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Reaffirming our support for Berkeley's international community
Dear campus community,
In recent weeks, the Berkeley administration has received several reports of negative comments directed at our Chinese-American faculty, as well as at researchers engaged in collaborations with Chinese companies and institutions, implying without basis that these scholars could be acting as spies or otherwise working at odds with the interests of the United States. We have heard reports of similar messages directed at Iranian-American faculty and others with academic or personal ties to the Middle East.
Let us be clear that comments of this sort breed hurt and distrust, discriminate against members of our community, and run counter to our well-established Principles of Community. At a time when national security issues involving foreign countries make the front pages of our newspapers, it is critical that we not become any less welcoming to students, staff, faculty, visiting scholars, and other members of our community who come from those countries, or for whom those countries are an ancestral home. As California's own dark history teaches us, an automatic suspicion of people based on their national origin can lead to terrible injustices.
We therefore write to reaffirm that Berkeley remains open to people from all over the world, and ask that you continue to make all members of our community feel welcome and respected. In this regard, please be mindful that even off-hand remarks made in jest can be harmful to building the inclusive environment we wish to have on campus.
Beyond all this, as a general rule, Berkeley faculty and graduate students do not work with sensitive technological secrets or sensitive knowledge. Since the 1930s, University of California policy has made it clear that campuses will not engage in any research whose results cannot be openly and publicly disseminated.
If you have concerns about any aspects of the research partnerships taking place at Berkeley, we encourage you to contact the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research at vcr [at] berkeley (p) edu. Thank you for endeavoring to make our campus a place where all members of our community feel welcome.
Carol Christ
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Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost
Randy Katz
Vice Chancellor for Research
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Q: How to limit results count of a stream in flutter I am looking for a way I can limit the number of results from such a stream:
return StreamBuilder(
        stream: Global.updatesRef.streamData(),
        builder: (BuildContext context, AsyncSnapshot snap) {
          if (snap.hasError) {
            print(snap.error);
          }
          if (snap.hasData) {
            List<Update> updates = (snap.data)
                .where((item) =>
                    item.status == 'online' &&
                    item.type == 'market' &&
                    item.id != widget.productId)
                .toList();
            if (updates.length > 0) {..

This gives me all the results of the query, but I want to limit the count here within the stream to let say just 5 items.
I am using provider to get firestore data. So the provider store is shared with other screens that don't need any limitation of the result count at least for now.
So if I can do that depending on the screen or the widget, it will be nice.

A: Use .take(5) on the stream. .take will return first count data events of the stream as a new one.

Provides at most the first count data events of this stream.

Docs: https://api.dartlang.org/stable/2.7.0/dart-async/Stream/take.html
Here is example how that works:
void main() {
  Stream.fromIterable([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]).take(5).forEach((val) {
    print(val); // prints: 1 2 3 4 5
  });
}

