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Karl Rove: Why is Rand Paul beating up on Bill Clinton for old sins?
AllahpunditPosted at 4:01 pm on February 11, 2014
He said this during a segment on Fox News in which he also insisted that Chris Christie's presidential hopes are still very much alive. Because of course he did.
I did not realize that a few jabs at the Clenis aimed at parrying the left's endless "war on women" attacks 32 months out from the next election might matter in deciding the presidency. Now I know better. Way to go, Rand.
Karl Rove took a shot at Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul on Tuesday for attacking Bill Clinton over his "predatory" behavior toward Monica Lewinsky, saying that it's not good strategy for running for president.
"Frankly, Rand Paul spending a lot of time talking about the mistakes of Bill Clinton does not look like a big agenda for the future of the country," Rove said on Fox's "America's Newsroom."
Right, it doesn't. So what? Why would a week-long skirmish between Paul and the Clintons set any sort of agenda for anything? Christie attacking libertarians last year for challenging the NSA isn't such a hot agenda either right now given the state of the polls, and unlike the Paul/Clinton fracas, that'll factor heavily into the next campaign. Interesting that Rove seems less exercised by that than he does by this.
There's lots of reasons for Rand to pick this fight. By punching up against a far more widely known Democratic pair, he raises his own name recognition. He also shows conservatives that he's not afraid to get rough if that's how Democrats want to play. Accuse Republicans of waging a war on women and he'll remind the media that Hillary's co-president wasn't above exploiting his power to bother the interns. At the very least, it might make Democrats think twice about their own demagoguery; if it goes on long enough, it might make them reconsider using Bill Clinton as a campaign weapon this fall. But it probably won't go on much longer. Judging by his brawl with Christie, Paul likes to attack in a flurry over a few days or weeks and then back away, probably for the same reason that Rove mentions. If you go too negative too often, you become known for it and it overshadows your agenda. If, like me, you think Paul's a true believer in his libertarian-lite philosophy and its ability to win the election for him (of course he is, he's a Paul!), that's the last thing he wants. He'll drop this once it's served its purpose.
And that's the irony of Rove's criticism. There's no candidate in the 2016 field on either side who'll be challenged, by his own party and by the opposition, as much on policy as Paul will. And he knows it, which is why he's spent the last three years trying to find a way between libertarianism and conservatism. Mainstream righties will scrutinize him to see if he's too much like dad on foreign policy; libertarians will scrutinize him to see if he's enough like dad, and whether he's showing signs of backing off on domestic surveillance or drug war reforms to try to get elected; and Democrats will scrutinize him because they'll soon be convinced by their party's leadership that he wants to repeal the Thirteenth Amendment or something. He can call Bill Clinton a predator all he wants but the fate of Paul's campaign inevitably will turn on whether he can somehow forge a majority coalition in favor of policies that have been marginalized in the past. That being so, why is Rove grumbling about this, unless it's just his way of suggesting that Paul's too tin-eared politically to take a chance on in the primaries?
Here's Scarborough grumbling this morning about the same thing, in case you think the "centrist scold" POV isn't sufficiently represented by Rove.
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Hey all I'm looking for a couple crossover stories one is called Owned its a Twilight/Sons of Anarchy crossover it was taken off ffn and can't remember the author.
The second one is also a Twilight/SOA crossover and its a Juice/Bella story I'm almost positive was completed Juice was o the run and hungry and homeless when he comes across a autoshop looking for help the owner is Bella. The shop was left to her after her father died. She takes him in and gives him a job. Its a awesome story that I can no longer find anywhere cause I can't remember the Name or Author's name.
I'm also looking for a Aro/Bella story. Bella is almost raped but all the cullens but Emmett don't believe her and hurt her. Anyway the Volturi show up and take Bella, Angela, and Charlie with them and Aro and Bella get together and Angela and Marcus get together and Caius hates it and ends up hurting the girls. Sound familiar? Any and all help will be deeply appreciated. Thank you in advance.
If anyone has PDFs of the following stories (all by Lifelesslyndsey, obviously) or links to sites I can read them off of I would greatly appreciate it if you could share them with me!
Please check the Index of uploaded Twilight stories. The link is in my signature line.
I only have it in epub. You can you one of the online converters to convert to PDF.
Still available on FFN under pen name 'deadnow'.
Still available on FFN under pen name deadnow.
Backseat Bloodshed is by TwoSistersGrimm. It's a collab between lifelesslyndsey and lacym3. It's still available on FFN.
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Looking for a Bella and Jasper story all human. They meet in college bella is roommates with Rose. She's from Louisiana. She goes to meet Jaspers family and learns he's in the mob(mafia?). His mothers house is attacked bella runs outside and is shot. She loses the unknown baby.
Helllo, I am a Newbie so sorry if this is done wrong I am still getting lost here.
So here are my two questions.
Question One is does anyone have something like a list of Jasper and Bella fanfictions?
I am trying to build a library of Jasper/Bella fanfictions, along with Jasper/OC fanfictions.
Question Two can anyone recommended any Alice/Bella/Jasper fanfictions.
If this is posted in the wrong thread, please tell me.
HI I'm new here and not sure how this site works. Im looking for any Peter and Bella, demetri and Bella or Paul and Bella stories.
There is a Peter and Bella story that I can not remember much of so I am having a hard time finding it. All I remember is Peter is in a hotel in forks and jasper sends bella to him. Peter calls James to destroy bellas truck and Peter takes bella with him. Please any help would be wonderful. Thank you in advance.
After catching Charlotte in a compromising position, Peter decides he's done. He also decides to visit an old friend. Alternating POVs, OOC, Twilight Rewrite. Rated for all the things.
I am looking for a Bella/Jasper story I don't know the name or authors name. Edward and Alice are sent away from the Cullens and Alice goes nuts and creates a newborn army and is very close to exposing the secret. Bella is related to one of the kings and is princess. thats all I can remember.
It sounds like it may be Married to a Vampire by EclecticKnight88.
Hi, I don't know the title or author of this story, but please help if you can. Bella ran away and got into a car accident and Peter found her. Peter takes her back to his place to let her heal, Peter puts Bella in his bed. Peter stole from the hospital to help Bella heal, because she needs B-12 shots. Peter finds out Bella is his mate. Jasper comes into the story later. Sorry if that doesn't help.... I don't think it was a finished story.
Hey does anyone have Married to a vampire and A Vampire's Revenge by EclecticKnight88 in PDF form?
I really don't know where to post this, but I'm going to try my luck here. I've been reminded of this story recently, but I couldn't find it anywhere in ffnet.
So, I'm looking for a Twilight/Supernatural crossover fic. It's a Bella/Castiel pairing, and it was quite short. The title is something along the lines of "Forgive Me, Father, For I Have Sinned". I honestly forgot about this.
All I remember is that Bella was friends with Sam, and that's how they met. At some point, Sam left Bella and Castiel by themselves and they got to talking.
Thank you so much for your help, guys. Have a nice day!
Hello, I'm searching for a JxB fanfic but I don't remember the name of the story or author.
It takes place at the end of New Moon, but instead of staying with Edward Bella decides to break up with him. The family leaves after saying good bye, but Jasper decides to stay behind until he takes care of Victoria. Somehow Victoria gets to Bella and Jasper ends up changing her and taking her to one of his houses. He calls Peter and Charlotte for help, but won't give their location to the rest of the Cullens, although he does keep contact with them. Victoria comes looking for Bella with a newborn army, and the Cullens come to help. This story is in Bell's POV, but the author did a separate piece with some of Jasper's POV.
If anyone could help me with the name of this story or the author I'd be so greatful .
Long Way Down one-shots from Jasper's POV.


