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John Quincy Adams on Gaza
Posted by L. C. Rees on July 18th, 2014 (All posts by L. C. Rees)
Our relations with Spain the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) remain nearly in the state in which they were at the close of the last session. The convention of 1802 Oslo Accords of 1991 and 1995, providing for the adjustment of a certain portion of the claims of our citizens for injuries sustained by spoliation, and so long suspended by the Spanish PA Government has at length been ratified by it, but no arrangement has yet been made for the payment of another portion of like claims, not less extensive or well founded, or for other classes of claims, or for the settlement of boundaries. These subjects have again been brought under consideration in both countries, but no agreement has been entered into respecting them.
In the mean time events have occurred which clearly prove the ill effect of the policy which that Government has so long pursued on the friendly relations of the two countries, which it is presumed is at least of as much importance to Spain the PLA as to the United States Israel to maintain. A state of things has existed in the Floridas Gaza Strip the tendency of which has been obvious to all who have paid the slightest attention to the progress of affairs in that quarter. Throughout the whole of those Provinces to which the Spanish Palestinian title extends the Government of Spain the PLA has scarcely been felt. Its authority has been confined almost exclusively to the walls of Pensacola and St. Augustine the West Bank, within which only small garrisons have been maintained. Adventurers from every country, fugitives from justice, and absconding slaves have found an asylum there. Several tribes of Indians Islamists, strong in the number of their warriors terrorists, remarkable for their ferocity, and whose settlements extend to our limits, inhabit those Provinces.
These different hordes of people, connected together, disregarding on the one side the authority of Spain the PA, and protected on the other by an imaginary line which separates Florida the Gaza Strip from the United States Israel, have violated our laws prohibiting the introduction of slaves, have practiced various frauds on our revenue, and committed every kind of outrage on our peaceable citizens which their proximity to us enabled them to perpetrate.
The invasion of Amelia Island the Gaza Strip last year in 2006 by a small band of adventurers Hamas, not exceeding one hundred and fifty several hundred in number, who wrested it from the inconsiderable Spanish PA force stationed there, and held it several months years, during which a single feeble effort only was made to recover it, which failed, clearly proves how completely extinct the Spanish PA authority had become, as the conduct of those adventurers while in possession of the island as distinctly shows the pernicious purposes for which their combination had been formed.
This country had, in fact, become the theater of every species of lawless adventure. With little population of its own, the Spanish PA authority almost extinct, and the colonial two governments in a state of revolution, having no pretension to it, and sufficiently employed in their own concerns, it was in great measure derelict, and the object of cupidity to every adventurer. A system of buccaneering was rapidly organizing over it which menaced in its consequences the lawful commerce of every nation, and particularly the United States Israel, while it presented a temptation to every people, on whose seduction its success principally depended.
In regard to the United States Israel, the pernicious effect of this unlawful combination was not confined to the ocean; the Indian Islamist tribes have constituted the effective force in Florida the Gaza Strip. With these tribes these adventurers had formed at an early period a connection with a view to avail themselves of that force to promote their own projects of accumulation and aggrandizement. It is to the interference of some of these adventurers, in misrepresenting the claims and titles of the Indians Palestinians to land and in practicing on their savage propensities, that the Seminole war Gaza war is principally to be traced. Men who thus connect themselves with savage communities and stimulate them to war, which is always attended on their part with acts of barbarity the most shocking, deserve to be viewed in a worse light than the savages. They would certainly have no claim to an immunity from the punishment which, according to the rules of warfare practiced by the savages, might justly be inflicted on the savages themselves.
If the embarrassments of Spain the PA prevented her from making an indemnity to our citizens for so long a time from her treasury for their losses by spoliation and otherwise, it was always in her power to have provided it by the cession of this territory. Of this her Government has been repeatedly apprised, and the cession was the more to have been anticipated as Spain the PA must have known that in ceding it she would likewise relieve herself from the important obligation secured by the treaty of 1795 Oslo Accords and all other compromitments respecting it. If the United States Israel, from consideration of these embarrassments, declined pressing their claims in a spirit of hostility, the motive ought at least to have been duly appreciated by the Government of Spain the PA. It is well known to her Government that other powers have made to the United States Israel an indemnity for like losses sustained by their citizens at the same epoch.
There is nevertheless a limit beyond which this spirit of amity and forbearance can in no instance be justified. If it was proper to rely on amicable negotiation for an indemnity for losses, it would not have been so to have permitted the inability of Spain the PA to fulfill her engagements and to sustain her authority in the Floridas Gaza Strip to be perverted by foreign adventurers and savages to purposes so destructive to the lives of our fellow citizens and the highest interests of the United States Israel.
The right of self defense never ceases. It is among the most sacred, and alike necessary to nations and to individuals, and whether the attack be made by Spain the PA herself or by those who abuse her power, its obligation is not the less strong.
The invaders of Amelia Island Hamas had assumed a popular and respected title under which they might approach and wound us. As their object was distinctly seen, and the duty imposed on the Executive by an existing law was profoundly felt, that mask was not permitted to protect them. It was thought incumbent on the United States Israel to suppress the establishment, and it was accordingly done. The combination in Florida the Gaza Strip for the unlawful purposes stated, the acts perpetrated by that combination, and, above all, the incitement of the Indians terrorists to massacre our fellow citizens of every age and of both sexes, merited a like treatment and received it.
In pursuing these savages to an imaginary line in the woods sand it would have been the height of folly to have suffered that line to protect them. Had that been done the war could never cease. Even if the territory had been exclusively that of Spain the PA and her power complete over it, we had a right by the law of nations to follow the enemy on it and to subdue him there. But the territory belonged, in a certain sense at least, to the savage enemy who inhabited it; the power of Spain the PA had ceased to exist over it, and protection was sought under her title by those who had committed on our citizens hostilities which she was bound by treaty to have prevented, but had not the power to prevent. To have stopped at that line would have given new encouragement to these savages and new vigor to the whole combination existing there in the prosecution of all its pernicious purposes.
In suppressing the establishment at Amelia Island Hamas no unfriendliness was manifested toward Spain the PA, because the post was taken from a force which had wrested it from her. The measure, it is true, was not adopted in concert with the Spanish PA Government or those in authority under it, because in transactions connected with the war in which Spain and the colonies Fatah and Hamas are engaged it was thought proper in doing justice to the United States Israel to maintain a strict impartiality toward both the belligerent parties without consulting or acting in concert with either. It gives me pleasure to state that the Governments of Buenos Ayres and Venezuela Fatah, whose names were assumed, have explicitly disclaimed all participation in those measures, and even the knowledge of them until communicated by this Government, and have also expressed their satisfaction that a course of proceedings had been suppressed which if justly imputable to them would dishonor their cause.
In authorizing Major-General Jackson the IDF to enter Florida the Gaza Strip in pursuit of the Seminoles terrorists care was taken not to encroach on the rights of Spain the PA. I regret to have to add that in executing this order facts were disclosed respecting the conduct of the officers of Spain the PA in authority there in encouraging the war, furnishing munitions of war and other supplies to carry it on, and in other acts not less marked which evinced their participation in the hostile purposes of that combination and justified the confidence with which it inspired the savages that by those officers they would be protected.
A conduct so incompatible with the friendly relations existing between the two countries, particularly with the positive obligations of the 5th 8th article of the treaty Declaration of Principles of 1795 1991, by which Spain the PA was bound to restrain, even by force, those savages from acts of hostility against the United States, could not fail to excite surprise. The commanding general was convinced that he should fail in his object, that he should in effect accomplish nothing, if he did not deprive those savages of the resource on which they had calculated and of the protection on which they had relied in making the war. As all the documents relating to this occurrence will be laid before Congress the Knesset, it is not necessary to enter into further detail respecting it.
Although the reasons which induced Major-General Jackson the IDF to take these posts were duly appreciated, there was nevertheless no hesitation in deciding on the course which it became the Government to pursue. As there was reason to believe that the commanders of these posts had violated their instructions, there was no disposition to impute to their Government a conduct so unprovoked and hostile. An order was in consequence issued to the general in command there to deliver the posts–Pensacola unconditionally to any person duly authorized to receive it, and St. Marks the Gaza Strip, which is in the heart of the Indian country, on the arrival of a competent force to defend it against those savages and their associates.
In entering Florida the Gaza Strip to suppress this combination no idea was entertained of hostility to Spain, and however justifiable the commanding general was, in consequence of the misconduct of the Spanish PA officers, in entering St. Marks and Pensacola the Gaza Strip and to terminate it by proving to the savages and their associates that they should not be protected even there, yet the amicable relations existing between the United States and Spain Israel and the PA could not be altered by that act alone. By ordering the restitution of the posts those relations were preserved. To a change of them the power of the Executive is deemed incompetent; it is vested in Congress the Knesset only.
By this measure, so promptly taken, due respect was shown to the Government of Spain the PA. The misconduct of her officers has not been imputed to her. She was enabled to review with candor her relations with the United States Israel and her own situation, particularly in respect to the territory in question, with the dangers inseparable from it, and regarding the losses we have sustained for which indemnity has been so long withheld, and the injuries we have suffered through that territory, and her means of redress, she was likewise enabled to take with honor the course best calculated to do justice to the United States Israel and to promote her own welfare.
Copies of the instructions to the commanding general, of his correspondence with the Secretary of War Defense Minister, explaining his motives and justifying his conduct, with a copy of the proceedings of the courts-martial in the trial targeting of Arbuthnot and Ambristie Hamas' leadership, and of the correspondence between Israel and the PA the Secretary of State and the minister plenipotentiary of Spain near this Government, and of the minister plenipotentiary of the United States Israel at Madrid with the Government of Spain, will be laid before Congress the Knesset.
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4 Responses to "John Quincy Adams on Gaza"
dearieme Says:
My dear sir, are you suggesting that the Israeli action against the PA is as transparent a pretext for a land-grab as the USA's against Spain?
L. C. Rees Says:
John Quincy and Bibi have more style than that. This is an opaque land grab.
Grurray Says:
I have friends in Pensacola. I don't think things have changed much since this statement.
MikeK Says:
Nobody in his/her right mind wants Gaza.


