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Why Anna Quindlen is Wrong
Originally Posted: 10/28/2005 11:28:11 AM
Anna Quindlen has written an op-ed on MSNBC. It's also her syndicated column this week. This column makes a bold, yet inaccurate, comparison of the Iraq war to Vietnam. It's full of emotional references to the Vitenam Veterans' Memorial in Washington. Having been there, that memorial is indeed an emotional, and sacred, place. I do not, however, see the memorial as an admonition against foolish wars. It's a memorial to brave people who faced one war on foreign soil, and came home to be viciously abused by people holding the very sentiments that Ms. Quindlen expects. It's a memorial to people who were forced to fight two enemies. Since Ms. Quindlen complains that we are "incapable of learning from our mistakes," this is a biting issue. I see the extreme Left repeating history, but not of inadvertance. They're doing it intentionally to attempt to score political points.
"The main mistake of Vietnam was the anti-war "protesters," who directly attacked the soldiers as well as our leaders. This piece of history seems not to make it into Ms. Quindlen's diatribe. And that's not the only error or omission."
The main mistake of Vietnam was the anti-war "protesters," who directly attacked the soldiers as well as our leaders. This piece of history seems not to make it into Ms. Quindlen's diatribe. And that's not the only error or omission. Let's review some of the statements in this op-ed:
"The president wanted this to be about policy, not about people." How wrong can a single statement be? This war is about people, over 3,000 people, murdered by irrational extremists who want to exterminate every single American from the face of the Earth, or in the alternative, convert us all to Islam and impose Shariah law upon us. Am I making this up? Today's news contains reports of Iranian demonstrators, chanting "Death to America, Death to Israel," coming out in support of a government official's statement that Israel should be wiped off the face of the Earth.
This war is about preventing us from ever being attacked again by any terrorists. That is the sole goal. And, so far, since we've been strong in our resolve, we've succeeded, Thanks to God and our President.
"Even that did not go well. The policy became a moving target. First there were weapons of mass destruction that were not there and direct links to the terrorists who attacked on September 11 that didn't exist." Apparently Ms. Quindlen forgets the actual facts. History does not commence as of the date that this op-ed was typed into the computer. Saddam Hussien was offering $25,000 to the family of each suicide bomber that attacked Israel. That in and of itself is a direct connection to terror. Hussein was in talks with Al Qaeda. Why? Perhaps to get weapons to use against us? If there were no WMD's in Iraq, why did Iraq stonewall the weapons inspectors?
Remember that Hans Blix, the UN inspector, said the following in the last report before the Iraq war: "Iraq, with a highly developed administrative system, should be able to provide more documentary evidence about its proscribed weapons programmes. Only a few new such documents have come to light so far and been handed over since we began inspections. It was a disappointment that Iraq's Declaration of 7 December did not bring new documentary evidence." From what we know now, the WMD's probably have been moved out of Iraq into Syria.
Now, we know that the "insurgent" terrorist al-Zarqawi is a part of Al Qaeda. He's beein in Iraq for years. He's in close contact with Al Qaeda #2 man, and 9/11 architect al-Zawahiri. Some dispute the quality of the alleged letter from the latter to al-Zarqawi, but it is irrelevant. Al Qaeda is conducting operations in Iraq. As Sen. John Warner said, it is far better to fight terrorists in the Mideast than the Midwest!
"The removal of Saddam Hussein was given as the greatest good; it has been done. Then it became the amorphous goal of bringing freedom to the Iraqi people, as though liberty were flowers and we were FTD. The elections, the constitution, the rubble, the dead. Once again we were destroying the village in order to save it." The first sentence is true. A man who was a genocidal despot in the same league as Pol Pot, Stalin and even Hitler (I mean no dimunition of the demonic Shoah by this comparison) now sits in prison awaiting the start of his trial. Were it not for George W. Bush, and our heroic troops, he'd still be filling up the mass graves. He'd still be paying $25,000 per suicide bomber to their families. Saddam's sons would still be using citizens like target pigeons and raping the women of Iraq. How is this "destroying the village in order to save it?"
As Ms. Quindlen has noted, Iraq has had Elections and now has a Constitution, which was this week approved by a 78% margin, in a time frame that is but a small fraction of the time it took to draft and ratify our Constitution. How is this "destroying the village in order to save it?"
There is rubble and there are dead. And nothing in my statements should be taken as an attempt to minimize these casualties. However, the benefits outweigh the costs. Fewer people are dying now than under Saddam, because the bloody tyrant who killed in secret has been stopped. The murders now are being conducted by terrorists, wrongly called "insurgents" by the press (which apparently cannot stomach the concept that our President can do anything right). But even these terrorist acts could not keep the people from choosing freedom for themselves.
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." -- Thomas Jefferson. The Democratic party claims that it inherits the mantle of Jefferson. However, Ms. Quindlen, who urges the leaders of the Democratic party to visit the Vietnam Memorial, seems to think that it is better for the Iraqis, and the entire Middle East for that matter, to live under despotic Islamo-fascist rule than to expend a single life to bring liberty to the Iraqis.
When it comes to the flowers of Liberty, we are FTD and we should be damned proud of it!
"What was the cause, the point, the strategy? And suddenly many Americans started to realize that there was no good answer." Well, I've got good answers right here, as explained above.
The cause? 9/11 and Saddam's refusal to disclose his WMD's or prove their complete destruction.
The point? To establish Liberty in the Middle East. To remove a genocidal despot. To keep the WMD's out of the hands of terrorists. "And we will pursue nations that provide aid or safe haven to terrorism. Every nation in every region now has a decision to make: Either you are with us or you are with the terrorists." -- George W. Bush, to the Joint Session of Congress, September 20, 2001. Well, Saddam was stonewalling Blix and the inspectors. He was openly and publicly paying $25,000 to the families of suicide bombers. He was providing aid to terrorism. He was also providing safe haven to terrorism.
The strategy? To make Iraq into an example of Liberty in an area that does not (yet) fully understand how Liberty works. Take out the terror sponsor and turn Iraq into a liberty loving island of freedom, and in so doing, let the rest of the Middle East see the way to the end of terrorism. Iran is now wedged between two free countries. Why are the mullahs in Iran desperately seeking nuclear arms? To keep Liberty out.
"The Vietnam Memorial stands, in part, as a monument to blind incrementalism, to men who refused to stop, not because of wisdom but because of ego, because of the fear of looking weak. Not enough troops, not enough planning, no real understanding of the people or the power of the insurgency, dwindling public support. The war in Iraq is a disaster in the image and likeness of its predecessor."
We have refused to stop because these extreme thugs killed our innocent people! Why do people refuse to remember, or actively conceal, the basis for our actions?
Not enough troops or planning? Our troops successfully dethroned the despot. The people have just ratified the new Constitution, one that they wrote on their own, by a huge margin -- 78%.
No real understanding of the people or the power of the [terrorist] insurgency? The people, with a 78% vote just ratified the Constitution that they wrote! The terrorist "insurgency" has nothing to do with anything but the terrorists trying to deny Liberty to the people, for they know that Liberty is their demise.
Disaster? I dispute that Vietnam was the disaster that Ms. Quindlen makes it out to be. It was a poorly chosen war, attempting to shore up a government with no popular support. Vietnam voted for Communist Ho Chih Minh, and John F. Kennedy escalated our involvement, and Lyndon Johnson went in full-tilt, into a war that the people of Vietnam did not want and the people of the U.S. did not understand. It took Richard Nixon to get us out of the war.
There is no dispute that the Left wants to turn this war into another Vietnam in the minds of the people. However, in their effort to avoid the extremely bad press that comes with their Vietnam-era strategy of going to the enemy and cozying up (ala Jane Fonda), or calling our troops "baby killers" upon their return home, they try the ineffective and intellectually impossible strategy of "We support the troops but not the war." As I have repeatedly stated, it is impossible to support the troops without supporting the war! If one attempts to do so, it gives the enemy aid and comfort, and emboldens them to further attacks. They think that we cannot stomach any casualties to fight for that in which we believe, and that attitude gets our soldiers killed.
I think that I have successfully proven that "Bush Lied, Soldiers Died." is a false statement. Here's a statement with far more basis in fact: "Left wingers talk down the war, Soldiers die."
"Does anyone doubt that the continued prosecution of this war has to do with the personality of the commander in chief, a man who is stubborn and calls it strength, who wears blinders and calls it vision?" What blinders? Did he blind himself to the rewards for suicide bombers? Did he blind himself to the continuing deception on WMDs? Did he blind himself to the classified intelligence on Iraq's ties to al Qeada?
"When he vowed to invade Iraq, the advisers he heeded were those who, like him, had never seen combat. The one who had was marginalized and is now gone." So what. He is the duly elected President of the United States. Bill Clinton did not even serve in the National Guard. He went to Oxford in England. However, we did not complain when he went into Kosovo to stop genocide.
"The investigation of who leaked what to whom, of what the reporter knew and how she knew it, may be about national security and journalistic ethics, but at its base it is about something more important: the Nixonian lengths to which these people will go to shore up a bankrupt policy and destroy those who cross them on it." This is a ribald attempt to link the CIA outing scandal to the Iraq war. It deserves no comment, but if I fail to rebut it, that failure will be seen as conceding the point.
The indictments are coming out any minute as I type this. However, let's get straight to the point: Nobody is being indicted for outing Valerie Plame. Our President has more than enough information to prove, even though he should not have to do so, that he had valid reasons to attack, to prevent the expansion of terrorism and to seed more Liberty into an area known for despotism.
"[T]he term 'American Empire,' at least to me, is an undeserved epithet. We do not conquer countries and put them under our rule. We liberated Iraq, and the Iraqis are taking over their own country, and prosecuting the despots. I belabor the point, 78% of the people of Iraq have chosen Liberty."
Ms. Quindlen says that the "American Empire" suffers from "American arrogance, which the [P]resident embodies" and that is why we are in Iraq. She laments our belief that the American system is the best system on Earth, and our alleged attempt to mend rivaries that supposedly predate the birth of Jesus Christ (this is interesting since Islam did not arise until about 600 AD). To rebut, the term "American Empire," at least to me, is an undeserved epithet. We do not conquer countries and put them under our rule. We liberated Iraq, and the Iraqis are taking over their own country, and prosecuting the despots. I belabor the point, 78% of the people of Iraq have chosen Liberty. It is not arrogance to use one's power to free the suffering. It is also not arrogance to consider the American Republican form of government to be superior to a genocidal despotic regime.
Finally, Ms. Quindlen states that Lyndon Johnson "had the good sense to be heartbroken" by Vietnam's dying soldiers. Considering that 30 times more soldiers died in Vietnam than in Iraq and Afghanistan combined, he had some reason. President Bush was first heartbroken by our dead civilians who were attacked, without cause or warning, on September 11, 2001. He then made the decision that this threat must be eradicated, forever. He then devised a plan to do that by supplanting Middle Eastern despotism with liberty. And that plan is working well, no matter how much the press tries to hide that fact.
Ms. Quindlen, for the reasons stated above, I disagree with your premise and your conclusions.


