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Jonnie Boer (born January 9, 1965 in Giethoorn) is a Dutch Michelin star winning head chef and co-owner of the restaurant De Librije in Zwolle, Netherlands.

Together with his wife and business partner Thérèse Boer he runs the 3-starred De Librije (in 16th century monastery library building) and Librije's Winkel (cooking shop)
They also own Librije's Hotel and Librije's Atelier (cook- and wine school), all located in a former women prison.

In 1989 Boer became head chef at De Librije. In 1992 he and his wife bought the restaurant. Michelin awarded the first star in 1993. Five years later Michelin awarded Jonnie Boer his second star. In 2004 Boer was awarded his third star.

Jonnie Boer uses nature as his source of inspiration to develop new dishes, but also as basis of his cooking.

Controversy
In February 2011 the local paper De Stentor reported that Jonnie Boer was in financial trouble. Fact was that the Librije Group was hit by the economic recession and had to cut costs. The firebrand sale at order from the banks of restaurant Koperen Kees was nonsense, according to Jonnie Boer. Boer claimed that the sale of Koperen Kees was one of priorities, the theater-formula not fitting with the philosophy of the rest of the Librije Group. Sander Dol became the new owner.

Books
Books by himself or with his wife
 Puur : Restaurant De Librije, Zwolle (Dutch); 1997
 Puurder : Restaurant De Librije, Zwolle (in Dutch and English); 2001
 De Librije : puur eten & drinken (Dutch); 2005
 Purer: The Cooking, Wine & Spirits Bible--Restaurant De Librije Zwolle (English); 2006
 Pure Passie : makkelijke recepten uit de keuken van De Librije, wijntips en leuke anekdotes (Dutch); 2009

Books written with others
 Puur natuurlijk : Restaurant De Librije, Zwolle (Dutch); 2003
 En Cas : Jonnie Boer, Alwin Houwing, Nico Boreas, Robert van Beckhoven, Edwin Kats, Ronald Tausch en Cas Spijkers (Dutch); 2005
 Duvel à la carte (Dutch); 2005
 Lang leve vis : visrecepten van vierentwintig topkoks (Dutch); 2007
 Met Gort de Boer op : de wonderbaarlijke avonturen van twee fijnproevers op een zoektocht naar 100 jaar Cuisine Hollandaise (Dutch); 2007
 Met Gort de Boer op : de wonderbaarlijke avonturen van twee fijnproevers op een zoektocht naar 100 jaar Cuisine Hollandaise (Dutch, ebook); 2008
 Eten, drinken, slapen (Dutch); 2010
 Grote kookkunsten : "een kookboek voor en door kinderen" : met 65 lievelingsrecepten van kinderen van de Geert Groteschool in Zwolle (Dutch); 2010

See also
 De Librije

References

External links
 Official website "De Librije"
 Jonnie Boer – Bravo!

1965 births
Living people
Dutch chefs
People from Steenwijkerland
Head chefs of Michelin starred restaurants


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Why we invested in Grover
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Today, Grover announced it has raised €37 million in Series A financing from a group of investors, including Samsung NEXT. While we have made multiple investments in Europe, Grover represents our first investment in Berlin since opening our office here, so we're especially excited to share this news.
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Grover offers a new way for consumers to gain access to consumer electronics devices. It utilizes proprietary tech to assess consumer creditworthiness, and reaches consumers through two main channels:
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Opening-day leader Shahar ZUBARI of Israel repeated his first and third place finishes to take an eight-point overall lead over his nearest rival at the end of day two of competition in the Men's Windsurfer - RS:X event.
"I like my dark horse status. I am quite young and the other sailors in the class have much more experience than me. Right now I am focused on each race from the start, and each leg for itself," Shahar ZUBARI said.
Hong Kong's King Yin CHAN held on to second place overall with second and fifth places, but Aichen WANG (CHN) fell from third to seventh, a disastrous 16th in the soft, shifty breezes letting him down.
CHAN's coach Rene APPEL (NED) said: "To me, he was not very consistent today. Although he is still ranked number two, I am not satisfied. A good coach won't be quickly satisfied. I coached Lai Shan LEE (1996 Hong Kong Olympic gold medal winner) in 1996. I know what good sailors are. CHAN is definitely one of them."
Reigning World Champion Tom ASHLEY (NZL) moved up with a win in race 2 into third overall but lies 11 points behind the leader. "It wasn't as shifty as I expected. Today was about not doing anything stupid," the 23 year old said. After winning last year's Test Event, ASHLEY knows what it takes to succeed in Qingdao. "The first half of the regatta is about trying to minimize mistakes. If you can get through that without a bad discard then you can go ahead and sail harder in the second half."
ASHLEY's main threats moved up the leaderboard too. Julien BONTEMPS (FRA) and Nick DEMPSEY (GBR) are right behind him in fourth and fifth.
The rest of the field have hard work ahead of them. Sixth-placed Maxim OBEREMKO (UKR) is on 32 points - 24 behind ZUABARI and the Olympic Format only allows one race score to be excluded from the Opening Series total (after five races are completed). World #1 Przemyslaw MIARCZYNSKI (POL) is way back in 19th place with 85 points.
The RS:X windsurfers take a break on Wednesday and return for races 5 and 6 of the Opening Series on Thursday.


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Manufacturing slides, service jobs soar
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HARRISBURG – Growth in Franklin County's service sector has made up for job losses in manufacturing and construction during the past year.
The county's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in November was 4.7 percent, up from 4.6 percent a year earlier. About 100 more locals are out of work compared to November 2014, according to data that the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry released Wednesday
In a comparison of seasonally unadjusted data for county employers during the period: Jobs in retail were up 200, warehousing and transportation up 200 and wholesale up 100. Manufacturers lost 400 jobs and construction was off by 100 jobs. Local government had 300 fewer jobs.
About 11,700 workers produced goods in November, down 500 from a year earlier, while 40,300 worked in the private service sector, up 700 from November 2014. A record 10,000 people were employed in health and education services.
Unemployment rates across Pennsylvania in November ranged from 3.5 percent in Chester and Cumberland counties to 7.2 percent in Cameron County. Franklin County had the 22nd lowest unemployment rate among Pennsylvania's 67 counties in November. The county, also known as the Chambersburg-Waynesboro Metropolitan Statistical Area, had the eighth-lowest jobless rate among the state's 18 MSAs.
The November seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for Pennsylvania dropped one-tenth of a percentage point to 5.0 percent, equaling the national rate which was unchanged.
Unemployment rates and rankings of neighboring counties were: Fulton (6.1%, tied-56th); Huntingdon (6.3%, t-58th); Juniata (4.6%, t-19th); Perry (3.9%, t-7th); Cumberland (3.5%, t-1st); and Adams (3.7%, t-3rd).
Franklin County's adjusted unemployment rate was 4.9 percent in October.
Jim Hook, 717-262-4759


