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What could possible go wrong when you hand out ballots like candy, suspend signature verification and don't even require any proof of identity to get a ballot?
Nearly 15 Million Mail-in-Ballots Unaccounted for in 2020 Election, Report Says
BY MATTHEW VADUM
August 18, 2021 Updated: August 18, 2021
In the November 2020 general election, whose chaotic results have been vigorously disputed, almost 15 million mail-in ballots went unaccounted for, according to a good-government group that focuses on electoral integrity.
The research brief by the Indianapolis-based Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF) notes that as the nation dealt last year with the CCP virus (which causes COVID-19), various U.S. states "hastily pushed traditionally in-person voters to mail ballots while, at the same time, trying to learn how to even administer such a scenario."
PILF describes itself as "the nation's only public interest law firm dedicated wholly to election integrity," existing "to assist states and others to aid the cause of election integrity and fight against lawlessness in American elections."
Former Justice Department civil rights attorney J. Christian Adams, now president of PILF, said the results don't bode well for mail-in voting.
"These figures detail how the 2020 push to mail voting needs to be a one-year experiment," Adams said in a statement.
Bills pending in Congress such as H.R. 1, the proposed "For The People Act," "risk inflating these numbers even further, pushing our election system toward error, disenfranchisement, and ultimately widespread doubt about election outcomes," Adams said.
"Some of the counties with the least experience in administering mail voting rejected the most ballots nationwide. If continued, 2020-style chaos will become the norm."
PILF says it had warned that lost ballots would be an even bigger problem in 2020 compared to previous years. In total, elections in 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, and 2020 saw more than 43.1 million unaccounted for mail-in ballots.
Federal data compilations show that during the 2020 election, there were 14.7 million ballots whose whereabouts were deemed "unknown" by election officials, according to the brief.
To gather the data, the U.S. Election Assistance Commission asked local officials how many ballots were not returned as voted, were undeliverable, or were otherwise "unable to be tracked."
The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) inspector general most recently reported that only 13 percent of mail ballots in the 2018 general election used the official tracking system, which means there is a wide variety of things that can happen to a ballot in the "unknown" column.
"A ballot can be put in the wrong mailbox and land in an unfriendly neighbor's trash. It can be thrown out with your unpaid bills. It can be left outside for the wind to carry the last mile (like seen in Nevada in 2020). Election officials simply do not know what happened. Unknown ballots are the greatest blind spot in the American electoral system," the brief states.
In the 2020 election, there were 14.7 million "unknown" ballots, along with 1.1 million undeliverable ballots, and 560,814 rejected ballots.
PILF put these figures in perspective by noting that President Joe Biden carried Arizona by 10,457 votes, yet Maricopa County, the state's largest county, reportedly sent ballots to 110,092 outdated or wrong addresses. The post-voting audit process in Maricopa is still in progress.
The scenario roughly repeated itself in Nevada, a state where Biden prevailed by 33,596 votes, even though Clark County "bounced" 93,279 ballots.
"The lesson is clear: increased reliance on mass mail voting must correlate with aggressive voter registration list maintenance," the brief concludes.
The report notes that many counties across the country had large numbers of "unknown" ballots.
In California, Los Angeles County had 1,491,459 such ballots, followed by Orange County (482,940), Riverside County (454,911), San Diego County (317,614), San Bernardino County (274,937), Santa Clara County (251,840), and Sacramento County (241,367).
Clark County, Nevada, had 724,708 such ballots. Essex County, New Jersey, had 248,290 unknown ballots, and Maricopa County had 229,123 ballots in the unknown category.
I'd like some coherent non I hate Dems and everything about them thoughts on this. While I agree it's a disaster, what else coulda been done? It's been 20 years and I read, I believe, over a trillion dollars spent. If there "army" was going to roll over as quickly as it did after all of this I don't know how any other solution wouldn't have resulted in the same outcome. Not blaming Trump/Obama/Biden, really am tired of the blame game, of which I am guilty as well, so seriously how could this have been handled better?
If after watching and reading the news of the past few weeks you cannot come up with one thing that would/could have changed the outcome of the debacle that unfolded, then I cannot help you. Pretty much anything different that could have been done would have improved upon what happened. Anything. Here's a couple of suggestions right off the top of my head: How about not leaving a fortified Bagram air base without notice to our allies and forcing us to use and defend a public airport? How about getting the civilians out before you take out the last remaining active forces? How about you not putting in a strict departure date before you can be assured everyone will be able to get out? How about letting our allies know what we were doing or not doing? How about accepting the Taliban's offer of us controlling Kabul, at least until we had an organized departure procedure? Biden f*cked up our withdrawal in just about every conceivable way. It could not have gone any worse if you or I had been in charge.
Here is what they found in Pennsylvania before the audit. If you can't explain these anomalies you are better off just trying to ignore them.
Over 120,000 unreconciled votes
15,000 mail-in ballots sent out of state
1,823,148 mail-in ballots were sent out and 2,589,242 were sent back
21,000 confirmed dead voters
Over 300,000 voter registrations removed from the SURE system after November 3
Canvassing effort in Montgomery County found 78,000 phantom votes
Over 10,000 people voted by mail whose ID doesn't exist in the SURE system
Over 29,000 Duplicate Registrations
7,857 Registrations whose DOB changed in 2020
55,823 voters backfilled into the SURE system
4,458 voters whose registration date changed in 2020
1,059,547 Voters whose only vote on record was the 2020 election
Here is about $85 Billion things he could have done differently. I read somewhere that the following equipment cost you personally almost $400 if you are a taxpayer.
Here is a more complete list of US-supplied and left behind equipment list now controlled by Taliban:
-2,000 Armored Vehicles Including Humvees and MRAP's
They have enough armored vehicles to take their entire army on a road trip.
-75,989 Total Vehicles: FMTV, M35, Ford Rangers, Ford F350, Ford Vans, Toyota Pickups, Armored Security Vehicles etc
I could use a new truck if their giving them away...please Joe..."come on man"
-45 UH-60 Blachhawk Helicopters
-50 MD530G Scout Attack Chopper
-ScanEagle Military Drones
-30 Military Version Cessnas
-4 C-130's
-29 Brazilian made A-29 Super Tocano Ground Attack Aircraft
208+ Aircraft Total
Joe just gave a bunch of terrorists their own Air Force.
-At least 600,000+ Small arms M16, M249 SAWs, M24 Sniper Systems, 50 Calibers, 1,394 M203 Grenade Launchers, M134 Mini Gun, 20mm Gatling Guns and Ammunition
-61,000 M203 Rounds
-20,040 Grenades
-Howitzers
-Mortars +1,000's of Rounds
Don't try to tell me that Democrats are anti gun...they would just rather see a terrorist with a gun than a Republican.
-162,000 pieces of Encrypted Military Communications Gear
-16,000+ Night Vision Goggles
-Newest Technology Night Vision Scopes
-Thermal Scopes and Thermal Mono Googles
-10,000 2.75 inch Air to Ground Rockets
-Reconnaissance Equipment (ISR)
-Laser Aiming Units
Our troops won't be safe on the battle field for a decades after they get done selling our tech to China.
-Explosives Ordnance C-4, Semtex, Detonators, Shaped Charges, Thermite, Incendiaries, AP/API/APIT
-2,520 Bombs
Now they can strap their children in some real explosives' before they send them into a crowd.
-Administration Encrypted Cell Phones and Laptops all operational
The cell phones can be used to ignite the kid when he/she gets close enough to a gathering of Americans.
-Pallets with Millions of Dollars in US Currency
What is it with OBiden administration and giving pallets of cash to Terrorists.
-Millions of Rounds of Ammunition including but not limited to 20,150,600 rounds of 7.62mm, 9,000,000 rounds of 50.caliber
No point in giving them guns if you don't give them ammo.
-Large Stockpile of Plate Carriers and Body Armor
-US Military HIIDE, for Handheld Interagency Identity Detection Equipment Biometrics
And now they can spot your face in a crowd from a mile away.
-Lots of Heavy Equipment Including Bull Dozers, Backhoes, Dump Trucks, Excavators
This will come in handy when they have to bury the Americans that Biden left behind.
Has anybody heard any thing about this. I don't know who Emily Miller is and I can't confirm this.
Emily Miller
@emilymiller
"We're dealing with Kabul. There's 7 buses of female American citizens. The CG refused to open the gate. We have a congressman with us and he had the state department reach out. MG Donahue refused. 10 minutes ago the females were taken by the Taliban. They are likely dead now."
Update from special ops leader on just the women on the bus - "I was told they are safe." He said State Department involved.
This sounds like the beginning of a movie where the villain is an American politician.
Michael Yon@MichaelYon
Army Colonel, "Yes, we are f**king abandoning American Citizens"
COL US ARMY to Rick Clay and to me in final hours. Rick had three jets on ground in Kabul. I had arranged Taliban bringing American mother and three American children all the way to gate. Turned away by American Army.
Judge Orders New Election After STAGGERING 78% of Mail-in Ballots Discovered As Fraudulent — Multiple Arrests Made
By McKenna Dallmeyer
How long are Democrats going to try and pretend like election fraud isn't a real thing? What is the average lifespan of a Democrat?
The more that states and counties investigate their own elections the way that they're supposed to, the more they're finding out that it's all been a sham that liberals have been stealing elections right out from under the people.
In Mississippi, they found that in one city, the results were proven to be a lie because 78% of the mail-in votes were determined to be fraudulent.
In the sixty-four-page order, Judge Jeff Weill not only calls for a new election but also finds evidence of fraud and criminal activity, in how absentee ballots were handled, how votes were counted, and the actions by some at the polling place.
In his ruling, the judge said that sixty-six of eighty-four absentee ballots cast in the June runoff were not valid and should never have been counted. Nicholas Holliday was declared the winner by a 37 vote margin. Robert Devaull challenged the results in court.
Judge Weill found many irregularities with absentee ballots. He issued a bench warrant for notary Dallas Jones, who notarized absentee ballots. During a hearing, Jones admitted violating notary duties.
"When you have an absentee ballot, there's an envelope, you vote, fold the ballot, put it in an envelope, lick the flap, sign across the flap, then notary signs your election certificate, she testified that she didn't sign in front of anybody, didn't see anybody sign it, she just notarized it, just stamped them," said Lydia Quarles, attorney for Robert Devaull.
Now, if other cities would continue this due diligence and investigate the elections and the ballots in their own cities, I'm sure that people would learn that they've been hoodwinked as well.
Can you imagine the message of terror that they are sending to all that appose them while they are flying a US Black Hawk helicopter with someone that helped us in the war against terror dangling from a rope tied around his neck?
"What we are seeing happening in Afghanistan is a precursor to more to come and the reports from that region are getting worse by the day. In an absolutely horrible video that was posted on Twitter, it shows the Taliban using a U.S. Blackhawk helicopter to hang someone.
This is happening under Biden's leadership.
This hanging comes after the last U.S. completely withdrew all troops from the ground in Afghanistan.
It appears the Taliban is showing the Afghan people the consequences of treason and also taking a jab at the United States for leaving billions of dollars worth of equipment in Afghanistan."
Full article and video here.
https://threepercenternation.com/202...-hang-someone/