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Release of "The Library of Russian travels"
A project about those who were the first to discover new lands and explore mysterious countries
In honor of N.M. Przewalski
The finalists of the competition for the best monument to the famous traveler were determined
New Year's Eve in the Antarctic
Russian entrepreneurs will effect an ascent of Mount Vinson and test Russian radio equipment
Monuments to the heroes of WWI and WWII
President of the Russian Geographical Society Sergei Shoigu presented the monuments
Nature and Animals of Russia
The State Darwin Museum hosts a photo exhibition dedicated to rare animals of Russia
The unknown Crimea
The map of the peninsula from the Society's cartographic collection was exhibited in St. Petersburg
From the Arctic to the Antarctic
An exhibition dedicated to the study of the Arctic and the Antarctic opened in Moscow suburbs
Penza Oblast
In memory of Evgeny Suzyumov
Installation of a memorial plaque in honor of the famous polar explorer
International Mountain Day
Mountains are located in 43 federal subjects of Russia, they cover about half of the territory of...
Cooperation in the Arctic
The Society and Murmansk Oblast have signed a cooperation agreement

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from __future__ import division

from django.core.management.base import NoArgsCommand
from django.db import transaction

from agendas.models import SummaryAgenda,AgendaVote

class Command(NoArgsCommand):

    @transaction.commit_manually
    def handle_noargs(self, **options):
        print('Deleting existing summary objects')
        SummaryAgenda.objects.all().delete()
        numAgendaVotes = AgendaVote.objects.count()
        print('Summary agenda objects deleted, recalculating for %d votes' % \
                    numAgendaVotes)
        try:
            AgendaVote.objects.compute_all()
        except Exception as e:
            transaction.rollback()
            print(e)
            print('Failed to recompute transaction, no worries I rolled back')
        else:
            transaction.commit()
            print('Completed recalculation of agenda votes')

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le gach gadaidhe | nach dilios nech sa cruine, ZCP i 121.17 .
digraiss deilm, | ferand d. ¤ ar degseinm `land in fee', Met.
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in gataide do marbad i n-uair dénma na foghla, O'Gr. Cat.
compensated for owing to their own wrong action), Duan.
Finn i 18 § 25 .
Lat. Lives 38 ). ina ḟolaid d. ¤ (= in propria substantia), Lat.
Lives 97.13 . Aed . . . ainm dīles Chumin, Fél. clxix 1 (i.e. A.
belonging, Corm. Y 531 . mac diles Diabuil (of Cain), SR 1964 .
rosgab cess | dia fechtaib o tir d. ¤ from their own land, 3446 .
sai litri . . . dorecmaig a dligedh diles do chach, IT iii 188 § 10 .
conérne in rí . . . | ar cech dán a míad d. ¤ , Met. Dinds. iii 20.264 .
a n-árasaibh dísle, ML 102.5 . figuir ḟirdíles in chon sin, Alex.
434 . sollamain diles in athar nemda (i.e. Easter), PH 3608 .
brighi disle in leighis `the proper virtue of the medicine', O'Gr.
féin own, TSh. 5932 . dá mbeith gant eagh ndíleas aige, 5711 .
diongmála correct , BNnÉ 258.12 .
n-agaid na trocairi do iarraid, 24b2 .
ba dīlse .i. nī facas duine ba tairise, ZCP v 489 § 12 (B. na f.).
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ag congmháil na bréithre dísle (the faithful word), Titus i 9 .
aithin dona daoinibh dísle iad (= Lat. fidelis), Eochairsg.
40 14.15 . is díleas Dia, TSh. 263 = atá Día fírinneach, 1 Cor.
shaighdiuiribh `most loyal', FM vi 2060.1 .
Naomh-Eagluís chatoilice, Eochairsg. 2.10 .
daṅgen in dindgna ┐ rapa d. ¤ in dénta, LL 227a30 ( TTr. 739 ).
co n-amdabaigh do scíathaib delighti disli, Acall. 5159 v.l.
léibeanna disle daingne dlúithe, Atlantis iv 178.1 .
eclipsis do chur ar an ngréin iná do Uenir, O'Gr. Cat. 247.31 .
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Baton Rouge announces $1 million small business recovery program
Restart BR Task Force launches $1M micro-grant program for small businesses in EBR Parish
By WAFB Staff | August 13, 2020 at 12:50 PM CDT - Updated August 13 at 5:35 PM
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - A new small business recovery program has launched to help Baton Rouge business owners who have been financially affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
The Resilient Restart EBR Program will support small businesses who are classified as low-to-moderate income individuals based on HUD guidelines, as well as, those who own and operate a business in a low-to-moderate income census tract in East Baton Rouge Parish.
Special consideration will be given to eligible minority-owned, women-owned, veteran-owned, and veteran service-disabled-owned firms.
"Small businesses and microenterprises account for nearly 80% of our local economy and employ many of our residents. The coronavirus pandemic placed an unprecedented financial burden on our businesses — many did not receive federal assistance from the Payroll Protection Program or SBA Loans," said Mayor Broome. "Through the collaboration of leaders in our community, we were able to join together and create a program to offer assistance to our small businesses when they need it most, and without the burden of repayment."
Qualifying microenterprises and small businesses who apply will receive one-time grants of $2,500. The grant awards do not require repayment, and can be used for assisting with rent, utilities, inventory, accounts payable, fixed costs, employee wages, and benefits.
The $1 million program's funding is derived from the CARES Act through the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Community Development Block Grant Program; the Louisiana Office of Community Development; Investar Bank; GMFS Mortgage; Urban League of Louisiana; ExxonMobil; and Postlethwaite & Netterville.
"The coronavirus pandemic presented unprecedented adversities to the State of Louisiana — especially the Baton Rouge community and it's small business owners. Our community's recovery will take dedication and participation from both our state and our local government," said State Representative Ted James. " I am glad that the state could join Mayor Broome in her effort to provide support, and funding for our small businesses and microenterprises. This effort is helping us close the gap for our community."
"Investar Bank is proud to support Mayor-President Broome's new microgrant program to help small, minority-owned businesses. As part of the Mayor's Restart BR initiative, we hope other businesses join us and contribute so that the program can begin funding those businesses in need," said John D'Angelo, President and CEO of Investar Bank.
In addition to grant funds, the Resilient Restart EBR Program will offer access to entrepreneurial support services through The Urban League of Louisiana's Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation at no cost to micro-grant recipients.
Support services include:
Small Business Education
One-On-One Business Counseling
Comprehensive Business Planning and Support
Eligibility requirements and program applications are available at: www.urbanleaguela.org/restartebr


