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MONTVALE, N.J., July 16, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Sharp Imaging and Information Company of America (SIICA), a division of Sharp Electronics Corporation (SEC), today announces that it has received a total of five awards from Keypoint Intelligence – Buyers Lab (BLI), including the award for "Most Reliable Monochrome Copier MFP Brand." Presented once every three years, this award honors the manufacturer whose product line is determined to be the most reliable based on the combined results of all models subjected to BLI's rigorous testing.
Sharp also earned the 2018 Buyers Lab "PaceSetter Award in Ease of Use for Enterprise Devices." The PaceSetter Award is based on research conducted in the enterprise market as well as testing in the BLI lab. The award recognizes manufacturers that have incorporated end-to-end ease of use, from loading paper and copying, to scanning, printing, misfeed removal, job management and more. Sharp offers nearly thirty models in its lineup with a common user experience and consistent feature set.
Launched in late 2017, the monochrome Advanced Series models enable users to easily set up and execute workflow tasks. Sharp's easy-to-use touchscreen display offers an intuitive graphical interface with Easy Copy and Easy Scan screens, as well as quick access to on-board user guides. These models also support popular mobile technologies, including Apple® AirPrint®, Android™ Print Service and Google Cloud Print™. Multi-layered security features help ensure intellectual property and personal information is protected throughout the life of the device.
Keypoint Intelligence is a one-stop shop for the digital imaging industry. With our unparalleled tools and unmatched depth of knowledge, we cut through the noise of data to offer clients the unbiased insights and responsive tools they need in those mission-critical moments that define their products and empower their sales. For over 50 years, Buyers Lab has been the global document imaging industry's resource for unbiased and reliable information, test data, and competitive selling tools. What started out as a consumer-based publication about office equipment has become an all-encompassing industry resource. Buyers Lab evolves in tandem with the ever-changing landscape of document imaging solutions, constantly updating our methods, expanding our offerings, and tracking cutting-edge developments.
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The over the counter availability of this new nasal spray may lead to questions from local Tulsa allergy sufferers. To help eliminate confusion, Dr. Lynn Wiens, along with the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI) have answered the seven most common questions.
1. Is it safe? Not only can the new nasal allergy spray relieve congestion, sneezing and a runny nose, it also does not cause drowsiness and is non-habit forming. Improper use of nasal sprays may cause nasal bleeding. Follow the package instructions and inform your allergist if bleeding occurs.
2. Can I stop antihistamines? If you find solely using the nasal allergy spray is helping to suppress your symptoms, you may not need to take an antihistamine. Each person is different and they will have to be the judge of how they feel only using one medication. However, if you're not finding relief from one or both medications, you should speak with your allergist.
3. Is it safe to give my child? The medication is approved for children two-years and older. But it may complicate some infections your child might have, so check with your allergist.
4. Can it be used year-round? Yes, it is approved for year-round use. Many allergy sufferers that have year-round allergies to pets, dust and mold often find nasal sprays are not enough for symptom relief. Many allergists prescribe immunotherapy (also known as allergy shots), which not only provides symptom relief, but can modify and prevent disease progression.
5. Will my insurance cover it? It is unlikely your insurance provider will cover over-the-counter nasal allergy sprays, even if it was covered when it was prescribed.
6. Do I need to continue following up with my allergist? Allergy sprays are merely a medication and not a cure for allergy. Because allergies can change over time, it's important to be under the care of an allergist for proper testing, diagnosis and treatment that may go beyond over-the-counter medications. Allergies can also cause symptoms such as chronic sinus infections, nasal congestion or difficulty breathing.


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Satan hates you. He wants to destroy you. If he can't destroy you, then he'll try to destroy your marriage. If he can't destroy your marriage, then he'll try to destroy your children or grandchildren. He wants to destroy our church. If he can't destroy our church, then he'll try to destroy our love for the church. If he can't destroy our love for the church, then he'll try to destroy our children and grandchildren's love for the church. Satan's one overall goal is to bring destruction in one form or another into our lives. This isn't my idea, this is what Scripture teaches.
Scripture teaches us that Satan is a tempter who had the audacity to tempt Jesus Himself (Matt 4:1).
Scripture teaches us that Satan is a liar and the father of lies (Jn 8:44).
Scripture teaches us that Satan is a thief that comes to steal, kill and destroy (Jn 10:10).
Scripture teaches us that Satan is our enemy (1 Pet 5:8).
Scripture teaches us that Satan roams the earth looking for any and every opportunity to destroy us.
Scripture compares him to a lion and says that he wants to devour us. If you've ever watched nature shows then that makes for a pretty powerful picture.
Scripture teaches us that Satan is the deceiver of the whole world (Rev 12:9).
That is just small sampling of what Scripture teaches us about Satan and his desires for humanity. That small sampling is pretty serious. We know that he actively and consistently does these things. We know from looking at the world around us that he successfully does these things. But the question we need to think about is how does he do this? He doesn't usually physically attack people. Since he doesn't necessarily physically assault people, how does he deceive and destroy?
Scripture warns us about the "wiles" or "schemes" of the devil (Eph 6:11) In another place it says we are not ignorant of Satan's "devices" "designs" or "plans" (2 Cor 2:11) The overall idea given in these passages is that Satan uses deceitful methods and strategies to deceive and destroy human beings. He employs these strategies against believers and unbelievers alike. His ultimate goal for these strategies is to keep unbelievers blinded to the truth of the Gospel and to deceive believers into believing a lie instead of the truth. He uses whatever will best trick people into believing a lie knowing that this will result in their destruction.


