If nick diaz was straight laced and less confrontational..
Nick Diaz is the most exciting fighter in MMA. The sport needs people like him to succeed.
he's a great heel. i've learned to like him since the scott smith fight. his psychological warefare is unmatched, and his toughness is unquestionable. he's a little insane, which is also fun.
nick diaz isnt even exciting...he just plods forward and punches. I would like him more if he had more respect for...well anyone, including himself.
I agree with this. Nick Diaz is always fun to watch and he deserves respect. There are people who hate on him, but he really has some loyal fans too.
No, people love his bad attitude and relate to it.
Wandy also brought frightening amounts of unchecked violence.
I am the only person I know that will be betting on Diaz. I am not betting on his personality.
I used to hate on Nick Diaz, but he really started to grow on me after the Frank Shamrock fight. He's now one of my favorite fighters. Honestly the only fighter since Fedor to give me major goosebumps before he fights.
I'm a bit of a Diaz fan, I like his style and he always comes to fight and fight hard. Plus any guy who could sub Gomi with that much weed in his system gets a thumbs up from me!
The difference with Silva and Diaz is that Silva cares about the fans. Diaz seemingly couldn't care less.
He was flowing with the go, for sure.
Uhhh he's extremely exciting,you obviously are new to the sport and aren't familiar with any of his fights..he has plenty of respect for his opponents and himself.
You're complaining he's aggressive? You shouldn't be.
All hail the stockton slap.
Nick Diaz is the most exciting fighter in MMA.
In terms of just their fights, I think that goes to either the Korean Zombie or Leonard Garcia.
Not that Nick isn't exciting at all; he is. But how don't care how much anyone throws out the word "technical"...these 2 are the best.


I cannot believe I have been working with this family for over 10 years… I feel like I have practically watched Hayden grow up into a young man! He was a spunky little boy when I first photographed him. Now he is a moody teenager… ha! Kudos to his mom for continuing to have their family's photos taken every year, despite the lack of enthusiasm from everyone else. 😉 They recently moved into a new house, so it was fun documenting their annual family photos right on their property. Nothing more intimate and unique than that! Hayden's grandfather was there to also get in a few family photos, which made things even more fun for the family. It was also time for another anniversary photo, complete with the previous anniversary image and their wedding image. What a fun tradition!


