24 Inch Glass Door Beverage Cooler: Stainless Steel Back Bar | Iron Mountain Refrigeration & Equipment, LLC.
This stainless steel single glass door back bar cooler features an internal fan-assisted cooling system with a professional grade LG compressor and separate cooling fan to maintain an evenly distributed temperature. The interior has an embossed aluminum finish, while the exterior is stainless steel. This 24" bar cooler is controlled digitally with an Italian made system, which includes a defrost timer and LED display. This beverage cooler comes with a lock and key, adjustable feet, self-evaporating water tray, chromium plated metal shelves, interior lighting and a double-glazed self closing door with tempered outer glass.
Can this unit be built in under counter or is it too tall and is designed as a stand alone unit.
It can be built in, however it is standard counter height at 36", so you would need to either raise the counter or drop the floor under the unit. We have had customers successfully do both.
The manufacturer recommends a 3" clearance in back for circulation as well.
What are the dimentions of the internal space of this unit? I'm trying to calculate the dimentions of the cooled space inside.
The interior dimensions of the single door back bar cooler are 20.5" W x 15" D x 29" H. However, since the compressor for refrigerator is rear-mounted, the bottom 7.5" is only half as deep as the rest of the interior.


Whites Electronics has truly put a lot of time and effort into the Whites MX Sport Metal Detector, as you can read about from our part 1 article on the machine's performance at the beach. In this blog post, I want to cover more features about the machine and how it stacks up against other White's machines.
In general, the White's MX Sport is very feature rich machine with 6 search modes ranging from beach mode, coin and jewelry, high trash, relic, prospecting and all metal mode. This Metal Detector is submersible up to 10 feet but does not come standard with the underwater headphones like their counterparts. It's a little bit on the heavy side at 4 pounds but has good ergonomics and the control box is extremely easy to navigate. It has a large back-lit display with big VDI numbers, it also displays the target depth, the current program and the sensitivity which can be adjusted on the fly.
I was very eager to take the White's MX Sport to the salt water beach and it did well in the wet sand. For a single frequency machine with automatic ground balance, a beach mode and a salt setting it easily leveled out in the wet sand. When I entered the salt water with the sensitivity all the way at 10 and the waves crashing over the coil the MX immediately overloaded but with an adjustment of the sensitivity again I was able to level the machine out.
There are three coils as of right now to choose from the stock 10 inch DD coil that comes on the machine plus a 6 x 10 elliptical DD and a 9 inch concentric. The White's MX Sport comes with a headphone adapter so you are free to use any headphones you like with a quarter inch jack.
The MX Sport also operates with a variable self adjusting threshold that can be turned off if you choose not to use it. For those who do not know what that is, it's a constant hum that you will hear in the background and it can be adjusted to your hearing. The difference in this threshold as opposed to machines in the past is this threshold does not help the machine achieve grater deaths. The advantage of the threshold on this metal detector is for using and discrimination mode. You'll hear a Lull in the threshold when passing over an item that has been discriminated out. This is a big advantage and will give you more information then you would get without the threshold.
Overall, I am very glad to see the direction that White's Electronics is going with this sleek new design and submersibility of this unit! I have always been a big fan of White's machines from the V3i, to the MXT Pro, to the DFX and finally the Coinmaster GT metal detector. I have personally owned many White's machines and all have their strengths for what I need them to do. But even more than the great machines they put out I have always been a big fan of the company as a whole because they've always had some of the best customer service in the business and really give a damn about what they're doing. I can honestly say I am excited about the future of White's Electronics is bringing to the hobby of Metal Detecting.
For more info and pricing on the White's MX Sport metal detector, click here.


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Time for a Check-in
December 6, 2019	| Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes	|
by: Jalen Eutsey
We've made it through a quarter of the NBA season. Some players signed this summer will be eligible to be traded on December 15, others will be trade eligible on January 15. Fantasy trade deadlines aren't far off. It's a good time to check-in on a few teams and see what's shaking. The Miami Heat currently sit third in the Eastern Conference. They're obviously firmly in the playoff race, but any Pat Riley-run organization is playing for much more than a simple playoff birth. The Heat are relying on two promising rookie guards and a third second-year player. How those players develop will not only help determine their fate this season, but it might also influence trade decisions around the deadline and in the summer. The Atlanta Hawks are at a bit of a hinge point in their rebuild. They came into the season with a lot of media buzz and some vague playoff talk. Trae Young went all scorched earth and they started the season 2-0. All hell broke loose after that. They've got to figure out what they have in their young players. Is this the beginning of the end of their rebuild or are they smack dab in the middle of it? The Minnesota Timberwolves are firmly in rebuilding mode, but for the first time they're making decisions that prioritize Karl-Anthony Towns as the rightful centerpiece and key to their future. How do Andrew Wiggins, Jeff Teague, and Jarrett Culver fit into their future plans? What do Ryan Saunders lineup decisions portend for later this season? And most relevant to all of you beautiful readers, what does this mean for you and your fantasy team? Keep reading to find out.
Fantasy Basketball: Shooting Guards
September 30, 2019	| 2019 Fantasy Basketball, Shooting Guards	| 14 Comments
by: Son
Points guards are the Mother Teresas of the fantasy basketball world, as they like to give. Shooting guards are….the cavemen. See ball, shoot ball, take ball, then shoot ball. Rinse and repeat. These are obviously generalizations, but shooters shoot, and that's what this post is all about. I kid, kind of. The elite at this position are across-the-board contributers, while the rest are indeed cavemen.
To see my per-game value projections for each player, click HERE. In the "Pos" box (which stands for position, not the other thing you were thinking), type in "sg" and the table will sort by just shooting guards.
Fantasy Basketball: Top 155 Roto Projections Review for 2018
August 21, 2019	| 2019 Fantasy Basketball, Top 155 Roto Projections	| 4 Comments
What's up fellow Razzball readers and fantasy basketball enthusiasts! After recharging our batteries over the summer, it's time to start preparing for the upcoming NBA season. These can range from checking the names of the players from this year's draft and/or casually checking all the offseason transactions, which can escalate to frantically searching for recorded games of Limoges to scouting the strengths and weaknesses of Sekou Doumbouya's fantasy game. It's all about how each and everyone enjoys the fantasy basketball game.
Now, I have to admit I can relate more to the latter example and, as such, I am preparing my top 155 projections for roto leagues, which will be published in the upcoming weeks and mark my third straight year on this fine site.
Last year, I decided to grade my projections from the year before, in an attempt to judge myself and try and make them more accurate in the future. Go me, for hating myself I guess, but it's a fun little project before I dive into the actual projections every summer. If you are curious and ready for some math, check last year's article for a full explanation on the method used. If you prefer the "too long, didn't read" approach, know that the main metric is the difference between the projected and the actual overall per game value for each player.
Fantasy Basketball: Atlanta Hawks Preview
August 13, 2019	| 2019 Fantasy Basketball, Atlanta Hawks, Team Previews	|
by: Hampton Kid
The Hawks won 29 games last year, but were a much tougher opponent in the second half. 29-53 is 12 games under .500, but the Hawks were only three games under .500 over the last 41. That was due to the young'uns getting better as the season progressed. The Hawks brain trust is optimistic the growth spurt continues, as they have added even more youth to the mix.
De'Andre Hunter's Final Four heroics moved him up the draft board, and the Hawks paid a ransom to acquire him, but leadership has earned the benefit of the doubt. Their picks, combined with the teaching style of coach Lloyd Pierce and his staff, have drawn visible dividends, but will the expected leaps turn into hops? Not paying Dewayne Dedmon, when they could afford to, may hurt more than they realize.
Most projections have the Hawks winning 30-ish games. That may be conservative, but I expect a minor flirtation with .500 and another round of ping pong balls, as youth continues to mature.
Fantasy Basketball: Brooklyn Nets Preview
August 9, 2019	| 2019 Fantasy Basketball, Brooklyn Nets, Team Previews	|
by: Joel
The 2018-19 Brooklyn Nets exceeded expectations in many ways, from player development to overall record. Few pundits had them making the playoffs, myself included, but I guess I shouldn't have underestimated Kenny Atkinson, who has established himself as one of the upper-echelon coaches in the league. Sean Marks can also be credited for assembling a team with a good mix of youthful exuberance and veteran experience. Although, they were bounced in the first round by Philadelphia, hardly any Nets fans could feel disappointed with how the season turned out given the low expectations.
Fantasy Basketball: Kemba Cracked Open a Bottle of Olde English
March 12, 2019	| 2018 Fantasy Basketball, Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes	| 10 Comments
When I used to drink back in high school, it'd be a lot of 40 ounces of Olde English 800. Too many 40's of OE. Way too many 40's of OE. I was/am a stupid, stupid man. But they were so cheap and it was nice to just have to carry around one bottle. I had repressed all those memories until I saw Kemba's line last night:
PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV 3PT FG FT
40 10 7 0 1 4 6/6 14/20 6/7
In 40 minutes! And that was without Cody Zeller (knee), who helps Kemba post positive numbers when he's on the court. Anyways, the matchup last night against the Rockets was a great one, as Houston is the 6th-worst at defending the pick-and-roll, a play that Kemba is a master at running. With that said, he has been hot recently regardless, as he's been a top 25 player over the past seven games. The usage rate is above 30 and he's been jacking up 20 shots per game. Kemba does contribute across the board, even chipping in 0.4 blocks. Yo, Blake Griffin. You seeing this? It all comes down to the shooting efficiency for Kemba. During his current heater, he's converting 46% of his shots from the field. There were stretches during the season when he was sub-40%. Hopefully he continues his hot streak for the duration of the fantasy playoffs and entices you to seek out a bottle of Olde English.
Here's what else I saw last night:
Fantasy Basketball: Buy/Sell – Robinson is the Center You Both Need And Want
February 27, 2019	| 2018 Fantasy Basketball, Fantasy Basketball Buy/Sell	| 2 Comments
A month or so ago, in this very fantasy corner, a young center of the New York Knicks was featured as a buy candidate. He began the year as the 3rd option behind Enes Kanter and Luke Kornet and had the occasional foul-plagued game but, and I'm quoting myself from the aforementioned article, "As long as he can stay on the court, he is both a great stash for the second half of the season and immediate help for boards and blocks." I hope you took that advice because the second half of the season is upon us and Mitchell Robinson is beasting, averaging 10.3/0/8.2/0.4/0.8/3.3/0.4 on 71%/62.5% shooting. The blocks are outright RIDICULOUS! He even improved his per-36 stats and with DeAndre Jordan's contract expiring this summer, he is already very high on my draft board for next season.
When taking a quick look at last article's suggestions, Dion Waiter's name pops out as the big hit, as he is having a great scoring month both from the paint and from beyond the 3pt line. The duo of Landry Shamet and Allen Crabbe have contributed in points and triples, with the former offering higher rest of season upside. Finally, Tobias Harris is proving me wrong by keeping his usage in Philly and scoring at his usual clip. This is a situation to monitor going forward, and we have to take into account that Joel Embiid was sidelined, but my projections of a top 50 finish look a bit pessimistic now.
Fantasy Basketball: Al B Sure
February 22, 2019	| 2018 Fantasy Basketball, Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes	| 51 Comments
If you want a guaranteed chuckle, watch this Al B. Sure! video. Ha! Gotta love the late-80s and early-90s. As much as we clown now, though, Al B. Sure! was a star back then. The above song was No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 and he was nominated for Grammy and AMA awards. There's another Al that gets clowned on as well: Al Horford. Why? Click HERE. Ha! Too funny. He also seems to be underrated and underappreciated in the fantasy community. Well, last night he reminded us all why he's so damn good…
21 17 5 2 3 0 2/6 8/21 3/4
Over the past four games, Horford has been the #6 player in fantasy. On the season, he's top 25. Many view him as a better real-life player than fantasy asset, yet since 2010, Horford has ended as a top 20 player five times and has never finished below #43 on a per-game basis. Al B Good for Sure!
Fantasy Basketball: P. S. – Pascal Siakam Is No Afterthought
February 14, 2019	| Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes	| 28 Comments
P. S. stands for postscript, which comes from the Latin word postscriptum and literally means "written after." It's used for an afterthought, not cool enough to be a part of the main piece. Like, oh by the way, I forgot to mention this but blah blah blah. It gets a bad rap, but as Shaun Usher of the Wall Street Journal wrote, "The P. S. is the most charming part of a letter. It's the wink you give as you walk away." It's the cherry on top, the bam for the wham, and the mic drop. Like, P. S. – You the shiznitz. What? What?! Which segues perfectly to Pascal Siakam.
44 10 2 0 3 4 4/5 15/25 10/12
A career-high in points scored. On the season, Siakam has been a top 40 player, but over the past four games, he's been top 25. The usage rate has spiked to 28 and he's averaged 35.3 minutes, 26 points, 1.5 tres, 9 boards, 3 dimes, 1.3 steals, and 1 block while shooting 50% from the field and 81% from the line on 8 attempts! He literally does it all. Like literally, as he can play center or be a point forward. The improvement in his game has been nothing short of amazing. P. S. is no longer an afterthought and has to be a no-brainer for Most Improved Player.
Fantasy Basketball: Buy/Sell – The Beasts In The East
This year's trade deadline moved talent to the East, which strengthened the talent level of the Conference. The Bucks, Raptors, and 76ers improved their rosters and, with the always strong Boston Celtics, form a formidable group of teams that could produce great playoff battles. It is a welcome change from the Lebron-dominated era and one I'm greatly looking forward to watching. If anyone wants to talk basketball besides fantasy, drop a comment below about which team you think ends up with the Eastern Conference title. Due to the nature of last week's article there is no review of the suggestions, so off we go to the new ones.

