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Thrillers To Read
5 Books | by Courtney Williams
While Justice Sleeps
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER * From celebrated national leader and bestselling author Stacey Abrams, a gripping thriller set within the halls of the U.S. Supreme Court--where a young law clerk finds herself embroiled in a shocking mystery plotted by one of the most preeminent judges in America. "Abrams follows in Dan Brown's footprint with this masterfully plotted thriller that unfolds like the ultimate chess match--bold move to bolder move with lives hanging in the balance."--Lisa Gardner, author of Before She Disappeared "A first-class legal thriller, favorably compared to many of the best, starting with The Pelican Brief, which it brings to mind. It's fast-paced and full of surprises--a terrific read."--Scott Turow, author of Presumed Innocent Avery Keene, a brilliant young law clerk for the legendary Justice Howard Wynn, is doing her best to hold her life together--excelling in an arduous job with the court while also dealing with a troubled family. When the shocking news breaks that Justice Wynn--the cantankerous swing vote on many current high-profile cases--has slipped into a coma, Avery's life turns upside down. She is immediately notified that Justice Wynn has left instructions for her to serve as his legal guardian and power of attorney. Plunged into an explosive role she never anticipated, Avery finds that Justice Wynn had been secretly researching one of the most controversial cases before the court--a proposed merger between an American biotech company and an Indian genetics firm, which promises to unleash breathtaking results in the medical field. She also discovers that Wynn suspected a dangerously related conspiracy that infiltrates the highest power corridors of Washington. As political wrangling ensues in Washington to potentially replace the ailing judge whose life and survival Avery controls, she begins to unravel a carefully constructed, chesslike sequence of clues left behind by Wynn. She comes to see that Wynn had a much more personal stake in the controversial case and realizes his complex puzzle will lead her directly into harm's way in order to find the truth. While Justice Sleeps is a cunningly crafted, sophisticated novel, layered with myriad twists and a vibrant cast of characters. Drawing on her astute inside knowledge of the court and political landscape, Stacey Abrams shows herself to be not only a force for good in politics and voter fairness but also a major new talent in suspense fiction.
An Amazon top 100 bestseller Lowen Ashleigh is a struggling writer on the brink of financial ruin when she accepts the job offer of a lifetime. Jeremy Crawford, husband of bestselling author Verity Crawford, has hired Lowen to complete the remaining books in a successful series his injured wife is unable to finish. Lowen arrives at the Crawford home, ready to sort through years of Verity's notes and outlines, hoping to find enough material to get her started. What Lowen doesn't expect to uncover in the chaotic office is an unfinished autobiography Verity never intended for anyone to read. Page after page of bone-chilling admissions, including Verity's recollection of the night their family was forever altered. Lowen decides to keep the manuscript hidden from Jeremy, knowing its contents would devastate the already grieving father. But as Lowen's feelings for Jeremy begin to intensify, she recognizes all the ways she could benefit if he were to read his wife's words. After all, no matter how devoted Jeremy is to his injured wife, a truth this horrifying would make it impossible for him to continue to love her. Due to extremely mature content, this book is recommended for readers 18+. Sensitive topics that may be triggering to some readers include graphic death/murder, child abuse, graphic sex.
Mississippi Blood
The #1 New York Times BestsellerGoodReads Choice Award semi finalist, Amazon Best Mysteries & Thrillers of 2017 selectionThe final installment in the epic Natchez Burning trilogy by Greg Iles"Natchez Burning is extraordinarily entertaining and fiendishly suspenseful. I defy you to start it and find a way to put it down; as long as it is, I wished it were longer. . . . This is an amazing work of popular fiction." — Stephen King"One of the longest, most successful sustained works of popular fiction in recent memory… Prepare to be surprised. Iles has always been an exceptional storyteller, and he has invested these volumes with an energy and sense of personal urgency that rarely, if ever, falter."— Washington PostThe endgame is at hand for Penn Cage, his family, and the enemies bent on destroying them in this revelatory volume in the epic trilogy set in modern-day Natchez, Mississippi—Greg Iles's epic tale of love and honor, hatred and revenge that explores how the sins of the past continue to haunt the present.Shattered by grief and dreaming of vengeance, Penn Cage sees his family and his world collapsing around him. The woman he loves is gone, his principles have been irrevocably compromised, and his father, once a paragon of the community that Penn leads as mayor, is about to be tried for the murder of a former lover. Most terrifying of all, Dr. Cage seems bent on self-destruction. Despite Penn's experience as a prosecutor in major murder trials, his father has frozen him out of the trial preparations--preferring to risk dying in prison to revealing the truth of the crime to his son. During forty years practicing medicine, Tom Cage made himself the most respected and beloved physician in Natchez, Mississippi. But this revered Southern figure has secrets known only to himself and a handful of others. Among them, Tom has a second son, the product of an 1960s affair with his devoted African American nurse, Viola Turner. It is Viola who has been murdered, and her bitter son--Penn's half-brother--who sets in motion the murder case against his father. The resulting investigation exhumes dangerous ghosts from Mississippi's violent past. In some way that Penn cannot fathom, Viola Turner was a nexus point between his father and the Double Eagles, a savage splinter cell of the KKK. More troubling still, the long-buried secrets shared by Dr. Cage and the former Klansmen may hold the key to the most devastating assassinations of the 1960s. The surviving Double Eagles will stop at nothing to keep their past crimes buried, and with the help of some of the most influential men in the state, they seek to ensure that Dr. Cage either takes the fall for them, or takes his secrets to an early grave. Unable to trust anyone around him--not even his own mother--Penn joins forces with Serenity Butler, a famous young black author who has come to Natchez to write about his father's case. Together, Penn and Serenity battle to crack the Double Eagles and discover the secret history of the Cage family and the South itself, a desperate move that risks the only thing they have left to gamble: their lives. Mississippi Blood is the enthralling conclusion to a breathtaking trilogy seven years in the making--one that has kept readers on the edge of their seats. With piercing insight, narrative prowess, and a masterful ability to blend history and imagination, Greg Iles illuminates the brutal history of the American South in a highly atmospheric and suspenseful novel that delivers the shocking resolution his fans have eagerly awaited.
Two Girls Down
"I'm always looking for a good thriller, and this just was perfect."--Nancy Pearl, NPR's Morning Edition"Opening this book is like arming a bomb--the suspense is relentless and the payoff is spectacular. Lead character Alice Vega is sensational--I want to see lots more of her."--Lee Child"Sensational." Wall Street Journal"A must-read for fans of strong female protagonists.'--Booklist (starred review) As addictive, cinematic, and binge-worthy a narrative as The Wire and The Killing, Two Girls Down introduces Louisa Luna as a thriller writer of immense talent and verve. When two young sisters disappear from a strip mall parking lot in a small Pennsylvania town, their devastated mother hires an enigmatic bounty hunter, Alice Vega, to help find the girls. Immediately shut out by a local police department already stretched thin by budget cuts and the growing OxyContin and meth epidemic, Vega enlists the help of a disgraced former cop, Max Caplan. Cap is a man trying to put the scandal of his past behind him and move on, but Vega needs his help to find the girls, and she will not be denied. With little to go on, Vega and Cap will go to extraordinary lengths to untangle a dangerous web of lies, false leads, and complex relationships to find the girls before time runs out, and they are gone forever.
Catherine House
"[A] delicious literary Gothic debut." –THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW, EDITORS' CHOICE"Moody and evocative as a fever dream, Catherine House is the sort of book that wraps itself around your brain, drawing you closer with each hypnotic step." – THE WASHINGTON POSTA Most Anticipated Novel by Entertainment Weekly • New York magazine • Cosmopolitan • The Atlantic • Forbes • Good Housekeeping • Parade • Better Homes and Gardens • HuffPost • Buzzfeed • Newsweek • Harper's Bazaar • Ms. Magazine • Woman's Day • PopSugar • and more!A gothic-infused debut of literary suspense, set within a secluded, elite university and following a dangerously curious, rebellious undergraduate who uncovers a shocking secret about an exclusive circle of students . . . and the dark truth beneath her school's promise of prestige.Trust us, you belong here.Catherine House is a school of higher learning like no other. Hidden deep in the woods of rural Pennsylvania, this crucible of reformist liberal arts study with its experimental curriculum, wildly selective admissions policy, and formidable endowment, has produced some of the world's best minds: prize-winning authors, artists, inventors, Supreme Court justices, presidents. For those lucky few selected, tuition, room, and board are free. But acceptance comes with a price. Students are required to give the House three years—summers included—completely removed from the outside world. Family, friends, television, music, even their clothing must be left behind. In return, the school promises a future of sublime power and prestige, and that its graduates can become anything or anyone they desire.Among this year's incoming class is Ines Murillo, who expects to trade blurry nights of parties, cruel friends, and dangerous men for rigorous intellectual discipline—only to discover an environment of sanctioned revelry. Even the school's enigmatic director, Viktória, encourages the students to explore, to expand their minds, to find themselves within the formidable iron gates of Catherine. For Ines, it is the closest thing to a home she's ever had. But the House's strange protocols soon make this refuge, with its worn velvet and weathered leather, feel increasingly like a gilded prison. And when tragedy strikes, Ines begins to suspect that the school—in all its shabby splendor, hallowed history, advanced theories, and controlled decadence—might be hiding a dangerous agenda within the secretive, tightly knit group of students selected to study its most promising and mysterious curriculum.Combining the haunting sophistication and dusky, atmospheric style of Sarah Waters with the unsettling isolation of Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go, Catherine House is a devious, deliciously steamy, and suspenseful page-turner with shocking twists and sharp edges that is sure to leave readers breathless.


