We Be Reading: "In a distant and second-hand set of dimensions, in an astral plane that was never meant to fly ..."
"In a distant and second-hand set of dimensions, in an astral plane that was never meant to fly ..."
It's rare that the first line of a book can make me laugh. In fact, it may not have happened ever before. But this first line from Terry Pratchett's The Color of Magic ("Colour" in its U.K. home) had me laughing out loud immediately. It wasn't my last audible guffaw of the book either. If I ever felt sad about having read all of Douglas Adams' books, I now have the entire Discworld series ahead of me.
This is a fun, light read with some very British humor and some adventure and a whole world of possibilities ahead. I plan on reading through the various Discworld lines (the travelers, witches, Death and more) over the next few years.
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I saw the BBC movie version (it covered the first two books in the Discworld series) and that made me want to start reading all the books. There many of them and so little time! Oh well, they sound fantastic.
Colin - I saw that the movie covered both books so I got the second book and then when I'm done reading, I'll watch the movie. It looked like it had a great cast!
Terry Pratchett's Discworld books are one of my favorite series -- ever! Not too many books make me laugh out loud, but his definitely do. I noticed your comment about The House at Midnight over at Eva's blog. I read it sometime in the last year and never reviewed it (still sitting on my desk). I was disappointed too. I look forward to your thoughts.
Terri - I just finished my second now and again was chuckling quite a bit! It's a nice change from a lot of the other things I read.
My House at Midnight post is going up after BBAW.


Many parents recognize the importance of risky play yet still worry about the possibility of injury. At Avid4 Adventure, we also recognize the benefits of risky play, and it's our job to appropriately manage the risks and teach kids to intelligently navigate risk.
Avid4 Adventure is all about FUN and LEARNING. Through climbing, hiking, paddling, biking, and skateboarding, participants experience incredible growth through a variety of fun activities. However, all adventure activities, including those offered by Avid4 Adventure, have inherent risks. Some of the inherent risks that exist in our camp environment are considered a necessary and valued aspect of our programs. Having reasonable, communicated, and calculated risks encourages personal responsibility, increases self-confidence, builds judgment, and leads to a sense of accomplishment. Our goal is to transform your children into risk managers.
Every summer, we collect extensive data on any injuries and incidents that may occur. We are proud that our rate of incidents is consistently lower than the rates of other sport programs and camps.
"Rate" for camps = chance of 1 child in 1,000 becoming injured during 24-hour period at camp. "Rate" for sports = chance of 1 child in 1,000 becoming injured during a practice or a game. Source: American Camp Association and Avid4 Adventure for summer 2017.
Please note that programs at Valmont Bike Park involve a higher level of inherent risk as a result of the terrain and development of incremental skills. Avid4 Adventure mitigates these risks by grouping kids be levels of experience (not always age), requiring the use of protective equipment, in-depth environmental briefings, practicing fall techniques, and challenge by choice across all elements.
For some Events and some Pre-K programming, Avid4 Adventure uses commercially produced portable climbing walls from Extreme Engineering as we have found them to be extremely reliable. The wall that we have selected for our Discovery Camp in Colorado (Pre-K) has two manufacturer recommendations regarding small climbers. We want to share these with you as well as the precautions that we take.
Manufacturer Recommendation: Climber must weigh 45 lbs. minimum, 250 maximum to wear climbing harness.
Manufacturer Recommendation: Recommended weights are 45-250 lbs.
The standard harness typically used with climbing walls is a "seat" harness that can be unsafe with very small climbers should they turn upside down. For our small climbers in the Discovery Program (Pre-K), we have replaced this harness with a special "Full Body" harness that is rated to use in children 3-8 years old, thus providing security and comfort for our small campers.
We have taken several actions to provide additional security for our climbers under 45lbs. As the auto-belay system provides a slight upward pull, in addition to using full body harnesses (noted above), we also utilize a "tag line" that is clipped directly to the harness This line can be used to easily aid a small climber back to the ground should they need assistance.
We use special children's helmets to provide the best fit and most protection possible.
Before campers climb on the wall, they receive training from staff.
While campers are climbing, there is constant staff oversight.
Statistically, our climbing walls are extremely safe. We have had well over 100,000 climbers without incident, including thousands of climbers that weigh less than 45 lbs., making our walls much safer than playground play, organized sports, or gymnastics. Nonetheless, we can never eliminate all of the risks of climbing on an artificial climbing wall, and we want to be completely transparent regarding the above information. Avid4 Adventure is able to provide an alternative activity for any camper under 45 lbs. whose parent does not want them to participate. Our Camp Director is happy to provide additional information should you have any questions.
For more information on the inherent risks in our activities and participant/parent responsibilities, please review our Risks & Release Form during your registration process. Contact us at info@avid4.com if you have any further questions.


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Home Care Assistance - Toronto/York Region (www.HomeCareAssistance-Toronto.com), the leading provider of non-medical, in-home senior care in the Greater Toronto Area, is weighing in on the positive effects of seniors receiving in-home visits as opposed to remote communication via technology.
"This is a solid study that proves a lot of what we already suspected," says Brian Shevel, president of Home Care Assistance - Toronto/York Region. "Seniors crave that physical presence and face-to-face interaction. It has a measurable impact on their mental health and well-being. Removing that interaction negatively affects their mood, which can lead to depressive states."
Depression affects approximately seven percent of seniors around the world. The exact number is thought to be even greater as depression often goes undiagnosed. Social interaction is considered crucial for the mental welfare of seniors.
"We can't really determine the exact percentage of seniors who are depressed, but I would go out on a limb and say it's definitely greater than seven percent," Shevel continues. "At Home Care Assistance - Toronto/York Region, we deal with seniors every day and so we know firsthand the role depression plays. We also know firsthand how important it is that seniors are engaged socially."
Shevel says family and friends need to maintain as much in-person contact as possible. He cites the study as showing just how powerful face-to-face interaction can be for the health and emotional well-being of seniors.
"That's essentially part of why we're here," he states. "An element of our mission at Home Care Assistance - Toronto/York Region is to be a voice and physical presence for seniors."
For more information about Home Care Assistance - Toronto/York Region and their services for seniors, visit their website at www.HomeCareAssistance-Toronto.com.


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Dalai Lama gets exam at Mayo Clinic, speaks about compassion in medicine
The Associated Press, April 17, 2008
ROCHESTER, Minnesota (USA) -- The Dalai Lama received his annual checkup at Minnesota's Mayo Clinic Wednesday and later participated in a discussion about compassion in medicine.
<< The Dalai Lama offered a scarf as a thank-you gift to Dr. Nisha Manek, who works in integrated medicine at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester. The Tibetan spiritual leader spoke with about 400 of the clinic's doctors and nurses about compassion, mind-body healing and emotional well-being Wednesday. Richard Tsong-Taatarii, Star Tribune
The exiled Tibetan spiritual leader warned the audience beforehand that the main reason he was inRochester was for his medical exam and not to be part of a serious discussion. Still, he answered doctors' and nurses' questions during a discussion that lasted 2 1/2 hours.
The Dalai Lama said caring for patients is selfless, noble work. He encouraged the health care workers to show compassion for their patients, saying that a person's state of mind can help or hurt their body's ability to heal.
When asked for wisdom about keeping healthy, the Dalai Lama said he exercises regularly and gets 8 to 9 hours of sleep. He said he does not eat dinner so that he always wakes up hungry.
The Dalai Lama has visited the clinic before for his medical checkups. He started his U.S. visit in Seattle earlier this week, and plans other stops in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and Hamilton, New York.

