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3/09/2014�� The captured audio, with the audio from one side of a cassette, is a wav file, and after removing certain portions of the file, I can use Total Recorder to split the file into tracks by creating a cue file. Total Recorder does not actually split the file physically, but the cue file � how to delete calendar events from s 7 7/01/2016�� This article teaches how to burn a Bin & Cue file with Nero. Check that your .cue file is correctly "configured". Open your .cue file with a text-editor (such as Notepad). When opened, it should... Check that your .cue file is correctly "configured".
29/06/2011�� FLAC is a good audio format. Better than over-compressed MP3, similar to MP3 with high bitrates (256kbps or more). Don't use the .sd2f files. That's the Sound Designer II audio file format, and it only works with modern versions of Roxio Toast.
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Step 2 Split FLAC CUE files. First select all the FLAC files which you want to split into tracks. Then click "Split by Chapter" from the context menu, the long and large FLAC files will be automatically split to separate tracks with its original name appearing just below the FLAC file.
29/11/2011�� It will be 2 files (the .flac image and a .cue file) but if for some reason you dont want to have albums split into multipule tracks, it works just fine. The tracks should still be playable from any decent media player, though for windows use I would suggest using foobar2000.


At this year's Academy Awards Rita Moreno (who is 86!) wore the very same gold and black 56 year-old gown that she wore to the Oscars in 1962 when she won Best Supporting Actress for playing Anita in West Side Story. "It has been sitting in my closet for 56 years. It's a historic dress. I'm so proud that I could still wear the damn thing," Moreno shared.
Moreno and Haddish are thrifty exceptions to the rule. The Oscars are considered the entertainment world's ultimate runway, with all eyes watching. Charlize Theron, Kate Winslet and Cate Blanchett have all worn Oscar frocks that cost upwards of $100,000. Jennifer Lawrence stunned at the 2013 Oscars in a Dior Couture ballgown, said to have cost $4 million.
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The Devil Wears Prada meets Primary Colors in this breezy summer read, as seen in The New York Times, People, and O Magazine. When Amanda Gallo, fresh from the backwater of local TV, lands the job of her dreams at FAIR News-the coveted morning anchor slot-she's finally made it: a real salary, … LES MER wardrobe allowance, plenty of on-air face time, and a chance to realize her dreams, not to mention buy herself lunch. Amanda Wakes Up takes off as Amanda feels for the first time that she can make her mom and her best friend proud and think about an actual future with her boyfriend, Charlie. But she finds her journalistic ideals shredded as she struggles to keep up with the issues in a ratings-crazed madhouse-battling for hair and makeup time, coping with her sexist (but scathingly handsome) coanchor, Rob, mixing up the headlines with pajama modeling on the street, and showing Benji Diggs, her media maestro boss, that she's got what it takes. As the news heats up in a hotly contested election season and a wild-card candidate, former Hollywood actor Victor Fluke, appears on the scene, Amanda's pressure-cooker job gets hotter as her personal life unravels. Walking a knife's edge between ambition and survival, and about to break the biggest story of her career, Amanda must decide what she's willing to give up to get ahead-and what she needs to hold onto to save herself. LES MINDRE Forlagets omtale Forlagets The Devil Wears Prada meets Primary Colors in this breezy summer read, as seen in The New York Times, People, and O Magazine. When Amanda Gallo, fresh from the backwater of local TV, lands the job of her dreams at FAIR News-the coveted morning anchor slot-she's finally made it: a real salary, wardrobe allowance, plenty of on-air face time, and a chance to realize her dreams, not to mention buy herself lunch. Amanda Wakes Up takes off as Amanda feels for the first time that she can make her mom and her best friend proud and think about an actual future with her boyfriend, Charlie. But she finds her journalistic ideals shredded as she struggles to keep up with the issues in a ratings-crazed madhouse-battling for hair and makeup time, coping with her sexist (but scathingly handsome) coanchor, Rob, mixing up the headlines with pajama modeling on the street, and showing Benji Diggs, her media maestro boss, that she's got what it takes. As the news heats up in a hotly contested election season and a wild-card candidate, former Hollywood actor Victor Fluke, appears on the scene, Amanda's pressure-cooker job gets hotter as her personal life unravels. Walking a knife's edge between ambition and survival, and about to break the biggest story of her career, Amanda must decide what she's willing to give up to get ahead-and what she needs to hold onto to save herself.


Sharpen your senses, explore the highest mountains of Bulgaria.
A tour as a feast for all the senses: Our "High-Mountain-Cross" is a wild and exciting tour for ambitious and advanced bikers. It leads us mainly on trails through three of the most beautiful Mountains of Bulgaria – Stara Planina (Balkan Mountains), Rila and Vitosha. Along lonely paths or high alpine gravel roads we are pedaling to the highlight of the day. From time to timewe have to carry the bike. Endless trails and wild landscapes are reward and incentive, and put a certain amount of exploratory spirit and endurance ahead. At the end of the day we have time to get to know the world of the locals, traditions and enjoy the culture.
We set out for four days exploring tour in the heart of the Balkan Mountain.
Everyone is responsible to organize the trip to Bulgaria. We pick you up from the airport. When all participants arrive, we transfer to the first stop – in the heart of the Balkan Mountains. Our accommodation is a century-old inn. We make bike check together, learn about each other, discuss the tour details and have a traditional welcome dinner.
We have an easy going warm-up day. After a short shuttle by bus, the first tour starts at the foot of the Balkan Mountains. Along a beautiful dirt road in the countryside, we boost the first six kilometers, and hardly notice the increasing height. Warm up for the next part: A challenging ramp shoots us up above the tree line, close to the most impressive peaks of the longest mountain range. The Central Balkan rises majestically with its 25 over 2000 m high peaks. We come only to the edge in contact with the alpine landscape. A trail along the contour line brings us through typical high mountain bushes of wild blueberry and cranberry, ending to a picnic break in a mountain hut. We start descending just behind the hut. It is a racy downhill, first on a playful forest trail, then always following the edge – steep and technical. At the end of the day we visit the pottery workshop of a good friend and have dinner in a traditional restaurant.
An early-bird ascent to higher mountains often has many advantages – first, as the weather is much more stable in the earlier hours of the day, and second, as we can leave the higher temperatures at lower elevations behind us. We start our trip early in the morning with a bus shuttle to the foot of the mountain, at the picturesque village Ribaritza. The mountain ridge of Stara planina (Balkan mountains) blesses us with a wonderful rendezvous with nature but in the same time requires solid physical fitness and endurance. For the descent, we follow the main mountain ridge to an epic all-mountain ride full of breathtaking moments. You can experience fast and technical downhill, unridable slopes and our first encounters with juniper. Being a wild plant, juniper is just as trail-hungry as we are and sometimes tends to grow over the single trails. At the end of the day you can enjoy a 3 km long switchbacks madness.
Today is the queen stage – for endurance freaks. Some meters and kilometers are on the elevation profile and that's not all. Breathtaking views, narrow trails and some technical climbs and descents make this tour an unforgettable nature experience. 35 km moderate climb along a wide gravel road with spectacular landscapes in the warming sun, we reach the highest peak of Stara Planina (Balkan Mountains), Botev (2,376 m). We stay in the mountain, which is known as the cloudiest, foggiest and coldest place in Bulgaria. For this reason the tour is heavily dependent on the weather. From the summit we follow a sensational descent. We stop off at the "Botev" shelter and refill with energy for the second half of the day. Below this mountain massif, along the breathtaking rock chain "Raiski skali", we pass the highest waterfall on the Balkan Peninsula. An incredible forest trail finally brings us back on the way to the hotel.
Next four days we spend in Rila Mountain.
Transfer to Rila mountain and time for some relaxation and reflection on the past days' impressions and experiences. Our day off at this typical Bulgarian spa town not only lets us recover in the beauty of mineral hot springs, but also gives us enough time to soak up traditional Bulgarian food and culture without breaking a sweat.
The tour starts in Borovets – one of the oldest tourist resorts in Bulgaria, at the starting point to the highest peak on the Balkan Peninsula – "Musala" (2925m). Here is the first professional bike park in Bulgaria, with a DH track and many other trails in different degrees of difficulty. We will have a look at the area outside of the bike park first. Then, we will enjoy the first 1000 hm in the gondola. From the "Musala" hut we have to climb 500 m with the bike on the back. A versatile trail experience comes to us. In high alpine terrain of the Rila Mountains, we'll find out a technically challenging terrain, over stone slabs and rubble fields in the middle of a tunnel of mountain pines. We go directly to one of the best trails in the bike park. Numerous lines on wooden ramps and bridges, natural and soft forest floor or root fields offer 100 % fun. Finally, we'll visit the best restaurant in the area.
We head out to the highest hut "Ivan Vazov" (2300 hm), where we'll spend the night. Climbing to that magic place is about 17 km long pulse-pounding ramp . We pass the highest dam Kalin, next to both brothers rocky giants Kalini. From a mountain saddle we can see the hut. Deliveries are made with horses only. The way to go is also very difficult for them. So we occasionally push the bike over large stones or many small streams. The atmosphere in the lodge and feeling of freedom on this place is unique.
With the first rays of the sun in a cloudless sky, we can welcome the new day. A short hike up to the ridge and we have a wonderful view of the famous Seven Rila glacial lakes. Breakfast, bike check, take leave and set out for amazing ride. Today we descent to the Rila Monastery, the largest one in Bulgaria. The path leads through a fairytale landscape. Half wild horses grazing in the higher mountain areas. There are sheep herds below. We ride over rolling stones, steep slopes and pristine meadows, where the path in the tall grass seems to disappear. We arrive at the monastery entrance. This should be seen. Featured frescoes of religious scenes and numerous icons adorn the monastery church and attract tourists from all over the world. We stop for delicious grilled trout, specialty in this mountain valley. In the afternoon we take our shuttle bus to Sofia, where we stay in a comfortable hotel, at the foot of the Vitosha mountain and fifteen minutes from the center.
The day tour is a popular route, by which we usually finish our tour program. Depending on your mood, we can boost the entire distance or shuttle the largest part of the climb. From the highest mountain "Black Summit" (2290 m), which rises over Sofia, we enjoy the last day trail pleasure: a 17 km long single trail down to the capital city of Sofia. We'll have final dinner in a traditional restaurant.


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Rachel D. Adams
Walking the Blade
Back in the Day – Across the Portals, Long Ago
June 8, 2020 by Rachel Adams
Walking the Blade will be a series of novels based on the life and relationships of a dragon who can shift into human form. The stories you see here are snippets and scenes that I wanted to share with you – things we wrote to further develop and fill-in the history of our cast of characters. We hope you enjoy and come back for more!
~ If I hafta send Devon in after yer ass, there won't be much left of it ta have fun with, Scales, ~ Kieran warned the dragon he'd been friends with for several years now. Using the dragon's mind speak to rouse the beast was something the old warrior had become accustomed too after long missions. The lycan Alpha motioned for the barkeep to come over to his table so he could settle up.
~ You're no fun. Can't even sleep in? ~ Senias rolled over and then off the bed. He was upstairs, but with mindspeak, that didn't matter. Sometimes, he felt like he'd made a mistake in teach Kieran the way to use this ability. Damn they needed to get that bastard laid.
"What is it?" the male voice behind him from the bed asked. It was a rough sound, the common tongue wasn't something this one was used to speaking.
"Gotta get going, I'm afraid. But, the room's paid til noon. Enjoy it as much as I enjoyed you," the dragon chuckled before stepping over to the basin for a good scrub. He always carried exotic scents from the other side with him to help with masking the smell of good sex and sweat. He traveled with lycan… best noses around. He didn't need them knowing all of his business.
"Very well. I don't need ta be showin' face downstairs anyway." the man stretched and then turned over. Sen looked back over his shoulder, shook his head and sighed.
When he came down the steps, he was still strapping on his secondary sword belt. His bag was over his shoulder and he was scanning the common room for his other compariots. They'd been scouting and fighting skirmishes at the borderlands for days and days. This had been the first rest in a while and it had lasted all of a night. He looked over to Devon and Argoth and spoke quite clearly, "Your old man is a hardassed slave driver."
Looking up from his mug of ale, the dirty blonde lycan chuckled as he nudged his dark haired friend, "Hear that Argoth, he's finally startin' to understand my ole man." With a shake of his head, Devon waved over the barmaid for another mug and a new pitcher for the three of them.
"Good to see we didn't have to drag you from bed this time. Your bed mates don't care for that." Blue eyes sparkled as they lifted to the dragon who was joining them. Argoth was Devon's best friend. And Devon? Devon was the Alpha's prince.
"Bed mates hell," there was a rough shake of Dev's dirty blonde hair and a rumble from his chest, "I don't care to do that. I never know what or who he'll have in that bed with him or how many. Let's just say more times than not I'd just as soon let him roll out on his own." He sighed and finished his ale, before wiping the dregs from his short bristle of beard.
"Smart wolf, there," Senias flicked his tongue in perverted manner.
After a good, deep laugh Argoth held a fresh mug out to the new arrival, "Does this mean you'll be joinin' us for the next battle Senias?"
Taking the mug, he swirled the liquid around inside of it and then took a drink. Snarling his nose up at it, Sen put the stuff back on the table.
"Not like I'm a surprise anymore. They all know Kieran Weylyn has dragons on his side. And those damned elves who keep a hold of slaves and lycan lands need to just give up, if you ask me," the dragon chuckled.
"I told ya, Sen don't care for the petty squabbles these days right? He prefers to hold back and join the big battles like the one coming in three days with the elves." Golden eyes shifted to the dragon, "Will ya be ridin'out with us or comin' in with the second wave?"
"He'll be in the second wave." Kieran was walking back by, looking at the door and then back to the stairs.
Devon looked towards his father, "Shouldn't he get to decide his fate ole man?"
Devon's gaze went past his father as his old man was pacing and checking over the room. And then, finally Kieran asked, "Where are Gareth and Derek? I thought they were going to join us here with you and the others."
"I'm sure Gareth'll be here shortly," Senias walked over to the bar and ordered a whiskey before grabbing one of the sweet rolls they had out. Gar was Devon's brother and the only one he could vouch for. After all, he knew why the young man was late.
"I'm here, get yer knickers out of a knot," a young man with eyes as blue as his father's, Derek made his way back into the front door.
Kieran gave the boy a death stare.
"Sir," Derek looked aside and made his way around Kieran taking a wide berth. He sat next to his father and looked across the table to Devon. "Where to today? More scouting or this time, maybe not so much and going back for the troops?" Derek never knew where his duties fell. Sometimes he was to scout and be sure nothing changed between the initial reports and when the troops got in. Sometimes he was part of the initial troops. He didn't mind. He was just excited to be part of things.
"There's another slaver movin' through the area and we thought we'd go introduce ourselves. We have a few days before the elves get close enough to challenge and at least the slavers will give you and Gar some much needed practice." Devon chuckled but then his attention was caught by the newest arrival. He should've known where his little brother would be if she was in the area.
Inea walked into the place from the back hallway. She was in her normal loose but perfectly fit clothing. Her eyes went to Kieran and she smiled like the cat that ate the canary.
"Good morning?"
Kieran growled. These bunch were too playful. And he didn't like how the dragons played so much more … they were bad influences on his pups. But at the same time, he couldn't deny their capabilities.
"Is it not a good morning?" the dragoness played coy before moving toward her partner at the bar. "Sen." The other dragon simply bowed his head to her and took the whiskey offered by the barkeep. He passed her a roll.
"Mornin' Inea, don't suppose you've seen my brother this mornin' have ya?" Devon teased as he chuckled and enjoyed more ale.
"Maybe an hour ago, when I got up and left the room. I always let people sleep if they need it. I'm nothing if not polite," Inea's eyes sparkled. At first their romping had been a secret, but in the last battle's end celebration, she and Gareth had been found out and she didn't really give a damn, now. He was an amazing lover and doting companion. What lady wouldn't want that?
With drinks and rolls in hand, the two dragons in human-skin moved to join the rest at the table. When Gareth appeared a few minutes later it was pulling his shirt down over his young, lean built form. His dark braids clicked together on the right side of his head as he adjusted his clothing. He said nothing as he moved past his father, their Alpha. His bright blue gaze held to his sire as he moved to join the others at the table.
"Mornin' all, how'd the scoutin' go?" Gareth took a seat beside Inea and rested his arm around her shoulders. He could feel the ole man's glare, but that was nothing new. Gareth lived on the Alpha's bad side for some reason or another. He'd become used to it, just as he'd become used to Devon defending him against their sire.
"Oh, that's sweet, but it's not necessary," she whispered to Gar. She knew he was doing it to show off and that wasn't appetizing to her likes at all. Inea took some of the dates and nuts in the bowl in front of her and began digging in without waiting on the one beside her.
Gareth withdrew his arm and seated himself properly while keeping his thoughts to himself. Unlike the others, his control wasn't so easily kept and his beast ran high on emotions. It was why he spoke little and listened to a lot.
"We were just tellin' the others that we found some slavers. Dev wants to take you and Dare out to give em a proper lycan greetin'." Argoth chuckled and poured his own son as well as Gareth a mug.
"I think that'd be wise. After all, you've not had a good fight in a while. Need to get those muscles and memories back on track," Senias explained. Kieran was now finally taking his seat. He pulled a biscuit out of the basket and ladled gravy over it.
"I concur. And no dragons. Time to put your mettle back up where it needs ta be." Kieran looked across at the two younger lycan. "Be careful of yer beasts around the slaves. They don't want ta be there."
"My beast is in its cage for now. I don't have a habit of spillin' innocent blood." Gareth rumbled as he reached for a biscuit to bite into.
Devon rumbled at his brother. Why did Gareth feel the need to bait the ole man? "Settle down, they're havin' a bonfire and we're just goin' to the festivities tonight. Once we get the feel of the place we'll go back."
Shrugging his shoulders Gareth dropped his gaze to the table as he ate his biscuit in silence.
~ You're fine. He wasn't just talking about you, Gar. ~ Inea tried to soothe him as best she could.
~ He's always talkin' about me and my beast. ~
"So we don't get to go to the party?" Inea asked. She looked from Kieran to Senias.
"We have something else to get into, my dear." Senias pointed out before motioning for her to come with him. The dragoness sighed and plopped the last date back in the bowl before getting up and going to walk with her mate. Kieran and Senias tended to already have strategy in place and then they let everyone else know. It could be annoying.
"It's Pack Regis – you know they make side money off slaves from the other world. I'll be chattin' up the leader of the caravan while you get yer paws in and around what's goin' on amongst his men." Meanwhile, Kieran surveyed the boys. "You'll need better clothes. Here," he tossed some gold on the table. "These nagshda and their slaves usually know everything that's been goin' on from the portals outward. We need to know we won't be trifled with."
"You think the other dragons might, you know… step in?" Derek asked.
"No, knucklehead." Kieran gave Derek a perturbed look. "The dragons ain't my worry. But the elves on the other side of the dragons? Now that's my worry. I want these bastards on the NorthEast taken out. They're gettin' way too close to our allies' packlands. And they're not just lookin' for slaves this time. You know the Alphas of Rourke were the ones ta take back the lycan slaves from the elves up there anyway. These elves are probably looking for some payback. I don't care how refined most of 'em act… they like vengeance as much as the next."
Taking the gold, Devon tucked it away as he stood up. "So dress the part and play our roles is what you are saying." The accent was lost just to show the ole man that he still knew what that part was.
"Which means Dare and I are going to be the royal escorts for the two princes here." Argoth squeezed Derek's shoulder. He grinned at the young man before winking. "Think you're up to it son?"
"I'm as up to it as I could ever be up to anything," He shrugged. "I've been a royal guard a lot. It's nothing new, huh, Gar?"
"It's boring." Gareth wasn't one to pretend. "The elves'll be seen to and I'm certain we'll get the details that we need from the slavers. Is Pack Rourke preparing for any unexpected attacks that may be coming their way? Or are they leaving their security up to our Pack?" Gareth looked towards their father as he stood up beside Devon who was preparing to head out.
"Rourke always has their perimeter patrolled. But they took a big hit last time, while protectin' our borders while we were collecting our troops from the back side. We owe 'em. I don't doubt they have the spirit, I just wonder do they have all the power to put behind it. That's why the dragons are goin' ahead."
"But… they don't like dragons," Derek pointed out. "Dragons have strafed their fields before. Destroyed more than one of their villages."
"Well, then," Kieran got up and lifted his leg over the chair back instead of scooting away from the table he was at. "…guess they know what dragons are capable of. And these two would be on their side. They'd be damned fools to turn Sen and Nea away. Especially when they've been sent by yours truly."
Derek started to say something else, but he felt his father's hand on his shoulder, letting him know not to bother. He looked between the other three there and asked, "But what if they refuse?" That scenario wasn't out of the question.
"If they refuse it will be a grim endin' for sure and we'll go in and clean up as we have before." Devon didn't like to think about such an outcome but it was always possible. "We can't force them to accept help, Dare, it don't work that way."
© 2021 Rachel D. Adams

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Renault, PSA Peugeot Citroen and their suppliers have dramatically cut production and shed thousands of jobs as they struggle to stay afloat.
Struggling French carmakers will get up to six billion euros (US$7.7 billion) of state aid to help the key industry survive the financial crisis, the prime minister said on Jan. 20.
Francois Fillon made the announcement at a meeting with executives from car manufacturing companies, parts suppliers and union leaders to agree on a broad plan dubbed a new "auto pact."
Facing collapsing demand, Renault, PSA Peugeot Citroen and their suppliers have dramatically cut production and shed thousands of jobs as they struggle to stay afloat in the global economic downturn.


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Charles Blé Goudé, né le  à Niagbrahio, est un homme politique ivoirien.

Ses actions durant la crise politico-militaire de 2004 sont controversées et le conduisent à faire l'objet de sanctions de la part de l'ONU pour avoir notamment participé à des actes de violences et d'avoir incité à la haine.

Lors de la crise de 2010-2011, il soutient Laurent Gbagbo. Après la défaite de ce dernier, la Cour pénale internationale (CPI) émet un mandat d'arrêt international à son encontre pour crimes contre l'humanité. Il est finalement arrêté en 2013 au Ghana, puis détenu en Côte d'Ivoire avant d'être transféré à la CPI, qui l'acquitte en 2019 ; cependant, la justice ivoirienne le condamne dans le même temps à 20 ans de prison. Il rentre en Côte d'Ivoire en .

Biographie
D'origine Bété, Charles Blé Goudé obtient son baccalauréat en 1991.

Syndicaliste étudiant à la FESCI

En 1990, il adhère à la Fédération estudiantine et scolaire de Côte d'Ivoire (FESCI) et occupe différents postes de secrétaire à différents niveaux au sein de cette dernière. En 1996, il devient le secrétaire national à l'organisation au bureau national puis, en 1998, il succède à Guillaume Soro en tant que secrétaire général de la FESCI.

Entre 1994 et 1999, il est emprisonné huit fois pour son engagement dans la lutte syndicale estudiantine.

En 2001, il crée le Congrès panafricain des jeunes et des patriotes (COJEP), mouvement qui se déclare en lutte contre l'impérialisme et le néo-colonialisme.

Il obtient une licence d'anglais dans des conditions controversées et passe un master en gestion et prévention des conflits à Manchester en Angleterre avant de suspendre ses études pour regagner Abidjan lors du début de la guerre civile en Côte d'Ivoire en septembre 2002.

Guerre civile ivoirienne

Cette même année, il fonde l'Alliance des jeunes patriotes pour le sursaut national qui organise plusieurs manifestations, pour certaines violentes, pour le départ des forces armées non ivoiriennes et  de la Côte d'Ivoire. D'une manière plus générale, ce mouvement, couramment appelée simplement Jeunes patriotes, apporte son soutien au président Laurent Gbagbo et joue un rôle important et controversé durant toute la durée de cette crise.

Le , les Forces armées nationales de Côte d'Ivoire (FANCI) bombardent des positions françaises et tuent neuf soldats français et un civil américain. La France réplique détruisant tous les moyens militaires aériens de FANCI. Dans la soirée Charles Blé Goudé lance à la télévision un appel à la résistance contre la présence française :  . S'ensuivent des manifestations violentes contre plusieurs Occidentaux et leurs propriétés.

Condamné par l'ONU le , il est interdit de voyager et ses avoirs sont gelés, car accusé de :
déclarations publiques répétées préconisant la violence contre les installations et le personnel des Nations unies, et contre les étrangers; direction et participation à des actes de violence commis par des milices de rue, y compris des voies de fait, des viols et des exécutions extrajudiciaires; intimidation du personnel de l'ONU, du Groupe de travail international (GTI), de l'opposition politique et de la presse indépendante; sabotage des stations de radio internationales; obstacle à l'action du GTI, de l'Opération des Nations unies en Côte d'Ivoire (ONUCI) et des forces françaises et au processus de paix tel que défini par la résolution 1633 (2005).

À la suite de l'élection présidentielle controversée de novembre 2010, Blé Goudé est nommé ministre de la Jeunesse, de la Formation professionnelle et de l'Emploi dans le gouvernement du Premier ministre Gilbert Marie N'gbo Aké, nommé par Laurent Gbagbo mais non reconnu par l'opposition et par la communauté internationale.

La déroute des forces pro-Gbagbo après la reprise des combats en mars 2011 et l'approche des forces pro-Ouattara vers Abidjan l'incitent à vouloir prendre la fuite vers le Ghana le . Arrêté par les gendarmes à Aboisso, il est prié par ces derniers de retourner vers la capitale économique afin de poursuivre son combat. Quelques jours après, le 21 mars, il mobilise une foule de jeunes Ivoiriens, venus s'enrôler dans les forces pro-Gbagbo. Il organise ensuite une grande manifestation de soutien au président Gbagbo près du palais présidentiel, dans la soirée du 26 mars avec un campement sur place dans la nuit suivante, qui rassemble entre  et .

Après l'assaut des forces armées d'Alassane Ouattara, le , contre le palais présidentiel d'Abidjan tenu par Laurent Gbagbo et ses partisans, Charles Blé Goudé part en exil. Sous le coup d'un mandat d'arrêt international, il est arrêté le  à Accra, détenu par la police ghanéenne, puis extradé vers la Côte d'Ivoire le lendemain.

Procès devant la Cour pénale internationale

Le , la Cour pénale internationale annonce avoir émis un mandat d'arrêt à son encontre le 21 décembre 2011. Blé Goudé y est visé pour des crimes contre l'humanité commis en 2010-2011 (meurtres, viols, persécutions…). Le 20 mars 2014, le conseil des ministres de Côte d'Ivoire accepte de remettre Blé Goudé à la CPI. Il y est transféré le 22 mars 2014. Il est le  ivoirien, après Laurent Gbagbo et son épouse Simone à être poursuivi par cette juridiction pour les violences meurtrières de fin 2010-début 2011.

Son procès, conjoint avec celui de Laurent Gbagbo s'ouvre à La Haye le 28 janvier 2016. Sa durée est estimée à 3 ans minimum. La chambre est composée des juges , président,  et Geoffrey Henderson.

Le 23 juillet 2018, la défense de Charles Blé Goudé dépose une demande de non-lieu. Son coaccusé Laurent Gbagbo fait de même.

Le 15 janvier 2019, Charles Blé Goudé est acquitté par la Cour pénale internationale. Le lendemain, la CPI suspend sa remise en liberté, après un nouvel appel déposé par le procureur. Celui-ci doit être au examiné sur le fond par la chambre d'appel le  février 2019. Il est alors libéré sous condition et est contraint de rester aux Pays-Bas.

En 2019, Blé Goudé fonde un parti politique, lui aussi nommé COJEP (pour Congrès panafricain pour la justice et l'égalité des peuples). Il en est élu président lors du premier congrès du parti en août 2019.

Le 18 décembre 2019, le procès de Blé Goudé pour des « actes de torture, homicides volontaires et viol » commis pendant les années 2010 et 2011, se tient devant le tribunal criminel d'Abidjan. Les avocats de Blé Goudé déposent un pourvoi en cassation car Blé Goudé, bloqué aux Pays-Bas en raison de sa liberté conditionnelle, ne peut se défendre en Côte d'Ivoire. Le procès est alors reporté. Mais, le procès a toutefois lieu en décembre, sans la présence des avocats de Blé Goudé et le 30 décembre, Blé Goudé est condamné à 20 ans de prison, 10 ans de privation de ses droits civiques et 200 millions de francs CFA de dommages et intérêts. Un mandat d'arrêt est délivré contre lui.

Le 6 février 2020, s'ouvre le procès en appel devant la CPI pour une levée partielle des termes de la liberté conditionnelle de Blé Goudé. En mai suivant, la CPI lève plusieurs contraintes de la liberté conditionnelle de Blé Goudé : en particulier, celui-ci récupère son passeport et la possibilité de sortir de sa commune de résidence. Néanmoins, Blé Goudé doit demander et obtenir l'accord des pays dans lesquels il souhaite se rendre.

Le 31 mars 2021, la chambre d'appel de la Cour pénale internationale rejette les requêtes de la chambre d'accusation : l'acquittement de Charles Blé Goudé et Laurent Gbagbo est ainsi confirmé. Les conditions de sa liberté conditionnelle sont aussi révoquées. Blé Goudé demande alors réparation auprès de la CPI pour les huit années passées en prison ou en liberté conditionnelle mais est débouté en . D'autre part, Blé Goudé ne peut rentrer en Côte d'Ivoire car les autorités ivoiriennes refusent de lui délivrer un passeport.

Retour en Côte d'Ivoire

Après des discussions entre Blé Goudé et le chef de cabinet du président Ouattara, la Côte d'Ivoire lui délivre un passeport le . En octobre 2022, Alassane Ouattara donne son accord pour le retour de Blé Goudé en Côte d'Ivoire. Blé Goudé rentre en Côte d'Ivoire le .

Fin , Blé Goudé fait une demande d'inscription sur les listes électorales (peu après la même demande faite par Laurent Gbagbo). Cette demande est refusée en décembre par la Commission électorale indépendante car Blé Goudé a été condamné en 2019.

Fortune personnelle
Charles Blé Goudé aurait largement profité de sa position privilégiée dans l'entourage de Laurent Gbagbo pour se convertir dans les affaires. En effet, selon des sources diplomatiques françaises révélées à leurs homologues américains, . Selon des diplomates américains, le financement de ses activités viendrait intégralement de Gbagbo et son entourage.

Idéologie
En novembre 2005, il dit regretter les exactions contre les Occidentaux et se présente comme un pacifiste en prônant la non-violence et le rejet des armes comme moyen d'accession au pouvoir. Il organise depuis des journées pacifiques (manifestation, congrès, réunion,…).

À la suite de cela, il est nommé en avril 2007  par le gouvernement de Guillaume Soro dans la perspective d'une réconciliation nationale. Cependant, ce titre, limité aux frontières de la Côte d'Ivoire, est purement factuel et ne s'apparente aucunement aux « ambassadeurs de la paix » de l'ONU. Cette posture pacifiste est vue selon des diplomates français comme un moyen pour Charles Blé Goudé de bien gérer ses affaires.

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Naissance en Côte d'Ivoire
Naissance en janvier 1972
Personnalité bété
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Underground tank used to collect rainwater.
Much of the island is not provided with aqueduct, so the main water supply comes from the sky! Obviously not only you rely on divine providence, but two desalination plants ensure the supply of water that by a very expansive transport services will fill the tank of the houses. Many tanks are still the oldest Punic tank (made out of tuff) while the newer ones are made out of reinforced concrete.


I was familiar with the use of coca cola, but this never crossed my mind. There are women using coke on their hair to make it look more beautiful. Can you imagine?
Did you know that a can of Coke could remove the accidently stuck gum in your hair?
Oh yeah. We all thought you need to cut that piece of hair when this happens. Now, you can do this and much more by using coke.
I'm so excited to show you what it can do. Stop drinking it, though. It's full of sugar, and it's not okay for your healthy diet.
If you or your child gets gum on your or their hair, pour a can of coke over the chewing gum and let it soak. The gum will leave your kids' hair in a minute.
Add a can of coca cola to the detergent on the wash cycle. Continue running it like an ordinary soap. Your clothes will leave the washer clean as a whistle.
Fill up a bucket with Coke and soak your head in it for a few minutes. All the bad highlights will even out, but the dye won't go away. Sorry.
Call for the Coke mix to help you up. Mix a can of coca cola, dish detergent, and hot water. Pour it into the bowl and let it sit for a couple of minutes. It should come out easily.
No worries here. Clean them with coke! Pour a bit of it on the window and make sure you cover the whole window. Let it sit for a few minutes and wipe the stains away.
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Coca-Cola should represent your problem solver when it comes to fixing things around your house or on you. Maybe that's the purpose of this drink. To clean and not to drink it.


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/ Periscope - a Pan-European Response to the ImpactS of COVID-19 and future Pandemics and Epidemics
Periscope - a Pan-European Response to the ImpactS of COVID-19 and future Pandemics and Epidemics
Periscope is a large-scale research project that involves a consortium of 32 European institutions to investigate the implications of COVID-19 in a broad way, which include the socio-economic impacts, the health impacts and the impacts on the health systems.
Periscope is a Horizon 2020 research project, funded with almost 10 MEUR under the Coronavirus Global Response initiative launched in May 2020 by the European Commission.
This project aims to understand the social, economic, behavioural and mental health-related aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic, with the ultimate aim to develop solutions and provide policy guidance to prepare Europe for future large-scale epidemic outbreaks.
Karolinska Institutet is the lead of the project work with mental health impacts and focuses on exploring levels of mental health and service consumption across EU-countries.
The main goals of Periscope:
To gather data on the broad impacts of COVID-19 in order to develop a comprehensive, user-friendly, openly accessible COVID Atlas, which should become a reference tool for researchers and policymakers, and a dynamic source of information to disseminate to the general public;
To perform innovative statistical analysis on the collected data, with the help of various methods including machine learning tools;
To identify successful practices and approaches adopted at the local level, which could be scaled up at the pan-European level for a better containment of the pandemic and its related socio-economic impacts; and
To develop guidance for policymakers at all levels of government, in order to enhance Europe's preparedness for future similar events and proposed reforms in the multi-level governance of health.
Periscope at Karolinska Institutet
Karolinska Institutet is the lead of the project work with mental health impacts and will focus on exploring levels of mental health and service consumption across EU-countries.
We will map changes in levels of self-reported mental health problems and mental health care utilisation over time in relation to policies (e.g. lock downs),"Covid-load" and socioeconomic factors in different countries and regions. Furthermore we will investigate mental health in vulnerable groups by looking at changes of utilisation of mental health care over time among migrants, refugees and homeless people compared to the general population.
How is the wellbeing and mental health of the general population affected by covid-19 regulations , economic instability and Covid-load in the wake of the pandemic?
Are vulnerable groups particularly affected?
How do these secondary consequences of the corona pandemic effect the mental health of citizens of European regions differently?
Overall budget: € 9 993 475
Project coordinator: the University of Pavia (Italy)
Project dates: 1 November 2020 - 31 October 2023
Funded under:
H2020-EU.3.1.1.
Webbpage: https://periscopeproject.eu/home
Contact person for the project
Christina Dalman
Project lead mental health
Email: christina.dalman@ki.se
Department: K9 Department of Global Public Health
Project members:
Walter Osika
PI Periscope
Email: walter.osika@ki.se
Department: H1 Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society
Anna-Clara Hollander
Periscope WP2 Lead
Email: anna-clara.hollander@ki.se
Maria Niemi
Periscope team KI
Email: maria.niemi@ki.se
Pär Flodin
Email: par.flodin@ki.se
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Pianist Joseph Tong marks the exact year's mind of John McCabe's death from brain cancer with a recital of wonderful works, including John's Piano Sonata (Homage to Tippett: Study No. 12). This touching memorial concert also has a lovely programme of works by Schubert, Schumann, Sibelius and Rachmaninov. The recital, a Coffee Concert, takes place on February 13th 2016 at 11am in the Riverside Arts Centre, Sunbury (full details can be found listed under Events).
Tippett was one of John's revered composers, along with Schubert, Haydn and Vaughan Williams, among others. He once said, of a youthful illness, that listening to the opera, The Midsummer Marriage, made him get well again.
Joseph Tong has recorded the Sonata on a Quartz CD (QTZ 2088), and together with pianist partner Waka Hasegawa, has also recorded John's two-piano works, including the major work, Upon Entering a Painting.


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Singapore Suites to Auckland Bookable on Aeroplan!
If you've been in this game for a while, you'll know that occasionally there are times when stuff that never happens, happens. And right now is one of those times.
Specifically, Singapore Suites is bookable on Aeroplan between Singapore and Auckland, in both directions. The available dates are sporadic throughout January to March 2019, but there are quite a few dates scattered throughout.
Singapore Suites, only available on the airline's A380 aircraft, is widely considered one of the best First Class products in the world. The cabin consists of 12 ultra-private suites, the onboard catering is considered one of the best in the realm of commercial aviation, and the service is exemplary as well.
The Auckland route doesn't have Singapore's new Suites Class installed yet, so these seats will be the older but still excellent models.
Singapore Suites
Furthermore, as a Singapore Suites passenger, you get access to the acclaimed Singapore Airlines Private Room at Changi Airport, one of the world's finest First Class lounges.
Normally the airline only makes these coveted seats available to members of their own frequent flyer program, KrisFlyer. This meant that it's always been relatively difficult for Canadians to book Singapore Suites, since you'd have to either get involved with US credit cards or transfer a large volume of points over from Starwood/Marriott in order to earn KrisFlyer miles.
But it seems that a few seats between Singapore and Auckland have been made available to Aeroplan, United, and other partners, so this represents a great opportunity if you're interested in trying one of the best First Class products in the world.
This opportunity won't make sense for everyone, since the number of available seats is rather limited. However, if you're already planning a trip to Australia or New Zealand around early 2019 and you're interested in flying First Class on the way there, then this is something you should jump on immediately.
What's the Best Way to Book?
Booking a simple one-way First Class award between Singapore and Auckland would run you 95,000 Aeroplan miles. That's a pretty steep price to pay, so ideally you would book the flight as part of a larger itinerary. The problem is that there's no telling how long this availability will last, so it might make sense to simply book the Suites leg first and then make changes to your itinerary later.
If you were to do that, you'd eventually pay 110,000 Aeroplan miles in total for a one-way First Class journey from North America to Australia, which is a pretty sweet deal considering the amount of flying you're doing, and the possibility to integrate other awesome First Class products like Lufthansa or ANA into the same routing.
If you have miles with United MileagePlus, it might make sense to use those miles as well, since they only charge 65,000 miles between Singapore and Auckland.
Here's the tough part: there seems to only be one available seat on each flight throughout the January–March period. If you're travelling as a duo, there's enough pairs of adjacent dates with availability that might allow you to travel on neighbouring dates.
Hopes of enjoying the "double bed in the sky" via this deal might therefore be dashed, although you can always enjoy it on your own if the seat next to you is vacant 😉
The best way to search for availability on these flights is through ExpertFlyer (remember, you can get a five-day free trial), which accurately captures real-time availability. Using the Aeroplan and United search engines runs the risk of encountering phantom availability –indeed, after I booked a Suites flight on a certain date, I was still able to see that flight in the Aeroplan search engine, even though it had already been booked up (and ExpertFlyer confirmed it).
What Did I Book?
A Prince of Travel reader, Brian, notified me about these open award seats around 5pm today. I had been out and about, and my phone died shortly thereafter, so I spent the entire journey home mulling over the possibilities.
That's when I remembered that I was scheduled to be in Perth, Australia in late January as part of my crazy round-the-world trip! Normally I'd question whether it was worth it to plan a trip solely for the sake of a deal like this, but since I was already going to be in the area, I simply could not let this opportunity pass me by.
So as soon as I got home, I began to figure out if I could nest a Singapore Suites flight in-between my crazy round-the-world flights.
It turns out the availability wasn't there for my desired dates, but rather there was space on Auckland–Singapore a few days after my original departure from Perth. I figured I could easily make a change to my round-the-world trip in order to put an open-jaw between Perth and Singapore (rather than simply having Perth as my destination).
I could then "fill the gap" by combining a Perth–Auckland redemption in Air New Zealand economy class with the Auckland–Singapore Suites flight.
The mantra with these types of deals is always to book first and then ask questions later, so once I figured out in my head that such a plan was indeed workable, I immediately set out to book the Suites flight. Indeed, all went smoothly, and I could not be more excited to step onboard the Singapore Airlines A380 next February.
As an extra bonus, I now get to spend a few days in Auckland as part of my trip, and most importantly, I'll still arrive in Beijing in time for dinner on the eve of Chinese New Year!
Remember, this award space likely won't last, so if you've been thinking about a trip to Oceania and wanted to splurge for First Class, this could be a golden opportunity. It might be worthwhile to simply book the Suites leg and then make changes later to perfect the itinerary – in fact, the mere possibility of flying in Singapore Suites ought to outweigh the relatively paltry cancellation fee if things don't work out. Hopefully, this helps some of you guys jump on this opportunity and attain one of the most luxurious First Class experiences out there.
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Wasiq
So now you have 2 stopovers and an open Jaw?
Nope – I'm having an open-jaw between PER and PEK, and gonna leverage the SQ Suites award to fill the gap.
Round trip booked for November! Thank you!!!
You are very welcome! 🙂
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Testing with Use Cases and the Rational Unified Process is targeted towards staff responsible for testing and certification of software intensive systems using RUP as their software process. While "what" testers do does not change with RUP-based projects, when and how they interact with the project teams does.
Testing is significant in the RUP process. So much so, that of one of the 9 RUP disciplines (workflows) is Test. This seminar will focus on the role of Quality Assurance in the RUP process. In particular, the Test discipline will be examined in detail.
The attendees will work together in teams to review use cases with an eye towards using these artifacts to facilitate testing.
Dangers in Creating Test Plans from Use Cases: What To Watch Out For.


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The 2018 Dwars door Vlaanderen was a road cycling one-day race that took place on 28 March 2018 in Belgium. It was the 73rd edition of Dwars door Vlaanderen and the twelfth event of the 2018 UCI World Tour. It was won for the second year in a row by Yves Lampaert () – becoming the first rider to win the race in consecutive years. He finished two seconds ahead of 's Mike Teunissen and Sep Vanmarcke, riding for the  team, completed the podium.

Teams
As the race was only added to the UCI World Tour calendar in 2017, all UCI WorldTeams were invited to the race, but not obligated to compete in the race. As such, seventeen of the eighteen WorldTeams – with the exception of  – competed in the race, up one on 2017. Eight UCI Professional Continental teams competed, completing the 25-team peloton.

Route
The race was  in length. There were 12 categorised climbs:

Result

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2018 in Belgian sport
2018
March 2018 sports events in Belgium


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"While cutting-edge technology can help engage students, Gary Stager, coauthor (with Sylvia Martinez) of Invent to Learn: Making, Tinkering and Engineering in the Classroom, pointed out that maker projects don't require schools to buy expensive machines. "We see teachers and students working with traditional materials combined with new materials — even cardboard construction," he said.
Check out the rest of the article, The Maker Movement Conquers the Classroom online or in the April 2014 issue of THE Journal.


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Novak Djokovic leads a long injury list of tennis players into Australian Open
Serb not the only player struggling to be fit in time for the first grand slam tournament of the year
Novak Djokovic, left, is being helped by Radek Stepanek to make a comeback in 2018. Michael Dodge / Getty Images
Twelve-time grand slam winner Novak Djokovic headlines a list of walking wounded at the Australian Open, with the Serb desperate to get back to winning ways after six months out injured.
The former world No 1 is making a tilt at a record seventh Melbourne Park crown, but has some serious rust to shake off if he is to make an impression.
Djokovic has been sidelined since Wimbledon in July, with a Tie Break Tens exhibition event on Wednesday and the Kooyong Classic, where he is drawn to play world No 5 Dominic Thiem, his only chance to test his right elbow injury.
"Finally back in the land down under. I feel ready. Idemo! [let's go]," he tweeted on Sunday, posting a video of himself hitting on Rod Laver Arena.
Finally back in the land down under. I feel ready! Idemo!! #AusOpen pic.twitter.com/HFvpn3U5I1
— Novak Djokovic (@DjokerNole) January 7, 2018
But after pulling out of an Abu Dhabi tournament late last month and conceding "I still feel the pain", a big question mark hangs over how competitive Djokovic can be.
Having added mercurial former tour player Radek Stepanek to a coaching team spearheaded by Andre Agassi, Djokovic only started hitting tennis balls again in November.
He concedes being sidelined has not been easy, and that missing the US Open last year, the first major he has not played since 2005, was particularly hard.
"It's been a real roller-coaster ride for me for a year-and-a-half with this issue. I've never had surgery in my life, I've never had any major injuries that kept me away from the tour for such a long time," he said.
"I never missed a grand slam in my career. It was a big decision, a big call to make. I couldn't play anymore, there was no choice. It was like, that's it, you can't lift your arm."
A decade after winning his first Melbourne Park title Djokovic has slipped to 14 in the world, his lowest in 10 years, giving him extra drive to make inroads at the season-opening major.
Rafael Nadal has also been struggling with injury after a successful 2017. Julian Smith / EPA
Also coming back from injuries are 2014 champion Stan Wawrinka (knee), big-serving Canadian Milos Raonic (calf and wrist), and world No 1 Rafael Nadal (knee).
At least they remain in contention, unlike Scot Andy Murray (hip) and Japanese star Kei Nishikori (wrist) who both pulled out last week, depriving the tournament of some serious star power.
The mighty Serena Williams, a 23-time grand slam champion, has also decided against rushing into a comeback after giving birth to her first child in September.
One of those who is fully fit, at 36, is defending champion Roger Federer, who says the injuries and pullouts are no surprise.
"A lot of the guys are just touching 30-plus, you know. Back in the day, at 30, a lot of guys were retiring - Edberg, Sampras," he said at the season-ending World Tour Finals in London.
"When somebody is injured at 31, it's like, 'Oh my God, how is this possible?' Actually, it's a normal thing."
Djokovic said he has learned much from his injury, and hoped to use that knowledge to avoid having such a serious problem again.
"I've learned a lesson because I really want to avoid getting to that stage of an injury ever in my career after this," he said.
[ World No 1 Rafael Nadal beaten in his first match of 2018 but insists his knee is 'fine' ]
[ Andy Murray vows to return 'at the highest level' after undergoing successful hip surgery ]
Kooyong Classic: Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic to test fitness ahead of Australian Open
Comment: Nick Kyrgios at the level to win Australian Open but question is can he execute?
Roger Federer: Swiss looks set for a serene march to grand slam No 20 at Australian Open
Garbine Muguruza had a rough start to the new season. Dave Hunt / EPA
On the women's side, world No 3 Garbine Muguruza, US Open champion Sloane Stephens and upcoming French star Caroline Garcia have all had injury-hit preparations.
Britain's Johanna Konta, a semi-finalist in Melbourne two years ago, ended her Brisbane International campaign early last week with a right hip injury.
"Hips take a massive beating," Konta said, pointing to the game becoming more physical, with tournaments week in and week out.
"But so do knees, so do shoulders, so do ankles, wrists. Take your pick. Back, lower back. And everything in between."
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Amazon Echo goes after Spotify
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Amazon's new Music Unlimited streaming service stands out as competitive with existing music service with a base rate of $9.99 per month, but it also comes in two cheaper flavours, including a $7.99 monthly subscription for Prime members, and $3.99 per month for Echo owners, which a great deal vs. other options including Spotify. You also get a bonus discount if you pay up front for a whole year, meaning there's a lot to like from the service. Unfortunately for international folks, it's only available in the U.S. right now.
If you compare the price with what Spotify has in offer, you can see why Spotify should be worried.
Spotify users can pay 99 cents to upgrade to premium service for three months—a subscription that usually costs $10 per month. If you're on the fence about jumping from the free version of Spotify to its premium all-you-can-eat streaming and download service, now is a good time
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Erick is a retired United States Air Force Non-Commission Officer, having served his country for 20 years. While in the USAF he became a Certified National Emergency Medical Technician (NEMT). He was also chosen as a member of the elite Special Duty USAF Ceremonial Honor Guard and tasked with the responsibility of developing and administering the physical education program for over 200 men and women in his command. During his time in the military he also obtained a bachelor's degree and took university graduate courses as well.
Erick holds the rank of 5th degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do. He has trained with Lynette Love, the 1988 Olympic Gold Medalist and 1992 Olympic Bronze Medalist in Tae Kwon Do. He has also trained with Debra Holloway, the 1988 Olympic Silver Medalist in Tae Kwon Do. In addition, Erick has won titles in two states for Olympic style (fighting).
Previously, he was the General Manger and Head Trainer of two successful gyms: Iron Works in La Plata, MD; and (formerly) SMAC (now World Gym) in Mechanicsville, MD. He is also a co-owner and founder of Total Body Trainers. Additionally, he is the co-founder of the CRISP training system.
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a Baptist minister and educational reformer, was born in Franklin County, Georgia, to free parents, whose names are unknown. His early life is obscure. On 29 October 1820, at the age of eighteen, Adams converted to the Baptist faith, and in 1825, at the age of twenty-three, he was ordained a minister.
Adams began preaching in his home state of Georgia and also in South Carolina. In 1829 Adams moved to Louisville Kentucky to become a pastor of First Baptist Church where he ministered to the needs of the African American congregants In the beginning of his pastorship he was devoted to preaching and studying but he also taught individual students Because of his study and teaching Adams became known as a great biblical scholar and was proficient not only in English but in dead languages such as Latin as well Adams also attracted a large ...
African Methodist Episcopal Church
Peter Hudson
In 1786, Richard Allen, an African American Methodist, began serving as a lay preacher at St. George's Methodist Episcopal Church, a Philadelphia congregation where both whites and blacks worshiped. Allen was a former slave from Delaware who had joined the Evangelical Wesleyan movement because of its work against slavery and he eventually became a licensed Methodist preacher. The efforts of Allen—along with those of Absalom Jones, another African American lay preacher—brought a large influx of blacks to the church, and a balcony was constructed to accommodate the growing congregation. In November 1787 (some sources indicate a date of 1792 Allen Jones and other black worshipers were directed toward the newly built seating gallery but unknowingly sat in the lower section During a prayer a white trustee told Jones to move immediately to the balcony When Jones asked to finish the prayer he was refused Jones Allen ...
Sylvia Frey and Thomas E. Carney
[This entry contains two subentries dealing with the African Methodist Episcopal Church, from its founding in the mid-eighteenth century through1895. The first article provides a discussion of its relationship with its parent church and reasons for its breakaway while the second article also includes discussion of the ...
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
Since Methodism first emerged in colonial America, it has consistently attracted African American adherents. According to religious scholar Alfred J. Raboteau, "the direct appeal, dramatic preaching, and plain doctrine of the Methodists, their conscious identification with the 'simpler sort,' and especially their antislavery beliefs" drew blacks to the church. Indeed, African Americans had been members of New York City's John Street Methodist Church since its founding in 1768. By 1793 black membership increased to 40 percent of John Street's congregation.
Still, African Americans within the John Street Church—and within American Methodism in general—were treated as second-class citizens. They were denied ordination, forced to sit in segregated pews, and limited in their access to the Methodist itinerant clergy and the Communion table. Frustrated by such treatment, two black John Street members, Peter Williams, and William Miller, founded the African Chapel in 1796 The chapel was later ...
Allen, Geri Antoinette
Ronald P. Dufour
pianist and composer, was born in Detroit, Michigan, the daughter of Mount Vernell Allen Jr., a principal in the Detroit public school system, and Barbara Jean Allen, a defense contract administrator for the federal government. She began studying classical piano at age seven but was also exposed to jazz at an early age. She met the trumpeter Marcus Belgrave when he was an artist-in-residence at her high school, Cass Technical; she studied jazz piano with him, and he became an important mentor, appearing on several of her later recordings. Allen also studied at the Jazz Development Workshop, a community-based organization.
After graduating from high school, Allen attended Howard University, where she was captivated by the music of Thelonious Monk and studied with John Malachi. In 1979 she earned a BA in Jazz Studies and taught briefly at Howard before moving to New York City where she ...
Allen, Richard
(b Philadelphia, PA, Feb 14, 1760; d Philadelphia, March 26, 1831). American tunebook compiler. A former slave, he founded the African Methodist Episcopal Church in Philadelphia in 1794 and was elected its first bishop on the incorporation of the church in 1816. He compiled a hymnbook of 54 hymns, A Collection of Spiritual Songs and Hymns, for use by his congregation, the Bethel AME Church, in 1801. Later that year an enlarged version was published as A Collection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs. It was the first hymnbook published by an African American for use by African Americans, and many of the hymns later became sources for black spirituals. With Daniel Coker and James Champion, Allen also compiled the first official hymnbook of the AME Church in 1818.
John Saillant
Born a slave in the household of a prominent Philadelphian, Richard Allen was sold to a Delaware farmer who allowed him and his brother to work as day laborers to purchase their freedom. In Delaware, Allen also encountered exhorters of the Methodist Society, then still affiliated with the Church of England. The antislavery position of the Methodists attracted him, while their inspiration led him to teach himself to read and write and to feel a spiritual awakening, described at the out set of his autobiography, The Life, Experience and Gospel Labors of the Rt. Rev. Richard Allen (1833; rpt. 1960). His 1786 return to Philadelphia introduced him to Absalom Jones an African American preacher some years his senior and to African Americans who were hungry for social and religious leadership in their home city The Methodist emphasis on inner faith and weekly meetings of the faithful ...
Aaron Myers
Born a slave in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Allen grew up during the American Revolution (1775–1783), an era characterized by the advocacy of individual rights, the growth of denominational Christianity, and the inception of the antislavery movement. Around 1768 Allen's owner, a Philadelphia lawyer named Benjamin Chew, sold him, his three siblings, and his parents to Stokely Sturgis, a plantation owner in Delaware.
With the permission of Sturgis, Allen began to attend Methodist meetings, and around 1777 he converted to Methodism. In the second half of the eighteenth century, Methodism proliferated in Delaware, Pennsylvania, and Maryland. This Christian denomination emphasized a simple set of virtues that included honesty, modesty, and sobriety. Following Allen's conversion, in 1780 Sturgis agreed to let Allen hire himself out in order to earn money to purchase his freedom for $2 000 In addition to doing manual labor Allen began to preach ...
Frederick V. Mills
AmericanMethodist preacher and founder of the African Methodist Episcopal church, was born into slavery to parents who were the property of Benjamin Chew of Philadelphia. He and his parents and three additional children were sold in 1777 to Stokely Sturgis, who lived near Dover, Delaware. There he attended Methodist preaching events and experienced a spiritual awakening. Allen, his older brother, and a sister were retained by Sturgis, but his parents and younger siblings were sold. Through the ministry of Freeborn Garretson, a Methodist itinerant preacher, Sturgis was converted to Methodism and became convinced that slavery was wrong. Subsequently, Allen and his brother were permitted to work to purchase their freedom, which they did in 1780.For the next six years Allen worked as a wagon driver woodcutter and bricklayer while serving as a Methodist preacher to both blacks and whites in towns and rural areas in Maryland ...
Scott A. Miltenberger
Richard Allen was born a slave into Philadelphia's noted Chew family, whose patriarch Benjamin Chew was a prominent lawyer and served as Pennsylvania's chief justice from 1774 to 1777. In 1767 the family sold Richard to Stokeley Sturgis, a farmer in Kent County, Delaware. There Richard met a Methodist circuit rider, an encounter that transformed his life.
Unlike all other Protestant groups at the time, the Methodists made no distinctions based on color; moreover, they opposed slavery. Sometime around 1780, after attending a revival held by an itinerant Methodist preacher, Richard had a profound religious conversion. He began to attend Methodist prayer meetings, learned to read and write, and eventually presided over the local meetings. Soon after, inspired by a sermon given at his home by the charismatic Methodist preacher Freeborn Garrettson Sturgis became convinced that slaveholding was wrong He drafted a gradual manumission contract with ...
Allen, Sarah and Flora Allen
Richard S. Newman
churchwomen and reformers, were, respectively, the second and first wives of Richard Allen, a bishop and founder of the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church. Although little is known of Flora Allen, she had probably met Richard Allen while attending Methodist class meetings and services at St. George's Methodist Church in Philadelphia. Known as a pious and respectable woman, Flora Allen helped her husband purchase a home at 150 Spruce Street in 1791 (as well as other properties, including those used by Allen's new church) and inaugurate the Bethel AME church in July 1794. White as well as black preachers celebrated her dedication to charity and hospitality. She died in Philadelphia after a long illness but is remembered as an early advocate of the independent black church. Sarah Allen was born Sarah Bass a slave in Isle of Wight County Virginia She probably remained in bondage until ...
Allen, Thomas Cox
Caroline M. Brown
aviation mechanic and pilot, was born in Quitman, Wood County, Texas, the youngest of three children; both of his parents were teachers. Allen's father died when Thomas was three months old. His mother, Polly, continued to teach school and to run the family farm.
Allen became interested in flying in 1918, when an airplane made a forced landing in a pasture. The pilots paid the two young Allen brothers to guard the plane overnight so that its fabric and glue would not be eaten by cows. From this experience, Thomas Allen decided to become either an aviator or a mechanic.
In 1919 when Allen was twelve the family moved to Oklahoma City where his mother resumed teaching school Allen often bicycled to a nearby airfield In his teens he persuaded the field owner to take a $100 saxophone as partial trade for flying lessons He worked off the ...
Amadu, Seku
Martin A. Klein
Muslim cleric, major jihad leader and state-builder in early-nineteenth-century Mali, also known as Seku Amadu Lobbo, was born to a modest family of herders and clerics in Molangol, a Fulbe village not far from Mopti, in the inner delta of the Niger River. This area came to be known as Masina. He studied the Qurʾan with his grandfather, but then continued his Islamic education at Jenné, the most important center of commerce and education in the inner delta.
Masina was an area where the Niger River divided into many channels and flooded every rainy season Fulbe pastoralists practiced transhumant pastoralism bringing their herds into the delta during the long dry season The only authorities in Masina were the Ardos heads of small pastoralist groups As the tentacles of the long distance slave trade extended themselves deeper into West Africa many Ardos developed bands of cavalry that raided for slaves and ...
Ame Church
Kerima M. Lewis
The long and illustrious history of the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church dates back to the eighteenth century. The founder Richard Allen, a former slave who had been able to purchase his freedom and was an ordained Methodist minister, was assigned to Saint George's Methodist Episcopal Church in Philadelphia, where he was allowed to preach to blacks. When in November 1787 several black church members, including Absalom Jones, were pulled from their knees while praying, all the black worshippers left Saint George's to form a church of their own. The Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church was established in Philadelphia in 1793 and opened in July 1794. In 1816 Richard Allen united black Methodist congregations from the greater Philadelphia area founding the African Methodist Episcopal Church he was elected the first bishop during the new church s first General Conference The Book of Discipline Articles of Religion ...
John Burdick
semi-mythical Brazilian folk saint, is placed by oral and written legends as living either in the late eighteenth or early nineteenth century. Although officially unrecognized by the Catholic Church, in the late twentieth century she became a widely revered object of spiritual devotion throughout Brazil. The broadly disseminated graphic image of a woman of African descent, sometimes pictured with blue eyes, tortured by an iron face mask and heavy iron collar, is today regarded by millions of Brazilians as a realistic likeness of the popular saint.
In 1968 as part of an exhibit dedicated to the history of slavery the Igreja Nossa Senhora do Rosário dos Homens Pretos Church of Our Lady of the Rosary of the Brotherhood of Blacks in downtown Rio de Janeiro featured an image of a female slave wearing a face mask A cluster of women who saw the image at the time concluded it ...
Anderson, Matthew
C. James Trotman
Presbyterian pastor, educator, and social reformer, was born in Greencastle, Pennsylvania, the son of Timothy Anderson and Mary Croog One of fourteen children he was raised in the comforts of a rural middle class home less than thirty miles from historic Gettysburg On a typical day of his youth Matthew faced both the physical demands of farm life and the movement back and forth between two cultures One dominated by commerce and materialism was uncharacteristically open to the Andersons who owned lumber mills and real estate at a time when most black Americans were dehumanized and disenfranchised by chattel slavery The other was a culture defined by close family ties and Presbyterian piety At home Matthew heard Bible stories and dramatic tales of runaway slaves indeed religious piety and the pursuit of racial freedom were dominant themes in his life These early experiences inspired Matthew so ...
Andrews, Benny
Sarah Wolozin
artist, was born in Madison, Georgia, the second of ten children of Viola Perryman and George Andrews, sharecroppers. Benny Andrews grew up in a household where creativity was encouraged. With what little money they had, his parents bought pens and paper for their children and encouraged them to draw and tell stories. Although not formally trained as an artist, George Andrews painted throughout his life and received considerable recognition in his later years. As a teenager Benny Andrews attended Burney Street High School only sporadically, when weather conditions excused him from his work picking cotton in the fields. In 1948 he became the first member of his family to graduate from high school.
In 1948Andrews moved to Atlanta and was awarded a 4 H club scholarship to attend one of Georgia s three black colleges He entered Fort Valley State College in Fort Valley Georgia but dropped ...
Arnett, Benjamin William
Stephen D. Glazier
African American religious, educational, and political leader, was born in Brownsville, Pennsylvania, the son of Samuel G. Arnett and Mary Louisa (maiden name unknown). Benjamin Arnett was a man of "mixed Irish, Indian, Scots, and African ancestry" (Wright, Eighty‐seven Years, 79). He was educated in a one‐room schoolhouse in Bridgeport, Pennsylvania. Arnett worked as a longshoreman along the Ohio and Mississippi rivers and worked briefly as a hotel waiter. His career as a longshoreman and waiter ended abruptly in 1858 when a cancerous tumor necessitated the amputation of his left leg. He turned to teaching and was granted a certificate on 19 December 1863. At that time he was the only African American schoolteacher licensed in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. For ten months during the academic year 1884–1885, Arnett served as a school principal in Washington, D.C. He returned to Brownsville in 1885, teaching there until 1887 ...
Arter, Jared
Valerie A. Gray
college president, educator, and minister, was born Jared Maurice Arter in Jefferson County, West Virginia, the son of Jeremiah Arter, a slave and a miller by trade, and Hannah Frances Stephenson, a slave. When Arter was seven years old his father died in an accident at the mill. The plantation on which the family lived, the Little plantation, was located four miles from Harpers Ferry. In 1859 Arter witnessed the hanging of four men who participated in John Brown's raid at that city. This childhood memory sparked in him the desire to fight for equality; the schoolroom would be his battleground.
As a teenager Arter applied for a position as a bellboy for which he would have to pass a test demonstrating his ability to read numbers With help from his brother in law he mastered the skill sufficiently in one evening to pass the test This accomplishment ...
Asher, Jeremiah
Alan K. Lamm
Civil War army chaplain and Baptist minister, was born in North Branford, near New Haven, Connecticut, to Ruel and Jereusha Asher. His paternal grandfather had been captured in the Guinea region of Africa at the age of four and was brought to America as a slave. Young Jeremiah grew up hearing fascinating tales of his grandfather's life, which included military service during the American Revolutionary War. Those stories would later inspire Asher in his own life.
Asher's father was a shoemaker who married a Native American woman from Hartford, Connecticut. Jeremiah grew up as a member of the only African American family in North Branford and was permitted to attend school along with white children. At the age of twelve he left school to help out his family financially, and over the next several years he worked as a farmhand, servant, and coachman. In 1833 he married Abigail Stewart ...


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We have been advised by the Municipality that our school will be without water on Thursday while a major valve is being replaced. As a consequence of this, there will be no water for drinking; no toilet facilities or sanitation. We have informed the Education Department of the situation and have not been given permission to close the school. But they suggest that as we are without water the children leave school at 11:00am. We leave you as parents to make the necessary arrangements regarding attendance and/or transport of your child. Although teachers will be at school, teaching will be severely curtailed under the circumstances, work missed will be caught up.


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Q: Can we put regular expression for a value in a DTD? I would like to know if there is a way to associate regular expression for the value of an attribute.
like in XML Schema:
 <xs:pattern value="([0-9]|[A-Z]){3}" />

to make the DTD match with this XML line:
<airport iata="LAE" name="Nadzab Airport" city="Nadzab" country="Papua New Guinea">

A: No, DTDs do not support regex.  Use XSD for vastly superior datatyping.
DTD attribute values can be enumerations, however:
<!ELEMENT airport EMPTY>
<!ATTLIST airport iata (LAE|LAX|LGA) #IMPLIED>

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EADS Mako/High Energy Advanced Trainer (Mako/HEAT) är ett avancerat jetskolflygplan med höga prestanda. Flygplanet är ämnat för tjänstgöring i ett flertal euroepeiska flygvapen. EADS har presenterat Mako som sitt bidrag till Eurotrainerprogrammet. Detta program kommer att vara det slutgiltiga resultatet av AT-2000-projektet.

I projektet ingår Finmeccanica-Aermacchi, Saab och Dassault Aviation. De framtida kunderna kommer troligtvis att bestå av Frankrike, Tyskland, Spanien, Italien, Finland, Grekland, Sverige och Förenade arabemiraten.

Motorn kommer att utgöras av General Electrics F404/F414 (F414M) som är en lätt nedstrypt version (75 kN) av standardmotorn F414. Motorn kan komma att tillverkas av Volvo eftersom man redan tillverkar den närbesläktade motorn General Electric F404/F414 (F404) för Saab 39 Gripen. EADS ämnade ursprungligen att använda Eurojet EJ200-motorn, men beslöt senare att inte göra det.

Mako/HEAT kommer att utplaceras på tre delade baser på den europeiska kontinenten, där alla partnernationer kan använda dem. I dagens läge finns det nio kandidatflygbaser, men ännu har ingen valts.

Skoljetplanet Aermacchi M-346 som även har föreslagits som Eurotrainer gjorde sin jungfruflygning den 15 juli, 2004 och har testats sedan dess. EADS har ännu inte meddelat om ett jungfrutursdatum för sitt flygplan.

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Appeared in print as "Take 5: She Won't Back Down"
The Onsite Pro Can team includes (from left) Kilee Steele, Carolyn Kahle, Doyle Brown and Heather Bayliss. In the background are a truck from FlowMark Vacuum Trucks with a Masport pump and PolyJohn restrooms.
On her travels in the construction industry, Carolyn Kahle had grown tired of seeing dirty portable restrooms. Frustrated, the 33-year-old from Texas did something others may not have done — opened her own business with a supportive father, marketing moxie and a drive to do better.
Kahle launched Onsite Pro Can in Boerne, Texas — about 10 miles north of San Antonio — in 2017. With a background in construction and heavy machinery, she started her company with 28 purple and lime green PolyJohn restrooms and a 2017 Ford F-350 with a Lely Tank & Waste Solutions slide-in tank.
Now after only a year in business, she is up to 350 PolyJohn units, has a second home base (in Kerrville) and runs routes with two other female employees, Heather Bayliss and Kilee Steele. Onsite Pro Can serves a 60-mile radius in the Hill Country in Central Texas, pumping holding tanks, as well as offering portable restrooms.
At its two locations, Onsite Pro Can has four trucks in its fleet. Its Boerne location has the 2017 Ford F-350 with a 400-gallon waste and 200-gallon freshwater Lely Tank & Waste Solutions stainless steel tank and a 2013 Ford F-550 with a 900-gallon waste and 400-gallon freshwater aluminum FlowMark Vacuum Trucks tank and Masport HXL4 pump.
Its Kerrville location operates a 2001 Isuzu NPR with 500-gallon waste and 250-gallon freshwater steel Dyna-Vac tank, Masport HXL4 pump, and four-unit carrier with lift gate and a 2007 Isuzu NQR with 600-gallon waste and 300-gallon freshwater Keith Huber steel tank and Masport HXL4 pump, with two-unit aluminum fold-down gate carrier.
1. When Kahle started her business, construction workers would stop and watch her clean every toilet, often noting that they had never seen a woman do that work. But Kahle finds that engagement a great opening. "It impresses and encourages them to talk about our business more," she says. But not every encounter is positive; Kahle notes she sometimes gets heckled. "In certain instances, I've had to earn the respect. One thing I've learned is as long as you're respectful, you know what you're talking about, you know what you're doing … you're just one of the guys," she says.
Recently, Kahle acquired another company, adding about 90 units and two service trucks to her fleet. "There have been many challenges in the acquisition," she says, such as trying to switch out old inventory with new restrooms, wanting to maintain her recognizable color scheme. "We did make a very large investment," she says, "But as the business has grown, so have our margins, and our cash flow has been able to support more and more." If growth continues, Kahle says, she would consider opening another location or possibly, down the road, adding roll-off containers.
With younger users on Instagram, Kahle finds that an important outlet as well. She uses the hashtags #pottylady, #toiletTuesday, #weeweeWednesday and #procanFriday. "I have gotten a few sales off Facebook and Instagram," she say. "At first, that was very shocking to me, but that one customer could mean 5, 10 or 15 customers down the road. I think it's more of a building block; it's a way for us to direct people to photos," says Kahle, who linked the Instagram account to her business Facebook page so posts will appear on both.


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Armenia Only Nation Considering To Host Junior Eurovision 2019?
Eurovision Ireland reports that Armenia is the only nation to be considering to host the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019.
According to sources that have spoken to Eurovision Ireland, only Armenia is currently considering bidding to host the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2019. Eurovision Ireland reports that no other nation has submitted a bid to host the competition next year.
Armenia's hosting of the 2019 contest is reportedly dependent on changes to the rules of the competition. In addition the broadcaster is wishing to see changes to the format of the competition should they host. Armenia had been critical of the move to online voting after the platform crashed during the final of the 2017 contest.
According to Jon Ola Sand the host country for Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019 will be decided after this years competition. The winner of the 2018 contest will be offered the right to host. If they turn down the right to host then the Steering Group will select the hosts from the bids submitted to the EBU.