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I just remembered that I love Tennis. Yesterday I was watching some of the French Open and it got me thinking about the last time I actually played Tennis. After a few minutes I realized that I couldn't remember and that it was time to do something about it. So, I called up a friend and I was like how about some Tennis. So I am in a Tennis state of mind and that has carried over to today's Flashback.
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With Ryan Johnson likely leaving, Portland Timbers are "looking for a finisher" during offseason
December 10, 201310:30AM EST
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PORTLAND, Ore. – When the Portland Timbers season came to an end in the Western Conference Championship after their first-ever appearance in the MLS Cup playoffs, manager Caleb Porter indicated that the core of the team is in place.
But there are still some moves to be made this offseason and they started on Monday, when the Timbers parted ways with four players while extending bona fide contract offers to another four, including Ryan Johnson, their second-leading goal scorer in 2013.
READ: Timbers exercise options on Will Johnson, Jean-Baptiste, seven others
However, that might not be enough to hold on to Johnson, who scored nine goals for Portland after arriving in an offseason trade from Toronto.
"He wants to venture overseas," Portland GM Gavin Wilkinson told MLSsoccer.com. "He's done a lot in his career, and he wants the opportunity try a different environment and a little bit more money."
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That leaves the Timbers in the market for another striker, according to Wilkinson. Portland currently have youngsters Maximilliano Urruti, 22, and Jose Valencia, 21, as the only forwards on their roster. They're also still in negotiations with former English Premier League veteran Frederique Piquionne.
But Wilkinson says the club is still hoping to nab a finisher in the mold of a Robbie Keane, Marco Di Vaio, Chris Wondolowski or MLS MVP Mike Magee.
"You've got some names in there that given half a chance will finish," Wilkinson said. "We're looking for a finisher."
Wilkinson, who recently returned from a scouting trip, along with Porter, to South America, said the club is also targeting a defender that fits into "Caleb's system."
"We're after a wide player that has the ability to stretch defenders," Wilkinson said. "With the ability to go one-on-one with a player and give us a bit more of an attacking presence out wide and the ability to penetrate without the ball and stretch the team we're playing against in order for the midfielders to have a little bit more room to play as well."
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Both of Portland's starting outside backs, Jack Jewsbury and Michael Harrington, are under contract for 2014, along with 19-year-old Jamaican international Alvas Powell. The Timbers declined their option on right back Ryan Miller.
The Timbers also parted ways with center backs David Horst, Dylan Tucker-Gangnes and forward Brent Richards.
"It's not an overhaul," Wilkinson said. "I think last season you would frame it as an overhaul. I think this year it's a strategic modification in some ways, just looking at the right pieces in the right position that will give us the look that we want. It's definitely going to be a lot less changes this year than last."
Dan Itel covers the Timbers for MLSsoccer.com.


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The African invasion that did not happen. Why and how?
Do you remember? Back in February and March of this year, European politicians and the media were sowing fear that Europe was about to face a deluge of African migrants in response to the Arab Spring. Particularly the violence in Libya was predicted to push up to 1.5 million sub-Saharan migrant workers to migrate to Europe. Others believed Gaddafi's threats that he could unleash a migrant invasion. Images of Tunisian boat migrants arriving on Lampedusa confirmed this image of a looming migration crisis.
None of that has happened. The vast majority of people fleeing the violence in Libya has returned home or temporarily settled in neigbouring countries - such as Libyans in Tunisia. Eventually, only a few thousands turned up in Europe. Although immigration of Tunisians - which had nothing to do with this violence - somehow increased, it never came near to "biblical" proportions predicted by Italian interior minister Maroni.
The sad thing is that we knew that this mass migration was not going to happen, and me (on this blog) and other migration researchers have been arguing this several times. However, such insights have been systematically ignored by politicians and media, because it served them well to deflect the attention away from their internal problems and because apocalyptic stories about miserable and desperate Africans invading Europe draw large audiences.
These stories ignored a number of basic facts.
the vast majority of migrants in Libya and North Africa were not on their way to Europe but were there to work;
the majority therefore opted to go home instead of going to Europe;
the idea that Gaddafi could single-handedly unleash a "Black" migration invasion was as megalomaniac as his belief that all Libyans dearly loved the Guide of the Revolution of that he was the leader of all African;
every year several tens of thousands of North Africans cross the Mediterranean illegally in search of work (which exists, by the way) ever since south European countries introduced visa requirements for North Africans;
numbers and routes fluctuate annually in response to job availability in Europe and which borders are best controlled, but this year's immigration from Tunisia is certainly not "unprecedented" compared to flows in previous years;
these numbers of "several tends of thousands" are significant but dwindle in comparison to total EU immigration of about 1.5M annually.
Back in the sixteenth century, Nicolò Machiavelli already argued that to stay in power, rulers should create external enemy in order to sow fear, create a common cause, defect the attention away from your own failings, and rally your people behind you. In recent decades, and particularly since the fall of the Berlin wall and the "Communist threat", European politicians have effectively used the imagined threat of uncontrolled mass immigration to stay in power.
This seems to be their prime motivation to use every "migration crisis" to blow out of proportion the real magnitude of the phenomenon. It has served them very well, but with the harmful consequence that many Europeans now genuinely believe and fear that they are "under threat" by a looming migrant invasion. However, the funny thing is that such migration waves always keep on "looming" at the horizon, but never actually arrive!
What has been the European response to the Arab Spring in terms of migration policy? Shameful. After having supported North African dictators for many decades, North African citizen spontaneously started to revolt against those leaders, European governments created panic about a few thousands of migrants landing on their shores and basically turned their back. While the Tunisian government has generously assisted hundreds and hosted tens of thousands of migrants and Libyans fleeing the violence and greatly facilitated the work by UNHCR and IOM, wealthy European countries were arguing and haggling about sharing the "burden" of a few thousands of asylum seekers and refugees.
One of the first things the Italian government did after recognizing the National Transitional Council (NTC) in Libya is to guarantee that the TNC will respect the migration agreements they concluded with ... Gaddafi! Do the realise that these agreements have sanctioned abuses against the human rights of migrants and asylum seekers, as is extensively documented by human rights organizations and researchers? If the NTC is serious about democracy and human rights, it will not be able and should actually refuse to implement those agreements. The violence and abuses sub-Saharan migrants in Libya are currently experiencing, do therefore not necessarily bod well for the democratic credentials of the current NTC government.
So, European governments continue to actively pushing North African governments to violate rights of migrants and asylum seekers. Do they realise democracy also implies attributing rights to foreigners and migrants? After all, fundamental human rights do not only extend to citizens, but to all human beings.
In North Africa, human rights organizations have been assisting migrants and refugees and have been fighting for their rights of foreigners living on North African soil as part of a broader struggle to build more equal, just and democratic societies. They deserve the support of European governments, an certainly no encouragements to their leaders to continue abusing human rights of foreigners and, ultimately, also of their own citizens.
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Discussion in 'Windows XP' started by Disforg, Aug 4, 2006.
Hi guys. Hopefully someone out there has a clue about whats going on because this is driving me nuts!
Out of the blue, my comp took a poop. POSTS fine, and gets to the "WINDOWS XP" screen (where the blue scrolling bar is as its loading Windows). After that screen goes down, and you would expect to see your desktop, the comp just reboots and repeats the process.
I've tried booting in safemode and it "almost" gets there, then blue-screens with a "PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA" error message.
Attempts to boot "using the last known good configuration" resulted in the same rebooting process.
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Tonga Police want to talk to a tattooed man who was wearing a Mickey Mouse t-shirt, and another man, who were seen in the By-Pass Road, Halaleva area of Nuku'alofa, on the morning of Thursday, February 20, the day of a homicide.
The Police said they are seeking information to track down the two Tongan male "persons of interest" in relation to the homicide death of a Chinese shopkeeper over a week-ago.
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The other man, about 25-35 years old, was wearing a blue t-shirt with a cartoon picture of Mickey Mouse on the front and shorts. He had tattoos on his arm and leg.
"Any information in regards to these two men on the day of the homicide or the day before around the area would be very helpful," said the Chief Inspector.
He appealed for members of the public who might be able to help locate the men to call the police telephone number 922.
Police Commissioner Grant O'Fee said the victim died from severe head injuries and the Police were determined to apprehend the offenders and bring them to court.
"This was a brutal slaying of a law abiding member of the community in Nuku'alofa who was brutally killed in his home and workplace. Our team led by Chief Inspector Fifita are absolutely determined we will apprehend the offenders for this but we really need the cooperation of the public in Tongatapu," he said.
Dao Zin He (31) died at Vaiola Hospital on Friday, February 21 after he was found unconscious inside his shop on By-Pass Road in Halaleva the night before.