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Home» News»BAE Systems secures $114.5 Mn US Navy order for USS Bulkeley upgrade
The guided-missile destroyer USS Bulkeley (DDG 84) transits the Atlantic Ocean (Credit: U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Bobby J Siens/Released)
BAE Systems secures $114.5 Mn US Navy order for USS Bulkeley upgrade
BAE Systems has received a $114.5 million contract from the U.S. Navy to perform maintenance and modernization of the guided-missile destroyer USS Bulkeley (DDG 84) in its Norfolk shipyard.
The value of the competitively awarded contract could reach $136.2 million if all options are exercised.
"Our team has significant experience with the Arleigh Burke class of destroyers and with the Bulkeley in particular," said Dave Thomas, vice president and general manager of BAE Systems Norfolk Ship Repair. "We look forward to helping the Navy meet its surface combatant demands with the modernization work onboard the Bulkeley and other vessels in the shipyard."
The USS Bulkeley is the 34th ship of the Arleigh Burke class. Named for Medal of Honor recipient Vice Admiral John Bulkeley, the ship was commissioned in December 2001. Following its arrival in March, BAE Systems will perform extensive hull, mechanical, and electrical repairs, and upgrade the combat systems suite aboard the 509.5-foot-long Bulkeley. The Bulkeley's depot maintenance period is expected to be completed in June 2020.
BAE Systems' Norfolk shipyard currently employs about 1,200 people and hundreds of subcontractors. The shipyard is expected to hire additional employees and temporary workers to accomplish work on the Bulkeley and other ships in the shipyard.
BAE Systems is a leading provider of ship repair, maintenance, modernization, conversion, and overhaul services for the Navy, other government agencies, and select commercial customers. The company operates four full-service shipyards in California, Florida, Hawaii, and Virginia, and offers a highly skilled, experienced workforce, eight dry docks and railways, and significant pier space and ship support services.
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War in Ukraine: Western Navies See Lessons from Strategic to Tactical Levels
Dr Lee Willett 27 Jan 2023
The lessons emerging from the war in Ukraine for Western navies range from the strategic to the tactical levels, the chiefs of the French, UK, and US navies told the recent inaugural Paris Naval Conference.
U.S. Navy awards contract to buy multi-engine training system METS
The U.S. Navy announced on Jan. 25 that it awarded Textron Aviation a single, firm-fixed-price contract to develop the T-54A multi-engine training system (METS) aircraft.
BIW Delivers Flight IIA Destroyer Carl Levin (DDG 120) to US Navy
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Smiley Lewis: "Here Comes Smiley"
22 Wednesday Feb 2017
Written by Sampson
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DELUXE 1099; OCTOBER 1947
Thus far on Spontaneous Lunacy we've had a good mix of artists, hopefully some that are at least moderately familiar to readers, while others admittedly were likely to draw more of a tilted head, eyebrows raised look from those who are seeing these names for perhaps the first time. Not all of the artists of course will go on to leave a big mark on rock history. Which ones made it and why is one of the great underlying themes to these reviews as we attempt to analyze the hits and misses in order to paint a fuller picture of how the music evolved, what was capitalized on that would propel it to greater heights and also what fell by the wayside along the road to glory.
But there's another curious note to be made here as all of the artists covered thus far – even those who released some very successful records IN the fifties – are known mostly for their work in the forties.
This entry is in some ways a look into the future. Though rock itself was still just getting its footing in the fall of 1947 and among those making it were a handful of seasoned vets experimenting with the new approach, there was also a lot of ambitious newcomers who seized on it right from the start as their chance for stardom and self-expression. An opportunity to define themselves out of the gate with a style untainted by familiarity, a blank canvas on which to paint their own portrait.
If anybody in rock's early days was keen on writing their own life story surely it'd have to be Smiley Lewis, as he'd seemingly been forced to create himself from scratch along life's road already.
I Ain't From Nowhere And No Places Have I Been
Overton Amos Lemons had been orphaned as a boy and raised by a white woman in New Orleans. Or at least that's how the story goes. His birth mother, Lilly Mae, passed away at some point during her son's formative years, that much we know for certain, but while the rest of the family remained together with the other children being raised by a stepmother when their father re-married, what happened to young Overton remains more clouded. Some claim he was sent away to the city by his family who perhaps couldn't sufficiently care for him. Others suggest he ran away from home – the most colorful version has him and some friends hopping a train for a joyride and when the others jumped off as it sped along he was too afraid to do the same and rode until it reached the end of the line in the big city.
Once arrived, however he got there, he found himself overwhelmed in the bustling environs of New Orleans and was taken in by a family in the Irish section of town. How much of all this was speculation, how much of it truth, how much of it was a colorful tale of Smiley's own creation will likely never be fully known. Regardless, Lewis was certainly on his own at a fairly early age and like many of the kids raised in the fertile soil of the bayou he was drawn towards music.
Along the way Smiley learned guitar, joined a band that included pianist Tuts Washington, who'd go on to be one of the city's local legends, and in his early twenties Lewis (the name possibly coming from the white woman who may have raised him) got married, did odd jobs and sang with the band on the side. That's a story which, except for the details of time and place, could represent seemingly half of the rock artists over the next half century, both those who made it, but more tellingly those who never did. Countless unproven artists over the years had talent enough to dream big and ambition enough to gig incessantly, hoping beyond hope that somehow it'd pay off. When it didn't pan out for most of them the stories end, though life itself carries on, but sadly for many who saw their dreams shattered those lives could cease to have much direction and meaning after that and they'd drift aimlessly through the remainder of their days, never quite coming to grips with how fleeting their chance at fame and fortune truly had been and how innocuously it all seemed to slip away before they even realized it.
But Smiley of course did make it. New Orleans had always had a booming cottage industry for music, with countless clubs lining the streets offering live music as an enticement to draw in customers in an effort to amicably separate them from their money. Lewis, Washington and Noon Johnson on bazooka horn (an instrument made out of an iron bed post – let your imagination run wild!) held court at some of these saloons on and off for a few years and when employment opportunities in that scene weren't quite so good he'd sing on the streets for spare change and simply for a chance to be heard by someone, anyone, who might be able to give him a break.
By late 1947, with the new sounds of rock coming loudest from New Orleans, that break finally came.
I Hope You'll Let Me In
DeLuxe Records may have been based in New Jersey but they were built on the music of New Orleans with Paul Gayten scoring the first R&B hit to come from the Crescent City the previous spring. When his cohort Annie Laurie followed him onto the label and then onto the charts soon after (neither one with a rock-rooted tune, although both would quickly remedy that), and then were joined in late summer by Roy Brown, DeLuxe seemed to almost have an open door policy for anyone with a Louisiana mailing address, hoping for similar results. Lewis became an early beneficiary of this local talent hoarding by the label, credited as "Smiling Lewis" on the autobiographical Here Comes Smiley.
It's fitting that the artist who'd go on to be referred to somewhat ruefully as "Hard Luck Smiley" due to a frustrating inability to reach national prominence while his local contemporaries were tearing up the charts over the next decade, would have his first words on record come in the form of a plaintive plea:
Here comes Smiley
Please take a chance on him
Sung with clear diction, his trademark bellhorn voice a bit subdued, either by more primitive recording facilities or due to inexperienced nervousness, yet already possessing its odd natural metallic echo, a trait he shared with a few notable others such as Howlin' Wolf and Little Willie John, Lewis is the picture of cautious optimism here. The lyrics, the delivery, the very circumstances of a debut session itself combine to give a pretty fair approximation of the emotions every singer who steps to a microphone in a professional environment for the first time must be silently thinking.
This must've been especially true for those who'd grown up poor in the segregated south, now facing a post-War world reputedly filled with promise but due to their own harsher real life experiences, promises which must've seemed like a cruel myth created to frustrate them, a mere pipe dream not worth even hoping for. Yet here they were all the same, a few of the more fortunate ones anyway, taking their shot at the brass ring that remained tantalizingly out of reach for most, hoping beyond reasonable hope that it'd be they who could beat the odds and make a career out of it, perhaps even become a star.
Trying To Make It Through The Light
Though the record itself is hardly the stuff long term successful careers are built on it's got plenty in the way of winsome charms to captivate you, especially now, years later knowing of Lewis's heartbreaking career trajectory. Accompanied mostly by Washington's deft piano, almost acting as a reassuring voice to bolster Smiley's confidence, the mood set is one of a daydream, a starry-eyed wish for something better than what you know you're destined for.
As captivating as Smiley's singing is, conveying a disarming sweetness of character, humble but hopeful in his earnestness, musically speaking it's Washington who is as much the star of this record as Lewis, as Tuts' nimble work on the keys inject some spryness to the proceedings, knowing just how much to lay back and when to embellish. That Washington himself would neglect recording for decades after this, content to simply earn his living in the thriving Crescent City club scene, is one of rock's most unfortunate quirks as he was every bit the captivating performer on piano as any of his more lauded contemporaries.
What's more for those who are interested in such things (and why wouldn't you be?) we at long last have Smiley's own guitar solo present and accounted for, something edited from the released single version that you hear on the Spotify track on this page, but thankfully the unedited version appears on the strikingly clear sounding acetate that was unearthed and re-mastered by Ace Records of Great Britain in 2016, available on the monumentally important historic collection of New Orleans rock at that time, Beef Ball Baby (available below – click either link to buy from Amazon and get us a "hefty" commission in the process).
Lewis was by all accounts a fine guitarist, but never got the chance to play on his own sessions after this, as the studio bands of Dave Bartholomew had a litany of even better guitar slingers to allow Smiley to focus entirely on vocals. Thankfully the rescued solo shows Lewis's long rumored reputation was well founded, for while it's not earth-shattering it's very effective within the context of the song. You can understand why DeLuxe pulled it, for without it the record is a bit tighter as there's no respite from the downhearted mood his voice sets, but it's still great to finally hear.
But while the amazingly cleaned up sound of the recent CD release cuts through some of the murkiness and the mystery that surrounded the record for years the overall effect remains intact, presenting a performance that has an innate sadness to it. Smiley offers up a melancholy self-portrait, someone who has no cause for optimism as the dark clouds gather overhead, yet still allows his eyes to be cast upwards for a moment to see if there's any brightness on the horizon… giving voice to the yearning hope inherent in ALL people that somehow still is able to shine through in life, however fleetingly.
I'll admit maybe this feeling is exacerbated in ways that wouldn't have been possible back then, when he was just an unknown name on a record label with his whole future ahead of him as a recording artist, but today, fully aware of Lewis's ultimate fate where fame and fortune seemed tantalizingly close numerous times and yet always seemed to slip away, like the images of a dream once the reverie faded upon waking, it takes on a bit of a tragic feel that comes through in every word he sings.
But that's also what makes it so alluring. His longing for something better sounds so fragile you're afraid to breathe and break the spell. Throughout it you want to tell Smiley not to wake up, to hold on to that dream a little bit longer, to etch it into his mind so he'll never forget it, yet the whole time knowing when he opens his eyes it'll disappear all the same.
It'd be more than two full years before he'd get another chance to make a record.
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Harry Maguire has the last laugh at Colombia's expense
Leicester City defender couldn't help rubbing the Colombians' faces in England's penalty shoot-out victory
There is no better way to hit back at the shenanigans of the opposition than by winning, and it seems Leicester City defender Harry Maguire couldn't resist rubbing the Colombian faces in it after England's penalty shoot-out win in the World Cup.
Six Colombians were booked in a nasty, bad-tempered last-16 clash in Moscow as referee Mark Geiger struggled to retain control.
The Colombians seemed to try and turn the game into an ugly scrap to put an inexperienced England side off their game, and it led to some unsavoury incidents.
Harry Maguire celebrates England's penalty shoot-out win over Colombia (Image: Ryan Pierse/Getty Images)
City defender Maguire himself clashed with Juan Cuadrado and Wilmar Barrios was bizarrely given just a yellow card after a VAR review of a headbutt on Jordan Henderson.
However, Maguire and co. had the last laugh as Eric Dier, in the absence of original penalty taker Jamie Vardy, who was injured, scored the final kick to send England through to the quarter-finals, where they will now face Sweden on Saturday.
Maguire and fellow defender John Stones couldn't resist letting the Colombians know how much the victory meant to them as they turned towards their opponents and cheered as they began to race towards Dier in celebration.
And, if you can bare to watch it again, here's the full penalty shoot-out which, if you look closely, shows Maguire and Stones with said celebrations after Dier tucked away the winning spot-kick.


