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A Nearly Extinct Butterfly Makes a Comeback in South Florida
Entomology Today	 March 21, 2016	 23 Comments
An Atala butterfly (Eumaeus atala). Photo by Scott Zona [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons.
By Richard Levine
An article published in the journal Florida Entomologist tells the story of a butterfly that was nearly gone, but is now recovering. In fact, it's doing so well that some people consider it to be a pest.
Back in 1888, the Atala butterfly was so numerous that it was called "the most conspicuous insect" in South Florida, but half a century later, in the 1950s, it was thought to be "probably extinct." Fortunately, the butterfly was actually hiding deep in the remaining pine rocklands and tropical hammocks of coastal southeastern Florida, where its host plant still remained.
The Atala butterfly (Eumaeus atala) relies on a plant called coontie (Zamia integrifolia) in the same way that monarch butterflies rely on milkweed species. Atala females lay their eggs on coontie, the only native cycad in North America — and only on coontie (or on other cycads brought to South Florida as ornamental plants) — and after the eggs hatch, the caterpillars munch on the coontie leaves.
Unfortunately for the butterfly, people also like coontie. Native Americans and European settlers harvested the roots as a source of starch that was capable of withstanding the high humidity and temperatures of Florida. Although the coontie plant contains numerous neurotoxins, they are water-soluble and the plant was heavily utilized as a mold-proof harvest. It was exploited to the extent that it was simultaneously sold during the Indian-American Wars to both the Indians and the U.S. Army, and it was also sold to European markets as gourmet flour.
Previously, so much coontie grew along the New River in Fort Lauderdale that the Indians called it the "Coontie Hatchee," meaning the "the Coontie River." But by the 1920s, all of the coontie plants within a reasonable distance had been harvested.
The butterfly, of course, went down with the plant.
Luckily, the University of Florida's McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiveristy received donated preserved specimens of Atala butterflies, which offered clues about them. The specimens had been collected in pine rockland habitat in southeast Florida (now part of the Everglades National Park), so scientists knew for sure that they once lived there. They also knew that some coontie plants were still growing there.
In 1979, a local naturalist "discovered" an Atala butterfly colony on one of the barrier islands along the coast of Miami, and that's when the recovery began.
"As far as we know, every extant colony in South Florida originated from that colony," said Sandy Koi, one of the co-authors. "It is only because of the dedication of scientists and local citizens that the butterfly has recovered to the point that it may be considered a pest in botanical gardens and developments that use the also-recovering coontie plants as ornamental landscaping."
That's right. The Atala butterfly was incredibly abundant, then nearly extinct, and now its numbers are high enough to annoy people as the larvae eat their expensive plants to the ground. On the other hand, many individuals and botanical gardens seek out this rare and beautiful butterfly for their gardens, so they plant and grow coontie as Atala food.
"I have been using this fact in order to implement an integrated pest management method," Sandy said. "Along with dedicated volunteers, we remove the unwanted colonies of both plants and butterfly immature life stages, and install the removed pupae or larvae into the gardens that want to host them."
In recent years, there's been a big push in South Florida to plant native ornamentals back into landscapes and gardens. As a result, there are coontie plants all over the southern counties. Now that the host is back in the landscape, the butterfly is back too.
"I have this butterfly in my garden since I grow the host plant," said Thomas Chouvenc, a researcher at the University of Florida, based in Fort Lauderdale. "It's a delight to see them fly around. The plants get munched, but they always come back".
The article, published in Florida Entomologist, also revealed new insights on the unique biology of the Atala butterfly.
– New and Revised Life History of the Florida Hairstreak Eumaeus atala (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) with Notes on its Current Conservation Status
– Featured Creatures: The Atala Butterfly
Richard Levine is Communications Program Manager at the Entomological Society of America and editor of the Entomology Today Blog.
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James B. Wood says:
You can see the butterfly and the host plant at Mounts Botanical Garden in Palm Beach County.
sandykoi says:
You can also see the butterfly at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden (http://www.fairchildgarden.org/) where the Atala and the coontie happily live in a delicate balance!
Pat Brown says:
Today I saw three atala butterflies in my yard in downtown Vero Beach in Indian River County. I have a row of large coontie in the front of the house. I have photos.
Terri Smith says:
Yesterday there were several atala butterflies at Green Cay Nature Center in Boynton Beach FL.
michael gebhart says:
I live in Miami.
Sandra Koi says:
Email me at sandykoi2009 at gmail dot com. We can get Atalas for you in Miami.
Where can I get the Atala caterpillars? I have the host Coontie plants. I saw some eggs and subsequently found Atala shortly after, but no colony established. I would love to have an established colony.
Michael, We can help you establish a colony. Please email me sandykoi2009 at gmail dot com!
Eros Perez says:
Could you help me too have an establish a colony of Atala butterfly. I have a butterfly garden in Miami with a lot of coonties. About 4 years ago I was successful with my Atala project, having about 12 or more of them in my garden and having them lay eggs on the coonties but after the fumigation for the mosquitoes (my guess) they disappeared. I have visited several nurseries in the area, including Richard Lions, where I initially bought the young coonties with the eggs but have not found the butterfly anymore. Please, let me know. Thanks
Eros Perez
Eros, yes, we can help you. Email me at sandykoi2009@gmail.com
Michelle KRug says:
This afternoon had several Atala butterflies in my yard in Margate fla. I have never seen them in this part of Broward county.
Sandy Koi says:
Feel free to email me at sandykoi2009 at gmail dot com. Would love to hear more about your colony!
Hi Michelle, Please let me know where in Margate you are; send me a message at sandykoi2009 at gmail.com.
Anna Straight says:
I live in southern Brevard County. I obviously have some kind of coontie ornamental. The leaves have been completely eaten away. Yesterday I saw an Atala on the bush. Upon closer inspection I have found at least 25 caterpillars munching away on the branches, Looks like the Atala is moving north!
Please email me at sandykoi2009 at gmail dot com. Brevard Zoo has a colony in their display…would like to know where you live in relation.
Louise poo says:
Hi just took a photo of the coonti butterfly sipping necter from my garlic vine! Fabulous to see!
Wish everyone would email me at sandykoi2009 at gmail dot come! Where are you? What's the scientific name for your garlic vine?!
Walter Morris says:
I live in Hollywood, FL, Broward County and have Atala with Cooney plant in our back yard. Many caterpillars and pupa. Usually see one butterfly only. So excited.
Morrisjesusloves
I have had an explosion of atala butterflies hatch twice in Boca Raton in the past 4 months! I've had two coontie plants for at least 6 yrs and only had a few hatch before. I also planted an indigoberry tree for the butterfly's nectar source. They are all over the wild coffee, cocoplum and spanish needle flowers and flying everywhere! So awesome! I'm concerned that the plants will not revive in time for there to be enough food for the caterpillars. I think I need to purchase more coonties soon to continue the colony.
eddy barreda says:
AJ, how many coontie plants do you have?
Anne Joyner says:
The plants came back beautifully!
Please let me know where in Boca you are; send me an email sandykoi2009 at gmail.com.
I'm willing to except some larvae. I have a coontie patch in my butterfly garden. I live in N Miami Beach.


