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// SampSharp
// Copyright 2022 Tim Potze
//
// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
// You may obtain a copy of the License at
//
//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
//
// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
// limitations under the License.

using SampSharp.Entities;
using SampSharp.Entities.SAMP;

namespace TestMode.Entities.Systems.Tests;

public class SystemZoneTest : ISystem
{
    private GangZone _zone;

    [Event]
    public void OnGameModeInit(IWorldService worldService)
    {
        var blue = Color.Blue;
        blue.A = 128;
        _zone = worldService.CreateGangZone(0, 0, 100, 100);
        _zone.Color = blue;
        _zone.Show();
    }

    [Event]
    public void OnPlayerConnect(Player player)
    {
        _zone.Show(player.Entity);
    }
}

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Over the last few weeks I focused on answering objections to eternal security. I tried to demonstrate that it is possible to have an intellectual belief but inwardly never be a true follower of Jesus Christ. I gave this as an explanation for why some people seem to lose their salvation. I also answered two major passages that have been used to support the contention you can lose your salvation. Now I am going to argue for eternal security.
I have two friends who left their wives and children. We had been in Bible studies together and worked alongside in ministry. Each one moved out to live with another woman. Both of these men were in church leadership positions and seemed to be totally committed believers in Jesus Christ. How can this be explained?
God still sees them as Christians, just living in sin.
They never were spirit filled believers in Jesus Christ. They were religious and came close to a full commitment to Jesus Christ but in the end simply fell away.
My previous series defended against scriptures that seem to indicate you can lose your salvation. I am going to eliminate that possibility. I believe the only options are either #2 or #3.
Where does the Bible say you cannot lose your salvation?
Defending against passages that seem to imply you can lose your salvation is not where I hang my hat. What convinced me eternal security is true are the abundance and strength of passages that suggest you cannot lose your salvation.
The Apostle Paul writes when God places His stamp into our life, the Holy Spirit, it is a sign that we are His. He states we are sealed by the Holy Spirit for the day of redemption. The day of redemption points to the final end of things when we shall receive our inheritance. This is full assurance that we cannot lose our salvation. No Scripture says we can somehow become unsealed and give back the Holy Spirit. It says clearly than we are "Sealed for the day of redemption." Once we are sealed with the Holy Spirit, we are God's until the end times. This will be when Jesus comes back and we stand before Him.
Next the Apostle Paul will make a strong case that nothing can separate us from the love of God through Christ Jesus. I had a close friend ring my doorbell at 12:30am and needed to talk to me immediately. Someone at his church had argued you could lose your salvation and this teaching had caused him to fall back into depression. We talked until 2:30 in the morning. God's love was crucial in giving him comfort. Romans 8:35-39 gave him hope God loved him and would never leave him. These verses convinced him he could never lose his salvation.
Paul makes this case that God loves us so much and is so powerful that nothing in heaven (or spiritual world) or earth could ever separate us from that love. How in the world can someone say we can lose our salvation? We would have to lose the love of God. These verses say that is impossible!
Here Peter states our inheritance (salvation) is protected by the power of God. He then tells us this salvation will be revealed in the last time. Those who have trusted Christ are going to stand before Jesus at the end times and spend eternity with Him. This is a promise from God based on the power of God.
Nothing but nothing can separate us from God's love and our inheritance or salvation is secure based on the power of God. These are strong verses but there are more.


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E-Dreams: The Wild Ride of Kozmo.com
So I was watching some documentary the other night about the "cola wars," and was amused by their mention of the whole "New Coke" fiasco (that's for another entry, of course). So I hit up the old wikipedia and was eventually led to a list of notable "failures" of the dot-com variety. Perpaps none of these was so notable and precipitous as that of kozmo.com.
It turns out that there was a documentary, E-Dreams, being filmed on the fledgling company, starting way back after it's founding in the heady days of 1999. Appropriately enough, as the documentary was being filmed and put together over the next year or so, the whole thing collapsed spectacularly. This makes for a good story, and an interesting film (we watched the DVD last night). It does a good job of documenting the fall of Kozmo, but also acting as a subtle commentary on the wackiness we like to call the &quotdot-com bubble&quot that lasted up until the crash in April of 2000. Remember those times? When any average joe with a somewhat off-beat idea could take a company public while burning through hundreds of millions of dollars of capital with only the vague hope of distant profit? Reality caught up to us in a hurry during the spring and summer of 2000 and into 2001 as the Nasdaq lost more than half of its overpumped phony value.
At any rate, back to this movie in particular. See, these fresh-out-of-college investment banker kids (Joe Park and Yong Kang) had a business idea. The plan was to not only sell things online, but to deliver them to the customer in under an hour. In the course of a year, Kozmo grew from 10 employees to almost 4,000. They raised over 250 million dollars, and filed for an IPO — all while never being solidly in the black. Anyway, it was a good idea. Being in college back then, it was great to have videos, playstation games, etc. delivered to your dorm, and I was a customer.
Around the middle of it, the movie starts to take the form of a greek tragedy. The hubris, excitement and fallacies of those few unique years sticks out like a sore thumb when you realize what's coming in the summer of 2000. Of course, the money was all wasted (hiring too many people for too little work), they expanded into massively unprofitable markets (bike delivery in Los Angeles?), and put standard business fundamentals (like "profit") on the back-burner. Eventually, the IPO was pulled, the founders were ousted, and the business completely collapsed, leaving all of us without any online delivery service.
And now for an interesting postscript. In April of 2001, when Kozmo.com ceased operations out of the blue, unexpectedly and suddenly, they apparently fired everyone before they could go out and claim the dropboxes and videos contained therein placed in strategic locations around the city. Thinking quickly, someone called the local "Au Bain Pain" claiming to be from Kozmo.com and notified them that someone would be by to pick up the drop box. Such a pick-up was made, and that's how an official Kozmo.com drop box ended up in the lounge on 2ndwest for several years. I wonder where it is now?
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#1 by errhode on September 15, 2006 - 3:53 pm
When jrandall, millerja, manus, and I initially moved into Ducksberry (where now only jrandall is still a current resident), we took the Kozmo box with us, since the then-current-now-nearly-all-gone-themselves undergrads had no idea what Kozmo even was. We had hoped to train the post(wo)man into using it as our mailbox, but that never worked. As far as I know, it's still chained to the Ducksberry porch. Josh could probably confirm this.
Also, I'm pretty sure it was Amal who made the phone call and that he told them his name was Larry Sellers.
And finally, why is it that half the time I look at your site (like now), the images have been replaced by a picture of Ron Jeremy being fellated with caption reading "Whomever posted this sucks at the internet. Don't steal bandwidth."
#2 by benoc on September 15, 2006 - 3:57 pm
There is an anti-hotlinking measure in place on this site that replaces images with Ron. How do you know he is being fellated? She might just be resting her head in his lap, as the picture doesn't go down that far!
If you're getting the anti-hotlinking images, it's probably because you're viewing the site from within a frame on another site or something that's giving you a referrer tag. Let me know if it happens again and I'll look through the logs to see what the referrer tag is.
Ahh, It's bloglines. I've never used it, but apparently it's got it's own viewer that refers you to the page and images. I'll put in an exception of some sort.

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Join the eighth Human Scale Chess Game in Oakland on Saturday, August 06. The organizers need 32 volunteers with working cellphones to play the roles of the chess pieces. Sign up now by email to select the role you will play. To participate, you will need a working cellphone and a couple of free hours on Saturday August 06. Costuming is strongly encouraged; the campier, the better.


The Faith Encounter Project is a small independent organisation (registered charity 1124521) set up to promote religious harmony and social cohesion for the benefit of the public.
We are a multi-faith group working to develop mutual respect and understanding between people of all faiths and none in the West Midlands. We have pioneered the development of a Faith Guiding Course enabling faith practitioners to lead professional tours of their places of worship.
We are a charity that works in partnership with the West Midlands Faiths Forum and Birmingham SACRE to offer quality visits to places of worship of all faiths, for school groups. We also offer training programmes and workshops in faith literacy. These can be tailor made for professional bodies and companies, schools, colleges and community groups.
1. Offering a course in Faith Guiding to train Guides of all faiths to receive visitors with confidence and openness at their places of worship in the West Midlands.
2. Facilitating educational visits and programmes of faith literacy for young people and adults, mainly from the region, to promote respect and mutual understanding between people of all faiths and none.
The Birmingham Faith Encounter Project is managed by a multi faith Steering Group composed of experienced people of six different faiths and chaired by Mr Osman Sheikh.


