mason jar candle and the gift-box.


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California Makes Strides Toward Health Coverage For All Families
Health Coverage, Health4All
Originally Published in First Focus: Voices for Kids.
Despite the successful implementation of the Affordable Care Act two years ago, over one million individuals remain uninsured in California simply because of their immigration status. But that number could change shortly thanks to unprecedented momentum in favor of health for all in the state. Two weeks ago, the California State Senate made history with a 28-11 vote in favor of a bill that would be the first step to ensure health coverage options to undocumented immigrant residents. With ayes from both sides of the aisle, the bill now moves on to the Assembly. And last week, the California legislative budget conference committee voted to provide $40 million to extend Medi-Cal to undocumented children. Now, the question is whether the legislative leadership will hold firm and send the bill and the budget with this funding to the Governor—and whether the Governor will sign them.
SB 4, authored by California Senator Ricardo Lara, would allow undocumented immigrants to purchase health insurance through the state's health care marketplace (with a section 1332 waiver from the federal government) as well as provide coverage for low-income children through Medi-Cal, California's Medicaid program. Low-income adults can also qualify for Medi-Cal, but enrollment is capped based on available funds. An estimated 170,000 undocumented California children could receive comprehensive care as a result.
By offering affordable insurance options to immigrant family members, the whole family is more likely to enroll, including their citizen and lawfully present children who already qualify but are not yet enrolled in coverage. One in six kids in California has an undocumented parent locked out of health coverage, and the majority of these children are citizens. When parents get health coverage, their children are much more likely to be enrolled and to get preventive care.
More and more, leaders are recognizing that investing in the health of hardworking immigrant parents and their children has substantial long-term impacts that benefit all Californians. States already provide emergency care coverage for undocumented immigrant residents, even though preventive care and early treatment are far superior and much more cost effective. A growing body of research shows that if every single parent and child had preventive and ongoing care, we could reduce overall health care costs, avoid preventable emergency room visits, and foster more productive communities. Providing full-scope Medi-Cal coverage would cost less than Medi-Cal emergency services coverage the state is currently providing for undocumented immigrant children.
A study of local programs that extended health care to low-income children estimated that 6,324 childhood hospitalizations were prevented over a five-year period, resulting in approximately $6.7 million in savings to the health care system. Moreover, children need regular checkups to assess healthy childhood development and identify and treat problems early.
When children have health coverage, they are considerably more likely to graduate from high school and complete college. Children newly enrolled in health coverage pay closer attention in class, resulting in a 63 percent improvement in school performance. Expanding health care to undocumented immigrants truly is the remaining piece in ensuring all of our kids are healthy and ready to learn.
The recent Senate vote reflects the opinion of the vast majority of Californians across the political, geographic, and demographic spectrum—undocumented immigrant children should have access to affordable health coverage options. A majority of Californianssupport affordable health options for all low-income undocumented immigrant residents. The broad and diverse coalition of Californians—from business leaders, churches, health care providers, workers, and families across the State—will be watching and urging our policy makers to support options for the remaining uninsured. If SB 4 is enacted into law, California will continue to demonstrate its leadership in laying the foundation needed to extend health care coverage to all. We hope California finishes the job and brings health coverage to all Californians and that other states shortly follow suit. Extending coverage to all children and families is not only cost effective—it's the right thing to do.
Jackleen Rodriguez


