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The shadow throne
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The shadow throne / Django Wexler
If you come to the second book in the Shadow Campaigns series expecting something along the lines of the first then you're going to be disappointed.
The shadow throne maintains the general style and tone of the Thousand names but with a drastic change in setting comes a drastic change in the book's priorities.
Brian McClellan's Powder mage trilogy gets called "A French Revolution with wizards" (Kirkus) but in McClellan's work the Revolution is more set dressing. The shadow throne is 1789 Paris in a way that is astounding.
Captain Marcus d'Ivoire and Lieutenant Winter Ihernglass have returned to Vordan. The King is dying and the Duke Orlanko is maneuvering himself into power. The Duke has some hold over the Princess Raesinia, who has plots of her own.
It's really really good, but if you're expecting more of the first book you will be disappointed. This is not a campaign novel or military fantasy in the same way as book one — the focus is more on the political and social upheaval of Vordan.
My love for this book is probably coloured by my own background here. I have personally held more primary source documents from the French Revolution than almost anyone outside the BNF. I've seen Robespierre's doodles and Napoleon's shopping lists. I'm not a historian and wouldn't hold myself up as an authority on the French revolution. Still, after spending several years neck-deep in primary source documents The shadow throne is the only thing I have read that gets anywhere close to capturing what was actually going on. Nonfiction books are necessarily oversimplifications and nonfiction about the French Revolution is virtually guaranteed to be heavily informed by the author's political leanings (not that there's anything wrong with that per se). It's nice to see a book acknowledge all of the angles – that the Revolution was not an uprising of disgruntled peasants, nor was it a result of middle class frustration, nor was it fueled by the philosophes, but it was in some sense all of the above. That Wexler manages to capture all of this in a single book is amazing to me. Bonus points for his portrayal of the publishing industry of the time.
So as a result of that a huge part of the enjoyment I got out of this book was in finding the historical parallels. I've spoken to medieval history buffs who enjoy Song of ice and fire for the same reason. So I find it interesting to see people criticizing this book because it's "obviously" just copying the French Revolution (and Game of thrones was "obviously" just copying the War of the roses but the latter doesn't have the modern-day political implications of the former). Especially when the departures that I see being criticized are accurate portrayals of actual events and Wexler himself explicitly stated that Janus was based on Napoleon.
There are other things to like about this book though. At one point a character responds to another character's failure to keep a promise with "It was totally unreasonable for me to expect you to do that." Seriously! When was the last time you read a fantasy novel where a character acknowledges that their expectations were ridiculous? It happens (I think L.E. Modessit jr. is worth calling out as an author who is especially good at writing actual adults) but it's not the norm for the genre.
Like Modessit's work this is a book where not everything is laid out. Most of the criticisms I've seen (barring the weirdly-oft repeated condemnation of this book as either "adolescent fantasy" or "PC propaganda" for daring to imply that a character who is not a heterosexual white man might have sexual desires or agency) come down to the reader not noticing something that was already there in the text. This is partially a genre issue – the first book in the series was firmly in the military fantasy vein and so attracted a readership more used to those genre conventions (i.e. politically conservative and prone to making assumptions about soldiers and the nature of warfare that are entirely rooted in World War 2).
Before I go even more off track I'll just point out to those complaining about the above "PC propaganda" that France decriminalized homosexuality in 1791, the first push to legalize same-sex marriage occurred around 1792 (not that it got anywhere) and the author of the Code Napoléon, Jean-Jacques-Régis de Cambacérès, was openly gay. Women were active participants in the Revolution as well (note that most of these women made the acquaintance of Madame G).
This isn't a book about finding out what happens. Anyone with a passing knowledge of the events that led to the quatorze* will be able to figure out what is going to happen fairly easily. It's not quite a tragedy but it's definitely a somewhat somber experience.
For those with an absolute distaste for military fiction I'd still suggest skipping the first book to read this one. It's a real treat and a very satisfying read. I realize that this post ended up being more about history and myself then the book. I guess one could say that this is definitely a book that made me ponder these types of issues and I find myself yet again in disagreement with the apparent "fans of the genre".
*Let me get on my soapbox now and proclaim loudly and clearly that Les Misérables does NOT, in fact, take place during the French Revolution as Valjean spent the entire Revolutionary period condemned to the galères and Napoleon had been dead for more than a decade when the fameux barricades were erected.
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Omicron Fallout: DGCA Postpones Resumption Of International Flights From 15 December; New Date To Be Notified Later
by Swarajya Staff - Dec 1, 2021 04:10 PM +05:30 IST
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The Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), the Indian aviation regulator, on Wednesday (1 December) decided to postpone the resumption of scheduled international flights from 15 December citing 'evolving global scenario' in the wake of the emergence of the new COVID variant.
Earlier last month, the government had decided to normalise international flight operations.
The DGCA's decision comes in the wake of the emergence of new Coronavirus variant 'Omicron', which was detected in South Africa last month and was declared a variant of concern by the World Health Organisation (WHO).
Scheduled international flights to and from India remain suspended since March 2020 following the coronavirus pandemic.
"In view of the evolving global scenario with the emergence of new Variants of Concern, the situation is being watched closely in consultation with all stakeholders," the DGCA said in a circular on Wednesday.
"An appropriate decision indicating the effective date of resumption of scheduled commercial international passenger services shall be notified in due course," the aviation regulator added.
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In the sports hall "Mirza Delibašic" in Skenderija, a new ice skating rink was set and it will primarily be used during European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF), and will then be available to all citizens free of charge, Klix.ba news portal writes.
Skenderija Center Director Amer Kapo said that in the next 10 days preparations for maintaining EYOF will be underway, adding that after EYOF finishes, the ice rink will be available to all recreational players, and will be a gift to the citizens of Sarajevo.
He pointed out that the ice skating rink will be put into operation again in December this year.
"The ice skating rink will be in the hall or on the Skenderija plateau, and I hope you will all enjoy," he added.
Held under the patronage of the IOC, and the pride of the European Olympic Committees with 25 years of tradition, the EYOF is the first top European multi-sport event aimed at young athletes aged 14 to 18. There are a winter and a summer edition, which take place in two-year cycles, in odd-numbered years. The EYOF belongs to the European Olympic Committees (EOC).
The event takes place under the Olympic flag, and is rich with Olympic traditions: from the burning flame to athletes' and officials' oaths. It is at the EYOF that many of Europe's inspiring sports stars of tomorrow take their first steps on the international stage. And while some may enjoy EYOF as a stepping-stone to Olympic greatness, all who participate take home friendships and experiences to last a lifetime.
Approximately 3,600 young people and their officials take part in the summer festivals, while there are around 1,600 participants at the winter editions.
The EYOF symbolically unites the youth of Europe in one Athletes' Village. It is a gateway to the Olympic Games, with many medallists having gone on to win medals at an Olympic Games, and gives top young athletes a first taste of what an Olympic event is like, at the same time encouraging more youngsters to practise sport and lead a healthy lifestyle.


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Bono's Private Jet Lost A Door In Mid-Flight Over Germany
Kadeen Griffiths,
Bono's private jet, a Learjet 60 D-CGEO
This is literally every airplane nightmare I have ever had come to life. No, seriously, I am getting that familiar plane anxiety already and I'm nowhere near an airport.
Apparently, U2 singer Bono's private jet lost a door mid-flight and, though thankfully he and the other passengers were completely unharmed, I imagine there was a lot of screaming and crying and clinging to one another the entire time it was happening.