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Community Remembers Father Peter Keralum
MISSION – Every year people come together to remember a Rio Grande Valley priest who helped build several churches.
They gather at La Lomita Mission, south of Mission. Many people bring their own chairs and sit in the shade of the giant tree.
"We remember Father Keralum's life and ministry and his last ride and his death," Father Roy Snipes with the Our Lady of Guadalupe Church said.
Snipes has been the main organizer.
"I think this is the 25th year that we've done this. Even way back, we used to do it in Starr County, and way back when I was a young priest, we would do it here," he said.
Father Peter Keralum helped build churches and road on horseback from Brownsville to Roma, holding Mass on Valley ranches. He died 144 years ago.
Father Keralum was born in France, and he was a celebrated architect. When he was 28, he decided to study the priesthood.
One church he built was Our Lady of Refuge in Roma. In fact, across the street is a mural of the oblate priests known as the Calvary of Christ. He designed and built Immaculate Conception Cathedral in Brownsville, an area known as Peter Keralum Square. He also built Our Lady of Visitation Church in Santa Maria on the Military Highway.
"This church was probably already here, but he said Mass here many times. Once he was lost here and barely got to La Lomita alive. They had to nurse him back to health," Snipes said.
Father Keralum was known to have bad health and deteriorating eyesight, and that's why he got lost, they said, going from one ranch to another near Mercedes.
"November the 12th was the last day they saw him alive, 1872. Really nobody knows when he died," Snipes said.
It was a mystery that remained for 10 years until two cowboys looking for lost cattle made discovery.
They found a chalice lying near a rosary, a watch and Father Keralum's eyeglasses.
At one time there were efforts to have the Vatican canonize Father Keralum but so far that has not materialized.
"He's kind of my special patron saint, you know," Snipes said.
Father Keralum died in 1872, and for the past 25 years, people have met every November to remember him.
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Witham Park, Frome, Somerset: designs for the house for Alderman William Beckford, partly executed with alterations, 1762-70 (10)
William Beckford (1709-70), a politician and landowner, was born in Jamaica, the son of Peter Beckford (1672-1735), a wealthy and powerful plantation owner in Jamaican. The family's Jamaican dynasty had been founded by William's grandfather, Peter Beckford (c.1643-1710) who had been lieutenant-governor of the island. Having been educated in England, and then returned to Jamaica on his father's death in 1735 he was elected a member of the Jamaican house of assemble for Clarendon. Although he was one of 13 children, on the death of his father and older brother, he inherited a vast ammount of land in Jamaica: by 1754 this is recorded as 22,021 acres. At his death in 1774, when his Jamaican estates were probated, he owned 1,356 enslaved people. He was reportedly tyranical in Jamiaca.
Beckford relocated to London in 1744, and also purchased the estate at Fonthill, Wiltshire. He kept enslaved people in England to serve him. In 1756 he married Maria, daughter of the Hon. George Hamilton, second son of James, 6th Earl of Abercorn. His only legitimate son, William Thomas Beckford (1759-1844), inherited the majority of his estate, although eight illegitimate children were also recognised and provided for in Beckford's will. Beckford served as MP for Shaftesbury in 1747-54, and London in 1754-70. In 1752 he was elected Alderman of Billingsgate (his trading interests were restricted to the goods produced by his Jamiacan estates), in 1755-56 he was the Sherriff of London, and in 1762-63 and 1769-70 he served as Lord Mayor of London. Despite his many successes Beckford was criticised as nouveau riche and a vulgar colonial. Horace Walpole described him as a 'noisy good humoured flatterer, vulgar and absurd, pompous in his expense, and vainglorious'. His rivals enjoyed illustrating the contradiction between his fight for liberty in Parliament, and his great wealth founded on the backs of enslaved people working in Jamaica.
In 1761 Beckford purchased Witham Park, once England's first Carthusian monastery, which had been much altered since the Dissolution. Final alterations were made to the house for Sir William Wyndham in c1717 to designs by James Gibbs (1682-1754), before it was sold by Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont. Although Beckford's principal residence was Fonthill Splendens, Wiltshire, he demolished the old house at Witham in c1764 in favour of a new house built on a nearby site to designs by Robert Adam. It is possible that Beckford had become acquainted with Adam through his old school friend William Murray (later Lord Mansfield), who was Adam's patron at Kenwood, but Beckford's roles within Parliament and the City would have also brought him into contact with a great many other Adam patrons. The work at Witham began in c1762, and the shell of the fabric was well advanced, but it was abandoned after Beckford's death in 1770, and finally demolished in 1791. Despite this the house is illustrated in the fifth volume of Vitruvius Britannicus (1771, pl. 38-42).
See also: Fonthill Splendens, Tisbury, Wiltshire
J. Woolfe, and J. Gandon, Vitruvius Britannicus V, 1771, pls. 38-42; H. Walpole, Memoirs of the reign of George II, 1849, Volume II, p. 177; A.T. Bolton, The architecture of Robert and James Adam, 1922, Volume II, Index pp. 31, 62; R. Wilson-North, and S. Porter, 'Witham, Somerset: from Carthusian monastery to country house to gothic folly', Architectural History, Volume 40, 1997, pp. 81, 93-96; E. Harris, The genius of Robert Adam: his interiors, 2001, p. 186; D. King, The complete works of Robert & James Adam and unbuilt Adam, 2001, Volume I, p. 105, Volume II, pp. 81-85, 134; 'Beckford, William (1709-70), of Fonthill Abbey, nr. Hindon, Wilts', and 'Beckford, William (1709-70), of Fonthill, Wilts', The history of Parliament online; Legacies of British Slavery database, UCL: www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs
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By allowing two Hong Kong journalists to be attacked by a group of unidentified men in Beijing on Friday as they covered an activist's visit to the wife of jailed Nobel Laureate Liu Xiaobo, the central government showed "the kind of thuggery and tactics seen in less developed countries," according to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), a nonprofit group that promotes press freedom.
"The people protecting Liu [Xia] at that house are not general level village thugs, or tough guys attached to some corrupt Party members in a small township," said Bob Dietz, the CPJ's Asia Program Coordinator. "These are people acting on ministerial orders from the central government. They are there to protect China's reputation, to stifle coverage, for what is for them, of great international embarrassment."
Dietz was speaking Tuesday at a press conference to release the CJP's latest report, "Challenged in China: The shifting dynamics of censorship and control." The committee says the flow of information in China has been transformed by the power of the Internet, and more specifically by Weibo, or microblogs. Although controls are in place to monitor and sway public opinion while stamping out dissent, the mere fact that information can still make it out has convinced some observers that progress is being made, albeit achingly slow.
"People now go online to find solidarity with other citizens who see problems in Chinese society—such as corruption, abuse of power, and environmental degradation—in their day-to-day lives," writes Sophie Beach, the executive editor of China Digital Times, a website that maintains a list of the government's 2,000 banned or temporarily banned search terms. China's journalists and bloggers refer to new censorship instructions as "Directives from the Ministry of Truth," a reference to the propaganda department in George Orwell's novel 1984.
The report cites an exposé by Hong Kong-based Phoenix Weekly that says Sina, the country's largest Weibo service, uses automated keyword filters along with in-house staff charged with searching new posts before they're published. Sina's Chief Executive Charles Chao reluctantly told FORBES Asia that his company has at least 100 staffers devoted to monitoring content 24 hours a day, but many believe the figure is much higher. (See: Sina Weibo). And those staff come at a substantial cost. Baidu's CEO Robin Li told Bloomberg that his company had to spend a lot of resources to make sure it abides by Chinese law (See: Baidu Says Google Gains by Avoiding Censorship Cost).
All Chinese Internet companies have to abide by the same rules, and Dietz points out they're often caught between their responsibility to control content while trying to avoid antagonizing their users. The common reality of the Internet is that it provides a growing latitude of expression and criticism of the government, and that's happening in China, too.


Journeys along beautiful rivers in daylight hours and calls at a trio of charming destinations in France and Belgium make for a spellbinding escape, packing gorgeous countryside scenes, cultural delights and wealth of historic highlights into this eight-night cruise aboard Balmoral.
Your time in Belgium begins with wonderful river cruising too, diverting inland via the Western Scheldt River to Antwerp. Vast mud flats, salt marshes and nature reserves, which are home to variety of bird species, come into view on this winding route. When Balmoral finally arrives in Belgium's picturesque second city, you'll dock close to the city centre. Within easy reach will be Grote Markt – the 'Great Market Square' – with its elaborate 16th century guildhalls and extravagant City Hall, and the mighty Cathedral of our Lady. Venture even deeper into the city and you'll be rewarded with Antwerp's most prized possessions, such as the Royal Museum of Fine Arts and the legendary Diamond District. Away from the city, you could take the chance to tour to nearby Ghent, for artisan chocolatiers and some of Belgium's most iconic landmarks, including the UNESCO-listed Belfry.