The lack of any semblance of advance planning for our troop withdrawal is galling. Biden looks more and more like a senile, weak fool with each passing day. Remember, he said "America is back." What a farce and an international embarrassment he has made us. The midterms cannot come soon enough so we can put an end to this lunacy.
This was proven to be "fake news"
https://www.thewrap.com/afghanistan-...cruz-crenshaw/
Now I know I'm living in bizzaro world
https://www.businessinsider.com/ann-...mp-wuss-2021-9
The issue has not been about ending our military participation in Afghanistan, the issue is how it should have been done. That is where Biden completely and utterly failed. He had plenty of time to do it properly. Instead, he either received bad advice from his advisors or failed to heed it (much more likely). We have armed the Taliban for years to come and in doing so have made them a much more dangerous and effective destabilizing force in the region. Kudos all the way around to the Biden administration for this incredibly successful mission.
I am glad to hear that I was duped. But it is not fake news that the Taliban is going for joy rides in our air craft...and what was the reason for the stunt...terror or something else?
This is disgusting. I can't believe that I haven't heard of this before. It's not related to the discussion, but when Snopes claims something is "false" it is usually true...and when you read the debunking article it confirms the fetal tissue is used to develop new flavors in food.
Were Food Companies Caught Using Aborted Babies in Flavor Additives?
Pro-life activists claim products from Pepsi and other major food producers are 'manufactured using the tissue of aborted human babies.'
Products from Pepsi and other major food producers are 'manufactured using the tissue of aborted human babies.'Rating
In April 2015, the quack web site Natural News rebeat the drum of a several-year-old contoversy by publishing a misleading article (which was republished by a number of other equally disreputable web sites) holding that major food companies such as Pepsico sell products "manufactured using the tissue of aborted human babies":
Every time you purchase mass-produced processed "food" from the likes of Kraft, PepsiCo, or Nestle, you're choosing, whether you realize it or not, to feed your family not only genetically engineered poisons and chemical additives, but also various flavoring agents manufactured using the tissue of aborted human babies.
It's true: A company based out of California, known as Senomyx, is in the business of using aborted embryonic cells to test fake flavoring chemicals, both savory and sweet, which are then added to things like soft drinks, candy and cookies. And Senomyx has admittedly partnered with a number of major food manufacturers to lace its cannibalistic additives into all sorts of factory foods scarfed down by millions of American consumers every single day.
Other similar articles purport to offer a "List Of Companies Using Fetal Cells From Aborted Babies To Flavour Products."
In order to debunk such claims, we need first provide a couple of definitions:
Human Embryonic Kidney 293 cells, commonly known as HEK 293, are a specific cell line which, as the name denotes, were derived from the kidney cells of an aborted human embryo in 1972. This cell line is widely used in efforts such as cell biology research and biotechnology/pharmaceutical development.
Senomyx is a U.S.-based biotechnology company focused on "discovering and developing innovative flavor ingredients for the food, beverage, and ingredient supply industries," primarily additives that amplify certain flavors and smells in foods
A controversy over Senomyx originated with the pro-life organization Children of God for Life back in March 2011, which maintained that Senomyx used HEK 293 in its flavor ingredient development efforts (citing a 2002 paper by company researchers published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences as evidence). That organization called for a boycott of major food companies (including Nestle, Campbell's Soup, Kraft Foods, and PepsiCo) that had partnered with Senomyx:
Senomyx website states that "The company's key flavor programs focus on the discovery and development of savory, sweet and salt flavor ingredients that are intended to allow for the reduction of MSG, sugar and salt in food and beverage products … Using isolated human taste receptors, we created proprietary taste receptor-based assay systems that provide a biochemical or electronic readout when a flavor ingredient interacts with the receptor."
Senomyx notes their collaborators provide them research and development funding plus royalties on sales of products using their flavor ingredients.
"What they do not tell the public is that they are using HEK 293 — human embryonic kidney cells taken from an electively aborted baby to produce those receptors," stated Debi Vinnedge, Executive Director for Children of God for Life, a pro-life watch dog group that has been monitoring the use of aborted fetal material in medical products and cosmetics for years.
"They could have easily chosen COS (monkey) cells, Chinese Hamster Ovary cells, insect cells or other morally obtained human cells expressing the G protein for taste receptors," Vinnedge added.
It's important to note here that — whatever one might think of fetal stem cell research in general, and regardless of whether or not Senomyx uses HEK 293-derived cells in its development efforts — neither Pepsi nor any other U.S. food company is manufacturing or selling any consumable products "that are actually made using the cell tissue of unborn babies that were murdered through abortion." What we're talking about here is a cell line derived from a single (healthy, aborted) fetus over forty years ago: claiming that current food products employing flavorings derived from research based on the HEK 293 cell line "are actually made using the cell tissue of unborn babies" is like saying that possessing a digitized image of a photocopy of a picture of a Beethoven manuscript is the same as "owning a document in Beethoven's own handwriting" — the original is not present in substance, only in a multi-generational, representational form. CBS News noted such in a mid-2011 report on the Senomyx controversy (which for some reason primarily focused on PepsiCo):
[Senomyx] appears to be engineering HEK cells to function like the taste-receptor cells we have in our mouth. This way, Senomyx can test millions of substances to see if they work as different types of taste enhancers without subjecting human volunteers to endless taste tests.
To non-scientists this may sound a bit strange, but the reality is that HEK 293 cells are widely used in pharmaceutical research, helping scientists create vaccines as well as drugs like those for rheumatoid arthritis. The difference here is that Senomyx's work for Pepsi is one of the first times the cells have (potentially) been used to create a food or beverage. (And it's important to note that no part of a human kidney cell are ever a part of Senomyx's taste enhancers or any finished food products.)
For Debi Vinnedge, who runs the anti-abortion group Children of God for Life, that doesn't matter. "It's the eeew factor. It strikes a really strong reaction in people," she said in an interview.
Even though HEK 293 cells trace their origin to a single fetal kidney back in the 1970s — everything since has come from cultured cell lines — Vinnedge considers their use unethical because it indirectly creates a market for aborted fetuses and encourages scientists to hunt for new embryonic cell lines. She argues that Senomyx could use other, non-fetus-based cell lines, such as those from animals.
Science and medicine writer Matthew Herper offered a similar explanation in Forbes:
The fetus-derived cell line we're talking about was created around the time I was born. This is 35-year-old technology. And it is widely used in cell biology. And there is no way you'll consume them or that the cells would cause any health problems.
The cells, called HEK 293 cells (that stands for human embryonic kidney) were taken from an aborted fetus in the 1970s in the Netherlands. Bits of chopped up DNA from the adenovirus, a virus that causes a pretty severe cold. The kidney cells were forced to take up bits of DNA using a technique invented in 1973 that used a calcium solution. The resulting cells don't act much like human cells at all, but they are very easy to work with and have become workhorses of cellular biology. That's why they're used in the development of drugs and vaccines. No new fetal tissue has been used to keep the cell culture going; the use of this cell line isn't leading to new abortions.
A tiny company called Senomyx has been working to use this new technology to create food additives. Senomyx has isolated receptors found on cells that detect taste, and added them to the HEK cells. This allows them to test thousands of potential taste additives to see whether they might taste sweet or savory with a speed that would be impossible with human taste testers. Synomyx has announced collaborations with Pepsi, Nestle, and Coca-Cola.
Senomyx themselves were circumspect about publicly addressing the issue of their whether they actually used the HEK 293 cell line in their research, although reporters investigating the subject noted references to HEK 293 in the company's patents. For example, Laine Doss wrote in the Miami New Times that:
Asked about the [Children of God for Life's] action alert, Gwen Rosenberg, vice president of investor relations and corporate communications for Senomyx, said, "We don't discuss details of our research, but you won't find anything on our website about HEK293." I asked Rosenberg if Senomyx had a position on stem cell research. "We've never been asked that," she replied, "We don't have a position on anything. We're dedicated to finding new flavors to reduce sugars and reduce salt. Our focus is to help consumers with diabetes or high blood pressure have a better quality of life."
Though Rosenberg states there is nothing on the company website linking Senomyx with HEK293, a little Googling turned up a patent issued in 2008 for "Recombinant Methods for Expressing a Functional Sweet Taste Receptor," in which a line item mentions HEK293.
And Melanie Warner wrote for CBS News that:
Is this claim true? Neither Pepsi nor Senomyx returned calls, so we don't know the companies' side of the story. But a perusal of Senomyx's patents suggests that it may well be. All but 7 of the company's 77 patents refer to the use of HEK 293 (human embryonic kidney) cells, which researchers have used for decades as biological workhorses.
In 2010 Senomyx entered into a four-year collaborative agreement to develop sweet enhancers and natural high-potency sweeteners for PepsiCo beverages, but it's unclear whether PepsiCo has ever marketed any food products that include additives (of any kind) developed by Senomyx. It wasn't until March 2014 that Senomyx announced the first fruits of their partnership with PepsiCo, a sweetness-enhancing "flavor modifier" known as Sweetmyx, but we've seen no subsequent announcement that PepsiCo has begun using Sweetmyx, and that additive appears to be a purely synthetic one:
Q: How exactly does Sweetmyx work?
A: Our tongue's taste receptors work somewhat like pieces of a puzzle. When sugar hits our tongue a molecule of it will connect with a sweet taste receptor, stimulating the nerve pathway and creating the sensation of sweet. Sweetmyx hijacks that pathway by agitating and exciting that sweet taste receptor with another chemical that works when it's in the presence of sugar. So in a way, it increases your receptor's sensitivity to sweet taste sensations.
Q: Is Sweetmyx natural?
A: Although Senomyx has both "natural" and artificial flavoring additives in their pipeline, from what I've been able to surmise, S617 (the company's moniker for Sweetmyx) is not a naturally derived sweetness enhancer. It appears to be artificially synthesized from chemicals.
Pepsi's official response to the Senomyx issue was to point inquirers to their Responsible Research Statement, which stated that "PepsiCo's research processes and those of our partners are confidential for competitive reasons. However, PepsiCo does not conduct or fund research that utilizes any human tissue or cell lines derived from human embryos."
We contacted the Media Relations department at PepsiCo and posed some specific questions to them about their relationship with Senomyx but received only non-specific answers in response:
PepsiCo has a relationship with Senomyx to help us reduce sugar in future products. Senomyx does not provide ingredients to PepsiCo, nor does it manufacture PepsiCo products.
Senomyx is required to abide by our responsible research statement for any work they conduct for PepsiCo. As with each of our research partners, Senomyx is also required to meet all relevant industry and government regulatory standards in the work it performs for PepsiCo.
We can't speak on behalf of another company or address speculation about work involving other companies.
Senomyx did not respond to our request for additional information.