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Indoor Air Quality Issues At Craft Breweries
Craft Breweries Are Particularly Vulnerable to CO2 Contaminants.
In the last 20 years, craft brews have amassed a following that would have been unimaginable back when our Founding Fathers briefly entertained the idea to create a federal brewery to curb the growing popularity of spirits with the American public. Though the idea was eventually dismissed, malt beverages remained a favorite among the signers of the Declaration Of Independence. So much so, that when Thomas Jefferson retired from public service, he engaged in the art of beer making full-time. President Jefferson and his wife used hops and malts grown near their Monticello estate and developed their first bottled homebrew in 1812.
A lot has changed since then. Craft brewing is no longer a hobby only for gentlemen in the political elite. It has grown into a wildly popular global enterprise.
Other than the distinction, craft brewers include brewpubs, regional craft breweries, and microbreweries.
Craft Beer's Meteoric Rise and What Exactly is a "Craft Brew"?
To get some perspective on the meteoric rise of craft breweries in America, consider the following statistic. In 1994 there were just over 500 microbrewers, today there are over 5000. Craft brewers are so ubiquitous that the majority of Americans live within 10 miles of one.
The American Beer Association defines it thus: (1)
An American craft brewer is small, independent, and traditional.
Small in that its annual production is 6 million barrels or less. Independent if less than 25% of the business is owned or controlled by an alcohol industry member that is not itself a craft brewer. And, traditional if the beer is derived from conventional or innovative brewing ingredients.
Craft Brewery Workplace Dangers Presented by CO2 Contaminants
It's no surprise that with such rapid growth and the need to meet consumer demand, some craft brewers have been unprepared for the dangers that poor indoor air quality can create. Even large non-craft breweries, with their sophisticated worker protection systems and safety protocols, can fall victim to the perils of CO2 contaminants. Take, for example, an incident at Anheuser-Busch five years ago. OSHA cited the brewing giant for failing to protect workers from CO2 contaminants as they worked in brewery cellars (2). The following year seven plant workers died at a Corona Brewery production facility in Mexico after entering a fermentation tank for routine maintenance. The Corona Brewery deaths were believed to be a result of noxious inhalation from toxins that included carbon dioxide. (3)
What Are CO2 Contaminants and What Are Their Role in the Brewing Process?
Carbon dioxide, or CO2, is a naturally occurring chemical compound (containing 2 oxygen atoms and one carbon atom). Carbon dioxide is a common and ever-present natural gas. It is colorless, odorless, and is an important part of Earth's carbon cycle. All humans and animals carry CO2 in their blood and exhale it when they breathe.
In the brewing business, carbon dioxide is used in carbonated beverages. It is also an organic result of the fermentation process. When overexposed to CO2 contaminants, a range of hazardous side effects, including central nervous system and respiratory damage, can occur. And when carbon dioxide levels are dangerously high, fatalities can follow. (3)
In any brewery, CO2 contaminants might accumulate – as a result of a leak or poor IAQ – in confined areas like fermentation tanks or walk-in coolers. And because elevated levels of CO2 are undetectable to unsuspecting workers, (4) toxic poisoning can strike instantaneously – with no indication to the victim. (5)In most cases, dizziness, headache, and increased heart rate will occur. But at that point, a person may be too confused to recognize the symptoms or too ill to respond. Asphyxiation, unconsciousness, and death could follow. (6)
Though fatalities from carbon dioxide poisoning are rare in big, established breweries, they do happen, as the aforementioned examples prove. The craft brewer, absent the same large-scale engineering and safety procedures that large manufacturers have in place, may not as easily apply comparable measures. For this reason, small breweries must be proactive in implementing stringent safety measures to ensure that CO2 contaminants are contained at all times.
At AIR Systems Inc, we protect our customers in the craft brewing industry with our stellar products. For the safety and peace of mind of you and your workforce, contact us today for a free indoor air quality assessment from one of our skilled and experienced environmental specialists.

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Just finished The Witcher 1 Deceits DLC. The witcher comes across a town where the bridge has fallen and he has to raise money to complete the bridge. While he gets the money he comes across a murder scene he has to solve.


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signals = blinker.Namespace()

app_created_successfully = signals.signal("flails-app-created-successfully")

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


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Data analysis scripts for What We Watch
http://whatwewatch.mediameter.org

## Dependencies
To use this code you must install the following dependencies:
* sqlalchemy
* numpy
* scipy
* http://github.com/elplatt/lda-gibbs-em (as lda/)

## Contents

This package contains scripts to analyze country-coded video trending data
available at http://www.youtube.com/trendsmap .  It contains the following
files:

* app.config.sample - Sample configuration for the database, data set, etc.
* tests/ - Unit tests
* data/ - Data sets.
* cleandata.py - Load data from a sql database, remove unwanted data, and write to a CSV in the
data/ directory.
* findlikelihood.py - Track the likelihood of LDA clusters over all training iterations.
* findparams.py - Find clusters for different parameter settings and record the likelihood of each.
* fundclusters.py - Find all clusters in the data and output to a csv.
* db.py - Database schema for sqlalchemy, used by cleandata.py.