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MSCC will be having a special visit from a real fire at Mountain Sprouts. If you would like your sprout to come share this experience with his/her classmates, please come join us! The visiting firemen will talk to us about what they do, how we can be safe, and we will also have some fun looking at gear and of course, the workings of the truck! They have requested to possibly have a rough head count as to how many kids will be coming, so please RSVP to me if you would like to join. If your child is already a Tuesday Sprout, you do not need to RSVP.
Special thanks to Steve Foley for arranging such a fun learning opportunity!


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Preparation of structural drawings for sawcut and remodel concrete floors, and pipe sleeve requirements.
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You want me to kiss a frog???
This entry was posted in Photo of the Day 2014, USA and tagged Photo of the Day, Photography, Princess on February 19, 2014 by Bill and Paige.
Too cute!!! Thanks for making me smile this morning!
She is too cute, I agree. Don't you love little girls playing dress-up?


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VISUAL ARTIST AND MUSICIAN
Address: Level 2, 152-160 Hunter Street, Newcastle NSW 2300
Hours: By appointment
Property Donor: GPT/UrbanGrowth NSW
Launched: 29 July 2015
Closed: 30 March 2016
i: instagram.com/ajsmith120
sc: https://soundcloud.com/1plus120
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Adam Smith. I am a musician and visual artist.
I take landscape, portrait and street photography with 35mm film cameras; paint and draw using traditional techniques and materials; record music for films; combining guitars, drum loops, samples and found sounds and I also busk using a resonator slide guitar.
What are you doing in your space?
Early days … brainstorming new project ideas.
Setting up and moving in. Deciding what goes where.
Taking photos, experimenting with the natural light in the room.
Playing guitars. Testing out the acoustics.
Getting used to the street noise and learning where to get a good coffee fix.
Designing a single website that houses all my different projects in one place.
What inspired you to get involved in Renew Newcastle?
The opportunity to have my own studio space and a chance to network and collaborate with other creative people is also very inspiring. I would also like to contribute to the culture and be a part of the positive transformation that is happening here, it's very exciting
It's a heritage listed three storey building with an vintage elevator. I can imagine a million different things happened here in years past. Renew described the area my studio is located in as a writers hub, but I feel it is evolving into something else. My room looks out over the footbridge that links Queens Wharf to Hunter Street Mall.


Due to a strong amount of preleased space, absorption for both suburban and downtown markets remained positive with 371,903 sq. ft. This brought the year-end total for the Portland market to 1,073,533 sq. ft.
New development coupled with demand for prime space pushed average asking lease rates up by a year-over-year 9.4%. Average asking lease rates increased 1.0% compared to last quarter, ending Q4 2018 at $30.27 per sq. ft., full service gross.
Portland office currently has 574,000 sq. ft. of space under development with the bulk of these projects located in Downtown and Eastside.