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Taber Child Care Centre celebrates 40 years of operation
Posted on May 18, 2022 by Taber Times
By Kenyon Stronski
reporter@tabertimes.com
a new year, for the Taber Child Care Centre, they were looking forward to celebrating its 40th year in operation in February.
The Taber Child Care Centre began operation and was incorporated in 1982, with its construction being highly community-oriented.
"I know we had a lot of community organizations that helped put this together," said Wendy Einwechter, alternate supervisor. "Kiwanis helped with the sod and I remember Harry Prummel saying he helped do some of the work inside the building, so it's definitely a community building. Lots of hands have helped us out here and lots still do."
Program Supervisor Melissa Jenkins also added there are currently only two daycares that operate within Taber. "We've been around forever. There are lots of people who have been employed here over the years or come here over the years or involved in the community and you see people from 20 years ago that say they used to work here."
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import projektkurs.util.Direction;

public enum EnumFlow {

    EAST(2, 1, 0, "E"), NONE(0, 0, 0, "None"), NORTH(1, 0, -1, "N"), OMNI_DIRECTIONAL(-1, 0, 0, "Omni"), SOUTH(3, 0, 1, "S"), WEST(4, -1, 0, "W");

    public static final EnumFlow[] VALID_FLOWS = { NORTH, EAST, SOUTH, WEST };
    private static final EnumFlow[] TABLE = { NONE, NORTH, NONE, WEST, NONE, EAST, NONE, SOUTH, NONE };

    public static EnumFlow getFlowForOffset(int offsetX, int offsetY) {
        if (offsetX < -1 || offsetX > 1 || offsetY < -1 || offsetY > 1) {
            return NONE;
        }
        return TABLE[offsetX + 1 + (offsetY + 1) * 3];
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    private final int index;
    private final String name;
    private final int offsetX;

    private final int offsetY;

    private EnumFlow(int index, int offsetX, int offsetY, String name) {
        this.index = index;
        this.offsetX = offsetX;
        this.offsetY = offsetY;
        this.name = name;
    }

    public Direction getDirection() {
        return Direction.getDirectionForOffset(offsetX, offsetY);
    }

    public int getIndex() {
        return index;
    }

    public String getName() {
        return name;
    }

    public int getOffsetX() {
        return offsetX;
    }

    public int getOffsetY() {
        return offsetY;
    }

    public EnumFlow getOpposite() {
        return getFlowForOffset(-offsetX, -offsetY);
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}

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Car bomb attacks near Baghdad's 'Green Zone', across city kill at least 33
Aug. 15, 2013, 1:06 PM UTC
By Kareem Raheem, Raheem Salman and Sylvia Westfall, Reuters
BAGHDAD -- A series of car bombs in Baghdad killed at least 33 people and wounded more than 100 on Thursday, with one near the "Green Zone" diplomatic complex, fueling a death toll that has soared since the beginning of the year to levels not seen since 2008.
Militant groups, including al Qaeda, have increased attacks in recent months in an insurgency against Iraq's Shiite-led government, raising fears of a return to full-blown sectarian conflict after U.S. troops withdrew 18 months ago.
Iraqi police sources said one bomb exploded just 200-300 yards outside Baghdad's international zone, close to Iraq's Foreign Ministry, killing four and wounding 12 people.
The central zone is a highly fortified area housing Western embassies including the U.S. mission and the nearby Iraqi ministry has been a frequent target of attacks.
"Cowardly terrorists targeted unarmed citizens in seven places in Baghdad," the Interior Ministry said in a statement. It put the death toll far lower, saying only three people were killed and 44 wounded in the violence.
Since the start of the year, attacks using multiple car bombs have become an almost daily occurrence, killing scores of people in Iraq, including during a religious holiday last weekend when bombers targeted families celebrating outside.
Each of the past four months has each been deadlier than any in the previous five years, dating back to a time when U.S. and government troops were engaged in battles with militiamen.
The government has launched a security sweep to try to round up suspected militants and Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Wednesday the crackdown would continue.
The Interior Ministry described the conflict last month as "open war", although officials have since said the violence is not as severe as media reports suggest and have said they are in control of the country.
The United States has said it will work closely with the Iraqi government to confront al Qaeda and will discuss this during a visit of Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari on Thursday to Washington.
Bombers targeted districts in central, eastern, northern and southern Baghdad, including Shiite areas, police said.
An attack in Baladiyat, eastern Baghdad, killed five people and wounded 17 when a car bomb exploded near a traffic police station. Pictures showed the blackened shells of cars with their roofs caved in and their wheels splayed on the ground.
"Windows were smashed and my children started screaming and running everywhere, smoke and dust filled my house," said a man wounded by flying shards of glass. He declined to be named.
"The politicians are responsible for the deterioration in security," he said.
Another attack in al-Shurta al-Rabaa district used a bomb on the trailer of a tractor carrying gas cylinders. It killed four and wounded 18, police said.
In Husseiniya, a district on the northeastern outskirts of Baghdad, three people were killed and fourteen wounded when a mini bus driver left his vehicle armed with a bomb in a repair shop.
Bombs targeting playground, cafe, school kill 22 in Iraq
Iraq endures highest monthly death toll in 5 years
Iraq prison break a bad sign of things to come
Kareem Raheem, Raheem Salman and Sylvia Westfall, Reuters


