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Bayram Tutumlu, även kallad El Turco, född 1960 i Ankara, Turkiet, är en turkisk spelaragent inom fotboll med kurdiskt ursprung.

Biografi
Tutumlu är ursprungligen från kurdiska byn Zincirlikuyu i staden Konya. Han är den sjunde barnet i familjen av åtta barn. Hans far var en entreprenör inom byggbranschen. 1984 gifte sig Tutumlu med en spansk kvinna som kom från en förmögen familj och paret har en son tillsammans, Isaac Tutumlu, som är racerförare.

I dagsläget är Bayram Tutumlu bosatt i Spanien.

Studier
Vid 14 års ålder åkte han till Schweiz för fortsatta studier. Tutumlu avlade ekonomexamen, psykologiexamen och journalistexamen vid Université de Lausanne i Schweiz.

Karriär
Bayram Tutumlu inledde karriären inom fotboll till en början genom att driva ledarskap för några fotbollsspelare i FC Barcelona. Tutumlu tog därefter steget karriären inom spelaragent, där han bl.a. varit agent för dåvarande fotbollsspelare i FC Barcelona som Michael Laudrup, Gheorghe Hagi och Popescu.

Den 19 september 1995 organiserade Tutumlu tillsammans med turkiska journalister och författarstiftelsen en match mellan turkiska och utländska spelare. Intäkterna från organisationen "Allt för barnen i Bosnien" gick till barnen som drabbades i Bosnienkriget.

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doesn't matter one of them using data-annotation and one of them using fluent API, I want to know they create the same database or not.
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Scars from her first love, and the reckless lifestyle of her parents force Ember Harris to chart a new course. She favors practicality over spontaneity, and rules over a broken heart.
An encounter with a musician at a local pub forces Ember into making a decision between letting go or holding on for dear life as passions are unlocked and deceptions revealed.
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Unwittingly chosen to join an army of fairies, who fight for the Light of the One, a teenaged girl learns about spiritual warfare as she attends a military academy with fantastical beings.
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Adam Weiss' twin sister, Anna, is kidnapped by Ebbetts, an unpleasant and possibly cancer-ridden man who might have plans that involve a nuclear device. Desperately searching for Anna, Adam acquires a couple of sidekicks: Filbert, a man of small stature who used to do something brutal for the Mob, and Cherry Sundae, a Croatian female clown who only speaks Spanish. Join them in their nearly impossible adventure!
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Pack your bags for the wild side and hang on tight! Stamp your passport for adventure and enter an exotic world where animals have evolved side by side with humans. Prepare to be transported into an Indiana Jones style adventure and taken on a globe-trotting trek from the vast open plains of Africa, to the breathtaking beaches of Key West and Fiji, to the mysterious jungles of South America, before finally landing inside the gates of Sin City itself, Las Vegas, Nevada. Suspend belief and lose yourself in this roller coaster of a sci-fi thriller that has been called a cross between Planet of the Apes, The Hunger Games and Indiana Jones.
In Las Vegas, Shaw, billionaire casino magnate and self proclaimed world's greatest showman, nears completion on the massive Serengeti Resort & Casino. Its amphitheater is being transformed into an authentic slice of African savanna for the show Predators and Prey which will savagely pit animal against animal in the bloodiest gladiatorial spectacle ever created for human entertainment. The only thing missing is the main attraction, which Shaw soon finds in Shark, the world's only Great White pool-playing shark to be exact.
Shaw envisions the show's tagline as "Come One – Come All To See – The Only Great White Shark In Captivity" but soon learns that capturing the world's top predator and delivering him to Vegas is easier said than done. This daunting task will require the cruel tactics of the evil animal slave trading hyena, Old Jack. The heartbreaking plans they devise and innocent pawns they use to try to coerce Shark's allegiance will force all to rely on primitive instincts to survive.
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More than twenty years of performing pet rescues could wear anyone down. Especially when the pets that end up being permanent residents in your home are the most irascible, insane and ridiculously un-adoptable pets known to man. Circling the Waggins follows two middle aged women as they maneuver through one unexpected pet debacle after another in a rugged and isolated cabin in a National Park. They emerge from a dark and difficult time as they discover that even the tiniest of lives is precious; heartache and joy go hand-in-hand, and love is an eternal circle of wagging tails.
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Have you ever suffered through a bad date?Taylor Mitchell has, though not just one.As a working woman in an industry where there are few single men, she's an elementary school teacher, she turns to online dating sites to help her find a match.She gets a real education on dating in the modern world, but her heart remains unattached, until she meets sexy substitute teacher Ben Price.It's true what they say, you find what you're looking for as soon as you stop looking for it.That's exactly when Ben Price arrives at her school as a substitute teacher.When he walked through the door of the teacher's lounge it took she and her friend, Chelsea, several moments to pull their tongues into their mouths and recover the ability to speak.Taylor would like to follow her hormones and leave the world of online dating behind her, but she's not entirely certain he is who he says he is.Substitute teachers didn't usually come with so many muscles, he seemed vaguely familiar, and his appearance coincided with the discovery of drugs in her school.Torn by responsibility to protect the students, attraction to the mysterious Ben Price, and the efforts of maneuvering through the muddy waters of online dating, does Taylor have the talent to juggle everything and come out of it with her heart not only intact, but fulfilled? There's only one way to find out!Hidden Talents is filled with mystery, romance, friendship, bad dates, four-wheeling fun, margaritas, intrigue, and the hope of true love.
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3 Most Difficult Violin Pieces Ever Written
The Most Difficult Violin Pieces Ever Written
When talking about the most difficult violin pieces ever written, a lot of ambiguity exists among the many repertoire lists that have been compiled over the years. It is important to take into consideration the technique as well as the expressive demands required to play the piece when rating pieces, including factors such as bow control, dexterity, vibrato, tone quality, and tempo.
But one thing that most violinists or aspiring violinists will attest to is that when it comes to playing some of the hardest violin pieces written for solo violin and orchestra, it takes hours and hours of practice, dedication, frustration, and nimble fingers to master them.
These are pieces that are not for the faint of heart! They are, on the whole, technically demanding, and are also a challenge to pull off, musically-speaking. The hardest pieces, or those that are the most technically demanding, are either concertos or virtuoso solo pieces in which the violinist is totally "exposed" as he or she is playing.
Our Top 3
24 Caprices by Paganini: Often recognized as one of the hardest works for solo violin, Paganini's Caprices are comprised of twenty four incredibly demanding pieces for the violin, loaded with double stops, left-hand pizzicato, and endless spiccato bowing.
Violin Concerto in D Minor by Sibelius: The only concerto written by Jean Sibelius is considered to be one of the most intense and difficult violin concertos ever written and reserved for only the greatest of violin virtuosos.
Sonata No. 9 'Kreutzer' by Beethoven: The "Kreutzer" is infamous for its technical difficulty and emotional range, as well as its unusually long length for a sonata.
Also figuring prominently in many of these repertoire lists are:
The Chaconne from Partita in D Minor by J.S. Bach
Caprice in D Major Op. 3, No 23 by Locatelli
Variations on "The Last Rose of Summer" by Ernst
Solo Violin Sonata by Bartok
Can you play along?
If your goal is to play some of the most difficult violin pieces written for the instrument, looking for an intermediate violin concerto may be a great way to start:
Violin Concertino in G Major (Opus 11) by Kucheler
Concertino in D Major, op. 36 by Rieding
Concertos for Violin and PIano Nos 1 - 5 by Seitz
You could also try tackling Bach's Violin Concerto in A Minor or Mozart's Third Violin Concerto (Movement 1).
At Johnson String Instrument, you can find violin sheet music in our online store. We offer an extensive selection of sheet music from classical, to jazz, to rock & roll.