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Adrian celebrates winning the Slaats Cup after defeating St. Scholastica 3-2 in double overtime on Sunday (Photo by Mike Dickie).
ADRIAN, Mich. – The top-seeded Adrian College women's hockey team won its fourth consecutive Northern Collegiate Hockey Association (NCHA) Slaats Cup after beating the second-seeded College of St. Scholastica 3-2 in double overtime. The game was the longest in program history and gave the Bulldogs an automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament.
Adrian's penalty kill was called on early and often in the first period, and it answered the call each time. The Bulldogs killed off three penalties in a row to keep the game scoreless through 20 minutes. AC got a power play of its own with 3:53 left in the first but couldn't convert. Adrian outshot St. Scholastica 9-6 in the first, in a period where it seemed both teams were feeling each other out and letting the nerves settle.
The shots started flying in the second, and Adrian broke the scoreless tie 7:14 into the second stanza when junior forward Jacqueline White knocked home a loose puck. Freshman defenseman Amanda Tomasek chipped the puck out of the defensive zone to senior captain Tory Harshman for the breakout. Harshman carried the puck the length of the ice and behind the St. Scholastica net, pulling the goalie out of her crease. White recognized the opportunity and positioned herself in front of the wide-open net to shoot the puck into the net after Harshman's centering pass.
St. Scholastica didn't trail for long, as the Saints tied the game just over two minutes later. Alexia Klaas took a shot from the middle of the ice that freshman goaltender Denisa Jandova got most of, but not enough as the puck squirted through the pads and into the net to knot the game at one each. The game would stay tied at one for the rest of the period, with CSS holding a 12-10 advantage in shots in the period.
Adrian regained the lead halfway through the third when junior forward Brianna Buchanan broke the tie with 10:13 to go in the third. A heavy forecheck forced St. Scholastica to turn the puck over in its zone, where it was gathered by junior defenseman Rylee Bates. Bates took the puck down low and saw Buchanan cutting across the middle, sending her a pass. Buchanan took the shot as a one timer and sent the puck off the crossbar and down into the goal for the 2-1 lead.
The Saints wouldn't go away easy, as Klaas scored a power play goal for her second of the night with 5:26 remaining to tie the game again. St. Scholastica worked the puck around in the zone before finding Klass at the top of the left faceoff circle for the goal. The game remained tied through the rest of regulation, sending the game into overtime.
Despite a flurry of chances for both teams, one overtime period would not be enough as the game remained tied after an additional 20 minutes, sending it into a second overtime. CSS was called for a tripping penalty 3:58 into the fifth frame, and the mistake proved costly. After a few shorthanded chances for the Saints, Buchanan picked the puck up in the defensive zone and brought it up the ice. She was able to skate unhindered into the Saints' zone cutting from the left point to the right circle with the puck on her forehand. Buchanan then launched the puck back across the goalies' body to the top-left corner of the net, giving Adrian the Slaats Cup and a trip to the NCAA Tournament again.
The game was an instant NCHA classic and will go down in the record books as the longest game in program history for the Bulldogs. It is the only game AC has played that has gone to double overtime. This is also the second Slaats Cup Championship in a row that has gone to overtime, as Adrian prevailed in the extra frame against Lake Forest last year, 4-3.
• White and Buchanan scored for the Bulldogs, with Buchanan scoring twice.
• Harshman, Tomasek, and Bates picked up assists.
• Jandova played 85:13 minutes in net and made 32 saves for the win.
• Klaas scored both of St. Scholastica's goals.
• Rachel Anderson, Taylor Murray, Taylor Thompson, and Sam Gorecki tallied assists for the Saints.
• Lexi Thomeczek made 40 saves for the loss.
Adrian receives an automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament for the fourth year in a row, and fifth overall. The Bulldogs will find out who and where they are playing during the NCAA Selection Show, taking place tomorrow, March, 4 at 10 a.m. on ncaa.com.


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// > https://github.com/h5bp/node-build-script/wiki/jsdom-implementation
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Brazilian judge orders another WhatsApp block over message encryption
WhatsApp uses end-to-end encrypted messages, which the company can't decrypt.
By Zack Whittaker | July 19, 2016 -- 18:32 GMT (11:32 PDT) | Topic: Security
(Image: CNET/CBS Interactive)
Third time lucky?
A Brazilian judge has ordered the country's leading cell carriers to block access to WhatsApp for failing to comply with an order to turn over end-to-end encrypted messages.
Reuters reports that Judge Daniela Barbosa Assunção de Souza said the order, thought to affect about 100 million users in the country, will only be lifted once Facebook, which owns the service, turns over messages in a confidential court case.
But because messages are end-to-end encrypted, not even WhatsApp or Facebook can intercept the messages.
Cell companies are subject to daily fines of R$50,000 (about $15,300) if they do not block access to the service.
When this happened previously, Facebook's chief in the country Diego Dzodan was detained for failing to comply with a judge's order.
A WhatsApp spokesperson said in a statement that the company wants to see the block lifted "as soon as possible."
"In recent months, people from all across Brazil have rejected judicial blocks of services like WhatsApp. Indiscriminate steps like these threaten people's ability to communicate, to run their businesses, and to live their lives. "
"As we've said in the past, we cannot share information we don't have access to," the spokesperson said.
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A Visit to the Barbary Regencies in 1830 by LORD R. GROSVENOR
Published by Darf in 1986
The republication of this scarce volume will be welcomed by students and historians of North African history. It provides an account of the travels of Lord Grosvenor who, in 1829 and 1830, accompanied a British naval expedition to Tripoli, Tunis and Algiers for the purpose of gathering military intelligence.
The present work takes the form of a personal narrative of the voyage, combining delightful descriptions of the country and its inhabitants, with the life and exploits of the naval party.
This fine facsimile of A Visit to the Barbary Regencies in 1830 includes the charming engravings, which enhanced the original edition.
The Barbary Corsairs by STANLEY LANE-POOLE
Through Algeria by MABEL S. CRAWFORD
Tully's Letters WRITTEN DURING A TEN YEARS' RESIDENCE AT THE COURT OF TRIPOLI
Tunis, Kairouan & Carthage by Graham Petrie