At least, that's what I would have done. I mean, sure, U2 downloaded Song of Innocence to your iPod whether you wanted it or not, but no one deserves to have something like this happen to them.
The accident sounds much worse than it actually was. According to ABC, Bono's Learjet actually lost a door where the luggage was put in.
The mid-air incident happened over Germany and German Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accident Investigation official Germout Freitag said there was no information at this time as to why the door didn't stay attached to the plane like any good door would, especially after takeoff: "There can be many reasons for this incident. Either something broke on the door or the door wasn't closed properly. Those are the usual problems that occur."
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According to an anonymous Daily Mail source, the other members of U2 were not on the jet as they were due to fly to Berlin later in the day, but Bono and his passengers lost their luggage in the incident. "They were startled for a bit but they continued on and made the descent into Berlin airport.
When they landed they were horrified to learn that the compartment at the rear of the plane had completely detached," said the source. "The entire door along with Bono and his companions' luggage had fallen out mid-air. They don't know if the door and the contents landed over water or land but they were extremely lucky."
There is an ongoing investigation into the circumstances of the accident, but it could be years before we actually find out what happened. The important thing to note for now is that the plane landed safely and no one got hurt, because it could have been a lot worse.
I don't think I need to tell anyone that if a door flies off your airplane then you're in a world of trouble, but in this case there was simply a loss of pressure at most. In light of that, is it appropriate yet to joke that at least now U2's lead singer has some real-life experience to plumb for his next album?
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Q: How to run autoinstall on a specific user-data file depending on the host? The environment I'm working in has dozens of different servers, and several times per year new ones get added. We use PXE booting (Legacy/BIOS and EFI) for provisioning these new machines. I'm in the process of changing our network install process from the previous debian-installer mechanism to the new autoinstall / cloud-init mechanism.
A limitation that I've noticed is that the syslinux (BIOS) or grub.cfg entry (EFI) points to a specific user-data url, e.g. http://example.org/ks/user-data. But what if you have many different machines that you'd like provisioned? The user-data file mandates things like a hostname be set in the identity block, making these files only really suited to provision a single specific machine.
So, my first inclination was to generate a separate user-data file for each host, to serve up. But, since that URL is hard-coded in your syslinux/grub config, how is this possible?
tl;dr Is there some mechanism in the new autoinstall/cloud-init system that facilitates providing different configurations depending on the host that is being PXE booted?

A: There are two approaches I have seen used.

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*Create a very basic user-data file that is used for all machines. Within that user-data file, use early-commands to create a machine specific configuration at /autoinstall.yaml.

*Serve a custom user-data file to each device.  What you can do depends on the capabilities of your DHCP server and PXE image.  A simple solution is to serve different static files based on an attribute like MAC address.  A more complex solution could generate files dynamically.  Both Syslinux and Grub can change configuration based on MAC address, although I find Grub to be much more flexible.
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*Choose autoinstall config by BIOS serial or mac

*How do I automate network installation of many Ubuntu 18.04 systems with EFI and PXE?

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Q: Sharing DLLs between multiple WCF services? I have a MyComapny.Models project and a MyCompany.DataLayer project. I have about ten services: UserService, PurchaseOrderService, CustomerService, etc.. Each of the services has a reference to both .dlls. When I publish a service, it packages up the referenced .dlls and puts them in my server's IIS XService\bin\referencedDllNameHere.dll. That means that if I want to make a minor change to one of the .dll's, I have to re-publish all ten+ services (or copy the updated .dll in 10 places).
Is there a way to publish the service and have it look at a common location for the two referenced .dlls? This way, there is ONE single location where they would need to be updated. I could simply paste over them and viola. Any suggestions are much appreciated. Thanks.

A: If you wanted to reference shared copies I would use reflection to load/unload the .dlls at runtime inside your services. This would allow you to reference from a common location and you could change/updated the .dll files without having to rebuild your service code.


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I didn't make any resolutions these past couple years, but this year I was toying with the idea of actually making the resolution to learn Spanish! I think it would be extremely helpful as a teacher and just a world citizen to learn another language that so many people speak.
I need to sign up to stay abreast of the things going on with my local dem party too. Thanks for the reminder!
Congrats to your girls for playing strong and winning!
I am so with you on being over resolutions. As I get older and more settled in life, the whole "new year new me!" thing just has less pull on me. I love the new year and the idea of a fresh start, blank slate, but as they say: "life is what happens when you're busy making other plans." Every time I have these lofty ideas for an upcoming year life ends up going in a different direction so maybe I've just finally learned to stop making resolutions and just live my damn life.
That said, I do have one sort-of resolution that is along the lines of your goal of being more politically engaged. I'm still sorting out what exactly that resolution is and what it means to me, but I plan to write about it when I come back to blogging next month.
No resolutions for me either, I am sticking with monthly goals.
I loved that this was your resolution and I'm glad that it worked out so well for you! If it ain't broke, don't fix it! I had a ton of resolutions for this year and I'm a little nervous to look back and see how I did, lol! Not sure what I want to focus on for 2017 yet!
I don't really make resolutions anymore. I do have some goals, but not really yearly things, for now I just want to stay healthy.
I feel the same way about resolutions. The things important to me are really just part of my lifestyle now.


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Gardener and broadcaster Dermot O'Neill dies aged 58
Beat News July 02, 2022 4:39 PM
Sarah Slater
Tributes are pouring in for the well-known gardener and RTÉ presenter Dermot O'Neill who died suddenly on Friday night at the age of 58.
Mr O'Neill passed away on Friday night at St Vincent's University Hospital in Dublin.
The popular garden, who presented Dermot's Secret Garden on RTÉ and edited the magazine Garden Heaven battled stomach cancer in 2009 but recovered after his serious illness and lived in Blackrock, Co Dublin.
His funeral arrangements are yet to be announced. His death notice on rip.ie reads: "The sudden death has occurred of Dermot O'Neill of Blackrock, Co Dublin. Dermot passed peacefully while surrounded by his loving family and while in the care of the wonderful doctors, nurses and staff of the ICU.
"He is predeceased by his father Peter and mother Maura. He will be sadly missed by his sisters Carol and Louise, his brothers-in-law Robin and James, his nieces and nephews Ciara, Jack, Leon and Hannah and his great nephew Pearce as well as by his uncles, aunts, cousins and friends."
Paying tribute Clondeglass gardens in Laois, where he carried out some work on Facebook said: "Some sad news this morning. Dermot O'Neill passed away yesterday.
He was such as inspiration to so many gardeners over the years, I remember coming home from school and watching him on TV on 'Live at Three' and his creation of Clondeglass walled garden was a massive hit for RTÉ.
"I've been so lucky to take over the garden and continue on his work.
May he rest in peace."
Mr O'Neill was known for his numerous contributions to several other television and radio programmes, including Live at Three, The Garden Show, Open House, and the Today programme on RTÉ Radio.
Mr O'Neill was a regular contributor to The Pat Kenny Show on Newstalk and a long-time contributor to the RTÉ Guide and was also the author of two gardening books.
He was a member of the council of the Royal Horticultural Society of Ireland and a founding committee member of the Irish Garden Plant Society.