Just by virtue of a movie being in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, it already has a good chance of being a success. But Doctor Strange wound up exceeding expectations last year and became a bigger hit than most expected. So, the assumption has been that we'll get Doctor Strange 2 at some point, but the movie has yet to be confirmed. Now, Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige has teased that Doctor Strange 2 is coming during the next phase of the MCU.
Kevin Feige, who is the engine that drives Marvel Studios, is currently making the press rounds for Thor: Ragnarok, a movie that just so happens to feature Benedict Cumberbatch reprising his role as Doctor Strange. Feige was asked about what Marvel has planned for 2020 and beyond, after Phase 3 of the MCU wraps up and, while he didn't outright confirm it, he did tease that Doctor Strange 2 is something they're working on. Here's what he had to say about it.
"Certainly, we would love to tell more about the Strange story [in a sequel]. Yes. It won't be for a while. Our focus is on the next six movies. Finishing the first three phases, getting Untitled Avengers out into the world on May 19th before publicly focusing on anything else."
So the good news is, for fans of the Magical side of the MCU, is that Doctor Strange 2 is (seemingly) very much in the cards. The bad news? It sounds like it won't be for a while. But that makes perfect sense. Avengers 4 doesn't come out until 2019 and the first movie beyond that will be the Spider-Man: Homecoming sequel. So it's 2020 that we would see the sequel at the earliest, which is totally reasonable. The only other movie that may come out in 2020 is Guardians of the Galaxy 3. As for what we could see in the sequel? Doctor Strange director Scott Derrickson, who is expected to return, had this to say in January.
"The alternate dimensions and possibilities of the multiverse that we set up with the first film already give limitless possibilities. What I will say is that the goal would not be to underutilize that, or to create something that was less innovative than the first Doctor Strange. The comics, especially the Lee/Ditko comics, were always pushing into unexpectedly weird places and storylines. That has continued on into the current Doctor Strange comics, which are really great. So anything's possible with Doctor Strange, I wouldn't rule anything out."
Benedict Cumberbatch is set to appear in both Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers 4, so we're going to get plenty of the Sorcerer Supreme while we wait for his next solo movie. The post-credits scene in Doctor Stranger already helped lay the groundwork for where the sequel could go. Kevin Feige's comments to Collider don't quite confirm Doctor Strange 2, but at this point, it'd be surprising if it doesn't happen.


More and more, I look beyond my own world to find meaning in the big picture, the whys behind the chaos and the presumed purpose of some of the actions I find wicked. We in the ASD world talk about bullies and bullying all the time, for surely we are often the innocent prey to awful predators. But it dawns on me that we are far from alone in being an underdog. In fact, I wonder if every human everywhere isn't vulnerable to something or someone's wrath or self-righteous sense of 'justice' that spits in the face of all that is good and reasonable.
The world seems upside down to me right now. It feels like we are all characters in some low budget, slapped together B movie about spiders invading the planet. I look around both in my small space of the world and beyond to the trials and tortures going on around the globe, and I want to vomit back the horrors I see, before they stick in my gut and make me invulnerable to their repulsiveness.
I admit I have a limited sense of how to fix anything, much less the world's cruelties. I try to use this forum and my outspoken nature to share simple thoughts that might find a way to grow, in a grassroots way, to mean something positive to someone out there in our big vast universe. When I am completely perplexed by the goings on of humans, when I am desperate to find a temperate spot among the cracks and ruins of humanity, I read up the words of one of the first and certainly one of the most influential cultural anthropologist's of the 20th Century, Margaret Mead. (1901-1978).
Mead is one of my heroes. I strongly suspect she was an aspie, at least I hope so. (Look up her role in the world of Semiotics and see if you don't agree!) No matter her neurosystem, she has brilliant things to say about individuals and society and our symbiosis. Maybe Dr. Mead's words will help you come to terms with all the crazy circling our bones right now. Read below and see what you think.
If we are to achieve a culture rich in contrasting values, we must recognize the whole gamut of human potentialities, and so weave a less arbitrary social fabric, one in which each diverse human gift will find a fitting place.
The notion that we are products of our environment is our greatest sin; we are products of our choices.


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Tuesday: Josh Siegel, Washington Examiner; Ashe Schow, Real Clear Investigations; Michael Graham, MediaDC; Christian Toto, HollywoodInToto.com; Kira Davis, RedState; Julie Gunlock, Independent Women's Forum.
The journalist talks about Coos County, with the highest combined death rate from drugs, alcohol and suicide in New England.
The writer says that enrollments drop at troubled schools with a significant financial impact.
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Kanhangad CITY GUIDE
Kanhangad Directory
About Kanhangad
Tourism in Kanhangad
Home city guide about kanhangad
Kanhangad is one of the major cities of northern Kerala. The renowned district was found on May 24, 1984 and is primarily known for handloom and coir industries.
The district is known to be once a trade center for the Portuguese and the Arabs. Until now the district is known to migrate its resources to the Arabian countries and is a common place to find few traders from the Portugal and Arab. For Kanhangad district fishing is the primary source of livelihood. Also, the district is famous for water, mineral resources and forests. On the edges of Kanhangad, Western Ghats covered with forest is present and the Arabian Sea accompanies the district in the east. In the north and the south there are two rivers, which showcase the beauty of Kanhangad. The district is also eminent to have 77 kilometers of coastline, which is well known for its authentic tobacco production.
History of Kanhangad
Kanhangad based in the southern heart of India that is Kerala. Kanhangad is famous for its prominent historic past. In the earlier Sangham Period, i.e. at the time of its foundation, the town was known as Poozhinadu popularly. Soon after new modifications took place in the city, the land between Kariankode River and Chithari River was baptized as Poozhinadu. Earlier a town, Kanhagad was under the Muzhaka Dynasty where Ezhimala was there headquarters. The kingdom was ruled under king Cheraman Perumal and, furthermore, the headquarters were under the Kolathiri dynasty from the starting of the 12th Century. The Ilankur Raja of Kolathiri was very weak in terms of sustaining his power in the kingdom and, hence, his rule came to an end and the feudal lords became very powerful and soon started ruling the kingdom in place of the king.
Sreerangapattanam Pact says that the fort of Kanhangad came under the possession of the East India Company. Hos Durg Taluk was the power in the king's seat at that time and started ruling the city by the year 1956. A taluk was formed and Bekal was claimed as the capital at that time.
Geography of Kanhangad
Kanhangad is extensively located at the 12.5°N 75.0°E and comprises of an average elevation of 19 meters. Also, the district is tagged as the northernmost district of Kerala.
Climate of Kanhangad
Monsoon hits the famous district of Kanhangad in the end of May or in the starting of the month of June. There are thunderstorms, which prevail till the month of September and that is the time where the rain fades out.
Culture of Kanhangad
Kanhangad has been a residence to many wonderful mosques. The coastal roads are filled with mosques and the district has a mosque in every 5 kilometers of distance. The tall minarets, which were built by the merchants of the area, majority of whom were Muslims. Sufi Culture is the most evident culture in this area. The oldest mosque of this region is the Alami Palli. Most of the tourists are attracted to the spiritual center of Guruvanam, which is again another 6 kilometers from Kanhangad.
Administration in Kanhangad
The headquarters of Kanhangad is at Kasaragod. The District Collector heads the administration of Kanhangad's administration. There is only one single revenue division of Kasarogod and its office is at Kanhangad. The district is divided into 75 villages and 2 taluks. The two distinguished taluks of Kanhangad are Kasaragod and Hosdurg. The first taluk i.e. Kasaragod is divided into 39 villages and 4 blocks. The municipalities are divided into Kasaragod, Nileshwaram and Hosdorg. Also there are around seven Legislative Assembly constituencies and one Parliamentary constituency.
Business and Economy of Kanhangad
The primary resource for income in Kanhangad is fishing and agriculture. There is a diverse collection of topography in Kanhangad, which allows crops like pepper, rubber, cashew, and ginger to grow and foster in the eastern parts of the region. The coastal areas of Kanhangad grow rice, tobacco and coconut. The major factor that has changed the economy of the region is that many people have migrated to the gulf countries in search for more lucrative jobs. Many families from the district are entirely dependent on their relatives who earn in the gulf countries for their livelihood.
The tourism of Kanhangad is famous for its peace and tranquility. Many people come here in search for peace and harmony. The famous places in the district are many beautifully created mosques, Nityananda Ashramam, Madiyan Kulom temple, Ananda Ashramam and Muhiyaddien Juma masjid Kothikkal.
How to Reach Kanhangad
Kanhangad comes on the National Highway 66, which was earlier known as NH17 and came in between Kasaragod and Kannur. The district is well connected to Kozhikode, Mangalore, Kasaragod and Trivandrum via the rail and road. The major road that connects Panathur and Kanhangad is the state highway 56. Manguluru-Shornur is the most famous railway line near the Kanhangad railway station. A proposed railway line is under review for the Kanhangad and Kaniyur. Bajpe International Airport is the nearest airport to the district, which is situated in Mangalore. The proposed airport that is Kannur International Airport is again under review and is around 86 kilometers away from Kanhangad.
Quick Facts about Kanhangad
Area: 39.54 km2 (15.27 sq mi) and the metro has an area of 139.8 km2 (54.0 sq mi).
Population: The population of the city as recorded in the year 2001 is 65,499.
Time Zone: IST
Postal Index Number: 671315
STD Code: 04997
Official Language: Malayalam and English
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Experimental evaluation of a morphing leading edge concept
Jurij Sodja*, Marcias J. Martinez, John C. Simpson, Roeland De Breuker
Aerospace Structures & Computational Mechanics
Structural Integrity & Composites
This article presents an experimental evaluation of a morphing leading edge demonstrator by investigating its morphed shape, the level of induced strains in the airfoil skin, the actuation force, and the morphing mechanism's capability to lock and transfer the applied loads. In addition, a finite element model of the demonstrator is assembled comprising an elastic morphing skin and a kinematic morphing mechanism. The obtained results are used to assess whether the demonstrator performs according to the design objectives, such as the target shape, the character of the morphing deformation and the morphing mechanism locking, applied during the design process. The comparison between experimental and numerical results yielded a good agreement in terms of observed morphed shape and pertaining strains. The average difference in morphed shape was less than 0.08% chord at the maximum actuator extension. The observed difference in the respective strains was less than 400 micro-strains. A significant difference, up to 70%, was observed in the actuation force, which was attributed to the modelling assumptions and to the force measurement technique employed in the experiment. Nevertheless, both results show good qualitative agreement showing similar trends.
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Official description Kirby, Pikachu, Ness, and Ice Climbers want to fight!
All-Star Match 3 (オールスター戦3, All-Star Battle 3) is the 30th event match of the 51 event matches in Super Smash Bros. Melee, and the third of the five All-Star Matches. Like the other All-Star Match events, the player must defeat four opponents, right after the other, in four minutes. The player's damage percentage carries over between each battle.
During the battle with Kirby, the theme for Green Greens plays, even though the match is on Fountain of Dreams.
This is the only All-Star Match where every one of the characters is from a different series.
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Moon Point (a.k.a Young's Rock) Trail traverses three distinct eco-systems. Old growth forest at the top, high desert in the middle and oak savannah restoration at the bottom. This is a more difficult trail that is 6 miles (9.7K) in length and has some very steep sections. Along the path are panoramic views of Dome Rock, Diamond Peak, and Sawtooth Mountain. The recommended use is between the months of June and October and shuttles are available from Oakridge.


JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Researchers on Mayo Clinic's Florida campus have been awarded a $13.3 million, five-year federal grant to test a vaccine designed to prevent the recurrence of triple-negative breast cancer, a subset of breast cancer for which there are no targeted therapies.
The clinical trial, which will enroll 280 patients at multiple clinical sites, is expected to begin early in 2016.
The grant, the Breakthrough Award from the U.S. Department of Defense's Breast Cancer Research Program, will fund a national, phase II clinical trial testing the ability of a folate receptor alpha vaccine to prevent recurrence of this aggressive cancer following initial treatment.
Journalists: Sound bites with Dr. Knutson are available in the downloads.
A 22-patient phase I clinical trial, previously conducted by the grant's principal investigator, Keith Knutson, Ph.D., in the Department of Immunology at Mayo Clinic's Florida campus, found the vaccine was safe. It did not induce autoimmunity — a failure of the body's immune system to recognize its own cells and tissues as "self" — as some vaccines can.
The vaccine was designed by Dr. Knutson and initially tested by researchers at Mayo Clinic's Rochester, Minnesota, campus for safety and its ability to stimulate the immune system.
It exploits the need of triple-negative breast cancer to take in folic acid, an essential vitamin, to grow, says Dr. Knutson. Because of that need, these tumors overproduce the folate receptor alpha, which latches on to folic acid in the tumor's microenvironment.
Evidence shows some patients naturally produce an immune response to parts of these receptors, "but the cancer is much too strong for what is typically a weak immune response," says Dr. Knutson.
The vaccine is designed to boost the immune system to rapidly react to presence of the receptor on cancer cells early in the course of tumor recurrence.
"We believe this vaccine will provide a much more robust and sustained immune response to these receptors, which will then improve the body's ability to directly or indirectly kill the tumor by cutting off access to the folate it needs to respond to cancer if it begins to re-emerge in these patients," he says.
The grant is a collaborative effort among Mayo Clinic's clinicians, clinical researchers and basic science researchers, says Edith Perez, M.D., a breast cancer researcher at the Mayo Clinic Cancer Center in Florida. Dr. Perez is a partner and principal investigator on the grant with Dr. Knutson.
Mayo Clinic and Dr. Knutson have a financial interest in the technology referenced in this news release. TapImmune Inc. has a license for the vaccine and will supply it for the trial.


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The electrochemical reaction of a lithium-oxygen cell using a tetraethylene glycol dimethyl ether-lithium triflate, TEGDME-LiCF3SO3 electrolyte, is investigated by a detailed transmission electron microscopy analysis. The results confirm the reversibility of the process by showing the formation-dissolution of lithium peroxide, Li2O2, upon repeating cell charge and discharge cycles.


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Q: Open multiple instances of a given application I am using Ubuntu (Ubuntu 16.04.4 LTS 64-bit) with the Gnome desktop environment.
My issue is that in the Activities menu, when searching for and selecting certain softwares (like Videos), if an instance of that software is already open, clicking on it won't open a new instance (new window) but will redirect me to the already open one. Right clicking on the icon and selecting "open a new window" does exactly the same.
I'm guessing it is a configuration setting in a a file like dconf that screws it up, but can't find where it is and haven't found a single thread describing my issue.
(Interesting to note that, I am able to open a new window of a given application if that one contains an option to open a new Window itself like Firefox or VS Code)
Does anybody know the answer ?

A: On Gnome Shell, you can simply open a second instance of the application by opening it with:
Ctrl+↵
Some application might not support this as they can only work with one instance

A: Found : Videos doesn't support more than one instance.
Thanks for the help guys.