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I do a lot of small weddings in Rome with just the bride and groom, a few friends or small families.
People still like to do this in a church and I have found the Irish college Rome to be very accommodating for this type of ceremony. They have their own church at the college which is both modern and small. It feels comfortable with just a few people, also the grounds are very pretty for photos after.
They also have another beautiful church a walk away from the college, The Baptistery chapel at St.John Lateran, San Giovanni. It is one of the oldest Christian buildings in Rome and so full of character. The baptistery is open to the public and tours, but the chapel is kept totally private for a wedding. They are very strict about this and will close the door during the ceremony.
San Silvestro in Capite also works well despite being much larger they can use the top section of the church which is the baptistery area. It makes it more intimate.
Other churches I recommend are St Isidore's college Rome which is also small but can hold up to 100 people. They provide catholic marriages for Irish couples. This church is stunning and works really well for small groups.
St. Patrick's in Rome is another providing Irish weddings. All of the above mentioned have web-sites and provide details and information for your wedding. And remember all are also very strict about covering up your shoulders during the service!


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Paris Sightseeing Tour 8 hours
Do you want a full-day tour of the French capital? Then do not miss the chance to explore the city in the grand 8-hour private tour!
After your pick-up from your hotel we will start our journey at the center of Paris:
Opera Garnier, birthplace of the "Phantom of the Opera",
Place Vendôme a jewel of architecture from the 17th Century
Palais Royal where the Cardinal used to live
The Louvre (an outside visit at one of the most magnificent museums in the world),
Seine River to the Ile de la Cite having a special guided visit to the famous Notre Dame,
Sainte Chapelle where you will have the chance admire the most beautiful stain glass windows in the world
Conciergerie where the Royal State was place
Hotel de Ville (Town of Hall) and the Ile St Louis
Marais district, where the residence of the King was placed in the 14th century, while nowadays the Jewish community is found.
Walking tour along rue des Francs Bourgeois to the first Royal square of Paris: place des Vosges
Left Bank, the old Paris
Old and Scholastic Paris/Latin Quarter, the student's place of the city
Pantheon, where all of the great men of France are buriedLuxembourg Garden, the most magnificent park of Paris with the Statue of LibertyChurch St Sulpice and
Saint Germain district, last decade's home of many jazz musicians, writers and painters where we will lunch in a typical French restaurant or bistro (not included in the price)
French Institute and Orsay Museum (outside visit)
Concorde Square, the largest square in Europe where the life of the King and the Queen was taken away by the French Revolution
Champs Elysées, maybe the most famous avenue in the world
Arc de Triomphe, where the French Army parades since decades now
Grand Palais and Invalides, an outside visit viewing Napoleon's tomb(tickets not included)
Eiffel Tower, the best known monument of France, where you will have a stop for photographs
Montmartre , the area of the greatest artists of History and the highest place in Paris providing an astonishing view
Place du Tertre, with many cafés and shops
Sacre Coeur, the imposing basilica on the Montmartre Hill
After the end of the guided tour you will be driven back to your hotel, having the most exciting and full experience of the most magnificent city of the world.


It was a most rewarding gesture to a Nigerian fan who travelled all the way from Nigeria to see his music model perform live on stage.
It came as a surprise when the English singer and songwriter, Adele Laurie Blue Adkins, popularly called, Adele, suddenly kissed him on stage and later said to him, "thanks for the kiss!" then laughed as the concert-goer got down on one knee in a mock proposal.
It all happened when the Hello singer brought her fan up to the stage and was chatting with him when he revealed that he had travelled all the way from Nigeria.
Touched, Adele went to kiss him on the cheek then burst out laughing after accidentally hitting his mouth.
She then announced to the audience: "he just snogged me!" before taking a selfie with the delighted fan, while equally joking about the make of his phone as the audience cheered.