Central Line strike: Which London Underground tube stations and lines will be busiest?
Which stations and lines will be busiest during the 24-hour London Underground strike?
The 24-hour strike will begin at 9pm on Wednesday 25 January on the Central and Waterloo & City lines.
RMT union members will stage a walkout on the London Underground today in protest over the "displacement" of staff.
The strike will begin at 9pm on Wednesday 25 January on the Central and Waterloo & City lines and last for 24 hours. The walkout is expected to have a knock-on effect for commuters travelling on Thursday 26 January.
Which services are effected by the strike?
There will be no service east of Leytonstone and a reduced service on the rest of the Central line, while the Waterloo & City will not run at all.
All other transport services will be unaffected by the action but some may be busier than usual as customers seek alternative routes.
Transport for London have warned services between Romford and Stratford, particularly Ilford, are likely to be much busier, as well as London Overground stations and lines between Liverpool Street and Chingford.
The Victoria line is likely to be busy, especially around Walthamstow Central station. The Jubilee line between London Bridge and Waterloo is expected to be busy as commuters seek other ways to travel.
Are there replacement bus services?
For customers east of Leytonstone, local bus routes will be boosted with additional bus services but it is likely that buses will be busier than usual, particularly during the morning and evening peak times.
A special bus shuttle service will also operate between Epping and Chingford calling at Epping, Debden, Loughton and Chingford providing connections to London Overground services.
What is the strike about?
RMT union officials say the strike is in protest over the displacement of staff.
Mick Cash, RMT general secretary, said: "RMT negotiators have made strenuous efforts through the ACAS machinery to resolve this dispute but the door has been slammed in our faces.
"Let us be in no doubt, if LU are allowed to get away with this move on the Central Line they will start shunting drivers around the combine at the drop of a hat regardless of the consequences. Our members will be sent out from pillar to post to plug gaps that are solely down to staffing shortages."
Steve Griffiths, London Underground's chief operating officer, said: "This strike is completely unnecessary. Like any responsible transport authority we regularly examine how we can provide the best possible service to customers and to achieve this sometimes we need to move staff from locations where they are under-utilised, to the places where they are really needed. We have agreements with the trade unions that enable us to do this.
"Following a review on the Central line we identified eight train drivers on the east end of the line where there is not enough work for them and we have asked them to move to another line where their work would make a real difference and help give our customers a better service."


Selly Park Technology School for Girls is located in an ideal area within Selly Park, Birmingham.
With great transport links from buses running at least every 20 minutes only a 2 minute walk away from the school and only a few minutes drive away from the main Station Selly Oak and Bournville the location is easily accessible for those local and those travelling a slightly further distance.
The school offers a fantastic sports hall and multi-function rooms available for hire.
The sports hall is a huge area complete with great lighting systems, nets, goals, posts, sporting equipment on request and fully marked sprung flooring. This space a great choice for a huge variety of sports activities including netball, basketball, football, futsal, korfball, dodgeball, badminton, cricket and much more. The hall is available for one-off bookings or regular block booking, it is also a great space for private functions such as coporate events, childrens parties, conferences.


> They were being responsible as journalists, revealing the state's crimes and letting people know.>> That's being echoed by the international community, with world leaders and activists calling for their release.>> Journalists like Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo are the heroes of our generation, and we must all do everything we can to protect them.
So I tell her, he loves you so much, that's why he's working at the prison.>> Journalists Kyaw Soe Oo and Wa Lone were in the middle of an investigation when they were arrested. They we're looking into the killing of ten Rohinga Men and boys in a village in Rakhine State.
In September, Yangon court found them guilty of breaching the colonial era official secrets act. That verdict has sparked international outcry. The two were sentenced to seven years in jail. For Chit Su Win every passing day has been a struggle.>> When I wake up, I turn over to where he would be sleeping to wake him up but he's not there.
>> I'm a journalist, I never do anything wrong.>> The prosecution of Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo have become a landmark press freedom case in Myanmar, in a test of the nation's transition to democratic governance. The United States has accused the country of ethnic cleansing against the Rohingya.
UN investigators have said Myanmar's military carried out mass killings and gang rapes with quote genocidal intent. On February 8th, Reuters published its investigation into the massacre with the blessing of the two jailed journalists. The report has prompted international demands for a credible probe into wider bloodshed in Rakhine.