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Talk about "gob-smackingly vile"
Over at Moron Central, Ace makes the argument that Excitable Andy has gone too far with his embrace of "Trig trutherism," and that conservative bloggers should swear off linking to anything he writes from now on. I don't know if any of the bloggers here have ever linked to any of Sullivan's posts, but I agree with Ace.
Andrew Sullivan was one of the first bloggers I read on a regular basis, and I used to have a great deal of respect for him, even when I didn't agree with what he wrote all of the time, but he's descended into the worst kind of hackery over the last few years, and I agree witgh Ace when he says "He should be blogging at the Daily Kos." He's not just attacking Sarah Palin here, he's attacking her innocent teenage daughter and infant son as well, and that's beyond reprehensible.
So I say, yes, let's join in on this ban. As I wrote in the comments over there, he's dead to me. If you disagree, let me know in the comments.
Ummm...has he been watching the same person I have?
Marc Ambinder took a break from splitting atoms...with his mind to write an informal Q&A with...himself? I found one of his answers to himself a bit nuanced (emphasis mine):
How big are the risks for McCain?
Enormous. The fighter pilot whose hero is TR is trying to land with zero visibility. It is going to be hard to wrest away from Obama the banner of change, and McCain risks being seen as unserious about national security. Palin is smart and quick on the draw, but she is completely untested and prone to bursts of the mouth. She seems to know very little about Iraq and the world and even about the national economy. She is an identity pick, first and foremost, and a process-pick, second. Women could be offended or inspired.
First of all, she has been to the Middle East (Kuwait, not Iraq) as many times during her tenure in office as Barack Obama has in his. Secondly, what mother with a son headed to Iraq isn't following what's going on there?
As far as the national economy goes, I've (of course) found her to speak eloquently on how America's reliance on foreign oil hurts both our national security and economy. But then again, I'm from a town that's smaller than Wasilla, Alaska, so what do I know?
Update: I've just been informed that Sarah Palin is not--I repeat not--a Jew like Eric Cantor and Jack Abramoff. I'm not sure if this applies to her bastard grandson Trig Palin. I'll keep you updated .
Weekend open thread
Since there isn't much going on this weekend, I'm putting up an open thread. Feel free to pimp your posts here.
McCain-Palin trivia for the night
I swear I won't single-handedly turn this blog into an "all Palin, all the time" format, but I can't really get it out of my head. So deal with it.
Anyway, I just realized that this is the first time since Reagan-Bush 1984 that both nominees on a major party ticket haven't been lawyers. John McCain went to the U.S. Naval Academy while Sarah Palin got a journalism degree from the University of Idaho.
No offense to Gabe, of course, but that's kind of refreshing.
Update: I once again prove my Moron credentials. This is the first time a national ticket has had two non-lawyers since...ummm...2004.
Guess what this is?
Well, what it was, anyway. The answer is below the fold.
I've found the problem with Sarah Palin!
She isn't from the same state as the PowerLine guys like Tim Pawlenty is, and she isn't Mitt Romney (as Mitt Romneyness is a quality highly valued in some circles for his nuanced conservative authenticity).
Hopefully Gov. Palin can tell us how she's actually a boring mullet-weilding governor who campaigned for state office on a platform diametrically opposed to the stances she currently takes as a vice presidential candidate. Then we can get the "conservative leaders" fully behind her for the general election.
If we could find a way to make her more boring and inauthentic, that would help, too. As it stands now, she's hurting the Republican Party's brand.
Update: Charles "I'm from Washington, so I know better than you rubes" Krauthammer shows up at Moron Central to register his displeasure.
Downer for Dumpster Muffin, WIN for me
In honor of my Alma Mater's opening football game against Michigan State, I bring you the following update (from Wednesday, so it's a little old) on the stupid, smelly hippies who have been blocking Cal's attempt to build a new training facility:
A judge lifted the order blocking the University of California at Berkeley from beginning construction on a planned athletic facility next to Cal's football stadium yesterday, thus clearing the way for treeborne hippies protesting the removal of the trees to immediately begin their search for new housing. Dumpster Muffin, thy name is sadness.
It would be easy to get all Eric Cartman on the dedicated freaks who, beginning on December 1, 2006, have sat, slept, lounged naked, and screamed at police from the trees. You must admire some things about their effort, though: it was consistent (constant occupancy), stylish (one of the sitters calls herself "Dumpster Muffin,") and quasi-successful in that it put off the construction of the facility for nearly two years. Consistent, stylish, and quasi-successful would not be the words I normally associate with the word "hippie," so at the least the whole exercise has been a loopy but effective exercise in rebranding for Team Hippie. (Those three original words, by the way, are "lice," "marijuana," and "naked.")
Let's hope the next few days involve a lot of tears (from tear gas as well as sadness over their FAIL) and cracked hippie skulls. Because the word I like most to associate with hippies is "whomping."
FAIL Brittannia!
Could these people be any more clueless about firearms and human nature? Via The Drawn Cutlass, we get this report about the rampant illegal gun trade in the UK.
Weapons are pouring in from Eastern Europe (Poland in particular), soldiers and others are smuggling them in from Afghanistan and Iraq, some are smuggled in from lesser or non-Nanny States, and there's a pretty solid homegrown illegal gun trade too.
Apparently a lot of deactivated guns in Britain are now being sold on the black market and are rebuilt to fire in clandestine workshops. Shotguns and sawed-off shotguns are the cheapest to acquire and are less popular because they are often awkward to carry and don't offer the street cred of a semi-auto pistol or even a full auto firearm.
I have to laugh at this,
"Everyone wants to be a gangster now, mainly the kids. You have five or six in a little crew and one of them will be carrying. They want handguns - shotguns are too big and bulky. The sawn-off doesn't look so good but use a machine gun and you get known as a heavy guy. They have them just to be a chap on the street, to pose. Some of them walk around all day with a .38. It's 16-year-olds at it and it's getting like America, silly as it sounds."
Yeah, except if a 16 year old pulls a gun on one of us in Silly America, we at least have the right to have our own to defend ourselves and draw our own pistol, your life is completely in the hands of some stupid teen gangsta wannabe chav with a pistol. Pretty silly to live at the mercy of common street thugs like that if you ask me,
The Guardian's source said that guns were becoming a first rather than a last recourse. "A gun used to be used as a mediator; now everything is revolved with a gun. It's brought the heat on everyone. Before you would get a two [years jail sentence], now it's a five. It's getting like the US now, like The Wire. It's like a prediction of what will happen here. I think they all think they're playing Grand Theft Auto. It's madness out there."
Yeah, except we weren't dumb enough to give up our guns. Hope you Brits enjoy living at the mercy of street thugs and your increasingly fascistic government, because that's where things appear to be headed.
Are we going to do something smart for a change?
It looks like the GOP, known (rightly) for years as the "Stupid Party" actually has a clue about what to do if Gustav slams into the Gulf Coast during next week's convention:
The contingency plan – a worst case scenario if the storm devastates coastal areas – would turn Republicans into Red Cross-type volunteers who would help collect donations, food and goods to help storm victims.
McCain - whose campaign motto is "Country First" – said helping people during an emergency will take precedence over accepting his GOP nomination for president.
"It wouldn't be appropriate to have a festive occasion while a near tragedy or a terrible challenge is presented in the form of a natural disaster," McCain told Fox News in a pretaped interview airing today.
That might just do the trick in terms of killing the meme that I worried about a couple of days ago.
The link to the Post story comes from Instaglenn, who wisely suggests "sending a group of volunteers down afterward, with Sarah Palin in charge." Yes, please.
OMG! Look at all the Alaskans who HATE Palin
Thank you, Politico, for providing today's DNC talking points. It turns out that Sarah Palin is a horrible pick because Alaskans hate her:
It will be fascinating to see the Alaska Republican delegation front and center at this week's Republican National Convention now that Alaska governor Sarah Palin will be on the ticket.
This is a state party whose establishment faction, to put it mildly, isn't too enamored with their reform-minded governor.
This is a state party whose chairman, Randy Ruedrich, has been feuding with Palin for years. Palin exposed Ruedrich for ethical violations in 2004 when both served on the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission — and their relationship has been frosty ever since.
Ruedrich declined to comment at the historic nature of having an Alaskan on the national ticket for the first time in the state's history.
Gee, I guess those 80-90% approval ratings were just a fluke! Who would have thought that running against both the Democratic and (to some extent) the Republican parties in her state would leaver her with a few enemies?
Exit question: Why hasn't the Politico gone to great lengths to highlight the frosty relationships between Sen. Obama and his opponents in Chicago?
More Proof The Left Is Unhinged Over Palin
To piggyback on Sean's post about the Kossacks being worried over Palin, they are now accusing her of faking her recent pregnancy in order to cover for her teenage daughter.
Some of the gems from Newsbusters:
Next concernedamerican posted a slam on Palin's commitment to her baby. "She decided not to take maternity leave with this pregnancy!!!! What's up with that? With a special needs baby?" And then went on to accept the claims without proof saying, "Kind of hypocritical to push abstinence programs in schools and then cover up your own teenage daughter's pregnancy with a lie that you had the baby yourself, dontcha think?"
Not4bushwa also assumed it was all true merely because it was posted on DailyKos, saying: "If Palin had come clean about her daughter or if McCain had vetted her more carefully and not chosen her, this would not be a story. But she didn't and he didn't. Tough luck, poor judgment, another right-wing hypocrite scandal." And later wrote, "This is a big lie. Why the excessive secrecy? So much shame for a fairly common predicament--teenage pregnancy? I wonder: Who's the father?"
Obviously, since a Kos diarist posted this garbage story, many Kossacks will simply believe it is true despite that there is no proof at all for even a single word of the accusations.
Poster sailmaker finds Motherhood so disgusting that he can't imagine a vice president doing it, posting that his "mind boggles at the idea of a lactating VP." That's classy, isn't it?
Poster Subversive really went for the gutter with, "The only thing missing from this story is that the baby wasn't Black."
Folks, they don't know how to handle her. And the fact that as a mother of five, she is still more manly (though -ILFish to 11) than any male Kossack would ever be. And the fact her husband could rip their eyeballs out just by farting on them scares the shit out of them as well.
Hmmmmm...
....do you think the Kossaks might be worried?
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At press time, the nut was still firmly attached to the base of the man's genitals.
Huh. Like most guys, I have two nuts firmly attached to the base of my genitals, but this guy is different, I guess.
Wow....just wow....
It's not often I get to file something under the "GOP Win!" category and truly, truly mean it. Last night I went to bed and dreamt all night that John McCain had chosen Tim Pawlenty as his running mate. When I woke up at 11am, I didn't even head to the computer to see who the choice was, because I knew McCain's choice could do nothing but disappoint.
Boy was I wrong.
When I got out of the shower, the friend I'm staying with was awake, and said "CNN News just woke me up with a text saying that McCain chose some b**** from Alaska as his running mate." At this point, I told him that he was just going to have to deal with the fact that I would be on the computer all day.
I'm thrilled.
I just shelled out $50 to John McCain. I just bought two bumper stickers and I only have one car.
The next 67 days just got a lot more exciting. We now have what we were lacking: a GOP ticket we can be excited about.
Hey, $3,000,000 in 7 hours can't be wrong!
We now return me to my regularly scheduled vacation.
P.S. - Yes, my head did asplode.
My Meaningless Take On The Palin Selection
While some prominent conservative bloggers are disappointed at the Palin pick, and worried that Gov. Palin may become Geraldine Ferraro Redux, one thing I noticed today that has been lacking on our side of the aisle for a long while is back:
Excitement and Energy.
Hell, just look at the comment and traffic activity here, at Moron Central, and elsewhere. This move has excited many in the base of the Party to actually (gasp) kinda, just maybe, don't look twice, support McCain.
Also, I tip my hat to Maverick for being ballsy enough to eschew the Conventional Wisdom that picking another capable, though boring, white guy with ties to a "battleground state or area" was the wise move. He gambled on energy and buzz, and it is paying off in the short term. And all of this without pissing off a base that (myself included) already eyed Maverick with suspicion and caution.
Yeah, Pawlenty, Portman, Cantor, and Romney may very well have been wonkish Beltway approved picks, or ones that would have helped solidify states like Michigan or Ohio, but would they have generated this sort of buzz? Would they have been able to get more than a "meh. I guess I'll support him" from many in the base? Would my wife and that friend of mine I see at the playground with his daughters when I take my daughter to the park be talking about Romney tonight like he was Palin?
Why do I mention my wife? Here's why. She works in a secure office without TV, radio, or internet access. She didn't know about the Palin pick until she heard it in the car on the way home from her job. She immediately called me screaming, "Did you hear?!?!?" That is how excited she was over the Sarah Palin pick. If a person who really doesn't follow politics too much can get this excited, how many times over has that happened across America this afternoon and evening?
Hey, this race is tight, and McCain could have played it safe and gone for a boring pick. He didn't need to do a desperation pick, ala Mondale/Ferraro in 1984. But the Palin choice has rocked the campaign season to its core. No more proof is needed than the fact Team Obama seems on its heels for the first time since Jeremiah Wright became a household name.
Of course, I am writing this after settling my daughter down for bed and enjoying a nightcap to help me forget about my job. So who knows?
But well played, Senator McCain. Well played.
Oh, just go away already
The rEVOLution may not be televised, but it's apparently still going to be in Minnesota next week:
As Republicans gather to nominate John McCain for president in St. Paul next week, don't expect former rival Ron Paul to cheer him on.
Unlike other former candidates like Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee, the libertarian-leaning Texas congressman wasn't given a speaking slot at the convention -- in fact, he says the McCain campaign tried to bar him from the convention floor entirely.
"I didn't expect much and I didn't get much, because they don't want somebody there who will emphasize where they're coming short," he said in an interview.
Instead, Paul plans a rally of his own at a basketball arena across the river in Minneapolis, along with training sessions for his supporters who want to more effectively push the Republican party toward his antiwar, small-government ideals.
"They're lining up for the next fight, and they're going to have better numbers and they're going to know the rules better," he said.
Yeah, I'm sure your loyal horde of weirdos and retards will be well equipped (maybe with an even bigger blimp!) to convince us all to go back to the gold standard and stop giving foreign aid to Israel or whatever nutty thing you're currently advocating.
In between cross burnings and LARP tournaments, that is.
Good question...
If McCain-Palin wins in November and Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell wins his tight primary battle against Rep. Don Young in the recount and the general election....who will be in charge of Alaska?
The bumper sticker
I actually told MP in google that I wanted a bumper sticker with the Palin in giant letters and a tiny McCain...guess one of the Jawas did too. I think I'd like to see a shirt, poster or sticker with Palin '08! in giant letters, with "...and that bastard McCain too, I guess" under it in tiny letters.
Another round of Denver pics
Alice has a bunch of new pictures from the Denver protests up, and you can go here for posts I-XII, here for XIII-XX, and here's XXI-XXX,
Part XXI
Part XXII
Part XXIII
Part XXIV
Part XXV
Part XXVI
Part XXVII
Part XXVIII
Part XXIX
Part XXX
I'm actually still looking through these myself, they're excellent shots, so check out Alice's work, she's done an excellent job, every bit as good as Zombie.
A little midday Obama campaign EPIC FAIL
Taking a swipe at Palin for inexperience in foreign affairs. Really Barack, you're gonna go there? I guess I can see how you'd think that she's inexperienced in foreign matters, given she hasn't done a few trips to Africa and a two week tour of Europe and the Middle East. Hell, she hasn't even failed to keep a promise of aid to a poor African school yet! What does she know about foreign affairs, silly woman...
Here's a little Alaska-delivered foreign policy for you!


