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Adele is so hot right now. She is considered the biggest act in the world. How in the world can you get tickets to one of her sold-out shows? Well, we have your chance.
When I think of Adele, I wonder what could she mean to Billings? So, we decided to have some fun and made an A.D.E.L.E acrostic on what she means to Billings. Check it out.
*This is a multi-market contest. Must be 21 or older to win. Contest ends January 24, 2016.
Big thank you to Cook Travel Station in Billings for helping us send you to see Adele.


1. There was a wave of central bank activity overnight, as ECB President Mario Draghi upgraded growth forecasts although inflation is expected to remain below the bank's 2% target range all the way to 2020. The Bank of England kept rates on hold at 0.5% and remains optimistic about Brexit, while Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz didn't rule out further rate rises in 2018.
2. Aussie dollar edges higher: The AUD built off momentum from yesterday's bumper jobs report, although it couldn't break higher above US77 cents. The steepest move was in the Canadian dollar, which rose sharply after Poloz's hawkish speech. The US dollar index is flat despite a strong retail sales report, with the greenback largely propped up overnight by weakness in the euro.
3. It's a done deal: The deal that had markets talking is now official, with Disney set to buy Fox's film and TV assets for $US52.4 billion. US stocks tracked lower into the close amid holdups on the tax bill, with Senator Marco Rubio stating he'll vote no unless further changes are made.
4. Ripple in the waters: Cryptocurrency Ripple (XRP) almost doubled overnight and its market capitalisation has now risen by $US18 billion for the week. And there's a specific demographic group which dominates Bitcoin trading, according to research by Deutsche Bank.
6. Iron ore dips: Iron ore fell for the sixth time in eight sessions, but amid the recent choppiness it's holding at the same levels it started the month. And it was a good night for base metals, as copper continues to climb off its recent lows while zinc and nickel both rose by 1%. Benchmark crude oil was also up more than 1% for the day while gold is holding steady at just above $US1,1250 an ounce.