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Narendra Modi appreciated the Rwandan government's 'Girinka Programme.' He said people in India too would be surprised to see the cow being given such importance.
The new stadium is just the start for cricket and Rwanda but given what has happened so far and the undeniable enthusiasm of everyone involved, it might not be that long before the two become synonymous after all.
Rwanda's longtime president Paul Kagame has easily won a third term in office in what he had called "a formality".


Sounds mighty fishy to me too!
The CEO (Jesse Tayler) of a company (Netmodular) that develops blogging software (Blogworking) writes a less than entirely coherent pitch for his own product.
He posts this pitch on an independently-owned, semi-commercial blog site (AlwaysOn) that just happens to run on the software platform developed by his company.
Neither the author nor the site's owners make any effort to disclose the partisan nature of the pitch.
After I attack the covert and, in my opinion, clumsily argued pitch at my blog, a commenter (Marc Lefton) leaps to the original author (Jesse Tayler)'s defence.
Thirty seconds of research reveal that the selfless defender of Mr. Tayler's reputation is also directly connected to both Netmodular and to Jesse Tayler himself. A fairly important point Mr. Lefton neglects to mention.
"Marketers, please, please get the point: blogs are about building trust, not spinning it."


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Why We Can't Stop Talking About Rape
The Fight Isn't Over Yet
What are we to do in the aftermath of Missouri Congressman Todd Akin's comment that female victims of "legitimate rape" don't get pregnant because "the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down?"
By Madonna Behen Published: Aug 23, 2012
There's a picture that's been going around Facebook for a while. It shows a weary looking woman holding a hand-written sign that reads, "I can't believe we still have to protest this sh*t."
That pretty much sums up how I've been feeling the past few days, in the aftermath of Missouri Congressman Todd Akin's comment that female victims of "legitimate rape" don't get pregnant because "the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down." Akin has apologized repeatedly for his remarks, but is refusing to drop out of the Senate race, despite the fact that many GOP leaders have been urging him to do so.
Like many other women, I'm getting really tired of hearing male politicians spouting off on subjects about which they clearly know very little about. It's downright scary that in the year 2012, an elected official who is a member of the House Science Committee could appear to be as knowledgeable about a woman's reproductive system as the average 10 year old.
But what was much more disturbing was Akin's use of the term "legitimate rape." It would be one thing if we could write Akin off as an extremist, a lone voice of illogical thinking. But instead, his words are a distressing reminder that there are still a lot of people out there who think it's okay to blame the victim. People who think that there is such a thing as "illegitimate rape," a.k.a. when a woman didn't fight back enough, or said no but really meant yes, or when her clothing or demeanor clearly implied that she was "asking for it."
Nobody likes to think about violent crime, but the painful truth is that we still have to think about rape. Maybe not every day, but whenever we're out at night, by ourselves, walking to our car in a deserted parking lot or down a dimly lit street. We still have to ask ourselves: "Is safe for me to walk here?" "Should I take a different route?" So, like the woman in that photo, I really wish we didn't "still have to protest this sh*t." But we do, and the reason is because we still need to think about rape.


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Sé ist eine ehemalige Gemeinde (Freguesia) im portugiesischen Kreis (Concelho) von Portalegre. In ihr leben  Einwohner (Stand ).

Geschichte

Portalegre war in sieben innerstädtische Gemeinden aufgeteilt, bis es 1549 Sitz des neugeschaffenen Bistums Portalegre wurde (seit 1956 Bistum Portalegre-Castelo Branco). In der Folge wurden die Gemeinden zusammengelegt und neu formiert. Daraus entstanden die zwei Innenstadtgemeinden São Lourenço und Sé. Sé vereinte die südliche Hälfte der Stadt, während São Lourenço die nördliche Hälfte des Stadtgebiets umfasste. Herausragendes und namensgebendes Bauwerk ist die Kathedrale von Portalegre (Sé de Portalegre).

Im Zuge der Gebietsreform vom 29. September 2013 wurde Sé mit São Lourenço zur Gemeinde União das Freguesias da Sé e São Lourenço zusammengelegt.

Sehenswürdigkeiten

Die namensgebende Kathedrale (port.: Sé) liegt in der Gemeinde. Zu den zahlreichen weiteren Baudenkmälern der Gemeinde zählen das modernistische Café Alentejano, das in einem ehemaligen Priesterseminar untergebrachte städtische Museum Museu Municipal, die Fachhochschule Instituto Politécnico de Portale, die historische städtische Markthalle (Mercado Municipal), die mittelalterliche Burganlage, Wohnblocks des sozialen Wohnungsbaus des Estado-Novo-Regimes, und eine Vielzahl Sakralbauten, öffentlicher Brunnenanlagen, und Bürgerhäuser aus dem 16., 17. und 18. Jahrhundert.

Auch der Plátano de Portalegre steht in der Gemeinde. Die Baumkrone der 1838 gepflanzten Platane gilt als die größte auf der Iberischen Halbinsel.

Weblinks
 Offizielle Website der Gemeinde

Einzelnachweise

Ehemalige Freguesia in Portugal

Portalegre

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package org.kie.workbench.common.stunner.core.graph.command.impl;

import java.util.Objects;
import java.util.function.Consumer;
import java.util.logging.Logger;

import org.jboss.errai.common.client.api.annotations.MapsTo;
import org.jboss.errai.common.client.api.annotations.Portable;
import org.kie.soup.commons.validation.PortablePreconditions;
import org.kie.workbench.common.stunner.core.command.CommandResult;
import org.kie.workbench.common.stunner.core.graph.Edge;
import org.kie.workbench.common.stunner.core.graph.Element;
import org.kie.workbench.common.stunner.core.graph.Graph;
import org.kie.workbench.common.stunner.core.graph.Node;
import org.kie.workbench.common.stunner.core.graph.command.GraphCommandExecutionContext;
import org.kie.workbench.common.stunner.core.graph.command.GraphCommandResultBuilder;
import org.kie.workbench.common.stunner.core.graph.content.Bounds;
import org.kie.workbench.common.stunner.core.graph.content.definition.DefinitionSet;
import org.kie.workbench.common.stunner.core.graph.content.view.Point2D;
import org.kie.workbench.common.stunner.core.graph.content.view.View;
import org.kie.workbench.common.stunner.core.graph.util.GraphUtils;
import org.kie.workbench.common.stunner.core.rule.RuleViolation;
import org.kie.workbench.common.stunner.core.rule.violations.BoundsExceededViolation;

/**
 * A Command to update an element's bounds.
 */
@Portable
public final class UpdateElementPositionCommand extends AbstractGraphCommand {

    private static Logger LOGGER = Logger.getLogger(UpdateElementPositionCommand.class.getName());

    private final String uuid;
    private final Point2D location;
    private final Point2D previousLocation;
    private transient Node<? extends View<?>, Edge> node;
    private Element<? extends View<?>> parent;
    private Boolean isDocked;

    public UpdateElementPositionCommand(final @MapsTo("uuid") String uuid,
                                        final @MapsTo("location") Point2D location,
                                        final @MapsTo("previousLocation") Point2D previousLocation) {
        this.uuid = PortablePreconditions.checkNotNull("uuid",
                                                       uuid);
        this.location = PortablePreconditions.checkNotNull("location",
                                                           location);
        this.previousLocation = PortablePreconditions.checkNotNull("previousLocation",
                                                                   previousLocation);
        this.node = null;
    }

    public UpdateElementPositionCommand(final Node<? extends View<?>, Edge> node,
                                        final Point2D location) {
        this(node.getUUID(),
             location,
             GraphUtils.getPosition(node.getContent()));
        this.node = PortablePreconditions.checkNotNull("node",
                                                       node);
    }

    public Point2D getLocation() {
        return location;
    }

    public Point2D getPreviousLocation() {
        return previousLocation;
    }

    public Node<?, Edge> getNode() {
        return node;
    }

    public String getUuid() {
        return uuid;
    }

    @Override
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    protected CommandResult<RuleViolation> check(final GraphCommandExecutionContext context) {
        return execute(context,
                       bounds -> {
                       });
    }

