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Former Superintendent Sharon Contreras Makes $20,000 Personal Donation to GEA to Pay Off Student Lunch Debt
By Karen L. Hornfeck
Dec 29, 2022 Updated Dec 29, 2022
Guilford County - On December 21st, former Guilford County Schools (GCS) superintendent, Dr. Sharon Contreras made a $20,000 donation to Guilford Education Alliance (GEA) to help pay off GCS student meal debt.
Contreras made the gift in honor of her brother, Detective Erick W. Contreras, a Nassau County, New York police detective who passed away at the age of 53 from cancer. Detective Contreras was a 9/11 responder, and his cancer may have been linked to his recovery work onsite there. He served on the police force for 26 years until his death in January 2021.
During the pandemic, federal waivers allowed all students to eat school meals for free, regardless of their financial status. The federal government ended that program this summer. Students and their families are now required to apply for benefits and GCS has processed nearly 16,000 applications for free and reduced-price meals. A charged meal plan will resume in January 2023. Once students have charged the value of five breakfasts and five lunches, currently a $19.25 value, schools are allowed to serve an alternative meal to students who don't qualify for the free and reduced lunch program. An alternative meal consists of fruit and/or vegetable choices from that's day's menu, milk and/or water and a roll.
Right now, more than 5,700 Guilford County students have meal debt totaling more than $111,000. Contreras's contribution will go directly to GCS to offset this balance. Other community members are encouraged to donate as well. To make an online donation, click here.
Winston McGregor, president of Guilford Education Alliance (GEA) says this gift doesn't necessarily surprise her. "Dr. Contreras has always been deeply committed to addressing long-standing inequities that keep children from learning, including food insecurity. It's hard to learn when you are hungry."
After serving as GCS superintendent for six years, Contreras announced that she would be leaving Guilford County Schools in January 2021. She is now CEO of The Innovation Project (TIP), a nonprofit organization that includes a cohort of N.C. superintendents. TIP focuses on equity, racial disparities, and challenges of the pandemic. Dr. Whitney Oakley was appointed as the new GCS superintendent in August 2022 after a national search.
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An America 'on the move again': Biden
WASHINGTON, DC: President Joe Biden addresses a Joint Session of Congress, with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Vice President Kamala Harris behind on the dais, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday.-AFP
WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden triumphantly declared that the United States is "on the move again" in a rousing speech to Congress Wednesday, calling for trillions of dollars to rebuild the post-pandemic US middle class and give new life to "forgotten" workers. Lauding the success of mass vaccination against COVID-19, Biden told Congress and the nation on primetime television that "in America, we always get up." "America is ready for takeoff," he said. "We are working again, dreaming again, discovering again, leading the world again."
Biden, who was celebrating the eve of his 100th day in office, called the vaccine rollout one of "the greatest logistical achievements" in US history. But Biden quickly pivoted to insisting that this national effort must now focus on rebuilding the economy and fighting inequality with "the largest jobs plan since World War II."
In a line that could have come from his populist Republican predecessor Donald Trump, Biden said working-class Americans had been ignored, while the top one percent got richer, and that his plans would give them a chance. "You feel left behind and forgotten in an economy that's rapidly changing. Let me speak directly to you," Biden said, before going on to promise Americans "good-paying jobs that can't be outsourced."
No more solo America
In every aspect of the primetime television speech, Biden echoed his mantra that "America is back"-both in recovering from the coronavirus disaster and in putting the turbulence of the Trump era behind. On foreign policy he underlined Washington's return to international partnerships damaged under Trump. "No one nation" can succeed alone, he said, in a rebuke of Trump's isolationist policies.
Among his many references to arch-rival China, Biden said that while Beijing is seeking supremacy, "we welcome the competition" and "are not looking for conflict." On domestic issues, Biden made the case for the Democrats' lengthy wish list, including police reform, pro-immigrant reforms and gun control-some of the most sensitive issues in US politics. "We have to come together to rebuild trust between law enforcement and the people they serve-to root out systemic racism in our criminal justice system," Biden said, urging the Senate to pass a police reform bill already approved in the House.
He pleaded with Republicans and Democrats to work together on one of the nation's most hot-button topics, saying "let's end our exhausting war on immigration." But Republicans showed little sign of listening to Biden's appeals for unity, accusing him of only paying lip service to the idea, while promoting a leftist agenda. "Our best future won't come from Washington schemes or socialist dreams.
It will come from you-the American people," Tim Scott, the Republicans' only Black senator and a rising star, said in an official party rebuttal after Biden finished. "President Biden promised you a specific type of leadership," he said. "Three months in, the actions of the president and his party are pulling us further and further apart."
Yes, new taxes
US presidents usually bend over backwards to avoid or at least hide tax increases. However, Biden is banking on popular support for his idea of leaning on the super-rich to fund his latest new spending proposal, which he unveiled in the speech-the $1.8 trillion American Families Plan. The plan, which will need approval by a deeply divided Congress, would pour money into early education, childcare and higher education. To fund this, the top income tax rate would increase from 37 percent, where Trump's plan put it, back to its pre-Trump 39.6 percent.
The Biden plan would also end loopholes and capital income tax breaks, while raising "billions," according to the White House, in a tightened tax regime for inherited wealth. Americans earning less than $400,000 a year, however, would face no extra taxes. "My fellow Americans, trickle-down economics has never worked. It's time to grow the economy from the bottom up and middle out," Biden said. "What I've proposed is fair." The proposed new splurge comes after Congress already approved a $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan, which injected stimulus into almost every corner of the economy, and is now debating a proposed $2 trillion-plus infrastructure plan.
The setting for Biden's maiden address to Congress as president reflected the chaotic times in which he took office. Security has been at top level around the Capitol building since the January 6 riot when Trump supporters rampaged against what the Republican falsely claims was a stolen election.
Although COVID-19 is on the back foot-vaccinated Americans were told Tuesday they can now do most things outside without wearing masks-the pandemic also loomed heavily. Instead of a House chamber crammed with the usual 1,600 or so politicians and guests, Biden looked out on a select group of around 200. Of the nine members of the Supreme Court, only Chief Justice John Roberts attended. Only the secretaries of defense and state were in the room, meaning that the tradition of nominating a "designated survivor"-someone who could take over the country if the entire government died while inside the Capitol-was not necessary. – AFP
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Would you recommend Infinite Stories to a friend?
Hey guys, Thanks for hunting me Alex! I'm using Instagram all the time, but I hate the limitation of the stories feature, so I decided to solve my own problem, and add all the missing features of Instagram Stories. If you have any questions, just let me know, I'm here to answer!
@liza__schwartz sorry to hear, that's something I need to imporve then! Let me explain it here: You just take a video or select one of yours from the camera roll, and it'll crop it into 15 sec pieces and save them for you. So you can post those videos from left to right in the Instagram app and it'll be a continous video there. Also if you select the no-crop option, then your final video is going to be placed in the middle of the portrait video file!
@liza__schwartz @kovacsamate I don't get the last point. Please explain it again?
This is pretty cool– I've actually been looking for a lightweight way to compile vertical videos too; do you see this growing into a simple editing suite at some point?
Ha! This is smart! @kovacsamate I actually am looking into using stories for marketing purposes. You're right, the options are limited on Instagram. Are you planning to add custom filters and stickers as well?
@fouad_tolaib Hey Fouad, I was thinking about the filter feature before as well, and it's definitely comming. What I would like to reach in the future is to build the go-to app for people who are using Instagram stories for Marketing purposes, so the comming features are the ones that are requested the most. Could you explain how would you like to use custom stickers? Thanks!
@kovacsamate perhaps similar to ones Snapchat offers but then more marketing oriented. Stickers showing discounts, countdowns, actions, etc.
@fouad_tolaib That's a great idea! I'll add it to my trello board of features to implement, thank you very much!
Does this post directly to instagram stories?
@jeremy_sh Unfortunately not yet. There is no way to post on your Instagram directly as far as I know. After the videos are generated you can open Instagram with a button and then your generated videos will be saved there and ready to post them from the left to right.


