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Snake Eyes from G.I. Joe
Ray Park plays Snake Eyes in the new live action G.I. Joe movie. Here's Snake Eyes with his glock and sword drawn.
Rating: 4.3 / 5.0
27 Dresses Picture
Katherine Heigl stars in 27 Dresses. Here's an image of her from the movie, alongside handsome costar James Marsden.
Watson, Holmes, and Adler
Jude Law, Robert Downey Jr. and Rachel McAdams pause before getting into a fight with the baddies in Sherlock Holmes.
Jennifer Connelly Photo
Here's a picture of Jennifer Connelly from the movie Reservation Road. It's receiving Oscar talk.
How to Train Your Dragon concept poster
Promotional poster for Dreamworks' How to Train Your Dragon, featuring concept artwork for the film.
Three Panel Clash of the Titans Poster
Poster for the remake of Clash of the Titans, featuring several scenes from the film, notably the scorpion attack (center panel).
Will Turner Photo
Here's an image of a pirate, and a good man. His name is Will Turner, son of Bootstrap Bill.
Gloucestermen
George Clooney and Mark Wahlberg star in The Perfect Storm (2000), a movie detailing the storm that killed a boat full of fishermen from Gloucester, Mass., in 1991.
Shrek and Fiona
The happy couple
Christina Sings Her Heart Out
Christina Aguilera stars in Burlesque.
Monty Python Picture
The gang from Monty Python gather for a still from Monty Python's The Meaning of Life. The gang will get back together for a new film, entitled Absolutely Anything.
The Crystal Skull!
Indiana Jones has found something in this photo. Might it be that much-discussed crystal skull?!?
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I am still good friends with my two college roommates although we live in different states and haven't been in the same room in years. This weekend I explained to them why I had quit drinking (i.e. about my alcoholism). Turns out that one of them is also an alcoholic as well. I knew she had quit drinking too and suspected perhaps she had her issues but she confirmed them when I outed myself. We all used to party quite a bit back in college; it seems strange that two of us have stopped and the third hardly drinks much at all.
They were both amazingly supportive. My friend did not get sober through AA, but she knows I am in the program and if she ever needs an introduction, she knows who to call.
Oh wow your situations today are of no coincidence. Your paths were meant to cross and there is purpose for this experience.
Hope you are having a great sober week at the Cape. I haven't progressed to the point of discussing this with my friends but very well may with some of them on Tuesday when we get together for book club. Our hostess for the month plans to keep the margaritas flowing in honor of the fourth. I am preparing myself for this and hoping for the best.
Over ten months! Wow! I haven't stopped by your blog for awhile -- how marvelous to browse your posts and see the blessings of recovery becoming facts of your life. Congratulations!
Ah, old friends. Most of mine are dead. Glad you are here.
Doesn't it make you feel great inside when you come clean like that with an old friend? And listen to you, saying she knows who to call for AA!! You have certainly come a long way, gal!! I'm proud of you!
P.S. I bartended this weekend for a friend's wedding! When I got home I got on my knees and thanked God for keeping me sober yet another day!!
i've just read your entire blog. The reason I think I can relate to it so much is because of the amount of times you've picked yourself back up, and continue to pursue the sober life you want. I'm at a point in my life that I cannot imagine being sober for 10 months. I'm having trouble making it through today. And, at 28, I am happy to realize that I may need a change.
Blah, blah. The point, as I sit here w/my diet ginger ale & light cranberry juice (thank you so much for this little jewel), is that I find hope in your story. I find that not being perfect is part of this journey. And I can see that there is happiness in not drinking. Thanks for your blog, and I hope you keep writing. I think you're quite an inspiration.
I know. I found a lot of people I used to drink with didn't drink 'normally' either. Birds of a feather.