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Nikola Vlasic
OctoberOct 4, 1997
Split, Croatia
OctoberOct 4, 1997 (age 24)
First Name Nikola#13
Born in Split, Croatia#10
October 4 Soccer Player#8
Soccer Player Born in Croatia#19
Last Name Vlasic#2
Attacking midfielder who has gained fame for his career playing for top tier clubs around the world, including for England's Premier League club Everton beginning in 2017. He was later transferred to Russian Premier League squad CSKA Moscow for the 2018-2019 season.
He played in Omladinac Vranjic's youth academy between 2006-2009. He later debuted professionally for Croatian squad Hajduk Split in 2014.
He made his debut for Croatia's national team in 2017. He assisted the game-winning goal against then-champions Real Madrid during the 2018-2019 UEFA Champions League with CSKA Moscow.
He has three siblings. His parents' names are Josko and Venera.
He and Igor Akinfeev have played as teammates for CSKA Moscow.
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Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service
Car ploughs into Stoke-on-Trent shop for the 'third time'
The building had to be cordoned off
Ruby DaviesSenior Live News Reporter
A car inside the building on King Street in Fenton
A car has crashed into a building on a busy Stoke-on-Trent road.
The vehicle smashed into what is believed to be a vape shop on King Street, Fenton, at around 5.30pm yesterday (December 17).
Emergency services attended the scene and Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service cordoned off the building as the collision had caused damage to a wall.
An image from the scene appears to show a car inside the building and damaged brickwork and cladding.
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Two fire engines were at the scene.
No-one is thought to have been hurt in the incident.
But residents say this is the third time a car has smashed into the building.
One eyewitness said: "A third car as gone into the shop but luckily no-one as been hurt."
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Home / Magazine / / Man Plants for Your Greenhouse Ladies?
Man Plants for Your Greenhouse Ladies?
Hampshire Carnivorous plants at Chelsea 2017
I've just written an eco-friendly gardening book, The Living Jigsaw, and I got the chance to take part in the red-button Springwatch and was interviewed by a delightful man called Brett Westwood. I felt I already knew Brett. One of his books, Tweet of the Day, sits on my bedside table because in my youth I was a twitcher – often off to look at the rare and unusual in some far flung corner of Britain. He also presents Radio 4's The Living World, a programme I often listen to early on Sunday mornings.
Brett, who has a shady town garden, sent me a picture of one of his favourite plants, Asarum splendens, also known as the Chinese Wild Ginger. The foliage is rather similar to a some cyclamen foliage, frosted in silver here and there, so far so good. However the dingy, dull flowers hide away at the bottom under the foliage, like ugly sisters should, suggesting that they're pollinated by non-flying insects such as beetles, ants or even slugs. The latter are really keen on cobbling this and they've nibbled Brett's.
I looked Asarum splendens up on Google and couldn't help noticing that on www.hardytropicals.co.uk the contributors to the forum had names like Mark, Pete, Frank, Don, Darren and Simon. In other words they were men. It confirmed that the male race is attracted to an entirely different type of plant and if you're lucky enough to find yourself in The Great Pavilion at The Chelsea Flower Show you'll see them drooling over bonsai, marvelling at less-than spectacular wild orchids, sizing up at the cacti ( the pricklier and larger the better) and popping their eyes at carnivorous plants whilst we ladies go for the roses, sweet peas and clematis.
Matthew Soper is the most successful exhibitor of carnivorous plants and his Hampshire Carnivorous Plants (www.hantsflytrap.com) exhibits have earned him a tally of a hundred RHS Gold Medals including 19 Chelsea Golds. This year Matthew broke with tradition and left the outer walls of The Great Pavilion and staged a circular exhibit in the middle of the hall. I literally saw his carnivorous plants in a new light, for I could see the veins and colours on these almost sci-fi plants for the very first time. The combination of back-lit reds, rhubarb pinks and acid-yellows, usually lost against the black backdrop, shone out.
In the buzz of a fly I was converted to carnivorous plants, particularly when I heard that Matthew grows many of them in unheated conditions that are frost-free. In March they are completely dormant, with nothing to show, and then they surge into life. I am the proud owner of four pitcher plants, or sarracenias, raised from seed by a fellow Hardy Plant Society member. They apparently take 6 -7 years so I can appreciate the effort having raised my own trilliums and peonies. My sarracenias creep into life, but they stay out all winter so they probably have to fight back from the edge of death.
The most colourful sarracenias are the hybrids and their names include words like purple-tube, black tube, ASBO, all-red and scarlet bell.
Sarracenia hybrids are also the easiest carnivorous plants to start off with and the hybrids produce more pitchers than the straight species, due to having hybrid vigour. Matthew recommends "keeping them in a bright sunny position for good strong colourful growth and standing the potted plants in a tray of 2-3cm of rainwater from the end of February to around the end of October, when they're in full growth." Rainwater is an essential, not tap water, and my four pathetic sarracenias stand in saucers filled from water-butt water. Sarracenias loose most of their foliage between November and February so this is the time to trim them back. They need to be kept cold and just damp, rather than wet, during their winter rest period so a Hartley greenhouse is perfect. They can be repotted in February or March into a specialist compost with a low nutrient content, such as COM1 – available from Hampshire Carnivorous Plants.
The most popular carnivorous plant is the Venus Fly Trap (Dionaea muscipula) and this is a plant beloved of schoolboys. The jaws, looking rather like wide smiles, slant downwards rather slyly and they have bristled yellow tips. Once these sense movement these clam-shaped smiles spring shut and Matthew adds that "you can feed them with a odd live fly now and again if you like." First catch your fly though. The flowers need to be removed in spring, because they weaken the plant, but other than that they are treated like sarracenias in the winter.
I can almost imagine having a Venus Fly Trap on the kitchen windowsill, although I'd be tempted to prod it about with a spoon in the hopes of seeing it spring shut. And this type of tampering is a cardinal crime in the world of carnivorous plants. I'm happy with my four pitcher plants, although one might be an ex-pitcher plant as it's very slow to shoot, but I don't know whether I could have a monkey cup, or nepenthes, because these always remind me of male reproductive parts! Matthew's website tells us that their stronghold, a word that sends a little shudder through me as I write, is South East Asia, in particular the Islands of Borneo, Sumatra and the Philippines. Think hot and steamy – and that's the weather.
A pink pitcher plant
Nepenthes are divided into two groups, highland varieties come from mountainous cloud forests and lowland varieties from tropical lowland swamp. Heat and humidity are essential to both because they experience 60-80% humidity in the wild. The lowland varieties need tropical warmth, ideally 22-25C, whilst the highland varieties need 21C. Nighttime temperatures are clement with lowland species needing 14C and lowland ones 10-12C. These are for the keen plantsman, rich enough to pay the electricity bills.
They look best dangling and pots or hanging baskets are both ideal and the compost is kept damp so these can't stand in water. Treat them like orchids and water them every two days or so – with rainwater. Matthew recommends the following, N. x ventrata and N. sanguinea, for kitchen and bathroom windowsills. Another involuntary shudder at that thought too, but I know my friend Brett would probably love one and this clever naturalist could identify the fly as he dropped into the jaws. Me, I'll stick to much girlier plants and grow the similarly named nepeta instead. Pretty, blue and bee-friendly.


