A lot of us hide discouragement. In the midst of it, we won't talk about it most times. Someone could come up to us and say, "God is good!" and we'd smile and answer back, "All the time"; but inside we could really be saying, "This is hard!" We could battle discouragement because of a son or daughter who has departed from the ways of the Lord or because of financial pressure or disappointment in ourselves or disillusionment with others. We've all faced that, haven't we, no matter our age or background? In the New Testament, the word sometimes used for discouraged is disheartened. When we get discouraged, we get down, we lose our vitality, and even our faith is affected.
This theme of discouragement is discussed very openly in the Bible. We know that many heroes of the faith battled it at one time or another in their lives. How amazing it is, then, to read the words of the apostle Paul, saying, "For this reason, we never become discouraged [emphasis added]." Really, Paul? Never? What is this about? Was Paul spared a lot of the heartache we all go through as human beings? On the contrary, earlier in the chapter, he writes about the things he went through as he went around preaching the gospel: "We are often troubled, but not crushed…there are many enemies, but we are never without a friend; and though badly hurt at times, we are not destroyed." Paul was shipwrecked, put in prison, beaten, left alone by people who had promised to be there for him; yet he talked about the possibility of never becoming discouraged.
Don't you want to learn that secret of being victorious over discouragement every single day? Because when we become discouraged, it affects our marriages, our children, other relationships. It also keeps us from being all that God wants us to be; if we're discouraged, feeling that we can't make it ourselves, how are we going to help someone else? So Paul's secret is one we all have to learn.


Z Gee, I wish we could get better reception on the television. - - Z Better.
Garfield, begging for food is not going to get you anything to eat. - Throwing a tantrum is not going to get you anything to eat. WAH! - Now you're getting somewhere.
BONK! OUCH! - WHANG! YOU STUPID APPLE TREE! - Tink! I must learn to curb this temper of mine.
My mom writes the greatest letters, Garfield. Listen to this... - - Don't spoil it for me, Jon. I'm waiting for the movie to come out.
Garfield, I know you're hiding out there somewhere. Come on. Let's go to the vet! - FUMP! - AHA! I hate autumn.
Garfield, you make a lovely fire. I do make a lovely fire. - Well, I gotta get ready for my date. You enjoy your lovely fire. I'll enjoy my lovely fire. - HEY! WHERE ARE ALL My BOW TIES?! They make a lovely fire.
Most cat owners reflect the grace, style and poise of their cats. - Most cat owners are informed, sensitive and intelligent. - Bozo, the wonder nerd here, doesn't know what century it is.
Oh, very well, Garfield, you may have one bite of my spaghetti. - twirl twirl twirl - I don't give that cat enough credit.
CAPTAIN! CAPTAIN! THERE'S A BLACK HOLE DEAD AHEAD! - WE CAN'T TURN BACK! THE GRAVITATIONAL PULL IS TOO GREAT! ARRRRRRGH! - They just went where no man has gone before.
Which do you want, Garfield? The lasagna or the bananas? - The bananas? - We're talking play value here.
I found a food that even you won't be able to play with, Garfield, tomato soup. - SPLUT - As long as I live, I'll never understand cats. Cats? What are cats? We soda crackers know nothing of cats.
Wealthy philanthropist, J. Worthington III was found face down in his tomato soup. - Was it natural causes? - GARFIELD! Or was it because he was about to write J. Worthington IV out of his will?
Hello, I'm RX-2, your talking scale. If you step on me, I'll tell you your weight. - GET OFF! GET OFF! GET OFF! GET OFF! - Whew! Thank you! Wise guy.
How am I doing, RX-2? - You know those two pounds you lost last week? Yes. - They are back with reinforcements.
- - You've gained weight, Garfield. I wonder how he knew me.
How's my favorite talking scale? Are you ready to weigh me? - Uh...I'll tell you what. What? - What say we weigh one part at a time, and I'll give you a total. Very funny.
- You weigh 175 pounds and you are 6 feet tall. - How do you know my height? I'm diversifying.
Your weight is the same as yesterday, sir. Have a nice day. - Talking scales. What will they think of next? - What a lard ball. You're telling me?
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, honey. And people think cats do strange things. - I'm in the mood for love * - Well, Garfield, how do I look? - You don't like it, huh? - Maybe if I changed my tie and my pants and my... - Now what do you think? - Great!
I'll see you later. - People who have no minds of their own DESERVE to look like clowns.
There's a nice thing about owning a cat. sniff - - CRASH! But I don't know what it is.
Okay, talking scale, how much do I weigh? - Do you mind if I ask a personal question first? Shoot. - How many of you are there?
Garfield, you eat food like it grows on trees. I wasn't born yesterday. I know the food fairy brings it in the night. - What if the food just stopped? I could handle that. - It's the eating I would miss.
- - Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't know this mailman was taken. That's quite all right.
I know I haven't written yet, mom. I'm sorry. Yes, I'll come visit you when I can, okay? - I FEEL LIKE SUCH a HEEL! - Jon takes so many guilt trips, he qualifies for the frequent flyer plan.


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BERLIN, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) -- The e-cigarette industry is benefiting from booming demand for the tobacco-free smoking alternative, the German association for e-cigarette Trade (VdeH) told press at the ongoing "InterTabac" trade fair in Dortmund on Friday.
According to the association, e-cigarette revenue has increased by 39 percent in 2017 to a total of 580 million euros (681.3 million U.S. dollars). As a consequence, revenue has now more than doubled in only two years compared to 270 million euros in sales back in 2015.
"The trend is a steep upwards one," Dac Sprengel, the director of VdeH, said.
In spite of the confidence expressed by Sprengel, Jan Muecke of the German Cigarette Association (DZV) said that his longer-standing industry did not view the new product as a threat.
Muecke noted that several major tobacco companies had already introduced their own electric versions to "broaden the product portfolio". E-cigarettes were still a niche product, accounting for less than a fifth of the 26 billion euros in revenue achieved with the sale of the traditional cigarettes in Germany in 2017.
While Spengel admitted that e-cigarettes sales are still a long way from that figure, he predicted that continued rapid growth could propel revenue in 2019 to 900 million euros. He urged the German government to offer its support to the electric alternative which he claimed could help reduce the incidence of cancer in the country.
Spengel's association estimates that e-cigarettes are "at least 95 percent less harmful" than normal cigarettes. Although the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) shares the view that there are relative benefits, the medical organization has warned that e-cigarettes still contain the extremely addictive substance nicotine and could hence undermine efforts for smokers to give up the habit.
In light of a growing health consciousness among consumers, the DZV generally expects its market to shrink by a longer-term annual rate of around 1-2 percent. The number of cigarettes manufactured annually in Germany has already halved to around 150 billion during the past 15 years.
"InterTabac" is the largest regular industry trade fair of its kind in Germany. Around 500 exhibitors are presenting their products, ranging from cigarettes, cigars to pipes and vaporizers in Dortmund until Sunday.