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FEATURE-Kenyan slum seeks to turn sewage into gold with recycling plant
Tuesday, 31 January 2017 22:00 GMT
A new facility that will turn sewage into clean water and waste into power could help Kibera's youth set up businesses
KIBERA, Kenya, Jan 31 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Abdullahi Ibrahim's dream to set up a fruit-juice business has so far been thwarted by water scarcity in Kenya's biggest slum, Kibera.
But the 19-year-old is confident a reliable water supply - which he sees as a basic need - will be available one day, enabling him to open up shop.
His ambition could get a boost as soon as March, when a sewage treatment plant under construction in the east of the slum, home to around a quarter of a million people in southwest Nairobi, is due to start operating.
The plant is being built by ASTICOM K Ltd, a Kenyan company that specialises in waste recycling, with $12.7 million in funding from the multi-donor Climate Technology Initiative.
ASTICOM CEO Leah Tsuma said the plant will be the first in Africa to both purify sewage into clean water and convert solid waste into power.
"Accessing water and electricity is a big problem for us slum dwellers," said Ibrahim. "I am looking to this recycling plant for things to change."
In the absence of a water treatment system, groups of traders have taken over Kibera's water supply.
Even for those still connected to the city council water network like Robert Akim, a clerk at the Kibera Constituency Office, unexpected rationing leaves them at the mercy of the private suppliers.
"The whole slum is messy because the cartels do not do their job as expected," said Akim. "They control the supply of water, energy and waste management."
The new plant, whose construction began in November on a 5-acre (2-hectare) plot of land donated by a local housing co-operative, could help bust their monopoly.
Two drainage canals running through the slum will channel waste water to the plant, while young people will be awarded contracts to supply solid waste, said project leader Tsuma.
The plant's planned power capacity is 8 megawatts of electricity, which will be generated using biogas from solid waste. It also aims to produce 6,000 tonnes of methane per year that will be sold for cooking.
Treated water will be provided free to Kibera residents, Tsuma added.
The plant's purification technology uses anaerobic digestion where raw sewage is collected in a big tank, and then filtered and taken through a chemical process to remove harmful bacteria.
The solid waste in the sewage water will be used to make biogas, while the liquid part is purified, Tsuma said.
"Even the bad smell is removed, and so clean drinking water is generated," she explained.
BOOST FOR YOUTH
Stephen Ogolla, laundry manager at the Human Needs Project, a community enterprise in Kibera town centre, said the plant would help create work for thousands of youth.
The biggest opportunity will be for them to invest in their own businesses since water will be provided free to Kibera's inhabitants, while those living within a 1 km radius of the plant will also benefit from free electricity.
A laundry, for example, consumes lots of water and electricity, Ogolla said. His own, serving local people, uses up to 10,000 litres of water per day.
"The plant can help close the water shortage gap in Kibera," he added.
A self-help group working in Kenya's slums, Ray of Hope for Waste Management within Communities (ROMCO), said some 75,000 tonnes of waste are generated in Kibera slum every year, the equivalent of around 205 tonnes per day.
ROMCO treasurer Steve Ochieng' said access to energy would enable young people to start businesses like beauty salons, welding shops and even cyber cafes.
"Kibera is a big area, with many different kinds of opportunities," he said.
ENVIRONMENTAL FEARS
But the project has sparked some health concerns. Pastor Mathew Kalulu, chairman of the Kibera Udongo Housing Cooperative Society, said his organisation had heard fears that transportation of waste to the plant could lead to littering of nearby roads.
And convincing people that water purified from the sewage canals is safe to drink could prove difficult since "it is really filthy at the source", he said.
"People are also concerned about emissions that may be produced by the chemical processes in the factory," Kalulu added.
John Paul Malawi, Nairobi County environmental officer, said the waste recycling project would be guided by law, including regulations covering any by-products that may be toxic.
"I want Kibera people to know that, as the protector of the environment, we are keenly following the project so that it does not have any adverse effects," said Malawi.
(Reporting by Kagondu Njagi; editing by Megan Rowling. Please credit the Thomson Reuters Foundation, the charitable arm of Thomson Reuters, that covers humanitarian news, climate change, resilience, women's rights, trafficking and property rights. Visit http://news.trust.org/climate)
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Elderland
by Mike_I_am
- INTRODUCTION -
- MAP -
CHAPTER ONE: NOMAD (1/3)
CHAPTER TWO: TRIUMPH (1/5)
CHAPTER THREE: SMOKE (1/4)
CHAPTER FOUR: REALM (1/4)
CHAPTER FIVE: LEGACY (1/5)
CHAPTER SIX: IMPERIUM (1/5)
CHAPTER SEVEN: ASYLUM (1/4)
CHAPTER EIGHT: SHADOW (1/4)
CHAPTER NINE: HEX (1/3)
CHAPTER TEN: FUGITIVE (1/4)
CHAPTER ELEVEN: SLUMBER (1/4)
CHAPTER TWELVE: WARD (1/4)
CHAPTER THIRTEEN: TRIAL (1/3)
CHAPTER FOURTEEN: SOVEREIGN (1/4)
CHAPTER FIFTEEN: BREAK (1/4)
CHAPTER SIXTEEN: ABYSS (1/4)
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: LURK (1/4)
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: ARK (1/5)
CHAPTER NINETEEN: PURGE (1/4)
CHAPTER TWENTY: EXILE (1/4)
Manhattan, 1929. The City is on its knees following a devastating crash in the stock market. Thanks to the Prohibition, criminals are making a killing off illegal bars while thousands of honest labourers can't find a single day's work. And in the Bo...
#1920s #adventure #christmas #creatures #darkfantasy #fantasy #greatdepression #historical #historicalfiction #legend #magic #monsters #myth #newyork #poc #prohibition #roaringtwenties #veteran #war #warlock #wattys2019 #wizard #ww1
The two men talked long into the night, though it was Sol who did most of the talking. Ramgor asked him question after question, hungry for every mundane little detail he could learn about Sol's way of life. Sol rarely managed to answer one question without the captain butting straight in with another, but he was happy to oblige if it kept Ramgor from sending word to the Emperor of his whereabouts.
There was another benefit to keeping Ramgor entertained, however.
For as long as Sol continued to talk, the captain continued to drink... and whatever the bright green substance in his tusk was, it seemed to be making him more than a little merry. His blinking had become heavy and his speech had started to slur. He laughed loudly at things which were not funny, but Sol laughed along with him regardless.
"You are a funny being, Sol!" wheezed Ramgor after Sol had explained the purpose of postage stamps. "This world of yours is a remarble... remarkable place... I wish so much that I could see it... but this... this is the closest I will ever get..."
"If I ever come back," Sol said, "maybe I could bring you a film."
"A film? What is that?"
"It's a moving picture. You project it onto a screen and you could see my world just like you were right there."
Ramgor pointed a greasy finger at him. "That sounds like magic... I hope you're not lying to me..."
"I'm not lying, I promise."
"Then I want to see it! You must bring this film to me! Promise me you will bring it to me!"
"I will... if the Emperor doesn't kill me first, that is."
Ramgor's smile slipped. He stared at Sol for a long time. There was no hint of humour in his eyes. "I have enjoyed you so far, human... Don't ruin it now."
Sol said nothing.
"I think... it is time I slept." With some effort, Ramgor pushed himself to his feet and staggered to the far end of the room where his enormous bed awaited. "In the morning... I will inform... the Emper..." He collapsed onto the mattress and went quiet.
Sol sat there in his net, rocking back and forth with the movement of the ship.
"Captain?" he said.
A long silence followed before he was answered by an almighty snore.
Sol gripped the netting with both hands and pulled with all his might. He could get his head through easily enough, but his broad shoulders didn't stand a chance. After several exhausting efforts, he slumped back with a sigh and regathered his strength. He looked to the top of the net where the hook held him aloft, and he started to climb.
The higher he went, the narrower the space in the net became. When he had climbed as high as he could, he tried to reach up to grab the hook, but it was still a couple of feet out of reach. He swore. Even if he could get his hands on it, there was no way he'd be able to push the net high enough over the hook to free himself. It was a good six feet long, at least. He climbed back down, sweat collecting on his brow... but he soon stopped.
His net had rotated, bringing him face to face again with the giant fish.
He looked back at Ramgor's bed where the captain's snores were growing louder.
He turned back to the fish.
"Alright..." he said.
With both hands gripping the net, he leaned backwards then immediately forwards. The net swayed slightly. He leaned back again, synchronising his movement with that of the net to amplify its momentum.
Forward and back.
The net was swinging nicely now, back and forth towards the giant fish, inching closer and closer.
"Come on..." Sol muttered. He reached one arm through the net, his fingers grasping mere inches from the dead creature's teeth. "Come on..."
He swung again, and this time he heard the whoosh of air as it whistled through the ropes. He poked his arm through, stretching for the fish. This time, his fingers touched one of the long teeth and he held on tight.
"Gotcha!"
The net tried to pull back, but Sol had himself firmly anchored. He pulled himself closer to the fish and grabbed another tooth with his free hand, careful not to grip too high as the tips of the teeth looked razor sharp... but that was exactly why he wanted them.
With a little effort, he managed to lift part of the net over one of the lower teeth so that the tooth was holding the net in place. Gripping the net with both hands, Sol began to move it up and down, using the tooth as a saw.
It didn't take long for one of the strands making up the rope to snap.
Encouraged, Sol began sawing faster. The rope was thick, but the tooth was sharp enough that it cut through half of it in next to no time. Sol slowed as he got down to the last few strands and took a firm grip on one of the teeth. With his other hand, he continued to cut the rope until at last it was severed.
"Thanks, friend," he said to the fish, and he let go. The net swung back, and this time Sol let its momentum die. When it had slowed, he glanced again at the snoring captain before slipping his feet through the damaged section of the net. He sat there for a moment and took a few long, deep breaths to steady his nerves, then eased his body through.
He held on very tight as he took the entire weight of his body into his hands outstretched above his head. He was outside of the net and hanging well over fifty feet above the ground. If the captain should wake up now, he thought...
He wasted no more time. He kicked his legs out and started to swing his body, trying to build up momentum again. It took him most of a minute to get a good swing going, by which time his fingers were starting to burn. He was losing strength in his arms, too, and didn't know how much longer he could hold on. He knew he may as well use up all his strength, however; he'd only get one shot at this.
When his arms and fingers could hold him no more, he thrust his legs out for one final kick and forced himself to let go. He tumbled backwards as he soared through the air, inadvertently pulling off a rather sloppy backflip as he plunged towards the big red armchair. He lost sight of it for a moment and could not tell if he was going to hit it or miss it, but before he knew what had happened, he landed with a whoomph on the padded chair. He rolled over several times before crashing into the chair's back where he came to an abrupt stop. He quickly got to his feet and scrambled up the arm to look at the captain's bed, relieved to see he was still fast asleep and snoring.
With the easy bit over, Sol hurried to the front of the chair and carefully eased himself over one corner. He wrapped his feet around the wooden leg and slid down slowly, as much to keep quiet as to keep from falling. He soon touched down on the floor, and with trembling legs, he made for the exit.
The door was closed, and Sol didn't need to look up to know there was no chance of reaching the handle... but he'd already decided on a different plan.
The gap under the door was not huge, but it was big enough that Sol thought he might be able to squeeze beneath it. He got down on his hands and knees and felt a cold draft on his face. The space was not even a foot tall. He lay down on his back and started to shuffle under, but it was extremely tight. There wasn't even enough room to turn his head and his chest was squashed flat against the bottom of the door. He didn't have far to go; the door was only a few feet thick... but the last thing he wanted was to get stuck halfway across. He couldn't go back, however, so he slid one foot out and tried to pull himself further under the door.
Progress was painfully slow, but inch by inch he advanced. When his head seemed to get wedged, claustrophobia started to set in. He tried to take a deep breath to calm himself, but his ribcage had no more room to expand and his panic doubled.
"Slow down," he told himself. "You're almost there."
He stretched one arm out and felt for the far side of the door. His fingertips found the edge and he managed to pull himself a little further. For every inch he managed, his grip improved and he found new strength. The pressure on his chest started to recede until, at last, he shuffled free and emerged onto the other side.