For businesses in many different industries, business travel is an essential part of the operation. More and more companies are now sending their employees abroad as part of their business and this can be for all kinds of different purposes.
Whilst it is fantastic that the world is much more open and people can travel the world to meet and conduct business, any owner knows just how quickly business travel expenses can add up. This can include travel, accommodation, food, venue hire, equipment and much more. So, what are the best ways to successfully manage business travel expenses? Read on to find out.
Like so many areas in life, preparation is the key to success. You should begin planning the trip from the moment that it is confirmed; not only will this help it to be a success, but it is also the best way to cut costs and manage expenses. When you book flights, travel, accommodation and early, it allows you to find the best deals. In addition to this, it also allows the employee(s) to prepare for the trip and familiarise them-selves with your company's travel policies and what they can/cannot spend company money on.
It is far too easy for an employee to lose track of expenses when they are travelling the world, which is why it is vital that you make it easy for them to monitor expenses whilst on the go. It can be impossible to remember details when looking at an expense report, but fortunately, there are a few great ways to keep track of expenses. There are a number of apps that you can use, but it is also recommended that the employee collects every receipt and makes notes on the back of these. This should include things like the number in your party, the reason for purchase, when and where the transaction took place and more. This can make expense reports and make reconciliation much easier.
There can be a lot of admin for the finance team if your employee uses their own cards to pay for business expenses, which is why it is best to opt for virtual payment solutions with companies like AirPlus. These solutions create single-use MasterCard numbers for either a one-time or a set number of purchases that are linked to your corporate account. You can set parameters and the number becomes obsolete, allowing for greater security and control over your business expenses.
Managing business travel expenses can be difficult, stressful and tiresome, but the above tips can make it much easier whilst ensuring that the trip is a complete success.


A cape is any sleeveless outer garment, such as a poncho, but usually it is a long garment that covers only the back half of the wearer, fastening around the neck.
Capes were common in medieval Europe, especially when combined with a hood in the chaperon, and have had periodic returns to fashion, for example, in nineteenth century Europe. Roman Catholic clergy wear a type of cape known as a ferraiolo, which is worn for formal events outside of a liturgical context. The cope is a liturgical vestment in the form of a cape. Capes are often highly decorated with elaborate embroidery. Capes remain in regular use as rain wear in various military units and police forces, for example in France. A gas cape was a voluminous military garment designed to give rain protection to someone wearing the bulky gas masks used in twentieth century wars.
In fashion, the word cape usually refers to a shorter garment and cloak to a full-length version of the different types of garment, though the two terms are sometimes used synonymously for full-length coverings. The fashion cape does not cover the front to any appreciable degree. In raingear, a cape is usually a long and roomy protective garment worn to keep one dry in the rain.
Caped overcoats were popular for men during the Victorian era, with some caped Ulsters featuring multiple layered capes, and the Inverness coat (both formal evening and working day variants) had a cape. The Inverness coat is no longer commonly worn, and the Ulster lost its cape in the 1920s.
In modern times, comic book superheroes, such as Superman, Batman, and Thor are often described as wearing "capes" or "opera capes", although most of these are long enough to count as opera cloaks.
Soul singer James Brown was known to wear capes and prominently used it during concerts when he feigned exhaustion.
It is also infamously known as a typical garment in the stereotypical caricature of a pimp.


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Therese A. Engels is a passionate filmmaker with a strong focus on environmental issues and 17 years of experience in the television industry. She grew up in the countryside near the Austrian town of Salzburg where she was raised together with her sister and brother by parents who taught her an understanding and love for science, wildlife and nature. Therese studied social work and social pedagogics in Linz, Austria, and Berlin, Germany. After she graduated Therese continued her studies in New York with a focus on American film and literature and began her career as a professional documentary filmmaker.
Although she was always strongly interested in big cities she never lost her passion for nature and developed a big interest in environments in which humans and wildlife share the same habitat. Her long term experience in working with natural and modified ecosystems brought the filmmaker to places like the pristine waters of the Sulu Sea where she filmed the gold pearl bearing oysters, to the border of Thailand and Burma where she visited an extraordinary kickboxing monk who raises orphaned children in his temple, and shared the hardships of daily life of a snake catcher and his daughter in the flood lands of Tonle Sap Lake, Cambodia.
It is her understanding as a filmmaker it is a big privilege to meet people like the snake catcher Van Voth and his family, to be invited to the privacy of a family´s home, to share their happy moments and hardships, their dreams and losses. Therese has a passion for digging up stories and going into detail, as well a strong focus and talent for catching moments and atmospheres and keeping them as natural as possible. Right now she has a focus on topics related to various aspects of sustainability. Apart from filmmaking she enjoys every possible moment with her family amazed by her little daughter´s implicitness to enjoy the challenges of life.