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By Nicoletta Lanese published 29 August 20
Since the discovery of the virus that causes COVID-19, the daily news cycle has become swamped with updates about how the pathogen spreads, what the bug does to the body and what solutions might finally bring an end to the pandemic.
But staying up-to-date on all the latest coronavirus news can be a challenge. To help keep you informed, we at Live Science have compiled a short list of standout news stories from the week — these are the ones that really caught our attention.
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Confirmed reinfections
Researchers reported the first confirmed case of COVID-19 reinfection in a man in Hong Kong. The news initially came out on Aug. 24 in a press release from the University of Hong Kong, and the formal study was published Aug. 25 in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases. But don't panic — an expert called the case "a textbook example of how immunity should work."
The 33-year-old was first diagnosed with COVID-19 on March 26 and had mild symptoms at the time, including a cough and fever. The man was released from the hospital on April 14 after testing negative for the virus twice, but he tested positive again during an airport screening on Aug. 15. The virus that infected the man the second time around carried several genetic differences to the first one, suggesting that the man had been infected by a new variant of the virus that subtly mutated through time, as all viruses do. But the man showed no symptoms of illness the second time, hinting that his body retained some immunity against the pathogen.
"While this is a good example of how primary infection can prevent disease from subsequent infection, more studies are needed to understand the range of outcomes from reinfection," Akiko Iwasaki, a professor of immunobiology and molecular, cellular and developmental biology at the Yale School of Medicine, wrote on Twitter.
Since this news came out, two more cases of reinfection have been confirmed in Europe, and one in the U.S., The New York Times reported. Like the Hong Kong case, the two European cases showed milder or no symptoms during the second infection; however, the U.S. patient developed severe symptoms and scientists are investigating several theories as to why. We don't yet know how commonly reinfection occurs, how often people develop severe symptoms the second time around or what these trends mean for vaccine development — that information will only come from further research.
CDC changes its testing guidelines
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) abruptly changed its COVID-19 testing guidance, stating that those who have come in contact with an infected person don't necessarily need a test if they are not in a high-risk group or showing symptoms of the disease.
Prior to the change, the CDC recommended that all close contacts of people who have tested positive for COVID-19 also be tested, given that we know the virus can spread before people show symptoms, and that testing close contacts helps keep outbreaks in check. The Assistant Secretary for Health at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Dr. Brett Giroir told CNN that the new guidelines are intended to encourage tests to be used "appropriately," and not to reduce the number of tests given overall. But public health officials say the guidance directly conflicts with scientific evidence.
"These testing recommendations make no scientific sense, unless there are plans to demand isolation of all known contacts of COVID-19," said Krys Johnson, an assistant professor of instruction in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at Temple University in Pennsylvania. Especially as schools and universities reopen, the U.S. should be testing more asymptomatic people for the virus, not fewer, she said.
In response to outcry from public health officials, CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield clarified the new guidance on Aug. 27, saying "testing may be considered for all close contacts of confirmed or probable COVID-19 patients," but should be prioritized for symptomatic people, people with risk factors for severe infection and people at high risk of exposure. However, at the time of this verbal statement, the official guidance on the CDC website remained unchanged.
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Last week, we highlighted news that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) would not authorize the use of blood plasma to treat COVID-19 patients without more data from clinical trials. This week, the FDA issued an emergency use authorization for the treatment without any additional data in hand.
Emergency use authorization allows doctors to administer an unapproved medical treatment "when there are no adequate, approved and available alternatives," and patients don't need to be enrolled in a clinical trial to receive the therapy, according to the FDA website. But infectious disease experts and public health officials argue that convalescent plasma therapy — which uses antibody-rich plasma from people who have recovered from a disease — has not earned this seal of approval.
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To demonstrate that plasma helps COVID-19 patients recover, scientists must conduct randomized controlled trials (RCTs), wherein participants randomly receive either plasma or the standard of care; outcomes can then be compared between the two groups without bias. RCTs of plasma have proven difficult to organize, given that the supply of eligible plasma and number of people sick with COVID-19 varies from region to region.
With many RCTs for plasma still underway, the authorization of the treatment could make recruiting patients for these trials even more difficult. While patients in an RCT randomly receive either plasma or the standard of care, patients treated under the emergency authorization would not be subject to this randomization; the guarantee of plasma outside of an RCT could make participating in the trials a hard sell.
If RCTs do get derailed, it will be harder to collect solid evidence that plasma therapy works.
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International Waffle Day, which originated in Sweden, is celebrated in the U.S. on March 25th. There is a separate National Waffle Day, celebrated on August 24th, that was originally created to honor the waffle iron.
The net of it is, you can celebrate a waffle holiday twice a year! Prepared sweet or savory, they can be served at breakfast, lunch or dinner.
In different parts of the world, waffles are topped with confectioners' sugar, honey, jam, even peanut butter. But in the U.S., what are waffles without maple syrup?
And what's with the different types of maple syrup?
Because maple syrup is tapped in the winter, it has traditionally been seen as a winter flavor. But just like honey and sugar, it can be enjoyed year-round in recipes from cocktails to salad dressings and marinades to desserts.
If you're confused by the four grades of maple syrup (A Light Amber, A Medium Amber, A Dark Amber and B) here's an explanation of the different types.
Chicken and waffles. Photo courtesy Daniel Krieger | Sweet Chick | Brooklyn.
In brief, at the beginning of the season, the syrup runs light in both color and flavor, and is called Grade A Light Amber. By mid-season it's Grade A Medium Amber, followed by Grade A Dark Amber and Grade B. At the end of the season, it's the strongest in flavor and color, commercial grade syrup.
We recently received a bottle of Crown Maple syrup, certified organic. It is produced by Madava Farms, a family business in the historic Hudson River Valley of New York (Dutchess County).
There, 800 acres of century-old, sustainably managed groves of sugar and red maples enjoy perfect soil and ideal seasonal weather conditions to produce a superior sap for maple sugaring.
But production is a key determinant of quality. Far from the old primitive sugar house, Crown premium maple syrup is made at the most advanced maple syrup production facility in the country. The pristine sap collected from the maples is cooked using the latest in green, organic production techniques to produce syrups of exceptional quality.
As you can see from these tasting notes, different grades pair better with specific recipes.
Tasting Notes: Flavors of popcorn, vanilla bean, roasted nuts, salted caramel and brown butter. Although light in color, the body has a pleasing weight and depth, with a sweetness and finish that lingers.
Uses: Pair with salty flavors, for example glazing pork belly or bacon. Try it in cocktails with whiskey as a base: Replace the muddled sugar cubes in an Old Fashioned. Use it as a substitute for palm sugar in Thai recipes.
Tasting Notes: Aromas of gingerbread and roasted chestnut with flavors of rye, butterscotch and spice.
Uses: Pair with baked breads, chocolate and ginger cookies and heavier spirits—barrel-aged bourbons or peaty, smoky Scotch. Use as a topping for chocolate or vanilla ice cream.
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Tasting Notes: The flavor and aroma are similar to Medium Amber, but the syrup has more weight, depth and concentration. Aromas of coffee and cocoa beans are present, along with flavors of brown sugar and toasted almond.
Uses: Use instead of other sweeteners in coffee, and as an alternative to honey as a condiment for cheeses.
Tasting Notes: A robust maple syrup with a great depth of flavor, richness and a bright finish.
Uses: For cooking and baking. The richness shines through even the boldest of food pairings.
A 12-ounce bottle, gift boxed, is $16.95; a samplers of all three is $59.95; and a "petite trio" of three small bottles (1.7 ounces each) is $15.95. An 12-ounce bottle of Extra Dark Syrup for Cooking is $27.95.
A 10-ounce bag of maple sugar (see below) is 10.95.
Buy them online at CrownMaple.com.
The Ur-Waffle. Before there were modern waffles, there were the rustic hotcakes of the Neolithic Age (ca. 6000 B.C.E. to ca. 2000 B.C.E.). Made of cereal pulps, they were cooked on heated stones. Honey is as old as written history, dating back to 2100 B.C.E., where it was mentioned in Sumerian and Babylonian cuneiform writings, the Hittite code and the sacred writings of India and Egypt. We don't know when man first decided to unite honey and hotcakes, but here's the honey history.
The Waffle Iron. The waffle iron—enabling pancake-type foods to be turned into textured waffles—was created in the 1200s, when a [presumably] pancake-loving craftsman combined cooking plates that reproduced a pattern of honeycombs.
The Electric Waffle Iron. The electric waffle iron was introduced in 1911 by General Electric.
Types Of Waffles. There are at least 11 varieties of waffles: American, Belgian/Brussels, Liège, Hong Kong Waffle, Krumcake, Malt, Pizzelle, Potato, Soft, Stroopwafel and, yes, Toaster. Take a look at the types of waffles.
Here's the complete history of waffles.
Here's a recipe from Crown that uses maple sugar instead of table sugar for even more maple flavor.
1. PREHEAT waffle iron to desired temperature.
2. COMBINE all dry ingredients in large mixing bowl and set aside.
3. BEAT eggs in a separate bowl; stir in milk, butter and vanilla. Pour milk mixture into the flour mixture; beat until blended.
4. LADLE batter into heated waffle iron and cook until golden brown; serve immediately with maple syrup.
Maple sugar is made from the sap from the maple tree, as opposed to the juice of sugar cane, from which table sugar is made. It has the same strong maple flavor and aroma as maple syrup.
The sap is boiled until almost all of the water has been evaporated; the remaining product has crystallized. The sugar can be sold in large blocks, molded into small shapes or simply ground into a granulated version that can be used like regular sugar.
Maple sugar can be used in the same way as cane sugar: in coffee, tea, baked goods and cocktails. It adds more complexity and richness than cane sugar.
However, is almost twice as sweet as regular sugar, so when replacing cane sugar, you need to reduce the amount. Try using one-third less, and adjust to taste.