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Het Zuidpool-Aitken-bekken is een inslagkrater op de Maan. De krater is ongeveer 2500 kilometer in diameter, en 13 kilometer diep. Daarmee is het de op een na grootste bekende inslagkrater in het zonnestelsel. De grootste bevindt zich op het noordelijk halfrond van Mars, en is viermaal zo groot.

De krater is vernoemd naar twee kenmerken aan beide kanten: de krater Aitken aan de noordzijde en de zuidpool van de maan aan de andere kant. De buitenste rand van het bekken kan worden gezien vanaf de Aarde als een grote bergketen. Deze worden ook wel het "Leibnitz gebergte" genoemd, maar die naam is niet officieel erkend door de Internationale Astronomische Unie.

Ontdekking en exploratie
Het bestaan van een groot bekken aan de achterkant van de maan werd al vermoed in 1962, toen men foto's bestudeerde gemaakt door de Loenik 3 en Zond 3, maar werd pas bevestigd door globale foto's van het Lunar Orbiter-programma uit de midden jaren 60. Hoogtedata verkregen tijdens de Apollo 15 en 16 missies toonde aan dat het noordelijke gedeelte van het bekken erg diep was. Daar deze data alleen beschikbaar was langs de route die de Apollo CSM vloog, was de topografie van de rest van het bekken onbekend. De eerste complete geologische kaart van het bekken werd gepubliceerd in 1978 door de United States Geological Survey. De meeste informatie over het bekken kwam echter pas beschikbaar in de jaren 90, toen de sondes Galileo en Clementine de maan bezochten. Ze maakten beide multispectrale foto's, waarop onder andere te zien was dat het bekken meer ijzer(II)oxide en titaandioxide bevatte dan doorsnee hoogland van de maan. Dat verklaarde de donkere kleur.

Het nationale ruimtevaartcentrum van de Volksrepubliek China heeft op 7 december 2018 de sonde Chang'e 4 gelanceerd, die op 3 januari 2019 in het bekken is geland.

Fysieke kenmerken

Het laagste punt op de maan (ongeveer –6 kilometer) bevindt zich in het Zuidpool-Aitken-bekken. Het hoogste punt (ongeveer +8 kilometer) ligt aan de noordelijke rand van het bekken. De korst van het bekken wordt op het diepste punt geschat op zo'n 15 kilometer dikte. Gemiddeld is de korst van de maan zo'n 50 kilometer dik.

De compositie van het bekken toont aan dat het anders is dan andere hooglandregio's van de maan. Geen van de grondmonsters verkregen tijdens de Apollo-missies of afkomstig uit maanmeteorieten vertoont overeenkomsten met de samenstelling van de grond in het bekken. De data verkregen tijdens ruimtemissies toont aan dat de grond van het bekken grotere hoeveelheden ijzer, titanium en thorium bevat dan de rest van de maan.