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Twice Grammy nominated and 2.7Million Albums sold The pop/rock group Cutting Crew formed in England in 1985.
just one year before "(I Just) Died in Your Arms" made them stars at home and across the Atlantic. Founding members, Kevin Scott MacMichael (guitar) and Nick Van Eede (vocals) met in Halifax, Nova Scotia, while both musicians were on tour with their respective bands. A musical connection was made, and MacMichael soon left his native Canada and relocated to England, where he and Van Eede immediately began to collaborate. After signing with Siren Records on the strength of their demos, Cutting Crew became a foursome in 1986 with the addition of bassist Colin Farley and drummer Martin Beedle; they entered the recording studio that same year. While the pace was certainly quick, the quartet was comprised of veterans; Eede had toured the world with his Sussex-based outfit the Drivers, MacMichael served time as guitarist for Fast Forward, Beadle was a one-time member of Hull, and Farley had completed hours of session work for many artists.
Cutting Crew released their debut album, Broadcast, in 1986. The group received mixed reviews from music critics, but not when it came to the album's undeniable highlight, the synth-heavy "(I Just) Died in Your Arms." The song became smash hit in the United States, reaching number one on the Billboard singles chart and enjoying similar success in the U.K. "One for the Mockingbird", "I've Been in Love Before" and "Any Colour" also enjoyed significant radio play, and the band left home for a worldwide tour, co-headlining with groups as the Bangles, Starship, and Huey Lewis & the News.
Cutting Crew released a sophomore album, The Scattering, in 1989 featuring the top 40 hit "Everything But My Pride". A third full-length effort, 1992's Compus Mentus, failed to revive their sagging popularity baecause it was never released…apparently the band are negotiating to get this happening and Cutting Crew called it quits the following year. MacMichael paired up with Robert Plant for the singer's 1993 solo effort, Fate of Nations, while Nick Van Eede chose to revive Cutting Crew the following decade. Featuring a radically different lineup, the group released the truly excellent Grinning Souls in 2006, Visit Cutting Crews Official MaSpace Page.
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"Who would have thought a boy like me could come to this?" This collection is worth owning merely for the immaculate single "(I Just) Died in Your Arms Tonight," a much-maligned saccharine heart-burst that, along with primo Honeymoon Suite and Glass Tiger, gracefully straddles the line between pop-metal and pop light. The unapologetically mellow "I've Been in Love Before" updates "I'm Not in Love" for the strip-mall crawlers, and comes remarkably close to the same level of commercial perfection. Also from the Broadcast debut comes "Any Colour," a hidden gem of '80s brilliance (an oxymoron?) that wraps crisp, big-bang production around breakneck guitar breaks mixed with hoots, yelps, yearning, and crooning; this love dream recalls the Producers' waver classic "She Shelia" while surreptitiously slipping in an odd Pink Floyd nod. "One for the Mockingbird" and "Life in a Dangerous Time" also deserve mention, and again appear on Broadcast. So since that LP is so blasted rock solid, why not just put the whole blamed record on a disc with the Cutting Crew's second, Scattering (the band's third, Compus Mentus, seems lost forever)? Well, then legions of fans would be deprived of the extended version of "(I Just) Died in Your Arms Tonight" (seven seconds longer). "Scattering" jigs in a Big Country way and "Fear of Falling" gains its balance once over the Automatic rip opener, but the three aforementioned masterworks set a standard impossible to maintain. Nick and the Boys of Cutting Crew are Planning a US tours for 2018-19
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Refreshing the browser window and again trying to use the add-in with show the command button label again (but just the first time the add-in is used).
On first use of the add-in in a session (or after refreshing the browser window) the add-in title uses the label of the command button. In the case below the button label of "Display all properties" is shown.
If you close the add-in and then click on the same command button subsequent times then the correct add-in title of "Add-in Command Demo" is displayed.
This bug only seems to affect OWA, Desktop Outlook 2016 consistently displays the correct add-in title as shown below.
It would also be nice if the header we displayed in Desktop Outlook was consistent with OWA. As you can see from the screenshots above OWA shows the add-in icon in the header whereas Desktop Outlook just has the title without an icon.
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In many ways, the Brooklyn Bridge, although not a "land" edifice, is the first of New York's skyscrapers, and an elegant reminder of a bygone era. Three-shot HDR blend, shutter speeds of 1/160, 1/200, and 1/250 sec., all F/11, ISO 100, 55mm.
THERE ARE ANY NUMBER OF LANDMARKS IN THE GREATER NEW YORK AREA which reward repeated viewings. Their mythic impact is such that it is never dulled or diminished. On the contrary, these special places (in a city which boasts so many) actually reveal distinctly different things to different visitors, and, doing so, cannot be exhausted by the millions of interpretations of them that flood the photographic world.
We make pictures of these objects, pictures of the pictures, a tribute picture to someone else's picture, an impression of someone's painting. We shoot them at night, in close-up, in fisheye, in smeary Warholian explosions of color, in lonely swaths of shadow.
For me, the Brooklyn Bridge is about two things: texture and materials.
After more than a century over the East River, John and Washington Roebling's pioneering span, the first steel cable suspension bridge in the world, shows its wear and tear as a proud trophy of its constant service. The delicate and yet sinewy cables, amazingly strong interwoven strands of what Roebling manufactured under the name "steel rope", are the most amazing design elements in the bridge, presenting an infinite number of kaleidoscopic web patterns depending on when and where you look.
As simply stunning as its two towers are, it is its grid of steel that mutates, shimmers, and hypnotizes the visitor as he makes his way past the crushing mobs of walkers, runners, skaters and cyclists that clog the span's upper promenade from dawn to dusk. To show the bridge and only the bridge is a challenging trick. To get the dance of angles and rays that the cables have to offer in a way that speaks to you is both frustrating and fun.
Browse through several hundred amateur views of the bridge in one sitting sometime: marvel at how many ways it stamps itself onto the human imagination. Here, I tried to show the steady arc of the master cables as they dip down from the eastern tower, lope into a dramatic dip, then mount to the sky again to pass through the anchors on the western tower. HDR seemed like the way to go on exposure, with three separate shots at f/11, blended to maximize the detail of this most decorated of urban giants.
Next time, some other picture will call out to me, and to you. The bridge will display all the ways it wants to be seen, like a magician fanning out a trick deck. Pick a card, it invites, any card.
Doesn't matter which one you choose.
This entry was posted on October 3, 2012 by Michael Perkins. It was filed under Architecture, Composition, Exposure, HDR, New York, Patterns, Popular Culture, Post-porcessing, Textures .
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Since March 2017, the new Carmen Thyssen Museum Andorra has been a must-visit exhibition space for lovers of great art, particularly of 19th and 20th-century painting. Here you'll find out more about this gallery. Don't miss the chance to visit this modern jewel in the heart of the Pyrenees!
A spacious exhibition space in Escaldes-Engordany
The new Carmen Thyssen Museum Andorra is located on the ground floor of the former Hotel Valira, a historic listed building that is one of the best examples of granite architecture in Andorra. The layout of the granite blocks on the façade, placed in a honeycomb arrangement, reaffirms this feature that is so characteristic of the culture of the Principality.
This museum stretches across 500 m2, with 250 m2 dedicated to exhibition space. The space is fully wheelchair-accessible and boasts the latest advances in museum technology. New technologies play a fundamental role: interactive displays allow visitors to interact with the artwork, offering additional information and alternative points of view.
Exhibitions at the Carmen Thyssen Museum Andorra
The exhibitions at the Carmen Thyssen Museum Andorra include some of the best works from the Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza private collection. Originating from the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum in Madrid and other galleries owned by the Baroness, the Andorran museum houses masterpieces from the 19th and 20th centuries that represent the main art movements of the time: French and American Impressionism, Catalan Modernism, Fauvism, Cubism, German Expressionism, American Hyperrealism. These include Mata Mua, a painting by Paul Gauguin. Finally, the museum houses works from the 16th century.
