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The world demands global solidarity to address today's challenges
BY Secretary-General António Guterres
Caption: Secretary-General marks the 75th anniversary of the first UN General Assembly by meeting with youth leaders.
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The United Nations was founded in 1945, in the immediate aftermath of the Second World War. But its origins lie in the darkest hours of that conflict.
In August 1941, as unprecedented suffering spread across the globe and Jews across Europe faced extermination, as London was being bombed and parliament itself was hit, Prime Minister Winston Churchill and President Franklin D. Roosevelt came together to commit to a unique vision for post-war generations.
The commitments they made, known as the Atlantic Charter, set the foundations for a more just world order, based on the right of all people to choose their own form of government; and on cooperation, human rights and the rule of law.
Three years later in 1945, many of the principles and values of the Atlantic Charter were enshrined in our founding document: the United Nations Charter.
In many ways, the vision of our founders has been vindicated.
There has not been a Third World War.
Since 1945, the world has enjoyed the longest period in recorded history without a military confrontation between major powers.
That in itself is a great achievement, of which the United Nations and its Member States can be rightly proud.
The General Assembly, where States have gathered for 75 years to debate the most important issues of our age, has seen many historic moments.
And its daily work has played an enormous part in formulating and upholding laws on key global goods, from human rights and environmental protection to arms control and war crimes. The work of the General Assembly has helped to boost global health, literacy, and living standards, and to promote human rights and gender equality.
The General Assembly's declaration on the granting of independence to colonial peoples in 1960 was a milestone for self-determination. Since the UN was established, more than 80 former colonies have gained their independence.
In the past year, the United Nations has been on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic. The World Health Organization has led the global health response and coordinated the provision of essential equipment, training and services worldwide. Early in the pandemic, the General Assembly acted swiftly to pass a resolution calling for global solidarity to fight the virus.
While we are proud of our collective achievements, we are also aware of our failures.
The climate emergency is already upon us and the global response has been utterly inadequate. The past decade was the hottest in human history. Carbon dioxide levels are at record highs.
Apocalyptic fires and floods, cyclones and hurricanes are becoming the new normal.
If we don't change course, we may be headed for a catastrophic temperature rise of more than 3 degrees this century.
Biodiversity is collapsing. One million species are at risk of extinction and whole ecosystems are disappearing before our eyes.
This is a war on nature – and a war with no winners.
Meanwhile, conventional wars are growing more entrenched and difficult to resolve.
Geopolitical tensions are escalating. The threat of nuclear proliferation and confrontation has returned.
Inequality is growing; hunger is on the rise. The number of people who have fallen into extreme poverty has increased for the first time in decades.
Transformative technology has opened up vast new opportunities, but also new threats – from cyberwarfare to rampant disinformation; from hate speech to political subversion and mass surveillance.
And the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted serious gaps in global cooperation and solidarity.
We have seen this most recently in vaccine nationalism, as some rich countries compete to buy vaccines for their own people, with no consideration for the world's poor. I thank the government and people of the United Kingdom for supporting the COVAX facility, established by the World Health Organization to guarantee that vaccines will be available to all, as a global public good.
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a disproportionate and terrible impact on the poor and dispossessed, older people and children, those with disabilities, and minorities of all kinds. It has pushed an estimated 88 million people into poverty and put more than 270 million at risk of acute food insecurity.
Disruption to education will affect millions of children for their entire lives.
Millions of women have been trapped at home with their abusers and progress on gender equality has been reversed.
Emergency measures have been invoked to quash dissent and silence the media.
The pandemic has revealed the deep fragilities in our world.
To tackle these fragilities, we need to reduce inequality and injustice, and to strengthen the bonds of mutual support and trust.
At the international level, I have called for a new global deal. Power, resources and opportunities must be managed better and shared more equitably. Developing countries must have a proportionate role and more relevance in global institutions.
At the national level, I have called for a new social contract between people, governments, the private sector, civil society and more, to tackle the roots of inequality with fair taxation on income and wealth, universal benefits, and opportunities for all.
We need a strong emphasis on quality education for all, not forgetting girls, and on access to digital technology, as powerful equalizers and enablers.
Investment in the recovery must put economies and societies on stronger foundations: human rights and dignity; peaceful cooperation; respect for other species, for our planet and its boundaries.
The pandemic is a human tragedy – but it can also be an opportunity.
The past months have shown the huge transformations that are possible, when there is political will and consensus on the way forward.
Our blueprint already exists. The Paris Agreement and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development – including the Sustainable Development Goals or the need to set a course for a healthier post-COVID world.
These agreements have been adopted by all countries and were inspired by the activism of communities, civil society and particularly young people across the globe.
We now need increased ambition and action to deliver – beginning with the climate emergency.
The central objective of the United Nations this year is to build a global coalition for carbon neutrality by the middle of the century.
We need meaningful cuts now, to reduce global emissions by 45 per cent by 2030, compared with 2010 levels.
The United Kingdom has already pledged to cut emissions by 68 per cent by 2030 compared to 1990. I look for your continued strong leadership as we prepare for COP26 in Glasgow.
Every country, city, organization, financial institution and company needs to adopt plans to reach net zero emissions by 2050 -- and start executing them now, with clear short-term targets.
The United Nations marked our 75th anniversary last year with a global survey. We asked people around the world to share their hopes, fears and priorities for international action.
Over 1.5 million people responded.
People everywhere called for better access to healthcare, education, safe water and sanitation. They demanded greater international solidarity and support for those in need.
And fully 97 per cent called for improved global cooperation to find multilateral solutions to today's global challenges.
They expressed their strong support for a reinvigorated United Nations as the platform for that cooperation. 75 years since its founding, the General Assembly remains the global forum where all countries have a voice.
Looking ahead, climate action was the top priority, followed by action to protect human rights, address conflict and corruption, promote sustainable and inclusive growth, and create jobs.
All this shows that while we face unprecedented challenges, there are reasons for optimism.
People everywhere understand that today's problems demand new approaches – based on common values and principles.
We are at a 1945 moment – but it is not 1945.
Today's war is against a microscopic virus.
Tomorrow's could be against terrorists in cyberspace.
And we are still losing the long battle against climate change.
Conflict is no longer a matter of military and economic might alone, just as power is no longer the sole preserve of states.
While the need for international cooperation continues, we must expand our idea of what that means.
In our interconnected world, we need a networked multilateralism, so that global and regional organizations communicate and work together towards common goals. And we need an inclusive multilateralism, based on the equal representation of women, and taking in young people, civil society, business and technology, cities and regions, science and academia.
We must transform our global system into a global partnership.
Justice and equality, including gender equality, are prerequisites.
Women's leadership and equal participation are key ways to address the global challenges we face.
The past year has highlighted the effectiveness of women's leadership, adding to evidence that gender-balanced decision-making leads to stronger climate agreements, greater investment in social protection, longer-lasting peace, and more innovation.
Achieving women's equal representation requires bold action, and I am proud of our success in this area over the past four years.
Outside the Houses of Parliament stands a statue of the British suffragist Millicent Fawcett, inscribed with her famous rallying cry: "Courage calls to courage everywhere".
Today, it is often young people who are showing courage, and demanding courage from the rest of us.
Let me be clear: I stand with you. You give me hope.
Young people can and do change the world.
Your courage, commitment and action have already made a difference.
Today, I see a growing momentum for change, from grassroots activists, young people and civil society, and from businesses, cities, regions, and governments in the United Nations General Assembly.
Together, I am confident that we can emerge from COVID-19 and lay the foundations for a cleaner, safer, fairer world for all, and for generations to come.
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Dan Ross currently serves as the district's Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum, Instruction, and Personnel. He was hired in November 2017 as the Director of Curriculum and Instruction overseeing the district's teaching and learning initiatives, and since that time his role has expanded to provide oversight of the departments of technology and human resources. Prior to arriving in Madison, Mr. Ross served in a variety of positions in the Piscataway School District, including mathematics teacher, teaching department chair, director of scheduling, and district supervisor.
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Frontpage Kivalliq News Inuit, Western science far apart on polar bear issues
Inuit, Western science far apart on polar bear issues
Science and traditional Inuit knowledge are at loggerheads once again following the release of a draft management plan for polar bears by the Government of Nunavut (GN) during public consultations in Iqaluit earlier this month.
Two bear-attack deaths in the Kivalliq during the summer of 2018 were the first recorded in Nunavut during the past 18 years. NNSL file photo
The plan, four years in the making, calls for Inuit knowledge to play a far more important role in bear management, claiming the bears are adapting to climate change and their increasing numbers are putting the public at risk.
Two deaths in the Kivalliq earlier this year – Aaron Gibbons of Arviat and Darryl Kaunak of Naujaat – were the first polar bear attack deaths in Nunavut in 18 years.
In addition to differing opinions on the bear's adaptability to climate change, Inuit claim bear numbers are rising in almost every population (nine of 13), while science claims only one population has seen an increase in its number.
Gabriel Nirlungayuk of Rankin Inlet is a former director of wildlife for Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. and has extensive experience with the memorandum of understanding that predated the draft plan.
Nirlungayuk took part in a number of community consultations across Nunavut concerning the GN's polar bear quota-management plan at the time, and he said most Inuit had no problem with overall hunting quotas on the bears but they weren't too pleased over sex selectivity that sees two-out-of-every-three-bears harvested having to be male.
He said that was a sticking point for everyone because communities were punished for harvesting too many female bears.
"For every female bear it goes over – I believe it was 1.5 for every one bear over – a community is penalized and its quota cut for the following year," said Nirlungayuk.
"Nunavut is the only jurisdiction that practiced that. Our friends over in the NWT, for example, don't have sex selectivity.
"The communities also wanted opportunity to sell their hides, so one of the motivations was to show the world we have this polar bear management plan and it's working great.
"Because of the cycle involved in the surveys the government does on the bears – it's very expensive to conduct them – it lags behind sometimes 10-to-20 years and Inuit were telling us in pretty much every community that they were seeing a lot more bears."
Nirlungayuk said people were outraged following the two Kivalliq deaths this past summer and began wondering to what extent do we go to protect the polar bear.
He said people have a right to defend themselves and their property, but at the same time, if it's a female bear in question, they're going to be penalized and that creates a double-jeopardy situation.
"Western science suggests that there are 13 set populations. People need to understand that due to female collaring they come up with these boundaries but Inuit know all polar bears don't have boundaries.
"Wherever it's bountiful for them, that's where they're going to hang out and, if they're going to travel, they might travel far.
"There was one male that was tagged in Russia and ended up on Baffin Island, so they may have a pretty good idea about female boundaries because of the collaring, but they have no good scientific data on big males.
"Inuit say they are seeing a lot more bears now and I agree with what they're saying – and not just coming into towns, but anywhere they roam because of years of having this polar bear management system, sex selectivity, don't hunt family groups, don't disturb denning bears and things of that nature.
"Those types of practices have worked quite well, so what are we aiming for is the big question to a lot of people right now."
Nirlungayuk said polar bears have been around for about 600,000 years and their climate has changed a lot during that time.
He said to date, Inuit haven't seen any negative effects to polar bears due to climate change.
"Tourism, perhaps, is another matter. When I went on the Churchill buggy we saw a big male about one-half-mile away and the buggy went straight to it.
"He was lying down and stayed lying down as we drove up to it, so he knew no one was hunting him, but if that were up in the high Arctic the bear would take off as soon as it saw a human.
"So, I think there might be some truth to – because of the tourism in Churchill – a growing number of bears here are equating communities to food and they know they're not going to get shot.
"Polar bears are not stupid. That's for sure."
Scientific predictions are off the mark
Nirlungayuk said the predictions made by Western science for the polar bear populations in western Hudson Bay and Baffin Bay were, in a word, wrong.
He said they need to look closely at those predictions and determine how they got them wrong.
"From a scientific perspective, I would challenge the scientific community to take another look at both western Hudson Bay and Baffin Bay to explain why the predictions that were being made back in the early 2000s up to 2018 were so wrong.
"A statement that came from Environment Canada was that the bears will keep on declining because of climate change even without hunting and that hasn't happened.
"And, when it comes to scientists making blanket statements about Inuit being wrong about this and wrong about that – excuse me but we're (Inuit) up here because of our adaptability and we'll continue to adapt to whatever comes toward us except for, maybe, a meteorite coming in or something like that.
"To me, that's no more than racist comments being made by some people."
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Michale Graves / WAR FAIR / Total Garbage / Danny Van Sceney @ Mavericks
Ex-Misfits frontman Michale Graves gave a ghoulishly good show at Mavericks Tuesday night, playing songs from his American Psycho and Famous Monsters albums.
Opening Acts
The first act of the night was local two-piece Danny Van Sceney, whose sensory assault made KISS look minimalist by comparison. Draped in lasers and caked in glow-in-the-dark paint, these guys looked like they passed out in a gutter and woke up in a puddle of nuclear waste; their rave-y rivethead style was matched by an appropriately abrasive industrial punk sound.
Next on the setlist, trio Total Garbage got the mosh pit going with a selection of raunchy and aggressive punk rock, before the half dozen members of WAR FAIR stormed the stage for a set of tight but brutal hardcore punk interspersed with bursts of amiable good humour.
"You guys like spooky shit?" asked one of the band's several vocalists, introducing an excellent hardcore cover of The Ramones's horror movie theme "Pet Sematary." The crowd (who had, after all, congregated for an evening of horror punk) did indeed like it.
"You know what gets me?" he later mused, reflecting on the night's eclectic line-up. "A bunch of bands just growling and screaming, while the headliner's [got] just a beautiful voice."
Michale Graves
Graves's headlining set fused the vicious energy of punk rock with shock rock theatricality. As his band played the opening notes of "Abominable Dr. Phibes," Graves burst onstage in a straitjacket (soon torn off to reveal a Freddy Krueger sweater, and later a tattered black tank top.) Accessorizing with a black top hat and grisly face paint, the singer had the appearance of a battered corpse.
The former Misfit wasted no time getting down to business, opening with a breakneck version of "American Psycho," followed by fan favourite "Speak of the Devil," which had the crowd shouting along to the brilliant opening lines.
"Traded in my Bible for a little black cat!" Graves yelped, as if the end of the world were the next big thing. "The time of Armageddon's here."
The crowd went nuts when American Psycho single "Dig Up Her Bones" appeared early in the set, thrusting their fists in the air in time with the "Point me to the sky above" chorus. Tracks like "Descending Angel" and "Scream" were also enthusiastically received.
Benefiting from the spirited background vocals of bandmates and fans alike, Graves's distinctive voice was equal parts emotional and eerie as he belted out the macabre lyrics and sing-along choruses of tracks like "Lost in Space" and Frankenstein love song "Dust To Dust."
The old-school horror aesthetic was heightened by the B-movie vibes of psychobilly-tinged "Scarecrow Man" and "Day of the Dead," as well as dreamy ballad "Saturday Night," which added a homicidal edge to the teen tragedy song template. (Not to mention the classic creature feature homages of songs like "Mars Attacks," "Them," and "Die Monster Die.")
With the exception of a two-minute break between sets, the show proceeded at a relentless pace; it wasn't until the end that Graves paused to introduce his band. It was then that he gave a rather poignant speech about the community-forming power of music, expressing gratitude for the ways in which his songs have continued to resonate with people. (Mid-concert soliloquies can sometimes be a bit much, but this was actually a nice, genuine moment).
His reminiscences led into a stripped-down version of freak solidarity anthem "Fiend Club," a tribute to his Misfits tenure that he wrote prior to the band's breakup.
Graves concluded with grisly fan favourite "Helena," before inviting fans to chat at the merch table.
To indulge into lame Cryptkeeper-style punning, this was a gig to die for – and a campily creepy celebration of the fiend in all of us.
Line-up: Danny Van Sceney / Total Garbage / WAR FAIR / Michale Graves
Venue: Mavericks, 221 Rideau St., Ottawa
Date: Tuesday, Sept. 10/2019
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Checking up on the Endowment Model
2015 performance results for U.S. Higher Education endowments have been released by the NACUBO. While returns were not stellar, the average endowment beat the S&P 500 for the second year in a row. This is welcome news for the so-called "endowment model" of investing which relies to a significant extent on alternative investments to provide alpha and dampen portfolio volatility.
The financial crisis and its aftermath severely tested the endowment model. The chart below shows the average yearly returns of endowments versus the S&P 500 since 2006. The roads for both the long-only index and the endowment portfolio, with an average exposure to alternatives of 52%, have been rocky to say the least.
Over the 10-year period ending last year, endowments posted average annual returns of 6.3%, with the more sophisticated larger endowments (AUM over $1B) gaining an average 7.2%. These returns lagged both the S&P 500 at 7.9% and the broader market Russell 3000 at 8.2%. On the positive side, however, the volatility of the endowment returns has been about two-thirds that of the S&P 500 for the period reinforcing the role of alternatives in managing risk.
Post-crisis, the use of alternative investments in retail wealth management portfolios has grown substantially. Reviewing the experience of endowments and the effectiveness of the endowment model in this environment has added relevance for the HNW and UHNW marketplaces, particularly given recent and anticipated future market volatility.