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Sainte-Florence is a Canadian forestry village in the province of Quebec, located in the Matapédia Valley in the Gaspé Peninsula.

The municipality had a population of 367 as of the Canada 2021 Census.

Municipal council
 Mayor: Réjeanne Doiron
 Councillors: Pierrette Bérubé, Lauraine Gendron, Nelson Barrest, Henri Lafrance, Carol Poitras, France Lepage

Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Sainte-Florence had a population of  living in  of its  total private dwellings, a change of  from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of  in 2021.

Population

See also
 List of municipalities in Quebec

References

Municipalities in Quebec
Incorporated places in Bas-Saint-Laurent
La Matapédia Regional County Municipality

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James Albert Murray (* 5. Juli 1932 in Jackson, Michigan; † 5. Juni 2020 in Kalamazoo, Michigan) war ein US-amerikanischer Geistlicher und römisch-katholischer Bischof von Kalamazoo.

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James Albert Murray studierte am Sacred Heart Seminary in Detroit, dem St. John Seminary in Plymouth, Michigan, und der Katholischen Universität von Amerika in Washington, D.C. Am 7. Juni 1958 empfing er die Priesterweihe für das Bistum Lansing. Dort wirkte er zunächst als Gemeindepfarrer und wurde 1968 Kanzler der Diözese, was er bis 1997 blieb. Ab 1972 war Murray zusätzlich Kaplan des Lansing Police Department. Papst Johannes Paul II. ernannte ihn 1993 zum Päpstlichen Ehrenprälaten.

Papst Johannes Paul II. ernannte ihn am 18. November 1997 zum Bischof von Kalamazoo. Der Erzbischof von Detroit, Adam Joseph Kardinal Maida, spendete ihn am 27. Januar des nächsten Jahres die Bischofsweihe; Mitkonsekratoren waren Paul Vincent Donovan, emeritierter Bischof von Kalamazoo, und Carl Frederick Mengeling, Bischof von Lansing.

Am 6. April 2009 nahm Papst Benedikt XVI. Murrays altersbedingten Rücktritt an.

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WCC mourns passing of South African theologian Dr Clint Le Bruyns
The World Council of Churches (WCC) is mourning the loss of Dr Clint Le Bruyns, who was deeply involved in the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel.
Presbyterian Church of Cameroon: "We condemn all those who waste life made in the image of God"
In a communiqué released 11 January, the Presbyterian Church of Cameroon condemned forcefully and unequivocally all those who perpetrate violence in the nation. "Violence will never win, but justice and peace will," reads the text. "The prevalence of these gruesome and inhuman acts on Cameroonians indicates that this cycle of violence is in no way near the end."
WCC congratulates Bernard Munono Muyembe on receiving John Paul II International Prize
World Council of Churches (WCC) interim general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca sent a congratulatory message to Bernard Munono Muyembe for receiving the John Paul II International Prize.
Churches, relief agencies welcome humanitarian corridor in Ethiopia's Tigray region
Church leaders and relief agencies have welcomed an agreement between Ethiopia and the UN that will allow humanitarian agencies "unimpeded, secure and sustained" access to the northern region of Tigray.
All Africa Conference of Churches urges all parties in South Sudan: "embrace peace and reconciliation"
During a solidarity visit to South Sudan, a delegation from the All Africa Conference of Churches urged all parties in South Sudan to pursue peace even amid challenges.
Religious leaders in Cameroon reflect on the cost of the conflict and how to resolve it
After a two-day workshop in Buea, religious leaders from Cameroon issued a statement saying "that the cost and consequences of the armed conflict in Anglophone Cameroon and the Boko Haram insurgence in the North are becoming increasingly unbearable on the local populations who are paying a high price for these conflicts."
WCC urges "return to dialogue rather than conflict" in Ethiopia
The WCC executive committee released a statement lifting up in prayer the people and churches of Ethiopia.
WCC condemns recent extremist attacks around the world
"The unbearable toll of lives lost, and the impact on the affected communities and nations, must engage the concern, solidarity and action of the international community and all people of goodwill, to stem the bloodshed and to confront the brutal ideologies behind such atrocities," wrote Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca, interim general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC), on 3 November, as he commented on the violent extremist attacks in western Ethiopia, Kabul and Vienna.
South Sudan church leaders appeal for urgent humanitarian assistance amid floods
South Sudanese Church leaders are appealing for urgent humanitarian assistance to meet the needs of their population, who have been left vulnerable by a mix of five crises, including floods and the COVID-19 pandemic.
Faith-based forum urgently calls for peaceful resolution of crisis in Cameroon
In a letter sent on 30 October, the Ecumenical Forum on the Anglophone Crisis in Cameroon issued "A Passionate Call" to the president of the Republic of Cameroon, Paul Biya, to address current security, humanitarian, and human rights challenges in Cameroon.
WCC condemns killing of schoolchildren in Cameroon
World Council of Churches (WCC) interim general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca expressed horror at the news of a brutal attack on schoolchildren at the Mother Francisca International Academy in Kumba, Cameroon, on 24 October. Unidentified gunmen killed at least eight children in their classroom with guns and machetes, while 12 others were injured.
Calls grow to increase women's visibility in work for peace and security
Upon the 20th anniversary of the UN Resolution 1325, the question is still being answered as to whether women's important work in peace and security is getting the visibility it deserves.
WCC condemns violence in Nigeria
The World Council of Churches interim general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca condemned the violence in Nigeria in a statement on 22 October and offered condolences to those who have lost loved ones.
Sudanese church leaders express hope that new pact will end war
Church leaders in Sudan are welcoming a peace agreement signed between the transitional government and rebel groups on 3 October, after a year of talks in Juba City, the South Sudanese capital.
On International Day of Peace, Sudanese church leaders call for speedy implementation of key peace pact
As South Sudan joined the world in celebrating the International Day of Peace, the country's church leaders urged speedy implementation of a key peace pact known as the Revitalised - Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in South Sudan.
In the face of despair, churches lead a growing "crusade for peace" in Cameroon
In Cameroon, hundreds of people are praying for peace, and they are also singing, dancing, marching, and listening to reflections led by people of faith who are calling for a ceasefire — now.
WCC appeals to UN: human rights must be upheld in Cameroon
In a letter to UN officials, the World Council of Churches (WCC) urges an end to violence and the violation of human rights in Cameroon.
WCC urges protecting the life of Dr Denis Mukwege in Democratic Republic of the Congo
After hearing about death threats against Nobel laureate Dr Denis Mukwege, physician director of Panzi Hospital in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo, the World Council of Churches (WCC) urged UN officials to call upon the government to ensure the protection of the life of Mukwege.
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- What makes blockchain technology compelling is not just that it offers a new way to manage databases and support trust, but it creates new opportunity. Let's take a simple example of the challenges of proving ownership of a digital product. While digital products such as photos or music have become simple to acquire, store, and move across devices, the same advantage makes it really easy to copy them, and dare I say it, steal them.
Artists and media organizations have had to largely accept this fate, resulting in the loss of billions of dollars of lost value. Even if you are a valid owner, it's hard to prove. If we could register our creation and ownership of digital products in a blockchain database, it's possible we could attain immutable proof. For example, if you are a professional photographer and you register your photographs on a blockchain, it will be difficult for someone else to claim that they took the picture.
Your ownership record will be stored on the blockchain and it will be nearly impossible to change that fact. The blockchain would also enable a more trustworthy mechanism to support transfer of digital ownership. Blockchain technology is still a work-in-progress. It's open-source and is evolving as we speak. For this reason, it has some significant short-term challenges, including transaction speed, verification, data management, a lot of data is generated and needs to be stored on the blockchain, and despite a promise of high security, there are still security and privacy challenges.
We'll also need to overcome the complexities of integration. If blockchain is going to co-exist with other technologies, which I suggest will be necessary, a lot of innovation is still needed to make that happen. Integration will also require a way for different distributed ledgers to talk to each other. We'll need a set of standards, that is, uniform engineering or technical criteria, methods, processing of practices, a prerequisite for any global adoption of a new technology.
We don't yet have them for the blockchain, but fortunately, work is underway. Bitcoin, the digital currency, both the reason blockchain exists and the biggest current utilizer of it, means that it is financial organizations who are on the front lines of its near-term impact. What might that mean in terms of risk? Let's face it, banks, for example, make huge profits on financial transactions. They are motivated to exert control.
There's little incentive for massive and disruptive innovation. Financial organizations also have huge investments in their technology infrastructure, so there's less appetite for more investment that could make their systems obsolete. It's not an easy sell to convince the millions of stakeholders in the global financial ecosystem to upend what they do and worst yet, make much less money doing it. Financial firms must also tread carefully around some of the most robust regulations and laws, so even innovating carries risk.
However, major risk lies with doing nothing. Standing by and hoping that digital currency, such as Bitcoin or the blockchain itself, will pass as a novel fad could be fatal. This is why financial organizations are researching the blockchain and keeping it on their agenda. Some are already exploring active blockchain projects. For them, it seems it is better to participate than to stand idle and face the risk of obsolescence.
More likely, over the long-term, financial organizations will evolve and embrace blockchain innovation. They will find a way to work with it and prosper, rather than avoiding it. Already we see the emergence of interesting new ideas and blockchain partners, such as Ripple and the Interledger Protocol, ready to enhance and improve existing payment systems. In supporting the emergence of a digital currency, blockchain presented the world with a new way to think about database technology.
A way to better secure data that has opened up a whole new world of opportunity. We're left with the conclusion that this is a disruptive technology that is worth knowing and understanding much more about, and that's exactly what we'll do.