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Amid Ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic, Governor Cuomo Announces Sixth Region Hits Benchmark to Begin Reopening Tomorrow
Western New York Joins Central New York, North Country, Finger Lakes, Southern Tier and Mohawk Valley Regions, Which Have Met the Seven Metrics Required to Begin Reopening
State Department of Health has Granted Erie County Medical Center a Waiver to Restart Elective Procedures
Announces New Efforts to Bring More Tests to Nursing Home Facilities to Help Meet New Guidelines Requiring All Nursing Home Employees Be Tested Twice Per Week
Encourages Major Sports Teams to Plan Reopening Without Fans
Amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Governor Cuomo announced that Western New York has met all seven metrics required to begin phase one of the state's regional phased reopening plan starting tomorrow, joining the Central New York, North Country, Finger Lakes, Southern Tier and Mohawk Valley Regions. Western New York has now identified enough contact tracers to meet the state's guidelines, and the tracers are being trained today in preparation for Western New York entering phase one, which includes construction; manufacturing and wholesale supply chain; retail for curbside pickup and drop-off or in-store pickup; and agriculture, forestry and fishing. Business guidance for phase one of the state's reopening plan is available here. A guide to the state's "NY Forward Reopening" Plan is available here. The state's regional monitoring dashboard is available here.
Governor Cuomo also announced the State Department of Health has granted Erie County Medical Center a waiver to restart elective procedures.
The Governor also announced new efforts to bring more tests to nursing home facilities to help these facilities meet new guidelines mandating that all nursing homes and adult care facilities test all personnel for COVID-19 two times per week. The state is connecting nursing home facilities with labs to get more tests to these facilities, and so far the labs have reserved at least 35,000 tests per day just for this purpose. The state is also sending 320,000 test kits to nursing homes statewide this week.
The Governor also encouraged major sports teams to plan reopening without fans and offered the state's help on this effort.
Even with the highest number of cases in the country, New Yorkers responded with great unity and discipline and have done a phenomenal job in reducing the spread of the virus and flattening the curve.
"Even with the highest number of cases in the country, New Yorkers responded with great unity and discipline and have done a phenomenal job in reducing the spread of the virus and flattening the curve," Governor Cuomo said. "Reopening is now our big topic of discussion, and we are making these decisions based on the facts, science and data, but we still need New Yorkers to continue to do their part to ensure those numbers don't go back up as regions and businesses reopen."


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Q: Layout is Orientation =vertical when device rotate it wont work I have the following layout set to Orientation = vertical. But when I rotate the emulator to Landscape, it show the Layout in Landscape.
I want the Layout be in orientation vertical even the device rotate to Landscape.
How to solve this problem?  Appreciate your help.

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    android:id="@+id/myLinearLayout"
    android:minWidth="25px"
    android:minHeight="25px">
    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/myLabel"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="Put Your Name here :" />
    <EditText
        android:id="@+id/myEditBox"
        android:inputType="textMultiLine"
        android:textColor="@android:color/background_dark"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
    <Button
        android:id="@+id/myButton"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="Hey! Click Me" />
</LinearLayout>

A: android:orientation="vertical" means that the children are inserted into the layout vertically. So when you add more views they will stack underneath each other.
Vertical:

Horizontal:

This is the layout I used. Try change the orientation on your own and see the effect:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:orientation="horizontal"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent">
    <View
        android:background="#aabbdd"
        android:layout_width="50dp"
        android:layout_height="50dp" />
    <View
        android:background="#341233"
        android:layout_width="50dp"
        android:layout_height="50dp" />
    <View
        android:background="#123456"
        android:layout_width="50dp"
        android:layout_height="50dp" />
    <View
        android:background="#654321"
        android:layout_width="50dp"
        android:layout_height="50dp" />
    <View
        android:background="#550000"
        android:layout_width="50dp"
        android:layout_height="50dp" />
</LinearLayout>

If you want to lock rotation in your Activity, you need to add the following property to your ActivityAttribute:
ScreenOrientation = ScreenOrientation.Portrait

So it will look something like:
[Activity(Label = "Herp Derp", ScreenOrientation = ScreenOrientation.Portrait)]
public class HerpDerpActivity : Activity
{
    // more stuff here
}

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The Endgame Season 1 E02 Preview: Elena Forces Val's Past Into Play
by Ray Flook
After Morena Baccarin's Elena Federova got everyone's attention in the series premiere of NBC's The Endgame, we're now only hours away until the next episode begins adding layers to an already shady situation for Ryan Michelle Bathé's FBI Agent Val Turner. In the following preview images, episode overview, and promo for "Fairytale Wedding," Elena has a kidnapping in motion that not only pulls away Val's attention from the bigger picture but also puts Val's past very much into play. Meanwhile, developments at one of the banks may or may not be according to plan…
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The Endgame Season 1 Episode 2 "Fairytale Wedding": A kidnapping orchestrated by Elena puts Val to the test as her past resurfaces and becomes a part of the bigger play. The FBI Task Force contends with an unexpected turn of events in one of the banks.
Now here's a look back at one of the earlier first-look previews for NBC's The Endgame:
A pulse-pounding high-stakes two-hander about Elena Federova, a recently captured international arms dealer and brilliant criminal mastermind who orchestrates a number of coordinated bank heists throughout New York City for a mysterious purpose. Her antagonist is Val Turner, the principled, relentless and socially outcast FBI agent who will stop at nothing to foil her ambitious plan. The gripping heist drama reveals how far some people will go for love, justice and the most valuable commodity in the world: the truth.
Nicholas Wootton writes and executive produces, with Jake Coburn, Julie Plec, Emily Cummins, Andrew Schneider, and pilot director Justin Lin also executive producing. NBC's The Endgame is produced by Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, with Nicholas Wootton Productions, Jake Coburn Productions, My So-Called Company, and Perfect Storm Entertainment.
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These easy-to-build shelters are helping cities quickly provide cover to the homeless
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Two years ago, Tacoma, Washington, declared a state of emergency over homelessness. With 1,300 people experiencing homelessness in the surrounding Pierce County, and hundreds of them living on Tacoma's streets, officials kicked off a three-phase plan to address the issue. They deployed rapid resource pop-ups, such as hand-washing stations and portables, and worked to expand…
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As flood risk rises in St. Petersburg, city weighs whether to allow increased development in flood zones
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The Vice Chancellor of the Federal University Ndufu Alike Ikwo (FUNAI), Ebonyi State, Professor Chinedum Nwajiuba on Tuesday, 22nd of November 2016, inaugurated an Endowment Committee, to aid in scouting for funds from donor agencies, corporate organisations and good-spirited individuals to assist in the development of the University. The Committee is led by the Director of Research and Development, Prof. O. O Ugwu.
VC, Prof. Chinedum Nwajiuba (9th R) in a group photograph with members of the Committee on Endowment after their inauguration at Senate Chamber
During the inauguration which was held at the University's Senate Chamber, Professor Nwajiuba said there is no going back to the world class vision of the University despite the dwindling revenue accruing to the University.
He stated that despite the cash crunch hitting the Nigerian varsities, FUNAI no doubt has to devise other means through which its aspiration could be attained, noting that government alone cannot fund education. He used the opportunity to solicit the support of all Ebonyi people (host state of the University) especially the political and business elites in taking the University to greater heights, adding that the University would not achieve much without their contribution.
A cross section of members of the Committee on Endowment during their inauguration at the Senate Chamber
The Vice Chancellor said the members were carefully selected to assist the University, and charged them to deploy their political, economic, social and religious contacts to attract benefits to the University.
Speaking on behalf of the members, the chairman of the committee, Prof. O.O Ugwuu thanked the University Management for finding them worthy and pledged their towards meeting the expectations of the University. He promised to emulate the endowment funds of Ivy League varsities like Yale, Waterloo and Harvard which he said have robust funds.
Members of the committee include: Professor O.O Ugwu (Chairman), Professor Adline Idike, Professor Philip Umoke, Dr. Afam Icha-Ituma, Dr Charles Ogbakirigwe, Dr. Tina Nweze, Dr. Chinyere Elom, Dr. Chuma Okoro, Dr. Amaka Uwa, Dr. Franca Ogba, Mrs. Susan Ugorji, Ms Josephine Odion, and Ms Enene Akonjom while Ms Adaobi Ibeneme will serve as the Secretary.


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Admiral of the Fleet Sir George Cockburn, 10th Baronet,  (22 April 1772 – 19 August 1853) was a British Royal Navy officer. As a captain he was present at the Battle of Cape St Vincent in February 1797 during the French Revolutionary Wars and commanded the naval support at the reduction of Martinique in February 1809 during the Napoleonic Wars. He also directed the capture and Burning of Washington on 24 August 1814 as an advisor to Major General Robert Ross during the War of 1812. He went on to be First Naval Lord and in that capacity sought to improve the standards of gunnery in the fleet, forming a gunnery school at Portsmouth; later he ensured that the Navy had the latest steam and screw technology and put emphasis on the ability to manage seamen without the need to resort to physical punishment.