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This book is a product of a dissertation project that was completed in December 2006. This project investigated teachers' experiences in relation to teaching and learning using the hybrid-context instructional model. The dissertation itself has been noted as one of the best in providing practical tips for teachers in this area. The study methodology is included as appendix B. To answer the questions raised during the interviews, the findings of the study have been supplemented and supported with extensive literature review of empirical studies to provide theoretical and practical solutions. The literature review draws from total Internet, blended, and hybrid instruction studies. The literature on the total Internet instruction has relevance in that the Internet piece of the hybrid-context course shares the same course management systems and requires the same approaches and principles as do total Internet instruction. The book discusses the conceptual and descriptive presentations of the hybrid-context model, media, applicable teaching philosophies; strategies best accomplished in each medium; various ways of linking the face-to-face and the Internet activities; the why and how the study participants transitioned into teaching hybrid-context courses, teachers' expectations, etc. The discussion on 'labor of love' is the core of this book as the discussion has captured the surprises the study participants met in a way that is not reflected in the current literature. Built into this discussion are the amounts of things teachers had to learn in order to function well as hybrid-context model teachers. The contents of this book will aide teachers who teach in any way using the Internet. Therefore, any establishment/individual using the Internet for teaching and learning will benefit from the contents of this book. Also, the administrators will find this book a selling point to encourage more participation in the adoption of the hybrid-context instructional model as well as realizing what the teachers would need to successfully implement this phenomenon.
The introduction provides the definition of the locations of the teaching and learning, the trend in the introduction of the Internet as a teaching and learning medium, and the concept of the hybrid-context as a combination of two teaching and learning media (the face-to-face and the Internet.) Section I discusses the conceptual hybrid-context model. Section II discusses the descriptive elements of the hybrid-context instructional model. Section III discusses element of course planning – analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation (ADDIE). Section IV discusses the resulting power of ADDIE. Section V discusses what academic administrators, educators, learners, and stakeholders need to know and should take into consideration before embarking on this phenomenon. Section VI discusses the hybrid context course journey. Section VII: Appendixes.


