It's been a long 6 years you guys, but Ralph Breaks The Internet is in theaters now! So break out your best selfie poses, filters, and hashtags because we are going to the internet! And just like a typical day on the net, we are going to get some major laughs and maybe even learn some life lessons along the way. I'm sharing it all (minus the spoilers of course) in my Ralph Breaks The Internet review!
If you thought the first Wreck-It Ralph was funny you haven't seen anything yet. The one-liners, internet puns, and jokes for both kids and adults were all perfectly timed. You can expect more of Ralph and Vanellope's adolescent humor, snarky remarks all the parents will immediately get, and lots and lots of well, you'll just have to watch and find out.
You know I love writing Easter Egg posts. Don't worry I'm working on the massive list for Ralph and it will be ready Monday. But I will tell you to look out for Sorcerer Mickey, Stan Lee (rest in peace), and viral stars.
If you like Easter Egg check out these popular posts: Ant-Man and The Wasp Easter Eggs, Infinity War Easter Eggs, and Christopher Robin Easter Eggs.
I'm starting with this one because it might be my favorite lesson of the film. It's okay to be honest, not only with your friends but also yourself.
Vanellope is looking for more in her life while Ralph seems content to keep to the same routine. Once she admits it to herself, she finds it hard to tell Ralph how she feels, worried for him and their friendship.
It can be scary to tell our friends how we feel but in the end true friendship only grows stronger. If your friends can't accept you for who you are then they aren't really your friends.
While this might be more of a cautionary tale to children, I think some of the adults needed some reminders. First of all being the internet isn't all unicorns and kittens, there is a lot of shady and scary things out there. Parental controls are your friend moms and dads!
Second, don't read the comments. Yesss warns Ralph about this and she is so right. Especially on video content, people can be super hurtful. I've had to learn to block, report, and move on. People can be the worst.
Third, don't use the internet unless you know some basics like how money works, that social networks aren't super private, and to stay far, far away from the dark web.
FYI this is not what staying away from the dark web looks like.
There is no right or wrong way to be a Princess. Each Disney Princess has their own unique qualities and gifts that make them special. If Cinderella was like Rapunzel that would be boring.
We love the Princesses because they are different. Just like the world as a whole, if we were all the same life would be dull. It's our differences that make life awesome, when we choose to accept others and not fear or hate them.
Ralph is clearly out of his comfort zone. He's a retro arcade game character who finds himself in the vast and sometimes insane world wide web. That's pretty scary, for anyone. But once he embraces this new world he begins to loosen up and have some fun. Does this make for some misadventures? You bet! But they are hilarious so just go with it Ralph!
It might be safe inside your box but it can sure get boring, fast. It's okay to step outside and explore the world. It's an awesome place full of interesting places to see and people to meet.
It's an age old saying, don't judge a book by its cover. Ralph, Vanellope, and all of us, learn that this still applies, even if your game play looks extremely wicked. Why did the shark eat the dog?!
Some people might seem angry or scary but are actually pleasant and nice. While others who you think are good people turn out to be the absolute worst. Next time you meet a new person (or game) keep an open mind, you never know, you might be meeting your new best friend.
Do yourselves a favor, treat Ralph Breaks The Internet like a Marvel movie. There are 2 credit scenes and more Easter Eggs in the credits! They are both hilarious and one might just give you clues about an upcoming Disney movie.
My lips are sealed. You're going to have to find out for yourself when you see Ralph Breaks The Internet!
My kids can't wait to see this film at the theatre. They have been talking about this movie since they saw the trailers. The lessons shared by this movie are great ones for kids to learn. I am most excited about the Disney Princess scene, too!
We all loved the first Ralph movie and we are so excited about this one. I'm even more excited after reading your review.
So excited for this movie and glad it's out while the kids are out for Thanksgiving break. Get out of your comfort zone. Best tip ever!
I've seen the trailer and read some reviews on this movie. Now, I can't wait to watch it! Very great review!
I'm so excited this is now available at the movies. The grandkids have been wanting to see this and even I love funny movies like this.
I love tha trailer! I need to show it to my kid. I hope he'll like it! I think we'll have one more movie to watch on our movie list!
Thanks for the amazing review. I can't wait to see this movie with my kiddos soon.
I am excited to see this with my family. We have tickets to see it Sunday and we cannot wait. It sounds like it's going to be a great one to see.
I really want to see Ralph Breaks the Internet. It seems like a really cute movie and I loved Wreck it Ralph.
This movie looks like it's going to be a good one! I cna't wait to go see it in theaters!!
Sounds like some valuable lessons being taught in this film. We are itching to see it with the kids!
I've heard so many great things about this movie. I can't wait to go see it with the kids later this month.
Wow, this is the most awaited movie of my daughter and finally we are going to watch this in the theaters on the next day.
I cannot wait to see this movie! The trailer already made me LOL. I bet the movie is 100% funnier.
I can't wait to watch this movie – so excited for it! And I must agree: honesty is always the best policy.
this sounds like interesting movie, I would like to take my kids to the movie, they are talking about this for long time. Thanks for the review.


