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Coming Soon: The Wilson Quarterly's Anniversary Edition
In honor of the Wilson Center's 50th birthday, its award-winning digital magazine, The Wilson Quarterly, announces a special anniversary edition!
Launching this November, the issue will feature essays by:
Joseph S. Nye, acclaimed political scientist;
Anne Applebaum, Pulitzer-Prize-winning historian;
Two U.S. senators at the forefront of U.S. foreign policymaking;
and other eminent authors.
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Multilateralism and internationalism – the cornerstone concepts of President Wilson's foreign policy legacy – today face their sternest challenge in a generation. How will NATO, the UN, and other bodies respond to crises of confidence, new security threats, and doubts about American commitment? How do isolationist tendencies in Washington affect the country's global interests?
In just a few weeks, The WQ throws these challenging question into stark relief!


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Last fall some high powered court lights were donated to the camp which included four 30 foot poles and eight lights. This made us very excited about the possibilities. Well... in combination with our Taggart Hall electric upgrade, we have been able to get these lights installed this past week! There are now four lights at the tennis/basketball court, and four lights on the ball field which will allow us to play more games, have more activity and enjoy more of the property well into the evening! Take a look through some of the pictures to get an idea of how great this will be!
Are you willing to make an Impact this year?
Tri-State Bible Camp is a non-profit ministry and as such, we rely on the generosity of people like yourself to help us meet some of our budgetary needs. The end of the year is usually a good time to plan for tax season, and any gift to the camp sent through the end of the year could serve as a tax write off for 2014. Perhaps you would consider the impact that you can have for the camp this year by reading this. As always, donations can be mailed to the camp or made online. Thank you for considering this need!
Tri-State Bible Camp is a non-profit camp ministry that has been serving churches in the New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania areas since 1949.


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Cynthia Conti-Cook crunches the numbers to hold NYPD accountable for misconduct
Legal Rebels Profile
September 1, 2019, 12:20 am CDT
By Jason Tashea
Photo by Arnold Adler/ABA Journal
The framed indictment hangs on Cynthia Conti-Cook's office wall.
It's from 1967, and the charge is draft evasion. The defendant is her father, Jack Cook, an activist and writer who spent two years in prison.
Aware of her dad's imprisonment from a child, she recalls a visceral feeling that it was a case where the government got it wrong. The indictment is "a reminder that every caption has a human being behind it, that those human beings are often loved ones," says Conti-Cook, 38.
Today, as a staff attorney at the special litigation unit at the New York Legal Aid Society, that reminder is the cornerstone of a career that seeks justice by speaking truth to power through litigation and data.
After graduating from the City University of New York School of Law in 2006, Conti-Cook became a civil rights attorney with Stoll, Glickman & Bellina. While there, she brought more than 100 civil rights cases against corrections and police officers. Through this work, she began to see patterns of police abuse that were punishing minority communities and costing the city millions.
She could have made a career out of repeatedly suing the same officers, but she wanted to find systemic trends in the abuse to stop it from happening in the first place.
Conti-Cook was "somebody who really was fighting for real community engagement around the abuses that were happening in black and brown communities around policing," says Tina Luongo, who leads the criminal defense practice at the Legal Aid Society.
Today, the Cop Accountability Project houses information on all NYPD officers, including 10,000 with a paper trail of alleged or proven misconduct. The data is collected from news sources, state and federal lawsuits, New York City Civilian Complaint Review Board and NYPD Internal Affairs Bureau investigations, social media and the office's own experiences.
Versions are available for Legal Aid Society attorneys and other institutional defenders. On a smartphone, defenders can access this information during notoriously fast bail hearings, for example. Access to this information helps their clients avoid pretrial detention or get charges thrown out.
The data has also had a systemic impact, leading to litigation that challenged the racially biased application of loitering laws by New York police against trans sex workers of color. This led to procedure and practice changes at the NYPD, according to Luongo.
They also recently released CAPstat, a public dataset of federal civil rights cases brought against the NYPD between 2015 and June 2018.
While the impact of Conti-Cook's work is already felt in New York, there's more to come.