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from rllab.envs.base import Step
from rllab.misc.overrides import overrides
from sandbox.snn4hrl.envs.mujoco.mujoco_env import MujocoEnv_ObsInit as MujocoEnv
from rllab.core.serializable import Serializable
from rllab.misc import logger
from rllab.misc import autoargs
import numpy as np

BIG = 1e6

class SnakeEnv(MujocoEnv, Serializable):
    FILE = 'snake.xml'
    ORI_IND = 2

    @autoargs.arg('ctrl_cost_coeff', type=float,
                  help='cost coefficient for controls')
    def __init__(
            self,
            ctrl_cost_coeff=1e-2,
            ego_obs=False,
            sparse_rew=False,
            *args, **kwargs):
        self.ctrl_cost_coeff = ctrl_cost_coeff
        self.ego_obs = ego_obs
        self.sparse_rew = sparse_rew
        super(SnakeEnv, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
        Serializable.quick_init(self, locals())

    def get_current_obs(self):
        if self.ego_obs:
            return np.concatenate([
                self.model.data.qpos.flat[2:],
                self.model.data.qvel.flat,
            ]).reshape(-1)
        else:
            return np.concatenate([
                self.model.data.qpos.flat,
                self.model.data.qvel.flat,
                self.get_body_com("torso").flat,
            ]).reshape(-1)

    def get_ori(self):
        return self.model.data.qpos[self.__class__.ORI_IND]

    def step(self, action):
        self.forward_dynamics(action)
        next_obs = self.get_current_obs()
        lb, ub = self.action_bounds
        scaling = (ub - lb) * 0.5
        ctrl_cost = 0.5 * self.ctrl_cost_coeff * np.sum(
            np.square(action / scaling))
        forward_reward = np.linalg.norm(self.get_body_comvel("torso"))  # swimmer has no problem of jumping reward
        reward = forward_reward - ctrl_cost
        done = False
        if self.sparse_rew:
            if abs(self.get_body_com("torso")[0]) > 100.0:
                reward = 1.0
                done = True
            else:
                reward = 0.
        com = np.concatenate([self.get_body_com("torso").flat]).reshape(-1)
        ori = self.get_ori()
        return Step(next_obs, reward, done, com=com, ori=ori)

    @overrides
    def log_diagnostics(self, paths, prefix=''):
        progs = [
            np.linalg.norm(path["env_infos"]["com"][-1] - path["env_infos"]["com"][0])
            for path in paths
            ]
        logger.record_tabular_misc_stat('Progress', progs, 'front')
        self.plot_visitations(paths, visit_prefix=prefix)

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Encephalartos barteri  — вечнозелёное древовидное растение рода . Видовое название дано в честь сборщика типового экземпляра Бартера (C. Barter).

Растения древовидные или бесстеблевые. Ствол 0,3-2,6 м высотой, 25-30 см диаметром. Листья длиной 100-180 см, светло- или ярко-зелёные, хребет зелёный, прямой, жёсткий; черенок прямой, с 1-6 шипами. Листовые фрагменты от линейных до ланцетных; средние - 9-15 см длиной, 10-17 мм в ширину. Пыльцевые шишки 1-3, веретеновидные, зелёные, длиной 8-23 см, 3-5 см диаметром. Семенные шишки 1-3, яйцевидные, зелёные, длиной 12-35 см, 8-15 см диаметром. Семена от плоско-яйцевидных до продолговатой формы, длиной 20-30 мм, шириной 18-23 мм, саркотеста красная.

Вид распространён в Бенине, Гане, Нигерии, Того. Встречается на высотах от 400 до 1400 м над уровнем моря. Растения растут на скалистых склонах, в редколесье саван, состоящем из редких деревьев и травянистой растительности. Они также растут на песчаниковых или гранитных обнажениях, на крутых склонах в тропическом редколесье.

Угрозу представляют слишком частые пожары. Растения также изымаются из дикой природы коллекционерами. Часть популяции была потеряна из-за наводнения, когда была построена плотина Volga.

Ссылки
 Bösenberg, J.D. 2010. Encephalartos barteri. The IUCN
 The Cycad Pages
 The Gymnosperm Database