As you know all library users can make hold request to any book which is checked out by another user. After books returning to the Library, these items will be held behind the counter for 3 days until the users come to pick them up. Please note that these books are usually on greater user demand. If the Library allows requesters to have a longer pick up period, books will be idled longer at the Circulation Counter and other users cannot access and use these items within the period so that usage will be adversely affected. A balance between pick-up and usage needs to maintain.
In case you are not able to pick up a particular item on time, please feel free to contact Mr. Andrew Liu, Circulation Librarian, at 2616 8580 or email to andrewl@ln.edu.hk for a special arrangement in case no other users are on the waiting queue.


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Eurudge Events | Lost Orangery Wedding | Wiltshire | K + D
It is like an Italian garden in the middle of the English countryside. All that stone, the water and the lush, almost overgrown feeling to the gardens. It is inherently a very romantic place and one of my favourite spots for a wedding in the UK. I was over the moon to be booked for K + D's wedding at Euridge Events and their vision for a day with their favourite people in mind, absolutely matched my own. Stonebaked pizza, fireworks, flowers everywhere, drinks in the sun, a ceremony on the water and plenty of time to enjoy it all. Euridge Events, formerly The Lost Orangery, is a spectacular wedding venue, but the energy of these two and their family, made this day the most beautiful it could ever have been. Thank you K + D for letting me be part of it all.
Lifestyle Session With The Brand Stylist | Fiona Humberstone
There is no one in the creative industry that doesn't know who The Brand Stylist is. Fiona Humberstone is a force in her own right, inspiring, educating and elevating creative entrepreneurs all around the world. Her two books 'Style Your Brand' and 'Brand Brilliance' sits in the bookshelves of every female entrepreneur I know! For this lifestyle session in her own home, we created imagery for her online courses and an upcoming magazine feature.
London Wedding Photography at The Bingham | N + J
Sometimes you step into people's lives and you are hit by the realisation that there would have been another reality where you wouldn't have gotten to know these people. And you feel so lucky. It was like that when I met N and J in a London train station cafe. I knew I desperately wanted to photograph their wedding, planned around their love for their families. Their wedding took place at The Bingham in London, overlooking the Thames in a part of the city you feel completely surrounded by nature. I could honestly photograph these two all day. Thank you both for having me along on this absolutely gorgeous day!
London Couple Shoot
Press & Published
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Roche's Point Lighthouse, at the mouth of Cork Harbour.
I shot this from Camden Fort Meagher last weekend. It was a glorious day and as you can see the fort has a commanding view of the harbour!
More about the lighthouse can of course be read on Wikipedia.


BENNINGTON, VT – Bennington Holistic Healing Practitioners (BHHP) is proud to announce the 2nd annual wellness fair taking place on Saturday, April 27th from 11am-4pm at the Mount Anthony Country Club at 180 Country Club Drive in Bennington.
This event is free to the public and family-friendly! Attendance is encouraged by everyone who is interested in educating themselves on what health and wellness services are available to them throughout the Southern Vermont region and celebrating these options during this exciting day of events. Local practitioners and businesses from the area will be available to inform of their services, offer brief treatment sessions, and showcase products for sale.
2018's inaugural event at the same venue boasted over 500 attendees throughout the course of the event. This year's fair will once again include a variety of vendors, scheduled informative seminars by recognized professionals, mini-treatments and demonstrations, giveaways, lunch specials by The Grille at MACC and much more. Families can visit the RiseVT - Bennington County Kids Korner for a fun scavenger hunt, dance fitness, healthy snacks, Jeopardy and giveaways!
BHHP is grateful to our current sponsors of this event including the Bennington Banner, Southwestern Vermont Health Care and GVH Studio.
BHHP's mission is to provide the public with access to both traditional healthcare options and integrative/complimentary therapies. By collaboratively gathering and sharing information about these services and practitioners, this provides broader opportunities for selecting appropriate treatments and preventative approaches for healthy lifestyles and overall balanced wellness.
Interested vendors and sponsors – please contact Bennington Holistic Healing Practitioners by visiting www.BennHHP.org for more information or email info@bennHHP.org. Stay up to date by liking our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/BennHHP.