Externe links
 Albedo, Topography, and Mineral Concentrations
 Searching for water in the Aitken Basin
 The Clementine Mission found ice in the Aitken Basin while mapping southern lunar region

Inslagkrater (Maan)

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Berlusconi regrets jibe
Under fire, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on Thursday finally apologised to German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder for any "misunderstanding" over a Nazi jibe he had made at a German lawmaker.
Berlusconi reacts cheekily
to EU members' criticism
Hours after the German Chancellor expressed outrage and demanded a full apology, Berlusconi spoke to him by phone and tendered his apology.
But in a statement later, the beleaguered Italian Prime Minister added he had been seriously offended by criticism levelled against him in the European Parliament on Wednesday.
The German Chancellor, however at the end of the phone conversation with Berlusconi, said he considered the row over.
In a speech earlier during the day in the German Parliament, Schroeder insisted that Berlusconi's comparision of a German lawmaker with that of a Nazi concentration camp commander, was inappropriate and unacceptable.
"This comparision is inappropriate and completely unacceptable in content and form," the German Chancellor said.
"I expect the Italian Prime Minister will apologize fully for this unacceptable comparision," Schroeder said to loud applause.
Berlusconi had sparked widespread consternation on Wednesday when at the European Parliament, he likened a German lawmaker with a Nazi concentration camp commander.
Taken aback by the uproar that followed, Berlusconi had sought to smoothen feathers by conveying his apology to the German people in a meeting with members of the European Peoples' Party (EPP) at the European Parliament.
"I am sorry if I have offended the historical feelings of the German people," Berlusconi was quoted by the EPP members as saying.
But Berlusconi refused to tender a personal apology to Martin Schulz, the German Socialist member of parliament, whom he likened to the Nazi commander.
Angry Berlusconi
Having taken over the European Union presidency for six-months on Tuesday, Berlusconi had lost his cool in the European Parliament early in the day on Wednesday.
Responding to criticism of an alleged conflict of interest between his political office and his extensive Italian media interests by German Socialist MEP (Member of Parliament) Martin Schulz, Berlusconi snapped back.
"Mr Schulz, I know there is in Italy a man producing a film on the Nazi concentration camps. I would like to suggest you for the role of leader. You'd be perfect," Berlusconi exclaimed to jeers in the chamber.
A noisy protest by 15 Green members in the European Parliament seemed to have prompted Berlusconi to lose his composure.
About 15 Green members held up placards in Italian declaring "La legge e uguale per tutti" (The law is equal for all) and "No godfathers," referrring to the immunity that the Italian Prime Minister had secured for himself against corruption cases.
Berlusconi who had been on trial for allegedly bribing judges over a 1980s business deal, recently rushed a law through parliament granting himself and other top state officials immunity from prosecution while in office.

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Requirement elicitation and analysis is one of main and difficult activities in requirement engineering process. In this phase, software engineers work with customers and system end-users to find out about the application domain, what services the system should provide, the required performance of system, hardware constraints, etc.
Stakeholders often don't know what they want from a computer system except in the most general terms. They may make unrealistic demands because they don't know what is and isn't feasible.
Stakeholders naturally express requirements in their own terms and with implicit knowledge of their own work. Requirement engineer without experience in customer's domain may not understand requirements.
Different stakeholders have different requirement which may be expressed in different ways. Requirement engineer have to discover all potential sources of requirement and discover commonalities and conflict.
Political factors may influence the requirement of a system. Managers may demand specific system requirement because these will allow them to increase their influence in the organization.
The economic and business environment in which the analysis takes place is dynamic. It inevitably changes during the analysis process, the importance of particular requirement may change. New requirement may emerge from new stakeholders who were not originally consulted.


A stay at Rendezvous Hotel Sydney Central places you in the heart of Haymarket, within a 10-minute walk of Capitol Theatre and Paddy's Market. This 4-star hotel is 0.8 mi (1.2 km) from International Convention Centre Sydney and 0.4 mi (0.6 km) from World Square Shopping Centre.
Make yourself at home in one of the 116 air-conditioned rooms featuring refrigerators and flat-screen televisions. Complimentary wired and wireless Internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming provides entertainment. Private bathrooms with showers feature rainfall showerheads and designer toiletries. Conveniences include safes and desks, and housekeeping is provided daily.
Grab a bite to eat at Straits Cafe, a restaurant which features a bar, or stay in and take advantage of the room service (during limited hours). Buffet breakfasts are available daily from 7 AM to 10:30 AM for a fee.
Featured amenities include wired Internet access (surcharge), complimentary newspapers in the lobby, and dry cleaning/laundry services. Planning an event in Haymarket? This hotel has facilities measuring 3229 square feet (300 square meters), including conference space. Self parking (subject to charges) is available onsite.


Diabetes is a chronic condition affecting over two million people in England and Wales. It is caused by an inability to use or produce the hormone insulin and leads to a rise in blood glucose.
This clinical audit aims to improve the care, outcomes and experiences of children and young people with all types of diabetes treated within NHS Paediatric Diabetes Units (PDU) until the age of 24 years.


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A league team consists of 3 players: one in each handicap index range 15.5-17.4, 17.5-20.4 and 20.5 and upwards.
Matches are played between members of the same handicap range and no shots are given in any section. Should a team not be able to provide a player in any of the two lower Handicap ranges, then that team can play a substitute player from a higher handicap range. The substitute player must play off the lower handicap and no shots are given or received.
The play is match play over 18 holes and to decide the outcome the result of each section counts.
Points are awarded as follows: win – 2 points, draw – 1 point, lose – 0 points. Example: – Home Team A v Visitors Team B. Team A: 15.5-17.4 wins 2 and 1, Team A: 17.5-20.4 halves, Team A: 20.5 and upwards loses 2 and 1. Match Result: -Team A, 3 points, Team B, 3 points.
All league matches shall be started between 5.00pm and 6.00pm on Thursday evenings or at a day/time mutually agreed by the captains involved. If both clubs agree, it is permissible to switch home and away fixtures, but they must advise the League Secretary beforehand. It is the responsibility of the League home club correspondent to report the result of the match to the League Secretary before 10.30pm on Thursday evening. Failure to do so will result in the reduction of three points from the home team involved. The away team will score whatever points they actually won. In all cases the decision of the League Secretary will be final.
If, for any valid reason, play is unable to start, or has to be discontinued, then the match will have to be completed within thirteen days of the due date, or the end of the season, whichever comes sooner, by mutual agreement between the two teams. In the case of a discontinued match, play will re-start at the tee of the hole where play was abandoned. In a replayed match, if any of the original players are not available, substitution is permitted.
In the event of a tie to decide promotion or relegation the deciding factor shall be the number of matches won. If still level the decision will be based on individual results. Holes won and lost.
Promotion or relegation will be on a basis of two up and two down. At various times this may change (e.g. the 2021 season) if the divisions need to be re-balanced in the event of withdrawal/addition of clubs.
In the event of a dispute, the circumstances must be reported to the League Secretary within 7 days of the match in question having been played, and his decision will be final.


What are a lion, a shark, and a wolf to do? Can they change their carnivorous ways? This Young Hoosier book starts with the disclaimer "No herbivores were injured, physically or emotionally in the making of this product…" Three misunderstood friends of the animal kingdom band together to try share their feelings and try to reform from their hungry ways. Can they get the other animals to like them and not be afraid of them? Read this clever and humorous book to see if they succeed in changing or simply come to accept themselves.


Need some go-to strategies to instantly dial down your stress levels? Here's a handful of tactics that really work.
Next time you feel your stress levels rising, take action. And don't worry – you don't need a lot of time, or highly specialised equipment. In fact, some stress-less tactics are as simple as temporarily changing how you breathe and making a conscious effort to smile. Try these five strategies the next time you want to instantly reduce how stressed you feel.
Pull out your pencils or paints and get creative. A 2016 study discovered that engaging in any sort of artistic pursuit for 45 minutes causes your levels of cortisol, a stress hormone, to plummet. Don't think you're very artistic? Doesn't matter! Researchers say cortisol levels fall as a result of having a go at creating art, regardless of artistic talent or how 'successful' the end result is.
Too stressed to sleep? A breathing technique, dubbed the '4-7-8' might help. Creator Dr Andrew Weil calls it a natural tranquilliser for the nervous system. Place the tip of your tongue behind your upper front teeth and exhale through your mouth making a 'whoosh' sound. Inhale through your nose for a count of four, then hold your breath for seven seconds, then exhale again to the count of eight. Repeat up to four times.
It's scientifically proven to lower cortisol levels, probably due to the chain reaction that chewing creates, by increasing blood flow to the brain. Researchers say that chewing for just 10 minutes is enough to help you feel less stressed.
And by 'green', we mean plants. Just having a few around the place can help put a stop to soaring stress levels, but for a real stress-relieving hit, get up close and personal. Research proves that the simple act of touching real-life foliage with your fingers triggers a change in brain chemicals that promotes a sense of 'calm'.
It might seem like the last thing you feel like doing when you're stressed, but research proves that when you make a conscious effort to smile in the face of a stressful situation, it reduces your body's physical stress response. In other words, your heart rate won't rise as high and your cortisol levels will be lower. The end result? A calmer, less stressed-out you.


MacKenzie, Craig. The conception of time in Philip Larkin's 'Church Going': what the manuscripts tell us. 2016.
Citation: MacKenzie, C. 2016. The conception of time in Philip Larkin's 'Church Going': what the manuscripts tell us.