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Q: How to replace dash between characters with space using regex I want to replace dashes which appear between letters with a space using regex. For example to replace ab-cd with ab cd
The following matches the character-character sequence, however also replaces the characters  [i.e. ab-cd results in a d, rather than ab cd as i desire]
 new_term = re.sub(r"[A-z]\-[A-z]", " ", original_term)

How i adapt the above to only replace the - part?

A: You need to capture the characters before and after the - to a group and use them for replacement, i.e.:
import re
subject = "ab-cd"
subject = re.sub(r"([a-z])\-([a-z])", r"\1 \2", subject , 0, re.IGNORECASE)
print subject
#ab cd

DEMO
http://ideone.com/LAYQWT

REGEX EXPLANATION
([A-z])\-([A-z])

Match the regex below and capture its match into backreference number 1 «([A-z])»
   Match a single character in the range between "A" and "z" «[A-z]»
Match the character "-" literally «\-»
Match the regex below and capture its match into backreference number 2 «([A-z])»
   Match a single character in the range between "A" and "z" «[A-z]»

\1 \2

Insert the text that was last matched by capturing group number 1 «\1»
Insert the character " " literally « »
Insert the text that was last matched by capturing group number 2 «\2»

A: Use references to capturing groups:
>>> original_term = 'ab-cd'
>>> re.sub(r"([A-z])\-([A-z])", r"\1 \2", original_term)
'ab cd'

This assumes, of course, that you can't just do original_term.replace('-', ' ') for whatever reason. Perhaps your text uses hyphens where it should use en dashes or something.

A: You need to use look-arounds:
 new_term = re.sub(r"(?<=[A-Za-z])-(?=[A-Za-z])", " ", original_term)

Or capturing groups:
 new_term = re.sub(r"([A-Za-z])-(?=[A-Za-z])", r"\1 ", original_term)

See IDEONE demo
Note that [A-z] also matches some non-letters (namely [, \, ], ^, _, and `), thus, I suggest replacing it with [A-Z] and use a case-insensitive modifier (?i).
Note that you do not have to escape a hyphen outside a character class.

A: re.sub() always replaces the whole matched sequence with the replacement.
A solution to only replace the dash are lookahead and lookbehind assertions. They don't count to the matched sequence.
new_term = re.sub(r"(?<=[A-z])\-(?=[A-z])", " ", original_term)

The syntax is explained in the Python documentation for the re module.

A: I know it's an old topic, but I think there's a simple way to replace dashes using Visual basic, in a multiline textbox:
Regex.Replace(ReadText.Text, "[-]", " ")

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GAZA & IRAQ
Shalom Harari: 'Level Of Internal Palestinian Violence Has Approached Situation In Iraq'
'U.S. Secretary Of State Condoleezza Rice Trying To Build Pro-Western Bloc In Middle East Against Islamist Movement'
'Democratizing Middle East Is Pipe Dream If Citizens Keep AK Automatic Weapons Under Their Beds'
'The internal Palestinian violence in the Gaza Strip is approaching the violence you see in Iraq' - that's the assessment of Shalom Harari, an IDF Brig, Gen. (res). Harari is a leading Israeli expert at the Counter-Terrorism Institute in Herzliya. In an interview with David Essing, Harari analyzes the internecine Palestinian violence and its significance for Israel. He also assesses the chaos in many Arab states against the backdrop of this week's visit by U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
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Listen to interview with Shalom Harari
In the wake of the visit by U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian Chairman Mahmoud Abbas have been talking about trying to rev up some momentum in the stalled political process. This comes against the backdrop of Israel's demand that Hamas release the abducted IDF soldier Gilad Shalit and the internecine violence in the Palestinian areas.
Shalom Harari, a Brig. Gen. ( reserve) in the IDF Intelligence Corps, has served as an advisor to Israeli Defense Ministers and is analyst at the Counter-Terrorism Institute in Herzliya. Harari assesses the fundamental problems of the situation in an interview with David Essing: Read text of interview Listen to interview The bloody clashes between Fatah and Hamas in the Gaza Strip recently are not new but they did reach a fever pitch of violence.
Are the Palestinians closer than ever to a civil war? Shalom Harari says there is the potential for civil war with the situation reaching what is called ' fitna' in Arabic, hatred among brothers. But this has been going on for the past couple of months at a lesser magnitude.
This was ignored by the Western media until the casualties suddenly rose. Shooting in the streets by the different factions is common. A full scale civil war is possible but not predetermined. Is the Palestinian flareup linked to Israel or is it a result of the power struggle between Palestinian chairman Mahmud Abbas of Fatah and Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh? The current violence in the Palestinian areas has nothing to do with Israel although Israel may be dragged into it.
Local Palestinians may try to provoke Israel into action and thereby deflect attention from their internal troubles. We see cases of this - of Palestinian elements trying to draw Israel back in to the Gaza Strip and thereby 'solve' their own internal problems by focusing attention on Israel.But this is a long-standing war between Fatah and the PLO on one side and the Islamic bloc headed by Hamas on the other. It has been waged under the table for years and now it has erupted for everyone to see.
Question ... Most Israelis are wondering today is this internal Palestinian strife is good or bad for Israel? Harari : It's hard to say. We used to say their troubles are our joys but we discovered their troubles are our troubles. Such incidents can spill over the border into Israel. The ' fouda' or Palestinian chaos is at such a level that it can affect the security of Israelis in more ways than one. For example also in environment, health and disease control because there is no central Palestinian government in Gaza and the West Bank that is in control and as you know germs and environmental problems have no borders.
Question: Where does this leave the political process? U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was back in town this week and as usual she called on Israel to make more concessions to the Palestinians to shore up Chairman Mahmoud Abbas vis a vis Hamas.But what chance is there for the political process if the Palestinians are at each others' throats?Harari: I wish we had a central address on the Palestinian side but the problem is that we don't have. Actually we have never had one on the Palestinian side in my humble opinion.
Even in the days of Arafat part of his problem in leading a political process with Israel was due to internal divisions between Islamic bloc and his own Fatah. Now it's even much harder and more problematic. I hear Israeli politicians often say: ' Let's talk with them, we have an address. My answer is I wish we could talk with them but there is not an address'.
There are many addresses and as long as we don't have one real address and attempts to reach a peace agreement will be worthless even if its signed by an Israeli prime minister with Palestinian prime minister Haniyeh and Mahmoud Abbas under the auspices of Russian President Putin and the 'president of the entire world'. This is because it's the local gangs and groups that control the West Bank and Gaza. They are armed from head to toe with a lot of weapons and every day they decide the Palestinian agenda and not the people who sit in offices.
We estimate there are 70,000 to 80,000 automatic weapons in Gaza in the hands of private citizens and not just the security forces. Everybody does exactly what he wants- that's the problem in Gaza and also in the West Bank as well- this chaos. Question: So is Secretary Rice simply going through the motions trying show the Arab world that the U.S. hasn't given up but in fact there is little chance of moving anywhere with the political process? Harari: Look, I'm not a spokesman for Secretary Rice but in my opinion the Europeans and others are pressing the Americans to do something to show there is movement in the Palestinian arena.
This is to unite pro-Western Arab countries such Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Jordan in a pact against Iran and the Islamic fundamentalist world that is trying to destabilize the Middle East and pro-Western states and not just Israel. Iran is making a great effort to destabilize Egypt, Jordan and Lebanon from within for its own political purposes. So the American idea is to unite a pro- Western bloc but the Europeans and pro-Western Arab countries tell the U.S to do something about the Israeli- Palestinian story-at least create the image that something is moving forward.
However I regret that we don't have anything more than an image to show for it. Question : Is the internecine violence in the Palestinian areas something that could deteriorate into the current chaos in Iraq? Harari: As least in the Gaza Strip the situation is approaching what you see in Iraq. I repeat what I call the 4-F words in this process: Fouda - chaos Fasad - corruption Fitna- hatred among brothers but the most important of all is Falatan - the losing control of weapons that everyone is equipped with and the different groups and clans set their own private agendas.This 4-F disease afflicts many Arab states in the Middle East. Look at Sudan and the last ten years in Algeria. It's the same story in Lebanon and Iraq and wherever you go you have this problem of fouda , the chaos.
This is part and parcel of the Bin Laden ideology for developing a future Islamist fundamentalist state. If you follow the Bin Laden ideology on the Internet and other paces they talk of the need to create fouda chaos as the preliminary stage before injecting the el Qaeda ideology into these states.
Question : So all the talk about bringing democracy to the Middle East is no more than a pipe dream and the situation is likely to get worse before it gets better? Harari: It's a nice dream but I'm sorry to say that if you hold elections without the public support for democratic understandings then the elections by themselves won't bring democracy. Nor can you create a democracy in an armed society of private citizens and that's what exists now in many Arab states. It's an armed society where nearly everyone has a AK automatic rifle under his bed; every second family also has hand grenades in their closets while every third family stores explosives in their homes for both defense and offense.
Such societies cannot be democratic. That's why I say the Hamas victory in the recent Palestinian elections was not democratic because on election day each political party had its own militia stationed near the polling stations. I'm talking about thousands of people. Fatah had its Tanzim forces, Hamas had its Izza Din al Qassam Brigades and so on. If every party maintains its own private army that's not a democracy and the elections are only an image of democracy. This is one of the problems.

