Significant research on drought assessment and characterization has been carried out for Europe since the late 90ies (Tallaksen et. al., 2004; Van Lanen et al., 2004; Van Loon and Van Lanen, 2012) and drought hazard monitoring has been applied especially to arid and semiarid regions of the developed world (NDMC, 2012; UCL, 2011; Wilhite et al., 2000). Droughts in tropical South East Asia, however, so far have been neglected in scientific literature and in international disaster management strategies (UNDP, 2011). Consequently historical drought frequency, drought risk and types are still poorly investigated in South East Asian river basins. According to Adamson and Bird (2010), during the past two decades, economic losses caused by droughts have by far exceeded losses caused by flood disasters in the Mekong region (Adamson and Bird, 2010; Terink et al 2013; Navuth et al, 2007).
Therefore the basin-info research groups address the characterization of typical drought seasons in such regions and their temporal distribution, aims at identifying historical hydrological droughts differentiating their origin (e.g. upstream hydropower development, storage vs. meteorological conditions), analyzing sensitivity of low flows against catchment specific characteristics (catchment storage, compare van Loon and Lahaa, 2015; Stoelzle et al., 2014) and to analyze low flow and saltwater intrusion risk under changing conditions.
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Sleepwalking into four more years of Republicanism with John McCain?
Senator John McCain seems to set off the right-wing Republican establishment in ways that bewilder Democrats. According to CBS news, his list of enemies include former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, former Sen. Rick Santorum (who has vowed to support any Republican but McCain), and a host of conservative talk radio hosts led by Rush Limbaugh, who has suggested a McCain nomination would "destroy the Republican Party."
It is tempting to think he must be doing something right to compile such a list of enemies from the dark side. Yet, Democrats and independents would be wise to avoid the "enemy of my enemy is my friend" logic. Despite a few relatively moderate positions on immigration, torture and global warming, he is otherwise a hard-core right-winger we should be leery of.
Here is Johann Hari on McCain in today's Independent:
A lazy, hazy myth has arisen out of the mists of New Hampshire and South Carolina. Across the pan-Atlantic press, the grizzled 71-year-old Vietnam vet, John McCain, is being billed as the Republican liberals can live with. He is "a bipartisan progressive"", "a principled hard liberal", "a decent man" – in the words of liberal newspapers. His fragile new frontrunner status as we go into Super Tuesday is being seen as something to cautiously welcome, a kick to the rotten Republican establishment.
But the truth is that McCain is the candidate we should most fear. Not only is he to the right of Bush on a whole range of subjects, he is also the Republican candidate most likely to dispense with Hillary or Barack.
McCain is third-generation navy royalty, raised from a young age to be a senior figure in the Armed Forces, like his father and grandfather before him. He was sent to one of the most elite boarding schools in America, then to a naval academy where he ranked 894th out of 899 students in ability. He used nepotism to get ahead: when he was rejected by the National War College, he used his father's contacts with the Secretary of the Navy to make them reconsider. He then swiftly married the heiress to a multi-million dollar fortune.
Right up to his twenties, he remained a strikingly violent man, "ready to fight at the drop of a hat", according to his biographer Robert Timberg. This rage seems to be at the core of his personality: describing his own childhood, McCain has written: "At the smallest provocation I would go off into a mad frenzy, and then suddenly crash to the floor unconscious. When I got angry I held my breath until I blacked out."
But he claims he was transformed by his experiences in Vietnam – a war he still defends as "noble" and "winnable", if only it had been fought harder. (More than three million Vietnamese died; how much harder could it be?) His plane was shot down on a bombing raid over Hanoi, and he was captured and tortured for five years. To this day, he cannot lift his arms high enough to comb his own hair.
On his release, he used his wife's fortune to run to as a Republican senator. He was a standard-issue Reaganite corporate Republican – until the Keating Five corruption scandal consumed him. In 1987, it was revealed that McCain, along with four other senators, had taken huge campaign donations from a fraudster called Charles Keating. In return they pressured government regulators not to look too hard into Keating's affairs, allowing him to commit even more fraud. McCain later admitted: "I did it for no other reason than I valued [Keating's] support."
McCain took the only course that could possibly preserve his reputation: he turned the scandal into a debate about the political system, rather than his own personal corruption. He said it showed how "we need to drive the special interests out of Washington", and became a high-profile campaigner for campaign finance reform. But privately, his behaviour hasn't changed much. For example, in 2000 he lobbied federal regulators hard on behalf of a major campaign contributor, Paxson Communications, in an act the regulators spluttered was "highly unusual". He has never won an election without outspending his opponent.
But McCain has distinguished himself most as an über-hawk on foreign policy. To give a brief smorgasbord of his views: at a recent rally, he sang "Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Iran," to the tune of the Beach Boys' "Barbara Ann". He says North Korea should be threatened with "extinction".
McCain has mostly opposed using US power for humanitarian goals, jeering at proposals to intervene in Rwanda or Bosnia – but he is very keen to use it for great power imperialism. He learnt this philosophy from his father and his granddad Slew, who fought in the Philippine wars at the turn of the 20th century, where he was part of a mission to crush the local resistance to the US invasion. They did it by forcing the entire population from their homes at gunpoint into "protection zones", and gunning down anybody over the age of ten who was found outside them. Today, McCain dreamily describes this as "an exotic adventure" which his grandfather "generally enjoyed".
Then McCain's father, John, led the US invasion of the Dominican Republic in 1965, at a time when there was a conflict on the Caribbean island. On one side, there were forces loyal to Juan Bosch, the democratically elected left-wing President who was committed to land redistribution and helping the poor. On the other side, there were forces who had overthrown the elected government and looked nostalgically to the playboy tyranny of Rafael Trujillo. John McCain Snr intervened to ensure the supporters of the democratic government were crushed, bragging that it taught the natives "how to behave themselves". He saw this as part of a wider mission, where the US would take over Britain's role as a "world empire".
These beliefs drive McCain today. He brags he would be happy for US troops to remain in Iraq for 100 years, and declares: "I'm not at all embarrassed of my friendship with Henry Kissinger; I'm proud of it." His most thorough biographer – and recent supporter – Matt Welch concludes: "McCain's programme for fighting foreign wars would be the most openly militaristic and interventionist platform in the White House since Teddy Roosevelt... [it] is considerably more hawkish than anything George Bush has ever practised." With him as president, we could expect much more aggressive destabilisation of Venezuela and Bolivia – and more.
So why do so many nice liberals have a weak spot for McCain? Well, to his credit, he doesn't hate immigrants: he proposed a programme to legalise the 12 million undocumented workers in the US. He sincerely opposes torture, as a survivor of it himself. He has apologised for denying global warming and now advocates a cap on greenhouse gas emissions – but only if China and India can also be locked into the system. He is somewhat uncomfortable with the religious right (while supporting a ban on abortion and gay marriage). It is a sign of how far to the right the Republican Party has drifted that these are considered signs of liberalism, rather than basic humanity.
Yet these sprinklings of sanity – onto a very extreme programme – are enough for a superficial, glib press to present McCain as "bipartisan" and "centrist". Will this be enough to put white hair into the White House? At the moment, he has considerably higher positive ratings than Hillary Clinton, and beats her in some match-up polls. If we don't start warning that the Real McCain is not the Real McCoy, we might sleepwalk into four more years of Republicanism.
Comrade Kevin said...
He is much more akin to a Theodore Roosevelt. Hawkish on foreign policy, more liberal on social issues.
Still, we need to make substantial progress and movement forward, not baby steps like McCain. He might be more sympathetic to our desires in some ways, but he would be openly hostile to much of our agenda as liberals.
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It must have felt slightly odd when, at the Morreeb Dunes Festival 2017, United Arabs Emirates, robots substituted human jockeys in the camel race.
Those words were an apt reminder, if anything, of the interesting report that the White House commissioned to top experts in the field, "Artificial Intelligence, Automation and the Economy" (link|pdf). Quite unusually in the litany of experts works on the topic, the report borders on ideas such as universal basic income, the hollowing out of middle-class as a link in the erosion of the political center, the (education) measures necessary to accompany the transition – a stark reminder of the huge increase of public spending in education at the beginning of 20th century that eased the transition in US from an agricultural to an industrial economy.
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I Was Here  () is an Estonian feature film, based on a novel  by Sass Henno. The story is about a 17-year-old boy who becomes a drug dealer, the decision that draws him into turbulent events he can't control. The movie was directed by René Vilbre and written by Ilmar Raag. The film premiered on 8 July 2008 at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, in Estonia was released on 12 September 2008 and it became the 5th most successful Estonian film premiere since the early 1990s.