"I think that 10 years from now, there will be a lot of new developments in the way in which we think about this kind of information and the way in which lawyers access information that will be inspired by this idea," she says.
This article first appeared in the September-October 2019 issue of the ABA Journal under the headline "Policing the Police."
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Samsung SM-G9298 is the flip phone you'd want but can't have
JC Torres - Aug 3, 2017, 6:35am CDT
Yes, for a certain group of people, flip phones never really went away. Especially when OEMs like Samsung puts out such phones, sometimes twice a year. We already saw the Galaxy Flip 2 that was launched in Korea last June. That, however, has nothing on this Samsung SM-G9298 clamshell in China that not only has significantly better specs, it also has two screens, both inside and out. If only it also had a catchy name.
This isn't actually out of the ordinary for Samsung and the Chinese market. Year after year, the Korean OEM puts out flip phones in that market with hardware you'd usually only see in high-end smartphones. In the case of the SM-G9298, it has late 2016/2017 features crammed inside a stylish, two-part form factor.
• Operating System: Android 7.1
• CPU: Qualcomm Snapdragon 821
• RAM: 4 GB
• Storage: 64 GB, microSD card
• Display: 4.2-inch, 1920×1080 (internal/external)
• Main Camera: 12 MP f/1.7
• Secondary Camera: 5 MP f/1.9
• Battery: 2,300 mAh
But more than just its hardware, what makes the SM-G9298 interesting are the features you'd be hard pressed to find in conventional phones. There's the physical T9 keyboard that very few probably remember using. In addition to the usual buttons for Android navigation (Home, Back, Recents), there's also a dedicated button for launching social network services. And then there's the screen. Or screens rather. Unlike the Galaxy Flip 2, the SM-G9298 has two of them. That means you don't need to flip the phone open for quick glances and operations.
If you're a fan of this still classy design, you'll have to continue wishing Samsung actually made it available to more markets. The Samsung SM-G9298 is likely to remain a Chinese exclusive, though Samsung has yet to announce availability details.
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Smile Styler is the discreet and affordable way to align teeth. Smile Styler is the fantastic orthodontic solution that allows you to eat what you want, brush and floss normally, all while align your teeth into the perfect shape. Visit us at Freedom Dental for your free consultation.
ClearCorrect clear aligners straighten teeth invisibly, an alternative to traditional braces. It's easy to remove aligners and eat whatever you like because there are no wires to trap food or get in the way when you floss. Moreover, ClearCorrect shows off your smile, so most people would not even notice you're wearing them.
SmileStyler is an alternative treatment to traditional braces, it uses clear aligners to discreetly straighten your teeth.
Designed to treat a selection of common tooth alignment issues, Smile Styler is perfect for people who want to still be able to brush, floss and eat all the foods they want.
At Freedom Dental, we care about your dental health. That's why we offer a complimentary Invisalign® consultation at our practice, where you can learn all about the treatment, costs and any possible risks involved. We'll make the time to listen to your questions and concerns to help put your mind at ease.
Our clinic is equipped with the latest technology to improve the accuracy and comfort of your treatment. Instead of taking a traditional putty impression of your mouth, we use the iTero® or Trios Digital Impression System to take consistent and quality digital impressions of your mouth. This enables us to plan your treatment with reduced margins of error and to make real-time adjustments along the way.
We can also generate a virtual treatment plan using SmileCheck® software, which offers a guide to the series of movements your teeth are likely to go through over the course of your treatment, although results may vary.
We've designed our dental clinic to be as comfortable and relaxing as possible to help our patients feel at ease. When you visit us, you'll be provided with warm, scented towels and blankets and you're encouraged to relax with soothing music and hot and cold beverages of your choice while waiting for your appointment.
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Your treatment journey commences with a complimentary information session with one of our treatment co-ordinators. Click here for terms and conditions. They will provide you with general information about treatment options, our practice and give you a tour of our beautiful dental spa. The next step would involve having an orthodontic assessment with one of our dental practitioners.
After an initial assessment, all your treatment options, risks, limitations and the process involved are discussed. If you choose to proceed, you will then move onto further diagnostic appointments. If you are interested in traditional metal braces, we can book you to see Dr James Lailah, otherwise, we can also arrange a referral to our referring Orthodontist, if you would like to pursue or other forms of orthodontic treatment.