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Review: Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, Glasgow Film Fest 2019
Posted by Keira Brown | 12 March 2019 | Film, Reviews | 0
As it's been three score years since Bill & Ted's first Excellent Adventure first hit the cinema, the Glasgow Film Festival added this unique event to the programme for 2019, an event akin to the likes of Secret Cinema, whereby we could watch the original movie, with the help of their pals at Park Circus, in Glasgow's Buchanan Galleries. Feeling somewhat like a Bill & Ted lock in, Glasgow's shopping centre enabled the audience to indulge in this thing of the past, which is partially set in a mall, gorging on Graham's Dairy Ice Cream and Bill & Ted themed cocktails.
As you entered the galleries and walked up to the cinema screen you could spot actors dressed up as some of the historical characters, Billy the Kid, Sigmund Freud, Joan of Arc and Abraham Lincoln. There were Glasgow Film Festival staff carrying trays of Graham's Dairy Ice Cream, which you could help yourself to. Next to the screen there was a pop up bar with cocktails named after sayings in the film, as well as your usual beer and wine of course.
The actors would attempt to interact with the crowd, tentatively it seems, and there is a little disappointment there, as where was Napoleon and Socrates, two of the key figures in the film, and pre-screening, Abraham et al introduced the film in a similar way to their performance to San Dimas high school. We were then surprisingly handed over to Alex Winter, who spoke to us before the film began. And the rest we all know, as it was the very film that came out thirty years ago.
There were a couple of disappointments, I mentioned the actors previous, but the proximity to the toilet was another, this meant that we had to be escorted to the bathroom, as no escalators were operating and it was a trek to simply make it there that by the time you got back, you did find you had missed a chunk of the film. However, the event was immensely fun, there was a joy to seeing the film in this venue and the novelty was found amusing by the crowd.
Photo by Ingrid Mur.
For more on the Glasgow Film Festival 2019 click here.
Summary However, the event was immensely fun, there was a joy to seeing the film in this venue and the novelty was found amusing by the crowd.
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A tribute to legendary Sudanese poet Mahjoub Sharif (1948-2014): a story of love, hope and being
As an influential character in Sudanese history, Mahjoub found his way to people's hearts by making his poetry part of everyone's daily life and rhythm. In memoriam.
Nahla Mahmoud
Memories from my undergraduate degree at the University of Khartoum back in Sudan remain vivid: attending lectures, working at the Science Students Association, having tea at Siyama's place, passing affectionate couples on Nile Street, and enjoying heated political debates on the main street's discussion corners. In every little memory of every single scene, I would hear a song, recognize a poem or see a phrase by Mahjoub Sharif, the nation's poet. Sadly, he died aged 66 two weeks ago, after a long illness, as reported by BBC Arabic, Al Jazeera Arabic, Al Arabiya and many other media channels.
As an influential character in Sudanese history, Mahjoub found his way to people's hearts by making his poetry part of everyone's daily life and rhythm. In his poems, he would describe scenes of working mothers preparing breakfast for their children before heading off to work, of builders lining bricks for a new house, of teachers using chalk on blackboards, of friends catching up over a tea break, and of lovers beneath trees whispering their hopes for a new life.
Mahjoub was known for his leftist beliefs and strong sense of human rights. He survived difficult conditions, especially after the Islamists took power in 1989 and attacks on the arts and secular cultural reached their climax. The thirteen years he spent in jail under different dictators did not cause his cheerful spirit to fade. Instead, he painted Sudan's struggles in a colourful light and paved the way to a brighter future. He wrote and popularised national songs and was a key figure in reviving political poetry.
Many of his poems were sung by well-known Sudanese singers, such as Mustafa Sid Ahmed and Mohamed Wardi and popular bands such as Igd Algalad, and became virtual anthems for the civil rights movement in Sudan. He also reached a wider regional and international audience with his simple but powerful messages. Egyptian singer Mohamed Mounir sang his famous Al Shaab Habibi w Shiryani (The Nation Is My Love and My Blood), which became a regional hit in 2001. He also toured around Europe, performing at big events in the UK and the Netherlands among others.
Mahjoub was known for his positive outlook and belief in a better Sudan. He co-founded a charity called Rud al Jameel (Give Back), which helps marginalised individuals in need of jobs and equipment. Due to his background as a primary school teacher and insight into working with younger generations, children were his focus. He published a collection of poems in a book called The Children and the Soldiers in 1986 and initiated Nafag (The Path), a programme which inspires and empowers children through the arts. He also worked closely with many associations in Sudan including student unions and cultural centres such as that of Abdel Kareem Mergani.
Despite the country's loss, it is evident that Mahjoub Sharif has not left us but is still in the hearts of everyone who has ever known him. We are privileged to have witnessed the era in which he was so instrumental and influential in so many ways. He changed mind-sets and redefined possibilities, looking at prisons and imagining hospitals; exiles, colleges; bullets, singing birds; and bringing out the hope in every hug, every pencil and every cup of tea. Mahjoub Sharif is certainly not someone for whom to shed tears, but rather someone to be proud of and celebrate.
Born Are the Beautiful Children
Born are the beautiful children, hour by hour
with brightest eyes,
and loving hearts you have bestowed upon
fatherland, they will come,
for bullets aren't the seeds of life.
(Translation from the HRW/Africa report Bullets Aren't the Seeds of Life: the Detention of Mahjoub Sherif, Poet and Teacher)
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This morning, even last night Father impressed on me to share. It is so funny how almost anything can be "Game Film." What is that you ask? Well, a while back David was given this category. It represents how people prepare for sports. Like, in football, how they watch other teams play and strategize, GOD does the same.
We watched as a family last night a movie called "Morning Glory." Yes, this movie was of the world, but GOD was so present. I was moved by it. In fact, so much so, that I actually stopped what I was doing and watched it. This is so RARE for me to do. The movie was about an energetic kind of overzealous news producer. She thought she was getting a promotion, but got fired.
That turned out to be a GLORIOUS gift. Loved how the relationships were in the film, how by the end, there was a turn around, a resurrection of sorts, and also how everyone became a FAMILY. Though they did not mention GOD, when LOVE is present that is PURE HE is there.
While thinking abt this film, when it first came out, I remembered something. My mom used to wake me up saying "Morning Glory." Which I find interesting, cause it was the title of the film. Anyway, as a kid I just hated it. I remember just detesting my environment. Yet, GOD was so faithful still. I thank GOD for HIS amazing GRACE. I began to understand something. Specifically, to get revelation in what she would say.
Mom would say "Good Morning Glory!" I did not see myself that way, no one ever told me of the verse where it says that the children of a women represent the Glory. I had no clue, yet maybe somewhere inside I did. 😉 Because GOD lives in me and lived in me ALWAYS even before I knew it, HE knew! On some level perhaps I did not LOVE what she said because I truly understood in HIM, that HE is the GLORY!!!
I find myself lately, thinking of times I said that to our kids. But, they get that it is saying good morning to GOD in them, not just them. Words cannot describe the gratefulness that consumes us. WE are not BOUND by this world anymore!!! HALLELUJAH!!! WE are perfected in HIS GRACE. The flaws don't have the power that they used to. GO GOD GO!!!! MULTIPLY your GLORY!!!!!
This is a season where we will have to let many more things go. IT is about even more deep deep surrender. The word says deep calls unto deep. It is so not an easy thing to do, because we have so many we LOVE around us. But, many of them do not love GOD in us, and may have little to no desire to be set FREE in HIM. So, when GOD says walk away, we must OBEY! We have to TRUST in HIM that we can become a hindrance when people rely on US and NOT GOD.
GOD is the GLORY and every facet of HIM. I remember when HE led me to change my name on FB. I am certain He will do so again, because HE is always transforming us in HIM. I remember thinking that doing so would increase persecution. It has, believe me, but GOD. IT could always be so much worse than it is, ALWAYS.
LIFE is NOT about us, it is either about GOD in us or evil in us. Some are destined for good, and sadly some have the opposite destiny. WE thank HIM daily that HE chose us for good!!!!! HALLELUJAH!!!!! THANK YOU LORD!
THIS song represents the GLORY of GOD.
WE are a part of that. YOU, me, the flowers, the trees, the birds, the rest of the animals, we are HIS, and being HIS makes us beautiful and precious to HIM. I pray this day, that we are encouraged in HIM to receive the GLORY of GOD! Not just to know it exists, but to recognize that when JESUS was sent to die on a cross in Calvary, the GLORY of GOD was fulfilled in the HEAVENLIES!!!!
This is a truly GLORIOUS time, we cannot live defeated but must VOLUNTEER to be used by HIM to spread HIS LOVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Will you go?
This page contains tons of scripture on HIS GLORY!!!!! Ask HIM to heal you, submit to HIS healing and deliverance, and watch GOD crush mountains!!!!!!
GOOD MORNING GLORY!!!!! OH HOW WE LOVE YOU MIGHTY GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!