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Opposition politician Esther Matiko (center) and her supporters, with police in the background, before being arrested at a campaign rally on August 8, 2018, in Tarime District, northern Tanzania. (Sitta Tumma)
Tanzania police detain journalist overnight on allegations of unlawful assembly
August 21, 2018 3:21 PM ET
Nairobi, August 21, 2018--Police in Tanzania should drop allegations of illegal assembly against Sitta Tumma, a journalist who was arrested on August 8 and detained overnight, and investigate allegations that he was assaulted by security personnel, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.
Tumma, a print reporter and regional bureau chief for the privately owned Tanzania Daima newspaper, told CPJ that on August 8 he was arrested while covering an opposition campaign rally in Tarime District, northern Tanzania, ahead of a local authority by-election, even though he repeatedly identified himself as a journalist. He said he was assaulted during the arrest, held overnight at a police station in Tarime, and released on August 9 on bond. Police accuse him of unlawful assembly and have told him he may be required to appear at any time to assist in their investigations, according to Tumma and his lawyer Ernest Mhagama. The lawyer told CPJ that police claimed they could not identify Tumma as a journalist because he was not dressed as one.
"Tanzanian authorities should investigate those who arrested and assaulted journalist Sitta Tumma, instead of intimidating him with a bogus investigation into his reporting at a political event," said CPJ's sub-Saharan Africa representative, Muthoki Mumo. "The idea that journalists should dress a certain way is a joke, but the grim state of press freedom in Tanzania isn't at all funny."
Police came to the opposition rally with a notice from election officials declaring the meeting illegal, and ordered politicians and crowds to disperse, according to media reports. Tumma said that he was documenting this operation, taking pictures of officers using tear gas to disperse the crowd and arresting people, including opposition Member of Parliament Esther Matiko, when he noticed three anti-riot police officers following him. Tumma told CPJ that he verbally identified himself as a journalist three times to the officers, while also lifting his camera above his head for them to see. When they were close enough, he said he showed them his work identification but they arrested him nonetheless. He told CPJ that he was taken to a waiting police truck where two police officers kicked him, causing minor injury to his back, and tried to take away his camera, which he refused to let go.
Tumma told CPJ that while he and the other arrested individuals were waiting to be booked at the police station, Matiko called an acquaintance who came and took the journalist's camera for safekeeping. Tumma told CPJ that at the station he once more informed police that he was a journalist. He was detained overnight and released on August 9 on a bond with terms that indicate police may call him any time to answer questions in connection to investigations into the allegations of unlawful assembly, according to Mhagama.
The lawyer told CPJ that when he asked police why they had arrested Tumma, they told him that they had no way of identifying him as a journalist since he was not wearing the appropriate "uniform." Mhagama said that Tanzanian law does not require journalists to wear specific clothes, and even so, Tumma had repeatedly identified himself as a journalist during and after the arrest.
"I heard that they said I was not wearing a uniform. But it is funny because as a journalist I do not have a uniform. My uniform is the pen, notebook, and camera. I am not a soldier, I don't wear uniform," said Tumma.
Tanzania's inspector general of police, Simon Sirro, and Tarime-Rorya special zone police commander Henry Mwaibambe did not respond to CPJ's calls and text messages yesterday. However, Mwaibambe has said previously that police are going to arraign the people arrested during the protest in court on charges of illegal assembly, according to an August 10 report by IPP Media. Mwaibambe further denied that Tumma had been targeted for arrest because he was a journalist and said that his case would be treated like any other, according to the same report.
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Tanzania detains freelancer Kabendera over 'citizenship'
Nairobi, July 30, 2019--The Committee to Protect Journalists today called on Tanzanian authorities to immediately release freelance journalist Erick Kabendera, whom police said is being investigated over his citizenship status....
Tanzania imposes 7-day publication ban on The Citizen
March 1, 2019 10:50 AM ET
Nairobi, March 1, 2019--Authorities in Tanzania should lift a seven-day publication ban on the privately owned newspaper The Citizen and allow journalists to report on matters of public interest freely, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. The Information Services Department, which oversees newspaper licenses, temporarily suspended the publication...
One year after disappearance, CPJ calls for credible investigation into Tanzanian journalist Azory Gwanda's fate
New York, November 21, 2018--One year after freelance journalist Azory Gwanda disappeared in Tanzania, the Committee to Protect Journalists reiterated its call for a credible investigation and public accounting of his fate....
Tanzania forces forums, blogs, and streaming websites to comply with draconian regulations
Nairobi, June 12, 2018-- Authorities in Tanzania should immediately rescind regulations that force online forums, blogs, and streaming websites to register with the government--a process that requires them to pay large entry fees and comply with draconian regulations--and withdraw threats of legal action for noncompliance, the Committee to Protect...