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1973 - 1989: Postdoctoral Fellow, Assistant Professor and Associate Professor in the Department of Pathology, University Medical School of Pécs.
European Commission, EU 5th , EU 6th and EU7th Framework Programs (acting as independent expert since 1999).
1994: Med.Habil., University Medical School of Pécs, Hungary.
1987: Ph.D. (Candidate of Medical Sciences and Immunology of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest).
1979-1980: UNESCO-UNDP training course in immunopathology and immunogenetics (Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Biological Research Center at Szeged).
1973-1976: Residency and specialty certification from pathology and histopathology (University Medical School of Pécs).
1973: M.D. (University Medical School of Pécs).
1966: European Baccalaureate (Nagy Lajos Gimnázium, Szombathely, Hungary).
General aspects of cellular and molecular biology (molecular metabolism and transport, histology and histochemistry).


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Watch: India's child labourers and their missed childhood
Watch: India's child labourers and their missed childhood 30stades
India is home to 10.1 million child labourers in the age group of 5 to 14 years, as per the 2011 Census. Of this, 5.6 million are boys and 4.5 million are girls. Over half of the country's total child labour population works in the five states of Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra.
Rajasthan accounts for almost 10 percent of India's child labourers, which is the third-highest after Uttar Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh.
Child labour persists in the country despite several laws against it including the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act. 1986. India has also ratified ILO Convention 182 (Worst Forms of Child Labour) and Convention 138 (Minimum Age of Employment), which make it obligatory to ensure the abolition of child labour.
Yet, children are found to be working in households, hotels, roadside eateries and other industries including agriculture, garment manufacturing, mining and construction, gems and jewellery, brick making, and carpet weaving.
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A large number of children working in Rajasthan are trafficked from Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, and Odisha. Many of them also work as rag pickers but they are unaccounted for. Rag-picking is the most widespread form of child labour.
The Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986 mentions hazardous employment where children below 14 years cannot be employed.
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Yet lakhs of them are engaged in rag-picking and scavenging in violation of their basic human rights to health and education.
Globally, World Day Against Child Labour is observed on June 12. The government has also enacted the Unorganised Workers' Social Security Act, 2008 which is for the welfare of unorganised sector workers. However, the lax enforcement of the laws denies children the protection and rights that are rightfully theirs.
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Across the world, the number of children in child labour has risen to 160 million, an increase of 8.4 million in the last four years, with millions more at risk following the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and UNICEF.
The report, Child Labour: Global estimates 2020, warns that progress to end child labour has stalled for the first time in 20 years, reversing the previous downward trend that saw child labour fall by 94 million between 2000 and 2016.
(Urvashi Dev Rawal is a Jaipur-based journalist specialising in development, gender, and political reporting) )
Also Read: Gulmeher: Delhi's social enterprise turns women ragpickers into artisans; sells ecofriendly products globally


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Cuomo: Buffalo Bills fans can attend 2nd home playoff game under pilot plan
Mon, Jan 11th 2021 05:40 pm
6,700 fans will be allowed to attend second home playoff game after plan's 'successful implementation' last week
Admission contingent upon negative COVID-19 test result; contact tracing to follow
Tailgating remains prohibited
Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday announced that, following what his camp called the successful implementation of the pilot plan to open Bills Stadium to fans last week, Buffalo Bills fans can attend the team's second home playoff game on Saturday, Jan. 16.
Under this continued demonstration, approximately 6,700 fans will be allowed to attend the game only after first obtaining a negative COVID-19 test result and adhering to all public health precautions. Contact tracing will also be conducted after the game and tailgating remains prohibited. This plan was developed cooperatively between the Bills, the New York State Department of Health and BioReference Laboratories.
The Bills host the Baltimore Ravens at 8:15 p.m. TV coverage will be on WGRZ-Channel 2 (NBC).