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Focus on climate change: Missoula leaders back the science, push for change
By Martin KidstonJanuary 28, 2019
January 28, 2019 By Missoula Current
Platforms of broken ice reveal the dark blue waters between Hudson Bay and the Labrador Sea in November. (Martin Kidston/Missoula Current)
This is the first in a four-day series on climate change in Montana, and what state, local and private officials are doing to address it. The Missoula Current will focus on climate change throughout 2019.
It wasn't long ago that Missoula Mayor John Engen heard a news report on global warming, and it offered "very little good news." Last year was the planet's fourth-hottest year on record, with the four hottest years taking place each year since 2015.
If any good news could be found in the report, it came from the efforts underway in hundreds of cities across the U.S. Unlike the federal government, the cities take climate change seriously and are adopting steps to address it.
Count Missoula as one of them, though Engen believes more can be done.
"A big piece of it today is really about capacity," Engen said. "Our climate team is swimming as fast as it can, but we have some really good foundational work done, not only in terms of our inventory, but our action plan around climate. We're trying to be opportunistic as well."
Those opportunistic steps to cut carbon emissions and capture greenhouse gases can be readily found at the city's wastewater treatment plant, where nutrient-rich water is diverted from the river to grow 160 acres of hybrid poplar trees for wood production.
Biosolids and green waste collected from across the city are composted and resold on the commercial market. The treatment plant itself captures biogas to generate 25 percent of its own electricity, a renewable source that lessens the city's dependence on fossil fuels.
"About (25) percent of our power comes from the renewable that is the methane that's a product of treating the water, and that's a big deal," Engen said. "We think there's an opportunity for solar out there as well, and we've been having conversations with some vendors about that and what that looks like."
After President Donald Trump pulled the U.S. from the Paris Climate Agreement, mayors, governors and business leaders across the country joined the "We Are Still In" declaration, promising that America would not abandon the global effort to reduce emissions and address climate change.
To date, 281 cities and counties have made the commitment, along with 2,100 businesses and investor groups, nine tribes, 10 states ad 41 faith groups. The Missoula City Council signed the pledge in 2017, citing the "scientific consensus regarding the reality of climate change."
"There's nothing about our community that doesn't depend upon the essential elements of life," Engen said. "Climate change is about clean water, it's about clean air, and it's about the landscape, our ability to support wildlife and our ability to recreate. All of it ties to the condition of the planet. As the condition of the planet deteriorates, we follow closely behind."
Despite Missoula's progress, the City Council didn't fund several requests aimed at climate change when writing its 2019 fiscal year budget. The unfilled requests included an energy conservation program specialist at $52,000, and a climate action development and implementation strategy at $35,000.
But Chase Jones, the city's energy conservation coordinator, wasn't deterred by the unfunded requests. Six months removed from the budgeting session, he said the city remains committed to the Paris Accord and the goals outlined in Missoula's own Energy Conservation and Climate Action Plan.
"One thing we do really well in the city is collaborate with our partners," said Jones. "When we reach one barrier or dead end, we don't sit around and be sad about. We roll up our sleeves and find other ways to get it done."
"The science tells us it's happening, humans are part of the reason it's happening, and it poses some real threats to our quality of life and perhaps, our entire existence," Chase Jones said of climate change. "I feel it's one of the most important issues to address."
The city formed a partnership in 2009 with the University of Montana and its Environmental Studies Program to complete an emissions inventory of municipal operations. The results, gathered from data in 2008, were eye opening: The city emitted more than 8,600 metric tons of CO2 equivalents per year – and that was a decade ago.
An emissions inventory followed in 2014 and found Missoula had cut its CO2 output 0.2 percent below the 2008 figures. But the more the city grows, the harder it will be to get below that old baseline.
"We're making progress in energy efficiency and clean, renewable energy," Jones said. "Those are where we can really make an impact. The third is our transportation fleet for the services we provide. We're working on all those fronts."
In that 2009 study, researchers found the city's fleet of vehicles accounted for 15 percent of the city's total carbon emissions. In 2014, the fleet consumed nearly 109,000 gallons of gasoline and recorded 1.7 million road miles.
That same year, the city used more than 2 million kilowatt hours of electricity to power its street lights and traffic signals.
More recent figures suggest the city has reduced emissions by limiting the number of employees who commute by car, and by upgrading to more efficient lighting.
Jones said an energy performance contract is forthcoming and will offer energy-saving recommendations the city could choose to deploy. The cost of the chosen tools would be recaptured through future energy savings.
"It will audit the buildings and fleet and operations, and it will determine a savings, and the savings is guaranteed," Jones said. "It really mitigates risk and it allows us to invest in these greenhouse gas-reducing methods and save money."
Jones said he believes in the science behind climate change, and believes Missoula has a responsibility to do its part.
"The science tells us it's happening, humans are part of the reason it's happening, and it poses some real threats to our quality of life and perhaps, our entire existence," he said. "I feel it's one of the most important issues to address."
The city isn't alone in fighting climate change. Missoula County also has ramped up its efforts by working with Energy Corps volunteers and hiring an energy conservation and sustainability coordinator.
An inventory of emissions generated by county government was conducted by Energy Corps volunteers in 2016, and the findings will inform a climate action plan at Missoula County. While the county is slightly behind efforts at the city, Commissioner Dave Strohmaier believes it is taking the appropriate steps to address climate change.
"In contrast with some of my other local government colleagues across the state or others in higher office, I believe climate change is real and happening right now and of urgent necessity to address," Strohmaier said. "We're poised to take the next step, which is something the city has already done."
Strohmaier, an ardent believer in the science behind climate change, doesn't dispute the facts. Last year's average planetary temperature of 58.93 degrees Fahrenheit made it the fourth warmest year since accurate record keeping began in 1850. Three hotter years have taken place, those being 2015, 2016 and 2017.
Along with Climate Smart Missoula, the city and county have joined forces to write a climate resiliency plan, something of a guard against what's coming. While it remains a work in progress, it will look at both the risks posed by climate change, such as longer fire seasons and spring flooding, and propose tools that could mitigate those risks.
"Whether we like it or not, we've screwed things up enough with our atmosphere on this planet that climate change is happening, and even if we do our best to curb our carbon footprint locally, we're still going to see degradation likely in terms of increasing global temperatures," he said. "There will be changes we see locally that will impact us."
While the wastewater treatment plant may serve as a large consumer of energy in the city, the cryptocurrency facility in Bonner may stand among the largest in the county.
Recently, the county declined to adopt an emergency ordinance capping any future expansion of the facility. Rather, it's now spreading the net a little wider by considering tools to address energy consumption in general across Missoula County, public or private.
"These cryptocurrency mining operations use an obscene amount of energy," Strohmaier said. "We're looking at what tools are available from a regulatory standpoint, including zoning, to address energy consumption in Missoula County and address energy conservation. I think we're on the cutting edge in the state of Montana at the local government level in looking at that."
Look for these stories in the days ahead and follow any hyperlinks to stories you may have missed:
Monday: City and county leaders in Missoula firmly believe in the science behind climate change but admit there are financial restrictions on what can be done to address it. What are they doing now? What's planned?
Tuesday: Although cities like Missoula are doing what they can to fight climate change, it's not enough to keep the climate from warming past a critical point. That requires a massive worldwide effort, according to two University of Montana teachers.
Wednesday: Montana state employees can be hesitant to mention climate change in a state where some still brand it a liberal myth. But the Fire and Aviation Bureau at the Department of Natural Resources and Conservation is now planning for climate change.
Thursday: Does the University of Montana's new president believe in climate change? Many of the students on campus do, and they're busy doing what they can to make small changes as they consider one of the biggest threats to their generation.
Planet Earth: Last four years hottest on record
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Before the Lights Go Out: A Season Inside a Game on the Brink
By Sean Fitz-Gerald
Sean Fitz-Gerald McClelland & Stewart
10/01/2019 • Unabridged
or 2 Credits
Available on 10/01/2019
A love letter to a sport that's losing itself, from one of Canada's best sports writers. Canadian hockey is approaching a state of crisis. It's become more expensive, more exclusive, and effectively off-limits to huge swaths of the potential sports-loving population. Youth registration numbers are stagnant; efforts to appeal to new Canadians are often grim at best; the game, increasingly, does not resemble the country of which it's for so long been an integral part. These signs worried Sean Fitz-Gerald. As a lifelong hockey fan and father of a young mixed-race son falling headlong in love with the game, he wanted to get to the roots of these issues. His entry point: a season with the Peterborough Petes, a storied OHL team far from its former glory in a once-emblematic Canadian city that is finding itself on the wrong side of the country's changing demographics. Fitz-Gerald profiles the players, coaches and front office staff, a mix of world-class talents with NHL aspirations and Peterborough natives happy with more modest dreams. Through their experiences, their widely varied motivations and expectations, we get a rich, colourful understanding of who ends up playing hockey in Canada and why. Fitz-Gerald interweaves the action of the season with portraits of public figures who've shaped and been shaped by the game: authors who captured its spirit, politicians who exploited it, and broadcasters who try to embody and sell it. He finds his way into community meetings full of angry season ticket holders, as well as into sterile boardrooms full of the sport's institutional brain trust, unable to break away from the inertia of tradition and hopelessly at war with itself. Before the Lights Go Out is a moving, funny, yet unsettling picture of a sport at a crossroads. Fitz-Gerald's warm but rigorous journalistic approach reads, in the end, like a letter to a troubled friend: it's not too late to save hockey in this country, but who has the will to do it?
A love letter to a sport that's losing itself, from one of Canada's best sports writers.
Canadian hockey is approaching a state of crisis. It's become more expensive, more exclusive, and effectively off-limits to huge swaths of the potential sports-loving population. Youth registration numbers are stagnant; efforts to appeal to new Canadians are often grim at best; the game, increasingly, does not resemble the country of which it's for so long been an integral part.
These signs worried Sean Fitz-Gerald. As a lifelong hockey fan and father of a young mixed-race son falling headlong in love with the game, he wanted to get to the roots of these issues. His entry point: a season with the Peterborough Petes, a storied OHL team far from its former glory in a once-emblematic Canadian city that is finding itself on the wrong side of the country's changing demographics. Fitz-Gerald profiles the players, coaches and front office staff, a mix of world-class talents with NHL aspirations and Peterborough natives happy with more modest dreams. Through their experiences, their widely varied motivations and expectations, we get a rich, colourful understanding of who ends up playing hockey in Canada and why.
Fitz-Gerald interweaves the action of the season with portraits of public figures who've shaped and been shaped by the game: authors who captured its spirit, politicians who exploited it, and broadcasters who try to embody and sell it. He finds his way into community meetings full of angry season ticket holders, as well as into sterile boardrooms full of the sport's institutional brain trust, unable to break away from the inertia of tradition and hopelessly at war with itself.
Before the Lights Go Out is a moving, funny, yet unsettling picture of a sport at a crossroads. Fitz-Gerald's warm but rigorous journalistic approach reads, in the end, like a letter to a troubled friend: it's not too late to save hockey in this country, but who has the will to do it?
Author Bio: Sean Fitz-Gerald
Category: Nonfiction/Sports & Recreation
Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
Audience: Adult