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Fifty years later: A View from Washington
Par David T. Jones le 10 juin 2010
As a truth in writing caveat, one must admit up front that Washington is paying no attention to Quebec. It barely pays attention to Canada (except during this time of year as a possible destination for a vacation/fishing trip); it notices Quebec only when the province is in extremis: in the throes of a "tear the country apart" referendum or, perhaps, with a dramatic winter storm with great media visuals of marching files of ice-toppled hydroelectric towers.
So one has to be pretty deeply into Canada/Quebec experience, beyond the tourist's appreciation of Montreal's summer music festivals or Quebec City's winter ice carnivals (complete with ice hotel), to even have heard of the "Quiet Revolution."
Still, there is no question that the Quiet Revolution is as important for 21st century Quebec as the American Revolution (a much noisier event) was for the 19th century United States. During this epoch, Quebec clearly took very substantial control of its provincial political life and economic activity, as well as (most obviously for English speakers) control over the use of the French and English languages in the province. The Quiet Revolution moved the concept of an independent Quebec (in some form of association with the rest of Canada--or none at all) from the vague intellectual musings of parlor politics to a movement that has often seemed on the verge of fruition. Quite clearly the role of English speakers in Quebec politics or the government bureaucracy doesn't even approach minority group tokenism. That their import for economics and finance is greater demonstrates that money trumps politics.
Accompanying the Quiet Revolution across the province, there was an obvious surge of "can do"--or "We'll show them" attitude. Most obvious was the development of the massive Hydro Quebec dam complex, which doubters suggested was well beyond the capabilities of Quebecois technology. Obviously, it was not, and Quebec is unquestionably one of the centers for such hydroelectric engineering, with the Chinese Three Gorges dams consulting with Quebec (among many others) for their plans. And there is no question that when the economics and finances combine appropriately, the technological expertise to construct a Great Whale hydroelectric complex is not in question.
Perhaps most historically and socially bemusing, however, was the fate of the Quebec Catholic Church following the Quiet Revolution. Previously, the strength of the Church in Quebec was one of the defining characteristics of the province. For some observers, it reflected poorly on the Francophone population; they were characterized as "priest ridden." Bruce Hutchinson's iconic 1942 examination of Canada as the Unknown Country was more than a bit condescending toward French Canadians, depicting them as hearty sons of the soil and forest, dominated by the desire for children, totally and forever into the future to be directed by their village priests.
And that Catholic Quebec has evaporated; it is epitomized by the brief scene in Barbarian Invasions depicting masses of Catholic statuary warehoused and forgotten. From a society that quietly mouthed "the revenge of the cradle"--with massive population growth from fecund Quebecois--Quebec birthrate has plunged. From a society in which the priest held sway in virtually every element of personal life, Quebec now has as its standard "common law" marriage. While traditional churches throughout North America have lost members, it is hard to find a devout believer in Quebec.
As one of the puzzlements that I faced when arriving in Ottawa in 1992 at the U.S. embassy, I regularly asked, "Why did this happen?" Answers were rarely profound; at best it seemed to a vague conclusion that the Church had provided the outlet for "political" energy and social action when it wasn't available within the normal governing structure of the province. And perhaps there is no deeper answer. Quebecois have simply moved on, leaving unresolved whether there is any potential for serious Catholic Church revival or whether Catholicism in Quebec is the intellectual equivalent of coureurs de bois fur traders.
Quebec today is both highly successful--and greatly challenged. Quebecois live comfortably in North American luxury but with debt levels (and partly sustained Canadian government subsidies) that ultimately are not supportable. That extracting themselves from the debt/deficit trap will be distinctly painful is evidenced by Premier Charest "Great Satan" level of unpopularity following relatively modest tax increases. And its political consequences, including the potential resurgence of a sovereigntist movement, still hovering at about 40 percent of popular preference, is another unknown.
Indeed, the Quiet Revolution may ultimately be depicted as the mechanism that made Quebec sovereignty technically possible while making it unnecessary for achieving Quebecois political, economic, and sociocultural objectives.
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Verse 9-12 — We should notice in others what is good, to their praise, that we may engage them to abound therein more and more. All who are savingly taught of God, are taught to love one another. The teaching of the Spirit exceeds the teachings of men; and men's teaching is vain and useless, unless God teach. Those remarkable for this or any other grace, need to increase therein, as well as to persevere to the end. It is very desirable to have a calm and quiet temper, and to be of a peaceable and quiet behaviour. Satan is busy to trouble us; and we have in our hearts what disposes us to be unquiet; therefore let us study to be quiet. Those who are busy-bodies, meddling in other men's matters, have little quiet in their own minds, and cause great disturbances among their neighbours. They seldom mind the other exhortation, to be diligent in their own calling, to work with their own hands. Christianity does not take us from the work and duty of our particular callings, but teaches us to be diligent therein. People often by slothfulness reduce themselves to great straits, and are liable to many wants; while such as are diligent in their own business, earn their own bread, and have great pleasure in so doing.
Verse 13-18 — Here is comfort for the relations and friends of those who die in the Lord. Grief for the death of friends is lawful; we may weep for our own loss, though it may be their gain. Christianity does not forbid, and grace does not do away, our natural affections. Yet we must not be excessive in our sorrows; this is too much like those who have no hope of a better life. Death is an unknown thing, and we know little about the state after death; yet the doctrines of the resurrection and the second coming of Christ, are a remedy against the fear of death, and undue sorrow for the death of our Christian friends; and of these doctrines we have full assurance. It will be some happiness that all the saints shall meet, and remain together for ever; but the principal happiness of heaven is to be with the Lord, to see him, live with him, and enjoy him for ever. We should support one another in times sorrow; not deaden one another's spirits, or weaken one another's hands. And this may be done by the many lessons to be learned from the resurrection of the dead, and the second coming of Christ. What! comfort a man by telling him he is going to appear before the judgment-seat of God! Who can feel comfort from those words? That man alone with whose spirit the Spirit of God bears witness that his sins are blotted out, and the thoughts of whose heart are purified by the Holy Spirit, so that he can love God, and worthily magnify his name. We are not in a safe state unless it is thus with us, or we are desiring to be so.


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One of the main socio-economic indicators of backwardness of the Muslim community in India is the way waqf property is misused. The issue was studied by Rajinder Sachar, whose report renowned as Sachar Committee Report tabled in the Parliament of India in 2006 is a detailed analysis of the pathetic conditions of the Muslim community in the educational, political and economic scenarios. According to the report, there are 490,000 registered Waqf with landed properties spreading over 600,000 acres – 240,000 hectares – that will cost Rs 120,000 billion – USD 2400 billion. According to K. Rehman Khan, the Chairman of the Joint Parliament Committee (JPC) – which was constituted to study the issue – the third largest ownership of land after the Indian Railways and the country's defence department is that of the Waqf. T.K. Saidalikutty and B.M.Jamal, Chairman and CEO of Kerala Waqf Board respectively, said that Kerala has nearly 34,000 acres of registered Waqf land.
So, to think of proper ways to preserve and maintain this common wealth is as important as starting schools and colleges. Often, the community is directly responsible for its land lying idle. As it has already been duly registered as Waqf property, we can't point an accusing finger at the governmental apathy and ostracism. However, we can't close our eyes to the fact that some vested interest groups in the administration misappropriate Waqf land all across the country. The Joint Parliament Committee (JPC) pointed out a few years back that encroachments of Waqf properties by India's state governments and private individuals were common in all states. But rather than waiting for the government to intervene, the community must thrash out strategies to preserve the land.
The project for the construction of a mall on a Waqf property jointly launched in Kerala by the Cheraman Financial Services Limited (CFSL, India's first interest-free financial services company backed by the Government), the Kerala State Waqf Board and the Kannur Muslim Jama'at in the second week of September is seen as a vanguard project in India to develop and make productive Waqf land that lay idle. The CFSL, which follows ethical investment principles in its activities and was established with equity participation of private investors-mostly from Gulf-based Non-Resident Indians (NRIs)-recently got permission from the Reserve Bank of India to function as a non-banking finance company, will construct the mall in Kannur district of Kerala. The mall has been proposed to have 25,724 square feet of building space being constructed on the Build, Operate and Transfer (BOT) basis. After creating value on the property and sharing the rental income for 18 years, the property will be returned to the Waqf authority.
The foundation-stone-laying ceremony of the venture was convened in Kannur in the first week of September. In the presidential address, the CFSL Chairman Dr P. Mohamed Ali said that the venture with an authorized capital of Rs ten billion (USD 200 million) aims at creating value for Waqf properties to make them productive. For attracting investments, the CFSL would be adopting a Shariah-compliant approach. He cited the examples of countries like the US, the UK, Hong Kong and Japan that took Shariah-complaint legislative steps to attract investments from the West Asia.
"CFSL's business model is based on interest-free financing (IFF), which is based on the economic principles of Sharia," said its Managing Director A.P.M. Mohammed Hanish. This would mean that there would be no speculative business and no Sharia-banned business ventures. Hanish noted that the Gulf countries have invested huge amounts of sovereign and individual funds abroad and a sizeable chunk of these were in IFF businesses. "CFSL will woo a portion of these funds so that Kerala's and India's infrastructure can be developed," he said.
Waqf in Islamic history is generally considered as a religious and charitable provision for providing public goods from education to health care to water supply and highway facilities on a voluntary basis. The emphasis on its socio-economic role came to the fore with the public sector starting to withdraw from performing an active economic role in the development of the Muslim community. It assumes significance in the context of the misuse of Waqf properties in the country. The JPC report records that almost 70 per cent of the Waqf property has been encroached upon. Of the remaining land, cases of corruption abound. In most of the cases, land is disposed off to builders, markets, hotels, industries and individuals at an unimaginably low rate of rents or leases. According to a report, more than 75 per cent of India's national capital, Delhi, was owned by the Waqf but most of its properties were illegally occupied. This was because of the inadequate Waqf management laws. In most of the Indian states, the Waqf boards have become deeply mired in corruption and this can be gauged from the land scams like the one related to the Maharashtra Waqf Board that is reported to have given 4,535 square meters of land in a prime area to Mukesh Ambani for his 27-storey apartment. Another example is the case of the land worth more than Rs six billion in Bangalore leased to a famous hotel for a paltry amount.
During the Muslim rule in India, there was no central body to preserve Waqf properties, set aside by emperors, nawabs and Muslims in the country for the upkeep of orphans, widows and for other social causes like education and healthcare. In British India, all the Muslim and non-Muslim endowments were managed by provincial governments and after India's Independence, the management of Waqf properties was brought under the Central Waqf Council which has also proved to be a toothless body. Justice Sachar Committee had suggested an overhauling of the Waqf boards in the states as most of those who manned the top post were simply not qualified – it found that the CEO in Uttar Pradesh was a person from Unani medicine background while his counterpart in Shillong was class 10 failed. There were also suggestions for an Indian Waqf Service on the lines of Indian Administrative Service.