"It was a great joy to see the Buffalo Bills win their first home playoff game in more than two decades in front of thousands of New York fans on Saturday, and we're looking forward to extending that winning streak this week," Cuomo said. "New York's first-in-the-nation pilot plan to reopen Bills Stadium to fans went smoothly, and we're pleased to be able to extend it to next week's game. The success of our pilot plan depends on individual behavior as well as collective measures, and I urge Bills fans to stay safe and follow the rules as we look to another exciting game. Go Bills!"
New York State Health Commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker said, "The Bills' play on the field earned them an opportunity to play again this weekend, and their fans behavior in the stands earned them another opportunity to watch them. We'll continue our contact tracing efforts and our work closely with the Bills throughout the week to ensure all safety compliance measures are in place for Saturday night. We're confident we'll have the same outcome, both on and off the field."
Buffalo Bills owners Kim and Terry Pegula said, "We felt the energy from our fans last Saturday at the stadium and we know our coaches and players appreciated the support on the field. We have worked with the governor, his team and BioReference to ensure we will host fans again on Saturday night. They have all been great partners in this process. We want to thank our fans for following the safety guidelines, and remind the fans coming Saturday to please wear your mask, socially distance and follow the rules. Be safe. Be smart. Be loud!"
Jon R. Cohen, M.D., executive chairman of BioReference Laboratories, said, "BioReference is proud to continue implementing its large-scale COVID-19 screening program in order to allow fans to enjoy the Buffalo Bills in person. We thank the governor and the Bills for their partnership and look forward to another exciting game."
A press release said, :The continued success of this plan will help inform the reopening of entertainment venues across New York. Within the demonstration, team staff control all entry and exit points to the stadium and only fans with a documented negative COVID-19 test are allowed inside. Testing is conducted in partnership with BioReference. Once inside the stadium, fans are required to wear a mask at all times and adhere to strict social distancing protocols. Fans who refuse to comply with these protocols will be removed from the stadium. Ushers will also be present throughout the stadium to ensure all fans are in compliance with the public health protocols and rules of conduct.
"Tailgating remains banned under this plan and New Yorkers are reminded to avoid gatherings and parties before, during and after the game as these events are prime for deadly viral spread."
If Buffalo and the Kansas City Chiefs (hosting the Cleveland Browns on Sunday afternoon) both win, the Bills would travel to KC for the AFC Championship game. If the Bills and the Browns win, Buffalo will host the AFC Championship on Sunday, Jan. 24.
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Advances in technology are presenting businesses with a wealth of new opportunities to engage customers. But as the world-class line-up of speakers at Fit Business Live in Cologne explained recently, when it comes to the fitness sector, tech should never replace the human experience. Kate Cracknell reports.
Marcus East – Executive VP of Product & Technology and CTO at National Geographic, leading the digital teams responsible for making it the #1 ranking brand on social media. Previously at Apple and IBM.
David Minton – Director at The Leisure Database Company, with 30 years' experience in health and fitness giving him a unique perspective on developments in the sector.
Emma Barry – Founding member of Les Mills International and former Director of Group Fitness Programming for Equinox.
Christophe Andanson – President of Les Mills Euromed in France and other countries in southern Europe and the Mediterranean, with over 20 years' experience in the sector.
Here are some of the key thoughts from each of these areas.
"The thing I really want you to take away from today is that it isn't just about innovation or technology. It's about building the best possible customer experience," said Marcus East.
So if customer satisfaction drives success, how do you drive satisfaction?
Knowing your customer is the first step, as Emma Barry explained: "Don't compete. Don't waste time chasing those who are lukewarm. None of this helps you serve your members.
Speaking of staying connected, using technology to personalize the experience is another important contributor to customer satisfaction.
"Bizarrely, people trust technology more than they trust other human beings," added East. "IcelandAir found that satisfaction levels were higher among those who spoke to its AI chatbot versus those who spoke to a human, because the chatbot was quicker, more accurate and more polite.
It is, as East summed up, a case of tech becoming part of the jigsaw of personalized customer care. It won't replace people, but its ability to deliver personalized interactions means staff are freed up from office-based tasks to provide human-to-human experiences in-club.
Arguably the best personalization comes from actually asking the customer what they think, said the panel.
And this is where the conversation turned to perhaps one of the most important contributors to customer satisfaction: building a community to encourage participation, personal connection and a sense of belonging.