A downloadable powerpoint file of the advanced guitar workshop seminar at Mission Worship 2012. Don't worry, it is a PP, despite it saying it is a pdf!
A downloadable pdf file of some of the more common chords in DADGAD tuning.
Online score and downloadable pdf score for Jonny's solo acoustic guitar arrangement of When I Survey.


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Overseas Headlines- December 21, 2018
U.S. Stocks Fall as Shutdown Woes Add to Fed Angst: Markets Wrap
Volatility gripped financial markets a day after the Federal Reserve sent shock waves across assets, with the rising threat of a government shutdown adding to a litany of concerns buffeting equities. The dollar sank with crude oil. The S&P 500 Index whipsawed throughout the day in heavy trading before closing at a 15-month low as investors debated whether the Fed set up the central bank for a policy error. Shares turned sharply lower after President Donald Trump hardened his demands in the showdown with Congress over funding the government. "I've made my position very clear — any measure that funds the government must include border security," the president said at White House event. The Nasdaq Composite index slumped to the brink of a bear market, finishing almost 20 percent off its August record. The S&P 500 is down more than 10 percent in December, on track for its worst month of the record bull run.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-12-19/asia-stocks-set-to-slide-as-fed-rattles-wall-st-markets-wrap
U.K. Current Account Deficit Widens; Business Investment Falls
The U.K. current-account deficit stood at its highest in two years in the third quarter, raising fresh questions about its sustainability as Britain faces the prospect of a chaotic exit from the European Union in less than 100 days. The gap grew for a third straight quarter to 26.5 billion pounds ($33.6 billion), the equivalent of 4.9 percent of gross domestic product. The Office for National Statistics left its estimate of GDP growth at 0.6 percent as consumers made up for another fall in business investment and a negligible contribution from trade. Brexit has put the current account back in the spotlight, with economists questioning the willingness of foreign investors to keep financing the deficit by buying British assets after Britain leaves the EU. The gap widened from 20 billion pounds in the second quarter as the trade deficit hit a two-year high and the shortfall in investment income reached the highest since the second quarter of 2016. Sharp negative revision to trade deficit means net trade contributed just 0.1 percentage point to economic growth in the third quarter, rather than 0.8. The economy grew 1.5 percent from a year earlier. But signs are pointing to a significant economic slowdown, with the Bank of England predicting growth of around 0.2 percent this quarter. Firms cut investment by 1.1 percent (revised from 1.2 percent) between July and September amid mounting Brexit fears. Investment has fallen for three quarters in a row, the longest period since the financial crisis. The budget deficit narrowed to 7.2 billion pounds in November, below forecasts and the lowest for the month since 2004, with revenue and spending including investment both growing just under 4 percent on the year. The shortfall in the first eight months of the fiscal year was down over 29 percent versus the same period in 2017
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-12-21/u-k-current-account-deficit-widens-business-investment-falls?srnd=premium
India Stocks Slide, Joining Global Rout on Macro, Trade Concerns
Indian shares slid as concerns over trade issues and the global economy overwhelmed local benefits from a decline in oil prices and government stimulus measures. Asian stocks completed their worst week since October as renewed U.S.-China tensions and concern about a partial U.S. government shutdown added to negative narratives in the wake of the Federal Reserve proving less dovish than investors had hoped. The Indian National Congress made good on an election promise, waiving some loans owed by farmers in three states it won last week from Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party. Modi has thus far held back on launching a federal program to void farm loans, but has hinted at further consumer tax cuts and has pressured the Reserve Bank of India to ease lending restrictions on state-run banks, and to transfer surplus capital to close a yawning budget gap.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-12-21/india-stocks-slide-joining-global-rout-on-macro-trade-concern?srnd=premium
Rachel Kirlew	2018-12-21T14:37:12-05:00