On February 26, the North Florida Hotel & Lodging Association (NFHLA) awarded East Coast Transportation's Howard Reichbach with the prestigious President's Award.
The President's Award is granted to the nominee with a superior story and history of excellent customer service. Of all 158 nominations received, the 2013 President's Award was awarded to Howard Reichbach from East Coast Transportation.
"He looks the part of a professional chauffeur, always neat and meticulously attired, with a friendly demeanor and understanding of business etiquette. These qualities are hard to teach or instill and obviously play a very important part in the overall customer experience we strive to deliver. He is the most requested chauffeurs from a long list of regular customers. He is considered as one of our upper echelon chauffeurs to be specially assigned to special clients such as VIPs, Meeting Planners and those on Site Visits," said Mike Sobel and Greg Franks, managing partners at East Coast Transportation who nominated Howard.
Examples of his outstanding customer service include: an elderly couple who are customers, live in a senior retirement community, where on Thanksgiving Day he delivered a complete dinner to them. Another customer who was recovering from knee surgery mentioned to him that her windshield wipers needs to be replaced, the next day this winner purchased new wiper blades and personally went to her residence and installed them.
The North Florida Hotel & Lodging Association announced the Recognition of Service Excellence (ROSE) Award winners at the 5th annual event, held at the Renaissance World Golf Village Resort.


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I enabled the debugging option in drivers/pci.c and rebooted.
have different bus numbers (in dev->bus->number ).
need to look at your "agp ops"? Is this helpfull?
Would you care to rethink those comments?
>each of these ones has the same priority as each pci bus.
Each of the ports of the crossbar has a programmable arbiter.