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We haven't shared any news with you from our Brolio Osteria restaurant since the announcement that it reopened mid-March. There's so much to report that sometimes we have to choose what to write about for our weekly post on Thursday. But today is the Osteria Restaurant's turn, chosen from among countryside, wines, events and much more, because our restaurant is experiencing a new and exciting season.
It's not easy to write about a restaurant: the kitchen, the dining room the choices and decisions made for the menu, or the considerations that lead to changes in the wine list.
Let's start with this last one: we've recently decided to highlight our new concept of the wine list, which we told you all about some time ago on the pages of our site and which we've now actually printed on the tablecloths of the Osteria Restaurant. Do you remember?
Our wine list is a concept more than an actual list: besides the vintages and the formats present in the classic wine list, the wines available in our cellar can be purchased at the same price as in our Enoteca Wine Shop. That means none of the additional charges typical of a wine list but only a corkage fee for the service!
This new way of handling a wine list has yielded many a pleasant surprise, because it was conceived especially for the enthusiasts who wish to try one of our more important wines. And these aficionados often wish to purchase a bottle at the end of dinner when the Enoteca Wine Shop is already closed.
The same is true for our menu, which contains the core of the new direction of the Osteria restaurant. This was also discussed on one of our webpages, which we'd like to read back through with you: The menu reflects the spirit of the season, with ingredients of the highest quality. The result is a very balanced cuisine with a light touch of well-placed creativity. Contrasts in flavors are gracefully highlighted, with great respect for the tradition.
These are not just chance phrases, nor words that sound good when placed one beside the other. This is the summary of all the thinking on which our Osteria restaurant is founded.
Contemporary Osterie restaurants have been experiencing years of great upheaval in our Bel Paese. It was inevitable that the concept of the Osteria had to be revisited and reinvented after so much time. Enthusiasts know what we are speaking about, they know that after the great Cantarelli the figure of l'Oste, or Host, has practically disappeared. They know that the Osteria traditionally known as such is not replicable precisely because the figure of the Oste implies qualities that are not easily reproduced.
But the great Peppino Cantarelli left a wealth of experience we can use if we consider what he managed to do in the 1970s. Famous contemporary restauranteurs still refer to him because he is unforgettable, because whoever dined in his restaurant discovered something new every time, because he didn't need to explain to the clients that the choices made to prepare each dish were dictated by the desire to do the right thing but especially by the desire to keep going even when faced by changes.
Even Antonio Santini has said thousands of times that he always has something to learn from the great Peppino, from the dishes planned and offered, since running an Osteria doesn't simply mean preparing a risotto in a certain way because it has always been traditionally cooked in that way. This is the reason why in the 1970s Mirella Cantarelli invented dishes which are even today considered models of Cucina Nuova. Who doesn't remember rice Savarin with corned tongue, or guinea fowl baked in clay, or veal rump with mushroom cream, or chicken mousse with almonds? It was daring to offer dishes like these in a simple trattoria in the Parma area, but Cantarelli closed 30 years ago and we're still speaking about them.
We can't ignore this story and continue thinking that Panzanella and tripe always have to be made in the exact same way. Long live authenticity and tradition, but let's also try tasting something that could offer stimulating flavors and a new appearance, without distancing ourselves too far from our origins.
From the 1970s until now there have been revolutions in the world of restaurants. We are pleased and proud to have named our restaurant "Osteria" because Brolio really is one of those places of the heart where choices and decisions can be made in honor of something (or someone) that is no longer with us.


Lipstick & Chiffon : Halloween Giveaway!
I am so excited to tell you all about the first Giveaway for Lipstick & Chiffon and its Halloween themed!
So I have been trying to think of some great ideas for Halloween Tutorials and am at a loss! I am leaving it to you lovely readers to help me out.
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Looking forward to all of your amazing ideas!
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package net.imagej.ops.fopd.helper;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
import java.util.concurrent.Future;

import net.imagej.ops.OpService;
import net.imagej.ops.special.function.Functions;
import net.imagej.ops.special.function.UnaryFunctionOp;
import net.imagej.ops.special.hybrid.AbstractUnaryHybridCF;
import net.imglib2.FinalInterval;
import net.imglib2.RandomAccess;
import net.imglib2.RandomAccessible;
import net.imglib2.RandomAccessibleInterval;
import net.imglib2.outofbounds.OutOfBoundsConstantValueFactory;
import net.imglib2.type.numeric.RealType;
import net.imglib2.view.IntervalView;
import net.imglib2.view.Views;

import org.scijava.Priority;
import org.scijava.plugin.Parameter;
import org.scijava.plugin.Plugin;
import org.scijava.thread.ThreadService;

/**
 * 2D implementation of {@link Divergence}.
 *
 * @author Tim-Oliver Buchholz, University of Konstanz
 * @param <T>
 */
@Plugin(type = Divergence.class, description = "2D Divergence.",
	priority = Priority.HIGH_PRIORITY)
public class DefaultDivergence2D<T extends RealType<T>> extends
	AbstractUnaryHybridCF<RandomAccessibleInterval<T>[], RandomAccessibleInterval<T>>
	implements Divergence<T>
{

	@Parameter
	private OpService ops;

	@Parameter
	private ThreadService ts;

	/**
	 * {@link BackwardDifference} computer along first dimension.
	 */
	@SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
	private UnaryFunctionOp<RandomAccessibleInterval, RandomAccessibleInterval> bdComputerX;

	/**
	 * {@link BackwardDifference} computer along second dimension.
	 */
	@SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
	private UnaryFunctionOp<RandomAccessibleInterval, RandomAccessibleInterval> bdComputerY;

	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
	public RandomAccessibleInterval<T> createOutput(
		RandomAccessibleInterval<T>[] input)
	{
		return (RandomAccessibleInterval<T>) ops.create().img(input[0]);
	}

	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
	public void compute(final RandomAccessibleInterval<T>[] input,
		final RandomAccessibleInterval<T> output)
	{
		if (bdComputerX == null || bdComputerY == null) {
			init2(input);
		}
		long dimensionMax = Long.MIN_VALUE;
		int dimensionArgMax = -1;

		int nDim = input[0].numDimensions();
		for ( int d = 0; d < nDim; ++d )
		{
			final long size = input[0].dimension( d );
			if ( size > dimensionMax )
			{
				dimensionMax = size;
				dimensionArgMax = d;
			}
		}

		final long stepSize = Math.max( dimensionMax / Runtime.getRuntime().availableProcessors(), 1 );
		final int numChunks = (int) (dimensionMax / stepSize);

		final ArrayList<Future<?>> futures = new ArrayList<Future<?>>();

			for (int i = 0 ; i < numChunks - 1; i++)
		{
			final long currentMin = i * stepSize;
			final long currentMax = currentMin + stepSize - 1;
			final long[] mins = new long[ nDim ];
			final long[] maxs = new long[ nDim ];
			input[0].min( mins );
			input[0].max( maxs );
			mins[ dimensionArgMax ] = currentMin;
			maxs[ dimensionArgMax ] = currentMax;
			final IntervalView< T > currentInterval = Views.interval( output, new FinalInterval( mins, maxs ) );

			futures.add(ts.run(new Runnable() {

				public void run() {
					add2(bdComputerX.calculate(input[0]), bdComputerY.calculate(input[1]), currentInterval);
				}
			}));

		}
			final long currentMin = (numChunks - 1) * stepSize;
			final long currentMax = currentMin + stepSize - 1;
			final long[] mins = new long[ nDim ];
			final long[] maxs = new long[ nDim ];
			input[0].min( mins );
			input[0].max( maxs );
			mins[ dimensionArgMax ] = currentMin;
			maxs[ dimensionArgMax ] = currentMax;
			final IntervalView< T > currentInterval = Views.interval( output, new FinalInterval( mins, maxs ) );
		futures.add(ts.run(new Runnable() {

			public void run() {
				add2(bdComputerX.calculate(input[0]), bdComputerY.calculate(input[1]), currentInterval);
			}
		}));

		for (final Future<?> future : futures) {
			try {
				future.get();
			}
			catch (final InterruptedException exc) {
				throw new RuntimeException(exc);
			}
			catch (final ExecutionException exc) {
				throw new RuntimeException(exc);
			}
		}
	}

	private void init2(final RandomAccessibleInterval<T>[] input) {
		final T type = input[0].randomAccess().get().createVariable();
		bdComputerX = Functions.unary(ops, DefaultBackwardDifference.class,
			RandomAccessibleInterval.class, RandomAccessibleInterval.class, 0,
			new OutOfBoundsConstantValueFactory<T, RandomAccessibleInterval<T>>(
				type));
		bdComputerY = Functions.unary(ops, DefaultBackwardDifference.class,
			RandomAccessibleInterval.class, RandomAccessibleInterval.class, 1,
			new OutOfBoundsConstantValueFactory<T, RandomAccessibleInterval<T>>(
				type));
	}

	private void add2(final RandomAccessible<T> source0,
		final RandomAccessible<T> source1,
		final RandomAccessibleInterval<T> output)
	{
		final int n = source0.numDimensions();

		final long[] min = new long[n];
		output.min(min);
		final long[] max = new long[n];
		output.max(max);
		final long[] shiftback = new long[n];
		for (int d = 0; d < n; ++d)
			shiftback[d] = min[d] - max[d];

		final RandomAccess<T> result = output.randomAccess();
		final RandomAccess<T> s1 = source0.randomAccess();
		final RandomAccess<T> s2 = source1.randomAccess();

		result.setPosition(min);
		s1.setPosition(min);
		s2.setPosition(min);

		final long max0 = max[0];
		while (true) {
			// process pixel
			final T t = result.get();
			final double t1 = s1.get().getRealDouble();
			final double t2 = s2.get().getRealDouble();
			t.setReal(t1 + t2);

			// move to next pixel
			// check dimension 0 separately to avoid the loop over d in most
			// iterations
			if (result.getLongPosition(0) == max0) {
				if (n == 1) return;
				result.move(shiftback[0], 0);
				s1.move(shiftback[0], 0);
				s2.move(shiftback[0], 0);
				// now check the remaining dimensions
				for (int d = 1; d < n; ++d)
					if (result.getLongPosition(d) == max[d]) {
						result.move(shiftback[d], d);
						s1.move(shiftback[d], d);
						s2.move(shiftback[d], d);
						if (d == n - 1) return;
					}
					else {
						result.fwd(d);
						s1.fwd(d);
						s2.fwd(d);
						break;
					}
			}
			else {
				result.fwd(0);
				s1.fwd(0);
				s2.fwd(0);
			}
		}
	}
}