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Classmate Deletes Tweet That Supported Ford's Claim Against Kavanaugh
by Jack Davis
A woman who said the 35-year-old alleged sexual misconduct incident Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh denies ever happened was all the buzz at school has deleted her tweet making that claim.
On Tuesday, Christina King Miranda entered the fray over allegations that Kavanaugh acted inappropriately toward Christine Blasey Ford at a party in the 1980s.
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T.D. @TwitmoDenizen
There's a well-established legal term of art for what Cristina King Miranda is peddling today: HEARSAY. http://archive.is/xz6AN
1:38 PM - Sep 19, 2018
"I graduated from Holton Arms, and knew both Brett Kavanaugh and Mark Judge. Christine Blasey Ford was a year or so behind me, I remember her. I signed this letter. The incident was spoken about for days afterwords (sic) in school. Kavanaugh should stop lying, own up to it and apologize," she tweeted.
The tweet was seized upon as corroboration of Ford's allegation, but it raised questions because it offered details not mentioned in, or conflicting with, Ford's version of events.
For example, Lisa Banks, Ford's lawyer, said the incident took place over the summer, NPR reported. Miranda's now-deleted post placed the party during the school year.
Also, Ford indicated in her interview with The Washington Post that she did not discuss the incident until 2012, while Miranda's tweet indicates it was common knowledge at their school — Holton-Arms in Bethesda, Maryland — in the 1980s.
The questions raised by her comment might never be answered. Miranda deleted her tweet Wednesday.
"Hi all, deleted this because it served its purpose and I am now dealing with a slew of requests for interviews from The Wash Post, CNN, CBS News. Organizing how I want to proceed. Was not ready for that, not sure I am interested in pursuing. Thanks for reading," she tweeted.
Jim Treacher @jtLOL
· Sep 19, 2018
Hi, @reinabori. Why did you just delete this? pic.twitter.com/9JPtsGEDmT
Cristina King Miranda @reinabori
Hi all, deleted this because it served its purpose and I am now dealing with a slew of requests for interviews from The Wash Post, CNN, CBS News. Organizing how I want to proceed. Was not ready for that, not sure I am interested in pursuing. Thanks for reading
Miranda then followed up that tweet with another making it clear she won't be saying anything more.
"To all media, I will not be doing anymore interviews. No more circus. To clarify my post: I do not have first hand knowledge of the incident that Dr. Christine Blasey Ford mentions, and I stand by my support for Christine. That's it. I don't have more to say on the subject," she tweeted.
— Cristina King Miranda (@reinabori) September 19, 2018
The tweet was perceived by some as an effort to avoid dealing with a story that was full of holes.
Chris Costlow @TheChrisCostlow
Replying to @reinabori
Well, SOMEONE'S lying. Ford said she told NO ONE about it until 2012. Seems you shot yourself in the foot with a tweet and I'm guessing your name isn't going to go away from the news cycle any time soon. You go girl! You've done more to ruin Ford's cred than the Republicans.
Miranda's actions came as Patrick J. Smyth, another high school classmate of Kavanaugh's, denied ever seeing inappropriate conduct from Kavanaugh and said that if Ford has identified him as being at a party where the alleged incident took place, she is wrong.
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To all media, I will not be doing anymore interviews. No more circus. To clarify my post: I do not have first hand knowledge of the incident that Dr. Christine Blasey Ford mentions, and I stand by my support for Christine. That's it. I don't have more to say on the subject.
"I understand that I have been identified by Dr. Christine Blasey Ford as the person she remembers as 'PJ' who supposedly was present at the party she described in her statements to the Washington Post," Smyth said in a statement, CNN reported. "I am issuing this statement today to make it clear to all involved that I have no knowledge of the party in question; nor do I have any knowledge of the allegations of improper conduct she has leveled against Brett Kavanaugh.
"Personally speaking, I have known Brett Kavanaugh since high school and I know him to be a person of great integrity, a great friend, and I have never witnessed any improper conduct by Brett Kavanaugh towards women."
Mark Judge, who was mentioned in Miranda's deleted tweet, said in a letter to senators that he had "no memory of this alleged incident" and "never saw Brett act in the manner Dr. Ford describes."


Born and educated in New England, John Matassa received more than thirty awards and honors for his work including the prestigious William Paige Traveling Fellowship, from the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.
John lived and worked in Delaware for thirty years, where his studios in Wilmington and on he Indian River bay afforded him the opportunity to research ships built in the area and portray them in a natural marine environment.
"My paintings are a combination of a fascination with old ships combined with my love of color and paint on canvas," John once said. "Having studios on the water and near the former great shipbuilders of Wilmington is perfect for my work."
John's paintings are in several hundred public and private collections and he is listed in "Who's Who in American Art."