The exhibitions are held annually, changing every eleven months and allowing for the creation of 'mixed exhibitions' in collaboration with other museums from around the world. Each year, the gallery will welcome new works to surprise even the most frequent visitor.
The choice of Andorra for this new museum was not random, as Baroness Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza's relationship with the Principality is a very special one: she is resident in the country, as is her son and as was her brother. Since her marriage to Baron Hans Heinrich von Thyssen-Bornemisza, Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza (nee Cervera) has become one of the leading art gallery patrons in Europe. In fact, this new museum in Andorra is the third she has opened in recent years, following those in Malaga and Sant Feliu de Guixols.
Finally, it is worth noting that this art gallery was nominated by UNESCO as the best new museum in Europe in 2018, and that it has ranked, among others, in the list of the 20 museums in the world to visit, according to The Guardian.
The Carmen Thyssen Museum Andorra can be visited through a self-led tour with an audio guide or you can request a guided tour. Check the opening hours on the museum's website before visiting it.
The exhibition space is located at Avinguda Carlemany 37, at the upper end of Escaldes-Engordany, next to Vivand, a major shopping precinct in this parish and the Principality. The museum is found in the heart of the nerve centre formed between the town and the capital, Andorra la Vella. For more information, visit the museum's official website, where you'll find more details on the entrance price, the exhibition catalogue and audiovisual material on the collection.
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Let me preface this post with the fact that I am not a mustard lover. In fact, I don't think I've even blogged about mustard in the 2 years of this blog's existence. Really, the only condiments I like are ketchup, BBQ sauce, and any form of hot sauce. I have limits, ya know.
But when I saw how easy and beautiful this chicken dish looked on the Simply Delicious blog, I completely forgot about my aversion to mustard. What can I say? I'm a sucker for a pretty picture.
Conveniently enough, my mom is a huge mustard lover, and is therefore quite ready to recreate this recipe as soon as it's posted. And I need to be on her good side right about now, so I can get lots of home-cooked food when I head back to the Bahamas later this month. Life's a trade off sometimes.
1) Drizzle a few teaspoons of olive oil to a pan over medium heat.
2) Once the oil is heated through, add the chicken to the pan and saute until mostly cooked through.
3) Remove chicken from pan and set aside to rest while you create the sauce. Do not throw out the oil in the pan!
4) Add the leeks and garlic to the pan and saute for about 5 minutes or until the leeks are softened.
5) Add the cream, mustards, and lemon juice to the pan. Stir so the cream doesn't develop a skin.
6) Allow the sauce to reduce for a few minutes.
8) Place the chicken back into the reduced sauce. Stir to coat the chicken with the sauce. This will also finish the cooking process for the chicken.
9) Season with salt, pepper, and chili flakes to taste. Serve warm.
I think my favorite part of the dish is the leeks. The leeks were softened during the cooking process, but there's still a little crunch there that I like. The sauce was tangy and creamy but not overly heavy. Maybe because of the lemon juice? I'm not a real chef so I have no idea. But I know it tastes good! I served my chicken up with a side of rice and the two went really well together, but you could also try serving it over some pasta.


"Victor, have you completely lost your marbles?" Violet said.
"Mm-hmm," she said just as the Ferris wheel stopped and the operator went to open the latch to let them out.
Victor held out a fifty dollar bill and gave a little nod and the man, his eyes popping, closed it up again, snatched the money and sent them back up.
"Grand," he replied, looking at the sky waiting for the first star to show itself.
He smiled, but remained silent. He was too busy listening to the voice in his head.
"You gotta shut up now so he can tell her everything," Richard said.
"Victor?" Violet said, touching his hand.
"Is that why you had the man send us back around? You wanted to get closer to the stars?" she said, giggling.
"I wish you would," she said.
"No wishing allowed before you see the first star," he said.
"I wish I could have a birthday like we used to have," he said pointing to the first star.
"The star won't make it come true. Only you can, Violet," he said.
"Okay," she said, frowning slightly.
"Exactly and I'm hoping that would be you," he said.
He laughed. "More of the same, only better. I'll tell ya, she loved that, too," he said.
"Take it down a notch, Leonardo!" she said, rolling her eyes at him until he brought down his arms around her, pulled her close and kissed her, slowly and very well.
After she was thoroughly dazed, he pulled away from her and smiled. "Your buddy's back," he said.
"Your dearly John Yearly." He pointed down to the ground where indeed John stood glaring at them as they slowly revolved.
"I thought he needed another hint. Think he gets it now?" Victor asked.
"Cherry flavored?" he asked, smirking.
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How Much Does an ARP Wave Machine Cost?
The ARP wave machine, stands for Accelerated Recovery Performance, is one of the latest technological innovations in the fields of science and medicine and is designed to help an athlete recover from a serious injury. This is a revolutionary class 2 medical device that is approved by the FDA.
Whether you are an athlete hoping to improve your performance or a patient suffering from a muscle injury, the ARP wave machine can work wonders and improve your condition.
How much does an ARP wave therapy machine cost?
On average, those who plan on leasing it can expect to pay around $100 to $200 per month, but the machine itself can cost anywhere from $15,000 to as much as $25,000 brand new.
Depending on your area, there may be programs that allow you to use the machine on a "per session" basis, similar to physical therapy. If this were the case, it could cost about $50 to $175 per session or even less if you were to buy sessions in bulk.
According to Ashevilletribune.com, a treatment using the ARP wave machine costs as little as $45 for every session. For more details on this treatment, their website offers more information.
The ARP wave machine includes the following functions, according to Arpwave.org: (1) If a muscle has been damaged and has lost its strength and range of motion, the ARP wave machine can help to retrain the muscle. (2) If you are suffering from muscle spasms, these can be relaxed by using the ARP. (3) If you have poor blood circulation in your legs, this machine can improve it. (4) Your range of motion in different joints can be either maintained or increased. (5) If you are unable to use a muscle because of an injury, you can prevent muscle atrophy by treating the muscle with the ARP wave machine.
The ARP wave machine uses both direct electrical current and patented bio-electrical current simultaneously with an active range of motion and other exercise techniques.
Extra charges may apply if you keep the machine beyond the leasing contract.
Even if you purchase the machine, be prepared to pay a monthly fee. As noted above, this could be $100 to $200 per month.
Carpal tunnel syndrome, which affects the joints in the wrists, can be treated with the ARP wave machine and will allow you to function.
The ARP wave machine can help you avoid almost any surgery that involves tendons, ligaments, cartilage or muscles in any of the major joints.
If you are having trouble with your back, such as a herniated disc, the ARP wave machine may help.
Can help provide comfort for those who are suffering from MS, a neurological disease or a range of motion.
An option for those who want to prevent injuries or increase their athletic ability.
Ask people around or search online to see what other people think about the procedure. Depending on the ailment you want to cure, it may or may not be worth the investment. Keep in mind that there are many complaints online that state that the procedure does not work. Be sure to do your due diligence before proceeding.
There are many benefits that this machine offers. First, it is a non-invasive treatment with no recovery period. Second, you are able to interact with the machine by performing exercises while it is in use. Third, it can help the body heal itself rather than needing other treatments.