In this digital age, a solid and reliable website is crucial for every business, including businesses that were founded well before the internet era. But, it's not enough to simply have a website of your company needs a website that's furthering your goals and spreading your message as widely as possible. Your company needs a website that is actively working for the betterment of the company.
After your website is up and running, check to make sure that it's fulfilling the following categories for your company. If it isn't, it's time for an upgrade.
Your website should be clean and aesthetically pleasing, but most importantly it should be easy to navigate. Even brick-and-mortar stores find a majority of customers through the internet, and as a result, many potential customers first interaction with your company will be virtual. In order to make a good first impression, your website should have a clear page directory, with no dead links or disorganized pages. If someone is frustrated with your company website, they are likely to associate that frustration with your company as a whole and they are unlikely to ever dial the number on your contact page.
Speaking of contact pages, make sure you have one that lists multiple methods of contact, including an email address, a phone number, and your business' hours.
An ideal website doesn't just shove information down visitors throats. Instead, your website should allow for some kind of interaction, possibly through quizzes or questionnaires if that fits with your company's demographic very least, your website should have a comments or feedback section so that previous customers can leave reviews or ask questions. Once this section is in place, however, make sure to check it and respond regularly, so that the customers feel heard and taken care of. Otherwise, it may seem like they are sending their questions into the infinite void, never to hear back.
Primarily, your website is for the benefit of potential and past clients. But, while you are at it, you might as well make your website work for you, as well. With well-placed and tasteful ad campaigns, you can make money on your website. Ads don't have to be imposing, or take up a large portion of your site. You can even hand select ad topics that are relevant to your business, for example, Insurance Revenue, to ensure that visitors feel helped by the ads.
Even if you have outsourced the construction of your website, you should understand it well enough to be able to make simple changes and updates as needed. For instance, you should be able to make blog posts to an existing blog page, so that new content can be posted on a regular basis. Make sure that you understand how to create the post itself, and how to upload additional content such as photos or graphs, to make the posts easy-to-follow.
Most importantly, pay attention to the feedback you receive, and don't be afraid to continually tweak your website until it's doing the best possible job of promoting your company.


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The Department reports an unfunded liability for the accumulated arrears assessed by the United Nations (UN), its affiliated agencies, and other international organizations in the amount of $60.0 million for both 2007 and 2006 for regular budget assessments and international peacekeeping. These financial commitments mature into obligations (as that term is used in domestic law) only when funds are authorized and appropriated by Congress.
The financial statements also report an unfunded liability of $ 1.417 billion and $1.095 billion at September 30, 2007 and 2006, respectively, for the current year 2007 and 2006 unfunded or restricted annual assessments from the United Nations, its affiliated agencies and several other international organizations, as well as for peacekeeping. It has been the Department's policy to pay annual assessments for the UN and certain international organizations out of the following fiscal year's appropriation, usually in the last quarter of the calendar year (i.e., the 2007 calendar year assessment is paid from the Department's 2008 appropriation). The Liability to International Organizations at September 30, 2007 and 2006 is summarized below (Dollars in Thousands).


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Case: Brushed steel. Background blind threaded .
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Q: Backport for iwlwifi I am currently new to deeper system administration with ubuntu. My new PC has compability problems with ubuntu (to be exact: the WIFI).
http://forum.gigabyte.us/thread/4007/linux-wifi-driver-aorus-gaming
In this thread my problem is solved with the last post, but I don't know how to install the backported iwlwifi driver and then where to find the config.
I am using kubuntu 18.04 LTS.
Thanks for your help!

A: I solved it with upgrading to kernel 4.17.1 from http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/
I installed

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*linux-headers-4.17.1-041701_4.17.1-041701.201806111730_all.deb

*linux-image-unsigned-4.17.1-041701-generic_4.17.1-041701.201806111730_amd64.deb

*linux-modules-4.17.1-041701-generic_4.17.1-041701.201806111730_amd64.deb

After that my WIFI-connection was successfully established and the driver works as expected.

A: Typing sudo apt install backport-iwlwifi-dkms on terminal resolved the issue.

A: To use iwlwifi backports you could sudo apt-get install git build-essential
git clone https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/iwlwifi/backport-iwlwifi.git
cd backport-iwlwifi
make defconfig-iwlwifi-public
sed -i 's/CPTCFG_IWLMVM_VENDOR_CMDS=y/# CPTCFG_IWLMVM_VENDOR_CMDS is not set/' .config
make -j4
sudo make install
After a reboot check dmesg | grep iwl to see if at least one version of firmware is loaded, you can find the firmware, if needed at https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/tree/
Update for January 2020
The package backport-iwlwifi-dkms is in the Bionic repos and is very similar to the above, this will automatically build new drivers when a newer kernel is installed.  There is also a PPA that will have a newer version than what is in the repo, to install this do
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:canonical-hwe-team/backport-iwlwifi
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt install backport-iwlwifi-dkms
Reboot

A: Note: as of Linux 5, backporting iwlwifi is not necessary and may actually break network adapters, both the Intel one and others, due to a conflict with versions of dependency kernel modules such as mac80211.ko and others. (Tested on Debian 10)

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Read the declassified White House call record between Trump and Ukraine's president
This call and other events prompted a whistleblower complaint of "urgent concern" to be filed with the intelligence community inspector general in August.
By Paul Szoldra | Published Sep 25, 2019 4:18 PM
Immediately after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky asked President Donald Trump in a July 25 phone call for more Javelin anti-tank missiles to defend his country against Russia, Trump asked him "to do us a favor" by looking into his political opponents, according to a memorandum of the call declassified and released by The White House on Wednesday.
The memo, which notes it is "not a verbatim transcript," memorialized the roughly 30-minute call between the two world leaders. This call and other events prompted a whistleblower complaint of "urgent concern" to be filed with the intelligence community inspector general in August.
The White House released the MEMCON one day after Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced she was opening a formal impeachment inquiry.
The call begins with Trump congratulating Zelensky on his election victory, to which he responds by complimenting Trump. They eventually get down to business and discuss how the U.S. can further support Ukraine.
"I would also like to thank you for your great support in the area of defense," Zelensky said, according to the memo. "We are ready to continue to cooperate for the next steps. Specifically we are almost ready to buy more Javelins from the United States for defense purposes."
"I would like you to do us a favor though because our country has been through a lot and Ukraine knows a lot about it," Trump says in response.
"I would like you to find out what happened with this whole situation with Ukraine, they say Crowdstrike… I guess you have one of your wealthy people… The server, they say Ukraine has it," Trump adds, seeming to suggest that Ukraine possesses Hillary Clinton's private email server (Crowdstrike, a cybersecurity company, was hired to investigate the Russian hack of the Democratic National Committee in 2016).
Trump added: "There are a lot of things that went on, the whole situation..I think you're surrounding yourself with some of the same people. I would like to have the Attorney General call you or your people and I would like you to get to the bottom of it. As you saw yesterday, that whole nonsense ended with a very poor performance by a man named Robert Mueller, an incompetent performance, but they say a lot of it started with Ukraine. Whatever you can do, it's very important that you do it if that's possible."
Later in the call, Trump also mentioned a Ukrainian prosecutor who "was shut down and that's really unfair."
"A lot of people are talking about that, the way they shut your very good prosecutor down and you had some very bad people involved. The other thing, There's a lot of talk about Biden's son,. that Biden stopped the prosecution and a lot of people want to find out about that so whatever you can do with the Attorney General would be great. Biden went around bragging that he stopped the prosecution so if you can look into it… It sounds horrible to me."
Will the Democrats apologize after seeing what was said on the call with the Ukrainian President? They should, a perfect call – got them by surprise!
You can read the entire memo below:
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Paul Szoldra was the Editor in Chief of Task & Purpose from October 2018 until August 2022. Since joining T&P, he has led a talented team of writers, editors, and creators who produce military journalism reaching millions of readers each month. He also founded and edits Duffel Blog, an influential satirical newsletter for the military. Contact the author here.
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Caryonopera is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by George Hampson in 1926.