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Jim #racist blog.reaction.la
Let us compare the best of slavery with the worst of abolitionism.
In the West Indies, free blacks were apt to be re-enslaved: If found with no visible means of support, would be sent to the workhouse, on the assumption that otherwise they would be stealing or starving or very likely both.
The workhouse would then attempt to find owners for them, but often these were blacks with problems. The workhouse would find if they had a former owner, and twist his arm to take them back. If no one suitable wanted them, the workhouse would support them indefinitely on public and private charity.
So the workhouses in the West Indies, or at least some of them, were operating like a no kill pet shelter. Obviously the people operating these believed they were doing good, and had plausible reason to believe they were doing good. The benefactors could see their beneficiaries and look them in the eye. They might well wind up owning a couple of their beneficiaries, as someone operating a no kill pet shelter often winds up with more than his fair share of problem pets.
Let us compare with the holier than thou abolitionists who caused a civil war that killed a large part of the white male population, burned cities to the ground, and created artificial famine.
After the slaves were freed, a significant proportion died, being generally incompetent to look after themselves. The abolitionists, having denied that blacks needed a paternalistic welfare state, were disinclined to provide one, even as the death rate among their supposed beneficiaries rose to quite alarming levels.
After the civil war and abolition, black productivity as freemen was markedly lower than black productivity as slaves, leading to markedly lower material living standards. In part this must have been because of "slave driving" – that slaves were forced to work considerably harder than they would have otherwise been inclined to work, but in part it was because the employer could not trust a black employee to behave well, whereas he could make sure a slave behaved well.
old comment by Goomy pls 7 years ago #1680340
Except slavery is inherently abusive and not permissible.
If you agree, why don't we enslave you?
old comment by Hasan Prishtina 7 years ago #1680401
To a great extent, the workhouse is not to do with slavery, but poverty, as the West Indies followed the British model of the Poor Laws. Furthermore, in Jamaica, someone "gone a wukhouse" meant they were in jail. After the abolition of slavery in the British Empire, in 1834, attempts were made to find not owners, but employers for the inmates. After emancipation in Jamaica and the British West Indies, there was no "significant proportion" of slaves who died and the economy responded to emancipation by diversifying. By 1914, black Jamaicans were in positions of responsibility, in business as well as in Jamaica's Houses of Parliament.
The "best" has nothing to do with the United States; had he known - or been prepared to admit that slaves were so capable - he could also have mentioned the Ottoman Empire, where slaves rose to become the heads of government and army. And the "worst" has nothing to do with the West Indies. If Jim wants slavery on the American model, he must accept the consequences that happened in America. Looking at others' experiences of what might have happened doesn't make you any less of a brute.
old comment by Hairtoucher 7 years ago #1680403
Slavery is bad, how is this something that needs to be said?
old comment by JeanP 7 years ago #1680404
Thanks you for comparing human beings to abandonated pets.
The Civil War was caused by the Southern pro-slavery, and especially the Fire-Eaters, who wanted to reestablish the Atlantic trade.
As for the rest of your diatribe, I can suggest you to shut up.
old comment by Professor von SCIENCE!!! 7 years ago #1680475
Is studying history, real history, such a foreign concept to this fuck nuggets? I suppose making shit up is just easier for the ignorant than trying to honestly understand what is going on.
If I had command back then, I would've killed more of the white Southerners. Maybe that would've taught them a very important lesson.
old comment by birdboy2000 7 years ago #1680568
The abolitionists didn't secede from the union over the election of a president who, although not favoring abolition until 1863 (at which point the south had been in armed rebellion for the better part of two years) opposed the extension of slavery to the west. Nor did they shell Fort Sumter, starting the war.
Abolitionists may have contributed to the rise of sectional tension (albeit, y'know, to free human beings kept in chains) but from Dred Scott to Lecompton to secession to firing the first shots, the war itself was the fault of the Slave Power, and the blood of the southern and northern dead alike are on their hands.


Rezi 35 is a new Freehold residential development within in Singapore's city fringe. This condominium is a standalone 8 Storey residential block, comprising of 44 apartments with roof terrace and swimming pool. It is located at 20 Lorong 35 Geyalang which is along the main road of Sims Avenue. Rezi 35 is conveniently accessible via multiple transport modes. There are numerous buses that goes to and from the city and neighborhood vicinity. Rezi 35 is just a short walk away from Paya Lebar MRT and conveniently accessible via major expressways.
This residential development is just minutes away from the Kallang precinct which is undergoing major redevelopment. Under the URA planning, the whole Kallang precinct will be redeveloped into a more vibrant residential, recreational and work place. The rejuvenating work to be carried out around Kallang area will have a great impact as Geylang is just next to the Kallang precinct.
As part of URA's plans to decentralise, Paya Lebar Central is one of the estate chosen as a city fringe commercial hub. It is just 6 MRT stations away from Raffles Central Business District and an interchange between the East West line and the Circle line. Rezi 35 is just minutes walk away from Paya Lebar Central. The commercial hub in plan comprises of retail and hotels. Aside from the current Paya Lebar Square, there will be more retail outlets in an adjacent retail mega mall. As apart of the redevelopment, there will be a brand new 'Grade A' office tower in the vicinity, expected to house thousands of employees.
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October 24 – Buffalo/Niagara chefs make A Big FUSS over a farm in need
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Buffalo restaurants join together to support a small local farm
Over the past several years the idea of eating local has become popular here and elsewhere, and with it the desire to experience foods fresh from the farm in our local restaurants. But without a distribution system in place for local farmers, as demand has grown, only a few farms have been willing or able to truly embrace the effort and challenges required to work with restaurants. Those that have stayed the course have found it to be a profitable and rewarding choice–chefs can appreciate the subtle adaptations a farmer can make in the growing process to really enhance a particular food, and anyone who has seen a field weather a serious storm can grasp the mercurial nature and risk inherent in farming.
The handful of farms whose food can be found in the best Western New York restaurants are fundamental to the success most of these restaurants enjoy. Chef Steven Gedra of Bistro Europa (recently named #2 Favorite Retsaurant in WNY) is known as one of Buffalo's most adventurous chefs, and while he is well-trained and a naturally creative person, he will tell anyone dining at his restaurant that much of his inspiration comes from the raw ingredients provided to him by his farm vendors.
Which is why he has committed himself to A Big FUSS, in co-operation with NATIONAL FOOD DAY, which will take place on Wednesday, October 24th at Artisan Kitchens & Baths in Buffalo's emerging Grant/Amherst neighborhood. This event is designed to aid a single, small family farm. A bad season, a major illness, a car accident, a broken piece of farm equipment–these are the things that can begin the road to ruin for a small farm. Can most farms survive one bad season? Sure. Can most make it through a bad season coupled with some other sort of family loss or tragedy? No. Can Buffalo's emerging restaurant scene afford to lose a single one of its year-round farm suppliers? Absolutely not.
So Gedra teamed up with Feed Your Soul Productions' Christa Glennie Seychew in order to develop an annual event where all proceeds would go directly to underwriting a single struggling farm. "Farmers are proud, and they aren't likely to accept charity, " Seychew said, "but every year I know of at least one farmer who is really at a tipping point. So why not fix it? This is the City of Good Neighbors, after all." So Gedra and Seychew have gathered several of their friends to stage A Big FUSS on Wednesday night at Artisan Kitchens and Baths on Amherst Street. Some of WNY's top chefs will be on-hand, and the silent auction sports some truly mouth-watering items (see below).
"The best restaurants in town get 15-25 requests for donations every week. I don't think people have any idea how much of the charity in this town comes straight from our restaurants," said Seychew. She and several area chefs worked to gather donations to support another local farmer last year, "I can't imagine a single year could go by when one of our 7,500 farms won't need our help, or couldn't move the local food scene forward with seed money for a greenhouse or another season-extending addition to their farm. So Steve and I are just going to make it happen, because we both see the direct effect that eating local has on our farms and on what we do."
DJ Cutler will warm up the joint; admission is only $30 (tickets available online or at the door). Both Gedra and Seychew are excited to say that almost all of the costs have been covered by them and their fellow locavores, so all of the proceeds will go directly to one of Buffalo's best farms. Big FUSS 2.0 is the second undertaking, the first netted 2.5 mortgage payments for a farm facing foreclosure.
Donations made by: Bistro Europa, Sample, Shango Bistro, Lloyd Taco Truck, Chautauqua's Athenaeum Hotel, Carmelo's, Park Country Club, Elm Street Bakery, Nickel City Cheese & Mercantile, Spar's European Sausage, Promised Land CSA/Oles Family Farm, Painted Meadows, and T-Meadow Farm.