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THOMAS BOYS LEWIS was born at Billinge House, Blackburn, in 1869, being the youngest child of Thomas and Ann Lewis. Educated at Eton and King's College, Cambridge, he graduated first class in the Classical Tripos, entering the cotton trade in 1892 in association with his brother Henry. Before he finally retired into private life, he had guided the firm's destiny for 28 years.
In his early days he attended at the Technical College as an unpaid teacher of Latin and Greek, but his largest educational gift to the town was the Lewis Textile Museum. Opened in 1934 it represents the development of the cotton trade over the past two hundred years, and contains many objects of historical and antiquarian interest, including working replicas of Hargreaves' Spinning Jenny, Arkwright's Water Frame, Crompton's Mule, and several primitive handlooms, all in suitable settings, with period furniture and figures in period costumes.
The preservation of Samlesbury Hall is another achievement due to his generosity and public spirit. The hall and grounds were originally offered to him for the sum of £1,500 but he refused it, not thinking there was sufficient public interest in such matters to warrant its preservation as a monument of olden days. It was then purchased by a Blackburn firm of builders, who prepared to demolish it. Ultimately the Blackburn Society of Antiquaries issued an appeal for funds, and altogether, including the cost of restoration, over £5,000 was spent. The fabric was restored under the direction of Mr. Frank Morton, in accordance with old drawings obtained by Henry Whittaker, Esquire, from the British Museum and elsewhere. For exhibition purposes Mr. Lewis lent a unique collection of cabinets which illustrate the development of this particular article of furniture in various countries over a period of four centuries. For seven years he wrote annually a historical play to be produced in the Great Hall before the 'Friends of Samlesbury'. He also called in an old school-fellow, Sir Charles Holmes, formerly Director of the National Gallery, to paint a series of ten oils and thirty-three water colours with which to decorate the walls.
'This ancient manor house of Samlesbury (wrote J. G. Shaw) with its credulous stories of ghosts and a genuine priest's hole, its true stories of trials for witchcraft and the tragic history of a knightly family who suffered for their adherence to the 'old religion' at the time of the Reformation, is described by Abram as 'one of the most complete and interesting examples of early domestic architecture in the North of England'. Its oldest portion, the Great Hall, has stood for nearly 600 years and there are traces of the moat by which it was originally surrounded. The oak timbers with which the walls are framed are interesting specimens of mediaeval domestic architecture and as a piece of antiquarian interest there is nothing to compare with fit, except Hoghton Tower, in the neighbourhood of Blackburn.
'In 1830 it had degenerated into the condition of a wayside inn; in 1850 it was a boarding school for young ladies. Joseph Harrison bought it in 1862, and with the best advice available in his day, restored it as a residence for his eldest son. It stood empty for a while after the death of William Harrison, but thirty years ago it was occupied by Mr. Fred Baines, of Blackburn, when he was High Sheriff of Lancashire. Another period of neglect and dilapidation followed and in 1925 the hall and land attached to it were offered to Mr. T. B. Lewis. . .'
Poet no less than scholar, his 'Meditations of a Cotton Spinner', published in 1929, contains much memorable verse, with an intimate note that will appeal to every native of the borough. At the Centenary of the Consecration of the Parish Church in 1926 he took a prominent part in its organisation, wrote over half the episodes and designed a model of the church showing how transepts and choir could be added to form a cathedral.
Mr. Lewis was twice married. His first wife, formerly Miss Hilary Coddington, a talented artist in her own right, died in 1936; his second wife was Mrs. Mary Alice Smalley, widow of Henry Smalley. Thomas Boys Lewis died at Oak Hill, Whalley, in September, 1942, aged 73. He had one son.
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In 1946 Edward Hart, the son of a local manufacturer, left the town his personal collection of 500 fine books and manuscripts and more than 6000 rare coins: a large selection of these artefacts is on permanent display in the Hart Gallery. The illuminated manuscripts date from the mid-13th century to the early 16th century. There is also a small group of finely illuminated manuscripts from Persia and Arabia. Hart's interests extended to all forms of the written word and he acquired Egyptian hieroglyphs, a single leaf from the Gutenberg Bible, rare books printed by William Caxton, early copies of Shakespeare plays, and a copy of the Kelmscott Chaucer.
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Robert Edward Hart was born in Blackburn in 1878. He was the eldest son of the late Thomas Hart, JP.
He was educated at Horris Hill School, near Newbury, Rugby School and Pembroke College, Cambridge.
He took his MA degree with honours in mechanical science and was made a member of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers.
He was Chairman of the family business. This was Thomas Hart Limited, an old established firm of rope makers founded by his forebears in 1789. In 1925, he extended the premises on Lambeth Street and it became a limited company in 1928.
Although he was of a retiring nature, he did a great deal to foster trade and commerce in Blackburn. He was the Chariman of the Chamber of Commerce in 1922-23. In 1917, he succeeded his father as Treasurer of the Guardian Society for the Protection of Trade. He also served on the Library and Education Committees, as well as being officially connected with the Blackburn Auxiliary of the Church Missionary Society for 27 years until 1944.
He was a keen member of the Blackburn Society of Antiquaries. He was a Fellow of the Royal Numismatic Society, and had a fine collection of rare coins, together with a wonderful collection of early books and manuscripts.
He was well known as a benefactor, making donations worth more than £60,000 to the town.These included gifts to churches, scholarships and endowments.He gave £35,000 to the Town Council towards the purchase of the Witton Park estate. At a meeting in which the Council recorded its thanks to Mr. Hart, it was described as the greatest gift in the history of the town. The Mayor, Alderman J. Charnley remarked that it was "an occasion for the town to rejoice in having such a worthy citizen."
R. E. Hart died,at his residence, Brooklands, West Park Road, in September 1946 at the age of 68. On his death, his estate was valued at more than £370,000.
After his death, his coins, books and manuscripts were given to Blackburn Museum, where the Hart Gallery commemorates this magnificent bequest.
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Learn how to use the color picker to pick colors for your Dreamweaver site.
In HTML, colors are expressed either as hexadecimal values (for example, #FF0000) or as color names (red). A web-safe color is one that appears the same in Safari and Microsoft Internet Explorer on both Windows and Macintosh systems when running in 256‑color mode. The conventional wisdom is that there are 216 common colors, and that any hexadecimal value that combines the pairs 00, 33, 66, 99, CC, or FF (RGB values 0, 51, 102, 153, 204, and 255, respectively) represents a web-safe color.
When web browsers first made their appearance, most computers displayed only 265 colors (8 bits per channel (bpc). Today, the majority of computers display thousands or millions of colors (16‑ and 32‑bpc), so the justification for using the browser-safe palette is greatly diminished if you are developing your site for users with current computer systems.
One reason to use the web-safe color palette is if you are developing for alternative web devices such as PDA and cell phone displays. Many of these devices offer only black and white (1‑bpc) or 256 color (8‑bpc) displays.
The Color Cubes (default) and the Continuous Tone palettes in Dreamweaver use the 216‑color web-safe palette; selecting a color from these palettes displays the color's hexadecimal value.
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In Dreamweaver, many of the dialog boxes, as well as the Property inspector for many page elements, contain a color box, which opens a color picker. Use the color picker to select a color for a page element. You can also set the default text color for your page elements.
Click a color box in any dialog box or in the Property inspector.
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City Survival Skills: Making friends with fear
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I had just finished my workout as I leaned up against the wide pillar on the underground train platform at LA's Pershing Square station. I was exhausted and annoyed because I had just missed the last train and after 8pm the Red Line runs every 20 minutes. There were no benches and my legs were crying after an ungodly amount of medicine ball squats. But it was just as well as the pillar offered cover and required only a 240 degree view of my surroundings vs. a constant 360 degree view.
As I settled in against the cold concrete pillar I plugged my ear buds into my ears and debated on whether to listen to a podcast. The ear buds are always in when I'm underground as it generally does a good job of keeping people from talking to me. Depending on the environment and who is around, I may allow myself the luxury of a podcast. But if the scene is questionable, I'll keep it turned off to keep my hearing abilities at a maximum.
I was at my usual spot down past the first set of stairs towards the end of the platform so that I can board the last car. This spot has become my comfort zone away from other people (lessening the odds of a perv, thief or general all-around crazy person) while providing cover, good visibility and access to a quick escape.
But I never go all the way down past the last set of stairs, that's where the creepers hang out. As I glanced through the space between the stairs I could make out a gathering of shadowy figures blasting music and settling in for a party. With their unruly presence I opted to not turn on my podcast. That only added to my grumpiness as I waited for my northbound train.
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As I waited I would occasionally surrender the refuge of my pillar to walk closer to the edge of the platform to glance up and down to see who was around and what they were up to. Generally I do this in response to a disturbance of some sort, but often it's out of boredom while I wait. During one of my recon missions I noticed a trio of LAPD officers making their way down the platform. I felt a bit of relief when I saw them and went back to my pillar to chill.
As the officers got closer I gave them a nod and said, "Thanks for being here." They nodded back and replied, "You're welcome" as they continued to the end of the platform. They had a brief exchange with the folks behind the stairs. I couldn't make out what was said, but after the encounter the music was turned down and the officers looped back around to continue their patrol.
As the officers approached this time they spoke to me first, "What time does your train come?"
Alone on this section of the platform, my mind raced: Oh my God, corrupt cops. They're going to rape and kill me and throw my body onto the tracks. I won't be found until my mangled corpse has been half eaten by Skid Row rats the size of chihuahuas and dragged into Union Station by an on-coming train.
I quickly dismissed the paranoia fueled by nothing but movies, media hype and hysterical Facebook posts about outliers.
Trusting my instincts I answered, "The Purple Line just went by, so probably another 10 minutes or so."
"We can wait with you until your train comes," one of them offered.
I didn't even realize how much tension I was holding until it instantly drained from my body. With their offer to wait with me, in that very moment, my body relaxed knowing I could lower the guard that I constantly have up while underground. For once, I could just chill and let someone else be vigilant.
I had thanked the officers for being there because I had noticed since LAPD's increased presence over the last few months, there seemed to be fewer shenanigans. Their kind offer to wait with me was much appreciated. As I awkwardly searched for conversation with these three well-armed and imposing men we found common ground in talking about the Metro. They never rode it and they expressed shock when I told them I had been riding it everyday for about 5 or 6 years. They couldn't get their heads around the fact that a middle-class, middle-aged white woman would choose to take the train.
Now, if I had a dollar for every person who has expressed horror when they learn that I ride the trains in LA… well, I wouldn't be rich, but I could have a really nice dinner and a couple of martinis at Musso & Frank. With dessert too — they make a killer chocolate mousse cake.
But these guys were armed with guns, tasers, training and backup and they were implying that the train was dangerous? I can give native Angelenos a pass to a degree — they grew up immersed in car culture and public transit is still this weird thing to many of them. For me however, I feel freer with public transit — less confined, less claustrophobic and the only thing I have to worry about managing is my own body rather than a two ton metal box. Driving is so much more stressful to me than riding the train.
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But that's not to say there aren't things to be aware of on public transit. I've heard all kinds of assumptions about who rides the trains and the horrible things that happen down in the seedy underground. And you know what? Those assumptions are true. There are some pretty scary and smelly people down there. Assaults happen and I've seen some ugly things. Beyond what I've seen and experienced, 2016 surveys of LA transit riders have found:
25% said they had been groped or fondled while using the system
20% said they had experienced "unwanted sexual behavior" or sexual harassment
Nearly 30% of previous riders stopped riding because they felt unsafe.
As a rider, especially as a female rider, I have all of these same concerns and fears. But then I remember those same scary people and situations are above ground too and that I'm not any safer because I'm in my car:
37,000+ people die in car accidents every year
400,000+ people are injured by distracted drivers
It takes an average of three seconds after a driver's mind is taken off the road for any road accident to occur
Yep, even as hyper-aware as I am on the Metro, I find it way more relaxing than driving my car.
When people have expressed their fear and distaste for the train I've generally responded, "pppppppppfhfhfhfhfhfhfhfhfh". I've taken public transit in cities all over the world since I was a kid. It was as an adolescent girl taking the El through West Philly that I first developed my skills of how to not get fucked with including:
How to look nonchalant while secretly eyeing potential threats
Knowing when to become invisible and blend into the crowd vs. when to throw my shoulders back, chin up and swagger
Staying alert to reflections and shadows
Taking corners widely
Knowing just the right amount of eye contact to make
Discerning when to scowl vs. when to smile
Not caring about being rude in response to unwanted attention
And then of course luck has been a big factor. It was often sheer luck that allowed me to develop these tactics and instincts that have helped me successfully spot trouble on the street for decades. Trusting my instincts has also helped in my personal life as they have spotted the bad boys there too. It doesn't mean that I've always listened, but that inner voice always alerted me when trouble was coming. That's a story for another day.
But something else crept in over the years despite staying safe as I've explored some of my favorite cities on foot. With all the horror stories and statistics, I had been contaminated by this contagion called "fear". Perhaps there was once a healthy level of fear my parents initially instilled in me allowing me to develop the tactics that I did. But as a pedestrian and public transit user in LA the daily state of alertness was beginning to take its toll.
Then I stumbled into this thing called VioDy. VioDy is short for Violence Dynamics, a 4-day workshop I had learned about in reading the works of Rory Miller. Perhaps best known as the author of Meditations on Violence, Miller is also one of the founding instructors of VioDy. A fan of his books, I jumped at the opportunity to put his principles into practice in the workshop. It was an immersive 4 days with equal parts of physical drills and lectures with topics ranging from the Logic of Violence to insight on how adrenaline works and how to optimize it to your favor.
As a student of martial arts for nearly 30 years and a reformed self-defense instructor, VioDy was a profound paradigm shift for me. Prior to VioDy I looked at my daily commute from the perspective of the prey. I would have never admitted or even known that before as I had moved through street life with my "don't fuck with me" air. That, and my old friend luck, had worked quite well for me.
But I realized at VioDy that despite my tried-and-true tactics, deep down I still felt like prey. That was a humbling and hard realization to confront. But once confronted, I was able to soak in the lessons of VioDy, which shifted my perceptions from thinking like prey to thinking like a predator.
So much of what's taught in self-dense training is from the point of view of the person being attacked. And it feeds that culture of fear: Look out! Potential attackers around every corner!
But at VioDy, that was turned on its head as we approached scenarios from the point of view of the attacker. Whoa. Talk about your paradigm shifts. By better understanding how predators think, I'm now even more alert just… way more chill. And I'm actually having fun with it too.
One of the most fun and insightful parts of VioDy was the advanced people watching exercises we did out in public spaces. By noticing people's behaviors, distractions and intentions, it has allowed me to pick up on details I hadn't consciously noticed before. Now back at home I'm continuing to develop my people watching skills and really seeing things for the first time that I had glossed over a million times before.
For example, I pass hundreds of people a day on the sidewalk and Metro and unless they were unique in some obvious way, they were all a blur to me. But now I'm recognizing the faces of ordinary people I've passed by hours or even days before. As the blur of the masses comes into sharper focus, I'm spotting the ideal targets who are distracted by phones, kids, shopping and otherwise not at all paying attention. Sure they're just happily living life, but as some of these folks stroll along I've been playing with "joining" them as they walk — sidling up to walk right beside or close behind them. Its stunning how close I'm able to get to these strangers without them seeming to notice or react.
As I turn my focus out on the specific behaviors of those around me, I'm less tense as I am seeing most people are more interested in going about their day than victimizing others. That's where I've chilled out a ton since VioDy. But for those of you who are up to no good — now you're easier to spot too.