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The 4C Spider's targa-style top adds 22 lb.
DETROIT – Surprise, surprise, the production-ready Alfa Romeo 4C Spider unveiled at the 2015 Detroit auto show is virtually identical to the concept we saw at the 2014 Geneva Motor Show last March. The 4C Spider is a targa; its folding fabric soft top detaches between the windshield header and the roll hoop, and the top slides into a small compartment behind the mid-mounted engine.
Aside from its detachable top, the 4C Spider is a differentiated from the coupe by its new rear hood with a small, vertical rear window, its center-exiting dual exhaust pipes, and its 22-lb heavier curb weight (2487 lb total). If something is standard or optional on the 4C coupe, the same goes for the Spider, aside from leather seats that are standard on the Spider and optional on the coupe. One option on the Spider will be an unpainted carbon-fiber roof panel, but it might be a bit useless. The folding fabric soft top can withstand speeds of up to 160 mph, which is plenty fast, and there's no place to store the carbon-fiber roof except the passenger seat, if unoccupied. If you're worried about going to the track, buy a 4C coupe.
The 2015 Alfa Romeo 4C Spider will share the coupe's powertrain, a 237-hp, 1.7-liter turbocharged inline-four engine paired with a 6-speed dual-clutch transmission. While we haven't driven the 4C Spider, there's no reason to believe that its slight, 22-lb weight gain will neuter the car's performance or handling in any way. As for the design, there's no denying the Spider loses something. At Alfa's preview, a white coupe had been parked next to the yellow and exposed carbon-fiber Spider show car, which looked bottom-heavy and fatter from the beltline down.
The 4C Spider will account for about 40 percent of the very limited 4C production. (Alfa only sold 67 coupes in the United States last year, so don't expect to see a 4C Spider in the gym parking lot anytime soon.) The company needs six weeks to build each 4C, which uses labor-intensive body components like a carbon-fiber monocoque tub, sheet-molded compound body panels, and aluminum front and rear subframes. All that work adds up, and Alfa executives hinted that the 4C Spider would be sold in the $60,000 to $85,000 price range. The coupe has a base price of $55,195, but Alfa says the average transaction price for 4C coupes sold so far is around $70,000.
The 2015 Alfa Romeo 4C Spider goes on sale in the U.S. this summer.


Anyone use AT&T? I am thinking about joining the iphone club but will have to switch from Verizon. Haven't had any problems with Verizon so i'm hesitant to switch but they don't get the "cool" phones.
Yea I've had ATT for ever since they were Ameritech Wireless to ATT to Cingular back to ATT. I've had a few company phones though Nextel and Sprint but liked my ATT better. Plus your right they do get the cool phones my last was the HTC 3125 which was windows based smart flip phone had that for 3 years and then they hooked me up on a Moto Q global (smart phone) since I had been with them so long after a mail in rebate and discount the phone cost $74.00.
I guess I can say I'm pretty happy, good rate plans, my gf had her phone stolen and the crook racked up like $700 dollars of downloading music and games in a a few hours.... i called it in stolen and they credited the unusual account activity. I like them but to each their own. Only know 2 people with the Iphone and they say it looks cooler than it actually works.
My Verizion MotoQ does everything the I-Phone does. It's 99 bucks right now with a 2 year contract. Personally I don't want the cool factor and just bought a new MP3 player that was a SanDisk, for work and possibly rough exposure.
Besides Apple will come out with something 10x better or cheaper after you buy one. Can't win unless you're a millionaire with that fad.


What can fans expect from The Bold and the Beautiful this coming week? There is still a lot of drama surrounding the Hope situation while Maya is making some big moves. There are some juicy The Bold and the Beautiful spoilers available for the episodes airing during the week of September 22 and fans won't want to miss them.
As fans saw last week, Quinn has been exposed for all of the trouble she caused in Paris. Hope knows the truth about what happened with Liam and now she has big decisions to make. According to We Love Soaps, The Bold and the Beautiful spoilers indicate that on Monday's episode Hope will reveal something shocking to Liam. These two are in a very difficult place right now after learning the truth about Quinn's Paris antics, but it won't be easy to decide how to move forward. Those at Forrester Creations will also learn about Quinn's antics.
Expect to see Wyatt confront Quinn, according to The Bold and the Beautiful spoilers from She Knows Soaps. In addition, Ivy will confront Quinn about having put her in danger, and Hope is facing the challenging decisions she has to make. Ivy has a big realization this week as well. Wyatt will plead with Hope, but Liam will discover that Wyatt isn't aware of everything affecting the state of his marriage.
As for Maya, The Bold and the Beautiful spoilers indicate that she is continuing with her plans to meddle in both Rick and Katie's relationships. She is planting some doubt with Rick regarding Caroline. She's also working on Katie, and Maya isn't about to scale back on going after what she wants. At the same time, Bill is trying to get Brooke back, and at the end of the week, he learns something that he thinks will help him seal the deal. It's not going to be easy for Bill to win over Brooke as Deacon is still in the mix, and he's not going to walk away without a fight.
Which man will Hope choose? Fans are anxious to see some resolution on this storyline, though it does appear that both Liam and Wyatt have fans rooting things will go their way. Will Maya succeed in causing trouble for both Katie and Rick? Which man will win over Brooke? There is said to be a kiss between a mystery couple and fans can't wait to see just who locks lips. Tune in for The Bold and the Beautiful airing weekdays on CBS to see just what happens next.


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Hotel soon to rise at Union Station
Burl Rolett January 18, 2017 0
A rendering of the Hilton Garden Inn and attached restaurant, soon to break ground near Union Station. (Courtesy CBRE)
One of the last pieces of the Union Station skyline will start coming out of the ground this week.
Focus Property Group is ready to break ground on an $80 million Hilton Garden Inn at Chestnut and 20th streets. Executive vice president Josh Fine said the firm is capitalizing on an low supply of hotels at a site Focus has owned for more than 10 years.
"In Denver, there is a shortage of hotel rooms," he said. "And there are a lot of rooms being built now for that reason, but we think there is still an imbalance of supply and demand that makes hotels desirable in Denver."
The new hotel will have 233 rooms and stand 12 stories tall. It will replace a former storage facility that Focus demolished last year. The hotel will be built around the 130-year-old Hose Company No. 1 building at 20th and Chestnut, a historic brick structure that will be renovated to house the hotel's restaurant.
This week's groundbreaking has been a long time coming for Focus Property Group.
Focus checked in early on the land. It paid $5.85 million for the 2-acre hotel site in two separate deals in 2005 and 2007.
A planned $80 million Hilton Garden Inn will soon break ground at Chestnut and 20th streets. (Burl Rolett)
The first of those two acquisitions closed the year after voters approved a $4.7 billion funding proposal for Denver's FasTracks program, with its hub at Union Station.
Fine said Focus Property Group didn't have a development plan ready to go at the time, but wanted to get in on a neighborhood they thought would take off.
"We thought it looked like downtown was going to be shifting to the LoDo and the Union Station side of the mall," he said. "All of this acreage in the center of what we thought was going to be the new center of downtown presented a really exciting opportunity."
The Hilton Garden Inn will have a pool, fitness center, ballroom, restaurant and breakfast area, Fine said, as well as more conference space than travelers might expect from the Garden Inn brand.
Focus Property Group went with the Garden Inn brand because Fine said it offered more design flexibility than many concepts it competes with.
While the recent LoDo and Union Station hotel trend has been one-off, quirky, independent brands, Focus Property Group is thinking the best way to stick out might be a name travelers already know.
"We thought it would be a good competitive advantage for travelers that want a unique, authentic neighborhood a little different from the center of the CBD," he said. "But also want some familiarity, if they're loyal to the brand and are collecting points."
Johnson Nathan Strohe is the architect for the new hotel building, and Boss Architecture will design the remodel of the Hose Company structure. Alliance Construction Solutions is the general contractor. Bank of the Ozarks provided the construction loan. Davidson Hotels and Resorts will operate the hotel.
Fine said the construction schedule puts the new hotel on track to open in early 2019. By then, Focus Property Group will have owned the dirt underneath it for almost 15 years.
That's not to say it hasn't provided a return in the meantime.
Focus Property Group bought the real estate with a self-storage facility already operating on site. Fine said the income from the storage business allowed his firm to take its time with a development plan.
Perhaps even more valuable than the income was the experience Focus Property Group got from operating the facility.
Home Run Storage, which shut down last year, was the firm's first foray into the self-storage industry. It's now investing heavily in storage with its own brand, Greenbox Storage, which has three locations in Denver that could easily house the stuff tenants moved out of the Union Station property.
"We ultimately knew this wouldn't be a storage site," he said. "But it was our first entrance into the storage business."
About the Author: Burl Rolett
Burl Rolett was a BusinessDen reporter who covered commercial real estate and the business of sports until 2017. He is a graduate of Washington and Lee University. Email him at burl@BusinessDen.com.


