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Titanic and Oasis of the Seas. Big difference, huh?
The Title
It is a title of prestige, networth and historical importance. Since the dawn of sailing, builders have fought for this badge of power. The few that have achieved this, earn a spot in a very elite club. During the golden age of sailing, this title was never more important and passenger lines fought for market control over their rivals. Each year, the ships got bigger and bigger, but there was always only one title holder at a time. Let's take a look back at these former champions from the 20th century to present day. Some are more famous than others but every one had the title of the World's Largest Liner.
I've scavenged the net and have noticed that isn't a simple one stop shop list of every liner that has held the title of "World's Largest Liner." For all you history and ship enthusiasts, now there it!
1901 RMS Celtic
OWER: White Star
LENGTH: 701 feet
TONNAGE: 20,904
FATE: Scrapped in 1933
The RMS Celtic was one of the "Big Four", the first liners ever built above 20,000 tons. She was launched in 1901 and served the White Star Line until begin scrapped in 1933. She survived a german U-Boat attack during World War I and even ran aground in 1928.
1902 RMS Cedric
OWNER: White Star Line
TONNAGE: 21,073 tons
FATE: Scrapped in 1932.
The second of the "Big Four" series ordered by White Star Line at the beginning of the 20th century. While the Celtic was one foot longer, the Cedric was 100 tons heavier, making it the World's Largest Liner for a short time. She served in World War I as an armed merchant cruiser.
1903 RMS Baltic
The third of the "Big Four" series ordered by White Star Line. This vessel became part of the Titanic Legend on April 14, 1912 after it sent the ill-fated Titanic its final ice warning.
1906 RMS Empress of Scotland
OWNER(S): Hamburg America Line, US Navy, Cunard, Canadian Pacific Steamships
LENGTH: 677.5 feet
Originally named the SS Kaiserin Auguste Victoria she was built for the Hamburg American Line in 1906. The ship transferred owners several times. The ship did not see service in World War I, rather it was laid up for the duration of the war in Hamburg before being surrendered to the British in 1919.
1907 RMS Lusitania
OWNER: Cunard Line
FATE: Torpedoed and sunk in 1915
On May 7, 1915, the Lusitania was hit by a German torpedo off the coast of Ireland. The resulting explosion blew a gaping hole in the starboard side. The ship began to list dangerously and while the order was given to abandon ship, the captain attempted a last ditch attempt to beach the vessel on the shore. Charging ahead at full speed only added to chaos of the evacuation. Lifeboats were getting snagged on the ship's hull plating and some were sucked into the ship's still turning propellors. In less than 20 minutes, the ship plunged beneath the waves, taking 1,198 of her 1,959 passengers and crew to their graves. The sinking helped to change public view on Germany and would help push the United States into the war.
1907 RMS Mauretania
TONNAGE: 31, 938 tons
Sister to the Lusitania, the Mauretania was the slightly heavier vessel of the class. She was five feet longer and had slightly larger turbines. She served as Cunard's flagship and the World's Fastest Ship for over twenty years. During that time, she gained many dedicated passengers including Franklin D. Roosevelt who protested against the ship's scrapping in 1935.
1911 RMS Olympic
As lead ship of the Olympic Class liner, the Olympic was the only ship of the class to see a full service career. In total she made 257 round trips, logging nearly 2 million miles and 500,000 passengers. The vessel earned the nickname "Old Reliable" during World War 1 when she served as a troop transport.
1912 RMS Titanic
FATE: Sunk in 1912 after hitting an iceberg.
The most famous liner of all time, the Titanic was a floating luxury palace. Additional refits, equipment and design even separated Titanic from her sister ship Olympic, out sizing her by 1,500 tons. Intended to be the White Star Line's flagship for the next twenty years, the expectations of the vessel were high.
She would sail into history as the greatest maritime disaster of all time. Over 1,500 souls would perish on the night of April 15, 1912, two hours and forty minutes after colliding with an iceberg. The sinking of the great liner would usher in a new era of change in Maritime emergency procedures, much of which are still in effect today.
Immediately following the sinking of her sister, Titanic, in April 1912, the Olympic briefly regained the title of "World's Largest Liner." The liner was returned to the shipyard to begin a year long refit that would increase her gross tonnage to 46,358 tons. The refit included added safety features and additional lifeboats.
1913 SS Imperator
OWNER: Hamburg America Line
FATE: Scrapped between 1939-1946
Construction of this gigantis was well underway during the maiden voyage of the RMS Titanic in April 1912. The vessel served the German American Line until 1919 when he was allocated to the United States for troop transport. He was then transferred to Cunard later that year and renamed the RMS Berengaria, a name he bore until scrapping began in 1939. Due to the outbreak of World War II, the scrapping wasn't completed in 1946.
1914 SS Leviathan
OWNER: United States Lines
TONNAGE: 54,282 feet
Originally built as the SS Vaterland in 1913 as an Imperator Class liner, she was seized by the United States during the war and pressed into service as the SS Leviathan troop transport. She remained in US hands for the rest of her career, operated by the United States Line until she was scrapped in 1938.
1914 RMS Majestic
Originally built as SS Bismarck by Biohm & Voss, the Majestic was handed over to the british in compensation for the sinking of HMHS Britannic. She served until 1936 when she was transferred to the royal navy and renamed HMS Caledonia, a cadet training vessel. Three years later, it caught fire and sank at the dock. She was scrapped in 1943.
1936 RMS Queen Mary
OWNER: Cunard White Star
LENGTH: 1,019 feet
FATE: Preserved as floating hotel in Long Beach California
Her construction began in 1930 but the Great Depression halted it for three years. During that time, Cunard Line and White Star Line merged to form Cunard White Star. Construction resumed with a grant from the British Government. Her 200,000 horsepower turbines captured the title as World's Fastest Ship, a title she held for over fourteen years. Her main rival was the SS Normandie. The two ships constantly battled for market control until the Normandie's destruction during World War 2. The Queen Mary went on to serve as a troop transport, and on one occasion accidentally rammed and sank her cruiser escort.
She was retired in 1967 and was converted into a hotel in Long Beach California. She remains the last surviving liner from the era.
1936 SS Normandie
OWNER: Compagnie Transatlantique
FATE: Caught fire in 1942, Scrapped in 1946
Still considered the most powerful steam turbo-electric propelled passenger vessel ever built, the Normandie entered service as the world's largest in 1935. She was purposefully redesigned to increase her volume, recapturing the World's Largest Liner from Queen Mary. During World War II, she was seized by the United States and renamed USS Lafayette. During her conversion to a troopship, she caught fire and capsized at the shipyard in 1942. After being salvaged she was scrapped in 1946.
1940 RMS Queen Elizabeth
FATE: Caught fire and sunk in Hong Kong harbor in 1975
The running mate of the world famous RMS Queen Mary, the Queen Elizabeth had a distinguished career that spanned 50 years. She was retired from service in 1969 when passenger trade took to the skies. She was sold to a Hong Kong business man to be converted into a floating university. She caught fire and sank in the harbor where some of her remains still lay. Until 2012 and the sinking of the Costa Concordia, she was considered the World's Largest Passenger Shipwreck.
1975 SS France
LENGTH: 1035 feet
She became the world's largest liner only after the loss of the RMS Queen Elizabeth. Built in 1962, she was considered the last of the transatlantic superships. She served until 1974 when she was mothballed. After exchanging owners several times she was finally recommissioned as SS Norway, a cruise ship. She served until 2004 and scrapped in 2008.
1988 MS Sovereign
OWNER: Royal Caribbean
FATE: In Service
With the age of transatlantic passenger travel now gone, the design and function of ships now focused on the cruise industry. The Sovereign of the Seas is the lead ship of the Sovereign Class cruise ship. At the time of her maiden voyage, she was the largest cruise liner in the world. She was refitted and sold in 2004 to Pulmantur Cruises.
1995 Sun Princess
OWNER: Carnival PLC
She was the world's largest cruise ship in 1995 and lead ship of her class. She currently operates in Sydney, Australia.
1998 Grand Princess
TONNAGE: 109,000 tons
As one of the very first passenger ships to break 100,000 tons, the Grand Princess was considered the largest and most expensive cruise ship ever built at the time. She is the current flagship of the Princess Cruise Line. She was the setting for the UK version of The Apprentice and currently operates in Europe and the Caribbean.
1999 MS Voyager of the Seas
OWNER: Royal Caribbean International
She is the lead ship of the Voyager class cruise ship and the largest vessel of the 20th Century. The vessel can transport over 3,100 guests and even has a built in science lab that is run by the University of Miami.
2002 Navigator of the Seas
TONNAGE: 138,279 tonnes
A second generation Voyager class ship, the Navigator operates in the Mediterranean Sea. She contains over $3,000,000 in art.
2004 RMS Queen Mary 2
She is the first major ocean liner built since QE2 in 1969 and the direct successor of the RMS Queen Mary. She became the world's largest liner in 2004 and in 2006 she met her namesake for the first time in an event that became known as The Royal Rendezvous. Her design was intended to salute the early twentieth century ocean liners, including the red and black smokestack and black hull.
2006 MS Freedom of the Seas
OWNER: Royal Caribbean Cruises
The name ship of the Freedom Class, she was launched in 2006 as the world's largest ship. She is over 100,000 tons larger than the Titanic.
2007 MS Liberty of the Seas
Only larger than her sister Freedom of the Seas by a few micro tons, the Liberty of the Seas is equally as impressive.
2008 MS Independence of the Seas
The third in the Freedom Class, The Independence of the Seas cost $828 million to build.
2009 MS Oasis of the Seas
Over 200,000 tons makes Oasis of the Seas over five times larger than the Titanic. She is so large, she is almost as large as a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier.
2010 MS Allure of the Seas
LENGTH: 1,181.1 feet
TONNAGE: 225, 282 tons
Longer than her sister, Oasis, by only two inches, the Allure is currently the World's Largest Liner. The ship cost a staggering $1.2 billion to construct.
2016 MS Harmony of the Seas
The success of the first to Oasis class ships prompted the creation of the second two. Harmony is 20% more efficient and Royal Caribbean continues to up the ante with each subsequent Oasis ship. More swimming pools, works of art, comfort, etc.
2018 MV Symphony of the Seas
LENGTH: 1,184.42 feet
Four feet shorter but 1,118 tons larger, Symphony of the Seas currently holds the title of Worlds Largest.
Stephen Hodgkinson from Sydney Australia on March 25, 2013:
Hi jasonponic
Nice informative hub. Most seem to think the Titanic is the biggest ever. The Seawise Giant is according to Wikipedia at 1504 feet.
I supose everyone now knows about the new Titanic being buit as we speak http://bostinno.com/2013/02/27/titanic-2-photos-of...
Jason Ponic (author) from Albuquerque on June 26, 2012:
They sure did!
Theresa Ventu from Los Angeles, California on June 26, 2012:
Impressive history. So the Royal Caribbean found a multi billion nich in sea tourism industry :-)
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Q: How to force a browser tab (chrome) to use wireless and another to use Ethernet cable? I know that my question is a little awkward, but here's my situation:
I have two networks, one of them is accessible to me via wireless, and the other is accessible to me via an Ethernet cable.
If my laptop is connected to both networks, can I connect to website WW via the wireless network, and website EE via the Ethernet network, in two tabs in the same browser (Chrome) ?
Note: Assume both websites provide video streaming.
Note: Assume that website WW is blocked via Ethernet network, and website EE is blocked via wireless network.
My trials:

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*I tried to open website WW while laptop connected to wireless only, and then connect Ethernet cable, and open website EE. Result: Website WW closes connection via wireless, and tries to connect using Ethernet, hence stops streaming.

*I tried to open website EE while laptop connected to Ethernet only, and then connect to wireless network, and open website WW. Result: Website EE keeps streaming, while WW never loads.
I'm using windows XP, latest google chrome. Any ideas?

A: If you can reconfigure the access point, you can do this:
1) setup the Wifi access point to be a router (so that it has a different IP address on its Ethernet and on its Wifi interfaces
2) setup the IP address of the wifi card on your PC to be in the IP network of the router (Wifi side)
3) setup a static route on the PC so that WW is accessed by going through the router, and a default route (used for EE) going through the Ethernet.

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Tierney v. United States (1972, 1973)
John R. Vile
In: Encyclopedia of the Fourth Amendment
Edited by: John R. Vile & David L. Hudson Jr.
Subject: American Political History, American Political Thought, Law & Courts
Vile, J. R. (2013). Tierney v. united states (1972, 1973). In J. R. Vile & D. L. Hudson (Eds.), Encyclopedia of the fourth amendment (Vol. 1, pp. 625-625). Washington, DC: CQ Press doi: 10.4135/9781452234243.n768
Vile, John R. "Tierney v. United States (1972, 1973)." In Encyclopedia of the Fourth Amendment, edited by John R. Vile and David L. Hudson, 625. Washington, DC: CQ Press, 2013. doi: 10.4135/9781452234243.n768.
Vile, J R 2013, 'Tierney v. united states (1972, 1973)', in Vile, JR & Hudson, DL (eds), Encyclopedia of the fourth amendment, CQ Press, Washington, DC, pp. 625, viewed 20 January 2020, doi: 10.4135/9781452234243.n768.
Vile, John R. "Tierney v. United States (1972, 1973)." Encyclopedia of the Fourth Amendment. Eds. John R. Vile and David L. Hudson. Vol. 1. Washington: CQ Press, 2013. 625. SAGE Knowledge. Web. 20 Jan. 2020, doi: 10.4135/9781452234243.n768.
Tierney v. United States, 409 U.S. 1232 (1972) and 410 U.S. 914 (1973), resulted in two U.S. Supreme Court decisions explicating the relationship of the Fourth Amendment to the Fifth and Sixth Amendments. The cases arose after Kenneth Tierney and other ...
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Let's send everyone we know a bit of Merry Christmas Happy 2014!
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National emergency in Australia
The fruit of forty years of evolutionary policies
by Tas Walker
Photo Anne Clark istockphoto.com
In late June 2007, the Australian Prime Minister, John Howard, declared a National Emergency whereby teams of medical and social workers, backed by police and supported by the military for logistics, will intervene in Australian Aboriginal townships to end child sex abuse.
An editorial in The Australian newspaper blames the problem on forty years of failed government policies.1 Why were the policies wrong and what policies should be applied in future? Before we can fix a problem it needs to be properly diagnosed.
Howard's announcement came in response to a government report, received on Thursday (21 June 2007), that revealed extensive pedophilia and juvenile prostitution in Aboriginal communities within the Northern Territory. The plan he announced includes bans on alcohol and pornography as well as medical examinations for all children under 16.
Monica Brown, who worked as a nurse in remote Aboriginal communities, said, 'Grandmothers, nurses, teachers and Aboriginal health workers have been assaulted and threatened for speaking out for the abused. Children have died during or after sexual assaults. For the sake of these kids and the families we must act.'2
Roslyn Phillips, research officer for the Festival of Light, a family-values advocacy group, said, 'We congratulate the federal government on its action to protect Aboriginal children in the Northern Territory from child sex abuse—but it is 17 years late.'
In 1990 Festival of Light released a study by Professor Judith Atkinson that found alcohol and pornographic videos led to a very high rate of violence and sexual violence, affecting 90% of Aboriginal families living in trust areas in Queensland.
Aboriginal leaders pleaded at that time, 'Please ban X-rated videos. They are causing the genocide of our people.' But government did not listen … until now.
Why didn't governments respond earlier? Because the request flew in the face of their secular humanistic views. For all that time, Governments have been intent on unraveling Australia's Christian heritage, and energetically legalizing pornography, prostitution, abortion, easy divorce, co-habitation and the like for all Australians. In fact, one politician, who as Attorney General legalized the distribution of X-rated videos, was reported as saying in 1976, 'Children want a right to sexual freedom and education and protection from the influence of Christianity'.3
Like a canary in a coal mine, this National Emergency should be a wake-up call. If the policies have failed the Aboriginal people then they will ultimately fail everyone.
The Australian in its editorial, 'A failed indigenous experiment ends', suggests why these policies imploded. It says, 'The declaration of a national emergency in Aboriginal Australia puts an end to the great experiment of exceptionalism4 that glorified indigenous culture.'
'Glorified indigenous culture'? How is that?
That's the idea of the 'noble savage', free of hang-ups and in close touch with nature. It's also the idea that different groups of people need different approaches, different standards. It's straight evolutionary thinking. It ignores the fact that we are all sinners in rebellion against our Creator. That is the problem that needs to be resolved, and governments can't do it.
The fruit of evolutionary thinking
Photo Lara Wieland
Australian universities have been using the evolutionary worldview for teaching Aboriginal culture for decades. In fact that is the way all academic studies are framed, including geology, biology, anthropology, astronomy, sociology, politics, law, social work and medicine. It is the standard naturalistic Darwinian approach.
Consequently whenever the university-trained leaders in our society think about a problem, their diagnoses and proposed solutions are based on their Darwinian worldview. Their attitude to Aboriginal culture comes straight out of evolutionary thinking. And as thirty years of Aboriginal misery have shown, Darwinian policies do not work.
Even Richard Dawkins, the arch proponent of Darwinian evolution, hinted (on the Australian ABC) that he would not like to live in a country where Darwinian ideas were applied to morality and politics:
'I'm a passionate Darwinian when it comes to science, when it comes to explaining the world, but I'm a passionate anti-Darwinian when it comes to morality and politics.'5
Yet Australian governments have been applying Darwinian principles to remote Aboriginal communities for forty years. And they have been forcing them on mainstream Australia as well, all with devastating results.6
Even Aboriginal people who are trained at university think of themselves in secular evolutionary terms. For example, Helen Milroy, a descendant of the Palyku people of the Pilbara region of Western Australia, was the first Aboriginal medical graduate in Australia. At a forum in Cairns recently she said about her people, 'We had very good social and cultural norms in place many, many years ago, otherwise we wouldn't have been a culture that survived for well over 60,000 years.'7
No one would deny that her people had many good social and cultural norms. But by uncritically accepting the secular dating for Aboriginal people we are implicitly buying the evolutionary line that says some people are more evolved and some are less evolved.8 Because evolutionary thinking tends to attribute the differences between people groups to thousands of years of 'separate evolution', and since there is no 'fixed rate' of evolution, it's easy to conclude that one group of people must be somehow less evolved (and thus less human) than another. Modern evolutionists do not generally have such racist views, but this is in spite of, not because of, their Darwinism. In fact, the astonishing biological closeness and relatedness of all humans, predictable on a biblical basis, has led to human evolution theories becoming drastically modified to accommodate the data.9
Darwin proposed the idea that humans evolved from 'anthropoid apes', and he considered the Australian Aborigines as primitive and not much evolved from the animals as compared to his 'own kind', Europeans. In fact, Darwin anticipated that the 'wilder races' would become extinct because survival of the fittest meant they would be superseded by the evolutionarily-advanced 'civilized' races.10 Even the Japanese in WW2 taught that they were the superior race, as Europeans with their longer arms and hairier chests were closer to the gorillas.
Our true heritage
Creation Ministries contributes to Aboriginal communities
Contrast this with the true history as recorded in the Bible that we are 'all one blood'. According to the Bible we are all related through Adam and Eve, the first two people. We are also related through Noah, who with his family survived the Flood which devastated the world at that time.