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Q: Why don't I see any increase in my run speed when I equip an item with Fleet Primal Diamond? I have a head item with a Fleet Primal Diamond equipped in the meta socket. The text of Fleet Primal Diamond says: "+27 mastery and minor run speed increase". However, when I equip it, I don't see any change in the run speed reported in the stats window. It says 110% both before and after. Does this gem not work anymore? Am I too high level?

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http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/16490709295?page=2#25
Blizzard changed the movement speed buffs without documenting them.

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Laiguèglia (L'Aigheuja in ligure ) è un comune italiano di  abitanti della provincia di Savona in Liguria.

Geografia fisica

Laigueglia è un piccolo borgo di mare, simile a molti paesi della Liguria, circondato dai comuni di Alassio e Andora e dal mar Ligure ad est. Esso si estende sulla costa della Riviera Ligure di Ponente, presso la baia del Sole, delimitata tra Capo Santa Croce e Capo Mele. Per la superficie territoriale - 2,72 km2 - è l'ente comunale più piccolo della provincia savonese.

Storia
Secondo alcune supposizioni storiche l'origine del termine Laigueglia deriverebbe dal nome Aquilia, quest'ultimo derivante dall'insegna delle legioni dell'Impero romano - l'aquila - che qui attraversavano questo tratto di ponente ligure lungo la via Iulia Augusta. La zona dall'XI secolo fu in possesso dei monaci benedettini dell'abbazia di San Martino dell'isola Gallinara assieme a tutto il territorio ingauno. Tuttavia, le prime testimonianze scritte del territorio laiguegliese risalirebbero al XII secolo quando, dopo essere stato compreso nel Contado di Albenga, il feudo firmò nel 1191 un giuramento di fedeltà verso la Repubblica di Genova, che sottopose per suo conto ad un locale podestà la gestione amministrativa, economica e giuridica del borgo.

Abitato per lo più da pescatori, tra i secoli XII e XIII il territorio di Laigueglia subì una forte immigrazione di abitanti catalani che qui si stanziarono con le loro famiglie e contribuendo alla già locale raccolta del corallo lungo il promontorio di Capo Mele. Per tutto il XV secolo e quello successivo il borgo costiero conobbe una fiorente attività legata alla marineria e al commercio e conseguentemente fu spesso preda degli assalti pirateschi, come peraltro accadde in molte località della riviera ligure. Tra gli sbarchi più efferati e disastrosi quelli compiuti dall'ammiraglio turco Dragut e da Khayr Al Din, detto il Barbarossa. Quest'ultimo, ammiraglio al servizio dell'imperatore Solimano, tentò l'attacco all'indifeso borgo di Laigueglia nel corso del 1543 sottoponendo la cittadina ad un furioso cannoneggiamento dal mare; furono le navi genovesi a scacciare la flotta turca, mentre gli abitanti avevano già preventivamente cercato rifugio lungo le colline e l'entroterra. Lo sbarco a terra fu invece più fortunoso al Dragut, nel 1546, che depredò il borgo e facendo un buon numero di ostaggi tra l'inerme popolazione: solo l'intervento del capitano Giulio Berno di Alassio portò ad un epilogo meno tragico dell'episodio piratesco.

A seguito di questi episodi e di altri assalti lungo le coste del levante e del ponente ligure, il Senato della Repubblica di Genova promosse nei suoi territori una nuova politica di avvistamento e di difesa delle Riviere invitando le varie località costiere a munirsi di torri, di bastioni e di cinte murarie; a questo periodo risalirebbero i tre torrioni di Laigueglia, di cui solo quello lungo la marina è l'unico superstite. Anche il Seicento fu per il piccolo borgo laiguegliese un secolo proficuo nel settore commerciale-marittimo dove si assistette ad un accrescere del trasporto di olio d'oliva, di granaglie e di vino, con un traffico di oltre 100 bastimenti al mese. Pure l'andamento demografico vide un aumento considerevole della popolazione grazie ad un fenomeno migratorio dalla vicina Andora.

Caduta la Repubblica di Genova, la nuova municipalità di Laigueglia rientrò dal 2 dicembre 1797 nel Dipartimento del Letimbro, con capoluogo Savona, all'interno della Repubblica Ligure. Dal 28 aprile del 1798 fece parte del II cantone, come capoluogo, della Giurisdizione del Capo delle Mele e dal 1803 centro principale del V cantone di Alassio nella Giurisdizione degli Ulivi. Annesso al Primo Impero francese dal 13 giugno 1805 al 1814 fu inserito nel Dipartimento di Montenotte.

Violento fu il bombardamento navale del 27 giugno 1812 da parte della flotta inglese contro l'esercito francese; il tentativo di sbarco fu respinto grazie al valore dei laiguegliesi ed al sacrificio del comandante del battaglione del 52º fanteria di linea Beniamino Garnier, decorato della Legione d'Onore e che trovò la morte accanto al fuciliere Giuseppe Burle sotto la loggia della chiesa dell'Immacolata Concezione.

Nel 1815 fu inglobato nella provincia di Albenga del Regno di Sardegna, così come stabilì il Congresso di Vienna del 1814, e successivamente nel Regno d'Italia dal 1861. Dal 1859 al 1926 il territorio fu compreso nel VI mandamento di Alassio del circondario di Albenga facente parte della provincia di Genova; nel 1927 con la soppressione del circondario ingauno passò, per pochi mesi, nel circondario di Savona e, infine, sotto la neo costituita provincia di Savona.

Dal 1973 al 31 dicembre 2008 ha fatto parte della Comunità montana Ingauna.

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Lo stemma ufficiale e il gonfalone sono stati approvati con l'apposito decreto del Presidente della Repubblica datato al 23 febbraio del 1952.

Monumenti e luoghi d'interesse

Architetture religiose
 Chiesa parrocchiale di San Matteo nel centro storico di Laigueglia. Eretta in stile barocco tra il 1754 e il 1783 è fiancheggiata da due piccoli campanili gemelli sormontati da cupole di maiolica colorata. Al suo interno sono conservati, oltre al tabernacolo e un'acquasantiera di marmo del XVI secolo, pregiati dipinti di pittori genovesi del Cinquecento e del Seicento.
 Oratorio di Santa Maria Maddalena nel centro storico di Laigueglia. Annesso direttamente alla parrocchiale, ad est, si trova l'oratorio di Santa Maria Maddalena, a pianta rettangolare, costruito tra il 1616 e il 1634 nello stesso luogo dove sorgeva, nel Cinquecento, la sede di una Confraternita dei Disciplinanti. Tra le opere all'interno vi sono una pala di Domenico Piola del 1676, raffigurante la Maddalena penitente assistita dagli angeli, una statua rappresentante Cristo morto e un altro dipinto, abbastanza deteriorato, con la Vergine fra san Pietro e sant'Antonio Abate. È inoltre presente un grande crocifisso del Seicento con ornamenti d'argento alle estremità dei bracci. Completano l'arredo dell'oratorio due file di panconi laterali del Seicento e una cantoria del Settecento.
 Chiesa dell'Immacolata Concezione a Laigueglia, del 1661.
 Chiesa di San Sebastiano, all'interno del cimitero laiguegliese, già sede del locale lazzaretto per le truppe di passaggio e per i marinai posti in quarantena.
 Chiesetta della Madonna del Carmine a Laigueglia, costruita nel 1648.
 Cappella di Santa Maria a Laigueglia.
 Santuario di Nostra Signora delle Penne, presso uno sperone del promontorio di Capo Mele, edificato dalla comunità catalana nel corso del XVII secolo.