    @Override
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    public CommandResult<RuleViolation> execute(final GraphCommandExecutionContext context) {
        return execute(context,
                       bounds -> node.getContent().setBounds(bounds));
    }

    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    private CommandResult<RuleViolation> execute(final GraphCommandExecutionContext context,
                                                 final Consumer<Bounds> boundsConsumer) {
        final Graph<DefinitionSet, Node> graph = (Graph<DefinitionSet, Node>) getGraph(context);
        final Node<? extends View<?>, Edge> element = getNodeNotNull(context);
        final Bounds targetBounds = getTargetBounds(element);
        final Bounds parentBounds = getParentBounds(getNodeNotNull(context), graph);
        boundsConsumer.accept(targetBounds);
        if (areBoundsExceeded(element, targetBounds, parentBounds)) {
            return new GraphCommandResultBuilder()
                    .addViolation(new BoundsExceededViolation(parentBounds)
                                          .setUUID(node.getUUID()))
                    .build();
        }
        return GraphCommandResultBuilder.SUCCESS;
    }

    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    private boolean areBoundsExceeded(final Node<? extends View<?>, Edge> element,
                                      final Bounds bounds,
                                      final Bounds parentBounds) {
        return !(GraphUtils.checkBoundsExceeded(parentBounds, bounds) || isDockedNode(element));
    }

    private boolean isDockedNode(Node<? extends View<?>, Edge> element) {
        if (Objects.isNull(isDocked)) {
            isDocked = GraphUtils.isDockedNode(element);
        }
        return isDocked;
    }

    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    private Bounds getTargetBounds(final Element<? extends View<?>> element) {
        return computeCandidateBounds(element, location);
    }

    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    private Bounds getParentBounds(Element element, final Graph<DefinitionSet, Node> graph) {
        if (Objects.isNull(parent)) {
            //set the parent on the first execution, this avoid getting a wrong parent when undoing the command in case the parent has changed
            parent = (Element<? extends View<?>>) GraphUtils.getParent((Node) element);
        }

        if (parent != null && !GraphUtils.isRootNode(parent, graph)) {
            final double[] size = GraphUtils.getNodeSize(parent.getContent());
            return Bounds.create(0d, 0d, size[0], size[1]);
        } else {
            return null;
        }
    }

    @Override
    public CommandResult<RuleViolation> undo(final GraphCommandExecutionContext context) {
        final UpdateElementPositionCommand undoCommand = new UpdateElementPositionCommand(getNodeNotNull(context),
                                                                                previousLocation);
        return undoCommand.execute(context);
    }

    private Node<? extends View<?>, Edge> getNodeNotNull(final GraphCommandExecutionContext context) {
        if (null == node) {
            node = super.getNodeNotNull(context,
                                        uuid);
        }
        return node;
    }

    public static Bounds computeCandidateBounds(final Element<? extends View<?>> element,
                                                final Point2D location) {
        final double[] oldSize = GraphUtils.getNodeSize(element.getContent());
        final double w = oldSize[0];
        final double h = oldSize[1];
        return Bounds.create(location.getX(),
                             location.getY(),
                             location.getX() + w,
                             location.getY() + h);
    }

    @Override
    public String toString() {
        return "UpdateElementPositionCommand " +
                "[element=" + uuid +
                ", location=" + location +
                ", previousLocation=" + previousLocation +
                "]";
    }
}

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U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced a reclassification ruling in the September 29, 2010 edition of Customs Bulletin and Decisions that resulted in a significant lowering of the tariff applicable to wafer probe cards. These items had previously been classified under HTSUS subheading 8536.90.80 and subject to a 2.7% duty, but CBP has ruled that they may be reclassified under HTSUS subheading 8536.90.40 and thus duty-free. China, Germany, Japan, and Mexico are the principal suppliers of this product.