All people, including the Aboriginal people, are made in the image of God. All people are separated from their God by their sin. It started in the Garden of Eden (a real place with real plants and animals, real people and a real serpent—otherwise it's just a fairy story). Sin destroys. The wages of sin is death.
The Gospel of Jesus Christ is the answer to sin. The Gospel transforms people and communities.
Evolutionary theories destroy the credibility of the Bible and the objective foundation for the Gospel. Evolution destroys people, communities and nations, which is why it must be abandoned. Christian academics at our Australian Universities need to wake up and realize that we are engulfed in a battle of worldviews, and take steps to reclaim academic ground for Christ, in every area.
When Governor Lachlan Macquarie arrived in Australia in 1810, the small struggling colony was dysfunctional, suffering the effects of alcoholism, prostitution, family breakdown and impending famine. Dysfunctional communities are not confined to Aboriginal people. Macquarie introduced measures to lift the 'natural affections' and 'family feelings' of the colony including schools, 'to educate the young in the principles of the Bible'. He ordered that convicts of all religious persuasions attend divine worship on Sundays. He launched the Bible Society in the colony and also the Sunday School movement. Historian Manning Clark noted the transformation these measures brought to the colony, and the gratitude the settlers showed toward Macquarie: 'Until his departure he toured the settlements and was received with praise and affection by officials and settlers wherever he went.'11
This heritage of Bible teaching was part of the curriculum in Australian government schools until the mid 1970s, when many state governments moved to have it removed. Such 'de-Christianization' follows the same pattern as in many other western nations, and the trend commenced after the introduction of evolution into the curriculum around 1960. After all, if the Bible is not really true in its history, why trust what it says about spiritual matters?
All the public discussions about the problems within our Aboriginal communities, and the proposed solutions, have ignored the spiritual dimension. Governments, of course, cannot compel a spiritual response. But we are not just evolved chemicals. We are created in the image of God—body, mind and spirit. As Jesus said, 'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.' (Matthew 4:4)
Personal and community transformation
What is to be done? What is the way ahead?
Obviously law and order is foundational for any community (Romans 13:1–7), so the decisive government response in this area is commendable. But law can only do so much. And which laws are we going to enforce?
Ultimately, the Gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God is the only answer. The Gospel flows out of the true history of the Aboriginal people as faithfully recorded by their ancestors in the Bible. When Aboriginal people accept Christ they are not accepting a Western religion. Rather, they are discovering their true heritage.
All over Australia Aboriginal people have some Dreaming stories which are strikingly similar to Bible stories
All over Australia, Aboriginal people have some Dreaming stories which are strikingly similar to Bible stories, often not realizing the connection. For example, when George Rosendale in North Queensland first heard the story of the Tower of Babel as a child in Sunday School he put his hand up and said 'You whitefellas have it all wrong. That language story didn't happen over the sea. My grandmother said it happened here near Cooktown.' His grandmother heard the story when she was a young girl, long before the missionaries came.12 Note that these stories are never of biblical events after Babel. I.e. they may be reminiscent of Adam and Eve in the Garden, of the Flood, and of Babel, but nothing about Moses crossing the Red Sea, e.g. The reason is clear—after the dispersion associated with the tower incident, there was no more interaction between what became the Aboriginal and Hebraic cultures respectively.
There are lessons we can learn from black communities of the US, where churches have played a crucial role in social transformation. Harry R. Jackson says the leaders of these churches 'believe that government programs alone cannot stop crime, poverty, or poor schools.13 The new black church is not waiting for a handout. They are promoting immediate change through wiser, biblically-informed choices and personal accountability.'
Jackson goes on to say, 'They are using a new brand of black power to transform the nation. These men and women all believe that they can change America because of their faith in personal transformation (through religious conversion) and community transformation (through education and economic development).'
The same transformation can happen in Australia, and here's one small insight into what is possible.
Dr Lara Wieland first encountered the dusty, remote community of Kowanyama when she began working there as the government doctor. She fell in love with the people but was torn inside with the social problems and the suffering. She was especially devastated by the 'grog babies', the damaged children born to mothers addicted to alcohol.
Since 2003 Lara has been organizing teams of Christians from diverse backgrounds to visit Kowanyama (most coming from Cairns, 800 km south) three or four times a year.14 They support the local Christians, develop relationships with the youth and share Jesus with the children. Through fun, games and loving acceptance, they create opportunities for 'powerful discussions with the children about: youth suicide, drugs, violence, black magic, grace, forgiveness and freedom.'
Sergeant Lance Millwood of Kowanyama Police said, 'The program is the best thing since sliced bread. It is the only thing in the community that gives these kids any goal or direction in the time they are out of school.' People have commented on a perceived drop in juvenile crime rate, better attendance at school and children showing more interest in learning.
We need to respond
The Gospel of Christ is ultimately what our Aboriginal people need; indeed the Gospel is what all Australians need. We all crave to know our true heritage, and to find the answer to our fundamental human problem—alienation from our Creator. That's why we all need the glorious and ongoing transformation of the risen Lord Jesus Christ. Christians and churches across Australia need to respond to the needs of our blood brothers at this critical time.
A failed indigenous experiment ends, The Australian, 23 June 2007; <http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,21952105-7583,00.html>. Return to Text.
Brown, M., As a remote area nurse, I treated too many too often, Letters, The Australian, 23 June 2007; <http://blogs.theaustralian.news.com.au/letters/index.php/theaustralian/
comments/as_a_remote_area_nurse_i_treated_too_many_too_often/>. Return to Text.
Sydney Morning Herald, p.11, 7 May 1976. Return to Text.
In this context, this is the idea that Aborigines should be encouraged to live separately from and not subject to the norms, laws and traditions of the 'invader' society, but more in accord with their own traditions, i.e. treated as 'exceptions'. Return to Text.
Richard Dawkins, The Science Show, ABC Radio, 22 January 2000. Return to Text.
See Dalrymple, T., Life at the Bottom: The Worldview That Makes the Underclass, Ivan R. Dee, Publisher, Chicago, USA, 2001, for a graphic description of how the worldview of our academics and elites is destroying the lives of everyday people. Return to Text.
Tradition the key to solving social ills, forum hears, <http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/
2007/06/26/1961907.htm?site=idx-qld> Return to Text.
The '60,000 years' also contains a subtle racist putdown of Aboriginal society, highlighted when a former Prime Minister, John Gorton, raised the question of why Aborigines had not invented things like the wheel in all that time. Return to Text.
E.g. the 'Out of Africa' concept. Even its rival hypothesis has had to introduce all sorts of secondary 'gene flow' concepts to accommodate this unexpected (for evolutionists) finding, that all 'races' are amazingly closely related. Return to Text.
Darwin, C., The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, 2nd ed., John Murray, London, p. 188, 1887. Return to Text.
Stringer, C., Discovering Australia's Christian Heritage, Col Stringer Ministries, Robina, Qld, pp. 86–88, 1999. Return to Text.
Wieland, C., The scars of a nation, Creation 22:48–49, 2000. Return to Text.
Jackson, H.R. Jr, Black power: the new conservative stronghold, 20 November 2006; <http://townhall.com/columnists/HarryRJacksonJr/
2006/11/20/black_power_the_new_conservative_stronghold>. Return to Text.
Newsletter, oUT tHERE & Kowanyama Kidzone 2006/2007. Return to Text.
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Berluti together with Laffanour Galerie Downtown has presented 17 original Pierre Jeanneret furniture pieces upholstered in Berluti's emblematic Venezia leather.
For Design Miami/ Art Basel Miami Beach, Berluti's creative director Kris Van Assche and François Laffanour of Galerie Downtown teamed up to present a small series of original Pierre Jeanneret pieces, created by the Swiss Architect in the 1950s, to furnish Chandigarh's Capitol Complex, in India, restored by François Laffanour and upholstered with Berluti's emblematic Venezia leather.