Barry agreed: "We're in a people business. We need to look at how our clubs can become more human. Society has never been so disconnected, even though we're more connected than ever. Mental health issues are more prevalent. You sit at a table and no-one is talking to each other.
"I believe gyms are the big social clubs of the future – the new pub, if you will, and much more powerful.


So when the invitation came to join a grappa tour in Italy, I hesitated. But only for a moment. The image of Italy in May could make up for my indifference to the spirit that is taken by old Italian men in their morning coffee to get their creaky joints articulating. I had seen those old men many times lined up at the Extra Bar near the bus stop in Camucia below the walls of the Tuscan town where I spend a lot of time. The coffee arrives, an index finger is lifted, and without a word being spoken, a glug of clear grappa disappears into the tiny cup. In the end, according to my observations, it's about half grappa and half very strong, very black, very murky brew.
But the Italian charm was working strongly—Italy in May? Grappa be damned, of course I could do it.
And in the end, I found myself charmed by the grappa too. And converted willynilly into a true believer.
The tour was organized by a group called "Hello Grappa!" with the specific intent of re-formulating grappa's unfortunate image, which is on a par with those stinky Italian cigars called toscanos. I'm still not ready for a Tuscan stogie but bring on the grappa, I say now, and I offer it as an after-dinner drink without parallel. In smaller quantities, of course, than what I consumed back in my twenties in New York.
Grappa has, like me, a long, deep history in Italy (grappa's history being a good deal longer than mine).
It's characteristic of the Italian approach to all things to do with the table. Which is, basically: Use it up! All of it! Grappa is simply a way of using up the dregs of wine-making, the thick mass of skins, seeds, and pulp left over after pressing the grapes for wine, the vinacce. Generations ago, someone figured out that all that sticky, fermenting Stuff could be turned through alchemy into a heady intoxicant that, when handled carefully, still retains some of its characteristic grapey aromas and flavors. The distilling process, which is ancient, uses heat to evaporate the volatile elements in the vinacce, then recaptures the essence by condensing the steam into liquid again. But much less liquid, and much higher in alcohol.
This is not unique to Italy. Marc is a similar product from France, best known as marc de bourgogne, distilled from the pomace of Burgundy wines. And some years ago I climbed a track through dense forest on the Greek island of Ikaria in search of a celebrated and almost certainly illegal distiller of tsikoudia. Just like grappa, just like marc, tsoukoudia is made from the leftovers of wine-making, pomace or vinacce, only in the case of the Ikarian version, the pomace is left to ferment for a while, which gives it a distinctively funky flavor to go with the frisson of the secret still–mountain moonshine at its best. All over the Mediterranean, it would seem, those who made wine also made grappa or its equivalent.
Grappa itself, people like to say, began in Italy's northeast, originating in the town of Bassano del Grappa in the Veneto. It's a pretty conceit but in fact grappa is a constant in the countryside throughout central and northern Italy, though maybe less so in the south where a warmer climate means it's not necessary to get sluggish winter blood flowing with a morning jolt of alcohol. But it was always a humble, rural drink, one consumed by working men and farmers, even as it was given to their children when they started the long walk to school on a January morning. Humble, however, has a way of turning into trendy, especially in Italy. Like cornmeal polenta, like farro (aka emmer or einkorn, ancient varieties of durum wheat), which went from staples of poor farmhouse tables to culinary stardom in the space of a couple of decades, grappa too is on the brink of becoming the hip drink of right now.
Once not too long ago, every farmer who made wine, and almost every farmer did so, also made grappa. Or had it made for him. Carla Bonollo, who represents her family's Bonollo Distilleria, in Tuscany's Siena province, told me that in the period after World War II ("the Dopoguerra" in Italian) there were as many as a dozen legal distilleries in each of the Tuscan towns of Arezzo, Siena, and Florence. "Farmers brought in their vinacce to have it distilled into grappa," she said. There were also traveling stills, like the traveling porchetta wagons that we see at fairs and street markets. The mobile distilleries went from farm to farm during the season, diligently transforming the waste of the winery into something more exalted.