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Flu Symptoms Accompanied by a Rash
Urinary Tract Infections Vs. Herpes
What Is the Difference Between Lyme Disease and Tick Fever?
by Kim Kleinle; Updated September 30, 2017
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How to Treat a Bee Sting
Lyme disease and tick fever are both the result of tick bites and share similar symptoms, but they have little else in common. To avoid both infections, apply insect repellent and wear long-sleeved shirts, long pants, sturdy shoes and a hat.
Lyme disease is a bacterial infection spread by deer ticks. Colorado tick fever, also known as Mountain tick fever, is a viral disease.
Lyme disease can start with a red rash, flu-like symptoms or joint pain, progressing to include severe headaches, arthritis, cardiac abnormalities and central nervous system disorders. Tick fever symptoms include fever, chills, headache, muscular and skeletal pain and malaise.
Ticks transmit both Lyme disease and tick fever. In Lyme disease, the culprits are the deer tick and western black-legged tick, while the wood tick transmits the tick fever virus.
Lyme disease is prevalent the Northeast and upper Midwest. Colorado tick fever occurs primarily in the Rocky Mountain region, as well as British Columbia and Alberta in Canada.
Antibiotics are the treatment for Lyme disease. Treatment within the first three weeks almost always results in a cure, but the cure rate drops as the disease enters its later phases. With tick fever, no treatment exists for the virus itself. Instead, treatment focuses on managing the symptoms--analgesics and acetaminophen for fever and pain.
American Lyme Disease Foundation/Lyme Disease
American Lyme Disease Foundation/Tick Fever
Oregon Department of Human Services
Kim Kleinle is a PGA/LPGA professional and a member of a select group certified in instruction by the Professional Golfers' Association. She began writing in 1980 after earning her degree. Her work has appeared online, in "Northeast Golfer" and in newspapers, including the "Scranton Times." She holds a Bachelor of Arts in journalism from Point Park University, Pittsburgh.
How to Get a Tick Head Out of Your Skin
Over the Counter Treatment for Scabies
Skin Rashes Caused by Viral Infection
Herpes Virus Vs. Herpangina


Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday said that Israel would continue to build in Jerusalem in the same way that it has over the last 42 years.
"The building in Jerusalem - and in all other places - will continue in the same way as has been customary over the last 42 years," said Netanyahu at a Likud party meeting.
Israel drew angry reactions from the U.S. and the Palestinians by announcing last week the construction of 1,600 new housing units in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Ramat Shlomo during a visit by U.S. Vice President Joe Biden last week.
Netanyahu did not specifically address the diplomatic crisis with the U.S.over Israel's announcement about the East Jerusalem construction.
However, when asked by MK Tzipi Hotovely what would happen in September, when the 10-month settlement freeze ends, Netanyahu responded that construction would continue unabated.
Under U.S. pressure, Netanyahu imposed a limited moratorium on new housing starts in West Bank settlements in November but excluded Jerusalem from the 10-month partial freeze.
Also on Monday, in a speech to the Knesset to welcome Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Netanyahu said the construction of homes for Israelis in the city's eastern sector in no way hurts Palestinians.
In his speech, Netanyahu gave no indication he would cancel the project or limit construction in East Jerusalem.
"For the past 40 years, no Israeli government ever limited construction in the neighborhoods of Jerusalem," he said in a speech to the Knesset, citing areas in the West Bank that Israel captured during the 1967 Six-Day War and annexed to the city.
Netanyahu called on the Palestinians, who have said they would not restart peace negotiations unless the project was scrapped, not to place new preconditions on the revival of the talks.
He added that there was nearly total consensus among Israeli political parties that what he called Jewish neighborhoods in and around Jerusalem would remain "part of the state of Israel" in any future peace agreement.
Palestinians say Israeli settlement in the West Bank will deny them a viable state in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. They claim East Jerusalem to be the capital of a future state.
Meanwhile, Defense Minister Ehud Barak earlier on Monday urged the government to work toward defusing the diplomatic crisis over Israeli construction in East Jerusalem and getting peace talks with the Palestinians back on track.
The government must make an effort in order "for this crisis to be forgotten and for the proximity talks, and later direct talks, to return to the right path," said Barak at a Labor party meeting.
Barak said he met with American officials about the necessary steps to move forward.
This story "Netanyahu: Israel Will Continue Building Jerusalem" was written by Barak Ravid and Mazal Mualem (Haaretz).


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Join us on Thursday 14th November to enjoy some sumptuous hospitality in the Capital as well as the chance to catch up with old friends and new!
Tickets for this prestigious lunch are only £95 per person but numbers are limited so to secure your place now.


If you're somewhere near Seattle, Washington, don't miss this painting exhibit of Balereño Jose Johann Bitancor. Titled Timeline, this is his 2nd Solo Exhibit to be held from December 13, 2014 to January 23, 2015 at the Lynnwood Library Art Gallery, 19200 44th Ave. W. Lynnwood Washington, USA.
Before devoting himself full-time into painting, Jose Johann Bitancor has been a seasoned Visualizer/Graphic designer in the Philippines. As a designer, his practice ranged from exhibition designs to Advertising and Promotional materials for several Communications and Marketing Firms. Upon his migration to the U.S. in 2003, he sought to further increase his knowledge and enrolled at the University of Memphis, Memphis Tennessee in 2004, during which he was also granted a scholarship at the Memphis College of Art, Memphis Tennessee in 2006. Very recently, his longtime passion for sculpture produced several works in wood. Coupled with relentless experimentation with materials, his works now include textural abstractions based on everyday life's experiences.
A graduate of Fine Arts from Far Eastern University, Manila Philippines in 1996. Bitancor has won several awards and distinctions in the Philippines and in United States. He also exhibited his works in various galleries and museums in the Philippines, Guam and the United States such as U.P. Vargas Museum-Diliman, Bencab Museum-Baguio, Rochester Contemporary Art Center-New York, Bliss on Bliss Art Projects-New York, Topaz Arts- New York, Seattle-Washington, Shoreline-Washington, Germantown Performing Art Centre-Tennessee, Tumon Guam among others.
Baleriano performance artist Rommel "Mets" Espinosa is one of the 7 Pinoys who will participate in Art of Encountering – V a Performance Art event scheduled on September 28 to October 19 in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. These seven artists are members of Tupada Action and Media Art (TAMA) collective. In 2009, the 6th Tupada International Visual Performance Festival was held in Baler.
Squalid Splendor, Jeho Bitancor's One Man Exhibit At ArtGelileia, BGC.
Our kababayan Jeho Bitancor is having a one man show titled Squalid Splendor at Art Galileia, 2nd Level, Fort Pointe Bldg, 28 St., Bonifacio Global City. The show will run until September 18.
Based in New York, his geographic location has not stopped distinguished artist Jeho Bitancor to mount a stunning collection that once again demonstrates not only his artistic and visual prowess, but his intellectual and philosophical nature as well. It is this combination of these two, the union of the tangible with the intangible, that embodies the marriage of form and substance.
"Squalid Splendor," represents Jeho Bitancor's visual exploration of the duality of our existence. He puts on canvas the contradiction between the reality which we strive for, in contrast with the reality which we actually live in.
Jeho Bitancor is a Cultural Centre of the Philippines Thirteen Artists Awardee of 2006, who has exhibited extensively in the Philippines, Singapore, USA, Malaysia, Thailand and Hong Kong. Trained in the University of the Philippines College of Fine Arts (1984-1992), and the New York City Art Student's League (1997), Jeho has won several awards and distinctions, and is collected by the Singapore Art Museum, Ateneo Art Gallery, National Commission for Culture and the Arts, Aurora Provincial Government, Museo de Baler, as well as several private collections.
Read Painting the spirit of our time, Jeho Bitancor – the Manila Bulletin article about Jeho and this exhibit.
Read Jeho Bitancor's Painted Truths, an interview from Artes de las Filipinas website.