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127 Hours is a 2010 biographical survival drama film produced and directed by Danny Boyle. The film stars James Franco, Kate Mara and Amber Tamblyn. In the film, canyoneer Aron Ralston gets trapped by a boulder in an isolated slot canyon in Blue John Canyon, southeastern Utah, in April 2003. Ralston must find a way to escape. It is a British and American venture produced by Everest Entertainment, Film4 Productions, HandMade Films and Cloud Eight Films.
The film, based on Ralston's memoir Between a Rock and a Hard Place (2004), was written by Boyle and Simon Beaufoy, co-produced by Christian Colson and John Smithson, and scored by A. R. Rahman. Beaufoy, Colson, and Rahman had all previously worked with Boyle on Slumdog Millionaire (2008). 127 Hours was well received by critics and audiences and was runner up for six Academy Awards, including Best Actor for Franco and Best Picture.
In April 2003, mountaineer Aron Ralston goes hiking at Utah's Canyonlands National Park. He befriends hikers Kristi and Megan, and shows them an underground pool. After swimming, Aron parts ways with the hikers, and continues through a slot canyon in Blue John Canyon. While climbing, he slips and falls, knocking a boulder which crushes his right hand and wrist against the wall. He calls for help but realizes that he is alone.
Ralston begins recording a video diary to maintain morale as he chips away parts of the boulder in an attempt to free himself and tries to keep warm at night. He rations his food and water in order to survive the ordeal. He sets up a pulley using his climbing rope in a futile attempt to lift the boulder.
Over the next five days, Ralston tries using his pocket knife to cut himself free, but the blade is too dull to cut bone. With no water available, he is forced to drink his urine. In his videos, he becomes desperate and depressed. He hallucinates about escape, relationships, and past experiences including a former lover, family, and Kristi and Megan. During one hallucination, he realizes that his mistake was that he did not tell anyone where he was going, and decides that destiny has trapped him with the boulder.
Using his knowledge of torque, Ralston fashions a tourniquet from CamelBak tube insulation and uses a carabiner to tighten it before breaking the bones in his arm. Using the pocket knife, he slowly amputates his arm. He wraps the stump to prevent exsanguination, and takes a picture of the boulder. He then rappels down a 65-foot rockface using his other arm and drinks rainwater from a pond. He meets a family on a hike, who alert the authorities, and a Utah Highway Patrol helicopter brings him to a hospital.
Years later, Ralston starts a family, continues climbing and always leaves a note saying where he has gone.
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^ Between a Rock and a Hard Place, p. 283. "I still haven't uttered even an 'Ow!' "I don't think to verbalize the pain; it's a part of the experience, no more important to the procedure than the color of my tourniquet."
^ Ralston, Between a Rock and a Hard Place, p. 317. "It is mile seven, and a few minutes after three P.M. ... It will kill me if I try to hike out of this canyon. I've lost too much blood; I'm on the verge of deadly shock. I contemplate sending Eric up to get help as well, but before I can spit out the idea, the rapid stutter of a booming echo interrupts my thoughts... Two hundred yards in front of us, the metallic body of a wingless black bird rises over the canyon wall."
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"Red Tails" Trailer from George Lucas Arrives At Last
by Roger Friedman - July 29, 2011 5:53 pm
Check our video player below and see the first trailer from George Lucas's "Red Tails." Three years or more in the making, the story of the Tuskegee Airmen comes to theaters on January 20, 2012. It's a strange date–unless Lucas gives the film a one week tryout in December for Oscar eligibility. Otherwise, January will be filled with Oscar contenders and B movies. Which category is he saying this falls in? "Red Tails" stars Terrence Howard and Cuba Gooding, Jr. The former, at least from the trailer, has a lot of speeches. The aerial stuff looks great, though. And maybe this is what we'll need on January 20th, after "One Life to Live" airs its last show and the State of the Union address is given. Most of Hollywood will be at Sundance anyway.
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The above order has come within few weeks of the recommendations of Parliamentary Committee, headed by ex Home Minister P Chidambaram, which had recommended that the deputation of IPS to these forces be severely curtailed and cadre officers of these forces also be considered for appointment as Director Generals.
The order of Supreme Court confirms the legality of longstanding demand of the CPMF officers to higher Supervisory and Policy level posts of these organisations. It also deals a blow to unbridled hegemony that IPS officers have continued to enjoy at these levels since long, inspite of total lack of domain knowledge or expertise amongst them about the role and tasks of these forces.
Almost ten thousand serving and equal number of retired officers of CPMF will benefit from this order which is effective prospectively from January 1, 2006, i.e., from the date when recommendations of Sixth Pay Commission were implemented.
It has been a ten-year-long uphill battle for the Cadre officers, who were denied these benefits in contravention of the Government orders to this effect.
It all started in 2009 when Government issued an order directing that all organised Group "A" services would be granted the benefit of NFFU. However, this benefit was not accorded to CPMF proclaiming that these were not organised services. This inspite of fact that "Department of Personnel and Training" (DOPT) Monographs of 1986, 1993 and the Administrative Reforms Commission Reports and many other orders of Government explicitly declared these forces to be such.
An organised service is an arbitrary term with no legal backing. According to this, a service has to fulfil certain criterion before being considered "Organised". The CPMF were being denied the status because they did not fulfil the criteria of all posts from Junior Time Scale upwards up to Senior Administrative grade being occupied by the cadre officers. The judges saw through this specious argument because the Government itself had made such rules which had provided for permanent reservation of posts belonging to CPMF Cadre for IPS.
The court also out rightly dismissed the argument of IPS association that the deputation to CPMF was mandated by the Constitution.
The judgment will go a long way in facilitating the rich experience of CPMF Cadre officers to be garnered gainfully for policy formulation and thereby enhance National security, Border Management and Internal Security aspects. This will also remove stagnation and provide better promotional avenues as the posts so far usurped by IPS will also now be available to cadre officers. This will also facilitate extension of other service benefits to CPMF officers. One extremely important fall out of the Organised status being formally conferred is that these officers can now go on deputation to posts in the central and state Government where their domain knowledge and experience will be highly useful.
The organisational structure of these forces being a narrow pyramid, not everyone can be promoted to higher posts even after grant of organised status. This is where NFFU will help in keeping the officers well motivated.
Explained in simple terms, NFFU implies that if all the officers of a particular batch cannot move up the ladder owing to lack of vacancies but only one does, the others will automatically get financial upgradation like the one promoted. However, in order to keep primacy of IAS over all other services, this will be granted two years after it has been granted to IAS officer of same batch or year. This benefit accrues up to the scale of Higher Administrative Grade (HAG).
This will bring a huge financial boost to the CPMF officers because most of them retire after gaining one or two promotions only throughout their careers. This will also entail long term benefits in the shape of pension and other entitlements.
However, the proverbial distance between the Cup and the lip is full of slips until the order is actually implemented.
The leaders of the force being IPS officers had ab-initio created hurdles in grant of benefits to these cadres because of their own interests. Fearing that grant of Organised Service Status to CPMF Officers will end their monopoly of higher level posts in these organisations, they had opposed it tooth and nail. It was their instinct of self-preservation that compelled them to go in appeal against the High Court order.
IPS officers heading these organisations are responsible to prepare ground work for implementation of the verdict. Giving up control of these well organised forces is going to cause a lot of heart burn among them, especially because of the vast resources of the force.
Further the IPS officers and their association being much better connected with politicians and bureaucrats is unlikely to leave any stone unturned to protect their interests.
However, it is going to be extremely difficult for them not to implement the order but they would certainly like to delay it as much as possible.
The CPMF officers are therefore keeping their fingers crossed and hoping for early implementation lest they may have to go in for contempt.
A vivid accountn on nffu issue to officers of paramilitary officers.Judiciary is a vital organ of democracy who is rose to occasion to grant their legitimate right to paramilitary officers.


What is the MRI appearance of De Quervain's Tenosynovitis of the wrist. A quick review of the anatomy and the MRI appearance.
Image Above: Compartment 1 of the Wrist consists of the Abductor Pollicis Longus- APL and the Extensor Pollicis Brevis-EPB. Repetetive micro trauma to the tendons over the radial styloid results in inflammatory changes in the tendons and sheath. The MRI features of de Quervains are what you would look for in any tendon inflammatory change: Tendon hyperintensity, enlargement, fluid in the tendon sheath and thickening of the sheath. When sever the inflammatory changes can spread to the surrounding soft tissues ( see last image).
Image Above: Normal low signal appearance of the Abductor Pollicis Longus- APL( yellow arrow) and the Extensor Pollicis Brevis-EPB ( Blue arrow). APL is normally much larger than the EPB. No fluid in tendon sheath and sheath is thin and low signal.
Image Above: Markedly enlarged APL ( blue arrow) with non fluid signal hyperintensity in keeping with tendonosis. Mild fluid in tendon sheath ( red arrow). EPB normal ( yellow arrow).
Image Above: Thickened and hyperintense tendon sheath ( blue arrow) with spread of inflammatory changes to adjacent soft tissue ( yellow arrow). Mild fluid in tendon sheath ( red arrow).


Sports betting has seen a large increase in the United States in recent years and it is growing especially with college students.
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Thursday Night Football games are hurting NFL teams and most importantly, its players.
At approximately 6:30 p.m. Sunday, the New England Patriots and New York Giants will kick off Super Bowl XLVI — that's 46 if you don't know your Roman numerals — at Lucas Oil Stadium in downtown Indianapolis.