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The News-Press Market Watch 2018 features three speakers giving highlights in home, land and commercial property sales.
The national market is hot, the local residential market is not.
Millennials are starting to drive the market.
And commercial real estate is behaving strangely.
Those are some of the topics coming to The News-Press Market Watch 2018: Focus on Real Estate on Feb. 27 at Germain Arena. Tickets and tables are still available to watch three local real estate experts provide insights into the local residential, land and commercial real estate industries.
Presenters include Denny Grimes, residential real estate expert and president of Denny Grimes & Company; Randy Thibaut, land sales and development expert and owner and founder of Land Solutions Inc., and Stan Stouder, CCIM, commercial real estate expert and founding partner with CRE Consultants.
Attendees will receive a comprehensive market data booklet with detailed market statistical information.
Denny Grimes, president of Denny Grimes & Co., didn't want to give away the themes he'd be using, but promised they'd be buzzworthy.
Grimes pointed out that the region's real estate market recently has largely escaped major positive headlines nationally because this market is not growing at a crazy pace.
Lee County's median home sales price is around $236,000, a far cry from the record approaching $330,000 it reached in December 2005, before the economic collapse.
A median sales price so far from the record high isn't necessarily a bad thing.
Randy Thibaut, CEO of Land Solutions Inc., said there are conflicting signals in the market for new housing in the region.
Permit activity for new homes increased in Lee and Collier counties last year due to a resurgence in multi-family construction such as apartments and assisted living facilities.
"We expect to see some leveling off in the apartment sector this year as supply meets demand," he said.
This year and next, the largest percentage of buyers will be millennials entering the market.
Another driving force is first-time, first move-up and value-conscious Baby Boomers who have held off buying since the downturn while their investment income recovered.
While the sub-$300,000 price tier is hot, the ultra-luxury new housing market is still vibrant, although with fewer transactions and primarily focused in Bonita Springs and Naples.
"We're seeing the most challenges to home sale absorption with the $400,000-$700,000 mid-tier market," he said.
Stan Stouder, founder of CRE Consultants, said "everyone wants to know what time it is."
People want to know if we're in the middle of the market cycle or late in the cycle.
Commercial real estate, he said, while connected to residential real estate, is completely different.
Stouder mysteriously hinted at what he called his "startling" reaction upon an early review of the market data.
"It's not so much what has been built, but what has not been built," he said.
The market, Stouder said, is "seeing a trend in a product type that we just haven't seen," using Airbnb and Uber as metaphors.
That begs two questions: If retail brick-and-mortar stores are changing, what will become of those buildings? What's the change of use for buildings, like shopping malls, that used to be retail?
Cost: General admission tickets are $50 per person, $600 for reserved premium placement tables for eight and $750 for reserved tables of 10. Tickets and table prices include admission to all presentations and the networking session. A cash bar will be available.
For more information: Email marketwatch@prioritymarketing.com or call (239) 267-2638.
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Not so fast — those slaves are mine.
William K. Lane v. Jane Bennett et al., 56 NC 371 (1858).
This case was removed from the Wayne County Court of Equity. By valid will, Furnifold Jernigan made several provisions for the disposal of his slaves. To his wife Jane Jernigan (who later married Thomas Bennett), he left 13 slaves, including Bill Winn, John Winn, Simpson and Anne. To his daughter Mary Anne Kelly, he left eight slaves, including Olive. He provided for the liberation of "negroes, Dave, Tom, Morris, Lila and Mary" and their transport to a free state, and he directed that ten named slaves be sold. John A. Green and William K. Lane were named executors.
Before the legacies were paid out, Adam Winn filed suit to recover John Winn, Bill Winn, Simpson, Anne, Olive and Dave, claiming that (1) he had mortgaged the slaves to Jernigan to secure payment of money Jernigan loaned him, and (2) he had a judgment attesting that he had repaid the money, and the slaves had been reconveyed to him.
The Winns of Mount Olive.
On March 20, 1838 the county records show that in consideration of the sum of $19.00, Adam Winn deeded the railroad a right-of-way through his lands. In November, 1837 and again in February of 1838 the President and Directors of the railroad had appealed to the Wayne County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions to force Winn to sell them a right-of-way. At that point the railroad was getting near the county line. Winn sold in 1838. It is believed that Winn's land lies along present day Center Street.
The 1838 deed to the railroad stated that the adjoining lands to the north belonged to Basil Kornegay, a rich Duplin County planter, member of the state House of Commons in 1814, and brother-in-law of William Rufus King, Vice-President under Franklin Pearce. The adjoining land of Winn's was owned by Charles Winn, who was a member of his family.
With Winn's lands on the south, and Flowers' and Slocumb's on the north, the railroad had a clear right-of-way to Dudley. The railroad track begins at Wilmington, curves at Faison, and then runs in an almost direct line to Weldon. When it was finished in 1840, with 161 miles of track, it was the longest railroad in the world.
The Winn family is one of the most interesting in the area. In 1836 Ginny Winn purchased a hundred acres of land from Ezekiel Norris in the lower part of Wayne. This is the first land transaction by Winns in Wayne County, though John Kornegay of Duplin County deeded Adam Winn, also of Duplin, land on the northeast "precosin" (swamp) on September 18, 1834. This land ran into Wayne County at one point near present-day Mount Olive.
In the 1850 census the Winn family is listed as "mulatto", but in the 1860 census they were listed as "black". The Winn family were free blacks from Duplin County who had received their freedom prior to 1834. The Artis, Simmons and Greenfield families of Mount Olive were also free blacks, according to the1860 census.
Adam Winn was himself a slave owner, for in April 1849 he borrowed money from Benjamin Oliver of Duplin, and put up three slaves, Bethana, Martha and Oliver, as security, along with 133 acres of land. The Winns did business with the most prominent and respected white families, and through the years have generally been considered the most outstanding family of their race in the area. They have produced farmers, school teachers and tradesmen and have been leaders in the black community of Mount Olive. Adam Winn who was also one of the first magistrates of Mount Olive, had sons, William, Charles and Levi. Charles and Levi were blacksmiths, the first to be located in the village of Mount Olive. Levi Winn owned land west of the railroad which was later purchased by Dr. Roberts, and transferred in 1854 to William W. Loftin and Dr. Benjamin Franklin Cobb. William and Charles Winn also owned land in the Mount Olive area.
Of sound mind and memory.
Item 1st – I leave to my beloved wife America Winn the plantation where on I now live during hir natural life time, and after her death I give and bequeath the said plantation to the lawfull heirs of her body.
Item 2st – I give and bequeath to William Winn, Churchwell Winn, Margaret Capps, Levi Winn, Mary Winn, Francies Winn, Charles Winn, Wyett Winn and Nancy Winn, my tracks of land lying on Brooks Swamp and adjoining the lands of A.T. Grady and the heirs of James Kelly Dec'd to be devied between them.
Item 3 – I leave to my wife all of my Househole and Kitchen furntiture during hir naturall life and after hir death to be devied between hir children.
Item 4th – I leave all of the balance of my personall property to be sold by my Executor for cash and pay all of lawfull debts and the Balance if any to be devied between the children of my wife America Winn.
Office of Clerk of Superior Court, Wayne County Courthouse, Goldsboro NC.
In the 1860 census of Brogden, Wayne County: Charles Winn, wife America, and children Churchill, Marina, Levyet, Mary, Frances, Wyatt, and Nancy.
Lost or Mislaid, sundry Notes and Bonds.
1 Bond that I hold against Adam Winn for one boy, Woodward Winn.
1 Note against J.A. Brady for $200.
2 Notes against W.L. Jenkins, one $20 and one $10.
My Accounts and Receipts payable to me.
1 Note against W.B. Field; Land Deeds, and my free papers.
I forewarn all persons from trading for said notes and accounts as I have not got value received for them. HENRY SIMMONS. Nov. 12.
Fayetteville Observer, 19 November 1860.


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The 1984 season was the Minnesota Vikings' 24th in the National Football League. The Vikings finished with a 3–13 record, their worst record since the AFL–NFL merger, later equaled by the 2011 team, and the team's second worst overall record by win percentage (only 1962 was worse).

The Vikings' 484 points allowed (30.3 average points per game) was the most by any NFL team between 1983 and 2000, and the most any Vikings team allowed in one season. At the time, it was the third-most allowed in a 16-game season, trailing only the 1981 Baltimore Colts (533, still the record going into the 2021 season) and 1980 New Orleans Saints (487).

The team was coached by Les Steckel after Bud Grant retired; after the bad season, Steckel was fired and Bud Grant was re-hired.

Offseason

1984 Draft

 The Vikings traded their second- and fourth-round selections (40th and 100th overall) to the Houston Oilers in exchange for quarterback Archie Manning and tight end Dave Casper.
 The Vikings traded their fifth-round selection (127th overall) to the Los Angeles Raiders in exchange for the Raiders' 5th-, 7th- and 11th-round selections (140th, 196th and 308th overall).
 The Vikings were due to pick 322nd overall but Green Bay passed on the 321st pick, allowing the Vikings to move up one spot.

1984 Supplemental USFL/CFL Draft

Preseason

Regular season

Schedule

Game summaries

Week 3: vs Atlanta Falcons

Week 15: at San Francisco 49ers

Standings

Staff

Roster

Statistics

Team leaders

League rankings

References

Minnesota Vikings seasons
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A belső ember (Inside Man) egy 2006-os bűnügyi filmdráma, a kétszeres Oscar-díjas Denzel Washington, a Golden Globe-díjas Clive Owen és a kétszeres Oscar-díjas Jodie Foster főszereplésével, Spike Lee rendezésében. A forgatókönyvet Russell Gewitz írta, a producer Brian Grazer.

A produkció bemutatója Észak-Amerikában és több európai országban, köztük Magyarországon is 2006. március 23-án, illetve 24-én volt.