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President's Son Yusuf Buhari Out and About
ireporteronline Local News November 3, 2019
Being the president's son comes with perks. Being immune from the slings and arrows of an uncertain future is boon enough for the average Nigerian. If the promise of a life of luxury and schooling in the best institutions money can get — or bribe — isn't enough, surely, the promise of prompt world-class treatment should anything from a minor cold to a major accident happen, will be enough to make you sign the dotted lines.
Yusuf Buhari, the son of President Muhammadu Buhari might not have signed any dotted lines to be born to the man who rules Africa's most populous nation, but he is surely not complaining about the special treatment accruable to him, courtesy of his father's position.
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Recall that Yusuf was involved in a freak accident a few years back. As he rode leisurely around Gwarinpa, Abuja, the unthinkable happened and the president's son had to contend with a fractured rib and head injuries. In the blink of an eye, he was taken to the Cedacrest Hospital, Abuja before being flown abroad for further treatment and to enjoy a period of prolonged convalescence.
That is not the news. The news is that since the incident, Yusuf has largely gone low profile. Perhaps it dawned on him that being privileged is no barrier against unwanted public attention, and sometimes undeserved opprobrium. However, that didn't stop the public from getting on his case after he enrolled for and completed his national youth service in less than half a year.
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Even as the shouts of "special treatment!" rent the air, the graduate of the University of Surrey mostly wisely kept to himself. It got to a point where many wondered if the president hadn't commanded him to avoid any more controversies. Certainly, observers noted that the Buhari siblings were all on their best behaviour during the days leading up to the general election.
With Buhari returned for another four years, the coast seems clear for his people to come out firing with no worries about electoral consequences. Not that Yusuf is particularly the naughty sort but any appearance he makes is remarkable just by virtue of the fact that he seldom makes any. No wonder eyebrows were raised when the First Son was seen in the company of his father and Atiku Bagudu, governor of Kebbi. The trio were in the Holy Land to attend the third edition of the Future Investment Initiative (FII) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, last Tuesday.
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I first published the following story on another of my blogs, as a Halloween post for one of my regular memes. I thought I'd publish it here, too, as a number of you may not have visited the other blog and read the story. It's a chilling tale from the Gower Peninsula, which lies just a few miles west of my home. Emanating from the isolated, and now abandoned hamlet of Llanelen, it's a terrifying account of a household haunted by a demon husband.
The first written records of this story emerged in letters written in 1691, just a few years after the events occurred. Most people think of ghosts as assuming the form of a deceased person. However, this particular apparition manifested as a living person. A local landowner and parliamentarian, Lieutenant Colonel Bowen, owned most of the landed property in and around the hamlet of Llanelen. Bowen, however, was something of a reprobate, and had been exiled to Ireland by his wife and family, as a result of his dissipated life of wine, women and song. Whilst he was away, a terrifying phenomenon invaded his Llanelen household.
The archaeological remains of Llanelen lie near the shore of the Burry Estuary, not far from where the estuary meets up with the Atlantic Ocean. It's an area of salt marshes, woodland, and steep hills. Depending on the season, it can look lush and green, or stark and eerie. Many dark tales of hauntings have emanated from this area, as well as encounters with small entities known as the 'verry volk' - or fairy folk.
The haunting at the Bowen home began with typical poltergeist phenomena - numerous loud crashes and bangs, which reverberated around the house. One night, Bowen himself materialised in his wife's bedroom, demanding to get into bed with her. Mrs. Bowen knew the entity was not her husband, due to its sudden, unearthly manifestation. So she refused - which infuriated the apparition. Fortunately, it made no effort to disobey her wishes. As she prayed, the intruder vanished. But from that night onwards, the whole household was tormented by its ungodly presence.
Shrieks, groans and "the noise of a whirlwind" permeated the residence. Mrs Bowen was horrified to see the outline of something otherwise invisible, occupying her bed. She said the sight was accompanied by a revolting odour "of a carcase some-while dead". She also described how her bedroom filled with "a thick smoak smelling like sulphur". The invisible entity took great delight in pinching and slapping Mrs. Bowen and her household staff, leaving them battered and bruised. Whilst these events occurred, Lt. Col. Bowen's eerie doppelganger manifested on many occasions, taunting everyone in the house.
Despite his indiscretions, Mrs. Bowen pleaded for her husband to return, terrified by the haunting. Lt. Col. Bowen returned for a while, but the haunting continued, with the Lt. Col. apparently witnessing his own spectral doppelganger. The Bowen family had enough of their uninvited guest, and fled to Ireland, abandoning their house forever.
Ironically, the unpleasant entity may have done the Bowen household a great favour. Not long afterwards, a terrible tragedy struck Llanelen. One wild and stormy night, a ship found itself in dire trouble in a nearby bay. It is a notoriously treacherous stretch of coastline even in this day and age. When the ailing ship reached the point where the ocean met the estuary, the vicious storm and powerful currents overwhelmed it. Most of its crew perished, but seven men were swept ashore, clinging to debris from their destroyed vessel. They washed up at Llanelen, where kindly villagers took them in and cared for them. The men all appeared to be suffering from a nasty bout of flu. Everyone assumed their time in the icy, raging ocean had brought it on. But their ailment proved far more sinister - bubonic plague. Just three weeks after the stricken sailors washed ashore, they, along with the whole population of Llanelen, lay dead.
Many thanks to Chris Elphick, whose research I have drawn on for this article.