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See Shepler's Mackinac Island Ferry's new $4 million dollar jet-driven boat under construction!
Mackinac Island, Michigan
Mackinac Island is a beautiful vacation resort island in Northern Michigan.
There are no motor vehicles allowed on Mackinac. You walk, bike, or take a horse-drawn carriage.
Water ferries shuttle people from the mainland of Mackinaw City out to Mackinac Island, which is about 7 miles out in Lake Huron.
Thanks to Mlive for this:
ONAWAY, MI – This spring, the newest addition to Shepler's Mackinac Island Ferry fleet will be leaving its construction site at Moran Iron Works in Onaway and heading to the deep waters of Port Calcite in Roger's City.
The $4 million jet-driven boat will then motor north to join its island-hopping family operation.
Shepler's Mackinac Island Ferry
Shepler's recently released some photos of its new ferry under construction. The new ferry's name, the William Richard, is a hat-tip to Shepler's CEO Bill Shepler, 87.
While he now leaves the day-to-day business operations to his children, he can still be seen helping passengers on the ferry docks during Shepler's spring-to-fall season.
Instead of propellers, this boat will be powered by four jet drives for a smoother, faster ride.
Supplied by HamiltonJet of New Zealand, this is the first time the company's jet products will be used on the U.S. side of the Great Lakes.
Here are some more Fast Ferry Facts:
Capacity: 210 passengers
Speed: 30 mph
Weight: 60 tons
Length: 84 feet
Width: 20 feet, 3 inches
Amenities will include being wheelchair-accessible, having a large aft deck for luggage, bikes and strollers, and enhanced climate control for passenger comfort.
The William Richard's construction brings the ferry service's total new investment in Northern Michigan to $12.8 million over the past six years. Part of this investment was its last new ferry, the $3.8 million Miss Margy, which made her debut in 2015. That project was also a Moran Iron Works build job.
Other recent upgrades include a new dock on Mackinac Island, right next to the Waterfront Collection South hotel. There's also a new ticket office, lighting and upgraded speaker system.
On the mainland bases of Mackinaw City and St. Ignace, Shepler's added new buses with bigger luggage compartments to service customers during the ferry season. Parking areas also have been recently upgraded.
For the new ferry, Moran Iron Works was the best fit for the job because it specializes in one-of-a-kind fabrication jobs, Shepler's staff said.
"Construction will require some 13,000 man hours on the shop floor at Moran Iron Works before the ferry is moved to Port Calcite in Roger's City in mid-March, frost laws permitting," the ferry service said.
"Traditionally, ferries are built in the shipyards of Wisconsin, the Atlantic seaboard or the Gulf Coast, but Moran Iron Works is changing that with its inland facility and high-wire corridor to Port Calcite in Roger's City.
Shepler's Ferry is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year.
https://www.sheplersferry.com/
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Has anyone ever compiled a list of all the things people have tried in order to duplicate the original cartridge case coating?
I don't believe anyone has compiled a list of that but I know Elite Ammunition was working on a coating. Come to think of it, I don't know if they got it completed.
We did and use it on our virgin brass.
GONRA has excellent luck screwing around with "subsonic loads" using a Very Thin Film of STP OIl Treatment on EA 07 brass handloads.
Get fingers slippery with STP Oil Treatment, rub loaded ammo cartridge cases - Blast Away!


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Tesnota è un film del 2017 diretto da Kantemir Balagov, al suo esordio alla regia di un lungometraggio. È co-prodotto dalla fondazione no profit "Primer Intonacij" di Aleksandr Sokurov.

Trama
Nal'čik, Ciscaucasia, 1998. La vita di una famiglia ebrea viene sconvolta dal rapimento del figlio e della sua fidanzata prossimi alle nozze. Immersi in un clima di diffidenza e di contrasti etnici e religiosi, i componenti della famiglia sono chiamati a grandi sacrifici personali per raccogliere la somma richiesta per pagare il riscatto.

Produzione
Il film è stato girato nel 2016 a San Pietroburgo nelle scene di interni e a Nal'čik in quelle di esterni.

Distribuzione
Il film è stato presentato in anteprima al Festival di Cannes 2017 il 24 maggio, nella sezione Un Certain Regard, venendo distribuito nelle sale cinematografiche italiane da Movies Inspired a partire dal 1º agosto 2019. Invece all'interno del programma"Fuori Orario" l'ha presentato in lingua originale russa con sottotitoli in italiano.

Riconoscimenti
 2017 - Festival di Cannes
 Premio FIPRESCI (Un Certain Regard)
 In competizione per la Caméra d'or
 In competizione per il premio Un Certain Regard

Note

Collegamenti esterni

Film drammatici
Film ambientati negli anni 1990
Film ambientati in Russia
Film sull'ebraismo