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Showing results 1 - 12 of 26 for the month of February, 2007.
Fracas at the Met
Journalist & author Michael Gross looks at some of the controversies brewing at New York's Metropolitan Museum following last years agreement to return the Euphronious Krater.
Fracas at 1000 Fifth
Posted on February 27th, 2007
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is about to open its five-years-in the-making new galleries for Greek and Roman antiquities, centered around what it calls the "majestic" and "monumental" Leon Levy and Shelby White Court, formerly the museum's restaurant. I've been researching a history of the Metropolitan, to be published by the Doubleday-Broadway division of Random House. What I heard this weekend can't wait for the book.
The press will surely chronicle the bold-face attendees at the April 20th opening. But they should also pay attention to who doesn't turn up, for that may signal whether the reign of longtime Met director Philippe de Montebello, 71, will end with well-deserved laurels or a controversy like those which followed his predecessor Thomas Hoving out the door thirty years ago.
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Does the Greenland repatriation experience help the Parthenon Marbles case?
Posted at 12:11 pm	in British Museum, Elgin Marbles, Similar cases
Representatives from both Greece & the British Museum were in Greenland for a conference which focussed on the repatriation of all artefacts from Greenland by Denmark.
Could the "Greenland example" help resolve the Parthenon Marbles dispute?
Denmark has returned over 30,000 objects to its former colony in an unusual case of cooperative repatriation
By Martin Bailey | Posted 24 February 2007
LONDON. A possible solution to the Parthenon Marbles dispute between the British Museum and the Greek government has come from a most unlikely source — a gathering in Greenland. Meeting in the depths of the Arctic winter, museum professionals and representatives of indigenous peoples recently assembled in the tiny capital of Nuuk (formerly Godthab) to discuss global strategies on repatriation of cultural heritage.
Postponement of Aboriginal remains legal battle
A legal battle to stop testing on Aboriginal remains is to be delayed until the seventh of March.
Herald Sun (Melbourne, Australia)
Battle over Aboriginal bones
Fiona Hudson
A LEGAL battle to stop scientists from a British museum pulverising the remains of Australian Aborigines has been delayed until March 7 after the British and Australian governments weighed in.
Lawyer for the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre Geoffrey Robertson, QC, told the High Court in London that the delay in proceedings was disappointing "but it's taken 100 years thus far".
Dissent over Aboriginal legal fight
Is the legal argument started by Australia's Aboriginals a waste of public money?
Museum bones legal fight 'a waste' of $1m
* Matthew Denholm, Peter Wilson
* February 24, 2007
AN Aboriginal group has broken ranks to oppose costly legal action aimed at stopping a British museum conducting tests on indigenous remains.
Tasmania's Lia Pootah community yesterday attacked the case against London's Natural History Museum as a waste of money, as lawyers predicted legal fees could top $1 million.
Indigenous leader and Labor national president Warren Mundine also expressed concern about the cost, as well as the loss of information obtained from the tests, which he said could benefit Aborigines.
More coverage of Aboriginal's legal battle
Posted at 11:55 am	in Similar cases
Further coverage of the legal battle going on in Australia to stop testing on Aboriginal Remains in Britain.
Source: AAP
Australia, UK in court over artefacts
THE Australian and British governments today will be pitted against each other in a heavyweight court battle over whether scientists can conduct tests on Aboriginal remains.
The Australian Government yesterday announced it would seek to join the legal fight to stop researchers at London's Natural History Museum testing the skulls and bones of 17 Tasmanian Aborigines.
Australian government to fund Aboriginal remains case
The Australian government has agreed to assist Aboriginal groups with their bid to stop testing on human remains in the Natural History Museum in Britain.
ABC News (Australia)
Government to fund Aboriginal remains case
Friday, 16 February 2007. 07:14 (AEDT)
The Federal Government has agreed to fund the court action in Britain to try to stop testing of Tasmanian Aboriginal remains.
The British Natural History Museum has agreed to return the remains of 17 Tasmanian Aborigines but it first wants to do scientific tests.
The British Museum's relationship with China
Posted at 11:45 am	in British Museum
The first direct benefits from the British Museums collaboration with China is going to be a major exhibition later this year on the Terracotta Army.
Here it is clear that the museum has realised the benefits for both sides of collaboration – with many cases though such as those involving restitution requests they have tried as hard as possible to avoid getting involved in any sort of joint discussions, not realising that agreements could be made which would have a positive outcome for all parties.
The Anchor (Rhode Island College)
LETTER TO AMERICA – Moving to England, Staying for the Museums
Written by Stephen Morse, Anchor Senior British Corresponent
It was announced on Thursday 8th February that twelve of the 8,099 figures from China's famous 'Terracotta Army' are to be shipped to England as an exhibit in the British museum in London. These life-seized figures were originally created in order to guard the tomb of Emperor Qin Shihuangdi, and were buried with him in roughly 210 BC to be discovered only as recently as 1974. Visited in their native China by two-million people annually, people are getting very excited by the prospect of the Army's first voyage to England. Well, if it's good enough for Miss Brazil, then it's certainly good enough for a dozen aging warriors.
Australian government to consider funding legal bid over Aboriginal remains testing
The Australian government is considering whether to get involved in the arguments surrounding the proposed testing to be carried out on Aboriginal remains in Britain's Natural History Museum.
Last Update: Tuesday, February 13, 2007. 9:00pm (AEDT)
Govt to consider funding legal bid for Aboriginal remains
The Federal Government says it is happy to consider a request to help fund a legal bid to stop the testing of Tasmanian Aboriginal remains held by a British museum.
The Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre (TAC) has accused the Government of shirking its responsibility.
Australian PM urged to step into row over testing on Aboriginal remains
Australian Prime Minister John Howard has been urged to put pressure on Britain to put a stop to testing on Aboriginal remains prior to their restitution.
Howard urged to stop museum testing Indigenous remains
AM – Tuesday, 13 February , 2007 10:40:28
Reporter: Stephanie Kennedy
TONY EASTLEY: Last year in a landmark decision, Britain's Natural History Museum agreed to return the remains of 17 Indigenous Tasmanians.
But before sending the remains back to Australia, the Museum wanted to collect scientific data.
That sparked an angry outcry from the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre, and it's now fighting the Museum in the High Court in London.
Aboriginals win human remains battle
The first steps of a fight to stop testing on Aboriginal remains in Britain's Natural History Museum appear to have been successful.
Last Update: Friday, February 9, 2007. 7:35pm (AEDT)
Aboriginal Centre wins battle in war over museum remains
The Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre has been successful in the first step of its fight to stop a British museum performing tests on Aboriginal remains.
The Tasmanian Supreme Court has ordered that the centre becomes the administrator of the estates of 17 Tasmanian Aborigines, whose remains are in the Natural History Museum in London.
Peter Derow's obituary in the Times
Posted at 11:29 am	in Parthenon 2004
The Times has published an obituary of Peter Derow, ancient historian & long time supporter of the campaigns to return the Parthenon Marbles.
From The Times
Peter Derow
Historian of Ancient Rome who was a sympathetic and artful practitioner of the tutorial teaching system
Peter Derow was a scholar for whom the highest priority, and the greatest pleasure, was to teach undergraduates.
The claim on the website of Marbles Reunited (one of the two pressure groups he long supported for the return of the Parthenon Marbles to Greece) that he was "responsible for much of the teaching in ancient history at Oxford" is only a little exaggerated. And the long string of his undergraduate pupils who have gone on to distinguished careers as ancient, usually Greek, historians proves the power of inspiring example.
UNESCO conference to discuss challenges facing museums
Posted at 11:25 am	in Elgin Marbles, Similar cases
More info on the UNESCO summit about the new challenges facing museums.
Cultural Heritage News Agency (Iran)
New Challenges Facing Museums to be Discussed at UNESCO HQ
Tehran, 5 February 2007 (CHN Foreign Desk) — In an effort to find a solution for the challenges museums face in today's world and the situation of archeological artifacts which have been transferred to museums of different countries in the course of history, UNESCO has organized a summit in its headquarter in Paris today entitled "Memory and Universality: New Challenges Facing Museums."
The summit which will be held this evening with the attendance of directors of some of the most famous museums of the world such as the Louvre Museum, British Museum, and Hermitage Museum, as well as president of the International Council of Museums (ICOM), president of ICOM's Ethics Committee, director of the Ecole du Patrimoine Africain , director of the National Museum of the American Indian in the United States, director of the National Museum of Korea, etc. will provide the chance for the participants to explore the historical, ethical, political and economic aspects of the issue.
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Гео́ргий Миха́йлович Его́ров (30 октября 1918 — 9 февраля 2008) — советский флотоводец, начальник Главного штаба — первый заместитель Главнокомандующего Военно-Морского флота СССР (1977—1981), Герой Советского Союза (1978), адмирал флота (1973). Кандидат в члены ЦК КПСС (1976—1981 и 1986—1989).

Биография
Родился 30 октября 1918 года в деревне Местаново (ныне Волосовского района Ленинградской области) в семье крестьянина. Русский. Окончил школу в 1934 году, после которой поступил в Ленинградский техникум точной механики и оптики. В 1936 году окончил второй курс этого техникума.

Начало службы и Великая Отечественная война
На службе в Военно-Морском флоте СССР с июля 1936 года. Окончил Высшее военно-морское училище имени М.В. Фрунзе в 1940 году. По окончании училища в июне 1940 года назначен командиром БЧ-1 (штурман) подводной лодки типа «Щука» «Щ-310» 2-й бригады подводных лодок Балтийского флота.

Старший лейтенант Егоров Г. М. участвовал в Великой Отечественной войне с июня 1941 года. Выполнил на Щ-310 два боевых похода. В первом походе в июне-июле 1941 года лодка не имела побед, а в сентябре при шторме получила серьёзные повреждения. В ходе второго похода в сентябре-октябре 1942 года «Щ-310» прорвалась через минно-сетевые заграждения в Померанскую бухту и 28 сентября потопила немецкий транспорт «Franz Rudolf» водоизмещением в 1,5 тысяч тонн. В этом походе экипаж Щ-310 атаковал также торпедами ещё один транспорт и подводную лодку, но безуспешно. При возвращении на базу в Кронштадт субмарина подорвалась на мине и, получив серьёзные повреждения, легла на грунт на глубине 60 метров. В составе экипажа Георгий Егоров боролся за живучесть корабля, а когда лодка всплыла, умело провёл её через минные поля. В феврале 1943 года Г. М. Егоров назначен помощником командира «Щ-310».

В январе 1943 года направлен на учёбу на курсах офицерского состава при Учебном отряде подводного плавания имени С. М. Кирова (курсы действовали в эвакуации Махачкале, где проходил обучение до августа 1944 года). В сентябре 1944 года капитан-лейтенант Егоров Г. М. назначен командиром подводной лодки «М-90» Балтийского флота, а уже 20 декабря 1944 года выводит её в боевой поход. До конца Великой Отечественной войны лодка под руководством Егорова совершила 3 боевых похода. Торпедных атак не имела.