Species
Caryonopera bergeri Berio, 1956
Caryonopera breviramia Hampson, 1926
Caryonopera gabunalis Holland, 1894
Caryonopera mainty Viette, 1972
Caryonopera malgassica Berio, 1955
Caryonopera moenasalis Walker, 1858
Caryonopera pyrrholopha Fletcher, 1961
Caryonopera royi Fletcher & Viette, 1955
Caryonopera triangularis Bethune-Baker, 1911

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Big Star In A Tent
First published July 2009
This years Serpentine Sessions has been an innovative and successful attempt to provide something new to London's gig-goers. Inside a pink tent in the middle of Hyde Park around 2000 people have seen on successive nights Regina Spektor, Bon Iver and now Tindersticks supported by Big Star.
A glorious warm evening and a stroll through the park provides the perfect pre-amble to a compact but satisfying set from Big Star. With only 55 minutes onstage they are forced to play to their strengths with the result that the set-pacing problems exhibited at the Shepherds Bush gig last August are absent tonight. From the traditional opener "In the Street" to the equally traditional closer "Thank You Friends" a great vibe emanated from the stage, with even the normally taciturn Alex Chilton grinning throughout – he must have been thinking about the size of his fee for tonight's one-off performance. The sound tonight is crisp and well-balanced – everything audible and at sensible volume. Drummer Jody Stephens gets his chance to sing on "Way Out West" and "For You", Posies Jon and Ken sing a reverent "I Am the Cosmos" to Chris Bell's brother David, present in the crowd tonight. Also present are a relatively large number of young women – usually Big Star audiences are composed of indie fanboys muttering "seminal, seminal" so it makes a nice change to see ordinary music-lovers at a gig. Covers tonight are restricted to an authentically raunchy "Til The End Of the Day" plus "Patti Girl" and "Mine Exclusively", where none of the band can remember who cut the original.
The band leave to warm applause and could definitely have played an encore. Instead Nick West and I talk to John Fry, a crucial figure in the Big Star story and here in London to do "tourist stuff". John is very positive about the Big Star box-set due in September (contents here www.uncut.co.uk/news/big_star/news/13149) and admits he has even mixed some of the previously-unreleased tracks. John confirms it is also planned to issue a 2CD expanded version of the I Am The Cosmos to tie in with the release of the box set.
The ever-amenable Jody comes over to say hello to Kent Benjamin (on his hols from Austin, Texas) but then heads off for an early night since he has to be up at 430 for the plane back to Memphis. Jon and Ken are nowhere to be seen but lo and behold Alex is hanging out in the outdoor bar, Diet Coke and smokes in a holder.
So we sit down for a chat and Alex belies his reputation by being excellent company. He says he only heard about the box set 2 weeks ago so it has been assembled without any input from him. He is really pissed off with Bruce Eton's new book on Radio City ( www.bigstarbook.blogspot.com ) and claims that Bruce included personal stuff that they had agreed was off-limits. Alex has no plans to write or record new material, feeling with the record industry in the state it 's in at present there's not much point, plus he only really writes songs when has a deadline. A discussion on royalties revealed that Alex does now get money from sales of the three Big Star records, but that this is dwarfed by royalties earnt by the use of "In The Street" as the theme for That Seventies Show in the US. Alex confessed that what he is really into at present is baroque and that he would like to do some composing, possibly for a film soundtrack.
He's dry, he's wry, he's urbane – the Jimmy Stewart of Rock'n'Roll. But Alex Chilton, he's still a mover.
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — U.S. diplomats warned Saturday that commercial airliners flying over the wider Persian Gulf faced a risk of being "misidentified" amid heightened tensions between the U.S. and Iran. The warning relayed by U.S. diplomatic posts from the Federal Aviation...
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Scandinavian Airlines strike affects 72,000 travelers
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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The Latest on explosions in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday (all times local): 5:35 p.m. SriLankan Airlines is telling passengers booked on flights out of the country that they will be able to fly despite the curfew imposed after deadly Easter Sunday attacks. The carrier says...
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Twenty-four years ago, I knew so little about travel rewards that I took an around-the-world trip without signing up for a single frequent traveler program. Those lost points and miles still haunt me. Fast forward to last summer, when our family stayed two nights at a luxury hotel in Venice, Italy...
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Bomb cyclone storm hammering central US, disrupting travel
Blizzard warnings were posted from Colorado to Minnesota on Wednesday and wildfires were a concern in New Mexico, Texas and Oklahoma as the second so-called "bomb cyclone" storm in less than a month hit the central U.S., raising the prospect of renewed flooding in the already drenched Midwest...
FILE - In this Sept. 21, 2018, file photo, a plane flies past the American flag in Washington. JetBlue plans to join bigger rivals in offering flights between the US and Europe, starting with London in 2021. The move has been rumored for a long time, but the CEO says JetBlue has had to wait for a new Airbus plane that he says will make the flights economical. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
JetBlue to offer flights to London from NY and Boston
After mulling it over for a long time, JetBlue is taking a leap — across the pond, that is. JetBlue CEO Robin Hayes announced Wednesday that the airline plans to start flying to London from New York and Boston in 2021. Hayes said customers want the service, and it will strengthen JetBlue in key...