Best Disease is also known as vitelliform macular dystrophy. This disease primarily affects the macular area and is degenerative in nature and generally begins at birth. The detection of symptoms does not readily appear and may take years, but the early lesions resembles the appearance of an egg yolk (round/oval shaped lesions and yellow in color), and the later stages resemble a scrambled egg appearance in the foveal area. With the degeneration, the patient will develop hemorrhage, abnormal blood vessel formation in the choroid, and scarring of the disc. This disease, in the late stages, is very difficult to distinguish from age related macular degeneration. Acute and permanent loss of central vision may occur in association with bleeding from new vessels. A macular hole may occasionally occur in some instances.
The patient should monitor vision daily with an Amsler grid for early detection. If someone with Best's Disease has children, there is a 50% chance they will inherit the disease. Extensive testing with EOG and ERG should be performed on any suspected patient. The abnormal EOG with a normal ERG is consistent with the diagnosis of Best's Disease.


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Michael Misha Kennedy gives minority artists a place to be seen
By Jessica Laskey
"I strongly believe that when people walk into a gallery, they deserve to see themselves reflected in the art," Michael Misha Kennedy says.
Over the past two decades, Michael Misha Kennedy has made it his life's work as both an artist and a gallery owner to make sure everyone in the Sacramento community—especially women, people of color and members of the LGBTQI community—has a place to be seen.
His eponymous Kennedy Gallery has been in operation for 13 years—and has called the stately Victorian on L Street (which once housed B-Bop Costumes) home for the past seven years.
"My gallery is proudly one of the few minority-based galleries in the region," says Kennedy, who moved to Sacramento from Portland in 2000. He immediately entrenched himself in the arts community as an art agent, managing rotating exhibits at several locations including the iconic (and now defunct) coffeeshop Butch N Nellie's.
"We have over 20 resident artists, half of whom are women and half of whom are persons of color and LGBTQI," he says of Kennedy Gallery.
Michael Misha Kennedy sites "art mom" Joanie Ferry (founder of the 20th Street Art Gallery) as one of his most important early influences while finding his footing in the local arts community. "She took me under her wing," he says. In 2006, an opportunity for the painter and art agent to open his own brick-and-mortar gallery came calling.
Not only was Michael Misha Kennedy going to have a place to call his own, but, even more thrilling, he was alive to see it happen. One year prior, an infection under a metal tooth filling landed him in a coma for more than six weeks followed by six months of recovery at Sutter. During that time, friends encouraged him to continue making art—collage and pencil works—in bed to help defer the costs of his medical care.
"Art gave me something to hold on to," Kennedy says.
Not long after the gallery opened in its first Midtown home at 21st and K, the owner of Faces nightclub approached Kennedy about taking over some of the space at 20th and K next door to Head Hunters dance club (now Mango's Sacramento). Michael Misha Kennedy initially agreed to take the front half—roughly 600 square feet—but his stable of artists were so enthusiastic about the move that they entreated him to take over the entire 3,000-square-foot space. During the first Second Saturday in the new location, Kennedy was shocked to find that nearly 3,000 people had gone through his gallery.
"We clearly had a hit on our hands," Kennedy says.
Now long considered "the Jewel of Midtown," the Kennedy Gallery has enjoyed immense success from its supportive network of artists and arts patrons who value its impressive roster of talent and highly anticipated annual exhibits. Every March, Kennedy hosts a show of his own abstract works, and every May, he hosts the prestigious "20/20 Show." For this annual exhibit, a holdover from the 20th Street Art Gallery, 20 artists produce 8-by-8-inch pieces, each based on a single theme.
The gallery also regularly partners with local charities to host mini concerts to raise money for nonprofits (an event last year raised $5,000 in one night for Sierra Forever Families). "Paying it forward is part of the Kennedy family spirit," he says.
Kennedy also happens to be one of the most titled female impersonators in the world. As drag performer Misha Rockafeller, Kennedy has won many competitions, including LaFemme Magnifique International, the world title for drag queens.
But despite the prestige, Kennedy's main goal has always been to represent his community with pride.
"We deserve to be able to tell our story," Kennedy says. "Being who I am and the struggles I've gone through inform my artwork—we always have a sense of hopefulness in our identity. We're colorful, we're tenacious and we just don't stop. I've built this gallery because we deserve to be seen and heard."
The "20/20 Show" is now on exhibit at the Kennedy Gallery at 1931 L St. For more information, visit kennedygallerysac.com.
Jessica Laskey can be reached at jessrlaskey@gmail.com.
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FCA Market Watch 60: Inside Information Systems & Controls
Kirkland Alert
The UK Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") has published Market Watch 60, its newsletter on market conduct and transaction reporting issues. This edition contains information about the FCA's view on controlling access to inside information, findings of the FCA's Thematic Review of processes controlling information flows, and its key recommendations.
MAR and Inside Information
'Inside information' under the EU Market Abuse Regulation 2016 ("MAR") is information of a precise nature that has not been made public relating directly or indirectly to one or more issuers or financial instruments that, if it were made public, would be likely to have a significant effect on the prices of those financial instruments or on the price of related derivative financial instruments.
MAR makes insider dealing, unlawful disclosure, market manipulation and attempted manipulation civil offences and gives the FCA powers and responsibilities for preventing and detecting market abuse. For breaches of MAR, the FCA can impose unlimited fines, order injunctions, or prohibit regulated firms or approved persons from conducting regulated activities.
Insider Dealing: A Criminal Offence
Insider dealing is a criminal offence under Part V of the Criminal Justice Act 1993. Under section 52, an offence is committed if an insider deals in (or encourages others to deal in) price-affected securities when in possession of inside information (or makes improper disclosure of such information). The definition of inside information in the Criminal Justice Act is broadly aligned with the definition of inside information under MAR.
Criminal sanctions for insider dealing and market manipulation can incur custodial sentences of up to seven years and unlimited fines.
FCA Findings
The FCA's review in Market Watch 60 follows the conviction of a former compliance officer in the London branch of a major investment bank, who was found guilty of five counts of insider dealing, as well as of unlawful disclosure of inside information.
The FCA commented that it recently highlighted the importance of firms being able to identify conduct risks to ensure that they have effective market abuse controls in place, both inside and outside of the firm. It notes that when investigating suspected insider dealing, it is important to establish who had access to inside information at particular points in time. The FCA stresses the need for firms in possession of inside information to maintain 'insider lists' pursuant to the legal requirements under MAR.
Market Watch 60 references the FCA's recent review of investment banks, legal advisers and other consultancies to manage access to inside information. The FCA's findings include:
large number of support staff having access to inside information;
failures to restrict access to inside information to those who need it for the proper fulfilment of their role;
absence of regular reviews of access rights;
insider lists containing generic descriptions of functions of the non-deal team, making it difficult to track and control how inside information was being communicated internally;
electronic files containing deal-specific information stored in general team folders; and
incomplete audit trails.
FCA Key Recommendations
The FCA concludes that it views a firm's inability to respond to a regulatory request with accurate records of who had access to inside information as an indication of underlying weaknesses in systems, procedures and policies of that firm. It adds that by allowing widespread and unchallenged access to inside information to individuals who do not require it to perform the proper functions of their employment, firms increase the risk of that information being disclosed unlawfully. Firms that cannot respond appropriately to FCA requests may be subject to further regulatory scrutiny.
Firms need to undertake an assessment of the nature of their businesses, the market abuse risks that may arise as a consequence, and the systems and controls that are most suited to mitigate those risks. In particular, the FCA expects firms to take reasonable steps to ensure that the risks of handling inside information are identified and appropriately mitigated.
FCA's Increased Enforcement Focus on MAR
The graph below shows a breakdown of the FCA's open enforcement investigations, compared to the same breakdown published by the FCA for the previous two years. The statistics are clear — market abuse systems, controls and surveillance are central to its regulatory activities in the wholesale financial markets.
FCA's Market Abuse Action in the Last 12 Months
Consistent with its enforcement trends, the FCA's 2019/20 Business Plan underscores its continued attention to working with issuers to increase their knowledge of MAR and ensure that their systems and controls match the market abuse risks that they and their investors face. The FCA also notes that it is producing guidance on the assessment, handling and disclosure of inside information for other industry regulators and public bodies, which will support them in understanding their obligations under MAR.
In keeping with scrutiny on both firms and individuals, the FCA published on 30 April 2019 the final notice it issued to a prime broker and hedge fund incubator fining it £409,300 related to market protection and market abuse in the trading firm sector.
The FCA's commentary in Market Watch 58 on market conduct and transaction reporting issues describes the results of the review of the industry's implementation of MAR in December 2018.
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Partner London
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22 January 2020 Kirkland Seminar Client Call: Treasury Issues Final CFIUS Regulations: What's In, What's Out and What's Next
22 January 2020 Press Release Kirkland Advises Duff & Phelps in Acquisition by Investor Consortium for $4.2 Billion
21 January 2020 Kirkland Alert U.S.-China Trade Deal: What it Does and What it Doesn't
This publication is distributed with the understanding that the author, publisher and distributor of this publication and/or any linked publication are not rendering legal, accounting, or other professional advice or opinions on specific facts or matters and, accordingly, assume no liability whatsoever in connection with its use. Pursuant to applicable rules of professional conduct, portions of this publication may constitute Attorney Advertising.
© 2019 KIRKLAND & ELLIS INTERNATIONAL LLP. All rights reserved