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Teens Have Died from Binge Drinking in Darien: Police Officer at Panel Discussion
By: David Gurliacci | March 8, 2017
After a documentary film about the dangers of binge drinking among teenagers and young adults was shown at Darien Library on Monday night, James Palmieri, recently the school resource officer at Darien High School, told the audience that, just as in the documentary, a Darien teenager had died from the affects of binging on alcohol when his friends had left him.
"This isn't something that happens [only] in other places," Palmieri, now a detective with Darien police after 4 1/2 years as the department's school resource officer at the high school. He was speaking as part of a panel discussing binge drinking after the audience of about 150 saw the movie "Haze."
The panelists Monday night who spoke about teenage drinking. From left: Darien Police Detective James Palmieri, Frank Bartolomeo of Southfield Center for Development and Emily DeLeo, a Darien High School graduate.
"[I]n some cases, one of which I was directly involved with, the kid ended up dying purely because he drank too much, and his friends didn't want to deal with him," Palmieri said. "One of them was thrown in an Uber [driving service car] and sent home, and you know, circumstances unfolded, and he ended up dying."
When kids who are with another teenager who's been binge drinking and groggy leave that teen alone, even if it's to drop the drunk teen off at home or at Post 53, the drunk teenager needs to be watched, Palmieri said. As another panelist, Dr. Frank Bartolomeo, said, alcohol is a depressant and too much of it can lead to a heart stopping. Breath can also slow down, and a groggy or unconscious drunk can choke on his or her own vomit.
"So just understand that this happens," Palmieri said. "I've been there. I've seen it. It's not something that's not happening here."
Darien Police don't announce deaths from alcohol or drug abuse, and families don't tend to say anything about them, he said — so the public at large normally doesn't know it happens in town, he said.
Don't Leave a Seriously Drunk Teenager Alone
After someone stops drinking, alcohol continues to be absorbed in their system, and someone already drunk may get more drunk, to the point of danger for some time after the last drink, Palmieri said — so don't leave that person alone.
"[D]on't leave people, because you […] may drop them off at home, and you think they're pretty banged up and they're just going to sleep it off — but they're going to continue to get drunk," he said. "You don't know what's going to happen after you leave, so don't leave people."
Palmieri pointed out that the friends who leave a seriously drunk teenager are often themselves drunk and not thinking very clearly. They also may not know how dangerous it is to leave someone alone who's that drunk, and they tend to be concerned about getting into trouble themselves.
Palmieri said that calling 911 is still a good option in that circumstance, and police have "gone to bat" for the other teenagers with the drunk one so that they don't face the penalties Darien High School imposes on students who are caught drinking or caught with students who are drinking.
For Palmieri's comments during the panel discussion, see this article. For Bartolomeo's comments, see this article.
Palmieri represents the department on the Thriving Youth Task Force. He's also a trainer for the state's Juvenile Justice Advisory Committee, teaching a program called "Effective Interactions Between School Staff and Police" to educators around the state and country.
Panel Discussion After Documentary Shown on Binge Drinking
Binge drinking is a serious part of the problem of teenage, young adult and especially college drinking, where it's contributed to numerous deaths over the years, including the death of Gordie Bailey, an 18-year-old from Greenwich who died after a hazing incident at the University of Colorado-Boulder.
The short version of "Haze" was shown just before the panel discussion Monday about Bailey's experience and college binge drinking in general. Suzanne Denunzio of Darien, a friend of Bailey's family, helped introduce the film.
"[T]his video is NOT designed to be easy to watch […]," Denunzio said. "[T]his is meant to provoke thoughts and start discussions."
Afterward a panel of three people answered questions from the audience and from some of the the organizers of the event, which was sponsored by the Community Fund of Darien, Thriving Youth Task Force, YWCA/Parent Awareness, Darien Youth Commission, Darien Library and The Community Fund's Youth Asset Team.
Although much of what was said was addressed to parents, the vast majority of the 170 or so people in the Community Room at Darien Library were high school kids.
Denunzio gave a short description of the circumstances that led to Bailey's death, then she noted that it was one of many tragic deaths due to alcohol on college campuses, including some recently in Connecticut. She said there are some lessons about binge drinking that parents need to teach their children before they start college:
When you talk to your college age kids you learn that scenes like you will see in this movie — the parties, the pre-gaming, the passed-out students, the alcohol induced, unwanted sexual advances, the ambulance runs — they are all real and they are all commonplace. Almost too commonplace as our children are often desensitized to the seriousness of each incident.
As parents, we cannot be blind to what goes on. we must educate our kids to understand the risks of alcohol: to know the signs of alcohol poisoning and to be a good friend to someone in need — don't ever leave your buddy; prop them on their side; put a backpack on their back so they can't roll over; and, above all, call 911 if you see the signs of alcohol poisoning. There are immunity laws to protect those under-age that bring the student in.
Gordie didn't have to die. He could have just had a stupid story to tell the next day, but instead it turned tragic.
What the Documentary Showed
The film describes Gordie Bailey as personable — even with a magnetic personality — and with a lot of talent in sports and a range of other activities, including acting. About a month after arriving on the Boulder campus in 2004 he was pledging at a fraternity on campus.
As part of the initiation, he and other pledges were told to drink a large amount of alcohol. When they got back to the frat house, Gordie and the other pledges started sleeping. At some point, the alcohol caused Bailey to stop breathing and die. He was found lying on his stomach on the floor in the frat house, where he had been left unattended.
Darien Youth Director Alicia Sillars, one of the founders of the Thriving Youth Initiative, pointed out after the film that the longer version of the documentary shows one of Bailey's parents saying that they had spoken with him repeatedly about the dangers of driving drunk but they hadn't thought to talk to him about binge drinking.
Medical experts and others discussed how widespread binge drinking is on college campuses and elsewhere and the dangers of it, and the film showed plenty of examples of it, including drunk and endangered college students suffering from the immediate after-effects of it.
The Point of the Event
Ryan Jones, a high school student and member of the Community Fund's Youth Asset Team, moderated the event. After about a half hour of discussion and questions to a three-member panel that followed the movie, Jones closed the meeting by saying:
We hope you leave this evening:
With increased awareness about the dangers of binge drinking, especially on college campuses.
With a commitment to talk with your children about this important subject and discuss how they can make healthy choices related to alcohol use.
Panel Discussion and Q&A
In a long discussion with a lot of comments, here are some highlights:
Palmieri:
"There's just a lot of kids who don't do this stuff [drinking]. […] There are kids in this audience that are perfectly happy and have fun and don't do this stuff. We don't tend to sit in groups like this and talk about them because they're doing very well, but there are a lot of kids."
"I'll never forget my first open house in Darien, and the big joke with the teachers is that you could become intoxicated just talking with half the parents. So I get a kick out of that."
"But I'll never forget standing there talking with a parent, and she was hell-bent on convincing me the kids should be taught how to drink, that they should drink "under my care" or that this was somehow beneficial. It was just the first of hundreds of conversations that I would have […]"
"I don't live in Darien, yet I'm immersed in the culture, obviously, daily, and the amount of adults that are under this spell that this is a good thing to let kids drink — I mean, some of the people that I've heard say it — I shake my head and I wonder if I'm in the Twilight Zone […]"
Dr. Frank Bartolomeo, (a Ph.D., not a medical doctor) the director of behavioral health services at the Southfield Center for Development in Darien has had a 25-year career in mental health counseling, management and academic research:
"[T]he adolescent brain does not have the cutoff switch yet to know when we've had too much to drink. So it's very easy — and why teenagers often die from alcohol poisoning or drinking themselves literally to death. […] Alcohol is a depressant. The affect on your central nervous system is that it depresses it. When you consume that amount of alcohol [in binge drinking] […] it can cause your heart to shut off, and you're more vulnerable to that than someone past 25 years of age. I'm just saying your body may not tell you when you've had enough."
"Sometimes when people make choices not to have alcohol, there is a social cost to it. I understand in working with lots of adolescents, once they make a commitment not to use, sometimes they stop getting invited to parties. Now they have to deal with loneliness and isolation and not feeling, perhaps not belonging in a high status group. That's a real dilemma."
"The position I took with my own children was 'When you go to a party, you tell them that your father's crazy and that he's going to drug test me or give me a breathalyzer when I get home.' I want to give them a face-saving way to say 'No.'"
Emily DeLeo, a 2009 graduate of Darien High School and now a Stamford resident, was the third panelist:
"When I was in high school […] it was just as bad as it is now. […] I had plenty of friends whose parents didn't care that we were downstairs [drinking]."
"Alcohol is not something [for you] to say 'Oh, I'm going to drink 10 shots an hour and get crazy wasted — it's going to be a good time,' because it's not. It's not going to be a good time if you drink 10 shots in an hour, whether you think it is or not. For 99 percent of the time, it's not going to be a good time."
An abridged version of the documentary "Haze" was shown at the library on Monday night. You can see that 36-minute version online here, or watch the full-length, 81-minute version here. Here's a trailer for the documentary:
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Date:14 AUG 2018
Family analysis: The case of M v F and others [2018] EWHC 1720 (Fam) is a reminder that the main issues in the case should be identified and addressed as early as possible in proceedings. Brendan Roche, barrister, of Seven Bedford Row, highlights the procedural issues that arose because the father was a litigant in person, including whether he could cross-examine the mother.
What are the practical implications of this case?
The key lessons from this case are the value of identifying and addressing the issues as early as possible in proceedings, and arrangements that may be put in place as to cross-examination where an alleged perpetrator is a litigant in person.
The respondent father's application for legal aid was rejected on the basis of his means. This meant that as a litigant in person, the respondent would, in the ordinary course, cross-examine the mother (the applicant) on her allegations. The Master of the Rolls in Re K and H (Private Law: Public Funding) [2015] EWCA Civ 543, [2016] 1 FLR 754, set out in para [52] of the judgment the options available to the court, which has to determine how best to balance the need for the evidence to be heard and tested against the need to protect alleged victims from further harm or abuse.
In his judgment, Williams J said it is crucial that the possibility that a litigant in person, who is the alleged perpetrator and might be cross-examining an alleged victim, is identified and brought to the attention of the court at the earliest possible time so that directions can be given. In this case, the guardian agreed that she would test the evidence of the parties.
The judge joined the children as parties at the second case management hearing before him, considering this appropriate given the complexities of the case, even before the fact-finding had taken place. One reason for this, and for a direction for an early report from the children's guardian, was to enable swift progress to be made after the fact-finding hearing was concluded.
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What was the background?
This was a fact-finding hearing in a case where the applicant alleged that she had been stranded with one child in Pakistan in August 2017, while the respondent returned to England to care for the other three children of the family. The applicant further alleged that she had been subjected to controlling and abusive behaviour by the respondent, and other members of the paternal family.
The judge excluded the evidence of three of the respondent's witnesses because their statements were served late, on the second day of the hearing, and the applicant would have found it difficult give instructions and respond.
At the judge's instigation, after there was an issue over what documents the parents' immigration solicitor might hold, the immigration solicitor was called to give evidence. She told the court that the mother had initially said the DNA paternity test was wrong, but later had admitted to having an affair. This was very unhelpful evidence to emerge for the first time in the middle of the trial.
The parties requested Urdu/Punjabi interpreters to assist at the trial, but this was too general a request. Interpreters with particular dialect skills were required. The delay in obtaining the right interpreters meant that the maternal grandmother, giving evidence by video-link from Pakistan, was unable to give any useful evidence.
What did the court decide?
Williams J decided that the respondent had indeed stranded the applicant in Pakistan. The child who was left with the applicant in Pakistan was not the respondent's but was the product of the mother's infidelity in Pakistan while the respondent was living in England.
The judge found that the respondent could not tolerate the child within the family since she would be a constant source of shame and reminder of the applicant's breach of their cultural and religious rules. The judge rejected the applicant's allegations of controlling and abusive behaviour and criticised both parents for prioritising their own needs over those of the children.
Interviewed by Nicola Laver.
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WIFC will begin their defence of the IFA London Cup with group games against Cambridge, AFC Wimbledon A and Dagenham & Redbridge later this year. With the competition extended to include a number of extra teams from the South East, a record 15 teams will compete in the initial group phase, with the four group winners progressing straight to the semi-finals.
WIFC completed their IFA league campaign for the season with a comfortable 4-1 win against Southampton at Parmiters today. With interest in joining WIFC at an all-time high following a fine season for the big boys, manager Chris Davis handed debuts to no less than 4 players and was rewarded with 4 goals and a 13th win from this year's 20 league fixtures, the highest number since 2007/08.
WIFC took the lead after 13 minutes, when a corner from Ben Pegram was met at the far post by Moz Clarke, who rose above his marker and headed ball into the corner to break his WIFC goalscoring duck in his 21st appearance.
The lead was doubled on 29 minutes when Jimmy Davis, starting a game for the first time after a 16 month injury lay-off, picked up the ball the ball in his own half and in typical style, ran more than 50 yards before finishing with his left foot. The Internet 'Orns made it 3 just before the break, when Ben Batemam marked his debut with a neat finish from an Ed Sterry pass.
Southampton made it 3-1 on 58 minutes, when Alex Griffiths scored, but the home side completed the scoring through leading scorer Rob Sterry's 20th of the season, after good build-up play from Joel Moody and John Sitkowski, another of the 4 debutants.
All roads now point to Leeds, as the WIFC Vets complete the season's action by participating in the Big Tam Vets tournament, which is held in the Yorkshire city next weekend.
Team. Tom Beck; Ed Sterry, Julian Carrera, Stuart Nicholls, Phil McBride; Richard Murphy, Sam Copeland, Moz Clarke, Ben Pegram, Joel Moody; Jimmy Davis. Subs John Sitkowski, David Sitkowski, Ben Bateman, James Farnfield, Rob Sterry.