Boxed in, trapped, conscripted, and isolated defines Works Agents. One day normal, next day badged and in 'training', no memory of the between time. Made to love the city, they become its servants, its agents of control. Agents to keep the city safe from the truth, safe from things that may cause populations to know. The City Works Agency, hated by neighborhood states and their constables, their authority trumps all others. Everyone knows what happened to City Cell 7, we all know that it wasn't snow covering those buildings. Learn the truth, and end up like them. What truth? Why, the best kind dear reader, the kind that makes YOU powerful.
City Works Agents protect the city from threats both internal and external, working with local governments to ensure peace and cooperation across our city.
Each agent is given special privileges and responsibilities in order to keep our city in tip-top shape. It is an honor to be chosen as a City Agent, and everyone from age 13 until death can be chosen by the Agency.
Sanitation Agent Exterminators – P.A.
Transportation Agent Mess with the trains, and you'll encounter these folks – P.A.
Cooperation Agent They threaten neighborhood states with awful things to ensure the cooperation of said states – P.A.
----- Agent They were created after the Dreamtime Revolt, and started the Storyteller Wars – P.A.
Financial Agent They ensure that economies are stable and counterfeiters disappear – P.A.
Technologies Agent Ever wonder why innovation is so slow in the city and the rest of the world? They are why – P.A.
Those who do not meet their final training exams for Agent status are still kept in the employ of the city. These individuals are referred to as Assets, and are a part of every City Works Agency department save for the Department of -----.
They return home without memory of where they were and how they acquired all their 'skills'. - P.A.
A 'photograph' of an Agent from Publedina's prohibited 'Camera' invention.
The Department of ----- has a very special purpose and should not be investigated too closely, otherwise ----- might happen again. We don't want that, do we citizen?
Can't see the word '-----' can you? Don't worry no one can. Its there, you just can't 'see' it. - P.A.
REMEMBER CITIZEN: While Assets may dress is specialized uniforms, Agents dress like you or I. It is always a wise course of action to treat all citizens you meet with respect, you never know if you might be talking to a courageous Agent.
You'll know by their dead eyes, monotone voices, and all that awful buzzing. - P.A.
Agents live in special city cells that normal citizens do not have access to. These special places give our fine Agents a place to relax without having to worry about protecting non-Agents.
No one knows what these places are like, even those people who escape them to become 'rogue'. Somehow escaping causes people to lose their memory of the place. - P.A.
Agency Cells provide everything an Agent could ever need. Assets are allowed to live in the same city cells as normal citizens, and rejoin their communities after they finish their training.
They just can't remember where the have been, and how they came to have certain skill sets. - P.A.
Assets can live next door to any citizen, and go to work just like you or I, citizen.
The difference between you and them? They can't remember what they did at work that day, or why they always have different amounts of money in their pockets at the end of their day. - P.A.
The badge of an official Agent.
Now, for an interview with one of our city's courageous Agents.
They could be anyone: an elderly man, a comely young woman, a teenaged boy, or matronly woman. They could dress like anyone: rags, finery, oil stained overall, or ball gown. Always embedded on their left hand (or their breast in the case of female Gamayun) is an inverted golden five pointed star badge, the badge emblazoned with a bee and an eye. Voices a monotone, with an almost imperceptible buzzing of insect wings marking their presence. Any race, any ethnicity, they are pulled from the masses but are placed above them in authority.
An Agent can appear from any doorway, step out from around any corner. They speak with a monotone, their eyes dull and seem to stare through any individual they may be 'looking' at.
They work for the city itself, surpassing any level of authority an individual city state would present. Their purposes are as varied as the appearances of the agents themselves: appearing to let a citizen know that they really didn't see a door appear from nowhere to disgorge a strange man in a hurry, or perhaps to ask a citizen a series of questions about a recent invention they have created, only to take said invention with them whether the inventor consents or not.
It is best to give them what they want, otherwise more might show up to take the unwilling target away for 'further interrogation'.
A female City Works Agent.
Activity Cycle: Whenever duty calls.
Intelligence: Normal to Intelligent (Int: 10 - 13).
Sleep – This ability functions exactly like the Sleep spell, save that the Agent needs a free hand wave before the target's eyes and the target must be able to hear the soporific buzzing the Agent emits from their open mouth. The agent may use this ability at will, but anyone who makes their save versus spell is immune to the ability for the next 24 hours. The duration of this ability is 20 minutes.
Sting – A large stinger emerges from between the Agent's middle two knuckles. The stinger appears to be a smooth 8 inch (20.32 cm) spike of chitin, though once in a target the tip becomes barbed and detaches from the Agent's hand. It still has a long string of viscera attaching it to the Agent's hand. After a successful attack, and each round the stinger is embedded in the target, the target must make a save versus Poison or take an additional 1D4 points of damage. The stinger can be ripped from the target's body for an additional 1D4+1 points of damage either by the Agent or anyone else. The target may move up to 20 feet away from the Agent before the viscera ends, and the stinger is ripped from the target's body. While the stinger is embedded in someone, the Agent is unable to use said stinger on other targets.
Memory Holes – An Agent may cause individuals to forget any interaction with the Agent that lasted less than 15 minutes. This ability functions as the spell Forget, save that the targets must be able to hear the strange buzzing the Agent produces when they open their mouth. Agents may use this ability at will. Anyone who successfully makes their save versus magic against the ability becomes immune to this ability for 24 hours.
Release Swarm of Kin – An agent may release a swarm of bees to assist them in terminating a target. The bees emerge from hexagonal holes that open in the Agent's arms, hands, neck, and face. This swarm has ½ of the Agent's maximum hit-points, and only take a single point of damage from attacks made by hand weapons. However, damage done by magical spells and effects, as well as any attack that has an area of effect, does full damage. Attacks on the swarm only require that the attacker does not roll a 1 on their to-hit roll. The swarm occupies a 10'x10' square. Anyone within the square during the Agent's turn automatically takes 3 points of damage. The Agent may only use this ability once per day.
Sprout Wings – The Agent may sprout insect wings and fly at a base speed of 60 feet.
All Doors Lead to Home – An Agent may use any unlocked door to teleport back to City Works Agency Headquarters.
Special Weakness: While in areas of thick smoke, the Agent must make a save versus poison at the beginning of their turn. If they succeed at their save, they take a -1 penalty to all rolls until they leave the smoke. If they fail, falls into a coma like sleep that they only awake from when the smoke is no longer present or if they take damage. On taking damage, they immediately awaken and may make another save with the same results for a failed or successful save.
The City Works Agency is always watching... For your safety.
Driven to fulfill their strange mission and maintain order in the Infinite City.
Sleep – The Agent needs a free hand wave before the target's eyes and the target must be able to hear the soporific buzzing the Agent emits from their open mouth. A target must make a successful Will save or immediate lays down to go into a deep sleep. Only taking damage will wake the target from their sleep, they will wake on their own after 20 minutes of rest. The agent may use this ability at will, but anyone who makes their Will save is immune to the ability for the next 24 hours.
Sting – A large stinger emerges from between the Agent's middle two knuckles. The stinger appears to be a smooth 8 inch (20.32 cm) spike of chitin, though once in a target the tip becomes barbed and detaches from the Agent's hand. It still has a long string of viscera attaching it to the Agent's hand. After a successful attack, and each round the stinger is embedded in the target, the target must make a Strength or take an additional 1D3 points of damage (ignoring armor). The stinger can be ripped from the target's body for an additional 1D3+1 points of damage either by the Agent or anyone else. The target may move up to 20 feet away from the Agent before the viscera ends, and the stinger is ripped from the target's body. While the stinger is embedded in someone, the Agent is unable to use said stinger on other targets.