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The Dhauladha Round trek is rare and remote on the lower trails the trek winds through acres of apple orchards, pine forests and over miles of green meadows.
MAXIMUM ALTITUDE Indrahaar Pass 4350 Mts. & Minkiani Pass 4250 Mts.
SEASON 15 May to 15th November.
The Dhauladha Round trek is rare and remote - On the lower trails the trek winds through acres of apple orchards, pine forests and over miles of green meadows. Waterfalls are everywhere. Camp sites spring out next to streams and green grass. On the higher slopes, the trail weaves through snow fields, glaciers and ice falls. The thrill of high altitude is intoxicating.
The trek goes through mixed forest of oak, rhododendron and deodar tress. First two Kilometer is a steep ascent but there is a gradual ascent after Galu Devi Temple. The last 1 kilometer is again a steep ascent through the forest. Triund is a flat meadow on top of a ridge. From here panoramic view of Dhauladhar range on one side and Kangra valley on other is a memorable sight. Night stay at tents or private houses.
This is an acclimatization day. After a short ascent from Triund traverse a ridge to reach Laka Got a temporary shepherd camp. Laka Got is situated at the snout of small glacier, which is full of snow and ice in early summer, and the snow melt away during the monsoon. From Laka Got it is a sleep ascent for two km. Over rocky ridge to reach Lahesh Cave. Night stay in the cave of camp at Laka Got.
The stretch up to chatta nullah is 6 km descent and crossing the strem walk over a long pasture land before into a thick forest of pines. Kuwarsi is a small tribal village surrounded by thickly wooded pine trees. Night stay in the village.
the trek goes through thick forest and lush green fields. We came across many small places inhabited by Gaddi people.We reach road head side at Lamu from Lamu we take bus to Donali and little trek to Brahi 6 KM.O/N Camp at Brahi.
It is 12 km trek from Drakund to Nagara Camp at Minkiani.Their is little shepherd hut at Nagara.O/N Camp at Nagara.
It takes about 3-4 hours to reach the pass. Sudden weather change, blizzards and white out conditions are common phenomena at this pass. O/N Camp near by Kareri Lake.
The trek goes steeply up to Kali Mandir or one can trek via Rohli which is a longer trek with mild ascents. The trek goes all along Kareri Lake Nullah between a valley thickly wooded on both sides. There is a Naag Mandir (Shiva temple) on the enterance of the dried lake.O/N Camp at Kareri Village.
After B/fast we start trek to Ghera a little hydro project on road head side where we take company car to Mcleod Ganj or trek by Satowari Village to Mcleod Ganj. TREK END.
Trekking Include with Dome Shape Tents/Sleeping Bags/Sleeping Mattress/Toilet Tents/sitting chairs etc.
All vegetarian meals beginning with Pack Lunch on Day 01 to Lunch on Day 09.
Professional mountain guide and mountain Instructor with English speaking.
Company provide jeep from Ghera to Dharamsala drop on day last.
Please keep in mind that the above information is not exact and does not account for sudden changes. Whatever the temperatures and conditions rest assured we will be prepared to handleit with ease as we use equipment of very high specifications.


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White House Denies Russian Bounty Story, But *Turns Out* The NYT Knows A Guy In Afghanistan
Did these geniuses think they could shit all over the intelligence community for four straight years without it coming back to bite them in the ass? Did they really believe they could consistently side with Putin over career civil servants, AKA the Deep State, with no pushback? Did they expect to get away with dispatching Mark Meadows and that hack John Ratcliffe to lie about national security without someone calling them out on their bullshit?
HAHA, of course they did. Donald Trump spent an entire year ignoring reports that Russia was paying the Taliban to murder US and coalition troops in Afghanistan, and the White House's plan to deal with the exploding scandal is to pretend that those nervous nellies at the NSA couldn't be sure about the intel, so the White House had no choice but to wait indefinitely for verification before taking any action that might upset Trump's pal Putin.
It's a really dumb plan.
FFS, the New York Times's Rukmini Callimachi has half of ISIS on speed dial. Did the White House think she wouldn't know a guy in the Taliban?
Take it away, Times:
American officials intercepted electronic data showing large financial transfers from a bank account controlled by Russia's military intelligence agency to a Taliban-linked account, which was among the evidence that supported their conclusion that Russia covertly offered bounties for killing U.S. and coalition troops in Afghanistan, according to three officials familiar with the intelligence.
Though the United States has accused Russia of providing general support to the Taliban before, analysts concluded from other intelligence that the transfers were most likely part of a bounty program that detainees described during interrogations. Investigators also identified by name numerous Afghans in a network linked to the suspected Russian operation, the officials said — including, two of them added, a man believed to have served as an intermediary for distributing some of the funds and who is now thought to be in Russia.
So, they had SIGINT and HUMINT to back up the allegations that Russia put out a hit on American troops? Cool, cool. As the paper drily notes, this helped to "reduce an earlier disagreement among intelligence analysts and agencies" over the reliability of the intel.
Does the Times have contacts on the ground in Afghanistan? You bet your ass they do!
Afghan officials this week described a sequence of events that dovetails with the account of the intelligence. They said that several businessmen who transfer money through the informal "hawala" system were arrested in Afghanistan over the past six months and are suspected of being part of a ring of middlemen who operated between the Russian intelligence agency, known as the G.R.U., and Taliban-linked militants. The businessmen were arrested in what the officials described as sweeping raids in the north of Afghanistan, as well as in Kabul.
Safiullah Amiry, the deputy provincial council chief in Kunduz City, told the Times that 13 people were arrested in the joint US-Afghan raids of suspected Taliban militants, but "[t]wo of the main targets of the raid had already fled — one to Tajikistan and one to Russia." What a coincidence! Amiry said he was told that "the raids were related to Russian money being dispersed to militants," and indeed it was at the home of one of these men where Navy SEALs discovered half a million dollars in greenbacks.
The US government suspects that the Russians may have paid a bounty for the murders of three Marines in a roadside attack in April 2019 outside Bagram Air Base. And here again, the Times has on-the-ground sources.
In Parwan Province, where Bagram Airfield is, the Taliban are known to have hired local criminals as freelancers, said Gen. Zaman Mamozai, the former police chief of the province. He said the Taliban's commanders are based in two districts of the province, Seyagird and Shinwari, and that from there they coordinate a network that commissions criminals to carry out attacks.
And Haseeba Efat, a former member of Parwan's provincial council, also said the Taliban have hired freelancers in Bagram district — including one of his own distant relatives in one case.
"They agree with these criminals that they won't have monthly salary, but they will get paid for the work they do when the Taliban need them," Mr. Efat said.
So, kinda looks like there was a quite a bit of intelligence evidence supporting this bounty scheme. And while the White House is at pains to emphasize that it wasn't "verified," the Times notes that it was sufficiently credible to be included in the May 4 edition of the CIA's in-house daily World Intelligence Review, AKA "The Wire."
Meanwhile the the White House keeps repeating that there wasn't perfect agreement between the intelligence agencies about the Russian plot, while simultaneously denying reports that it appeared in the Presidential Daily Briefing at least twice, once last year and once this past February.
Yesterday, White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows and Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe huddled up with congressional Republicans to get their story straight. And OH LOOK guess where else the New York Times has good sources.
That briefing focused on intelligence information that supported the conclusion that Russia was running a covert bounty operation and other information that did not support it, according to two people familiar with the meeting. For example, the briefing focused in part on the interrogated detainees' accounts and the earlier analysts' disagreement over it.
Both people said the intent of the briefing seemed to be to make the point that the intelligence on the suspected Russian bounty plot was not clear cut. For example, one of the people said, the White House also cited some interrogations by Afghan intelligence officials of other detainees, downplaying their credibility by describing them as low-level.
The administration officials did not mention anything in the House Republican briefing about intercepted data tracking financial transfers, both of the people familiar with it said.
Just to disambiguate that one and make the subtext into text, the White House is trying to point to the disagreement last year, when the only intel they had on the Russian plot came from detainee interrogations, to make the case there was too much confusion for the president to act to protect American troops. They are deliberately not talking about the Russian wires of cash, or the money seized during the raid. Which seems ever so slightly disingenuous, no?
And, by the by, we are four days into this metastasizing scandal and Donald Trump has STILL not said a damn word condemning Russia for targeting American troops.