Послевоенная служба
По окончании войны Г. М. Егоров командовал несколькими подводными лодками Балтийского флота (в те годы именовался Северо-Балтийским флотом и 8-м ВМФ): С-20 на Балтике (декабрь 1946 — февраль 1947), Н-26 (февраль 1947 — июнь 1949), Б-26 (июнь 1949 — февраль 1950). В феврале 1950 года переведён на Камчатскую военную флотилию, где командовал подводными лодками С-111 (февраль-декабрь 1950) и Б-12 (с декабря 1950 года), а в январе 1953 года назначен командиром 92-й бригады подводных лодок 16-й дивизии подводных лодок Камчатской флотилии. С сентября 1953 года — командир 171-й бригады подводных лодок (базировалась в Находке) 5-го ВМФ, с ноября 1954 по декабрь 1956 — начальник штаба 40-й дивизии ПЛ. В 1959 году он окончил Военно-морскую академию имени К. Е. Ворошилова. С октября 1959 — командир 8-й дивизии ПЛ на Тихоокеанском флоте.

В августе 1961 года на Северном флоте началось формирование 12-й эскадры подводных лодок, и контр-адмирал Егоров был назначен её первым командиром. В 1962 года подводные лодки эскадры первыми освоили баллистические ракеты подводного старта и выполнили большое количество успешных учебных пусков. С апреля 1963 года — начальник штаба Северного флота. С января 1967 года — заместитель Главнокомандующего ВМФ по боевой подготовке.

С 3 мая 1972 года по 1 июля 1977 года, занимая пост командующего Краснознамённым Северным флотом, Георгий Михайлович добился значительного повышения боевого потенциала и ударной мощи флота. 5 ноября 1973 года Г. М. Егорову было присвоено воинское звание адмирал флота.

В июле 1977 года адмирал флота Егоров назначен начальником Главного штаба ВМФ — 1-м заместителем Главнокомандующего ВМФ.

Указом Президиума Верховного Совета СССР от 27 октября 1978 года за большой вклад в дело повышения обороноспособности страны адмиралу флота Егорову Георгию Михайловичу присвоено звание Герой Советского Союза.

С 18 ноября 1981 по 18 ноября 1988 года — председатель Центрального Комитета ДОСААФ СССР. В 1980-х годах входил в редакционную коллегию героико-патриотического литературно-художественного альманаха «Подвиг». С ноября 1988 года — военный инспектор-советник Группы генеральных инспекторов Министерства обороны СССР. С мая 1992 года Г. М. Егоров в отставке.

Депутат Совета Союза Верховного Совета СССР 9-го и 11-го созывов от Хмельницкой области. Член Президиума Верховного Совета СССР в 1986—1989 годах.

Являлся членом бюро Российского комитета ветеранов войны и военной службы, почётным президентом Санкт-Петербургского клуба моряков-подводников.

Георгий Михайлович Егоров скончался 9 февраля 2008 года в Москве. Похоронен на .

Воинские звания
 Контр-адмирал (7.05.1960).
 Вице-адмирал (16.06.1965).
 Адмирал (20.05.1971).
 Адмирал флота (5.11.1973).

Награды

 Медаль «Золотая Звезда» Героя Советского Союза № 11304 (27.10.1978);
 Орден Дружбы (1.04.1995) — за многолетнюю плодотворную работу по патриотическому воспитанию молодёжи, социальной защите ветеранов и укреплению дружбы между народами;
 2 ордена Ленина (1963, 1978);
 орден Октябрьской Революции (1974);
 3 ордена Красного Знамени (27.10.1942, 1953, 1968);
 3 ордена Отечественной войны I-й степени (31.01.1945, 13.03.1945, 11.03.1985);
 орден Красной Звезды (1951);
 Орден «За службу Родине в Вооружённых Силах СССР» 3-й степени (1988);
 медаль «За боевые заслуги» (1946);
 медаль «За оборону Ленинграда» (1943);
 ряд других медалей СССР;
награды иностранных государств
 Орден Красного Знамени (Монголия)
 Орден «За боевые заслуги» (Монголия, 1945)
 Орден Партизанской Звезды 1-й степени (Югославия)
 Медаль «50 лет Монгольской Народной Армии»
 Медаль «60 лет Монгольской Народной Армии»
 Медаль «30 лет Халхин-Гольской Победы» (Монголия)
 Медаль «За Победу над Японией» (Монголия)
 Медаль «За укрепление дружбы по оружию» 1-й степени (ЧССР)
 Медаль «Братство по оружию» (Польша)
 Медаль «За боевое содружество» I степени (ВНР, 1985)
 Медаль «100 лет Освобождения Болгарии от османского рабства» (НРБ)
 Медаль «100 лет со дня рождения Георгия Димитрова» (НРБ)
 Медаль «1300 лет Болгарии» (НРБ, 1982)
 Медаль «40 лет Социалистической Болгарии» (НРБ, 1985)
 Медаль «40 лет Победы над гитлеровским фашизмом» (НРБ, 1985)
 Медаль «20-я годовщина Революционных Вооружённых сил Кубы» (Куба, 1976)
 Медаль «30-я годовщина Революционных Вооружённых сил Кубы» (Куба, 1986)

Сочинения
 Дважды орденоносное оборонное. Книга о ДОСААФ СССР. — М., 1983.
 Дело всего народа. — М.: ДОСААФ, 1984. (2-е изд. в 1987)
 Фарватерами флотской службы. — М.: Воениздат, 1985.
 Совершенствование управления силами ВМФ в первом периоде войны // Военно-исторический журнал. — 1979. — № 5. — С.24—31.
 Совершенствование управления силами ВМФ во втором и третьем периодах войны // Военно-исторический журнал. — 1980. — № 1. — С.20—26.
 Адмирал флота В. А. Касатонов // Военно-исторический журнал. — 1980. — № 7. — С.90—92.
 Катастрофы предотвратить не удалось. // Военно-исторический журнал. — 1992. — № 3. — С.58—64.

См. также
 Щ-310
 М-90

Примечания

Литература

Ссылки

 Интервью в «Российской газете»
 Сайт, посвящённый Г. М. Егорову
 Санкт-Петербургский клуб моряков-подводников ВМФ

Командующие Северным флотом
Подводники СССР
Моряки Великой Отечественной войны
Подводники Великой Отечественной войны
Выпускники Высшего военно-морского училища имени М. В. Фрунзе
Выпускники Военно-морской академии имени Н. Г. Кузнецова
Мемуаристы СССР
Депутаты Совета Союза от округов Украинской ССР
Депутаты Совета Союза 11-го созыва
Депутаты Совета Союза 9-го созыва
Члены Президиума Верховного Совета СССР
Кандидаты в члены ЦК КПСС
Делегаты XXV съезда КПСС
Делегаты XXVI съезда КПСС
Делегаты XXVII съезда КПСС


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Pennsylvania DEP announces Natural Gas Vehicle Grant Program
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governments, schools and businesses to land lower operational costs, lessen
dependency on foreign oil and clean the air all at the same time."
For this first year, grant applications are due Feb.
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Motorcyclist flees from deputy, dies in Destin wreck
Officials have identified the motorcyclist who died Sunday night after crashing while fleeing from deputies.
DESTIN — A motorcyclist killed Saturday night near Destin Commons has been identified as 37-year-old Thomas Milton Mearns of Fort Walton Beach, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
According to an FHP media release, Mearns was driving a 1995 Harley Davidson around 8:10 p.m. when he fled from an Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office patrol unit for unknown reasons.
He was heading west on Destin Commons Drive when he traveled into the median just east of Triumph Road, the release said. He struck a tree there, was ejected from his bike and died.