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Heart shaped handbag, made from soft suede leather in light pink color. The bag is entirely handmade and has three different looks (see the puctures). On the front side of the bag there are fixed eight metal snaps to which can be buckled two different types of caps – flower caps or dot caps.
Wear your bag with the dot caps for a simple and elegant look (picture 2 and picture 5).
Wear it with the flower caps to achieve more sophisticated and even playful look (picture 1 and picture 5).
Or just wear it without any of the caps for a casual, every day look (picture 3).
You can as well combine the dot and the flower caps and get an unique fresh look.
The bag (without the handles) measures 17cm x 24cm x 8cm.
The bag has hard handles and reinforced bottom.
Under the satin lining, the bag is lined with a special thin layer of fusing wool so it will keep its shape even when it's almost empty.
Zoom the pictures to see them in bigger size. I can provide more pictures if required.
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AASRN Perth Event – Why speak English? Nationalism and the Order(ing) of language in colonial Melbourne.
Join us to reflect on Australian's linguistic past, and to learn how a language test emerged as a form of racial exclusion in the lead up to Federation.
Since April 2017, the Turnbull government have been attempting to pass legislation to make a University-level English test a pre-requisite for migrants to gain citizenship. These controversial attempts were in the news again recently, when Citizenship Minister Alan Tudge stated that 'the government will seek to expand English-language tests and require a demonstrated commitment to Australian values.' But given that English is not officially Australia's national language, what is the moral and ideological basis for such language-based techniques of immigration control? This talk gives historical context to the conflation of English ability with national identity. We travel to the streets and courtrooms of colonial Melbourne, to listen to how South Asian migrants were remaking a language-scape both fluid and fixed in English language dominance in the 1890s, the decade before the White Australia Policy came into force.


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La Federació Internacional de Futbol Associació, sovint citada pel seu acrònim FIFA —Fédération Internationale de Football Association —) és el cos de govern internacional del futbol. Fou creada el 21 de maig de 1904 i té la seu a Zuric, Suïssa. La FIFA agrupa 211 associacions o federacions de futbol de diversos països. La FIFA s'encarrega de fer les reglamentacions per als jocs de l'esport per mitjà de la Directiva Internacional del Futbol Associació (IFAB, per les seves sigles en anglès, "International Football Association Board"). La FIFA és l'organitzadora de diversos campionats mundials i continentals de futbol.

Història
L'augment de la popularitat i la competència internacional al futbol a principis del segle XX van fer necessari crear un únic organisme regulador de l'esport a nivell mundial. La Federació Anglesa de Futbol va sostenir discussions sobre la formació d'una federació internacional, però aquesta iniciativa no va tenir acollida. Aleshores, les autoritats nacionals de futbol de set països europeus més —Bèlgica, Dinamarca, Espanya (representada pel llavors Real Madrid CF; la Reial Federació Espanyola de Futbol no es va crear fins a 1913), França, Països Baixos, Suècia i Suïssa— es van reunir per associar-se i, d'aquesta manera, la FIFA va ser fundada a París el 21 de maig de 1904. El nom francès i el seu acrònim s'han mantingut fins ara, fins i tot fora dels països francòfons. El seu primer president va ser el francès Robert Guérin. Tot i que no van participar inicialment en la seva conformació, Anglaterra es va unir l'any següent, Escòcia i Gal·les el 1910, i Irlanda del Nord el 1911.