In 1951, Le Corbusier was commissioned by the Indian government to head the Chandigarh Capitol Complex project, designing an entirely new city. His cousin Pierre Jeanneret supervised the construction of the Capitol's major administrative buildings, created the rest of the city and was tasked with designing all the furniture. Jeanneret already boasted a solid career as a furniture designer, as in 1928, with Le Corbusier and Charlotte Perriand, he came up with the now famous and iconoclastic line of modern furniture made of glass, steel and leather. Jeanneret developed, for and in Chandigarh, complete lines of furniture designed for the different public and private buildings such as armchairs, tables, benches, seats and desks.
The Berluti X Laffanour Galerie Downtown series consists of 17 original, highly collectable pieces and includes a base building desk, easy armchair, a pair of cinema chairs, high court chair, kangaroo chair, judge armchair, a pair of library chairs, folding screen, day bed, a pair of committee chairs, public bench and a blue writing chair.
The furniture is solidly constructed on rudimentary principles, based on the skills of local craftsmen and regional materials. Crafted in solid teak and hallmarked mainly by their X, U, and V-like forms, seats were caned, fitted with laths or covered in bright or dark coloured vinyl or leather. Laffanour has painstakingly restored these pieces to conservation standards, achieved without filling holes or removing marks in the wood, as part of their beauty lies in their origins, their life and the way they were used. As the hardwood has outlived the1950's upholstery, as is standard practice with pieces of this pedigree, these elements have been replaced. Desk-tops, screen panels, cushions and upholstery have been fitted with Berluti's emblematic Venezia leather.
Kris Van Assche has developed an entirely new palette of colour for the series. Based partly on the two-colour collections Le Corbusier created in 1931 and 1959 and as well the rich colours he found in the light, architecture, landscape and foliage on a recent trip to Chandigarh. Subtly nuanced hues have been specially tanned in Verona from calves raised in northern France. The addition of Berluti's hand-applied patina enhances the depth of colour and the gentle curves of the soft padding.
Van Assche has boldly chosen 18 different tones for the 17 pieces, no two are the same; the day bed comes in Nespola orange, the paravent folding screen is finished in two shades of blue set in a damier pattern and pairs of chairs have been deliberately mixed up with contrasting colours such as the two cinema chairs, one in Sukhna purple and one in Simal red. The only piece Kris Van Assche has chosen to upholster in Berluti signature tobacco colour is the writing chair, although originally constructed in wood, it was painted blue later in life, to identify its use as chair for the university, a historical and important intervention according to Francois Laffanour. It's one of a few pieces with rattan seats, the new leather cushion has been attached with magnetic fixings so as not to compromise the integrity of some of the originals.
Kris Van Assche and François Laffanour built a friendship built on a shared passion for 20th century design, as Van Assche is a collector of Pierre Jeanneret pieces. In 2018, Van Assche's debut collection as creative director of Berluti was presented in Place de la Concorde inside Jean Prouvé's 1958 prefabricated structure for Institution Fénelon, restored by Galerie Downtown. The Capitol Complex in Chandigarh was selected by Kris Van Assche as a location for Berluti's fall winter 2019 digital campaign photographed by Ronan Gallagher.
Laffanour says that he and Kris Van Assche have the same taste, "This project is really something friendly, I like the man, the way he thinks, I am honoured to build this collaboration with Berluti and Kris, it's not really work it's more of a pleasure". For Kris Van Assche, before taking the creative lead at Berluti in 2018 he had already made a link in his mind between the furniture of Pierre Jeanneret and Berluti's DNA; colour and patina.
"I have always loved and collected Pierre Jeanneret's furniture. I knew that the Berluti patina know-how would give back all their splendor to those iconic pieces, aged through time. It is an opportunity for this Berluti craft to be rediscovered in a new context." – Kris Van Assche, Creative Director, Berluti
Each piece was numbered at the time of manufacture, and additionally Berluti have numbered the new leather elements. The upholstery has been entrusted to Domeau & Pérès, the Paris-based upholstery and leatherwork. workshop founded in 1990 by master craftsmen Bruno Domeau and Philip Peres.
The series will be presented in Miami's design district during DesignMiami/ Art Basel Miami Beach from 2-8 December 2019.
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10 Reasons We Love Emma Thompson
Posted by BBC America Editors | April 15, 2015
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Emma Thompson, whose 56th birthday is today (April 15), is one of those actresses who makes you think, "I bet she'd make a great friend. I'd really like to hang out with her." But, why do we think that? Yes, her roles are amazing—like her Academy Award-winning performance in Howard's End; or the eccentric, witchy teacher such as Professor Trelawny in the Harry Potter films, and more recently as P.L. Travers, the creator of Mary Poppins, featured in Saving Mr. Banks—but it's Thompson herself who we are enamored by, not necessarily the characters she plays.
Here are 10 examples of Thompson just being Thompson and why we can't get enough:
1. She's an award-winning actor and writer. Thompson was nominated for both Best Actress and Best Screenplay at the Academy Awards and Golden Globes in 1996 for her adaptation of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility, and she took home the award for the latter at both ceremonies. Here's her Golden Globes acceptance speech that she wrote in the style of Jane Austen:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHUgsDIOoNQ
2. She's really funny. Really, really funny. Actually, she has roots in sketch comedy working with a couple of funny men, Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie, at the University of Cambridge's sketch comedy troupe Footlights. Here's a skit from a televised version of The Cellar Tapes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmS1Q4QX1gc&feature=youtu.be&t=3m53s
3. Thompson originally aimed to work as a social worker and help disabled children and the elderly. While her career took a turn, she's held onto her altrusitic views. Watch Thompson along with Octavia Spencer, Julia Roberts, Oprah Winfrey, Lupita Nyong'o, and Amy Adams talking about tropes female characters are put into and the changing dynamics in Hollywood for actresses:
4. She's been wildly successful, but family comes first with Thompson telling The Guardian, "Family is the center of everything for me." She expands on what that means to her, saying, "But family is about connection, not necessarily about blood ties. It's about extended family and extending family." She and her adopted son, whom she met when he was 16, share their story via the United Nations YouTube page:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-S-0ZN9Mh8
5. Thompson is so connected to her family—which includes actress mum Phyllida Law and actor husband Greg Wise—we felt that highlighting her commitment to her family calls for two spots on our list. We'd like to share a clip of her sharing life lessons she's taught her daughter Gaia with David Letterman on The Late Show:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmakuDG3TVA&feature=youtu.be&t=1m46s
6. She knows how to make an entrance and give a great interview. It's in her interviews where we feel like we really get to know her as a woman. When she speaks, her intelligence and wit are matched by this sense of ease about her. Watch her bust a move as she comes out to greet Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POomrbQ1qBc
7. With all that moviemaking, dancing, and child-rearing, a girl's feet can get tired. Thompson is so comfortable in her own skin that she felt okay kicking off her shoes to present at the 2014 Golden Globes:
8. In addition to her being a fun presenter at awards shows, Thompson tells a zinger of a story making fellow guest Hugh Grant blush on The Graham Norton Show:
9. Sitting between huge stars like Hugh Grant and Luke Evans may be a typical night for Thompson, but that doesn't mean she won't stop and take a snap with a fan:
Dreams do come true I AM STILL SHAKING #EmmaThompson pic.twitter.com/607L1uSI4t
— Leehee Kanne (@Leeheek) April 12, 2015
10. And, finally, who doesn't love a woman turning up with donuts:
Our amazing leading lady, Mrs. Emma Thompson, just brought the entire cast and crew some of her special Mrs. Lovett's treats! #SweeneyTodd #NYPhilharmonic #Emmathompson A photo posted by Paul Tate dePoo III (@ptdepoo) on Mar 4, 2014 at 7:58am PST
Happy birthday Emma, enjoy your day!!
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Etymology
The words ak depe mean "white hill" in Turkmen. Atanyýazow notes that there are several places in Turkmenistan with this name, and that the name generally refers to white hills in the vicinity.