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Educational Trainings
Let us Breathe Forum, North Start Foundation.
https://twitter.com/LUIS_GOMEZ_/status/597200541937184768
¡Sí se Pudo! Yes We Can!
Successful Conclusion in Justice for Moraima Ortiz Campaign!
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/apr/21/immigrant-bronx-workers-fair-wage-battle
The Hand that Feeds!
http://nyf.org/in-labor-dispute-laundry-workers-center-leads-the-charge-and-helps-shape-the-story-the-guardian-reports/
Bronx Community College Students in Solidarity!
http://www.norwoodnews.org/id=17641&story=underpaid-restaurant-workers-stage-protest-outside-place-of-employment/
Workers Behind Ruthless and Effective Grassroots Campaigns Are Now on Trial for Racketeering
http://www.thenation.com/blog/201457/workers-behind-ruthless-and-effective-grassroots-campaigns-are-now-trial-racketeering
Workers alleging wage theft say picketing the surest path to justice
http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/1/6/wage-theft-workerrights.html
EMPOWERING MEMBERS THROUGH EDUCATION!
Celestino Pacheco, Laundry Workers Center, won today. He worked for one year without breaks, no overtime. Laundry Workers Center would like to thank our legal team Jeanne Mirer, Ria J and Rose Regina for their amazing work. Congratulations and the struggle continues!
FIGHTING AGAINST WAGE THEFT IN NYC AND NJ!
Laundry Workers Center would like to congratulate LWC member, Fernando Felix for reaching an agreement with his former employer on wage theft. Also, thank to Jeanne Mirer law Firm. The struggle continues!
FIGHTING AGAINST SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND WAGE THEFT!
http://www.eldiariony.com/noticiaslocalesmanhattan/article/20141020/Meseras-se-exponen-al-acoso-sexual-en-restaurantes
Channel 12-Bronx-Liberato Campaign
http://bronx.news12.com/news/former-workers-protest-at-liberato-restaurant-over-unjust-labor-conditions-unfair-pay-1.8406837
Kenny Bakery Campaign
Inwood Bakery Worker Was Paid Pittance for Grueling Shifts, Lawsuit ClaimsInwood Bakery Worker Was Paid Pittance for Grueling Shifts, Lawsuit Claimsox >>
Popular Democracy: Paid Sick Days in Newark, and the city council vote
"Hot and Crusty Workers Land Their Own 'Occupy Bakery' Documentary": New York Observer
"Immigrant workers at a bakery on the Upper East Side who successfully challenged their employers over unfair work conditions will have their story documented in an upcoming film."
"Hot and Crusty Film Featured in the New York Times": Waging Non-Violence
"As the debate over immigration reform continues in Washington, the victory of one group of mostly unauthorized workers is now in the national spotlight — demonstrating a direct-action path that unauthorized workers across the country could adopt to win rights both at work and in broader society."
"Occupy Bakery": New York Times
"Today, when the fastest growing job sectors are retail and food preparation, the struggles of low-income workers and their families matter more than ever. Turning these jobs into living-wage jobs while fixing our broken immigration system would lift millions out of poverty and benefit our entire economy by increasing consumption and tax revenue. Mr. López's story is part of a growing wave of low-wage and immigrant workers organizing across New York City and around the country that has the potential to spark this kind of change."
"Dirty Dishes: The Laundry Workers Center Aims to Make Another Workplace Cleaner": In These Times
Dishes workers reach out to The Laundry Workers Center to create a workplace justice campaign to better conditions at the 45th street location. "Dishes employees, part of a committee organizing with the Laundry Workers' Center...call for their colleagues' reinstatement and a fair settlement for what they say are years of owed overtime pay."
Reposted in The Bell
"NYS Minimum Wage Coalition Praises Path to Raise for Tipped Workers, Condemns 'Walmart Tax Break' ": Press Release put out by the NYS Minimum Wage Coalition
"Labor, business, community, religious and policy groups from around the state reacted to the agreement by the legislature and Governor Cuomo to increase New York's minimum wage over the next three years, as part of the state budget being voted on this week."
"New York State Minimum Wage Coalition Welcomes Reported Agreement to Raise New York's Minimum Wage": Raise the Minimum Wage
"Labor, community, religious and policy groups from around the state welcomed today's reported agreement to increase in New York's minimum wage, which will raise the state's minimum wage from $7.25 per hour to $9.00 per hour over the next three years." This is a campaign that LWC is involved with.
"A New Face of the New Labor Movement": Waging Non-Violence
"Last month, Lopez and his co-workers at the Hot and Crusty on 63rd St. won a suspenseful and highly atypical 11-month labor campaign. The battle pitted 23 foreign-born restaurant workers, supported by a volunteer organizing center and members of Occupy Wall Street, against a corporate restaurant chain backed by a multimillion dollar private equity investment firm. The campaign itself was filled with enough twists, betrayals and finally triumphs to be the subject of an upcoming documentary, Cafe Wars. Yet the story of Mahoma Lopez's own year-long evolution from an employee to an organizer exemplifies the new, dynamic direction of the U.S. labor movement that appears to be on the brink of resurgence."
"Ex-Hot and Crusty Workers Win Battle Uptown, but Still Fighting Downtown": The Local East Village in collaboration with the New York Times
The new owners of a former Hot and Crusty on 63rd Street have agreed to rehire employees who picketed the store this summer. But the battle isn't over at a former Hot and Crusty on 14th Street, where at least one worker claims management continues to threaten employees.
"Hot and Crusty Bakery Workers Seal the Deal on Unionization": Yes!
"After 55 days on the picket line, the workers of the Manhattan restaurant and bakery Hot and Crusty celebrated a precedent-making collective bargaining agreement at a rally and press conference Friday, November 16."
"Hot and Crusty Workers Return to Work With a Union and 3 Year Contract": NB Media Co-op
"After a two-month campaign to protest the August 31 closing of the Hot and Crusty restaurant/bakery on 63rd Street and Second Avenue in Manhattan, workers announced that they have come to an agreement with the new ownership of the store, following several weeks of negotiations with investors Anthony Illuzzi and David Kaye."
"Historic Victory for Immigrant Workers": Workers World
"The slogan "Dare to struggle, dare to win" was validated Oct. 26 when the courageous immigrant workers in the Hot and Crusty Workers Association (HACWA) won a hard-fought, 11-month struggle for a collective bargaining agreement. After a 55-day strike at the H&C store on East 63rd Street, the workers won a precedent-setting three-year contract that includes a wage increase, paid vacation and sick time, union hiring hall, and seniority, grievance and arbitration procedures."
"NYC Unions Back Hot and Crusty Workers at Labor/Immigrant Rights Solidarity Rally": The Internationalist
"On Thursday, October 18, one hundred union, immigrant rights, student and community activists came out to the "Labor/Immigrant Rights Rally in Solidarity with the Hot and Crusty Workers." Midtown Manhattan's rush hour was the backdrop to a boisterous outpouring of support to the immigrant restaurant workers who have been on the picket line for 50 days after the old owner closed the 63rd Street restaurant on August 31st in reprisal for the workers organizing their union, the Hot and Crusty Workers Association.
"Victory at Hot and Crusty: New York's low-wage workers continue to organize": The New York City Independent Media Center "This is a historic victory for low-wage and immigrant workers and would not have been possible without the grassroots organizing of the Laundry Workers Center and a broad coalition of support, including Occupy Wall Street, various labor unions, workers centers and community-based organizations."
"Hot And Crusty Bakery Employees Go From Lockout To Victory In One Week": The Village Voice Blogs about Labor
"In one of the most remarkable underdog stories in recent labor history, 23 low-wage restaurant workers at a Hot and Crusty Bakery location on the Upper East Side have won a surprising victory. The bakery's owners closed it August 31 after the workers successfully formed a union, but the workers fought back, briefly taking over the bakery on its last day and maintaining a 24-hour picket and street cafe through the following week. Saturday, it was announced that new owners had taken over the bakery, and had signed binding promises to repoen the bakery within 15 days, rehire its workers, recognize their union, and institute a hiring hall, giving the workers control over the hire of new employees."
" 'Hot and Crusty' Workers Show the Way": The Internationalist
"A groundbreaking and potentially historic step forward has been taken by immigrant workers in NYC's food industry with today's announcement by the Hot and Crusty Workers Association (HCWA) that bakery workers on Manhattan's Upper East Side have prevailed against an employer lockout aimed at stopping their unionization drive."
"Restaurant Union Workers Win Historic Victory in New York City": AlterNet
"The restaurant workers who were fired and locked out of their store for organizing a union have won after a week of escalating protests outside the Manhattan cafe. Saturday afternoon, the owner declared that he had bowed to the workers demands to repoen the store, rehire all the workers and recognize their newly formed union, an insppiring labor victory at a time when many are attacking the power of unions."
"Bakery Workers Occupy Hot & Crusty When Owner Closes It Down Rather Than Allow Union": The Village Voice Blogs about Labor
"Friday was the last day that the Hot & Crusty bakery on 63rd and 2nd Avenue was scheduled to be open. Instead, employees and their supporters took the store over briefly Friday afternoon before police moved in, emptying the shop and arresting six people. The owners had announced their intention to close the shop two weeks ago, shortly after a supermajority of the 23 employees, working with the Laundry Workers Center, voted to form an independent association and filed with the National Labor Relations Board."
"Occupying a Union-Buster": Labor Notes
"Protesters occupied a Hot & Crusty restaurant in midtown Manhattan on Friday, August 31, to prevent the owners from busting the newly formed Hot and Crusty Workers Association by shutting down the store...Last May, workers voted to form the Hot and Crusty Workers Association after months of organizing with the Laundry Workers Center to try to win the most basic improvements in pay, benefits, and working conditions."
"New York Bakery Workers Fight Closure, Occupy Store": Labor Notes
"Workers at the New York City bakery Hot and Crusty...storm[ed] one of the chain's Manhattan locations this afternoon—and refus[ed] to leave. The occupation came 11 days after owners announced they were closing the 63rd Street store. Workers condemned the closure as retaliation for union organizing...The mostly immigrant workforce was joined by dozens of activists from Occupy Wall Street and the recently formed Laundry Workers Center, occupying the Upper East Side store for two hours before police ejected the occupiers."
"A Building 'Lost in Translation' ": Translated to Voices of NY; originally printed in El Diario La Prensa
"A language barrier may be partly to blame for dangerous and unpleasant conditions at an Inwood apartment building, El Diario La Prensa reported. The Cantonese-speaking landlord has racked up 421 housing code violations, and tenants complain about leaking water, cracks in ceilings and windows, and a cut off gas supply. City officials say the landlord's very limited English may account for her confusion about city regulations."
"Workers Win Historic Election for Union Representation at New York Restaurant Chain Hot and Crusty": Infoshop News
"Workers at the 63rd street location of Hot and Crusty restaurant voted yesterday to certify an independent union, the Hot and Crusty Workers Association, with 20 of 22 eligible employees submitting their vote at the National Labor Relations Board."
"Workers Win Union Representation Election at New York Restaurant Chain 'Hot and Crusty' ": Fight Back! News
"Workers at the 63rd Street location of Hot and Crusty restaurant voted May 23 to certify an independent union, the Hot and Crusty Workers Association, with 20 of 22 eligible employees submitting their vote at the National Labor Relations Board."
"A Disaster Waiting to Happen: HPD's Proactive Preservation Program Saves Derelict Buildings One at a Time": The New York Observer
"It's been six weeks since the apartment building at 2 Thayer Street in Washington Heights had gas or hot water—ConEd shut it off as a safety precaution because of leaks in the pipes. The walls are cracked, pieces of plaster crumble from the ceilings and as of a week ago, the 47-unit building had 94 open violations with the Department of Housing Preservation and Development...'The building is dirty all the time, we don't have gas, many times we don't have water, we can't cook,' said Rosanna Aran-Rodriguez, who lives in the building with her husband Virgilio Oscar Aran and 10-month old son. Mr. Aran is the founder of the labor organizing group the Laundry Workers Center, which has taken up 2 Thayer as a cause."
"Residents of Run-Down Thayer Street Building Demand Relief": Manhattan Times
"No electricity, no heat, and walls that fall apart. These are the conditions the tenants at 2 Thayer Street are living in. Con Edison has cut off the light and electricity to the building 'for their own safety,' as reads a sign placed by the management in the lobby...The building is scheduled to undergo a thorough HPD inspection and evaluation in the coming weeks, according to Mustaciuolo, but this visit was one of the first steps in getting the building back on track. 'It's a little soon to know until we've done our inspections, and in two weeks we will know exactly what we can do with the building,' said Mustaciuolo. 'This is step one of the push by HPD to correct all violations.' "
"With Eyes On May Day, OWS Allies Escalate Against Jefes": Raising Non-Violence
"[Workers from Hot and Crusty] launched a successful organizing campaign with the help of the Laundry Workers Center. Now, as they continued to push for negotiations, the team was expanding to other restaurants to put pressure on the owners."
Entrevista con Laundry Workers Center: Movimiento Independiente de Trabajadores llevó
An interview with Mahoma Lopez regarding Hot and Crusty and the Laundry Workers Center.
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Аро́н Абра́мович Ю́гов (, настоящая фамилия Фрумсон; ,  — ) — российский социал-демократ, журналист.