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Implementing Reliable Data Analytics Solutions for Corrections
By Maruthi Govindappa
Enabling a Business Intelligence (BI) and Data Analytics solution is an essential component of the information strategy for correctional agencies. A data-driven, evidence-based, decision-making process requires a reliable (i.e. accurate, timely, and secured) BI and Data Analytics platform.
Following my previous post, Understanding Business Intelligence Ecosystem for Corrections, in which we touched on BI functional components, I am continuing the dialogue by discussing key criteria for a reliable BI and Data Analytics solution in corrections, and the requirements that will support a successful implementation.
A BI and Data Analytics platform provides greater value for correctional agencies when the following are met:
Information extracted from the operational data is accurate
Data is provided in a timely manner and is presented in its most recent state, along with historical changes
Data is secured and available only to those who are authorized to access it
With the advent of information technology, BI and Analytics solutions have evolved to successfully meet and fulfill the above-mentioned key criteria.
As part of the Offender Management System (OMS) modernization, it's recommended that correctional agencies consider the BI and Analytics solution as an integral part of their overall information strategy; this way, a complete lifecycle of the data is achieved: from data recording via OMS to data consumption via BI and Analytics platform.
Commonly emerging pain points, in discussing with correctional practitioners, are often related to the sharing and consumption of data:
What are the best approaches to gain value from available and ample operational data
How to achieve a reliable information system and/or a single source of truth
How to minimize the effort of fetching the data and producing the reports requested by various agency stakeholders
What is required to address data integrity and quality issues
I commonly use a 'food supply chain in the restaurant industry' analogy to describe the BI lifecycle : in a food supply chain the raw materials are harvested, they undergo quality control, and then they are processed, shipped and stored in a warehouse, from where, eventually, they would make their way into a restaurant's inventory to be cooked and served. All these steps are compliant with food regulatory boards policies. In a similar fashion, raw transactional data is extracted (harvested) from operational data source system(s), data is checked for quality and transformed to analytical form (processing), integrated and stored in a warehouse from which reports and dashboards are delivered to end users. The entire data flow (from source to report and dashboards) is monitored by well-defined data governance policies and procedures.
Enterprise Business Intelligence and Data Analytics solutions are focused primarily on the following four key functional areas:
Information Delivery & Analytics
1. Data Engineering
Data Engineering is a core function of the BI ecosystem; it plays a pivotal role in extracting data from operational data source system(s), transforming the raw transactional data into analytical information, and finally integrating it and storing it in a Datawarehouse. In the correctional domain, transactional data (such as offender attributes, locations, incidents, sentencing, and grievances) is extracted from the agency's OMS, transformed to analytical data – which supports use cases – and stored in a Datawarehouse. Data engineering involves the following functions:
Data Profiling: performed to understand the technical nature of data (such as data types, uniqueness, null values, etc.) and build the metadata and data integration specifications.
Data Quality: to have accurate information from the BI/Datawarehouse, the source data must be accurate. ("Garbage data in results in garbage information out"). Therefore, it's important to validate the data source and apply 'exception handling rules' before injecting it into the Datawarehouse. Data quality function enables the verification of data behavior in accordance with the agency's policies and procedures.
Data Integration: the largest part of the data engineering process, where raw transactional data is transformed into analytical data based on a pre-defined set of data transformation business rules. That data is uploaded to the Datawarehouse. Data Integration process is achieved by implementing ELT (Extract, Load, and Transform) / ETL (Extract, Transform, and Load) processes.
2. Data Management
The data required for analytics is processed and loaded into layers, a well-defined data architecture being essential for the successful implementation of a DW/BI solution. The BI Data architecture and modeling should be flexible enough to extend, accommodate, and address future business needs. For example, data architecture should be able to accommodate additional attributes (such as job profile, education, and program-related attributes, etc.) into the current data architecture without the need for an overhaul of the current Datawarehouse architecture. Data management should be able to build and manage historical data, enabling the agency to perform advanced analytics, such as trend analysis, predictions, etc.
A typical DW/BI architecture has:
Operational Data Store (ODS) is used as a first data layer of the BI platform. It stages the operational data in its original format and keeps track of the history of transactional data by taking a periodic snapshot of the data source.
Datawarehouse (DW) is the core of the DW/BI solution, where analytically transformed data (through data integration process) is denormalized and dimensionally stored. Data in Datawarehouse is granular, supporting multi-dimensional analysis.
DataMart: provides aggregated information out of dimensional data in Datawarehouse. DataMart provides an abstract view of the Datawarehouse in accordance with the business functions and needs. DataMart is the gateway for the analytical information, rendering answers to all user queries.
Analytical data is queried and delivered as actional and insightful analytical information via the Information Delivery process. The analytical information is presented as Measures, Metrics, and Key Performance Indicators (KPI), and can be sliced and diced to perform multi-dimension data analysis. Information is delivered as reports and dashboards, and data is visually represented, enabling end users to perform interactive analyses.
3. Information Delivery and Analytics
The BI Information Delivery and Analytics involves having:
Business Semantic Data Layer is applied on top of DataMart, and it presents data in a format that is business user friendly. The Business Semantic eases the complexities associated to build reports and dashboards, expediting the process.
Self-service: Modern BI tools enable end users to perform self-service reporting and analytics, with no or minimal IT involvement. The BI tools are typically web based and intuitive. A well-defined Business Semantic Data Layer leads to a successful self-service BI solution and a centralized, secured information repository.
Reports and Dashboards: BI information is typically consumed via interactive reports and dashboards. With modern BI tools, these interactive reports and dashboards are securely made available for consumption. The reports and dashboards can be scheduled for periodic automatic refresh and delivery, and they can also be exported to other commonly used formats such as Excel, PDFs.
4. Data Governance
With the rapid growth of the digital transformation, it becomes essential to apply a well-defined Data Governance strategy. A good Data Governance strategy ensures a trustable and reliable BI and Analytics platform solution. Data Governance is a combination of process and technology driven techniques, enabling a controlled and monitored delivery of information to end users. Data Governance by itself is an extensive topic, and in-depth study is required for a successful implementation. At a high-level, some of the techniques involved in Data Governance are:
Data Integrity and Compliance: a key step in data engineering is data quality check. Greater attention is required when validating integrity of the source data; failing to do so could result in erroneous information sharing. Data integrity check needs to be periodically validated against agencies' most up-to-date policies and procedures.
Data Stewardship: is an essential component of the data governance. Data Stewardship related tasks are performed by Data Stewards, who are typically functional unit Subject Matter Experts (SME). Data Stewards monitor data for accordance and compliance to a pre-defined set of business rules, which are aligned to agencies policies and procedures. In the event of non-compliance, data stewards must take appropriate corrective action or follow-up with the relevant stakeholder and fix the data issues.
Data Cataloging: as an agency's information and BI landscape expands, the challenges for end users increase as they struggle to understand what information is available within and where it is housed. Data Cataloging extracts the metadata of the information available and curates it for end users; To relate it to the food chain supply analogy, Data Cataloging would be the equivalent of a menu.
Audit: the BI and Analytics platform has to be equipped with a technology process that enables the auditing of the data management. In the DW/BI implementation process, the data flow from source to final point must be tracked and monitored in order to support the audit needs.
Security: the BI and Analytics platform requires a well-defined security model at all stages of BI Data management and information delivery. Because of the sensitive nature of correctional agency operations, security is of paramount importance. Democratization of data has to be controlled and securely made available for authorized persons, based on their job functions.
I hope you found this post useful. Any feedback, comments, and suggested future topics are welcome at MGovindappa@abilis-solutions.com.
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Maruthi Govindappa
Maruthi leads the Business Intelligence and Data Analytics practice at Abilis, with a deep focus on developing strategies and planning implementations to address enterprise business intelligence needs for correctional and public safety agencies. Maruthi specializes in building advanced, custom E2E BI solutions, state of the art visual dashboards, utilizing in the process cutting-edge BI tools that are customized for specific customer needs.
Maruthi has more than 12 years of experience in the Business Intelligence domain, implementation of large BI solutions for various large-scale enterprise organizations. He has an engineering degree from VTU (Visvesvaraya Technological University) of India. Maruthi is very passionate about BI and the value it delivers to the customer. He is a member of The Data Warehouse Institute (TDWI) and a regular participant in various BI forums. He also led and continues to participate in technology user groups for Talend, Tableau and Alteryx.
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Topps partnered with Bundesliga and features the best of the German league in chrome technology. This comes with plenty of ink and all of the refractor rainbows. Every box guarantees one autograph.
The base set consists of 90 cards and features some of the best footballers around the world. Refractor rainbow includes standard Refractors as well as Purple (#'d/250), Blue (#'d/150), Green (#'d/99), Blue Wave (#'d/75), Gold (#'d/50), Orange (#'d/25), Red (#'d/10), Red Wave (#'d/10) and 1/1 Superfractors.
Inserts include Superstar Sensations (features top players from each team), Future Stars and Top XI (features the active Bundesliga goal scorers). Parallels include Gold (#'d/50), Orange (#'d/25), Red (#'d/10) and 1/1 Superfractor Parallels as well as Autographed Parallel (sequentially numbered) and Autographed Superfractor versions 1/1.
Autographs include a number of parallels and some of them includes Blue (#'d/150), Green (#'d/99), Blue Wave (#'d/75), Gold (#'d/50), Orange (#'d/25), Red (#'d/10), Red Wave (#'d/10) and 1/1 Superfractor versions.
Topps Chrome showcases Premium League's greatest stars for the first time and delivers one autograph and rainbow refractors that feature stars of the game.
Every box comes with one autograph and six base refractor parallels. The 100-card base set features the league's outstanding players. This includes standard Refractors as well as Purple (#'d/250), Blue (#'d/150), Green (#'d/99), Blue Wave (#'d/75), Gold (#'d/50), Orange (#'d/25), Red (#'d/10), Red Wave (#'d/10) and 1/1 Superfractors. There also will be a number of image variations with Superfractors 1/1.
Inserts include Superstar Sensations which features up to 20 of the top players, New Signings, and Premier League Debuts that pays homage to the Premier League debuts of present and past Premier League players. These include Gold (#'d/50), Orange (#'d/25), Red (#'d/10) and 1/1 Superfractor parallels as well as Autographed Parallel (sequentially numbered) and Autographed Superfractor versions 1/1.
Collectors can find a colorful array of base chrome autos as well as autographed variations of insert subsets (sequentially numbered). Parallels include Blue (#'d/150), Green (#'d/99), Blue Wave (#'d/75), Gold (#'d/50), Orange (#'d/25), Red (#'d/10), Red Wave (#'d/10) and 1/1 Superfractor versions.
Panini presents this brand new product that pays tribute to club soccer teams and top players throughout the world.
2018-19 Panini Treble Soccer comes with five cards per pack. Every box includes two insert cards, three parallels limited to 75 copies or less, and one Panini Premiere Rookie Card.
Treble Soccer's base set consists of 200 cards, 175 of which are base and the 25 are Panini Premier cards. Players are shown with their club teams with more than 20 teams from across the world. This features superstars from FC Bayern Munich, FC Barcelona, Chelsea FC and more.
The 25-card Panini Premier subset showcases future superstars with Blue (#'d/75), Purple (#'d/49), Gold (#'d/25), Green (#'d/10) and Platinum (1/1) versions.
Collectors can find the first certified autograph of past, present, and future stars in First Ink.
Zenith Signatures has seven distinct autograph sets and features past and present stars. Parallels include Red (#'d/50 or less), Gold (#'d/25 or less) and Platinum (1/1) version.
Dynamic Jersey Autographs features one autographed memorabilia card per box, and this has two distinct auto/mem sets including Jersey Autographs and Dynamic Autographed Memorabilia.
Among the six inserts, Treble Soccer also includes six different options. Hidden Gems features five biggest stars in the world, and Team Chemistry, which showcases two club teammates. Midfield Majesty showcases some of the top midfielders in the world, while New Sensations highlights 30 players who have recently joined new teams. Atmosphere focuses on 15 dynamic players, and lastly, Stallions covers some of the strongest competitors in soccer.
Sticker Tribute Signatures showcases official Panini FIFA World Cup sticker and the player's autograph. This also highlights players from throughout World Cup history such as Cristiano Ronaldo, Diego Maradona, Lionel Messi and more.
Also in the hit lineup is Treble Threads showcasing stunning patch content which features more than 20 players in their club kits. Parallels include Red (#'d/35 or less), Gold (#'d/25 or less), Silver (#'d/10 or less) and Platinum (1/1).
2018 Leaf Soccer Immortal features soccer's biggest stars and delivers one autographed card and three Premium Base Cards in every box.
There will be cards with as many as four autographs from legends of soccer such as Ronaldinho, Ronaldo, Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Gordon Banks, Geoff Hurst, Luis Suarez, Philippe Coutinho, Ousmane Dembele, Sergio Aguero, Wayne Rooney, Carli Lloyd, Pele, Steven Gerrard & more.
Futera delivers four autograph, memorabilia or gold-plated framed autograph/memorabilia cards per box. Every pack includes a number of inclusions beyond the hits.
Every pack of 2018 Futera Unique Soccer will contain 12 base cards and one hit including game-used and training-used memorabilia cards and on-card autographs.
Third packs include a Heritage card which will either be a Gold version (#'d/23) or a Silver (#'d/39). The six-card inner cases will include 18 memorabilia cards, three autographs, one 1/1 gold-framed auto-memorabilia card and two gold-plated framed cards.
The 120-card base set will have foil-printing on both sides on premium stock. Heritage set will also be 120 cards and will have a retro design for today's stars.
Memorabilia cards will include Conquerors (#'d/43), The Story of a Legend (#'d/39) and Then & Now (#'d/39). There will also be Kitcards (#'d//39) with two or three swatches, Pitchside (#'d//37), History Makers (#'d//35), Versus (#'d//35) and Captains (/35).
Also in play will be National Heroes (#'d/37), Coach (#'d/25), Training Ground (#'d/27), Libero (#'d/19), Regista (#'d/19), Trequarista (#'d/19), Masters (#'d/10) and Headliners (#'d/10).
Autographs include Triumph, Superstars, and Maestro. These will have three designs with more than 135 different signers. All will be limited to 35 copies or less, while the 24-karat gold-plated memorabilia cards will include Memostars (#'d/29), Mythicals (#'d/7) and Laces (#'d/2).
Framed cards will have jersey labels (1/1), cleat laces (#'d/2), Mythical memorabilia (#'d/7), Memostars dual-memorabilia (#'d/29), 1/1 autos of players and coaches, memorabilia cards 1/1, threads autographs (1/1) and 1/1 auto-memorabilia combo cards.