British Prime Minister David Cameron was on TV recently, telling the EU they cannot have the extra 1.7 billion pounds they are asking Britain to donate by 1st December this year. Whilst he didn't exactly give them the hand-bagging Margaret Thatcher would have, he did seem very cheesed off indeed.
Nigel Farage of the UK Independence Party – Britain's Eurosceptics – said afterwards that he's sure Cameron will pay up, because basically he has no choice. I am inclined to agree, because although Cameron sometimes tries to talk tough, Thatcher he ain't.
What do the EU want to spend this money on?
Well, Sicily is a constant receiver, rather than a contributor, of EU money. Lots of it is stolen by the Mafia, but even the local governments waste it in ways that outraged British taxpayers just cannot imagine.
Let me give you an example from right here in my own town. I drive past it when I take my son to school and, as a former and still occasional business strategist, let me tell you it stabs me like a thorn in my side, each and every day.
This is called Villa Cattolica and it is is owned by Bagheria Council.
Inside is the Renato Guttuso Museum, dedicated to Sicily's most famous artist, with a collection of his paintings and sketches, and art by various other Sicilian painters of the 19th century.
Its top floor houses an enchanting collection of photos by Bagheria-born film director Giuseppe Tornatore, whose film "Cinema Paradiso" became a worldwide hit.
As if this were not enough to rake the visitors in, the ground floor contains a collection of historical Sicilian carretti, or horse-drawn carriages.
You might think this museum would be thronging with visitors and a little gold mine for the council of Bagheria, right?
Oh no! I have it on good authority that they are losing 380 thousand Euros a year of EU money. How do they manage that, I hear you ask?
They have no website. They are not in any tour guide book whatsoever. They have no leaflets or posters or information in any tourist office anywhere in Sicily. They have no communication with any tour operator that offers guided tours of Sicily.
Are you getting the idea? Last time I went there, there were only four other people. The four people who work at reception, selling tickets, do NOT want to be disturbed by anyone actually coming to the museum and making them work for their generous EU salary!!! Oh no! So they keep the place secret.
This place is exactly 12 minutes by train from Palermo Central station, followed by a 5 minute walk. If they didn't take such extreme precautions, it could easily be swarming with customers.
They did receive a large amount of EU money to create a museum website, by the way, but they paid that to their friends, who forgot to make one.
When you get inside, you see that the exhibits are coated in a thick layer of dust, several pictures are hanging squiffy, and there are no labels in any language telling you about any of the exhibits. Nobody opens the wooden shutters on the ground floor, and it has subtle disco lighting, so you have to look at the Sicilian carriages by the LED torch light on your cell phone and regularly rush back to the reception area to gulp some oxygen when you need it.
I loved this picture, but don't ask me to tell you anything about it – I have no idea!
Now, in real art galleries, in real places, they have a shop.
I'd love to show you a similar picture of a smaller shop in the Renato Guttuso Museum, but there wasn't one. I did find out, after my visit, that the art books stored inaccessibly behind the ticket desk, were actually on sale to the public. I am not sure how I was supposed to get a look at them, though, when they were guarded by two frowning men and a grumpy lady who all declined eye contact. I bet they have been there for years, as all their covers were curly from the damp. The books weren't looking too great, either.
Another way that art galleries everywhere else in the world make themselves financially self sufficient, or even profitable, is by having a museum cafe. Staring at pictures lovely enough to make your jaw drop open can be thirsty work.
They may not have such a grand setting, but don't you think this almost empty gallery in Villa Cattolica, with a long glass wall opening out onto lush gardens, would be a great place for some Sicilian cakes and a top quality cappucino? Or maybe some freshly squeezed Sicilian orange juice in the heat of the summer?
When we get to the top floor, the confusion continues.
The photos are wonderful, and the views are breathtaking, but the galleries were all empty in the middle. You could have got twice as much stuff in there. You could have got an art class in there, paying handsomely for help with their still lifes or their watercolour landscapes. You could have created a little cinema to screen Giuseppe Tornatore's films. You could have got a craft shop up there too, full of ceramics and paintings and jewellery and glasswork by the many immensely talented local artists and artisans.
Not if you're the current management of the museum, though. Instead, what you leave in there is lots of filthy patches on the floor and industrial quantities of dust in the corners.
But don't send any of the staff up there to ensure museum security! Oh no, in this museum you can take any exhibit home, so long as you have a big enough handbag to stuff it in.
I am told they have had a lot of thefts already, but most people suspect the museum staff.
You may still wonder how they manage to get rid of so much money each year. Well, they regularly produce monstrously large catalogues of the museum's entire collection, in multiple languages. They are supposed to be sold, but actually hardly any copies ever get printed. The money all goes to the museum director's friends and relatives. I have heard claims they pay thousands and thousands of euros to their friends for translations, some of which I have personally seen and which were in the inimitable literary style of Google Translate…. which, as we all know, is free.
They also send the staff on costly training courses – or so they claim – enabling them to provide guided tours of the museum. Of course they do not reveal to museum visitors that guided tours are available, since that would risk having to get off their bums and do some work.
So there you have it. How to steal whoppingly enormous amounts of EU money and achieve no economic development whatsoever, not provide any jobs for local cooks or waiters or artists, not give work to translators who actually can speak more than one language, not give work to any local website developer, and not help the local hotels or restaurants or shops by attracting tourists to the area.
Latest I've heard is that the building is falling down due to lack of simple maintenance work, and will need six months of structural repairs, necessitating its closure. I wonder how much money David Cameron will be sending over to pay for that? And how many builders will sit about for half a year on the site, getting paid for doing naff all? No doubt there will also be consultancy fees paid to lots of "experts" who will do nothing.
And I predict they will eventually organise a grand gala re-opening, with champagne and a buffet, no expense spared, which members of the public will not attend as nobody will tell them about it.
And then the museum will go back to receiving six visitors a day, who wander around wondering what all the exhibits are, and asking themselves if the building really has just been restored, because it doesn't look like it.
If you read this report on Sicilian Economic development by the pen pushers in Brussels, you will realise they have completely missed the point, they live in cloud cuckoo land, and they don't give a stuff about all the wasted money. Of course they don't! They are spongers themselves.
They just write reports about it, like this one, saying the EU wastes 120 billion Euros a year because of corruption. This summary explains how it works in Eastern Europe, another black hole for EU money.
Do they do anything about it? I have personally sent them reports, via the relevant website, about misuse of EU funds. They just ignored them. Just try finding that website online, by the way, if you don't happen to know that the EU anti fraud office goes by the name of OLAF.
The OLAF website proudly boasts that, since 1999, they have recovered 1.1 billion euros of misused funds. Yet by their own admission, in that same time period, the EU has LOST 1,800 billion euros.
Thank you David Cameron! Thank you British taxpayers!
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From Palermo Stazione Centrale take a train to Bagheria, which takes 12 minutes. When you leave the station, turn right and walk till you reach the level crossing. Cross over the tracks at the crossing, then turn left into Via Ramacca. The museum will be on your right.
It is a 5 minute walk and there are several good restaurants and cafés on the way.
If you have time after the museum, go back to the level crossing and walk straight down the hill to the sea. Follow the road into the picturesque fishing village of Aspra and ask for directions to the local church: its interior is decorated with murals entirely painted by Renato Guttuso.
Solunto – One of the world's first multicultural cities?
You are merely scraping the iceberg on its head.
Believe me there's a lot more going on outside of the NW of the island, let alone their own employees not being paid for a very long time……..
I may need to pass by your way eventually, to collect what I am owed for a project or 2.
I know, Jules. This is the first of a serious of articles…. I am on the war path.
That's simply outrageous. You should stand for local council (get yourself a body-guard and a pitiful with titanium-tipped teeth first, though). Let your mother-in-law loose in that building too – she'd provide them all with mops and buckets and shake some sense into them at the same time. For the EU, the process appears to be quite simple: 1. Cough up cash, 2. Close eyes. 3. Tadaaah! Wasted money. Next, please.
I'm a translator, and I wholeheartedly agree with your comments about getting translations done by qualified people. I grit my teeth on a regular basis here in France when I see noticeboards with huge mistakes on them in English. When I give them my visiting card, they usually tell me that one of their employees spent a year in England, and they do the English translation work free. It's the best way to lose potential clients.
agg. That should read "pit bull", not "pitful".
I have also tried to explain concepts like "opportunity cost" to them and also enlighten them as to how people in actual, real places do things like budgeting expected INCOME as well as planned EXPENDITURE. I even printed an example based on this museum to show them.
It was all going as far over their poor little heads as a Boeing 747.
Oh, dear. Try doing them another sheet showing how much they cost the taxpayer and how much the latter gets back in return.
Oh, they already have one of those – they showed it to me without even a hint of shame!