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HHS Announces $30 Billion in Covid-19 Relief Funding for Providers
HHS announced on Friday it is distributing $30 billion immediately to healthcare providers fighting the deadly Covid-19 pandemic. The funding is the first portion of the $100 billion allotted to hospitals and other providers as part of the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations (CARES) Act that President Trump signed on March 27.
The funding will arrive via direct deposit to eligible providers starting on Friday, April 10. HHS' announcement said the money is in the form of payments, not loans, so the money will not need to be repaid.
Eligible healthcare providers include all facilities and providers that received Medicare fee-for-service reimbursements in 2019. According to HHS, payments to practices that are part of larger medical groups will be sent to the group's central billing office. Click here to learn how HHS will determine the payments and what eligible providers need to do.
To receive funding, providers must agree not to seek to collect out-of-pocket payments from a Covid-19 patient that are greater than what the patient would have otherwise been required to pay if an in-network provider had provided care, HHS said.
HHS has created a public website that shows all Covid-19 grant and cooperative agreement awards, which features a U.S. map detailing the amounts awarded by states, graphics highlighting the numbers of awards, amounts awarded by agency, and more.
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Push your luck and let the pots of money fall into your's lap!
Visit fancy and modern casino in the downtown and spend your evening with gambling and wagering. Act tactically and utilize your dexterity, or hope to have more luck than sense when taking chances. Maybe you will be happy and have a stroke of luck. If not, then you can at least feast your eyes on beautiful croupiers.