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THE TISSOT F1 ENSIGN FROM 1973 CONQUERS THE BERNINA PASS AND WINS THE BERNINA GRAN TURISMO 2019
Bernina, Saturday 21st of September 2019. For the 5th edition of the BerninaGT, Tissot, historical partner of Kessel Classic was proud to see the Formula 1 Ensign, driven by Ronnie Kessel, passing the finish line and winning the Bernina Gran Turismo.
Under the blue skies of the Engadin and surrounded by the magnificent Swiss Alps car enthusiasts could appreciate over 80 old-timer cars with their passionate drivers getting ready for a once in a lifetime experience. The 5.7 km long racetrack leading from La Rösa to the south side of the Bernina Pass counts over 50 bends, it goes without saying that both, spectators and participants, could feel the adrenaline and excitement during the race.
Ronnie Kessel, son of former Formula 1 driver Loris Kessel decided to attend this unique mountain race with the Tissot Formula 1 Ensign. An unusual and challenging decision for this kind of mountain race, but which paid off completely. Accompanied by the roaring sound of his beautiful racecar, Ronnie Kessel passed the finish line as the winner of the Bernina GT, knowing that a dream just came true.
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Pucker Up: 5 Bright Lip Colors To Try Today!
If you're like me, you tend to stick with the same colors that work, but what's the fun in that? You never know, you just might find a new staple color! A bright lip can transform a mediocre look into one that demands attention! If you're curious about a particular one, you can visit your local makeup counter and try it out without having to buy it first! Let's get into it!
1. Lime Crime's "Airborne Unicorn": This lip color is the perfect shade of lilac! It's so on trend right now and looks great on a wide variety of skin tones, from warm to cool. Always remember that if a color is too bright that you can add more lip gloss than color to get the right shade for you!
2. MAC Lipstick in "Snob": A bright pink lip is a bold and daring choice. The color really pops and adds dimension to your look. Pair with neutral makeup for maximum impact!
3. Revlon's "Red Lacquer": This is the lipstick to choose when you want to make a statement! Celebrities such a Beyoncé, Rihanna and Anne Hathaway swear by red lipsticks! This power color is reminiscent of a shiny red apple.
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What bright lipsticks have you been wearing lately?
Thanks Janet! I wear neutrals a lot too but have been wearing bold colors at times to change up my look.
Gold lipstick. How bold. I'm curious. I might have to try that out.
Yep, very bold Keisha. Everyone should at least try it out once.
These are some good choices! Every lady needs a nice red lippie!
Yep girl, a red lippie is a MUST!
I've heard so much about Lime Crime, I really need to give it a try. Not sure I can pull off purple but it's my favorite color!
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Jharkhand Excise: Tipplers Left High And Dry As Shops Run Out Of Stocks
Even after a fortnight since the launch of the new excise policy in
Jharkhand, the state excise department has, so far, failed to
streamline liquor sales due to a slew of factors that range from
scarcity of stock, erratic shop timings and unavailability of digital
payment modes, thereby.
Ranchi: Even after a fortnight since the launch of the new excise policy in Jharkhand, the state excise department has, so far, failed to streamline liquor sales due to a slew of factors that range from scarcity of stock, erratic shop timings and unavailability of digital payment modes, thereby, leaving the tipplers high and dry.
For instance, on Friday, a 34-year-old Ranchi-based banker was looking to unwind with his colleagues at his home over bottles of beer after a long day of work, however, he had to change his plans at the last moment when he did not find stocks in the retail outlets.
Similarly, a middle-aged man here went to several shops searching for his favourite brand of whiskey and ultimately, settle for a different brand.
In another instance, a customer rued how he had to run around looking for an ATM just to buy a bottle of beer as a particular shop wasn't accepting payment by credit/debit card. By the time he withdrew cash and came to buy the liquor, the shop had run out of stock.
According to a staff member at a retail outlet in Morhabadi, they were forced to down shutters two days ago owing to the unavailability of stocks.
"We aren't getting regular stocks of whiskey and beer from the depot and as a result, we had to shut the shop. We will reopen once we get fresh stocks," the staff member added. In another shop located close to it, there were only a limited number of beer of a particular brand, but none was chilled. When asked, a worker said, "Our freezer is not functioning and moreover, there is a mismatch in the demand and supply of beer and thus, hardly any retail shop is getting the time to put the beer in freezer."
The new excise policy was introduced in Jharkhand on May 1, as part of which the entire liquor operation, including wholesale, stocking, supply and retail management, has been taken over by the government. In the earlier system, it was handled by private retailers. The new policy – opposed by retailers and the opposition prior to its launch – is aimed at regulating the trade and adding to the state's revenue, government officials have said.
Under the new policy, a total of 1,564 liquor retail shops, including 160 in Ranchi, have initially been permitted to function across the state.
However, at present, even the number of retail shops in the city is lesser than the estimated target. According to officials at Jharkhand State Beverage Corporation Limited (JSBCL), about 145 shops have become operational in Ranchi, so far, while 1,460 exist elsewhere in the state.
Talking to TOI, JSBCL's managing director Ameet Kumar said the number of shops will increase gradually as they are providing permits to the interested retailers. Asked about the erratic operation of the shops, Kumar said, "Every new set up takes some time to streamline and as far as stocks are concerned, there is a shortage of supply of certain brands of liquor, which will be solved soon," he added.
The above news was originally posted on timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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Flutter separately water-melon, cucumbers and tomatoes. Pass them to the metallic filter called chinoise. Blend the three juices and add mixed herbs, salt and pepper. Cook the lobster in the court bouillon for 3 minutes and immediately after cool it in water and ice. Serve putting the lobster on a soup dish with gazpacho and adding the lemon cream prepared emulsifing in the mixer olive oil, lemmon juice and ginger.
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Arztroman ist ein Roman des isländisch-deutschen Schriftstellers Kristof Magnusson. Der Roman erschien im August 2014 im Münchner Verlag Antje Kunstmann, wie auch das Hörbuch zu dem Roman, gelesen von der Schauspielerin und Medizinerin Christiane Paul.

Handlung
Herzstück und Ausgangspunkt ist die Rettungsstelle des Kreuzberger Klinikums Am Urban, in der die Notärztin Dr. Anita Cornelius arbeitet und deren Alltag geschildert wird.

Anita ist Anfang vierzig. Sie ist Idealistin und liebt ihren Job, in dem sie sehr erfolgreich ist. Ihr Privatleben, das sich seit Kurzem in der für sie noch gewöhnungsbedürftigen Form einer Patchwork-Familie abspielt, überfordert sie hingegen immer mehr und macht sie zunehmend unzufrieden. Auch die beruflichen Konflikte nehmen zu, etwa als deutlich wird, wie weit die Auffassungen von Anita und Anästhesist Adrian, ihrem Ex-Mann und Noch-Kollegen, über die Ausübung ihrer Tätigkeit inzwischen auseinanderklaffen. Anita vermutet hinter Adrians Sinneswandel auch den Einfluss ihrer Gegenspielerin Heidi, Adrians neuer Freundin.

Rezeption
"Ohne die Lust am Klischee zu leugnen"
begibt Magnusson sich ins Erzählen und behandelt neben den Problemen seiner Protagonistin beiläufig Themen wie das Gesundheitswesen oder das Phänomen der Gentrifizierung. Der Titel Arztroman versteht sich nur bedingt als Genrebezeichnung, zeigt sich vielmehr als Finte und ironischer Verweis auf Groschenhefte: "Die triviale Heftchengattung namens Arztroman stülpt Magnusson wie einen Handschuh um. In den Heftchen dient das Faktische des Medizinerlebens nur als Alibi für das Sentimentale. Hier ist es beinahe umgekehrt."

Der Autor selbst äußert sich in einem Interview zum ursprünglich nur als Arbeitstitel gedachten Namen Arztroman, es handele sich um eine "recht lustige Kaperung dieses Begriffs, um damit etwas ganz anderes zu erzählen. Was mich zu diesem Thema gebracht hat, war die Frage, wie die Gesellschaft heute mit Menschen umgeht, die Hilfe brauchen. Gibt es noch ein klassisches Solidarprinzip oder überwiegt längst der neoliberale Gedanke von Eigenverantwortung respektive 'selbst schuld'?"

Ausgaben
Arztroman. Roman. Verlag Antje Kunstmann, München 2014, ISBN 978-3-88897-966-8.
Urgences et sentiments. Roman. Éditions Métailié. Paris 2018, ISBN 979-10-226-0742-1.

Weblinks
 Literatur von und über Kristof Magnusson im Katalog der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek
 Homepage des Autors
 Buch auf der Seite des Verlags
 Hörbuch auf der Seite des Verlags
 Arztroman bei perlentaucher.de

Einzelnachweise

Literarisches Werk
Literatur (21. Jahrhundert)
Literatur (Deutsch)
Roman, Epik

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Q: FIltering Pandas Dataframe using vectorization I have a data frame with x rows and y colums, called df.
I have another datafame df2 with less than x rows and y-1 colums.
I want to filter df for rows that are identical with the rows of df2 from column 1 to y-1.
Is there a way to do that in a vectorized fashion without iterating through the rows of df2?
Here is the code for a sample df:
import pandas
import numpy.random as rd
dates = pandas.date_range('1/1/2000', periods=8)
df = pandas.DataFrame(rd.randn(8, 5), index=dates, columns=['call/put', 'expiration', 'strike', 'ask', 'bid'])
df.iloc[2,4]=0
df.iloc[2,3]=0
df.iloc[3,4]=0
df.iloc[3,3]=0
df.iloc[2,2]=0.5
df=df.append(df.iloc[2:3])
df.iloc[8:9,3:5]=1
df.iloc[8:9,2:3]=0.6
df=df.append(df.iloc[8:9])
df.iloc[9,2]=0.4

df2 is calculated as follows:
df4=df[(df["ask"]==0) & (df["bid"]==0)]

Now I want to filter df for rows that look like those in df2 except column strike, which should have a value of 0.4. Filter process should be without iteration, because my real world df is very large.