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'Feeling of injustice': Trump's Ukraine call runs counter to years of U.S. policy
By Alexander Smith and Yuliya Talmazan and Mac William Bishop and Erin McLaughlin with NBC News World News • Updated: 01/10/2019
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The president of Ukraine could have been forgiven for hoping President Donald Trump would back his fight against endemic corruption, and support his country in its grinding war against Russia-sponsored separatists.Instead, during a July phone call, Volodymyr Zelenskiy was boxed into a catch 22 by Trump, whose requests ran counter to years of U.S. foreign policy in the region.That phone call now forms the basis of an impeachment inquiry against the U.S. president by House Democrats.It also worries activists and experts, who say declassified details of the call mark a setback for pro-West reformers in the country — raising questions about the future of U.S.-Ukraine relations under the Trump administration."There's a certain feeling of injustice," said Orysia Lutsevych, a research fellow on Ukraine at the Chatham House think tank in London."The strategic partnership between Ukraine and the United States was always to make sure that Ukraine carries out reforms, that it is able to deter Russia, and has a rule-based government," she said. "But here, in this conversation between Trump and Zelenskiy, there was hardly any discussion about Russia, nor about the need for Ukraine to really build an independent judiciary.""Quite the opposite: Trump wanted Presidency Zelenskiy to use the judiciary for U.S. domestic politics," Lutsevych said.A declassified whistleblower complaintalleges Trump pressured Zelenskiy to dig dirt on Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and his son in exchange for U.S. military aid.
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A memo from the call has dismayed Ukrainian anti-corruption activists, who have devoted their lives to trying to rid politics of backroom deal-making between officials and business people.Daria Kaleniuk said she was astonished to see the very tactics Washington has historically decried being deployed by its current president."This is exactly what we tried to change in Ukraine for the last five years," said Kaleniuk, who is executive director of Ukraine's non-governmental Anti-Corruption Action Centre.Transparency "is the cornerstone of Ukraine's anti-corruption reforms, which were reinforced for many years by the United States," she said. "And now the president of the United States is [acting] quite contrary to what we were actually trying to achieve."The U.S. helped Ukraine establish its Anti-Corruption Bureau, which started work this year and whose officers were trained by the FBI.Polls say reforms on this issue are at the top of the public's wish list. But Ukraine is still rated as having Europe's highest levels of perceived corruption, according to watchdog Transparency International.The International Monetary Fund said last week that "tangible results have yet to be achieved" in fighting "pervasive corruption."The declassified call memo presents a "catch 22" for Zelenskiy, who "can neither do what is being asked, nor say 'no' to the president of the United States," Lutsevych said.The Ukrainian leader has promised to stamp out corruption, but he must still work with the U.S. because it's one of his main international backers.Details of the call, which Zelenskiy will not have expected to be made public, shows him agreeing with Trump's criticisms of European leaders, such as Germany's Angela Merkel."Yes, you are absolutely right, not only 100 percent but 1,000 percent," he said.Zelenskiy told reporters Monday, "We are an independent country. We are not following any commands. We have only one command: to serve Ukraine."
The Ukrainian leader also mentioned on the call his desire to buy U.S. anti-tank missiles. Trump replies with a request for "a favor" — look into a long-discredited conspiracy about Russia's 2016 hacking of the Democratic National Committee."The reply from President Trump was nothing about war, or about Javelins or about Russian aggression. It was something about national politics in the United States," Kaleniuk said, referring to the Javelin anti-tank missiles Ukraine wants to buy from the U.S."For many years, the U.S. was the key partner in facing this aggression, but now it looks like we're being dragged into national political battle in the U.S. where ... we're forced to pick sides," she said.The U.S. has given Ukraine $1.5 billion in security assistance since 2014, when the conflict with the pro-Moscow fighters began. More than 13,000 people have since been killed since then.Days before his call with Zelenskiy, Trump administration froze nearly $400 million in military aid to Ukraine. It released that hold just before Democrats in Congress revealed the existence of the whistleblower complaint.Some believe that the intense focus on the issue might actually help Ukraine."A lot of people will now be watching the new prosecutor general," Lutsevych said, referring to Zelenskiy's recent appointment to the role. "This will put an extra magnifying glass on the whole thing.""I think now the information is public, about the possible attempts to pressure Ukraine, the aid will flow," she added. "Any risk to military or technical assistance would be viewed as a punishment, not blackmail."
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News and perspectives › Industry insights and research › Many U.S. CEOs remain confident despite challenging environment
KPMG survey: Many U.S. CEOs remain confident despite challenging environment
NEW YORK, August 25 – In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, many U.S. CEOs remain confident in the growth prospects of the domestic economy and their companies and are accelerating investments in digital transformation, according to a study released today by KPMG LLP, the U.S. audit, tax, and advisory firm.
The 2020 KPMG CEO Outlook features insights from 315 CEOs at large companies globally, including 100 in the United States, who were surveyed in July and August about the business landscape over the next three years. Key findings include:
Forty-three percent are "more confident" in the growth prospects of the domestic economy and their company (60%) compared with the beginning of the year, while 37% said they were "more confident" in the growth prospects of the global economy.
Low to moderate growth is expected. Thirty-nine percent predict 2.5-5% growth, 33% expect less than 2.5% growth and 14% predict no growth.
Environmental/climate change risk (21%), talent risk (20%), a return to territorialism (18%), supply chain risk (15%), and cyber security risk (12%) were identified as the greatest threats to their organizations' growth aside from global health security/pandemic risk.
"U.S. CEOs are resilient and remain optimistic as they continue to rise to meet the challenges and opportunities resulting from the pandemic and ongoing economic uncertainty," said Paul Knopp, KPMG U.S. Chair and CEO. "They are accelerating the digital transformation of their businesses, but also see a multitude of risks apart from the pandemic -- with talent risk becoming front and center in the current environment."
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Changing working world
As a result of the pandemic, CEOs see the world of work changing in numerous ways.
Sixty-eight percent said they will downsize their office space.
Seventy-six percent said they will continue to build on their use of digital collaboration and communication tools.
Seventy-eight percent said remote working has resulted in significant changes to company policies in order to nurture their organization's culture.
Seventy-two percent said that working remotely has widened their potential talent pool.
Trust and leadership
Seventy-seven percent said they need to re-evaluate their corporate purpose as a result of COVID-19 to better address the needs of their stakeholders.
Seventy-seven percent said their communications with employees have improved during the crisis.
Eighty-three percent want to lock in the sustainability and climate change gains they have made as a result of the crisis.
Fifty-eight percent said their response to the pandemic has shifted their focus towards the social component of their environmental, social, and governance (ESG) program.
Sixty-seven percent said they already had -- or planned to -- publicly declare new measures this year to combat racial discrimination against Black employees.
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WHY THE F IS THIS IN "FEATURE REQUESTS"??
this is getting ridiculous. there have been a few recent updates and they STILL have this bug. the icon was FINE in earlier versions. now it's not. this is a regression.
THIS IS A BUG and a LOT of people are reporting it. wtf lastpass?
In previous versions, the icon was fine.
Since 3.20.0, the icon is just a big white square with a rounded corner.
This is new, broken behaviour, therefore it is a BUG. A regression.
This is not a "feature request." This should be a simple fix.
bunnyhero Wrote: In previous versions, the icon was fine.
I have a feeling that this keeps getting moved because of the title of the original thread. It appears that a mod isn't reading the actual thread and just moving it based on the title of the thread.
I started an entirely new thread with a different title in the bug section of the board WITH comments that it was a bug, not a feature request and it still got moved.
LastPass isn't taking the issue seriously, probably because it's mostly cosmetic.
The fact that it shows an appalling lack of attention to detail that brings up concerns about the quality of their product and their quality processes doesn't seem to to register with them.
I have wasted hours of my life trying to find a way to make it go away, or change it but alas, nada. For the love of god please make this change for all the dark mode fans out here.
The only solution I have found so far is to close LastPass which just makes the app less user friendly.
Thanks for an overall great product.
already tried that. doesn't work. lastpass is doing something weird to the image after loading it.
please don't post "solutions" unless you've actually tried and verified them.
This is still broken in 3.22.2.