A folding dog water bowl.
A collapsing dog bowl in tough laminated PVC waterproof container so as well as being folded and easy to carry around with you in a pocket or rucksack, you can unfold the dog bowl, then fill with water and allow your dog or dogs to drink.
No need to carry around a bulky hard plastic water bowl.


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Q: Sum values from all elements with class, except for first I'm using a bootstrap table to display a bunch of data and would like to sum up a column after the data has been loaded with JSON. I'd like to do the summing with Javascript so that the values will update when I apply filters to the table (See the filter extension here for an example http://wenzhixin.net.cn/p/bootstrap-table/docs/extensions.html. I'm currently trying to do this with the jQuery each() function by selecting a class that has been applied to every cell in a column, getting the value from each element and summing it into a variable.
Has anyone done this before with bootstrap tables?
Here is what I currently have (This is returning NaN in the end):
function sum_revenue() {

    var sum = 0;

    // remove class from column header because it does not contain numbers
    $('.revenue').first().removeClass('revenue');

    $('.revenue').each(function(){

        sum += parseInt($(this).val());

    });

    console.log(sum);

}

A: This works --
var sum = 0;

    // remove class from column header because it does not contain numbers
    $('.revenue').first().removeClass('revenue');

    $('.revenue').each(function(){
        sum += parseFloat($(this).text());
    });

    console.log("$" + sum);

A: You have an issue with execution order. JS will run those two block simultaneously. You can do this synchronously as follows:
var sum = 0;
$('.revenue').each(function(index, value) {
    //Remove the first "header element from sum
    if(index !== 0) {
        sum += parseInt($(this).html(), 10);
    }
    //Remove the class if you still need to
    else {
        $(this).removeClass('revenue');
    }
});

console.log(sum);

Here is a fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/a14rva0m/2/
Or you could do this with some crazy callback magic.