Architetture militari

Le frequenti incursioni piratesche a Laigueglia e lungo il territorio della Repubblica di Genova costrinse molte località della costa a dotarsi di postazione d'avvistamento e di difesa. Proprio sulla riva del mare resta soltanto uno dei tre torrioni cinquecenteschi edificati a Laigueglia, quello denominato "il Baluardo" o "Bastione di Levante".

Gli altri due, rispettivamente "del Giunchetto" presso il promontorio di Capo Mele e "di Mezzo", furono demoliti per ordine napoleonico il primo, per far passare la nuova strada carrozzabile lungo la costa, e il secondo per far posto a palazzo Rosso.

Società

Evoluzione demografica

Etnie e minoranze straniere

Secondo i dati Istat al 31 dicembre 2019, i cittadini stranieri residenti a Laigueglia sono , così suddivisi per nazionalità, elencando per le presenze più significative:

 Marocco,
 Romania,
 Albania,

Qualità della vita
Il comune è stato recensito come uno dei borghi più belli d'Italia.

Cultura

Media

Musica

Nell'album Un incontro in jazz di Gino Paoli viene eseguito un brano dal titolo Canzone di Laigueglia composta da Rosario Bonaccorso con parole dello stesso Paoli.

Cinema
A Laigueglia sono state girate alcune scene del film Inkheart - La leggenda di cuore d'inchiostro del 2008 di Iain Softley e con protagonisti Brendan Fraser, Andy Serkis, Helen Mirren, Jim Broadbent e Paul Bettany.

Cucina
Oltre ai piatti e prodotti tipici della cucina ligure, la gastronomia di Laigueglia contempla diversi prodotti culinari come i frisciöi de gianchetti (frittelle di bianchetti), le fritture di zerri e totani e zuppe di pesce pescato nel golfo di Capo Mele.

Tra i dolci i baci di Laigueglia a base di cioccolato, il pane del marinaio (o del pescatore), i marunsìn (biscotti duri a base di mandorle), é paste d'amandùa, é papuétte è treïe (dolci a base di mandorle ricoperte di glassa con la caratteristica forma di paperetta e triglia) e frittelle dolci a base di farina e uvetta dette balette de San Maté, queste ultime preparate per le festività patronali in onore di san Matteo.

Eventi

 "Sbarco dei Saraceni", a fine luglio o i primi quindici giorni di agosto. La manifestazione è una rievocazione storica in costume, nata alla metà degli anni settanta del XX secolo, di un fatto realmente accaduto il 25 luglio 1546 durante l'assalto dell'ammiraglio turco Dragut.
 "Percfest", la seconda settimana di giugno, festival jazz internazionale per percussionisti.
 "Queste piazze davanti al mare", rassegna di musica d'autore, presentazione libri e diffusione della cultura popolare.
 "Il salto dell'acciuga", a metà ottobre durante il weekend. Il nome fa riferimento al libro "Il salto dell'acciuga" di Nico Orengo. Concerti, letture, street food di pesce (prevalentemente a base di acciughe), workshop e musica costituiscono le attività principali.
"Trofeo Laigueglia", corsa in linea maschile di ciclismo su strada, nel 2013 ha compiuto 50 anni. Tra i vincitori delle edizioni Eddy Merckx, Roger De Vlaeminck, Giuseppe Saronni, Lance Armstrong, Johan Museeuw, Michele Bartoli, Filippo Pozzato, Alessandro Ballan.

Economia

Laigueglia basa la sua attività prevalente sul turismo e sulla pesca locale. È dotata di numerosi alberghi, ristoranti, bar, stazioni balneari, campeggio. Sulle colline è presente una rigogliosa macchia mediterranea, alternata a coltivazioni di ortaggi e frutta.

Infrastrutture e trasporti

Strade
Il territorio di Laigueglia è attraversato principalmente dalla strada statale 1 Via Aurelia che permette il collegamento stradale con Alassio, ad est, e con Andora sul versante opposto.

Ferrovie
Laigueglia è dotata di una stazione ferroviaria sulla linea ferroviaria Ventimiglia-Genova nel tratto locale compreso tra Ventimiglia e Savona.

Amministrazione

Gemellaggi
Laigueglia è gemellata con:

  Höhr-Grenzhausen, Germania, dal 1972
  Semur-en-Auxois, Francia, dal 2000
  La Thuile, Valle d'Aosta, dal 2013

Sport
Laigueglia è celebre per ospitare nel mese di febbraio il Trofeo Laigueglia, corsa ciclistica di apertura del calendario ciclistico italiano.

Il 6 settembre 2011 nella cittadina si è conclusa dopo 170 km la prima tappa (Paesana-Laigueglia) della prima edizione del Giro di Padania.

Note

Voci correlate
 Faro di Capo Mele
 Scoglio Tontonara

Altri progetti

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We live in a culture that prizes youthfulness and scoffs at age. You can see it if you pay attention to advertising. It's blatant. You don't even have to pay close attention.
I find it to be disgusting. Our lack of appreciation for the natural progression of human life . . . I find it especially sad because lots of this advertising targets women. Women who should be given the opportunity to feel some satisfaction with the fulness of a life well spent rather than the shame of having "unwanted" wrinkles.
Lots of people would say that at age 26 I'm still pretty much youthful.
My students either guess my age as being 15 or 57. It's a toss up. Half the time they're way off because they think I'm older and half the time they say, "I just think you're like a teenager!" Folks tell me to be flattered by the latter comment, but I'm not so sure . . .
People are horrified at the idea of having gray hair. Even friends close to my age express panic when their first white or gray hairs come in.
Perhaps my own experience has been counter cultural . . . None of the women in my immediate family circle have ever dyed their hair to avoid natural aging - and I don't plan to either. There's something glorious about my mother's salt and pepper hair - something honest. Something beautiful.
Sometimes I wonder - have we forgotten how to love wisdom in the midst of our culture? Even our Christian culture???
Don't get me wrong - wisdom and age are not always synonymous . . . but more often than not they are connected.
For me, loving wisdom does NOT mean only singing the old songs. But it does mean learning from them - which ones became precious and why? How can we write like that in the present? How can we draw from the experiences of our loved ones who have lived more than we have?
Wisdom. The depth of spirit and heart that so often comes from experience and time. I don't know any young women who can gently press a pie crust into submission the way my Mom can.
But then, she has years and years of doing this. Years of watching what more or less moisture will do, what kind of flour seems to do best . . . years of knowing just how the oven needs to be treated.
The first time I ever memorized something to sing for a small audience I was probably 13 or 14. I'd been asked to come and sing "In the Garden" for a group of older folks who met for Bible study on Wednesday night at my home church.
The group was led by a wonderful retired pastor named Dan Kelly. My sister and I had always loved Mr. Kelly because whenever he visited our home he would tell us colorful stories - our favorite being his story of finding a possum in his garage.
So I felt like I could trust those people. I don't remember being scared to sing for them. And nobody played the piano for me - I just sang the tune by myself. And I could feel it . . . like it was part of the air around me - LOVE. Love coming from them . . . love being given to me.
I've played my songs for lots of "young" audiences - coffeehouses full of people my own age. And I've learned something from these experiences. It's me giving all the love in that situation - it's me pouring out my heart and soul to try and make these other people my age feel like they don't have to prove something to each other. It's exhausting. It takes everything I have.
Yesterday I played a concert in a retirement home.
Probably 30 people were gathered to hear it. I played 2 classical pieces, 6 of my own songs, and then I took out the hymnal and said, "Name your favorite tune and if it's in here, we'll sing all the verses you want."
We sang songs that lots of people would consider to be "old," but you know what? Songs aren't old unless we devalue them. Unless they were lacking value in the first place.
These songs weren't old because the people singing them knew that they were still precious.
This is a beautiful song by Sara Groves . . . and it says everything.
I'm not saying that I don't like to play for people my own age . . . I'm just saying . . . we can't forget what is precious. We can't be fooled into thinking that the only precious things are the things of our youth. We have to know that when God promises us life that is "abundant," He is promising something bigger than we understand.
Popularity is a goal apart from God. It has nothing to do with God . . . I say this to myself often because as a writer of songs I am tempted by the desire to be popular with music lovers my own age. But God never has told me who my audience is . . . or where the music is meant to go. All of that just falls into place. I don't imagine any of my favorite composers writing music because they longed for popularity . . . they wrote mostly because they had to write. They loved to write.
It was precious to them.