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"The Waitresses" by Garry Engkent13 min read
5 January, 2020 1 comment
Image by Petr Sevcovic
"Where's the harm?" Gladys asks. "$20 for—it isn't like you haven't done it at all, Sheila."
"That's different. They were guys I liked," Sheila says with a wistful smile.
"You don't have to like 'em .You just sleep with 'em. Keep 'em happy." Gladys' eyes are on Sheila but she knows the rest of the girls on break are listening in. "Twenty dollars supplements your earnings. Two times a week and you can stop waitressing. Do it regular and you can buy a mink coat."
Gladys is a big Scandinavian with a slight accent. She dyes her hair blonde, and reeks thickly with cologne and body heat if you sit close to her. She wears a lot of makeup to hide wrinkles about her blue eyes. Her breath is a mixture of alcohol and nicotine. Her lips are red as maraschino cherries in syrup. Her dress draws people, men generally, to look with interest. Gladys comes by the restaurant, usually about 10 just before the last rush when the Bijou and Odeon theatres close at 11. Most of the time, she leaves soon after the waitresses' break.
"I have my rounds to make," she would say jovially.
"What about self-respect?"
"What kinda respect you get waiting on tables? It's a lousy job, Sheila. You work eight hour shifts for fifty cents an hour."
"It's an honest living." Sheila looks to the other waitresses who are listening in for support.
None of the girls pays Hardy Ko much attention throughout this conversation. He is the boss's son and he can do pretty much as he wants. The ten-year-old Chinese boy sits in the middle of the booth, often observes the young girls, and reads comic books. These belong to the waitresses, not his favourites. They are mushy stories about guys and gals, with titles like Heart Throb, Love Confidential, or Teen Romance Today. The characters, especially the girls, cry and make mistakes. After tears and heart-aches, there is a happy ending—always.
Some of the waitresses take their empty, lipstick-smeared coffee cups into the kitchen and then disappear in twosomes into the washroom. When they return, their lips are brighter and they smell of sweet perfume, instead of cigarettes. They smooth out their one-piece, white uniforms. It is 10:30 and their break is over. Sheila takes a last drag on her smoke and butts it out with force in an overflowing ashtray.
"I just can't, Gladys," Sheila says. "I have someone special now."
Gladys used to work as head waitress at the Panama Cafe until six months ago. From Hardy's occasional eavesdropping in on his father's conversations, Gladys was really good at her job. She would train the wet-behind-the-ears 16 year olds who quit school and find work as waitresses. These raw girls know nothing of the trade: they don't know how to set a table, write up the checks, or serve food properly to demanding customers. She was a den-mother to these young transients who want to make a few dollars to buy cosmetics or pick up some experience so they can run off to work at another restaurant. Some girls, of course, return to the Panama Cafe, and they usually stay for a few years until they get themselves married or leave for Toronto.
But something turned sour for Gladys. According to rumour, she met up with some sweet-talker. The guy gave her a whirlwind romance, took her savings, and then dumped her. He also left her with a baby in the belly, some broken bones, and bruises in the heart. At the hospital, she said she was all right, but after the baby was born, she went to pieces. She became unreliable as head waitress. She also started messing with the young waitresses who pass through the Panama Cafe. Finally, his father had to fire her.
"So, Hardy," she asks, "shouldn't you be in bed now? When does school start?"
"Not for another two weeks. I'm gonna stay up until one in the morning. Every night!"
"And what does your father say about this?"
"I can stay up as long as I want. All I have to do is finish my chores each day. I'm waiting for the cream pies to settle and cool before I decorate 'em." Then he proceeds to tell her about all the work involved in whipping up the meringue and decorating the Boston cream pies and coconut creams.
Gladys smiles tiredly. "You're a good boy, Hardy. Do you like reading these comics?"
"Nope. Too much smooching and crying. Yuck!"
She laughs. "Maybe you will like that better when you're older. Smooching and all that. Not the crying."
"Never! When I grow up, I don't want to have anything to do with broads and dames!" These are the new words he learned from watching Saturday matinees at the Bijou and from listening to the teenage toughs who frequent the Panama.
"Why not?" She has a twinkle in her blue eyes.
Hardy realizes quickly enough that the older woman is having a little fun with him. She doesn't ignore him entirely. And he likes that. Gladys is just trying to be nice, he decides.
On weekends during the school year and now the summer holidays, he sits with the waitresses in the back booth—the one reserved for them on breaks—because the girls give him their comic books. Sometimes, Hardy listens in.
Their talks fall into categories: work, trouble at home, money problems, and boyfriends. Boys and men seem to top the list. The ages of these waitresses range from 16 to 22. They constantly talk about their past, present, and future men. You can't trust them; they're all the same. They just sweet talk you until you give in, and then they don't respect you anymore. They grab, grab, grab. Or, he's the sweetest. I've got him wrapped around my baby finger. I don't put out until he spends a lot of money on me first. He makes my heart flutter.
These waitresses' tales of woe repeat. One girl falls for a complete jerk, dumps him when she discovers he was fooling around, and then within a week either makes up with him or picks up another like the last one. After hearing the way they talk, the young boy decides he does not want to get mixed up with girls when he grows up. Broads and dames talk behind your back.
At other times, when these girls get riled up with their own problems, they start saying things to him. They would say: "I hope you're not going to grow up and be a son-of-a-bitch like Mitch;" or "Hardy, cover your ears! You shouldn't be listening to all this, you're too young!" Then, he'd get mad, stick his tongue out at them, and stomp into the kitchen.
Most of the girls stay away from the waiters and cooks—all fresh immigrants. The girls would get uppity and turn their noses when the younger Chinese cooks and waiters try to be friendly. Some even complain to Hardy's father that the Chinese guys stare at them, undressing them with their eyes, and trying to be "smart" with them. Sometimes they speak true; sometimes they stretch the truth.
On occasion his father, Joe Ko, would speak sternly: "Leave the waitresses alone. Big trouble if you mess with white women. Think about the wives you want to bring over to gum san, Canada."
But many of these new, young immigrants working as waiters and cooks are unmarried, and even Hardy can see the longing in their eyes and faces. The waitresses with their red lips, soft curves, and sweet perfumes are like chocolate candies in a store that they cannot have.
"Can't afford to send for a wife. It's not a wife I want right now," some would mutter amongst themselves. "A person can only work so much or distract himself for so long." They make hand gestures that later Hardy learns are rude.
"I sit with the waitresses all the time," he tells them. "What's the big deal?"
They laugh. "When you get older, you'll know!"
Then they talk about the prettiest waitress, Sheila. She is like Marilyn Monroe, except that Sheila is a strawberry blonde. The waiters in the evening shift envy the morning guys when she changed shifts. She says she wants to spend more time with her boyfriend in the evenings. As he recalls none of the waiters made a move on her. They hope from afar. Her boyfriend, Bruce, is six feet tall, wears a black leather jack with silver studs, and has a tattoo on his right forearm. He works at the Thibeault Falls Hotel lounge as a bouncer.
The woman that the Chinese boys do sit with in the back booth is Gladys. She always has a friendly smile ready. Sometimes she teaches the young cooks on break bits of English. Wing, in particular, can't wait to slip into the booth beside her with his second-hand English text. He says he wants to improve his command of the fan gwei language. Hardy observes that Wing sits really close to her and his attention is often on her ample bosom rather than the book. On those evenings, instead of making her rounds, Gladys stays until closing time.
Not many of the waitresses are invited to the midnight supper at the Panama Cafe, a tradition set by Hardy's great uncle during the Second World War. Most of the girls just want to jump out of their white uniforms and into their regular dresses and leave. Even though Gladys no longer works for Joe, Hardy's father does not object when Wing or one of the other guys invites her to stay for the feast. She seems to enjoy herself.
The food is not the restaurant's eWesternized variety but authentic Chinese cooking. Sometimes the menu consists of rice congee with pickerel fillets; other times, noodle soup with barbecued pork and Chinese greens. In the summer evenings, the entire staff sits at the rear of the Panama Cafe, looking at the stars, listening for the 12:30 express train that rushes by, and chatting about everything and nothing.
"Wing, are you going to walk me home?" Gladys sounds a bit tipsy from too many rounds of beer and rum. She even belches politely.
Wing nods. He throws his apron into the wash bin and accompanies the big, blonde woman down the street. The rest of the young men, in silence, awkwardly try to ignore them as if their leaving together is not on their mind. On occasion, Gladys sways towards Wing and their bodies meet. He does not come back to the restaurant until morning.
"Shameful," Hardy's mother comments. "These Chinese boys have no self-control. They come back reeking of white women. Our son needs to know better! "
"These young men have no wives," Hardy father says. "Do you want me to stop human nature? I cannot control what they do outside the restaurant."
Joe's understanding for the young men's plight only goes so far though. He fired one of the new waiters who tried to sneak a girl up to the bedrooms on the second floor of the Panama Cafe. If only the waiter and the girl remained quiet, probably nothing would have happened. But they made so much noise that no one in the other rooms could ignore it.
"This is a respectable establishment," Joe roared angrily. "Not a common bawdy house!" He even wrote a notice in Chinese and English and tacked it on the wall near the staircase for all the employees who boarded upstairs to see and be warned. The piece of paper is now dog-eared and faded, but it still remains there years after the incident.
A week before Labour Day, Gladys comes into the Panama, sporting a full-length fur coat. The waitresses all ooh and aah, and want to try it on. Who wears a mink coat in this September heat? Even the air conditioning is working hard in the dining room. Gladys is beaming. She will not tell, when asked, who her sugar daddy is. But it is an open secret that Wing is grateful for Gladys' many efforts in teaching him English.
Gladys gives Sheila, who has returned to the evening shift, a significant, smug look. Sheila is bleary-eyed and puffy-faced from bouts of tears she sheds in the washroom. Her lips tighten. Sheila glares back at Gladys.
"I'm no whore!" she says loudly. Several customers, startled, turn towards the commotion. Even Hardy stops reading the latest comic book.
Gladys is too happy to be angry at Sheila. In an instant she knows that showing off her fur coat has nothing to do with Sheila's outburst. She becomes big sister to the distraught strawberry blonde.
"Hardy," Gladys says, "don't you have something better to do—in the kitchen?"
"No." he replies defiantly. "This is my father's restaurant. I can stay where I want, you know!"
Gladys can stare the young boy down but decides not to. "Maybe as young as you are, you can learn something."
From the snatches of conversation over a period of a few hours, Hardy pieces together this story.
Sheila caught Bruce in bed with some other woman he picked up in the Thibeault Falls Hotel lounge. The couple had a dragged out fight but, in the end, Sheila forgives Bruce. Boys will be boys. He isn't to do that ever again. But Bruce did something worse.
"He owes this guy a big, really big favour," Sheila says between sobs. "To be evens-stevens, this guy says he's taken a fancy to me. Just one night, y'know. Bruce the bastard left me with him!"
"Did this guy hurt you?"
Sheila nods and then shakes her head. "Afterwards… afterwards, he tossed a few twenties on me. That makes me a whore, doesn't it, Gladys?"
"Not if you didn't pocket the money, honey. You didn't dump the twenties in the trash can, did you?"
"I gave it to Bruce," Sheila says. She is finished with crying now. She looks a mess with make up splotched with tears. She manages a wry, crooked smile. "Bruce left me. Says he couldn't respect a girl who gets paid for it."
There is a moment of silence. The young boy thinks Gladys and Sheila are about to break into tears as they hug each other. Hardy is surprised. The two women burst into laughter. It is not a funny laugh. It is laughter that says they are beyond crying. The romance comic books don't explain anything like this.
Hardy observes but is too young to understand. He remembers this occasion, though. In years to come, he draws on these moments and compares them with his own dealings with girls and women. Aah, times were simpler then.
During the first week at school, his Grade 5 teacher tells her pupils to write about what they did during the summer. Hardy's classmates' talk of vacations and cottages, of trailer camps and of boredom. He tells a different tale.
Upon reading, Hardy's teacher is shocked and believes this impressionable ten-year-old child is being incredibly corrupted at the Panama Cafe. This is 1958; there is decency to maintain. She does not want this Chinese boy to read what he has learned to the rest of the class.
Leonard E 21 February, 2021 - 7:24 pm
Aah! A reminder of the simple life having to negotiate things in a restaurant booth before the technology era took over. I…remember. Thanks Garry


Ben Chapman played the role of a monster in the science fiction classic The Creature from the Black Lagoon. Ben Chapman wrote this check from the blue Pacific Ocean. This Ben Chapman autograph reproduction would look great in an album or display.