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Zoo Kericho v Mathare United
Mathare United striker challenges team to show character
Elvince Joshua
8:36 pm AEST 14/7/17
The 'Slum Boys' last posted a positive result way back on April 30 during a 1-0 win against against table toppers Gor Mahia
Mathare United top scorer, Chrispin Oduor cannot 'remember' the last time his side won a Kenyan Premier league match.
The 'Slum Boys' last posted a positive result way back on April 30 during a 1-0 win against Gor Mahia and as Francis Kimanzi side prepares to host Sony Sugar on Saturday at Ruaraka, Oduor has challenged the rest of the squad to come out and show their character.
"It's been a while. We've not won for a long time. I can't even remember. I am calling on all players to get the job done on Saturday," said Oduor, who will face off with his younger brother, Fredrick Onyango when Sony makes the trip to the Capital City.
"Pressure is on all of us but being a senior player, you will always be the one on the spotlight. The young players still have time to make mistakes but for us (old player), we should do it now.
"It will be a good feeling to score against Sony Sugar. I expect my younger brother to play too, and that I score against Sony and hopefully win."
Mathare United are currently 17th in the 18-team table with only 11 points from 15 matches.


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For the past 5 years, C-Mal Productions has been gaining attention for his unique style of beats being produced. Their are multiple catalogs of beats to meet the needs of every artist.
Indirectly, C-Mal Productions has gained wide-spread attention for engineering, recording, mixing, and mastering. These skills are 5 years in the making and continue to get better each day. Come let us assist in bringing out the musical genius in you.
Tired of "facebook marketing"? We use an aggressive/organized marketing strategy, based on research of your unique situation. This allows for better results that won't be a duplicate of any of artist around you.
C-Mal Productions has over 10 projects that can be downloaded for free on sites such as LiveMixtapes, DatPiff, Spinrilla, and many others. They include beat mixtapes, Hip-Hop mixtapes, and most known compilation of its kind, The Man Behind The Beats mixtape; A compilation of the best songs produced by C-Mal Productions.
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29/01/2016 · Hi Travis, As I understand it, you changed the Skype for Business Contact Card in SharePoint successfully, but the changes doesn't show on Outlook clients, and the contact cards information is incorrect on Outlook Client.
All the contacts you have on your iPhone will be backed up to your SIM card. Now if you want to move these contacts that are on your SIM to your iPhone, go to Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars > Import SIM Contacts.
2/10/2008 · All you have to do is take the sim out and pop it in a phone that has the my number option in the phone book [most nokia's do], then simply write in your number and it gets saved to the sim card and will show up at the top when you put it back in your iphone.


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Crimes in a village-in-city : the case study of Tang Village in Shenzhen
城中村犯罪研究 : 以深圳唐村為例
Zhanguo LIU
https://scholars.cityu.edu.hk/en/theses/theses(19bc6732-bdd9-48aa-ae53-94ca23adb852).html
As a special social phenomenon, villages-in-city were created during the rapid urbanization in China. Rapid urbanization brings villages-in-city a high density of population and buildings and a lack of municipal facilities and public services, and all these factors have generated numerous crimes, making villages-in-city the crime hotspots of city. This study aimed to establish an analytical framework by integrating existing crime theories to analyze villages-in-city. Thus, the individual, community, and macro levels of crime analysis were integrated to establish a comprehensive analytical framework designed to describe the diverse key factors of the causes of crimes at multiple levels. Among the villages-in-city in Shenzhen, Tang Village, which had 20,737 floating people and 215 residential buildings, was chosen for this in-depth study. The methodological practices used were in-depth interviews, participant observation and archive studies. At the community level, Tang Village showed obvious features of a socially disorganized community, namely, poverty, high residential mobility, and high heterogeneity. At the individual level, the suitable targets in Tang Village were analyzed in terms of defense awareness, living space, economic prosperity, popularization of electronic products, and routine living. The daily activities of migrant workers in villages-in-city are very restricted. Making substantial changes may be difficult for migrant workers even though they have been victims of burglary and robbery. As to the offenders, the monotonous operation of the factories in the village adds pressure on the migrant workers. Two factors play important roles in leading the youths into crime. One factor is the originality and regional network, and the other factor is the influence of gangs. Robbery, theft, fighting, threats, monopoly, and gambling comprise the diversified survival system of offenders. The crime prevention system comprises various forces in Tang Village, such as the police, comprehensive assistant coordinator (Zonghe Xieguan Yuan, 综合协管员 ), security guard, landlord and technical prevention. However, every security force seems to be facing its own problems, which have weakened crime prevention in this village. At the macro level, for over a decade, various external forces have brought great changes to Tang Village. Social policy and social movement can rapidly reduce the number of crimes in Tang Village, however, they lead to the displacement of crimes. Governmental investment and construction projects in nearby areas do not appear to have obvious effects on crime rate in the whole city of Shenzhen, but from the long-term point of view, these two factors will basically destroy the social structure and system that fosters crime in Tang Village. Crimes in villages-in-city are not driven by simple criminal behaviors. Continuous construction of buildings, poor economic situation of residents, and limited space have turned these villages into suitable environments for breeding criminals. However, changes in the urban area structure have also changed the population structure of the village, which, in turn, changed the structure of the community. Viewed in terms of life course, the problem of crime in villages-in-city is a problem of community reorganization, not just disorganization, which involves changing an old balanced state to a new balanced state. In general, villages-in-city are very similar to slums in the West in terms of physical appearance and related social and environmental problems. Nevertheless, villages-in-city are essentially different from slums. Social disorganization in slum areas is caused by economic recession; however, the social disorganization or reorganization of village-in-city community has been caused by fast economic development.
Rural conditions, Villages, Urbanization, China, Crime, Shenzhen Shi, Tang Cun (Shenzhen Shi, China), Shenzhen Shi (China)


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Takasa (The Ansemble Known As Salvation Army) (dříve Heilsarmee) je švýcarská hudební skupina, která 15. prosince 2012 zvítězila v národním kole do Eurovision Song Contest 2013 a v květnu 2013 reprezentovali Švýcarsko v mezinárodním kole ve švédském Malmö. Skupinu tvoří šest členů švýcarské Armády spásy.

Eurovision Song Contest 2013
Takasa se zúčastnili pod jménem Heilsarmee švýcarského národního kola s písní "You and Me". 15. prosince v přímém přenosu soutěže získali 37% diváckých hlasů, nejvíce ze všech účastníků.

Dva dny po vítězství v národním kole Evropská vysílací unie, která soutěž Eurovize pořádá, oznámila, že skupina musí změnit svůj název a kostýmy, neboť užíváním jména Heilsarmee (= "Armáda spásy") a oficiálních uniforem této organizace porušuje pravidlo o nepolitickém a nekomerčním sdělení. Skupina přijala nařízení a 14. března oznámila, že v Malmö vystoupí pod jménem Takasa. V druhém semifinále obsadili 13. místo se ziskem 41 bodů. Jak však později vyplynulo ze zveřejněných materiálů EBU, Takasa by v případě užití výhradně diváckých hlasů postoupila z pátého místa.

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Švýcarští účastníci Eurovision Song Contest
Účastníci Eurovision Song Contest 2013
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Contemporary town home with tall ceilings and open floor plan. Special features include a rooftop terrace overlooking downtown, balcony and a private gated courtyard. Great location within walking distance to EquinoxGym, Turtle Creek, Katy Trail and many shops and restaurants.