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Populated places in Daşoguz Region

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Lindsay Lohan's Comeback is Stalled at the Gate
Lindsay Lohan's long-awaited comeback is stalled at the gate. The actress lobbied for a role in the upcoming film about the life of John Gotti, Sr. Now, it looks like she can't nail down the part.
It wasn't that long ago that Lohan appeared in court, dressed in her expensive clothing, to tell the judge she couldn't afford to pay for court recommended counseling. Perhaps she was counting on the movie role to help her rejuvenate her sagging back account. If so, she could be in trouble.
In the beginning, Lohan went for the role of John Gotti, Sr.'s wife, Victoria. However, the producers wouldn't buy the age difference between her and John Travolta, who is play the lead. So Lindsay Lohan went after another part, the wife of John Gotti, Jr., Kim. That looked like a sure deal until Lohan got herself in trouble with the law once again.
To be fair, however, Lohan isn't the only one stalling the Gotti movie. Joe Pesci got angry when his role as Angelo Ruggiero was recast. That happened because the actor put on weight for another film he was doing. Apparently, the producers worried he would no longer fit the role of the enforcer, so they dropped him. Pesci sued and everything came to a temporary standstill.
There has been trouble at the top as well, with director Nick Cassavetes being replaced by Barry Levinson. Then it became clear that neither Al Pacino or Kelly Preston had actually signed on the dotted line. This movie has had more screw ups than the mob itself, but at least Lindsay Lohan is in good company.
Lohan's rep is quick to add that his client isn't out of the picture. "The producers of the film and Lindsay's representation have not worked out an agreement for her to appear in the movie," says Steven Honig. That is probably code for "they aren't offering her enough money." Honig agrees that he "cannot provide a definitive answer either way."
It's beginning to look like the Gotti movie may never get off the ground and, if it doesn't, that could spell trouble for Lindsay Lohan. She really needs a vehicle to prove herself, and soon. Otherwise, what is left of her dwindling fans may just float away.
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The Small Miracle
Subject: The Small Miracle Thu Feb 07, 2013 5:41 pm
Sporty, Economical and built like a king-size watch
Source: Two Wheels N° 5, 1969
Author: Christopher
We took the German-made Kreidler Florett for some pretty testing runs.
The little 50cc machine surprised us more than somewhat.
The Kreidler is a motorcycle of many parts – not the least of which is its anti-theft steering lock. We know. Someone who prefers to remain nameless lost the keys to the blasted thing! We tried all the favorite tricks of the people on TV – bent bobby pins, pieces of flexible plastic. Nothing worked. A desperate call to Karl Reller, agent for Kreidler in New South Wales brought him out one Sunday morning to sort out the mess.
He brought enough tools to dismantle a battleship – but not enough to take a Kreidler steering lock apart.
Karl called a locksmith friend who came with all sorts of fascinating lock-picking instruments. Two hours later he had the lock undone. Assuming a thief is at least as experienced as a good locksmith, who on earth wants to spend two hours stealing one motorcycle even if the police were elsewhere? A good thing, this lock. The Kreidler has magneto ignition with no ignition lock, so anyone with the knowhow and minimum of muscle can start the cycle. About the keys. Karl was quite nice really – though when we borrowed the machine for some photography, he forgot to give them to us.
A typical German touch is the tool locker.
It uses the same key as the steering lock.
From the rear the sturdy construction is apparent.
The wee beastie concerned in the above drama is a Kreidler Florett RS (Never heard of it? Then you didn't read the last issue of TWO WHEELS very carefully) of 50cc capacity. A sports machine, it develops 5.2 bhp from that tiny cylinder on 11:1 compression, weighs 172 lb and costs $ 379. It also has a 5-speed gearbox and needs every one of them.
Frankly, even with its advanced specifications and its records (more anon) at $ 379 it is not about to push the Japanese small fry off the market (you can breathe again, fellas). It is intended for the ultra sporting rider (the sort who would buy a Bultaco or a Montesa in the bigger class) who maybe wants to go racing on weekends. To this end the distributors intend to market an over-the-counter racing kit. This raises the output to about 10 bhp and will cost in the vicinity of $ 90. The latest record breaker puts out 14 bhp at 14.000 rpm – 280 bhp/litre. (By way of comparison, a Norton Atlas to achieve the same specific output would have to develop 210 bhp!) If you require the most performance from the least number of ccs, the Kreidler is ideal.
The tiny 50cc-powered Kreidler streamliner during its 130 mph run.
Nine feet long, the machine only weighed 220 lbs.
When we first saw the machine, because of all the deep finning and the size of the motor, we thought it was a 125cc cycle. It would be a tremendous bike if it were. On the European market with its weird and wonderful ways of taxing motorcycles, the 50cc is the most economical. It is a high performance 50 which would be bought by a lot of people. But for the export market a 125cc version would make a lot of sense and friends.
For regardless of the basic performance of the cycle, 50cc is still 50ccs, as any steep hill will prove. The tiny engine simply hasn't the torque. With the relatively vaster distances people must travel in this country, a sporting machine with a top speed of 56 mph (almost 10 mph under the Legal limit) seems rather pointless. A town cycle with magneto ignition and a high first gear seems equally odd. Perhaps it is designed for the man who never visits the city and never strays outside the suburban areas. It will perform both sporting and city runabout well but it is certainly not really at home in the city at all.
Getting back to the engine. It is a single, horizontal cylinder, two stroke of 40 mm bore, 39.5 mm stroke. The thus just-oversquare engine develops 6.5 bhp at 7600 rpm. The horizontal placement of the engine ensures the head is directly in the airstream for maximum cooling. Further, the centre of gravity is kept low, a factor that contributes to the Kreidler's fine handling.
Overall view of the Kreidler shows clean, uncluttered lines.
Performs very well for a machine of only 50 ccs.
The frame is pressed steel and handsomely finished in bright red. The finish of the cycle is extremely good though the weird two-tone combination of fire-engine red and a color akin to British racing green is hard to get used to. Swinging arms suspend the rear and hydraulic forks the front. Nothing unusual here. Actually there is nothing unusual about the Kreidler except that it works – and works very well. It is a fine example of orthodox refinement.
The machine, still without recourse to the exotica other makes affect, is the holder of six world records for 50cc cycles. One record held is the standing quarter-mile at an average speed of 58.61 mph. For International records, the speed quoted is the average speed (over two runs, one in either direction) of the cycle over the total duration of its run – not the terminal velocity at the end of the quarter. Another and even more impressive record is the flying kilometre at a two-way average speed of fractionally under 132 mph! Even with 14 bhp and a streamlined fairing, that's screaming for 50 ccs.
Front forks are fully enclosed and dustproofed,
a good feature on our dusty goat tracks.
While the road version we tested was not quite in that league, it did perform. Against the clock, performance was a little disappointing. The Kreidler felt a lot faster than it was. But acceleration figures did not reflect how the cycle would cover ground. Point-to-point it was amazingly fast for a 50cc road machine. For the best performance, the engine must be kept on the boil and the gearbox slirred constantly. This was no handicap as the gears were ideally spaced (except that first is too high for fast takeoffs, but once under way is a very usable gear), though lever travel (one down, four up) was a little long and the lever must be lifted forcefully to avoid missing a shift. Neutral was easy to find, unlike on quite a few other bikes.
Slow to accelerate initially, the little beast gathered speed quickly when under way. Even packing double, the Kreidler rider was in no danger of being run over by the bulk of suburban traffic. Once clear of traffic, the Kreidler began to make some sense. It handled well. (What about that 125cc engine, please?) Moving quickly through a series of bends the cycle pointed exactly where it was supposed to and stayed there. The handling potential of the machine (outside of sheer lunacy, that is) was somewhere well above its road performance capabilities. The brakes were good, pulling the cycle down quickly from maximum in a dead straight line every time. The amount of effort needed to do this, however, was quite high.
Handlebars are wide and comfortable, although the one mirror is on the wrong side
for Australian conditions. Paint work and general finish are superb.
One of the Kreidler's most pleasant aspects was its easy starting. Invariably a first-kick starter, the engine required only a light push on the lever to crank it into life. It was so easy to start (and no mystique either) that an electric starter, which it did not have, was completely unnecessary. Stall at the lights? Pull the gearlever into neutral, push lightly on the starter lever, select first, move away. We did not even have to get off the seat. Because of this and its light weight, the Kreidler was a pleasure to ride.
Once the machine has fired up it has to be warmed for a few minutes before moving off. If this is not done any sort of a hill has to be climbed zig-zag fashion.
Kreidler engine is model of functional design. Starter lever is fazed, as well as footpeg.
Horizontal engine placement ensures maximum cooling.
As for the rest, the horn (?) was practically undetectable and the lights barely up to the performance. The light switch was rather difficult to use with gloves. The magneto kill button (on the same assembly as the lights) located under the switch was hard to reach but positive in action. The handlebars must be among the best around, upright and comfortable, though the grips could be more "grippable", the ribbing being rather fine.
Kreidler has chosen a very straigthforward design but has developed it to a high degree. If you require fun riding at a minimum cost and low fuel consumption with lots of gears and revs, the Kreidler could just be the answer.
Action: two-stroke reverse scavenging
Bore and stroke: 40 mm by 39.5 mm
Cubic capacity: 49cc
Compression ration: 11:1
Carburettor: Bing 17 mm
Output: 5.2 bhp at 7500 rpm
Clutch: Multiple-disc
Gears: five-speed with pedal gear change using roller
Chain: Mofa roller ½ inch by ¾ inch 102 links
Frame: pressed steel
Rear suspension: swinging arm with hydraulic shock-absorbers
Fork: long-swing with hydraulic shock-absorbers
Brakes: light alloy solid-hub 116 mm diameter by 20 mm
Overall length: 6 ft 2 inch
Height at seat: 2 ft 6 inch
Handlebar width: 1 ft 10 inch
Weight in running order: 172 lbs
Permissible total weight: 540 lbs
Fuel tank capacity: 3 gals
Supply: Bosch flywheel magneto
Output: 6V / 29 plus 5W
Spark plug: thermal rating26-0
Maximum speeds in gears (mph): 1st:20 ; 2nd:30 ; 3rd:40 ; 4th:50 ; 5th:56
ACCELERATION:
0-20 mph: 3.4 secs
0-50 mph: 23.5 secs
Mileage on test: 121
Test weight: 335 lbs
Fuel consumption overall: 130 mpg
A word of explanation about this article:
Original post made on Kreidler.nl by Christopher from Australia on 24/11/2000
Hello Maarten,
I came across your site by accident and it brought back a few memories.
In 1968/1969 I was involved with Two Wheels which was Australia's first motorcycle magazine and I rode the Florett and wrote about it in the fifth issue, while it appeared on the front cover of issue number six.
It made a considerable impression and I very nearly bought it but my weight really suited a 650!
I have attached the material as jpg files to keep the file size down. Oddly enough, I think that somewhere in my files there is an original brochure on the model.
Re-reading the article after thirty-odd years makes me realise that we were pretty naive then. But it was a lot of fun,
Christopher.
Source: http://www.kreidler.nl/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10058
Fully rewritten by kaZeta.