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Q: Pre-image of random variable The definition from my lecture notes of a random variable is as follows:
$\textbf{Definition} \hspace{2mm} \text{A random variable is a map X}:\Omega \rightarrow \mathbb{R} \text{ such that for any} A  \in \mathscr{B}(\mathbb{R}),$ $$X^{-1}(A) = \{\omega \in \Omega:X(\omega)\in A\} \in \mathscr{F}.$$
Surely, for example, if we take X to be the number of even numbers in two rolls of a die and we take some arbitrary interval in the set of Borel $\sigma$-algebras of $\mathbb{R}$, such as $(-1,2)$, not every member of this set can be mapped back to a sample point? What would $X^{-1}(-1,2)$ represent?
Edit: Also, what is $X(\emptyset)$?

A: There are two misconceptions about set theory here. This is unrelated to probability theory.
First, the preimage of a set $S$ by a function $f:E\to F$ is the set
$$f^{-1}(S)=\{x |x\in E \wedge f(x)\in S\}$$
That is, not every element $s$ of $S$ needs to have a preimage $x$ such that $f(x)=s$. But those which do yield all such $x$ in the preimage of $S$.
Second point, $X$ is a function from the set $\Omega$ to $\Bbb R$. Unless $\Omega$ contains the empty set as an element, $X(\emptyset)$ is meaningless. For instance, since you consider two rolls of a die, $\Omega$ is a set of pairs of integers $(i,j)$ such that $1\leq i\leq 6$ and $1\leq j\leq 6$. Thus $\emptyset\notin \Omega$. Of course $\emptyset\subset\Omega$, but it's not related to the existence of $X(\emptyset)$.
Another problem: you didn't define $\mathscr F$. This has to be a $\sigma$-algebra on $\Omega$. For a countable set $\Omega$, you may take $\mathscr F$ to be the set of all subsets of $\Omega$.