Naval career

Cockburn was born the second son of Sir James Cockburn, 8th Baronet and his second wife Augusta Anne Ayscough. He was educated at the Royal Navigational School and joined the Royal Navy in March 1781 as a Captain's servant in the sixth-rate HMS Resource. He joined the sloop HMS Termagant in 1787, transferred to the sloop HMS Ariel under the Commander-in-Chief, East Indies in 1788, and then became midshipman in the fifth-rate HMS Hebe in the Channel Squadron in 1791. He joined the fourth-rate HMS Romney in the Mediterranean Fleet later in 1791 and then became acting lieutenant in the fifth-rate HMS Pearl in 1792. He was promoted to the substantive rank of lieutenant on 2 January 1793, and became lieutenant on the brig-sloop HMS Orestes later that month before transferring to the first-rate HMS Britannia in the Mediterranean Fleet in February 1793 and then to the first-rate HMS Victory, Flagship of the Mediterranean Fleet, in June 1793. He became commander of the sloop HMS Speedy in October 1793 and acting captain of the fifth-rate HMS Inconstant in January 1794.

Cockburn was promoted to the substantive rank of captain on 10 February 1794 and given command of the fifth-rate HMS Meleager in the Mediterranean Fleet later that month. He took part in the blockade of Livorno in March 1795, and he was given command of the frigate HMS Minerve in August 1796, having been mentioned in despatches in May 1796. He fought a gallant action with the Spanish frigate Santa Sabina in January 1797 and was present at the battle of Cape St Vincent in February 1797 during the French Revolutionary Wars.

Minerves boats' crews, in company with those of the frigate , successfully cut out the French ship Mutine at Santa Cruz, Tenerife in May 1797.

Cockburn was given command of the fifth-rate HMS Phaeton on the East Indies Station in July 1803, of the third-rate HMS Captain in July 1806, and of the third-rate HMS Pompée in March 1808. He commanded the naval support at the reduction of Martinique in February 1809 during the Napoleonic Wars, for which he received the thanks of Parliament.

Cockburn commanded a squadron of warships for the landings in Walcheren in July 1809 during the Walcheren Campaign. He took command of the third-rate HMS Implacable off the coast of Spain in January 1810 and sailed to Quiberon Bay with a small squadron whose mission was to arrange the escape of the King of Spain, whom the French had imprisoned at the Château de Valençay. The mission failed when Ferdinand refused to have anything to do with the British. Cockburn was promoted to commodore, hoisting his broad pennant in the fourth-rate HMS Grampus in November 1811.

War of 1812

Cockburn was promoted to rear admiral on 12 August 1812, and hoisted his flag in the third-rate HMS Marlborough as commander of a squadron of ships off Cadiz. He was reassigned in November 1812 to the North American Station, where he played a major role in the War of 1812 as second-in-command to Admiral Sir John Warren until the end of March 1814, and then to Warren's successor Admiral Sir Alexander Cochrane for the rest of the war.

He cruised relentlessly up and down the Chesapeake Bay and other parts of the Atlantic coast in 1813 and 1814, seizing American shipping, disrupting commerce, and raiding the ports. The author of a book about this era stated that Cockburn's mission was "to rough up the Americans ... torching any homes construed as being supportive of the militia ... promoting fear and hatred". This proved to be an effective strategy that succeeded in creating opposition to "Mr. Madison's War" among the Americans.

The most important of Cockburn's involvements during the War was his role in the capture and burning of Washington on 24 August 1814, undertaken as an advisor to Major General Robert Ross. The plan to attack Washington had been formulated by Cockburn who accurately predicted that "within a short period of time, with enough force, we could easily have at our mercy the capital". A CBC News article described Major General Robert Ross as less optimistic than Cockburn. Ross "never dreamt for one minute that an army of 3,500 men with 1,000 marines reinforcement, with no cavalry, hardly any artillery, could march 50 miles inland and capture an enemy capital.

Cockburn had reached Benedict, Maryland, via the Patuxent River with his warships; the troops then disembarked and marched to Washington to mount the attack. The 4,500 troops, commanded by Major General Robert Ross, successfully captured the capital city on 24 August 1814. Cockburn accompanied Ross and recommended burning the entire city. Ross decided instead to put only public buildings to the torch, including the White House and the US Capitol, while sparing nearly all of the privately-owned properties.

Following the battle, Cockburn oversaw the destruction of the National Intelligencer newspaper's offices and printing house by his soldiers; he famously stated: "Be sure that all the C's are destroyed, so that the rascals cannot any longer abuse my name."

He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath on 4 January 1815.

Subsequent years
In August 1815, Cockburn was given the job of conveying Napoleon I in the third-rate HMS Northumberland to Saint Helena. Cockburn remained there for some months as governor of the island and Commander-in-Chief of the Cape of Good Hope Station. He was advanced to Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath on 20 February 1818, and promoted to vice-admiral on 12 August 1819. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society on 21 December 1820.

Political career

Entering politics, Cockburn was elected Tory Member of Parliament for Portsmouth at the 1818 general election and was appointed a Junior Naval Lord in the Liverpool ministry in April 1818. He became Tory Member of Parliament for Weobly at the 1820 general election and, having become Major-General of the Royal Marine Forces on 5 April 1821 and a member of the Privy Council on 30 April 1827, he was elected Tory Member of Parliament for Plymouth at a by-election in June 1828. While serving as a Junior Naval Lord, he forced the resignation of the Duke of Clarence as Lord High Admiral in September 1828 for acting without the authority of the Board of the Admiralty. Cockburn was elevated to First Naval Lord in the Wellington ministry in September 1828 and in that capacity sought to improve the standards of gunnery in the fleet, forming a gunnery school at Portsmouth. He resigned when the Government fell from power in November 1830, but remained active in Parliamentary affairs, including leading the opposition to abolition of the Navy Board in 1832. After losing his seat in Parliament at the 1832 general election he returned to sea and became Commander-in-Chief of the North America and West Indies Station, hoisting his flag in the fourth-rate HMS Vernon, in December 1832.

Cockburn became First Naval Lord briefly again in the First Peel ministry in December 1834 but resigned when the Government fell from power in April 1835. He then returned to his old post as Commander-in-Chief of the North America and West Indies Station. Promoted to full admiral on 10 January 1837, he was elected Tory Member of Parliament for Ripon at a by-election in September 1841 and also became First Naval Lord again in the Second Peel ministry later that month. As First Sea Lord he ensured that the Navy had latest steam and screw technology and put emphasis of the ability to manage seamen without the need to resort to physical punishment. He resigned when the Government fell from power in July 1846, became Rear-Admiral of the United Kingdom on 10 August 1847 and was promoted to Admiral of the Fleet on 1 July 1851. He inherited the family baronetcy from his elder brother in February 1852 and died at Leamington Spa on 19 August 1853. He is buried in Kensal Green Cemetery.

Cockburn Sound in Western Australia was named after him by Captain James Stirling in 1827. Cockburn Island, at the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula, was named for him by Sir James Clark Ross during his Antarctic expedition between 1839 and 1843. Cape Cockburn and Cockburn Bay on Nelson Island on the west coast of Canada were named after him.

Family
In 1809, Cockburn married his cousin Mary Cockburn. The couple had one surviving daughter, Augusta Harriot Mary Cockburn (d. 1869), who married Captain John Cochrane Hoseason.

Cockburn's distant cousins are writer Alexander Cockburn (1941-2012) and actress Olivia Wilde.