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Highly efficient production of neutral carbon atoms in the ultraviolet multiphoton fragmentation of aromatic molecules
Robert L. Whetten, Ke Jian Fu, Rochelle S. Tapper, Edward R. Grant
We report the observation of highly efficient production of neutral carbon atoms under moderate ultraviolet laser fluxes in the multiphoton fragmentation of several aromatic molecules. These processes are detected under collision-free conditions by resonance-enhanced three-photon MPI line resonances of carbon in its ground or first excited term. For the cases of C6F6 and benzaldehyde, at least, it can be demonstrated that atomization precedes ionization of the parent molecule to a significant extent, indicating rapid dissociation of the neutral parent as an important atom formation channel entrance.
Journal of physical chemistry
10.1021/j100232a006
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Whetten, R. L., Fu, K. J., Tapper, R. S., & Grant, E. R. (1983). Highly efficient production of neutral carbon atoms in the ultraviolet multiphoton fragmentation of aromatic molecules. Journal of physical chemistry, 87(9), 1484-1487. https://doi.org/10.1021/j100232a006
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Whetten, RL, Fu, KJ, Tapper, RS & Grant, ER 1983, 'Highly efficient production of neutral carbon atoms in the ultraviolet multiphoton fragmentation of aromatic molecules', Journal of physical chemistry, vol. 87, no. 9, pp. 1484-1487. https://doi.org/10.1021/j100232a006
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Vice President Mike Pence to visit Iowa to talk about trade in late July
Brianne Pfannenstiel
Vice President Mike Pence plans a visit to Des Moines on Tuesday to talk about trade in the agriculture-rich state, according to a White House official.
Iowa farmers have been hit hard by ongoing trade disputes. China has been the largest buyer of U.S. soybeans; Mexico and China, the largest purchasers of U.S. pork. Iowa leads the nation in corn and pork production and is the second-largest soybean grower.
In March, Pence toured flood damage in Iowa and Nebraska. Last August, Pence made a campaign stop on behalf of the administration, promising that the Trump administration had the best interests of farmers in mind.
The vice president on Tuesday will visit Accumold, an Ankeny-based company that creates micro-molding for high-tech uses, the White House official said.
Pence "will deliver remarks highlighting the administration's efforts to pass the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement," the official said.
The vice president's visit will come just a few days after Ivanka Trump, the president's daughter, visited Clive to talk about workforce development.


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Zion.T is joining CL and BIGBANG's Taeyang as a judge on YG's upcoming survival show "MIXNINE"!
On October 11, "MIXNINE" released a teaser video with Zion.T talking about his decision to help out on the show.
"I don't think I have a right to judge these idol trainees. I just want to help them find a direction in life," he added.
Meanwhile, "MIXNINE" will be airing its first episode on October 29 at 4:50 p.m. KST.


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AMERICANA GUITARIST JESSE DAYTON SET TO RELEASE THE REVEALER SEPTEMBER 16 Tour with The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band & The Supersuckers This Fall…
AMERICANA GUITARIST JESSE DAYTON
SET TO RELEASE THE REVEALER SEPTEMBER 16
Tour with The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band &
The Supersuckers This Fall…
(Los Angeles, CA – July 8, 2016) – Texas guitarist, singer/songwriter JESSE DAYTON releases his new album, The Revealer, on September 16t via his new record deal with Blue Elan Records. DAYTON, the country-blues-punk guitarist from Beaumont, TX, has been building a cult following around the globe, playing 180 shows a year in North America and Europe, with his guitar shredding, country-infused, Americana sound.
Recorded in Houston at the Gulf Coast's hit factory, SugarHill Studios, The Revealer puts DAYTON's considerable talent on full display as he plays guitar, bass, percussion, and keys, as well as singing his own harmonies. He's assisted by childhood buddy Eric Tucker, Mike Stinson, and Eric Hughes on drums, and Austin ringers Riley Osbourne (piano and B3) and Beth Chrisman (fiddle). Evans and engineer Steve Christensen, a Grammy Award winner for his engineering work on Steve Earle's 2009 Grammy nominated album Townes, round out DAYTON's dream team. "John and I go way back to our days in Houston," DAYTON explains, "and once we got in the studio it felt like the ghosts of Freddy Fender, George Jones, and Doug Sahm were in the room with us. They all recorded massive hits there with Huey Meaux and there's just such a powerful vibe. You're surrounded by all this Texas music history and that's inspiring."
The Revealer starts right off with a bang, from the track titled "Daddy Was A Badass," a driving piece recalling the hard charging life of DAYTON's own father and uncles. This opening track explains a whole hell of a lot about who JESSE DAYTON is and why he sounds so different from the current wave of Americana artists. Other highlights include "Three Pecker Goat" which Dayton co-wrote with longtime friend and Americana star Hayes Carll and a duet on "Match Made In Heaven" with Austin songbird Brennan Leigh.
An early chance meeting with Austin blues impresario Clifford Antone (the man who discovered Stevie Ray & Jimmie Vaughn, Charlie Sexton, Doyle Bramhall Sr. & Jr, etc.), led to an invitation for DAYTON to "come to Austin and play Antone's, anytime." This priceless exposure, coupled with the #1 ranking of his first record, Raisin' Cain (1995) on Americana radio, led to DAYTON being hired at a young age to play with his heroes. DAYTON played lead guitar for Waylon Jennings' on the album Right For The Time and on Ray Prices' Prisoner of Love. Then he recorded with Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Johnny Bush & played live with Kris Kristofferson & his hero Glen Campbell. DAYTON formed his own label in 2002, Stag Records, and began his most prolific recording period. He recorded five solo records, one duet record and one live record, all on Stag. He also recorded two soundtrack recordings, Devil's Rejects and Halloween 2, for rocker/director Rob Zombie. DAYTON also found time to act in movies and music videos, produce several records for other artists (the latest being Supersuckers front man Eddie Spaghetti's The Value Of Nothing on Bloodshot Records), write two screenplays, and most recently write and direct the horror movie, Zombex starring Malcolm McDowell, Sid Haig, John Doe, and Lew Temple (The Walking Dead).
DAYTON is currently on tour with X's John Doe hitting Colorado, Kansas City and Houston in July. He'll head out for more solo shows in August, up and down the west coast ending with the Rock N Rye Music Festival in Mammoth on Labor Day. Beginning October 7th, DAYTON will join his good friends, the Supersuckers, and The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band on a full U.S. Tour. Current tour dates are below with more dates TBA.
JESSE DAYTON On Tour:
W/John Doe
WED JUL 6 – Ft. Collins, CO Surfside 7
THR JUL 7 – Denver, CO Lions Lair
FRI JUL 8 – Denver, CO Lions Lair
SAT JUL 9 – Denver, CO Lions Lair
TUE JUL 12 – Kansas City, MO Knuckleheads
FRI JUL 15 – Houston, TX Mucky Duck
Solo Dates
TUE AUG 16 – Troutdale, OR Edgefield Red Shed
WED AUG 17 – Bend, OR Ol St. Francis Father Luke Room
THR AUG18 – Portland, OR Kennedy School
FRI AUG 19 – Forest Grove, OR Grand Lodge Pats Corner
SUN AUG 21 – Bothell, WA Anderson School – The Shack
TUE AUG 23 – Centralia, WA Olympic Theater
MON SEPT 4 – Mammoth, CA – Rock N Rye Music Festival
w/The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band and the Supersuckers:
FRI OCT 7 – Englewood, CO, Gothic Theater
SAT OCT 8 – Salt Lake City, UT, Urban Lounge
SUN OCT 9- Boise, ID, Neurolux
THR OCT 13 – Bellingham, WA, The Green Frog
FRI OCT 14 – Seattle, WA, Tractor Tavern
SAT OCT 15 – Portland, OR, Dante's
SUN OCT 16 – Bend, OR, Volcanic Theatre Pub
TUE OCT 18 – Sacramento, CA, Goldfield Trading Post
WED OCT 19 – San Francisco, CA, Bottom Of The Hill
THR OCT 20 – Petaluma, CA, Mystic Theatre
FRI OCT 21 – San Jose, CA, The Ritz
SAT OCT 22 – San Luis Obispo, CA, Slo Brewing Co
MON OCT 24 – Los Angeles, CA, Echoplex
TUE OCT 25 – Las Vegas, NV, Backstage Bar
THR OCT 27- San Diego, CA, The Casbah
SAT OCT 29 – Phoenix, AZ, Valley Bar
SUN OCT 30 – Tucson, AZ Club Congress
WED NOV 2 – San Antonio, TX, Sam's Burger Joint
THR NOV 3 – Dallas, TX, Gas Monkey
FRI NOV 4 – Austin, TX, Antone's
SAT NOV 5 – Houston, TX, Fitzgerald's
SUN NOV 6 – New Orleans, LA Tipitina's
MON NOV 14 – Atlanta, GA, Masquerade Hell Stage
TUE NOV 15 – Athens, GA, 40 Watt
WED NOV 16 – Asheville, NC, Asheville Music Hall
THR NOV 17 – Carrboro, NC, Cat's Cradle
SAT NOV 19 – Philadelphia, PA, Milkboy
SUN NOV 20 – Baltimore, MD, Baltimore Sound Stage
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In 1950, a former president of Raytheon named Laurence Marshall took his family on a trip to one of the most desolate spots on the planet. Their destination was a stretch of bush land within the Kalahari Desert near the border of what is today Namibia and Botswana, in southwest Africa. Their mission was to find a group of hunter-gatherers who were said to be living off that scrubby, uncharted terrain. How the Marshall family would get there, where they would secure water along the way, and whom, if anyone, they would actually find was, according to Marshall's daughter, "just a guess."
They traveled hundreds of miles over several weeks during their search, breaking a truck axle, driving through a brush fire, and getting by on cup-a-day water rations. Finally one afternoon they stopped and set up camp. Two days later, people who were dressed in simple leather loincloths and adorned in ostrich eggshell beads slowly emerged from nearby hiding places. The family had unknowingly parked and pitched their tents in the middle of the home camp of the very people they sought.
And so began the astonishing relationship between an American family and the hunter-gatherers known as the Bushmen. More than 50 years later Marshall's daughter, Elizabeth Marshall Thomas, now a well-established author and anthropologist, has written a new book about these Kalahari dwellers and what has become of them. "The Old Way: A Story of the First People" is part memoir, part anthropological study, part skewering of the forces of modernity that have destroyed a way of life that was not just ancient and extraordinary but full of clues about how we came to be who we are today.
For most of her adult years, Thomas was perhaps the least involved family member in the lives of the Bushmen. After a trip to the Kalahari in 1955, she didn't return again until 1986, whereas her mother became one of the world's foremost hunter-gatherer ethnographers, and her brother made several documentaries about the Bushmen and was married, for a while, to a woman from their group. But the sum total of Thomas' work -- including "The Harmless People," her 1959 book about the hunter-gatherers -- has made her arguably the most influential.
In "The Old Way," Thomas has produced a magnificent elegy to a way of life that has only recently passed us by. "For fifteen hundred centuries, we kept to the Old Rules, then broke them all and erased the Old Way from our lives," Thomas writes. The Bushmen of the Kalahari "in the 1950s were still living entirely from the savannah, as people had done since people began." They would continue to live in that manner for two more decades, when industrialized society forced profound, and often deadly, changes upon them.
Thomas tells of how the Bushmen taught her to poison an arrow, dig for edible roots, and track animals over great distances, sprinkling her text with lessons on evolution, sociology, biology and history along the way. Whether describing the grass half-dome shelters the Bushmen lived in, analyzing their concept of land-ownership or custom of gift giving, or recounting the care taken when living among dangerous wildlife, Thomas' style manages to be understated and vivid all at once.
When Thomas' family arrived in camp too late one evening to set up their tents, they made do by simply lying on the ground to rest. She writes: "That night the lions came and walked all around us, even standing right over us and looking down at our sleeping faces. We learned this from their tracks in the morning and were glad we had been asleep at the time, glad to have missed what would have been a dreadful experience."
The white settlers who would forever change the landscape of southwest Africa did little to accommodate the needs of the indigenous people who preceded them. For the Bushmen, the transition to modern life has been rocky, to say the least, marred by hunger, slavery, alcoholism, suicide and murder. "Things too terrible to say happened to these people," Thomas writes. As for the Old Way, Western civilization "almost guarantees its disappearance."
If it is hard to believe that a lifestyle from tens of thousands of years ago was still around as recently as the 1970s, then it is all the more remarkable that Thomas managed to witness the last years of its existence, pen in hand. Her book provides us with a cultural artifact of the rarest kind -- a first-hand account of a way of life usually only guessed at by experts poring over bones and fossils found in the dirt.
Today much of that dirt has been taken over by patrols of well-heeled tourists in four-wheel-drive trucks, binoculars and sun block at the ready. The Bushmen are kept out.