Memory Holes – An Agent may cause individuals to forget any interaction with the Agent that lasted less than 15 minutes. Targets must be able to hear the strange buzzing the Agent produces when they open their mouth, after which they must make a Will save. Agents may use this ability at will. Anyone who successfully makes their save versus magic against the ability becomes immune to this ability for 24 hours.
Sprout Wings – The Agent may sprout insect wings and fly at twice the speed of a human on foot.
Release Swarm of Kin – An agent may release a swarm of bees to assist them in terminating a target. The bees emerge from hexagonal holes that open in the Agent's arms, hands, neck, and face. This swarm has 4 hit-points, and only take a single point of damage from attacks made by hand weapons. However, any attack that has an area of effect does full damage. The swarm occupies a 10'x10' square. Anyone within the square during the Agent's turn automatically takes 3 points of damage. The Agent may only use this ability once per day.
The left hand is the correct hand, citizen.
REMEMBER CITIZEN!: It is an unfounded rumor that there are 'Rogue Agents'. All City Works Agents are dedicated to their work as well as serving the City, and would never shirk their responsibilities to the City. However if you do see an individual with a gold star emblazoned with a wasp and a hand embedded into the back of someone's right hand, immediately report such sighting to your local constable. Your neighborhood constables know how to contact the City Works Agency. Disseminating rumors about 'Rogue Agents' is a violation of Chapter 7 – Article IV – Section 2.3: It is prohibited to purposely disseminate false information about the City Works Agency. Violation of said law can result in immediate imprisonment for an indefinite period of time.
The badge of a Rogue Agent. Remember citizen, these aren't real. But if you see one, tell a constable.
Can't remember why you woke up in an alley? Don't remember much after being 'chosen' to be an Agent? Don't remember where you have been? Don't know what that gold star is embedded on the back of your right hand? Why a hand? Why a wasp? Everyone has the same questions, and sadly there aren't many answers for you. Just keep moving and stay away from other Agents. - P.A.
Being a Rogue Agent means being without memory of being a part of the City Works Agency or what was done there. Rogue Agents are called, and call themselves, Wasps due to the picture on their badge and because the majority of wasps are solitary as compared to the Active Agents who are called Bees.
Rogue Agents draw their powers from the badge embedded in their right hand. As to how the badge was switched from their left (as all Active Agents) to their right, no one has memories of. While Rogue Agents are usually former Active Agents there are rumors that it is possible for a Rogue Agent to bestow their badge to a close relative at the time of the Agent's death.
The badge, while appearing to be made of metal, it is actually a part of the person bearing it. A fine tracery of veins can be seen radiating from the badge into the Agent's hand.
Rogue Agents appear to have the same abilities as Active Agents, though to a lesser degree. In their breaking from the City Works Agency they must have lost a portion, or a partial source, of their previous power. As they gain levels, they regain their previous abilities as well as acquire new ones.
Sleep – This ability functions exactly like the Sleep spell, save that the Agent needs a free hand wave before the target's eyes and the target must be able to hear the soporific buzzing the Agent emits from their open mouth. Anyone who makes their save versus spell is immune to the ability for the next 24 hours. A character may use this ability a number of times per day equal ½ their level rounded up. Caster level for the spell is equal to the character's Rogue Agent level.
Memory Holes – An Agent may cause individuals to forget short periods of time. This ability functions as the spell Forget, save that the targets must be able to hear the strange buzzing the Agent produces when they open their mouth. A character may use this ability a number of times per day equal ½ their level rounded up. Caster level for the spell is equal to the character's Rogue Agent level.
Stinger – A large stinger emerges from between the Agent's middle two knuckles. The stinger appears to be a smooth 8 inch (20.32 cm) spike of chitin. The spike does 1D6 points of damage. Unlike Active Agents, these stingers do not inject poison. A Rogue Agent may have a stinger extended from each hand at once. While the stinger is extended, the Active Agent is unable to use the hand the stinger is extended from. At level 4, the stinger gains a +1 enhancement bonus to-hit and damage, and is able to bypass damage reduction requiring a +1 weapon. This bonus increases every 3 levels after the 4th, with the stinger being able to bypass damage reduction equal to its current enhancement bonus.
On the odd levels, starting at level 3 and every odd level there after (e.g. 5, 7, 9, etc...), the character gains a new ability from the list below.
Sprout Wings – The Agent may sprout insect wings and fly at twice the speed the character's base land speed. The character is capable of hovering while in flight.
Projectile Stinger – By extending their right arm and using their left hand to brace the right forearm, the character may fire their stinger at a target. Anything that would improve the base damage of the melee stinger, also improves the damage of the projectile stinger. The character is able to use this attack the same number of times in a round as they would with throwing knives. This ability also benefits from the enhancement bonuses the stinger receives at levels 4+.
Notes: Due to the speed and power of this ability, targets wearing armor of any kind are at a +/- 3 penalty to AC.
Vicious Stinger – This ability improves the damage of the stinger by 1 die type (e.g. 1D6 becomes 1D8). This ability may only be chosen a maximum of 2 times.
Poisonous Stinger – When a target takes damage from the stinger the target must make a save versus Poison or take an additional 1D4 points of damage. In case of the projectile stinger, the poison does 1D3 points of damage instead of 1D4. This ability may be taken two additional times, each time improving the damage die type by 1. (e.g. 1D4 becomes 1D6).
Release Swarm of Kin – An agent may release a swarm of wasps to assist them in terminating a target. The wasps emerge from hexagonal holes that open in the Agent's arms, hands, neck, and face. This swarm has ½ of the Agent's maximum hit-points, and only take a single point of damage from attacks made by hand weapons. However, damage done by magical spells and effects, as well as any attack that has an area of effect, does full damage. Attacks on the swarm only require that the attacker does not roll a 1 on their to-hit roll. The swarm occupies a 10'x10' square. Anyone within the square during the Agent's turn automatically takes ½ the Agent's level (rounded up) in damage. The Agent may only use this ability once per day at second level and an additional time per day every 5 levels there after. (e.g. 7, 12, 17, etc...). These wasps bypass the same level of damage reduction as the stinger of the character who 'summoned' them.
Ichor Armor – The character may cut themselves, doing at least 2 points of damage, or after taking 2 or more points of damage from a piercing or slashing weapon, and allow their blood to coagulate into plates of armor. This blood/ichor armor requires 1 full round to dry, after which it improves the character's AC by +/- 4. The character's AC is improved by an addition +/- 1 for every 3 levels beyond the 2nd. (e.g. 5, 8, 11, etc...). This ability lasts for 5 rounds for every Rogue Agent level the character possesses.
Pulvilli – The character can grow adhesive patches on their skin as well as gripping hairs at will allowing them to climb any surface as if they were under the effects of a Spider Climb spell. In order to climb using more than just their hands, the character may need to expose a greater area of skin or take off their footwear.
Excruciating Sting – The character may cause their sting to become especially painful. On a successful to-hit roll, the character may decide to make the sting incredibly painful rather than doing damage. If this ability is used, the target must make a save versus Paralyze. On a successful save, the target suffers no ill effects from the sting. On a failed save, the target takes a -4 to all to-hit and damage rolls using physical weapons, furthermore they take a +/- 4 penalty to their AC. This pain lasts for a number rounds equal to the character's Rogue Agent level. This ability may be used a number of times per day equal to ½ the character's level rounded up.
The right hand, is the best hand.
Wasp Strength – The character's carrying capacity is doubled when determining encumbrance.
Larval Sting – A parasitic larva is introduced into the target after a successful strike using the character's stinger. The larva is imbedded into the target's flesh causing an addition 1 point of damage each round until the target takes a full round to dig it out, doing an addition point of damage to themselves in the process. The character must decide to use this ability before rolling to-hit, with a failed to-hit roll resulting in a waste of a use of this ability. A character may use this ability a number of times per day equal to ½ their character level rounded up. A single target may have multiple larva imbedded in them at once.