Audley Boatshed is located just 3km off the Princes Highway. Just turn off the Princes Highway, between Sutherland and Engadine, into Farnell Ave (look for the National Park and Historic Boatshed signs on the Highway).
Alternatively you can catch a train to Loftus and ride the tram from the Tramway Museum into the Royal National Park on Wednesdays, Sundays and school holidays.


This webinar describes the characterization of gene fusions across distinct subtypes of melanoma.
The majority of common sun exposure-related melanomas have high mutational burden and activating mutations in the BRAF kinase gene. In contrast, less common subtypes of melanoma not related to sun exposure (acral lentiginous and mucosal melanomas) have low mutation burden, generally lack BRAF mutations, and have increased frequency of genomic structural variants. Activating gene fusions in BRAF have been reported in melanomas lacking mutations in BRAF and other common melanoma driver genes, but gene fusions and their therapeutic potential have not been well studied across different subtypes of melanoma.
To characterize gene fusions, Kasey Couts and colleagues at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus performed targeted RNA sequencing of 65 melanoma patient-derived xenograft (PDX) models representing different melanoma subtypes (sun-exposed and non-sun-exposed) and genotypes (with or without common driver mutations). They identified several kinase gene fusions in melanomas lacking other driver mutations and tested the therapeutic potential in pre-clinical models using specific small molecule inhibitors.
During this webinar, Dr. Couts will describe the gene fusion targeted RNA sequencing screen and discuss the results, which include identification of an ALK fusion (EML4-ALK) occurring in a malignant melanoma. She also discusses the successful response to targeted inhibitors in melanomas with various kinase fusions. This webinar highlights the clinically significant finding of targetable gene fusions in both sun-exposed and non-sun-exposed subtypes of melanoma.
Dr. Sherlin has been a member of NuGen since 2010, and currently acts as the Director of Product Management with responsibility to understanding customers needs and incorporating them into new products. Prior to joining NuGen, Luke was a Support and Technical Marketing manager at Phalanx Bio. He earned his PhD at the University of California, Santa Barbara, in Biological Chemistry and performed post-doctoral research at Northwestern University prior to working in industry. Dr. Sherlin has no financial ties to GenomeWeb and is an employee of NuGEN.
Dr. Kasey Couts received her PhD in Biochemistry from the University of Colorado Boulder where she studied oncogenic signaling pathways in melanoma. Afterward, she continued her research in the melanoma field studying melanoma genomics in the Dermatology Department at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. Dr. Couts transitioned to a junior faculty position in the Cutaneous Oncology Program within the same university and is currently studying the role of structural variants and gene fusions in melanomas. Dr. Kasey Couts has no financial ties to GenomeWeb and is a customer of NuGEN.