A szereplők

Történet

Dalton kiagyalja a tökéletes bankrablás tervét, s három társával festő-mázolónak öltözve, símaszkban, sapkában és napszemüvegben belépnek a Manhattan Trust bankba és több tucat embert ejtenek túszul az épületben. Minden túszt ugyanolyan ruhába öltöztetnek, maszkkal az arcukon, ahogyan ők is kinéznek. Frazier nyomozó kapja a feladatot, hogy tárgyaljon a túszejtővel. Dalton egyik túszt sem öli meg, de életükért cserébe egy repülőgépet kér. Frazier gyanút fog, hogy ebben az ügyben talán nem minden az, aminek látszik. A bank elnöke megbízza a felsőbb érdekeket képviselő Madeline-t, hogy tárgyaljon a bűnözővel, ugyanis a bank széfjében őriz valamit, ami számára rendkívüli értéket képvisel. Dalton nem nyúl a bank pénzéhez, őt is kizárólag a titkos széf tartalma foglalkoztatja. Megtalálása után kiüríti a teljes fiókot. Madeline-t beengedi a bankba, aki 2 millió dollárt ajánl fel Daltonnak a széfért cserébe, ám Dalton közli vele, tudja mit rejt az értékmegőrző és ő is ezért jött. A széfben a bank elnökére nézve terhelő bizonyítékok vannak, amiből kiderül, hogy háborús bűnös, aki a nácikkal üzletelt. A rendőrség megunja a várakozást, így elrendelik a behatolást az épületbe. Dalton eközben kiengedi az összes túszt, akiket a szabadban letartóztatnak a rendőrök, abban a hitben, hogy a túszejtők is közöttük vannak. A tanúvallomások alapján azonban egyik túsz sem tud terhelő vallomást adni az igazi bűnözőkre. Dalton társai megússzák a kihallgatásokat, ő eközben a bank egyik raktárhelyiségének hátsó részéből leválasztott, titkos rekeszében marad, amit a túszejtés során építettek ki. Egy héttel később kisétál a bankból, ahogy ezt Fraziernek előre megjósolta.

Érdekességek
 A filmet Lower Manhattanben forgatták, a Wall Street közelében.
 A belső ember Spike Lee rendező és Denzel Washington negyedik közös munkája.
 A forgatás mindössze 39 napig tartott.
 Jodie Foster felvételei három hetet vettek igénybe.
 Az Arthur Case irodájában látható kép Paul Cézanne Cards Player című műve.
 Spike Lee egy interjúban elmondta, eredetileg Ron Howard rendezte volna a filmet, de Russell Crowe megmutatta neki A remény bajnokát, így elhagyta a produkciót.
 Ez Spike Lee legsikeresebb filmje.
 A film érinti napjaink olyan jelenlévő témáit, mint a 9/11 utáni bánásmód az arabokkal szemben (egy szikh férfin keresztül), illetve megjelenik a jellegzetes New York-i humor és büszkeség.
 A főcím közben, Brooklyn és Lower Manhattan képei alatt hallható dal a "Chaiyya Chaiyya", egy népszerű hindi szám Mani Ratnam 1998-as Dil Se című filmjéből. A zeneszerző A. R. Rahman, a szövegét az ismert indiai költő, Gulzar írta.
 A filmben a rendőrség pizzát rendel a túszok számára. Néhány felvételen a pizzásdobozokon a "Sal's Pizzeria" felirat olvasható, a hírhedt pizzéria Spike Lee Szemet szemért című filmjéből.
 A filmben a kisfiú egy PSP-játékkal játszik, amire Russell felfigyel egy jelenetben. A játékot egyértelműen a filmhez találták ki, de vitathatatlanul emlékeztet a népszerű Grand Theft Auto: San Andreasra. Russellben megnyilvánul egyfajta moralitási érzék, mikor megemlíti, hogy el kellene beszélgetnie a fiú apjával a gyerek játékokkal kapcsolatos ízléséről.
 A filmben konkrét utalásokra lelhetünk több Al Pacino-filmre – a Serpicóra, a Kánikulai délutánra és A keresztapa Michael Corleonéjára. Marcia Jean Kurtz játszotta az egyik túszt a Kánikulai délutánban. A neve mindkét filmben Miriam.
 Venezuela elnöke, Hugo Chávez megemlítette, hogy tetszik neki a film (2006. április 9., Aló Presidente).
 Frazier (Washington) barátnője a film végén a Gotham Diariest olvassa. A könyvet Spike Lee felesége, Tonya Lewis Lee írta.
 A film folyamán látható egy kép a falon Krisztus haverről a Dogma című filmből.
 Keith Frazier neve Spike Lee New York-i sportcsapatok iránti rajongásából ered. A város két legnagyobb sportlegendája és jelenlegi sportriportere Keith Hernández és Walt Frazier.
 A bankrablás kezdetén maga Spike Lee is feltűnik a tömegben.

Box Office
A belső ember első helyen nyitott az Egyesült Államokban 29 millió dolláros bevétellel, ami Denzel Washington karrierjének legjobb indítása, akárcsak Spike Lee rendező esetében. A film 88,5 millió dollárt termelt egész futása alatt, a világ többi részén pedig további közel 96 milliót.

A UIP-Duna Film által forgalmazott filmet Magyarországon 61 ezer néző látta, ami messze elmarad Denzel Washington másik 2006-os filmje, a Déjà Vu százezer fő feletti látogatottságának, míg hazájában a két film szereplése fordított helyzetet mutat.

Jegyzetek

További információk

2006 filmjei
Amerikai filmdrámák
Amerikai bűnügyi filmek
Universal Pictures-filmek
UIP-Duna Film-filmek


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Staceytown
The two big items for Josie last month were talking and pooping. Josie has been sitting on the potty for a while most nights for weeks and weeks now, without anything to show for it. Last weekend, we decided to let her go pantsless for a while instead, and she actually used the potty a couple of times here, and then again at daycare! This is obviously super exciting news, especially since I had already given up on potty training her before the new baby comes, since I've read that that should happen about 3 months before any major change to lessen the chances of regression. That would put us at her being fully potty trained by around Thanksgiving, which just seemed really unlikely, so I just gave up early. And although it still does seem pretty unlikely, but at least we're making some progress now!
Besides that, just lots more talking for this month. She now says "oh, great", but in an encouraging way rather than sarcastically - it's very supportive as she interjects that in any conversation now :) Josie also figured out her name, and while she's still "Yosie" to herself a lot of the time, she's starting to say her name correctly sometimes too. She got into a funny conversation with her giraffe where she would point to herself and yell "Yosie", then to the giraffe and yell "giraffe!", so at least she's worked that out now ;) She also will ask for "daddy's tablet", and once we unlock it for her (luckily she hasn't figured that out yet), she'll click on her Daniel Tiger app and will be content for as long as we let her play it.
We also taught her the ever-important skill of how to cheers, which led to Josie saying "Cheers, mommy, cheers, cheers, cheers, mommy", etc., until I finally realized she was saying "cheers" instead of "cheese." So then we cheers-ed and she called me out on my glass being empty - she apparently knows the rules already. She's also doing better with saying some short sentences on her own, like when I opened the car door for her and she saw some bags in her car seat, and she said "Oh no! Stuff in car seat!" She also laid her head against the table the other day and then closed her eyes, so we (reasonably) asked her if she was sleeping on the table. I feel like we perhaps got a glimpse of her teenage years as she then mumbled something under her breath and then said "Not sleeping on table" before stalking off.
Josie is also recognizing songs more - she still doesn't sing along with them, but she recited enough of "No More Monkeys Jumping on the Bed" that I was able to recognize it, and she also loves (and will occasionally recite/act out) "Row, Row, Row Your Boat." She also still yells "yay!" after every song she hears, which is funny in part since she doesn't even realize how much that has helped out her cause. I would prefer to listen to my own music on the way home each evening, but if we play her music and I sing along with it, then she yells "yay!" and occasionally claps too - and with those accolades coming my way, it makes her music much more appealing ;)
Josie suddenly started demonstrating that her memory is developing too. Just one day after Ryan and I switched cars, she remembered whose car was whose, and that she needed to go to the opposite side of my car than usual to get in her car seat. We also were playing up in the guest room, and she ran to a corner, yelled "corner!" and then pointed me to another corner... even though we hadn't played that particular game in months.
[Testing out the new car]
Amidst all this developmental excitement, Josie continues to be a 2-year-old with intense emotions too... in other words, she still has plenty of overly dramatic meltdowns. This month, she cried about "my paper towel" when we took a paper towel roll away from her so she could get ready for bed. This, after she had hugged it and cleaned with it for maybe 20 minutes already. She also wouldn't finish her dinner the other night since she got so upset at me that I wouldn't give her all of my dinner. Yes, she appears to love artichokes and avocados as much as I do ;)
[Not the most exciting video ever of someone eating an artichoke, but it was apparently the only video I took this month so I had to post it]
Miscellaneous cuteness:
[After I asked her to smile, she apparently turned into her cousin Taylor's doppelganger]
[Josie's method of using her stool seems a bit counter-productive]
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Outlines the current view of the historical Arthur and how it was arrived at. Opens with the discovery of the Arthur Stone at Tintagel, contrasting the huge public and media interest with the archaeologists' strange reaction. Traces the history of Arthur's history from his 12th century acceptance on the strength of Geoffrey of Monmouth's history, to the Enlightenment rejection of both Geoffrey and Arthur, to Arthur's rehabilitation in the nineteenth century, to the revival of the Enlightenment view on the publication of The Age of Arthur and the hereticization of its author Professor John Morris. Demolishes the case against Morris and demonstrates, using the example of Tintagel, that the academic allergy to Arthur's legend is unconnected to the Dark Age evidence. Suggests the real reason for Arthur's ejection from history is that Morris' Emperor Arthur is too close to Geoffrey's, rather than, as historians claim, that the contemporary record contains no evidence for his existence.