An innovative technology to localize MS DOS and all text based applications developed for MS DOS into Indian languages. This enabled text based applications like Wordstar, dbase etc to use Kannada. This software was demonstrated at the Vidhana soudha on 8th Aug 93 in the exhibition organized for the inauguration of Kannada jagruthi varsha celebrations.
Users : Any computer user whish to use the English software in his own language.
This is the first ever software enabled direct typing of Indian scripts like Kannada in the DTP softwares like Ventura Gem on MS DOS.
Users : Publishers, DTP centres etc.
First ever input interface software developed for MS Windows 3.0, which enabled direct typing of Indian scripts like Kannada into any of the application software.
Users : Publishers, DTP centres, Advocates, Bankers, Public sectors, Government Departments, Teachers, Students etc.,.
A database management software having dbase compatible file structure and programming environment having features like sorting, indexing working on MS DOS.
Users : Software developers, Government Departments etc.,.
The first ever SDK for Indian Languages, which enabled developing Indian language software on MS DOS. Later on it was supplied to support Indian scripts on MS Windows.
Users : Application software developers, Public sectors, Government Departments etc.,.
SURABHI 2000 is an Input enabling software for Windows 95/98/NT 4.0/NTTSE/XP through the choice of keyboard layouts. It provides direct typing facilities using various standard keyboard layouts, enables Find and Replace, keyboarding is auto-sensitive, comes with collection of fonts and enables hot keys and shortcut keys. It works with all popular MS Windows based applications like MS Office, StarOffice, OpenOffice, Lotus Smart Suite, Pagemaker, Photoshop, Hot Potatoe etc.,.
Users : Publishers, DTP centres, Web content developers, Advocates, Bankers, Public sectors, Government Departments, Teachers, Students etc.,.
SURABHI UV is an Unicode Input enabling software for Windows XP through the choice of keyboard layouts. It provides direct typing facilities using various standard keyboard layouts, comes with collection of fonts and enables hot keys and shortcut keys. It works with all Unicode compliant MS Windows XP based applications like MS Office XP, StarOffice 6.0, OpenOffice 1.1, CorelDraw 12, Hot Potatoe 6.0 etc.,.
SURABHI TOOLS, Is a collection of tools to support Indian Languages on the Tools of MS Office running on MS Windows. This includes tools such as Sorting, Text conversion, Auto correct, Date and Time, Numerals to text etc.
An interactive Web content enabling utility exclusively developed for Indian Languages to enable typing in Indian Languages in the Text fields, Text Area and Set fonts to Text fields, Text Area, Buttons and Body Text.
e-Type, is a compact embedded font solution developed exclusively to support Indian Languages and to facilitate localisation of Pagers, Mobile phones, Dot Matrix Printers and any digital gadgets. The compact code size also enables multi-lingual solutions in the power crunch digital gadgets. It is easy to implement, extremely portable and contains clear and understandable source code with documentation. With appropriate peripheral support like demo code, debug tools with source code and design manual, e-type enables excellent and seamless integration with short implementation period.
* Generates high-quality complex characters / ligatures.
* Facilitates product localisation in Indian Languages.
* Packaged as 'C' source code to enable portability.
* Proven and successful product integration.
Janani is first time effort to localize MS Windows 98 and applications running on it. Janani is a boon to Indians and Indian languages. Janani localises the User Interfaces such as Menus, Dialog boxes, Status bar texts, Help tips etc., of MS Windows 98 and enables seamless integration of Language and Technology.
* Empowers to use the MS Windows 98 based computers in the choice of language of the user.
* Fulfills the goal of Global village/Wealth creator/Knowledge society.
* Makes possible to impart computer education in regional languages.
* Infuses love for language.
* Enhances vocabulary of regional languages.
* Removes the language barrier.
* Localises the software applications during run-time.
* Localises standard applications, tools, control panel applications etc.
* Translates the user interfaces like standard menus, Pulldown menus, Shortcut menus, System menus, Tooltips, Messages, Button texts, Status bar texts, Dialogs, Help tips etc.
* Localises standard application software like Internet Explorer, Notepad, Wordpad, Address book, Windows Media player etc bundled with the Operating System.
* Offers helps in the users choice of language.
* Provides Bi-Lingual user interface option.
Users : Any Indian who wants to use Computers based on MS Windows 98 Operating System in his choice of Language, starting from Farmers to Professionals including students.
APPLESOFT, a software premier for Indian languages, has remained a prime and perhaps the sole organization over the past decade and a half which dedicates itself to extensive research on software in Indian languages. Its principal aim is to bridge the digital divide in society that arises due to lack of local language support resulting out of computerisation. Thus, this has been the driving motive behind Applesoft products.
It dedicates its work to research on software which enables a lay man use computers and other allied information technology gadgets in his own language. Its prime focus has been on software in areas of Indian Languages which are of immense value for the masses and has a direct bearing on proliferation of information technology to the masses in society. However, it has several prime contributions in the office automation, educational and communication arena as well. The unique feature of Applesoft has been that its concepts and approach has always remained timely, thorough and all the more, unique.
Over the years, the experience gained has enabled Applesoft widen its vision and horizon. From what started as providing software solutions for Indian languages on computers at Applesoft, it has diversified its area to cover almost the entire spread of digital media and includes neo IT gadgets of the sort of Pagers, Mobile phones, PDAs, Set top boxes etc. The experience gained over the years has positioned APPLESOFT as leader in IT for Indian Languages. It has thus encompassed the entire spread of software in Indian language and works in the direction of working in software technology in one's own Mother tongue. No wonder its proficiency has had deep impact not only on the market, but has impacted the very trend in development of software in these prime areas of software in Indian languages and education. No wonder several organizations and even Governments look upon Applesoft for expertise, guidance and lead in prime areas in this field which have potentialities to shape further developments in society.
Unlike many other software companies, Applesoft came into being more than a decade ago and was set up during January 1990 with the motto of developing technologies to promote Indian Languages on digital media.
In the quest to be amongst the users, Applesoft undertakes extensive research of software products which has appeal and utility amongst the users. Over the years since its inception, it has concentrated its research efforts on development of software in Indian languages and has conceptualized several unique products. Having started its research on MS DOS and MS Windows platform, the Applesoft team has made sufficient foray into these and related areas. The experience thus gained has proved to be its biggest asset. This has enabled it to envision solutions for Indian languages that covers the entire spread of the digital media. This list covers neo-digital gadgets of the likes of Dot Matrix Printers, Pagers, Mobiles and Set-Top boxes. Applesoft today boasts of having expertise for any of the vernacular interfaces for any of the applications above.
Of all Applesoft's contributions and products, Janani and Localiser are allied products which are innovations by itself and first of its kind in the market. These classic products stand tall and only goes to prove Applesoft's distinction, innovativeness and the level of expertise in the field of software for Indian language. Janani, a remarkable achievement is a result of extensive research in the field of Indian language computing which is only one of its kind in the area of localisation. Janani runs in the background and translates all menus, dialogs and system generated messages of the international version of MS Windows 98 and other applications which run on it to Tamil. Even though this technology has been implemented with Tamil, the technology has been designed with multilingual requirement and can meet the requirements of other Indian languages. Localiser, yet another indigenously developed software to localize all text based resources of a software. It thus enables translate all menus, dialogs and system generated messages of that software to Tamil. these innovations have enabled a user who does not know English to use computers, applications and the related technology which was hither to a forbidden area for a person with working knowledge of Indian Language alone.
Applesoft's high quality research in this remote, but highly involving specialty area of software in Indian languages has drawn widespread technical requests from peer and Government organizations as well. Applesoft, is not only a leader in this area, but is also a trend setter in the area of software development for Indian languages. Hence, it is often consulted upon for development of standards for Indian languages. Applesoft derives its motivation to be part of the standardization process due to its passion for Indian Languages and its standardization, which has widespread implications in both the development of the very language and the technology for softwares in Indian languages.
Applesoft, having developed technical expertise in-house and being sound at it, has allied areas of business interests. Amongst key areas of its businesses are: Consultancy on software development for Indian languages, Developing specialized fonts across languages that may be used for special applications, Customisation of software for Indian languages and specialized support for localisation of softwares.
· Vernacular interface to MS DOS.
· Vernacular interface to MS Windows 98.
(a) An Invitee by Govt of Karnataka for Standardising Kannada on Computers and related to Electronic typewriter.
(b) Member of Unicode Standardisation Committee for Tamil.
(c) Member of COILTech Consortium.
(d) Member of High Level TDIL (Technology Development for Indian languages) R & D Working Group under the auspices of Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, Govt of India, New Delhi.
(f) Member of TISC-TN (Tamil Internet Steering Committee) representing Tamil software industry.
Applesoft has a dedicated customer base spread across India and abroad apart from a dedicated dealer / distributor network. In India, various Government departments have been prime customers for products from Applesoft and have summarily been using them. The huge list runs to over 50 departments across Tamil Nadu and Karnataka predominantly and includes organizations like: International Institute of Tamil studies, Tamil Virtual University, ASMT, BEL, University of Michigan etc. It also has offshore customers and are based at USA, UK, Singapore, Hong Kong and Malaysia. Applesoft's products for Tamil has a well established user base at Singapore. Applesoft has established a leadership for products in Tamil and Kannada languages.
Following are some of the products developed by APPLESOFT which supports Kannada.
I guess I may not agree with you in many respects. Though we are getting draged to discuss many issues, since you have told they have some bearing with Kannada, let me write atleat what I understand. I guess this will rest this discussion and steer us towards what we set out to work for. The britishers ruled India for more than 300 years. They had the complete control over Indian administration. Did they try to get rid of Hinduism? Did it happen even if they tried? Instead, we can give lots of useful works they have done during their rule over India.
In christianity also, there are lots of varied faiths like Pagans, Protestants, Catholics, etc, similar to what you have said like Dwaitha, Advaitha etc. which means they have a freedom to think and choose a faith and I guess they have not been killed. These are only a few that I can remember at this moment. I personally have many Christian friends (converted ones) who have a very good opinion of Hinduism. They are not advocating anyone to get into Christianity. They are living happily with us and happen to know some of the very interesting facts and details of Hindu sacred works. How can I complain them? To your kind information, let me share some interesting information. During the 12th century, people from Bengal came to Karnataka (Sri. Basaveshwara's "anubhava maMTapa"). They learnt Kannada to discuss with people here and went to their place and spread their ideas. Who knows the great saint/prophet Sri. Ramakrishna Paramahamsa and Sri. Vivekananda have had these ideas sown by their ancestors which they have given us! This may look ridiculous but cannot be ruled out. This is how the discussion get turned to some unwanted ends. That is why I never wanted to get into this riddle. Many a great people have tried on these reforms. We can be inspired by them. Let us do what is possible for us. What we can do at this moment is use more Kannada and do in our possibility to improve kannada. I am more interested (only interested) in this. Anyway, thanks for writing.
>If a person finds shelter under a different faith, what do we lose?
If a person changes his faith within the religions which took birth in India(i,e, dvaita, advaita, shiva, vaishnava, virashaiva, sikh, jaina, baudda etc.) then there is no problem. But if a person who changes his faith to a religion with foriegn origin (like christianity and islam) then it is a very dangarous to us.
*If those converted become non-Kannadigas, that should worry us.
Nanu adannE hELUttiruvudu. kannaDigaru convert AdaShTU kannaDakke toMdareyE. alpasaMkhyAtara dRuShTikOna kannaDigarigiMta binna.
Foreign countries will try to capture India using four forces, first three are Army, Navy and Airforce. The fourth power was missionaries. The fourth force will destroy and decay the nation internally.
illi halavu saMkIrNa vicAragaLIve. shaMntavAgi yOcisidare mAtra arthavAguttade. dayaviTTu gamanisi conversion gaLiMda modalu effect Aguvudu kannaDa saMskRutige. A naMtara bhAShege.
1. christians eMdigU bEre dEvarugaLannu oppuvudilla.
2. oppadiddarE bEDA Adare avaru mikkellA dEvarugaLannU saitAn eMdu kareyuttaare.
3. christianity biTTu, anya saMskRtige saMbhaMda paTTAMtahadellavannU nAshamADaletnisuttAre.
4. kannaDigareMdU itarEyavara mata, dharma, Achara, vichAragaLannu avahELana mADuvudilla. Adare obba convert Ada kUDalE avanu hiMdu dEvarugaLannu niMdisalu shuru mADuttaane. mAtravalla iduvaregU tAnu pUjisuttidda dEvarugaLige beMki haccuttAne.
illina janapada hADugaLu, paurANika nATAkagaLU, kOlATagaLu, hADu hase ellavU maMgamAyavAguttade.
Novembar tiMgaLalli elleDe nAvu nADadEvi bhuvanEshvariya ArAdhane mADuttEve. Adare christiannara saMkhe heccAdare idu niMtu hOguttade.
Harihara, RAghavAMkara kRutigaLu artha kaLEdu koLLuttave. basavaNNanavara vachanagaLu kasadabuTTIge hOguttave. Rannana GadAyudda mane sEruttade. aShTEke? kuveMpuravara RamAyaNa darshanaM saha avarige bEkAgilla. Dasara meravaNigeyE iruvudilla, badalAgi Xmas habba baruttade. Illina samskRutiyoMdige hAsuhokkAgiruva ellA habba, haridinagaLU artha kaLedukoMDu mUle sEruttave. sarvajnana vacanagaLu, DVG yavara kRutigaLu hIge ellavU christiannarige sahyavAguvudilla.
>We can give hundreds of reasons why they are getting converted. Let this kind of discussion stop here. If a person finds shelter under a different faith, what do we lose? Please don't think I am for conversion. If those converted become non-Kannadigas, that should worry us.
>being replaced by other christian personalities.
>malayalam families who are converted like these people.
>spiritedly wrote against please realise this.
>everything is getting destroyed in the name of conversions.
> > tamma dharmakke viruddha eMdu virOdhisuttare.
sariyalla, idannu kEmdra oppuvudilla eMdu praMana patra salliside.
geLeyarE, I keLagina koMDiyannu anusarisi.
uttara karnaaTakadiMda iShToMdu baari aarisi baMdu allige EnU maaDada raajakaaraNigaLu naMtara karnaaTaka raajyavu pakShapaatiyeMdu dUruvavarige korateyilla. aadare kela raajakaaraNigaLige ommomme oLLeya hoLahugaLu baruttave ennuvudakke idE saakShi allavE?