A: You can use .not to filter out the first element:
var sum = 0;

$('.revenue').not(':first').each(function(){
    sum += parseInt($(this).val());
});

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We commercialize IOTA applications with the proven value of the Directed Acyclic Graph (DAG) – aka the Tangle – to solve some of the world's largest and most complex problems.
Learn more about incorporating trust in your applications using DLT for secure, immutable data storage, machine-to-machine communications, simplified transactions, and other solutions.
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Melbourne, Australia, July 1, 2015 -- Beam Communications Pty Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of World Reach Limited (ASX:WRR) an Australian publicly listed company has been appointed an official Service Provider for the Iridium® Push-To-Talk.
Iridium Communications Inc. (Nasdaq: IRDM) today announced the initial service providers for the Iridium Push-To-Talk (PTT) solution. Iridium PTT is the world's first global, satellite-based push-to-talk service, enabling instant communication between participants located anywhere on earth. Iridium PTT provides a fast, simple, and global service making the Iridium network available to tens, or tens of thousands of devices with the push of a single button.
Iridium PTT is comprised of three components that work seamlessly to provide a ubiquitous solution globally: the Iridium PTT service delivered through the Iridium Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellation; the Iridium Command Center, the cloud-based management system where all radios and talkgroups are managed; and the Iridium PTT radios, including both the Iridium Extreme PTT as well as other satellite or Hybrid PTT devices or accessories that may be developed to further expand enterprise applications for Iridium PTT.
The Iridium PTT Command Center is the first ever cloud-based customer management system for satellite-based push-to-talk solutions. The Command Center gives organizations the ability to easily manage and define the geographic coverage for each needed talkgroup. The coverage areas are created using a graphical map interface fuelled by Google Maps. Through the Command Center, administrators can quickly and easily define which device/users are members of specific talkgroups and how many talkgroups are needed. As situations evolve, managers are able to make changes to groups dynamically, and these are carried out over-the-air to Iridium PTT devices within seconds.
Iridium PTT, like most commercial and private turnked radio services solutions, uses half-duplex communication, like a walkie-talkie, where one party talks to other participants in a group who serve as listeners. The coverage provided by the Iridium satellite network, as well as advanced security and features, elevates this service far above and beyond what is currently offered today.
Iridium PTT works with Iridium's existing constellation and is compatible with Iridium NEXT, the company's next generation satellite constellation, which is scheduled to begin launching in late 2015 and to be completed in late 2017.
The Iridium Push-to-Talk service will be promoted and sold by Beam to both direct and indirect customers within Australia.


Love is a funny word because we use it so interchangeably—we use love to describe nearly everything from tacos to significant others to God. I think that our culture uses it so often, that the word has been watered down and even polluted. So, when Scripture commands us to love God and love others (Matthew 22:36-40; Mark 12:30-31), what does that actually mean and look like?
I think that the word love is two part: noun and verb, or action.
I think that we have love, the noun, down pat. This love is a feeling or emotion. The problem is that often feelings change, therefore your emotions are deceitful (Jeremiah 17:9). Please don't hear me say emotions are bad—they're good. However, when we use our emotions to gauge reality, we start running into problems.
On the other hand, love, the action, if we're being honest with ourselves, is a lot harder to do and sometimes lacking. It a choice that demands action. When we love, it's easy to say it and (sometimes) feel it. The hard part is actually doing it, showing love to God and the world around us.
Now, back to love, the action. I feel super passionate about this, maybe because I'm an acts of service person, God, or just a little mix of both. I would argue both, because Scripture is filled with concrete examples of how to love. If we look at the life of Jesus, love, the action, is undeniable: washing the disciples' feet (they had sandals and didn't have pedicures then y'all—they were crusty), feeding thousands, miracles—lots of them, healing the sick and dead, and the biggest one—He was crucified for our sins, so we could be restored back to the Father. Jesus died so we could experience pure love from the Father heart of God.
It's really easy to love people who look, act, and talk like us. Maybe not really easy, but easier than loving people who are the polar opposite of you. One of the quotes I keep on my computer home screen is: "How we walk with the broken, speaks louder than how we sit with the great." When I think about Jesus, He knew good and well how to walk with the broken. The Pharisees even accused Him of being a sinner Himself by how much He hung around the "wrong crowd" (Luke 7:34). I say "wrong crowd" in quotes because it was the exact crowd He came to love and minister to. They were actually the right crowd.
My prompt to you is what does your crowd look like? Is the world reflected in your crowd? Or is it just people who look, act, and think like you? My challenge for you is to get out and love people in the world, and not just the people who reflect you. Who are the oppressed, poor, needy, fatherless, and widows in your sphere? Go love them! Put your words into action. If you can't think of someone who is oppressed, it's anyone who is starving to know Jesus, but filling the emptiness with drugs and alcohol. It's that girl who sits by herself in Bolton every day waiting to be noticed. It's people judged just because of the color of their skin, religion, or political views. It's people rotting away in poverty because of intergenerational trauma and systemic injustice. Love these people. Walk with them. Know the depths of their stories and pain. Share the gospel. Pray for their hope and joy to be restored through an encounter with Jesus that sparks a relationship.
You are the light of the world—that is part of your identity. You were created to make an impact wherever you are. Don't hide your light under a bushel. If you're under a bushel, flip that container over, girl (or dude)! You were made to shine the light of God into the world. Don't settle for anything less than what you were made for. It would be an injustice to humanity if you did not live out of the full identity Christ died for you to have.
My prayer for you is that the Holy Spirit would fill you with a deep empathy for the injustice, pain, and suffering around you and give you wisdom on ways to act in Biblical love. Shine His light. Love the world.


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Q: Есть способ сделать чтобы при запуске программы ставился определенный язык по умолчанию? Нужно чтобы язык ввода при запуске программы ставился по умолчанию. Например, мне нужен английский, но при запуске программы ставится русский. Я конечно могу каждый раз переключать, но это вызывает некоторые трудности.

A: Наверное вам нужен ActivateKeyboardLayout


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Wortheniella is een uitgestorven geslacht van weekdieren uit de klasse van de Gastropoda (slakken). Exemplaren van dit geslacht zijn slechts als fossiel bekend.

Soort
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Wortheniellidae
Uitgestorven slakken


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#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdint.h>

#include <rte_common.h>
#include <rte_cycles.h>

#include "test.h"

#define N 10000

/*
 * Cycles test
 * ===========
 *
 * - Loop N times and check that the timer always increments and
 *   never decrements during this loop.
 *
 * - Wait one second using rte_usleep() and check that the increment
 *   of cycles is correct with regard to the frequency of the timer.
 */

static int
test_cycles(void)
{
	unsigned i;
	uint64_t start_cycles, cycles, prev_cycles;
	uint64_t hz = rte_get_timer_hz();
	uint64_t max_inc = (hz / 100); /* 10 ms max between 2 reads */

	/* check that the timer is always incrementing */
	start_cycles = rte_get_timer_cycles();
	prev_cycles = start_cycles;
	for (i=0; i<N; i++) {
		cycles = rte_get_timer_cycles();
		if ((uint64_t)(cycles - prev_cycles) > max_inc) {
			printf("increment too high or going backwards\n");
			return -1;
		}
		prev_cycles = cycles;
	}

	/* check that waiting 1 second is precise */
	prev_cycles = rte_get_timer_cycles();
	rte_delay_us(1000000);
	cycles = rte_get_timer_cycles();

	if ((uint64_t)(cycles - prev_cycles) > (hz + max_inc)) {
		printf("delay_us is not accurate: too long\n");
		return -1;
	}
	if ((uint64_t)(cycles - prev_cycles) < (hz - max_inc)) {
		printf("delay_us is not accurate: too short\n");
		return -1;
	}

	return 0;
}

REGISTER_TEST_COMMAND(cycles_autotest, test_cycles);

/*
 * rte_delay_us_callback test
 *
 * - check if callback is correctly registered/unregistered
 *
 */

static unsigned int pattern;
static void my_rte_delay_us(unsigned int us)
{
	pattern += us;
}

static int
test_user_delay_us(void)
{
	pattern = 0;

	rte_delay_us(2);
	if (pattern != 0)
		return -1;

	/* register custom delay function */
	rte_delay_us_callback_register(my_rte_delay_us);

	rte_delay_us(2);
	if (pattern != 2)
		return -1;

	rte_delay_us(3);
	if (pattern != 5)
		return -1;

	/* restore original delay function */
	rte_delay_us_callback_register(rte_delay_us_block);

	rte_delay_us(3);
	if (pattern != 5)
		return -1;

	return 0;
}

REGISTER_TEST_COMMAND(user_delay_us, test_user_delay_us);

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SBU News > Stony Brook Matters > Alumni Chapters & Groups > Black/Latino Group > Black History Month Opening Ceremony Emphasizes the Power of Choice
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Black History Month Opening Ceremony Emphasizes the Power of Choice
President Stanley (center) and the Black History Month Committee
The power of choice was the common theme during the Black History Month opening ceremony — the choice to achieve, to persevere, to love and to rise up — coinciding with Stony Brook's overarching theme for the month, "Sankofa: Still I Rise."
The opening ceremony is part of an annual program of Black History Month events throughout the month of February, coordinated by the Office of Multicultural Affairs, Black History Month Committee and Department of Africana Studies. This year, the Department of Africana Studies is also celebrating their 50th anniversary as a department at Stony Brook.
"At Stony Brook, we're committed to learning from the past so that we continue to meet the needs of all of our students. Our diversity has always been one of our strongest assets," President Samuel Stanley remarked at the opening ceremony. "This year's program aims to further enlighten our campus on groups of people and individuals of African descent who have overcome various obstacles to make significant contributions to society, as well highlight the intersectionality of other groups closely affiliated with African Americans."
The ceremony was held in the Sidney Gelber Auditorium in the Student Activities Center during campus lifetime on Wednesday, January 31, anchored by a keynote speech from Stony Brook Medicine's own Allison McLarty, MD, cardiothoracic surgeon.
"This very moment we can change our lives," McLarty said at the start of her talk. "There never was a moment and there never will be a moment where we are without the power to alter our destiny."
Dr. Allison McLarty, Opening Ceremony keynote speaker
Throughout her professional life, McLarty was faced with choices that would shape the person she'd become. She was continually told by her advisors and other professionals that she would never become a doctor or a surgeon solely because of her identity as a foreign student or as a black woman. Each time she was told 'no', she made the decision to keep pushing forward.
What McLarty wants young people, especially black men and women, to get from her story is the ability to find the power to make the choices that will shape their lives no matter what the obstacle.
"Our choices are powerful, they empower us," she said. "We should never forget that or allow ourselves to be in a passive place where we feel like we cannot change who we are or what's going on or what our destiny is to be."
Shari Cummings, student co-chair of the Black History Month Committee, related the power of choice to the month's theme, Still I Rise, speaking on the choice to bend in the face of hate or to rise with love.
"The will to persevere and strive for excellence has become a struggle," she said. "We are always fighting hate and we must never stop. But we must also remember to not let hate shape our present, as our present begets our future. Don't let it stunt your growth, and find the courage to act because of love and not because of hate."
As Stony Brook continues through Black History Month, remember the enduring power of choices.
You can continue to celebrate the African American experience and learn more about Black history by checking out stonybrook.edu/bhm.
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Every summer, when we visit our friends Ernie and Louise in the Hamptons, we look forward to the same menu. I would not have it any other way because to me it is just perfect! What's more, Ernie has a very interesting wine cellar and we consult on what wines we should drink with the food. Here are some of the things we drank and ate over the weekend.
It was a perfect combination with the cold melon soup with candied ginger.
Barbera d' Asti "Vigna Noce" 1999 Antica Azienda Agricola Trinchero. The winery belongs to the Triple "A" Agriculture Artisans Artists, an association of wine producers from around the world that believes in Organic and Bio-Dynamic production, terroir and as little interference as possible by the wine maker. Only natural yeast is used, there is no acidification of the wine, clarification and filtration does not take place. Chemical treatments are not used in the vineyards; copper and sulfur are used but only when it is really necessary. The wine is aged for 7 years in large chestnut barrels. This is a traditional, classic Barbera that will last for at least another 10 years.
We had this with the pasta amatriciana but we could not get bucatini so we made it with penne.
Grato Grati Vino Rosso da Tavola 1988 Vecchia Annata Made mostly from Sangiovese with a small amount of Canaiolo. This is declassified Chianti Rufina and it is one of my favorites. It can age: I have had the 1978, 1982, 1988, 1990, 1995 and 1997 often. I still have a 3-liter bottle of the 1990 that I was given when I visited the winery.
We had this with the Italian salumi, cheese, and grilled zucchini and peppers.
Aglianico 1999 made from 100% Aglianico del Vulture Azienda Agricola Basilisco. There are 8 hectares of vineyards. Fermentation and maceration is in stainless steel tanks for 15/30 days depending on the vintage. The wine is aged in French oak barrels for 12/18 months.
Montepulciano d'Abruzzo 1985 Emidio Pepe 100% Montepulciano d'Abruzzo. The winery is organic and Bio-Dynamic. They belong to the Triple "A" Agriculture Artisans Artists.Both the tendonne method and the cordon spur method are used for training the vines. In vintages when the weather is very hot the tendonne method is better because the leaves form a canopy to protect the grapes from the sun. When the weather is not too hot, the cordon spur is better because it allows more sun and air to reach the grapes. 1 hectare of tendonne has 900 vines and produces 90 quintals of grapes. That means that each vine produces from 6 to 9 kilos of grapes. In one hectare of cordon spur trained grapes, there are 3,300 vines and each vine produces 5 to 6 kilos of grapes. The grapes are crushed by hand and the juice placed in glass lined cement tanks of 20/25 liters.Only natural yeasts are used, there is no filtration or fining. The wine is transferred to the bottle by hand and the corks are placed in the bottles by hand.
We drank the Pepe and the Basilisco with grilled skewers of lamb, French bread, and bacon.


After having some technical issues with the website, we are back and happy to report that lodge activity is picking up. We have a new entered apprentice and another candidate scheduled for Saturday the 10th. Please come participate in the degree and witness Brother Senior Warden's performance of the lecture in its full form which is rarely done in our area. Fundraisers are going well and we have been selling Jamba Juice smoothie shop cards at a high rate over the last month.
At the stated meeting on October 8, we will present the Community Builders' Award and I hope you and your families will be there. We are also gearing up to work the coffee shop at Grand Lodge this December by gathering necessary supplies. If you can help work the coffee shop, please contact the Senior Warden so he knows to expect you. Brother Secrerary covers these and all the main announcements for the lodge in his message.
At our October stated meeting we will be presenting the Community Builder Award to Dr. Michaela J. Ritter of Baylor University. She works with the Scottish Rite funded Camp Success. Please join us in honoring Dr. Ritter for the work that she does with this worthwhile project.
Last month we initiated a new member into the fraternity. We are currently working on another prospective member. Brethren, this is great news not only for our lodge but for the fraternity. If you know someone that would make a great member of our lodge and the fraternity, please urge that person to check us out.
Some other activities that the lodge has set up in the next few months need to be addressed. Coming up on Thanksgiving Day in November we will have the opportunity to help pack meals for Meals on Wheels at the Scottish Rite. Several of our members in the past have helped with this great project. If you can help, please watch for more information to come available in the November newsletter. In December we have three projects that we will be involved with. They are the GL kitchen, bell ringing for the Salvation Army, and delivery of the poinsettias to our Waco area widows. If you can help out with any of these three projects, please let the secretary of the lodge know. You can call me at 254-772-1801 and leave a message or email me at secretary@waco92.org.
Dues cards will be going out near the end of October and early part of November. If you are an Endowed Member, 50 Year Member, or Life Member your card will be in the mail to you. If you are a dues paying member, the dues invoice will be in the mail. Please send in your dues as soon as you receive your dues notice. Just a reminder that you will need at 2016 dues card to legally attend lodge starting in January of 2016.
Hope to see everyone at the October stated meeting.


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A new Cities section on the website will expand PLACE's coverage on cities and urban development. All stories will also be published on the Reuters news wires, reaching an estimated one billion people daily.
"We are pleased to support the Thomson Reuters Foundation's expanding coverage of property rights which are a cornerstone of economic empowerment," said Peter Rabley, Venture Partner at Omidyar Network. "The new expanded Cities section on PLACE, powered by the acquisition of Citiscope historical content, stories and talented reporters, will help inform and empower urban dwellers, entrepreneurs, policymakers, and others to create the conditions for safe, secure and affordable living and working environments through better property rights."
"As a foundation devoted to reducing inequality, we believe that it is essential to have substantive coverage of the complex issues facing cities around the globe, especially the urgent need for families to have decent and affordable homes in stable communities. Deep reporting on both challenges and innovative solutions will help build our understanding of how to achieve more inclusive cities," said Xavier de Souza Briggs, Vice President of Economic Opportunity and Markets at the Ford Foundation.
This addition builds upon the Thomson Reuters Foundation's editorial focus on under-reported news, which includes coverage of women's rights, trafficking and slavery, the human impact of climate change, food security, humanitarian crises, and social enterprise.
An archive of Citiscope stories produced from 2013 to 2017 — features on urban innovations, commentaries from urban experts, explainers on topical issues and coverage of the United Nations Habitat III conference, will continue to be available at citiscope.org.