Замиевые
Флора Африки
Бартер

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Yes, I'm aware it is in all caps, but that is verbatim to what it says on the website. So by definition, anyone who is not like them is inferior. What great ideals. It would just be best to stay away from hateful sites like this.
Kate K.
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"The hatred spread from religion is sad, to say the..."
The hatred spread from religion is sad, to say the least, in this day and age. When are people going to wake up and realize that no god exists, or at least, not the one we have been TAUGHT to believe in. Jesus was a great man with an incredible message for that time period, or any for that matter, and that is what got him hung out to dry. If we remove the miracle's , his message is still incredible for a time that was all war and conquest. Now, WE have a space telescope now that shows us just how utterly huge the universe is, and by that account, just how tiny we and our little solar system is. To put it in perspective for you, we launched the Voyager space craft in the seventy's and it is NOW just reaching the end of the sun's influence, in 2012 ! There are a billion stars in the milky way galaxy, our home, and our star or sun is just one. There are billions, if not trillions of galaxy's in the visible, repeat, visible universe ! It is arrogant to think that it was all created for us, what about all the other life, on this one planet ? And to believe that whatever power was great enough to create all that is worried about some sub atomic life form on one speck of dust circling one tiny little star is stupid. There is probably life through out the universe and once we verify this maybe we will realize we are part of something amazingly wonderful and embrace and love all life and each other.
Chris O.
3,145 helpful votes
"It appears to be an intentional parody"
It appears to be an intentional parody. The rest of the Christian web is divided over the existence of the Rev. Green and his alleged organization, but if you go to:
http://www.godhatesgoths.com/disclaimer.html
you'll see this:
"DISCLAIMER : The Godhatesgoths website, Parents Against Goth Movement and Gods Hammer Baptist Church are complete works of fiction. It is a satire/parody. When you use godhatesgoths.com you are agreeing and consenting to our terms and conditions of use which we, at our sole discretion, may change in any way at any time. Furthermore we do not guarantee that any of the materials or articles or content on this site will contain no errors, nor that they will be accurate in the slightest. Nor do we state that we agree in anyway with any of the content or views or beliefs within these articles, or with the fictional views of the fictional character Rev RG Green, or any of his fictional followers or fictional members of his fictional Church. This site is meant to be viewed as black humor, parody and satire on very real people and organizations out there, who DO think Goth and metal is the devil's music. For more information on people who really are speaking out against rock and Goth music please view our resources section. For our complete terms and conditions please email us, and we will be pleased to supply them in full. Thank you and I hope you enjoy our site."
That seems to be that, though the site has picked up nearly a quarter of a million hits and people are still arguing over whether it's the real thing or not.
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Williamstown, whose original (and still official) name is Templetogher, is a small rural parish in the North-East of County Galway. In the year 2000, Williamstown Heritage Society was founded with the aims of increasing awareness and raising the profile of all matters relating to heritage, whether they be natural, cultural or built. Shortly after its founding, the society became aware that Templetogher Mill, a disused corn mill and a landmark building in the locality, was on the market. The members decided that they would try and raise enough money to purchase the mill on behalf of the community.
A major fund-raising drive was launched and thanks to the outstanding generosity of our parishioners, of those living in neighbouring communities and of those of our own people living away, the agreed purchase price of €38,000 was raised in a comparatively short time. The deal went ahead and the mill and surrounding land are now in the ownership of the community.
The building was, of course, in need of repair and we sought the advice of one of the top experts in this field, industrial archaeologist Fred Hamond, Belfast. On his advice, step 2 in our campaign (the actual purchase being step 1) was to conserve the building and thanks to generous grant aid from the Heritage Council and Galway County Council, this work was carried out by a private contractor, hired by the society.
The immediate area where the mill is located is steeped in history. In very close proximity to the mill and kiln are St. Patrick's Well and Shrine, our oldest cemetery, Templetogher, which contains the outline of our earliest church, a quern stone and the remains of a lime kiln. Because of this, we decided, for step 3, to commission an overall Development Plan for the area and for this plan, which was most comprehensive, we got generous funding from Galway Rural Development. Next came the actual restoration of the mill and for step 4, as always under the guidance of Fred Hamond, we undertook the reconstruction of the mill wheel, a major task. The work was carried out by one of the experts in this field, Pat Sheehan of Tipperary and again, generous grant assistance was forthcoming, from the Heritage Council and Galway Rural Development.
Step 5 was the landscaping of the land which surrounds the mill and this involved the laying of gravel paths, the uprooting of non-native trees, the planting of large numbers of native trees, the purchase and positioning of a picnic table and a bridge over the mill stream and the developing and planting of an organic vegetable garden. This step was again grant aided, this time by Galway County Council by means of an amenity grant. In addition to the generous grant assistance received from the various agencies, we were also greatly helped by local Fás and Rural Social Schemes and through these, much important work was carried out in the Templetogher area.
Step 6 involved the development of an authentic forge in the lower part of the building which houses the kiln and of immense benefit to us here was the fact that the entire range of tools and equipment from a local forge, that of Pat McLoughlin, Williamstown, was donated to the society by his family and these are now in place in the newly-developed forge. Step 7 involved the restoration and development of the corn kiln on the floor immediately above the forge and this has proved very successful also. Further assistance was forthcoming from Galway County Council again, this time in the form of two Heritage Grants, with this step of the development.
In keeping with another of the main strands of heritage, for step 8, we embarked upon a bio-diversity project, through which an additional number of native trees was purchased and planted, security fencing was put in place and bird feeders and nesting boxes were purchased and positioned. Step 9, the reconstruction of the inner workings of the mill, is now complete, and thanks to the guidance of Fred Hamond and the skill of our workers, led by the incomparable Lal Finnegan, it has all come together beautifully. The Heritage Council in Kilkenny has again proved to be most supportive in this step as it has supplied us with two grants, one to fund the drawings by Fred Hamond of the plans by which the mill machinery could be restored, and one to help fund the restoration of the hurstings, a technical and important job.
The general public had an opportunity to see all of these developments for themselves on Sunday, August 30, 2009 when there was another Open Day at the mill, as one of the activities of National Heritage Week, when all the workings of the mill were in operation once more as in its heyday. Step 10 had also been completed by then, through which 9 information boards, detailing the milling process, were put in place. On that day, a plaque, acknowledging the great contribution made by the Egan family, Templetogher to the milling tradition in the locality, was unveiled by Sara Agnes Lennon, Derryvode (a member of the Egan family).
Impressive though the Templetogher Heritage Area was by then, the development did not stop there. A good selection of old farm machinery had been acquired by the society, and in order to house these items and a number of other important artefacts, it was decided to erect an additional building, which would serve as a simple museum, on the site. All of the work on this project was done by local people, including our own members and others who are always very supportive. This building was officially opened at another Open Day at the mill, during Heritage Week 2012, when the President of Williamstown Heritage Society, Paddy Forde, cut the ceremonial tape.
Needless to say, 2013 was another special year for Templetogher Mill as this was the year of The Gathering, a nationwide effort. The Gathering Weekend in Williamstown was in August, and following the very successful launch of our book "Williamstown/Templetogher Parish - Our People and Landscape" on Thursday, August 22, we had another very successful Open Day at the mill on Saturday, August 24. This gave an opportunity to those who had not been home for some time to see the vast amount of development which had taken place in Templetogher in recent years.
Now that 2014 is upon us, the development continues. The restoration of the miller's house is well under way and we are confident that it will be completed this year. Also in the plans for this year are the upgrading of the kitchen and toilet facilities at the site.
The many positive comments which we continue to receive from visitors to Templetogher are a source of great encouragement to all of us in the society, and there is no doubt that the area looks very impressive and, as so many people point out, peaceful. We are confident that the continuing development at the site will enhance the area even further.