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Hunter Games
By Rachel Levin
Because women hunt, too, you know.
Dressed in leopard-print flats, a plaid button-down and a white faux-fur vest, Ashley Tudor looks like the sort of trendy urbanite who spends her weekends working out at, say, Soul Cycle — not stalking elk in the wild. While most Michael Pollan disciples agree we should know where our food comes from, Tudor, who lives in San Francisco's tony Pacific Heights, takes it to another level: She can pinpoint the exact patch of grass where the animal took its last breath. Here, the 33-year-old nutrition guru, author, artist and chef (and former vegetarian) shares what it's like to shoot and kill her own supper. And to make a living? She turns taxidermy on its head and transforms elk skulls into $10,000 to $35,000 art. Bronzed European-style casts that you can find in high-end galleries from San Francisco to Jackson, Wyoming, to New York City. Nose to tail — to wall mount.
She doesn't just know where her food comes from. She can pinpoint the exact patch of grass where the animal took its last breath.
So, wait, you used to never eat meat, and now you're a hunter?
Well, I became a vegetarian in fourth grade; I had this one really influential teacher. It lasted through high school, and then one day, my body just really started craving meat and I had a hamburger.
And now, here you are, with how many guns in your house?
You don't want to know.
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How'd you get started?
My brother's always hunted; he learned in the Boy Scouts. But for me, it initially grew out of my desire to source clean pastured meat; at the time it wasn't the rage it is now. Five or six years ago, I was working at Ideo as a design strategist, and we had a trip to an unnamed area in the middle of the country, to a large, unnamed industrial meat-processing plant, and it was just gross. I was exposed to the conditions that these animals lived in. I got kind of into it. I'd go visit my parents in Iowa and check out the massive slaughterhouses. You know, it's farmland out there; it's like Disneyland for city dwellers.
Pretty disturbing?
Those experiences really stuck with me. That exposure, coupled with my background and knowledge in nutrition — and the ability to try hunting with my brother; that was it.
Tell me about your first time.
I was in my late 20s. My brother and I flew into this ranch in Idaho and set up camp. We were up at 4 a.m., had breakfast and then we got on horses and rode out as the sun was coming up. Animals move around at dawn and dusk, so we glassed with our binoculars for like five hours. Took a nap in the heat of the day. It had been two weeks out there and we'd seen nothing. And then we spotted a herd of elk. They got spooked but we went back the next day. It was a three-day hunt until we got close enough. The elk was 260 yards away when I shot him.
How'd that feel?
It sucked. It sucks. It's a double-edged sword, you know. The joy of the hunt and taking the life of an animal. It's really hard. We skinned it, gutted it. Elk pee on themselves; it's a horrible smell. You have to get in really close, really get in there. I couldn't do it. I can do it now, but I couldn't then. Obviously, not something you face when you take it out of the plastic at the grocery store.
It's a double-edged sword, you know. The joy of the hunt and taking the life of an animal.
Must taste better, too.
I felt extreme reverence for the meat. I didn't want it to spoil; I didn't want to waste any or give it away to someone who wouldn't appreciate it. I'm definitely not a cold-blooded killer. It was an 1,800-pound elk, about 1,200 pounds of meat; fed our family for a year. Steaks, sausages, roasts, jerky.
I'm not really the taxidermy type, but your bronzed elk skulls are gorgeous.
Thanks. Coming from a design background, I really wanted to do something sculptural, something different. I create a mold from the original skull and then fill the mold with molten wax, which hardens and makes an exact replica. From cast to mold to pouring the bronze, and buffing to a shine and attaching the antlers, each finished piece takes about three months. I'm currently working on a solid gold elk head that is 28 pounds of expensive.
Where do you go around here?
I'll hunt boar in the Oakland Hills … quail … I'll go to the range. There are a bunch in the Bay Area. Hunting is an art you've got to practice. In Marin, there's ladies' nights. Shooting and Champagne!
Still, hunting probably isn't the most popular weekend activity for a single woman in San Francisco.
Ha, yeah, my friends go out for dinner. I kill it.
Do you, like, strap the animal to the roof your car?
Nooo, not in the Bay Area; that'd probably offend people. I'll generally put it in a bag in my trunk, bring it back to my kitchen, break the animal down and say, 'Guys, I've got a pig. Come on over.' Everyone shows up.
You don't wear camouflage, huh?
No. I prefer Swiss mountain attire, felt hats and stuff. This whole notion of the American hunter is so dumb! You don't really need to wear camo. Maybe if you're duck hunting, but deer, elk, they're color-blind. They don't know camo from a cashmere sweater.
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29 Mar 2022|Paul DibbRussia–Ukraine war
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What are the causes of Russia's brutal war against Ukraine and why have they created Europe's most serious conflict since World War II? The answer is in the mind of President Vladimir Putin, the only person in today's Russia with the authority to go to war.
Richard Betts warns in his seminal work Surprise attack: lessons for defense planning, 'Pure bolts from the blue do not happen. Sudden attacks occur after prolonged political conflict.'
I must stress that I do not agree with any of Putin's views. However, it is important for us to record what he says—and he says a lot—and to understand how he thinks.
We need to discuss three major issues: Putin's perception of why the USSR collapsed more than 30 years ago and what he claims was Russia's humiliation by an America that proclaimed it won the Cold War; his views about the eastward extension of NATO and its alleged threat to Russia; and the creation of a nation-state called Ukraine 30 years ago and why Putin wrongly considers it part of Russia.
Putin has described the Soviet Union's collapse in 1991 as the most serious geopolitical catastrophe of the 20th century. He witnessed the USSR go from being the peer competitor of the US to becoming a bankrupt power whose GDP collapsed by over 40% in 12 months. Russian citizens lost their life savings, jobs, apartments and perks with the communist party. There were huge shortages and queues for basic foodstuffs, widespread hunger and, it is said, even famine in some remote parts of the USSR.
Rodric Braithwaite, UK ambassador to Moscow from 1988 to 1992 and chairman of London's Joint Intelligence Committee from 1992 to 1993, says America and its allies 'failed to avoid triumphalism' over the disintegration of the Soviet empire. The belief in Washington that America won the Cold War, and that it was now the world's sole superpower, 'led America into one diplomatic misjudgement after another in the next three decades'. Braithwaite considers that the Americans acted as if Russia's foreign and domestic policy was theirs to shape. He quotes President Bill Clinton's adviser, Strobe Talbott, as saying, 'Russia is either coming our way, or it's not, in which case it is going to founder, as the USSR did.'
The rotting Soviet economy was declining so rapidly that President Mikhail Gorbachev was begging Washington for a sort of Marshall Plan, involving loans of US$100–150 billion. President George H.W. Bush was facing his own acute budgetary problems and his Treasury secretary, Nicholas Brady, advised that it would be 'an absolute disaster' to give the Soviets 'any money to stay as they are'. Brady went on to articulate America's strategic priority: 'What is involved is changing Soviet society so that it can't afford a defence system. If the Soviets go to a market system, then they can't afford a large defence establishment. A reform program would turn them into a third-rate power, which is what we want.'
Bush, advised by Brady, also opposed the idea of providing the Soviets with 'maneuvering room' for paying their debts. Brady was firmly against the idea of a massive Western financial package to stabilise Russia's economy in its transition to capitalism. He said: 'We have just had a momentous triumph for our values and for our vital interests. I think we are in a strong position not to be rushed into hasty decisions. We should be able to resist pressures for large-scale cash assistance.' Instead, Congress approved US$400 million annually to help dismantle and control Soviet nuclear weapons, including those in Ukraine and Kazakhstan.
Braithwaite claims that all this seeped into the Russian public consciousness and aroused an overwhelming sense of humiliation and resentment which coloured the making of Russian policy for decades 'and was persistently underestimated by Western policymakers and commentators'. In Braithwaite's view, Western diplomacy towards Russia and Eastern Europe has been by turns arrogant and incompetent.