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Dreams Of Trespass: Tales Of A Harem Girlhood (Paperback)
By Fatima Mernissi
Not On Our Shelves Now--Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
This "wonderful and enchanting" memoir tells the revelatory true story of one Muslim girl's life in her family's French Moroccan harem, set against the backdrop of World War II (The New York Times Book Review).
"I was born in a harem in 1940 in Fez, Morocco . . . "
So begins Fatima Mernissi in this illuminating narrative of a childhood behind the iron gates of a domestic harem. In Dreams of Trespass, Mernissi weaves her own memories with the dreams and memories of the women who surrounded her in the courtyard of her youth -- women who, without access to the world outside, recreated it from sheer imagination.
A beautifully written account of a girl confronting the mysteries of time and place, gender and sex, Dreams of Trespass illuminates what it was like to be a modern Muslim woman in a place steeped in tradition.
Fatema Mernissi teaches sociology at University Mohammed V in Rabat, Morocco. She is the author of more than eight books, including Dreams of Trespass: Tales of a Harem Girlhood, Scheherazade Goes West, The Veil and the Male Elite, and Beyond the Veil.
"Wonderful and enchanting.... Mernissi brings this vanished world to life."—New York Times Book Review
"A remarkable book...vits good humor is unwavering; it tempers judgmentalism with understanding; and it provides a vivid portrait of a world that most Westerners can scarcely comprehend."—Washington Post Book World
"[Mernissi] creates a necklace of tales as delightful as Scheherazade's."—Elle
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A Goan Nun once on the run, fast!
A sports mad Goan nun who lives for her little "angels"
Sister Trifa De Souza (aka the "wild one") in 2016 marked 50 years as a Catholic nun in the service of children, especially very young and abandoned girls, in Kenya. A champion athlete and a star hockey player once, today she loves Kenya soccer champs Gor Mahia, British soccer icons Manchester United and is an ardent fan of the Kenya Sevens rugby team. She may scowl or even look a little cross, but soon there is always a large smile on face and her arms reach out in warm embrace of all the children who need her and the many people she meets every day. She is currently (2016) at Edelvale women's complex in Nairobi.
THE saintly Mother Teresa is said to have first received her calling to religious service at the age 12 and later again at the age of 18. It was then that she was convinced where her future lay. As a child, she was exceptionally devout. The same could never be said about Kenyan Sr. Trifa De Souza. As a child she was never devout. In fact, she was quite the opposite.
Virtually every Roman Catholic Goan household gathered each evening to say the rosary. Some ultra-devout worshippers used to kneel on cement floors for more than an hour. The centre piece in every home, be it a single room or a several roomed house, was an altar with clay figurines of the family's favourite saints especially St Francis Xavier and Christ on the Cross as well as several pictures of Mary with Jesus, the Sacred Heart of Jesus and several saints.
As a child, Trifa was not a fan. She "fought" with her dad about saying the rosary, attending Mass daily and other religious functions. As she grew, up sport was her main focus. Very quickly she was a champion sprinter at the Dr Ribeiro Goan School and later a star hockey player. She had a special partner in her sports adventures, her twin sister Nifa. In fact, the bond between was strong in almost every aspect of life. When they in races as children, if one was lagging behind the other would stop and come back and stretch a helping hand. Naturally, they didn't win and it drove their father to distraction. So a religious life was the furthest thought from her mind. When a priest pressed her to consider a life of the nun's habit, she was quick to tell him: "Not on your life."
Yet, for two years, that snap outburst tormented her and she was filled with a little remorse and a lot of regret. Eventually, in the hope her action would an exercise in futility and fail miserably, she wrote to a convent applying for admission. The moment she placed the letter in a post box, she prayed that they would turn her down. After all, life was pretty good. She was the sports girl of the moment, loved travelling around the world. She visited Uganda, Tanzania, Uganda and South Africa to play hockey. She was such a good sprinter and the only reason she did not represent Kenya at the Commonwealth Games was because she had a Portuguese passport. There were lots of boys who were trying desperately to win her heart. Being a reasonably sensible girl, she really could not see any reason to give it all up. Imagine her shock when she received a letter from the Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Charity accepting her.
"God has strange ways and what he wants He gets and on 25 January 1967 on the Feast of Conversion of St Paul I started my Postulancy in Redcote Convent, Bitterne, Southampton. At that time the Church was going through transition so life in the Convent to a certain extent was monastic. It was tough, the food, the weather, the rules all were difficult. We couldn't talk in the corridors and there was I breaking all the rules and getting into trouble but enjoyed life without complaining," she explains "It was difficult leaving my family, my boyfriends, the wild way of life doing what I wanted to do climbing trees, watching football matches, other sports and taking part in athletics and hockey. It was most difficult leaving my twin sister Nifa. It took me years but I fought it and kept going.