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Run Hillary Run - Still an outside possibility
By Selene,
February 15, 2011 in Stumping in the Backyard
Selene 7
Interests:Chess, birding, football, baseball, minimalist backpacking, argumentation and debate, politics and philosophy, strategic board gaming, history, Rand, poetry, writing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BvyF351RS8
Does O'bama fear a Hillary Clinton Primary Challenge?
This is the question that is mounting in political circles. O'biwan may face challenges from the left, a la Senator Feinstein, who is out of a job and from the right in the thick thighed form of Hillary Rodham Rodham Clinton.
"To illustrate the point, imagine how easy it would be for Secretary of State Hillary Clinton—who most people expected to win the Democratic nomination and the election last time around—to mount such a campaign were she to opt to run. It would not be hard for her to position herself as the candidate of "the sensible center," straddling the middle between the over-spending, over-taxing left and the Tea Party right. Hillary, of course, has said she is not running. Many times."
"Obama is much more heavily invested in the left than Clinton ever was—meaning he has far less room to maneuver and, based on the way he has conducted his presidency during its first two years, considerably less political skill."
Selene 304 posts
Brant Gaede 72 posts
Jules Troy 57 posts
william.scherk 37 posts
caroljane 113
caroljane
Interests:Hockey, what else is there?
Are you talking about 2012? Unless O leaves Michelle for Lady Gaga, why would the Dems shoot off their own feet by dumping an incumbent?
Carol:
No one said either Feinstein or Hillary Rodham Rodham Clinton would win.
However, the party is in serious decline and will probably lose the Senate in 2012.
In 1968, there was a strong challenge from the left. Carter had a strong challenge from the left for his second term. In both cases, the incumbent sitting President lost.
Jim Webb, Democrat from Virginia has already announced that he will not run for re-election.
Only Billy boy has been the only Democratic President re-elected for a second term on the Democratic side since FDR. He moved to the middle and the Republicans had the Perot factor to deal with.
Seeking Presidential power is worth the attempt.
I can remember an insurgent campaign in Queens County, in NY City where we were hired to do the election day operations. We were pretty sure their candidate was a loser, but we did our usual great job and met our commitments. When I collected the balance of the money on election eve after the candidate had lost the primary for Congress, I was talking with two (2) of the major fundraisers in the campaign.
One of them said, "Well, $800,000.00 was worth the shot for getting a Congressional seat!" This was in the 70's. They blew $800,000.00 just for a chance at a Congressional seat.
Edited February 15, 2011 by Selene
Backlighting 4
Location:Las Vegas, NV.
Interests:Business, computer science, consumer electronics, medical science, weight training, sports, Rand & sensible people...with a sense of humor. U.S. Army Veteran
Hillary aka "Her Thighness" for president?
Lawd have mercy!
LV:
That is Rush's satirical name for her and her pantsuits. Credit where credit is due.
However, would you trade her for O'biwan the incredible shrinking boy President right now?
Hell, I would and always viewed her as an unmitigated disaster, but since we have much worse than that now, I would gladly make the retroactive trade.
In fact, if she does run, I will get a paid gig and bust my ass to defeat the pitiful excuse for a President that temporarily occupies the White House right now.
I first heard the "Her Thighness" label on the Mark Levin radio show. I laughed for 5 minutes! I don't listen to Rush.
I agree she would be better than Obama, but then again just about anyone would be an improvement, save Jesse Jackson, Maxine Waters, Harry Reid, Al Sharpton, Nancy Pelosi, Karl Marx, Wesley Mouch et.al.
I was about to correct it when I heard Mark refer to her that way tonight. My error.
I would pay money to see Mark debate Obama.
He ran for the school board in Pennsylvania when he was 19 or 20 and got elected. I ran for mine when I was 24-25 in NY City and got elected. Neither of us had any children in the school system.
I went to Washington to watch him do a trial a long time ago and man was he good. Savage cross examiner. A real pleasure to watch.
Yes, I would want a front row seat for him debating O'bama.
Reidy 8
Location:CA
Interests:Architecture, cooking, music, philosophy
I thought a few months ago that this might happen and said so somewhere on the O-web, but nothing came of it. Revised prediction: she won't run.
Reidy:
I want to agree with you, but some of the folks that I know in NY politics are pushing her hard to run.
I am still undecided on this.
william.scherk 328
William Scott Scherk
Location:Vedder Crossing, Chilliwack, BC, Canada
Interests:Fringe beliefs, pseudoscience, pseudophilosophy, fringe psychology, moral panics, cognitive neuroscience, Dusty Springfield, anthropology, evolutionary psychology, satanic ritual abuse/recovered memory therapy controversy, True Believers, cult dynamics, urban planning, 80s music, urban transportation, Grand Guignol, snarkiness . . . QAnon phenomena, Youtube 'cults,' extremism/radicalism
Rumours grow where rumours grow -- in the pundit class and its audience, operatives, poltical junkies. What else can you do in between election cycles but speculate and trade rumours and indulge in wishful thinking? You need something to yap about.
Clinton may have put the kibosh on the rumours back in December (did she leave the door open a wee crack?), but probably only her death by guillotine on national TV would stop the speculation.
Clinton might run in the primaries. God might reinhabit J Neil Schulman. Thor might rise from the dead to lead us to Valhalla. All outside possibilities.
Meanwhile, in Montana, the Flathead Beacon reports on a bill introduced that will bar Obama from election since he is not 'natural born.' The door to a Clinton run swings open.
PDS 9
Mr. Scherk: re J. Neil, have you fallen off the wagon? ;) Perhaps some form of 12 step program is in order, but I suppose that program has its dangers too, given its first step and all...
As for Hillary, nothing bores me more than more speculation on her candidacy for anything, including Cuckhold of the Year. I say this not to knock others engaged in such speculation, but to simply acknowledge that such speculations in the past may well have crushed my soul, and that it hasn't yet healed.
Ralph Nader: Pressure O'bama in a primary strategy is a creative way to force him to the left.
Well he is not Hilary and this could backfire, but it appears that the pathetic Republican opposition will figure a way to turn this opportunity into another negative.
"But Nader, a registered independent, wouldn't be one of them, he said, since all the candidates would be dedicated Democrats who could benefit from party infrastructure. 'This isn't like a third-party or independent candidacy,' he said. 'This is different; it's simple: They're inside the party, they can certainly raise enough money for legal assistance filling out forms, they support Obama, but want him to keep his 2008 promises.'"
Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0411/53825.html#ixzz2YHOaTcqG
Today's Boston Herald
This probably won't go over too well down on Blue Heron Farm, but the Democrats' best chance of keeping the White House next year may be to adopt Barack Obama's old slogan, "change."
And by change, I mean dumping Obama.
Presidents who preside over recessions usually don't get re-elected. A president who has presided over the most devastating economic crisis since the Great Depression has even worse odds.
Rich Engle 1
Rich Engle
Location:Fort Myers, Florida, USA
Interests:Philosophy, Religion, Psychology, Chess, Music, Spirituality.
And, let's not forget: she has CANKLES!
Oh no, not "her thighness" in the White House.
Clearly an outside possibility, but someone may challenge O'biwan.
Bernie Sanders, self described Socialist from Vermont stated:
Radio interview and transcript
This led up to Jay "Jimmy Olsen" Carney being asked whether Hillary would run against O'biwan:
Video and transcript here
RUN HILLARY RUN - get them thar thighs high steppin to da Presidency!
The most popular national political figure in America today is one who was rejected by her own party three years ago: Secretary of State
Nearly two-thirds of Americans hold a favorable view of her and one-third are suffering a form of buyer's remorse, saying the U.S. would be better off now if she had become president in 2008 instead of
"Looking back, I wonder if she would have been a stronger leader, knowing the games and the politics and all that goes on," said Susan Dunlop, 50, a homemaker in New Port Richey,
. "I don't think she would have bent as much."
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-09-16/clinton-popularity-prompts-some-remorse-poll.html
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/sep/19/liberals-vow-challenge-obama-democratic-primaries/
Worried the liberal voice is being drowned out in the presidential campaign, progressive leaders said Monday they want to field a slate of candidates against President Obama in the Democratic primaries to make him stake out liberal stances as he seeks re-election.
Ralph Nader warns that without an intraparty challenge the liberal agenda "will be muted and ignored," the one-man primary will kill voter enthusiasm and voters won't get a chance to reflect on the real differences that divide the Democratic and Republican parties.
Mr. Nader said the intent is not to defeat Mr. Obama but to make him focus on issues that might get lost in a purely Obama-versus-GOP discussion
And there's more!! Despite the author's obviously racist attitude to poor Barry the incredible shrinking president, he makes a great case!
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/chi-chapman-obama-reelection,0,622512.column
When Ronald Reagan ran for re-election in 1984, his slogan was "Morning in America." For Barack Obama, it's more like midnight in a coal mine.
His approval rating is at its lowest level ever. His party just lost two House elections — one in a district it had held for 88 consecutive years. He's staked his future on the jobs bill, which most Americans don't think would work.
The vultures are starting to circle. Former White House spokesman Bill Burton said that unless Obama can rally the Democratic base, which is disillusioned with him, "it's going to be impossible for the president to win."
Democratic consultant James Carville had one word of advice for Obama: "Panic."
The ideal candidate would be a figure of stature and ability who can't be blamed for the economy. That person should not be a member of Congress, since it has an even lower approval rating than the president's.
It would also help to be conspicuously associated with prosperity. Given Obama's reputation for being too quick to compromise, a reputation for toughness would be an asset.
As it happens, there is someone at hand who fits this description: Hillary Clinton. Her husband presided over a boom, she's been busy deposing dictators instead of destroying jobs, and she's never been accused of being a pushover.
I have to admit that I never considered this as a possible scenario, but it is theoretically possible.
http://cnsnews.com/blog/grant-m-dahl/fmr-clinton-adviser-very-possible-obama-will-bow-out-presidential-race-now
In an interview with conservative radio icon Sean Hannity, former President Clinton adviser and campaign manager Dick Morris stated that, after speaking with a Democratic strategist, he thinks it is "very possible" that President Obama might acquiesce to requests from the Democratic leadership in Congress and bow out of the 2012 race, leaving the door open for him to return sometime in the future.
"I asked a top Democratic strategist the other day and he thought that it was possible that, in January, Harry Reid comes to Obama and says, 'Look you cost us control of the House last year, you're going to cost us control of the Senate this year. For the good of the party you have to step aside'" said Morris.
As the article mentioned that we do have the separate administrations of Democrat Grover Cleveland who won election in 1884, lost in 1888, and won in 1892.
This could be one of the strangest political years in history.
The Hillary wet dream continues...
President Obama should abandon his run for a second term and turn over the reins of the Democratic Party to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, two one-time Democratic pollsters wrote in Monday's
, which appeared online Sunday.
Patrick H. Caddell and Douglas E. Schoen argued that just as Harry Truman and Lyndon Johnson decided not to pursue additional runs though they could have, Obama should do the same.
Caddell and Schoen say
they write as "patriots and Democrats"
who are concerned for their country, and they do not expect to play a direct role in any possible Clinton campaign.
Patriots and Democrats, is that like Platypuses* and Carrier Pidgeons?
*kinda looks like Harry Reid though and both he, and the Platypuse are venomous!
Yes, but Obama has never been one to do the right thing, and he's too old to learn.
Brant Gaede 206
Location:Tucson, AZ
Interests:All kinds of stuff
http://cnsnews.com/b...ential-race-now
Obama would then simply evaporate. He was created by the media and white guilt. No more use for him. Never had any gravitas whatsoever anyway.
--Brant