Knowing first hand how tough it is being a woman in a man's world, Monica has completely sworn off men and love. She isn't weak or under the misconception that she requires a man to have the life she deserves. She believes that men will only try to take care of her or bend her to their will to rid her of her independence. That is until the fateful day she meets Tarley. Tarley has been to hell and back making himself believe that he has nothing to offer a woman and wonders if he will ever find someone that would offer the type of caring relationship his friend has. Monica and Tarley develop a friendship that offers something they both need and seek - someone to care about them just as they are. Will his troubled past and her strong sense of independence keep them from attaining the ultimate contentment they both desire?
"Carter the Player", as he's dubbed by his friends and neighbors is obsessed with Monica believing she's the one for him. He has tried numerous times to take her out, but she absolutely refuses his advances which makes him act even more detestable. However, a little rich girl named Zandra changes all of that when she arrives in Colvin to help her best friend get ready for her wedding. Zandra is running away from a fully controlled lonely life in Charlotte and finds the people and opportunities in Colvin to be just what she's been looking for . As the new pretty face arrives, Carter realizes he is done being the bad boy and transitions into Zandra's "knight in shining armor" striking up a friendship that neither of them expected. But can their friendship progress into something more or will she always be the damsel in distress?
The lives of these four have been drastically changed when they all are drawn to Colvin by their friends. As they make lasting friendships and find new people to call their family, they may just find the pieces that have been missing and realize they are ready for love.


Womenlines welcomes its first Shutterbugs Guest Influencer Gunjan Swarup, founder of The Wishbone Affair for photography in Singapore, at Womenlines.
When Charu shared with me her idea of this series on women photographers, I was excited, to say the least. Not just because this focus on strong women in their sphere of influence but it also was willing to bring to the forefront some hidden, undiscovered heroes. My last series was on 'motherhood', something which I hold extremely close to my heart – which, though, has not given identity to my existence but has added another beautiful, deep dimension to my life. Today, I write about another set of beautiful, talented, hardworking women, without whom a lot of our lives would be incomplete or not as easy. I write about the wonderful women who come to our home as helpers.
In the truest sense of the word, they are an extension to the family. In most of our homes, we trust them with our most priceless beings – our children, and there is no other trust which extends beyond this for a parent, that of one to let your child be handled by someone else for a few hours or days. It doesn't stop just there, because these women come from far and wide leaving behind their own families and loved ones to take care of ours, just like it was their own. When I meet these women, they often have heartwarming or heartbreaking stories of their own to tell, but it often gets lost in their work. Some come from broken homes, some are a single parent working here to raise children behind at home, some are looking after aged parents behind, some are escaping their own difficult situations back… but what binds them here is not just the money but the feeling that they have found another home away from theirs.
As an expat, away from familiar territory and a first-time mother, I was extremely wary of letting my child away from me and be handled by someone else. I was on a sabbatical from work when I had my first child and chose to take care of him myself. I did have a helper assist me with everything else around the house but childcare. I was not in a rush to get back to work and therefore it worked perfectly for me. But what with so many of us who don't have that option? I didn't think too much of it, till I got another helper. My child was a little over 1 and we were expecting another one. It became imperative that I had someone in the house who I could trust my babies with and luckily we found one. Oh, The Joy! She struck a chord with my elder one from the first day and then there was no looking back and when you can trust these helps babies with another person, there is no other thing which you can't.
I've come to deeply appreciate, value and love what these women bring into our families. They care for our needs and comforts, sometimes at the cost of theirs. They look after our children and homes like they are theirs. They give up on their weekends sometimes, to makes room for ours. They stay away from their family so that we can be with our comfortably. They share, love and give and all that they want is the same respect, love and care.
So this series is for those wonderful women, who make our lives easier and simpler and happier.
On a sabbatical from the corporate world, mother to two boys, freelance photographer, blogger.


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Q: How to use activity onBackPressed() and fragment onResume() methods to well synchronize fragments callback? How to use of activity onBackPressed() and fragment onResume() methods call to well synchronize fragments callback ?
I have an activity A with a framelayout F.
By default activity A loads a layout L in the framelayout F.
L contains a button that loads fragment F1.
F1 can load itself with another contain or load F2.
When I press phone Back button, I tried it several times and it was a complete mess. Either the framelayout is empty or the synchronisation misfunction
I am a newbie.
How can I perfectly achieve this by pressing phone Back button ?
Thanks in advance. (Excuse my english)
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A: Make sure that you use a FragmentTransaction when creating a new fragment from F1, and in that transaction make sure that you call the addToBackStack() method.  Using that process, when you press the Back button from the new fragment, Android will automatically show the previous fragment that launched the new one.
You can review the documentation on fragment transactions at https://developer.android.com/guide/components/fragments.html#Transactions.

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Self-made businessman CY Leung has been chosen as Hong Kong's new leader after an unusually turbulent campaign.
He was elected by a committee of 1,200 business leaders and other influential citizens, mostly loyal to Beijing.
The Chinese government switched its support to Mr Leung late in the campaign after a string of scandals rocked early frontrunner Henry Tang.
Hundreds of pro-democracy protesters gathered outside the convention centre where the vote took place.
The tumultuous campaign has fuelled calls by pro-democracy activists for Hong Kong's 7.1 million residents to be able to directly elect their own leader, something China has promised will happen in 2017.
Mr Leung, 57, was declared Hong Kong's new chief executive after securing 689 votes. With most of the votes counted, Henry Tang had 285 and pro-democracy candidate Albert Ho 76, election officials said.
Before the vote, Mr Leung had told reporters he would work hard to "get rid of people's negative perception about this election".
The son of a policeman, he had originally been seen as having only an outside chance of securing the leadership.
But Beijing's early choice, Mr Tang, was wounded by a series of gaffes and scandals. The heir to a textile fortune confessed to cheating on his wife and building an illegal underground basement, which was reported to have housed an entertainment suite, jacuzzi and wine cellar.
Mr Ho's outspoken pro-democracy stance meant he was widely seen as being unacceptable to Beijing.
Mr Leung will replace Donald Tsang, who served two terms and could not run for the post again.
Hong Kong, a British colony until 1997, has been enjoying high degree of autonomy from Beijing.
But Communist leaders in Beijing have resisted public pressure for full democracy in Hong Kong.