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Samson Koletkar AKA Mahatma Moses World's Only Indian Jewish Stand-Up Comedian
Mahatma Moses Comedy Caravan
Enjoy an hour of clean, witty humor of the world's only Indian Jewish Stand Up comedian, Samson Koletkar, as he shares hilarious stories of growing up Jewish in the mean streets of Mumbai, becoming an American citizen, and adopting an Afghan kid. Opening Act is, from South India to South Central Los Angeles, Konkani-comedian Abhay.
Date: Sat, Aug 10, 7pm - 8:30pm
Venue: Kirkland Performance Center, 350 Kirkland Ave, Kirkland WA 98033
Date: Sun, Aug 11, 7pm - 8:30pm
Venue: Freight & Salvage, 2020 Addison St, Berkeley CA 94704
10 Best Indian-Origin Comedians of the Last Decade.
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Samson Koletkar was born in Mumbai and raised Jewish. Growing up in the world's most crowded city, he spent most of his childhood years burning the midnight candles for earning a Masters Degree in Computer Software, thereby fulfilling his parent's dreams. He then moved half-way across the world, to the technology headquarters and a hotbed for emerging comics - San Francisco.
He was included in "10 Best Indian-Origin Comedians of the Last Decade" by BookMyShow and "10 Indian Comedians Who Found Success in the U.S." by Silicon India, and SF Chronicle published a cover article on him "India-born stand-up builds comedy utopia in Oakland". He won the 2015 International Society of Humor Studies Comedy Competition and the 2010 Asian American Theater Company Comedy Competition. He finished a Finalist in 2007 Rooster T Feathers Comedy Competition and a Semi-Finalist in 2015 36th Annual Seattle International Comedy Competition. He was invited to perform in 2010 Great Canadian Laugh Off, 2014 39th Annual San Francisco International Comedy Competition & 2011 San Francisco Comedy Day.
He is the founder of Comedy Oakland, voted "Best Place for Comedy" in 2016 & 2018 East Bay Express Reader's Poll. Comedy Oakland also ranks at the top of the Best Comedy Clubs in San Francisco Bay Area on Yelp & Google. With 250+ shows featuring over 500 different comedians entertaining 13,000+ audiences for 400 hours every year, Comedy Oakland is a live stand-up comedy experience you don't want to miss!
He is the co-founder & the brains behind Desi Comedy Fest - the largest South Asian Comedy Festival in America. Desi Comedy Fest is held every August in multiple cities across the San Francisco Bay Area. Founded in August 2014, the annual event has showcased 100+ comedians and has entertained 7000+ audiences. The Fest also completed a 4-city 20-show tour of India in 2016, and satellite events in Los Angeles, San Diego, Portland, Seattle & New Jersey.
He is the headliner on "You're Funny But You Don't Look Jewish" comedy tour, with 40+ performances across USA & Canada. The tour is like Indian spices topping a matzot pizza served with Vietnamese iced coffee in an African American Bakery. Italian American, African American, Vietnamese American and Indian American Jewish stand-up comedians Mike Capozzola, Gina Gold, Joe Nguyen and Samson Koletkar share the stage and their own experiences about being 'undercover' members of the tribe!


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Wortham High School is a public high school of the Wortham Independent School District located in Wortham, TX. It has 153 students in grades 9th through 12th. Wortham High School is the 1,563rd largest public high school in Texas and the 18,582nd largest nationally. It has a student teacher ratio of 8.8 to 1.
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Wortham High School is ranked 1,639th out of 2,141 ranked schools in Texas, for total students on lunch assistance.
The percentage of Wortham High School students on free and reduced lunch assistance (41.8%) is slightly lower than the state average of 53.3%. This may indicate that the area has a lower level of poverty than the state average.


Team Stryker - MISSION 003: PAGE 12 "SO THAT'S HOW WE'RE PLAYING IT?!
MISSION 003: PAGE 12 "SO THAT'S HOW WE'RE PLAYING IT?!
Its Team Stryker time! Today's page is what happens when I let Deadeye off his leash. Deadeye has done 100 tours of Vietnam (even after the conflict was over) and in that time he has become quite an efficient killing machine. There isn't a deadly creature on this earth that he hasn't fought, beaten and eaten. Drawing Deadeye fight is always a highlight for me due to how primal he is. From an early age Deadeye has learned to survive on his own and will do anything to make sure that he is the victor in any battle he comes across. When thinking about Deadeye's fighting style against a velociraptor I have to think how would two raptors fight? Deadeye fights off his instincts and that means he will adapt to any situation. If a raptor bites him, he will bite back. Deadeye is a survivor and when you are battling your way through the Jurassic era there is no one else I'd want watching my back.
For those of you that don't follow Team Stryker on Twitter or Facebook (shame on you!) I recently sat down with the lovely Ari Carr and did an interview about Team Stryker and the struggles of trying to make a webcomic a success. You can read the interview here. It was a fantastic experience and hopefully I'll get the chance to do another as we get closer to the launch of Team Stryker Mission 004 in 2013.
Have a great rest of the week and I'll see you all back here for the newest page of Team Stryker!


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2 EMS workers recovering after ambulance struck by lightning
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Two Grayson County EMS workers are recovering after their ambulance was hit by lightning.It happened at a crash scene on the Western Kentucky Parkway.The sheriff's department said the workers were loading an accident victim into their ambulance when a bolt of lightning knocked both of them to the ground.They were taken to the Twin Lakes Regional Medical Center in Leitchfield;Both workers were treated and released about two hours later.
GRAYSON COUNTY, Ky. —
Two Grayson County EMS workers are recovering after their ambulance was hit by lightning.
It happened at a crash scene on the Western Kentucky Parkway.
2 EMS workers injured when lightning strikes ambulance
The sheriff's department said the workers were loading an accident victim into their ambulance when a bolt of lightning knocked both of them to the ground.
They were taken to the Twin Lakes Regional Medical Center in Leitchfield;
Both workers were treated and released about two hours later.