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Володи́мир Ю́рійович Аніке́єв ( 16 січня 1976, Київ) — колишній український футболіст, захисник. Зараз — тренер.

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Володимир Анікеєв народився 16 січня 1976 року в Києві. Вихованець молодіжної академії київського «Динамо». Професіональну кар'єру футболіста Володимир Юрійович розпочав 1993 року в «Динамо-2». За киян Володимир виступав три з половиною роки, за цей час у складі другої динамівської команди зіграв понад 100 матчів, а в сезоні 1996/97 у її складі став срібним призером Першої ліги. Того сезону кияни навіть обійшли маріупольський «Металург».

Тренерський штаб маріупольців на чолі з Миколою Павловим після завершення сезону 1996/97 запросив Анікеєва до Маріуполя. У складі «приазовців» Володимир був незмінним гравцем основи та відіграв 156 поєдинків (8 голів), у сезоні 2000/01 у складі «Металурга» дійшов до 1/2 фіналу кубку України.

2004 року виступав у столичних ЦСКА (2 матчі) та «Арсеналі» (13 матчів). До київського «Арсенала» Володимира запросив тодішній головний тренер команди В'ячеслав Грозний. У весняній частині сезону 2003/04 більше просидів на лавці запасних. У сезоні 2004/05 під керівництвом Олександра Заварова був одним із ключових гравців команди, але потім поступово втратив місце в основному складі. У листопаді 2005 року знову повернув собі місце в основі, але взимку того ж року вирішив завершити кар'єру футболіста.

Виступи за збірну
Виступав за юнацьку збірну України U-18.

Досягнення
  Перша ліга чемпіонату України
  Срібний призер (1): 1996/97

Тренерська діяльність
З липня 2008 року працює в ДЮФК «Динамо» (Київ) ім. Валерія Лобановського. У 2009 році Володимир Анікеєв склав іспит на отримання тренерської ліцензії класу «Б», яка дозволяла йому працювати з юнаками не старше 16 років.

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 Профіль гравця на сайті ukr-football.org.ua

Українські футболісти
Футболісти «Динамо-2» (Київ)
Футболісти «Маріуполя»
Футболісти «Арсенала» (Київ)
Футболісти ЦСКА (Київ)


Via our friend Doris we've found out about this awesome map of Brussels made by Use-It. It's a free little guidebook of sorts made up by young locals to point out some of their favorite spots in the city, keeping you in the cool, not too touristy parts. We've been whipping out our Brussels one every once in a while to get some ideas on new places to try out or areas to stroll through, so we were excited to find out that they're a Europe-wide sort of thing. In Belgium they've got all the big cities – Antwerp, Bruges, Gent and Leuven – but also a name we hadn't seen come up all too often: Mechelen. So one slow Sunday we figured we'd give it a go and visit this place that finds itself about halfway between Brussels and Antwerp.
Now that we've built up this map you're probably assuming that we're checking off all the hot Mechelen spots. Well, no. Who knows what happened (ok, it was because Doris hand delivered the Brussels one and the tourist office doesn't find itself in our living room) but we ended up in the town mapless. Comme d'habitude. Our first stop was St. Rombold's Cathedral, mainly because we could spot the tower from where we parked and figured it'd be in the center of town.. And if that tower looks a little unfinished to you, it's because it is. They stopped when the town ran out of money way back in the 16th century and it's stayed a flat-top ever since. Inside we found a corner full of gossiping statues, presumably talking about whoever went broke.
Cleanest. Belgian. Town. Stuff was almost shiny, and the city had flowers almost anywhere they could fit them. It did have a little emptiness to it though – the place felt like it was made for way, way more people. But it was a Sunday, sunny, and holiday season so it's not too far fetched to think that the residents had vacated their pristine little town for the beaches. The extra space gave Annie some time to practice her cartwheels. Or maybe all the locals are at the spots we should have known about if we had our Use-It map..


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New 'What If…?' Episode Features 'Captain America: The Winter Soldier' Easter Egg
Hypothetical murder.
by Aahil Dayani on August 27, 2021
A new What If…? episode features an easy-to-miss Captain America: The Winter Soldier easter egg.
The latest episode of Marvel Studios' What If…? is the darkest yet, and perhaps the grimmest thing the Marvel Cinematic Universe has done since snapping away half of all living life. The episode saw the core Avengers crew being murdered by an off-the-edge Hank Pym. Pym's reasoning for offing the team was that he blamed Nick Fury and Shield for letting his daughter die as an agent for them. The episode failed to mention how exactly Hope Pym died, but clearly, a mission went awry and she never lived to tell the tale. However, an easter egg that most of us missed might point out how the would-be Wasp died.
'What If…?': Kevin Feige Says Season 2 Will Explore Phase 4 MCU Films
In a chat with Discussing Film, writer A. C. Bradley discussed how the What If…? episode featured an easy-to-miss reference to Captain America: The Winter Soldier.
"I think it's still in the final cut of the episode, is there a line that she was killed outside Odessa? Like so many months ago? Yeah, go watch The Winter Soldier. No one's figured out that Easter egg. I don't think anyone at Marvel figured out that Easter egg.
In the episode, Nick Fury explicitly mentions that Hope was killed on a mission outside Odessa, Ukraine. If we look back to Captain America: The Winter Soldier, we realize that Hope was killed by none other than Bucky Barnes' maniacal alter-ego. In the film, Sacarlett Johansson's Natasha Romanoff reveals how she was on a mission outside Odessa, Ukraine. There, The Winter Soldier showed up and assassinated the individual she was escorting out.
Clearly, Hope is a substitute for Natasha Romanoff in this What If…? story. In this case, Hope died alongside the person she was escorting out. Seeing as The Winter Soldier is the one who killed Hope, it's clear that Hank has beef with the brainwashed Bucky, not the Avengers.
Why Tom Holland Isn't Voicing Spider-Man In 'What If…?'
Here is the synopsis for What If…?:
"Exploring pivotal moments from the Marvel Cinematic Universe and turning them on their head, leading the audience into uncharted territory."
What If…? features the voices of Josh Brolin, Natalie Portman, Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, Samuel L. Jackson, Jeremy Renner, Paul Rudd, Mark Ruffalo, Chadwick Boseman, Jeffrey Wright, Hayley Atwell, and other major stars from the MCU.
The first three episodes of What If…? are available to stream on Disney Plus. Stay tuned for all the latest news on the series, Kevin Feige and the rest of the MCU's Phase 4, and be sure to subscribe to Heroic Hollywood's YouTube channel for more original video content!
Source: Discussing Film
Aahil Dayani