I love your posts, I won't however let Mrs S read this one or she will start gnashing her teeth and pulling out her hair, she will then start telling me, this is the reason we should live in the UK and not be considering moving to Sicily in Sept 2016. I don't want to pack up my beloved flip-flops put away my wine glass and then unpack my raincoat and tea mug and head for the UK.
PS I think MM is correct, go into politics and I will vote for you.
PPS, I bounced you an e mail, did it get lost in your spam folder.
Great article but how very depressing. Saddest of all, though, is that I'm not in the least surprised.
Riveting 😦 Spain is just as bad. They wasted 2 billion on constructing an airport nobody uses (in Ciudad Real, it's closed now).
You tell them, Veronica! I vote you as EU President.
Great post! Thank you! Have long thought the EU a load of rubbish anyway. Hope David Cameron keeps his money where it should be.
Me too. Even though it appears to contain a significant nutjob element, I would vote UKIP if I were still in England: I see it as the only way to save the poorer areas of Europe as well as stopping the richer parts getting fleeced and having their currently fragile economies knocked over.
If only your rage, and my rage, and the obvious rage of others, could add up to something productive. It all makes me angry and sad. What I don't understand, and what gives me a little hope, is that the Museo dello Sbarco in Catania, a fabulous museum, is staffed with lovely people, one of whom can tour guests in English. There is a wonderful book and film for sale (to be honest, it's not always there, but I have seen it on the open shelf). Somebody paid attention and did this right, if modestly. (I think the British War Museum helped…) The Mandralisca Museum in Cefalù, however, another wonderful museum, is presently under threat of closing for lack of funds. Isn't there someone in the political arena, head of culture, or museums, a little lower on the political ladder and therefore more accessible and more easily influenced that could be won over? Something has to be done. Don't give up. Don't go back to England. Write the next article. Send them around until you find a willing ear. Thank you.
I am going to try to get an article like this one, in Italian, in the local newspaper.
I have been and talked to various members of the local council several times but my suggestions and offers of help are falling on deaf ears. They say they want to change and I believe them, they are just completely out of their depth.
Very, very few Sicilians have ever been out of Sicily, and they have no concept whatsoever of what things are like and how they work in successful places. They just seem to have no idea of what I am talking about. At times, in meetings with them, I felt as if I were trying to teach a gerbil how to solve a Rubik's cube.
What a sad mess, yet it is absolutely no surprise to me. Money corrupts, always.
The only way to stop it all, is to dismantle the EU, the undemocratic and expansionist organisation that most citizens didn't ask for in the first place.
In the times I've been to Sicily, but also in Greece, I've seen many similar EU money pits. Sometimes funding is completely wasted as in your example or at best very poorly invested.
In their video, they say that their glider will produce more energy than a wind turbine, but cleverly forget to mention, per equal wing surface area. A wind turbine as a surface area that's hundreds of times greater than their glider's wings.
As with most of those projects, only those working on the project will ever benefit from it. Similarly there are many businesses in southern and eastern Europe that 'promote tourism' and the like, and exist solely to tap EU funds.
I think the reason so many pointless projects get financed is because the people in the EU who decide what to fund have no experience in industry, or any aspect of the real world, so they have no ability to look at a project and evaluate it.
I see them as simply another layer of parasites, who have lots of money (which they didn't have to earn) at their disposal, to spend like an excited kid in a sweet shop.
Thank you for this article! Fortunately the husband of the author in now one of the responsables of the mayor in the town council and can surely change a lot!
Sadly, no he isn't. He has no position at all in the council, and no influence whatsoever.
He is just an enthusiastic fan of the movimento 5 Stelle, nothing more.
This is why I am free to criticise them to my heart's content, with no consequences, just like any other resident of Bagheria.
I look forward to the day when I can retire from my art class to snack on pastries and reasonably priced tea at this museum, thanks to your handiwork.
I did give two councillors a brief business strategy document, outlining phase one of a programme to make the museum financially profitable in two years, with financial projections. But such documents can only have effect if you give them to people who understand them.
So far, I have very little hope of seeing anything change.
Yes, please go ahead and share!
And yes, it does go far beyond this area. In researching this piece, I learned that Eastern Europe is probably even worse. Eons ago I had a Czech boyfriend who often complained that most Czechs, and probably most Eastern Europeans in general, would rather rip you off for ten pounds than earn 100 pounds off you fairly and honestly. This is the mentality I find time and again in Sicily too, and I believe it is the mentality that leads to this wasting of public funds.
Do you think all those Ukrainians in Hungary will be scrupulously honest once they live in a society with a higher level of trust, or will they bring their devious ways with them to exploit the locals?
Ah, that's the reason why the Paolo Orsi museum in Syracuse was closed (mancanza di corrente), the archaeological museum in Adrano was closed (in restauro for 2 years), and the archaeological museum in Mineo was closed (rinnovazione). Ah, my tourist guide to Sicily from 2007 spends 6 lines on Villa Cattolica! I must say, it is a very good one! 636 pages only for Sicily.
Ah yes, mysteriously closed museums. If you want to find out the opening hours of Italian museums, throw away your guide book and buy a schedule for the football. They have unexpected early closures when there are important football matches on!
I am impressed that you guide book talks about Villa Cattolica. What is the publisher/title?
Thank you! It seems there isn't an English language version of this guide, but it looks very good. Unfortunately the Amazon preview doesn't show the page about Villa Cattolica.
Does it say good things about the place?
It is rather a lapidary comment and focussed on Renato Guttuso, not the other stuff. Errr …. please look into your facebook mail, I provided some further information.
In trying to be as optimistic as possible in this situation, I think you said something that is pretty key. Most Sicilians have never seen what we are talking about and haven't travelled much. These are not bad people but they are stuck. I believe in the power of numbers. You are carrying this flag alone (with many sympathizers for sure, but you are one activist). What if an exchange could somehow be organized? What if there was a consortium of museum people to join a group (from Sicily, NYC and maybe London) that could go to perhaps visit the Met Museum, the Frick Collection and the NY Historical Society, to name a few – both the Frick and the Historical Society have re-invented themselves in the recent past. Then, perhaps, a group of people in the Museum Education field could go to Sicily to meet with people there. Like someone said, it you use the right words and approaches, it could work. (Grant writing important, of course.) Look who has handled the excavations at Selinunte and Morgantina for years… American university people – something needed doing and they figured out a way to be involved. Could we not figure something out along these line?
Tourism is key to Sicily where other industry is small but as someone who brings tourists to Sicily, I am well aware of the inherent frustrations. There are pockets of new thinkers in Sicily, however. I've met and been inspired by wonderful people in Ortigia, working hard to bring interesting life and blood into their town, raising awareness of life abroad, and assisting with entrepreneurial projects.
I applaud your keen observations and desire to see things change. Do you think there may be a way to approach this in a different manner?
I think that's a really interesting approach, and maybe I should try that next.
I would have to convince the mayor and minister to get involved, but that would still leave the obstacle of the museum director herself whom I believe is a lost case. She thinks she knows it all, even when presented with incontrovertible facts that whip the ground from under her. I really found her a very obtuse woman indeed. For example, she insisted it is impossible to reach the Guttuso museum from Palermo by public transport, even when I mentioned I take the 12-minute train to and from Palermo about once a week…. as do several hundred commuters every day.
I agree with your about Ortigia – we went there this summer and a few blog posts are coming up about the marvels there, and especially the archaeological museum and its amazing coin collection. They have received a lot of EU grants and what a staggering difference – they are a shining example of how to spend money properly.
Reading this post left me with 30% anger, 60% frustration and 10% "aww Alfredo and little Toto, how cute!".
Yes I love little Toto! He must be about thirty-something now…!
You know, it is a lovely building and the art looks pretty good. What a supreme waste! Does having lots of sunshine and food that springs abundantly from the ground and the sea make people lazy, or just really unambitious, I wonder? Or is it entrenched, cultural, post-traumatic-stress-disorder from having your land conquered by others so many times? Did they throw in the towel ages ago? What is the Sicilian mindset?
I have wondered about this lots of times. I used to favour the post-invasion stress disorder theory, till I had lunch with elderly Sicilian man recently who had worked in America for about 18 years.
That was the first time it was pointed out to me that what theologists call the "Judeo-Christian work ethic" applies to Protestants but not Catholics.
To be honest it is hard to construct a sound argument against this, until you get an economic crisis like the current one, in which I am seeing more and more Sicilians picking through dustbins looking for food. Sadly we are used to seeing Africans and gypsies going through bins in Sicily, but nowadays there are young Sicilian men fighting them for what they find.
Interesting that the differences between north and south in Germany switched. Could it also be that the industries already established in the north, like steel etc, are in decline, whereas the south has developed more modern industries that are currently growing?
Great article, Veronica! And unfortunately too true. In my half year at Bagheria I just die not manage to get inside, because it was just always closed. Even during opening hours. What a pity!
All true. I believe you should be appointed the next assessore either of palermo or Bagheria. I will suggest your name around.