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XLA's Summer Internship Program
By JJ White	on May 2, 2019 in Insights
May, 2019 – This summer XLA will again support a summer intern program, with participants working at both our Vienna corporate office and onsite with our customers. The program gives local college students an opportunity to learn about XLA and gain meaningful, hands-on experience in a professional environment. XLA is committed to developing the next generation's workforce. "We have had great success with many of our interns completing their summer program here at XLA and subsequently going on to obtain full-time roles either leading programs for our organization or joining government agencies in the technical field of their undergraduate area of study." said Stephanie White, XLA's Director of Human Resources. "We welcome all to apply when the program opens up in May of each year for summer internship opportunities here at XLA."
XLA Opens First International Office
By JJ White	on March 19, 2019 in Insights
March 2019 – XLA is pleased to announce the opening of our first international office in Amman, Jordan. The office will house staff supporting the Unites States Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission in Jordan under XLA's Middle East and North Africa Professional Services ID/IQ. "Opening this office will allow us to better serve the USAID community in the region while also expanding XLA's international footprint." said Dale Ritchie, XLA's Program Manager.
TEAM XLA WINS NARA ISSO SUPPORT SERVICES CONTRACT
By JJ White	on October 23, 2018 in Insights
TEAM XLA WINS NARA ISSO
SUPPORT SERVICES CONTRACT
October 18, 2018 – XLA and Missing Link Security (MLS) are pleased to announce that The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), has awarded the Information Systems Security Officer (ISSO) Support Services to Team XLA-MLS. The ISSO Support Services is a five-year contract (base year, with four one-year options).
NARA is the nation's record keeper and it is an independent agency established in 1934 to identify, protect, preserve, and make publicly available the historically valuable records of all three branches of the Federal government. Archives locations in 17 states, from coast-to-coast, protect and provide public access to millions of records and provide Federal agencies superior records storage, access, and disposition services through a national network of facilities.
Together, Team XLA-MLS along with SiloSmashers as a subcontractor, brings a thorough understanding of NARA's architecture, strategic priorities, and prudent emphasis on fiscal discipline, while maintaining a relentless focus on organizational transformation. Our Team brings years of knowledge and experience serving as subject matter experts in the information system security arena, having built and delivered many of the mission-critical services and modules used within enterprise security management systems.
Since 2007, XLA has supported NARA in providing Cybersecurity services in support of Chief Information Security Officer and performing Authorization & Accreditation, vulnerability assessment, Incident Response, policy development and review, annual training development, phishing, systems administration, and security engineering support services. XLA has also supported NARA projects such as Enterprise Architecture (EA), Data Model Management, IT Project Management, Information Systems Test, and Configuration Management for many of the enterprise-wide initiatives.
"We are extremely elated to receive this ISSO contract award and our Team looks forward to providing support to NARA," states Asim Malik, Director, Programs and Technical Solutions at XLA. "This is a significant award with critical mission support activities enabling XLA to expand our presence into areas which require high-level clearances and we are honored to have the opportunity to provide NARA with our ISSO expertise."
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Our Music Development Project
This year we also built on the hard work of our Tom in relation to music, and turned it into a proper project. Some of you may know that Tom's passion is music, if you spend ten minutes with him you soon realise. We try and play to our teams' strengths and now that's what he's working on half the time – developing young people through music. This can mean teaching someone an instrument from scratch, honing their skills further or talent development for bands – we do it all. This project forms part of our strategic approach to live music locally. We recognised that it's important to invest in young people and to ensure the great local scene continues; we need to make sure there's a pipeline of talent coming through. For that to happen, a physical, equipped space with skilled support is essential. We provide free access to rehearsal, recording and performance space and opportunities, allowing young people to refine their sound and develop their confidence.
Bands like Finno, Joe Russell-Brown, The Nancy's, Kingsway and the Grime crew have already benefitted from this. But we've also worked with 55 other young people and some of our best outcomes are with those who have never played or performed before. One young girl who was a CSE survivor went from complete disengagement with school to plotting her college studies from the confidence she gained on the project. Another, whose Mother sadly passed away, has a creative outlet and music has been critical in enabling her to develop positive relationships through which she can begin to open up and process her feelings.
Music can broaden horizons. When it's at its best, it challenges the status quo, opens up different points of view and encourages creative expression. In this project music is our tool to engage and unlock aspiration but tying it in with live experience, encouraging young people to see and try new things.
This is our own little punk movement. Punk isn't time bound to the seventies and it shouldn't be wrapped in a British flag. It doesn't mean spitting and safety pins to us. It's a DIY ethos, a questioning, rebellious spirit and a cultural exchange. In the current climate (bleurgh) that spirit is needed just as much today as it was when it first emerged. We want socially conscious, engaged and active young people, our own little punks.
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Ли Кифер (, род. 15 июня 1994) — американская фехтовальщица-рапиристка, олимпийская чемпионка, чемпионка мира, четырёхкратная чемпионка Панамериканских игр, многократная Панамериканская чемпионка, призёр чемпионатов мира.

Биография
Родилась в 1994 году в Кливленде, имеет филиппинское происхождение; выросла в Лексингтоне (штат Кентукки).

С 2010 года ежегодно выигрывала Панамериканский чемпионат. В 2011 году завоевала бронзовую медаль чемпионата мира и две золотых медали Панамериканских игр. В 2012 году приняла участие в Олимпийских играх в Лондоне, где стала 5-й в личном первенстве, и 6-й — в командном.

В 2017 году Ли стала серебряным призёром чемпионата мира в командной рапире.

Личная жизнь
 Замужем за американским фехтовальщиком Гереком Мейнхардтом.

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Фехтовальщики США
Чемпионы летних Олимпийских игр 2020 года
Фехтовальщики на летних Олимпийских играх 2012 года
Фехтовальщики на летних Олимпийских играх 2016 года
Фехтовальщики на летних Олимпийских играх 2020 года
Чемпионы мира по фехтованию
Чемпионы Панамериканских игр по фехтованию
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Will another 9/11 on U.S. soil be prevented at least through 2030?
As of mid-2018, it's been almost 17 years since the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks that destroyed the Twin Towers in New York and damaged the Pentagon. Nearly 3,000 people died in the attack. Since that time, fortunately, there hasn't been another attack on the U.S. homeland that's anywhere close to the size and scale of 9/11.
However, we cannot rest easy.
Are we safer? Yes, we're safer from the kind of orchestrated attack that shocked us on that September morning. It's harder for terrorists to get into the country, and harder for them to pull off something spectacular if they do. But we have not plugged some of the most threatening security gaps.
A special report compiled by the Heritage Foundation examined 60 terrorist plots that have unfolded since 9/11.
How long can our luck – and the good work of law enforcement – hold out?
Can we prevent a US terrorist attack equal to (or worse than) 9/11 in terms of lives lost, at least through the year 2030?
For these purposes, a terrorist attack will point to something purposeful but not directly implemented by a nation-state's government and military.


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Al Shabaab Claims Responsibility for Suicide Attacks in Mogadishu – Pictures
MOGADISHU, Somalia — The Al Qaeda-affiliated extremist group Al Shabaab has claimed responsibility for twin suicide Car bombings in the headquarters of Somalia's Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in Mogadishu on Sunday.
The first attack happened when a bomber rammed his explosives-laden vehicle at the main entrance of CID, then armed Al Shabaab fighters tried force their way into the ground, killing at least ten people, including five civilians.
Minutes later, another car packed with explosives detonated at a checkpoint, targeting police officers guarding the CID compound, according to Capt. Osman Mohamed Hassan, a senior police officer who witnessed the incident.
Somali security ministry Abdirisack Omar Mohamed said, in a statement posted in his official Twitter account, that a police officer was killed while fending off the car bomb attack on CID.
The Minister has confirmed that at least seven Al Shabaab attackers were shot dead by the Somali security forces before they entered the headquarters of the CID, a main police office in the heart of Mogadishu.
Al Shabaab said its fighters have stormed the building after blasting their way with two car bombs; the group's spokesman, Sheikh Abdulaziz Abu Musab, says they killed a dozen police officers.
African Union Mission In Somalia, known as AMISOM, has strongly condemned Today's attack on CID by Al Shabaab, and has promised to help the Somali federal government defeat the militants.
Sunday's attack was the second suicide attack in the seaside capital of the horn of Africa in less than a week. Last Tuesday, at least 15 people were killed in double car bombs outside the Mogadishu airport. Despite being driven out of Mogadishu in 2011 by Somali and AU forces, Al Shabaab is still capable of carrying out attacks, including suicide bombings and gun attacks in the city.
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Like a lot of people my age, I spent a pretty significant portion of the '90s watching the X-Men cartoon. As a result, I've got that intro more or less memorized, so I was pretty thrilled to see that entire sequence recreated in glorious stop motion action figure animation.
Created by Kyle Roberts with background art by Nathan Poppe, it features all the guitar riffing, logo-attacking action that you crave from all of your favorite X-Men, and also Gambit. Check it out after the cut!
In order to recreate the intro, Roberts took 4,000 photographs and spent two months on animating it, a figure that I assume does not include the amount of time he spent getting that t-shirt with Mystique's catchphrase from X-Men: First Class printed up or finding that sweet TV with the built-in VCR. Actually, now that I think of it, he may have gotten that one from my old job.
Anyway, it's also worth noting that the animation looks to have been mostly done with the newer Marvel Legends figures rather than the era-appropriate Toy Biz X-Men figures from the '90s, presumably because it's difficult to do stop motion animation with a block of plastic with somewhere around four points of articulation.
And yes. It has breakdancing Michelangelo.