Nowadays there are perhaps 140 legal distilleries left in the entire country and the whole process is very tightly controlled by regional governments. At Bonollo, for instance, thin wires were crisscrossed over the casks in which the grappa was stored; sealed with lead stamps, they were placed there by officialdom, not to be removed except under officialdom's eagle eye. As in most countries in the world, production of alcohol is a source of government revenue—and it can be considerable at times.
Bonollo is very much a family affair, like Mazzetti, another distillery we visited in the Monferrato area of Piemonte, and like Nonino, a renowned distillery in Friuli where I spent time a few years ago. Giannola Nonino, the mother superior of the family distillery, is credited with putting grappa on the tables of discerning consumers when, with her husband Benito, she began producing monovarietal grappas made from single variety grapes, the most famous being one made from local picolit. Others followed suit and today most of the top distilleries produce monovarietals, including grappa di moscato, di barolo, and even a grappa di frappato from Sicily. But the bulk of production comes from carefully crafted grappas made from blends of different vinacce from different vineyards.
Top wineries in all these regions send their pomace to trusted distilleries. Banfi, for instance, one of the largest vineyards in the Brunello di Montalcino zone, sends its vinacce to Bonollo, which produces, among other Banfi grappas, a splendid Poggio alle Mura, made exclusively from the residue of sangiovese grapes after pressing the winery's most prestigious wine. High-end grappas like Poggio alle Mura are often aged, in this case for 18 months in Slavonian oak.
Much of the boost in grappa's over-all quality has come about, just as it has with Italian wines, through tighter controls of production techniques. In the 19thcentury, a new system called continuous distillation produced grappa more quickly and efficiently. Inevitably, it was also of lower quality. But modern producers of high-end, so-called artisanal grappas have gone back to the old-fashioned, classic method of discontinuous distilling, slowing the whole process down, then double distilling the heart of the grappa, and controlling temperatures throughout the process, resulting in grappas with more of the individual flavors and aromas of the distillates.
she explained, "you get about two and a half liters of grappa." By working in a vacuum, she said, they are able to lower temperatures to extract more of the aromatic esters that characterize the vinacce. Much of Mazzetti's grappa is aged, French oak barriques being preferred, although they are experimenting with a system similar to that used in aceto balsamico, a battery of barrels, diminishing in size, each made from a different wood. As the grappa is transferred from barrel to barrel over time, the flavors intensify enormously and the quantity also decreases–from 100 liters of grappa at the beginning of the battery to ten precious liters at the end.
So what should a wise consumer be looking for in tasting grappa? Certainly not the harsh hit of alcohol that I experienced such a long time ago. That kind of grappa still exists (and is still being glugged into the old guys' morning coffees at the Extra Bar in Camucia) but modern grappas have both an appealing softness on the palate and much greater nuances in their sensory profiles, with aromas and flavors that can recall everything from tobacco and dried fruits (apricots, especially) to nuts (think roasted hazelnuts) to dark, bitter chocolate to the sweetness of honey or even, surprisingly, of maple syrup. A grappa giovane, unaged, may be redolent of the grape variety used, but an aged grappa takes on many of these more subtle tones. It's an after-dinner drink par excellence, a digestif, a way of prolonging conversation and company in the most appealing fashion. As Bruno Cerretto, maker of top-ranked Barolos and Barbarescos, told me after an epic Italian Sunday lunch a long time ago, "Coffee kills the wine, but grappa kills the coffee." It was a vote of approval for the leisurely progression, from aperitif to wine to coffee to grappa, a summation of what it truly means to dine all'italiana.


← June 14 – Just for today remember to laugh.
Even if you have to leave them alone? Yes, this quote made me stop for a moment to think how I've experienced it in my life. Then lots of scenarios flooded my memory.
You know when your toddler is in the mud puddle, or eating spaghetti, in a blink of an eye, yikes! Picture it. Not only has the mess spread to their clothes, but their hair is clotted with the goo as well! Yes, that's more work in an already overfilled work day, but they are smiling from ear to ear. Well it makes for a great pic and a quick dunk in the tub should temporarily return the little tike to his squeaky clean self.