Many commentators don't agree with Braithwaite's interpretation of the reasons for the Soviet collapse. They consider it was more to do with the bumbling financial incompetence of authorities still captured by their state planning ideology. They also point to the disastrous impact on the Soviet state of the deadly political war between Yeltsin and Gorbachev.
So, how was NATO's enlargement handled? Robert Hunter, the US ambassador to NATO from 1993 to 1998, observes that NATO at its 1997 summit, following the conclusion of the NATO–Russia Founding Act, found Russia to be deeply opposed to any idea of NATO membership for Ukraine. Hunter records that the prevailing view in the Bush administration was that, since the Soviet Union had lost the Cold War, the US and NATO 'could do as they pleased'. He notes that increasingly evident revanchist Russian impulses, backed by an emerging capacity to act on them, were ignored.
Hunter observes that Putin's presentation at the Munich Security Conference in January 2007 was notable for its bluntness. Putin said NATO expansion represented a serious provocation that reduced mutual trust. 'And we have the right to ask: against whom is this expansion intended?' He then quoted the speech of NATO Secretary-General Manfred Woerner in Brussels on 17 May 1990: 'The fact that we are ready not to place a NATO army outside of German territory gives the Soviet Union a firm security guarantee.'
There are many different views about what promises were, or were not, given to Moscow about NATO's expansion. Mary Sarotte in her recent book, Not one inch: America, Russia, and the making of post-Cold War stalemate, argues that on 9 February 1990, US Secretary of State James Baker, in conversation with Gorbachev, proposed: 'Would you prefer to see a unified Germany outside of NATO, independent and with no US forces, or would you prefer a unified Germany to be tied to NATO, with assurances that NATO's jurisdiction would not shift one inch eastward from its present position?' The Soviet leader replied that any expansion of the 'zone of NATO' was not acceptable. And, according to Gorbachev, Baker answered, 'We agree with that.'
Some claim that there's no record of the Baker–Gorbachev exchange. But Sarotte footnotes her source as West German chancellery documents in a letter that Baker sent on 10 February 1990 to Chancellor Helmut Kohl, recording his meeting with Gorbachev the previous day. Sarotte also quotes from National Security Agency records that Robert Gates, deputy head of the National Security Council, posed the same question to KGB head Vladimir Kryuchkov in KGB headquarters on 9 February 1990. That record states that Gates thought the idea that 'NATO troops would move no further east than they now were' was 'a sound proposal'. US authorities continue to point to the lack of any written agreement afterwards as a sign that the secretary of state and Gates 'had only been test-driving one potential option of many'.
In his 2016 book, The new Russia, Gorbachev reflects that the issue of enlarging NATO was just one manifestation of America's triumphalism after 'winning' the Cold War and its 'superpower illusions' (using the words of former US ambassador Jack Matlock), which reached their apogee—said Gorbachev—during the Bush administration. Gorbachev concluded, 'I believe there is a desire to keep Russia half strangled as long as possible.'
Of course, former Warsaw Pact members had an entirely different view about NATO's expansion after 40 years of subjugation by the USSR. They had experienced violent occupation by Moscow, not least in Hungary in 1956 and Czechoslovakia in 1968. Rather than organically expanding at America's behest—as some commentators suggest—NATO was enlarged at the specific request of Eastern European countries for obvious security reasons.
Debates about Russian membership of NATO were resolved 30 years ago, basically in the negative. Russia was considered too big to join NATO because it would dominate Europe. That geopolitical judgement still holds: Russia is too huge and unpredictable for integration within the Western orbit. That certainly can't be considered a legitimate reason to invade Ukraine.
Putin's perception of Ukraine as part of Russia has been rightly utterly rejected by the vast number of Ukrainians of both Russian and Ukrainian descent now defending their homeland from Russia's brutal invasion. Putin's refusal to accept that Ukraine is a separate country is outrageous.
In 1991, Gorbachev's aide, Georgy Shakhnazarov, advised him that Russia should officially declare that the Crimea, Donbas and southern parts of Ukraine 'constitute historical parts of Russia, and Russia does not intend to give them up, in case Ukraine leaves the Union'. But apparently Gorbachev never followed this up with either Boris Yeltsin or the president-elect of Ukraine, Leonid Kravchuk, as the Soviet Union disintegrated.
Putin allegedly authored a paper in July 2021 titled, 'On the historical unity of Russians and Ukrainians', a 7,000-word diatribe arguing that Russians and Ukrainians are one people sharing essentially 'the same historical and spiritual space'' He argues that modern Ukraine is 'entirely the product of the Soviet-era' and claims that Ukraine was dragged into a dangerous geopolitical game turning it into a barrier between Europe and Russia, 'a springboard against Russia'.
Putin's real fear is that the continuation of an independent, democratic Ukraine will contaminate Russia and threaten his position as president. The Maidan revolution in Kyiv in February 2014 that led to the overthrow of Viktor Yanukovich's pro-Russian regime continues to haunt Putin. A month later, in March 2014, Putin ordered the invasion and occupation of Crimea.
Putin even claims, 'It would not be an exaggeration to say that … the formation of an ethnically pure Ukrainian state, aggressive towards Russia, is comparable in its consequences to the use of weapons of mass destruction against us.' He threatens to 'never allow our historical territories and people close to us living there to be used against Russia. And to those who will undertake such an attempt, I would like to say that this way they will destroy their own country.' Putin quotes Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, the son of a Russian father and a Ukrainian mother, that historically Russians and Ukrainians 'constituted a single people' and that post-Soviet Russia should preserve its Slav core consisting of Russia, Ukraine and Belarus populated by 'three fraternal peoples'.
Underlying Putin's posturing is his aim to re-establish Russia as a great power (velikaya derzharva). His view is that without dominance over Ukraine, Russia cannot be a great power and that a Ukraine closely associated with NATO—even remaining outside the alliance—is a threat to Russia.
Putin now believes Russia can demand that its role as a great power be obeyed. But he has seriously overreached and his barbaric attack on Ukraine promises to permanently make Russia a pariah state. Only Putin's removal can bring any hope of resolution to this bitter conflict.
So, what does the future look like? It's predictable that Russia and Ukraine will remain enemies for life. And given that Putin may have further territorial ambitions in the Baltic countries, there's a heightened risk of a Russian war with NATO that could escalate to the use of nuclear weapons. Putin must consider future contingencies both at home and overseas that threaten Russia's very existence. The risk here is that an isolated and declining Russia with a terminally damaged reputation will be even more dangerous.
Paul Dibb is emeritus professor of strategic studies at the Australian National University. His book The Soviet Union: the incomplete superpower was published in 1986. Image: Getty Images.
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"The KC-46A Aircrew Training System will develop, produce and sustain a complete aircrew training system including simulators, coursework, software, etc.," said Ed Gulick, Air Force spokesman.
The deal calls for delivery of the first aircrew training device by February 2016. The $787 million contract contains options for production, training, operations and sustainment, according to an Air Force press statement.
"The aircrew training devices and courseware are scheduled to begin arriving at the formal training unit and operational air bases in 2016 and will be used to prepare flight crews to operate the new tanker. Work under this contract is expected to be completed by 2026 if options are exercised," the statement reads.
The Air Force contracted with Boeing in February 2011 for 179 KC-46A tankers to begin recapitalizing the KC-135 Stratotanker fleet by 2028. The program is working toward completion of the critical design review later this year, setting the stage to build and fly the first KC-46A Tanker in 2015, according to an Air Force press statement.
"This is a vital step in the development of KC-46A," Maj. Gen. John Thompson, Program Executive Officer for Tankers, said in a written statement from the service. "We have reached an award that is the product of a disciplined, meticulous and transparent source selection and delivers real value for the warfighter."
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Geografija
Kraj se nahaja v pokrajini Bugey, 34 km južno od središča departmaja Bourga.