Earlier this month, a group of inspiring girls from across Canada took to social media and issued a bold challenge to Canadian leaders. Together, they asked CEO's, lawyers, politicians and even the Prime Minister to share their offices and let a girl step into her dream job for International Day of the Girl.
The challenges come as part of #GirlsBelongHere – an annual initiative to celebrate International Day of the Girl by supporting girls to take on leadership positions and engage in spaces where females are traditionally underrepresented.
This year, girls are hoping to help bridge the "dream gap" – a combination of barriers, such as harmful gender stereotypes and discrimination – which can prevent girls from achieving their dreams and reaching their full potential.
Since the girls issued their challenges, we've seen an incredible wave of support from Canadian leaders who are all proudly declaring that #GirlsBelongHere!
This year, girls around the world are raising their voices for equal opportunities. In fact, 500 girls from over 60 countries will be filling the roles of mayors, prime ministers and presidents to mark the 6th annual International Day of the Girl.
Follow the excitement on social media through our hashtag and help us declare that #GirlsBelongHere!
And if you're interested in taking on your dream job for a day, download our toolkit which is filled with tips for hosting and leading your very own #GirlsBelongHere experience.


Bonnie Gordon, associate professor of music in the Critical and Comparative Studies program, has been appointed as a Robert Lehman Visiting Professor in residence at Villa I Tatti, the Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies in Florence from January to June 2017. Her project is Voice Machines: The Castrato, The Cat Piano and Other Strange Sounds.
At I Tatti she will complete her book Voice Machines: The Castrato, the Cat Piano, and Other Strange Sounds. The book uses the castrato to tell a story about sound, voice, and technology in an era that often gets cast as pre-technological. Modern scholars often fail to hear earlier techno-cultures because the materials and language through which those materials circulated differ so radically from what we know today. Early modern technologies, for instance, centered not on computers, wires, and sockets but on hydraulics, motion, force, and theatrical illusion.
The book emerges from her interest in the experiences of sound in Early Modern music making. Her first book, Monteverdi's Unruly Women (Cambridge University Press, 2004) frames the composer's madrigals and music dramas written between 1600 and 1640 as windows into contemporary notions of sound, body, voice, and senses. She explored similar issues in articles about contemporary singer-songwriters Kate Bush and Tori Amos. She co-edited with Martha Feldman an interdisciplinary and cross-cultural volume of essays about courtesans entitled The Courtesans Arts, (Oxford University Press, 2006). Outside of early modern Europe Bonnie Gordon has published on Thomas Jefferson and the Silencing of Black Sounds; the topic which her third book will explore. The legacies of this silence led her to co-found UVa' Arts mentor program; a program that pairs UVa students with under resourced children in Charlottesville for variety of arts experience. Outside of the academy she has published in Slate and the Washington Post and plays rock, jazz, and baroque viola. Previous fellowships include the American Association for University Women, The Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Studies and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies is devoted to advanced study of the Italian Renaissance in all aspects, including the history of art; political, economic, and social history; the history of science, philosophy and religion; and the history of literature and music. Each semester, two distinguished senior scholars serve as Visiting Professors. Such appointments are made taking into account the synergy of the nominated Fellows in a particular year, their respective projects, and the potential for dynamic interdisciplinary exchange.


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Q: Database abstraction class design using PHP PDO I am in the process of designing a web application (really, it's a hobby, and I'm trying to teach myself design, and what better way is there than doing it :).  Anyway, I was thinking about how I would deal with my database. I am comfortable with PDO, and I was thinking of leveraging PDO in my abstraction class. I am thinking of making a singleton, so that there's only one database connection. This singleton would create a PDO connection.
After that, I fail to see why I would need to do too much else. I can then just use the database handler to call PDO functions. I may want some helper functions, but when it gets down to it, I would just use PDO for the actual SQL queries.
Is there something wrong with this approach? It seems overly simple compared to the abstraction classes I've used.

A: You don't need the Singleton.
A database Singleton won't solve any concurrency issues. If anything, it can make sure you have only one PDO instance for the request it was created in. And it provides global access, which many people consider a bad thing. In addition you have to make some extra effort when testing the Singleton.
Just create a wrapper that lazy connects and stores the instance when needed in your bootstrap and set the instance to your DAL supertype, for instance a TableDataGateway. Also, this way you don't limit yourself to only one PDO instance in case you will need a second one at some point.

A: Maybe it seems so simple to you, because PDO is essentially a database abstraction class. That means: the work is already done.

A: Yeah, this is a good start. PDO + singleton is an often-used and great combination. As I personally don't like all the typing involved than using singletons, I have written a very lightweight database class.
It introduces only two additional features over PDO: Access of (lazy) PDO instance using __callStatic (DB::query() instead of DB::instance()->query()) and two functions for easier quoting (DB::q('INSERT INTO table (name) VALUES (?s)', $_POST['insecure_name'])). Maybe you want to look at both, it's really handy ;)

A: You may also be interested in the project php-pdo-wrapper-class. It's a light-weight database class that extends PDO, adding several methods - insert, update, delete, select (and a few others) - for simplifying common SQL statements. I've used this project in my development and would highly recommend.


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Accepting everyone we encounter is a sign of Christian love, says WACMRO Director on Migrant and Refugee Sunday
Cathedral Dean Father Sean Fernandez with WACMRO Director Deacon Gregory Lowe (left) during Migrant and Refugee Sunday Mass on 26 August. Photo: Ron Tan.
By Matthew Lau
Numerous parishes across the Archdiocese of Perth paid homage to their respective multi-cultural congregations on World Migrant and Refugee Sunday.
The annual celebration – this year celebrated on 26 August – saw parishioners donning their national clothing, as well as colours that represented the flags of their countries of origin.
Cathedral Dean Father Sean Fernandez celebrated the Migrant and Refugee Sunday 9.30am Mass at St Mary's Cathedral, assisted by Deacon Gregory Lowe.
On a brisk morning that coincided with the ever-popular City to Surf event, Dcn Lowe, who is the Director of the West Australian Catholic Migrant and Refugee Office, related the event to the Gospel reading of the day, John 6:60-69.
"The City to Surf has a definite route and a final destination, and the participants commit themselves not only to the journey but also to the finish point. Likewise, our spiritual pathway calls us to focus on Christ who is both the way and the end point for our lives," he said.
"We commit to following Christ's way – His mind and His heart – in our thoughts, words and deeds. And on this world day of migrants and refugees, this means being generous enough to meet Him in everyone we encounter, no matter who they are for this is a sure sign of Christian love."
The West Australian Catholic Migrant and Refugee Office recently opened in central Perth – just a stone's throw from St Mary's Cathedral on Victoria Square. Photo: Ron Tan.
Dcn Lowe used the analogy that the Christian life of holiness, like City to Surf, requires effort.
"We do this by recognising our limitations and our weaknesses before Christ and, in doing so, we are more ready to accept people just as they are no matter where they are from, for persistence in seeking Christ's aid for ourselves and those around us is Christian faith indeed," he continued.
"Notice that upon finishing the City to Surf, many a participant wears a smile, even as they stop to catch their breath," Dcn Lowe added.
At the conclusion of Mass on 26 August, Fr Sean Fernandez invited parishioners to the Parish Centre for a special morning tea to celebrate Migrant and Refugee Sunday. Photo: Ron Tan.
"For us, this means knowing that following Christ is worth it to the end, and our joy is to catch our spiritual breath, often through prayer, knowing that it is the grace of Christ which alone enables us to remain generous, accepting and open to those around us no matter what language they speak – for our belief in the risen Christ and his grace is the great Christian hope."
He concluded by encouraging the congregation to ask for the grace to let God speak a new covenant language through them which, he said, is based on "the 'bread' of faith, hope, and love and is filled with the 'life' of goodness, beauty and truth".
St Thomas More Church, Bateman Parish, celebrated its third annual Migrant and Refugee Sunday in elaborate style with more than 700 parishioners in attendance for the 11am Mass and celebrations that followed.
The diverse parish – which boasts 69 nationalities among its parishioners – recited the Prayers of the Faithful, the Our Father, and various hymns in different languages.
After Mass, parishioners enjoyed an international feast of food with entertainment provided in the form of cultural dances and live music.