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Kingston er en by i provinsen Ontario i Canada. Den ligger hvor Saint Lawrence-floden løber ud af Ontariosøen. I 2011 havde Kingston en befolkning på  og et areal på 451,17 km2. Indbyggerne er hovedsageligt engelsksprogede.

Kingston er et civilt og militært uddannelsescentrum og huser krigsskolen Royal Military College of Canada og Queen's University.

Historie
Franskmanden Samuel de Champlain udforskede området, først i 1615 og derefter i 1673. Af de europæiske magter var det Frankrig som først tog Cataraqui, stedet hvor Kingston ligger, i besiddelse. Stedet var strategisk beliggende, både militært og økonomisk. Franskmændene byggede Fort Frontenac. Briterne erobrede fortet i 1758 og i 1863 blev hele regionen afstået til Storbritannien. Stedet fik navnet King's Town efter kong Georg 3. af Storbritannien.

I 1832 blev Kingston og Ottawa forbundet med Rideaukanalen, og dette satte skub i byens økonomiske udvikling. Fra 1841 og et par år fremover var Kingston hovedstad i provinsen Canada. Byen fik jernbane i 1856.

Militære institutioner
Canadas første militærakademi, Royal Military College of Canada (RMC), blev etableret på Point Frederick i Kingston i 1874 og tog de første kadetter ind i 1876.

McNaughton Barracks, tidligere Camp Barriefield, er en anden militærbase i byområdet.

Uddannelse
I 1841 blev Queen's College at Kingston grundlagt af den presbyterianske kirke. Institutionen udviklede sig til Queen's University.

St. Lawrence College ligger også i byen.

Referencer

Eksterne henvisninger

City of Kingston , officielle hjemmeside

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Princess Natty, of the Kingdom of Orchidhistan, is bored in her palace. She would prefer to go out and meet her people, whom she doesn't know at all, but that isn't allowed. And now she's supposed to be married. Natty refuses to be forced into marriage, and flees the palace, hoping to hide in the poor, sun-starved areas of the city, where the people suffer from a terrible skin disease. But she has no idea how to navigate the unknown world of the Untouchables. Luckily, a mysterious someone comes to Natty's rescue. Who is he? Will they be able to escape their pursuers from above? Will Natty's flight from the palace plunge the kingdom into war?
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Airline Frequent Flyer Data Breached, World Airlines Notifying Customers, U.S. Carriers Noticeably Silent
by Gary Leff on March 5, 2021
A frequent flyer program database has been breached, giving hackers access to the name, account number, and elite level of all members in all Star Alliance frequent flyer programs, according to notices provided by Singapore Airlines, Lufthansa and Air New Zealand. oneworld account data has also been breached, according to notices provided by Cathay Pacific and Finnair.
Here's the message sent by Singapore Airlines,
SITA, an information technology company providing passenger service systems, has informed Singapore Airlines of a data security breach involving their passenger service systems' (SITA PSS) servers. While Singapore Airlines is not a customer of the SITA PSS, another Star Alliance member airline is.
All Star Alliance member airlines provide a restricted set of frequent flyer programme data to the alliance, which is then sent on to other member airlines to reside in their passenger service systems. This data transfer is necessary to enable the verification of membership tier status, and to accord to member airlines' customers the relevant benefits while travelling.
As a result, SITA has access to the restricted set of frequent flyer programme data for all 26 Star Alliance member airlines including Singapore Airlines.
Some of our members were affected by the breach of the SITA PSS server. The impacted data is limited to the members' KrisFlyer membership number and tier status and, in some cases, membership name, which is the full extent of the frequent flyer data set Singapore Airlines shares with other Star Alliance member airlines for this data transfer.
Specifically, this data breach does not involve KrisFlyer membership passwords, credit card information, and other customer data such as itineraries, reservations, ticketing, passport numbers, and email addresses as SIA does not share this information with other Star Alliance member airlines for this data transfer.
We are contacting you to inform you that your KrisFlyer data was not impacted by this breach of the SITA PSS server. Your KrisFlyer miles balance was also not compromised.
We would also like to reassure you that none of Singapore Airlines' IT systems have been affected by this incident.
The protection of our customers' personal data is of utmost importance to Singapore Airlines. We will work with our partners to review the current procedures, and take all necessary steps to improve data security.
It appears the breach was of the SITA passenger service system. There may be additional information stolen beyond just account number and status, but it's likely limited to things like meal and seat preferences.
Strikingly no U.S. airline that I'm aware of has notified customers of the possibility that their information has been breached.
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AlliW says:
British Air just sent out the same notice today.
And having the name, account number and elite status means basically nothing w/o billing info and/or ID/PW. 40 years in IT and this is a non-event
I've received a similar e-mail from American Airlines
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Ditto on AA. Just got the notification.
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United Airlines notified their customers by eMail today around 5:30 PM EST
IMHO this is a bigger deal than they are making it. Many FF accounts use the number and password, or number plus family name and password.
Two parts of that data are now in the wild and it won't take much to start joining that to existing data sets of names and emails and compromised passwords.
While the passwords have not been released lazy password reuse will result in compromised FF accounts and theft of FF miles increasing.
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I received a similar email from AA as well It seems the One World database has been breached as well Whatever this means remains to be determined
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Cactus, Inc. WHD, +4.53% ("Cactus" or the "Company") today announced financial and operating results for the second quarter of 2018.
Generated cash flow from operations of $42.1 million.
(1) Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP financial measure. See definition of Adjusted EBITDA and the reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP financial measures in the Supplemental Information tables.
(2) The percentage of Adjusted EBITDA to Revenues.
Scott Bender, President and CEO of Cactus, commented, "The second quarter was strong, resulting in double digit sequential revenue growth across all of our business lines and regions. The improvement in margins reflects our operating leverage and differentiated supply chain capabilities.
Second quarter 2018 product revenue increased $14.4 million, or 24.4%, sequentially, driven primarily by greater sales volume of wellhead and production equipment. Gross profit increased $6.4 million sequentially with margins improving 150 basis points due to more favorable supply chain execution. Cactus' estimated market share [(3)] was 26.0% for second quarter 2018 compared to 26.4% for first quarter 2018, while the U.S. onshore quarterly rig count averaged 1,017 rigs in second quarter 2018 compared to 948 rigs in first quarter 2018.
Second quarter 2018 rental revenue increased $5.8 million, or 19.9%, sequentially, due to the Company's enhanced ability to respond to the increased demand across nearly all the major U.S. basins in which the Company operates. Gross profit increased $4.0 million sequentially with margins improving 190 basis points, resulting from a combination of volume, improved operating efficiencies and pricing.
Second quarter 2018 field service and other revenue increased $3.3 million, or 12.1%, sequentially, due to an increase in billable hours and ancillary services associated with greater volume of product sales and rental activity. Gross profit increased $1.6 million sequentially with margins increasing 310 basis points due to higher average pricing for billable services compared to first quarter 2018.
SG&A for second quarter 2018 was $9.9 million (7.1% of revenues), compared to $9.1 million (7.9% of revenues) for first quarter 2018 and $7.3 million (9.0% of revenues) for second quarter 2017. The sequential increase is primarily related to $0.4 million higher non-cash stock-based compensation expense, as well as increased public company costs.
Assuming Cactus, Inc. held all units in Cactus Wellhead, LLC ("Cactus LLC"), its operating company subsidiary, at the beginning of the period, with the resulting additional income tax expense related to the incremental income attributable to Cactus, Inc., the Company's diluted earnings per share would have been $0.46 for second quarter 2018. The Company believes this supplemental information is useful for evaluating performance period over period. The table below sets forth additional detail regarding the adjusted amounts.
(a) Represents the increase in tax expense as though Cactus, Inc. owned 100% of Cactus LLC at the beginning of the period, calculated as the difference in tax expense of $4.7 million recorded during second quarter 2018 and what would have been recorded based on a corporate effective tax rate of 24.5% on $46.2 million of income before income taxes.
(b) Reflects 26,450 shares of Class A common stock plus 48,440 additional shares as if the Class B common stock was exchanged and canceled for Class A common stock at the beginning of the period, plus the dilutive effect of restricted stock unit awards.
As of June 30, 2018, the Company had $28.4 million of cash on hand, no bank debt outstanding and the full $50.0 million of capacity available under the Company's revolving credit facility. Operating cash flow was $42.1 million for second quarter 2018 and $80.7 million for the first six months of 2018, reflecting strong operating results.
Net capital expenditures were $15.7 million for second quarter 2018 and $31.3 million for the first six months of 2018. The majority of the spend related to investments in rental equipment, particularly frac valves, to meet strong customer demand for the Company's differentiated frac rental equipment.
On July 16, 2018, Cactus closed a public offering of 11,196,562 shares of its Class A common stock at $33.25 per share and received $359.3 million of net proceeds after deducting underwriting discounts. Cactus contributed the net proceeds to its operating company subsidiary, Cactus LLC, in exchange for common units representing limited liability company interests in Cactus LLC ("CW Units"). Cactus LLC then used the net proceeds to redeem 11,196,562 CW Units from certain of the other owners of Cactus LLC and a corresponding number of shares of Class B common stock were canceled.
After these transactions, Cactus has outstanding 37,646,562 shares of Class A common stock (representing 50.3% of the total voting power) and 37,243,210 shares of Class B common stock (representing 49.7% of the total voting power). There was no change in the total aggregate number of shares of Class A common stock and Class B common stock outstanding of 74,889,772 following the completion of the offering.
Cactus will host a conference call to discuss financial and operational results tomorrow, Thursday, August 2, 2018 at 9:00 AM Central Time (10:00 AM Eastern Time).
The call will be webcast on Cactus' website at www.CactusWHD.com. Institutional investors and analysts may participate by dialing (888) 220-8474. International parties may dial (323) 794-2591. The access code is 8571623. Please access the webcast or dial in for the call at least 10 minutes ahead of start time to ensure a proper connection.
(a) Cactus has historically not been subject to U.S. federal income tax at an entity level. Subsequent to the IPO, Cactus, Inc. will incur federal and state income tax on its share of income from Cactus LLC.
(b) Dilution excludes 48.4 million shares of Class B common stock as the effect would be anti-dilutive.
(1) EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are not measures of net income as determined by GAAP. EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are supplemental non-GAAP financial measures that are used by management and external users of the Company's consolidated financial statements, such as industry analysts, investors, lenders and rating agencies. Cactus defines EBITDA as net income excluding net interest expense, income tax and depreciation and amortization. Cactus defines Adjusted EBITDA as EBITDA excluding (gain) loss on debt extinguishment and stock-based compensation.
(3) Market share represents the average number of active U.S. onshore rigs Cactus followed (which Cactus defines as the number of active U.S. onshore drilling rigs to which it was the primary provider of wellhead products and corresponding services during drilling) as of mid-month for each of the three months in the applicable quarter divided by the Baker Hughes U.S. onshore rig count quarterly average. Cactus believes that comparing the total number of active U.S. onshore rigs to which it was providing its products and services at a given time to the number of active U.S. onshore rigs during the same period provides Cactus with a reasonable approximation of its market share with respect to wellhead products sold and the corresponding services it provides.