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Matthew Scott Fahnestock, 35, of Portsmouth passed away Saturday May 8, 2021. He was born May 16, 1985 a son of Kimberly Fahnestock and was a graduate of Hillsboro High School.
Matthew is survived by his step-father, Clement (Patty) Francis; two sons, Aiden Matheney and Dylan Fahnestock; a daughter, Peyton Fahnestock; two sisters, Amanda Raypole and Amber (Tyler) Nelson; several cousins including Theresa Kluck who helped watch over him.
He was also preceded in death by a sister, Heather Francis. Visitation will be from 11 AM to 1 PM Saturday May 15, 2021 with funeral services to follow at 1 PM. at D.W. SWICK FUNERAL HOME in New Boston. Private burial will take place at a later date.
Online condolences may be sent to DWSwickFuneralHome.com.


So what makes Santa Maria worthy of London's best pizza according to Time Out, The Guardian, Evening Standard and "all the Neapolitans in London"?
It's a combination of the two owners, Angelo and Pasquale's passion for fresh ingredients and traditional Neapolitan methods. The dough is left to rise for 24 hours before being hand formed into shape. After 90 seconds in the pizza oven the dough forms a thin, elastic base which is tasty enough to eat alone. But that would be silly, when you can top it with delicious imported traditional Italian ingredients. We love the simplicity of the Santa Bufalina, made with hand crushed tomato sauce, expertly cut buffalo D.O.C mozzarella, extra virgin olive oil, Parmesan and fresh basil, allowing every flavour a chance to shine.
Another firm favourite is the San Daniele, a feast of Italian mozzarella, cherry tomatoes, Parma ham, wild rocket, shavings of parmesan, extra virgin olive oil and fresh basil. Or why not try one of the 'white pizzas' on the menu, which leaves out the tomato, offering the culinary limelight to a range of flavours such as Italian mozzerella, neapolitan sausage, friarielli (wild broccoli) and chilli flakes, which you'll find in the form of the San Giuseppe.
With pizza this good, it was only a matter of time before Santa Maria outgrew its small but perfectly formed home. However, instead of moving out, Santa Maria has spread her wings by expanding into the much loved Red Lion pub next door. Meaning now you can enjoy your drinks with your pizza, instead of drinking too much waiting for a table in the restaurant!
So whether you're a Santa Maria traditionalist and stick to Santa Maria's small but perfectly formed restaurant, or choose to follow the aroma towards the Red Lion, one thing's for sure, the pizza still tastes amazing where ever you eat it!