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Every so often, I get into a reading rut. I'll start a number of books, but I just can't seem to get through them. For someone who reads as much as I do, this is incredibly frustrating. For one thing, I have a rule that no book is allowed on my list unless I've finished it. For another, I can spin my wheels this way for weeks on end. For some reason, this lull seems to take place in the summer.
The lull has struck again. I have completed 16 books this year. 14 of those came prior to June. In June, July and half of August, I have completed only 2 books. I started many. But I just can't get through them. Most recently, I started The Executioner's Song, which is outstanding, but it's just not what I feel like reading now. And so, after 250 pages, I'm giving up for the time being. When I picked up that book this weekend, I was really looking for something else–I was looking for some good science fiction. Instead, I got sidetracked. In fact, the only two books that I've read recently have been good science fiction. That's still what my mood desires. So.
Tonight, I am starting another book that I hope will kill the lull. Believe it or not, in all of the reading I have done, I have never read Danergous Visions by Harlan Ellison cover to cover. I've read many of the stories in the book before. I own two copies of the book (both signed by Ellison in person back when I was living in L.A. just a few blocks from the bookstore with the same name). I first got my hands on the book in 1993 at Book Store Santa Cruz. I remember passing the time up there skimming the stories, reading some of them, skipping others. Now I think that it's about time I corrected the oversight. I am going to read the whole thing, cover-to-cover. And if that goes well, I've got Again, Dangerous Visions queued up and ready.
Incidentally, the copy that I am reading is an old, beat up paperback edition that I picked up in another bookstore, Iliad Books. It is falling apart. Literally. A whole portion, pages 521-552 can be pulled out of the book. But thumbing the pages across my nose, It smells like an old bookstore. To me that is like pheromones, like an aphrodisiac. There is no smells quite so sweet.
Bibliophiles out there know what I mean.


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Russian Military in Syria Shoots Down Two Militant Drones
09:05 AM, August 13, 2018
Russian military planes in Syria (Image: Odiaspora)
The Russian military near the Hmeymim airbase in Syria has shot down two drones launched by militants.
"During the past day, radars of the Russian airbase at Hmeymim spotted two unmanned aerial vehicles launched from the Idlib de-escalation zone controlled by illegal armed groups. The airbase's missile defense systems downed these air targets at a safe distance from the base. No one was hurt, no material damage was done. The Russian airbase is operating routinely," chief of the Russia Center for Reconciliation of the Opposing Parties Alexei Tsygankov was quoted as saying by Tass Sunday.
The Russian reconciliation center has called on commanders of illegal armed groups to stop armed provocations and embark on a path of peaceful settlement of the situation in the areas under their control.
Spanish Fighter Jet 'Accidentally' Fires Air-Air Missile Near Russian Border
A Spanish fighter aircraft accidently fired an air-air missile while flying on a NATO air patrol near the Russian border with Estonia on Tuesday. A Eurofighter Typhoon 2000 equipped with AMRAAM type missiles was on...
Russian Helicopters Plans Upgraded Mi-26Т2В Flight at Army-2018
Russian Helicopters will for the first time present the latest Mi-26T2V heavy helicopter developed for the Ministry of Defence during the Army-2018 International Military-Technical Forum in Moscow later this month. The prototype was manufactured at Rostvertol...
Russia Offers to Help South Korea Build Nuclear Propulsion For Ships
Russia has offered to help South Korea build a ready-to-operate nuclear power plant for maritime propulsion using the RITM-200 reactor as a basis for its design, JSC Afrikantov OKBM, said in a 2017 annual report...
Russian Space Agency To Spend $24 Billion for Super Heavy Carrier Rocket
Russias State Space Corporation Roscosmos has launched a federal program for creating a super-heavy carrier rocket, Dmitry Rogozin, Roscosmos Chief said on Monday. The creation of the super-heavy carrier rocket and the construction of the corresponding...
App Warns Syrians of Air Strikes
Two US individuals have introduced an early warning alert system that warns Syrians of an incoming attack before the strike on the city happens, according to a report by Reuters. The warning system, known as Sentry,...
Russian Su-34 Jets Destroy Drone-factory of Pro-West Terrorists in Syria's Idlib
Two Russian Sukhoi-34 planes destroyed a factory of the pro-West Jabhat al-Nusra rebel group in Syrias Idlib province on Tuesday where the militants were making attack drones and had kept explosives in store. Besides, on September...
Russia to Roll-out First Prototype of Modernized Tu-22M3M Bomber Thursday
August 15, 2018 @ 09:10 AM
Russia is set to roll-out the first prototype of modernized long-range missile carrier-bomber Tu-22M3M on August 16. The first prototype of a deeply modernized long-range missile carrier-bomber Tu-22M3M was created, Interfax was told in the press...


"I am so not good at guitar and not perfect in a whole lot of ways, and that is so totally okay. I'm tired of social media being a way to make ourselves look perfect with edits and cuts and time to think, so this is my attempt at making my social media raw and real."
She posted a video of herself singing- with no makeup on, in an XL t-shirt, with a messy bun. Enough said. That takes guts.
She messed up a few times but kept going. This wasn't a highlight reel- it was just plain real.
She laughed at herself when she messed up. C'mon, thats tough to do! We are so hard on ourselves. Let's vow to shake off the little things and keep truckin' with a smile.
She spoke life and encouragement. This is rare. We need more of it.
Next time you need a pick me up watch this video and soak up the lyrics. All you need is a lil' push to remind yourself that life is more than the critics and that you are more than your Facebook friends, instagram followers, or photo with bad lighting. In the words of Ashtyn, "it's gonna be okay."


Justine Aichelberger and Jesse Seads met at a Halloween party seven years ago, so when the young man was plotting a surprise marriage proposal recently, he was determined to include pumpkins — many pumpkins — in his plan.
The romantic groom-to-be pulled out a diamond engagement ring when the pumpkin message came into view. A stunned Aichelberger said, "Yes," and the couple celebrated their engagement with some high-flying selfies and a glass of champagne.
Seads had enlisted the help of his parents, Douglas and Julie, friend Andreas Bokelman and 95-year-old neighbor Jim Squire for the tricky task of rolling hundreds of pumpkins precisely into place.
"We got really lucky I think it just turned out really well," Seads told vancouverislandfreedaily.com.
The flight continued from Saanichton northwest to scenic Courtenay, where the couple gathered with friends and family at a cabin on the beach.
Seads said the pumpkin proposal was well worth the effort.
"Any time she thinks of pumpkins in the future or sees pumpkins, pumpkin pies or whatever, she will think of our engagement day," Seads told cheknews.ca.
The couple has yet to announce a wedding date.
Credits: Flight images by Justine Aichelberger. Screen captures via cheknews.ca.