There may be some persons in this assembly who are little concerned for their own sins, and are, of course, incapable of taking a proper part in the service of the day. Yet I am glad that you are here; I pity you, I warn you. If you should live to see a time of public distress, what will you do? To whom will you look, or to where will you flee for help? All that is dear to you may be torn from you, or you from it. Or, if it please God to prolong our tranquility, you are liable to many heavy calamities in private life. And if you should be exempted from these, death is inevitable, and may be near. My heart wishes you the possession of those principles which would support you in all the changes of life, and make your dying pillow comfortable. Are you unwilling to be happy? Or can you be happy too soon?
You who have access to the throne of grace, whose hearts are concerned for the glory of God, and who lament not only the temporal calamities attendant upon war, but the many thousands of souls who are yearly precipitated by it into an eternal, unchangeable state—you, I trust, will show yourselves true friends to your country by bearing your testimony and exerting your influence against sin, the procuring cause of all our sorrows; and by standing in the breach, and pleading with God for mercy, in behalf of yourselves and the nation. If ten persons, thus disposed, had been found even in Sodom, it would have escaped destruction!
And let us pray in faith. Let us remember what great things the Lord has done in answer to prayer. When sin had given Sennacherib rapid success in his invasion of Judah, he did not know that he was no more than an ax or a saw in the hand of God. He ascribed his victories to his own prowess, and thought himself equally sure of Jerusalem, but Hezekiah defeated him upon his knees. He spread his blasphemous letter before the Lord in the temple, and prayed, and the Assyrian army melted away like snow. When Peter was shut up and chained in prison, the chains fell from his hands, the locks and bolts gave way, and the iron gate opened, while the church was united in earnest prayer for his deliverance.
The present is a very important crisis. All that is dear to us as men, as Christians, is threatened. Our enemies are inveterate and enraged. Our sins testify against us. But if we humble ourselves before God, forsake our sins, and unite in supplications for mercy, who can tell, but He may be entreated to give us that help which it would be in vain to expect from man. Yea, we have encouragement to hope that He will be for us, and then none can prevail against us. But without His blessing, our most powerful efforts and best concerted undertaking cannot succeed.


Don't waste that residual wood fired heat! Use that heat to make the most amazing wood fired slow roasted tomatoes. Perfect for your next pizza, pasta or vinaigrette. Not to mention an amazing condiment to have on hand.
Preheat wood fired oven to around 225-300° F.
Arrange tomatoes cut side up in a pan or on a baking sheet.
Place sprigs of thyme on top of tomatoes. Drizzle with a good amount of olive oil, season with salt and pepper.
Roast for 3-4 hours, until tomatoes are shriveled but still soft. Rotate the pan several times to cook the tomatoes evenly.


This first week was "choose your own assignment week", so I decided to take all the photos at f1.8. I love how the super wide aperture blurs the background so much, though sometimes it's challenging to work with.
Sunday: Gwinna peaking from behind her blanket.


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from pyb import UART
from micropyGPS import MicropyGPS

uart = UART(3, 9600)

my_gps = MicropyGPS()

# Reads 300 sentences and reports how many were parsed and if any failed the CRC check
sentence_count = 0
while True:
    if uart.any():
        stat = my_gps.update(chr(uart.readchar()))
        if stat:
            print(stat)
            stat = None
            sentence_count += 1
    if sentence_count == 300:
        break;

print('Sentences Found:', my_gps.clean_sentences)
print('Sentences Parsed:', my_gps.parsed_sentences)
print('CRC_Fails:', my_gps.crc_fails)


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The Underland Chronicles 5 Books Set By Suzanne Collins - Ages 9-14 - Paperback
1. Gregor the Overlander
2. Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane
3. Gregor and the Curse
4. Gregor and the Mask of Secrets
5. Gregor and the Code of Claw
Gregor the Overlander
When eleven-year-old Gregor follows his little sister through a grate in the laundry room of his New York apartment building, he hurtles into the dark Underland beneath the city. There, humans live uneasily beside giant spiders, bats, cockroaches and rats. Gregor just wants to find his way home. But then he discovers that a prophecy foretells a role for him in the Underland's future. He must go on a quest that will change him - and the Underland - for ever.
Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane
Gregor swears he will never go back into the strange Underland beneath New York City. But he is destined to be a key player in another prophecy, this one about an ominous white rat called the Bane. Gregor's quest reunites him with his bat, Ares, and the rebellious princess Luxa. They descend into the dangerous Waterway in search of the Bane. If Gregor does not fulfil the prophecy, his life - and the Underland - will never be the same.
Gregor and the Curse
With two prophecies fulfilled, Gregor is now focused on the Prophecy of Blood, which calls for Gregor and "the princess" Boots to return to the Underland to help ward off a plague. When they arrive in the subterranean city, the plague is spreading - and one of Gregor's companions is stricken. Only then does he understand his role in the prophecy. He must summon all his power to end the biological warfare, or the warmblood creatures of the Underground will die.
Gregor and the Mask of Secrets
Gregor is drawn into a crisis. For generations, rats have run the mice - or "nibblers" - out of whatever lands they've claimed, keeping them on the move. But now the mice are disappearing, and the young queen Luxa is determined to find out why. When Gregor joins her on fact-finding mission, the true fate of the mice is revealed. It is something far more sinister than Gregor or Luxa had imagined...
Gregor and the Code of Claw
Everyone has been trying to keep Gregor from seeing The Prophecy of Time. That's because the final prophecy calls for the warrior's death. With an army of rats quickly approaching and time running out, Gregor must defend Regalia and get his family back home safely. There is a code that must be cracked or all will be lost. It is a war designed to end all wars. The fates of the Underland and the great warrior, Gregor the Overlander will finally unfold.
From the author of THE HUNGER GAMES comes a new exciting series!


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Assyrian Australians (), refers to ethnic Assyrians possessing Australian nationality. They  are descended from the Northern Mesopotamian region, specifically the  Assyrian homeland. Today, their homeland is a part of North Iraq, Southeast Turkey, Northwest Iran and Northeast Syria.

According to the census, 40,218 persons are Assyrian, 21,166 identified themselves as having Chaldean ancestry. The majority of Assyrian Australians have immigrated from Iraq, Iran, Syria, Jordan and the Caucasus.

Of the 61,400 Assyrians in Australia, 40,218 are members of the Assyrian Church of the East or Ancient Church of the East and 21,172 are members of the Chaldean Catholic Church. The City of Fairfield, in Sydney, has the most Assyrians in Australia, with 75% of Assyrians living in that area. 95% of Fairfield's Iraqi-born population are of Assyrian ancestry. Fairfield LGA also has one of the most predominant Assyrian communities in the diaspora, where one in every ten person would be Assyrian. Moreover, in contrast to other migrants, Assyrians have the highest rate of acquiring the Australian citizenship.

In the 1980s, the Iraq-Iran war resulting in significant numbers of Assyrians fleeing Iraq and applying for refugee status. In the early 2000s, 5% of Australia's humanitarian immigrants identified as being adherents of Syriac churches. In May 2013, the Assyrian genocide was recognised by the New South Wales state parliament. Assyrian-Australians have established various clubs, social organisation, churches and language schools. Representing only 0.13% of Australia's overall population, Assyrians are considered to be a successful minority group.

History

Early immigration (1950s–1970s)
The first Assyrians arrived in Australia in the 1950s, to flee from the 1958 revolution in Iraq. By 1965, there were around five Assyrian families and a few individuals living in the Sydney suburbs of Randwick. Although around 80% of the arrivals lived in the suburbs of Fairfield LGA in Greater Western Sydney, some Assyrians settled in the eastern suburbs, a region on Sydney's coast. During that period 4,500 Assyrians came from Iraq, 2,500 from Iran and 1,000 from Syria and Lebanon. According to Dinkha Warda, Fairfield was the most popular settlement among Assyrians for reason as follows:

Back in 1966, a small meeting was held between the early settlers to decide the future of Assyrians in this country...In 1966, Fairfield's developed area went west up to the Cumberland Highway. The majority of those attending the meeting agreed to establish the Assyrian community in Fairfield. The reason was to centralise the development of all the Assyrian social, religious and sporting activities, allowing greater access and participation. If we remained in the Sydney city area, we would have scattered. And so, four or five families purchased fibro houses in Fairfield (including myself), and a few bought blocks of land.

In 1969, following the settlement of Assyrians in the Fairfield area, the Assyrian Australian Association (AAA) was formed. The significance of the AAA is based primarily on the fact that it was the first registered Assyrian organisation in Australia. Prior to AAA, there had existed an unofficial club called the Assyrian Australian Club which was established in 1966 and initially based for the Assyrians residing in the Eastern suburbs of Sydney prior to the move to the Fairfield area. The Assyrian Australian Club was replaced with the Assyrian Sports and Cultural Club in 1972, the second official Assyrian secular organisation to be registered in NSW after the AAA. After a brief period of inactivity, the Assyrian Sports and Cultural Club was relocated to the Fairfield area after many Assyrians moved during the housing boom in the late 1970s and the early 1980s, where it has remained active since. In the 1970s, a few soccer clubs were established as the Assyrian community began to have a prominence. An Assyrian language school was formed in 1974, thanks to the AAA.

Community growth (1980s–2000s)

In 1980, Nineveh Club, a prominent Assyrian club in Edensor Park, Sydney, was established. Built with artificial mud brick, the club was designed after Assyrian royal palace in Nineveh. The entryway features two winged bull statues containing the body of a lion, the head of an Assyrian king and wings of an eagle. In the late 1980s, the Church of the East was controversially split – The Church of the East in Australia from that time on now has two denominations; The 'old' (Ancient Church of the East) and the 'new' (Assyrian Church of the East).