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Q: ¿Cuál es la mejor forma de hacer comparaciones de Booleanos como String en JavaScript? Tengo un pequeño problema, estoy usando JSLT para pasar unas variables del JSP a JavaScript
En este caso son dos booleanos
Se me están creando como 'false' o 'true', me los pasa como string
Al momento de utilizarlos en un función JavaScript tengo un pequeño inconveniente
De la unica forma que me ha funcionado es asi
if (b1 == 'false' && b2 == 'true') {
      console.log("Entre al if numero 4");
    }

Pero quiero evitar ese uso. Incluso intente usando Boolean pero no me funciono
¿Hay una forma de pasar ese string a Booleano?
¿O quizá puedan indicarme la mejor forma de trabajar esos booleanos?

var b1 = 'false'
var b2 = 'true';

if (b1 && b2) {
  console.log("Entre al if");
}

if (Boolean(b1) && Boolean(b2)) {
  console.log("Entre al if numero 2");
}

if (b1 == false && b2 == true) {
  console.log("Entre al if numero 3");
}

if (b1 == 'false' && b2 == 'true') {
  console.log("Entre al if numero 4");
}

En el JSLT solo hago esto: <c:set var="hasError" value="false"/>
y para pasarla al JS hago esto var hasError = '<c:out value="${hasError}"/>'

A: Considero que tal vez desde que tienes a las variables declaradas pudieras hacerles un cast a las mismas pasándolos como argumento del objeto Boolean.
Así:
let b1 = 'false'
let b2 = 'true'

let B1 = Boolean(b1)

Si ahora tanto a las variables: b1 y B1 les haces un typeof verás que obtienes tipos de datos distintos:
console.log(typeof b1)
console.log(typeof B1)

Lo anterior da como resultado:
"string"
"boolean"

Si ahora por ejemplo imprimimos directamente el valor asignado a cada una de las variables, notaremos la diferencia:
console.log(b1) // "true"
console.log(B1) // true

Si ahora usamos ambas variables dentro de un par de condicionales de esta forma:
if (b1 === true) {
  console.log(1) //no obtendremos algún valor de salida
}

if (B1 === true) {
  console.log(2) //nos retorna como valor el número 2
}

Entonces obtenemos como salida:

*

*Para el primero no habrá resultado pues los tipos de datos no son lo mismo

*Para el segundo caso obtenemos el número 2 por que la condición se cumple al ser los mismos tipos de datos.

A: Puedes usar JSON.parse() para convertir strings en objetos de JavaScript
let mybool = JSON.parse("true");
if(mybool == true) console.log("verdadero")

Otra manera es hacer el uso de eval()
let mybool = eval("true");
if(mybool == true) console.log("verdadero")

JSON.parse() Se usa comúnmente
para leer los archivos json, pero puedes utilizarlo asi. y
eval() Se usa para convertir strings en codigo ._. , supongo que eval es la mejor manera