We live in a world that needs increasing amounts of fresh water and carbon-free energy. Nuclear energy can provide both. Does nuclear desalination have a future?
This summer California is mired in a historic drought. There's some help on the way in the form of a built-for-purpose desalination facility under construction in Carlsbad, near San Diego. It's a step in the right direction, but the energy-intensive desalination project will cost $1 billion and produce just 10% of the county's water needs.
Until the Carlsbad Desalination Project comes online later this year, the largest desalination facility in the state of California is actually the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant owned and operated by PG&E Corporation (NYSE:PCG). Desalination needs a lot of energy, and nuclear power generates a lot of energy. But would citizens ever accept nuclear desalination facilities in California to create carbon-free energy and safe drinking water?
A desalination facility pumps seawater through miles of pipes and then pushes it through specialized membranes in a process called reverse osmosis. Water molecules can pass through the membranes, but larger molecules such as salt get stuck on the surface. And boom! Fresh water!
Of course, expensive water is cheaper than no water, which is now the reality facing drought-stricken residents and businesses in California. That's why San Diego County will purchase desalinated water from Carlsbad for $6.14 per thousand gallons -- 80% more than what the county currently pays for water.
Expensive nuclear power couldn't possibly be any cheaper, right? Actually, PG&E Corporation sells desalinated water from Diablo Canyon to local fire departments for just $3.34 per thousand gallons. Still relatively expensive, but roughly the same price San Diego County pays for water today.
It's important to note that Carlsbad will produce nearly 50 million gallons of fresh drinking water everyday, while the nuclear plant at Diablo Canyon can only produce a maximum of 1 million gallons per day (40% of which is used on-site). That makes it an insignificant revenue stream for PG&E Corporation, but, hey, California needs more water and more energy. Could nuclear desalination be the answer?
One of the biggest disadvantages of traditional nuclear power plants, which are large and centralized, is the massive upfront construction expense. For instance, the Vogtle expansion being undertaken by Southern Company in Georgia is estimated to cost up to $18 billion. There are permitting, licensing, approval, regulatory, construction, upfront decommissioning, and other fees and expenses. Just as desalination is the most expensive water source, nuclear is the most expensive electricity source.
But if you combined the two processes each would help to offset the cost of the other. Desalination processes would have an ample supply of energy, while nuclear power plants would gain an important new revenue stream to increase their value proposition. Residents would gain carbon-free energy and tens or hundreds of millions of gallons of fresh drinking water every day. Of course, for the foreseeable future, it likely makes more sense to build or expand desalination operations at existing nuclear power facilities.
At the moment, there are no plans for nuclear desalination to be deployed on a large scale. But local officials are working with PG&E Corporation to make good use of the 600,000 gallons of daily fresh water capacity currently going unused and to possibly expand the capacity beyond 1 million gallons per day. Investors may see more Californian nuclear power plants begin to entertain the idea of building on-site desalination facilities. How big will they be? Does this mark a turning point in the public's attitude toward nuclear energy? Could this revive the nuclear renaissance? It's still too early to tell, but this is an interesting development to watch.


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MCS6 is a welcome addition to the range and a replacement for the widely adopted MCS3 workstation controller. With the same jog/shuttle and transport and editing function buttons as the MCS3, MCS6 USB is available for Mac users or the MSC6 RS422/9-Pin version for VTR control.
Introduced at BVE and now shipping is the MADI.9648 sample rate converter from DirectOut. Designed to enable simple integration of ext ernal equipment with the latest live consoles operating at 96 kHz sampling rate, MADI.9648 is equipped with eight MADI ports and offers low latency, bi-directional conversion between two 32ch 88.2/96 kHz connections and one 64ch 44.1/48 kHz connection.
New to the DirectOut ANDIAMO and ANDIAMO2 series is a 4-way mix-bus that can be used for a multitude of applications such as creating clean feeds, monitor mixes, mixed comms feeds etc. The mix-bus facility is enabled by installing firmware version 6.4 or above and is controlled by ANDIAMO Remote v3.1 for Windows or v0.78 for OSX.
The JLCooper and DirectOut ranges are distributed in the UK by Aspen Media.


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«Thanks for Leaving» es una canción grabada por la cantante rumana Alexandra Stan para su segundo álbum de estudio, Unlocked (2014). Fue lanzada para su descarga digital el 28 de abril de 2014 a través de Fonogram Records y Roton como el primer sencillo del disco. Fue escrita por Alexandru Cotoi, Sebastian Jacome, Lee Anna James y Naz Tokio, mientras que la producción fue manejada por Cotoi y Jacome. Musicalmente, «Thanks for Leaving» es una balada electropop, cuyas letras discuten sobre nuevos comienzos, las elecciones que se pueden hacer en situaciones difíciles para avanzar y descubrir la alegría de ser uno mismo. Stan reveló que el contenido lírico de la pista está inspirado en el altercado físico de 2013 que sufrió por parte de su exmánager Marcel Prodan, lo que la llevó a un receso temporal de su carrera.

Un video musical para el sencillo fue filmado por Khaled Mokhtar en los Estados Unidos, y subido al canal oficial de Stan en YouTube el 28 de abril de 2014; fue precedido por el estreno de tres cortometrajes. El video de «Thanks for Leaving» se centra en la relación de la cantante con su novio, que termina debido a sus problemas de alcoholismo. La canción ha recibido reseñas positivas por parte de los críticos de música, quienes elogiaron su composición; uno de ellos pensó que podría lograr un puntaje alto en el Festival de la Canción de Eurovisión. Comercialmente, la pista experimentó éxito menor, alcanzando la posición número 42 en la lista Airplay 100 de Rumania, el número 83 en Italia, y el número uno en la lista de Pop en Ucrania.

Antecedentes

El segundo álbum de estudio de Stan, sin título en ese entonces, inicialmente estaba previsto para ser estrenado en septiembre de 2013, pero debido a un altercado físico con su exmánager Marcel Prodan, el lanzamiento se retrasó. Stan lo acusó de agresión física y chantaje. Esto la llevó a aparecer herida en la televisión rumana, por lo que decidió tomarse un receso de su carrera. Mientras tanto, Cliché (Hush Hush), su último trabajo bajo el sello de Prodan, Maan Studio, se estrenó en Japón. Sirve como una reedición de su primer disco Saxobeats (2011), lanzada junto con tres canciones («Lemonade», «Cliché (Hush Hush)» y «All My People»), que estaban inicialmente destinadas a su segundo álbum. Después de su recuperación, la cantante fue demandada por Prodan por usar sus canciones en sus presentaciones en vivo sin su permiso, pero ganó el caso de derechos de autor en junio de 2014. Posteriormente, Stan firmó un contrato de grabación con Fonogram Records y continuó trabajando en su álbum con un nuevo equipo, incluyendo a los compositores y productores Alex Cotoi y Erik Lidbom.

Grabación y composición

Después de pasar algunos meses en los Estados Unidos, Stan comenzó a componer la pista en octubre de 2013 durante el campamento de composición internacional FonoCamp en 2013, celebrado en Azuga, Rumania, donde se reunió con varios artistas rumanos e internacionales. «Thanks for Leaving» fue escrita por Lee Anna James, Naz Tokio, Sebastian Jacome y Alexandru Cotoi, mientras que la producción fue manejada por Jacome y Cotoi. Cuando fue entrevistada por Direct Lyrics, la artista afirmó, «Esto puede sonar como un cliché, pero me expresé mejor a través de mi trabajo. 'Thanks For Leaving' es una canción que tuve que crear y cantar con un mensaje emocional muy fuerte para mí. Habla de lo importante que es simplemente dejar ir las cosas y seguir adelante. Siento que he hecho eso. Sé que otros también se relacionan con el mensaje de la canción, así que espero que les haya ayudado a hacer lo mismo». Es una balada de electropop «moderna», que ha sido descrita como un alejamiento de sus trabajos previos orientados al género dance. También es la primera balada en la carrera de la cantante. Líricamente, la pista trata sobre nuevos comienzos, las elecciones que se pueden hacer en situaciones difíciles para avanzar y descubrir la alegría de ser uno mismo. En entrevistas, Stan comentó que el contenido de «Thanks for Leaving» está basado en su recuperación del incidente que sufrió con su exmánager. Florin Grozea, del periódico Adevărul, pensó que la línea «I won't spend another day with you inside my head... How could you be so cruel? Turned me into a liar»—en español: No pasaré otro día contigo dentro de mi cabeza ... ¿Cómo pudiste ser tan cruel? Me convertiste en una mentirosa—estaba dirigida a Prodan.