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Russian Military Personnel in Mozambique: Bringing Another African Nation Closer to Moscow
According to unofficial reports that have been on since mid-September, Russian military personnel has been deployed to a few of Mozambique's naval ports, a step that might have been taken in the wake of a batch of deals inked by Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi during his August visit to Moscow. Mozambique is yet another African country where Russia has been looking to push forward its economic and military presence.
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The general elections will be held in Mozambique on October 15, with the ruling Mozambique Liberation Front (FRELIMO) party and the incumbent leader Filipe Nyusi having an appetite for keeping themselves in power. The recent time has seen them tightening cooperation with Russia. During the official visit of the President of Mozambique to Moscow on August 22, Nyusi and Putin signed bilateral energy and security agreements to bolster Moscow's military and economy commitments in Mozambique. The two countries have historic ties stretching back to the Soviet times when the Soviet Union supported FRELIMO fighters in their war of independence. Moscow has been looking for FRELIMO to win because its primary political opponent RENAMO remains somewhat skeptical of partnership with Russia.
In August, in the Kremlin, President Nyusi announced that Moscow had agreed to forgive 95 percent of its debt and that Russia would work to increase investment in the East African country. Under the signed documents, Rosneft will be granted the right to study available geological data to examine the potential of a number of Mozambique's onshore and offshore blocks, with the opportunity to enter projects on those blocks in the future. But while in the Kremlin, both leaders agreed on deepening their countries' cooperation in the domain of security. In mid-September, reports emerged of Russian military equipment and personnel arriving in Mozambique despite the Russian Embassy denying any Russian military presence. The Mozambican government signed a resolution allowing Russian military vessels to dock at its ports. Unofficial reports say that Russian troops are present at Nacala Port, Nampula Province and in Mueda and Palma, Cabo Delgado Province. Palma is one of the areas most affected by the Ansar al-Sunna insurgency. In addition to that, it houses a critical LNG production facility.
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A perspective view of The Foundling Hospital printed for John Bowles and Carrington Bowles around 1753, after the work by L.P. Boitard.
With fine, original colouring. Within a handmade correct copy of an eighteenth century print frame. o.s:18 7/8 in x 13 5/8 in
The Foundling Hospital was begun in 1741, the initiative of Thomas Coram. Appalled by the sight of children and babies dying on the streets of London, he set about establishing his 'hospital', named as such to indicate hospitality towards the children rather than a place for the sick. Initially, admission to the hospital was decided by a lottery; picking a black ball from a sack lead to immediate refusal whilst a red ball allowed mother and child to progress for consideration. By 1756, with some financial support from parliament, a more equal system was begun, known as General Reception. In short, a mother and child would enter the purpose built lodge and pass their child through a hatch in a wall where a nurse would examine the child to establish it was under the agreed age for admission. A billet was issued recording the date of admission and sex of the child. The tradition of leaving a token with the child continued and a fragment of material, object or note could be folded into the billet and filed away as a secret. By this means a mother could in the future claim her child, describing the token as proof of identity.
A founding governor of the hospital was William Hogarth; he and his wife fostering foundling children. Hogarth set up a permanent art exhibition and encouraged other artists to contribute. In this way the first ever public art gallery was begun, the rich and famous flocking to this popular attraction to the view the art and make donations to the cause.
George Frederic Handel similarly helped to raise funds for the hospital, composing and performing his Foundling Hospital Anthem in 1749. Following the success of his performance of Messiah in 1750, Handel was elected a governor of the hospital. Thereafter was an annual performance of Messiah and a full score of the work was bequeathed to the Foundling Hospital.
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Why does Geri Halliwell ALWAYS date Mr Wrong? Spice Girl said to be dating Russell Brand
Why does Geri ALWAYS date Mr Wrong How Miss Halliwell is always unlucky in love
The title isn't one to covet, but if there were an award for the most unlucky-in-love woman in showbusiness, Geri Halliwell would surely win it.
For the former Spice Girl, who turned 40 this month, has enjoyed 13 romances since finding fame — and so far all have ended in disaster.
That she managed to get engaged to three of her male companions, and have a baby with one, is easy to forget: Geri is better known for affairs that finish almost as soon as they've begun.
The odd couple: Comedian Russell Brand, centre, stands next to Geri Halliwell, right, and her fellow Spice Girl band mates Melanie Chisolm, Melanie Brown, Emma Bunton, and Victoria Beckham back in 2007
A decade ago, she sighed: 'I think we all know that relationships haven't been one of my strong points.'
Enter her latest Mr Wrong: Russell Brand — a man known for his extremely high self-regard, former sex addiction and failed marriage to U.S. pop singer Katy Perry.
Geri and he reportedly struck up a romance after meeting during the closing ceremony of the Olympics earlier this month.
On Saturday, the pair held hands as they took Geri's six-year-old daughter Bluebell on a tour of Hampton Court Palace. And, last Thursday, the couple kissed during a picnic on London's Hampstead Heath.
News of the romance will certainly help boost the profiles of two celebrities in need of some good publicity.
New couple! Geri Halliwell has reportedly
started dating Russell Brand after hitting it off with him at the
Olympics Closing Ceremony earlier this month
Geri is busy staging a pop comeback on the back of the Spice Girls' reunion at the Olympic closing ceremony. She is promoting a new musical featuring the band's music, Viva Forever!, which is due to open in the West End in November.
Meanwhile, Brand, 37, is recovering from negative headlines following his messy divorce from pop princess Katy, 27.
The self-professed lothario, who once boasted he had slept with 2,000 women, is alleged to have such a high opinion of Geri that he has ended his relationship with model Isabella Brewster — one of five girlfriends he has had since splitting from Katy eight months ago.
Yesterday, a source close to Geri played down the rumoured relationship, saying: 'They are just friends and have been out a few times. There's not much else to add at this stage.'
Brand's spokesman, meanwhile, declined to comment. But Russell is certainly not the first man to have noticed the charms of Miss Halliwell . . .
Catching his eye: Both Geri and Russell performed at the extravaganza before chatting at the end and swapping numbers
Smitten: The pair have been on several dates, including one at Hampton Court Palace with Geri's daughter Bluebell last weekend
The boy back home
Who: Giovanni Laporta, a Porsche-driving, double-glazing salesman from her home town of Watford, three years her senior.
When: Three weeks in January, 1997, at the beginning of the Spice Girls' runaway success.
The romance: Geri, then 25, was said to be 'crazy' about Laporta, who ran a firm called Elite Windows. They met in a nightclub. A friend said: 'He loves the fact that Geri is a Spice Girl.'
The split: She dumped him a few days after the romance became public — saying she was 'too busy' for love.
The posh ones
Who: Polo player Jamie Morrison, son of Bryan, a pop publishing tycoon who also owns the Royal Berkshire Polo Club. The first of many high-society squeezes for Geri.
When: Just over a month in 1998.
The romance: They met when Geri rented a castle in County Wicklow for Christmas — it belonged to one of Jamie's friends and he came over to visit. He invited her horse-riding. 'I'm very happy with Jamie,' Geri said. 'It's early days, but we have lots in common. He likes music and, believe it or not, I actually like polo.'
The split: Friends of Geri's said that he was 'too dull' for her. In her autobiography, she later noted they had 'very little in common'.
Brief romance: Geri Halliwell with former boyfriend, polo player Jamie Morrison, at the Cartier Polo Dinner
Who: Henry Beckwith, socialite and heir to the property fortune made by his father, Sir John Beckwith.
When: On and off for two years from 2009 until 2011.
The romance: It was an easy-going affair at first. But, as time went on, Geri became deeply fond of Beckwith and the couple were even said to be secretly engaged.
The split: They finally called it a day last October, when Geri decided that she 'didn't trust him'. However, the pair remain on good terms, going to the Boodles Boxing Ball together later that year. Geri's daughter, Bluebell, is said to be very fond of Henry, and he and Geri have numerous friends in common.
Posh love No 2: Gerri Halliwell and Henry Beckwith leaving The Launch Party for The Louis Dundas Centre at Claridges in 2009
The publicity seekers
Who: Chris Evans, DJ and TV star at the peak of his fame.
When: A heady — and slightly ludicrous — two weeks in November 1999.
The romance: /08/29/article-2195024-002165FF00000258-137_634x452.jpg" width="634″ height="452″ alt="A mock marriage: Spice Girl Geri Halliwell with TV and radio presenter Chris Evans in Leicester Square, London, to help launch a Comic Relief appeal" class="blkBorder" />
A mock marriage: Spice Girl Geri Halliwell with TV and radio presenter Chris Evans in Leicester Square, London, to help launch a Comic Relief appeal
Who: Robbie Williams, then the 'bad boy' pin-up freshly out of pop group Take That.
When: On and off during the summer of 2000, and early in 2001.
The romance: In July 2000, Geri was pictured leaving Robbie's house in Knightsbridge at 1am.
Speculation about a romance reached fever pitch the following month when they went on a much-photographed holiday to the South of France.
The couple were seen together again on a skiing holiday in Switzerland the following January.
At the Brit Awards a few weeks later, Geri presented Robbie with a trophy, saying: 'According to press reports, he has been giving me one, so now it's my turn to give him one.'
The split: Came not long after Robbie gave a radio interview saying they were friends who occasionally slept together. Geri was furious and he had to apologise. He later said he had been exasperated by her childish demands and possessive behaviour.
Holiday romance: Robbie Williams and Geri Halliwell riding a motorcycle in the French sun
The fiances
Who: Demian Warner, a former drug addict and son of a wealthy Chicago businessman.
When: Five months in 2002.
The romance: They met at the Cottonwood rehabilitation clinic in Arizona, where Warner was being treated for drug addiction and Geri was receiving counselling for an eating disorder. Within a few weeks they moved in together in Los Angeles.
When she came to the UK, to be a judge on television show Popstars: The Rivals, he came with her and they were inseparable. They got engaged within a few weeks of meeting. A friend said: 'Geri is over the moon that Demian has asked her to marry him. She's very much in love.'
The split: The first hint of any trouble came when she shouted at him after he got chatting to another woman during filming. Demian then went back to the U.S., and she dumped him by email.
They had apparently argued over her insistence on a pre-nuptial agreement and an HIV test. It later emerged that he called her 'Shorty Spice' and had felt pressured by her into proposing marriage in the first place.
She said later that year: 'I think becoming famous arrested my development. I was emotionally immature and, as a result, unable to have strong, intimate relationships with men.'
Engaged: Geri Halliwell with former Italian fiance Fabrizio Politi who announced their engagement just one week after meeting in a nightclub
Who: Fabrizio Politi, titchy Italian shipping tycoon.
When: Four months from 2008 into 2009.
The romance: They met in a nightclub in Florence, Italy, and Geri was delighted to announce their engagement just one whirlwind week later, complete with a 150,000 ring. Politi — equally delighted — said he had been waiting for 15 years to find his ideal woman, and knew at once that she was the right one for him.
The split: Politi said Geri suddenly got cold feet about marriage. He remarked: 'Out of nowhere there was a very bad situation between us.' Still, he called the liaison 'the happiest three months of my life'.
Who's the daddy
Who: Sacha Gervasi, a heavy-set screenwriter based in Los Angeles.
When: Six-week fling in the summer of 2005.
The romance: Gervasi, who spent time in rehab in the early Nineties for an addiction to heroin, is well connected and met Geri socially. Their fling was over by the time she realised she was pregnant by him.
He said he wanted to support her and the baby — but he reportedly has yet to even meet Geri's only child, Bluebell Madonna, who was born in May 2006.
The split: Geri was thrilled to be pregnant and has loved motherhood, but appears to have no tender feelings toward Gervasi.
It is said he first saw the baby on the cover of Hello! magazine, with whom Geri did a deal for an undisclosed amount. He is now married to banking heiress Jessica de Rothschild.
Pretty in lilac: Geri Halliwell at the christening of her daughter Bluebell Madonna who was born in May 2006
The business tycoon
Who: Bobby Hashemi, the charming Iranian-born founder of the Coffee Republic chain, worth around 45 million.
When: Three months in 2001.
The romance: The pair were introduced by Hashemi's sister, Sahar, who had the same yoga instructor as Geri. Halliwell adored Hashemi, a polo enthusiast, and took lessons in the sport and watched him play at Cowdray Park in West Sussex.
The split: Bobby was horrified when she suggested in December they should move in together, which brought a hasty end to things. He liked the slow pace of the relationship and didn't want to be rushed into a commitment.
Family friends: Geri Halliwell met Bobby Hashemi through his sister who had the same yoga instructor as the Spice Girl
Showbiz liaisons
Who: Duncan James, handsome blond bisexual pop star with the band Blue.
When: The summer of 2004.
The romance: The intimacy sprang up after they were asked to present music festival Party In The Park together. A string of lunch and dinner dates followed, and they were even spotted shopping for lingerie in Victoria's Secret in Los Angeles together.
The split: In late 2004, James had a fling with former girlfriend Claire Grainger — resulting in daughter Tianie-Finn being born the following year.
Co-hosts: Singer Geri Halliwell and Duncan James, from boyband Blue, met presenting Capital FM's Party in the Park concert for The Prince's Trust in 2004
Who: Ivan 'Flipz' Velez, a backing dancer on the Spice Girls reunion tour.
When: Seven months in 2008.
The romance: Geri fell for Flipz after he was assigned to be the man who held her aloft when she sang It's Raining Men. Towards the end of the Spice Girls tour, their friendship started to intensify. They conducted their romance in Los Angeles and, in the UK, and he reportedly became close to Bluebell.
The split: Velez was 'surprised' when Geri broke up with him over the phone, having apparently realised he wasn't quite the man of her dreams — even though they had been talking about marriage and children.
It's raining men: Geri Halliwell with backing dancer Ivan 'Flipz' Velez who worked with her on the Spice Girls reunion tour
Who: David Walliams, dapper metrosexual comedian and author.
When: A six-week dalliance in 2007.
The romance: The pair had known each other on the celebrity circuit for years, but struck up a discreet romance in January. A source said: 'They are very tactile with each other and he's such a gent. Geri just can't stop smiling.'
The split: They never got around to making any public comment about the relationship, so perhaps Walliams was not quite as keen on the romance as she was.
Discreet: David Walliams and Geri Halliwell dated for six weeks in 2007
And finally …
Who: Russell Brand, 37, tight-trousered comedian and lothario.
When: Ongoing after romance reportedly sparked earlier this month.
The romance: Speaking after the Olympic closing ceremony, Brand said: 'I've got a crush on Geri Halliwell — everything in the world is how it should be.' Having been spotted on several dates together, the romance has apparently already become 'serious'.
But if you add Brand's track record — which encompasses sex addiction and a brief marriage — together with hers, who would bet on it lasting the course
Hitting it off: Russell admitted he had a crush on Halliwell after posing for this photo with the Spice Girls backstage at the Olympics
Russell Brand is "dating Geri Halliwell after hitting it off at Olympics Closing Ceremony"
Spice Girl interrupted: Geri Halliwell runs errands in tiny playsuit but happily stops for snaps with doting fans
Gingers only dating launches for singles looking for a red hot lover (and they"re hoping Geri Halliwell and Prince Harry will join)
Geri Halliwell and Mel B enjoy some banter as they make last minute preparations for Spice Girls Olympics reunion gig
Geri Halliwell and Henry Beckwith on romantic boat trip after rekindling their relationship