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This article is sponsored by MS Society
Kathryn Boothby, Postmedia Content Works
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an unpredictable disease that can have a profound impact on a person's ability to earn a living. With many patients first diagnosed in their 20s or 30s, the disease can bring decades of challenges that not only affect quality of life, but mental health, family dynamics and relationships.
The MS Society of Canada says income and employment security, affordable treatment solutions and accelerated research, as well as enhanced accessibility are absolute necessities. That is why the organization is pushing governments to take a stand on a disease that is complex, debilitating and life changing for the lives it touches.
"Advocacy brings hope and change, but we are on a long road," says Benjamin Davis, National Vice President, Government Relations with the MS Society. "We have to be patient, focused, and bring objective information to elected officials so they can make good decisions. If the government responds to our calls, great things can happen."
Approximately 85 per cent of Canadians with MS are diagnosed with relapsing-remitting MS (RRMS), a form of the disease characterized by unpredictable but clearly defined relapses during which new symptoms appear or existing ones get worse. In between relapses, recovery is complete or nearly complete to pre-relapse function (remission). It affects women up to three times more than men. The episodic nature of the disease brings periods that may vary in length and severity where an individual may be unable to work or perform everyday activities. This can make it difficult for some Canadians living with MS to function effectively in the workplace.
"In the Canadians with Disabilities Act there is no place for intermediate, or episodic, disability. Under the current definition, people are either fully disabled and therefore gain income support, or they are not," says Julie Kelndorfer, Director of Government and Community Relations with the MS Society. "There is a similar challenge with the Disability Tax Credit. A person needs a severe and prolonged disability to obtain the extra support needed when they are unable to function fully. Under those stipulations, people with RRMS do not currently qualify. This has brought income and employment disparity to Canadians with episodic illnesses."
A coordinated effort on the part of advocates, industry and patient groups, is helping to move the needle in a more positive direction.
In June of this year, persistence paid off when the term episodic was included in the definition of disability in Bill C-81 (Accessible Canada Act). "This will help open the door for people living with MS to receive additional income and sickness benefits," says Kelndorfer. The move will not only benefit MS patients, however. "It will also help Canadians diagnosed with any of 27 other episodic illnesses that include diabetes, migraines, some forms of cancer, and mental health conditions."
Moreover, Private Member's Motion M-192, which passed in the House of Commons in early November, focusses specifically on episodic illness and its prevalence and affect across Canadian society. The MS Society believes M-192 complements, supports and strengthens proposed legislation in Bill C-81.
"Accessibility is about more than removing physical barriers. It is about access to treatment, comprehensive homecare, and appropriate long-term care," Kelndorfer says. "M-192 has opened a discussion that will include not only legislators and advocates, but those who are living with these conditions every day. Bringing forward first-hand real-life experiences is critical for our work and the direction in which we need to go. This is monumental for the community."
Advocates, industry and patients must continue to urge for progress on efforts like M-192 by writing letters, participating in the MS Society online campaign, and engaging with members of parliament from all parties, she adds. "These situations present an important opportunity to highlight the realities of episodic disability, its impact on the lives of Canadians, and their ability to enjoy an enhanced quality of life."
Government must also continue to work toward equal access for people with episodic illnesses, says Davis. "A refundable Disability Tax Credit and flexible sickness benefits; investment in fundamental research; and improved accessibility for people with MS can all make a big difference."
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Grant Shapps caught up in government's 'shambolic' quarantine announcement after he jetted to Spain
Published: 12:00 PM July 26, 2020 Updated: 6:27 PM September 17, 2020
Transport secretary Grant Shapps on Sky News; Sky News, Twitter - Credit: Archant
Shadow health secretary Jonathan Ashworth has said the way the government handled its latest quarantine announcement is 'shambolic', as it was revealed the transport secretary would be affected.
Shadow secretary labels governments Spain quarantine decision shambolic. Photo: Sky News. - Credit: Sky News
Ashworth spoke about the announcement made this weekend that people arriving from Spain will have to quarantine for two weeks – and said the way it has been communicated has been 'causing anxiety'.
He also talked about the fact that transport secretary Grant Shapps is caught on holiday in Spain, saying that 'you couldn't make it up' and that this tells people everything they need to know about the government.
Speaking on Sophy Ridge on Sunday, he said: 'One of the big blunders of Boris Johnson from March was not quarantining travellers from Spain, France and Italy, but there are holidaymakers in Spain confused and distressed.
'There are people about to go on holiday to Spain or the Canary Islands who are confused and they don't know whether their employers will allow them to take two weeks quarantine.'
Ashworth said the story only got out there because a Sunday journalist broke it on Twitter, and the government had to rush to confirm it. 'That is no way to treat people who are on holiday or about to travel,' he said.
The shadow secretary also asked for clarity from the government regarding financial support for holidaymakers whose employers do not cooperate: 'When the government makes decisions, they have got to back it up with financial support for people, because this virus will spread when people have got no choice but to go to work.
'It is a decision between putting food on their table or losing their jobs and staying at home. This is why we are not getting on top of the virus to the extent that we need to, because we are still not giving people the financial support.'


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Interpret a 1977 Graphic Score (Disquiet Junto 0230)
Disquiet Junto
disquiet May 27, 2016, 12:34am #1
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Each Thursday in the Disquiet Junto group on SoundCloud.com and at disquiet.com/junto, a new compositional challenge is set before the group's members, who then have just over four days to upload a track in response to the assignment. Membership in the Junto is open: just join and participate. There's no pressure to do every project. It's weekly so that you know it's there, every Thursday through Monday, when you have the time.
This project was posted in the late afternoon, California time, on Thursday, May 26, 2016, with a deadline of 11:59pm wherever you are on Monday, May 30, 2016.
These are the instructions that went out to the group's email list (at tinyletter.com/disquiet-junto):
Disquiet Junto Project 0230: Design I
Interpret a graphic score (never before performed or realized) from the mid-1970s.
These are the steps for the project:
Step 1: View the graphic score, by Glenn Sogge, at the following URL:
Step 2: Record a piece of music that interprets the score as a work of musical notation.
Step 3: Annotate your track with a brief explanation of your approach and process.
Step 4: Then listen to and comment on tracks uploaded by your fellow Disquiet Junto participants.
Background: The score was provided by Junto participant Glenn Sogge. Here's a bit about his background: "I had finished my BFA at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago a couple years before. I had begun my studies at Northwestern University before that. I studied with Frédéric Rzewski at SAIC and had taken a music & theater course with Berio at NU. The periodical Source was a major inspiration as were the compositions of Cage. Being the son of a sculptor and wood worker, I suppose the interconnections of the plastic arts (space, time, materials) have always been an influence. With a smattering of jazz in my history, improvisation was important so open ended scores that gave the performers room to explore were of special interest. This piece was probably done in the last year or so before I stopped composing for about 35 years (I got seduced by computers and programming among other things.) My son facilitated my reentry to the world of electronic music with a Minibrute last summer and I have been burnishing the bits like crazy since then."
Deadline: This project was posted in the late afternoon, California time, on Thursday, May 26, 2016, with a deadline of 11:59pm wherever you are on Monday, May 30, 2016.
Length: The length is up to you, though between one and three minutes feels about right.
Upload: Please when posting your track on SoundCloud, only upload one track for this project, and be sure to include a description of your process in planning, composing, and recording it. This description is an essential element of the communicative process inherent in the Disquiet Junto. Photos, video, and lists of equipment are always appreciated.
Title/Tag: When adding your track to the Disquiet Junto group on Soundcloud.com, please in the title to your track include the term "disquiet0230." Also use "disquiet0230" as a tag for your track.
Download: It is preferable that your track is set as downloadable, and that it allows for attributed remixing (i.e., a Creative Commons license permitting non-commercial sharing with attribution).
Linking: When posting the track, please be sure to include this information:
More on this 230th weekly Disquiet Junto project — "Design I: Interpret a graphic score (never before performed or realized) from the mid-1970s" — at:
http://disquiet.com/0230/
The graphic score is by Glenn Sogge, more from whom at:
More on the Disquiet Junto at:
http://disquiet.com/junto/
Join the Disquiet Junto at:
soundcloud.com/groups/disquiet-junto/
Subscribe to project announcements here:
http://tinyletter.com/disquiet-junto/
Disquiet Junto general discussion takes place at:
http://disquiet.com/forums/
disquiet May 27, 2016, 3:17am #2
The first two tracks have been uploaded. More will be added to this playlist for the duration of the project:


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The Global Nature of Science, Technology and Innovation —Ambassador Qin Gang' interview with AAAS Science & Diplomacy Magazine_Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the United States of America – China-US Relations — Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the United States of America
Ambassador Qin Gang's interview with AAAS Science & Diplomacy Magazine was published on Dec 17 , 2021. Ambassador Qin spoke with Kim Montgomery, Director of International Affairs and Science Diplomacy and Executive Editor of Science & Diplomacy, on China's science diplomacy initiatives.Here is the full text of the interview.
Kim Montgomery (interviewer): Since China and the United States established diplomatic relations in 1979, the U.S.-China Agreement on Cooperation in Science and Technology, renewed every year since, has led to robust collaboration in science and technology. You arrived in Washington, DC as Ambassador at a pivotal time, given the tensions between the countries. What are China's priorities for the bilateral relationship and what role do you see for science, technology, and innovation?
Ambassador Qin: Since the establishment of diplomatic ties more than forty years ago, China-U.S. relations have made historic progress, despite some twists and turns and the many differences in our social systems, histories, cultures, and approaches to development. We are ready to work with the United States to respect each other, peacefully coexist, and pursue cooperation.
Scientific and technological exchanges and cooperation have played an important role in the development of China-U.S. relations and are still an important part of our bilateral relationship. Even before we officially established diplomatic relations, U.S. President Carter's science advisor visited China. In 1979, after diplomatic relations were established, Mr. Deng Xiaoping and President Carter signed the China-U.S. Agreement on Cooperation in Science and Technology, the first formal cooperation agreement between the two governments. Over the past forty years, more than thirty protocols and agreements in a wide range of areas including health, climate change, ecological protection, and nuclear safety have been signed under the framework of the Agreement.
When China and the United States work together to address global issues as the ones I just mentioned, and jointly manage the uncertainties of emerging technologies, we can deliver greater benefits to our two peoples and better prepare humanity for an uncertain future. Limitations on that collaboration, including restrictions on Chinese scientists and students, are in the interest of neither side.
Montgomery: You have more than thirty years of diplomatic experience, having served as Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Director-General of Protocol, and multiple posts related to European affairs, among other positions. What role has science, technology, and innovation played in your diplomatic career?
Ambassador Qin: Throughout my diplomatic career, exchanges and cooperation in science and technology have been an important part of state-to-state relations, in line with President Xi's vision of building a community with a shared future for mankind.
When I was posted in the UK, along with learning why the first Industrial Revolution took place there and how the country had produced renowned scientists from Isaac Newton to Michael Faraday, I worked hard to promote scientific and technological cooperation between China and the UK. Under the framework of the UK-China Research and Innovation Partnership Fund (the UK's Newton Fund), China and the UK have jointly funded more than two hundred Chinese and British research …….
Source: http://www.china-embassy.org/eng/dshd/202112/t20211218_10471456.htm
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Great old advertisement depicting three of my most favorite things.
Let me guess : headphones, globes and embroidered seat cushions???
3 things.... thats sooooo easy!
third: the depersonification of the double entendre 'Here's a message from Milwaukee.' If you know the history behind section 8 of the chron, then you know exactly wtf I mean!!!
are there still ham radio operators or has the internet killed that?
Wow, "War of The Worlds" and "Pale Blue Dot" we've come so far.
First day of 'Spring Training' I guess, it's finally time to get out of the house.