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Wanda Sykes: Drinking Rules
Stand-Up Cocktails
We got the actress and standup comedian to dish on margaritas and why she has no patience for drinks with dinner.
Noah Rothbaum
Half Full Editor
Updated Jun. 20, 2017 11:23AM ET / Published Oct. 04, 2016 1:00AM ET
What is your signature cocktail? "Margaritas."
Do you have any advice for mixing up one? "I learned how to make them by drinking a lot of them. I use equal parts fresh lime juice, Patrón Silver Tequila, and triple sec in the spring and summer, and Cointreau in the fall and winter."
What is your hangover cure? "I just ride it out. A beer and greasy food usually helps."
Do you believe in the old adage beer before liquor? "Yes, I like to go hard, then scale back. I'd have a martini, then wine with dinner."
What is the perfect drink to have with meals? "Wine. It drives me nuts when I see someone having a nice meal with a giant piña colada. Wine pairs so well with all types of foods."
Do you like to have a drink before you go on stage? "I enjoy a glass of wine before a show."
What about after a performance? "I like a nice chilled glass of Champagne after the show."
In an episode of the web show While the Water Boils, you talk with host Hannah Hart about hanging out with your wife at home. Do ever make drinks for her? "Yes, she is a drinker, but mostly Champagne and wine. Occasionally I whip up a pitcher of margaritas."
Does the cast of Black-ish go for drinks after a long day of filming? "No, but I think it's a good time to start doing it."
Do you have a favorite film or TV bartender? "Sugar from Banshee and Coach from Cheers."
What is in your home liquor cabinet? "Pretty much everything—and lots of it."
Are shots ever appropriate? If so, when? "Sure. When you're in a rush."
Do you have a favorite L.A. bar? "If it's open and I'm with my friends, it's my favorite bar."
Watch Wanda Sykes in her new comedy special, What Happened… Ms. Sykes?, which premieres on Oct. 21 on EPIX. You can watch her full episode of the web show While the Water Boils here.
Find the Drinking Rules of other famous tipplers here.
Interview has been condensed and edited.


Two years ago it was my post about the <local Plum Blossom park> that really kick started my blogging when I was <'Freshly Pressed'>.
We visited the park a few days later into March this time around and pairing that with the warmer weather we experienced the park just slightly after the full bloom rather than before it. Either way the park did not fail to impress!
Gabriel was quiet and cuddly while at the park. We forgot to take the ergo instead of the stroller (tons of stairs) and when we got to the park we had to park the stroller and pull him out to carry him up. Unfortunately we had to wake him up to do so, thus super mellow baby.
Christopher's sweet parents soaking in their Japan experiences!
Gabriel finally gave up and fell back asleep on the walk back down.


There are three main bodies that represent us as nurses: the Royal College of Nursing (RCN), the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) and the health department's chief nursing officer in each country. And, in England at least, there is uncertainty over who is leading each.
With a national recruitment drive to mark the NHS' 70th birthday, nurses have been encouraged to inspire others to enter the profession – but frankly, I'm a bit nervous. Why? Because nursing bears a multitude of pressures that have tarnished the role and hampered recruitment.
How ironic that nurses are never more needed, yet we have around 40,000 vacancies. Uncertain Brexit status and short-term expensive overseas nurse recruitment have created pressures that burden the loyal and experienced workforce. Who would want to be a nurse now? And why?
Certainly not for the pay. In the past eight years, nurses have had a 14% pay reduction in real terms. Their much-needed pay rise this year has been a shambles, with reports of nurses having less in their pockets through delayed payments and an increase in state contributions.
Nurses did indeed vote for the pay offer. Yet it emerged that the RCN misled members. So far, the RCN general secretary Janet Davies has apologised and resigned, following an independent review that exposed a lack of communication and bowing to government pressure to accept the deal. It seems even our dedicated representative nursing body and union lacks effective leadership.
So who is leading nursing at this difficult time? At the moment, only Jane Cummings, the chief nursing officer for England – although only for the next few months.
In July, the NMC had a leadership change in Jackie Smith, after publication of the Morecambe Bay midwifery care scandal. There was also criticism of the handling of the Fitness to Practise process: it requires more transparency, fewer lengthy, costly formal hearings and a move away from striking off registrants too readily.
Nursing needs really strong leadership right now.
A stretched workforce under pressure spawns high sickness rates, loss of job satisfaction, more untoward incidents, the risk of being scapegoated in the organisation and poor staff retention.


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Few issues are as divisive for Hudson Valley residents as the fate of Indian Point Energy Center in Buchanan. Located within a 50 mile radius of the country's most vibrant city and millions of residents, there are environmental and safety issues to consider. Here, though, I will touch on the Indian Point debate only as it relates to local energy costs.
I wrote in today's Westchester County Business Journal about two separate setbacks that Indian Point owner Entergy Nuclear has experienced over the past couple of weeks in the company's efforts to re-license the plants (the current licenses for IP2 and IP3, the two active reactors, expire in 2013 and 2015, respectively).
One of those two items I reference was a joint statement released by state Assemblymen Kevin Cahill and James Brennan, chairmen of the Committee on Energy and of the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions, in which the two conclude that based on testimony at a Jan. 12 hearing, Indian Point could be shut down "without unduly burdening New York's ratepayers or the electric system," in Cahill's words.
Kremer is absolutely right and justified in saying that several experts who testified at the hearing spoke to the importance of Indian Point as a major provider of electricity to the region and as a vital link in the state's electric grid between the upstate power generating sources and downstate consumers. It seems that in their conclusion, Cahill and Brennan chose to ignore this particular testimony.
The bottom line is this: whether or not you are a fan of Indian Point, there have been credible studies and evidence to support the theory that electricity costs would go up significantly if the plants are shut down without a source (or sources) of replacement power already in operation. Those replacement power sources, let me remind you, will not appear overnight. It is extremely difficult to secure the permits and approvals necessary to build a power plant; not to mention the time and financing that would be inherent in any such project.
Turning a blind eye to safety issues is reprehensible, agreed. But turning a blind ear to the economic facts – which Assemblymen Cahill and Brennan apparently did – is disturbing in its own right.
This entry was posted in Economic Development and tagged Assemblyman James Brennan, Assemblyman Kevin Cahill, Con Edison, electric grid, energy demand, Entergy Nuclear, Indian Point, New York Independent System Operator, NY A.R.E.A by nyinsidetrack. Bookmark the permalink.