"I entered the convent on January 25, 1966, was a Postulant for one year, then two years as a novitiate and four years later took my final vows in England.
"It was a tough, semi monastic life, strict rules, don't do this, don't do that but I was myself and with His help came through.
"I came to Kenya after that in 1979 saw so many changes, but it was good to be home."
Thus began her life with the Sisters of our Lady of Charity and with her fellow nuns began a devotion that was dedicated to helping very young children, girls who had run away from home or children brought to Edelvale by the social services. The nuns' chief aim is instill a sense dignity, provide a sanctuary and provide them with an education and prepare them the wider world.
While Sister Trifa did most of her work in the office, the children were never out of her mind, her thoughts or constant prayers. She also wore the mantle of a feisty fundraiser and made regularly safaris to the UK to twist a few ex-Dr Ribeiro students' arms at various fund raisers. And she is very good at it. She has convinced the Nairobi Indian community to provide items of food including flour, sugar, rice etc, once every two months or so.
"Education, especially, secondary schools are very expensive and we need all the help we can get," she told me on the phone. I spoke to a week or two before she was off to England on another pesa for Mama maskini (money for a poor old lady) safari in a week or two. After finishing secondary school, the students also get to do courses in dress making, IT, hair dressing, and the other career choices.
She cannot speak highly enough of her sisters and brothers and their extended families who have assisted her over the years. Also, many Dr Ribeiro ex-students, especially in the UK (and other parts of the world including Canada) have held mini harambee parties to raise money for Trifa's wasichana wadogo (little girls).
Her heart has remained broken from the day Nifa died in 1994. Many years before Nifa had been seriously injured in a car accident in Park Road, Nairobi, not far from where the twins had said goodbye to each other and headed for work, Trifa at the GPO in the city and Nifa in the industrial area. Minutes later, the whole of Nifa's face was shattered. Just when she arrived at work, Trifa was given the horrific news. From that day, Trifa's was heavy. "I knew something was wrong. My head was aching and I had that feeling something was wrong," Trifa recalls. "The same thing happened the day she passed away, my body told me that she was dead."
For a long, long time after that Trifa went through her own personal hell, grieving her sister. In the end, she slowly plucked up the courage to carry on caring for her children.
However, don't let her fool you. There was always a little bit of God in her. She told me that before her races and hockey matches she used to have regular conversations with Him. What is also true, she told me, she used to regularly "fight" with Him, when something pretty awful happened to someone she knew. These days, she has even longer talks with him. She said the other day, "So you thought I needed a short holiday and you dislocated my shoulder. That's OK; I could do with a break."
She says: "God created me to enjoy life, so I am enjoying life."
The single most unforgettable thing about Sister Trifa is that she is almost cheeky, yet sometimes naughty, but there is always an innocent twinkle in her eyes. As a child she got up to all sorts of mischief. Once when I wrote that she looked "serene" in a photograph, she was quick to chide me with "I am anything but serene". Her school chums would say that she was something of a tomboy.
She loved school as she grew older. She began in Standard 1 and finished in Form 4. "In the higher classes we were full of life, teachers both male and female having a difficult time one or two girls in class were quiet the rest of us quite noisy, and our Headmaster Mr. Alexander Carvalho, and a few teachers like Dolly Carvalho, Irene Coelho, Mr. Joseph Martins, Mr. Sandy Tavares, Mrs. Lily Jaquez had endless patience with us but with their care and love for us as students got us through. We didn't speak English very well."
While at school she fell in love with athletics: "At the age of 13, I ran 100 and 200 yards sprints and the long Jump and won. The winners usually received clothing items like socks, scarves etc. This gave me the urge to do well not for the prizes but to get to the top.
"When I finished school, a group of us (formed the famous Spartans athletics club) who were interested in running got together decided to run the relays. We travelled to Mombasa every Easter to run at the annual races there and enjoyed our success. In Nairobi, we took part in the annual Goan Institute Sports Day that took place every December 26 and it meant that we could not eat the wonderful Goan Christmas sweets and chocolates until after the races.
"On one of my first trips to Mombasa, I won the Godgodo Challenge Cup (for a winning a sprint race three years in a row). That gave me the urge to continue in athletics and the winning streak went on for years. I didn't give up until I joined religious Life. Over the years I received many cups and big trophies and over 500 small trophies, all solid silver."