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While the organized transport of passengers between cities can be performed by buses and the bus station.
Between the further distances can also travel by trains on some routes are even more popular than the well-known PKS bus or buses operated by private carriers..
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Venable partner Milo Cividanes was quoted in the Blog of Legal Times on June 20, 2013 about the increase in grants to DC area civil legal service groups. On Thursday, the DC Bar Foundation announced that this year's grants will total $700,000. The foundation award 20 grants ranging from $8,000 to $76,000.


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 Dario I di Persia ritenta la conquista della Grecia e manda una spedizione sotto il comando del generale Dati e di Artaferne.
 La flotta persiana passa per Samo, espugna Nasso, sottomette il resto delle isole Cicladi.
 Assedio e distruzione di Eretria da parte dei Persiani.
 Agosto/settembre - Si svolge la battaglia di Maratona, dove gli Ateniesi e i Plateesi sconfiggono i Persiani, numericamente superiori.
 Secondo Luciano Filippide annuncia la vittoria correndo da Maratona ad Atene (40 km circa): da questo episodio nascerà la maratona.
 Roma:
 consoli Spurio Larcio e Quinto Sulpicio Camerino Cornuto.

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The purpose of this policy bulletin is to introduce forms FIA-1004 and FIA-1004a, and announce the revision of Form W-204D. Forms FIA-1004 and FIA-1004a have been developed to assist JOS/Workers in processing and documenting CA cases that require a recoupment.
• Worker's Name (name of JOS/Worker processing the recoupment).
• Date (date worksheet is being prepared).
• Originating Center/Work Location (Center number and address).
• Case Name (as indicated in WMS).
• Suffix (two-digit number, e.g. 01).
• Date of Discovery (month, date, and year the Agency became aware of the overpayment).
• Individual Matched (name of individual whose income caused the overpayment).
• Line Number (of matched individual).
• Total Offense Period (total number of CA cycles during which the household received an overpayment).
• In column A, the cycle dates of the offense period during which the household received an overpayment.
• In column B, the semimonthly amount of CA grant received by the household during the offense period.
• In column C, the number of cycles within the offense period.
• In column D, the amount of income available to the household during the offense period, minus applicable income disregards. This amount should be determined using the Determining Available Income section on page 2 of the form.
• In column E, the new grant amount with income applied.
• In column F, the total new grant amount, with income applied, during the entire offense period.
• In column G, the total grant amount actually received during the offense period.
• In column H, the overpayment amount to be recouped.


BONVOYAGE will contribute to the societal challenge "Smart, Green and Integrated Transport", whose aim is "to minimize the impact of transport systems on climate and the environment, including noise and air pollution, by improving the efficiency in the use of natural resources, and by reducing the dependence on fossil fuels". In addition it will contribute to societal challenge "Europe in a changing world – inclusive, innovative and reflective societies", with the Internames concept, and, indirectly to the challenge "Climate action, environment, resource efficiency and raw materials" by offering solutions for "reducing energy consumption and carbon footprint through smart and sustainable usage".
The expected impact deriving from BONVOYAGE can be described in terms of technical objectives (see related page), in terms of benefits offered to the transportation eco-system and in terms of the impact in the areas listed in the workprogramme.


to dispose of trash on a weekly basis.
The Yolo County Recycler is developed locally, specifically for the residents of Yolo County.
The waste haulers allow residents with permanent disabilities to receive cart collection services at a location other than the curbside or roadside at no additional charge. Please review the Assisted Service Application (PDF) to verify that you qualify. Please mail the completed application to the Yolo County Division of Integrated Waste Management as noted.