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Witchcraft Chronicles®
We are honored that you have found your way to our door. Please come on in have a cup of freshly brewed tea and sit with us for a spell.
We welcome you our new friend to our online home. Our site is a place of peace and refuge from the outside world filled with the Love and Presence of Our Goddess. You will not be judged for you are amongst friends. We offer friendship, fellowship and most of all knowledge. With knowledge the truth and beauty about our Religion can be spread. Witchcraft can then take its rightful place back into today's mainstream Religions. This is our dream, this is our home, this is what we offer to you. We hope you find everything you seek amongst our walls. Safe journey on your Path, my dear brother or sister!
The Witches' Craft
Many people believe that witchcraft began concurrently with our human civilization. Witches and their craft were said to be the outcomes of the people's fear of the unknown as well as its effect in making daily living either easy or difficult. Both men and women practiced witchcraft although old and seasoned women were the ones who primarily performed it. Many people believe that witchcraft began concurrently with our human civilization. Witches and their craft were said to be the outcomes of the people's fear of the unknown as well as its effect in making daily living either easy or difficult. Both men and women practiced witchcraft although old and seasoned women were the ones who primarily performed it.
Long ago, witches served as mediators between the people and the inexplicable super powers including angels and spirits. Each time that a witch resolved a mysterious problem, her performance was considered as magic. Magic was then discerned as a process, which cannot be explained easily through logical analysis. In order to resolve a mysterious problem, a witch prayed to the spirits or higher powers for guidance and help by carrying out rituals. The entire process was referred to as witchcraft.
Based on the research of many scholars, the existence of witchcraft and witches is said to date back to the Paleolithic period. Most cultures and societies around the world were said to practice witchcraft, which was then considered an earth-based religion. Since then, the practice of witchcraft evolved.
Today, the present form of witchcraft is rather different from its original form five thousand years earlier. Even the terms used for witchcraft have changed. Wicca is probably the oldest term used for witchcraft while other words came out including sorcery, witchery, occultism, wizardry, black magic, voodoo, bewitchment, and magick among others.
Witches in Ancient Times
During the ancient times, the central source of living was agriculture. Even before that, agricultural activities and outcomes depended on the seasons. Successively, the seasons were linked with the movements of the sun, moon, and Earth as ancient people believed in gods, goddesses, and spirits, which they also associated with the sun, moon, and Earth.Traditional witches also believe in spirits and that they are equally a part of the universe. On the other hand, they think that the spirit world and the physical world are separate, although they are connected with each other. In addition, during the night of Samhain, the veil of separation between these two worlds becomes obtuse. Thus, they call upon the spirits for support and guidance.
The completion of harvest and the sowing of new seeds in the New Year mark the end of the agricultural year. For this reason, traditional witches and pagans regard Samhain as their New Year. A pentagram represents the basic elements including the earth, water, air, fire, and spirit. The completion of harvest and the sowing of new seeds in the New Year mark the end of the agricultural year. For this reason, traditional witches and pagans regard Samhain as their New Year. A pentagram represents the basic elements including the earth, water, air, fire, and spirit.
Characteristics of a True Witch
In general, "witch" is a term that refers to a male or female. A witch can be both genders and it should be noted that a male witch is never, ever referred to as a warlock(warlock means oath breaker, betrayer, liar, someone who has broken the witches law and their name is never to be spoken again). A witch, on the other hand, is a deeply religious individual who is usually pure in heart and practices witchcraft through combining meditation and spiritual elements. In addition, a witch is a gifted individual who may seem to have supernatural abilities. A witch displays compassion and practices witchcraft without any hidden motives. More often than not, a witch works for others who are suffering and in pain, bringing them relief and comfort.
Generally, a witch is often misunderstood as an evil individual and maligned for bringing unfortunate circumstances to another person. However, in today's society, witches along with their beliefs and practices have regained their lost ground and earned the respect of the society. The term witch is now being brought back to its old name, Wicca.
There are several characteristics of a true witch. By using the word "true" as in the case of a witch, it means that he/she believes in no greater power than his or herself. They do call on the Divine and the Deities for assistance in their magickal workings but still consider themselves all powerful. They do know about the three-fold law but are more than willing to suffer the consequences of their actions. For instance, a witch employs witchcraft for healing, especially of unexplained health problems. Normally, a witch uses her personal abilities or powers combined with energies from candles, herbs, stones, and other natural materials. A witch employs witchcraft to ameliorate mankind as well as the world. A witch does not hurt people and more importantly, she does not worship the devil.
A witch derives her strength primarily from nature including earth, water, air, and fire. She believes that water is able to purify; fire is able to cleanse and transport an individual into the spiritual world; and air enshrouds an individual and lifts them to the freedom of the skies and divine. A witch believes that the air unites with her spirit, allowing it to float in the sky freely. A witch reaches an uplifted state through perseverance and meditation. In some cases, a witch is born with special talents that allow her to achieve an uplifted state more easily than other individuals.
In reality, a witch is not a wicked being or an ugly hag as depicted in most books, movies, and other forms of media. She is just an ordinary looking person who can be your next-door neighbor. She can be a hardworking housewife who attends to the needs of her family and does daily chores.
A witch also has emotions although she can function at a larger level rather than personal. For instance, if she is sad, it can be caused by the world's suffering and not just because of a personal matter. A witch can pick up on any cosmic disturbance that might be occurring, her emotions can also be determined by that factor.
A female witch is different from an ordinary woman in the sense that the former can connect with her goddess. This connection is intended for her soul to achieve a state of oneness.
A witch carries out her craft by utilizing a number of rituals alone or with a coven. More often than not, rituals are done in at an altar or she might be fortunate enough to have a room dedicated to her altar. Witchcraft rituals and spells involve intent. In order for a witch to properly and effective cast a spell she always has to have the intent to make the spell come to fruition. Without the intent and determination of the witch to see the ritual or spell through, no magick will occur. Any witch can cast a spell for you but she doesn't have any personal stake in the spell. Her spellcasting would not be as effective as the individual wanting the spell cast. The witch will tell you it is always best that you cast your own spells.
A true witch does not do anything to utilize witchcraft to damage a living or non-living thing. Given that a witch believes that retaliation can be a lot worse than her act. A true witch believes that whatever you do, regardless if it is good or bad, will come back to you threefold.
Although it can be difficult to determine if someone you know or someone who lives just next door is a witch, some witches wear a Pentacle or pentagram, which looks like a five-pointed star. A pentagram is a symbol that represents the five elements of nature. It does not represent the worship of anything but nature.
Modern-day Witches
Based on tradition, there were more male witches than females in some societies. Today, however, females dominate Witchcraft but that is changing at a very rapid pace. Men are realizing witchcraft is not only for women but also for them as well. In the last decade the number of men that have joined and dedicated themselves to witchcraft has jumped by leaps and bounds.
Based on studies, modern witches began to emerge through Gerald Gardner, an English archaeologist with a broad background in the occult. He learned the secrets of the Malaysian magical knife while he lived in Southeast Asia. He then became a nudist and a Mason. When he returned to England in 1939, he became a member of the Corona Fellowship of Rosicrucians. He met Dorothy Clutterbuck, who introduced him to witchcraft.
Gardner wrote the book, "Witchcraft Today," which implied that he did not come across a pre-existing coven. In addition, Gardner also wrote a paper that was published in Ripley's Believe It or Not. He disclosed that he acquired his magical resources and some Western magical texts in Asia. In his paper, Gardner also disclosed that he created a new religion, which is primarily focused on the worship of the Mother Goddess.
From there, the focus of modern witchcraft is on the worship of the Mother Goddess as initiated by Gardner. His beliefs and writings were significantly influenced by Freemasonry, Theosophy, The Golden Dawn, ritual and sex magic, and other occult sources resulting in the emergence of modern-day witchcraft or Wicca.
Beliefs and Practices of Modern-day Witches
Modern-day witches have an extensive range of beliefs and practices. On the other hand, there are distinct principles, which came from Gardnerian Wicca although traditional witchcraft beliefs and practices are diverse. Some of the beliefs of modern-day witches include:
Developing natural gifts for occult magic or divination
The Goddess is the focus of worship
Everyone has a spiritual path to follow
Everyone is innately divine
Natural or divine forces are called forth in rituals
The earth and nature are sacred representations of the Goddess
Rituals are associated with the moon phases and the seasons
Intentions, visualization, mediation, invocation, burning candles, and chanting reinforce the religion's core belief
More often than not, these beliefs and practices are combined with doctrines from other groups such as mystical traditions, ancient Egyptian spirituality, Native American spiritual practices, Celtic/ Norse paganism, Eastern Shamanism, and Greek and Roman goddess worship. Just like Wicca, these groups also have significant reverence in nature and peace. They likewise believe that human beings will always be at peace when they are in harmony with nature.
Modern-day witches also make use of divination methods and tools including astrology, tarot cards, the I Ching, candle magick, psychic readings, runes, and other mystical practices, which is assumed that these methods of divination are also encouraged by most witchcraft covens. The covens tend to keep their practices and rituals to themselves and you will rarely find a coven ready to divulge their secrets to you.
True witches also make use of other symbols including the Ankh, which is an Egyptian cross-like symbol associated with (the goddess) Isis worship; pentagram and pentacle, which is a five-pointed star used for spells, protection, and conjuring among others; crystals, which are believed to have spiritual and healing properties; and the crescent moon, which is considered as a symbol of the Goddess.
On the other hand, true witches do not believe in forgiveness since that they do not believe in sin. When there is no sin, there is no need for forgiveness. In the same way, witches do not believe in salvation given that there is nothing to be redeemed from.
When it comes to matters of the afterlife, different covens and witchcraft groups vary in their positions. In general, witches do not have a concept of heaven or hell. Most witches believe in endless reincarnation and the law of karma. These witches believe that reincarnation will occur incessantly until an individual is enlightened sufficiently to move on to another plane of existence.
The beliefs of true witches and Wiccans are in agreement with most humanist religions, which are common in many modern societies. Most witches and wiccans believe in the "harm none" practice in witchcraft. As the three-fold law states, "Do as ye will, as long as ye harm none." A witch knows she is given her power and ability for the betterment of mankind and Mother Earth. A witch is is assist man in any way she can as long as it is for the good of all.
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Aamir Khan marks 20 years of 'Lagaan' with special message in 'Laal Singh Chaddha' look
Aamir Khan marks 20 years of 'Lagaan' : As legendry movie Lagaan has completed its 20 years, actor Amir Khan took to Instagram to share his first look for his upcoming film 'Laal Singh Chaddha'. He also shared his memories of the movie which was released in 2001.
New Delhi [India], June 15 (ANI): As the Oscar-nominated film 'Lagaan' completes 20 years on the horizon of Indian cinema, Aamir Khan Productions banner shared a heartfelt video message of Aamir from his upcoming film 'Laal Singh Chaddha's look. It's a special day for Indian cinema as the cult-classic 'Lagaan' completes 20 years today. The iconic film not only changed the game in the landscape of Indian movies but was also Aamir Khan Productions' first cinematic offering.
As the production banner also celebrates its 20th anniversary, actor-filmmaker Aamir Khan shot a special video that was shared by his company's team on their Instagram handle. Through the video, the superstar thanked not only everyone involved in the making and journey of the film but also fans and cinema enthusiasts for all the love they showered on 'Lagaan'. Aamir is seen dressed as an army officer in the video as he was shooting for his upcoming next film 'Laal Singh Chaddha', after the pack up of which he shot for this video, as mentioned by him.
Also read: Aamir Khan resumes Laal Singh Chaddha with minimal crew
Aamir Khan marks 20 years of 'Lagaan' with special message
The actor also shared how he was heading back from the shoot and will be joining the entire cast and crew for a conference video call to celebrate this day with everyone virtually, given the times we are in. In the heartfelt message, the superstar also mentioned that while they faced several challenges in its making, it also brought them much more happiness, memories and relationships. On a related note, '#MyLagaan' has been trending on social media today as netizens and fans of the superstar have been sharing their memories of watching 'Lagaan' 20 years ago.
Speaking of 'Lagaan', the movie was released two decades ago on June 15. The film revolved around a group of villagers who fight the Britishers for tax reduction via a cricket match. It's set in 1893, during the late Victorian period of India's colonial British Raj. On the occasion of the film completing 20 years, Netflix India announced a special surprise for the 'Lagaan' fans. Reportedly, the cast and crew of the movie are coming together for a reunion special, titled 'Chale Chalo Lagaan – Once Upon an Impossible Dream'. Apart from Aamir Khan, actors Gracy Singh, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Raghubir Yadav, Yashpal Sharma and Akhilendra Mishra among many others were also featured in the 2001 released film.
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Just started Vanishing Point by Danielle Ramsay, the second in the DCI Jack Brady series. I was lucky enough to meet Danielle recently, after hearing her speak at Bloody Scotland, and she was lovely, plus hearing her speak about her influences, books and characters was just fascinating. If this is anything like her debut novel, Broken Silence, I'll be through it like a scolded whippet.