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Avvocato, socialista, è stato assessore regionale alla Sanità e vicepresidente della Regione Campania, deputato alla Camera nella IX legislatura dal 1983 al 1985 con il Partito Socialista Italiano e consigliere comunale. È stato anche consigliere di amministrazione del Banco di Napoli e dell'Isveimer.

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Good fences make good neighbors – the government's reaction to cybercrime and the development of technology and the Internet
Some of you probably know that as a hobby I publish books in translation from Eastern European languages into English and Dutch – http://www.glagoslav.com. One of my recent publications is the book written by a prominent Russian attorney Anatoly Kucherena, who has been handling the case of Snowden in Russia. The author has written a book based on the true story of his client Edward Snowden – Time of the Octopus, which has become the basis for the script of the recently released Hollywood movie "Snowden" directed by Oliver Stone a prominent US film director.
Edward Snowden became widely known for being a whistleblower, leaking a large amount of confidential information on the "espionage activities" of the CIA, the NSA and the GCHQ to the press. The movie amongst others shows the use of the 'PRISM' program, through which the NSA could intercept telecommunications on a large scale and without prior, individual judicial authorization. Many people will see these activities as far removed and describe them as a depiction of American scenes. The legal reality we live in shows the contrary. What many don't know is that comparable situations occur more often than you think. Even in the Netherlands. Namely, on December 20, 2016 the Dutch House of Representatives passed the rather privacy sensitive bill "Computercriminaliteit III" ("Cybercrime III").
Computercriminaliteit III
The bill Computercriminaliteit III, which still needs to be passed by the Dutch Senate and of which many already pray for its failure, is meant to give investigating officers (police, the Royal Constabulary and even special investigating authorities such as the FIOD) the ability to investigate (i.e. copy, observe, intercept and make inaccessible information on) 'automated operations' or 'computerised devices' (for the layman: devices such as computers and cell phones) in order to detect serious crime. According to the government it proved necessary to grant investigating officers the ability to – bluntly put – spy on its citizens as modern times have caused crime to become hardly traceable due to an increasing digital anonymity and encryption of data. The explanatory memorandum published in connection to the bill, which is a great difficult-to-read tome of 114 pages, described five aims on the grounds of which the investigating powers may be used:
The establishment and capturing of certain details of the computerised device or of the user, such as the identity or location: more specifically, this means that investigating officers can secretly access computers, routers and mobile phones in order to obtain information such as an IP address or IMEI number.
The recording of data stored in the computerised device: investigating officers may record data that are needed in order to 'establish the truth' and solve serious crime. One can think of the recording of images of child pornography and login details for closed communities.
Making data inaccessible: it will become possible to make data with which a crime is committed inaccessible in order to end the crime or prevent future crimes. According to the explanatory memorandum, it should in this way become possible to combat botnets.
The execution of a warrant for the interception and recording of (confidential) communications: under certain conditions it will become possible to intercept and record (confidential) information with or without the cooperation of the provider of the communication service.
The execution of a warrant for systematic observation: the investigating officers will gain the ability to establish the location and track the movements of a suspect, possibly by remotely installing special software on the computerised device.
Persons believing that these powers can only be used in case of cybercrime will be disappointed. The investigating powers as mentioned under the first and the last two bullet points as described above, can be applied in case of crimes for which provisional detention is permitted, which comes down to crimes for which the law sets a minimum sentence of 4 years. The investigating powers connected to the second and the third aim can only be used in case of crimes for which the law sets a minimum sentence of 8 years. In addition, a general order in council can indicate a crime, which is committed using an automated operation of which it is of obvious social importance that the crime is ended and the perpetrators are prosecuted. Fortunately, the penetration of automated operations can only be authorised in case the suspect is using the device.
As the road to hell is paved with good intentions, proper supervision is never a superfluity. The investigating powers granted by the bill can be exercised covertly, but the request for the application of such an instrument can only be made by a prosecutor. Prior authorization of a supervisory judge is needed and the "Centrale Toetsingscommissie" of the Public Prosecution Department assesses the intended use of the instrument. Additionally, and as mentioned earlier, there is a general restriction to application of the powers to crimes with a minimum sentence of 4 or 8 years. In any case, requirements of proportionality and subsidiarity need to be fulfilled, as well as substantive and procedural requirements.
The most significant aspect of the bill Computercriminaliteit III has now been discussed. I have however noticed that most media, in their cries of distress, forget to discuss two additionally important topics of the bill. The first is that the bill will also introduce the possibility to use 'bait adolescents' in order to trace 'groomers'. Groomers can be seen as the digital version of lover boys; digitally searching sexual contact with minors. Furthermore, it will grow easier to prosecute receivers of stolen data and fraudulent sellers who abstain from delivering the goods or services which they offer online.
Objections to the bill Computercriminaliteit III
The proposed law potentially provides a huge invasion on the privacy of Dutch citizens. The scope of the law is endlessly broad. I can think of a many objections, a selection of which includes the fact that when looking at the limitation to offenses with a minimum sentence of 4 years, one immediately assumes that this probably represents a reasonable boundary and that it will always involve offenses that are unforgivably severe. However, a person that deliberately enters into a second marriage and refuses to inform the counterparty, can already be sentenced to 6 years. Additionally, it can well be the case that a suspect eventually turns out to be innocent. Not only his or her own details have then been thoroughly scrutinised, but likely also the details of others that had nothing to do with the ultimately-not-committed crime. After all, computers and phones are 'par excellence' being used to contact friends, family, employers and countless others. In addition, it is questionable whether the persons responsible for the approval and supervision of requests based on the bill have enough specialised knowledge to properly asses the request. Yet, such legislation almost seems like a necessary evil in the present day. Almost everyone once had to deal with Internet scams and tensions tend to run enormously high when someone has bought a fake concert ticket through an online marketplace. Moreover, no one would ever hope that his or her child comes into contact with an iffy figure during his or her daily browsing. The question remains whether the bill Computercriminaliteit III, with its broad possibilities, is the way to go.
The bill Computercriminaliteit III seems to have become a somewhat necessary evil. The bill provides investigating authorities with an extensive degree of power to gain access to computerised works of suspects. Unlike the case in the Snowden-affair the bill provides considerably more safeguards. However, it is still questionable whether these safeguards are sufficient to avoid a disproportionate intrusion of the privacy of the Dutch citizens and in the worst-case scenario to prevent a "Snowden 2.0"-affair from happening.
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While installing Octave 3.8 on a Mac is quite straight forward ([Link to the installer](the Octave 3.8.0 installer)), newer versions can definitely induce some headaches.
Note: For the install process we use Homebrew, which is a package manager for OS X.
More information: Homebrew Project Page.
You should know your way around Terminal to follow the instructions.
ruby -e "$(curl --insecure -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"