Administracija
Ambérieu-en-Bugey je sedež istoimenskega kantona, v katerega so poleg njegove vključene še občine L'Abergement-de-Varey, Ambronay, Bettant, Château-Gaillard, Douvres, Saint-Denis-en-Bugey in Saint-Maurice-de-Rémens z 18.997 prebivalci.

Kanton je sestavni del okrožja Belley.

Zgodovina
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Zanimivosti

 utrdba Le château des Allymes iz 13. stoletja, preurejena v 16. stoletju; francoski zgodovinski spomenik.

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Check-in to any major North American hotel, and chances are they will offer free or affordable WiFi access. But venture out to Europe or Asia, and you may find that your hotel only offers a traditional wired connection.
With the popularity of smart phones and tablets, wired connectivity simply isn't an option so most experienced business travelers, usually carry a small WiFi router with them for these types of situations. That means there's one more item that you have to carry with you.
This is where Connectify really shines. This is a neat little program that installs on Windows 7, and turns your laptop into a wireless router. The developers of an excellent job by simplifying the user interface and making the entire process super simple.
I tested this with a standard Windows 7 laptop, using my home fiber-based 16 Mb down Internet connection, and an iPhone 4S. The connection from my iPhone to the Internet (through the laptop) was a little slower than the laptop connecting directly to the Internet, but performance is very acceptable. I had minimal performance degradation, and never lost my connection.
This is a fantastic way to set up a quick mobile WiFi hotspot in a hotel room, without having to carry extra equipment.
Having tested the free version, I believe most users will be satisfied with this version. But if you feel like encouraging developers or like some of the additional features, feel free to buy the Pro version for about $30.
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Foreigners' holdings are more than double levels seen prior to the central bank's intervention regime to keep the crown currency weak that ran from 2013-2017. Foreigners held a record 51.35 percent of domestic bonds in September 2017.


Is it possible to rename an asset in V5.5?
I want to rename scenes and other assets in the Project View. I've been reading a book on making a 2D game and it tells me to duplicate a scene and rename it, but when I right-click or try to use the inspector, I am unable to rename it.
Is there a way to rename an asset or has that feature been removed?
Yes very simple you can do it in the inspector tab once you have the asset selected. It will be at the top of the inspector tab.
Wow! I did not know this! Thank you! This should help with all my (poorly) named assets!
Then type in the name you want.
That doesn't work for objects such as scenes and scripts. Someone on the forum told me that I actually have to click on the name of the object after selecting it and it will let me rename.
Thanks for your answer though!
Update for 2017.3, this isn't possible. I have submitted a new answer below.
As per what @veugeljame said above, click on the asset in the Project Tab/Window. Then hit F2. This works for materials, scenes, and scripts at the very least.
However, if you have those scripts bound to objects and you DON'T rename the script class to the same name as the file, in 2017.3., it breaks and switches the component to "Nothing Selected".
Thanks for updating the answer!


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Q: Eliminar una row seleccionada en un QTableWidget Se me presenta el siguiente problema trato de borrar una fila seleccionada de un TableWidget pero no funciona esta es la función que ocupo:
self.check.clicked.connect(lambda:self.tabla.selectedItems().clear())
Y este es el codigo completo:
from PyQt5.QtWidgets import *

from PyQt5 import uic

class Principal(QMainWindow):
    def __init__(self):
        QMainWindow.__init__(self)
        uic.loadUi("columna.ui",self)

        self.tabla.insertRow(self.tabla.rowCount())
        self.tabla.setItem(self.tabla.rowCount()-1,2,QTableWidgetItem("sdsd"))
        self.tabla.setItem(self.tabla.rowCount()-1,1,QTableWidgetItem("sdsd"))
        self.tabla.insertRow(self.tabla.rowCount())
        self.tabla.setItem(self.tabla.rowCount()-1,1,QTableWidgetItem("sdsd"))
        self.boton.clicked.connect(lambda:self.tabla.setShowGrid(False)) #Limpiar sin dejar la rejilla en la tabla

        self.check.clicked.connect(lambda:self.tabla.selectedItems().clear()) #Función para eliminar solo una row

app = QApplication([])
p = Principal()
p.show()
app.exec_()

A: QTableWidgetselectedItems retorna una lista Python con los items seleccionados, por lo que QTableWidgetselectedItems().clear() lo que hace es aplicar el método list.clear(), limpiando la lista retornada pero nada más.
Si quieres eliminar la fila del item actual puedes obtener la fila con QTableWidget.currentRow y usar  QTableWidget.removeRow  para eliminarla:
self.check.clicked.connect(lambda:self.tabla.removeRow(self.tabla.currentRow()))

Ten en cuenta que esto elimina la fila completa y sus itemns, no se limita a limpiar el contenido del item.


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Q: Check For Modal Attribute Existence In Controller Method before adding I have a spring controller that I want a method to handle a certain request and then redirect to another one with keeping some value attached, so I will use RedirectAttributes on the first one and @ModalAttribute on the second, but the thing is I will not always have this modal attribute existing so I want to add it only if it exists.
@RequestMapping("/main")
public String getMain(Model model,HttpSession session,@ModalAttribute List<Loans> loansList){
    if(session.getAttribute("user") != null){
        if(session.getAttribute("current_start")!=null){
            model.addAttribute("loans",loanDao.findAll((Integer) session.getAttribute("current_start")));
        } else {
            model.addAttribute("loans",loanDao.findAll(0));
            session.setAttribute("current_start",0);
        }
        model.addAttribute("loan",new Loan());
        model.addAttribute("countries",countryDao.findAll());
        model.addAttribute("types",typeDao.findAll());
        session.setAttribute("total_loans_number", loanDao.findCount());
        return "main";
    } else {
        return "redirect:index";
    }
}

and the redirecting one one is
@RequestMapping(value = "/search")
public String searchLoans(Model model,RedirectAttributes redirectAttributes,
                          @RequestParam String keyword){
    redirectAttributes.addAttribute("loansList",loanDao.findAll(keyword));
    return "redirect:/main";
}

but here the @ModalAttribute fails because it sometimes does not exist,sometimes I request main with out the loansList, how to make a condition to add it only if it exists ? or how to do this correctly ?

A: you can let spring populate your model attributes using @ModalAttribute annotation on methods:
@ModalAttribute("results")
public List<Loans> populateLoans() {
    return new ArrayList<Loans>();
}

@RequestMapping("/main")
public String getMain(Model model,HttpSession session,@ModalAttribute("results") List<Loans> loansList){
    if (CollectionUtils.isNotEmpty(loanList)) {
        // do something if the loan list is not empty.
    }
}


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Brian Cooley was recently promoted to senior vice president, senior ag loan officer at Stockman Bank, Miles City, Mont.
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Tuesday October 23 2018
Spalletti: 'Barca stronger with Messi'
Luciano Spalletti concedes "it probably would've been a stronger Barcelona with Lionel Messi, but this is the game Inter were dreaming of and where we must prove ourselves."
The Champions League clash kicks off on Wednesday at 19.45 UK time (18.45 GMT).
Messi has been ruled out of both group games against Inter, as he fractured a bone in his arm during Saturday's win over Levante.
"Whenever you are facing Barcelona and the talent they have all over the field, one of the best teams in the world, inevitably they are going to be the favourites at Camp Nou," said the Coach in his Press conference.
"We must have great self-belief that doesn't tip over into arrogance, because we are going through a strong period of form. We've got to repeat what we did in the last few games and maintain humility, relying on all our love for this sport.
"Even if his replacements will want to show all they can do, Messi remains a different player to the rest. When you think you've seen it all, he invents something different. The problem for us won't be how to mark one player or another, but how we can use the ball better.
"It's difficult to say what Ernesto Valverde will do in Messi's absence, but I expect a 4-3-3. He has quick players, technical ones like Rafinha who can go between the lines. I take this opportunity to salute Rafinha and thank him for all he did for us last season, as he was fundamental during that loan spell."
Rafinha said that Spalletti probably didn't want him to remain, but the Coach paints a different picture.
"We had this written agreement and an option that had an expiry, but until a certain date we simply couldn't make any purchases. It was too late afterwards to talk about keeping him and Barcelona were not interested in any of our proposals. Tomorrow we'll try to show them that there was something worth looking at."
"It probably would've been a stronger Barcelona with Messi, but this remains a great team with many options. Perhaps without him we have that extra half-second to think before they act.
"We have to play at the top level and avoid becoming submissive in our approach. We've got to believe in our chances. Many of my players have never been in the Champions League, so this is the game they were dreaming of and it is also where we must prove ourselves."
Radja Nainggolan is out after spraining his ankle in the Milan Derby victory on Sunday, but Spalletti has other concerns.
"Marcelo Brozovic still has a muscular problem, while Ivan Perisic appears to have shaken off most of the knock. I can confirm Joao Miranda will play.
"There is Borja Valero, but we also have some very versatile players, for example Kwadwo Asamoah, Milan Skriniar, Antonio Candreva and Matteo Politano can all play in midfield.
"This is no time for experiments, so we've got to rely on what we know best and make the most of those elements. We must have the self-belief, determination and grit that our fans had for all these years they waited for a moment like this. It can be a fundamental game."
Another Pinamonti hat-trick for Genoa
Inter striker in Spain return?