One skull was found in chamber, but there may have been an intrusive burial (x-burial). It looks as if the chamber had not been used.
In the north part of G 5234 forecourt are two burial shafts - possibly older than G 5234.
Work on G 5230 N and on space behind and in front thereof. Also G 5221 A.
In G 5221 A in doorway, basis of squatting scribe [GLYPHS] in black granite [14-12-7]. A little way below the torso. Head missing. We have now fragments of thirty or more statues of Khnum-ba-ef [Khnumbaef (Babaef)] and only one head and part of another. Where are they all?
Clearing away stones and sand to back windows of four serdabs in G 5230 N. All four had been broken into and were nearly full of sand. The third and fourth from the south were cleared. In No. 3 remains of Roman burials (evil smelling). No. 1 and 2 from the south not yet clear. Still working on passage between G 5230 W and G 5230 N.
In front of G 5235 cleared the sloping shaft leading to G 5235 A (see page 60). The shaft is unfinished. The stone which blocks the lower end of the passage proved to be an unfinished limestone coffin lid.
In G 5235 forecourt three fragments of relief - one [14-12-15] with the name [GLYPHS] Seshem-nofer [Seshemnefer].
Remarks Name appears on fragment of relief (14-12-15) with raised relief inscription; found in G 5110.


Caves Are For Cowards shares the poignant story of a great man with a great problem. How could someone be at the top of their game and at the top of everyone's invite list yet still end up scared, alone and in a cave? Pastor Brady expounds on the life altering decisions that one of history's most renowned prophets, Elijah, is faced with. Will he stay in the cave that depression and fear had driven him to or emerge to fulfill the destiny that God had planned for his life. What has driven you to your cave? What will you do to get out? Pastor Brady shares answers to many difficult questions in this message through her own testimony of God's sustaining power in the face of very difficult obstacles. Caves Are For Cowards is a title you will want to revisit over and over again.
Whew!! This word has blessed me in more ways than I can even begin to tell. Hope deferred does make the heart sick, but the way Sheryl Brady teaches this it's like WOW!! It's like wow I can dream again ..I can trust God again..I can believe God again!!


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Q: VHDL - coding error of value outside the clock edge library ieee;
use ieee.std_logic_1164.all;
use ieee.std_logic_unsigned.all;
use ieee.std_logic_arith.all;
entity RAM_controler is
port(
      clk_50 : in std_logic;
      clk_baud : in std_logic;
      main_reset : in std_logic;
      enable: in std_logic; --active high write enable
      in_data : in std_logic_vector(7 downto 0);
      W_order : out std_logic;
      R_order : out std_logic;
      Data_OUT : out std_logic_vector(7 downto 0);
      Write_Address_OUT: out std_logic_vector(7 downto 0);
      Read_Address_OUT: out std_logic_vector(7 downto 0)
      );
end entity RAM_controler;
architecture Behavioral of RAM_controler is
type state is (reset,operation);
signal state_reg,next_state_reg : state;
signal write_address : std_logic_vector(W-1 downto 0):="00000000";
signal next_write_address : std_logic_vector(W-1 downto 0):="00000000";
begin
state_change : process(clk_50, main_reset)
begin
    if (main_reset = '1') then
        state_reg <= reset;
    elsif (rising_edge(clk_50)) then
        state_reg <= operation;
        read_counter <= next_read_counter;
        write_address<= next_write_address;
        read_address <= next_read_address;
    end if;
end process;

writecounter : process(clk_baud, main_reset,enable)
begin
    if (main_reset='1') then
        next_write_address <= "00000000";
        Data_OUT <= "ZZZZZZZZ";
        W_order <='0';
        Write_Address_OUT <="ZZZZZZZZ";
    elsif (rising_edge(clk_baud) and enable='1' ) then
        W_order <='1';
        Data_OUT <= in_data;
        Write_Address_OUT <= write_address;
        if (write_address = "11111111") then
            next_write_address <= "00000000";
        else
            next_write_address <= write_address+1;
        end if;
    else
        W_order <='0';
        Write_Address_OUT <= "ZZZZZZZZ";
        next_write_address <= write_address+1;
    end if;
end process;
end Behavioral;

Above code is describing RAM controller.
The part of making problem is "elsif (rising_edge(clk_baud) and enable='1' ) then".
Error : Can`t inter register for "Write_Address_OUT" at RAM_controler.vhd because it does not hold its value outside the clock edge
I don`t know why that point is error.
Is there anyone who advice to me?
Thank you!