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Junior Boys Goat Tying
The participant rides their horse down to a tethered goat, dismounts, catches, throws, and ties any three of its legs together. The goat must stay tied for six seconds after the contestant has backed away from the animal. If the goat becomes untied before six seconds have passed, the rider receives no score. Time limit: 45 seconds.
Junior Boys Breakaway Roping
A variation of calf roping where a calf is roped, but not thrown and tied. It features a calf and one mounted rider who starts in the box. Once the calf breaks the barrier, the horse runs out of the box while the rider attempts to rope the calf around the neck. Once the calf is caught, the horse and rider stop and the rope which is tied to the saddle horn with a string, pulls tight and breaks loose. This signals the end of the run and the fastest time wins.
Team Ribbon Roping
A team event that features one mounted rider and one contestant on foot. Each team must consist of one boy and one girl. .The horse and roper start in the box and the runner may start from anywhere in the arena. The event begins when the calf breaks the barrier. The roper must rope the calf and "dally". The runner must then grab the ribbon off the calf's tail and race back to the finish line in front of the roping box.
Team Roping - Header
Also known as heading and heeling is an event that features a steer and two mounted riders. The first roper is referred to as the "header", the person who ropes the front of the steer, usually around the horns. Once the steer is caught, the header must dally and use his horse to turn the steer to the left for the "heeler" to rope the hind feet. The "header" is the contestant in this event that will receive the time and the points.
Team Roping - Heeler
Also known as heading and heeling is an event that features a steer and two mounted riders. The first roper is referred to as the "header", the person who ropes the front of the steer, usually around the horns. Once the steer is caught, the header must dally and use his horse to turn the steer to the left. The second roper is the "heeler", who ropes the steer by its hind feet after the "header" has turned the steer. The "heeler" is the contestant in this event that will receive the time and the points.
Steer Riding
A youth rodeo event that is an introductory form of bull riding for younger riders, age 9-13. Instead of bulls, the kids ride steers that buck. Steer riding usually follows mutton busting and calf riding as the participant ages and grows. To receive a score, the rider must ride the steer for 8 seconds.
Junior Bull Riding
A youth rodeo event that is an introductory form of bull riding for younger riders, age 11-13. The kids ride miniature or smaller bulls that buck. To receive a score, the rider must ride the bull for 8 seconds.
Junior Saddle Bronc Riding
A rough stock event in which the competitor climbs onto a saddled bucking horse in a bucking chute. When the chute gate opens, the horse bursts out and starts trying to buck the rider off. The rider must stay on the horse for 8 seconds to receive a score.
Junior Bareback Bronc Riding
A rough stock event in which the competitor climbs onto a bucking horse in a chute and uses one hand to hold on to a leather rigging that is strapped around the horse. When the chute gate opens, the horse bursts out and starts trying to buck the rider off. The rider must stay on the horse for 8 seconds to receive a score.
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Low quality of Nigerian university graduates due to degradation of the Nigerian educational system has resulted to large number of unemployable graduates in Nigeria. Consequently, high number or corporate organisations companies in Nigeria, especially multi-nationals find it extremely difficult to employ young Nigerian university graduates due to lack of trust and confidence in the Nigerian educational system.
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University students in levels 01, 02, and 03 will be enrolled and follow up with until graduation from the university. These students will undergo thorough mentoring sessions, vocational/career boot camps, entrepreneurship and employability skills enhancement workshops, internship/volunteering, Job-Shadowing with companies, and business development/agro-processing workshops. The programme will serve as a finishing school for beneficiaries' work-place role in the future, and will follow-up with beneficiaries upon graduation, to enable the gain access to Federal Government and other post-NYSC intervention funds for business startup ventures. CVL-HELP Project will start with the University of Lagos, University of Ibadan, and will be implemented in every university and other higher education institutes in Nigeria.
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SEKO France participated for the first time at the Textile Care Exhibition, a 3 day event being held from 14th October to the 16th October 2017 at the Paris Expo Porte de Versailles in Paris, France. This event showcases products like Machinery, equipment, products and services Laundry, Dry Cleaning, Dyeing etc. in the Textile, Fabrics & Yarns industry.
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Tefillin in Gehennom
By Debbie Shapiro
Eliyahu Herman looks like everyone's favorite zaydie in Jerusalem. Beardless, with a large knitted kippah, he doesn't fit the stereotype image of a tzaddik [righteous person]. But his devotion for the mitzvah of tefillin saved thousands – yes, thousands – of Jews from death.
Born and raised in Budapest, Eliyahu was 15 years old when the Germans occupied Hungary. Although the countries were allies, it wasn't until the very end of the war, on March 14, 1944, that German forces took over the Hungarian government, and Hungarian Jews began to feel the full weight of the Holocaust. Within days of the occupation, Eichmann came to Budapest to institute the Final Solution. Every day over 12,000 Jews were shipped to Auschwitz, where most were sent directly to the gas chambers. The change was so sudden, so drastic, that the Jews of Hungary were completely unprepared.
"Yes, we had heard rumors of the atrocities taking place across the border, but we really thought they were exaggerations. We were totally unprepared for what would soon become our new reality," Eliyahu today explains.
"Rabbi Aaron of Belz escaped Galicia together with his brother, the Bilgoray Rav, and was living in the apartment adjacent to our yeshiva. I was privileged to receive a personal blessing from him, and" – at this, his words falter – "I am sure it is in that merit that I was saved, and that I was able to keep my tefillin with me, even while in the hell of Mauthausen and Gunskirchen, two of the worst spots on the face of the earth."
They Tried to Warn Us
"There were 15 Polish refugees in my yeshiva. They had tried to alert us to what was happening across the border. The Belzer Rebbe's assistant, Reb Dovid Shapiro, also tried to warn us, but we could not believe them. We were living in an illusionary world, and we couldn't imagine that such horrors were possible. But it wasn't long until we learned otherwise.
"When the Germans arrived, our teacher, Rabbi Chaim Alter Berkowitz, may his blood be avenged, instructed us to close our Talmuds and return home. Rushing through the streets, I saw a sight that to this day still horrifies me. Soldiers with guns were prodding long lines of Jews in the direction of the Danube River. I heard gunshots in the distance. I later learned that the Jews were ordered to remove their clothes and then forced to jump into the water. Most drowned – it was a wide, deep, river – and those who didn't were shot.
Jews were ordered to remove their clothes and then forced to jump into the water.
"I was lucky enough to find a job at a German factory. A few days after I started, the Nazis rounded up all the Jewish residents of our apartment building. Thanks to my work papers, I was able to save my family from being drowned in the river together with our neighbors.
My parents survived the war – they found refuge in one of Raoul Wallenberg's safe houses, and later on, in 1953, we escaped Hungary and moved to Israel. My father, who's buried in Jerusalem, opened this tailor shop, and now that he's gone, I work here."
Now, his voice beaming with pride: "But my son, he's not a tailor. He's a rabbi, a real Torah scholar."
In the Merit of Tefillin
A few months later, the Germans grabbed Eliyahu off the street and brought him to a brick factory. "It's impossible to describe what it was like. Thousands of Jews were lying helpless in the mud. One old woman had extended her arm to try to grab a crust of bread. A Hungarian soldier kicked the bread with his shiny leather boots. In my innocence, I thought he was trying to kick it closer to the starving woman. Instead, he continued kicking it until it was totally out of her reach. A few minutes later, the woman succumbed to starvation.
"Shortly after I arrived, the Nazis brought a truckload of Jews from the old age home and the Jewish hospital. The old people could barely walk. The soldiers cruelly pushed them into the mud and shot them.
"After a few days of this hell, the Germans ordered us to leave the factory and begin marching. It started to rain, and then the rain turned into snow. Our 'friendly' neighbors stood on either side of the road, jeering at us as they threw snow-covered rocks. Some moved their hands across their necks, to let us know that we were being taken away to slaughter.
"We left the city and continued walking, and walking and walking. Every night, we slept somewhere else – on hard gravel, pavement, mud, even inside a pigsty. The Germans didn't provide us with food or water; they just forced us to walk until we finally arrived at the city of Sopron on the German-Austrian border."
In Sopron, Eliyahu, together with the other inmates, were loaded into cattle cars and shipped west into Austria, away from the approaching Red Army. Thirty-five thousand men had left Budapest. The remaining 5,000 were brought to Mauthausen.
"We arrived on erev Pesach. Mauthausen is located in an ancient castle on the top of a very tall mountain. Entering the building, we felt as if we had just passed through the gates of hell. While a band played a rousing march, we stared in horror at the skeletal beings dressed ludicrously in pajamas."
Before entering Mauthausen, Eliyahu hid his precious tefillin by carefully tying them to his leg. At the selection, someone whispered to him to lie about his age and profession. Eliyahu, a 15-year-old yeshiva student, told the camp commandant that he was a 28-year-old tailor. "I was sent to the right, to life, while the other boys my age were sent to the left, to death."
When sent to the shower, Eliyahu miraculously managed to hide his tefillin under a rock. "That was the last time I was ever separated from my tefillin. I kept them with me throughout the war, and afterwards. Today, I take them with me wherever I go." He pointed to the small velvet bag lying on the counter.
"Dressed in nothing more than thin pajamas, we slept that night in the snow. It was our mattress, our blanket, and our food. Back home, a maid would polish my shoes. Now I had no shoes. Not far from us were what appeared to be five small huts. When I woke up, I was horrified to discover they were really five enormous piles of frozen corpses. There was no fuel to burn them."
"The first morning in that hell, I donned my tefillin and begged God to take me. I could not stand the suffering. But although I was no better than the others, God wanted me to remain alive."
Eliyahu remained alive, and continued to don his tefillin and recite a quick prayer each morning before setting out to work. He had to be careful – if the Nazis were to discover him with the tefillin, he would be immediately shot.
If the Nazis were to discover him with the tefillin, he would be immediately shot.
"The camp commander took tremendous pleasure in torturing the prisoners. Afterwards, he would return to his house, located on the camp premises, and, together with his wife, listen to classical music, to Mozart!"
Eliyahu recalled the special Divine providence in hiding his tefillin: "Twice a day, at roll call, the SS soldiers would surround us and check us with their dogs. Although these dogs always stopped to smell my leg, the one where the tefillin were tied, the Nazis never discovered my tefillin. I can only describe it as a miracle. There is no other explanation."
"The allied forces were closing in. One day, there was a selection. Most were sent to the crematorium. I was selected for life. Life? We were forced to march for 12 days in the heavy rain until we reached our destination, Gunskirchen. Of the 33,000 who left Mauthausen, 20,000 arrived in Gunskirchen.
"I had been positive there could be no place worse than Mauthausen. But I was wrong. Gunskirchen was much, much worse. The first thing the Nazis did upon our arrival was to set three huge German shepherds on my friend Chaim. They tore him to pieces.
"Gunskirchen was not a work camp. We did nothing all day, except remove the dead bodies from our barrack and wait for time to pass. A few times a week the Nazis would give us a bit of food and water."
Eliyahu recalls his last day in the camp: "It was a Friday night. We were locked in our barrack, and had heard that the Germans placed explosives around it. They wanted to kill us and hide all the evidence. People were dying like flies, and I knew that if the Germans didn't explode the barrack, I would die of hunger. I said to my friends, the Klein brothers, 'If you'll join me, let's escape together.' We began climbing over bodies to make our way toward the door.
"In front of the door, I saw a man named Yitzhak lying on the floor. He had converted to Christianity prior to the Holocaust. I bent down and asked him, 'Do you want to return to the Jewish people?' Although he was already unable to speak, his eyes told me that he did. My friends were upset with me. But I couldn't leave him like that. I said the Shema with him. He died at the word 'echad' – one.
"We somehow found the strength – don't ask me how – to break the door open and escape that death-filled room. Of course I had my tefillin with me. Once we were in the forest, we threw off our lice-infested prison pajamas and put on SS uniforms that we had removed from dead soldiers.
"Suddenly, we heard the sound of a car traveling. When we saw it was an American jeep, we emerged from our hiding place and stood at the side of the road. Three soldiers jumped out of the jeep, their guns trained on us, and requested that we show them our documents. Documents? We didn't even have clothes, let alone documents!"
You Are the Moshiach
"I didn't have documents, so I showed the soldiers my tefillin. At first they thought it was a hand grenade! But then one of them recognized they were tefillin. He asked me, 'Du bist a Yid?' (Are you Jewish?)
"I started crying, and said, 'You are the Moshiach!' The soldier ordered me to recite a Jewish prayer. I said Shema. He immediately embraced me and started kissing me. When I told him that the two German soldiers standing next to me were also Jews, he hugged and kissed them, too.
"I gave them directions to get to Gunskirchen. Although the camp was not far from where we were located, it was difficult to find. The Jewish soldier immediately phoned his commander and informed him that he had found the camp they had been looking for. 'Please save the 35,000 Jews that are left there,' I begged. 'Most of them are on the verge of death. If you don't get there quickly, most will die. Every minute is crucial.'
"The army immediately sent medical care to Gunskirchen, and in doing so, thousands of lives were saved. My tefillin saved my life, and the lives of thousands of Jews, because in their merit, the American army arrived at the camp quickly," Eliyahu concludes with deep emotion.
Eliyahu was sent to a local field hospital. When he arrived there, he weighed 81 pounds and was running a very high fever.
"I lost consciousness almost immediately after arriving at the hospital. I woke up to discover my tefillin under my head. I asked about the Jewish soldier who had saved my life, but no one could identify him. That was the last I heard of him for almost 70 years. Last year, I asked the American embassy to help me find him. They suggested I call the Vatican – a lot of help that was!"
Eliyahu turned to the media. "I phoned one of the more popular radio stations, hoping they'd publicize my story. After explaining my request, the man on the other end of the telephone said, 'Everything you told me was broadcast throughout the country. Certainly one of our listeners will contact you with information.'"
None of the listeners contacted him, but a major Israeli newspaper did, and a large write-up about his quest appeared in their Friday edition. Saturday night, the phone rang in the Herman household, and when Eliyahu answered the phone, a stranger asked, "Are you the man who was in Gunskirchen 65 years ago?"
Eliyahu replied in the affirmative.
"Do you remember what you said to that Jewish soldier?" the stranger asked.
"I told him, 'You're the Moshiach.'"
A few days later, Eliyahu and Rabbi Meyer Birnbaum, a well-known scholar in Jerusalem and author of Lieutenant Birnbaum, met at Rabbi Birnbaum's home in Jerusalem. Of course Eliyahu brought his tefillin. They are always with him.
Reprinted from this week's email of Aish.com. which printed the article with permission of Jewish Lifestyle Magazine.
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kossy July 12, 2012 at 7:53 am
THIS is what is wrong with the world: "Beardless, with a large knitted kippah, he doesn't fit the stereotype image of a tzaddik [righteous person]"
Dumbest line ive ever read.
Beardless July 12, 2012 at 8:54 am
Your disdain for those without beards shines thru.
From a bearded family July 12, 2012 at 10:41 am
If this is what is wrong with the world, we're doing very well!
amazing Story July 12, 2012 at 11:40 am
Amazing and touching story
Toronto Yid July 12, 2012 at 12:00 pm
"Beardless, with a large knitted kippah, he doesn't fit the stereotype image of a tzaddik"
While the story is truly inspirational, the aforementioned statement is despicable and ignorant. During the three weeks, no less! What does this tell us about stereotypes? Perhaps we should look at every person for what they are, a human being in the image of G-d, and judge them by their actions, not their kippah or beard etc.
Never mind that the beardless and large knitted kippah wearing tzaddik, Rav Mordechai Machlis shlita, one of the world's "gedolim" of chesed (has over 100 people every Shabbos meal and treats all of them like kings, though many of the guests are difficult individuals to say the least) defies the so called stereotype.
Or the beardless gadol, Rav Ahron Lictenstein shlita, one of the greatest talmedi chachmim alive today.
Or the Chelban (milkman), Rav Hayim Ezra HaCohen shlita, one of the leading kabbalists, who does not have a beard and wears a simple cap. Just because he is not in the pictures in Hamodia or Yated does not mean he is not a "gadol".
Or the beardless, Rav Moshe Sherer tz"l (former chairman of Agudah), activist and true tzibur askan, definitely another tzaddik.
I can go on and on- suffice to say I have chosen 4 areas of growth (chesed,nigleh torah learning, nistar torah learning and communal activity) and provided examples of 4 "gedolim and tzaddkim" who defy the sterotype. Never mind the countless righteous women (Professor/Morah Nechama Leibowitz z"l, Rebbizen Kanivesky z"l, Rabbanit Bina-who should live and be well, etc.) who were or are truly righteous and did/do not have beards.
reb burd vu is dein yid?
shortcut July 12, 2012 at 5:31 pm
that they didn't finish.
I wasn't that there were so many tzadikim out there that there is stereotypical tzadik-look.