La FIFA va presidir el seu primer torneig internacional el 1906, però no va tindre èxit. Aquesta situació, sumada als factors econòmics, va propiciar el reemplaçament de Guérin per l'anglès Daniel Burley Woolfall, que en aquell moment era un membre de l'associació. El primer torneig que va organitzar la FIFA, la competició de futbol per als Jocs Olímpics de 1908 a Londres, va tenir més èxit que els seus predecessors olímpics, malgrat la presència de futbolistes professionals, en contra dels principis fundadors de la FIFA.

L'afiliació a la FIFA es va ampliar més enllà d'Europa amb la sol·licitud de Sud-àfrica el 1909, Argentina el 1912, Canadà i Xile el 1913, i els Estats Units el 1914.

No obstant, la FIFA va patir una ensopegada durant la Primera Guerra Mundial, ja que molts jugadors van ser expulsats per la guerra i es va veure seriosament afectada la possibilitat de viatjar per complir els compromisos internacionals. Després de la guerra va morir Woolfall i l'organització va passar a ser dirigida en forma provisional pel neerlandès Carl Hirschmann. Es va superar la crisi, però a costa de la retirada de les nacions britàniques, ja que no estaven disposades a participar en tornejos internacionals amb els seus recents contrincants de la guerra mundial.

El 1921 el francès Jules Rimet va arribar a la presidència i a partir dels Jocs Olímpics de París 1924, va organitzar els campionats de futbol, comptant amb 60.000 espectadors en el partit final entre Uruguai i Suïssa.

Aquests èxits van instar la FIFA perquè, al Congrés d'Amsterdam del 28 de maig de 1928, considerés l'establiment del seu propi Campionat Mundial. Al congrés següent de Barcelona es va acabar de planejar el campionat, que es duria a terme a Uruguai per celebrar el centenari de la seva independència. Per desgràcia, Europa estava en una crisi econòmica i els clubs haurien de quedar-se sense els seus millor jugadors durant dos mesos, així que molts països van renunciar a participar-hi. Sense ells, la primera Copa Mundial es va inaugurar a Montevideo el 18 de juliol de 1930 amb només quatre seleccions europees.

Després de la decepció per no haver estat seu del primer torneig, Itàlia va ser seleccionada per organitzar la Copa Mundial de Futbol de 1934. Per a aquest torneig trenta-quatre associacions van sol·licitar participar, per la qual cosa aquesta vegada es van realitzar eliminatòries per determinar les setze seleccions participants. Com a protesta al boicot del torneig anterior, l'Uruguai es va negar a participar-hi i es va convertir en l'únic equip campió que no ha defensat el títol. La final, guanyada pels italians, va ser la primera transmesa per ràdio en viu.

El 1946 van tornar a la Federació les quatre regions britàniques. Al Hampden Park de Glasgow el 10 de maig de 1947, davant 135 000 espectadors, es va jugar un partit del segle entre el Regne Unit i Resta d'Europa XI, que va guanyar el Regne Unit per 6-1. Els guanys del partit van ascendir a 35.000 lliures esterlines, i van ser donades a la FIFA per ajudar a la seva recuperació després de la guerra. El següent mundial de futbol seria el Brasil 1950. Mentrestant, la FIFA continuaria creixent: per a la celebració dels seus 50 anys ja comptava amb 84 països membres.

El 1954, Jules Rimet va ser substituït pel belga Rodolphe William Seeldrayers, que va morir l'any següent al seu nomenament i va ser succeït per l'anglès Arthur Drewry. Igual que el seu predecessor va tenir una curta presidència i va ser reemplaçat després de la seva mort el 1961 per l'anglès Sir Stanley Rous, un àrbitre retirat que en aquell moment era secretari general de l'organització. Durant la presidència de Rous, l'esport va continuar estenent-se amb l'aparició de la televisió. Rous va promoure l'esport aficionat i va ajudar a fer de la Copa del Món de Futbol un dels esdeveniments esportius internacionals més prestigiosos, possiblement després dels Jocs Olímpics.

Rous va ser substituït en 1974 pel brasiler João Havelange. La FIFA es va convertir en aquesta època en una institució més comercial, va augmentar el nombre d'equips a la Copa del Món a 24 per al Mundial de 1982 i després a 32 al de 1998. També va introduir Israel al futbol internacional (afiliat a la UEFA) i va veure com la FIFA s'estenia per tot el món, amb la incorporació de petites nacions com Guam, Lesotho i Montserrat.

El president següent, el suís Joseph Blatter, va mantenir aquesta política organitzant per primera vegada el Mundial de Futbol a Àsia (Mundial 2002) i Àfrica (Mundial 2010). Blatter va visualitzar la Federació com una gran organització internacional, les accions de la qual tenien impacte global econòmic i polític. Va continuar modernitzant el joc, celebrant el centenari de la FIFA el 2004.

El 22 de maig del 2015, dos dies abans d'una nova elecció per la presidència, en què Blatter competia amb el príncep Ali bin Hussein de Jordània —finalment, aquest últim es va retirar—, diversos alts executius de la FIFA van ser detinguts per casos de corrupció. Però sis dies després de la seva reelecció el 2 de juny de 2015, el mateix president en funcions Joseph Blatter va decidir renunciar al càrrec i convocar una elecció per la presidència de la FIFA en un congrés extraordinari electiu el 26 de febrer de 2016.

Estrcutura

Sis confederacions i 211 associacions nacionals
A més de les seves institucions mundials, hi ha sis confederacions reconegudes per la FIFA que supervisen el joc als diferents continents i regions del món. Les associacions nacionals, i no les confederacions continentals, són membres de la FIFA. Les confederacions continentals estan previstes als estatuts de la FIFA, i la pertinença a una confederació és un requisit previ per ser membre de la FIFA.