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package org.lanternpowered.server.inventory.vanilla;

import org.lanternpowered.server.inventory.AbstractChildrenInventory;
import org.lanternpowered.server.inventory.view.FancyTopBottomGridViewContainer;

/**
 * Represents a player inventory container which can be viewed.
 *
 *
All the top inventory slots will be put into a chest inventory.

 */
public class ViewedPlayerInventory extends FancyTopBottomGridViewContainer {

    public ViewedPlayerInventory(LanternPlayerInventory playerInventory, AbstractChildrenInventory openInventory) {
        super(playerInventory, openInventory);
    }

    @Override
    protected Layout buildLayout() {
        final LanternPlayerInventory playerInventory = getPlayerInventory();
        final LanternPlayerArmorInventory armorInventory = playerInventory.getArmor();

        final Layout layout = new Layout.Chest(4);
        // Armor
        for (int i = 0; i < armorInventory.capacity(); i++) {
            layout.bind(0, i, armorInventory.getSlot(i).get());
        }
        // Off hand
        layout.bind(2, 3, playerInventory.getOffhand());
        return layout;
    }
}


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Washington has also been helping the Saudis in their bombardment of Yemen by providing logistics and intelligence to the Saudi air force.
Saudi Arabia has been carrying out a relentless air campaign against Yemen over the past 10 months, killing more than 8,300 people and displacing hundreds of thousands, according to coalition of rights groups.
The illegal air strikes, which started on March 26, have been meant to undermine Houthis and allies and restore power to fugitive president Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi, who is a staunch ally of Riyadh.
Yemeni sources said on Thursday that at least 34 Yemeni people had lost their lives in fresh wave of Saudi air raids across the country. Five workers were killed when Saudi warplanes targeted oil storage facilities in the Red Sea port of R'as Isa, on western coast of Yemen, with reports suggesting that the casualties may rise due to critical conditions of those injured in the attacks.
Airstrikes claimed the lives of 14 members of one family in the Marran district of Sa'ada Province. Fifteen people, mostly medical workers, were also killed in air raids in the town of Dahyan as they were rushing to help Marran casualties.
The UAE secretly sends some 300 Colombian mercenaries to fight for it in Yemen, the French news agency AFP says, citing informed sources .
Yemen's Houthi fighters and allied forces kill six Colombian troops and an Australian commander in southwestern Yemen.