One year, a few former Goan School students formed what was to be the most successful women's hockey club: The unbeatable Collegians. Trifa was a little scared of being injured but eventually took to the sport after her sister Nifa pestered her to join the team. "The Collegians did very well with the support of many people of many shades. We played against the National Team consisting of all Europeans at the time and defeated them on a few occasions. As we came closer to Independence, Bertha Fernandes and I were selected to play for Kenya. During my time as a member of Collegians Hockey Club, I was chosen as Captain of the Collegians and I decided, with the help of other senior players, to take the team to Uganda where we did not lose a single game. A few years later, we took a junior and a senior team to Tanganyika and Zanzibar where again we drew one game and won the rest."
That wonderful Goan and one of the finest international hockey umpires, Peter (Babs) Barbosa, was a family friend. They were three musketeers, Babs, Nifa and Trifa. One would always seem them together. They were a familiar sight walking to church from home in Eastleigh, at the hockey matches and other sports functions. The big question was: who was Peter going to marry? It had to be Trifa; after all he bought her first car a Ford Prefect. However, once when a friend had the gumption to jokingly ask him the question, he replied: "I will marry all four of the De Souza girls."
Trifa loves all sports "but my favourite was Athletics and Hockey second. I am still interested in all sports. My favourite international team is Manchester United (from that fateful day in February 1958 when 43 people including players, officials and journalists lost their lives in plane crash returning home from a match in Germany), my local Team is Gor Mahia ("because they are special"). "At the moment my favourite sport is Rugby and my Team Kenya Sevens is doing fairly well." Her only regret is that these days, she rarely gets to see live sport unless someone takes her there.
Uhuru (freedom) came on December 12, 1963, followed by Madaraka (republic day) the following year." The celebrations were full of life with all people living in Kenya celebrating their freedom. The way I looked at freedom was that I was no longer a second class citizen because of my colour.
"There were other difficulties after independence when all jobs were Africanized and so those in Government jobs were forced to retire. I was given the opportunity by my friends the Kenyans who were in charge to remain but chose to retire from the Post Office with a pension of 10 Kenya shillings a month. I worked in various clerical positions.
"The Post Office at the time was Semi-Government. The salary I received when I started in 1950 was 100 shillings a month with an increment of Shs. 20 each year while my sister was earning shs. 6000/- Due to my boyish behaviour my dad would not allow me to look for another job. I was happy there working with all the men. The reason why dad did not allow me to move was because he asked Mr. D'Costa to keep an eye on me. The poor man had a dog's life because of me. His folks are still my good friends remind me of the hard time I gave him. I loved the old man very much.
"The old man had a job to keep me in line and in the end he was the one who had it rough. I loved the old man and all the men Africans, Indians, Muslims and Goans that I worked with in the office including my big bosses who were Europeans, they looked after me in spite of the hard time I gave them with my wild behaviour.
"I used to play tricks on them. There used to be complaints that I was seen outside for the best part of the day. They did not know it was my identical twin Nifa and it was hard to tell us apart because we also dressed identically."
Seriously, though. Trifa's life is really only about the children and about prayer. She wakes each morning at 4 o'clock and begins and ends the day in constant prayer. "That is what keeps me going. If He should call me, I am ready," she says with that cheeky smile of hers.
As she says her prayers, her face is lit by the memory of the thousands of girls the Sisters of our Lady of Charity have been able help and prepare them for a future in Kenya.
These days she looks forward to a day out with the Goan senior citizens in Nairobi. When she goes to the UK, she loves to cook at her sister's home. Her favourite is fish reachado or a pork curry. She is crazy about deserts, especially a devilish thing called "tipsy cake" with lots of sherry and liqueurs.
Another Kenyan Goan currently based in the UK, Father Tony Fernandes, says: "We are extremely grateful to the many that played an important role in our lives as students. Some of us developed friendships with quite a few we found to be role models and dedicated to the community. One such person is Sr Trifa.
"I was formally introduced to her by the late Fr Tony Pinto who took me to visit her. Her example of fervent and humble service to the children she was working with was very inspirational and moving. I am indebted to have had such an example and model to focus my own work among young people today. God Bless her."
One of her hockey colleagues was Alvira (D'Sa) Almeida who recalls "She bonded us together as a team. Trifa had a way of getting the best out of each member of her team. She was easily the best player in the side who also ran faster than most other players. She never criticised, just encouraged us and told us to move on.
Sr Trifa is the kind of person whose company we treasure. By the way, we have all got used to her bluntness."
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Eugenio Gonzaléz Derbez, plus connu comme Eugenio Derbez  né le  à Mexico, est un acteur, scénariste, écrivain, producteur et réalisateur mexicain.