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A: Try this:
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Domdidier är en ort och tidigare kommun i distriktet Broye i Fribourg, Schweiz. Den 1 januari 2016 slogs kommunerna Domdidier, Dompierre, Léchelles och Russy samman och bildade kommunen Belmont-Broye.

Domdidier är centralort i kommunen Belmont-Broye.

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The Leading Beacon
Mr. Kidar Nath Bansal
Chairman, CRNK Group
Mr. Kidar Nath Bansal is a man with strong leadership qualities. A business strategist and a man with a creative mind, Mr. Bansal holds good knowledge and experience in serving clients with assured results through all his developments. With his research and analytic skills, he understands the market requirements and how CRC as a Group can satiate all the desires. Moreover, he also aims in creating a work environment, where each employee has a scope to thrive. With an aim of making CRC Group a company of choice, he focuses in creating milestones that stand tall as fine examples of time.
Mr. Satish Garg
Founder & MD, CRC Group
A visionary who has a strong hold in finance, Mr. Satish Garg is an entrepreneur who holds a plethora of knowledge. Mr. Garg has always aimed for optimum client satisfaction in everything that he ventures. His dedication and commitment towards the Group has helped in creating a fabulous impression in the minds of every clients and customers that the Group has served. Mr. Garg aspires to revolutionize the real estate industry, which is quite evident in each developed project by CRC. With an extensive experience in delivering quality and reliability, Mr. Garg thrives in assuring every customer what they desire.
Mr. Kunal Bhalla
Founder & CEO, CRC Group
Mr. Kunal Bhalla is a man with strong leadership qualities. A business strategist and a man with a creative mind, Mr. Bhalla holds good knowledge and experience in serving clients with assured results through all his developments. With his research and analytic skills, he understands the market requirements and how CRC as a Group can satiate all the desires. Moreover, he also aims in creating a work environment, where each employee has a scope to thrive. With an aim of making CRC Group a company of choice, he focuses in creating milestones that stand tall as fine examples of time.
Mr. Sanjiv Kathuria
COO, CRC Group
Mr. Sanjiv Kathuria is a sales professional par excellence with a comprehensive and diverse experience of three decades in real estate, manufacturing and education sectors. He has driven business growth through contribution across multiple domains. He has been previously associated with ATS Group as Deputy Chief Operating Officer and Executive Director


BIRMINGHAM have signed Manchester United keeper Ben Foster.
England international Ben Foster has joined Birmingham for an undisclosed fee, on a three year contract.
Foster, 27, found opportunities limited at Manchester United and fell down the pecking order behind Edwin van der Sar and Tomasz Kuszczak.
Blues boss Alex McLeish said: "We've signed another young hungry goalkeeper who wants to prove himself and live up to his potential."
McLeish was looking to strengthen his goalkeeping department having lost Joe Hart, who has returned to Manchester City.