When Louise Smit (nee Bekker) thinks of her childhood in Paarl, the tedious practising of scales on the piano springs to her mind. Her father, an ardent pianist, wanted to make virtuosi of all his children. But Louise would rather have liked to dance on top of the piano. She felt restricted by the eight octaves.
Bedtime was story time. Her mother, a teacher and animated storyteller, kept the six children spellbound with her amazing stories.
After happy schooldays at La Rochelle Girls' High, she studied Drama at the University of Stellenbosch. She then did charitable work in Malawi, Central Africa, for four years. She performed indigenous folktales with the children in the rural areas. This led to weekly children's radio programmes in the Chicewa - language.
Returning to South Africa, she joined the Civic Theatre in Johannesburg as puppeteer before accepting the position as programme director at the SABC - TV division. Her first programmes, Haas Das se Nuuskas (a rabbit newsreader wearing flashy ties) and Wielie Walie, were national hits. She also created and directed programmes in isiZulu, isiXhosa, Sotho, Pedi, SetTswana and English.
In 1980 she built her own TV - studio. Twenty years later she sold it to Red Pepper Productions.
She loves cooking while Mozart's music loudly fills the house. Reading is a passion. Annually she also reads all Roald Dahl books illustrated by Quentin Blake. It lets her laugh. And that is what she achieves with her own stories: she makes children laugh. She is married, lives in Cape Town and has a daughter, Corneli Smit. She now writes full time.


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Tatjana Koķe (ur. 9 maja 1955 w Rydze) – łotewska filolog, pedagog, nauczyciel akademicki i polityk, profesor, minister (1999, 2007–2010), prorektor Uniwersytetu Stradiņša w Rydze.

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W 1973 ukończyła szkołę średnią w Rydze, a w 1978 studia z zakresu języka i literatury angielskiej na Uniwersytecie Łotwy. W 1986 uzyskała stopień kandydata nauk, na podstawie którego w 1993 nadano jej stopień doktora. W latach 1994–1996 na macierzystej uczelni odbyła studia doktoranckie z zakresu pedagogiki, w 1999 habilitowała się w tej dziedzinie. Kształciła się również na uczelniach w Sztokholmie i Londynie.

W latach 1978–1983 pracowała jako nauczycielka języka angielskiego. Następnie związana z Uniwersytetem Łotwy, gdzie obejmowała kolejne stanowiska, dochodząc do pełnej profesury w 2002. Była m.in. zastępczynią dyrektora instytutu edukacji i psychologii oraz dyrektorem programu studiów doktoranckich z pedagogiki.

W 1999 przez kilka miesięcy sprawowała urząd ministra do spraw szkolnictwa wyższego i nauki w rządzie Vilisa Krištopansa. Od 2006 do 2007 była parlamentarnym sekretarzem w resorcie oświaty i nauki. Następnie do 2010 z rekomendacji Łotewskiego Związku Rolników zajmowała stanowisko ministra oświaty i nauki w gabinetach Ivarsa Godmanisa i Valdisa Dombrovskisa.

W 2010 ponownie zajęła się działalnością naukową na Uniwersytecie Łotwy. W 2013 dodatkowo została prorektorem Uniwersytetu Stradiņša w Rydze, a rok później otrzymała stanowisko profesora tej uczelni.

Od 2000 członek korespondent Łotewskiej Akademii Nauk. Odznaczony m.in. Orderem Trzech Gwiazd III klasy (2013).

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Instructions for a Secondhand Heart
by Tamsyn Murray
ON SALE: December 5th 2017
Genre: Teen & Young Adult / Young Adult Fiction / Coming Of Age
A moving novel about grief, guilt, and the unpredictability of love, for fans of Everything, Everything and All the Bright Places.
Jonny knows better than anyone that life is full of cruel ironies. He's spent every day in a hospital hooked up to machines to keep his heart ticking. Then when an organ donor is found for Jonny's heart, that turns out to be the cruelest irony of all. Because for Jonny's life to finally start, someone else's had to end.
That someone turns out to be Neve's twin brother, Leo. When Leo was alive, all Neve wanted was for him (and all his glorious, overshadowing perfection) to leave. Now that Leo's actually gone forever, Neve has no idea how to move forward. Then Jonny walks into her life looking for answers, her brother's heart beating in his chest, and everything starts to change.
Together, Neve and Jonny will have to face the future, no matter how frightening it is, while learning to heal their hearts, no matter how much it hurts.
Features select graphic novel illustrations from Jonny's sketchbook.
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"Pumps out grief and joy like the beating of a heart. A sweet, yet gut-wrenching novel that'll keep you turning pages."—Adi Alsaid, author of North of Happy and Let's Get Lost
"Save some [tissues] for Instructions for a Secondhand Heart... Jonny and [Neve] inspire confidence that they will overcome their obstacles; you would have to have a heart of stone not to root for them."—The Guardian
"Romance fans will revel in Jonny and Neve's intensity."—BCCB
"British author Murray explores teen illness and death realistically...Readers should find it easy to cheer on these two misfits who are figuring how they fit in and fit together."—Publishers Weekly
"Neve and Jonny are emotionally complex, vulnerable protagonists who help each other face realities they never dreamed they'd see."—Horn Book
"Told in alternating viewpoints, this heavy-hitting story covers life, death, romance, friendship, loyalty, and much more. Readers will enjoy the emotionally realistic storyline."—School Library Connection
"Their tentative journey feels fresh. Jonny's hospital experiences include a friendship with a girl battling cancer, and the book includes his drawings of her alter-identity as Chemo-Girl. This will appeal to readers drawn to romances featuring ill teenagers, such as (naturally) John Green's The Fault in Our Stars (2012)."—Booklist


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