It does not hurt to check with your insurance company to see if they offer any sort of assistance. In some cases, the company may reimburse depending on your situation.
For those who can't afford the machine, some financial assistance could be available.
If you plan on purchasing the machine, check out eBay to see if any are available. At the time of this writing, for instance, we were able to find a used listing for a two-year-old machine for $2,000.


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Do you believe that single mothers on welfare are irresponsible deadbeats who set a bad example for their children because they are too lazy to get out and earn a living?
If so, you just wrote off Joanne Rowling, better known as the creator of Harry Potter. Coming through the death of her mother, domestic abuse, divorce and abject poverty, Jo rose from being on social assistance to become a multimillionaire in less than five years. She's now a generous philanthropist and one of the most influential women in Britain, with TIME magazine naming her as a runner-up for its 2007 Person of the Year, noting the social, moral, and political inspiration she has given her fans.
During the dark years following her mother's death and the need to file a restraining order against her first husband, Rowling was diagnosed with clinical depression, and contemplated suicide. Her illness inspired the idea of Dementors, soul-sucking creatures introduced in the third Harry Potter book. Applying for welfare benefits she described her economic status as being "poor as it is possible to be in modern Britain, without being homeless."
If you believed the assumption I shared at the top of this page, then you also would have written off another of the women that inspired me. Barbara Sher, also divorced, penniless and supporting two children, had to turn to welfare assistance to survive. She went on to write "Wishcraft" ( a book that changed many lives, including my own), now in it's 30th year of publication. Barbara became another "rags to riches" story. You can draw on her inspiration free of charge, as she placed the book online.
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The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess Official Soundtrack is the original soundtrack for Twilight Princess. The soundtrack was bundled with a 1/6th scale replica of the Master Sword and Hylian Shield by Master Replicas and a certificate of authenticity. The soundtrack was also available in a Nintendo Power bundle that included a 12 month subscription to the magazine and a Twilight Princess Player's Guide.
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n AONB is designated for its landscape and scenic beauty. This means that an AONB is not necessarily an area of high nature conservation value, but in practice it often includes many areas which are.
The difference between AONBs and National Parks: AONBs and National Parks are actually of equal importance for landscape and scenic beauty, the difference is that AONBs exist for the purpose of conserving and enhancing their natural beauty. National Parks, in addition to this, have a second purpose - to promote understanding and enjoyment of the area's special qualities by the public. Because of this extra (and substantial) layer of responsibility they have their own independent National Park authorities with full planning powers running them. There are other more subtle differences. The National Parks conservation and enhancement purpose specifically includes "wildlife and cultural heritage". Nowhere in AONB legislation is cultural heritage covered.
AONBs are designated by the Natural England , in England, and the Countryside Council for Wales in Wales. The Scottish equivalent of an AONB is a National Scenic Area , designated by Scottish Natural Heritage. NSAs are not exactly the same as AONBs, and this difference is likely to become more pronounced since devolution.
The designation usually covers a wide area and many types and uses of land. Not all parts of an AONB are necessarily open to the public. In fact, most are not, as they are privately owned just like anywhere else. Towns and villages are sometimes included, and often small areas which are not at all beautiful get included too.
An AONB usually has special funding to help promote good management and sustainable development within it. It also may have planning restrictions to prevent unsympathetic development (see below). Local authorities within an AONB often employ an AONB officer or team to support this. However, although all public bodies have a legal 'duty of regard' for the purposes of AONBs when undertaking their work there are limited statutory duties on local authorities to proactively do anything in an AONB.
AONBs vary greatly in the degree and type and level of funding and activities found there. Some AONBs, such as Chichester Harbour, have their own authorities and are in some ways similar to National Parks . Others have no dedicated staff at all.
National Scenic Areas were first identified in the report "Scotland's Scenic Heritage", published by CCS in 1978, and were accepted as the practical basis for landscape conservation in Scotland. They cover about one million hectares, or approximately one eighths of the land and inland water area of Scotland. As in an AONB, protection is achieved in two ways: through planning control and by encouraging sustainable land management.
• Natural England: includes maps of AONBs and lots of other info.


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Craft brewer wins trademark lawsuit, sued for same thing
After a three-week jury trial, Stone Brewing Co. won its lawsuit against MillerCoors (now Molson Coors) for trademark infringement based on the misleading marketing Molson Coors' Keystone Light used to promote it beers in 2017. The San Diego federal court case came to an end when the jury decided that Molson Coors had unlawfully used Stone's registered STONE trademark after the company rebranded its Keystone beer as STONE and awarded Stone Brewing $56 million.
Ironically, Stone Brewing now stands accused of doing many of the same things it claimed against Molson Coors.
Sycamore Brewing, LLC of Charlotte, North Carolina has filed suit against Stone Brewing based on allegations of trademark infringement involving the slogan "KEEP IT JUICY." Sycamore makes Juiciness IPA and holds a registered federal trademark on the beer's slogan, KEEP IT JUICY, which was issued in 2020. And yet, Stone Brewing has been the very same slogan to promote its Stone's Hazy IPA brand, both on the beer packaging as well as on the brewery's website, all without a registration or any rights conferred by Stone Brewing.
To make things worse, the two companies operate in the same geographical markets and in the same market type while using virtually identical slogans. Heck, even the font and visual styling are very similar. As such, it's hard to imagine a jury (or a judge if the matter is presented by motion) not agreeing with Sycamore Brewing.
However, the most disappointing thing about the case may be the way Stone Brewing portrayed itself during the litigation against Molson Coors.
Stone Brewing is a well-known craft brewer, the nation's 9th largest, yet produces a fraction of the beer produced by international beer behemoth Molson Coors. For example, Stone produced 347,000 barrels of beer in 2020 while Molson Coors produced more than two hundred times as much. In fact, the size of the monumental jury award was based on the fact that while the infringement occurred, Molson Coors sold more than $1.7 billion of Keystone beer branded as STONE. Yes, that's 'billion' with a 'b.'
Stone Brewing used this fact for the duration of the four years the lawsuit was underway, repeatedly proclaiming itself the underdog and claiming the moral high ground as the representative for other craft brewers that pride themselves on independence and quality over everything else. Victorious, Stone Brewing even publicized the win by claiming that it was a craft brewer fighting a big, evil microbrewery (the term "evil" was actually used by Stone Brewing).
Stone Brewing Co-Founder Greg Koch was reported as saying, "This is a historic day for Stone Brewing, and for the craft beer industry. MolsonCoors threatened our heritage, but we stood up to that threat. They will put the 'Key' back in 'Keystone' ending their hostile 4-year co-op of the Stone name. Cheers to our legions of fans, friends and supporters who believe in the good that craft beer brings. This is your win too."
Of course, this only made fodder for Sycamore Brewing which deftly included the following arguments in its lawsuit against Stone Brewing,
"Stone is a craft beer pioneer. Every craft brewery in the world owes a debt to Stone for evangelizing craft beer at a time when most of the United States thought beer choices extended no further than Budweiser and Coors. To say Stone has helped invent the modern craft beer experience is in no way a stretch. Stone innovated beer styles that are still used by nearly every brewery on the planet. It afforded new breweries visions of themselves unbound from the limitations of "micro" and enlightened by a consumer exploring the vastness of "craft."