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+ Update on Skanska Brasil
Skanska in Brazil
Skanska sells its 50-percent share in PPP highway Autopista Central with a gain after tax of approximately SEK 5 billion
12/29/2010 8:30 AM CET
Skanska is selling its 50-percent share in the company that owns the PPP highway concession Autopista Central in Santiago, the capital of Chile. The buyer is Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo), one of Canada's largest institutional management firms managing funds on behalf of the Province of Alberta, certain public pension and endowments.
The buyer is acquiring the Skanska-owned Swedish holding companies that own the 50-percent share in Autopista Central. The gain on sale after tax amounts to approximately SEK 5 billion and corresponds to a gain of SEK 12 per share in Skanska. The transaction will generate a positive net cash flow of approximately SEK 6 billion.
The deal is conditioned upon approval from the bond guarantor and necessary amendments to the financing agreements. It's also conditioned upon receiving these approvals within nine months. The gain will be recognized when all conditions are achieved which is expected to occur in 2011, at the earliest in the second quarter.
"This deal gives a very good result for Skanska and our shareholders. The investment in Autopista Central is Skanska's most successful ever," says Johan Karlström, Skanska's President and CEO.
Skanska Infrastructure Development is a leader in the global PPP market. The business unit invests in, develops and operates roads, hospitals, schools, power plants and other social infrastructure in partnership with the public sector.
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Dine with the Niners at Bourbon Steak & Pub
Local legend Michael Mina brings his great taste to Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara
August 20, 2015 // By Tom Molanphy
San Francisco Local Expert August 20, 2015
Bourbon Steak at Levi's Stadium — Photo courtesy of Tom Molanphy
Almost too many faces to count will be absent from the San Francisco 49ers in 2015. The headline departures – including Head Coach Jim Harbaugh, linebacker Patrick Willis and running back Frank Gore – were Pro Bowl players that will surely be missed. But there's one all-star that will be returning after a stellar rookie season: Michael Mina, the beloved culinary genius of San Francisco.
Michael Mina exploded onto the highly competitive San Francisco food scene in 1991, when he opened the now-famous Aqua restaurant. And like legendary 49er quarterback Joe Montana, Mina has made a lasting impact on the San Francisco culture.
He kept that legacy growing by taking the risk of opening a restaurant in a football stadium last year, to the surprise of many.
Levi's Stadium, home of the San Francisco 49ers and Bourbon Steak & Bourbon Pub — Photo courtesy of Tom Molanphy
But one year in, the reviews have been consistent: Michael Mina's Bourbon Steak & Pub at Levi's Stadium has re-imagined what football food can be. Borrowing from the success of the original Bourbon Steak in San Francisco's Union Square, Bourbon Steak & Pub in Levi's Stadium will have football fans wondering why they ever settled for popcorn and corn dogs in the first place!
Realizing that a rowdy crowd and fun food can add an essential atmosphere to a football game, Mina expertly separated the pub from the restaurant.
Bourbon Pub "reinvents pub fare," with starters like Avocado Toast (crushed avocado, shaved radish and grilled sourdough) and inventive happy hour specials like K. F. C. (Korean fried chicken wings, gochujang sauce and pickles).
The big Bourbon Burger! — Photo courtesy of Bourbon Pub
And for those ready to step up to an "all-pro" level of dining, Bourbon Steak (the restaurant) has everything you'd find in the sizzling San Francisco dining scene about 40 miles north of the stadium, such as a decadent ahi tuna tartare (Asian pear, pine nuts, scotch bonnet, mint and sesame) and enough steak options to feed an entire offensive line: filet mignon, Tajima skirt steak and the so-called Tomahawk Chop for Two, just to name a few.
The elegant Bourbon Restaurant dining room. — Photo courtesy of Bourbon Restaurant
Whether you're eating in the pub or the restaurant, you'll be eating local, organic veggies and environmentally sustainable meat and fish, the signature choices of all California cuisines.
"If you're not using what California has to offer, you shouldn't run a restaurant in California," says Chef Chris Curtiss.
Whether you're a veteran San Francisco 49er fan or just a visitor in the Bay Area who's willing to try something new, consider a trip to Bourbon Steak & Pub at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara.
It's no rookie mistake.
49ers fan store at Levi's Stadium — Photo courtesy of Tom Molanphy
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Tom Molanphy has lived in the Bay Area since 2000. Like everyone else in the Bay Area, he's worried about the 2015 49ers but not worried about Michael Mina.
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Dr. Christine Becker is an Associate Professor in the Department of Film, Television, and Theatre at the University of Notre Dame specializing in film and television history and critical analysis. Her book It's the Pictures That Got Small: Hollywood Film Stars on 1950s Television (Wesleyan University Press, 2009) won the 2011 IAMHIST Michael Nelson Prize for a Work in Media and History. She is currently working on a research project comparing contemporary American and British television production and programming. She is also a producer and co-host for the Aca-Media podcast, the official podcast of the Society for Cinema and Media Studies, and she runs the News for TV Majors Twitter feed (@N4TVM).
As an author, what has especially attracted you to the era of early American television?
I was initially interested in early TV secondarily by extension of my interest in stardom. I was interested in Hollywood stardom and discovered there hadn't been much written on what movie stars did when TV arrived, so that drove my research. Once I started to dig into that topic, I become fascinated by the broader question of how a medium starts up from scratch and what methods and codes it draws from and creates of its own.
In your book It's the Pictures that Got Small, you discuss how early TV was not a haven for the Hollywood has-been, but a new medium for better and more creative roles for actors trapped in the grind of the studio system who may have found themselves typecast. What are among the early TV performances of these stars that you feel was only possible in television?
The figure who most captivated me during my research was Faye Emerson. She seems like the kind of person about whom you would say "If TV didn't exist, she would have invented it." She was just so good at projecting a heightened personality in a live setting and making the viewer feel both like a familiar friend and special.
How have you come to view programming in your research from the 1948-60 era, including Favorite Story, a syndicated series you profiled in "A Syndicated Show in a Network World: Frederic Ziv's Favorite Story," Journal of Radio Studies (Summer 2001): 160-174?
Archives are indispensable! I was able to view Favorite Story and other shows in such archives as the UCLA Film and TV Archive, the Museum of Film and Television (which might now be the Paley Center?), and the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theatre Research. I also stumbled upon an archive of Frederic Ziv materials at the University of Cincinnati. When you're doing TV research, it's a patchwork quilt of resources and you find what you can where you can.
The sad thing is that very few of the companies who create TV have any interest in archiving it unless they think they can make money from it. There is no altruism. So it's up to public entities to take on the charge of preserving our TV history. TV shows are incredible resources of national and local culture, politics, law, and sociology, and they should be preserved the same as we'd preserve our most essential documents.
This would be invaluable. Especially from the standpoint of teaching TV history to today's young people, where if they can't see it, it doesn't exist for them. So having a community to collect and collate visual resources is vital to the future of teaching TV history.
There are a few episodes of Mr. Adams and Eve on YouTube, and I would stand by that show as one of the cleverest sitcoms ever to grace the small screen.
Click here to see a description of Mr. Adams and Eve: "Academy Award" on SaveTV.tv's catalog of 1948-60 American TV programs-- scroll to Mr. Adams and Eve.