Биография
Родители — купец второй гильдии Абрам Нохимович (Николаевич) Фрумсон (1839—?) и Геня Фрумсон (1840—?), поселились в Ростове-на-Дону в 1857 году, занимались галантерейной торговлей и жили в собственной квартире на Старопочтовой улице, дом № 140. Доходный дом отца находился на Казанской улице, № 76 (впоследствии здание телеграфа). Стал членом партии меньшевиков в 1903 году. Занимался нелегальной революционной работой в городах Ростове-на-Дону, Мариуполе, Одессе, Севастополе, Санкт-Петербурге и Москве.

Окончил юридический факультет Санкт-Петербургского университета. За революционную деятельность четыре раза был арестован и более года провел в тюрьмах, затем подвергнут гласному полицейскому надзору и последовательно высылался в Ригу, Харьков, Саратов.

С мая 1917 года — член Бюро Комитета Московской организации РСДРП. Делегат августовского (объединительного) и декабрьского (чрезвычайного) 1917 года съездов РСДРП(о). Секретарь ЦК после майского (1918) Всероссийского партийного совещания.

С 1921 года Югов работал заведующим пищевым отделом ВСНХ, являлся председателем Моссельпрома. В январе он участвовал в заседаниях ЦК по подготовке материалов к IV Всероссийскому съезду профсоюзов. В марте этого года Арон Абрамович был арестован на общегородском партийном собрании и заключён в Бутырскую тюрьму, но вскоре освобождён. В 1922 году был выслан из большевистской России, секретарь Заграничной делегации, сторонник Ф. И. Дана.

В феврале 1932 года постановлением Президиума ЦИК СССР за контрреволюционную деятельность Югов был лишён советского гражданства. До 1933 года проживал в Германии, затем во Франции. В сентябре 1939 года он, среди представителей российской социал-демократии, подписал воззвание заграничной делегации РСДРП в связи с вторжением советских войск в Польшу. В 1940 году бежал в Канаду, где сотрудничал с советской прессой. В конце 1940-х годов жил в Нью-Йорке, был дружен с журналистом Борисом Скоморовским, с которым жил в одном доме.

Автор книг и статей об экономике СССР. С конца 1940-х годов — сотрудник меньшевистской прессы в Канаде.

Семья
 Брат — Нохим Абрамович Фрумсон (1873—1949), оперный певец (лирико-драматический тенор), солист Мариинского театра, известный по сценическому псевдониму «Николай Ростовский».
 Племянники — нарком внешней торговли СССР Аркадий Павлович Розенгольц; художница Ева Павловна Левина-Розенгольц; поэтесса Елена Михайловна Ширман.
 Жена — Ольга Иосифовна (Осиповна) Доманевская (псевдоним «З. Эбер», , 1885—1974), журналист и экономист.

Сочинения
 Народное хозяйство советской России и его проблемы. — Берлин: Экономические проблемы, 1929. — 262, [7] с.

Примечания

Литература
 Политические деятели России 1917: Биографический словарь / гл. ред. П.В. Волобуев. М., 1993. С. 401.
 Высылка вместо расстрела. Депортация интеллигенции в документах ВЧК-ГПУ. 1921—1923 / Вступ. ст., сост. В. Макарова, В. Христофорова; коммент. В. Макарова. — М.: Русский путь, 2005. — С. 508.
 Остракизм по-большевистски: Преследования политических оппонентов в 1921—1924 гг./ Сост., предисл. В. Г. Макарова, С. В. Христофорова; Коммент. В. Г. Макарова. М.: Русский путь, 2010. — 800 с.
 Соколов С.А. А.А. Югов: социал-демократ, меньшевик, экономист // Российское научное зарубежье: люди, труды, институции, архивы: сб. науч. тр. / отв. ред. П.А. Трибунский ; Институт российской истории Российской академии наук. М. : Институт российской истории РАН, 2016. С.394-398.