How about that teenager? Sometimes demanding, invincible, self-centered, argumentative, to name a few traits that make you want to pull your hair out! You know when the only one smiling is them. Well to come through those years with most of your sanity intact, you really have to prioritize and pick your fights. Sometimes they need to learn it themselves, provided no one's health or welfare is in jeopardy.
How about that spouse? When they say they'll help out, tidy the office or make the bed, or fold the clothes. You can see the pride in their eyes and you can see with your eyes what you may have to redo. But, hey, they were all too happy to help out, so keep it buttoned and let them be happy! Not an easy task for me some days.
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package pp.block2.cc.test;

import org.antlr.v4.runtime.ANTLRInputStream;
import org.antlr.v4.runtime.CharStream;
import org.antlr.v4.runtime.Lexer;
import org.junit.Test;
import pp.block2.cc.AST;
import pp.block2.cc.ParseException;
import pp.block2.cc.Parser;
import pp.block2.cc.antlr.SentenceConverter;
import pp.block2.cc.ll.Sentence;
import pp.block2.cc.ll.SentenceParser;

import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;

import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
import static org.junit.Assert.fail;

public class SentenceConverterTest {
	@Test
	public void testSentence() {
		lexerType = Sentence.class;
		parser1 = new SentenceParser();
		// The following will compile as soon as you do the exercise
		parser2 = new SentenceConverter();
		compare("students love students.");
		compare("all undergraduate students love all compilers.");
		fails("all undergraduate students love all compilers");
		fails("undergraduate students love love.");
		fails("all undergraduate students all compilers.");
	}

	private void fails(String text) {
		try {
			parser1.parse(scan(text));
			fail(String.format("Parsing '%s' should have failed but didn't",
					text));
		} catch (ParseException e) {
			// success
		}
		try {
			parser2.parse(scan(text));
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On the Waterfront – April 2018
Body of Missing Captain Recovered After Grounding of Fisherman's Provider II
The body of the fourth person who was on the Fisherman's Provider ll, 64-year-old Roger Stoddard, the captain of the vessel, was recovered at approximately 8:30 a.m. Feb. 8 by local fishermen.
The vessel struck what is commonly known as Frying Pan Shoal, near Canso, at approximately 8 p.m. on February 6. Three men were rescued that evening from the boat while a fourth remained onboard. The rescue effort was continued that evening and the following day by the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre (JRCC). On February 8, the matter was returned to the RCMP's jurisdiction as a missing persons investigation. This was after the JRCC had exhausted its efforts to recover the body of Stoddard.
Guysborough District RCMP said it will continue to work with partner agencies in the investigation of this incident.
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) had deployed a team of investigators to Sydney, Nova Scotia, following the grounding of the fishing vessel Fisherman's Provider II. The TSB will gather information and assess the occurrence.
FISH-NL Calls FFAW-Unifor Supreme Court Application Desperate
In a press release, the Federation of Independent Sea Harvesters of Newfoundland and Labrador (FISH-NL) described the latest legal maneuvers by the FFAW-Unifor to try and derail a vote by inshore harvesters on their union representation as an "act of desperation."
"The FFAW-Unifor executive knows they'll lose a vote, and are desperate to cling to power," says Ryan Cleary, President of FISH-NL. "They're using the courts and legal costs to try and quash the FISH-NL movement, but we're past the point of no return — a vote must happen before inshore harvesters and the fishery can move forward."
The FFAW-Unifor applied in February to the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador to try and overturn a Feb. 21, 2017 decision of the province's Labour Relations Board.
In that decision, handed down almost exactly a year ago, the Board ruled FISH-NL is an "association of fishers" under the Fisheries Industry Collective Bargaining Act. The FFAW-Unifor had challenged FISH-NL's status as a properly constituted union.
A court date is expected to be set soon.
"The FFAW is using its membership's own money to try and block the democratic right of inshore harvesters to choose their union representation," Cleary said, adding it was only this week that the union's Inshore Council met, with some members reportedly advising the union executive to "get on with the vote."
Fishermen's Associations at an Impasse with Northern Pulp
Nova Scotia and P.E.I. fishermen's associations announced at a Feb. 20 meeting with Northern Pulp that they are suspending any further meetings until an alternative to the proposed plan to pipe pulp mill effluent directly into the Northumberland Strait is available for discussion.