Establish in 1983, MWS Student Camps has welcomed thousands of young people from more than 50 nations to Canada. For over 30 years, we have facilitated and encouraged our campers' love of language through a variety of excursions, classes, camp activities and more.
At MWS , we know important caring and supportive counsellors and teachers are to your child's camp experience. Our dynamic, passionate, and qualified staff has extensive training and experience in working with young individuals.
We offer innovative, vibrant and exciting programs for young language learners. Attention to quality and a personalized level of service and support are MWS guarantees.
MWS Consistently offers carefully designed, quality programs year after year. Since 1983, reputable agencies promotion international education have endorsed MWS for our proven programs, dedicated staff, and satisfaction from students and their parents.
Innovative, exciting and educational, MWS programs are specifically-designed to appeal to each age group. They focus on communication and participation and are based on student-centred learning and integration.
Innovative, exciting and educational, the MWS Montreal French camps are specially designed for students who are interested in learning French while being immersed in the heart of Canada's francophone metropolis - Montreal.
A variety of excursions, classes and sporting activities plus fully organized on-campus programs keep the students engaged, occupied, and learning throughout their stay.
At MWS, speaking in French is highly encouraged. We take pride in the fact that all of our staff are native French speakers at all times - including during classes, excursions, tours, and camp activities.
* Residential and day program options.
Famous for being Canada's « bilingual metropolis », Montreal is celebrated for its European flavour, colourful history, delicious restaurants, great shopping and rich, cultural life - making it the perfect city for MWS.
The MWS Montreal French Caps are located on the McGill University Campus, in the heart of Montreal, at the foot of Mont Royal. An architecturally stunning an historic campus dating back to 1821, it's located within walking distance to all of Montreal's greatest attractions, and is close to the metro system for easy travelling.
Students and staff at the MWS Montreal French Camps live in the clean, comfortable residence of McGill University.
McGill University provides a nutritious, in-house meal service for the camps, and lunches and dinners are also offered in a variety of restaurants in Montreal.
Continental breakfast includes: orange/apple juices, various breads (loafs, muffins, croissants, bagels), choice of cereals, fresh cut fruit and oatmeal.
Restaurant meals: Variety of options to choose from at each restaurant, including vegetarian options, hot or cold choices (depending on the meal), salad and/or soup options.
Restaurants of choice: MWS works with restaurants in Montreal to offer good, nutritious options for all meals. The majority of restaurants used are small, privately owned, with lots of character and attention to quality and service.
At MWS, we know how important a caring, supportive counsellor is to your child's camp experience, which is why we carefully select our staff based on their character, sense of responsibility, and encouraging attitude. Native French-speaking university students (minimum 19 years old), our staff undergoes extensive training and has experience working with young individuals.
Senior Camp - 1 staff member for every 10 residential campers.
At MWS, we complement French classes and camp activities with a wide variety of daily excursions conducted in French. These interactive excursions are a fantastic, hands-on way to keep our students engaged and excited about learning. All of our excursions are age-appropriate, educational and organized and supervised by MWS counsellors.
* Half-day excursions include: interactive walking tours of Montreal, biome, Science Centre, Olympic Park, professional sporting events and more.
* Full-day excursions include: trips to Quebec City, Ottawa, La Ronde, ole Notre-Dame and more.
Organized and led by MWS counsellors, our wide-range of daily camp activities are conducted in French and have been specifically designed to encourage the practice and use of French language skills.
* day activities: Scavenger hunts, sports, theme night, MWS Olympics, swimming and more.
Our French Day Camp programs operate six days a week, Monday to Saturday, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., with early drop off and late pick up options offered. All classes, excursions, activities and meals are held together with students in the residential programs.
Our classes are divided according to two factors: the level of French knowledge, and the age of the students in each camp. On average there are 12 students per class, with a maximum of 16. This ensures that every student gets the individualized attention they deserve.
At MWS, our goal is to make learning fun and engaging. Our lessons have been carefully and specifically designed for each age group's educational needs. They focus on communication and participation and are based on student-centred learning and integration.
* Weekly report cards on student progress and MWS certificate upon completion.
Core Language – covers speaking, listening, writing and reading study. Students learn new vocabulary, pronunciation and conversation skills, depending on level of study. Idioms are also introduced at the high-intermediate and advanced level classes.
Project Work/Presentation – weekly projects relating to vocabulary and grammar study. Examples include camp newspaper, debates, oral presentations, "Vocab Olympics", movie reviews, etc.
"French Immersion Experience!" MWS Montreal French Camps at McGill University in the center of Montreal-residential and day camps. 33 years of experience guarantees a high-quality program with personalized attention and support. Juniors (ages 7-10), Inters (ages 11-13), and Seniors (ages 14-17). Programs include language study, age focused excursions, and camp activities.


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Have you ever had a season where everything you tried did not work? When things that you were counting on did not materialize? When relationships that had always been there for you were taken away? Where the responsibility of leadership was painfully real? In these discouraging times, I continue to learn there are certain imperatives that help us move forward.
In the first of a two-part podcast series, Chris and Karin discuss five "yellow lights" that serve as warning signs and decision making moments to help preserve marriage as a top priority. Even though the five yellow lights are discussed in the context of marriage, this podcasts series is full of wisdom for all relationships. Tune in for insights on issues like the pace of life, criticism, building lasting friendships and more.
"Familiarity breeds contempt" is perhaps one of our earliest management principles. The more we get to know those we lead, the more likely we are to find fault with them…right? However, this concept that reinforces a top-down, us vs. them mentally has contributed to distrust in countless organizations, churches and families. And it certainly isn't the leadership principle that Jesus modeled.
On July 28-29, top leaders from the Help a Child in India organization gathered for a time of leadership development, team building and spiritual renewal during the Lead Like Jesus Encounter workshop in Chennai. Throughout India and around the world, Lead Like Jesus provides leadership development training and support for organizations like Help a Child in order to help them achieve their mission more effectively.
When your students understand that leadership happens anytime you influence the thinking, behavior or development of another person, they quickly grasp the fact that they are leaders. Suddenly, their purpose for life becomes clearer and their vision for changing their world gains perspective.
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Mayday Parade to Play The Lost Horizon on Oct 24th
Central NYFeaturesMetal/Hard Rock/Punk
By Jim Gilbert On Oct 17, 2013
Mayday Parade headlines the fourth annual Glamour Kills tour with Cartel, Man Overboard, and Stages and Stereo.
After releasing their fourth album, Monsters in the Closet, Mayday Parade will perform in Syracuse, NY, October 24th. Monsters in the Closet, released October 8th, has reached number 10 on the Billboard top 200 chart, featuring hits like "Ghost" and "12 through 15". The Florida rockers will be playing at the popular Syracuse venue, Lost Horizon.
Joining Mayday Parade on this tour are three fantastic bands. Fresh off their Australian tour, Georgia natives, Cartel, willl be performing in support of their fourth album, Collider. Also performing will be New Jersey natives,Man Overboard, in support of their album Heart Attack, and Florida natives, Stages and Stereo with their fifth album, Small Town Favorites.
With this lineup you can expect a great night of music that you would be crazy to miss!
The Lost Horizon – http://www.thelosthorizon.com/
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Summer is in full swing and we've got a colorful gallery of online exclusive Sightings photos for you to check out. Wes Kremer, Mike Anderson, Mark Suciu, Raven Tershy, Vincent Alvarez, Travis Hancock, Daryl Angel, and Matt Hathaway are all here, shot by Dave Chami, Sam Muller, and Blair Alley. School's out—go get some!