A: You try do a merge on both dataframes, which should return the (set) intersection of both.
pandas.merge (df,df2,on=['call/put','expiration','strike','ask'],left_index=True,right_index=True)

            call/put  expiration    strike  ask  bid_x  bid_y
2000-01-03  0.614738   -0.363933  0.500000    0      0      0
2000-01-03  0.614738   -0.363933  0.600000    1      1      0
2000-01-03  0.614738   -0.363933  0.400000    1      1      0
2000-01-04  1.077427   -1.046127  0.025931    0      0      0

I renamed your df4 to df2 - The dataframe returned above should be the complete list of records from df that match those records in your "whitelist" contained within df2, based on the columns listed in the statement above.
A slightly different statement, drops 'strike' and adds 'bid' into the columns to be matched on and returns:
pandas.merge (df,df2,on=['call/put','expiration','ask','bid'],left_index=True,right_index=True,how='inner')
            call/put  expiration  strike_x  ask  bid  strike_y
2000-01-03  0.614738   -0.363933  0.500000    0    0  0.500000
2000-01-03  0.614738   -0.363933  0.600000    1    1  0.500000
2000-01-03  0.614738   -0.363933  0.400000    1    1  0.500000
2000-01-04  1.077427   -1.046127  0.025931    0    0  0.025931

That's still not quite right - I think it's because of the index=True parts.
To force it, you can convert the date-indices into regular columns, and include them as match columns.
e.g.
df['date'] = df.index
df2['date'] = df2.index

And then
pandas.merge (df,df2,on=['call/put','expiration','ask','bid','date'],how='inner')

Returns:
    call/put  expiration  strike_x  ask  bid                date  strike_y
 0  0.367269   -0.616125   0.50000    0    0 2000-01-03 00:00:00   0.50000
 1 -0.508974    0.281017   0.65791    0    0 2000-01-04 00:00:00   0.65791

Which I think more closely matches what you're looking for.

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Depending on which part of its story you choose to focus on, The New Trust is either extremely straightforward or tantalizingly complex. In one corner, the co-ed band from Santa Rosa—located about 55 miles north of San Francisco—plays unpretentious, fired-up indie-rock songs that bring to mind the mid-'90s heyday (think Boilermaker, Knapsack, early Promise Ring, etc.), are catchy as all get-out, and rarely reach the three-minute mark. In the other is a European tour the band booked only a year after it formed, lyrics that quote Jermaine Stewart's "We Don't Have To Take Our Clothes Off" while dissing religion and championing a DIY lifestyle, and a guitarist who originally thought her six-string would be used to sing her future kids to sleep. "My goal was someday I would at least be good enough to play 'Puff The Magic Dragon' to our children," says Sara Sanger, who happens to be the wife of singer-bassist Josh Staples, who also handles The Velvet Teen's low end. To some, their married-and-in-a-band arrangement is another oddity, but it's hard to get anyone in the band to see it that way—in fact, Sanger would probably still be completely focused on her photography if it wasn't for Staples' encouragement. "Josh was so serious, and such an optimist—he doesn't do anything unless he knows that it's going to happen. I didn't realize that for a long time. I just thought, 'Oh, this is just something he's doing for his wife to make me feel better.'" Instead, Sanger is part of the band's 10-year plan, which began back in 2003 along with drummer Julia Lancer and guitarist Michael Richardson. Simply put, Staples made a promise to himself and his bandmates that they were in it for the long haul, and even though they recently amicably parted ways with Richardson—replaced by Polar Bears' Matthew Izen—all signs on The New Trust's first full-length, Dark Is The Path Which Lies Before Us, point to the group having the creative energy to make it to the next decade and beyond. "The 'dark is the path' thing is about the fact that we know we're going to be struggling," says Sanger. "Yes, Josh wrote a song about zombies, and there's an ominousness to the record, but we have the perspective that even when you work hard as an artist and you work hard as a musician, there's still so much work ahead of you. Making a record and making a song, it doesn't make your life any easier." Which brings us to one of the album's catchiest songs, "When The Dead Start Rising," which contains lines like "When the dead start rising / we'll need all the friends that we can get." Staples is fine with different interpretations—for instance, Sanger took the lyrics literally when she shot the album's artwork, which features machete-wielding band members with their friends in a haunted mansion—but a point that shouldn't be missed is the band's acknowledgment that when you're working on the ground level, it's important to keep your friends as close as your enemies. Dark Is The Path Which Lies Before Us—recorded near the band's hometown in Rohnert Park with Dan Kelly—finds the band in confidently fine form, bashing out quick slices of goth-tinged, punk-infused rock, with a dash of the dramatic supplied by Staples' Craig Wedren-esque (Shudder To Think) vocals. The songs may be a smidge longer than they were on the band's debut EP, We Are Fast-Moving Motherfuckers. We Are Women And Men Of Action., but with 13 songs clocking in under 38 minutes, The New Trust is still cutting the fat. "Our band started in the time when Josh was writing and recording Elysium," explains Sanger, referring to The Velvet Teen's ambitious second album, which started out as an EP and ended up with a track that was nearly 13 minutes long. "Short songs basically saved his life." "On that first Minor Threat record, those songs are like a minute long, and that's such a great, powerful record," says Staples. "Every song has a cool part that doesn't happen again—if I want to hear that part again, I have to back the song up or just wait for it to come around again. That's kind of what I think about when I'm putting a song together." It all seems so straightforward, right? Sure, but The New Trust can't completely avoid life's complexities, whether that means scheduling tours around The Velvet Teen's commitments or planning practice around day jobs. All four members recently moved into the same house, which should make things easier for the band. Or not. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
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Q: The $abc$ conjecture as a special case of Vojta's height inequality From Quanta I've learned that Peter Scholze and Jakob Stix rejected Shinichi Mochizuki's proof of the $abc$ conjecture in September 2018.
As a non-expert one stumbles a little earlier than necessary over the introductory paragraphs of Scholze/Stix' paper:

While Masser-Oesterlé's Conjecture 1 (the $abc$ conjecture itself) is explicitly given and quite easy to understand, it's not at all clear (to the non-expert) what Vojta's height inequality says, and why and in which sense Conjecture 1 is a special case of it.

Please help me to see why and how the $abc$ conjecture is a special
case of Vojta's height inequality for the projective line
$\mathbb{P}^1_\mathbb{Q}$ with respect to the divisor $D = 0 + 1 + \infty$*.

What especially do for, with respect to, and divisor $D = 0 + 1 + \infty$ mean in this context?
(Please assume that I know what the projective line $\mathbb{P}^1_\mathbb{Q}$ is.)