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Legend strives to make colleagues' jobs easier
Posted On: Jun 22, 2018
Written By: Felicia Messimer
Fair. Kind. Calm. Hard working. Willing to help make others' jobs easier.
These are all words and phrases from fellow nurses and colleagues used to describe Shawn Holland, RN, in his Legend Nomination Form.
"Shawn goes out of his way to make a difference at Campbell County Health every shift," says Legend Deb McMurtrey, RN. "He is always positive and uses his expertise to remind us all that it takes everyone, and all departments, working together to make Campbell County Memorial Hospital successful."
In May 2018, CCH gave Shawn his well-deserved Legend Award. For those who don't know, CCH defined a Legend as, "those people who have left a permanent impression on our minds because of their deeds and actions. Ongoing demonstration of hard work, compassion, and a reputation for greatness make someone a legend."
"I am extremely honored to have been selected to receive this award. I strive to always represent CCH well through hard work, professionalism, and a positive attitude every time I work a shift. To be seen as the caliber of employee that deserves such recognition is very humbling," says Shawn.
For more than 20 years, Shawn has walked the halls of CCMH in Gillette, Wyoming. Shawn earned his Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) from Western Dakota Tech in 1995, and his Registered Nurse degree in 1999 from Gillette College. He's worked in the CCMH Medical Surgical Unit, the Intensive Care Unit and the Emergency Department—he currently works as a House Supervisor in the hospital. For those who don't know, House Supervisors are go-to managers who have a bird's-eye view of the hospital—they essentially know what's happening throughout the organization at all times, and know who to contact or follow up with to make sure everything is working smoothly.
Shawn became interested in a career in health care after he left the U.S. Army. He started college at Indiana University in Ft. Wayne, Indiana, and was pursuing a career in criminal justice. He did that for a year, and returned home to Rapid City, SD.
"My wife and I lived with my grandfather for a while and I helped him with his medical needs. I was looking for a job and a friend got me interested in a CNA course," says Shawn. After completing the course and working as a CNA for a while, Shawn decided to change his career goal. "I enjoyed caring for the people I came into contact with, and helping them overcome or work through their medical problems."
According to the nurses and other providers who work with Shawn, he has a way with people, and is always willing to go the extra mile. In his nomination form, it says: "He means it when he asks what he can do to help make our jobs easier. He runs for supplies, helps change linens on beds, or listens to a patient, family member, or staff member to let them know he cares and will try to ease their pain. Shawn shows us every shift that everyone is important." Recently, Shawn even went the extra mile by purchasing a couple of bottles of soda that were not available at CCMH for a patient who asked for it specifically.
Shawn is passionate about providing excellence every day, and to him that means providing the best care to our patients and visitors while supporting staff. "I try to ensure others feel valued and important at CCH," he says.
For 28 years, Shawn has been married to Kim, who works as a Special Education teacher at Campbell County High School. Together, they have five children—three girls ages 25, 22, 19; and two boys ages 16 and 7. When Shawn is not at work he enjoys spending time hunting, fishing, hiking, and travelling with family and friends. He has a passion for cooking, and often makes new meals for his family to experiment with. And recently, he and his 16-year-old son have taken up scuba diving together.
"I've been fortunate to experience many departments at the hospital over the years and I've seen many changes—they've all been to make our organization better for our community. The people at CCH are here because they want to provide care and comfort to those who come here," says Shawn. "CCH is fortunate to have wonderful, dedicated, skilled nurses. The one thing I like most about my position as a House Supervisor is that I get to see what goes on in so many departments and be part of it all. It's a pleasure to work with such amazing people."
And it's a pleasure to work with you, Shawn. Thank you for going the extra mile for staff and patients alike. Congratulations.
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The next general election is less than six months away. Federal and state election campaigns have moved into high gear in anticipation of upcoming primary elections and the general election next fall. Perhaps you have considered giving your favorite candidate's campaign a boost by providing him or her with the use of your aircraft or your interest in a fractionally owned or leased aircraft in connection with campaign travel.
Advice for those interested in providing flights to their favorite Federal candidate.
Many governmental entities- including the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)- the Federal Election Commission (FEC)- the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)- the U.S. Senate- the U.S. House of Representatives and the state counterparts to these agencies and legislative bodies have enacted rules and regulations governing aspects of providing air transportation to candidates and elected officials. In particular- this article will address new rules issued by the FEC that became effective January 6- 2010.
Failure to comply with these rules can have unintended and often serious consequences for both individual candidates and- more importantly- business aircraft owners and operators. Therefore- it is imperative that the business aircraft owner/operator consider such issues before providing noncommercial air transportation to a candidate for elected office.
Prior to the passage of the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007- the FEC had issued regulations that addressed the requirements for travel of candidates for Federal office on private aircraft during election campaigns. These regulations were primarily designed to create a mechanism to prevent aircraft owners and operators from inadvertently making in-kind contributions to a candidate's campaign for non-commercial air travel.
The passage of the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007 was partially the result of perceived abuses of the campaign process by candidates for Federal office. One component of that legislation addressed the carriage of such candidates and tightened the rules already in place relating to such carriage.
In connection with the new statutory restrictions- the FEC has promulgated new rules governing the private carriage of Federal candidates. The new rules act to prohibit or restrict Federal candidates and certain individuals traveling on behalf of such candidates from utilizing non-commercial air travel. The new rules also change the previously existing methodology for determining the amount that a candidate must reimburse the provider of non-commercial air transportation so that the method for such reimbursement is aligned with the requirements set forth in the new legislation.
The new FEC rules distinguish between candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives and candidates for the U.S. Senate- Vice President and President. Under the new rules- candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives and individuals working on their campaigns are prohibited from utilizing non-commercial air transportation in connection with the campaign activities of that candidate. However- in certain very limited circumstances- individuals associated with such campaigns may utilize non-commercial air transportation where the purpose of the flight is not connected with the candidate's campaign.
Candidates for the U.S. Senate- and for the U.S Vice President and President are permitted to utilize non-commercial air transportation under the new FEC rules provided that they timely reimburse the provider of such flight for the transportation provided in accordance with the terms of the rules.
The prior rules used three methods for reimbursement amounts depending on whether first-class- coach or charter service existed between the departure and arrival airports. Under the new rules- this methodology is simplified in that the reimbursement amount must be equal to the amount that it would cost the candidate to charter a comparable aircraft for the same trip.
Where multiple individuals are passengers on a particular flight and they represent multiple candidates' election campaigns- the rules specify how to allocate the reimbursement amount between each such candidate. Under the new rules- press and government personnel who accompany a candidate may reimburse the service provider directly instead of requiring them to directly reimburse the Federal candidate- as was the case with the prior rules. The new rules specify the method for making such allocations based on a pro-rata portion of the reimbursement amount as determined- based on the number of individuals on such flight who represent a particular candidate.
The new rules contain two important exceptions to the foregoing requirements (which are also available to House candidates). These exceptions create "carve-outs" that permit candidates to accept non-commercial air transportation using government provided aircraft and using aircraft owned by the candidate- or his or her immediate family members.
Where a candidate utilizes aircraft owned by such candidate or his or her family members- the new rules provide that the candidate must reimburse the candidate or the family member for the costs of operating the flight in question.
Also- if the candidate is using a fractional or "time-share" aircraft- such use may not exceed the use allocated to the candidate or his or her family pursuant to such arrangement. If the use does exceed the allowable use allocated to such candidate or his or her family- the rules for non-family owned aircraft apply as if the aircraft were not owned by the candidate or his or her family member(s).
It is important that payment be made in advance of the flight- otherwise- the flight could be considered a campaign contribution that could violate Federal election law. Finally- the new rules also contain recordkeeping requirements that must be followed by both the candidate for federal office and the provider of non-commercial air transportation to such candidate.
In addition to the foregoing- there are other rules that must be followed when providing non-commercial air transportation to candidates for Federal office. These include IRS and FAA requirements- rules of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate- and requirements of various state and local authorities.
Please keep in mind that this article serves as a general and broad overview of the new FEC rules and does not constitute as legal advice or a legal opinion. Therefore- it is always advisable to consult with qualified aviation counsel when considering whether to provide such transportation to your favorite candidate(s).
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Christopher Younger is an attorney at the Law Offices of Christopher B. Younger- LLC. He is a tax and FAA specialist concentrating in the areas of corporate aircraft transactions and aviation taxation. He has extensive experience in planning and implementing unique aircraft ownership and operating structures on a global level. He has worked on numerous tax audits with the IRS and with various state taxing authorities. The firm's services include Code Section 1031 tax-free exchanges- federal tax and regulatory planning- state sales and use tax planning- and preparation and negotiation of transactional documents commonly used in the business aviation industry- including aircraft purchase agreements- leases- joint-ownership and joint-use agreements- management and charter agreements- and fractional program documents.