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DROP FUNCTION IF EXISTS count_in_list;
DELIMITER ~~
-- Count occurrences of id in list, where list is something like '1,2,2,3,4'
CREATE FUNCTION count_in_list(id int, list text) RETURNS integer
BEGIN
  DECLARE rv int;
  DECLARE pos int;
  DECLARE off int;
  DECLARE search_val text;
  SET rv = 0;
  SET off = 1;
  SET search_val = concat(',', id, ',');
  SET list = concat(',', list, ',');
  LOOP
    SET pos = INSTR(MID(list, off), search_val);
    IF pos = 0 THEN
      RETURN rv;
    END IF;
    SET rv = rv + 1;
    SET off = off + pos;
  END LOOP;
END ~~
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This tragedy in Ferguson, Missouri reminds me of our own struggles with the Almighty God. We are clearly outgunned when it comes to the Eternal One, but through persistence we can win the day. Jacob was able to wrestle with the Lord all night long because of the loving kindness of the Lord. At any moment, the battle could have ended. Was this arm in arm wrestling something that Jesus enjoyed? From afar, it would look like an extended hug. It is only the tenderness in Jesus that we find answers to our wrestling with God. Why did you not heal my Dad? Why is that marriage not working? You told me to move here, why all this pain?
There are no good answers to the mess in Ferguson. For our own unanswered prayers the answer is NOT to stop praying, or stop having faith in a God that would allow this. It is to imitate Jacob (who got a new name which translates to "God-wrestler") and say to God, "I will not let you go unless you bless me." But we may go through the rest of our lives with a limp.
There are certainly problems with prayer: Why pray when God already knows all about that situation? "Your Father knows what you need before you ask Him." Why thank God when He doesn't need the affirmation? If prayer is a conversation with a friend, how come I seldom have a two way dialogue? How about unanswered prayer? There are many problems, but I watch how Jesus would pray and that Jesus did pray to His Father, and that is enough for me.
This analogy of standing by God's side and looking at the situations of our life side by side is revolutionary for me. Before, I saw myself praying at some altar and God was above me. In my mind, we were separated. Another analogy that I have used, is that of sitting in the Father's lap. There is no separation in this calming view, but it's a very dependent view of our relationship with God, much like a baby or child being comforted. There are times where this works.
Yancey's prose has God and I together looking at a person or problem that God already cares about. I am not trying to get a reluctant God to make a cosmic change in Gaza or in my next jumpstart. Together, we are caring about this situation, and I have moved from a servant to a friend. Together, God and I face this day, walking arm in arm.
This still disturbs me. Why do we "dress up" for church? To be seen by men? Why do we sit up straight and act good? Does God care? God doesn't care. He sees us the other 167 hours of the week. He knows we aren't good and doesn't want us to come shined up for inspection. He loves us just the way we are.
Church should be an extension of the rest of the week, where we honor God and put Him first. We must make "Sunday go to meeting" a "come as you really are" time. We are there to meet with our God who cleanses us, forgives us and strengthens us for the battle ahead. On our right and left are fellow soldiers who have been nicked and wounded in the fight we call life. To come to this healing service with a mask on delights the enemy. Masks prevent us from coming alongside of one another, praying for each other and joining together against the common foe.
Church is for sinners who need a Savior, not for the sanctified who want to show off their stuff.
Everyone who wants to renew your strength, raise your hand. Everyone wants to renew their strength. People use vitamins, Gold's Gym, yoga, and personal trainers to revitalize their lives.
The opposite of waiting upon the Lord is running on your own strategies and energy: success is dependent on your brilliance. This is very, very, very fatiguing. It saps your strength. You are always on stage. The spotlight shines brightly. The worst part of this opposite way is that it gives temporary, temporal, fading results.
You don't start on a project until you hear God's direction on which way to go. You seek His will, not your own. "Trust in the Lord will all your heart, and do not lean upon your own understanding. Acknowledge Him in all your ways, and He will direct your path." Proverbs 3: 5-6. You continue to work hard on the last thing you heard Him say, but the new project is put on hold until you have finished the first step: wait upon the Lord for His plan.
This renews our strength because the results are lasting, eternal and Kingdom focused. Also, perhaps God only renews the strength of those who are running the path He has set. The ones who are running on the wrong path, God wants them to run out of gas!
One of my favorite games as a child was Hide & Seek. The fun for me was finding a place where no one could find me: under the boughs of the great Blue Spruce, behind the trash cans for up the oak tree. I was disappointed when I was found.
God continually seeks the hiding, and hides from the seeker. It's a paradox. We hide in some great places: business, technology, even in our devotions. God does need some help from us. Spiritual receptivity is knowing enough to look for Him in all places, and to realize that He is looking for us. This "finding God" is a talent and can be increased with practice or lost by neglect.
It is not enough to read your Bible. We seek not to know the Bible, but God! Open your eyes and see Him in the everyday, as well as in the Scriptures. Sharpen this skill of knowing God.