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Opera singer Richard Scott explores opera through the prism of various themes – politics, power, greed, the abominable, magic, lust, comedy. Today: the inspiration of disease.
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Map of Native American Land Cessions and Reservations to 1858. In "Territorial Imperative: How Minnesota Became the 32nd State," by Rhoda Gilman (Making Minnesota Territory 1849-1858; Minnesota Historical Society Press, 1999).
The Treaty of Washington (1855) is a milestone in the history of Ojibwe people in Minnesota. The agreement ceded a large portion of Ojibwe land to the U.S. government and created the Leech Lake and Mille Lacs reservations.
The U.S. government acquired most Ojibwe land in eastern Minnesota in the Treaties of St. Peters (1837) and La Pointe (1854). In early 1855, it began planning a new treaty to buy most of the remaining Ojibwe land in the territory's north-central woods.
Traders like Henry Rice supported a new treaty because it would help pay off the debts they claimed the Ojibwe owed. Rice had invested in the lumber industry and stood to profit from logging on Ojibwe land. He claimed, however, that the treaty would mostly benefit the Ojibwe. According to Rice, they were "starving" as hunters and gatherers and needed government aid to become farmers.
Thousands of Ojibwe, from different bands and with different interests, had attended the 1854 negotiations at La Pointe, making it difficult for U.S. representatives to get what they wanted. Commissioner of Indian Affairs George Manypenny did not want to repeat this situation in 1855. He instructed agent David Herriman to invite only a handful of Ojibwe leaders to Washington, DC, including Bagone-giizhig (Hole-in-the-Day the Younger) and Eshkibagikoonzh (Flat Mouth). They were not told the purpose of the visit—only that the government wished to discuss their lands in Minnesota.
The Mille Lacs band were upset about not being invited to the negotiations and sent their own delegation. Though it is unclear if they arrived in time, the terms of the final treaty applied to them.
Negotiations took place during three meetings held February 17–20. The U.S. government named Bagone-giizhig and Eshkibagikoonzh "head chiefs" and negotiators for the Ojibwe as a whole. Despite this, the delegations met separately and defended unique interests.
Manypenny argued that when the Ojibwe became farmers, they would have more land than they needed—land that the government wanted to buy. Bagone-giizhig and Eshkibagikoonzh replied that the Ojibwe would need support to transition to a farming economy and tried to negotiate a higher price.
They finally agreed that the Mississippi bands (including the Mille Lacs Ojibwe) would be paid $20,000 for twenty years. They would also receive $50,000 to pay debts and $10,000 in goods. The Pillager and Lake Winnibigoshish bands agreed to similar terms. Both parties assumed that the Ojibwe would continue to hunt and fish in the ceded territory.
Although the Mille Lacs band already lived on land ceded in 1837, they wanted their own permanent reservation, like those set aside in the 1854 Treaty of La Pointe. The 1855 treaty created this reservation on the southern side of Lake Mille Lacs. It set aside a second reservation at Leech Lake for the Pillager band.
To the Ojibwe negotiators, the treaty may have seemed the best of a limited number of options. Treaty payments had become crucial for the Ojibwe economy. Reservations reduced Ojibwe land but came with a promise that the people would not have to abandon their homes. Some Ojibwe leaders saw the reservation system as a way to protect a small part of their land from whiskey sellers, immigrants, and lumber companies.
Not all Ojibwe were happy with the treaty, which had been signed far away by a handful of leaders. Because it promised payments and land to these few, some Ojibwe felt the leaders had put personal gain ahead of their people. A group of Pillager warriors became so angry with Eshkibagikoonzh that they killed the horse he had ridden to the negotiations.
The 1855 treaty marked a turning point for the Ojibwe in Minnesota. Afterwards, having lost the majority of their land, they lived mostly on reservations. They relied more than ever on treaty payments that were often late or even stolen by Indian agents. More land was opened to logging, making it harder to survive by hunting and fishing alone.
The treaty divided reservations into individual plots that were supposed to become family farms. Many Ojibwe, however, were forced to sell their land to survive, or lost it to dishonest traders and officials. The Leech Lake and Mille Lacs bands faced an ongoing struggle to hold onto their lands that continued into the twentieth century.
Stone, Andrew. "Treaty of Washington, 1855." MNopedia, Minnesota Historical Society. http://www.mnopedia.org/event/treaty-washington-1855 (accessed January 20, 2022).
First published: April 6, 2015
Erlinder, Peter. "The Anishinabe Nation's 'Right to a Modest Living' From the Exercise of Off-Reservation Usufructuary Treaty Rights…in All of Northern Minnesota."
http://minnesota.publicradio.org/features/2010/04/documents/treatyrights.pdf
Kugel, Rebecca. To Be the Main Leaders of Our People: A History of Minnesota Ojibwe Politics 1825–1898. East Lansing, MI: Michigan State University Press, 1998.
Documents Relating to the Negotiation of Ratified and Unratified Treaties with Various Tribes of Indians, 1801–1869
United States Bureau of Indian Affairs
Description: Documents from the National Archives in Washington, DC regarding treaty negotiations. Among other documents, the collection contains a letter from Henry C. Gilbert (roll 5, pp. 133–136) discussing the negotiations at La Pointe in 1854.
McClurken, James M. Fish in the Lakes, Wild Rice, and Game in Abundance: Testimony on Behalf of Mille Lacs Ojibwe Hunting and Fishing Rights. East Lansing, MI: Michigan State University Press, 2000.
"Minnesota v. Mille Lacs Band of Chippewa Indians." Legal Brief. Cornell University Law School Legal Information Institute.
http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/97-1337.ZS.html
Oklahoma State University Digital Library. Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties. Treaty with the Chippewa, 1855.
https://dc.library.okstate.edu/digital/collection/kapplers/id/26526/
Transcription of the Record of the Negotiation and Signing of the Treaty of February 22, 1855. Washington, DC: N.p., 1855.
Minnesota Historical Society Call #: E99.C6 U8349 1855
Treaties Matter. Relations: Dakota & Ojibwe Treaties, 1855 Land Cession Treaty with the Ojibwe.
http://treatiesmatter.org/treaties/land/1855-ojibwe
Records of the Minnesota Superintendency of Indian Affairs, 1849–1856
Description: Records of the Minnesota Superintendency and its relations with the Ojibwe, Dakota, and Ho-Chunk (Winnebago). Subjects covered include treaties, annuity payments, administration of reservations, and management of traders and mission schools.
"Treaty with the Chippewa 1855." In Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties, edited and compiled by Charles J. Kappler. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1904.
Alfton, John. Henry Mower Rice. Mixed Material [1932].
Minnesota Historical Society Call # F 605.1 R43 A78 1932.
Cleland, Charles. Preliminary Report of the Ethnohistorical Basis of the Hunting, Fishing, and Gathering Rights of the Mille Lacs Chippewa. Williamston, MI: Aurora Associates, 1994.
Erickson, Sue. Ojibwe Treaty Rights: Understanding and Impact. Odanah, WI: Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission, 2008.
Gilman, Rhoda R. "Territorial Imperative: How Minnesota Became the 32nd State." Minnesota History 56, no. 4 (Winter 1998–1999): 154–171.
Peacock, Thomas. Ojibwe Waasa Inaabidaa: We Look in All Directions. Afton, MN: Afton Historical Society Press, 2002.
Stalker, Rachel. Mille Lacs Band of Chippewa v State of Minnesota: An Example of the Interaction Between History and Law. Minnesota: N.p., [2002/2003].
Treuer, Anton. Ojibwe in Minnesota. St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2010.
——— . The Assassination of Hole-in-the-Day. St. Paul: Borealis Books, 2011.
Wingerd, Mary. North Country: The Making of Minnesota. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2010.
Treaties Matter. Relations: Dakota and Ojibwe Treaties, Treaty timeline.
http://treatiesmatter.org/treaties/timeline
Treaty of La Pointe, 1854
Bagone-giizhig (Hole-in-the-Day the Younger), 1825–1868
The Ojibwe: Our Historical Role in Influencing Contemporary Minnesota
In February of 1855, Mille Lacs Ojibwe leaders draw the boundaries of a reservation to be created for their band during the negotiation of a treaty with the U.S. in Washington, DC.
In the Treaty of St. Peters, the Ojibwe cede land in present-day northwestern Wisconsin and eastern Minnesota, including land surrounding Lake Mille Lacs. The treaty specifically guarantees the Ojibwe hunting and fishing rights in the ceded territory.
Septem-ber 1854
Thousands of Ojibwe and other interested parties, including trader Henry Rice, arrive at La Pointe to negotiate a new treaty.
Septem-ber 30, 1854
The Treaty of La Pointe is formally signed. It cedes Ojibwe land on the northern and western shores of Lake Superior to the U.S. government and creates the Fond du Lac and Grand Portage reservations.
Before the Treaty of La Pointe is formally ratified by the Senate, funding is approved in Congress for the Bureau of Indian Affairs to obtain the rest of the Ojibwe land in Minnesota Territory.
Indian Agent David Herriman is instructed by Commissioner George Manypenny to assemble small delegations of "chiefs" from the Leech Lake Pillager and Mississippi River Ojibwe bands and send them to Washington.
Late January 1855
The Mississippi River Ojibwe delegation leaves for Washington. It includes Bagone-giizhig, Iaweshowewekesik, Quewesansish, and Wandekaw.
After learning that they have not been invited to the new negotiations, the Mille Lacs Ojibwe formally complain to Governor Willis Gorman. They send their own delegation to Washington with Clement Beaulieu acting as interpreter.
The Pillager delegation, including Eshkibagikoonzh, Pishake, Naybunacaush, and Maugegawbo and the Lake Winnibigosh leaders Migisi and Kawbemubbee passes through St. Paul on its way to Washington.
Negotiations begin in Washington, DC. Bagone-Giizhig and Eshkibagikoonzh serve as the main Ojibwe negotiators. Henry Rice, Paul Beaulieu, Clement Beaulieu, and Edward Ashman serve as interpreters.
The Treaty of Washington is signed.
Minnesota becomes the thirty-second state. The statehood act makes no mention of cancelling previous treaty agreements or guaranteed treaty rights.
The Mille Lacs band of Ojibwe files suit, declaring that they retain the hunting and fishing rights guaranteed by the 1837 Treaty of St. Peters.
The U.S. Supreme Court begins to hear oral arguments in the case of Minnesota v. Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe.
The Court decides in favor of the Mille Lacs Ojibwe, declaring that the hunting and fishing rights guaranteed in the 1837 Treaty of St. Peters (and unmentioned in the 1855 Washington treaty) are still in effect.