The movie was co-produced by Amrion Productions in Estonia, and Helsinki Filmi OY in Finland

Cast

 Rasmus Kaljujärv - Rass
 Hele Kõre - Renita
 Margus Prangel - Mõssa
 Märt Avandi - Aivo
 Marilyn Jurman - Säde
 Johannes Naan - Janar
 Tambet Tuisk - Olari
 Doris Tislar - Hanna
 Triin Tenso - Kelly
 Nikolai Bentsler - Talis
 Rafael Jenokjan - Ruslan
 Jaan Rekkor - Karm tüüp
 Sten Zupping - Turske tüüp
 Anne Reemann - Teacher
 Marta Laan - Rass' deskmate

References

External links

 Mina olin siin at Estonian Film Database

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You already know that the University of Coimbra is a reference in the most prestigious research projects in Europe.
This time, a multidisciplinary team of scientists from the University of Coimbra (UC) will conduct the first clinical trial in Portugal with an innovative treatment for children and adolescents suffering from Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) or Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), to be carried out at home.
This trial is part of the STIPED project in which doctors, psychologists, mathematicians, engineers, and bioethics experts from 10 universities, clinics and companies across Europe collaborate, a project that has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program.
Its main goal is to find alternatives to replace "traditional therapeutic options, based on medication, which in the case of autism are merely symptomatic and often with severe side effects," says Miguel Castelo-Branco, coordinator of the Portuguese team and professor at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra (FMUC).
The project will run for a period of five years until December 31st, 2021, and is coordinated by the University of Kiel (Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel), in Germany.
More information about the project is available at: https://www.stiped.eu/home/and an explanatory video at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGJppOwLgfY
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"We are pleased to be invited to offer our comments during this review as the application of SARA has generated some uncertainty and concern for the hydropower industry," said Jacob Irving, President of the Canadian Hydropower Association. "SARA's current method for issuing temporary permits for activities that cause incidental harm can risk putting the hydropower industry into a position of unintended non-compliance. We believe this is something no one desires given that hydropower is a clean, renewable, low-emitting source of electricity that helps Canada in its fight against climate change."
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"We would like to see SARA take an increasingly cooperative stewardship approach toward wildlife and environmental conservation in collaboration with the hydropower industry," stated Eduard Wojczynski, CHA Vice-Chair and project development manager at Manitoba Hydro. "The hydropower industry wishes to enter into enforceable agreements and pursue permitting approaches that benefit species overall and allow for responsible hydropower generation. Government, industry and indeed all stakeholders, have a lot we can learn from each other," he added.
Specific, longer term SARA conservation agreements would allow for management of the species and habitat that is tailored to the particular situation in the species area. Such agreements look at the broad picture, considering the whole eco-systems with multiple species and would be monitored and enforceable regarding industry actions. The current drafting of SARA allows for conservation agreements but as yet there are no authorization components that would make them workable.
Founded in 1998, the Canadian Hydropower Industry (CHA) is the national association dedicated to representing the interests of the hydropower industry. Its principal mandate is to promote hydropower nationally and internationally as a source of renewable energy, to make the economic and environmental advantages of hydropower better known, and to publicize the benefits of hydropower in the search for sustainable energy solutions. CHA members represent more than 95% of the hydropower capacity in Canada. Over 60% of Canada's electricity comes from hydropower. www.canhydropower.org.
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Turn your functional fitness "wish list" into realized goals with targeted exercises and movement explorations drawn from multiple modalities, custom-tailored to your individual needs and unique alignment patterns.
Movement Integration sessions and series can take many forms, depending upon the particular combination of goals one is working toward such as balance, flexibility, strength, alignment, and/or reducing/eliminating chronic joint pain. Sessions utilize an individualized combination of Pilates, Yoga, Reusi Dat Ton (Thai Hermit's Yoga), and functional movement exercises, as well as concepts derived from myofascial/neuromuscular bodywork and a variety of movement explorations designed to deepen one's understanding of alignment, posture, and subtleties of neuromuscular coordination. Depending on one's goals and preferences, sessions can take the form of customized workouts, slower-paced sessions focusing on post-rehab fitness transitions, or detail-oriented experiential workshops to refine particular alignment concepts or Yoga postures.
Each body is unique, both in terms of overall alignment and movement preferences/habits—we all have things we tend towards and shy away from in our workouts and day-to-day activities. When one hits a long-term plateau or struggles with a stubborn/chronic issue, addressing fine details of functional alignment and movement patterns can often be highly beneficial. Movement Integration's foremost strength is its ability to work with measurable goals to solve for highly specific issues in an efficient and effective manner, rather than emphasizing abstract objectives or general fitness.
When trying to solve for specific or long-term issues, consider examining the things you habitually overlook. For example, a yogi whose main focus is flexibility might quickly advance their practice of inversions and arm balances by strengthening the functional connection between the deep abdominals, shoulders, and arms—this can often be readily achieved with a few targeted Pilates exercises offered within the scope of a mainly yoga-based strength-building practice. Alternately, if neuromyofascial restrictions are the root cause of the issue, it will be spotted quickly and can often be more easily resolved via targeted bodywork sessions in conjunction with movement-based work. Each individually-customized Movement Integration experience combines the benefits of multiple methods, infusing your preferred movement style with helpful exercises and movement explorations that you may have previously overlooked, aiding you in reaching your goals more efficiently.
When working to improve the function/coordination of postural stabilizer muscles, one key to effective targeting is creating a sense of elongation during each movement. If one relies heavily on global mobilizers/large muscle groups, exercises often have a somewhat compressive feel. For example, a traditional crunch focused solely on the rectus abdominis ("6-pack muscle") compresses the chest, while an elongated mini-crunch activates the deeper transversus abdominis ("waistband muscle") allowing for spaciousness through the chest and collarbones. When an exercise feels like you are lengthening the body in opposing directions and refining your sense of stability, precision, and control, you are targeting the right balance of muscle groups!
As one advances, it is perfectly possible to do a full crunch or sit-up (and much more!) with a sense of elongation, but this requires many small and often-overlooked muscles throughout the body to be working in a coordinated fashion with the larger "prime movers" and global mobilizer muscles. The body's fascia also has mildly contractile properties that, when properly utilized, can further contribute to efficiency and economy of movement.
Each session's focus evolves and builds on previous sessions, matching pace with the evolution of one's goals and changing needs as one's functional alignment improves over the course of a series. Long after a series is complete, one can continue applying the movement concepts learned to other activities and ongoing fitness routines. Ultimately, the overall goal of each Movement Integration session/series is coordination and balance between the various large and small muscle groups throughout the body—including the neuromuscular and fascial systems—cultivating a sense of ease and grace during everyday life even while performing challenging movements, exercises, and activities.
A variety of alignment-based movement explorations and Thai/Yoga stretches aid in developing a sense of two-way stretch and the ability to elongate through the spine, crown to tailbone. Utilizing the concept of tensegrity, activation of small postural stabilizer muscles, and the contractile properties of the body's fascia system, a sense of internal support and buoyancy is cultivated.
Targeted, alignment-based abdominal work further refines the movement principles learned in the previous step. Core strengthening exercises encourage balance and stability in an elongated, aligned state throughout one's active movement-based pursuits and can reduce or eliminate chronic aches and pains such as lower back pain when sessions are combined with simple homework exercises.
Using full-body exercises, deep core stability is extended through the extremities. Inhibited muscles are targeted and trained in coordination with one's more dominant muscle groups, restoring balance to the body and improving overall function. Exercises are based on Pilates principles and concepts from myofascial/neuromuscular bodywork, and may incorporate a variety of movement modalities.
Sessions are generally taken weekly over the course of a series. For those who frequently attend group classes at a studio or maintain an avid independent practice, monthly, quarterly, or occasional "tune-up" sessions are also an option. We also offer goal-driven, alignment-based Anatomy Trains Structural Integration and Thai Structural Bodywork sessions to further aid you in efficiently achieving your functional fitness goals.