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I was recently in Palermo for work and, whilst most of my time was spent prepping and getting everything ready for a yacht race, everything closed on Sunday and so I had the chance to be a tourist.
Palermo isn't somewhere I'd really considered visiting and, in all honesty, probably wouldn't have if it weren't for work, and I regret that hugely now! I knew there was a naval history aspect (Horatio Nelson, I know, nobody is surprised) but I didn't know much else about the city other than The Godfather having been filmed there.
I stuck my trainers on and got walking.
In a giant anti-clockwise walking loop of the city I took in as much as I possibly could…
The Monument to The Victims of the Struggle Against The Mafia
Piazza XIII Vittime
'The 13 Victims' are the thirteen Sicilian patriots executed in this square, without a trial after the failed Gancia Revolt in 1860. The names of these thirteen men are engraved on the obelisk. The obelisk is just opposite the monument to the victims of the struggle against the Mafia.
La Cala Marina
Apparently, until 2005, the area around La Cala Marina was off limits. Rubbish filled the streets and it was a haunt of drug dealers working on behalf of organised crime such as Cosa Nostra. Today, hundreds of yachts are anchored here and you would never have guessed its' dark history.
Porta Felice
Porta Felice is the waterside entrance gate of the Cassaro (the main, most ancient street in Palermo) The gate was completed in 1637. During WWII the right pillar was almost entirely destroyed because of the bombing, but it has now been restored to its former glory.
Statue of Vincenzo Florio
As you walk along the Foro Italico there is a statue dedicated to Vincenzo Florio, a Sicilian politician and entrepreneur, as well as senator of the Kingdom of Italy. He was famous for having built the famous Florio cellars in Marsala for the production of Marsala wine, and was also president of the Chamber of Commerce of Palermo and founder of the Sicilian steamboat company, which in 1841 inaugurated the first maritime route from Palermo to Naples.
Il Monumento Grifeo
Along the seafront road in Palermo, closing what was once the noble district, on the corner with Via Lincoln, is this monument from 1784. It shows the name and coat of arms of Girolamo Grifeo with the motto "Noli Me Tangere" – To Overcome Everything. Grifeo was the VII Prince of Partanna, XXIV Baron, XVII Viscount of Galtellin, VI Duke of Ciminna and Duke of Gualtieri. He was the Praetor of Palermo and Senator of the Sicilian Kingdom. On the side facing the sea is a commemorative plaque requested by King Ferdinand. It's located right opposite the most beautiful park and gardens.
Quattro Canti
Quattro Canti, officially known as Piazza Vigliena, was built on the orders of the Viceroys between 1608 & 1620 at the crossing of the two main streets in Palermo, Corso Vittorio Emanuele and Via Maqueda. It split the city in to 4 segments.
The building fronts are in three tiers. At ground level is a fountain (representing Palermo's four rivers), above those are representations of the season – autumn (N), winter (E), spring (S) and summer (W). The tier above has a Spanish king – Philip IV (N), Philip III (E), Charles V (S) and Philip II (W). The third level has 4 patron saints – Sant'Oliva (N), Sant'Agata (E), Santa Christina (S) and Santa Ninfa (W). Above them? The sky!
It's also known as Il Teatro del Sole – the Theatre of the Sun – because at any time of day, one of the four corners is illuminated by the sun.
The French writer Guy de Maupassant once described Palermo as "the most beautiful religious jewellery dreamed by human thought"
The Cathedral was founded in 1185 on the site of a former mosque, which was built on a early Christian basilica. During the 13th and 14th centuries the cathedral was gothicised and then after that the Spanish added a dome and Catalan style exterior. Remains of the Norman structure include the triple apse and the clock tower. Altered in the 1700's, all that remains of the Norman era inside are the tombs.
One thing I will add – Please respect your surroundings and cover your shoulders and legs when visiting the Cathedral or churches. Whilst they didn't police it at the door, I saw a number of people given a dressing down by nuns. I was brought up Roman Catholic and always do this, even if you just wrap a sarong around your legs and pop a light cardigan on, respect the environment you are in.
If you're a fan of the Godfather trilogy (and who isn't, let's be honest) you'll recognise these steps outside the Teatro Massimo in Palermo as being the location of the final scene of The Godfather Part III, and that silent scream by Al Pacino (Don Michael Corleone) which I consider one of his best scenes. It's also the largest opera house in Italy and 3rd largest in Europe.
Il Castello della Zisa
This is the Castello alla Zisa. Built in the 12th century by Arabian craftsmen for King William I of Sicily, it was completed by his son William II. It was built to be a summer residence for the Norman kings. Inspired by Moorish architecture, the name Zisa itself derives from the Arab term al-aziz, meaning splendid.
Palazzina Cinese
Ok, so I didn't walk to this one… My bus to the airport didn't turn up, so I had to take a taxi… Every cloud… He took me past via the Palazzina Cinese. In 1798 King Ferdinand IV, together with his wife Queen Maria Carolina were forced to flee Naples. They arrived in Palermo on December 25th on HMS Vanguard, escorted by Horatio Nelson. In 1799, King Ferdinand fell in love with the Chinese Casina and wanted his home in Palermo, amongst the lemon groves and hunting grounds, to reflect that… et voila! Horatio Nelson would have spent time here with the King. Told you I'd get naval history in somehow!
If I had more time, I'd have liked to head out towards some of the beaches and further afield, but I'm happy I ticked off what I managed to!
A few tips…
Bring walking shoes, it's cheaper than taxi's and public transport isn't really a thing outside of the main tourist centre. If you want to be a tourist, then make sure you're happy to walk, or that your hotel is in a central area!
There are hop on/hop off buses if you want to get around the city faster, and these take you to so many other tourist locations I didn't have time to get to.
Be aware of cars… As with most of Italy, just because the crossing is on green, it doesn't mean cars will stop for you. I almost got hit a few times! The pavements are also pretty battered and there's a lot of dog mess, so be aware of that and tread carefully.
There aren't many public toilets, so if you need to find one, grab a coffee and use one in a restaurant or cafe. They're not always super clean, so take hand sanitiser!
Learn some Italian. A lot of people outside of hotels don't speak English, and even if they do, they choose not to unless you make some form of effort, I found. Even if it's your very best attempt at the Google translation, a little goes a long way!
Eat late. Most restaurants don't open until 1900/1930. There are lots of places to grab paninis, pizza or arancini balls (do it!) around the city. A lot of smaller cafe's outside of the tourist areas only accept cash, so make sure you have some euros on you!
Sicilian time is like Caribbean time. Everyone is very laid back. Shops won't open at the exact opening times they list on the doors, so don't expect them to! (Fine if you're on holiday, bad if you're on a work trip and trying to buy boat parts…)
Take. Insect. Repellent. In Sicily they have tiger mosquito's and don't I know it. These come out not only at night, but also in the daytime, and bite away they shall. I returned with about 30 bites, all of which I gained in one day out…
Don't worry about the mafia… Yes, they exist, yes they still have an influence in Palermo (you'll see the anti mafia banners in a few restaurants and shops), but you won't find a horse head in your bed, and they won't make you any offers you can't refuse…
Read up on the history of Palermo. It is fascinating… One of the oldest cities in the world, and often referred to as the most conquered city in history. At least twelve different countries have occupied the city at one time or another and the influences remain in architecture, food and shops.
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Publicis Resolute Wins International Communications Team of the Year Award for Third Year in a Row
Publicis Resolute is proud to have been named Communications Team of the Year 2018 for the third consecutive year, scooping the International Challenge Award.
The competition is acclaimed in the industry for its "dynamic and different" judging process which invites healthcare communications agencies to complete on-the-day challenges, with teams judged on their ability to successfully respond to a typical client brief in under three hours.
The winning team from Resolute picked up the award at the annual PharmaTimes Marketer of the Year and Communications Team of the Year awards ceremony, which took place on 15th November at the Tower Hotel in London.
"Whether it's our first win or our third, it's a huge honour to be so consistently recognised as the best in the business, especially in such a competitive category", said Ann Hughes, Business Unit Director of Publicis Resolute, who was part of the winning team.
"At Resolute, we take a seriously imaginative approach to problem-solving, whether it's a task like this or a client's business problem. Winning for the third year in a row proves not only how deeply this thinking permeates our teams but also that we have fun with it, which shows in the work, ultimately for the benefit of our clients." Ann continued.
Once again, judges were looking for evidence of pioneering thought processes, unexpected ways of using technology and data, and new attitudes towards marketing and communications.
Judges commended the Publicis Resolute team for its market-leading creativity and quality across a variety of healthcare communications disciplines including medical education, PR and market access.
Awarding Publicis Resolute at the prestigious industry ceremony, in London's Tower Hotel, PharmaTimes Business Manager and competition lead Anna Yeardley said, "This award represents everything communications teams should aspire to be; creative yet strategic in their delivery. This win is a testament to Resolute's passionate team who consistently demonstrate the ability to bring fresh ideas to this challenging sector".
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A motorist accused of running over a girl because she 'was a Mexican' is now charged with hitting a black child
Posted 1:29 pm, December 24, 2019, by CNN Wire
An Iowa woman who told police she ran over a teen because she "was a Mexican" has been charged with another attempted murder after police say she hit a 12-year-old boy on the same day.
Nicole Poole Franklin was charged with attempted murder last week after admitting she intentionally ran over a 14-year-old girl with her car and "made a series of derogatory statements about Latinos," police said.
And just an hour-and-a-half after that incident, West Des Moines police said she used racist slurs toward a clerk and customers at a West Des Moines convenience store and threw items at the clerk, landing her assault, theft and public intoxication charges.
Des Moines Police Sgt. Paul Parizek said footage of the incident showed she intentionally hit the 12-year-old boy, who is black, about an hour before she hit the 14-year-old.
The boy was walking along the curb of a Des Moines apartment parking lot when an SUV jumped the curb, ran over his leg and fled, police reported.
A witness told police the SUV "gunned its engine" before the driver struck the child and that she'd seen the driver in the complex before.
The boy's injuries were minor, police said.
Two more incidents on the same day
The 14-year-old said she was walking to her middle school when Franklin struck her. She was hospitalized for her injuries and returned to school within a week.
"I didn't do anything," she told CNN affiliate KCCI. "I'm just a girl just walking to a basketball game."
About 90 minutes later, police arrested Franklin at a West Des Moines convenience store. She pocketed some items and when a clerk questioned her about stealing, she began yelling racial slurs at him and other customers, West Des Moines police reported.
Officers charged her with assault, theft and public intoxication. She told officers then that she'd smoked meth within the past five hours, according to the report.
She admitted to hitting the 14-year-old, who CNN has not named because she is a minor, while detectives interviewed her about the incident in the convenience store, the Clive Police Department said.
The Des Moines Adult Public Defender's Office has withdrawn from her case. A district judge will appoint her a new attorney during her preliminary hearing for her first attempted murder charge on December 30, the office told CNN.
The crimes were motivated by hate, police say
Clive police were investigating whether Franklin committed a hate crime when she ran over the girl. But Parizek said her motive is clear.
"Looking at the three incidents collectively, the hate-filled motivation is apparent," he told CNN in an email.
Local authorities have denounced Franklin's crimes.
"There is no place in our community (or any other) for this kind of hatred and violence," Clive Police Chief Michael Venema said after Franklin was first charged with attempted murder.
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Court Declines to Order Arbitration of Bad Faith Case, Applying California Over Federal Law
In Los Angeles Unified Sch. Dist. v. Safety National Casualty Corp. (No. B275597, filed 7/12/17), ("LA Unified"), a California appeals court held that a California state court has the discretion under state law to refuse ordering a bad faith lawsuit to arbitration, despite an arbitration clause in the insurance policy, if the clause does not expressly require application of Federal Arbitration Act ("FAA") procedure.
In LA Unified, the school district brought a bad faith action against 27 insurers over coverage for claims by hundreds of students for decades of abuse by two of the district's teachers. The complaint alleged 203 causes of action and claimed over $200 million in damages. Safety National had provided high-level excess insurance to the district in the 1980s with limits of $5 million per occurrence excess of $20 million, and a self-insured retention of $1.5 million.
Safety National moved to compel arbitration under an arbitration clause in its policy, but the motion was denied. The dispute centered on the difference between the procedural rules of the FAA and California law. On appeal, Safety National made two arguments: that under the procedural requirements of the FAA, which applied because the insurance transaction involved interstate commerce, the court was required to order arbitration. Second, the insurer argued that its relationship, and hence dispute, with the district, did not arise out of the same transaction or series of transactions as the other insurers being sued, such that there was no danger of inconsistent rulings in allowing the arbitration to proceed separately.
The appeals court rejected those claims. Citing Cronus Investments, Inc. v. Concierge Services (2005) 35 Cal.4th 376, the LA Unified court concluded that the FAA does not preempt application of California arbitration procedure rules and, in fact, in the absence of an express provision requiring application of the FAA in the contract, California arbitration procedure applies in California courts.
Unlike the FAA, Code of Civil Procedure 1281.2(c) expressly permits a court to refuse to order arbitration where "A party to the arbitration agreement is also a party to a pending court action or special proceeding with a third party, arising out of the same transaction or series of related transactions and there is a possibility of conflicting rulings on a common issue of law or fact."
Having concluded that there was no preemption, and that state law applied, the LA Unified court held that the trial court's denial of the motion to compel arbitration was proper. The court pointed out that not only did Safety National's dispute arise out of the same underlying facts of abuse by the two school teachers, but that the district had expressly alleged that all of the abuse constituted a single occurrence.
In that regard, the appeals court rejected the insurer's claim that "there is no real possibility of either the court or the arbitration panel ruling that there was only one occurrence." While acknowledging the insurer's citation to authorities in other jurisdictions following the "rule" that "multiple acts of sexual abuse against different victims do not constitute one occurrence," the LA Unified court said that issue could not be decided on the record in the case to date and, quoting the trial court: "While the Court is in no position to make that assessment at this time, the gravamen of this case will require the Court to ultimately resolve this important coverage question."
With the question of number of occurrences as yet undecided, the court noted that it would have to be determined in a separate arbitration regardless, thus posing a danger of inconsistent rulings. And the court rejected the insurer's contention that the fact its coverage was at such a high level of excess would moot the question in any case on a theory that its layer of coverage would never be invaded: "The standard under §1281.2(c) requires only a 'possibility' of conflicting rulings on a common issue of law or fact. Certainly, and at the very least, there is such a possibility here."
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I'm trying to remember a science fiction novel I read sometime in the mid-1980s -- I'm sure it was no later than the year 1986.
The novel took place on Planet Earth, at least a couple of centuries in the future. A spacefaring alien race either ruled the Earth or at least dominated the most civilized portion of it. I have an impression (possibly mistaken!) that there weren't nearly as many big human cities scattered around the globe as there used to be in the 20th Century, but I don't remember if that was because of war with these aliens, or with some other alien race entirely, or a terrible war among the human nations before the aliens ever came along, or what.
The start of the novel takes place in the urban area which is the "headquarters" of the high-tech aliens. Near their spaceport, I believe. I have a vague idea that this was stated to be somewhere within the boundaries of the former United States of America.
We quickly learn some interesting things about her. She speaks perfect English (or whatever language the humans of North America are speaking in this future era), but she is either an alien who looks pretty darn humanoid, or else a half-breed whose genes are fifty percent alien and fifty percent human (I simply can't remember which). She is described as having white or silver hair, and also there is something very peculiar about her eyes -- I can't remember what -- which is a dead giveaway regarding alien DNA. However, if she covered or dyed her hair, and covered her eyes with sunglasses, and wore normal clothes, the typical observer might easily believe she was just another human woman.
Except for the scene I just described, I remember very little about the details of the plot between the opening and closing chapters of the novel. But I believe that when the heroine, the human servant, and the two kids were all running around in the mountains, it wasn't a pleasure outing. It was because they were hiding from someone and/or trying to reach (on foot) a safe place. I think there may have been some sort of attempted coup taking place, or something like that, and this collection of "good guys" had been shot down, or crash-landed, or something, and either didn't have any radio equipment to let them call for help, or else didn't dare broadcast their location under the current circumstances, so they had to spend several days just walking to wherever it was they wanted to go.
However, I do remember that the final scene of the book is deliberately structured as a reprise of the opening scene. The heroine is talking to the kids again (don't ask me about what), and she gets a summons to go speak to some authority figures (aliens, I'm fairly sure). On the final page, as she is leaving to answer the summons, one of the kids asks her, "Will you be coming back?" (or words to that effect), and the text says she doesn't answer because she doesn't know. That's the end of the novel, and those words used in the final paragraph are precisely how the opening scene ended!
Does anyone think this sounds familiar? I seem to recall that the author's way with words seemed pretty good to me at the time, even though I didn't fall madly in love with the plot and the characters, and I might like to take a look at other stuff by the same author (or even refresh my memory of this one) if I can pin it down.
However in several other respects, the story you describe sounds entirely different. You said you read the book you are looking for no later than 1986 but Under Alien Stars was published in 1990. Questions and answers on this site demonstrate that it's quite common for people to conflate two stories when remembering something from long ago. Could that have happened in this case?
The novel took place on Planet Earth, at least a couple of centuries in the future. A spacefaring alien race either ruled the Earth or at least dominated the most civilized portion of it.
In Under Alien Stars, which for brevity I will refer to as UAS, the Earth was conquered by an alien race called the Tsorians, but it's set in the near future, not centuries ahead.
After a preface, Chapter 1 of UAS opens in the Tsorian headquarters in California.
The opening chapter is told from the point of view of the young Tsorian female main character, Aryl. She meets the other main character, a human boy called Jason, but she isn't tutoring anyone.
Aryl is described in the first chapter as speaking "dry, harshly accented English", but she never has any problem communicating. She has "almost white" hair and it's said that Tsorian hair is always black, white or some shade of grey. Tsorian eyes are described as having pupil-less eyes like black marbles, or like hamsters' eyes. Later in the story she does drape a tablecloth over herself to pass as a human girl wearing an Islamic-style headscarf.
5.This point about her obviously nonhuman eyes becomes especially important in a tense scene somewhere around the middle of the book. Near I can recall, the heroine, the two human kids, and one human servant (an older man) are traveling on foot in a wilderness area, and they meet someone who is very prejudiced against the aliens. Specifically, when he sees the heroine's hair, and possibly her eyes (I don't recall if she had tinted lenses covering them at this moment), this stranger correctly deduces her alien roots and wants to shoot her on the spot. None of the "good guys" have guns with which to defend themselves.
Neither the young children nor the older human servant appear in UAS, but there is a scene where she is captured by hostile humans and her disguise is ripped off and a mob are about to kill her. Jason does have a gun, though, and uses it to rescue her. It's unloaded but they don't know that.
Yes and no. The Tsorians have been oppressive conquerors, carrying out brutal reprisals, but their claim to be defending Earth from a genocidal second alien race called the Hykzoi turns out to be true.
The events you describe in your point (6) don't occur in UAS.
There's not much in your point (7) that corresponds to events in UAS, either, but the story does involve Jake and Aryl travelling by canoe and on foot through wild, mountainous country to rescue his mother and her father after Earth has been attacked by the Hykzoi and millions have been killed. They don't have a radio, though later they use one on a captured ship. To avoid giving their location away to the Hykzoi they broadcast in Spanish.
Nothing like the events you describe in your point (8) occurs in Under Alien Stars. The fact that you can give such a lot of detail about the two children, the servant, and the way the same words recur in the beginning and the end of the story, leads me to think that there must be another story with exactly these features. But the many points of similarity between what you remember and Under Alien Stars seemed worth bringing up.