Марксисты
Меньшевики
Революционеры России
Революционеры Украины
Члены РСДРП
Русские писатели первой волны эмиграции
Русские эмигранты первой волны в Германии
Русские эмигранты первой волны во Франции
Русские эмигранты первой волны в Канаде

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Amos Watson (February 26, 1926 – September 18, 1997) was an American Negro league pitcher for the Indianapolis Clowns and Baltimore Elite Giants in the 1940s.

A native of Lake Alfred, Florida, Watson posted a 27–3 record on the mound as an eighteen-year-old for the barnstorming Jimmy Hill's All-Stars in 1944. He died in Winter Haven, Florida in 1997 at age 71.

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Q: Driving LCDs with parallel LEDs in singles I am implementing a LED driver for a LCD that has the particular arrangement of the backlight LEDs shown in the picture bellow, 4 parallel LEDs. It seems quite inconvenient not to have them in a series string as the typical voltage needed over the string is now only 3V, bellow what a typical boost constant current LED driver implementation can achieve with standard 3.3V input voltage. Is there an common appropriate way to do this that enables PWM dimming ?

A: Treat the whole backlight as a single LED, and go with the manufacturer specs of voltage and current.  The fact that it happens to be implemented with four LEDs inside is irrelevant, and there is nothing you can do about it anyway.
If you want to adjust the brightness via PWM, then drive it in pulses.  The simplest way is to arrange for the maximum current when the switch is on.  The duty cycle then becomes the fraction of maximum brightness.
Keep in mind that humans perceive light intensity logarithmically, not linearly.  Therefore, brightness levels of 1, 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, etc, will appear to be about equal steps.

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A strong 2018-19 season for the Arizona Coyotes didn't come without its faults.
Injuries aside, the Coyotes' lack of offense was the biggest reason for the team missing the playoffs for the seventh consecutive season.
Coyotes general manager John Chayka on Wednesday joined Doug & Wolf on 98.7 FM Arizona's Sports Station and said the team will need to improve offensively if Arizona is to become a contender next season.
The Coyotes averaged just 2.55 goals per game, tied for 28th in the NHL.
"We didn't score enough goals, so we have to go through and figure out how to get more out of our own group and how to add to the group and that's the summer plan," Chayka said.
It's not certain yet how the Coyotes will improve offensively, but Chayka offered several suggestions.
One expectation is that several players who missed time to injury will stay healthy and be able to develop better chemistry.
The Coyotes' top two goal scorers this season — Brad Richardson and Alex Galchenyuk — missed 16 and 10 games, respectively.
Nick Schmaltz, who the Coyotes traded former top pick Dylan Strome and Brendan Perlini to Chicago for early in the season, played in just 17 games before suffering a season-ending injury.
Other forwards who missed extended time included Michael Grabner, Christian Dvorak and Derek Stepan.
The Coyotes might just need to find more talented offensive players.
Arizona was the only team not to have a player reach the 20-goal mark or 50-point mark.
Richardson's 19 goals shattered a career high and at age 34, he probably isn't going to maintain a high level of offensive success moving forward.
The Coyotes' leading scorer, Clayton Keller, had 14 goals and 33 assists this season, down from the 23 goals and 42 assists he put up in 2017-18.
Arizona typically isn't a big spender in free agency and has most of its roster locked up for next season, but Chayka wouldn't rule out adding goal scorers in the offseason.
Some of the top free agent forwards include Matt Duchene, Artemi Panarin, Jordan Eberle and Jeff Skinner.
"There's always opportunity to add and I think that's what this summer is about," Chayka said. "In the past, it's always been about different acquisitions we've made.


This is an epic tale of an evil Necromancer who lived before the time of life now. Most information on this man has been lost to the passing of time, but each century, new life is brought into his past. We here at the History Department wish to bring reference to those out there who search for knowledge and information on the past.
Life essence had always been flaunted around by living beings of the world. The significance of all living creatures, but most of all, those of the darker arts. Necromancy had a wide range of worshipers, but some of the darkest known to record were those of the moriel. This is a tale of a Necromancer who had spread his reign across the world, releasing endless hordes of undead minions while he supported his own realm of power and sadistic euphoria.
Nefindaliz was a once great Torian Necromancer who had forged himself into the darkest of all rituals, Immortality. Though his tale was not known to most, and lost in history, few tomes still reside which hold small fragments of information on his life and methods. The man was known as the Scion of Death, the son of life who came to the side of death without truly dying. Man had fallen in his four hundred year reign of power.
During the ancient times, before Nanthalion existed, there was a realm known as Glamadorn. In the midst of the land would be a great, wondrous city named Farlum. Inside this great city would reside many different races and breeds, and honor and code was the way of life. Things were far different then how they are now in Nanthalion, but that was a different time, a different age long past.
Farlum held a great council of people, two from each race, of both genders, so everyone was voiced and their opinions heard. This council was called the Coalition. The alliance between these different breeds helped keep peace in the land, so none of the lower aspects of creation would ruin the image of their betters.
Of course, there was petty things such as thieves, assassins, and brigands, but they held a strict code like everyone else. The innocent were never harmed unless by shear necessity. No children were ever killed. Slavery did not exist any longer, outlawed centuries before when the Coalition first formed.
It was a paradise said to never end. Perfection in it's prime.
Then suddenly, a certain Torian came into the picture and altered everything. The foundation that life had risen itself upon crumbled, and the War of Chaos began.
Nefindaliz had grew up as a young prodigy. Born of a noble family, and his father was on the Council for the Torian races' male behalf, one would except great things from this child. Oh, one must wonder why anyone would name their child Nefindaliz, but at one time his name was not such. His true name had disappeared long before this tale was retold to the world, but that is something else entirely.
Growing up as a student of healing, and mastering the arts of the Healing Magic, the man became one of the City's top healers. Any disease could easily be remedied by his powers. Everything was too simple for this master of the magical arts. But it was not enough, he wanted to broaden his horizons. He wanted more. Greed and lust for knowledge and power filled his mind, and off the Torian went.
Searching the realm, seeking high and low, he found what he sought, something unusual and unknown. Something forbidden in Galmadorn. The Art of Necromancy. The man's eyes grew wide and heated with passion for his desire to learn more, so he sought out the teachers. A cult deep in the underground, moriel priests who would gladly teach him the ways.
It took not long, just like everything else, for the man to adapt and learn these new things, and was told of a certain book, which name is unknown to the history of time, that held more ancient arts that had never been performed, and some that one could never dream of. Nefindaliz's thirst to search out this book overwhelmed him and away he went yet again for his ambitions to be filled.
Not long after he had searched for the book, about three decades, he had found it, deep in the Nethergloom. An area of dark tunnels had lead him deep into the darkness where he found an ancient and forgotten shrine which held the book on a pestle with dust all over it, untouched for over the centuries.
Leaving the Nethergloom, the Torian found his way to the surface where he returned to Farlum and secluded himself in his Tower that he had acquired from his deceased father and mother. The land was going through a prosperous time, and they had already hired a new, yet older Torian male to succeed his father. Finding it a disgrace, Nefindaliz confronted the Coalition.
The outcome did not fair well. As the Coalition told him away, he went without any effort, but only back to the book. Digging within the reaches of the tome, he found a spell he saw useful, and another to aid in it's power. The magic of death was new to him, but he saw possibility in them.
Returning to the Coalition while they were in sitting, he cast a spell that ended the life of each and every man and woman's life in that building. Then, with another spell that took several minutes to prepare, life came back to those who had fallen, but they were walking corpses.
The facade succeeded as Nefindaliz took control of the Coalition, turning all the power over to himself and then released the spell upon the dead bodies. They fell to ash all around, and the man claimed himself the Emperor of Glamadorn.
With the sudden rise of power, and no one able to do anything to stop it, the Torian Necromancer started to raise an army of the dead to serve him.
All life began to turn into turmoil, and people feared for themselves and their loved ones. Some changed to go toward the darker side. Everything had changed with one sudden action from a single man.
People revolted. A normal rebellion at first, which caused nothing to be noted of it. But the longer the battles raged on, the more it was concerned as a war. The great city of Farlum existed no more, it was a pile of rubble with only a small fraction of the buildings still standing. With this, Noble Houses split, creating lands further away from the fallen land which was known as the Sinner's Haven. As new realms sprouted up like weeds, Nefindaliz worried himself more into his great tome.
War did break out a century later. With all the combined Houses forming into one army, they laid siege to the old Farlum. The people did war against the undead for nearly three centuries until things truly started to heat up and change the facts of life. Nefindaliz had found himself a ritual inside the tome which none had ever tried, at least none in history that had been written down or noted. The Ritual of Life. The Ritual of Death. Immortality was in his grasp. The ritual called for one key ingredient. Human souls. Thousands of them. Tens of thousands. It was all laid at his footsteps for him to do. The Ritual would take days to prepare, and then hours to perform. A sky within the great citadel that Nefindaliz had taken up as his residence found out this plan and reported it back to the forces who opposed him.
Victory had to be achieved, or the vile abomination would succeed and live forever. Fear enveloped everyone's minds and hearts. But they pushed on deeper into his realm, going for the citadel. Four days into the ritual and he was preparing for the casting. Suddenly, the door opened at his most weakest state, revealing a horde of humans, elves, and many other species into the room. The warriors slaughtered the Torian while he remained at his most vulnerable.
As short and as simple as this may appear, this is not the whole story behind Nefindaliz, Scion of Death. It is actually just a simple reference that had happened before and at the end of his reign. Information is gathered ever century that helps uncover more foreboding tales of this man, but something that is not truly explained was at the end, when Nefindaliz was slain. It states he was killed, but not what had happened afterwards. What happened to his body, did he truly die? Was the spell already cast or did they stop him in time? There are references that there was another who acted and was described just like the fabled Torian, but those of us in the History Department are quite unclear on the details.