But, as Stone grew larger and larger, it lost its way. While it used to preach the gospel of "community" in craft beer, it now seeks to damage smaller breweries by filing questionable trademark actions against them and to steal the trademarks of those smaller breweries it believes will not fight back. Sycamore is fighting back. Stone stole Sycamore's registered KEEP IT JUICY trademark. Unlike the dubious trademark disputes Stone initiates, this case is based upon an actual trademark inarguably owned by Sycamore that Stone is using for the exact same purpose in the exact same markets. So, Sycamore will fight to maintain ownership of its trademark and brand. And, as it does so, it hopes to remind Stone that its existence used to be good for the craft beer industry before Stone decided that competition and innovation were things to damage, not celebrate."
The case is now pending before the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina as Sycamore Brewing, LLC v. Stone Brewing Co., LLC, Case No. 3:2022cv00148 (W.D.N.C. 2022).
Why It Matters. Most trademark infringement lawsuits come down to evidence and arguments over similarities of the marks and the confusion in the minds of consumers. Rarely are they "open and shut" cases. Instead, they typically involve protracted litigation, expensive consumer confusion studies, and battling expert opinions are trial. This does not seem to be one of those cases. Hypocrisy much?
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The County can but does not appear to be willing to insert the needed protections where they have jurisdiction, on what is not preempted by State and Federal authority, into the ordinance.
WATER– While water quality issues are being addressed in the Science Citizens Working group ordinance; it only pertains to specific districts within the ordinance itself.
BRINE/BRACKISH WATER– The County has not commented regarding the use of and its impacts Brackish/Brine would have on the shallower drinking water aquifers when a breach occurs. The Shoemaker Report of 2008-2013 of the Deep Water Brine wells was submitted in the oil and gas public comments two months ago. This report shows brine well impacts on the Rio Grande and the shallower wells, especially the drinking water wells in Rio Rancho, according to the OSE authorization letter.
This entity has mineral rights to frack and drill. What are the County's fiscal interests in those mineral rights?
The County, agreed to a settlement agreement 12-30-2010, it will receive 4,000 acre-feet a year (AFY) to sell industrial water; What is the potential interest?
This is not including the costs of road creation, repair, and maintenance, which was to be provided by the developers.
Why has the County not processed any of the Pilot Project fiscal information and agreement through the County Clerk's office or Treasures office? Why was the property taxes in Rio West assessed they way it was?
These are one of many of the items that the County has not disclosed, but the County is moving forward without addressing them.
1.) The IMH Financial Corp Partnership will not have to polish the brackish/brine water to sell industrial water as "raw brine" for fracking and drilling once a pump is installed.
a.) This brackish brine water could be sold to fracking operators for the 40,000 mineral leased parcels on public lands being approved by federal authorities, as well as, for other community uses that have not been defined. The County complicit in the impacting of the private, public, trust and tribal lands onslaught of health safety and environmental degradation, not only the private lands under its jurisdiction. Is the County aware of this?
2.) The County could hold IMH to the intent of project by setting a standard of polished effluent for water sold.
a.) MOU between the State and EPA regarding recycling and green-washed use of fresh, produced and Brackish/brine finite waters of New Mexico does not address quantity or quality issues and what a breach of and or blow would cause to groundwater in the area. OSE and NMED have a limited jurisdiction but the intent of the project lies within the Rio West Master Plan and County ordinance jurisdiction.
Our suggestion is that the Commission demand that their Planning and Zoning Department follow the intent of the approval of the Master Plan for desalination, not sell raw brine and that any changes of the product produced would need to be approved by the county commission regarding the desalination project.
According to the environmental justice advocate, Richard Moore, "We believe that every New Mexican regardless of race, ethnicity, or class has a right to be properly informed and engaged in the decisions regarding our land, our communities, and the future development from economic development to community development. The struggle for land rights continues," for Native American, traditional Hispanic and low -income communities. Districting also is seen as a segregation issue being played out within the Sandoval County ordinance. This is not only troubling; it is an indication of systemic bias within the county government. It would not be hard to lodge a federal complaint to address a decades-old system of discrimination where more affluent communities are protected and low-income minority communities are left out of the process and how local government and developers make decisions for them. Sandoval County is already under a corrective action order on Native American voting rights violations. The County has a track record of discrimination.
Any Federal and State funding may be jeopardized and the County would be held responsible for implementing an ordinance of this nature, according to the ordinance drafts being presented for discussion and final approval.
We are proposing a collaborative community development structure.
Public Participation and Notification Meanwhile, the County is not allowing public comment, in a public hearing, prior to the final approval of the ordinance.
Past actions by the Sandoval County Planning and Zoning on the Sandridge Application when the county accepted online public comments, that were put into an unscannable pdf. Several commissioners said they never read or considered those comments submitted online because of the sheer volume of email against the fracking attempt in the ABQ basin.
The County has opened public comment online but this holds many questions as to citizens' comments being a legitimate record on the issue.
According to complaints to the Commission, there are complaints that are missing that were submitted. The Commission by not allowing Public Comments prior to a final approval of the ordinance disenfranchises community participation, with their actions that will permanently impact the lives of residents, and further disallows members of the public the opportunity for redress of a taking in district court, appears to be a violation of due process and civil rights.
CHEMICALS– many chemicals are used in fracking; some known, some not – most are toxic or can be radioactive at low levels. Radium found naturally in lower rock levels would be contained in rocks, even if brought to the surface. However, Radium turns in a radioactive gas called Radon, and that will be dispersed into the air. The Brine water will also contribute to a larger waste stream within the County that is radioactive agents of uranium and full of lead, arsenic and other heavy metals and minerals and VOCs. This is another waste stream additional to the fracking operations that will impact the region.
The County has letters of interest from Lhoist who has indicated that they would like to make gypsum board from the "lime" sludge waste from the desalination process—This waste stream is dangerous and needs more oversight.
The County should take seriously the tests, survey results, and statements by Tri-Chapter leaders regarding the health and safety impacts experienced by many residents who live on trust lands and private lands. We have not seen any public statement on what the County intends to consider regarding the Tri-Chapter complaint despite the occasional visit to Chapter meetings. The County attempts have indicated the County's intentions only. There has not been a reciprocal collaboration, which should be a collaborative and mediated process.
BASELINE TESTING is needed prior to application approvals. The County should start this now.
SEISMIC ACTIVITY– Has not been sufficiently considered in the ABQ Middle Rio Grande Basin Rio Puerco and Watershed not in the Lower Colorado Watershed and San Juan Basin where there are several known fault lines near our water sources and in the geological formation of the Rio Grande Rift. Injection wells are often used to dispose of wastewater and these are known to cause seismic activity. There is also increasing evidence in Texas and Oklahoma that fracking is associated with significantly more earthquakes. A couple of the Ph.D. UNM Seismologists would be willing to come present but those efforts have been stopped by the Sandoval Commission and planning department during 2017 -2018. The NM Tech supplement report did not adequately address this issue.
AIR QUALITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE– Flaring is a common practice used in fracking in which huge amounts of hydrocarbons are released directly into the atmosphere. A 3- 12 miles radius near flaring pits has been identified as dangerous to human and animal health. In 2014, scientists working on a NASA study discovered a 2,500-square-mile cloud of methane hovering over the Four Corners region. The County seems to dismiss this as being of unknown origin, although recent studies clearly indicate that oil and gas development is the largest source of emissions contributing to this massive methane "hotspot". Environmental health studies have found impacts of respiratory illnesses up to 10 miles from fracking wells, according to the peer-reviewed studies by Physicians for Social Responsibility previously submitted to the County). The County has not drawn up a Climate Change Ordinance to address climate emissions for this industry and other environmental and public health and safety issues, as we face an onslaught of fracking and drilling in the region.