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MERCI on MIddle adapts new format of fine food fundraising
Charlie Hall
Sun Journal
Another major New Bern fundraising event has reinvented itself amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
https://mumfest.com/ transitioned from a three-day extravaganza to MumFeast, a five-weekend local food- and art-oriented attraction. See the upcoming Mumfeast entertainment and food truck schedule https://www.newbernsj.com/story/news/2020/09/30/new-berns-major-festival-mumfest-continues-despite-covid-19-crowd-limitations/3586165001/
The annual MERCI on Middle has been a visually stunning outdoor innovation for 750 diners to support MERCI Clinic, which provides free healthcare, pharmaceuticals and some dental services to uninsured residents of Craven, Jones, and Pamlico counties.
The common thread in both fundraisers is New Bern's restaurant community.
Barb Krcmar, MERCI's executive director and the clinic's board realized that putting end-to-end tables along two full blocks of downtown for candlelight dining was not only a health risk, but illegal under COVID crowd restrictions.
So, they have changed the name to MERCI On/Off Middle and extended the one-night dinner into a month-long take-out of a variety of custom-made meals by five New Bern restaurants.
Each restaurant offers a specialty meal over three days in mid-week. Krcmar said the weekday dates won't conflict with current weekend Café Street Dining and MumFeast, which continues through the end of the month.
The restaurant schedule – 5 to 7 p.m. - includes Famous Restaurant, Oct. 20, 21 and 22; The Chelsea, Oct. 27, 28 and 29; Cypress Hall, Nov. 3, 4 and 5; La Casetta, Nov. 10, 1 and 12; and Morgan's Tavern & Grill, Nov. 17, 18 and 19.
Tickets are $75 for dinner for two, or dinner for four at Famous Restaurant. Order tickets online through MERCI Clinic's website www.merciclinic.org.
Krcmar said the donations and involvement of local restaurants has always been the key ingredient in the very existence of MERCI on Middle and its success.
"We're all hurting and we didn't want to forget them, so most of the money will go to the restaurants," she said. "They have taken such a hit. So, this way, it helps everybody a little."
From the healthcare perspective, MERCI sees 500 to 600 patients annually.
"More than half of our patients work in hospitality," Krcmar said. MERCI has had to change its approach because of COVID, with a combo of tele-health and some office visits for vital in-person functions such as shots.
Chris Hoveland, owner of The Chelea on Middle Street, said MERCI on Middle has always been a pleasurable collaboration.
"It is a group effort," he said. "We're all in the same boat and we are grateful that they are doing it. And, we are also grateful that hopefully this will make them money. That's the main goal."
Hoveland said everyone is aware of MERCI's important role in the community and its willingness to involve partners such as the restaurants.
"(MERIC) is fantastic. This is fantastic because it will increase business and that is what we are going for," he said. "They are nice enough to thank us for the things we have done in the past years. I think all the restaurants will benefit from this, but the biggest goal is that MERCI will get money for their needed, those people who don't have insurance, to see a doctor."
Below are the five participating restaurants, and their custom dinners.
Famous Restaurant - Homemade Lasagna, garlic bread, side salad, variety of homemade cheesecakes;
The Chelsea - Autumn chopped salad, Blackstrap Pork Tenderloin or
Ginger Mahi, pumpkin cheesecake with cinnamon whipped cream;
Cyprus Hall - Smoked Short Rib Pastrami, sweet + sour Brussels Sprouts slaw, Herbed Potato Blinis, house-made Pralines, one bottle Santa Rita 120 Carmenere;
La Casetta – take out or dine in - Arancini, house salad, Boscaiola or Rigatoni Siciliane, Chicken Cacciatore, Cannoli.
Morgan's Tavern & Grill - Beer Cheese Soup, with Pork Belly Ciopinno Platter (seafood stew), doughnut bread pudding with raspberry preserves topped with champagne hazelnut chocolate; and your choice of one bottle of wine - Chardonnay, Pinot Grigio, Merlot or Cabernet.
Charlie Hall can be reached at 252-635-5667 or 252-259-7585, or charlie.hall@newbernsj.com. Follow him on Facebook at Charlie Hall.
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NTDs
Research & Knowledge Management
Organization - GrowthAid
A world where everyone has adequate safe water, sanitation and hygiene on a sustained basis, and where no one dies from preventable diseases.
To contribute in transforming the lives of the poor and marginalized. We do this by collaborating with other organizations to provide essential services and build capacities for poverty reduction initiatives.
The organisation's core values are:
We treat everyone with dignity, respect and champion the rights and contribution of all to achieve a fairer world.
As a charity, we ensure that our operations are visible and verifiable. In our dealings with staff, partners, and the users of our services, we are clear and ensure that nothing is hidden from them.
We are accountable to those whose lives we hope to see transformed, to those we work with and to those who support us.
We act with honesty and conviction and our actions are consistent with openness, equality and human rights.
Established in 2002, GrowthAid is a not-for-profit, non-governmental organization which exists to provide safe water, improved sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services and contribute to the prevention and elimination of Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) in poor and marginalized communities.
Our programmes focus on WASH and Health, modelling sustainable WASH systems, strengthening local-level response for NTDs, community integration of recovered persons, policy advocacy, and knowledge management.
GrowthAid is a member of the Global Network of NGOs in Neglected Tropical Diseases (NNN), the National Association of NGOs in Health, the End Water Poverty Network (EWP) and many other networks in the WASH and NTDs space. GrowthAid is a registered charity with licence No: DSW/9198
Our day to day operations, from its financial and physical resources to its management structure.
Our expertise cuts across...
Water, Sanitation & Hygiene
Neglected Tropical Diseases
Research & Knowledge Managment
How you can be part of the impact we create
Our work would not be possible without the work of our dedicated volunteers. They help in great ways;
Because of this invaluable contribution, we're eager to say a big ``Thank you & We salute you!``
Paul Teye
Farmer, Anomako Community
"The rehabilitation of three boreholes has returned normalcy to our lives, especially for women. May God bless GrowthAid and Latter-Day Saints Charities as they continue to support communities."
Ladje
Trader & farmer, Ayermasu
"The new borehole that GrowthAid provided is close to the community school, and the children can have easy access to clean drinking water and maintain hygiene. We are delighted and so grateful for this support."
Mabel Tetteh
Community Member, Tsledom
"The number of people affected by yaws in the community has significantly reduced after the provision of two boreholes. I chose to become a hygiene volunteer to help maintain clean water and educate the community on the need to drink clean water from the boreholes." We are very grateful to GrowthAid and the Latter- Day Saints Charities for coming to our aid."
Without our generous sponsors, GrowthAid wouldn't afford to attend and support the vast community.
By donating to GrowthAid you further the project's mission.
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+233-303-209006 | +233-308-203333
info@growthaid.org
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Robert Fontaine (ur. 18 listopada 1980) – francuski szachista, reprezentant Szwajcarii od 2018, arcymistrz od 2002 roku.