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Despite the big names attached to Scientology, there are still mysteries surrounding the church. But now INSIDE EDITION is getting a peek inside from the niece of the controversial head of Scientology, David Miscavige. Jenna Miscavige-Hill says she escaped the group seven years ago and in her new book she has come forward with claims that she was intimidated while behind church walls. She spoke with INSIDE EDITION's Paul Boyd.
It was the Super Bowl commercial that took millions of viewers by surprise.
The ad wasn't for the usual Super Bowl fare of cars, beer, or snacks. The sponsor was the Church of Scientology.
INSIDE EDITION's Paul Boyd watched the ad with Jenna Miscavige-Hill, and she was once Scientology royalty. Her uncle is church leader David Miscavige—Tom Cruise's best friend.
Jenna is author of Beyond Belief My Secret Life Inside Scientology and My Harrowing Escape," a just-released memoir.
Boyd asked, "Do you believe that this Scientology commercial accurately reflects what goes on inside the Church of Scientology?"
"Absolutely not. Saying things like 'free thinkers.' I mean, that's ridiculous," said Jenna.
When Jenna was two, she says her parents, who were then devoted Scientologists, allowed her to be raised by the church.
"Separating children from their parents helps children to behave more like adults, and be more compliant when they have no one to run to," said Jenna.
When she was just seven years old, she said she was asked to sign a contract binding her to Scientology for one billion years.
Jenna said, "They're a controlling, manipulative organization that lures people in by making them feel good about themselves, and love-bombing them. And, eventually, things turn once you're in there."
She was sent to live on a ranch. In photos given to INSIDE EDITION by the Church of Scientology, it appears to be an idyllic boarding school. But Jenna says in her book, the students, some as young as six, were required to help build the school.
Jenna said, "I just can't believe the audacity of the church that they would bring up those pictures. I mean, everything you see there is work that we did on our own.
"We note that recollections in Ms. Hill's book about her schooling are dramatically at odds with the recollections of 30 of her classmates. Their personal memories describe the exact same school at the exact same time as an idyllic summer camp and boarding school-like envirnoment. The Church has long respected the family unit while accommodating and helping those raising children. The Church does not engage in any activities that mistreat, neglect or force children to engage in manual labor. The Church follows all laws with respect to children. Claims to the contrary are false."
Jenna said, "One of the things that I learned when I was leaving is that, they only have as much power over me as I allow them to have. And I am no longer afraid of them."
Scientology also says revisionist histories are typical of former members and should be taken with an enormous grain of salt.


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package com.intellij.execution.actions;

import com.intellij.execution.*;
import com.intellij.execution.configurations.ConfigurationType;
import com.intellij.execution.impl.ExecutionManagerImpl;
import com.intellij.execution.runners.ExecutionUtil;
import com.intellij.execution.ui.RunContentDescriptor;
import com.intellij.icons.AllIcons;
import com.intellij.ide.DataManager;
import com.intellij.openapi.actionSystem.*;
import com.intellij.openapi.actionSystem.ex.ComboBoxAction;
import com.intellij.openapi.project.DumbAware;
import com.intellij.openapi.project.DumbAwareAction;
import com.intellij.openapi.project.IndexNotReadyException;
import com.intellij.openapi.project.Project;
import com.intellij.openapi.util.Condition;
import com.intellij.openapi.util.registry.Registry;
import com.intellij.openapi.wm.ex.WindowManagerEx;
import com.intellij.openapi.wm.impl.IdeFrameImpl;
import com.intellij.ui.IdeBorderFactory;
import com.intellij.ui.SizedIcon;
import com.intellij.ui.components.panels.NonOpaquePanel;
import com.intellij.util.IconUtil;
import com.intellij.util.ui.EmptyIcon;
import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;

import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;

public class RunConfigurationsComboBoxAction extends ComboBoxAction implements DumbAware {

  public static final Icon CHECKED_ICON = new SizedIcon(AllIcons.Actions.Checked, 16, 16);
  public static final Icon CHECKED_SELECTED_ICON = new SizedIcon(AllIcons.Actions.Checked_selected, 16, 16);
  public static final Icon EMPTY_ICON = EmptyIcon.ICON_16;

  @Override
  public void actionPerformed(AnActionEvent e) {
    if (e.getPresentation().getClientProperty(CUSTOM_COMPONENT_PROPERTY) == null) {
      Project project = e.getProject();
      IdeFrameImpl frame = project != null ? WindowManagerEx.getInstanceEx().getFrame(project) : null;
      if (frame != null) {
        e.getPresentation().putClientProperty(CUSTOM_COMPONENT_PROPERTY, frame.getComponent());
      }
    }
    super.actionPerformed(e);
  }

  @Override
  public void update(AnActionEvent e) {
    Presentation presentation = e.getPresentation();
    Project project = e.getData(CommonDataKeys.PROJECT);
    if (ActionPlaces.isMainMenuOrActionSearch(e.getPlace())) {
      presentation.setDescription(ExecutionBundle.message("choose.run.configuration.action.description"));
    }
    try {
      if (project == null || project.isDisposed() || !project.isInitialized()) {
        updatePresentation(null, null, null, presentation);
        presentation.setEnabled(false);
      }
      else {
        updatePresentation(ExecutionTargetManager.getActiveTarget(project),
                           RunManagerEx.getInstanceEx(project).getSelectedConfiguration(),
                           project,
                           presentation);
        presentation.setEnabled(true);
      }
    }
    catch (IndexNotReadyException e1) {
      presentation.setEnabled(false);
    }
  }

  private static void updatePresentation(@Nullable ExecutionTarget target,
                                         @Nullable RunnerAndConfigurationSettings settings,
                                         @Nullable Project project,
                                         @NotNull Presentation presentation) {
    if (project != null && target != null && settings != null) {
      String name = settings.getName();
      if (target != DefaultExecutionTarget.INSTANCE) {
        name += " | " + target.getDisplayName();
      } else {
        if (!settings.canRunOn(target)) {
          name += " | Nothing to run on";
        }
      }
      presentation.setText(name, false);
      setConfigurationIcon(presentation, settings, project);
    }
    else {
      presentation.setText(""); // IDEA-21657
      presentation.setIcon(null);
    }
  }

  private static void setConfigurationIcon(final Presentation presentation,
                                           final RunnerAndConfigurationSettings settings,
                                           final Project project) {
    try {
      Icon icon = RunManagerEx.getInstanceEx(project).getConfigurationIcon(settings);
      ExecutionManagerImpl executionManager = ExecutionManagerImpl.getInstance(project);
      List<RunContentDescriptor> runningDescriptors = executionManager.getRunningDescriptors(s -> s == settings);
      if (runningDescriptors.size() == 1) {
        icon = ExecutionUtil.getLiveIndicator(icon);
      }
      if (runningDescriptors.size() > 1) {
        icon = IconUtil.addText(icon, String.valueOf(runningDescriptors.size()));
      }
      presentation.setIcon(icon);
    }
    catch (IndexNotReadyException ignored) {
    }
  }

  @Override
  protected boolean shouldShowDisabledActions() {
    return true;
  }

  @Override
  public JComponent createCustomComponent(final Presentation presentation) {
    ComboBoxButton button = createComboBoxButton(presentation);
    button.setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(0, 2, 0, 2));
    NonOpaquePanel panel = new NonOpaquePanel(new BorderLayout());
    panel.setBorder(IdeBorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(0, 0, 0, 2));
    panel.add(button);
    return panel;
  }

  @Override
  @NotNull
  protected DefaultActionGroup createPopupActionGroup(final JComponent button) {
    final DefaultActionGroup allActionsGroup = new DefaultActionGroup();
    final Project project = CommonDataKeys.PROJECT.getData(DataManager.getInstance().getDataContext(button));
    if (project != null) {
      final RunManagerEx runManager = RunManagerEx.getInstanceEx(project);

      allActionsGroup.add(ActionManager.getInstance().getAction(IdeActions.ACTION_EDIT_RUN_CONFIGURATIONS));
      allActionsGroup.add(new SaveTemporaryAction());
      allActionsGroup.addSeparator();