GAZA, June 5 (Xinhua) — Hamas authorities suspended working at Rafah crossing point Sunday until reaching an agreement with Egypt on resuming the movement of travelers, officials said.
The move was also to protest Egypt's decision to close the crossing on Saturday. Egypt said renovation work was behind the closure of the crossing, a week after the Palestinians praised Egypt for deciding to open the crossing permanently for the first time in years.
Hamas' foreign affairs ministry is holding contacts with Egypt over recent problems that prevented dozens of Palestinians from traveling, said Ayoub Abu Sha'ar, director of the Palestinian side at Rafah crossing.
A week ago, Egypt said it opened the crossing, the only gate for Gazans to the world bypassing Israel, permanently and regularly.
Work went fine the first four days after the crossing was opened, but then Hamas said that the movement of travelers was " almost paralyzed," blaming Egypt for the slow work.
Egypt said there were technical problems that delayed the work and that these troubles can be resolved through coordination.
Since Hamas took over Gaza by force in 2007, the crossing had been closed for most of the time. In June 2010, former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak ordered the crossing to reopen on regular basis, but conditions for travel were still difficult.
The Syrian opposition is planning another meeting in Turkey to follow its conference in Antalya, hoping to receive more open support from Ankara after the June 12 general elections.
"Until the elections we don't want to put the Turkish government in a tough position," Khaled Khoja, a Turkish-based member of the Damascus Declaration committee, a Syrian opposition group, told the Hürriyet Daily News over the weekend.
"We haven't fixed the schedule of the next meeting yet, but we will announce it within a few weeks as we wait for the elections in Turkey to end, so that the Turkish government's stance could be clearer," he added.
Members of the Syrian opposition met in Antalya, a Turkish Mediterranean city, last week and in Brussels over the weekend. Organizers hope their next conference in Turkey will be a larger one, representing the opposition within Syria in addition to exiled dissidents, and that Ankara will support their fight against the regime of Bashar al-Assad.
The Syrian opposition has not yet been able to get the support it expected from the Turkish government, but its members believe this is because of the upcoming election in Turkey.
"Turkey is preparing for elections. That's why we understand the position of the Turkish government, but we hope this attitude will be changing after the elections," said Khoja.
The Turkish government has thus far refrained from vocal criticism of Syrian President Al-Assad, who is being held responsible for the killing of protesters during the ongoing uprising in his country. Turkey has instead pressed the Syrian leadership for more reforms. During private conversations, however, Ankara has been telling Assad, "Make reforms, otherwise we'll support the reformists," Turkish diplomatic sources told the Daily News.
Four Syrians who were wounded in the government's crackdown on anti-regime protesters in Syria were brought to Turkey on Saturday, the Anatolia news agency reported. Two families came to the Syrian-Turkish border and asked for help from Turkish authorities, who called an ambulance and took the four injured Syrians to a hospital.
The Turkish Red Crescent has increased the number of tents set up in the southern province of Hatay anticipating a further influx of people from Syria. An additional 41 Syrians crossed into Turkey through Hatay's Altinozu town.
AMMAN – Scores of activists joined residents of Baqaa refugee camp in commemorating the 44th anniversary of the June 1967 war, dubbed Naksa, when Israel occupied the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
Participants in the rally chanted slogans against any possible deals that overlook their right to return to their homeland.
Organized by the Muslim Brotherhood movement, the rally kicked off in the central part of the camp, the largest in the country.
As protesters marched on the roads of the camp, they chanted pro-resistance slogans and denounced any attempts to settle them permanently in host countries.
"This is a day to remember the loss of Palestine, and to stress on our right to return," said Ali Asmar, an activist from the Palestinian refugee camp.
"We are being hosted by Jordan as refugees. Jordanian authorities have the responsibility to raise our case since we have become Jordanian citizens," he said, expressing fear that a future agreement between the Palestinian Authority and Israel could lead to settling most refugees in host countries.
According to Mohammad Aqel, head of the Islamic Action Front (IAF) branch in Baqaa, the Palestinian Authority has no right to offer any compromise on the right of refugees to decide their destiny.
"People have been leading a difficult life for decades on hopes of returning to their homeland. They have suffered, sacrificed their blood and life for this cause. It is no one's right to make a decision on their behalf," he told The Jordan Times on the sideline of the protest.
Several groups in Jordan have joined others across the Arab region to voice concern over the future of refugees scattered in the Middle East.
Jordan hosts the highest number of Palestinian refugees who live in 13 refugee camps as well as in main cities, and the majority of them are Jordanian citizens.
Some 700,000 Palestinians fled or were driven from their homes after Israel was created on their land in 1948. About 4.5 million refugees and their descendants now live in Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Gaza and the West Bank.
Syria's Golan Heights and Egypt's Sinai desert were also occupied during the six-day 1967 war.
The Golan Heights and the West Bank remain under Israeli occupation 44 years later.
Also yesterday, dozens of people reportedly rallied at the village of Karamah in the Jordan Valley, which is near the borders with the occupied Palestinian territories, to commemorate the Naksa.
Participants, who carried Jordanian and Palestinian flags, stressed their right to return to Palestine, rejecting what they called the conspiracy of a substitute homeland, referring to a campaign by Israeli extremist politicians who look at Jordan as the future state of Palestinians.
In a related development, opposition parties in Jordan on Sunday called on the UN to respect the Palestinian people's right to self-determination, according to the Jordan News Agency, Petra.
In a memorandum handed to the UN office in Amman on the occasion of the Naksa, the parties said Israel has violated all international resolutions and committed war crimes against Palestinian people in the West Bank and Gaza, demanding holding Israeli war "criminals" accountable for the crimes against Palestinians, Petra said.
The opposition parties also called for the immediate release of Jordanian, Palestinian and Arab prisoners of war in Israeli jails.
Prime Minister Ismail Haneyya said that Hamas had successfully merged between resistance of the Israeli occupation and governance and stressed that the Palestinians are on the "threshold of a new stage and promising future".
The PM said so Friday evening to mark the grand opening of the Beisan tourist city in northern Gaza Strip.
"We have been able during the past years to combine between resistance and rule in parallel lines," Haneyya said.
He pointed out that his government, run by Hamas for five years, has carefully selected its priorities in a way that has served the interests of the Palestinians and countered Israeli occupation policies.
"This reconstruction [has been taking place] despite a lack of resources and the [Israeli] siege, but it offers a bright image of Islam and our Islamic civilization and government," Haneyya said.
He also confirmed that the Palestinians are on the "threshold of a new stage and a promising future", and stated that the recreational and tourist city would help serve the Palestinians.
Beisan is said to have been erected on a waste site that turned into a "green oasis". It now includes various recreational facilities, such as sports fields, amusement parks, a zoo, beautiful landscape, and agricultural land.


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Q: Strange Flex Sizing in IE on Server2003 I have a modified version of a flex calendar found Here, and though it looks alright on most computers I've seen, there is a problem on two of the three servers here. Because of the way Citrix is setup here, I need to have it functional on all of the servers.
When it loads, everything is stretched out vertically, and the numbers are missing on the date boxes. If you mouse-over the flex buttons, they jump to the right size, but there is still rendering errors.
The modifications I made had no effect, because the servers give the same results on both my version and the demo version hosted online. As far as I can tell, the servers are identical (IE version, Flash version, etc.)
How can I get it to display normally?
Initial View
After Mouseover
Usual Demo
Demo in bad server
Edit: On the server that renders it improperly, Firefox renders it fine, but Firefox cannot be used for other (unchangeable) reasons.

A: From the images it appears this is how the SWF appears in the Browser of each server - one good and one bad. Not how the SWF appears in any browser while being hosted from each server.
Sense it is the browser display that is not working correctly I would assume it is a rendering problem with the browser and not the server.
1.) The problem could come from JavaScript being disabled in one of the browsers and the view being taken from the  embed tag. Check to ensure that it looks the same with JavaScript both on and off.
2.) The height being 100% could also be messing it up in the browser. Try setting the height to a specific value (800px) and see if that corrects the problem.
3.) Make sure that the browsers are the same. Is one IE 7 and one IE 8? If they are the same, check the version number to ensure that all updates are the same for each.
4.) View the site from another computer that is connected to the server.
Number 1 and 2 would be my best guess as a way to troubleshoot.


Early this month I set out to try to improve the Debian support for pluggable hardware devices. Now my prototype is working, and it is ready for a larger audience. To test it, fetch the source from the Debian Edu subversion repository, build and install the package. You might have to log out and in again activate the autostart script.
Add desktop entry in /usr/share/autostart/ causing a program hw-support-handlerd to start when the user log in.
This program listen for kernel events about new hardware (directly from the kernel like udev does), not using HAL dbus events as I initially did.
When new hardware is inserted, look up the hardware modalias in the APT database, a database available via HTTP and a database available as part of the package.
If a package is mapped to the hardware in question, the package isn't installed yet and this is the first time the hardware was plugged in, show a desktop notification suggesting to install the package or packages.
If the user click on the 'install package now' button, ask aptdaemon via the PackageKit API to install the requrired package.
aptdaemon ask for root password or sudo password, and install the package while showing progress information in a window.
I still need to come up with a better name for the system. Here are some screen shots showing the prototype in action. First the notification, then the password request, and finally the request to approve all the dependencies. Sorry for the Norwegian Bokmål GUI.
The prototype still need to be improved with longer timeouts, but is already useful. The database of hardware to package mappings also need more work. It is currently compatible with the Ubuntu way of storing such information in the package control file, but could be changed to use other formats instead or in addition to the current method. I've dropped the use of discover for this mapping, as the modalias approach is more flexible and easier to use on Linux as long as the Linux kernel expose its modalias strings directly.
Update 2013-01-21 16:50: Due to popular demand, here is the command required to check out and build the source: Use 'svn checkout svn://svn.debian.org/debian-edu/trunk/src/hw-support-handler/; cd hw-support-handler; debuild'. If you lack debuild, install the devscripts package.
Update 2013-01-23 12:00: The project is now renamed to Isenkram and the source moved from the Debian Edu subversion repository to a Debian collab-maint git repository. See build instructions for details.


Monster Type is an Standard Machine enemy in NieR: Automata.
"Outfitted with extra parts, this reverse-jointed, Goliath-class macine resembles a dinosaur more than ever. It uses energy stored in its dorsal fins to fire lasers from its mouth."
Usually have other machines arround, highly suggested to kill them first.
While it might be an obvious reference due to the base design, it's fire/laser breath attack is identical to godzilla's atomic breath in the 2016 movie "Shin Godzilla".
For those trying to complete their game's Unit Data an you cannot find itt on your in game list, even though you killed it already, just know it is listed in the Peculiar Machines tab instead of the one the wiki says. I personally thought my game glitched for a few minutes because of that. At least it does for the Xbox One version.
can I use him for the machine colosseum?
As an FYI I'm pretty sure Monster Type can not be remote controlled or subjugated.
for those who missed it in the quest (like I did), don't worry, chapter select the part where A2 first awakens, go to the forest through the shopping center jump down to the section below where the waterfalls are, if you move in the right place some linked-sphere type/snake-like enemies will come out of the ground, kill them and go to the closest access point and save. load the save and go where the enemies you killed were and the monster type should be there, if not keep loading the same save until it eventually shows up. Good Luck!
Can you get this even if you've already done Twins Request?
I miased thia one aince i already had the items i go back to there with the chapter select and i cant get it to spawn in any help?
It spawns after you got the quest "the twins request"!
tried going in the forest but never seen it, is there any requirement for it to spawn or it is just rare?