Recepción
Tras su lanzamiento, «Thanks for Leaving» ha recibido reseñas positivas por parte de los críticos de música. El periódico rumano Adevărul elogió la interpretación vocal de Stan, aplaudiendo además su contenido lírico. La publicación francesa Musique Mag describió la pista como «una autoterapia que podría subir a la cima de las listas este otoño». El sitio web de música alemán Hitfire confesó que «Thanks for Leaving» era una «balada de pop bonita, pero no tan dramática». Sin embargo, el portal criticó el acento de la cantante, sugiriendo que la canción hubiese sonado mejor en rumano; Hitfire señaló la falta de un clímax en la pista, y concluyó que es poco probable que «Thanks for Leaving» se convierta en un éxito. Robin Catling de Everything Express pensó que la canción podría lograr un puntaje alto en el Festival de la Canción de Eurovisión, comparándola con los trabajos de Kelly Clarkson. Comercialmente, la pista experimentó éxito menor en las listas. Debutó en el ranking Airplay 100 de Rumania en la posición número 71 el 11 de mayo de 2014, alcanzando su punto máximo en el número 42 en su siguiente semana; descendió al número 52 en la semana del 25 de mayo de 2014. En Italia, «Thanks for Leaving» alcanzó el número 83 en la lista FIMI, descendiendo al número 97 en la siguiente edición. La canción encabezó el ranking
FDR Pop Songs de Ucrania para la semana del 1 de junio de 2014.

Video musical y promoción
Un video musical de acompañamiento para «Thanks for Leaving» fue filmado por Khaled Mokhtar, y precedido por varios teasers antes de ser subido al canal oficial de Stan en YouTube el 28 de abril de 2014. Antes de su estreno, se lanzaron tres cortometrajes—«Rebirth of a Passenger», «No Regrets» y «The Right Moment»—que muestran a la cantante realizando una coreografía acompañada por sus bailarines de respaldo junto con una melodía de fondo. El video fue filmado en varios lugares de los Estados Unidos, incluyendo California, en un lapso de cinco días; Stan usó once trajes durante el videoclip.

El video empieza con dos hombres peleando, incluido uno de ellos siendo arrojado al suelo por este último. Stan, escuchando el suceso desde su casa, sale del lugar en automóvil, tras lo cual ella y su novio aparecen sentados en los extremos opuestos de una cama. El chico deja sola a la cantante en la habitación entrando a un supermercado mientras Stan se sienta en el suelo cerca de un piano. Más tarde, vuelve a su casa de nuevo, pero Stan le cierra la puerta en la cara. Posteriormente, la artista aparece conduciendo un auto rojo que se mostró al principio, y más tarde saliendo de un vehículo viejo mientras sostiene un pájaro en su brazo. En el resto del videoclip, se muestra a la cantante encontrándose con su interés amoroso cara a cara dos veces, interpretando la canción a la multitud de un bar, y luciendo un vestido blanco con un accesorio para la cabeza. Su novio termina lidiando con problemas de alcoholismo. Las escenas intercaladas en el video presentan a la cantante tendida sobre el vehículo abandonado y tocando el piano en su habitación.

La canción fue incluida en la lista de su gira Unlocked Tour (2014–15), con la que visitó Japón por primera vez en dos años. La artista subió un video a su canal en YouTube donde se la ve interpretando el sencillo, acompañada por el cantante rumano Viky Red tocando el piano. También presentó la pista para las estaciones de radio nativas Radio ZU, Pro FM, Radio 21 y Kiss FM. En la Radio ZU, Stan interpretó un popurrí de «Mr. Saxobeat» (2011) y «Get Back (ASAP)» (2012).

Formatos

Personal
Créditos adaptados de las notas de Unlocked y The Collection.

Estudios
Grabado en Perfect Sound Studios en Hollywood, California.

Créditos de composición y técnicos
Alexandru Cotoi – compositor, productor
Sebastian Jacome – compositor, productor
Lee Ana James – compositor
John Puzzle – teclado
Viky Red – teclado
Alexandra Stan – voz principal
Naz Tokio – compositor

Créditos visuales
Mihai Codleanu – montaje audiovisual
Alexandru Dumitru – efectos de sala
Gara Gambucci – estilista
Andra Moga – estilista
Khaled Mokhtar – director, director de fotografía, guionista
Laurent Morel – colorista
Barna Nemethi – guionista
Carmen Rizac – coordinadora de posproducción
Elias Talbot – productor, guionista

Posicionamiento en listas

Historial de lanzamiento

Referencias

Enlaces externos
 Sitio oficial de Alexandra Stan (en inglés)

Canciones de 2014
Sencillos de 2014
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New scholarship, memorial endowment announced for BIPOC law students
Endowment honours first Black person appointed to Alberta Provincial Court, Court of Queen's Bench
The University of Alberta Faculty of Law
By Bernise Carolino
The new Lionel Jones Memorial Endowment in Law at the University of Alberta Faculty of Law aims to support law students who self-identify as Black, Indigenous or Persons of Colour and to promote racial diversity, equity and inclusion.
Lionel Jones attained many milestones within the legal profession, according to the law school's news release. Jones was the second Black person to graduate from the University of Alberta Faculty of Law when he received his LLB in 1963 and was the first Black man and the second Black person to be admitted to the Law Society of Alberta upon his call to the bar in June 1964.
Jones was also the first Black judge to be appointed to the Provincial Court of Alberta in 1977 and the first Black justice to join the Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta in 1995. In 1990, he was the first recipient of the National Black Coalition of Canada's James Bell Award, which recognizes "outstanding courage and achievement against challenging odds."
Jones previously worked as a Crown prosecutor at the Office of the Attorney General of Alberta, as senior Crown counsel at the Department of Justice and as a sessional instructor for the University of Alberta Faculty of Law and for MacEwan University's law enforcement program.
Jones retired from the bench in 2001 and passed away on Oct. 19, 2016 at age 78.
"It is always a proud and humbling moment for the Faculty of Law when members of the legal community join together to support our students," said Barbara Billingsley, the law school's dean, in the news release.
Anne Russell, a classmate of Jones and previously a judge of Alberta's Provincial Court and justice of the Court of Queen's Bench and Court of Appeal, initiated the new endowment.
"Although he never acknowledged or complained about any form of discrimination, it was not always easy to have been one of the very few persons of colour in Edmonton during that era," said Russell in the news release.
Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP and the classmates and friends of Jones contributed funds to the endowment.
"Osler is committed to the promotion and expansion of diversity in the legal profession, and we are extremely proud to be able to contribute to a University of Alberta award in the name of Lionel Jones," said Brian Thiessen, Osler's managing partner for Calgary, in the news release.
MLT Aikins LLP has also announced the launch of its Indigenous Scholarship, which will award $6,000 to one second-year student in a law school in Canada. Students can apply via the firm's website by providing a cover letter, their resume, transcripts and a reference from their Indigenous community. The firm will name the winner of the inaugural scholarship in March 2022.
MLT Aikins said in its news release that it is dedicated to advancing Indigenous perspectives and representation in the legal community, and to fostering a learning environment that is supportive of Indigenous success within and beyond the legal profession. The firm plans to keep recognizing the achievements of Indigenous law students by continuing to offer the scholarship program in the coming years.
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At Trinity Pet Hospital, pet declawing is one of the many services offered by our animal hospital in Laguna Hills. Declawing a pet refers to a surgical procedure that removes or amputates the tips of each paw, thus permanently removing the claw with it. Declawing is a permanent procedure, meaning there is no way to reverse it. And while it's most commonly performed on cats, we have had some dog owners inquire about the procedure in our office.
The most important thing to understand if you're thinking about declawing your dog is that your dog's claws are one of its first lines of defense if he or she is attacked by another animal outside. By declawing your dog, then, you are essentially removing your dog's first line of defense and reducing your dog's ability to protect itself. This is the same reason that we never recommend declawing an outdoor cat.
With this in mind, it is generally not recommended to declaw a dog that spends any significant amount of time outdoors. Smaller "apartment" breeds, such as Chihuahuas, can be trained to go to the bathroom indoors on a section of artificial grass or a potty pad, making declawing a more common procedure among these smaller breeds.
Even if you do have a smaller breed dog that doesn't spend any time outdoors unsupervised, we still recommend that you explore other alternatives to declawing first and foremost. Consider, for example, placing plastic caps on your dog's claws. These are pretty easy to use and can be purchased inexpensively at your local pet supply store.
What Happens During a Declawing Procedure?
Should you make the permanent decision to have a pet declawed, it is imperative that you understand how the procedure works. Specifically, your pet's last joint on each paw will be surgically amputated, and the remaining skin will be stretched and re-attached over the exposed bone. The claws will never grow back.
Unfortunately, due to the nature of the procedure itself, declawing is always going to be painful for your pet. This is why we administer pain medication and do everything we can to keep your pet as comfortable as possible throughout the healing process. Still, the decision to declaw is not one that should be taken lightly by any means.
Are you interested in speaking to our Laguna Hills veterinarian about declawing? Or perhaps you'd like to schedule a routine veterinary care appointment for your dog.
feel free to give Trinity Pet Hospital a call at 949-232-1788 to get started.


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Schwartz v. J.J.F. Management Services, Inc.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
DAVID SCHWARTZ, d/b/a Rent A Wreck; RENT A WRECK, INC., d/b/a Bundy Auto Sales, Plaintiffs - Appellees,
J.J.F. MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC., Third Party Claimant - Appellant, and RENT A WRECK OF AMERICA, INC.; BUNDY AMERICAN, LLC, Defendants.
Argued: March 21, 2019
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Baltimore. Peter J. Messitte, Senior District Judge. (1:07-cv-01679-PJM)
ARGUED:
Michael Lichtenstein, SHULMAN, ROGERS, GANDAL, PORDY & ECKER, PA, Potomac, Maryland, for Appellant.
Roger Charles Simmons, GORDON & SIMMONS, LLC, Frederick, Maryland, for Appellees.
ON BRIEF:
Jacob I. Weddle, Charles E. Remus II, GORDON & SIMMONS, LLC, Frederick, Maryland, for Appellees.
Before WILKINSON and KING, Circuit Judges, and DUNCAN, Senior Circuit Judge.
DUNCAN, SENIOR CIRCUIT JUDGE.
This appeal represents the latest salvo in the scorched-earth assault by Appellant J.J.F. Management Services, Inc. ("J.J.F.") and its subsidiary Rent-a-Wreck of America, Inc. ("RAWA") on Appellee David Schwartz, owner of a RAWA franchise territory previously awarded him by a jury verdict over RAWA's objections. J.J.F. appeals from the district court's denial of J.J.F.'s third-party claim to funds in certain deposit accounts that Schwartz sought to garnish in his effort to satisfy a contempt award against RAWA for engaging in a pattern of bad faith conduct.
J.J.F. contends that it has priority over Schwartz's claims to the accounts, which are owned by RAWA and Bundy American, LLC ("Bundy"), because it made loans to RAWA for which the accounts served as secured and perfected collateral. J.J.F. also contends that the district court erred by failing to consider the preclusive effect of a debtor-in-possession financing order (the "DIP Order") entered after RAWA and Bundy filed for bankruptcy.
For reasons detailed below, we affirm. We find that the district court did not err in concluding that Maryland law permits a trial court to require a third-party movant to establish a bona fide claim to ownership. In so holding, we decline to grant preclusive effect to the DIP Order, and we give effect to the district court's authority to ensure compliance with its contempt orders.
Schwartz is the founder of two companies: RAWA, a national business that rents used automobiles; and Bundy, a company that brokers RAWA-brand franchises. J.J.F.'s predecessor-in-interest purchased all outstanding RAWA stock in 2006, and since then, Schwartz's relationship with RAWA and J.J.F. has been defined by litigation. We begin by summarizing the key proceedings in the parties' history before turning to the facts underlying this appeal.
Disputes between Schwartz and RAWA have come before us multiple times. As relevant here, after J.J.F.'s takeover of RAWA, we affirmed a jury verdict holding that Schwartz has an implied franchise agreement to continue operating a Rent-a-Wreck franchise in the greater Los Angeles area. Schwartz v. Rent A Wreck Am. Inc., 468 Fed.Appx. 238, 249 (4th Cir. 2012) (unpublished). Following this determination, the district court ordered that RAWA's call center not dissuade potential customers from transacting with Schwartz's Rent-a-Wreck franchise location or otherwise divert business away from Schwartz's franchise territory. See Schwartz v. Rent-A-Wreck of Am., 261 F.Supp.3d 607, 613 (D. Md. 2017) (describing the district court's prior order). The district court later held RAWA in contempt of that order upon finding that the RAWA call center was informing potential customers that there was no Rent-a-Wreck location inside Schwartz's franchise territory. Id. at 614, 622-23.
In its contempt order, the district court recounted RAWA's acts of bad faith throughout the parties' relationship. Id. at 614-15. For instance, RAWA had "deliberately changed the address and hours it was listing for Schwartz's franchise on its website to an outdated address and to patently incorrect hours." Id. at 615. RAWA also "unilaterally demanded that Schwartz in a very short time frame either increase his franchise's fleet size from 150 vehicles to 1, 726 vehicles or face termination of his franchise." Id. Further, RAWA's CEO John J. Fitzgerald had made "direct verbal threats" to Schwartz indicating that "he was going to make things difficult for Schwartz and take everything Schwartz had." Id. Consequently, the district court ordered RAWA to pay Schwartz $83, 620.80 on June 29, 2017 (the "contempt award"). Id. at 622.
Less than a month after the district court ordered RAWA to pay the contempt award, RAWA and Bundy filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition in the Delaware Bankruptcy Court. The bankruptcy proceedings placed an automatic stay on Schwartz's attempts to collect on the contempt award. The bankruptcy court later dismissed the petition, finding that RAWA and Bundy were not insolvent, that they had not filed for bankruptcy in good faith, and that the petitions were "just another chapter in the attempt to terminate ...


BECKWITH TOWNSHIP—In any given football game, there are a handful of seminal plays, events that come to define the game and usually have a lot to do with determining its outcome.
On a sunny but mild day on the plains of central Lanark County Saturday, there were enough such plays to make the Wettges Conference championship match of the Ontario Varsity Football League typical. Just as typically, they all seemed to go in favour of the team on the business end of a three-year-old, 32-game winning streak.
When that happens, perhaps it should come as no surprise that the perennially powerful Ottawa Myers Riders really didn't have much difficulty in defeating the Kingston Grenadiers 48-21 at Beckwith Park, claiming their fourth straight conference title—the second earned at the expense of the Grenadiers in two years.
Some of those pivotal plays were obvious; their impact on the game clear for all to see. Others were more subtle, their influence on the eventual result not quite so evident, but no less decisive. In the former category were two turnovers, a first-half interception and a fumble on the first series of the third quarter, that both wound up in the Kingston end zone.
In fact, Ottawa scored three touchdowns on turnovers, as the Riders scored their last one late in the game after a failed fake punt led the Grenadiers to relinquish the ball on downs.
Almost as critical as those plays, however, was a sequence in the middle of the first half that didn't involve a turnover. The Grenadiers stopped Ottawa in the red zone and the Riders, missing their regular kicker, missed a 24-yard field goal that would have given them a 17-7 lead.
Harry Robinson returned the ball from 15 yards deep in the end zone, the Grenadiers made two first downs and they were second-and-three near midfield. Having scored on their previous possession, the Grens looked to have shaken the ill effects of having given up touchdowns on consecutive Ottawa possessions in the first seven minutes of the game. Trailing by just seven points, they actually had more total yards—129 to 110—than Myers.
The fateful play came as quarterback Dylan Fisher threw an incomplete pass. As the play ended, a Kingston player got his hands in the face of an Ottawa defender and was given a major penalty—one of seven, by the way, that Kingston would take amid the 194 yards they lost to fouls.
Rare as unnecessary roughness penalties are against an offence, this one meant that instead of third-and-three from the 50-yard line, the Grenadiers were suddenly third-and-18 from their own 35. Whether it was coincidence—or it led the Grens to take a collective emotional powder—after that infraction Kingston managed just 19 more yards and one first down from four possessions in the final 13 minutes of the first half.
As you may expect, the Grenadiers had to punt but the defence held, putting Ottawa in a punting situation on the next series. This time the Riders executed a fake punt, made first down, and scored a touchdown five plays later to make the score 21-7.
The final nail in the coffin of the Grens' season essentially was nailed on the first series of the second half. In two plays, Kingston had advanced the ball 19 yards to midfield. Then Harry Robinson fumbled after a seven-yard gain that would have produced a first down in Ottawa territory. Eleven plays, five minutes and 59 yards later, the Riders had a touchdown that gave them what proved to be an insurmountable 34-7 lead.
"It's unfortunate," Magee said. "It's not that we didn't play hard. We played extremely hard, we were physical, we were better on the line of scrimmage, we did a little better job of rushing the ball (than the last time we played Myers) … the kids gave a great effort. It wasn't enough.
Carter Matheson scored all three of Kingston's touchdowns, all on passes from quarterback Dylan Fisher that became scores of 15, five and 35 yards. Matheson was actually the game's top receiver, with a dozen catches for 194 yards.
Fisher, 23-for-43 for 318 yards, was overshadowed by his fellow conference all-star, Jacob Spinella of the Riders. He completed 27 of 41 attempts to eight different receivers for 340 yards, including one stretch in the second quarter when he shredded the Grenadiers' secondary with a 9-of-10 run that included touchdown passes that took the Ottawa lead from seven points to start the period to 21 by halftime.
Spinella ended the game with six touchdown passes, two of them to Phil Illoki, and no interceptions. Illoki finished with eight catches for 115 yards.
The Grenadiers ended their season 8-3, with two of those defeats having come against a team from the national capital that plays its games in the boonies.
"I'm really quite proud of our guys," Magee said, with a nod to the fact that the record was achieved by a bunch that typically was mismatched by the size and athleticism of its opponents.


The new XFR-S is a jaguar among lambs at the L.A. Auto Show, which will be populated with flocks of alternative powered vehicles. Jaguar will pull the wraps off its fastest and most powerful "saloon" car yet. The 2013 Jaguar XFR-S is the British marque's more functional alternative to its XKR-S coupe, both models sharing the same supercharged 5.0-liter V-8, making an impressive 550 horsepower and 502-pound feet of torque.


The highlight of the 3 day event was the Awards Banquet. On behalf of TMA members and the Board of Directors, Paul Meeks, Founder of API Outdoors presented John L. Morris, Founder of Bass Pro Shops the Gratitude Award for his continued support to the Association and also for sponsoring the Dogwood Canyon Event in 2013.
The special event including a private tram tour of some of the most spectacular features of the 10,000 acre Ozark paradise. Along the winding trails, the group stopped for a special prepared chuck wagon meal and included live entertainment.
The first parcels of the property were acquired in 1990 by Johnny Morris, the founder of Bass Pro Shops. It was his dedication to conserving our natural environment that has become the cornerstone for development of this spectacular wilderness experience.
The park is managed by the Dogwood Canyon Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving and protecting the canyon's natural plant and wildlife environment. The Foundation promotes environmental conservation by maintaining the park and providing the public with anunspoiled setting for exploration and the enjoyment of various outdoor activities.


So, tomorrow neither Heather nor Leigh will be able to come to the gym in the morning. But this will be a good personal opportunity to see where you are at with your endurance after all this hard work over the past few months!
If you go outside, the 5k route is from the Com's House to Lee Gate and back. Or feel free to run on the ol'treadmill if you prefer. I hope you are surprised at your speed and endurance in relation to how much time we have spent actually running. Please post your results/observations to comments!
We will see you Wednesday for a Strength day!!
Running is not my favorite thing, but I ran the 5k in 28:30. Not super fast, but at least it was faster than the 10min miles I usually run!
Great job Joni!! I am glad to hear you are faster. That is what this is all about. So proud, and thanks for posting!


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Nucleophilic tetrafluoroethylation of carbonyl compounds with fluorinated sulfones.
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Microbial transformation of aryl sulfanylpentafluorides.
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Synthesis of aliphatic sulfur pentafluorides by oxidation of SF5-containing anisole, phenols and anilines.
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