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Maharashtra Bandh Today as Violence Over Bhima Koregaon Anniversary Spreads
No school buses are running in Mumbai; 13 buses of the civic transport service 'BEST' were damaged by protesters.
File image of police and firemen at a charred shop following the violence in Bhima Koregaon. Photo: PTI/File
Mumbai: Maharashtra remained on edge after the anniversary of a battle fought 200 years ago brought to fore simmering caste tensions, even as a statewide bandh called today to protest the state government's alleged failure to stop violence witnessed stray protests by Dalits.
Dalit protesters tried to block tracks at the Thane railway station today morning, but they were chased away and the traffic on the Central Railway line remained uninterrupted, said a railway official.
Protesters also tried to block rail traffic on the Western line in suburban Goregaon, said a police official.
Today's class 11 exams at St Xavier's College in South Mumbai have been cancelled, college authorities said.
Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh (BBM) leader and B.R. Ambedkar's grandson Prakash Ambedkar called for Maharashtra bandh to protest the state government's "failure" to stop the violence at Bhima Koregaon village in Pune district two days ago.
Ambedkar alleged that Hindu Ekta Aghadi was responsible for the violence.
He said that the Maharashtra Democratic Front, Maharashtra Left Front and some 250 other organisations have supported the call for shutdown.
Civic buses were again targeted in Mumbai today.
Policemen try to control the situation after a violent protest by Dalits over Bhima Koregaon violence in Mumbai on Tuesday. Credit: PTI
Thirteen buses of the civic transport service 'BEST' were damaged by protesters in Kalanagar area (Bandra), Dharavi, Kamraj Nagar, Santosh Nagar, Dindoshi and Hanuman Nagar, an official from the Disaster Management Unit of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said.
Mumbai's famed tiffin carriers, Dabbawalas, chose not to provide their services today.
Anil Garg, president of the School Bus Owners Association (SBOA), told PTI, "Ninety-nine percent of our buses are off the road in the state today for security reasons. Only one or two percent of buses are on roads."
"We have decided not to ply school buses in the first shift (during morning hours) today and if circumstances allow, we will run the buses in the second shift," Garg said.
"Since law and order situation is beyond our control, we cannot take risk," he added.
Some 40,000 school buses are affiliated to the SBOA in the state.
Garg also claimed that some school buses were damaged by protesters in Mumbai today, but the police did not corroborate the claim.
Mumbai police today registered nine cases in connection with yesterday's violent protests. Over 100 people have been detained in the city since yesterday.
Credit: PTI
Gujarat MLA and Dalit leader Jignesh Mevani, who was in Mumbai yesterday, alleged the attacks on Dalits in Pune district two days ago were carried out by supporters of the BJP and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.
"These organisations are modern-day Peshwas, representing Brahminism in its worst form. Two hundred years ago, our forefathers fought against the Peshwas. Today, Dalits of my generation are fighting against the new Peshwas," he said.
"Why can't Dalits peacefully commemorate the anniversary of the Bhima Koregaon battle? The attackers have resorted to such methods because they are scared of Dalit assertion," he said.
Pune police said last night that they had received a complaint against Mewani and Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University's (JNU) student leader Umar Khalid for their "provocative" speeches at an event in Pune on December 31.
Credit: Twitter/ANI
Mevani and Khalid had attended the Elgar Parishad, an event organised to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the battle of Bhima-Koregaon, at Shaniwar Wada in Pune.
Violence erupted in Pune district when Dalit groups were celebrating the bicentenary of the Bhima-Koregaon battle in which the forces of the British East India Company defeated the Peshwa's army.
Dalit leaders commemorate the British victory, as it is believed that soldiers from the Mahar community – then considered untouchable – were part of the East India Company's forces. The Peshwas were Brahmins, and the victory is seen as a symbol of assertiveness by Dalits.


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Zouma completes West Ham move on a four year deal
West ham United have secured the signature of KURT ZOUMA from Chelsea Football Club. The 26-year-old former Saint-Etienne defender penned a four-year deal for the David Moyes-led side after negotiations between the two clubs. The move is estimated to be in the region of £29 million.
Chelsea signed the defender from a French club side Saint-Etienne in 2014 for a reported fee of £12m and was loaned back to the same club to garner more playing experience.
He also had loan spells with Premier League clubs Stoke City and Everton before he was able to establish himself as a core member of the first team at Stamford Bridge.
Kurt made over 160 appearances for the Blues in all competitions and had lengthy playing time during the reign of club legend and former boss Frank Lampard.
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Zouma started 15 matches out of 17 Premier League matches last season. He was an entrusted solder of Chelsea former coach Frank Lampard before he was asked to walk the plank.
Kurt was also an integral member of the French squad that participated in the Euro 2020 tournament. They couldn't go far in the competition as they were sent home in the round of 16 by Switzerland via penalty shootouts. Overall, He's been able to represent the French national team eight times.
Kurt Zouma's 7 years at Chelsea were success-filled moments and lingering memories in his career. He won two Premier League titles, the League Cup, the UEFA Super Cup, and not forgetting his inclusion in the team squad that defeated Pep Guardiola-led side Manchester City at Estadio Di Dragao, Porto stadium, Portugal, in the UEFA Champions League final in 2021.
Regardless, it must be noted that after Frank Lampard was axed from the position of Chelsea head coach and was replaced by Thomas Tuchel, Zouma's chances of regular football took a nosedive and dwindled because those ahead of him were preferred by the new gaffer.
As a young defender at his peak, he couldn't afford to be a bench warmer, instead, he responded to the call when West Ham echoed for his signature.
The French international couldn't have been happier to be joining the Hammers: "I'm very happy and very proud," Zouma said.
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Kurt was called up for national duty and was among the selected players in Didier Deschamps' France squad for the upcoming World Cup qualifiers.
Zouma would have his first appearance for the Hammers after the international break, he could be in selection for West Ham against Southampton at the Saint Mary's on September 11 or against Manchester United at home the following week.
Zouma's experience in Europe will be vital to the West Ham side led by former Everton and Manchester United manager David Moyes. He'd be an instrumental figure in their quest to test the water of European football for the first time in their history.
With the wealth of experience, he's coming with, West Ham is a team to watch out for. They have been imperious since last season and their form hasn't nosedive either in this campaign. Their show of character is beyond average.
← Mikel Arteta – An untested Rookie in charge at Arsenal
Lyon sign former Bayern Munich defender Jerome Boateng →


The employment of prime-aged men has been declining since the 1980s. Economists have focused on the role of stagnant or declining real wages in discouraging work and on the underlying causes of those declining wages. However, they have paid little attention to the long-term patterns and dynamics of male prime-age non-employment and the long-term consequences of non-employment for individual men.
Economist Ann Stevens will use longitudinal data and cohort analysis to examine the relationship between non-employment and the subsequent employment and wellbeing of prime-aged men. She aims to answer two sets of questions: First, how frequently and under what circumstances do the full-year non-employed return to employment and what wages do they earn? Second, how does non-employment affect future employment patterns and wages of these men?