When someone is diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease or dementia, it is easy to become so transfixed on treating their memory loss that we begin to forget about other things that may ail them. However, it is important to keep all of their medical conditions under control. By doing this you will help them better manage the disease and sometimes ward off behaviors that may cause them or others harm or frustration.
A urinary tract infection is a common condition that has a tendency to increase behaviors and speed up the symptoms of both Alzheimer's disease and dementia. While more common in women, men are more likely to get urinary tract infections after the age of 50 due to issues with their prostate. In addition, those with a history of kidney stones, urinary tract abnormalities, weakened immune systems, spinal cord injuries, diabetes and those who have been catheterized are more likely to develop a urinary tract infection.
Not everyone with a urinary tract infection will develop the above symptoms, but most people have some. If left untreated, urinary tract infections can cause severe incontinence and if the infection spreads to the blood system may even lead to death.
As a caregiver, you can do a few simple things to help manage your loved ones bathroom routine.
Make sure the person can find the bathroom by removing furniture or other obstacles. In addition, make sure the bathroom is well lit, place a picture of toilet on the door and keep the door open.
Provide clothes that are easy to clean and to remove, such as those with an elastic waistband.
Encourage your loved one to tell you when they need to use the bathroom and watch for nonverbal cues such as pacing and hiding in corners.
Find out what your loved one's normal toileting schedule is and help remind them to use the bathroom just before their usual time or try using a schedule (every two or four hours).
Give your loved one plenty of time to use the bathroom, so that they fully empty their system.
However, remember bladder and bowel accidents may happen. It is important that you do not scold or humiliate your loved one. Treat them, as you would like to be treated, with dignity and respect. Remember in the end it does not matter if it is a "going problem or a growing problem" he is still your Dad and you will always love him!


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Robert Gibb
Painting, Visual Artist
Who was Robert Gibb?
Robert Gibb RSA was a Scottish painter who was Keeper of the National Gallery of Scotland from 1895 to 1907 and was Painter and Limner to the King from 1908 until his death. He built his reputation on romantic, historical and particularly military paintings but was also a significant portrait artist.
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There are not so many hotel rooms in Kaygiseki, just 22, still everyone can find an offer to suit his choice. The most common offers in this city are 3 и 4 stars, they count 1 out of 22, and their prevalent location is central district. According to our practice, it is the most profitable to book a hotel in the north of Kaygiseki, as it is the location of the hotels with optimal cost and quality offers along with the cheap hotels. Taking into account the small size of the city, there is no need to dwell hotel reservation on the location: the road to the city center would take less then half an hour, so one can book a hotel in any district of Kaygiseki. The most populated with hotels district of Kaygiseki is the center, 62% of cheap hotel rooms are concentrated here. However, even those who want to live in the north can choose from 3 variants of hotel rooms. Kaygiseki is an ideal place for couple and business, such travellers rate hotels there 8.8 out of 10 on average. The view to pool and sea from the hotel room can serve as a pleasant addition to the journey. Apart from all these, hotels in Kaygiseki offer their customers restaurant/cafe, laundry service, swimming pool and pets allowed. The staff of the most hotels is multilingual: it speaks english. The most appreciated amenities in Kaygiseki hotels are location and beach. According to the visitors reviews, hotels in Kaygiseki has great location, great room and beautiful beach. Take a look at our selection of the cheap hotel rooms in Kaygiseki to make a well-informed choice for your reservation!
The hotel rates in Kaygiseki heavily depend on the season and may significantly change according to the selected date range. The graph below describes changes in Kaygiseki hotel prices throughout the year divided by months. Thus, the lowest prices can be found in June – $43 on average – while the cost of hotel reservation in Kaygiseki goes up and reaches $112 by July. Besides, one can book a hotel in Kaygiseki with a discount and save up to 52% of the price, if doing it 40 days beforehand – that is the period between reservation and check in when our users on average find the best prices. So, if you are interested in booking a cheap hotel in Kaygiseki, take this information into consideration and take a look at the graph below!
Do you want to enjoy beautiful view out of your window? Out of 22 hotels we have selected the best hotels with sea view with cheap hotel rates starting from $52.
Love to eat? So do we :) That's why we've collected hotels with restaurants in Kaygiseki in one place. Cheap hotel rates here start from $52.
Hotels in Kaygiseki are spread around the city within the distance of 1.6 kilometers, while 18 hotels are located directly in the city center. If you like everything shine and bright, Kaygiseki can offer Sogut Holiday Home for you, the most expensive hotel, where you can find restaurant/cafe and laundry service. The most popular accommodations in Kaygiseki is Saranda Pension, 3 stars guesthouse located in a 1 kilometers from the city center. The optimal choice for the ones who want to save some money would be Sogut ada pansiyon, the really cheap hotel located in the east of Kaygiseki.


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package io.novaordis.utilities.testing;

import junit.framework.TestSuite;
import junit.framework.TestCase;
import junit.framework.Test;
import junit.framework.Assert;

import java.util.List;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Enumeration;
import java.util.Collections;

public class SelectiveTestSuite extends TestSuite
{
    // Constants -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    // Static --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    // Attributes ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    private List<TestCase> tests;

    // Constructors --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    public SelectiveTestSuite(TestSuite original, List passedMethods)
    {
       tests = new ArrayList<TestCase>();
       List<String> methods = new ArrayList<String>(passedMethods);
       methods.add("warning");

       for(Enumeration e = original.tests(); e.hasMoreElements();)
       {
          TestCase tc = (TestCase)e.nextElement();
          if (methods.contains(tc.getName()))
          {
             tests.add(tc);
          }
       }

       if (tests.isEmpty())
       {
          tests.add(new TestCase("warning")
          {
             protected void runTest()
             {
                Assert.fail("The SelectiveTestSuite did not select any test.");
             }
          });
       }
    }

    // TestSuite overrides -------------------------------------------------------------------------

    public Test testAt(int index)
    {
       return (Test)tests.get(index);
    }

    public int testCount()
    {
       return tests.size();
    }

    public Enumeration tests()
    {
       return Collections.enumeration(tests);
    }

    // Public --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    // Package protected ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    // Protected -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    // Private -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    // Inner classes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
}

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Since we never really had a fall or winter, is it technically still considered spring? I feel like we cheated or something. Anyway, with the nice weather we have been having, J and I have started looking at our barren back patio and started having visions of a vegetable garden and flower beds. ::sigh:: The unfortunate part is that our patio is 100% concrete, which I hear isn't ideal for growing anything.
Currently, we have these darling (sarcasm) wooden barrel type potters, but between the horrible dirt in them and their state of disrepair, we are just going to toss them. Instead, we hope to build a few 2'x4' planter boxes that we can put around the edge of the patio where the sunlight spends most of its time. One for peppers and tomatoes, one for peas, one for flowers...sounds wonderful! Now to borrow some power tools and make a trip to Lowe's. Oh, and figure out how the hell to make stuff out of wood. Fabric? I got that. Wood? I haven't made something out of wood since 8th grade shop class and even then, I had a wealth of tools available to me.
This is basically what we're looking to make. Nothing too fancy. Just wood and nails and maybe a plastic liner to hold all of the dirt so we're not just pouring it on concrete.
It just doesn't look that hard, but then again those are famous last words if I ever heard them. We're going to Lowe's today to price out the wood, dirt, and other supplies. Hopefully, it doesn't end up being too expensive. This weekend we may hit up the reStore to look into extra or reclaimed wood since re-purposing is always better than buying new.
This is the first summer we have an outside space that is exclusively ours, so we're super excited to make it fabulous.
Definitely more to come on this project when we figure out what the heck is going on!
Update: We got a gardening plot in the community garden! We still plan to make the boxes for the patio, but will use them for flowers. We can instead plant our vegetables in our sunny 3.5' x 20' plot within close walking distance of our apartment. We are PUMPED!


The Pepsi plant on Roosevelt Boulevard in Philadelphia.
With sales slumping because of the new Philadelphia sweetened beverage tax, Pepsi said Wednesday that it will lay off 80 to 100 workers at three distribution plants that serve the city.
The company, which employs 423 people in the city, sent out notices Wednesday and said the layoffs would be spread over the next few months. The layoffs come in response to the beverage tax, which has cut sales by 40 percent in the city, PepsiCo Inc. spokesman Dave DeCecco said.
"Unfortunately, after careful consideration of the economic realities created by the recently enacted beverage tax, we have been forced to give notice that we intend to eliminate 80 to 100 positions, including frontline and supervisory roles," DeCecco said.
The Kenney administration lambasted the news, pointing to Pepsi's overall profits and the benefits of the expanded pre-K program that the 1.5-cent-per-ounce tax funds. As of this week, the program has created 251 jobs in the city, mostly full-time pre-K teaching positions, the city said.
"The soda industry sunk to a new low today," city spokeswoman Lauren Hitt said. "They are literally holding hostage the jobs of hard-working people in their battle to overturn the tax. Pepsi reported nearly $35 billion in gross income and $6 billion in profit last year.... The idea that they can afford to do that but 'must lay off workers' should make every Philadelphian very skeptical of whether these layoffs are actually due to the tax."
The layoffs will occur at plants in North Philadelphia, South Philadelphia, and Wilmington. The plants are run as independent businesses required to report profits and losses to the company.
Outside of the North Philadelphia plant Wednesday, Ed Langdon, a 40-year employee who shuttles products between warehouses, said the cuts are the most drastic he's seen in his time at Pepsi.
Langdon, whose job is safe, said workers have been told the plant will decrease production of jugs of iced tea and canned soda. "It's managers, it's drivers, it's people who go out and put the soda on the shelf. It's all across the board. It's everybody. I was sick last night when I heard," Langdon said.
Langdon said the writing was on the wall: Some colleagues who are paid on commission were seeing drastic cuts in weekly pay. "The trucks are going out and they're coming back with the soda on it," he said. "No one's buying it. It's just not happening."
Minutes after news of layoffs broke, the city sent out a release announcing that its pre-K program has created 191 teaching positions and 60 support-staff jobs. The average pay for the positions, more than half of which are full time, is $14.72 an hour.
The layoff announcement follows reports from bottlers and supermarkets of steep beverage sale declines since the tax went into effect in January. Last month, Canada Dry Delaware Valley said it would lay off 35 people due to declining sales. Jeff Brown, who owns six ShopRite stores in the city, said he's had to slash employee hours and believes as many as 300 jobs could be cut.
DeCecco said the Pepsi jobs would be restored if the tax — currently under appeal and awaiting an April hearing — is struck down in court.
The city has pointed to higher-than-expected revenue numbers in the first month of collection, and restaurants who report being largely unaffected by the tax, to argue the industry could be exaggerating sales declines in an attempt to prevent the enactment of similar taxes in other cities or to gain a favorable outcome in court.
DeCecco said there was nothing political about the layoff announcement.
"This isn't something we take lightly or want to do, and we are committed to working with our employees and the union to treat impacted individuals with the care and dignity they deserve," he said.
Anthony Campisi, a spokesman for a coalition of retailers, bottlers, and unions opposed to the tax, said it was unfair for the city to blame the companies for the job loss.
"It's the mayor who's to blame for the economic and human impact of the tax," Campisi said. "And its offensive to blame the impact on Philadelphia businesses that are no longer sustainable because of it."
Danny Grace, secretary-treasurer for Teamsters Local 830, which represents many of the employees affected, said in a statement: "Our worst fears have been realized today. ... This terrible news, although not surprising, is particularly disastrous for the members of Teamsters Local 830, who rely on a strong soda industry for their livelihoods."


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Anele Ngcongca was a talented professional – ex-Bafana coach Igesund
The 33-year-old died in a car accident on the N2 freeway near Mtunzini, while the driver of the vehicle sustained serious injuries and was taken to hospital for medical attention.
Former Bafana Bafana defender Anele Ngcongca. Picture: @BafanaBafana/Twitter
Bafana Bafana
Gordon Igesund
Anele Ngcongca
Tholakele Mnganga | 54 days ago
JOHANNESBURG – Social media users continue to pay tribute as fans and players mourn the passing of AmaZulu defender Anele Ngcongca.
The South African Police Service's Brigadier Jay Naicker said of the accident: "It's alleged that this morning, at 5 am, a vehicle with two occupants lost control and overturned on the N2 freeway near Mtunzini. A 33-year-old man was declared dead at the scene. The driver sustained serious injuries and was taken to hospital for medical attention.
"The circumstances surrounding the incident are still under investigation. A case of culpable homicide has been opened for investigation by Mtunzini SAPS."
READ MORE: Ngcongca's death comes after that of ex-girlfriend
Meanwhile, Ncgoncga's former Bafana Bafana coach Gordon Igesund has shared his thoughts on the late player's passing.
"He was such a good person and wasn't one of those people to drive fast and do all those things, he was really a good professional and really a nice young man and to hear this news this morning is so sad. It's a terrible shock."
During his career, Ngcongca played for French side Troyes AC, while also earning 50 caps for Bafana Bafana.


IN THIS EDITION: Record Volumes Traded on Mercaris Platform in Quarter 1; Organic Dairy Sector Report Released; 2016 Annual Organic Grain Reports Now Available View this email in your browser.
Mercaris is pleased to announce that 280,000 bushels of organic grain were traded during the last 90 days over our platform, representing more than a 65% increase over total 2016 volumes. Since the launch of the Mercaris Auction Platform in November 2013, farmers, merchandisers, mills, processors and brokers have traded a total notional value of $4.4 million across organic, transitional, and non-GMO grains and oilseeds.
In the first quarter of 2017 Mercaris released a comprehensive, research-based white paper on the organic dairy market, with a focus on the various classes of dairy that result from processing fluid milk. This report analyzes supply and demand factors for various classes of organic dairy components including beverage/fluid milk, yogurt, cream, cheese, milk powders, and butter. It also delves into the structure of pricing and contracting practices and includes information on dairy processing infrastructure, logistics and economics.
On March 9, Mercaris hosted a working group comprised of a dozen companies that process organic milk or other dairy products to discuss the findings of this paper and talk through some of the challenges within the organic dairy product supply chain. The discussions were highly productive and Mercaris looks forward to offering our clients market-oriented solutions around organic dairy products. If you would like to purchase the report, you can access and download it here.
In addition to our newly launched dairy paper, Mercaris has also finalized its annual commodity reports on organic corn, soybean, and wheat. The reports are designed to give a strategic overview of these crops, and cover acreage, demand-side analysis, price trends, and other macroeconomic factors like imports that affect these markets. If you would like to view the Mercaris reports, they can be found on our website. Contact us at [email protected] if you'd like to access these reports.
Mercaris is currently looking for a Junior or Senior Economist to add to our team. If you are interested in learning more about this opportunity, please visit our Careers Page.
May 22-25 The Organic Trade Association's annual Policy Conference & Hill Visit Days will take place in Washington, DC.
June 4-6 Mercaris CEO Kellee James will be leading the "Organic Ingredients, Market Update" session at this year's Sosland Purchasing Seminar in Kansas City, Missouri.
If you will be present at any of the above events and would like to connect with the Mercaris team, please email us at [email protected]. We'd love to see you!


The UniBrass Foundation are launching the search for a new host university for UniBrass 2021 and 2022. Please have a look through the FAQs on how to apply and things to think about when applying below, and fill in an expression of interest form if you want to be involved further.
What does hosting UniBrass involve?
As hosts you will be required to form the UniBrass Organising Committee, a team of people (usually between 7 and 11) who plan and run the whole event. The contest will then be hosted in your local area, though not necessarily at your university. You will arrange the contest, market the event, put on some evening entertainment, provide accommodation for the students performing and many other things. Each UniBrass is unique and we actively encourage you to propose any ideas you may have!
The first stage is a short form to register your interest in hosting UniBrass and to put you in touch with a trustee. They will be able to provide more information and answer any questions you might have. Completing this form does not imply any further commitment. The form can be found at unib.co.uk/host.
After this is a written application is submitted, outlining a plan for what you would do if you were awarded the right to host UniBrass 2021 and 2022. The written application is broken down into several questions that are designed to help you think about the elements currently involved in hosting the contest. We do not require this to be a fully detailed plan. We simply wish to see that you have thought about all elements of the event, have done some research on the options available and have some ideas about how to make UniBrass the best it can possibly be. You are actively encouraged to propose new ideas as every UniBrass is different and we would love to hear how you would bring your own ideas to the hosting of UniBrass.
What happens in the rest of the application process?
Following the submission of the written application form, a panel of UniBrass Foundation trustees will review your application. After this, a shortlist of applications will be drawn up for an in-person follow-up visit. This will be made by approximately three trustees, where they will meet the bid team and look around the proposed venues. After the trustee visits to the shortlisted universities have been completed, the review panel will make a recommendation to the full Board of Trustees who will then make a decision about the successful host university. We aim to conclude this process and inform the successful team by 1st January 2020.
What are the important aspects that need to be explored for a successful application?
Being the host of the UniBrass contest might seem like an impossible feat but when you break it down it's actually not as hard as it might seem! Here is a list of some of the main points to consider and research for your application.
Performance space : Easily the most important feature is a pair of venues which are suitable for concerts. They need to be close to each other; either in the same building or nearby. Previously this has been the university's 'premier' concert hall, plus a slightly smaller space close at hand, however, this does not have to be the case and local off-campus venues (such as Harrogate International Centre and York Barbican) often meet the space requirements. You will also need to have a think about warm-up spaces and somewhere to store instruments, but often these come with dedicated perfomance spaces and if not a collection of seminar rooms works just as well.
Workshops and gala concert: Another important, but perhaps lesser known, part of the day are free workshops run for people in the area with the idea to introduce them to UniBrass and university brass bands. Ideally, you want another space for up to 40 players — this could be as simple as a large seminar room! In recent years, the day has also ended with a Gala Concert. Again, it's up to you, but have a think about who you might like to play — it could be a 'traditional' 25-piece band, or you might want to go for the latest brass-funk hybrid that's taking the world by storm!
Food and drink: The UniBrass contest is a long day and at some point members of the public and players alike will want something to eat and drink. In recent years, this has been located near a general circulation area where players and members of the public can congregate and chat. Of course, this can be very flexible and your university or SU probably has a catering department for large events, so you could get in touch with them to see what they can offer.
Evening entertainment and social: UniBrass prides itself in delivering high-quality social events after the contest so that players can relax and unwind. Think of how you might provide this at your university. Usually the social has been held in a large campus bar with a small local group (from the university or otherwise) providing the main musical entertainment, but there should also be a quieter area for people to sit and chat.
Accommodation: Some bands will have a long way to travel, regardless of how central (or not) your university is, so somewhere for them to stay on Friday and Saturday night is essential. Friday nights usually have fewer bands staying. In the past this has been anything from seminar rooms to sports halls to community centres, both on and off campus. The main requirement is cost: ideally no more than a few pounds per person per night.
Marketing and support: An important thing to do early on is to get your University and SU (or equivalent) onboard with hosting UniBrass. They should hopefully be very supportive of students organising a large event on their campus and the Foundation is able to help with any reassurances about financial underwriting or legal liabilities where necessary. We are also happy to speak to them on your behalf (acting as a formally registered charity) if needed. Also, your university's marketing department will be able to help with publicity, both themselves and by providing contacts to local media, although do investigate this yourself too. Local bands in your area are also worth approaching as their support can be invaluable. Whilst we insist you use some UniBrass branding (the main logo) and some style guidelines – you have some creativity to brand and market the contest as you like (as Bangor did this year with their dragon).
Tech and streaming: With each UniBrass, bands seem to demand ever more elaborate presentations, lighting and so on — which is to be encouraged! However, this does come with some burden on the poor technical folks running around backstage. Think about if your venue comes with equipment or personnel to run stage tech and if not how to implement it. The live stream of the event is always popular, and a way of providing this will also be required. Please do ask the UniBrass Foundation for guidance on this, as we appreciate you might not have any experience with this in particular. Student societies on campus with relevant experience (student TV and radio, drama and musical societies etc.) are invaluable in helping with the streaming, so do approach them to see if they're interested or can help out.
Finances: Although the UniBrass Foundation are a charity, we do need to be financially solvent! You should have a think about where major costs are going to be, for example, catering or venue hire. If you go on to make an expression of interest, you'll be provided with examples of budgets from three previous contests to help guide you.
Making it happen: All of this probably sounds like a lot to think about — and it is! But don't worry, an experienced member of the UniBrass Foundation, who's been through this and come out the other side, will be around to help you throughout the application process, and should your bid be successful you will have the support of the full board of trustees who will be on hand to offer advice whenever necessary.


In the summer of 2018, The Nicklaus Course underwent a greens conversion whic involved the full-till process. This process included the original specs of the greens sprigged with Tif-Eagle Bermuda-Grass, a major upgrade to the ultra-dwarf grass. The greens renovation will improve course playability, green speeds and green receptiveness year round.
"Being able to pair a championship golf course with the best available ultra-dwarf technology for these greens is a game changer that will elevate the Nicklaus Course to one of the top in the Southeast" said General Manager Ryan Mulvey, who is helping oversee the renovation project for KemperSports, the club's management partner.
The renovation also included all new green-side bunkers on all the holes on the Nicklaus Couse. The course will open for public play starting October 8th, 2018.
Originally designed by Bruce Devlin in 1986 (as Lagoon Legends) and renovated by Nicklaus Design in 2005, Bay Point Golf Club is the only Nicklaus Design golf course in Northwest Florida. With 36 holes of Championship Golf, Bay Point Golf Club at Sheraton Bay Point Resort is one of the top resort destinations along the Emerald Coast. The par 72 Nicklaus Design championship layout stretches over 7,100 yards from the back tees with a challenging course rating of 74.3 and slope of 143 and has hosted numerous regional and local events including the USGA U.S. Open Qualifier in 2016.


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6th NCID Research Workshop - Confirmed Speakers
Posted by NCID
The Navarra Center for International Development, along with the Fundación Ramón Areces, will organize the 6th Research Workshop in Madrid, the 8th of this coming May.
We are pleased to announce the distinguished speakers for this sixth edition:
Speakers: Xavier Giné (World Bank), Roland Hodler (University of St. Gallen), Pramila Krishnan (University of Oxford) and Alessandro Tarozzi (Universitat Pompeu Fabra).
Keynote Speaker: Stefan Dercon (University of Oxford)
Stefan Dercon (University of Oxford)
Stefan Dercon is Professor of Economic Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government and the Economics Department, and a Fellow of Jesus College. He is also Director of the Centre for the Study of African Economics.
Since 2011 he has been Chief Economist of the Department of International Development (DFID), the government department in charge with the UK's aid policy and spending. Stefan continues to hold the post of Chief Economist at the DFID while remaining active in teaching and research at Oxford.
Between 2000 and 2002 he was Programme Director at the World Institute of Development Economics (WIDER), United Nations University where he led their research programme on "Insurance against Poverty". Prior to this between 1993 and 2000 he was a Tenured Professor of Development Economics at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium. Until he joined DFID, Stefan was also the Lead Academic for the Ethiopia country programme at the International Growth Centre, which is a research centre based jointly at The London School of Economics and Political Science and the University of Oxford.
Xavier Giné (World Bank)
Xavier Giné is a Lead Economist in the Finance and Private Sector Development Team of the Development Research Group.
He is currently a BREAD affiliate and Associate Editor for the Journal of Development Economics. Since joining the World Bank as a Young Economist in 2002, his research has focused on access to financial services and rural financial markets. In recent papers he investigated the macroeconomic effects of a credit liberalization; the relationship between formal and informal sources of credit in rural credit markets; indigenous interlinked credit contracts in the fishing industry and the impact of microfinance services such as business training and financial literacy, microinsurance and microsavings. Prior to joining the Bank he was a postdoctoral fellow and lecturer at the Economic Growth Center at Yale University. He holds a B.A. in Economics from Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Spain, an M.A. and a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Chicago.
Roland Hodler (University of St. Gallen)
Roland Hodler is a Professor of Economics at the University of St.Gallen, Director of SIAW-HSG, Research Fellow at CEPR and CESifo, and External Research Associate at OxCarre.
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The Horrors of Lovecraft and what makes them Intriguing
Gage Landauer , Staff Writer
H.P. Lovecraft was one of the most unique writers of his time. His idea of horror was dark and focused on targeting peoples deep-seated fears. "The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents… some day the piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful position therein, that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the light into the peace and safety of a new Dark Age." this quote by Lovecraft describes his idea of horror. His stories are about creatures that are unexplainable and powerful, and merely looking at them can drive a man insane. These themes have culminated into an entire genre named after this man… Lovecraftian.
One of the themes presented by Lovecraft is 'what we think we know'. Do we really know our body, our minds, our homes, our world, our reality? The base of this is showing how much we don't know. An example of this in use is the Outsider. This novel is about a man who exiles himself from others only to find that he is a horror. He purposely ignores the things around him until a mirror shows him how disgustingly inhuman he is.
He also wrote about the ancient and unknown. Ancient Gods make common appearance in Lovecraft's novels. One of His most famous stories is The Call of Cthulhu. It is a short story about a god older than the universe living under the ocean, he has an influence over people that drives them to do awful things.
The most unique thing about Lovecraft's work in that these common themes are what has created the genre Lovecraftian. It stems from how he connected his stories through Necronomicon, a book of evil spells and awful things, and the town of Arkham a fictional town in Massachusetts. Furthermore when Lovecraft was alive he had pen pals which he gave full permission to use elements of his stories, if he could use some of theirs. The result was an expansive fictional mythology deemed the Cthulhu mythos are by himself, his colleagues, and still to this day expanded on by fans of his work.
What's more impressive is the influence he has in other people's work. For example, Stephen King has said he is inspired by Lovecraft; "Lovecraft. . . opened the way for me, as he had done for others before me…. it is his shadow, so long and gaunt, and his eyes, so dark and puritanical, which overlie almost all of the important horror fiction that has come since." One of Kings most popular stories, IT, was strongly influence by lovecraftian. The clown is an ancient entity that feeds on children's fear.
Cinema has also taken many elements of the lovecraftian genre. An example of a movie adaptation is The Void. The Void presents human regrets personified in bodily horrors through a horrifying cult of people that worship an ancient god that resides within a void. The characters are trapped within a hospital ripe with dead bodies that the cult can resurrect in horrifying ways.
H.P. Lovecraft has had more of an impact on entertainment than any other writer, he well deserves an entire genre named after him and his work.
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Q: Poincaré dodecahedron space The Poincaré homology sphere $X$ is constructed by identifying opposite faces of a dodecahedron by a (clockwise) twist of 36 degree.
Many books say its fundamental group $\pi_1(X)$ is the binary icosahedron group, my question is how to prove this. In Ratcliffe's hyperbolic manifold book, there is a theorem of Poincaré about computing $\pi_1$ of such spaces, following this method one can check $\pi_1(X)$ has a presentation of $6$ generators, $a, b, c, d, e, f$ and relations $a=bd=ce=df=eb=fc$ and $f=be$, how to show this is isomorphic to the 120-order icosahedron group? Is there any easy way to see this? Thanks!