A: If you're coding sequential logic, it is wise to stick to a template. Here is one such template for sequential logic with an asynchronous reset, which all synthesis tools should understand:
process(clock, async_reset)  -- nothing else should go in the sensitivity list
begin
    -- never put anything here
    if async_reset ='1' then  -- or '0' for an active low reset
        -- set/reset the flip-flops here
        -- ie drive the signals to their initial values
    elsif rising_edge(clock) then  -- or falling_edge(clock)
        -- put the synchronous stuff here
        -- ie the stuff that happens on the rising or falling edge of the clock
    end if;
     -- never put anything here
end process;

So enable should not be in the senstivity list and it should not be tested in the same if statement as the asynchronous reset and the clock is tested.
The reason why your are getting this error:

Error : Can`t inter register for "Write_Address_OUT" at
  RAM_controler.vhd because it does not hold its value outside the clock
  edge

is because the last three assignments in your code:
            W_order <='0';
            Write_Address_OUT <= "ZZZZZZZZ";
            next_write_address <= write_address+1;

can occur on the falling edge of the clock or (because you also had enable in your sensitivity list) independently of any clock at all. A logic synthesiser can't synthesise logic that behaves like that. If you stick to the template, you won't run into this kind of problem (and it makes you think a bit more carefully about what logic you are expecting the synthesiser to synthesise).
So, I would have coded your writecounter process more like this:
writecounter : process(clk_baud, main_reset)
begin
    if (main_reset='1') then
        next_write_address <= "00000000";
        Data_OUT <= "ZZZZZZZZ";
        W_order <='0';
        Write_Address_OUT <="ZZZZZZZZ";
    elsif rising_edge(clk_baud) then
        if enable='1' then
            W_order <='1';
            Data_OUT <= in_data;
            Write_Address_OUT <= write_address;
            if (write_address = "11111111") then
                next_write_address <= "00000000";
            else
                next_write_address <= write_address+1;
            end if;
        else
            W_order <='0';
            Write_Address_OUT <= "ZZZZZZZZ";
            next_write_address <= write_address+1;
        end if;
    end if;
end process;

Though, I should emphasise that my code does not behave exactly like yours. I don't know your design intent, so I can only guess what you intended. If you intended some other behaviour, then you will have to implement that instead. My advice about sticking to a template is nevertheless important, whatever your design intent.

A: The final else in your code should actually be:
elsif (rising_edge(clk_baud) and enable='0' ) then

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Department for Transport press release
Safe reopening of A591 planned for May 2016
Kier Highways appointed to carry out repairs to A591 at Dunmail Raise
Survey work underway on whole of the affected area of the A591 to the north of Dunmail Raise
The storm-damaged A591 is set to reopen by the end of May, Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin announced today (Thursday 14 January).
The vital Lake District tourist route, which stretches between Grasmere and Keswick, has been closed between St Johns in the Vale and Dunmail Raise since December following significant damage caused by storms Desmond and Eva.
The Transport Secretary made the announcement on his second visit to the A591 in as many weeks.
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Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin said:
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Leader of Cumbria County Council Stewart Young said:
"This is extremely welcome news and we are grateful to the Minister and Highways England for taking on the full and complete restoration of the A591. Getting this road reopened and fully repaired is critical to Cumbria's economy and we already know the extent of the impact closure is having on residents, and particularly on businesses. Now we have a date for repairs being completed our businesses and our residents will able to plan properly for the future."
"In the interim we are working on plans to have a public transport link in place to connect Keswick and Grasmere by the start of February which will utilise the temporary road we are constructing up the east side of Dunmail Raise. This will be in place until the full road reopening."
Highways England Chief Executive Jim O'Sullivan said:
"We know that businesses and communities are anxious to see Cumbria's A591 re-opened as quickly as possible and we've been working with the government, Kier and the County Council to draw up the plans to achieve this."
"Kier staff know the county well and as they currently operate, maintain and repair the strategic road network in Cumbria on our behalf we think they're very well placed to lead the project to rebuild this vital section of the A591."
"All partners are committed to doing the work which supports the safe opening of the road in May."
The Transport Secretary also visited other flood-hit sites in the area which have received government funding following storms Desmond and Eva. In Middleton he viewed a temporary Bailey bridge, funded by a £19,000 investment from the government, which has helped residents avoid a 25-mile diversion. He also visited a temporary Bailey bridge between Old Hutton and Kendal which is receiving £35,000 of government funding, and saw completed restoration works at Stainton Village, where 800 metres of road were seriously damaged. This has now been repaired and resurfaced thanks to £130,000 of government funding.
The work to rebuild the Dunmail Raise section will include improvements to the road to reduce the risk of collapse in the future. The closed three mile section north of Dunmail Raise is currently being surveyed to ascertain what work will be required to safely open that part of the road. The surveys include assessing the stability of the mountain-side, retaining structures, drainage, road carriageway condition, and boundary walls.
In addition to the work on the A591 other repair work continues. At Pooley Bridge, Cumbria County Council announced this week that it will put in place a temporary road bridge by Easter. Costing nearly £300,000, it will be funded from the £40 million, pledged by the government for rebuilding local transport infrastructure for flood-affected areas in Cumbria and Lancashire following Storm Desmond and Storm Eva. The Council confirmed that installation of the new bridge would start by the end of January with the aim of having it open to traffic by Easter, sooner if possible.
The Department of Transport and Highways England will continue to offer support to Cumbria County Council as it works on plans for a permanent Pooley Bridge, and also on the reinstatement of Eamont Bridge.
The government has invested nearly £200 million in recovery from Storm Eva and Storm Desmond, with more than £50 million to repair and improve flood defences following Storm Eva. Money pledged to Cumbria, Lancashire and Northumberland after Storm Desmond earlier in the month included £60 million for communities and local authorities; and £1 million in matched funding for charities. £1 million has already been paid to the Cumbria Community Foundation in its joint appeal with the Community Foundation for Lancashire.
Pledges so far in response to Storm Eva are at least £50 million for communities and local authorities; £50 million for flood defences; and £2 million in matched funding for charity flood appeals for affected areas.
The government is now working closely with other affected authorities as they determine the level of damage caused following Eva and Storm Frank.
Community safety and emergencies,Transport and infrastructure.
Floods, 2015, A591, Dunmail Raise
Safe reopening of A591 planned for May 2016, Kier Highways appointed to carry out repairs to A591 at Dunmail Raise, Survey work underway on whole of the affected area of the A591 to the north of Dunmail Raise


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{
    namespace gx
    {
        namespace dx12
        {
            class gpu_resource_create_context;
            class gpu_texture_2d_array;

            namespace details
            {
                struct gpu_texture_2d_array_deleter
                {
                    gpu_resource_create_context* m_rc = nullptr;

                    gpu_texture_2d_array_deleter() = default;
                    gpu_texture_2d_array_deleter(gpu_resource_create_context* rc) : m_rc(rc) {}
                    void operator () (gpu_texture_2d_array* d);
                };
            }

            using managed_gpu_texture_2d_array = std::unique_ptr< gpu_texture_2d_array, details::gpu_texture_2d_array_deleter >;

            template <typename ...args>
            inline managed_gpu_texture_2d_array create_texture_2d_array(gpu_resource_create_context* rc, args&&... a)
            {
                return managed_gpu_texture_2d_array(rc->create_texture_2d_array(std::forward<args>(a)...), details::gpu_texture_2d_array_deleter(rc));
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