As the Assyrian community grew in the late 1980s, the Assyrian Sports and Cultural Club leased its premises from 1990 onwards, in Fairfield Heights, Sydney and acquired liquor and gaming licenses. The club later purchased its current building in 1997, and it was officially opened in 2000. Currently, it is the only Assyrian club in operation after the closure of the Nineveh Club in 2008. The club co-hosted sports events such as The Assyrian Cup soccer tournaments and held functions and activities for the community. It has also supported migrants, who arrived in the 1990s, settle in the country and it encouraged education by aiding achievers in the high school certificate. During the late 1990s, there was an increased level of Assyrian migration to Australia under the family reunion, refugee and humanitarian programs. Reportedly, around 903 Assyrian arrivals were allowed under the Australian Government's Special Humanitarian Program and the Family Reunion Program.

In 1997, it was reported that, for the Assyrian youth, lack of English skills was the major impediment for gaining employment, school achievement and becoming socially manoeuvrable in the Australian society. For instance, some Fairfield High School Assyrians wanted to go to university but felt hopeless because of their poor English. As such, several Assyrian churches developed a number of youth programs. For Assyrians with a higher education, the problem was also language and unacceptability of overseas qualifications, which prevented them from pursuing their careers.

The opening of St Hurmizd Assyrian Primary School in 2002, in Sydney, was the first school from the ACOE that was established in the international diaspora. In 2006, also in Sydney, St. Narsai Assyrian Christian College was established. It was the first ACOE high school to be built in the western world.

Post-Iraqi war (2010s–present)

In August 2010, a memorial monument for the Assyrian genocide was erected in Bonnyrigg. The statue, being 4.5 meters tall, is designed as a hand of a martyr draped in an Assyrian flag. The memorial is placed in a reserve to be named the Garden of Nineveh. The statue and the name for the reserve were proposed in August 2009. After consultation with the community, Fairfield Council received more than 100 submissions, including some from overseas, and two petitions. The proposal was condemned by the Turkish community. Turkey's consul general to Sydney expressed resentment about the monument, while acknowledging that tragedies had occurred to Assyrians in the period as well as Turks.

In August 2014, more than 6,000 Assyrians marched in Belmore Park in Sydney CBD to protest against the treatment of their Assyrian counterparts in Iraq and Syria by ISIL. Many wore T-shirts reading the hashtag #WeAreN, and chanted "we want peace, we want justice" and "save our Christians". They also waved posters, which read "stop genocide against our Christians" and "Stop crimes against humanity". They marched in Elizabeth Street, through the city to Martin Place. Assyrian Community leaders made passionate speeches soliciting the Australian and other international governments to help those being persecuted in the Middle East.

In 2015, the Abbott government announced that 12,000 extra humanitarian visas would be given to persecuted groups in the war-torn Middle Eastern countries. The Department of Social Services confirmed that 11,400 Iraqi and Syrian refugees (many of whom being Assyrian) were admitted to Australia as part of its one-off humanitarian intake, where they would primarily settle in Fairfield and Liverpool. The Assyrians told SBS World News they were in an unswerving state of despair, as they hoped more and more of their kin from the Middle East were brought to the country. Carmen Lazar, manager of the Assyrian Resource Centre, said, "If they can just lend another hand, you know, give us another 12,000 intake, just to release that pressure from what's happening overseas".

Demographics

Distribution

Sydney

In Sydney, Assyrians are the leading ethnic group in the Fairfield LGA suburbs of Fairfield, Fairfield Heights and Greenfield Park. Ample amount of Assyrians exist in other suburbs in the Fairfield LGA, such as, Bossley Park, Prairiewood, Wakeley, Wetherill Park, Abbotsbury, Smithfield, Fairfield West, Bonnyrigg Heights, Horsley Park and Cecil Park.

In City of Liverpool, a LGA that borders Fairfield City, they're found in Cecil Hills, Green Valley, Hoxton Park, Hinchinbrook and Middleton Grange. In the southern and eastern suburbs, they're mainly found in Hillsdale, Matraville, as well as Maroubra.

Sydney's local government areas with the most Assyrians, population and percentage-wise:

Greater Fairfield is home to over 20,000 Assyrians.

Fairfield City: 13,437 (5.7%)
Liverpool City: 2,451 (1.3%)
Bayside Council: 635 (1.22%)
Blacktown City: 459 (0.15%)
Canterbury-Bankstown: 202 (0.11%)

Melbourne
In Melbourne, Assyrians tend to be found in the northwest region, in the suburbs of Broadmeadows, Craigieburn, Meadow Heights, Roxburgh Park and Fawkner. According to the 2016 census, Melbourne had around 13,000 citizens who claimed Assyrian ancestry.

The population of Assyrians in the suburbs of Melbourne (2016 census):
 Roxburgh Park – 3,281
 Craigieburn – 2,573
 Meadow Heights – 1,334
 Greenvale – 571
 Coolaroo – 337
 Gladstone Park, Victoria – 199

Brisbane
In Brisbane, small Assyrian (and Iraqi Christian) communities are slowly growing around the Moreton Bay area such as Bracken Ridge and Strathpine including in Logan City such as Woodridge and Loganlea due to the recent Syrian and Iraqi refugees coming into Australia.

According to the 2016 census, they are 311 Assyrians living in Brisbane which has almost doubled from the 2011 census. 407 Iraqis according to the 2016 census in Brisbane identified as Christian.

General statistics
In the 1996 census, there were 9571 people who spoke Assyrian in the state of NSW, and 2191 in Victoria. 60% of these Assyrians were born in Iraq, 21% in Australia and 13% in Iran. Also in that time, 54% belong to the Assyrian Church of the East, 27% belonged to the Chaldean Catholic Church and 7% to the Orthodox church. In the 2001 census, 9,520 Fairfield LGA residents stated they were of Assyrian ancestry and 8,879 residents stated they spoke Assyrian at home. The Assyrian-speakers living in NSW were 13,241 at that time. In the 2011 Census, Sydney had 21,678 people of Assyrian descent, and Melbourne had 8,057. Assyrians are the third largest language-group residing in the Fairfield area behind the Arabic and Vietnamese-speakers, respectively.

According to the 2001 census, 29% of Assyrian migrants in Fairfield were usually made up of large families with five members or more. 13- to 24-year-olds made up 18% of the migrating population and 25–54 years were at 57%. 25% of them did not speak English well. 43% of the Assyrians in the Fairfield LGA owned their home, and they generally worked in manufacturing (39%), trade, accommodation, hospitality and transport industries (31%).

Whilst the new arrivals are settling in Fairfield CBD and Fairfield Heights, the pre-mid-1990s arrivals have purchased and/or rented houses in the more affluent suburbs of Fairfield City, such as, Bossley Park, Wetherill Park and Greenfield Park, which are around  west from Fairfield CBD. Furthermore, some of the recently arrived Assyrian children have had psychological trauma for the experiences in their countries of origin, which encroached their settlement in Australia.

Culture

Sydney has seven prominent Assyrian church buildings; St Mary's Church in Smithfield (established in 1975), St Thomas Church in Bossley Park, St Mary's Assumption Church in Fairfield, St Hurmiz Cathedral in Greenfield Park, St Malkeh Church in Greenacre, and St Zaia Cathedral in Middleton Grange.

In Melbourne, the churches are Our Lady Guardian of Plants Chaldean Catholic Church in Campbellfield, Victoria,  St. George's Church of the East in Reservoir, Victoria, Holy Spirit Syriac Catholic Church in Dallas and St Aphrem Syrian Orthodox Church, which also is in Reservoir, Victoria.

Assyrians, depending on the village/town they belong to commemorate their specific patron saints and celebrate it usually with their families at picnics or halls. For example, the Assyrians from Batnaya commemorate Mar Oraha.  The feast of Mar Oraha is partaken in an annual prayer and celebration. Celebrations include traditional Assyrian dancing with singers, food and people wearing traditional Assyrian clothing from Batnaya.

Assyrians from the town of Alqosh commemorate Saint Hurmizd, a monk that established his monastery in Alqosh . Alqoshnaye celebrate the Feast of Saint Hurmizd, known as 'Shara'd Rabban Hurmizd' around the world. This event is celebrated through picnics or halls, like many other Shereh (Feasts). People from Alqosh, like many other Assyrian towns/villages wear their traditional clothing at these events which commemorate their patron saints and celebrate the history of their towns.

Some ACOE adherents in Sydney annually commemorate Saint Zaia (Shara 'D Mar Zaia) at Blaxland Crossing Reserve in the suburb of Wallacia on September. Hundreds attend the occasion, including Assyrian singers who perform for the event. Visitors would generally picnic, barbecue or relax in the Australian bush, and they would usually participate in Assyrian folk dance. This is the second largest Assyrian social gathering in Sydney after the New Year celebration in Fairfield Showground.

Both Nineveh Club and Assyrian Sports and Cultural Club support and showcase local Assyrian talents, such as singers, actors, musicians, painters and sculptors. The clubs contain reception halls and they usually host singer concerts (including lounge singers), festive parties, weddings, theatrical plays and other forms of social entertainment for the Assyrians in Sydney.