The online retail giant, which is based in Seattle, narrowed its search to 20 cities vying for HQ2 at the beginning of the year.
Ocasio-Cortez says the headquarters placement should be met with skepticism until the company proves it will benefit the surrounding community and not adversely affect the cost of living.
Long Island City and Crystal City would meet Amazon's other requirements: be near a metropolitan area with more than a million people; be within 45 minutes of an worldwide airport; have direct access to mass transit; and have room to expand.
"While Philadelphia was not ultimately chosen for Amazon's HQ2, I thank Amazon for its consideration and am honored that we were among the top contenders", Kenney said.
In a series of tweets late on Monday, New York Representative-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said that Queens residents' response to the move was to express "outrage". The congresswoman who represents Long Island City, Rep. Carolyn Maloney, has not commented on the plan since it was confirmed, and her office did not immediately comment to CBS News.
Wages at the Long Island City and Arlington offices are expected to average out to approximately $150,000 United States dollars (roughly $193,693 CAD). The two sites are similar, located on spokes of each city's transit line, across the river from the central business district, and a short distance to airports - Reagan National in Virginia, and LaGuardia in NY.
It confirmed performance-based incentives of $1.5bn from the state of NY and $573m if it meets targets of the 25,000 people hired for the Arlington site netting an average wage of over $150,000.
Amazon will invest $5 billion and create more than 50,000 jobs across the two new headquarters locations, with more than 25,000 employees each in New York City and Arlington.
There are also real benefits for companies in locating their headquarters in big cities.
He added: "While other locations may be disappointed not to have secured Amazon's favour, it does not mean they will miss out entirely".
Some critics had pushed for more transparency from cities and states in the bidding process, warning that the benefits of hosting a massive Amazon office may not offset the tax-payer funded incentives and other costs. Van Bramer said in a statement at the time that the headquarters "would be an ideal fit for Long Island City and for the entire borough of Queens".
Both cities met Amazon's requirements which include being near a metropolitan area with more than a million people and being within 45 minutes of an worldwide airport. The announcement and investment strategy made no mention of Amazon.
The company also said that it expects construction and operation of the so-called HQ2 to create "tens of thousands of additional jobs and tens of billions of dollars in additional investment in the surrounding community".
Sadly, those future projects will not include the cameos by Lee that fans had come to expect and love. He is still considered as one of the main force behind the rise of Marvel.
In Northern California's Butte County, a huge brush fire devasted the town of Paradise, where 1,000 structures were lost. In the video posted to Facebook, two people are seen in a vehicle trying to escape a barrage of flames licking the road.
There's no word on worldwide availability, but it will cost 3,999 Yuan (£399) and comes with 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage . A 16-megapixel camera can be found on the front of the device, and we're looking at a 25mm lens here with 1.0um pixel size.
The report lifts the lid on the scale of the investigative effort that was triggered by 11th-hour accusations against Kavanaugh . Grassley said Committee investigators attempted to reach Munro-Leighton by phone on October 3, but were unsuccessful.