Kariera szachowa
W czasie swojej kariery sześciokrotnie zdobywał tytuł mistrza Francji juniorów w różnych kategoriach wiekowych. Od roku 1997 startuje w finałach indywidualnych mistrzostw kraju, największy sukces odnosząc w 2006 roku w Besançon, gdzie zajął III miejsce (za Władysławem Tkaczewem i Laurentem Fressinetem). W 2004 roku wystąpił w reprezentacji kraju na szachowej olimpiadzie w Calvii.

Jednym z pierwszych sukcesów Roberta Fontaine'a w turniejach międzynarodowych było dz. II m. (za Igorem Rausisem, wraz z m.in. Etienne Bacrotem) w Enghien-les-Bains w roku 1995. W 2000 podzielił III lokatę w Paignton (za Johnem Nunnem i Klausem Bischoffem, wraz z Markiem Hebdenem i Matthew Turnerem). W kolejnych latach sukcesy odniósł m.in. w Luksemburgu (2001, III m. za Thomasem Pähtzem i Vlastimilem Jansą), Nowym Sadzie (2002, I m.), Opatii (2002, dz. II m. za Zoltanem Ribli, wraz z Zoltanem Vargą), Pančevie (2002, dz. II m. za Steliosem Halkiasem, wraz z m.in. Goranem Cabrilo), Cap d'Agde (2002, dz. I m. wraz z m.in. Manuelem Apicellą, Wadimem Małachatko i Borysrm Czatałbaszewem), Nowym Sadzie (2003, II m. za Zlatko Ilinciciem), Las Vegas (2006, dz. I m. wraz z Leonidem Kritzem i Dejanem Anticiem), Val Thorens (2006, dz. I m. wraz z Jozsefem Horvathem) oraz w Sztokholmie (2006/07, Rilton Cup, I m.).

Najwyższy ranking w dotychczasowej karierze osiągnął 1 stycznia 2008 r., z wynikiem 2572 punktów zajmował wówczas 10. miejsce wśród francuskich szachistów.

Życie prywatne
W lutym 2009 r. ożenił się z czołową szachistką świata, Kateryną Łahno.

Przypisy

Bibliografia
 ChessBase Megabase 2007
 Individual Calculations: Fontaine, Robert
 Robert Fontaine Chess Page: Biography

Linki zewnętrzne

Arcymistrzowie szachowi
Francuscy szachiści
Szwajcarscy szachiści
Ludzie urodzeni w Suresnes
Urodzeni w 1980
Szachiści Zalaegerszegi Csuti SK


Berlin Fears a High Court Ruling Could Threaten the European Union. - Upstate Berserkers vs "Gray Cardinals".... | Upstate Berserkers vs "Gray Cardinals"….
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Berlin Fears a High Court Ruling Could Threaten the European Union.
April 15th, 2014 by berserker | Posted in Out of Bounds !, Poliitika.
The Greek economy ended its four-year exile from international markets last week with a triumphant 3 billion euro (about $4.1 billion) bond sale. The global financial media trumpeted this somewhat unexpected achievement as a sign that things were finally turning around in the European Union's most blighted country. Media reports to the contrary, Greece's return to the market does nothing to resolve Greece's systemic economic deficiencies. Instead, it enables Greece to build up more debt, which will leave it a permanent bailout state for the foreseeable future.
In any case, events in Athens, a city perennially destined to be a dependent on the great powers of any given time, will not be pivotal to the future of the European Union. Nor will decisions made in Spain, Italy or even France. Instead, the Continent's fate in the 21st century will be decided in Germany. Germany stands increasingly alone as the guardian of the very European order that allowed it to prosper and quelled its historical insecurities about its neighbors.
Something as seemingly banal as a conversation at an Italian restaurant in Berlin does a much better job of illustrating how far Europe actually is from recovery, and how the fate of the Continent lies in Germany's hands. In the first days of April, German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere met with a group of scholars of constitutional law for dinner and discussion of the options for limiting the reach of Germany's powerful Federal Constitutional Court. The meeting stands testament to the German fear of seeing the European order crumble and to the severity of the political crisis brewing under the surface in the Continent.
Stratfor has warned for years that the economic downturn that began battering Europe in 2008 would evolve into a full-blown social and political crisis. Nearly six years have gone by, and the European system remains as dysfunctional today as it was then. Great Depression-levels of unemployment have become the norm in Southern Europe, and have begun to creep northward.
Growing numbers of the unemployed and underemployed are fertile ground for political radicalism. Now, hopelessness about the future of Europe is moving into the mainstream. In election after election from France to Hungary, nationalist and Euroskeptic parties continue to gain in popularity to the point that they are becoming entrenched parts of the political system.
They remain a minority, for now. But many of them, in particular the National Front in France, have had to moderate some of the more radical parts of their platforms to break into the political mainstream. As popular discontent against what is seen as the failures of the pro-European mainstream parties grows alongside the economic crisis, so does support for some of the more nationalistic policies espoused by the far right.
The modern European establishment has only recently begun acknowledging the threat of radical parties. Next month's EU parliamentary elections have amplified the establishment's concerns. National elites have a tendency to deride what they perceive as loud and unrefined fringe groups, and to show considerable surprise when they become a political mainstay.
More aggressive commentators have denounced the European leadership for allocating inordinate resources to stabilizing the Continent's financial sector while pursuing tepid policies to stem the unemployment crisis. But while unemployment is ultimately a much more dangerous risk factor for the medium- to long-term stability of Europe, it is also a more difficult problem to solve.
Unemployment is a deeply political issue, much more so than a bank's balance sheet. It intersects not only with issues of economics, but also with myriad others including social welfare and sovereignty. While it is generally agreed that a growing economy leads to lower unemployment, the mechanics of job creation are not as clear-cut as those governing sovereign debt risk.
A sea change on how European elites, and Germany in particular, view the crisis now appears to lie ahead. The strategic threat posed by unemployment-fueled nationalism has become a core preoccupation in both Berlin and Brussels. It is becoming clearer that while current stopgap measures, including European Central Bank President Mario Draghi's famous open-ended bailout guarantee, may have warded off a fatal shock to Europe's economy, they are doing little to revive it.
Actually reviving it would require particularly bold action from the European leadership. Once-taboo topics such as giving the European Central Bank the ability to pursue monetary financing or mutualizing the debt of eurozone members are now openly discussed at the highest levels of European government.
The thinking has also changed within the German leadership, for whom austerity used to be a quasi-religious mantra and fears of inflation bordered on irrational. Now, even some of the most hawkish representatives of the German Central Bank are making cautious overtures regarding an expansionary monetary policy, especially as the European Union, including Germany, veers toward deflation.
Calls for the European Central Bank to replicate the policies of its overseas counterparts have grown louder. These often overlook the fact that unlike the Federal Reserve and the Bank of England, which have guaranteeing employment as a charter goal, the sole mandate of the European Central Bank is to ensure price stability, much like the German Central Bank on which it was modeled. Even then, the bank is remarkably constrained. For example, it cannot directly purchase government bonds. These legal constraints can be changed, but only through a difficult political process.
With interest rates at 0.25 percent and data unclear as to the effectiveness of negative interest rates, quantitative easing is becoming increasingly popular, even within the European Central Bank. It is one of the few powerful tools the European leadership has left to kick-start the Continent's moribund economy. It also happens to be the only one that has at least a veneer of legality. Even then, it is hard to conceive of a meaningful program on par with the United States' three rounds of quantitative easing that could be easily contained within the bounds of the European Central Banks's inflation control-only mandate.
Herein lies the root of the problem, which is that all the measures that might reboot the European economy in essence require sacrificing more sovereignty to a central European authority. Even at this hour, when consensus is slowly but surely building on the political side for more drastic action, the European Union's perennial mandate problem is derailing any hope of recovery.
So far, the European leadership (including the courts) has shown itself to be remarkably creative in finding loopholes and drafting tack-on amendments to sidestep some of the most cumbersome EU legislation and get the job done. Unfortunately, there is no easy answer when it comes to nations having to surrender sovereignty, whether economic, political or social, to a group of barely accountable European technocrats.
The debate surrounding the role of the German Federal Constitutional Court comes against this backdrop. The court, a revered institution in Germany, is spearheading the defense of national interests against perceptions of EU overreach into sovereign matters.
Much like the U.S. Supreme Court, upon which Germany's highest court was partially modeled after World War II, the German Federal Constitutional Court is the final interpreter of constitutional law. Accordingly, it has the last word on the legality of any treaties, agreements or actions undertaken by Germany at the European level.
The court already has challenged German involvement in some of the more creative legal acrobatics undertaken by the European Union. These include the establishment of the EU emergency bond-buying plan known as the Outright Monetary Transactions program. In that case, the German Federal Constitutional Court proceeded with caution and referred the case to the European Court of Justice. But there are strong indications that it could be more aggressive in future cases. A rejection of government moves in a landmark case, such as one involving potential German participation in a strengthened quantitative easing program, could derail the Continent's recovery.
Economic policy is not the only issue on which the court has proven to be a thorn in German Chancellor Angela Merkel's side. German electoral law currently requires a party to win a minimum of 5 percent of the national vote to enter the national parliament, a measure designed to keep small radical parties out of an already relatively fragmented parliament. Berlin used to apply a similar threshold to German parties seeking access to the European Parliament. The German constitutional court recently struck down this requirement, and some politicians fear it could soon do the same for German federal elections. The current surge in popularity of nationalist parties heretofore excluded from the legislature may jeopardize the existence of a strong government in Berlin, the only real decision-making body in a battered Europe.
The court's current course of action poses an existential threat to Merkel's political career and to Germany's economy and stability, which continue to depend on the health of the European Union and the economies of its constituent members. Should the court so rule, Germany could rapidly lose its place as the Continent's strongman, being condemned instead to internal paralysis as it watches Europe slowly stagnate.
As with most of the really important developments in Europe, the battle between the court and the German government will be drawn out and will remain out of the public eye for now. Still, the very existence of open discussions about reducing the power of one of the most trusted and impartial institutions in Germany testifies to how seriously the chancellor's office takes the danger of the fallout from the court's potential ruling.