Romford striker Nick Reynolds was delighted to see former pupil Michael Obafemi claim his first Premier League goal for Southampton during the festive period.
Essex travel to the Kia Oval to face Surrey on Monday in the final Specsavers County Championship match of the season that pits the 2017 champions with their 2018 equals.
Concern over a damp spot on the bowler's run-up at the River End caused the abandonment of the first day of Essex's Specsavers County Championship match with Hampshire at Chelmsford.
Essex Eagles will be looking to end their losing streak in the Vitality Blast when they entertain Gloucestershire on Friday at The Cloudfm County Ground (7pm).
Dagenham & Redbridge boss Peter Taylor has secured his third summer signing with the addition of left-back Ollie Harfield on a one year deal ahead of the 2018/19 National League season.
Edward was in his second year at Solent University in Southampton when he was diagnosed with stomach cancer and passed away five months later.
Gary Ballance set Yorkshire up for a Royal London Cup semi-final showdown against Hampshire on Monday courtesy of a match-winning innings that knocked the wind out of Essex's sails.
West Ham United will start the 2018/19 Premier League season with a long away trip to Liverpool on Saturday, August 11.
Essex batsman Varun Chopra was delighted to do his bit for the team in their Royal London One-Day Cup win over Somerset at Chelmsford on Friday night.
Who was the best and the worst for the Hammers?
Havering's younger athletes finished fourth in their National Youth Development League Premier Division opener at Bracknell.
Tom Westley has the trophy, caps and scars to show for a rollercoaster year.


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ABS-CBN Lifestyle Yearender Poll: Who's Your Fitspiration of the Year?


What is REProvision and how do you get it?
Very cool, does this mean it will last for a year and won't get revoked or is the certificate shared between all apps for everyone?
It lasts depending on when Apple revokes the certificate. And yes, it's the same certificate, for now.


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-Heated floor in the bathrooms and laundry room.
-Renovations in 2016: Exterior cladding, sheet metal roofing in part, whole insulation with styrofoam and eurethane in places as on the 2nd floor. Bathrooms on 2 floors, doors and windows, flooring, plumbing, electricity, water softener from Group Guerin.
-Located between Cowansville and Granby by 139 road. 10 minutes from Highway 10 exit 68.
Light fixtures, wood stove, sump pump, curtains and rods, blinds, water treatment/softener Groupe Guérin 2016, blue and brown bins. All left with no legal quality warranty.
Stove, washer, dryer, microwave, refrigerator, TV, firewood, generator, green bin.


I've been thinking a lot lately about apologies and how to accept them. I've even done a little research. Seems like there are those who find it difficult to apologize and those who find it easy. There are also those who find it easy to accept apologies and those who find it difficult to accept them. I suppose there are also those who find it easy to not get offended and those who find it hard to not get offended.
The beginning of one of the blackest times in my life–saying goodbye to my best buddy, our dog, Christy, March 2003.
Maggie and I had an agreement–when she went, she'd take me with her. Actually, I'm not sure Maggie ever agreed, I mean, we didn't shake on it. (I should have made her shake; she knew how to shake on command.) On Wednesday morning, 30 March 2016, I had to release her from her semi-contract.
Something has been on my mind for a while: the way we readily judge with our eyes. If something looks good to us, we like it. If it doesn't appeal to our eyesight we express no opinion of it, dismiss it. Do we ever stop to consider how it makes someone else feel when we don't say something kind or don't recognize their effort, and bravery in sharing it?
10 Jan 2016–a fun, loose sketch.
Four squares–same pattern, different color combinations.
In her video, Yoga Over 50, Barbara Benagh says, "We live in a very youth-oriented culture and it contributes to a viewpoint that aging is loss. . . . Throughout life, the stages of life, each have their separate strengths. . . . Aging is a time of wisdom; wisdom can only come from experience . . ." To that I noted that Solomon asked for and was given the gift of wisdom from God in his relative youth. I do believe God is the bestower of wisdom, but age and experience help.
So I've been pondering this idea that aging isn't loss, and have been cultivating a new appreciation for getting older. Heaven knows I've struggled with it. Maybe aging is harder for some people than for others, but I believe it's difficult for us all.


Harvest so far has been, in a word, weird. After a fairly robust summer, new crop, while still an increase in volume, hasn't been as frenetic as we have seen in the past.
Brent crude oil breaks $81, its highest since 2014, as oil market tightens.
While we have seen many carriers propose rate increases for early to mid-October our overall feeling is the North America container export freight market is a bit squishier than normal for this time of year.
Recent news on the US East Coast Gulf Coast Agreement.


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NFL: 49ers DL Charles Omenihu arrested after alleged domestic incident
Football, National Football League (NFL)
San Francisco 49ers defensive lineman Charles Omenihu was arrested on suspicion of misdemeanor domestic violence after police were called to his San Jose, Calif., home.
Omenihu, 25, was booked at the Santa Clara County jail and released after posting bail. He also was served with a restraining order.
San Jose Police officers were summoned to Omenihu's home on Monday afternoon for a report of domestic violence. A woman then told the responding officers that Omenihu is her boyfriend, and that he "pushed her to the ground during an argument."
The woman complained of arm pain, however officers stated in the police release that they "did not observe any visible physical injuries." She declined medical attention.
"We are aware of the matter involving Charles Omenihu and are in the process of gathering further information," the 49ers said in a statement on Tuesday morning.
The second-seeded 49ers are preparing to play the top-seeded Eagles in Philadelphia in the NFC Championship Game on Sunday.
Omenihu has recorded career-best totals in tackles (20) and sacks (4.5) in 17 games (three starts) this season. He also had two sacks and a forced fumble in San Francisco's 41-23 win over the Seattle Seahawks in the wild-card round.
Omenihu has totaled 67 tackles, 11.5 sacks and three forced fumbles in 61 career games (10 starts) with the Houston Texans and 49ers. He was selected by the Texans in the fifth round of the 2019 NFL Draft.
National Football League (NFL)
NFL: Bills LB Matt Milano replaces T.J. Watt on Pro Bowl roster
NFL: Steve Wilks 'disappointed but not defeated' after Panthers pick Frank Reich
NCAA Football (NCAAF)
NCAAF: Tyrone Wheatley named head coach at Wayne State
NFL: Notebook: Eagles QB Jalen Hurts not discussing MVP possibility
NFL: 49ers RB Christian McCaffrey insists he'll play vs. Eagles