An oldie but goodie, a tale of diversity and multiculturalism out of Africa. Yeah, it's a little dated, but I swear this one sends me into paroxysms of laughter just by thinking about it.
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Young boys find suspect's gun buried in snow while waiting for school bus
Posted 10:30 AM, February 12, 2019, by Tribune Media Wire
PLEASANT GROVE, Utah – Police are applauding the actions of two 9-year-old boys who found a handgun lodged in the snow while waiting for the school bus.
It was anything but an average day for nine-year olds Sam Gonzales and Landry Collins.
"I knew straight away that it was just a real gun," Sam told KSTU.
The boys were waiting for their school bus on Friday morning in their Pleasant Grove neighborhood when one of them noticed something stuck in the ice near the sidewalk.
"I kind of thought it was a phone," said Landry.
"I thought it was a harmonica so I started chipping up the ice," Sam said.
The two started to break away the ice to see what was underneath, "right here is where the trigger was," Landry said pointing to an imprint of the gun now left behind in the snow and ice.
"It scared me a lot," said Sam.
The boys had found a handgun, dropped the night before by a man who police believe used that very gun to hold a woman hostage inside of their home - prompting a SWAT standoff.
The incident eventually led to the arrest of 38-year-old Nicholas William Haun.
"This might be from the police stuff happening the night before," said Landry thinking back to Thursday night.
Knowing what they had found, the boys got help.
"Everyone was getting worried and they were shouting, 'There's a gun over here!'" said Landry's older brother, Brody. "I was like, 'We should just tell somebody and leave it alone."
The boys decided to leave the gun alone and notify their school bus driver when she arrived. Police said she took the gun and kept it (and the children) safe until police could get there.
The boys credit their smart thinking with having a basic knowledge of guns.
"I've been told that you should treat every gun like it's loaded," Landry said.
"I don't think we could have done any better," Brody added.
Police said they are grateful the kids did not touch the weapon and instead alerted an adult.
"It's okay to teach your kids about guns, they can be very dangerous and in this situation, it could have very well have been," said Officer Steven Brinton with the Pleasant Grove Police Department.
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Select your post settings, either publish straight away, or if you want to jazz them up, or double check that everything is just how you want it - then select 'draft' and manually approve them later.
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On Saturday, Nate and I bought our first Christmas tree together! It would have been super fun to drive out to a tree farm and cut down our own, but we had a pretty packed weekend, so decided to go to local lot near the apartment. I wanted to look festive so I opted for my favorite little reindeer sweater, which is very holiday-centric because I figured, what better place to wear it when picking out a Christmas tree, right?!
This photo cracks me up because we were so excited about our tree and wanted to capture the moment. I handed my phone to the guy who was helping us load it up onto the car, and before I could make any suggestions on how I wanted the photo taken, he snapped the picture, handed the phone back to me and said "that ok?". This photo has now become a huge joke between me and Nate and we laugh every time we look at. It seriously looks like we placed the phone on the hood of the car, set a self timer and hoped for the best haha!
We ran out of lights, so the bottom half still needs to be wrapped but you can see some of the ornaments we decorated with below, which are mostly from my Grandparents throughout my childhood. We are going to add in some of Nate's as well, but I can't wait to start collecting our own especially because this holiday marks our first Christmas together!
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Today's Financial News: Details of the $14.2 Billion Merck-Bayer Deal and More
By Garrett Baldwin, Behavioral Trading Specialist, Money Morning • May 6, 2014
Financial news today, May 6, 2014: U.S. futures were on the rise Tuesday morning on mixed global results and positive forecasts for the national economy. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said it expects U.S. economic growth to rebound strongly in Q2 2014 after the brutal winter weather. The agency also expects inflation to remain in check until mid-2015.
Here's what you need to know to make your Tuesday profitable.
Five Biggest Stories in Today's Stock Market, May 6, 2014:
Too Big to Jail: The U.S. Justice Department and Attorney General Eric Holder announced that no Wall Street bank is "Too Big to Jail." Federal prosecutors are very close to securing a guilty plea and a $1 billion fine from Credit Suisse Group AG (NYSE: CS) over allegations that the bank helped wealthy Americans evade income taxes. Allegedly, Credit Suisse established a branch in the Zurich International Airport to facilitate tax evasion and failed to report any transactions to the U.S. government. The Justice Department expects a plea in the next few days.
Here We Go Again: David Einhorn of Greenlight Capital spoke to investors at the Ira Sohn conference yesterday and took direct aim at Athenahealth Inc. (Nasdaq: ATHN), a self-proclaimed cloud-computing company in the health sector. Shares of the company slipped by 12.5% after the hedge fund manager said the stock is "caught up in a bubble." Einhorn, who was profiled in Michael Lewis' "The Big Short," expects shares of the stock to fall by as much as 80% or more.
Merger Mania: This morning, Merck & Company Inc. (NYSE: MRK) announced plans to sell its consumer care business to Germany's Bayer AG (OTC: BAYRY). The expected $14.2 billion deal would close later this year. Merck expects to see between $8 billion to $9 billion in after-tax money from the deal, and Bayer will firmly secure its position as a global leader in the over-the-counter health products market.
What Did You Expect: He hates "the rich," but he owns three homes. That's the mentality of French President Francois Hollande. So it wasn't surprising that he took to the nation's national radio station on Tuesday and announced that he disapproved of General Electric's (NYSE: GE) $16.9 billion bid for Alstrom's energy business. Hollande called the deal "unacceptable" and now will look for other offers to meet the government's expectations. Said Hollande: "We want the offers to be improved on jobs."
Dollar Sinks Against Pound: According to FactSet Research, the British pound struck a level against the dollar that hasn't been reached since 2009 on news that the U.K. service sector is on the rise.
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Key Companies Reporting Earnings May 6, 2014
Consensus earnings per share for HCP Inc. (NYSE: HCP) is $0.74.
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Dong Qichang (; 1555–1636) was een Chinese landschapsschilder, kalligraaf, schrijver en literator uit de late Ming-periode. Als connaisseur en kunstcriticus had hij een belangrijke invloed op de Chinese kijk op de traditionele schilderkunst.