      RunnerAndConfigurationSettings selected = RunManager.getInstance(project).getSelectedConfiguration();
      if (selected != null) {
        ExecutionTarget activeTarget = ExecutionTargetManager.getActiveTarget(project);
        for (ExecutionTarget eachTarget : ExecutionTargetManager.getTargetsToChooseFor(project, selected)) {
          allActionsGroup.add(new SelectTargetAction(project, eachTarget, eachTarget.equals(activeTarget)));
        }
        allActionsGroup.addSeparator();
      }

      final ConfigurationType[] types = runManager.getConfigurationFactories();
      for (ConfigurationType type : types) {
        final DefaultActionGroup actionGroup = new DefaultActionGroup();
        Map<String,List<RunnerAndConfigurationSettings>> structure = runManager.getStructure(type);
        for (Map.Entry<String, List<RunnerAndConfigurationSettings>> entry : structure.entrySet()) {
          DefaultActionGroup group = entry.getKey() != null ? new DefaultActionGroup(entry.getKey(), true) : actionGroup;
          group.getTemplatePresentation().setIcon(AllIcons.Nodes.Folder);
          for (RunnerAndConfigurationSettings settings : entry.getValue()) {
            group.add(new SelectConfigAction(settings, project));
          }
          if (group != actionGroup) {
            actionGroup.add(group);
          }
        }

        allActionsGroup.add(actionGroup);
        allActionsGroup.addSeparator();
      }
    }
    return allActionsGroup;
  }

  private static class SaveTemporaryAction extends DumbAwareAction {

    public SaveTemporaryAction() {
      Presentation presentation = getTemplatePresentation();
      presentation.setIcon(AllIcons.Actions.Menu_saveall);
    }

    @Override
    public void actionPerformed(final AnActionEvent e) {
      final Project project = e.getData(CommonDataKeys.PROJECT);
      if (project != null) {
        RunnerAndConfigurationSettings settings = chooseTempSettings(project);
        if (settings != null) {
          final RunManager runManager = RunManager.getInstance(project);
          runManager.makeStable(settings);
        }
      }
    }

    @Override
    public void update(final AnActionEvent e) {
      final Presentation presentation = e.getPresentation();
      final Project project = e.getData(CommonDataKeys.PROJECT);
      if (project == null) {
        disable(presentation);
        return;
      }
      RunnerAndConfigurationSettings settings = chooseTempSettings(project);
      if (settings == null) {
        disable(presentation);
      }
      else {
        presentation.setText(ExecutionBundle.message("save.temporary.run.configuration.action.name", settings.getName()));
        presentation.setDescription(presentation.getText());
        presentation.setVisible(true);
        presentation.setEnabled(true);
      }
    }

    private static void disable(final Presentation presentation) {
      presentation.setEnabled(false);
      presentation.setVisible(false);
    }

    @Nullable
    private static RunnerAndConfigurationSettings chooseTempSettings(@NotNull Project project) {
      RunnerAndConfigurationSettings selectedConfiguration = RunManager.getInstance(project).getSelectedConfiguration();
      if (selectedConfiguration != null && selectedConfiguration.isTemporary()) {
        return selectedConfiguration;
      }
      Iterator<RunnerAndConfigurationSettings> iterator = RunManager.getInstance(project).getTempConfigurationsList().iterator();
      return iterator.hasNext() ? iterator.next() : null;
    }
  }

  private static class SelectTargetAction extends AnAction {
    private final Project myProject;
    private final ExecutionTarget myTarget;

    public SelectTargetAction(final Project project, final ExecutionTarget target, boolean selected) {
      myProject = project;
      myTarget = target;

      String name = target.getDisplayName();
      Presentation presentation = getTemplatePresentation();
      presentation.setText(name, false);
      presentation.setDescription("Select " + name);

      presentation.setIcon(selected ? CHECKED_ICON : EMPTY_ICON);
      presentation.setSelectedIcon(selected ? CHECKED_SELECTED_ICON : EMPTY_ICON);
    }

    @Override
    public void actionPerformed(AnActionEvent e) {
      ExecutionTargetManager.setActiveTarget(myProject, myTarget);
      updatePresentation(ExecutionTargetManager.getActiveTarget(myProject),
                         RunManagerEx.getInstanceEx(myProject).getSelectedConfiguration(),
                         myProject,
                         e.getPresentation());
    }

    @Override
    public boolean isDumbAware() {
      return Registry.is("dumb.aware.run.configurations");
    }
  }

  private static class SelectConfigAction extends DumbAwareAction {
    private final RunnerAndConfigurationSettings myConfiguration;
    private final Project myProject;

    public SelectConfigAction(final RunnerAndConfigurationSettings configuration, final Project project) {
      myConfiguration = configuration;
      myProject = project;
      String name = configuration.getName();
      if (name == null || name.length() == 0) {
        name = " ";
      }
      final Presentation presentation = getTemplatePresentation();
      presentation.setText(name, false);
      final ConfigurationType type = configuration.getType();
      if (type != null) {
        presentation.setDescription("Select " + type.getConfigurationTypeDescription() + " '" + name + "'");
      }
      updateIcon(presentation);
    }

    private void updateIcon(final Presentation presentation) {
      setConfigurationIcon(presentation, myConfiguration, myProject);
    }

    @Override
    public void actionPerformed(final AnActionEvent e) {
      RunManager.getInstance(myProject).setSelectedConfiguration(myConfiguration);
      updatePresentation(ExecutionTargetManager.getActiveTarget(myProject), myConfiguration, myProject, e.getPresentation());
    }

    @Override
    public void update(final AnActionEvent e) {
      super.update(e);
      updateIcon(e.getPresentation());
    }
  }
}