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Online hate speech isn't just idle talk
By: Editorial | Posted: 05/2/2019 7:00 PM | Comments:
People of various faiths, as well as anyone with compassion, have been reeling in recent months after a spate of high-profile attacks on congregations at places of worship.
On March 15, a gunman killed 50 people and wounded dozens more at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand. An Australian who declared ahead of time his intention to attack the mosques faces 50 charges of murder and 39 charges of attempted murder for the attacks, which he live-streamed on social media.
"It's clear now, if it weren't already before, that hatred against religious groups can result in violence and death. What should be acknowledged is that the hate speech itself is a form of violence, intended to dehumanize its targets."
In April, the Islamic State group took credit for suicide bombings at churches in Sri Lanka during Easter services that killed more than 320 and wounded at least 500 others.
At the Chabad of Poway synagogue near San Diego, Calif., a gunman who attacked on the last day of Passover, killing one person and wounding three, had previously "expressed his intent to harm Jews" online, according to the district attorney, and had also acknowledged setting fire to a mosque in Escondido several weeks earlier.
These events are horrific, and one doesn't have to go much further back to find more examples, such as the attack on the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh last October, or the mass shooting at a Quebec City mosque in 2017.
Organized terror networks such as IS are already surveilled by intelligence services around the world, and Sri Lanka's failure to heed warnings that an attack was imminent points to the difficulty of responsive approaches to dealing with hate crimes that seek to kill or injure.
The man charged in the Pittsburgh mass shooting made public his anti-Semitic views on social media prior to the attack. Alexandre Bissonette, found guilty in the Quebec City mosque shooting, had a history of making Islamophobic and anti-immigrant postings online. And in a "manifesto" posted by the man charged in the Christchurch shootings, the anti-Islam sentiment is clear.
A recent report by the Globe and Mail showed the widespread use of online forums in Canada to spread hatred. What happens online isn't "just the internet" — it's real people being radicalized, and their targets are often minority religious or racial groups.
As San Diego County District Attorney Summer Stephan put it, referring to the 19-year-old charged in the Poway synagogue attack, hate crimes are often preceded by hateful words.
But the Globe and Mail's reporting also showed that as recently as 2014, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) did not regard hate groups as a serious terror threat. It's clear now, if it weren't already before, that hatred against religious groups can result in violence and death. What should be acknowledged is that the hate speech itself is a form of violence, intended to dehumanize its targets.
And both are on the rise, according to an audit by B'nai Brith Canada's League for Human Rights. The audit showed a 142 per cent increase in anti-Semitic incidents in Canada in the Prairie region, with 2018 seeing 74 acts of violence, vandalism and harassment aimed at Jews.
Religious groups in Winnipeg are considering adding security to their places of worship — some have already taken measures, including adding gates, security sign-ins and police presence.
Law enforcement has the means to investigate hate groups in Canada, as these groups increasingly turn to the internet to anonymously encourage people to acts of hatred or, as in the case of the Christchurch attack, document them in real time and disseminate them to a wider audience.
It's time to treat the purveyors of online racist hate with the urgency reserved for terrorists.
May 3, 2019: Facebook bans 'dangerous individuals' cited for hate speech Barbara Ortutay, The Associated Press
Editorials are the consensus view of the Winnipeg Free Press' editorial board.
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Die Schadenversicherung (auch: Schadensversicherung) ist ein Versicherungsvertrag, durch den der Versicherer verpflichtet wird, den durch den Versicherungsfall eingetretenen Vermögensschaden des Versicherungsnehmers zu ersetzen ( Abs. 1 Satz 1 VVG).

Die Schadenversicherung ist auf Deckung eines Schadens gerichtet, wobei die vereinbarte Versicherungsleistung oder die tatsächliche Schadenshöhe regelmäßig die Obergrenze der Entschädigung bilden. Absolute Obergrenze ist die Versicherungssumme.

Bei der Schadenversicherung wird zwischen folgenden Varianten unterschieden:

 Unbegrenzte Interessenversicherung
 Erstrisikoversicherung
 Vollwertversicherung
 Bruchteilversicherung,
 Versicherungsformen mit Franchisen

Beispiele für Schadenversicherung sind die Haftpflichtversicherung, Feuerversicherung, Hagelversicherung, Tierversicherung, Transportversicherung,  oder Reisegepäckversicherung. Auf alle diese Schadenversicherungen sind die Vorschriften der § ff. VVG anzuwenden.

Das Gegenstück zur Schadensversicherung stellt die Summenversicherung dar, bei der eine fixe Versicherungssumme festgelegt wird.

Das Bereicherungsverbot verbietet eine ungerechtfertigte Bereicherung des Versicherungsnehmers durch die Versicherungsleistung (Ausnahmen: Neuwertversicherung, feste Taxe und vereinbartes höheres Leistungsversprechen des Versicherers).

Weblinks
 Unternehmenssuche in der Unternehmensdatenbank der BaFin

Einzelnachweise

Versicherungswesen
Versicherungsrecht

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Have you ever been lost? I bet if you imagine being lost, it'd be pretty scary. Well, here is a story about Jasper, who's family gets lost and she has to find them. Imagine that?! She goes all over the world... and beyond... to find them. First she meets an old man to help her, and together they discover strange changes to her town; for example, everybody except for them have disappeared! And to find Jasper's family, they discover weird places "out of this world". Explore the strange places along with Jasper as she confronts the darkness to find her family... and herself.
I write to enable others to discover who they were born to be. Don't we all seek to be the people we were meant to be? Through fiction and non-fiction I seek to inspire others to seek out their personal freedom and to live in the freedom Christ died to give to us.
I have walked with Christ for 30 years. Sometimes He's been in front of me, sometimes next to me. If you're like me, you've often rushed ahead of him; yet, he has been ever-patient.
I began my career as a drama teacher, but hungry for personal and professional growth, God gave me room to explore acting, where I discovered the depth to my personality I never knew existed. I moved from my home in Canada to NYC and then to London, England. There, I was surprised to find my husband, who has been a rock of faith and commitment to our LORD.
My personal journey has been both an emotional and a spiritual one. I have grown out of my willful insecurity to become a spokesperson for self-esteem and spiritual growth, because the depth and significance of God's sovereignty and grace has come alive for me. He's enabled me to grow beyond my own narrow self-concept, toward my potential to be the person He created me to be. In 2000 I received His call to write, where I have found vocational fulfillment. I've been personally surprised, protected and invigorated! Now, I challenge all of us to ask, "Am I fulfilled? Am I walking in freedom and the call God has for me?" For those who answer 'I am not', FREE TO BE has been written with you in mind, to steer you in the direction of freedom and fulfillment. This book is about living and moving in the completeness and wholeness that Jesus has given us, to be totally transformed into the person God created us to be... so that we can do the things we've been created to do.
Everything I write is about identity and purpose – about being and becoming the unique persons we have been created to be, in order to do that which we have been created to do. It is my goal to encourage each of us to accept who we are, joyful and ready to celebrate who God has made us to be. It is my desire that all of us will be free to be precisely the people we've been created to be.
I have returned to my homeland of Canada, to publish FREE TO BE, THE FAITHFUL PRINCE, and BUILDING COMMUNITY, with more to follow. I live with my husband and nine-year-old son on the sparkling shores of Lake Ontario.


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Иф () — коммуна во Франции, находится в регионе Нормандия, департамент Кальвадос, округ Кан, центра одноименного кантона. Пригород Кана, расположен в 5,5 км к югу от центра города.

Население (2018) — 11 567 человек.

Достопримечательности
 Церковь Святого Андрея XII—XIII веков в романском стиле
 Захоронения гальштатской культуры (5 век до н.э.)

Экономика
До 2001 года в Ифе функционировал завод компании Moulinex.

Структура занятости населения:
 сельское хозяйство — 0,1 %
 промышленность — 7,7 %
 строительство — 10,7 %
 торговля, транспорт и сфера услуг — 50,4 %
 государственные и муниципальные службы — 31,1 %.

Уровень безработицы (2017) — 14,9 % (Франция в целом —  13,4 %, департамент Кальвадос — 12,5 %).
Среднегодовой доход на 1 человека, евро (2018) — 21 170 (Франция в целом — 21 730, департамент Кальвадос — 21 490).

Демография

Динамика численности населения, чел.

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Администрация
Пост мэра Ифа с 2014 года занимает Мишель Патар-Лежандр (Michel Patard-Legendre). На муниципальных выборах 2020 года возглавляемый им правый список победил в 1-м туре, получив 59,87 % голосов.

Города-побратимы
  Ильфракомб, Великобритания
  Нидерверн, Германия

Ссылки
 Национальный институт статистики
 Результаты муниципальных выборов 2020 года

Галерея


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"Rebma is the ghost city." he told me. "It is the reflection of Amber within the sea. In it, everything in Amber is duplicated, as in a mirror. Llewella's people live there, and dwell as though in Amber."
Nince Princes in Amber
Rebma is one of the first two shadows of Amber, and is its exact mirror image. It exists underwater and may be reached from Faiella-bionin, the stairway to Rebma. It is a long stair that descends deep into the water located perhaps twenty miles south of Mount Kolvir. The city is the home to Llewella and boasts a mirror image of the pattern. Rebma is ruled by Queen Moire. The people of Rebma tend to green, purple or black hair. Men and women alike tend to go bare chested.
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