A: The  presentation for $\pi_1(X)$ that you write down simplifies to $\langle b, e \mid beb=eb^2e, ebe=be^2b\rangle$. As is well-known, the binary icosahedral group $I^*$ is isomorphic to the group of unimodular, $2\times 2$ matrices over $\mathbb{Z}_5$. An explicit isomorphism $\pi_1(M) \to {\rm SL}(2,5)$ is given by
$$
b \mapsto \begin{pmatrix} 3 & 1 \\\\ -1 & 0 \end{pmatrix}, \quad
e \mapsto \begin{pmatrix} -1 & -1 \\\\ 0 & -1 \end{pmatrix}.
$$

A: You can read the book by Seifert and Threlfall "A textbook of topology", pages 223-225: They
start by writing down a presentation of $\pi_1$ of the Poincare homology sphere (by reading off generators and relators from the identification of faces of the spherical dodecahedron). Then they describe how to transform this presentation to the one of the icosahedral group. No computers are required, just some patience with their somewhat archaic style.

A: A quite direct argument is to solve exercise 4.4.17 in page 252 of Thurston's
book 3-D Geom & Topo - the published one in 1997; in this exercise Thurston
considered the action of the icosahedral group on the unit circle bundle $UTS^2=RP^3$;
this is a free action, and the point is to describe a fundamental domain and show that
the pattern of gluing of its boundary is exactly the same as in the Poincare dodecahedral
space. When doing this exercise,
one may want to notice two things: 1. On $S^2$, each of the $5$ angles of a
spherical pentagon face of a dodecahedron is $120$ degrees, in contrast to
$108$ degrees for a pentagon on plane - this is useful when you try to create a local coordinate system on the circle bundle $UTS^2$; 2. The
fundamental domain Thurston created here does not look like a dodecahedron
in the metric sense - it look like a cylinder over a pentagon base; however
other fundamental domains will mark a line, with quite a slope, on each
of the five side faces and therefore each side face splits into two "pentagons"...
With these in mind, exercise 4.4.17 should be very pleasant to work out.

A: Here we take a 3D pentagon instead of a "spherical pentagon" - does it correspond to Thurston's idea of the fundamental domain?
http://quantumcinema.uni-ak.ac.at/site/research/current-topics/

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Climbing is to be banned in all forms across the globe from midday today. The announcement comes after a binding UN resolution was introduced and passed after shocking footage emerged.
The current secretary-general of the UN António Guterres welcomed the announcement today with this statement – "Protecting people is at the heart of the values of the UN. Today's resolution will stop this wild new extreme sport in its tracks. I want to thank my colleagues for sharing the video of that Alex guy doing the free climb up on the Nose for starting this conversation".
It's believed that the French minister for Foreign affairs was watching a pirated copy of Free Solo during his break and a small crowd gathered around his laptop. A few of the delegation from Norway and San Marino then goaded each other into climbing a modern-art sculpture dedicated to peace in the canteen courtyard and one fell, slightly spraining his ankle.
The shocking level of injury wasn't something the diplomats had been used to, leading to a knee-jerk vote. The only country to abstain was Russia, saying in an official statement – "We don't climb anyway, we've never climbed, we don't know what climbing even is".
While many were shocked at the sudden stop to our well-loved sport, we all knew it was only a matter of time until this happened after the Ten Sleep Canyon incident.
The first rumors of a worldwide ban were reported after an unnamed 24-year old boulderer camped outside of the assigned area at Indian Creek last year. Unconfirmed reports of British trad climbers bribing nesting peregrine falcons with frozen mice to move their nest seem to have fanned the flames.
The National Parks Service is now moving forward with its "temporary" plan to install via ferratas on the popular routes in Yosemite to allow tourists to get the real experience without the unnecessary danger or skill. A 24-month waiting list and two-week mandatory health-and-safety briefing slideshow have now been implemented. Eco-friendly glamping caves will be installed after the pee holes are hosed down and excavated.
Adam Ondra was contacted for a statement but could only be heard screaming in what may or may not have been joy or anger. Alex Honnold commented in a recorded statement, "The person you have called is not available right now, please leave your message after the tone".
Interview with Adam Ondra reacting to news of the ban
Gyms across the US are rebranding to become rope-access training centers and many will be installing industrial light-bulb changing stations at the anchors. It is still unknown whether bouldering is affected by this ban as the 60-year debate on whether it's actually real climbing is still undecided.