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We'd Love to Own: LVO Respects Poco Bien
Learn more about We'd Love to Own horse, Paco, in this Q&A with his trainer.
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Barn name: Paco.
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Details: 2006 POA stallion by Mister Respect (ApHC) and out of Sageeyah, by RK Twist N Scoot.
His people: Owned and bred by Joan and Cliff Thomas of Sunol, California; trained by Megan Hansen, Joice, Iowa.
H&R: How would you describe Paco's personality?
Hansen: Paco is Captain Casual. He's very business-like, but has a ton of personality. He's very casual, but has a little bit of a swagger to his personality. He thinks that he's something, without being over the top. He has a very good balance of charisma and humility. He's charismatic yet humble at the same time; he was kind of a strange character that way.
He has a huge heart. From the time he was a yearling, he was just here to do his job and wants to please.
H&R: What events did you show him in?
Hansen: In the beginning I showed him in halter, longe-line, and POA has in-hand trail. He was shown in all three of those with quite a bit of success.
He came back to me as a 4-year-old, he was used for breeding his 2- and 3-year-old years. I got him started him in March and started showing him in May. He took to everything really well. He's really strong in halter because he's nicely put together. He did hunter under saddle, Western pleasure, and trail.
H&R:What's he like to ride?
Hansen: He's very predictable. I had the same horse every day.
Actually, we dubbed a theme song for him. The "Low Rider" song because he is a little bit shorter. He had a really extremely slow jog. That's kind of where he had his swagger.
He'd just trot along like "nobody else can do what I can do at this gait." He'd be looking around to make sure that he had an audience. That's what was fun about him in the ring, you could just see people watching him because he had the demeanor to him. He's very smooth-gaited and very strong underneath me. I don't think he ever argued.
H&R: Does he have any quirks?
Hansen: Not necessarily. He was in a stall all the time to keep him in good condition. Being a stallion, you wouldn't expect him to be able to hang his head out in the aisleway and get by without talking to everybody, but he just really wanted to make sure everyone knew he was there. He'd just stick his head out the stall door and show off his pretty little face.
It's not really a quirk, but it shows his personality. At a show or anytime, I could just bring him out in the middle of the aisleway and he could be standing there without a halter or anything on, and I could go get my saddle or blankets and sleezies--whatever it was--and trust that he'd be standing there when I came back.
H&R: Did he ever have any funny or silly moments?
Hansen: If he ever knew that he did something wrong or did something he shouldn't be doing--whether I was on him or on the ground--he'd kind of just get real low in his front end, almost like a cutting horse. He'd never go down or anything, but it just like he was saying 'Oh, I wasn't supposed to do that.' It was his way of collecting himself. That might be his quirk. If he was doing something wrong, about the time I'd go to fix him he'd kinda surrender like 'Ah, I messed up back there didn't I? I didn't mean to.'
H&R: What did you enjoy most about training him?
Hansen: Knowing that I'd be noticed in the ring with him. He'd walk in, and everybody's attention would draw right to him. The willingness he had ever day. It's hard to take a horse that's been in the breeding barn and then go and expose him to everything under saddle. He was just pretty intelligent and willing to please. That was my favorite part of training him.
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We're excited to announce that we've finished production on the Zero to Paleo audiobook and it's available in the Audible and iTunes catalogs today! Now you can listen to the best introduction to the paleo lifestyle while you start to live it.
We were grateful to have the very talented Adam Lofbomm narrate the book in a clear, approachable style. All paleo-ers and those who are interested in becoming one will find the listen entertaining and informative.
Summary: For nearly two million years, humans and our hominid ancestors were eating in the hunter/gatherer style of foraging for a wide variety of healthy fruits and vegetables and then hunting and scavenging for large game. However, about 9,000 years ago, humans started eating in a manner contrary to their design, while living increasingly sedentary lives.
In Zero to Paleo: A Beginners' Guide to Living the All-Natural and Gluten Free Lifestyle of Our Ancestors, Joseph SB Morse shows how we can achieve ultimate health by emulating our ancestors' hunter/gatherer lifestyle. You're about to embark on an insightful, and often humorous journey to discover how humans evolved to eat, what cultureless humans would eat, and how we can use that knowledge with today's technology and wealth to develop the ideal diet. Included in this edition is a detailed section on the most common food allergies and intolerances: Dairy, egg, peanut, seafood, shellfish, soy, tree nut, and wheat (including celiac). The benefits of Zero to Paleo are immediate and include attaining an ideal weight, achieving balanced energy throughout the day, better sleep, and alleviation of symptoms from food intolerances and allergies. If you've been asking yourself what and how we were designed to eat, Morse's Zero to Paleo is the answer.
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Residence of the Irish Ambassador to the US, Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C. – The government shutdown of United States government institutions, including museums, during the end of last year and start of 2019, encouraged me to find the best art then available for free, public viewing in Washington, D.C. Ministerial visits at the Irish embassy prevented me from seeing the collection during February, but Ms. Siobhan Miley kindly arranged a visit in early March. It was worth the wait.
The Embassy of Ireland's site was purchased by Henrietta Halliday in 1906, with the mansion built by architect William Penn Cresson between 1908 and 1909. The semi-detached limestone building at 2234 Massachusetts Avenue NW, at the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and Sheridan Circle, was purchased by the government of Ireland in 1949. From my first visit at Passport DC, an annual tour, open to the public, of EU embassies during a May weekend, and other embassies from around the world during the following Saturday, I could hardly wait to stand before its monumental paintings again. Designed around a central stair hall, it drew me from the beautifully decorated first floor to equally impressive upstairs rooms.
Greeted in the front hall by Hughie O'Donoghue's "Crucifixion Study I," from his series on the passion of Christ, this abstract, dark work, backgrounded by a blue sky and a warm, painted by one of Ireland's leading contemporary painters begged me to enter a museum-like space. Most of the work, chosen from the collections of Ireland's museums, including the National Gallery and available to embassies worldwide, refers to Ireland. At the Irish Embassy in Washington, D.C., that collection included portraits such as that of Irish Chief Justice Charles Kendal Bushe, who served from 1822-1841, by Martin Cregan, President of the Royal Hibernian Academy, elected in 1832.
The great tradition of Irish landscape painting was well represented by "A View from Lough Gill," by Percy Francis Gethin, a Sligo painter and etcher who exhibited at the New English Art Club and the New York gallery, Colnaghi & Obach. The three- foot tall "Replica Statue of Abraham Lincoln" which served as a maquette for St. Gaudens' larger statue in Lincoln Park, Chicago, was gifted by famous Irish tenor, Count John McCormack, on the bicentenary of Abraham Lincoln's birth in 2009. Oscar Wilde, Ireland's national treasure, is depicted in a bronze bust by Dublin sculptor Melanie Le Brocquy, HRHA, which, cast in 1994-5, won the Royal Hibernian Academy's highest award for bronze casting in 1995. This bronze casting resembles the many statues of this famous Irish playwright found in parks and museums throughout Dublin.
Quite enthralled with the collection at the embassy, I was invited by cultural representative Siobhan Miley to a tour of the collection at the Residence, with His Excellency, Ambassador Dan Mulhall, which I enthusiastically accepted.
In the Residence's drawing room, I enjoyed reading the titles of Ambassador Mulhall's personal collection of books brought from his former posts in India, Malaysia, Vienna, Brussels, Edinburgh, Germany and London. Widely diverse, representing histories of Ireland, other nations, literary and philosophical works, cookbooks, music and art books, it underscored the reputation of Irish dramatists, writers, philosophers and historians. I asked Ambassador Mulhall whether he believed people were not as aware of the strength of the visual arts in Ireland because the literary tradition is so strong, and he heartily agreed. Furthermore, he informed me that Ireland has a strong representation of classical music composers as well as folk musicians and composers. He proved to be quite a cultural ambassador.
Showing me his personally chosen art, available on lend from museums in Ireland, he declared "A Portuguese Lady," by Sir William Orpen, involved in the Celtic revival in Ireland, and an official painter of World War I one of the favorites. Dublin born painter, Nathaniel Hone II, the most significant Irish landscape artist of the 19th century, is represented at the Residence by "Pastures of Malahide," "Rough Ground Below a Cornfield," "A Landscape, Trees and a River," and as evidence of his travel, perhaps on the popular 19th century rite of passage, the Grand Tour, "A View of the Doge's Palace and the Church of the Salute." Work linking Ireland and the U.S. is shown in Dublin born painter and stained-glass artist Evie Hone's "Study for Stained Glass Window," a study for the Irish window in the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. Similarly, Gilbert Charles Stewart's portrait by Captain John Shaw, shows a New York merchant, who, in the late 18th century, became one of the first Irish-born to become a naturalized U.S. citizen.
My favorite painting was "I Have Trodden the Winepress Alone," by Mainie Jellet, an abstract painter and champion of the modern movement in Ireland. This brightly colored painting, in reds, ultramarine blues, green and white, seems an amalgam of blood shed in the red waves in the sea, the desperate expressions of the women, the white cottages lining the hills, the crenelations of a castle and the sea that carried emigrants from Ireland during the first half of the 20th century when Mainie Jellet painted. "Swim in Dingle," by Pauline Bewick, with the redheaded figure's face showing above the waves, recalls the Irish tradition of the Silky, who must go back to the sea after days on land.
If you can, see the work and the Embassy building during Passport DC, with E.U. open houses including Ireland's on Saturday, May 11. It won't disappoint.
This article has been edited upon the request of the Embassy of Ireland to remove the option of calling to schedule a tour. Due to an overwhelming volume of requests, the Embassy of Ireland cannot currently continue to offer this scheduling option.


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Covid 19 coronavirus: Immigration NZ in 'disarray' over remote working as new law offers 'unbridled power'
6 May, 2020 06:46 AM 4 minutes to read
There are two new cases of Covid-19 and one person has died of coronavirus in the last 24 hours. PM Jacinda Ardern said Microsoft's announcement to build a data centre in New Zealand served as a signal to the world that we are open for business.
By Gill Bonnett of RNZ
A thousand immigration staff have been unable to work from home during lockdown because they had no remote working capability or secure network.
Immigrants have expressed frustration at not getting answers to their urgent visa queries, and at how few immigration employees have been working.
Some have lost jobs and want a visa to start another, while others want news on their applications.
The government is promising fast-tracked legislation will speed up decisions on what will happen to immigrants.
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Immigration lawyer Richard Small said that showed up Immigration New Zealand (INZ)'s restructures in the past five years which promised a nimble immigration service that would deal with applications online.
"When push came to shove, we found that Immigration New Zealand was very much confined to working from its offices and had not made proper plans for its staff to work remotely," he said.
"We understand that staff, mostly, were not allowed to take their laptops home with them and that there were no widespread plans in place for staff to be able to work from home, other than managers.
"Then they got into these issues where they did not have the correct version of Windows for security.
"Ministry of Justice deals with just as sensitive material as Immigration New Zealand, they have had working from home protocols in place for years.
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"If it's good enough to ask Parliament to turn parts of the Immigration Act on its head, which they are doing, and oust the traditional role of the minister - which is a real concern - I think it's fair enough to ask if the new structure is fit for purpose."
Immigration Minister Iain Lees-Galloway with Immigration NZ boss Greg Patchell. Photo / Mark Mitchell
Another immigration lawyer, Mark Williams, described the amendment bill introduced yesterday as granting "unbridled power".
"It is quite clear what we have here is a piece of legislation that is the ambulance at the bottom of the cliff," he said.
"INZ are in disarray. Somehow a significant and important department of MBIE have 1000 employees at home not able to work remotely.
"It is unfortunate that such a powerful and discretionary instrument is required to fix this situation and with that, put at risk the ability of migrants to have access to justice to be able to exercise the rights bestowed on them under the Immigration Act 2009.
"Of those 1000 employees who are not able to work from home, INZ is starting to introduce some back into their offices so they can recommence work, but a mere 20 per cent maximum floor loading has been set for staff that are able to return to work under alert level 3 and only 50 per cent floor loading is contemplated under alert level 2."
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Immigration Minister Iain Lees Galloway confirmed staff had not been able to work because of a lack of secure networks.
He acknowledged criticisms of INZ's delays and lack of pandemic planning.
He said legislation would be in place by the end of next week giving the government more powers, but said it would also have checks and balances.
It would help them make timely, fair and humanitarian decisions for immigrants, he said, and would have checks and balances including that the powers would only last a year.
"Immigration New Zealand's systems do need to be updated and that work is under way," he said.
"It's been under way for some time, they have been restructuring since before I became minister.
"In the meantime, it's important that the immigration system is more agile and that we can look after the welfare of migrants and maintain the integrity of our immigration system.
"It is true that the immigration system is really a paper-based one, we were already in the process of looking to digitise more of their work and work is under way to bring more automation to the immigration system as well."
- RNZ