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startupwall
Kanika Shori
We aim to capture around 20% transactions in Indian real estate: Kanika Shori, COO, Square Yards
In an unstructured and opaque real estate industry, Square Yards is imparting innovative makeovers to the real estate industry by bringing the focus back on the convenience of the buyers.ETRealty | Updated: October 20, 2016, 18:12 IST
Square Yards intends to impart innovative makeovers to the real estate industry by bringing the focus back on the convenience of the buyers.
1) What motivated you to choose entrepreneurship?
As a NRI couple living in Hong Kong, me and Tanuj (my husband) were very keen about investing in Indian property market. Thanks to a very unstructured market led by a bunch of intermediaries, the experiences have not been very good. Other friends in India and abroad shared the same grievances indicating that the problems were widespread.
It seemed to us that there was a clear cut need of an independent and unbiased real estate advisory that cannot only guide buyers through the search and discovery process but also handhold them through the start to finish of property purchase in a convenient manner, thereby bridging all the gaps in a property purchase.Thus Square Yards was born in October 2013 in Hong Kong with a team of just 3 individuals. Today we are a prolific team of around 1000 employees with 29 offices in 9 nations.
2) What is the core aim of your business model and what kind of problems are you trying to solve?
We market and distribute portfolio of over 500 Grade-A developers to homebuyers and investors across the world. For every property sale, Square Yards charges a sales commission from the developers. It should be noted that under our revenue model nothing is charged from the buyer for the services rendered.
In an unstructured and opaque real estate industry, Square Yards is imparting innovative makeovers to the real estate industry by bringing the focus back on the convenience of the buyers. It has done this by:
a) Adoption of inventive and unbiased analytics along with usable insights to guide buyers through initial search process
b) An objective of offering 360 degree services under one roof that also includes mortgage advisory, real estate marketing, property management and much more
c) Use of a multi-modal distribution network that has a technological DNA but is augmented with a massive sales force deployed all across the country and globe
d) Build strategic partnership with developers and prepare high return focused investment products
Today in the primary real estate transaction space, Square Yards enjoy the highest annual revenue run rate of USD 30 million. It has a monthly transaction volume of 650 deals that is again highest in the nation. It has just been three years and the company is an EBITDA Positive company with strong focus on unit economics. We have been one of the pioneers in introducing some of the ground breaking technological, marketing & process innovations in Indian real estate industry.
3) How has been the experience so far of doing business in an unorganized sector like real estate?
For us the unorganized nature of the Indian real estate is not a challenge but an opportunity to capitalize upon and offer value innovations that can create a new scalable and profitable business model in real estate advisory. We realized that, like any other industry, various stakeholders in real estate, be it brokers, developer or customers, are receptive to new technology, innovative business model and any process changes which could make the transaction flow easier. We have realized that in the industry, there is a latent yearning to accept a large organized player, who could provide scale advantages in providing solutions.
4) What has been your biggest learning in the due course of establishing your business?
For us, one of the key learning over the period of time has been understanding the significance of people management. We take special pride in the fact that Square Yards not just a real estate advisory but also a HR company wherein one of the key focus has been on acquiring the right ownership driven talents and help them grow and nurture.
In Square Yards, we have pioneered the concept of Principal Partners. Today we have a team of 18 Principal Partners with each one acting as mini- CEO of their own vertical. Likewise, in sales we adopt the concept of P&L account wherein every P&L head is accountable for the profit and loss of their individual units. The mini CEO and P&L model has been very effective and had helped in cascading the strategic objectives of the organizations to every nook and corner of the organization.
5) What are the challenges you faced so far?
Like any other start up, there have been challenges in scaling up, funding, industry relationships; building processes etc.
6) Given that there are so many startups in this segment, how would you manage to get exclusive mandates from developers?
Existing real estate startups are mainly into online lead generation model for developers wherein the final closures do not happen. Square Yards is the only player that has invested in creating a multimodal online to offline (O2O) distribution network in India and large global NRI markets. We help developers sell inventory at a much faster pace and are able to get exclusive mandates by sheer virtue of our sales velocity.
7) What has been your worst business mistake, and what did you do to overcome it?
Looking at the initial success we went on an unrelenting drive towards wanting to do everything. In this due course, we got into every possible vertical in multiple cities. However, we soon realized that focused approach is mantra to success as compared to multi-tasking, and we got back to drawing board to reorient ourselves. The result was clear and prompt – we doubled our business in the space of few months.
8) Who is your role model and why?
My role model is a character played by Gina Torres in Suits series called Jessica Pearson. She is an outstanding entrepreneur in this series who knows how to hold her company together in any kind of situation. She started her career from scratch and shaped up a company which Harvard graduates aspire to be placed at.
9) Where do you see yourself and your company in 5 years from now?
In another 5 years, Square Yards aims at capturing around 20% of total transaction in the primary real estate sales in top 10 Indian Cities. Across India it aims at capturing a total share of 6%. In order to realize the potential the company believes in the following Mantra:
Square Yards will continue to consolidate its leadership role in the transaction space by further strengthening its domestic and NRI sales team in the times to come. Not to mention, the emphasis on tech enabled innovations and usage of multiple digital marketing platform that will further energize its sales endeavours. The company has also launched a mobile app called Square Connect that is working as an aggregator platform for real estate brokers. It will help brokers source deals from Grade-A builders and earn higher commissions on individual deals. Over time, a large part of Square Yards revenue will come through Square Connect. Along with domestic market, Square Yards have gradually started making its Global footprint, through International Project Marketing (IPM), that specializes in sourcing & selling International projects from across the globe.
It is also upping its ante across the various verticals of real estate value chain through its ancillary services. Its mortgage arm Square Capital is today the 3rd largest player in real estate finance advisory. Bling Marketing which is its event marketing arm is today the largest real estate focused marketing and event firm in Asia. Square Yards will very soon foray into facility management through its sister company called Square Care. In an evolving real estate landscape, that is marked by high internet penetration; Its Innovative arm Scapesworks is helping developers to effectively market their products through the use of disruptive technologies such as Augmented Realties, 3-D animation and Gamification.
(Kanika Gupta, is the co-founder & COO at Square Global. She was involved in early execution & instrumental in setting up operations of Square yards in 5 countries (Singapore, Hong Kong, London, UAE & India) from the scratch; obtaining relevant licences & approvals to operate in these countries; hiring various level of talent; setting up the framework, policies and procedures on which the company operates today. She is now in process of setting up "Bling Events" another vertical group plans to venture into.)
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The next 5k and 1 Mile Fun Run is November 4th, 2017 at 9 am and will benefit Shady Grove Elementary School.
The PRIZM Ensemble is a mixed chamber ensemble that includes a combination of woodwinds, strings, brass, and piano. We are proud to serve as a gateway into classical music, and all performances are fun, energetic, and engaging. Repertoire ranges from standard classic repertoire to accessible contemporary music. As an ensemble that is committed to chamber music education, a portion of all concerts includes performances by young musicians from all over the city.
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Does consistent color matter for your business?
Consistent color is critical for creating strong, emotion-packed messaging.
It doesn't matter whether your customers require brochures, promotional mail, fund-raising banners or catalogs — consistency is crucial to the both the brand recognition and messaging impact.
Colorful objects attract the eye and the pocketbook.
Today, nearly any size shop can find a color solution to fit within its budget and business goals.
According to one research study1, color increases brand recognition by 80%. Think Coca-Cola. McDonalds. IBM, often dubbed "Big Blue." Do their vibrant colors stand out to you? They're meant to.
Yet, the value of color consistency goes beyond brand recognition. In fact, this same study cites that color can improve reading comprehension by 73%; learning, 55-68%; and reading, 40%.
The stats are persuasive. And companies purchasing print are demanding high-value color and the ability to keep it consistent, no matter the application. As such, the push for better, more affordable digital color management tools is on. The good news is that these tools have become just that: more affordable and more versatile. What was once the domain of high-end print providers has now shifted to the "printer on the street," so to speak. Today, nearly any size shop can find a color solution to fit within its budget and business goals.
For a small subscription fee, for example, printer service providers can tap into cloud services and access color management tools that can help create a lifetime of brand recognition.
With today's advanced color management technologies, customers no longer have to settle because of color limitations. Getting the exact right color is not only possible, its affordable — thanks to improved color management.
Given the fast pace of change and challenges, should your company or department invest in color management technology now? To most effectively make this decision, let's consider the print landscape of the future.
The boundaries of color matching and color manipulation will continue to expand in high-end businesses, especially as traditional print services providers move to becoming marketing services providers, where consistent branding is crucial. Consistent color underpins consistent branding by generating a common "look and feel" across marketing channels. Correct color management can ensure that banners are highly saturated for visibility, brochures look natural and even screen prints on a T-shirt look right.
Print service providers producing "pleasing colors" will invest even more time and attention in color management. Smart color management leads to improvements in both operator efficiency and process control, which cut down on make-ready and production time — and ultimately increase the bottom line of any size business.
Print service providers will further demand color management solutions that help them run their business — not just a bunch of devices. They will insist on knowledgeable consultants who can recommend total solutions.
As with any other technology investment, color management tools do require an investment in personnel training. To cover this base, companies are purchasing the services of IDEAlliance Certified Color Management Professional Masters and Experts, who can ease the pain and speed results.
Your competitors are aiming to pump up customer satisfaction, reduce production time and waste, and lower overall costs. Choosing the right color path, the right tools and the right partner can help your business reach into a colorful new marketplace.
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Take the challenge. Take the lead.
Toby Saalfeld, Director, US Color Management, Ricoh USA, Inc., designs color management innovations that focus on the real-world needs for commercial print, in-plant, publishing, and design environments. Saalfeld raises the bar industry-wide with services and products that make color management a worthwhile investment from the design stage to final production.


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Nebraska Story. Western. Nick Graves is content to ply the trade his father taught him--that of funeral arranger and coffin maker in the lawless town of Jessup, Nebraska. A killer and former partner, Red Parks wants Graves to pay for past wrongs. He has brought along the old gang in order to target Graves' family as a way to settle the score. When an innocent woman is caught in the crossfire, Graves knows that his gunslinger days aren't yet over. Contains violence and strong language. Narrated by Pete Mayeux.
Hester, a sixteen-year-old girl, is found murdered on the outskirts of frontier San Francisco. Four young men flee on the Sacramental Trail. Four men who watched Hester grow up pursue them to avenge her death. Second sequel to The Back-Up Girl and follows the first sequel The Trials of the Western Trail. Narrated by Ben Bossard.
Texas Panhandle rancher Ben Crye has his eye on taking over adjourning ranches. He plots ways to force ranchers to sell by bringing about hard times. As their cattle are being rustled, the ranchers recruit troubleshooter John Doddling to end the onslaught against them. Contains some violence and some strong language. Narrated by Tamara Wellmann.
An undertaker with a violent past, Nick Graves finally discovers some measure of peace on the edge of the desert, in the small New Mexico town of Ocean, where he hopes to use his skills with a gun to help keep order. When a quiet rancher turns desperate in seeking revenge for the murder of his family, Nick comes to his rescue in tracking down the marauding outlaws. Contains violence and strong language. Narrated by Dan Howell.
Established in the Nebraska Sandhills by Bartlett Richards in 1888, The Spade Ranch played a role in the state's early livestock history. At its height, the ranch grew to 500,000 acres. Following the founder's death in 1911, a young neighbor and summer employee, Lawrence Bixby, worked tirelessly to preserve and maintain The Spade's holdings. Beginning in 1924, Bixby began acquiring ownership of Spade land. He lived to see the ranch entered into the National Registry of Historic Places. Narrated by Carlene Miller.


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Q: Use of Hidden Markov Models for Clustering I would like to ask whether Hidden Markov Models can be used for clustering and if so, in what cases.
I have found somewhere, references like this but practically I haven't found a way to do this. Is it possible with matlab?
Here http://www.mathworks.com/help/stats/hidden-markov-models-hmm.html#f10382  we can see only how to analyze HMMs.
I have worked once with HMM in order to predict the next possible data in a sequence of data.
The training of the model gave some distributions for the data/observations for each state.
We could say in a way that the states correspond to clusters, but what I am thinking is that one sequence of data/observations may come from a sequence of states.
What I need is to assign a sequence of data in a unique state or cluster. Is this possible?
Thank you.