Going after SCOTUS nominee by digging for dirt on a family member.
The publications requested these emails under the Maryland Public Information Act (PIA).
Heavy.com listed five facts about Ashley after her husband's nomination. It looks like her "position is a non-partisan position, appointed by the Town Council." Section 5 is very small with only 227 houses and one restaurant.
I have no idea why they would ask for those words from a town manager for such a small place.
I reached out to the reporters at The New York Times and Associated Press and asked for comment. As of now, I have not received an answer, but will update if I do.
What a shame they didn't expend even a fraction of the effort to get Hillary's emails on an illegal server.
As of now, I have not received an answer, but will update if I do.
Please do NOT hold your breath while you wait. We promise to not hold ours either.
What the heck is wrong with these people? I'd ask whether they have no shame–but first they have to have a clue, before you can get to the question of whether they have any shame. Mindless twits spewing poison dosesn't begin to describe these "newsmen".
What's wrong with them? They are trash.
Yes, but above all: fascists.
Imagine if they had power over you.
Can you say zero chance of ever "growing in office?" Even if he was so inclined, this is going to make him completely unsympathetic to anything that has a "D" near it.
This looks like a coordinated attack. The AP went the way they did because the NYT wen the way they did, and vice versa.
This has the stench of desperation.
Yet another signal to would-be nominees; we will turn your life into a living hell. No one in your family is safe.
Or a gun strapped to the back of a toilet tank in an old Italian restaurant will do.
…and why the courts should be a key voting concern in Every. Single. Election.
Hey, look, I agree with the NYT!
And that's why we elected Donald Trump, instead of Hilliary.
What comes next, private investigators following the Kavanuagh's daughters to their favorite fast food place, favorite singer they listen, if they own a cell phone and if they like broccoli or not?
Well, yeah. They have to figure out if the kids are addicted to Diet Coke, after all.
Don't go giving them ideas.
Children? What about his cousins,aunts and uncles?
Why? They're looking for the proverbial pube on a soda can, of course.
They were not even curious about Clinton's emails, or the Foundations business records.
can we request the emails of ALL NYT & AP employees family & friends ?
As easily foreseen, they're not just looking for something they can portray as dirt. They're going to try harassing the nominee's family, spying on them everywhere, giving them the "in your face" treatment when they're out in public, in stores, restaurants, concerts, sports games, libraries, at school, on vacation, everywhere they can find … all in hopes that Nominee Kavanaugh will finally ask for his nomination to be withdrawn. He may be ready for this gauntlet, but they're banking on someone else cracking first.
Despicable, but that's Liberal Activism, and we all have to deal with it. And some have to deal with more of it than others.
Yet another reason to vote not Democrat is that they are immoderate, irresponsible, and unaccountable.
Funny, I don't recall the N.Y. Times or the A.P. seeking out e-mails from the spouse of Justice Kagan prior to her confirmation.
Don't believe she has ever had a spouse.
One thing we know for sure, Mrs. Kavanaugh did not have a bathroom email server. I pray God lets me stay alive long enough to see the NYT go belly up.
They should be careful what they wish for. Now, some poor soul is going to have to read that correspondence. Both of my last two homeowner's associations were bigger than this entity.
If Thomas doesn't retire under Trump then we haven't locked in a Conservative court for a Generation.
ALso if you lose the Seante with the "new rules" you won't get a vote from one Democrat for any Conservative nominee and we be forced to nominate a Kennedy AT BEST.
Just saying people need to do to Thomas what the idiot Left failed to do with Ginsburg who only needs to sit on the Court till she is 90 to outlast Trump's second term.
Thomas could cement the court by retiring before 2020 since we will still have the Senate next term.
Good news is if they're this desperate they must not have anything on Kavanaugh.
It's time to have a work place shooting at the NYT and AP !!
Because Kavanuagh's entire job was to advice President Bush on legal aspects of his policy decisions. If that's no privileged than what is?
They can ask all they want. And they'll get "NO" for an answer and like it.
You would get exactly the same answer from me if Hillary Clinton had been elected preezie (Shudder!) and some conservatives were trying this tactic. But in all sincerity I can't think of any who would sink as low as these leftists.
I seriously doubt that Brett Kavanaugh was so careless as to tell his wife about his work. It was between him and other WH staffers advising the President as well as the President himself. What planet are these reporters from? Who emails their wife? You're going to be going to bed together later.
OK, full disclosure, I did email my wife and she me after I was recalled to active duty following 9/11 and got sent overseas in support of Operation Noble Eagle/Iraqi Freedom. As the saying goes all gave some, some gave all. That killed my marriage. My Japanese wife somehow got it into her head that I had engineered my absence all by my lonesome, just because, and that a bunch of Arabs flying planes into buildings had nothing to do with it.
So as everything at home went pear shaped and I was seven thousand miles away my wife and I did exchange emails about the bank threatening to foreclose and the geyser in the front yard when the pipe burst and the dog trying to rip her arm off and several other divorce related items.
But Kavanaugh was born in D.C. He lives in D.C. or at least the environs of D.C. He was working in the WH for the period in question. Later he was a judge on a court in D.C.
I can't think of a time when I emailed my wife when we were living in the same country and the same city and were regularly meeting face-to-face. Like, every night, which is certainly what Brett Kavanaugh and his wife do.
Who here is married and lives with their spouse and regularly emails them? I never did until it was too late, preferring to pick up the phone and call. Now that I'm divorced that's what I do with the girls I date.
And when I was in the Navy I had a security clearance that was necessary for my work. I never sent an email to ANYBODY about my work. I can't believe that Kavanaugh would have been any less discreet about his work at the WH. I could be wrong as I never underestimate the potential of human stupidity (the Naval Intelligence motto: "in God we trust, all others we monitor"). But my instincts are telling me the AP/NYT is mining an empty shaft. And that they're not going to get what they demand when a law enforcement agency would need a search warrant.
The vast majority of government records are supposed available under the Freedom of Information Act. In theory, all you have to do is submit a request and pay the cost of reproducing the records.
I'm pretty sure this was the primary motivator for Hillary setting up her homebrew server… she wanted to enrich her corrupt self but didn't want the little people to be able to see what she was doing.
I still get a chuckle every time I think about that vile witch melting down on election night.
Yeah, that still gives the warm-all-over feeling of drinking hot mulled wine by the fireplace as a storm rages outside combined with opening presents on Christmas morning plus winning the trifecta at the track while also winning the lottery and going on vacation.
Is that how it makes you feel? Added bonus: the hag is apparently running again. The gift just won't f'n stop giving.
Mrs. Kavenaugh is such a winsome sweetheart…they are going to do nothing but build sympathy for the Kavenaughs and revulsion for themselves by attempting to criminalize such a Suzy Homemaker.
Almost makes me want to do a public records request of my congresscritter's email and include as a keyword list the index of the urban dictionary.


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