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dry chilli paneer recipe - spicy and tasty indo chinese starter recipe of dry chili paneer.
chilli paneer dry recipe with step by step pics – spicy and tasty indo chinese starter recipe of dry chili paneer. i have also shared a restaurant style version of chilli paneer.
when we go out to dine in restaurants, along with the usual punjabi food, two indo chinese dishes that make an appearance on the table are veg manchurian and chili paneer. so no prizes for guessing that these are made at home too.
when i make paneer at home, then most of the times (when there is capsicum in the fridge :)) i make this dry chili paneer or chilli paneer gravy version. its best to use fresh paneer to make this dish. you can add less or more sauces (e.g. soy sauce or red chilli sauce) as per your requirement. you can also make the same recipe with tofu.
you can serve these chili paneer dry as starter snack or even roll them in chapatis and make a chili paneer wrap. this spicy paneer dish tastes best when served hot. instead of having them with veg fried rice, we have them with chapatis and it tastes yum.
pat dry 200 to 250 grams paneer first. then slice the paneer in cubes or rectangles. keep aside in a mixing bowl.
then peel and finely chop 1 inch ginger and 7 to 9 medium garlic cloves.
diagonally chop 3 to 4 green chilies. quarter 1 small to medium onion and remove all the layers.
slice 1 small to medium capsicum in squares. remove its seeds and pith (white part). keep the chopped veggies aside.
add 2 tbsp corn starch, 1/4 tsp red chili powder, 1/4 tsp black pepper powder and salt to the paneer cubes.
gently mix without the breaking the cubes. or else you can shake the bowl and toss the paneer with the dry ingredients.
heat 2 tbsp oil in a non stick pan or a well seasoned pan. when the oil is medium hot, place the paneer cubes in the pan.
when the base is slightly cooked, flip over and fry them. turn the paneer cubes gently and fry so that they are uniformly golden. you can also deep fry the paneer cubes if you want.
fry them till golden and crisp. do not fry for a long time as then they harden and become dense.
place the pan fried paneer cubes in a plate. keep aside.
whilst the paneer cubes are getting fried, in the same bowl, in which we marinated the paneer cubes, there will be some leftover corn starch and spices. add 2 tbsp water to the bowl and mix well.
we will add this corn starch paste to give a glaze to the sauce.
in another small bowl, add 1 tbsp soy sauce, 1 tsp green chili sauce, 1 tsp sweet red chili sauce, ¼ tsp red chili powder and ¼ tsp black pepper.
with a spoon mix all the three sauces very well.
in the same pan, after we finish frying the paneer, add the finely chopped ginger-garlic and green chilies. stir.
then add the onion and capsicum squares. if using celery, you can add 1 tsp chopped celery at this step.
on a medium flame, stir fry till the edges of the onions and capsicum get cooked or become light browned.
then add little salt and sugar. go easy on the salt as the sauces already have a salt in them. stir very well.
now add the corn starch paste. stir again very well. do check the taste and add some soy sauce or chili sauces or sugar or salt if required.
add the pan fried paneer cubes. stir and mix the paneer cubes with the rest of the sauce.
you can garnish chilli paneer dry with some coriander leaves or chopped celery or spring onion greens before serving.
serve chili paneer hot. this spicy paneer dish tastes best when served hot.
1. pat dry 200 to 250 grams paneer first. then slice the paneer in cubes or rectangles. keep aside in a mixing bowl. if using frozen paneer, then keep them soaked in hot water for some minutes before slicing.
2. peel and finely chop 1 inch ginger and 7 to 9 medium garlic cloves. diagonally chop 3 to 4 green chilies. quarter 1 small to medium onion and remove all the layers. slice 1 small to medium capsicum in squares. remove its seeds and pith (white part). keep the chopped veggies aside. instead of onions you can also use spring onions (scallions).
3. add 2 tbsp corn starch, ¼ tsp red chili powder, ¼ tsp black pepper powder and salt to the paneer cubes.
5. heat 2 tbsp oil in a non stick pan or a well seasoned pan. when the oil is medium hot, place the paneer cubes in the pan.
6. when the base is slightly cooked, flip over and fry the other side.
7. turn them gently and fry so that they are uniformly golden. you can also deep fry the paneer cubes if you want.
8. fry them till golden and crisp. do not over fry as then they harden.
9. place the pan fried paneer cubes in a plate. keep aside.
11. mix very well. we will add this corn starch paste to give a glaze to the sauce.
11. in another small bowl, add 1 tbsp soy sauce, 1 tsp green chili sauce, 1 tsp sweet red chili sauce, ¼ tsp red chili powder and ¼ tsp black pepper.
12. with a spoon mix all the three sauces very well.
13. in the same pan, after we finish frying the paneer, add the finely chopped ginger-garlic and green chilies. stir.
14. then add the onion and capsicum squares. if using celery, you can add 1 tsp chopped celery at this step.
15. on a medium flame, stir fry till the edges of the onions and capsicum get cooked or become light browned.
16. add the mixed sauces.
17. then add little salt and sugar. go easy on the salt as the sauces already have salt in them.
18. now add the corn starch paste.
19. stir again very well. do check the taste and add some soy sauce or chili sauces or red chili powder or sugar or salt if required.
20. add the pan fried paneer cubes.
21. stir and mix the paneer cubes with the rest of the sauce so that the sauce coats the paneer cubes evenly.
22. here's chili paneer dry recipe is done and ready to be served.
23. you can garnish with some coriander leaves or chopped celery or spring onion greens before serving. serve chili paneer dry hot. this spicy paneer dish tastes best when served hot.
Hi Dasanna, made this chilly paneer and it turned out to be awesome.I was a silent follower of your's but this time,could not resist myself from dropping a comment to you. I also tried veg handi, kaju katli,veg makhanwala and all turned superly delicious. Thank you a lot. My best wishes to you. Love you.
Welcome Rashmi. Glad to know this. Thanks for sharing your positive feedback on recipes you tried.
Welcome Chandana. Glad to know this. Thanks for this positive feedback.
Hey Dassana, I tried your chilli paneer recipe, but i think i added sugar a bit more. Because of which my recipe turned out to be a little sweeter. How can I fix it?
Garima, You can add some chilli sauce.
When I want to make a dish the first preference is to follow yours and no doubt it is simple procedure, the dish turns out to be awesome and relishing. Thanks so much.
Welcome Jyoti. Thanks for this sweet feedback.
thanks a lot sarika. will add more. you can also check the latest eggless choco lava cake that i have posted. you can see it in the home page.
Very good recipe. I tried and was satisfied with it.
Tried this recipe today and it's absolutely delicious; better than any chilli paneer I've eaten at any restaurant!
Have been a big fan of your cooking, your meticulous recipes and the beautiful photographs that accompany the step by step method. Have tried multiple recipes and they've always turned out fantastic.
Thanks for sharing these yummy treats and making them seem so easy that even amateurs like me get inspired.
thank you much natasha. glad to know. felt good reading your sweet comment. thanks also for your kind wishes. happy cooking.
In paneer chilli i don't want to use soya sauce and red chilli sauce then what can i add for the flavour.
main flavor comes from the chilli sauce and soy sauce. instead you can use either red chilli paste and skip soy sauce. add some tomato sauce. but add less or else the paneer chilli will become sweet.
Right from my first dish, I'm following your blog and trust me it is so cool. The ouputs of all my cooking experiments were a success. The first thing I ever tried was Aloo paratha, a month back and it turned out to be a super hit. And then I tried Malai Kofta, schezwan frien rice, veg manchurian and finally I tried Chilly paneer yesterday, which was a massive hit in my home. My brother couldn't stop praising me. Lol! And my Mummy is totally impressed 😉 Thanks to you. And it would be lovely if you upload the recipe for Chilly Garlic potato bites, which I recently had and i loved it a lot. It was a frozen product of McCain and I'm looking forward to cook it all by myself.
thanks ramya for your kind words and positive feedback 🙂 we have taken your request for chilly garlic potato bites request on our file, allow us some to post the same. you are welcome.
kya corn flour ki jagah uska koi substitute use kar skte hain???
aap maida ya chawal ka atta ya besan ya arrow root flour use kar sakte hain. lekin taste alag hoga.
thanks deepa for your kind an positive words, you are welcome.
welcome sampada. glad to know that you liked chili paneer recipe.
you can use normal red chilli sauce, but then just increase the sugar a bit.
Dassana…i am from bangladesh. I have cooked some of your dishes, all of them delicious. The variation in the dishes taste great. Planning to make the paneer recipe also, but I have one query, why does my paneer crumble after i make it?? I followed ur homemade paneer recipe but though it was really good it didn't set so nicely.
thanks kimia for the feedback on the recipes you tried. crumbling happens due to the quality of milk. usually full fat and whole milk gives good results. milk available in tetra packs do not give a good quality of paneer at times. another reason could be that the weight you are using must be too heavy, that is crumbling and smashing the paneer. use a lighter weight, just enough to set the paneer. you can also hang the muslin and keep for couple of hours for the paneer to set.
Thank u soo much dassana for ur reply…i really love this about u that u take time to reply to ur readers. I made paneer again ( quite carefully this time)☺ and it was ok…i made paneer tikka got rave reviews…what amazed me was how much my kids loved it..so going to make this dish soon also. Thanks again…a lot.
welcome kimia. good to know that you were able to make a properly set paneer. thanks for sharing your experience.
thank you so much gauri for the 5 stars and positive views.


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L'Tanya Mari sings the American songbook
Published Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, 7:03 pm
Front Page » Events » L'Tanya Mari sings the American songbook
WTA's Gateway's Custin Jazz Series presents inventive jazz singer, arranger, songwriter and educator, L'Tayna Mari in a celebration of the songs that are the hallmarks of the popular American songbook. The L'Tayna Mari trio will perform at 8 pm on Saturday, November 10 at 329 West Main in downtown Waynesboro. The performance is supported by a touring assistance grant from the Virginia Commission for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.
L'Tanya grew up in Philadelphia, surrounded by jazz. "I remember hearing Charlie Parker's recording of 'April In Paris' early on. Noticing that I was resonating more with fusion in my teen years, my father tried to tip the scales a bit by buying me some of the earlier recordings of Sarah, Ella and Carmen. That did it! By the time I was 17, I was out at record stores looking for other jazz vocal albums."
Of the standards of the American Songbook, L'Tanya says, "I particularly love 'You Go To My Head.' It connects with and means a lot to many people even though it is decades old. It tells a story that is still relevant and has a life of its own, qualities that I hope are true of all of the songs that I perform."
While earning a Bachelors Degree in Music Business at Howard University, L'Tanya began her career in jazz. Her private study of the celebrated drummer-singer Grady Tate influenced her phrasing and pushed her to connect with an audience by really feeling the lyrics. Residing in Washington D.C. and sitting in at jam sessions helped L'Tanya Mari to secure gigs, hone her skills, and expand her repertoire. After gaining a Masters degree in Jazz Studies at the University of the Arts and coming into her own as a jazz singer. L'Tanya has become an active music educator in addition to performing regularly throughout the Philadelphia and Washington, DC metro area. "
Tickets for the November 10th performance are $10 in advance or $12 on the day of performance. They are available online at www.wtagateway.com or by calling 540-943-9999.


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