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Spirits Dark and Light
Tim Tingle (author)
Publisher: August House ISBN: 9780874837780
In the Native American tradition, a strong connection exists between the spirit world and the natural world. It is believed that what happens in one has a definite impact on the other. In this collection, Choctaw storyteller Tim Tingle draws from the rich heritage of the Five Civilized Tribes - the Creek, Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, and Seminole nations.
Richard Mason (author)
This coming of age story takes place in 1944 in rural Arkansas where a twelve year old boy named, Richard has a simple dream: he just wants to buy a red scarf for Rosalie, the prettiest girl in school.
Thirteen Miles From Suncrest
Donald Davis (author)
Born on January 1, 1900, on a family farm in the mountains of North Carolina, Medford McGee grows up awestruck by the rapid changes that blazon the New American Century and the promise of new opportunities that come along with these changes .
Buried Treasures of the South
W.C. Jameson (author)
This fifth volume in W.C. Jameson's Buried Treasure series contains 38 tales and legends about Native American Indian hoards, Civil War caches, lost mines, and robbery stashes. Jameson includes classic treasure stories like The Lost Treasure of Pirate William Kirk (Virginia), Chief Sontechee's Silver Hoard (North Carolina), Natchez Trace: Treasure Trail (Mississippi) that are part myth and part history.
Curing the Cross-Eyed Mule
Loyal Jones (author)
Appalachian humor can be dry, colorful, and earthy. The chapters vary greatly ranging from topics of Love and Marriage; Schools, Religion; Lawyers; Mountaineers and the Law; Animals and Hunting; Mountaineers and City Folks; Health and Medicine; and Rural Life.
Buried Treasures of the Mid-Atlantic States
The Mid-Atlantic States are rich in history, legends of lost fortunes, and buried treasure stories. This twelfth book in W.C. Jameson's Buried Treasure collection offers thirty tales of this region that have remained largely untold for generations. Lost mines, buried loot, caches of gold and silver ingots, gangsters, Native American Indians, pirates, chests of precious stones -- such are the ingredients of a rich stew of folklore gathered from the melting pot of the Mid-Atlantic region.
Buried Treasures of the Pacific Northwest
Do Native Americans know the location of the cursed Lost Gold of Devil's Sink? Did Sir Francis Drake bury millions of dollars' worth of ancient Incan treasures? Has anyone found the box of gold coins buried by a reputed giant in the Washington rain forest? Is there a noble family's fortune buried near an old log cabin in the Cascades? The Pacific Northwest provides a picturesque backdrop for these stories as it stretches from the rugged coastline east over the snowy mountains and into the vast plateau that leads to Idaho. For over a century, outlaws, prospectors, Russians, Indians, loners, soldiers, and immigrants have thrown themselves into all of the adventure and intrigue money can buy.
Buried Treasures of the Rocky Mountains
These 32 tales from the Backbone of America include The Gold Behind the Waterfall (Arizona), The Treasure of Deadman Cave (Colorado), Lava Cave Cache (Idaho), Henry Plummer's Lost Gold (Montana), The Curse of the Lost Sheepherder's Mine (Nevada), Lost Train Robbery Loot in Cibola County (New Mexico), Eighty Ingots in Spanish Gold (Utah), and Lost Ledge of Gold (Wyoming). As Jameson points out in his introduction, the Rocky Mountains still have many remote areas that even today can only be reached on horseback or on foot. Centuries ago Native American Indians, Spaniards, explorers, prospectors, miners, the occasional wandering cowboy and even outlaws fleeing the law roamed these rugged mountains. Today this land remains laced with hidden treasures just waiting to be found.
Buried Treasures of the Atlantic Coast
This book is a collection of more than thirty stories about long lost buried treasures and forgotten stashes that are said to be hidden along the Atlantic Coast.
Buried Treasures of the Great Plains
The dusty trails heading west of the Mississippi provided intrigue, adventure, and danger for the men and women who set out in search of a new life and fortune. Outlaws along with pioneers and forty-niners traveled this frontier often, finding and losing riches along the way. The Great Plains region - loaded with history from Native Americans, Spanish explorers, and Mexican, German, and Scots-Irish settlers, holds some of the country's most promising opportunities for finding buried treasure. Scattered from North Dakota to Texas, these stories provide a glimpse into the lives of fleeing outlaws, hard-working ranchers, priests, prospectors, and immigrantsall entwined in their search for treasure.
Buried Treasures of the Appalachians
A cedar chest that had been packed with gold coins robbed from a bank just south of Lexington, Kentucky in 1860 was recovered 50 years later by a fishing guide at King's Mill Pond. Only a handful of coins were left in the chest, which had mostly rotted away. Is the rest settled beneath the silt of the pond today? The Appalachian Mountains have witnessed untold fortunes gained and lost. The confluence and clashes of a number of cultures Native American Indian, French, Spanish, pioneer, and Union and Confederate forces - often resulted in struggles over mineral resources or fights about stashes of gold and silver that were hidden for later retrieval. W.C. Jameson gathered his material from journals, maps, on-site research in the Southern Appalachian Mountains and from interviews with people whose lives have been entwined with the search for long lost treasures. This book contains 40 legends with accounts of caves stacked from floor to ceiling with gold ingots; of caches guarded by skeletons and curses; and of Union payrolls scattered to the four winds.
Buried Treasures of Texas
Part of the colorful history of Texas includes legends of outlaw loot, pirate hoards, buried mines, and Santa Anna's lost pack-train carrying gold. This book contains 31 legends ranging from lost fortunes of Native Americans, French pirates, Spanish explorers, and Mexican soldiers to the early exploits of German and Scotch-Irish settlers. These unique tales from the people of the Lone Star State highlight their adventures and struggles in search of lost mines and forgotten treasures.
Buried Treasures of California
After reading these 30 revived tales of wealth and splendor, you will be tempted to throw some supplies into a backpack like the '49-ers of old and head west. Although stories of lost gold and silver veins are abundant (Mysterious Blue Ledge of Gold, The Curse of the Mormon Silver Ledge), they in no way represent all of the wealth hidden in California's geography and folklore. Does Death Valley hold more than just sand and arid desert; is it also the Canyon of Lost Gold and site of the Golden Gravels of Goler Wash? Is the long California coastline covering secrets (Gold in the Sand) and hidden riches (Lost North Beach Million, Five Hundred Pound Silver Ingot)? Are the sprawling metropolises now covering the priceless artifacts of an emperor (The Hollywood Bowl Treasure)? Outlaws, prospectors, Indians, loners and Mexicans throw themselves into all the adventure and intrigue. California's mountains, deserts, beaches, and citiesas well as sunken treasureare all encompassed in this collection.
Buried Treasures of New England
This book contains more than thirty stories from New England and the Northeast about hidden riches, forgotten war loot, and sunken ship treasures. Marie Antoinette's $1 million necklace lies in the cold waters of the Pennichuck Brook just a few miles from downtown Nashua, New Hampshire. A steamboat, possibly the country's first one, still remains deep in Lake Morey near Fairlee, Vermont. A young woman discovers her great-grandfather's lost money in the chimney of his mysterious Massachusetts mansion. But was there more hidden in the bricks? From Revolutionary War and Civil War tales to a legend about a missing silver church bell, this lore, grown out of true accounts and actual histories, has propelled New England into one of the most fascinating regions for lost treasure.
Buried Treasures of the Ozarks
This collection brings together 43 legends from Arkansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma - stories about fabulous mines abandoned by De Soto's soldiers; ingots carried partway across the Ozarks long ago, stashed in some moment of danger and never recovered; lodes of precious metal known only to local Indians; and thieves and murderers' plunder that still lies hidden underground.
Ride the Butterflies
Maybe it's because his mother was a teacher. Or maybe it's because he has spent most of his life in classrooms - as a wide-eyed first grader, a naive college student, a seminarian, and now as a visiting writer in residencies across the country. There's something about school that infuses the work of Donald Davis and he has collected his all-time favorite school stories in the book. Whether we're traveling around the world with Miss Daisy, the fourth grade teacher who was integrating arithmetic, geography and English before the term whole language ever surfaced; or watching in awe as a classmate conjugates malaprops in Miss Vergilius Darwin's Latin class; or driving a school bus and learning about segregation - we experience flashes of recognition in moments that transcend Donald Davis's childhood stories.