The County appears to be ignoring many things in its rush to push a fictitious deadline to pass an inadequate ordinance.
SOIL RESOURCES– in this high desert climate, the soil can be fragile. Our concerns for the soil in light of heavy traffic from big rigs used in fracking; the traffic and erosion caused by roads and construction of drilling pads; toxic chemical spills and the hauling of water have caused in other counties in the nations that have similar populations to Rio Rancho and Sandoval County Urban, Semi-Urban and Rural Roads. Local County and City jurisdictions may spend up to $40 million a year. (See attached the Cost of Fracking Study) The EPA and State authorities state that in some areas soils are fragile, but this is of "minor concern due to the remoteness of parcels". In other words, out-of-sight is out-of-mind, if they can't see it, it doesn't matter. Surely, this is not the message the Commission wants to be sending.
Wastewater pits, with indeterminate lining, are another means of disposing of fracking's toxic sludge. There are open pits used in fracking, and there are new toxic evaporation ponds in the Rio Puerco waiting for a discharge permit from NMED, which should be out soon for public comment.
1.) What are the provisions to keep birds and animals from drinking, or landing in, the open pit storage water in the ordinance?
2.) What is the ordinance insertion that gives assurance that each parcel application has been inspected for threatened and Endangered Species?
DARK SKY–NOISE. The County has not inserted from the hours of previous comments given in the previous ordinance in 2017, the protection of the night sky and protection from noise in rural settings. The current suggestion from PZ Director is his opinion rather from scientific data. Therefore not allowing the correct insertion in the ordinance is a taking of property values of its citizens.
2.) When Pueblo leaders told the Commission that Nov. 1st was not possible a date for their attendance and further impute because of their ceremonial obligations, the Commission ignored this request and schedule a meeting on November 1stdespite their requests.
3.) These inactions are an embarrassment to County residents because they have ignored conversations, emails, and comments and are moving forward with a bad ordinance.
Our suggestion is to enter into a formal tribal consultation and collaboration with tribal nations. Mediation on collaboration is needed because the County has shown its inability to address the process adequately and should take up the offer of Regis Pecos at the 10-18-18 meeting.
LOW SOCIOECONOMIC POTENTIAL FROM OIL AND GAS– The County Commission assumption if there is a "No Action Alternative" (no lease option) in the environs of impacted watersheds within the county. IN OTHER WORDS, IF THERE IS NOT ENOUGH OIL AND GAS TO BE OF ANY REAL COMMERCIAL VALUE, then why move forward without a socio-economic cost-benefit analysis. The NM Tech Supplement did not provide a sufficient analysis. Yet the County is barreling towards oil and gas exploration at grave risks of chemical and mechanical pollution without public comments, will be rubber stamping oil and gas production by the Planning and Zoning Director through permissive use, seriously exposing the County to legal actions.
The INFRASTRUCTURE required for oil and gas production has not been addressed nor has its impacts on the environment including pipelines, compressor stations and gathering lines. Ordinance language from local communities who also face preemption was submitted to Commissioner Heil during the process and was ignored.
The Paseo Del Vulcan (ABQ by-pass) now becomes heavy industrial roadway being paid for by the taxpayers, instead of the heavy industry being slated and seated in the regional area. The County is paving the way for crony developers to buy up frontage road along the route. This includes past action of the City of Rio Rancho annexing ranches in the area to bring the by-pass into the middle of the City. This appears to be agreements made with developers, ranchers and oil and gas industry in backroom deals, putting more tax burdens on property owners.
There have been transparency violations filed on how the bonds were approved without proper public notification. Many existing roads in Rio Rancho and the County have been ignored for many years when the bond was pulled putting Rio Rancho and the County 10-20 years behind on maintenance, repair, and replacement. Property owners now see a major highway proposed while many existing roads lay in disrepair. This will get worse if fracking operations are allowed access without substantial impact fees. The County does not have a cost-benefit, or fiscal impact analysis to take into account the taxpayers' cost of environmental cleanup, roads, etc. as described in this document.
No emergency response plan — We were trying to work with the County Commissioners Holden Rhodes, Heil and Eichwald back in January to form a LERC to write a plan, but the commissioners buried our request. Relying on Industry to implement and enforce it has shown not to work.
HEALTH CONCERNS–For the record several physicians that wished to give testimony have been stopped by the County Commission and the Planning Department. Physicians for Social Responsibility and other health professionals have not had the opportunity to testify under oath to the Commission and enter into the record the statistics of respiratory illnesses that occur in communities with populations similar to Rio Rancho. According to peer-reviewed studies, (already submitted previously to the County), respiratory illnesses from fracking operations healthcare costs would soar upwards to $275,000 a day. Can the County afford these types of expenses considering the health programs they already fund?
OPEN MEETING ACT (OMA) VIOLATIONS– We have filed an OMA complaint on every meeting the County has held on the oil and gas ordinance and the bonds issues that included the road issues in the past 2-3 months. The OMA violations occurred because of insufficient listings of agendas bond items, rolling quorum, lack of attachments and meetings minutes, notification of time, place and date, the disenfranchising of the public comments in the process by continually holding a hearing where people are not allowed access or to comment because they are holding the hearing in chambers too small to contain the interested public.
The County's reliance on overflow seating is a problem in the atrium is poor sound quality and it doesn't allow for public comment on any other agenda item or on the particular agenda item being heard. They do this on a continual basis despite offers by the Bernalillo mayor to facilitate crowds in a larger forum so those interested in speaking and attending the meeting in person can show their interest on an issue. It is unfair to the citizens of the County, does not allow them to redress, it chills public participation, creates apathy and disdain for the government on the issues that impact their lives and violates due process. Much has been corrected because of our filing of the OMA Complaints but despite the County efforts that we still have problems. Currently, there are several complaints in front of the OAG for determination.
Our suggestion would be to discuss this ordinance with the firm that wrote the Santa Fe and Mora County ordnances', discuss passing a moratorium, request a moratorium to continue safely to develop this ordinance with both citizens working groups. Set up a reporting and development during the moratorium period, which allows the final product to be vetted. This would not be starting over, it would be taking the ordinance we have and delineating the issues with them and vetting what is legal ending with a quality protective ordinance.
Right now the commission needs to engage in Tribal Consultation and Collaboration and allow the process to be done correctly. The Sandoval tribes, in the APCG and Tri-chapter area, have supported moratoriums while is the ordinance process.
This ordinance is for the protection of the people and property in Sandoval County.
The Commission has not allowed public comment in a public hearing, to air this proposal to them as a possible solution to the challenges in front of them. We are in this together but that is not what the County's message has been to those in or not in the CWG.
Instead, we are watching another train wreck.
There is a full onslaught of over 40,000 parcels on public lands in the Rio Chama, Rio Grande, Chaco Canyon, and the Greater Chaco areas up for public mineral leases. It is in the Greater Chaco area where health impacts are being experienced. People there have grave safety concerns that need to be addressed. The county ordinance would help adjacent private landowners fend off environmental impacts being ignored by federal and state regulatory agencies.
The County is not in a position to rely on staff that has no previous experience with writing and implementing the oil and gas ordinance, to the extent of the issues presented in Sandoval County, including tribal consultation. Our suggestion is to contact, Kate Ferlic, Law Firm ( California Planning Firm) and pay professional legal planners fees to bring forward an ordinance similar to the Mora and Santa Fe ordinance to save taxpayers the cost of legal actions that are sure to follow if the county continues with its current process.