Biographie

Filmographie partielle

Comme réalisateur

 1993 : Al derecho y al derbez (série TV)
 1997 : No tengo madre (série TV)
 1999 : Derbez en cuando (série TV)
 2004 : Hospital el paisa (série TV)
 2006 : Vecinos (série télévisée)
 2007 : XHDRbZ (série TV)
 2012 : La familia P. Luche (série TV)
 2013 : Ni repris ni échangé (No se aceptan devoluciones)
 2013 : Saturday Night Live México (série TV)
 2014 : 12 Años de esclavo (parodia) (vidéo)
 2014 : Sammy Pérez Cómo hacer una piñata (vidéo)
 2015 : Ya Te La Sabes! (vidéo)
 2015 : No Se Aceptan Devoluciones 2: El regreso de Loreto Peralta
 2015 : Pizzas Paquito (vidéo)
 2015 : Asalto (vidéo)
 2015 : Asesoría educativa con Eugenio Derbez y Loreto Peralta (vidéo)
 2015 : Cero Likes (vidéo)
 2015 : Sammy Pérez Todo lo que pasa en mayo (vidéo)
 2015 : Soy estudiante Loreto Peralta (vidéo)
 2015 : Los castings de Léia Freitas: El anuncio de tequila (vidéo)
 2015 : Sammy Pérez Fiestas Patrias (vidéo)
 2015 : 300: El nacimiento de un Imperio (vidéo)
 2015 : Los Primos. 20 de noviembre (vidéo)
 2016 : Y Dios creó al hombre (vidéo)
 2016 : El último chisme de Derbez (vidéo)
 2016 : Donald Trump vs Eloy Gamenó (vidéo)
 2016 : Problema con la estrella de Eugenio ¿Berbez? (vidéo)

Comme acteur

 2002 : Cómplices al rescate (telenovela) : voix de Mantequilla
 2007 : La misma luna de Patricia Riggen : Enrique
 2008 : Le Chihuahua de Beverly Hills (Beverly Hills Chihuahua) de Raja Gosnell
 2011 : Jack et Julie (Jack and Jill) de Dennis Dugan
 2012 : Rob (série télévisée) : Hector
 2013 : Ni repris ni échangé (No se aceptan devoluciones)
 2014 : La Légende de Manolo (The Book of Life) de Jorge R. Gutierrez (film d'animation) : Chato
 2016 : Miracles du Ciel ( Miracles from Heaven) de Patricia Riggen : Dr. Nurko, médecin d'Anna à l'hôpital de Boston
 2017 : How to Be a Latin Lover de Ken Marino : Maximo
 2017 : Geostorm de Dean Devlin : Hernandez
 2018 : Overboard de Rob Greenberg : Leonardo
 2018 : Casse-Noisette et les Quatre Royaumes (The Nutcracker and the Four Realms) de Lasse Hallström et Joe Johnston : Hawthrone, le Roi du Royaume des Fleurs
 2019 : Dora et la Cité perdue (Dora and the Lost City of Gold) de James Bobin : Alejandro Gutierrez (également producteur)
 2021 : Coda de Sian Heder : Bernardo Villalobos

Distinctions

Récompenses
 Prix Platino 2014 du meilleur acteur latino-américain
 SAG Awards 2022 : Meilleure distribution pour Coda

Notes et références

Liens externes

Réalisateur mexicain
Scénariste mexicain de cinéma
Producteur mexicain de cinéma
Naissance en septembre 1961
Naissance à Mexico