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Q: How to represent a Many-To-Many relationship in XML or other simple file format? I have a list management appliaction that stores its data in a many-to-many relationship database.
I.E. A note can be in any number of lists, and a list can have any number of notes.
I also can export this data to and XML file and import it in another instance of my app for sharing lists between users.  However, this is based on a legacy system where the list to note relationship was one-to-many (ideal for XML).
Now a note that is in multiple lists is esentially split into two identical rows in the DB and all relation between them is lost.
Question: How can I represent this many-to-many relationship in a simple, standard file format? (Preferably XML to maintain backwards compatibility)

A: I think your XML format must make use of some sort of "references". If you prefer the list-to-notes relationship to be visible, then something like the following can be suitable:
<notes>
    <note id="Note1"> ... </note>
    <note id="Note2"> ... </note>
    ...
</notes>

<lists>
    <list id="List1">
        <note_refs>
            <note_ref id="Note1"/>
            <note_ref id="Note4"/>
        </note_refs>
    </list>
    ...
</lists>

If on the other hand you want to see easily the lists associated with a given note, then you can simply invert the roles of lists and notes in my example.
Alternatively, you can represent the many-to-many relationship more symmetrically as a mathematical relation: define all notes, define all lists, and then define a mapping consisting of [list reference, note reference] pairs.

A: In a database, the tool for representing many-to-many relationships is an association table.  Each row in the table represents an association between two objects.  Thus if a note with an ID of 1 appears in lists with IDs of 1, 2, and 3, there would be three rows in the association table:
 ID  NoteID  ListID
 --  ------  ------
  1       1       1
  2       1       2
  3       1       3

You can get a note and all of its related lists with a query like this:
SELECT [columns] FROM Association
   JOIN Notes ON Note.ID = Association.NoteID
   JOIN Lists ON List.ID = Association.ListID
WHERE Association.NoteID = @NoteID

And all the notes for a list:
SELECT [columns] FROM Association
   JOIN Notes ON Note.ID = Association.NoteID
   JOIN Lists ON List.ID = Association.ListID
WHERE Association.ListID = @ListID

That's how you'd represent it in XML:
<Lists>
  <List ID='1'>...</List>
  <List ID='2'>...</List>
  <List ID='3'>...</List>
  ...
<Lists>
<Notes>
  <Note ID='1'>...</Note>
</Notes>
<Associations>
   <Association ID='1' NoteID='1' ListID='1'/>
   <Association ID='2' NoteID='1' ListID='2'/>
   <Association ID='3' NoteID='1' ListID='3'/>
</Associations>

In, XSLT, you could access this association like this:
<xsl:template match="List" mode="AssociatedNotes">
   <xsl:variable name="Associations" select="/*/Associations/Association[@ListID=current()/@ID]"/>
   <xsl:apply-templates select="/*/Notes[@ID=$Associations/@NoteID]"/>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="Note" mode="AssociatedLists">
   <xsl:variable name="Associations"  select="/*/Associations/Association[@NoteID=current()/@ID]"/>
   <xsl:apply-templates select="/*/Lists[@ID=$Associations/@ListID]"/>
</xsl:template>

(Note the use of the mode attribute to keep these templates from calling each other until you get a stack overflow.)

A: The only way I can think of to truly represent a many-to-many relationship in an XML, or any other hierarchical structure, is to use many one-to-many relationships.
Here's a simple example:
<list name="listA">
    <notes name="noteA" />
    <notes name="noteB" />
    <notes name="noteC" />
</list>
<list name="listB">
    <notes name="noteB" />
    <notes name="noteC" />
    <notes name="noteD" />
</list>

In other words, each list would have its notes as child nodes.
Many of the notes child nodes would be duplicated in the XML file.  The process that populates the database from the XML file would have to take duplicate notes child nodes into account.
The other alternative is to pick one list for each of the notes.  A note would be the child node of only one of the lists.  The advantage is that there aren't any duplicate notes.  The disadvantage is that the XML file does not represent the note to list relationships properly, which may or may not be important.

A: My first step would be something simple:
<notes>
  <note>
    <title>Groceries to get</title>
    <list>shopping</list>
    <list>urgent</list>
    <body>eggs, cheese, milk</body>
  </note>
</notes>

Would that fit your needs?

A: Just do it simply like this:
<notes>
    <note id="1">
        <name>George</name>
        <text>1984</text>
        <notesLinks>
            <listId id="1"/>
        </notesLinks>
    </note>
    <note id="2">
        <name>George</name>
        <text>animal farm</text>
        <notesLinks></notesLinks>
    </note>
</notes>
<lists>
    <list id="1">
        <notesLinks>
            <noteId id="1"/>
            <noteId id="2"/>
        </notesLinks>
        <name>some info</name>
    </list>
</lists>

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El llorón norteño (Schiffornis veraepacis), también denominado shifornis norteño (en Perú), saltarín norteño (en Colombia) o saltarín café (en México), es una especie de ave paseriforme perteneciente al género Schiffornis de la familia Tityridae. Es nativo del sureste de México, América Central y del Sur.

Distribución y hábitat
Se distribuye desde la pendiente del golfo de México y del Mar Caribe al sureste de México, por Belice, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panamá, Colombia, Ecuador, hasta el noroeste del Perú.

Sistemática

Descripción original
La especie S. veraepacis fue descrita por primera vez por los ornitólogos británicos Philip Lutley Sclater y Osbert Salvin en 1860 bajo el nombre científico Heteropelma veraepacis.

Taxonomía
Este género ha sido tradicionalmente colocado en la familia Pipridae; así como Iodopleura, Laniisoma, Tityra y Pachyramphus en la familia Cotingidae y Laniocera en la familia Tyrannidae. La Propuesta N° 313 al South American Classification Committee (SACC), siguiendo los estudios de filogenia molecular de Ohlson et al. (2007), aprobó la adopción de la nueva familia Tityridae, incluyendo el presente y los otros géneros.

Las anteriormente subespecies Schiffornis turdina veraepacis, S. turdina aenea, S. turdina olivacea y S. turdina stenorhyncha fueron divididas de Schiffornis turdina y elevadas a especies plenas siguiendo los estudios moleculares y sonogramas de Nyári, A (2007) y los estudios complementares de variación geográfica de voces, localidades tipo e itens prioritarios de Donegan et al (2011). La propuesta N° 505 al South American Classification Committee (SACC) fue aprobada en octubre de 2011, con dichos cambios taxonómicos.

Subespecies
Según la clasificación del Congreso Ornitológico Internacional (IOC) (Versión 6.1, 2016)  y Clements Checklist v.2015, se reconocen 4 subespecies, con su correspondiente distribución geográfica:

 Grupo politípico veraepacis:
 Schiffornis veraepacis veraepacis (, 1860) - pendiente golfo - caribeña del sureste de México hacia el sur hasta Costa Rica.
 Schiffornis veraepacis dumicola (, 1903) - oeste tropical de Panamá (Chiriquí, Veraguas y norte de Coclé).
 Schiffornis veraepacis acrolophites , 1972 - este de Panamá (cerros Mali y Tacarcuna) y adyacente Colombia (Chocó).

 Grupo monotípico rosenbergi:
 Schiffornis veraepacis rosenbergi (, 1898): tierras bajas del oeste de Colombia (al norte hasta Chocó) hacia sur hasta el extremo noroeste del Perú (Tumbes).

Referencias

Enlaces externos

 Videos, fotos y sonidos de  Schiffornis veraepacis en The Internet Bird Collection.
 Sonidos y mapa de distribución de Schiffornis veraepacis en xeno-canto.

veraepacis
Aves de América del Sur
Aves de América Central
Animales descritos en 1860
Taxones descritos por Osbert Salvin
Taxones descritos por Philip Lutley Sclater