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Green Carpet of 140,000 recycled PET bottles to roll out at Tokyo International Film Festival
Recycling News September 24, 2012 plasticsinfomart
Teijin Limited, for the fifth consecutive year, has produced an eco-friendly Green Carpet made of PET (polyethylene terephthalate) bottles for the ecologically minded Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF), which will be held from October 20 to 28. The Green Carpet is made of Teijin Fibers' ECOPET recycled polyester fiber, which was produced from used PET bottles. Carpeting with a total area of 1,800m x 90cm, equivalent to about 51,000 recycled half-liter PET bottles, will be used, including a green carpet that will replace the conventional red carpet for the opening ceremony at the Roppongi Hills complex in central Tokyo.
Over the past five years, Teijin has produced 8,200m of carpet with ECOPET, equivalent to some 143,000 recycled half-liter PET bottles.The material will also be used for Green Coasters, which will be given away to customers of the Toei Subway in a TIFF promotional campaign. The company will also provide the festival with a number of other green items, including Green Ties,"Greenchief" handkerchiefs and Green Ribbons for guests, jackets for festival staffers and reusable eco-bags for guests at the Green Tie banquet.
The items have been produced with eco-friendly ECO CIRCLE FIBERS, which are chemically recycled fibers produced from used polyester products. The company adds, made with its proprietary ECO Circle closed-loop recycling system, the fibers offer the same high quality as fibers made directly from petroleum.
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Home advantage 'halved' for football teams playing in empty stadiums
National News / 17/08/2021 17/08/2021 / By Radio News Hub
Home advantage almost halved for football teams playing in front of an empty stadium, new research has found.
A study of professional matches across Europe during the pandemic – when fans were not allowed to attend games – found the home team scored fewer goals, won fewer points and were awarded fewer fouls without supporters cheering them on and influencing referees.
Researchers from Northumbria and Leeds universities found that the home side would accrue on average 0.39 more points per game than an away side if fans were present.
But that figure fell to 0.22 more points – almost halving – if the stadium was empty.
The home team with fans would score on average 0.29 goals more than the away side, falling to 0.15 goals more for games without supporters.
The study looked at statistics from almost 5,000 games played in the English Premier League and Championship, Germany's Bundesliga 1 and 2, Spain's La Liga 1 and 2 and Italy's Serie A and B, as well as the top Portuguese, Greek, Turkish, Austrian, Danish, Russian and Swiss leagues.
Referees awarded more fouls against the home side and gave far fewer yellow cards against away teams in empty stadia.
Lead author Dane McCarrick, from the University of Leeds' School of Psychology, said the pandemic allowed for an in-depth study of the age-old question.
He said: "This provided an unintentional, and unique, opportunity to examine one of the most talked about and empirically studied phenomena in professional team sport: the home advantage.
"This new knowledge reveals that in the most basic sense, fans attendance matters."
Dr Sandy Wolfson, a sport and exercise psychologist from Northumbria University's Department of Psychology, also worked on the study and said: "This is a really important investigation that contributes to the long-standing debate on the main reasons for the home advantage in sport – a worldwide phenomenon affecting team sports at all levels, from recreational to elite."
The study, Home Advantage During The Covid-19 Pandemic: Analyses Of European Football Leagues is published in the September issue of Psychology Of Sport And Exercise.
Content provided by Radio NewsHub. Originally published on 2021-08-17 17:35:00.


Thanks to Mdm Samm of Sew We Quilt! and Marlene of Stitchin By The Lake hop cheerleader! Also thanks to Amy Bradley for designing this cute little pattern for this hop.
I struggled with this project a little. I couldn't decide on a background and then again on the attaching binding. Binding is not my favorite thing because I'm so bad at it. You'd think after all this time quilting I'd have it down already but I never bind my quilts. I avoid it. With this little quilt I give it a try (again) and well the results were less than desirable.
Watching some tutorials I hard time flipping the image in my head and making my hands do what I just saw.
These were the best pictures I could get. It was gloomy most of the day and difficult to get the lighting right. I'll try again and if I can get a better photo I'll update.
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Thank you, sew glad you stopped by!
I love your choices here….nicely done!
Your welcome and thank you for your lovely comment and for stopping by!
absoutely gorgeous grey gracie. Wonderful work, thenks for sharing!
Great work Theresa! I'm left handed too and some things are difficult to figure out sometimes. Thanks for sharing!
I like her! Nicely done.
Your welcome and thank you for stopping by!
That sounds kinda like making a pillow case. That I've done so I can kinda see that. May have to give that a try on a mini quilt that is not a challenge project. Thanks for you comment and for stopping by.
Love your colors…great job…thanks for sharing with us.
Lately I've been seeing more quilting projects done in shades of black and white and I'm really liking it! I love your little quilt, so cute! And I sympathize with your lefty problem, my son is a lefty and growing up he had some difficulties with certain tasks. I'm actually doing a reproduction quilt now that has no binding. Once I get the top done, I don't even want to mention how long I've been working on it, you just sandwich the top, batting and backing and sew around, turn right side out and then quilt. I haven't tried this yet so I can't tell you how it works. But I imagine on a smaller quilt it might work nicely.
You did a great job. I love the choice of fabrics. Very cute.
Oh, I love it in black and white! The tiara and those shiny glasses are great!!!
Love the crown! I also love the color.
lol, and I change my mind a lot! Thanks for so much for stopping by!
lol, me too. I could get back the stomach I had before kids! Thanks so much and for stopping by and making me laugh!
Yep, it's a tiara! Thanks and thanks for stopping by!
Thanks! Thanks for stopping by too!
Thanks so much! I really don't like binding either, cause it's so hard to get right. The border fabric came from my stash. It is circuit boards. It's by Timeless Treasures. I bought it a really long time ago at a quilt shop while on vacation in Oklahoma.
Oh, you are so welcome! Thanks for the compliant and for stopping by!
Thanks! Actually I don't mind hand work but either way, hand or machine, I have trouble with binding. Thanks for stopping by!
Thanks! Sewing and beading the crown was a lot of fun!
Thanks so much for your words of encouragement. I think it is important to talk of our struggles as well as are successes. In blogland sometimes things seem so perfect. That's not reality.
The pictures came out fine, love it.


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The emperor goose (Anser canagicus), also known as the beach goose or the painted goose, is a waterfowl species in the family Anatidae, which contains the ducks, geese, and swans. It is blue-gray in color as an adult and grows to  in length. Adults have a black chin and throat, a pink bill, yellow-orange legs, and a white head, which often turns reddish-brown in summer. In the winter, the emperor goose lives in mudflats and coasts in Alaska and occasionally Canada and the contiguous United States. In the summer, it migrates northerly several hundred miles to arctic and sub-arctic climates, where older individuals breed monogamously. Nests are constructed in holes and built up with vegetation and feathers. Eggs hatch in late June and early July, and goslings leave the nest the day they hatch. The species is an omnivore, and makes vocalizations that are more nasal than those of other geese. Listed as near threatened by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, the species' population is declining due to threats such as pollution, hunting, and climate change.