Biografie
Dong Qichang werd in de buurt van het huidige Shanghai geboren in een arme literati-familie. Op 35-jarige leeftijd behaalde hij de hoogste graad binnen het examenstelsel, de jinshi-graad. Dit was het startpunt van een succesvolle ambtelijke loopbaan die hem grote welvaart zou brengen. Zijn vermogen gaf Dong artistieke vrijheid en stelde hem in staat een grote kunstverzameling te vergaren. Als leraar in de schilderkunst had hij enkele eminente leerlingen, waaronder Wang Shimin (ca. 1592–1680) en Wang Jian (ca. 1598–1677), twee van de Zes Meesters van de vroege Qing-periode.

Werk
Dong Qichang was in zijn tijd een gerespecteerde schilder en kalligraaf. Hij bestudeerde de voorbeelden van oude meesters en probeerde de beste elementen in zijn eigen werk te gebruiken.

Kalligrafie
In zijn kalligrafieën volgde Dong het voorbeeld van erkende meesters als Zhao Mengfu (1254–1322) en Wen Zhengming (1470–1559). In navolging van deze twee kunstenaars werkte Dong nauwgezet en systematisch en trachtte hij bezieling in zijn karakters te leggen in plaats van nauwkeurige kopieën te maken. In zijn latere periode maakte Dong ook kalligrafieën in de stijl van meesters uit de Jin- en Tang-periodes.

Schilderkunst
Dong was de belangrijkste vertegenwoordiger van de 'Negen Vrienden van de Schilderkunst' (; pinyin: huà zhōng jiǔ yǒu), een canon van belangeloze kunstschilders uit de late Ming- en vroege Qing-periode. Hij schilderde voornamelijk shan shui-landschappen geïnspireerd door oude meesters. Twee schilders die een grote invloed hadden op Dongs stijl waren Dong Yuan en Juran uit de 10e eeuw, die zacht glooiende berglandschappen in de zuidelijke landschapsstijl maakten. Ook borduurde Dong voort op de schildersstijlen en -motieven van de Vier Meesters van de Yuan-dynastie: Huang Gongwang (1269–1354), Wu Zhen (1280–1354), Ni Zan (1301–1374) en Wang Meng (1308–1385). Deze schilders hadden een sterk persoonlijke stijl en waren innovators in de penseeltechniek.

Typisch voor Dongs werken zijn de grimmige vormen, abnormale perspectieven en een luchtige en ogenschijnlijk nonchalante penseelvoering. Dong vermeed alle vormen van basale schoonheid, maar schilderde in de subtiele elegantie die zo kenmerkend is voor de literati-schilderkunst.

Kunsttheorieën
In talrijke geschriften zette Dong zijn theorieën en kritieken over de Chinese kunst uiteen. Deze bracht hij aan op zijn schilderwerken of publiceerde hij in bloemlezingen. Bekende voorbeelden zijn Huayen (畫眼; 'Het oog van de schilderkunst'), Huazhi (畫旨; 'De betekenis van de schilderkunst') en Huachanshi Suibi (畫禪室隨; 'Aantekeningen uit de schilder- en meditatiestudio').

Dongs geschriften speelden een belangrijke rol in de geschiedschrijving van de kunst. Zo stelde hij de canon samen van de 'Vier Meesters van de Ming-dynastie' (; Míng Sì Jiā). Dong is echter vooral bekend om zijn verdeling van de traditionele schilderkunst in twee hoofdstromingen: de perfectionistische Noordelijke School van de hofschilders en de expressieve Zuidelijke School van onafhankelijke, belangeloze literati, waarvan hijzelf naar eigen zeggen de belangrijkste vertegenwoordiger was.

Volgens Dong legden Li Sixun (653–718) en zijn zoon Li Zhaodao met hun gedetailleerde en uitbundig gekleurde blauwgroene landschappen de basis voor de Noordelijke School. Net als de twee Li's werkten andere hofschilders vaak in opdracht. Zij hielden zich aan strikte conventies, zoals technische perfectie, naturalisme en intensief kleurgebruik. Individuele expressie telde hierin steeds minder mee. De welvarende literati konden zich daarentegen een intuïtieve en innovatieve benadering veroorloven. Schilderen en kalligraferen was voor hen een vorm van ontspanning en een manier om zich te uiten. Volgens Dong begon deze trend, en daarmee de Zuidelijke School, met de expressieve monochrome landschapskunst van Wang Wei (699–759). De door Dong geschetste tegenstelling was feitelijk een karikatuur van een veel subtielere werkelijkheid, maar zijn ideeën sloegen wel aan en bleven tot ver in de Qing-dynastie gangbaar binnen de Chinese artistieke ideeënwereld.

In navolging van Wang was gewassen inkt op papier de favoriete uitdrukkingsvorm van de Zuidelijke School. Deze techniek bood namelijk veel expressieve vrijheid. Dong noemde de shan shui-landschapsstijl van de school de literati-schilderkunst (文人画; pinyin: wénrén huà). Deze bleef tot het einde van de Qing-dynastie de orthodoxe schilderstijl in China.

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Q: What is the difference between CLOB and NCLOB? Can you state any difference between the CLOB and NCLOB?

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A: BLOB, CLOB, NCLOB and BFILE
The built-in LOB data types BLOB, CLOB and NCLOB (stored internally), and BFILE (stored externally), can store large and unstructured data such as text, images and spatial data up to 4 gigabytes in size.
BLOB
The BLOB data type stores binary large objects. BLOB can store up to 4 gigabytes of binary data.
CLOB
The CBLOB data type stores character large objects. CLOB can store up to 4 gigabytes of character data.
NCLOB
The NCBLOB data type stores character large objects in multibyte national character set. NCLOB can store up to 4 gigabytes of character data.
BFILE
The BFILE data type enables access to binary file LOBs that are stored in file systems outside the Oracle database. A BFILE column stores a locator, which serves as a pointer to a binary file on the server's file system. The maximum file size supported is 4 gigabytes.