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Democracy in America .
By Alexis de Tocqueville. Translated, edited, and with an introduction by Harvey C. Mansfield and Delba Winthrop.
University of Chicago Press. 722 pp. $35 cloth.
Political philosophers (and husband and wife) Harvey C. Mansfield and Delba Winthrop have given us a major work of scholarship: the first accurate translation of Alexis de Tocque ville's nineteenth"century masterpiece De mo cracy in America. In their rewarding introduction, the translators observe that Democracy in America "is at once the best book ever written on democracy and the best book ever written on America." That is exactly right, and this edition is a perfect opportunity to discover or rediscover why. Ranging from the Puritans and New England town meetings to political economy and American sex relations, Tocqueville's magnum opus is a kaleidoscope of history, social theory, and philosophy that remains as strikingly relevant today as when it was written. The liberal son of the dying ancien régime famously explores the dangers threatening liberty in democratic regimes: a consuming thirst for equality; a social atomism in which lonely individuals find themselves overpowered by external forces; the emergence of a "mild" despotism in which the Nanny State robs men and women of their dignity as if they were mewling infants; majorities flattening social distinctions; and a general lowering of human excellence. Tocqueville be lieved America was able to keep many of those dangers in check through a robust spirit of civic association and a vibrant religious life, a recipe still in order today. The translation is relentlessly literal and consistent, reproducing for the first time in English the unusual single"sentence paragraphs with which Tocqueville sprinkles his narrative. As Mansfield and Winthrop put it, "a book as great as Tocqueville's should inspire a certain reverence in the translator." The new edition also includes an extensive scholarly apparatus, providing the textual references to Montesquieu, Rousseau, and other think ers that Tocqueville, typically French, left allusive.
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By Lee Strobel.
Zondervan. 304 pp. $12.99 .
"Faith," the Epistle to the Hebrews says, "is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." Yet many see faith as in conflict with reason and the intellect. Strobel, a former atheist who was once the legal editor of the Chicago Tribune , examines eight common objections to the claims of Christianity and subjects them to close scrutiny. These objections include reconciling the idea of a good God with the fact of evil and suffering; the belief that miracles conflict with science; the offense of claiming that Jesus is the only way to heaven and God; and the problem of violence in church history. In the process, Strobel interviews a number of Christian philosophers and theologians, including Peter Kreeft, Ravi Zacharias, and Texas A & M scientist Walter L. Bradley. The resulting product is an engaging apologetic that intelligently affirms the fundamental truths of the Christian faith in layman's language.
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Lying Awake.
By Mark Salzman.
Knopf. 192 pp. $21.
Sister John of the Cross is a Carmelite nun who discovers that the religious ecstasies she has been experiencing after many years of spiritual dryness are probably the result not of God's grace but of a brain disorder. The disorder is easily repaired, but her challenge is a searing one: should she hold on to the consolations at the cost of her health and her life in community, or have the operation and lose her sense of God's presence? Such a dilemma might be expected to end up in all the usual clichés, but here it is explored with extraordinary subtlety, honest detail, and unpretentious wisdom. Besides being a well"regarded young novelist, Salzman is a cellist, a kung fu master, and"surprisingly"an agnostic. In this brief book one discerns an almost Bach"like sense of cadence and harmony, a martial artist's discipline, and an understanding of the realities of the life of faith that is as gentle and respectful as it is unsparing.
Body, Soul, and Life Everlasting.
By John W. Cooper.
Eerdmans. 241 pp. $24 .
Welcome back to a book, first published in 1989, that ought never to have gone out of print. Cooper, of Calvin Theological Seminary, offers a spirited, erudite, and convincing defense of the orthodox Christian understanding of the immortality of the soul. The new edition is enhanced by an extended preface in which the author responds to critics of the first edition, and evaluates more recent studies in theology, philosophy, and science. For most of the twentieth century, he notes, it was biblical scholarship, rather than philosophy or science, that did most to undermine Christian confidence that the soul exists in an intermediate state between death and resurrection. Cooper shows how biblical scholars reacted against the "dualism" of body and soul because of the liberal historical hostility to the putative "Hel lenization" of Christianity. The position for which Cooper argues he calls "holistic dualism," although he also accepts the term "dualistic holism." His intention is to elucidate and vindicate the teaching of the Old and New Testaments, the patristic and conciliar tradition, and the continuing belief of the faithful that the saved are, when they die, with God and awaiting the resurrection of the body. He very effectively demonstrates the falsity of pitting the immortality of the soul against the resurrection of the body, and, along the way, offers an informed discussion of pertinent scientific claims regarding the connections between brain, mind, consciousness, and soul. This is an important book written in a style readily accessible also to the nonspecialist. Warmly recommended.
The Defamation of Pius XII.
By Ralph McInerny.
St. Augustine's Press. 210 pp. $19.
McInerny offers a vigorous defense of Pius XII as a holy and courageous leader who was responsible, directly and indirectly, for saving 860,000 Jews from the Holocaust. That figure he takes from the landmark study of Pinchas Lapide, which is one of the many sources he mines in providing the reader with important documentation with which to counter the ongoing defamation of the wartime pope. This book, along with others such as Pierre Blet's Pius XII and the Second World War (Paulist), is part of a growing literature for the defense, even as the presses continue to churn out new and recycled briefs for the prosecution. Among the notable features of McInerny's book is a treatment of the delicate subject of what Jewish leaders, particularly Zionists, did and did not do to help the victims of the Holocaust. He suggests that Jewish leadership is not in a moral position to criticize the much bolder and more effective actions of Pius XII and the Catholic Church. Contending that anti"Catholicism is the anti"Semitism of those leading the campaign of defamation, he concludes with a reflection on complicity in the current "culture of death" represented by abortion and euthanasia. This book does not pretend to be an evenhanded account of the controversy surrounding Pius XII. According to McInerny, "the attacks on him are risibly easy to dismiss," and thus the question becomes, "Why is this good man being defamed?" The more strident critics of Pius XII will undoubtedly do their best to ignore this book. For the defense team, it provides useful information.
A Life of James Boswell.
By Peter Martin.
Yale University Press. 613 pp. $35
For a hundred years after his death in 1795, Boswell was viewed as a drunk, a rake, and a general buffoon who just happened, by a literary fluke, to have written perhaps the greatest biography in the English language, The Life of Samuel Johnson . Boswell's reputation was considerably rehabilitated in the twentieth century, in part because of the discovery and publication of vast hordes of his journals and other writings. Building on the work of others who advanced that rehabilitation, Peter Martin presents what is, all in all, a sympathetic portrait of Johnson's "Bozzy," who is still what the critics have always said, but is not only that. He was also a modest man, who put his extraordinary literary talent in the service of acutely depicting his world and celebrated figures who defined his world. But finally we want to know Boswell better because we want to know Johnson better, and on that score A Life of James Boswell does not disappoint.
Cardinal Ratzinger: The Vatican's Enforcer of the Faith.
By John L. Allen, Jr.
Continuum. 336 pp. $24 .95
The author is the Rome reporter for the National Catholic Reporter, and, as the subtitle suggests, he does not stray from that paper's enthusiasm for dissent and hostility to an allegedly oppressive pontificate whose theological dirty work is done by Cardinal Ratzinger and the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. Perhaps sensing that his narrative of ecclesiastical skullduggery is implausibly partisan, Mr. Allen appends several pages in which he generously acknowledges that Ratzinger is right about a few important things. A well"researched, fair"minded, and theologically in formed book on the remarkably complex person and work of Cardinal Ratzinger is still very much needed.
Law and Religion: A Critical Anthology.
Edited by Stephen M. Feldman.
New York University Press. 483 pp. $24 paper.