En total, la FIFA reconeix 211 associacions nacionals i els seus equips nacionals masculins associats, així com 129 equips nacionals femenins; vegeu la llista d'equips nacionals de futbol i els codis de país respectius. El nombre d'associacions membre de la FIFA és més gran que el nombre d'estats membres de l'ONU, ja que la FIFA ha admès associacions de 23 entitats no sobiranes com a membres per dret propi, com les quatre nacions d'origen del Regne Unit i les dues regions administratives especials de la Xina: Hong Kong i Macau.

La Comissió de Treball de la FIFA de Petites Nacions ha classificat els possibles membres de la FIFA en tres categories:

 Estats sobirans no pertanyents a la FIFA (Estats Federats de Micronèsia, Kiribati, Illes Marshall, Mònaco, Palau, Tuvalu i Ciutat del Vaticà)
 Territoris no sobirans (Åland, Groenlàndia, Guadalupe, Guernsey, Illa de Man, Jersey, Martinica, Illes Mariannes del Nord, Reunió, Sint Maarten i Zanzíbar)
 Zones políticament sensibles (Catalunya, Xipre del Nord i Ossètia del Sud, a més de Gibraltar i Kosovo, que ara són membres de la FIFA).

La Classificació Mundial Masculina de la FIFA s'actualitza mensualment i classifica cada equip en funció del rendiment en competicions internacionals, partits de classificació i amistosos. També hi ha una classificació mundial per al futbol femení, que s'actualitza quatre cops l'any.

Lleis i govern
La FIFA té la seu a Zúric, i és una associació establerta sota la llei de Suïssa.

L'òrgan suprem de la FIFA és el Congrés de la FIFA, una assemblea formada per representants de cada associació membre afiliada. Cada associació nacional de futbol té un vot, independentment de la seva mida o força futbolística. El Congrés es reuneix en sessions ordinàries una vegada a l'any, i les sessions extraordinàries se celebren una vegada a l'any des del 1998. El Congrés pren decisions relacionades amb els estatuts de la FIFA i el mètode d'implementació i d'aplicació. Només el Congrés pot aprovar canvis als estatuts de la FIFA. El Congrés aprova l'informe anual, decideix l'acceptació de noves associacions nacionals i celebra eleccions. El Congrés elegeix el president de la FIFA, el seu secretari general i els altres membres del Consell de la FIFA l'any següent a la Copa Mundial de la FIFA.

El Consell de la FIFA, abans anomenat Comitè Executiu de la FIFA i presidit pel President, és el principal òrgan de decisió de l'organització als intervals del congrés. El consell està compost per 37 persones: el president; 8 vicepresidents; i 28 membres de les confederacions, i almenys un és una dona. El comitè executiu és l'òrgan que decideix quin país organitzarà la Copa del Món.

El president i el secretari general són els principals titulars de la FIFA i s'encarreguen de la seva administració diària, duta a terme per la secretaria general, amb el personal d'aproximadament 280 membres. Gianni Infantino és l'actual president, elegit el 26 de febrer de 2016 en una sessió extraordinària del Congrés de la FIFA després de la suspensió de l'anterior president, Sepp Blatter, en espera d'una investigació per corrupció.

L'estructura organitzativa mundial de la FIFA també consta d'altres òrgans, sota l'autoritat del Consell de la FIFA o creats pel Congrés com a comissions permanents. Entre aquests òrgans hi ha el Comitè d'Emergència de la FIFA, el Comitè d'Ètica de la FIFA, la Comissió de Finances, la Comissió Disciplinària i la Comissió d'Àrbitres.

El Comitè d'Urgència de la FIFA s'ocupa de tots els assumptes que requereixen una solució immediata entre les reunions ordinàries del Consell de la FIFA. El Comitè d'Urgència està format pel president de la FIFA i un membre de cada confederació. Les decisions del Comitè d'Urgència entren en vigor immediatament, encara que han de ser ratificades a la següent reunió del Comitè Executiu.

Presidents

 Robert Guérin (França) 1904-1906
 Daniel Burley Woolfall (Anglaterra) 1906-1918
 Entre 1918-1921 Carl Anton Wilhelm Hirschmann, secretari honorari, va dirigir la FIFA mentre s'elegia un nou president
 Jules Rimet (França) 1921-1954 - nomenat president honorari el 1954
 Rodolphe William Seeldrayers (Bèlgica) 1954-1955
 Arthur Drewry (Regne Unit) 1955-1961
 Sir Stanley Rous (Regne Unit) 1961-1974) -nomenat president honorari el 1974
 João Havelange (Brasil) 1974-1998- nomenat president honorari el 1998
 Joseph Blatter (Suïssa) 1998-2015
 Issa Hayatou (Camerun) 2015-2016 - president en funcions
 Gianni Infantino (Suïssa) 2016-En el càrrec

Competicions que organitza la FIFA

La FIFA organitza, entre altres, les següents competicions de futbol:
 Copa del Món de Futbol (Mundial)
 Torneig Olímpic de Futbol
 Campionat Mundial Juvenil
 Campionat Mundial Sub-17
 Campionat Mundial Sub-20
 Copa del Món Femenina
 Campionat Mundial Femení Sub-20 (abans del 2006, sub-19)
 Copa Confederacions
 Campionat Mundial de Clubs
 Copa Mundial de Futbol de Platja
 Copa Mundial de Futbol sala

Vegeu també
 Llista de membres afiliats a la FIFA
 Fatma Samoura

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"Not knowing is the hardest thing in the world," Doucette said.
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In order to create the following list of fastest US air force fighter planes, we started with the latest addition to the United States' air arsenal, the F-35 Lightning II. We then backtracked through aviation history to the early days of jet aviation, comparing the speeds of various fighters flown under the US banner. Out of the 11 Fastest US Air Force Fighter Planes on our list, only five are in active service. Others have been retired, but their speed record lasts as a reminder of history and the progress aviation has made. Here they are then, beginning on the next page. And if you like reading about the air force, don't miss our article on the 20 Largest Air Forces in the World, as well!