The Assyrians in Sydney lavishly celebrate the Assyrian New Year annually on 1 April, in Fairfield Showground in Prairiewood. Thousands attend the New Year festival and it usually features music and theatrical performances, traditional dancers, food stalls and fireworks. Former Australian prime minister Tony Abbott and other politicians such as Chris Bowen, Craig Kelly, Tanya Plibersek, Chris Hayes and former NSW premier Bob Carr have attended the festival and made a speech.

Fairfield's large Assyrian community has had the media describe the suburb as 'Little Iraq' or 'Little Assyria'. Assyrian businesses have opened in Fairfield, mostly in Ware Street and Smart Street, and in Fairfield Heights in The Boulevarde. These businesses include everything from jewellery shops to restaurants and convenient stores, making the area favourite entertainment and shopping hot spot for the Assyrian community.

Church split controversy
In 1989, there was a major church split in the Church of the East in Fairfield, which shook and divided the community. The notorious event resulted in legal proceedings over property rights and it even received national media coverage. After the Supreme Court of New South Wales ruled in favour of bishop Mar Meelis Zaia, the Assyrian Church of the East diocese of Australia and New Zealand, to take ownership of St Mary's Church, Assyrians of the Ancient Church of the East sect protested since they found the court's ruling highly objectionable and unjust, as their sect claimed the St Mary's Church beforehand. A few of them eventually got involved in a frantic brawl outside the courthouse with those part of the Assyrian Church of the East sect.

Richard Carleton from 60 minutes covered the story in a studio that contained around 200 Assyrians who opposed the bishop. Carleton belligerently faced the few men who were involved in the brawl and asked if they were apologetic about their actions, which the men stated they were merely acting in "self-defense" and "fighting for their rights" (as the court neglected their perspective). The Bishop described the actions of his raucous opponents as "primitive". Author and journalist David Leser criticised the 60 Minutes portrayal of Assyrians in his book The Whites of Their Eyes, saying, "12 minutes of prime-time baiting of a community that had been law-abiding and peaceful prior to and subsequent to that event. There was no one millisecond devoted to explaining the intricacies of the dispute".

Sport
Assyrian Australians, like many other Assyrians from around the world, are mainly fond of soccer, and have established various football clubs in Australia. Fairfield Bulls Soccer Club, based in Sydney, is the most prominent soccer club in the country. It was established in 1971 and it has involved hundreds of children and teenagers in different age teams. Legislated by Football NSW, Fairfield Bulls became a standalone club in 2005. The Soccer Club was linked with Nineveh Sports and Community Club. Another conspicuous Assyrian soccer club in Sydney, established in the early 1970s, is the Nineveh Eagles. In Melbourne, two Assyrian soccer teams exist, being; Moreland United FC and Upfield FC. Many Assyrian people cheer for their teams, local and international. The teams include the Assyriska FF, as well as the Iraqi, Syrian and Iranian national teams. Sydney's Assyrian community assembled in Fairfield to celebrate Iraq qualifying for the Asian Football Cup finals in 2007. More than 7000 people, including Iraqi Arabs, joined in street celebrations around Fairfield on Sunday 29 July 2007 after Iraq won the Asian Cup finals.

Media
Most Assyrian-Australian media is aired on the radio. Assyrian radio has a variety of themes and topics which consist mainly of Assyrian music and interviews with prominent Assyrian individuals, and politics, current events, weather, sport and history. These subjects are usually affiliated with Assyrian people, their culture and homeland. In the late 90s through to 2004, channel 31, a community channel, broadcast in Assyrian one to three hours a week.

Radio
SBS Radio, which airs in Sydney and Melbourne, broadcasts in the Assyrian language every Saturday and Tuesday evenings from 8 pm to 9 pm.
2000FM, a Sydney radio station, airs in the Assyrian language every Monday mornings for three hours, on the frequency of 98.5 FM.
2GLF, a community radio station in Sydney's suburb of Liverpool, on the frequency of 89.3 FM, broadcasts a number of Assyrian shows. Nohadra Radio, established in 1998, is the most prominent Assyrian radio show on the station, which airs Sunday nights from 8 pm to 10 pm.

Assyrian Australians
Emil Shimoun Nona – Current bishop of the Chaldean Catholic Church in Australia & New Zealand.
Mar Mari Emmanuel –  Metropolitan bishop of the Ancient Assyrian Church of the East who presides over the Diocese of Australia and New Zealand.
Sham Khamis – Plays for Canberra United FC in the Australian W-League.
Ninos Khoshaba – Politician and is a former member of Parliament of New South Wales.
Cindy Sargon – TV chef and business woman.
Meelis Zaia – Assyrian Church of the East's metropolitan bishop of Australia, New Zealand and Lebanon.
Andrew Rohan –  A politician, who was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Smithfield for the Liberal Party of Australia from 2011 to 2015.
Leena Khamis – Plays for Sydney FC in the Australian W-League and the Matildas.
Mario Shabow – Plays for Central Coast Mariners FC in the A-League.
Sue Ismiel – Founder and owner of Nad's.
Michael Denkha - Actor known for films such as The Combination and popular Australian TV show Here Come the Habibs
Anwar Khoshaba – Former Mayor of Fairfield.
Robin Zirwanda – Singer most known from his Assyrian Latin dance band Azadoota
Ashur Shimon - Australian comedian, TV personality and lead role on Fat Pizza
Joseph Haweil - Mayor of Hume city Melbourne

See also

Iraqi Australians
Mandaean Australians
Lebanese Australians
Syrian Australians
Greek Australians
Jewish Australians
Armenian Australians
Iranian Australians
Israeli Australians
Australian Jews

References

External links
Assyrian Churches in Australia
Nohadra Radio
St. Narsai Assyrian College
St Hurmizd Assyrian Primary School
AshurSat
Fairfield Bulls Soccer Club
Tony Abbott – Prime Minister of Australia speaks at Assyrian New Year 2015
Assyrian Radio Schedule, 2GLF
St Thomas The Apostle Chaldean and Assyrian Catholic Diocese of Australia and New Zealand
St Zaia Cathedral, Sydney

Assyrian ethnic groups
Immigration to Australia

Assyrian diaspora


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Q: get a function from a service Firestore How can I use a function in a component that is in a service? I am trying to use:
 addProyecto(proyecto: Proyecto) {
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}

but it returns this error: TypeError: Cannot read property 'add' of undefined
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What I want is to add a document in a collection of Firestore, I can do it from the same component but I can not do it using a service.
Any ideas?
proyecto.ts
export interface Proyecto {
    titulo?: string;
    destacado?: string;
    descripcion?: string;
}

export interface ProyectoId extends Proyecto {
    id: string
};

proyecto.service.ts
import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
import { Proyecto } from './proyecto';

//Firestore
import { AngularFirestore, AngularFirestoreCollection, AngularFirestoreDocument } from 'angularfire2/firestore';
import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';

@Injectable()
export class ProyectosService {

    proyecto: Proyecto = {};
    proyectosCollection: AngularFirestoreCollection<Proyecto>;
    proyectosObservable: Observable<Proyecto[]>;

    constructor(private afs: AngularFirestore) {

    }

    getProyectos() {
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        this.proyectosObservable = this.proyectosCollection.snapshotChanges().map(arr => {
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            });
        });
        return this.proyectosObservable;
    };

    addProyecto(proyecto: Proyecto) {
        this.proyectosCollection.add(this.proyecto);
    }

}

crear-proyecto.component.ts
import { Component, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
import { ProyectosService } from '../proyectos.service';
import { Proyecto } from '../proyecto';

import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
import { AngularFirestoreCollection, AngularFirestore } from 'angularfire2/firestore';

@Component({
    selector: 'app-crear-proyecto',
    templateUrl: './crear-proyecto.component.html',
    styleUrls: ['./crear-proyecto.component.scss'],
    providers: [ProyectosService]
})
export class CrearProyectoComponent implements OnInit {

    proyecto: Proyecto = {};
    proyectosCollection: AngularFirestoreCollection<Proyecto>;
    proyectosObservable: Observable<Proyecto[]>;

    constructor(private sp: ProyectosService, private afs: AngularFirestore) {}

    ngOnInit() {
    }

    agregarProyecto() {
        this.sp.addProyecto(this.proyecto)
    }
}

A: Your this.proyectosCollection is undefined becuase you defined it inside a function getProyectos(). It will be undefined until this function get called.
Move your collection to ngOnInit() in proyecto.service.ts
ngOnInit() {
    this.proyectosCollection = this.afs.collection('proyectos', ref => ref.orderBy('titulo'));
}

and your get function look like this
getProyectos() {
    this.proyectosObservable = this.proyectosCollection.snapshotChanges().map(arr => {
        return arr.map(snap => {
            const data = snap.payload.doc.data() as Proyecto;
            const id = snap.payload.doc.id;
            return { id, ...data };
        });
    });
    return this.proyectosObservable;
};

now you can call addProyecto()