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import { WebhookRequestHandler as FBWebHook } from "facebook-webhook-lambda";
import { Observable } from "@reactivex/rxjs";
import { SNSPublishMessage } from "./services/aws";

const FACEBOOK_APP_SECRET = process.env.FACEBOOK_APP_SECRET;
const FACEBOOK_VERIFICATION_TOKEN = process.env.FACEBOOK_VERIFICATION_TOKEN;
const SNS_MESSAGE_HANDLE_TOPIC = process.env.SNS_MESSAGE_HANDLE_TOPIC;

exports.facebookHandler = FBWebHook({
    appSecret: FACEBOOK_APP_SECRET,
    verifyToken: FACEBOOK_VERIFICATION_TOKEN,
    updateHandler: (event: any): Promise<string> => {
        if (event.object == "page") { // only interested in messenger events
            return Observable.from(event.entry || [])
                .mergeMap((entry: any) => Observable.from(entry.messaging))
                .mergeMap(message =>
                    Observable.fromPromise(
                        SNSPublishMessage(SNS_MESSAGE_HANDLE_TOPIC)(message)
                    )
                )
                .reduce((acc, curr) => acc + 1, 0)
                .map(cnt => `${cnt} messages are sent to SNS topic: ${SNS_MESSAGE_HANDLE_TOPIC}`)
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                    console.log(text);
                    return "";
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Julianne Hough Over Ryan Seacrest, Brooks Laich Love of Her Life
December 10, 2014 Life
Julianne Hough appears to be completely over Ryan Seacrest, and has actually dubbed boyfriend Brooks Laich the love of her life. In an Instagram photo the Dancing With the Stars judge and Safe Haven star shared recently, she appears very happy. Of course it's important to note that Brooks Laich isn't the only one who received the aforementioned term of endearment.
"A little nature walk with the loves of my life!" Hough captioned the outdoor photo with Brooks Laich and her two dogs. "Amazing goal tonight sweetheart! @brookslaich xoxo."
A photo posted by juleshough (@juleshough) on Dec 12, 2014 at 8:52pm PST
Did anyone ever really believe Julianne Hough and Ryan Seacrest would stay together forever? She has always been so creative and so youthful. Energy just flows from Julianne Hough, whether she's acting, dancing, or giving constructive criticism on Dancing With the Stars. And he's–well, he's Ryan Seacrest. Sure, he's a nice guy. But he's not match for Julianne Hough.
Do you think Brooks Laich might be the real deal for Hough? After all, he's at least one of the loves of her life. The two started dating last winter after they were set up by a mutual friend. Julianne Hough dated Ryan Seacrest for three years.
Hough spoke to ABC News back in April about her relationship with Brooks Laich.
"We are going to make it work," she said. "In every facet, whether it's family, friends, boyfriends, girlfriends, whatever."
Maybe Julianne Hough is anticipating a walk down the aisle? Do you think that's the direction this relationship will take?
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The guys at Zeus have been trying to import this for a few years and it's finally here! This unusual fountain spins on it's base whilst emitting showers of sparks nearly 5m to create a stunning spectacle. Check out the video.