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Children's bank accounts
Children's bank accounts: a potted history
From money boxes to apps — how lenders aim to lure young savers
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Hugo Greenhalgh, Wealth Correspondent
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Do you remember your first bank account? Maybe not, but it's fairly certain you remember the freebies that came with it. When my parents opened a Midland Bank Griffin Savers Account for me, some time in the early 1980s, I went to school the next day the proud owner of a Griffin sports bag, a folder and a plastic card with my name on it . . . which was completely useless as ATMs had yet to reach the wilds of Devon.
But it worked. I am still with HSBC, which bought the Midland Bank in 1992, more than 30 years later. And my loyalty — or inertia — is not unusual. One in four of us are still using the same bank account that our parents opened when we were children, according to uSwitch.
But for those of us who grew up in the 1980s, the freebies acted as a powerful status symbol that we were old enough to have our own money. My Griffin bag was soon outclassed by NatWest piggy banks and Bank of Scotland's Super Squirrel coin bank.
Thirty years on, the youth banking market is huge — and it's no longer just about saving up for a rainy day. There are 2.8m accounts held by those under the age of 18, and 750,000 new accounts are opened each year, according to figures from the Nationwide Building Society.
Nationwide is particularly active in the children's market, scooping up 135,000 of those new accounts each year. The building society was the first to tap into this area, offering the very first money box back in 1904 when, in a much earlier incarnation, the board of the Co-operative Permanent Building Society ordered 500 boxes at five shillings each. More than a century later, Nationwide introduced its FlexOne account for customers aged 11-17 who can use their cards to make contactless payments, shop online, and withdraw up to £300 a day from a cash machine. Despite the temptation to spend, spend, spend, the average balance currently stands at £291.
Today's children are less likely to be fobbed off with a sports bag or a key ring, but the central question remains the same: how to make banking enjoyable.
The challenger banks realise that their youngest customers don't just want freebies — they also want what the marketing consultants call "experiences".
Today's children are much more interested in apps than piggy banks, according to Tom Blomfield, chief executive of Monzo Bank.
"For years [the big banks have] been going round the school playground handing out footballs and pop CDs to get the kids to sign up," he says. "They are relying on this inertia — that once you sign up you're not going to switch — but I'm not sure that's a huge positive for the market."
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Online start-up Monzo, which is poised to launch a fully-fledged bank account in coming months for both adults and children, says kids and their parents will base future decisions on which online banking apps have the "cool" factor and are easy to use.
"If you look at Snapchat [the messaging service]," says Mr Blomfield, "they don't need to bribe anyone to join; they've just got a brilliant product."
While UK high street banks typically will not issue fully functioning debit cards to children under the age of 11, the market for prepayment cards is expanding.
Children as young as six can get their own contactless payment card via GoHenry, with parents able to load money, monitor and control use of the card via an online app for a monthly fee of £2.49. Other pre-paid card providers include Osper and Nimbl, which has a micro savings feature for children on its app.
Back on the high street, challenger Metro Bank has plumped for a more traditional route. Younger savers are encouraged to join its Magic Money 5 for 5 Club, which offers prizes and lollipops — plus "Magic Money Machines" in branches which can count their coins.
The bank is also active in financial education programmes with schools around the UK. "We believe that banks are at the heart of the local community," says Iain Kirkpatrick, managing director of retail banking at Metro. "And it's important to us that children are very much part of that community."
"[The challenger banks] make it more fun," says Peter Ballard, co-founder of Foolproof, an experience design agency that has worked with many banks. "It's about personality in banking. There is a simplicity and a freshness that children don't get from the big banks — and that is deemed to be more valuable."
That other great point of difference — obtaining a high rate of interest on savings — is rather elusive today. Unless parents are prepared to shop around, they will struggle to beat inflation.
The best rate on a child's instant access savings account is the Santander mini 123, paying 3 per cent on balances between £300 and £2,000. The next highest is HSBC, offering 2.75 per cent on balances up to £3,000.
For those able to tie up savings for longer, Saffron Building Society offers 4 per cent on a 12-month regular savings bond, but the maximum that can be paid in is £100 per month.
This is far cry from the childhood days of the parents opening those accounts. UK interest rates touched an all-time high in 1979, peaking at 17 per cent, and remained high throughout the 1980s.
This means that quality of service and ease of use are becoming more important to parents looking for their child's first account.
John Hibbard, managing director of Devon-based Red Paddle, which makes inflatable stand-up paddle boards, opened an account for his seven-year-old son at Santander, drawn by the fact that it could also be accessed by his wife.
"You can link the two accounts together," he explains, which means that he and his wife are able to share the banking experience with their son. "He's aware that he's got a bank account — we'll pull it up online and show him the balance — but it's a totally different experience to when I opened one."
Hester Grainger, a marketing manager at Berkeley, a communications agency, has two children, Hudson, aged five, and India, seven. She was the proud recipient of a ceramic Wade "Woody" piggy bank from NatWest when she opened her first bank account in the 1980s, eventually collecting a set as her funds grew.
"Looking back, it seems like a strange concept, but it did work," she recalls. "I remember saving hard."
She is currently looking for a bank account for her daughter's tooth fairy money, and is tempted again by NatWest, as its children's account is accessible with just one pound. For Ms Grainger, the wider point is one of education — bringing children into the savings market early on to make them realise the value of money.
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"We want to teach her the value of savings and the importance of money — and that starts with banking at home," she says.
For her, it is not just about the next app and the online "experience". Many parents still cleave to the notion that children want something to take home with them.
NatWest, for example, has built upon the experience of its 1980s piggy banks — "now popular with collectors on eBay", a spokesman explains — with a slight linguistic tweak: it now offers children a PigbyBank.
"We undertook research recently which showed that a traditional piggy bank was still viewed by parents as one of the most popular ways to encourage under 11s to start saving," the bank says.
The plastic Pigby looks unlikely to become a collector's item of the future — but with the move towards digital currencies, maybe coins and piggy banks will be written out of children's savings altogether in the future.
Best buys — children's savings accounts
Gross interest
Notice/Term
Saffron BS Children's Regular Saver 4.00% 12 Month Bond £5 On maturity
Santander Mini 123 3.00% Instant £100* Monthly
HSBC MySavings 2.72% Instant £10 Monthly
National Savings Investments Children's Bonds Issue 35 2.50% 5 Year Bond £25 Anniversary
Nationwide BS Smart Limited Access 2.25% Instant £1 Anniversary
Harpenden BS 18 Club 2.20% Age 18 £1 ½ Yearly
Halifax Young Saver 2.00% Instant £1 Anniversary
Lloyds Bank Young Saver 1.99% Instant £1 Quarterly
Bank of Scotland Young Saver 1.99% Instant £1 Quarterly
Holmesdale BS Young Saver 2.00% Instant £10 Yearly
Bath BS SuperSaver 1.80% Instant £1 Yearly
* Santander 123 mini pays no interest on balances below £100. Interest rates are then tiered: 1% - £100+; 2% - £200+; 3% - £300+. Source: Moneyfacts.co.uk; Compiled: 13/3/17
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Rihanna declared world's richest female musician
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Singer, makeup entrepreneur, lingerie designer and now the first black woman to head a top luxury fashion house — Rihanna has racked up a $600 million fortune to become the world's richest female musician, Forbes said Tuesday.
The 31-year-old – born Robyn Rihanna Fenty in Barbados — has amassed wealth exceeding that of Madonna $570 million, Celine Dion $450 million and Beyonce $400 million, whose husband Jay-Z was just named the world's first billionaire rap star.
Rihanna's ranking puts into fresh perspective one of her signature lyrics — "work, work, work, work, work," which opened her 2016 dancehall smash "Work."
Since bursting onto the scene in 2003, she has spun her triumphs in music into entrepreneurial gold, launching her makeup brand Fenty Beauty — co-owned by French luxury giant LVMH — in September 2017 online and with Sephora.
The line found success not least thanks to Rihanna's fame both on and offline, with some $570 million in revenue last year after just 15 months of business.
She makes the majority of her money from touring and musical releases, according to Forbes, but also co-owns her Savage X Fenty lingerie line.
In May, Rihanna launched a groundbreaking partnership with LVMH to launch a luxury fashion brand based in Paris that will make ready-to-wear clothes, shoes and accessories.
A new large-scale luxury label — especially one led by a black woman — is a huge development in the fashion world, with Rihanna's line Fenty sitting alongside legacy brands like Dior, Louis Vuitton, Fendi and Givenchy at the conglomerate headed by Bernard Arnault.
"I just want to see things from my perspective. I'm a young black woman who loves and embraces all of the young people's ideas and energies — I'm so about that," she told AFP in Paris recently.
"It is about turning all of that into something luxurious for this fashion house."
The singer's explosive rise to music mega-star and global fashion icon did not come without tribulations, including her father's bids to profit off her name and a highly publicized domestic violence case that saw her then-boyfriend Chris Brown charged in 2009 with assaulting her.
In addition to her venture into luxury fashion, Rihanna has hinted at dropping a new reggae album this year.
"I never thought I'd make this much money, so a number is not going to stop me from working," she told The New York Times' T Magazine in May.
"Money is happening along the way, but I'm working out of what I love to do, what I'm passionate about."
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