Editor Feldman is adamantly op posed to the position advanced by, for instance, Father Richard John Neuhaus, but, to his credit, this big anthology is quite balanced and includes, among many others, Neu haus. Law and Religion is a useful representation of wildly different and conflicting understandings of the religion clause of the First Amendment and, more generally, of religion in public life. It provides a wide"angle snapshot of the state of the debate at the end of the twentieth century. The state of the law and of the debate, however, seems now to be changing dramatically as the Supreme Court appears to be in the process of extricating itself from the mess it created, beginning in the 1940s, by trying to make impossible distinctions, such as that between the religious and the secular.
The Abolition of Britain.
By Peter Hitchens.
Encounter. 332 pp. $22.95 .
The conservative brother of the unseemly Christopher says that the jig is pretty much up with the U.K. Britain is engaged in a revolution"begun in the 1960s and wildly accelerated by Prime Minister Tony Blair"that is nothing less than the abolition of Britain. The union among England, Scotland, Wales, and Ulster is broken; membership in the House of Lords is now a position of political patronage; and the country is on the edge of abandoning sterling in subservience to the European Union's euro. Then there are all the usual indicators of cultural and social decline shared with America, and maybe caught from America. Mr. Hitchens may be right, but the jeremiad does seem somewhat overheated.
Law and Social Norms.
By Eric Posner.
Harvard University Press. 260 pp. $39.95 .
A University of Chicago law professor offers the familiar "economic view of society" based on rational choice and game theory, arguing that judges and lawmakers, recognizing that deliberative democracy is a myth, should be in the business of undermining social norms that get in the way of their preferred outcomes. The thesis is unimaginative, reductionistic, and representative of much that passes today for cutting"edge legal theory.
The Grand Strategy of Philip II.
By Geoffrey Parker.
Yale University Press. 446 pp. $45 .
For the latter half of the sixteenth century, Philip II ruled over the first empire on which the sun never set. In the standard Anglo"American telling of the story, Philip is very much a villain; a defender of Catholic forces of darkness, oppressor of the native peoples of the New World, and master of the ill"fated Spanish Armada so valiantly turned back by Protestant England with the aid of a very Protestant Providence. Professor Parker of Ohio State University does not turn Philip into a hero, but does offer a sympathetic portrait of a limited but conscientious ruler trying to cope with the probably impossible task of trying to hold together an empire that was vastly overextended. The book is wise, readable, well"research ed, and not devoid of lessons for contemporary globalizers.
The Red Horse.
By Eugenio Corti.
Ignatius. 1,015 pp. $29.95 .
A translation from the Italian of a sprawling novel recounting the experience of Italians in the resistance and on the Russian front during World War II. The plodding story is very conservative, very Catholic, and very anti"Communist, which is the best explanation of the rave endorsements by conservative thinkers on the dustjacket. The endorsements are, it seems, an instance of conservatively correct thinking triumphing over literary judgment.
On the Lord's Appearing: An Essay on Prayer and Tradition.
By Jonathan Robinson.
Catholic University of America Press. 236 pp. $19.95 paper.
On the back cover, Richard John Neuhaus says: "God appeared in history and 'appears' in our hearts through prayer. The message is not that 'prayer works' but that those who work at prayer learn that God works through prayer, and that even our praying is his work. Such are the truths illumined by Father Robinson in a book that is thoroughly Catholic in doctrine and wise in the ways of the Spirit." We checked, and Fr. Neuhaus says he means every word of that.
A Grief Unveiled.
By Gregory Floyd.
Paraclete. 194 pp. $13.95 paper.
Subtitled "one father's journey through the death of a child," this is an extraordinary account of how a family and a community of faith responded to the death of six"year"old John"Paul in a car accident. The book is at times emotionally devastating, at times spiritually exhilarating, and most of the time both at once.
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How to keep your VoIP systems safe
While investing in Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) systems is known to help businesses reduce their telecommunication costs, failing to secure these can nullify the financial advantages gained and even lead to some serious consequences. If VoIP systems are left vulnerable, hackers can eavesdrop on your conversations and steal sensitive information. It's therefore crucial to take the necessary measures to protect your VoIP systems. Here are 6 solutions to help you do just that.
A VPN encrypts all the data passing through it, including voice and video calls. This makes it much more difficult for hackers to eavesdrop on conversations or steal sensitive information. VPNs are particularly useful when people are calling over public Wi-Fi networks, as they make it much more difficult for someone to intercept the data being transmitted.
VoIP firewalls
VoIP-specific firewalls can filter malicious network traffic based on known IP addresses, port numbers, and data packets. If a hacker is trying to access your VoIP system, a well-configured firewall will be able to block their attempts. This is especially important for stopping denial-of-service attacks, a common cyberthreat that involves flooding a system with so much traffic that it crashes. Firewalls can also be used to limit which devices are able to connect to your VoIP system, further increasing security.
Intrusion prevention systems (IPS)
An IPS complements firewalls by identifying and stopping malicious traffic that's already gotten through. While firewalls block known threats, intrusion prevention systems are designed to closely inspect traffic for suspicious behavior like unusually high bandwidth usage or attempts to download massive volumes of data. If an IPS detects something suspicious, it can block the traffic and alert you so you can take further action.
Call behavior monitoring
Call behavior monitoring is a process of monitoring and analyzing the way users make and receive calls to identify any unusual or suspicious activity. For instance, if there are sudden spikes in the number of calls being made to a particular number or if calls are being made outside of normal office hours, this could indicate a security breach. Call behavior monitoring uses automated tools to help identify these patterns and can be a useful way to keep an eye on activity without having to constantly monitor calls manually.
Multifactor authentication (MFA)
VoIP accounts are often protected with just a username and password, which isn't enough to deter the most determined hackers. Even if users set strong passwords, these can still be stolen using brute force attacks or social engineering.
MFA can make it much more difficult for hackers to gain access to VoIP accounts. With MFA in place, users have to provide additional verification, such as a one-time code from a mobile app, in order to log in. This means that even if hackers manage to steal a password, they won't be able to access the account without the additional authentication factor.
It's important to properly secure VoIP phone systems and networks tied to physical devices. Network routers and switches, in particular, need to be kept in a secure location under lock and key. They should also be password-protected and regularly updated with the latest security patches. The same applies to any device used for VoIP, such as IP phones, smartphones, and laptops. These devices should be treated with the utmost care, especially if users are carrying them around outside the office.
Protecting your VoIP system requires a comprehensive and multilayered approach. If you need any help securing your system, our team of VoIP experts can provide expert advice. We can also carry out a full security audit to identify any vulnerabilities and recommend the best course of action to address them. Call us today.
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Following the successful EDI rollout at Sodexo Austria, Sodexo Germany has decided to follow suit and now relies on EDI services provided by EDITEL. In collaboration with the ERP software provider delegate, EDITEL will help Sodexo gradually switch its order processes at more than 400 locations to Electronic Data Interchange (EDI).
The first project phase included the exchange of electronic article master data (PRICAT) including product data relevant for the EU food information regulation, orders (ORDERS) and despatch advices (DESADV) between Sodexo Germany and its suppliers. Phase two will be all about the implementation of an electronic credit memo procedure. Just like in Austria, the data transfer will be done via eXite®, the EDI platform by EDITEL.
After the highly successful project in Austria we are very pleased to be able to work with EDITEL in German as well. We are now in a position of not only optimizing our procurement of goods processes in the long term, but also of harmonizing these processes across countries. We therefore plan to connect our Swiss locations as well.
In addition to ensuring secure and traceable data exchange via eXite®, EDITEL guarantees that data will be integrated smoothly and in an automated manner into the full-service provider's ERP system. Thanks to EDITEL's rollout management service that includes customized assistance and support for selected Sodexo suppliers, the time-efficient onboarding of all business partners is guaranteed.
The harmonized expansion of EDI infrastructure across borders is the way to go for international corporations that would like to reap all the benefits of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI). We look forward to assisting Sodexo in this project with our EDI expertise.