Taxonomy
The emperor goose was described in 1802 as Anas canagica. Its type locality is Kanaga Island, which is located in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska. The species has sometimes been classified in the genus Chen and less commonly in its own genus, Philacte.

Description

APPEARANCE

The emperor goose has a stout blue-gray body, with spots of black and white, which cause it to have a "scaled appearance". Its head and the back of its neck are white and tinged with amber-yellow; unlike the snow goose, the white does not extend to the front of the neck.

The goose is also characterized by a black chin and throat, a white tail, a pink bill, which is tipped with white, and yellow-orange legs and feet. The underside of the emperor goose's wings is gray, unlike the snow goose, which has black and white on the underside of its wings. The head of adults frequently turns to a reddish-brown color in summer, due to its feeding in tidal pools with iron oxide.

Goslings (i.e. young shortly after hatching) are grayish-white colored; unlike adults, their bill is black. Goslings are also distinguished from adults by having gray, brown, or black feet and an area of white surrounding the bill for the first three weeks after hatching.

Juveniles (i.e. immature specimens older than goslings) are mostly gray colored, with a small amount of white on their feathers. Younger juveniles have a dark head and neck, with their head being dusty-colored with patches of white. However, after October, their head and upper neck turn to mostly white, although they still have scattered darker feathers. By the first winter, juveniles have the same coloring and features as adults.

MEASUREMENTS AND WEIGHT

Adult males grow to a total length of  and females .

Other measurements in males, sampled from four specimens in Alaska and California, include a  tarsus (lower leg), a  bill, and a  folded wing. These measurements are similar in females, but females have a slightly shorter folded wing of  based on two Alaskan individuals. The goose has a wingspan of . Because of its short wings, it flies slowly, requiring quick strokes.

Males weigh between  and . They have a mean weight of , while females have a mean weight of . The average weight of juveniles is  in males and  in females. Roughly 5–7.5 weeks after hatching, the goose averages a weight of  and  in males and females, respectively. It has a heavy body and short neck compared to other geese.

Behavior

The emperor goose is migratory, traveling north in the summer to breed and south for the winter. Unlike many goose species, which migrate thousands of miles, the emperor goose travels a few hundred miles for migration, usually about  to . Breeding birds molt near the breeding colonies, but geese unsuccessful with breeding move to either St. Lawrence Island or the Chukchi Peninsula to molt prior to the main southerly migration for winter.

BREEDING

The breeding season starts in late June in Russia, but begins a few weeks earlier in Alaska, generally between 20 May and 3 June. Only individuals three years or older will mate. A monogamous species, female emperor geese have a single mate throughout their life and only mate with any other male if their mate dies. The species molts from late July to early August and leaves its breeding grounds later than any other species.

The emperor goose breeds on tundra, building its nests in areas  or closer to the coast. The nests are typically constructed in marshes. They are built as holes in the ground without containing nesting material, but are later built up with vegetation, such as leaves, and feathers, which the female plucks from herself.

The species usually lays 4–6 eggs, but it can lay anywhere from 2 to 8; eggs are often laid in the nests of other emperor geese families. Eggs measure  by  on average, with an elliptical shape and a smooth shell. They are initially white colored, but become speckled with stains from their nest. Egg incubation, usually lasting 24 days, is performed only by females.

According to The Game Birds of California, a 1918 book, surveys of the species' nests showed that the male did not stay with the nest. However, the Beardsley Zoo says that although the male does not help build the nest, it defends it. The eggs hatch in late June and early July. Exhibiting precociality, young are able to walk and swim hours after hatching, as well as feed themselves. They typically vacate the nest the same day as their hatching, although they do not wander far from their parents until after two months. Young can fly once 50−60 days old. 10% of emperor geese remain alive after their first year.

Individuals of the species usually only interact with their family; however, larger flocks collect during the breeding season and the molting season. It is one of the most unsocial goose species; the only goose less social than it is the black brant. It stays low when flying, usually keeping below  above the ground and often coming close to touching the ground with its wings.

DIET

In the summer, the species' diet consists of vegetation, such as shoots, roots, and berries, while in the winter it primarily eats bivalve molluscs (which it uses its sense of touch to catch) and algae.

Unlike other goose species, its diet mostly consists of animals, causing its flesh to have a strong flavor. When living near water, it eats at the edge of water bodies, which has given it the name "Beach Goose". If the species feels threatened, it goes into a body of water and swims away until the threat is a safe distance from it.

VOCALIZATIONS

Its vocalizations, according to Edward William Nelson, sound like "kla-ha, kla-ha, kla-ha", and can be differentiated from those of other geese by having a more "nasal" sound. It vocalizes less often than other geese, such as the white-fronted goose.

LIFESPAN

Although the species can live to age 25 in captivity, it reaches age 12 in the wild.

Habitat, Distribution, Population, Conservation status and Threats

HABITAT AND DISTRIBUTION

During the summer, the emperor goose lives in arctic and subarctic climates in the Bering Sea, around Alaska and a small part of north-east Russia. Its habitats in this season include freshwater pools, inland lakes, and coastal lagoons. 90% of specimens nest on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta. In the winter, after its southerly migration, it lives primarily among the Aleutian Islands, as well as on the Alaska Peninsula and the Kodiak Island. It sometimes spends winters in Canada and rarely as far south as northwestern California. Areas in California the species has been found living in, as of 1918, include Humboldt Bay, Gridley, Davis, Rio Vista, Colusa County, Ingomar, Modesto, and Dixon. Its habitats are mudflats and rocky shores in the winter, in areas free of ice, and tundra wetlands in the summer. Its extent of occurrence is estimated to be .

POPULATION

As of August 2017, the emperor goose's population is increasing slowly. In 1879, the emperor goose was found by Edward William Nelson to be abundant along the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta.

In 1923, however, Arthur Cleveland Bent observed much fewer specimens, and reported that the population had decreased over the past 30 years prior to that. Bent said that "large numbers are killed each year and their eggs taken by the natives, even within the limits of what is supposed to be a reservation", which was a major reason for the goose's decrease in population. In 1964, the goose's population was 139,000, which decreased to 42,000 in 1986.

The population subsequently increased, with its population having been 85,000 in 2002 and over 98,000 in 2015; According to the emperor goose's entry on the Red List of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), which was entered on 1 October 2016, the total population of the emperor goose is decreasing.

However, it also said that the trend is not clear and it is increasing in parts of North America. Julian Fischer, a wildlife biologist, said in a news article published in August 2017, that the population has been experiencing a slow, steady increase.

He stated that the population had over doubled in size from the early 1980s, and that it may be as large as 170,000.

CONSERVATION STATUS AND THREATS

Although the reasons for the emperor goose's population decline are not well known, it is believed to be threatened by oil pollution, hunting, and climate change.

Other factors contributing to the species' population decline include competing with the cackling goose for food and the preying of goslings. The emperor goose is listed as near threatened on the IUCN Red List and rated 14 out of 20 on the Continental Concern Score. The 2016 State of North America's Birds' Watch List, a list of threatened birds that have no major conservation actions taking place for them, includes the emperor goose.

Due to its low population in the 1980s, recreational and subsistence hunts closed for the goose in 1986 and 1987, respectively. However, 30 years later, hunts became legal again after the population grew significantly. In 2015, the Alaska Migratory Bird Co-Management Council suggested for hunting of the bird to be allowed if the population were to grow to a certain number. On 2 April 2017, subsistence hunting was allowed for the emperor goose, with hunters able to kill an unlimited number of geese. In fall 2017, emperor geese were allowed to be hunted for recreational purposes by locals of Alaska with a permit, with a limit of one bird per person.

In 2018, hunters who were not residing in Alaska were permitted to hunt the geese with a permit. However, the species cannot be hunted anywhere in the contiguous United States.

References

External links

 Emperor Goose videos, pictures, and sounds from the Internet Bird Collection

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