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These are the number of kids kicked out of school and here's why
Most common reason for permanent exclusions in primary school is persistent disruptive behaviour
Leigh BoobyerLocal Democracy Reporter
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The latest snapshot of a troubling situation in Gloucestershire for high permanent exclusion rates for school children can now be revealed.
In 2016/17, Gloucestershire had one of the highest reported permanent exclusion rates in the country - ranking 121 out of 154 local authorities.
At 142 (0.15 per cent of the school population), this placed Gloucestershire higher than statistical neighbours and the second highest in the South West.
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The latest data for the 2017/18 academic year shows that the number of children permanently excluded dipped slightly to 139.
Of those, 109 were in secondary school, 30 in primary and zero in alternative provision.
Half of the 139 permanent exclusions were pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).
The findings, released by Gloucestershire County Council in a report, also reveal the state of an increasing number of kids being home-schooled in the county.
Primary School exclusions
Thirty primary school pupils were excluded last year.
Of the 247 primary schools spread across the county, 26 excluded their pupils in 2017/18.
The three schools that excluded more than one child are: Rowanfield Junior Academy (3); Springbank Primary Academy (2); and St James' Junior School (2).
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According to the report, the most common reason for permanent exclusions in primary school is persistent disruptive behaviour.
There has also been a rise in the number of pupils permanently excluded for physical assault against an adult or pupil, from five to seven.
In the first two terms of the current academic year, there has been a reduction in the number of primary school pupils excluded than the same period in the previous year - from 18 to five.
However, all of the five children had SEND and three had an education, health and care plan (EHC).
Secondary School exclusions
More secondary school pupils are being permanently excluded for drugs and alcohol offences, from eight to 14 last year.
Physical and verbal assaults against adults or pupils however have decreased from 31 (2016/17) to 18 (2017/18).
There were 109 secondary school children excluded in 2017/18. Only six secondary schools did not exclude its pupils.
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The highest excluding secondary schools last year are: Cheltenham Bournside School (9), Gloucester Academy (8), and Beaufort Co-operative Academy (7).
In the first two terms of the current academic year there has been 50 permanent exclusions - up from 36 in over the same period the previous year.
Of the 50, more than half had SEND.
While less secondary schools have excluded children in the autumn term (25 down to 16) those who have done so have excluded more children – with two schools already having excluded seven children in just a third of the year: All Saints Academy and Gloucester Academy.
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