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Home Watching the World Top 10 Best Playmakers In Football History
Top 10 Best Playmakers In Football History
Football is a team sport. In order to win, each team member, aside from his individual skills, needs to have a good grasp of his role in the game and coordinate well with the other players.
One of the important roles of a football team is the playmaker.
The beautiful assists always make fans who watch live football feel excited and satisfied. Because it is not only the sensitivity of the player but also shows the match between teammates.
In football, the playmaker is the person who controls the attacking tempo of the whole team with his vision, technique, creativity, ability to control the ball, and passing ability.
Thanks to his existence, the playmaker can help his team turn the tide in difficult matches and bring the team to victory.
Now let's look back at the history of football and see the top 10 players considered the best playmakers in the history of football.
10 best Playmakers In Football History
1. Michel Platini
Source: data.com
Undoubtedly one of the greatest playmakers in football history, Michel Platini has spent most of his playing career for Juventus, scoring 312 goals in 580 appearances for the Old Lady.
This playmaker can combine deadly passing with smooth dribbling skills, helping Juventus and the French national team win many trophies.
As an expert in passing and placing tackles, Platini was a major factor in France's success in the International League and he led his national team to European championships in 1984 and 1986 World Cup glory. In total, he has scored 41 goals in 71 appearances for France.
Platini has won Serie A twice and won the European Cup once with the Bianconeri. He is also one of the few players in the game's history to have won the Ballast three times and more wonderfully he won them between 1983 and 1985.
2. Xavi Hernandez
Xavi Hernandez is indisputably the greatest playmaker in football history who mainly played as a deep-lying playmaker in the match.
Xavi scored and made several assists during his two-decade career. He could orchestrate the midfield line perfectly and control the tempo of the game at will.
His main expertise is to set up opportunities for his teammates to face the goalkeeper. His 212 assists are a testament to his greatness as a playmaker.
Throughout his career, Xavi had played for Barcelona, winning absolutely everything with his club and country.
His importance to Barcelona and the Spanish national team was so great that after he retired, none of them can reach the same heights as Xavi on the pitch.
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3. Diego Maradona
Diego Armando Maradona is considered by many to be the greatest playmaker of all time. He had a great talent of ball control combination, speed, agility, vision, and a low center of gravity. He single-handedly led Napoli to the Serie A championship.
In his career, Diego Maradona scored 310 goals and provided 187 assists in 590 games.
Maradona's most memorable match as a playmaker was against Germany in the 1986 World Cup final. Although he did not score on his own, it was his excellent pass to Borruchaga that led to Argentina's third goal.
4. Francesco Totti
Francesco Totti was simply one of the most consistent and faithful playmakers in the history of football.
He had everything a coach would want from a playmaker such as dribbling, shooting, and the ability to send the perfect pass in the final third of the field.
Totti has spent his entire two-decade career with AC Roma. Totti is defined as the person who plays the role of a "trequartista", a specific role in the Italian squad model.
This role of Totti put the team up to his arcade, and he scored a total of 307 goals and made 183 assists in 785 games for AC Roma and Italy.
In his time, he was considered one of the best players in Europe and many of the giants of European football tried to force him out of Roma helplessly.
5. Andres Iniesta
Source: daznservices.com
Andres Iniesta is undoubtedly one of the best players in football history. In terms of playmaking sense, Iniesta is absolutely amazing with his ability to dribble and breathtaking final passes in the opposing penalty area.
He played 16 years of his career at his beloved club, Barcelona. As a playmaker for Barcelona and Spain, Andres Iniesta is one of the few players to be admired by the passionate Real Madrid fans at the Santiago Bernabeu.
Despite his playing as an attacking midfielder, Iniesta scored very few goals but he had a habit of scoring the most important goals. He contributed a great effort in Spain's victory in the 2010 World Cup and Barcelona's equalizer against Chelsea in the Champions League.
6. Zinedine Zidane
As a playmaker, Zinedine Zidane has always been a great contributor to victory on the pitch. His style of play is unique with his touch, his dribbling skills, and his amazing frequency of turns.
With his talent as a dribbling playmaker, he won two Champions League titles, one with Juventus and one with Real Madrid in 2002. He also won the World Cup when playing for France in 1998.
Zidane's stats as a playmaker have become legendary. He scored a total of 125 goals and provided 171 assists in 680 games during his playing career.
As a coach, he has a winning percentage of nearly 60. To be fair, Zidane is truly one of the top players in history.
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7. Ronaldinho
In his prime, in the early-mid 2000s, Ronaldinho was an excellent playmaker for Barcelona and Brazil. Ronaldinho's significant move was not only flair, technique, and trickery but also his famous no-look pass.
At his best scoring ability, Ronaldinho seemed to be five seconds ahead of the others and could see and make wild passes, creating and switching opportunities at will. As a playmaker, he has inspired many players and fans with his artistic and cheerful attitude on the pitch.
His best game at the club was probably the 2004-5 game against el Clasico in a playmaker role. His performance in the role of winger-playmaker was so perfect that even Real Madrid fans could not help but watch and applaud the Brazilian player.
The match ended with a 3-0 win for Barcelona at the Santiago Bernabeu home field. He played 543 games in the role of a playmaker, scoring 197 goals in total and providing 162 assists.
Lionel Messi is a rare instance where he had a high appreciation on the role of a playmaker in football.
At Barcelona, he had really left many records that are hard to break. He became the club's all-time top scorer at the age of 24, had the most goals in La Liga history, the most goals in Champions League history, the most goals in El Clasico history, the most goals in Catalan Derby history, and so on.
The fact that Messi also held the record for the most assists in La Liga history proves that he is a wonderful playmaker.
Although he has spent many years at the center of Barca's attack, he has always done a good midfield position with his talented skill such as drop deep, collect and move the ball, or drive with it, and then make things happen.
Messi was the only player to have won 6 Golden Balls and 6 Golden Boot, provided 325 assists in 892 matches.
His passing range is so complete that no one can argue about him being on the list of the greatest playmakers in history.
9. Johan Cruyff
Cruyff was a genius in finding space, he would move from striker positions into midfield, or from the wing and all the way back to the defensive line to pick the ball up and confuse his competitor.
With his intelligence and ingenuity in his play of playmaker, he revolutionized football and created his popular and interesting strategy: Total Football.
As one of the best playmakers of all time, Cruyff has an extremely successful footballing and management career.
He is one of the few people to have won the Champions League both as a player and coach.
He is also one of the few players to own 2 Ballon d'Or. During his career as a footballer, Cruyff has scored 435 goals in 750 games, while his win rate as a coach is 61%.
10. Michael Laudrup
Source: cloudfront.net
One of the greatest playmakers in the history of football, Michael Laudrup was an important part of Johan Cruyff's "Dream Team," which achieved considerable domestic success as well as winning the European Cup in 1992.
He was named the greatest player in Denmark, the most distinguished foreign player of Spanish football in 25 years, and named in Real Madrid's best foreign XI.
Laudrup played for different teams in his career, but his best days as a playmaker were with Juventus, Barcelona, and Real Madrid.
Laudrup is hailed as an all-time greatest playmaker for his high skill of deep passing, fast dribbling technique, and dexterity.
Thanks to his talent, Michael Laudrup had a remarkable experience when he played for both teams in the Spanish Derby "El Clasico", and was included in the victory for both teams.
In the 1993/94 season, Laudrup and Barcelona won Real Madrid 5-0, and the following season, he helped Real Madrid win 5-0 with Barcelona.
We must admit that the playmaker is one of the key players in the team's victory in games.
With the experience, techniques, and great performance of the previous playmakers, hopefully, it would be a great inspiration for future generations of footballers to apply and develop great techniques in the playmaker position. Then we can see more and more glorious and remarkable matches in the future.
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Live action trailers have become quite popular lately, with Call of Duty and Skyrim trying their hand. This one for Crusader Kings 2 seems to be poking gentle fun at Bethesda's effort, and also at the megalomaniacal tendencies of most strategy gamers in a very Monty Python and the Holy Grail kind of way.
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February saw the launch of Hong Kong Maritime Museum at Central ferry pier 8. Once you've meandered through impressive artefacts and educating displays of boats and sea-tales you reach the top deck. Floor to ceiling French windows open onto a sun-deck with 360 views of Victoria harbour and Central Hong Kong. This is where we set up the BBQ buffet which would cap a weekend of events organised for a VIP crowd for the pre-opening.
We worked with our partners to arrange and staff the evening event for over 60 guests, providing a temporary bar and kitchen aswell as a beautiful alfresco dining area.
Have a look at our BBQ menus– we organise everything from pick-up of BBQ-ready meats to full service evenings such as this one.


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Note*: He [Cyphert.GED] gave land for Church on Hill.
Name Variation: Edward Celestinus Cyphert was also known as (?) 1-3-2-4.
Note*: He [Cyphert.GED] SOURCE: Military Records of the Spanish American War at NationalArchives, Washington, DC, for Martin Alexander CYPHERT, Thomas Ledwith's brother.This record states that Thomas Ledwith died at Reynoldsville, PA in 1894; no family is shown. Photo copy of selected records from this file, including this page which was dictated to a court reporter and verified by Martin Alexander Cyphert is available. BBPM.


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Karin Jandeleit Dahm
E-mail: k.jandeleit-dahm@maastrichtuniversity.nl
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Professor Karin Jandeleit-Dahm is a clinician scientist and has been involved in cardiovascular research in the area of diabetes, hypertension and renal disease for more than 10 years. She is the Head of the Basic Research Domain at the Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute and leads her own laboratory "Diabetes and Kidney Disease". She holds Adjunct Professorships of Medicine at Monash University and with the University of Hannover, Germany. Her clinical appointments include the Alfred Hospital and the Baker IDI Clinics where she is heads a renal clinic.
Her main research area focuses on the vascular complications in diabetes including diabetes associated micro-and macrovasuclar disease. She has developed and published on new models of diabetes- associated accelerated atherosclerosis and renal disease and aims to identify new targets to better treat and prevent vascular complications in diabetes.
Her work has also been published in high impact journals including Circulation, Circulation Research, the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, Diabetes and Diabetologia. She serves on several Editorial Boards including Diabetologia, the leading European Diabetes journal, PLos One, Clinical Science and the Journal of Molecular Medicine. She also regularly reviews grants and fellowships for NHMRC, NHF, DART and international grant funding bodies including the Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR) and the New Zealand Health Research Council (HRC).
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