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German Jewish Groups Criticize Government's Non-Jewish Antisemitism Commission
by JNS.org
German Jewish groups are speaking out against the government of German Chancellor Angela Merkel founding a commission to fight antisemitism that does not include Jewish members. Photo: Wikimedia Commons.
JNS.org – German Jewish groups have criticized the government of Chancellor Angela Merkel for founding a new commission on antisemitism that is comprised entirely of non-Jewish experts.
The decision is "a unique scandal," said Julius Schoeps, head of the Moses Mendelssohn Center for European-Jewish Studies. "German lawmakers and the interior minister must ask themselves why… clearly no value is placed on experts from Jewish organizations and communities," he said, Reuters reported.
Schoeps said that the Mendelssohn Center, together with with the American Jewish Committee and the Amadeu Antonio Foundation against antisemitism and racism, plans to found an alternative commission that will include both Jewish and non-Jewish experts.
JNS.org - The European Parliament building in Brussels now has its first-ever Holocaust memorial—a reproduction of Felix Nussbaum's 1939 oil...
"Nobody would even think of creating a conference on hatred of Islam without Muslims or a round table on the discrimination of women without women," said Anetta Kahane of the Amadeu Antonio Foundation.
The German government has not yet responded to this criticism. Meanwhile, the existing commission's members include Werner Bergmann, sociology professor at Berlin Technical University's Centre for Research on Anti-Semitism, and Patrick Siegele, director of the Anne Frank Centre in Berlin. This is the second such commission established by the German government. The first commission was established in 2011, with the government stating at the time that "fighting antisemitism in all its various forms is a political priority of the government."


This is the third Runner's World Half Marathon and Festival in Bethlehem.
St. Luke's University Health Network of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, was announced as the charity partner for the third annual Runner's World Half and Festival in Bethlehem on October 17-19.
Runners will be able to donate when they register for one of the races and/or join a fundraising team. Proceeds will benefit the "St. Luke's Healthy Kids, Bright Futures" programs, which provide medical, dental, and eye care to children in need.
"We are excited about the opportunity to work locally with St. Luke's in their efforts to bring medical, dental, and eye care to children who desparately need it in the Lehigh Valley," said Runner's World Editor-in-Chief David Willey. "Our hope is to raise awareness for all of their wonderful community health programs that serve the community where a lot of our staff lives and works."
Willey and St. Luke's Vice President for Development Patrick Bower made the announcement at the site of the old Bethlehem Steel plant, where the festival is based.
"Part of our mission is to promote health and fitness, and we thought this was a great way to showcase that," Bower said. "Running is something that people can do for their entire lifetime, it's relatively low-cost, and the link between fitness and good health is indisputable."
St. Luke's is also the medical provider of the festival, staffing the five first-aid tents along the course and the medical tent at the start/finish.
For more information about the festival and to register for free seminars or the races, see rwhalf.com.


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Winners and Losers: Week of Christie's Book Deal
By PolitickerNJ Editor • 12/16/16 3:35pm
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie at the annual State of the State address last year. Andrew Burton/Getty Images
The Senate President saw a long-delayed victory this week when his bill to require quarterly pension payments was signed into law. After trying unsuccessfully to circumvent the Governor Christie through constitutional channels with a ballot question, Sweeney finally cut a deal with the governor this week.
Kim Guadagno
The likely frontrunner in the Republican primary for 2017 netted several counties worth of endorsements this week. Though Guadagno has still not officially announced her candidacy, that show of confidence and her well-funded super PAC point to a strong showing against Democrat Phil Murphy, who is predicted to win both his party's primary and the general election.
Sal Rizzo
The Bergen Record reporter broke the news that N.J. Democrats had struck a deal with Christie to allow the governor to proceed with a book deal in exchange for a bigger share of the state budget this week. Democrats would stand to gain in their legislative districts' budgets if Christie gets the go-ahead to capitalize on his recounting of the Bridgegate years.
Despite his miserable 19 percent approval rating, Christie displayed real force of will this week with two bills: one to allow the aforementioned book deal, and one to punish his enemies in the press with a bill that would hand over the responsibility to publish legal notices to the state. That move, sponsored by Democratic State Senator Jim Whelan, would cause cash-strapped local and weekly newspapers to take a decisive hit to their revenue if the state starts running the ads itself and online.
New Jersey's gubernatorial candidates
Though they may be the talk of New Jersey's political circles, a Farleigh Dickinson poll found this week that most voters have no earthly idea who early frontrunners like Murphy, Guadagno and Assemblyman Jack Ciattarelli are. That finding will be an especially bitter pill for the N.J. GOP, who will have to fight against the seeming inevitability of a Murphy administration.
Filed Under: Politics, New Jersey Politics


"Hang on!" Walt and Corey were sitting side by side in the latest ride, strapped securely into their seats. With explosive acceleration, they were launched into a kaleidoscope of shapes and colors—and sounds.
"Music?" Corey looked inquisitively at Walt, then instinctively grabbed his shoulder harness as the capsule they were riding in corkscrewed through a burst of the aurora borealis.
"Yes, music!" Walt shouted. "Isn't this great?" The spacecraft hurtled onward, and Corey waited for his stomach to settle back into the accustomed space in his anatomy before nodding in agreement. "Yeah, Walt, great."
"That's Toccata and Fugue by Johann Sebastian Bach, as orchestrated by Leopold Stokowski. You've seen Fantasia, haven't you?"
"I think so, when I was a kid."
"Well, right now you are 'in' Fantasia. Oops, hang on; here we go again." The ship lurched forward and to the side, and Corey felt as much as he heard the music change, now becoming dark and wild. The craft stretched over a landscape scarred by volcanic lava flows. Corey recognized the powerful pulsations of Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring.