Tom's has built an empire from the concept of paying it forward. TOMS One for One campaign, created by Blake Mycoskie, the Founder and Chief Shoe Giver of TOMS has changed the way people purchase footwear and the way that they view corporate citizenship. By now most people are familiar with their work donating shoes whenever one of their shoe products is purchased. This concept and the manner in which it was marketed has created a whole new understanding of how corporate social responsibility can bring positive sentiment to a brand and develop customer loyalty based solely on their culture and values.
What some people may not know is that TOMS has taken the philosophy of taking care of feet for the needy to include eyes. TOMS Eyewear purchases provide a person in need with a full eye exam by trained medical professionals. Each patient then receives the treatment he or she needs. TOMS supports treatments for three of the most common vision issues: Prescription glasses, Sight-saving surgery and Medical treat. And to date they have helped over 500,000 people.
TOMS not only has stylish and unique eyewear that has an allure of its own, but they are certainly Giving In Style. Purchases of the trendy shades support economic opportunity, gender equality, and access to education and restored independence. TOMS works with a network of 14 Giving Partners in 13 countries to help provide communities in need with access to eye care. With restored vision, patients are able to reclaim their independence and return to their daily lives.
And the ways that TOMS gives is not limited to programs tied to purchasing their products. They have five other key ways that they are helping people and communities around the world to succeed. Through the production of their products they create jobs by establishing manufacturing and sourcing in the countries where they give. They invest in the next generation of entrepreneurs by leveraging their business to improve lives. Their activation of people via their Giving Team has supported the eradication of diseases and launched cause-related shoes to support and raise money for organizations around the world. At TOMS they lead fully integrated programs incorporating the programs with their Giving Partners into contributions aiding entire communities and their access to health, education and well-being. And finally they are continuing to develop new products, like their eye wear, in an effort to launch new One for One giving products that support a genuine need.
The results and innovation of TOMS programs are clear. They have impacted more than 70 million people across six continents. Undoubtedly their products and consequent support through shoes, sight, water, safe birth and bullying prevention services will continue to improve and beautify society one community at a time.


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Tactile Virtual Reality: Wireless Tech Lets Users Feel in VR
Virtual reality's promise of an immersive environment is impressive, but generally incomplete without something like this newly-developed system to let users actually feel the effects of interacting in digitally-created cyberspaces through actual muscle stimulation, a big step beyond low-tech vibrations.
Simulating physical impact, as demonstrated above, combines tactile and muscle stimulation via a device called Impacto. The accessory is worn on arms, legs, hands or feet and tied into the virtual reality experience with specialized software, allowing people to touch and feel objects. Well on its way to being fully wireless (for now it is at least not cord-connected to an external device), it lets users move around in real (and virtual) space without feeling uncumbered or worrying about tripping over cords.
Examples include: feeling the impacts of soccer balls bounced on legs or of punches blocked in a boxing game. "Of note, Impacto isn't a simple vibrate motor shoved into a plastic box. The device combines a haptic vibration engine with electrical muscle stimulation to actually create a sensation of pushing or pulling, therefore more closely mimicking the feeling of contact from actual physical objects."
"The key idea that allows the small and light impacto device to simulate a strong hit is that it decomposes the stimulus: it renders the tactile aspect of being hit by tapping the skin using a solenoid; it adds impact to the hit by thrusting the user's arm backwards using electrical muscle stimulation," the team, led by Pedro Lopes, said in an abstract covering its research paper on Impacto.
The next step: creating additional add-ons for torsos and other areas of bodies, all toward the eventual goal of a full-body suit for maximum effect. Applications go beyond entertainment and gaming as well – eventually systems like this could allow for remote scientific or medical procedures with haptic feedback for delicate situations.
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You may remember that a while back I made some baked doughnut bites. They were good, but upon further review they need some tweaking. I'm working on that.
However, I've been tossing around these chocolate doughnut muffins around in my head for a while. What does it say about you when you're thinking about recipes and ingredient proportions while you're driving down the highway??
Anyway, these are oh-so-good. I baked them in mini muffin pans again, to try to get the impression that they are more like doughnut holes. (By the way, do you prefer "doughnut" or "donut"? and a funny quote about it all.) They were then dipped in a chocolate glaze. Do they truly taste like chocolate cake doughnuts? Not exactly. But the chocolate glaze? It tastes just like the glaze you would get at a doughnut shop. For "research" purposes, I even stopped at a doughnut shop and got a chocolate cake doughnut with chocolate glaze to compare (hey, it was next to the place I get my hair cut at!). I didn't do too shabby if I do say so myself!
My 8-year-old helper and taste tester couldn't stay out of these. Honestly, I had a hard time with that myself. The muffin has a pleasing chocolate flavor, was moist and not too heavy. I even mixed them by hand instead of getting out the stand mixer. The glaze is easy to make, although you'll probably have some left over. I'm thinking about what I can do with the extra (other than eat it with a spoon).
Preheat oven to 375'F. Spray mini muffin tins with cooking spray (makes 36 mini muffins).
Sift together flour, cocoa powder, espresso powder, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
In a medium sized bowl, cream together butter, oil and sugars until smooth. Add the eggs and vanilla, mixing well until combined. Stir in half the sifted dry ingredients until combined. Mix in the milk, then add the remaining flour mixture and combine well.
Spoon the batter into the prepared baking tins, filling each cup almost full. Bake for 10-12 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Let cool on a wire rack. Dust with powdered sugar or dip in chocolate glaze.
Oh my gosh! Those look so good! Yours looks like it came straight out of a bakery case. I can't wait to try this recipe.
Those would be a really great treat for the first day of school tomorrow.
Of course, they would be a great treat any day of the week!
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It had been a long week and I was emotionally and physically overwrought. I had just come home from visiting my brother and helping him with the funeral home and planning the celebration of life for his wife. Our lives for the past three months since her pancreatic cancer diagnosis had been completely chaotic.
Not only was I recovering from a painful surgery, but I had been visiting my sister-in-law frequently and we had lost any semblance of a schedule or routine in our lives.
So when she had finally passed and I was home it all came crumbling down. My emotions, my body, and of course my home. My legs felt like lead and I was utterly exhausted, and all I wanted was a little order.
I needed my home clean. I needed to make a schedule for the week so I knew where the girls needed to be, what birthday parties we had, and what was necessary for work. And I needed to grocery shop, meal plan, and make healthy snacks. By taking care of my family and being present for Heather, my brother, and their son, I had completely and totally neglected ME.
I hadn't worked out in ages. I was eating whatever I could find on the road, and I felt awful.
My husband was wonderful, he took the girls to a Miami Dolphins game so I could spend the day shopping and meal prepping for the week. I was so happy to have some quiet time to take care of myself and had my lists in hand when I entered the garage and saw it.
The tire going flat. There was a screw on the side and I knew if I drove the car to the store it would likely go flat. And I was fuming.
I was mad at my car. I was mad at my husband for not fixing it when a warning light flashed a few days earlier. I was mad everything was spinning out of control and I couldn't fix it. So I did what every 43-year-old wise woman would do, sent my hubby angry emoji texts because I needed to take my anger out on someone!
After debating whether to take an Uber to go shopping or try a home delivery grocery service, I realized something. I had high expectations for my day. I wanted to take back control of my life and wanted to keep DOING. When what I really needed was to just BE.
So I took a deep breath and asked my husband to leave the game early if possible so I could use his car later. I adjusted my day and recognized that I couldn't change the circumstances, only my reaction to it. I need to rid myself of expectations and listen to the universe tell me where I needed to be.
The rest of the afternoon I read a book in the sun, floated on a raft and rested. I gave to myself what I'd neglected for months before, love and compassion. Because sometimes doing nothing is everything.
What I didn't know in haste early on that Sunday afternoon was that the flat tire was a gift. It forced me to do something I would have never done. Rest.
It's true what they say, "Expectations are the blueprint to disappointment", and this is a lesson I am still trying to learn and teach our daughters. I find that the root of most of my anger in life comes when things don't go the way I planned. And the same happens with our girls.
They want to wear an outfit that's not washed, or are mad they can't have a playdate, and when life doesn't go the way they want they feel disappointed. And so do we.
But what we all need to remember to find the gift in every situation, even the hard ones.
So while the flat tire wasn't ideal, and shelling out $200 bucks for a new tire wasn't fun, at least I had some quiet time to reflect. There are lessons everywhere, if only we take the time to listen.
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Local time: 20:00 ZALGIRIO ARENA
Higgins and Mirotic shine as Barcelona holds on in Kaunas
FC Barcelona outlasted Zalgiris Kaunas to take a 86-93 victory at a packed Zalgirio Arena on Friday. The visiting team got ahead early on and protected a solid lead throughout the first half, before Zalgiris fought back hard in the second half and briefly led. But Barcelona stayed strong in the final period to claim its sixth win of the season. Cory Higgins was on fire in the second half, making 5 of 5 three-pointers in a career-high total of 27 points to inspire his team to victory. Nikola Mirotic was also outstanding, combining 24 points and 6 rebounds. Zach LeDay top scored for the home team with 16 points, while Jock Landale (10), Marius Grigonis (14), Thomas Walkup (11) and Arturas Milaknis (11) also reached double figures. Barcelona improves to 6-1 for a share of the lead of the standings, while Zalgiris is now 3-4.
A big dunk from Landale and a triple from Alex Perez opened the scoring, but Rolands Smits answered with 5 points and a three-point play from Mirotic made it 5-8. Mirotic scored two more baskets but Lukas Lekavicius and Nigel Hayes were on target to keep it close until Mirotic continued his early masterclass to make it 12-19. Lekavicius twice penetrated to score in a 6-0 run, and it was 20-23 at the end of the first quarter. Milaknis and Ante Tomic scored inside early in the second, and 9 fast points off the bench from Pierre Oriola kept Barcelona ahead, 28-34. Milaknis and Thomas Walkup struck from deep, but Tomic and Malcolm Delaney answered with layups. Adam Hanga struck from deep and Mirotic tipped in, before LeDay scored on the buzzer to make it 40-47 at half-time. LeDay's dunk and fastbreak layup got the second half going, and LeDay scored again to tie it up at 47-47. Higgins netted the visiting team's only field goal in the first 5 minutes of the quarter, but LeDay scored again to give Zalgiris a 51-50 edge. Barcelona moved ahead again through free throws, before three more scores from Higgins, including a buzzer-beating triple, made it 61-66 at the end of the third. Higgins struck two more triples at the start of the fourth and then added a driving score for a 64-74 lead. Zalgiris battled but a pair of baskets from Hanga maintained a double-digit margin. A three-point play by Grigonis and a layup by Walkup made it 77-82 with 3 minutes left, but a mid-range strike from Brandon Davies kept Barcelona ahead. Hayes struck from deep for 83-87, but Mirotic replied with free throws and a transition score by Delaney secured the outcome.
Ten out of ten for Mirotic
Nikola Mirotic excelled again, recording 13 points, 3 rebounds and 2 steals in the first quarter alone to send his team to victory. Barcelona's summer signing has now scored at least 10 points in 10 consecutive EuroLeague games, a streak which started when he was still a Real Madrid player in the 2014 playoffs against Olympiacos.
LeDay heroics boost Zalgiris
A remarkable burst of action from Zach LeDay either side of half-time gave the game fresh life. Barca was leading 38-47 when LeDay picked up a loose ball to score the last points of the first half, then he opened the second quarter scoring with a big dunk, a fastbreak score, a free throw and a jump hook, giving LeDay a personal 9-0 run in the space of two minutes to level the game.
Higgins takes over
LeDay's efforts were outdone by Cory Higgins, who almost single-handedly repelled Zalgiris's big comeback with a flurry of points. The former CSKA Moscow guard netted 22 points in just over 10 minutes of action to bridge the third and fourth quarters, restoring a lead which would never be lost.
Davies honored on return to Kaunas
Former Zalgiris player Brandon Davies made his first return to Kaunas since leaving the club for Barca in the summer, and he was honored with a special pregame presentation and a standing ovation from his appreciative former fans, who were eager to show their gratitude for his outstanding two seasons with the club.
Next round
Barcelona is looking ahead to this season's first Clasico with Thursday's Round 8 trip to Real Madrid. A day later, Zalgiris travels to face Olympiacos in Piraeus.
Referees: RYZHYK, BORYS; ROCHA, FERNANDO; PETEK, SASO
Zalgiris Kaunas 20 20 21 25
FC Barcelona 23 24 19 27
0 WALKUP, THOMAS 28:00 14 3/4 2/3 2/2 1 2 3 5 2 2 4 2 18
2 PEREZ, ALEX 6:48 5 1/2 2/2 1 1 1 2 1 5
4 LEKAVICIUS, LUKAS 16:26 6 3/3 0/2 1 1 3 1 3 1 2 7
10 HAYES-DAVIS, NIGEL 30:27 8 1/2 2/6 2 3 5 1 1 2 1 9
13 JANKUNAS, PAULIUS 5:14 2 1/2 1
21 MILAKNIS, ARTURAS 23:00 11 1/1 2/4 3/3 2 2 2 2 11
23 GEBEN, MARTINAS DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
31 JOKUBAITIS, ROKAS DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
32 LEDAY, ZACH 29:50 16 6/11 1/4 1/2 2 2 2 1 3 13
34 LANDALE, JOCK 15:14 10 3/3 1/4 1/2 2 2 2 1 2 11
40 GRIGONIS, MARIUS 26:15 14 3/4 2/4 2/3 1 1 2 4 1 2 3 4 16
92 ULANOVAS, EDGARAS 18:46 0/1 0/1 1 1 1 1 3 -4
Totals 200:00 86 21/31 11/30 11/14 8 13 21 19 5 10 0 0 19 17 87
Head coach: JASIKEVICIUS, SARUNAS
0 DAVIES, BRANDON 21:40 4 1/4 0/1 2/2 2 4 6 4 1 3 2 2 8
8 HANGA, ADAM 24:10 9 3/3 1/2 2 1 3 4 1 1 1 1 15
10 SMITS, ROLANDS 12:25 5 1/4 1/2 2 1 3 2 2 1 1
14 PUSTOVYI, ARTEM DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
18 ORIOLA, PIERRE 13:20 9 3/3 1/2 1 1 2 7
21 ABRINES, ALEX 8:42 1 1 1 1 1
22 HIGGINS, CORY 29:53 27 4/5 5/5 4/4 1 3 4 1 1 1 2 4 33
23 DELANEY, MALCOLM 21:44 7 3/4 0/4 1/2 3 3 7 1 3 2 11
24 KURIC, KYLE 23:06 0/2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 2
31 BOLMARO, LEANDRO DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
33 MIROTIC, NIKOLA 26:40 24 6/10 0/4 12/12 4 2 6 2 2 2 1 6 29
44 TOMIC, ANTE 18:20 8 4/6 0/2 2 3 5 4 1 1 3 1 11
Head coach: PESIC, SVETISLAV
JASIKEVICIUS, SARUNAS
"Congratulations to Barcelona. It was not the game we expected, very high-scoring for both teams. I didn't think from our side we did enough things to win the game. Unfortunately for us we are fighting but making the same mistakes, and details are costing us 20-30 points. Probably around 30."
PESIC, SVETISLAV
"Continuity was important in defense, how we controlled their three-pointers. In general I think we played a perfect game in defense and offense, and we only had one problem in the third quarter when we didn't make good box outs. We had some problems with defensive rebounds when Zalgiris tried to take early shots, but it's important that the rest of the game was very good for us. When we controlled defensive rebounds, we didn't have any problems."
WALKUP, THOMAS
"We definitely gave up way too many points. Not a number that we're happy with. To win it would have to be a tough and ugly defensive game, but we let them do what they wanted to do. Their size was a problem but we have to combat that with physicality, and we didn't do that from the first guy down to the last. When you give a team like that so many chances, you're not going to win."
MIROTIC, NIKOLA
"I think we played a great game. Above all, we started really well from the beginning, controlling the defensive rebounds and playing well on offense. In the second half, when they got closer, we did a great job on defense and found Cory (Higgins) on offense, who was phenomenal today. We managed to get a hard-fought win."
HANGA, ADAM
"It is a very important win after our loss in Milan. We know that we would have a tougher schedule from now on, because the next game in Madrid is also a little bit in our heads. We knew that it was very important to win this game. As always against Zalgiris, we had to work hard to win. We had to work hard until the end because they always return to the game, always come back, which is a trademark for Saras's team. We are happy with this victory. We have very little time to recover because we play another game (in the Spanish League) on Sunday morning. It has been a while since we played Friday night and Sunday morning, so we have to prepare well, rest a bit and give everything we have."
HIGGINS, CORY
"We stayed together. It's difficult to play here, they have great support and never give up. But we stuck together and that's why we got the win. I'm very comfortable in the side but I've got to be more consistent. We've got big time players in this team and anyone can step up. We're not even close to our best basketball but we're going the right way."
Thomas Walkup - Zalgiris Kaunas
Marius Grigonis - Zalgiris Kaunas
Cory Higgins - FC Barcelona
Nigel Hayes - Zalgiris Kaunas
Nikola Mirotic - FC Barcelona
Jock Landale - Zalgiris Kaunas
Alex Abrines - FC Barcelona
Alex Perez - Zalgiris Kaunas
Adam Hanga - FC Barcelona
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> How to add location data to the database using fixtures.

## Populate

Populate the database with location data and links between those records.

The locations were originally fetched from Twitter and are assumed to stay the same. They are stored in the repo as [locations_data.json](https://github.com/MichaelCurrin/twitterverse/blob/master/app/var/sample/locations_data.json).

```bash
$ ./utils/db_manager.py --populate --summary
```

## Summary

Check the summary view to see how many records you have for _Country_, _Trend_, etc.

Below is an example view.

```bash
$ utils/db_manager.py --summary
```
```
Getting table summary...
Table           | Rows
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Place           |   471
Supername       |     1
Continent       |     6
Country         |    62
Town            |   402
Trend           |     0
Profile         |     0
Tweet           |     0
Category        |     4
ProfileCategory |     0
Campaign        |     0
TweetCampaign   |     0
PlaceJob        |     0
```

Note this uses ORM names and not DB schema names. This view includes all the countries and towns which Twitter provides data for in its API, plus some _Place_, _Supername_ and _Continent_ are used to give them more structure to allow say filtering towns in a certain country or continent.

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By: George Roof, Chief Master Sergeant (Retired), US Air Force, Taxidermist in Magnolia, Delaware (born in Lexington, SC). Because I am a "lifer" in the military, I've seen the impact of a president more than many of you can imagine. I enlisted with LBJ and saw just what a Democrat clusterflock was all about. I went to Vietnam and saw how we were constantly and incessantly bombarded with micromanagement from Washington that got thousands of military people killed. I wonder sometimes if I'll get to heaven, but if I go to hell, I'm sure I'll still be a few hundred floors above that bastard Robert McNamara, LBJ, John Kerry, Jane Fonda, and yes, even the "hero", John McCain.
After Johnson "abdicated" rather than having his ass waxed, I lived through Nixon who was hawkish but allowed the generals (and there WERE a few real generals back then versus now) run the show. He was so out of touch that he never knew North Vietnam was about to surrender when the Paris Accord was presented. Only God could help us after Gerald Ford was beaten by Jimmy Peanuts who'd been funded by Saudi money. The military was turned into Section 8 and even the White House suffered the austerity.
Then the light began to shine and Ronald Reagan swept into the fray. He not only loved the country and the military, they loved him back. Esprit d'corps was off the scale during his presidency. The Liberals were slowly turning into socialists, however, and about this time all the draft dodgers of the 1960's who'd been given amnesty by Jimmy Peanuts were turning out college graduates with degrees in socialism.
Bush 1 was an enigma from the CIA and though he never did much either way, he NEVER DID MUCH EITHER WAY.
Welcome to Bill Clinton. Clinton spent most of his two terms wagging the dog and creating the Oral Office, sending a bomber to blow up Quaddafi's tent and killing a goat or two, while allowing the UN to set up the infamous Black Hawk Down situation. He made history by becoming only the second president to be impeached. I actually felt sorry for Bush 2. He was doomed to infamy from the start. He thought most of America was still the 'rah' patriots of WWII when they were simply socialists waiting to feed him to the sharks.
Then there came the Manchurian Candidate with a faked (OK Democrats, let's say "of questionable origin" to assuage your PC brains) birth certificate, who'd gotten a free ride through college under a foreign student exemption, and whose college records and complete life history had been sealed. (We know more about Thomas Jefferson's bastard children than we do about Obama, Michelle, OR their two kids.) From his inaugural address, he slandered America and within days had begun to encourage dissension of the races as well as slandering police who "acted stupidly."
That was mild to the crap that would come in doubling the national debt from what had been built by ALL THE PREVIOUS PRESIDENTS COMBINED, feeding us bullshit about how Muslims built this country, and nationalizing American industries. Fueled by George Soros' money and using the Air Force fleet as his personal charters, he appointed malcontents, muslims and traitors into positions of authority. He trashed the Constitution by installing "czars" (interesting he chose a title like that) to bypass Congressional authority. By that time, Congress was completely corrupt on both sides of the aisle. No one had balls to impeach this charlatan.
Mysteriously, the lone outspoken conservative Supreme Court Justice suddenly dies in his sleep at an Obama pal's hunting lodge and the Supreme Court is evenly split. Finally, Congress shows some balls and rejects Obama's nomination. The Libtards aren't worried because the fix is in. Soros has paid demonstrators to cause turmoil at all the Republican gatherings, Obama concedes that illegal aliens should vote as they won't be prosecuted, and Soros-manufactured voting machines are caught switching votes in certain precincts. Hillary has cheated her way to the nomination and her lies are completely ignored by the brainwashed minions of sycophants who follow her.
But a shocking thing happened on the way to the forum. Middle America has had enough and although the pollsters and the pipers tried to convince them not even to bother to vote, they were fed up with the denizens of the swamp. It was time. Florida was designated a "swing" state ignoring that all those old retirees living in St. Petersburg, and the fed up Cuban Americans of Miami weren't interested in their platform. Ohio and Pennsylvania, where coal production was blacklisted and where Obama had ridiculed them for"clinging to their Bibles and their guns," lay awaiting this supposed "landslide" Hillary vote and creamed it.
The Socialist world of the Democratic Party disintegrated. An American who expressed unbridled love of country and respect for police, firemen, and military steam rolled across the heartland and the liberals realized their scheme was trashed. A CONSTITUTIONALIST would be nominated to the Supreme Court and if the hag who'd claimed to retire if Trump were elected would actually leave, the Supreme Court would have a massive majority of CONSTITUTIONALISTS for the next 40-50 years.
Now, the same party who had ridiculed Trump on his comments about the election being rigged, started screaming that the election was rigged. They even advocated having the election repeated. They created mobs that burned and pillaged, stopped traffic, threatened murder, battery and rape of Trump supporters, and became the anarchists that the socialist dream thrives upon. They run like castrated pigs for safe zones and use diaper pins as their national symbol.
This is exactly what happens when political correctness takes over, and participation trophies are awarded to everyone. They can't conceive how disgusting and subservient they have become. Donald Trump may NOT be the best person for the job, but he's such a welcome respite from the candy-assed wimps who've been running the swamp that it's refreshing to see. At the very least, Donald Trump derailed the Socialist train and bought us precious time. If he only does half of what he's promised, we'll still be legions ahead of where Obama has dragged us. Already countries who held us in contempt are lining up to be found in the favor of America.
Pass this on if you agree!
So, for you liberal lurkers and you half-assed fence-sitters, kiss off. You had your big hurrah and now your party is over. For you staunch Republicans in office, don't gloat so much yourselves. You've been put on notice by the American people that we're fed up with ALL YOU BASTARDS, and if you don't start putting America first, you do so at your own peril. You might want to buy a copy of George McGovern's autobiography and see how shocking and humbling it can be for a professional politician to have to try to find legitimate work once he falls from grace.
This election was pure, unadulterated AMERICAN. Hillary got beaten and AMERICA WON THE ELECTION. You can claim he's not "your president" all you want, but unless you forfeit your American citizenship, YES HE IS! Go cry a river some place where they need water!
Best Wishes for a great Day


Places of Fancy: Where Is 'The Secret Garden'?
Where Is 'The Secret Garden'?
A scene from 1993's The Secret Garden with Kate Maberly, Heydon Prowse and Andrew Knott as Mary, Colin and Dickon.
Frances' source of inspiration was her own garden. Now you have to understand that by the turn of the 20th century, Frances had become the J.K. Rowling of her time, a balling British author with bestselling novels to her name. Like J.K., Frances knew how it felt like to be poor and hungry in her youth. She deserved a reward — something like a huge house in the English countryside.
WINTER LIGHT. Great Maytham Hall in Kent, England, where Frances Hodgson Burnett lived as a tenant for almost 10 years and discovered a love for gardening.
From 1897 to 1908, Frances rented the Great Maytham Hall in the village of Rolvenden in Kent. Here, in its walled kitchen garden, she found the inspiration for Mary Lennox, Colin Craven, and Dickon Sowerby.
But it wasn't always a literal bed of roses. According to The Telegraph, the Maytham garden was "overgrown with brambles" when Frances first laid her eyes on it. In fact, the garden wall was teeming with so much ivy that Frances could not find the door at first. It was only with the unwitting help of a robin that she found it, not unlike her heroine Mary.
One of the first things Frances did after becoming tenant was to order flowers for the garden. Soon the place grew verdant with roses, particularly her favorite variety, Madame Moussigny. She even had a rose walkway constructed.
Frances found out for herself the therapeutic power of gardening, a love for which she took to her dying days. In fact, literary experts think Colin personifies Frances' longing to resurrect her son Lionel, whom she had lost to tuberculosis in Washington, D.C. in 1890.
FOLLOW THE ROBIN. Behind these walls is the inspiration for one of the greatest children's books of all time.
However, The Secret Garden was not written in Maytham. She wrote it in her mansion in Plandome, Long Island, years after she became an American citizen.
It was not the Maytham garden too where 1993's The Secret Garden was filmed. The garden in the now-classic film adaptation, which starred Maggie Smith as Mrs. Medlock, was a set built for $180,000 in Pinewood Studios in England.
No expense was spared for this movie garden. According to The New York Times, the movie used a staggering 17,200 pots of annuals and grasses as well as 1,200 perennials. The movie also used 500 live roses, in addition to 4,000 wild geraniums and foxgloves. All the world's a stage, as Shakespeare would say.


NASHVILLE, Tenn., July 19, 2017—The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention will host its 2017 National Conference, "Parenting: Christ-Centered Parenting in a Complex World," August 24-26 at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center in Nashville, Tenn.
This fourth annual conference will equip attendees on how to apply the gospel to many aspects of parenting in today's shifting culture.
Previous topics addressed at ERLC National Conferences include cultural engagement, politics, homosexuality and marriage.
Registration is now open and more conference details and speaker information can be found online.
Follow the conversation on Twitter by following @ERLC, @dmoore and #ERLC2017.


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Medals and Trophies
Welcome to Museum of Dog
Visiting a good museum is like discovering a forgotten treasure. Each exhibit has been rescued from loss or damage by inspired people, most of them anonymous. Governments preserve official history, and wealthy philanthropists preserve some expensive works of art, but the most interesting historical items and artifacts, that tell us the most about times past, were saved by ordinary people who saw the overlooked value in something that others might have discarded, and took care of it – very much as ROLDA sees the overlooked value in street dogs, and saves them.
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In the town of Galati there are about 300,000 people and as many as 10,000 street dogs. The Museum of Nature Science, the History Museum, and the Museum of Arts remind us of some of the special people who once were part of our community. Imposing old buildings preserve fragments of their legacy. But the dogs have contributed a legacy too, and there is no museum for them.
From an early age, we collect memories. Each of us creates a personal museum of what we most treasure that we have seen and done. A toy or a doll, or a funny drawing saved between the pages of an old book which we kept from childhood, bring back to life our memories––and many of those memories are made vivid by recollections of the animals who shared the times we remember.
For centuries dogs and humans have shared a special bond. Carvings, statues, inscriptions, paintings, drawings, and writings describing dogs have been found among the ruins of almost every ancient civilization; evidence has been discovered that our ancestors shared their lives with dogs for thousands of years even before the first civilizations started.
Today, paradoxically, a multi-billion-dollar international industry has been built around the pampered dogs of developed nations, while homeless dogs suffer in the less affluent nations. But even street dogs are often someone's special and loyal friend. Sometimes such a dog becomes a community hero or someone's guardian angel, saving a child, or an old person. Dogs who are brought into families, treated well, and trained do even more for us.
People easily remember cartoons, books, and movies that have dogs as characters, helping children to learn to read and to understand how to live in the adult world. But there is much more to the contribution of dogs to human culture and civilization than the deeds of famous dogs, both real and fictitious.
How you can describe a common dog? Each has the special gift of putting a smile on your face when no one else can. Each dog has a funny way of behaving so that you will forgive him for anything he did that was a nuisance. Dogs understand our emotions and respect how we feel like no one else.
There is a special place in the back of your mind where you save the memories of every dog you ever had.
Probably almost everything that could be said, written or interpreted about dogs has already been said, written, or interpreted.
But why not give dogs the place they have earned in our human community?!
This is how the idea for the ROLDA Museum of Dogs began. I discovered that there are a number of museums about dogs in the U.S., and possibly in Europe, but there are none in Romania. There is nowhere for people to go to learn to appreciate dogs, and everything that dogs humbly do to help make civilization possible.
Over the last 20 years Romania has often been a nation that disregards the values that helped us to survive decades under Communism and fascism. No sane person in Romania wants to go back to those times, or anything like them, but the present times do not seem to be developing people with the qualities of character that often emerged when life was harder and hope was harder to keep alive. We do not have a large number of role models who make our nation proud––and often find ways to insult and forget the people who could be role models.
In these conditions and from the same society, how can dogs become valued and respected, without an educational institution to teach about the importance of dogs?
Romanians are in dire need of education about respecting life in all forms, and about respecting the environment because of conscience, not just from fear of getting a fine from the police. We need to teach children not to abuse animals, and to teach parents to not allow abusive behavior –– and to set a good example of kindness themselves. We need to teach people to refrain from wearing fur, even if they can afford furs made from the pelts on wild animals and not just from illegally skinned dogs and cats. We need to teach the public about the importance of vaccinating pets to prevent illness, and a dog left starving on a chain will not protect property any better as he becomes malnourished, freezes, and dies.
The ROLDA Museum of Dogs will educate visitors about the roles of dogs, both in ancient and contemporary times. We are preparing to exhibit objects donated from all over the world by private collectors, animal lovers, and antique boutiques. Behind each object, there will be at least two stories: why someone made it, and why someone else bought it or kept it or sold it or preserved it. Our Museum of Dogs will begin on our web site. Join us for a dog-trip back in time to rediscover each of these items' story!
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Home > Factory History
Factory History
An introduction by the late Earl Haig
This introduction was written by the second Earl Haig in 2000 when the history of the factory was brought up to date. Sadly he passed away in July 2009 aged 91. His son is the third Earl.
This brief history of the Poppy Factory includes all relevant details but I would add some more personal anecdotes.
During my early years, I well remember our visits to the Factory for Christmas parties as well as the men coming to Bemersyde for my sister Victoria's wedding in 1929 and to my twenty-first birthday celebrations in 1939.
Their courage and comradeship was deeply inspiring.
After the war, when I took my mother's place as President, my first act on return from POW camps in 1945 was to exhibit some of my portraits of fellow prisoners. HM The Queen and the two Princesses visited the exhibition and all profits were given to the Factory.
While I was President, in the early 1960s, the necessary involvement of the Earl Haig Fund in the finances of the Factory arose and it became appropriate for one person to preside over the affairs of both. It was then that the move from the Canongate to Warriston took place under the guidance of Captain (RN) Hodge GC.
My memories of the many people who have given their time and energy to the Factory go back over seventy years. I would make special mention of the support given by the women's section of the British Legion. My wife is proud to have the honour of being Patron today and, on her behalf and of myself, I offer congratulations and good wishes for the future of the Factory which my mother helped to found.
The Earl Haig
The Golden Years
Lady Haig's Poppy Factory
The Poppy
Ordering a Wreath FAQs
© Copyright 2020 The Lady Haig Poppy Factory, All rights reserved
Scottish Charity No SC016682, a Company limited by shares is registered in Scotland No 194803 at 9 Warriston Road, Edinburgh EH7 4HJ.
Lady Haig's Poppy Factory is a trading name. The Lady Haig Poppy Factory is a subsidiary of Poppyscotland, Scottish Charity No SC014096, a company limited by guarantee.
Registered in Scotland No 194893 at New Haig House, Logie Green Road, Edinburgh EH7 4HQ.


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namespace phpDocumentor\Plugin\Core\Transformer\Writer\Xml;

use Mockery as m;
use phpDocumentor\Descriptor\TagDescriptor;

/**
 * Test class for \phpDocumentor\Plugin\Core\Transformer\Writer\Xml\TagConverter.
 *
 * @covers phpDocumentor\Plugin\Core\Transformer\Writer\Xml\TagConverter
 */
class TagConverterTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
{
    const TEST_LINENUMBER = 100;

    /**
     * Tests whether the information common to all tags is stored on an XML element.
     *
     * @param string $name              Name of the tag as provided by the Descriptor.
     * @param string $description       Description for the tag as provided by the Descriptor.
     * @param string $resultName        Expected resulting name in the XML Element.
     * @param string $resultDescription Expected resulting description in the XML Element.
     *
     * @dataProvider provideTestGenericTag
     * @covers phpDocumentor\Plugin\Core\Transformer\Writer\Xml\TagConverter::convert
     * @covers phpDocumentor\Plugin\Core\Transformer\Writer\Xml\TagConverter::getDescription
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function testConvertGenericTag($name, $description, $resultName, $resultDescription)
    {
        // Arrange
        $tagConverter = new TagConverter();
        $parent       = $this->prepareDocBlockXMLElement();
        $tag          = $this->createTagDescriptorMock($name, $description);

        // Act
        $convertedElement = $tagConverter->convert($parent, $tag);

        // Assert
        $this->assertSame($resultName, $convertedElement->getAttribute('name'));
        $this->assertSame($resultDescription, $convertedElement->getAttribute('description'));
        $this->assertSame((string) self::TEST_LINENUMBER, $convertedElement->getAttribute('line'));
    }

    /**
     * Tests whether type information is stored when a tag is processed with type information.
     *
     * @covers phpDocumentor\Plugin\Core\Transformer\Writer\Xml\TagConverter::convert
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function testWhetherTypesAreAddedWhenPresent()
    {
        // Arrange
        $tagConverter = new TagConverter();
        $parent       = $this->prepareDocBlockXMLElement();
        $tag          = $this->createTagDescriptorMock('name', 'description', 'Tag\VarDescriptor');
        $tag->shouldReceive('getTypes')->andReturn(array('string', 'integer', '\DateTime'));

        // Act
        $convertedElement = $tagConverter->convert($parent, $tag);

        // Assert
        $types = $convertedElement->getElementsByTagName('type');
        $this->assertSame(3, $types->length);
        $this->assertSame('string', $types->item(0)->nodeValue);
        $this->assertSame('integer', $types->item(1)->nodeValue);
        $this->assertSame('\DateTime', $types->item(2)->nodeValue);
        $this->assertSame('string|integer|\DateTime', $convertedElement->getAttribute('type'));
    }

    /**
     * Tests whether the variable name is stored for tags containing variable names.
     *
     * @covers phpDocumentor\Plugin\Core\Transformer\Writer\Xml\TagConverter::convert
     * @covers phpDocumentor\Plugin\Core\Transformer\Writer\Xml\TagConverter::addTypes
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function testWhetherVariableNamesAreAddedWhenPresent()
    {
        // Arrange
        $tagConverter = new TagConverter();
        $parent       = $this->prepareDocBlockXMLElement();
        $tag          = $this->createTagDescriptorMock('name', 'description', 'Tag\VarDescriptor');
        $tag->shouldReceive('getTypes')->andReturn(array());
        $tag->shouldReceive('getVariableName')->andReturn('varName');

        // Act
        $convertedElement = $tagConverter->convert($parent, $tag);

        // Assert
        $this->assertSame('varName', $convertedElement->getAttribute('variable'));
    }

    /**
     * Tests whether the version number is prepended to the description when version information is available.
     *
     * @covers phpDocumentor\Plugin\Core\Transformer\Writer\Xml\TagConverter::convert
     * @covers phpDocumentor\Plugin\Core\Transformer\Writer\Xml\TagConverter::getDescription
     *
     * @todo this should be dealt with in a template and not in the code! This activity should be removed and the
     * templates updated.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function testWhetherTheVersionIsPrependedToTheDescription()
    {
        // Arrange
        $tagConverter = new TagConverter();
        $parent       = $this->prepareDocBlockXMLElement();
        $tag          = $this->createTagDescriptorMock('name', 'description', 'Tag\VersionDescriptor');
        $tag->shouldReceive('getVersion')->andReturn('1.0');

        // Act
        $convertedElement = $tagConverter->convert($parent, $tag);

        // Assert
        $this->assertSame('1.0 description', $convertedElement->getAttribute('description'));
    }

    /**
     * Tests whether a reference to another element is stored with the tag when such is present.
     *
     * @covers phpDocumentor\Plugin\Core\Transformer\Writer\Xml\TagConverter::convert
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function testWhetherReferencesAreAddedWhenPresent()
    {
        // Arrange
        $reference = '\DateTime::add()';
        $tagConverter = new TagConverter();
        $parent       = $this->prepareDocBlockXMLElement();
        $tag          = $this->createTagDescriptorMock('name', 'description', 'Tag\UsesDescriptor');
        $tag->shouldReceive('getReference')->andReturn($reference);

        // Act
        $convertedElement = $tagConverter->convert($parent, $tag);

        // Assert
        $this->assertSame($reference, $convertedElement->getAttribute('link'));
    }

    /**
     * Tests whether a link to a URL is stored with the tag when such is present.
     *
     * @covers phpDocumentor\Plugin\Core\Transformer\Writer\Xml\TagConverter::convert
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function testWhetherLinksAreAddedWhenPresent()
    {
        // Arrange
        $link         = 'http://www.phpdoc.org';
        $tagConverter = new TagConverter();
        $parent       = $this->prepareDocBlockXMLElement();
        $tag          = $this->createTagDescriptorMock('name', 'description', 'Tag\LinkDescriptor');
        $tag->shouldReceive('getLink')->andReturn($link);

        // Act
        $convertedElement = $tagConverter->convert($parent, $tag);

        // Assert
        $this->assertSame($link, $convertedElement->getAttribute('link'));
    }

    /**
     * Tests whether a method name to another element is stored with the tag when such is present.
     *
     * @covers phpDocumentor\Plugin\Core\Transformer\Writer\Xml\TagConverter::convert
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function testWhetherMethodNamesAreAddedWhenPresent()
    {
        // Arrange
        $methodName   = 'getMethod';
        $tagConverter = new TagConverter();
        $parent       = $this->prepareDocBlockXMLElement();
        $tag          = $this->createTagDescriptorMock('name', 'description', 'Tag\MethodDescriptor');
        $tag->shouldReceive('getMethodName')->andReturn($methodName);

        // Act
        $convertedElement = $tagConverter->convert($parent, $tag);

        // Assert
        $this->assertSame($methodName, $convertedElement->getAttribute('method_name'));
    }

    /**
     * Provides a test name and description for the generic test.
     *
     * @see testConvertGenericTag
     *
     * @return string[][]
     */
    public function provideTestGenericTag()
    {
        return array(
            array('name', 'description', 'name', 'description'),
            array('name&test', 'description&test', 'name&test', 'description&test')
        );
    }

    /**
     * Creates an XML Element that can serve as parent.
     *
     * @return \DOMElement
     */
    protected function prepareDocBlockXMLElement()
    {
        $document = new \DOMDocument();
        $parent   = new \DOMElement('parent');
        $document->appendChild($parent);
        $parent->setAttribute('line', self::TEST_LINENUMBER);

        return $parent;
    }

    /**
     * Creates a mock for the TagDescriptor class.
     *
     * @param string $name        The name of the tag.
     * @param string $description The description that is present in the tag.
     * @param string $class       The descriptor class that is to be mocked
     *
     * @return m\MockInterface|TagDescriptor
     */
    protected function createTagDescriptorMock($name, $description, $class = 'TagDescriptor')
    {
        $tag = m::mock('phpDocumentor\\Descriptor\\' . $class);
        $tag->shouldReceive('getName')->andReturn($name);
        $tag->shouldReceive('getDescription')->andReturn($description);
        $tag->shouldIgnoreMissing();

        return $tag;
    }
}


WELCOME-The Colonial Beach Public School System was established as an independent school division in 1907. It serves the residents of Colonial Beach, which is a small town of about 3,500 people located directly on the Potomac River. Our division has an elementary school for grades PK-7 and a high school for grades 8-12. Our small size provides a strong sense of community, with a total student population of approximately 600 students.


Mobile Fidelity handled the SACD remastering of these albums a few years ago with excellent results. If you are a Dead Can Dance fan and into vinyl, these records are guaranteed to please. For those not completely familiar with MoFi's new Silver Label, its LPs are still pressed at RTI in California and under the same conditions as the imprint's 180g Original Master Recordings—with the same skilled people at both ends of the process. However, there are two main differences between the two product lines.
According to Mobile Fidelity's John Wood, Silver Label titles will use "the best tape available" instead of only the original master, as they do with all Original Master Recordings. This qualification opens the field and maintains MoFi's impeccable dedication to getting all the detail from the original tape. In addition, the mastering process for Silver Label LPs is performed in real time; ORM titles are half-speed mastered. Finally, Silver Label records are pressed on 140-gram vinyl instead of the 180-gram vinyl format used for ORM albums. The good news for vinyl lovers is that the lower price of Silver Label pressings ($22.99 vs. $29.99 for single records, $34.99 vs. $39.99 for double album sets) makes them easier on the wallet as well.
Technology and economics aside, these Dead Can Dance releases represent an unqualified success. Having extensively listened to the SACDs, I can't imagine these records sounding any better, even if they were mastered at half-speed. The backgrounds are perfectly silent, and the high end exquisitely smooth. The nod goes to MoFi when comparing the new pressings against my original vinyl copies. But when pitting the analog against the SACDs (which MoFi actually mastered), digital wins out.
Both Dead Can Dance albums feature ultra-wide dynamic ranges and subterranean bass groove; the LPs are fantastic, but this is clearly a case of high-resolution digital having an edge. The minute I pushed the "play" button to begin Spiritchaser, the extra air on the SACD grabbed me. The new pressing does an admirable job reproducing the bass line in "Song of the Stars," yet switching to the SACD is akin to adding a subwoofer to my system and yielded genuine room-shaking grunt.


Myspace Music is bringing another concert to Charlotte. Its "Beyond the Sound" series is presenting The Foreign Exchange for a live performance April 19 at the Double Door Inn. The Foreign Exchange is a hip-hop duo made up of Phonte (from Little Brother) and Dutch producer Nicolay. Special guest for the show will be DJ Rasta Root.
The great thing about these Myspace concerts is that they're free, but admission will be on a first-come basis. Doors open at 7 p.m., show starts at 8 p.m. If you don't make it in, you can watch it live on Myspace. Click here for more information. If you'll recall, Myspace brought Nelly here for a free concert in September at the Neighborhood Theatre ("Random Notes From Nelly's Myspace Concert").
Another hip-hop concert has just been announced for Charlotte, though it's not taking place until this summer. Bacardi B-Live is a global music series that has toured 25 countries. It kicks off a U.S. summer music series in May and will stop here July 2.
The liquor company has lined up a diverse group of hip-hop artists and DJs including: Toronto based duo MSTRKRFT; Kanye West's DJ A-Trak; the legendary DJ Jazzy Jeff; the collaboration of Major Lazer featuring Diplo and Switch; Montreal-born DJ and producer Tiga; New York-based dance music producer DJ Steve Porter; L.A.-based producer and DJ Z-Trip; punk/dance duo from Brooklyn, New York, Matt and Kim; renowned hip-hop artist Q-Tip; and the genre-blending artist Santigold. Please note, however, that the exact lineup will be announced as the show date nears, as will the venue. Click here for more information.


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JUAN C. ESCOBEDO
HouseMan Collages
B.HM (Before HouseMan)
Liminal Portraits
(B.1985 El Paso,TX raised Sunland Park, N.M)
Juan Carlos Escobedo has been a Studio Foundations professor at the Art Institute of San Antonio since 2016 in addition to a writing tutor at Texas A&M University and Palo Alto College. Aside from being an educator, he has 10 years of experience as an artist.
Childhood memories, pop culture, and social class politics are the major catalysts for his artwork. He works with found materials transforming them into small spaces, headdresses and/or collages. The work he makes creates visual instability which confronts the viewer with the dual realities and consequently with the concept of liminal identities. Liminality is emphasized by the materiality of the objects themselves and the sources that are used to construct them. His work has been described as surreal, dramatic, satirical, and nostalgic with a propensity to use low-brow materials.
Juan Carlos studied at New Mexico State University (BFA emphasis on painting 2010) and has acquired a Master in Fine Arts at Massachusetts College of Art and Design in 2015.
Recent exhibitions include
"2DRNT2D"MassArt StudentDevelopment Gallery (2014)
"EMB2DY" MassArt Student Development Gallery (2014).
"Boston Young Contemporaries" 808 Commonwealth Gallery (2014)
"Emerging Latin American Artist" IBA's La Galeria (2015)
Curated "WYRD" (2015) Arnheim Gallery.
Nominated for the Dedalus Foundation Master of Fine Arts Fellowship.
My work explores liminal identities which are forced to maneuver through varying socioeconomic backgrounds and racial cultures. Specifically, the inadequacies that one feels when you are placed in a socioeconomic status outside of what you were born into.
In recent work, HouseMan is a creature that somehow finds itself in a new world. He tries to use his homes as a protection, and in a sense, he accomplishes this goal. Unfortunately, these homes also act as a burden which prohibits him from presenting his true self. This work is rooted from my own experience of being raised in a lower socioeconomic background, but acquiring a terminal degree in a field that is predominantly Middle-class or above and/or white. I fall under the Middle-class bracket as a result of my education, but I am still learning to maneuver between both cultures. I am simultaneously part of all these components and yet not fully accepted by them.
The liminal experience is explored through the use of symbols: homes, figure, environment; material choices: found cardboard, digital prints, color paper; and construction: collage, decollage, drawing, sculpture. Symbols act as literal depictions, materials reflect the quality of said symbols, and construction allows contradictory materials and symbols to co-exist. These elements are then placed through a filter of fantasy and satire which help the viewer digest the uneasiness of a liminal existence. -Juan C. Escobedo


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A levélfarkú csodakolibri (Loddigesia mirabilis) a madarak (Aves) osztályának a sarlósfecske-alakúak (Apodiformes) rendjéhez és a kolibrifélék (Trochilidae) családjához tartozó Loddigesia nem egyetlen faja.

Rendszerezése
A fajt Jules Bourcier francia ornitológus írta le 1850-ben, a Trochilus nembe Trochilus mirabilis néven.

Előfordulása
Peru északi részén, az Andok lábainál honos. Természetes élőhelyei a szubtrópusi és trópusi hegyi esőerdők és cserjések, valamint másodlagos erdők. Állandó, nem vonuló faj.

Megjelenése
Testhossza 9 centiméter, a hím hosszú faroktollaival 17 centiméter. A hím oldalsó faroktollai nagyon hosszúak, tollpamaccsal a végükön. A tojó torka fehér és a farok sokkal rövidebb.

Természetvédelmi helyzete
Az elterjedési területe nagyon kicsi, egyedszáma 250-999 példány közötti és csökken. A Természetvédelmi Világszövetség Vörös listáján veszélyeztetett fajként szerepel.

Jegyzetek

Források

További információk
Képek az interneten a fajról

Loddigesia
Madárfajok
Peru endemikus madarai
Az Andok madarai


In a small bowl, stir together the beets, olive oil, vinegar, and sea salt. Set aside.
Layer in a half cup of yogurt into the bottoms of two mason jars or other tall glass jars. Top each yogurt layer with some of the beets, some of the cucumber, and half of the feta cheese. Add a thick layer of micro greens and repeat by layering in the remaining yogurt, beets, cucumbers, and cheese. Season with black pepper, if desired, and garnish the tops of each with a generous amount of micro greens.
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Home Church Services Contemporary Christian Music (# 2): Suitable for worship?
Contemporary Christian Music (# 2): Suitable for worship?
Johannes Retief
While many Christians may admit that much of present-day Contemporary Christian Music (CCM) is a result of its close association with the secular rock music industry and not God-honouring, they may yet approve of CCM for the sake of the exceptions. They might justify this kind of music being brought into the church or used for evangelism on the grounds that while we cannot agree to the words used in mainstream CCM, the rock style itself is just a matter of musical preference.
Such people generally hold to aesthetic relativism, the view that judgements about what constitutes beauty are completely subjective. In the case of music, aesthetic relativism holds that style and genre are just a matter of taste: just like some people prefer apples over pears, so some people like Jars of Clay more than Bach, and such tastes falls beyond the scope of morality.
However, aesthetics are not indifferent things. Music itself carries meaning, even apart from the words; so it cannot be morally neutral.
John Hospers explains it well: "When people feel sad they exhibit certain types of behavior: they move slowly, they tend to talk in hushed tones, their movements are not jerky and abrupt or their tones strident and piercing. Now music can be said to be sad when it exhibits these same properties: sad music is normally slow, the intervals between the tones are small, the tones are not strident but hushed and soft. In short, the work of art may be said to have a specific feeling property when it has features that human beings have when they feel the same or similar emotion."1 And, of course, the same applies to other emotions (not just sadness).
The Bible also has examples of certain music encouraging certain emotions. For instance, David calmed Saul by playing on the harp (1 Samuel 16:14-23). Likewise, Isaiah 24:8 speaks of the "mirth of tambourine" and the "joy of the harp". Yet Job also says his "harp is turned to mourning" (Job 30:31). Clearly, different styles – even different instruments – are suitable for specific occasions and not for others (see also, Jeremiah 48:36, and Job 21:12).
Even people of the world acknowledge that. As Rev Moerdyk says, "The idea that music has meaning and a message apart from the lyrics is still asserted by most secular singers and thinkers today". The trouble is that many Christians who promote CCM don't seem to realise this. As Rev Moerdyk adds, "The primary advocates of the idea that music is neutral seem to be CCM fans and artists."2
It is also important to realise that emotional meaning is never arbitrarily assigned to certain styles of music by humans; they are inherent in the music itself. For example, no one ever designated rebellion and violence to rock; it's simply an integral part of it. Rock musicians simply used their style because it naturally expressed their anti-establishment message and emotions.
So then, if musical style communicates emotions, and emotions are not morally neutral, it follows that music itself is not morally neutral. Thus it would be wrong to dismiss critique of the musical style with the argument that it's just a matter of taste (i.e., aesthetic relativism). Hence we may, indeed must, make judgements about it.
There are at least three things to be said about the style of CCM as it pertains to Christian lyrics or the worship of God.
The first is that the style cannot possibly harmonise with a Biblical, Christian message. Pounding drums and screaming voices solicit many emotions (anger and the like) but cannot encourage the fruits of the Spirit, especially not peace, gentleness, and self-control.
Secondly, the emotional extremities caused by rock do not encourage careful, sober reflection on the gospel, which is necessary for true conversion. On this point, John Makujina notes, "Music has powers of its own, powers of persuasion and sentimentality that often counterfeit the work of the Holy Spirit".3
Picture of Lincoln Brewster, a worship leader. Many churches are replacing traditional congregational singing with rock bands. Photo from Brewster's Facebook page.
Thirdly, and most importantly, the CCM style characteristically has a complete lack of reverence towards God. Anyone who thinks he can praise God to the hip-swinging beat of rock 'n' roll has no idea what God's holiness requires.
When the believers in the Old Testament met God, they were always filled with holy awe and fear of God (see, for example, Exodus 20:18-21, Isaiah 6). To impress upon his people His infinite holiness, God established stringent rules for worshipping Himself, especially for the Levites who served in His presence (Exodus 19:10-25, Leviticus 21:1-22:14). God also took the breaking of these laws very seriously. In Leviticus 10:1-6, for example, the fire of the Lord devours the sons of Aaron for offering profane fire before Him, for, says the Lord, "by those who come near Me I must be regarded as holy; And before all the people I must be glorified". In the New Testament, nothing of God's holiness has changed (Hebrews 12:18-29). Unfortunately, such a Biblical understanding of God's holiness does not exist within much of the CCM movement.
Since music must match the message by creating the right mood, God did not overlook the worship music in the Old Testament. For example, many of the psalms include instrumental or other musical stipulations such as "with stringed instruments", "with flutes", or "to the tune of…". Clearly, the music accompanying the words were significant, something many CCM advocates deny or relativise.
The Genevan tunes that we use for psalm singing were also developed for the same purpose. They had to be suitably reverent for worship and complement the words.
Rev K Deddens writes about John Calvin, who initiated the Genevan project,
[Calvin] said time and again that our singing in church was not to be 'light and frivolous,' but 'worthy and majestic.' Calvin had a great aversion to all kinds of street-ballads, which made the people only licentious, as he said. […] He sought a style that was proper to the church, but not artificial. Therefore, Calvin often used in this respect the word 'moderate.' In his writings about church music actually this word has a threefold meaning. This "moderation" stands in the first place over against the abundance of Gregorian chants, but Calvin used this word also over against a very frequent use of music in the church. The singing of the congregation was to have a place in public worship, but not the first and the main place. But, thirdly, Calvin used this word also over against a kind of agitation and excitement in singing. Hence the expression 'worthy and majestic'.4
Thus, many of the things closely associated with CCM are the exact things Calvin sought to prevent when he reintroduced congregational Psalm singing.
Some CCM advocates have claimed that the church music of the past centuries was just the music of their time. They thus accuse those who oppose CCM of simply rejecting it because it is new or because the world also uses that style, while the church historically never had a problem with appropriating secular music for worship.
This, however, is a questionable claim, at least as far as the Reformed church history is concerned. There has always been a distinction between God-honouring music and worldly music. Historically, therefore, the church has also had different music than the world. That much is evident from the Genevan project, led by John Calvin, where composers created psalm melodies for the express purpose of congregational singing. Clearly, not just any worldly music would suffice. Rev Deddens says:
As for the church modes, already in that time they had a very long history. Thus it is absolutely not true that the Psalm melodies were based on street songs of that time or on the airs and tunes which were popular then. For many decades this theory has been repeated, but it is totally wrong."5 (In his following article, Rev Deddens works this out, but for the sake of length, I will not deal with his reasons here. Readers can access the Clarion archives online.) Also consider this statement by James McKinnon, "There is hardly a major church father from the fourth century who does not inveigh against pagan musical practice in the strongest language."6
Everything points to the importance of musical style in worship and therefore the care that we should take to ensure that it matches the words and creates an appropriate mood for the worship of God. CCM fails the criteria for church music.
In the words of Alan Ives, a former rock musician:
We can never portray the peace of the Lord with wild, discordant, violent sound. […] We can never speak of the love of God with hateful music. […] We can never speak of the holiness of God with unholy music […] We can never speak of heavenly things with earthly, sensual, and devilish music […] We can never speak of the seriousness of the cross, of hell, and salvation with flippant music.7
(To be concluded.)
Quoted by John Makujina in Measuring the Music: Another Look at the Contemporary Christian Music Debate. Old Paths Publications, 2002, p. 102
Eric Moerdyk, 2021, p. 44 (The paper I refer to is hitherto unpublished. Used with permission.)
John Makujina, Measuring the Music, p. 29
Deddens, Clarion, Volume 36, Issue 6, emphasis original
Deddens, Clarion, Volume 36, Issue 5
Quoted by John Makujina in Measuring the music, p. 221
http://www.practicapoetica.com/articles/the-difference-between-good-and-bad-music/
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Home » Aviation » USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: May 10, 2021
USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: May 10, 2021
May 10, 2021 12:07 PM • Updated: May 17, 2021 8:36 AM
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These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy's deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world as of May 10, 2021, based on Navy and public data. In cases where a CSG or ARG is conducting disaggregated operations, the chart reflects the location of the capital ship.
Total U.S. Navy Battle Force:
Ships Underway
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Fleet Forces 3rd Fleet 4th Fleet 5th Fleet 6th Fleet 7th Fleet Total
Retail Services Specialist 3rd Class Fangfang Wen, originally from China, left, and Retail Services Specialist 3rd Class Chloe Nichole Luz Rodriguez, originally from the Philippines, right, recite the Oath of Allegiance aboard USS Mustin (DDG-89) during a United States Citizenship and Immigration Services naturalization ceremony on May 7, 2021. US Navy Photo
USS America (LHA-6) is in port in Sasebo, Japan.
In the Philippine Sea
Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) Airman Aaliyah Johnson from Starkfield, Missippi, cleans the flight deck of aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76). US Navy Photo
USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) is underway for sea trials after completing its winter maintenance period in Yokosuka.
Reagan's selected restricted availability (SRA) was "conducted by Puget Sound Naval Shipyard (PSNS) & Intermediate Maintenance Facility (IMF) Detachment Yokosuka employees, along with PSNS & IMF and Norfolk Naval Shipyard employees on temporary duty to Japan and the Ship Repair Facility in Yokosuka," according to the service.
In the Gulf of Alaska
Aviation Boatswain's Mate Airman Apprentice Craig Tunstall, from Moreno Valley, Calif., watches flight operations from an aircraft firefighting tractor on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) on May 7, 2021. US Navy Photo
The Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group is in the Gulf of Alaska participating in Exercise Northern Edge 2021, which started May 3. The exercise includes USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71), its escorts and Carrier Air Wing 11. It also includes the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group and embarked 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, as well as other joint U.S. military units. Events in the exercise will take place across a wide area, from the Aleutian Islands to deep into the interior of Alaska.
The ARG includes amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD-8) and amphibious transport docks USS San Diego (LPD-22) and USS Somerset (LPD-25). The 15th MEU includes the Command Element; the Aviation Combat Element composed of Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 164 (Reinforced); the Ground Combat Element composed of Battalion Landing Team 1/4; and the Logistics Combat Element composed of Combat Logistics Battalion 15. Other units include Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 23, Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 49, Tactical Air Control Squadron 11, Beach Master Unit 1, and Fleet Surgical Team 1 from San Diego and Assault Craft Unit 5 from Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Carrier Strike Group 9
Navy aviation boatswain's mate moves an MH-60S Knight Hawk, assigned to the 'Eightballers' of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 8, with an aircraft tow tractor on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) on May 6, 2021. US Navy Photo
USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71), homeported in San Diego, Calif.
Carrier Air Wing 11
An F/A-18F Super Hornet, assigned to the 'Black Knights' of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 154, approaches the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) on May 6, 2021. US Navy Photo
Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 11, based at Naval Air Station Lemoore, Calif., is embarked aboard Theodore Roosevelt and includes a total of nine squadrons and detachments:
The "Tomcatters" of VFA-31 – Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) – from Naval Air Station Oceana, Va.
The "Golden Warriors" of VFA-87 from Naval Air Station Oceana, Va.
The "Blue Diamonds" of VFA-146 from Naval Air Station Lemoore, Calif.
The "Black Knights" of VFA-154 from Naval Air Station Lemoore, Calif.
The "Gray Wolves" of VAQ-142 – Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) – from Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Wash.
The "Liberty Bells" of VAW-115 – Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) – from Naval Air Station Point Mugu, Calif.
The "Providers" of VRC-30 – Detachment – Fleet Logistics Support Squadron (VRC) – from Naval Air Station North Island, Calif.
The "Eight Ballers" of HSC-8 – Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) – from Naval Air Station North Island, Calif.
The "Wolf Pack" of HSM-75 – Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) – from Naval Air Station North Island, Calif.
USS Bunker Hill (CG-52) fires its Mark 45 5-inch gun during a live-fire exercise on May 3, 2021. US Navy Photo
USS Bunker Hill (CG-52), homeported in San Diego, Calif.
Destroyer Squadron 23
Navy Operations Specialist 1st Class Akeem Corley, from Orangeburg, S.C., operates a console in the combat information center of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Russell (DDG-59) on May 6, 2021. US Navy Photo
Destroyer Squadron 23 is based in San Diego and is embarked on the carrier.
USS Russell (DDG-59), homeported in San Diego, Calif.
In the North Arabian Sea
USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69), Carrier Air Wing 3 and IKE's escorts are operating in the North Arabian Sea after arriving in U.S. Central Command in early April to support the ongoing anti-ISIS Operation Inherent Resolve. CENTCOM commander Gen. Kenneth McKenzie requested that Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin keep the strike group in CENTCOM instead of continuing on with its planned operations in other regions to support the movement of U.S. military forces and equipment out of Afghanistan.
While the Biden White House has set a Sept. 11, 2021, deadline for a complete withdrawal from Afghanistan, it's unclear how long a strike group will be required to remain in the region.
The Pentagon is rethinking what naval presence in the Middle East will look like after the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan later this year – in particular, whether carrier strike groups will constantly operate there, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday said on Thursday, reported USNI News.
Navy carrier strike group surge deployments to support the ground wars in Iraq and Afghanistan over the last two decades have been a major driver toward the service's current carrier readiness challenges.
Additionally, cruiser USS Monterey (CG-61) seized a massive cache of Russian-made weapons from a "stateless dhow" in the North Arabian Sea.
"The cache of weapons included dozens of advanced Russian-made anti-tank guided missiles, thousands of Chinese Type 56 assault rifles, and hundreds of PKM machine guns, sniper rifles and rocket-propelled grenade launchers. Other weapon components included advanced optical sights," U.S. 5th Fleet said in a statement.
Aviation Ordnanceman Airman Ethan Sauer performs pre-flight ordnance checks on a F/A-18E Super Hornet attached to the 'Gunslingers' of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 105 during flight operations aboard aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) in the Arabian Sea on May 4, 2021. US Navy Photo
Norfolk-based CSG 2 commands the Dwight D. Eisenhower CSG and is embarked on the carrier.
USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69), homeported in Norfolk, Va.
Carrier Air Wing 3
A F/A-18E Super Hornet fighter jet, attached to the 'Gunslingers' of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 105, launches from the flight deck of aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) during flight operations in the Arabian Sea on May 5, 2021. US Navy Photo
Carrier Air Wing 3, based at Naval Air Station Oceana, Va., is embarked aboard Dwight D. Eisenhower and includes a total of nine squadrons and detachments:
The "Fighting Swordsmen" of VFA-32 – Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) – from Naval Air Station Oceana, Va.
The "Gunslingers" of VFA-105 from Naval Air Station Oceana, Va.
The "Wildcats" of VFA-131 from Naval Air Station Oceana, Va.
The "Rampagers" of VFA-83 from Naval Air Station Oceana, Va.
The "Zappers" of VAQ-130 – Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) – from Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Wash.
The "Screwtops" of VAW-123 – Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) – from Naval Station Norfolk, Va.
The "Rawhides" of VRC-40 – Detachment – Fleet Logistics Support Squadron (VRC) – from Naval Station Norfolk, Va.
The "Dusty Dogs" of HSC-7 – Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) – from Naval Station Norfolk, Va.
The "Swamp Foxes" of HSM-74 – Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) – from Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Fla.
An MH-60S Knight Hawk helicopter assigned to the guided-missile cruiser USS Monterey (CG-61) flies above a stateless dhow interdicted with a shipment of illicit weapons in international waters of the North Arabian Sea on May 6 to 7. US Navy Photo
USS Monterey (CG-61), homeported in Norfolk, Va.
USS Vella Gulf (CG-72), homeported in Norfolk, Va.
Sailors attached to the guided-missile destroyer USS Laboon (DDG-58) man the rails as Laboon approaches the Military Sealift Command fast combat support ship USNS Arctic (T-AOE-8) for a replenishment-at-sea in the Arabian Sea on April 28, 2021. US Navy Photo
Destroyer Squadron 22 is based at Norfolk and its leaders are embarked on Eisenhower.
USS Thomas Hudner (DDG-116), homeported in Mayport, Fla.
USS Laboon (DDG-58), homeported in Norfolk, Va.
USS Mitscher (DDG-57), homeported in Norfolk, Va.
USS Mahan (DDG-72), homeported in Norfolk, Va.
In the Gulf of Aden
Fast response cutter USCGC Charles Moulthrope (WPC-1141), along with fast response cutter USCGC Robert Goldman (WPC-1142), not pictured, transit the Suez Canal on May 7, 2021. US Coast Guard Photo
The Coast Guard Sentinel-class fast response cutters USCGC Charles Moulthrope (WPC-1141) and USCGC Robert Goldman (WPC-1142) transited the Suez Canal on May 7 and are now operating in the 5th Fleet area of operations.
Charles Moulthrope and Robert Goldman are traveling to their new forward-deployed homeport in Bahrain to replace decommissioning Island-class patrol boats as part of the U.S. Coast Guard's Patrol Forces Southwest Asia (PATFORSWA). Moulthrope and Goldman are the first two of six Sentinel-class ships scheduled joining PATFORSWA, which is assigned to Commander, Task Force (CTF) 55.
While in 5th Fleet, the crews will conduct maritime security operations and support engagements with regional and coalition partners, strengthening relationships and demonstrating continued commitment to global maritime security and stability.
Established in 2002 to support Operation Iraqi Freedom, PATFORSWA is the U.S. Coast Guard's largest unit outside of the United States.
In the Eastern Atlantic
Landing Craft, Utility (LCU) 1661 exits the well deck of the Harpers Ferry-class dock landing ship USS Carter Hall (LSD-50) during a beach raid training exercise on May 8, 2021. US Navy Photo
The Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group and the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit are in the Eastern Atlantic, just northwest of Scotland.
Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7), Harpers Ferry-class dock landing ship USS Carter Hall (LSD-50) and amphibious transport dock USS San Antonio (LPD-17) make up the ARG. Embarked detachments for the Iwo Jima ARG include Amphibious Squadron Four, Fleet Surgical Team (FST) Six, Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 26, Tactical Air Control Squadron (TACRON) 21, Naval Beach Group (NBG) Two, Beach Master Unit (BMU) Two, Assault Craft Unit (ACU) Two and Four, and Sailors from Amphibious Construction Battalion (ACB) Two.
The 24th MEU, which is headquartered at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., consists of a ground combat element, Battalion Landing Team (BLT) 1/8, a logistics combat element, Combat Logistics Battalion (CLB) 24, and an aviation combat element, Medium Tilt-Rotor Squadron (VMM) 162 Reinforced. The 24th MEU also includes a Light Armored Reconnaissance detachment.
In Odessa, Ukraine
State Border Guard Service of Ukraine has released a photo showing the Russian Navy's latest patrol vessel Pavel Derzhavin (363) operating near USCGC Hamilton (WMSL-753) Ukraine Border Guard Photo
Cutter USCGC Hamilton (WMSL-753) is in the Black Sea. The Legend-class National Security Cutter passed through the Bosphorus Strait on April 27 in support of NATO operations in the region. The cutter was in Batumi, Georgia, to work with Georgian coast guard leadership and local representatives on May 4.
"The State Border Guard Service of Ukraine has released a photo showing the Russian Navy's latest patrol vessel Pavel Derzhavin (363) shadowing the Legend-class national security cutter USCGC Hamilton (WMSL 753) of the U.S. Coast Guard in the Black Sea," reported Defense Blog on Monday.
The port visit to Georgia marked the cutter's third stop while conducting operations in U.S. 6th Fleet, following stops in Rota, Spain, and Naples, Italy.
On Monday, Hamilton pulled into port in Odessa, according to ship spotters.
"The last U.S. Coast Guard Cutter to visit the Black Sea, USCGC Dallas (WHEC-716), sailed to the Black Sea twice, in 2008 and 1995," reads a 6th Fleet statement.
In addition to these major formations, not shown are thousands of others serving in submarines, individual surface ships, aircraft squadrons, SEALs, Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Forces, Seabees, Coast Guard cutters, EOD Mobile Units, and more serving throughout the globe.
Article Keywords: 15th MEU, Carrier Air Wing 11, Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group, Makin Island ARG, Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group, USS America (LHA-6), USS Bunker Hill (CG-52), USS Carter Hall, USS Dwight D.Eisenhower (CVN-69), USS Essex (LHD-2), USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78), USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7), USS John Finn (DDG-113), USS Kearsarge (LHD-3), USS Laboon (DDG-58), USS Mahan (DDG-72), USS Makin Island (LHD-8), USS Mitscher (DDG-57), USS Monterey, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76), USS Russell (DDG-59), USS San Antonio, USS San Diego (LPD-22), USS Somerset (LPD-25), USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71), USS Thomas Hudner (DDG-116), USS Vella Gulf (CG-72)
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Major Nelson has just revealed the changes made in the February update for the Xbox One dashboard. The update will bring the Game Hub, a feature that will enable players to easily find videos, streams, leaderboard, and more content related to each game. On top of that, transparent tiles are now introduced, to complement the custom backgrounds everyone can now add to their console.
Game hubs – New in preview this month, game hubs are the go-to centers for all sorts of interesting content around your favorite games. Every Xbox One game will have a game hub where you can see which of your friends are playing the game, compete with your friends in game leaderboards, dive into the coolest game clips and game broadcasts, and follow the game's VIPs and top players.
Custom backgrounds and tile transparency – We listened to your feedback and added additional tile transparency to the Home tiles to make your background images more visible. As a reminder, to set a custom background, go to Settings > My Xbox > My background. Note: some items can't be made transparent due to usage rights/restrictions for certain images.
OneGuide for the Netherlands – Support for OneGuide will continue in preview for the Netherlands and the missing channels for the Netherlands OneGuide listings will become available over the next few weeks.
TV trending in OneGuide – As you scan the detailed OneGuide TV listings, you can see which shows are trending by a "Trending on Xbox" note and associated icon. Xbox – live TV trending is based on the number of Xbox One owners currently watching that show in each country, pulled from anonymous data collected at a national level. Currently, Xbox TV trending is available to all members in the U.S., UK and Canada.
Live TV trending (new countries) – France, Germany, Brazil and Mexico will begin seeing live TV trending data in Xbox OneGuide.
Improved control of TVs, set-top boxes and audio/video receivers – Xbox One will work even better with more devices. This month's preview release contains updates to the IR blasting database for new models and addresses issues reported by our fan community.
"Trick play" with Xbox One Digital TV Tuner – Preview members with the Xbox One Digital TV Tuner in supported countries (UK, France, Germany, Italy and Spain) will now be able to see video frames when fast-forwarding or rewinding paused TV on your Xbox One consoles.
Live TV streaming on Windows Phone and Android – We are continuing the preview of live TV streaming on Windows Phone and Android devices for Xbox One Digital TV Tuner owners in the UK, France, Germany, Italy and Spain.