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Star Wars: Episode VI - Return Of The Jedi
Darth Vader and the Empire are building a new, indestructible Death Star. Meanwhile, Han Solo has been imprisoned, R2-D2 and C-3PO have been sent to try and free him. After rescuing Han Solo from the palace of Jabba the Hutt, the rebels attempt to destroy the second Death Star, while Luke struggles to make Vader return from the dark side of the Force.
Actors: Butch Wilhelm,
Butch Wilhelm
Jack Purvis,
Jack Purvis 13 July 1937, London, England, UK
Debbie Lee Carrington,
Debbie Lee Carrington 14 December 1959, San Jose, California, USA
Frank Oz,
Frank Oz 25 May 1944, Hereford, England, UK
Lars Green,
Lars Green
Glynn Jones,
Glynn Jones
Brian Orenstein,
Brian Orenstein
Linda Spriggs,
Linda Spriggs
Tom Mannion,
Tom Mannion
Linda Bowley,
Linda Bowley
John Pedrick,
John Pedrick
Director: Richard Marquand
Richard Marquand 22 September 1937, Llanishen, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales, UK
Keywords: #Anthony Daniels #Billy Dee Williams #Carrie Fisher #David Prowse #Frank Oz #Harrison Ford #Kenny Baker #Mark Hamill #Peter Mayhew #Richard Marquand #Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack Of The Clones
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge Of The Sith
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
DIRECTORS OF "Star Wars: Episode VI - Return Of The Jedi"
22 September 1937, Llanishen, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales, UK
CREATORS OF "Star Wars: Episode VI - Return Of The Jedi"
14 May 1944, Modesto, California, USA
14 January 1949, Miami, Florida, USA
ACTORS OF "Star Wars: Episode VI - Return Of The Jedi"
Jack Purvis
13 July 1937, London, England, UK
Debbie Lee Carrington
14 December 1959, San Jose, California, USA
25 May 1944, Hereford, England, UK
John Ghavan
June1947, Iran
Mike Cottrell
Michael Gilden
22 September 1962, Los Angeles, California, USA
Jane Busby
J.J. Jackson
13 July 1942, Chicago, Illinois, USA
31 March 1958, Uniontown, Alabama, USA
Margarita Fernández
16 February 1945, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, England, UK
Maureen Charlton
19 May 1944, Barnes, London, England, UK
Chris Romano
29 June 1947, Dumfries, Scotland, UK
17 January 1931, Arkabutla, Mississippi, USA
Adam Bareham
29 October 1953, Bromley, London, England, UK
Denis Lawson
27 September 1947, Crieff, Perthshire, Scotland, UK
Dermot Crowley
19 March 1947, Cork, Ireland
Paul Grant
HEROES OF "Star Wars: Episode VI - Return Of The Jedi"
Sy Snootles
General Madine
Wicket W. Warrick
Princess Leia Organa
Emperor Palpatine
Moff Jerjerrod
Bib Fortuna
Oola
Admiral Piett
CRITICS OF "Star Wars: Episode VI - Return Of The Jedi"
David Nusair
...a capper to a solid trilogy that's nevertheless not quite the flawless work its reputation would seem to indicate.
Harper Barnes
The characters and dialogue get lost somewhere between the bug-eyed monsters and the exploding spaceships, but it is all so much fun it probably really does not matter a whole lot.
Rita Kempley
Though the 1983 film's effects seem almost quaint by today's awesome standards, Jedi has something the newer movies don't: characters we care about, not to mention a plot that involves both them and us.
There are all sorts of hints in the latest escapade (notionally directed by Richard Marquand) that we are meant to be taking it seriously.
Tim Brayton
It's largely captivating at gigantic SFX and VFX spectacle; it's good at family movie and it's trivial at adult movie.
Rena Andrews
It's everything it ought to be -- glorious, exhilarating, exciting, absorbing, technically wondrous. But there also is something bittersweet in the knowledge that, with Jedi, we are bidding a fond farewell to all of the characters we got to know so well.
Sheila Benson
With this last of the central Star Wars cycle, there is the sense of the closing of a circle, of leaving behind real friends. It is accomplished with a weight and a new maturity that seem entirely fitting, yet the movie has lost none of its sense of fun.
Jeffrey Lyles
'Jedi' takes a little longer to get going, but once it does, the Star Wars finale ends on a satisfying and rewarding note for fans who watch it for the first of 50th time.
...when Luke and Darth Vader face off before the drooling Emperor, the franchise comes to its rightful fruition.
Desson Thomson
Highly entertaining.
Robert W. Butler
The film has special effects so incredible that it will become the standard by which future efforts are measured, and it leaves the audience cheering and happy.
Joy Gould Boyum
Lucas has once again recycled the B movies of his youth: jungle movies, gangster movies, pirate movies, you name it. He culls bits from them that still have oomph and mounts them with a Sesame-Street zap.
GALLERY OF "Star Wars: Episode VI - Return Of The Jedi"
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Light The Cauldron
Talking about Olympic events while ramping up for the next major competition in Tokyo!
Olympic Blurb Wrap-Up March 19-24
I remember as a kid being mesmerized by the change of seasons. Accompanying those seasons was the change in American sports seasons. The end of summer commenced when football camps began. Basketball and hockey snuck in as the weather got colder. Baseball spring training meant the days would be longer and the warmth would return. And before long, football was back again! I was entranced by the cycle of sports. I knew that sports like golf and auto racing were peppered in here and there, but never realized that they had seasons, too. But nowadays my Olympic mind is realizing that seasons are starting and ending all over the place for many sports - we just don't realize it! This week marked the end of the figure skating and curling seasons through their world championships. Often American viewers only see the world championships and think that those are the only international competitions these athletes do. In reality, Olympic hopefuls are constantly competing all over the wo
Olympic Blurb: March 12-18 Wrap-Up
Today, we finally said goodbye to PyeongChang as the Paralympics came to a close and the flame was extinguished once again. (At least, they tried to extinguish it. The thing kept trying to start up again!) While the Olympians from Team USA may have had a lackluster Winter Games compared to previous years according to the media, you couldn't say the same thing about the Team USA Paralympians. They had a total of 36 medals - a whopping 12 more than the second place team of the NPA. (AKA Russia.) Thirteen of those medals were gold, while the NPA and Canada followed up with eight. Many people got excited last night over Michigan's last-second win over Houston in the NCAA Tournament. Personally, I don't think it should have gotten to where a last-second three pointer was even necessary! So my highlight of the night was Team USA's win over Canada in the sledge hockey gold medal match. Canada scored in the first period, and then it was a defensive battle the rest of t
Olympic Blurb: March 5-11 Wrap-Up
This week's Olympic Blurb takes us to the Paralympics, which started on Friday! NBC is offering more coverage of the Paralympic Winter Games than ever, plus they offer even more on their live stream. I am enjoying the things that I watch - especially because I did a little bit of research before the Games began. The Paralympic Winter Games has a ton of events, but doesn't branch into speedskating, bobsled, or figure skating. However, most of the events offered are competed in three different categories: standing, sitting, and visually impaired. They have really been able to use technology to help those with more limited disabilities be able to compete at the same level as those with less limited disabilities. Each athlete is categorized before the Games, and once they have been put into categories they adjust the clock so it counts faster or slower. (It's called "Factored Time" if you're watching some events this week.) I know that when I watched the R
Olympic Blurb: February 26 - March 4 Wrap-Up
I used to think that athletes that competed at the Olympics only competed at the Olympics. It didn't help that way-back-when the Olympics were the only time that these athletes were put on television, and then they proceeded to go on a national tour with their medals and do a bunch of commercials. The next time we saw them, it was the Olympics again! Thanks to cable and NBC's Olympics deal, we now have several channels that are able to broadcast the rest of the Olympic sports' seasons as well as World Championships that aren't up to NBC's standards. One of them is even called "The Olympic Channel." So this week I was able to catch up on my favorite sport of all time, track and field (AKA athletics) as it entered the World Indoor Championships in Birmingham, Alabama England. I had been able to watch a few of the indoor events and knew what to expect: The track is only 200 meters long instead of 400, and banks in the curves like a NASCAR tra
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