In a saucepan combine chocolate and 1/3 cup water. Microwave in a large microwavable bowl on high 1-1/2 mins. Stir after 1 min., until chocolate is completely melted. All chocolate mixture to complete cool.
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Pour into 2 greased and lightly floured 8.5″ or 9.5″ round baking pans. Bake in 350 degree F oven from 30-40 mins., or until and toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
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Benazir Bhutto Comes A'Visiting--and Imran Khan and other Pakistani Pols
Especially living in the US or another country with an active democracy, one often thinks--okay, maybe only once in a while--that whatever their foibles, one should try to engage with Pakistani politicians. After all, the press and opinion makers often say that the only way to really set up a prosperous Pakistan, where the people can achieve their aspirations and we can see the dreams we have for our country fulfilled is to let democracy take its course and let the people actually lead the "democracy opposition" (a phrase from the WSJ or the IHT of day or two ago) to play their part.
And then you see, for example, a report in the Community section of The Pakistan Link of October 6, 2006 about Benazir Bhutto's recent visit to the SF Bay area. (You've got to give her this: she's the only Pakistani politician that does come around here regularly. The world beats a path to Silicon Valley and wants to adopt IT; the Pakistani government and industry waxes eloquent about wanting to become a powerhouse in the field. But actually come here and engage? Naaah. But I digress.) The report is by Ras H. Siddiqui, who is at this point the elder statesman amongst Pakistani journalists in Northern California. It's titled "Benazir Criticizes Waziristan Peace Treaty" and provides a very interesting view of the event and Ms. Bhutto (or Mrs. Bhutto-Zardar, as it calls her at one point), amongst other things saying that she:
"has been Prime Minister of Pakistan on two occasions. She is Chairperson of the PPP, the largest political party in that country and if a recent International Republican Institute (IRI) survey is an indicator, she is still the frontrunner to Pakistan's Prime Minister's slot. But that is only possible if General Musharraf holds "free and fair" elections next year in the country."
I attended an event just like this one at the same venue a year or two ago and what struck me most was the part where she pointed out, as Ras Saahab reports this time, that:
"many people in Pakistan are still living in misery. She said that the stock market had done well in the country but that most people there did not have the resources to invest in it and that their poverty is increasing."
and that
"We should use our current influx of cash towards debt servicing and health, education and sanitation, she said. She spoke about power outages that have become the norm in the country, increased unemployment is a problem and..." so on
Here's my comment back to Ras Saahab:
What you relate about her assessement of the situation in Pakistan is similar to what I heard last time she was here. And it was impressive. Just what I would like the leader of a left-leaning party to focus on.
Imran Khan speaking at
OPEN Silicon Valley's Annual event in 2005
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And it's not just her; I had the honour of listening to Imran Khan in the Bay Area, too. And my reaction to him was the same: They get the problem. It's not that they are dumb. Their take on what's wrong in Pakistan is spot on.
But. But in the case of BB, I lived through both her Prime Ministerships. And the only good thing I remember is that the ban on fax machines was lifted and there was SOME loosening of the social screw that Zia had put in place...on the other side side of the balance sheet--namely what difference did this female leader of an ostensibly left-leaning party make? did women's rights make any headway? and she quotes Transparency International, but what of the record of her administration--the picture is not at all much to write home about.
In the case of Imran Khan, I have a friend who was a "polling agent" for his party in the first election. And the way they ran that campaign was beyond incompetent. And his talking a good talk about the corrupt politicians and then working with a lot of them (the way he got his seat in Parliament was to get the other Khan Niazi--his own family name, too--running in Mianwali to bow out of the race) also left a lot of disullusionment in its wake. [And I know there will be those who object to my lining up IK with BB and oldline corrupt politicians. But from the point of view of the common citizen, incompetence, or cluelessness, if you will, and corruption really don't differ in what they do to us and our nation.]
And I don't mean to pick on BB or IK. I could go on and on about Nawaz Sharif (anti-terror laws...oddly relevant today) and even the MQM.
Where am I going with this? I am not sure. I can only say that there are those of us "out here" that do want to engage with the politics of our home country--in the most high-minded, and noble sense of that word, politics, if that spirit can still be invoked. We see Michael Shakashvili in Georgia, a returned expat, get elected. But we're thinking, how can we engage? Main manje kithhay d-haawan, they main keRay paasay jaawan, to quote my favourite Punjabi saying. Or, to quote the Shahid Nadeem play, dhasso kiththay jaaway jhalli? kina bu'a kharkaaway jhalli?
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As noted in this article from CBS News, a recent study determined that divorce puts the average individual at about a 5 percent greater risk of running out of assets, and that those who have never been divorced have 30 percent higher wealth than those who have been divorced.
The study notes, however, one exception: single women have as much retirement readiness whether never married or divorced, and the reason has to do with real estate.
An individual can accumulate retirement equity in three principal ways – traditional savings, pension or retirement accounts or similar investments, and real estate. The traditional savings provide consistent but minimal growth because of low interest rates (a trend that may be ending now). Retirement accounts can provide an excellent rate of return, but do fluctuate and carry greater risk (think 2007). But real estate generally accumulates equity at a high rate because of the combination of paying off the mortgage over time and the fact that property values tend to increase at well above the rate of inflation.
The study concludes that for some women, keeping the house after a divorce enables them to build wealth at a greater rate than if they had to build retirement back up with a smaller share than at the time of the marriage. Of course, this strategy falls apart if the individual woman cannot really afford the house and must deplete other assets, like savings or retirement, in order to keep the house.
But if the house is affordable, apparently maintaining it induces single women to become better budgeters, reducing "frills" and planning more carefully. In this way, come retirement, the single woman now has a home nearly paid off and filled with equity – what the article calls the retirement asset you can live in. And it is true – the single woman can continue to reside in a home with minimal maintenance costs and leverage the equity when necessary to pay for other needs.
In the end, whether a woman should keep the house as part of a divorce settlement is a very individualized decision that turns on that person's earning capacity, age, health and future goals – something that person should discuss with her attorney and financial advisor.
If you have questions about real estate and divorce, contact us – we can help.


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Nance appointed Jackson Co. Commission Chairman
Thirty-four year United States Army veteran, Major General Bill "Willie" Nance, Jr. (ret.) was appointed by Governor Kay Ivey to act as Jackson County Commission Chairman for the remainder of former Chairman Tim Guffey's term who resigned late last year. In the official letter of appointment from Ivey to Nance, the Governor stated, "As one of my appointees, you will be making important decisions that directly affect the citizens of Alabama. I have made honesty and integrity a priority in my Administration, and I know that you will embody these two virtues while serving the people of Alabama. Please plan to attend all meetings within reason, be a good steward of the taxpayers' money and work in your position to instill trust in state government. The responsibility that comes with this appointment is not to be taken lightly. I trust that you will rise to the occasion and set a standard for others to follow."
Nance, standing beside his wife, Jonnie, was sworn in by Jackson County Circuit Judge John H. Graham on Tuesday, May 4, 2021 at the Jackson County Courthouse in Scottsboro.
Of his appointment, Nance stated, "I certainly want to thank Governor Ivey for the opportunity to serve here in this role and to work with each of you and the people of Jackson County. I will do my best to serve the people of Jackson County, listen to the people of Jackson County and do the best I can to support the people of this county. This is a beautiful place that we live in; we are blessed to be here."
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