A deferment of property transfer at the time of death to avoid, reduce or transfer tax liability.
"Usually an estate freeze is a mechanism to reduce the taxes which would otherwise be payable on the death of a parent by allowing appreciation of the value of the parent's assets to accrue to the benefit of the children, thereby limiting the gain that would otherwise be taxable on the death of the parent.
"As such a common denominator for estate freeze plans generally is the exchange of growth assets for non-growth assets.
"In simple terms, an estate freeze involves valuing the assets of a corporation and issuing preferred shares to the parent having a fixed value equal to the value of the assets and common shares to the children having a nominal value. Since the preferred shares have a fixed value, all appreciation in value would accrue to the common shareholders. It is common in estate freeze transactions that the preferred shareholder continue to exercise control of the corporation notwithstanding that the continuing economic interest of the preferred shareholder in the fortune of the corporation is only to ensure that the realizable assets exceed the fixed value of the preferred shares.
"It would seem to me that it would be extremely unlikely that anyone would effect an estate freeze if there were no taxes to consider (either death duties in the nature of succession taxes or taxes on capital gains at death)."
"The concept of estate freeze is rather intimidating to many family lawyers.... The form of an estate freeze is that the estate planner ... receives consideration equal to the fair market value of the assets transferred by him and the common shares received by the recipient are worth the same amount as the consideration they provided. It is in effect a trade where each receives something equal in value to what he turned over."
"(The adult) declared incapable of managing her person and her affairs ... entered into an estate freeze, freezing the assets in her estate and giving the benefit of future growth to (two beneficiareires) ... and their families through shares and through a family trust."