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April 12, 2019 April 12, 2019 / swampflix	/ Leave a comment
I best appreciate Harmony Korine when he reins in his aimless, nonsensical character studies with the semblance of a guiding structure. Deliberately off-putting, nihilistically empty provocations like Trash Humpers & Mister Lonely are immediately fascinating for their surface eccentricities but exhausting at full-length. By contrast, the reason Gummo & Spring Breakers stand out as clear highlights in the director's scummy arthouse catalog is that they afford the audience a recognizable genre framework with built-in dramatic payoffs, whether post-Apocalyptic sci-fi or a neon-lit heist thriller, without sacrificing the eccentricities that distinguish Korine as a phlegmy creative voice. The Beach Bum joins those ranks of Korine's best-behaved works by meeting the audience hallway with a recognizable tone & structure while its minute to minute rhythms still recall the off-putting, amoral deviance of provocations like Trash Humpers. The guiding structure in this sunshiny Floridian nightmare is the most unlikely genre the director has barnacled his schtick to yet: the 1990s major studio comedy. The Beach Bum is essentially Harmony Korine's Billy Madison. I mean that as a compliment.
Matthew McConaughey stars as the titular preposterous beach bum, a Florida-famous stoner-poet named Moondog. As you might expect from a Korine protagonist, Moondog is The Worst. "The most prolific poet in Key West, Florida," he lives in a haze of cheap beer, pot smoke, and dehydrating sunshine, relying on his local fame to pave over his schoolyard bully brutality. He ruins every life he touches, but everyone around him continually excuses his behavior with shrugged-off phrases like "That's just Moondog," and "He's from another dimension." Meanwhile, Moondog laughs maniacally at his own villainy, barking "I write poetry, you little bitch" at anyone who doesn't immediately respect his literary pedigree. He announces in a poem, "One day I will swallow up the world and when I do I hope you all suffer violently" to his adoring audience, briefly dropping his worry-free beach-frat exterior to reveal his true nature: a hedonist monster who's wiling to destroy lives if it means he can get laid, get high, and have a laugh. The film builds itself around exploring the intricacies & eccentricities of a character who is too stoned & too spiritually empty to be genuinely interesting on his own merits. It's pure Korine in that way, even if its surface details resemble a much more conventional comedy.
As off-putting & nihilistically empty as The Beach Bum is as a character study, the marketing company that cut its misleading trailer had plenty to work with in making it look like a 90s stoner comedy. A plot contrivance that pressures Moondog to finish his next poetry collection in order to inherit a fortune that was willed to him with that stipulation feels like it was ripped directly from an unpublished Adam Sandler screenplay. To reinforce that association, Jonah Hill plays Moondog's literary agent as a full-on impersonation of The Waterboy's Bobby Boucher. Moondog's own persona seems to have derived from a fantasy where Billy Madison grew up to be an even grosser, less effective version of The Dude from The Big Lebowski, which is the kind of fan-fiction you write as a teenage idiot only to rediscover it in horror as a sober adult. All the plot really amounts to, though, is an excuse to send Moondog on a go-nowhere, circular road trip with his trusty typewriter slung over his shoulder in a trash bag. Like all road-trip comedies, The Beach Bum is mostly a series of episodic run-ins with over-the-top caricatures: Snoop Dogg & Jimmy Buffett essentially playing themselves in extended cameos; Martin Lawrence as a dolphin-obsessed sea captain (who would almost certainly have been played by Chris Farley in a genuine comedy of this ilk); Zac Efron as a JNCOs-wearing Christian-rocker who apparently time traveled directly from a late-90s Creed concert. They're all recognizable archetypes from mainstream 90s comedies but distorted into horrific grotesqueries. And none are half as nightmarish as Moondog himself.
The Beach Bum bills itself as "The new Comedy from Harmony Korine," but I was the only person at my first-weekend 4:20 screening howling in laughter or gasping in horror. A certain familiarity with the director's schtick is likely required at the door to get on this film's wavelength. It wears the clothes of a laugh-a-minute yuck 'em up from the Happy Madison brand, but beneath those vestments it's the same aimless, puke-stained nightmare Korine has always delivered. As a hot-and-cold admirer of his work, I found plenty to be impressed by here – particularly in the way he mimics Moondog's semi-conscious, lifelong-blackout engagement with the world in an editing style that works in half-remembered, repetitious circles. Moondog is a destructive menace with nothing novel or insightful to say about the world but somehow continually gets away with passing off his villainy as gonzo poetry. Living inside his burnout, bottom-feeder mind for 95 minutes is a frustrating, fruitless experience, but also fascinating as a character-specific nightmare. It's less a satirical attack on the juvenile manbabies of mainstream comedies past than it is an acknowledgment of a kindred spirit between them and Korine's own catalog of useless, preposterous lunatics. Whatever critiques or subversions of the mainstream comedy you may pick up along the way are just a result of the director doing his usual thing to an unusual level of success.
-Brandon Ledet.
Wings of Fame (1990), Harmony Korine, and the Virtue of Restraint
December 14, 2017 December 14, 2017 / swampflix	/ 3 Comments
One of the more fascinating aspects of December's Movie of the Month, 1990's Wings of Fame, is how delicately surreal the picture can be despite the heightened absurdity of its premise. You'd think that a movie about a fame-economy afterlife where celebrity & cultural longevity determine your post-mortem soul's access to eternal existence would be an aggressively bizarre work, but Wings of Fame is exceedingly gentle with its own surrealist fantasy. The movie is patient with the potential absurdity of its juxtapositions of dead famous people converging in a shared afterlife, finding much more interest in poking at the existential & philosophical implications of how that fantasy realm would work. To contrast that restraint with a more aggressively bizarre version of a similar work, you'd have to look to one of the most unrestrained button-pushers working in modern cinema: habitual provocateur Harmony Korine. As a filmmaker, Korine's grimy, crassly misshapen aesthetic is downright antithetical to the refined elegance of Wings of Fame, which calls on respectably mannered performances from actors Peter O'Toole & Colin Firth to establish its tone. That's what makes him such an excellent point of comparison, even if an unlikely one.
Sandwiched between the unrelenting oddities Julien Donkey-Boy & Trash Humpers, it should be no surprise that Harmony Korine's Mister Lonely is an uncompromising, aggressively surreal work. Considered in the larger context of the director's career, however, it's much more akin to his more strictly narrative works Gummo & Spring Breakers than those looser, less accommodating titles. Diego Luna stars in Mister Lonely as a Michael Jackson impersonator struggling to make a living as a street performer in Paris. His life changes dramatically when he's recruited by a Marilyn Monroe lookalike (Samantha Morton) to live in a Scottish commune with other celebrity impersonators. Michael Jackson did not die until a year after Mister Lonely went into wide distribution in 2008. The film also features impersonators of the still-alive Madonna and the deceased-since-2014 Shirley Temple. Still, it explores similar themes to the fame economy afterlife in Wings of Fame. In an early scene before he's recruited for the commune, "Michael Jackson" shouts to patients he's entertaining at an old folks home, "We can all live forever! We can all be children forever! Don't die! Live forever!" between his iconic dance moves. The immortality he's promoting in that speech is something he achieves in his own life through adopting Michael Jackson's celebrity, just like the fame-envious consumers in The Congress. When Jackson boats to the Scottish castle commune with Monroe, it's like he's crossing over into a surrealist afterlife (much like the foggy rivers Styx access to the afterlife in Wings of Fame) where famous people like Charlie Chaplin, James Dean, Abraham Lincoln, Sammie Davis Jr., Buckwheat, and Little Red Riding Hood can cohabitate, seemingly removed from the reality of space, Death, and time.
An odd commonality shared between Wings of Fame & Mister Lonely is that they both structure their famous fantasy realms with a remove that restrains the full potential of their absurdist premises. Besides a few recognizable names line Albert Einstein, Ernest Hemingway, and Lassie, Wings of Fame mostly fills its celebrity ranks with non-existent historical figures. Instead of a specific Russian political poet or psychedelic rocker, the movie substitutes an archetype placeholder. This may limit the potential absurdity of seeing famous dead people from across time share a single space, but it does leave more room for philosophical discussion of their fantastic plight instead of dwelling in the details of their individual personalities. Similarly, Mister Lonely uses the remove of gathering celebrity lookalikes instead of actual celebrities in its own fantasy realm. The image of Michael Jackson & Charlie Chaplin playing ping-pong together is absurd, but not nearly as absurd as it could be if those players were the real deal, not lookalikes. Korine's remove through impersonators might be the one area where his film displays restraint exercised in the much more delicate Wings of Fame. It's a choice that opens the film to the same fame-as-immortality themes as its counterpoint, although their approaches to the subject are drastically different.
It's strange to cite any given element in a Harmony Korine film as an example of artistic restraint, since so much of his work is associated with aggressive looseness & crass self-indulgence. Indeed, the only limiting choice made in Mister Lonely is in structuring the film around dead celebrity impersonators instead of actual dead celebrities. Everything else is a free-for-all, completely detached from the subtle tone of Wings of Fame. "Abraham Lincoln" spins a basketball under a strobe light while cursing like a sailor. "Michael Jackson" tenderly says goodbye to individual pieces of his furniture in his rented room with deep sincerity before departing to his new communal home. Celebrity faces appear in clouds & painted eggs to sing to Michael and address his internal conflicts. An entire subplot unfolds, separate from the concerns of celebrity lookalikes, where Werner Herzog plays a priest who wrangles a mission of nuns who resemble The Virgin Mary; together they develop a skydiving cult that requires them to regularly leap from airplanes without parachutes. In typical Harmony Korine fashion, this all sounds very chaotic, but somehow amounts to a slow-moving, unrushed feature that's just as willing to abandon its audience in its pacing as it is playful with its subject. It's a challenging watch, but one that rewards in individual, absurdist moments.
The difference in the relative restraint exercised in Wings of Fame & Mister Lonely, respectively, could not be clearer. At the conclusion of the much less bombastic Wings of Fame, the audience is left with so much to ponder about what the film is trying to say about the real life implications of its fame-as-immortality premise. Mister Lonely, by contrast, exhausts its audience with an overload of frivolous (though often fascinating) indulgences, leaving very little room for spiritual or philosophical thought to linger among the flashier details. Wings of Fame can feel frustratingly incomplete & reluctant to fully push the absurdity of its fame-economy afterlife premise, but Korine's counterpoint suggests that's not entirely a bad thing. Its quiet, restrained surrealism leaves room for a much more extensive philosophical provocation & thought exercise. Korine's aggressive exhaustion of his own subject leaves so much less ground to be explored in his viewer's minds after the credits rolled, having laid all of his cards out on the table. Both films are entertainingly absurd in their own surprising ways, but patience & restraint affords one of them cinematic immortality their characters could only achieve through celebrity.
For more on December's Movie of the Month, the delicately surreal afterlife puzzler Wings of Fame, check out our Swampchat discussion of the film.
-Brandon Ledet
Episode #14 of The Swampflix Podcast: Trash Humpers (2010) & The Films of Richard Kelly
September 28, 2016 September 28, 2016 / swampflix	/ 5 Comments
Welcome to Episode #14 of The Swampflix Podcast! For our fourteenth episode (our second in Skype exile), Brandon discusses all four feature films by Richard Kelly, director of September's Movie of the Month The Box, with returning co-host Bill Arceneaux and Caliornia-based film critic Rick Kelley. Also, Bill makes Brandon watch Harmony Korine's found footage oddity Trash Humpers (2010) for the first time. Enjoy!
Production note: The musical "bumps" between segments were provided by the long-defunct band Your Cat is Dead.
-Bill Arceneaux & Brandon Ledet


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