Since the proposal was announced last fall, the Gulf Nova Scotia Fleet Planning Board (GNSFPB), the Prince Edward Island Fishermen's Association (PEIFA), the Maritime Fishermen's Union (MFU), representatives from other Nova Scotia fishermen's associations and the Pictou Landing First Nations (PLFN) have remained firm on their "no pipe" stance and are frustrated at the lack of an alternative option.
The fishing organizations have identified large gaps and questionable credibility of the science provided by Northern Pulp. The harvesters have made it clear that they do not want the mill to close and want to find an alternative that will not impact either industries or the environment in a negative manner.
This was the third meeting where the fishermen's groups have met with Northern Pulp to gather information and discuss different options for the treatment and disposal of the effluent; however, they feel they have reached an impasse, as Northern Pulp continues to defend their pipe proposal, claiming it is their only option. The fishermen's associations feel their time and energy would be better spent on collecting proper information and building a case rather than on meetings that continue to conclude with the same outcome; no forward progress. The fishing organizations are willing to resume discussions with Northern Pulp if an alternative solution to the pipe is presented.
IMO Foods Honoured by N.S. Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture
Yarmouth-based fish cannery IMO Foods Ltd. was honoured with the Award of Excellence at the recent 20th annual Nova Scotia Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture Fisheries Minister's conference.
The company, which is the last independently- owned fish cannery and has been in business for over 40 years, received the honour for its "ongoing commitment to producing high value, superior quality, value-added products."
"We are pleased and truly appreciate the recognition from the N.S. Minister of Fisheries," IMO Foods wrote on its Facebook page.
"We operate in a rural environment and generally interest in what we do stays under the radar. This is really recognition of the effort of all the employees here at IMO Foods. We thank N.S. Fisheries for this award received during the N.S. Minister of Fisheries' 20th annual conference."
Fire Destroys East Coast Seafoods' Patural Deer Island Lobster Packing Plant
A major fire destroyed East Coast Seafoods' Paturel International Facility on Deer Island, N.B. March 1.
The fire broke out before 2:30 am, according to the RCMP. The company said that there were no injuries, as the facility was not in production when the fire broke out.
A company spokesperson said the live lobster facility located at Paturel International was not affected in the fire and will resume normal production. The lobster processing that was to take place in the affected building will be moved to one or more of the company's facilities across North America.
The cause of the fire is currently under investigation.
Contract Awarded for Refurbishment of St. Anthony, N.L. Coast Guard facility
The Government of Canada recently awarded a contract for the refurbishment of a Canadian Coast Guard facility in St. Anthony.
Made possible through Oceans Protection Plan funding, the $1.1-million contract, awarded to ENERCON builders of N.L. will transform a former Marine Communications and Traffic Services site into a Coast Guard search and rescue lifeboat station and includes interior mechanical and electrical renovations as well as some exterior work.
There are currently 41 search and rescue lifeboat stations located strategically across Canada to respond to maritime search and rescue incidents.
Wellman Launches Tenth Book
Jim Wellman's tenth book, Challengers of the Sea, is a collection of true stories that brings the reader face-to-face with men and women who take on the best and worst of what the Northwest Atlantic Ocean offers.
The book contains gripping accounts of losing sons, husbands, brothers and best friends to the ravages of the unforgiving seas and inspirational stories about the heroes that protect those that make their living on the ocean.
Wellman grew up in Port Anson and now calls St. John's his home.
Wellman is best known as the former voice of the CBC Radio Fisheries Broadcast and has written the very popular column Final Voyages for the marine and fishing industries magazine, Navigator, for the past 20 years.
DFO Reports Poor N.L. Salmon Returns
The Department of Fisheries and Oceans is deeply concerned about the latest Newfoundland and Labrador Atlantic salmon stock assessment.
During a March 5 technical briefing, DFO reported that the 2017 assessment was the second year in a row with significant declines in returning salmon.
In 2017, 80 per cent (or 12 of 15) of rivers monitored by DFO showed declines of more than 30 per cent in total returns compared to the previous five to six years. This placed those rivers in the critical zone. Three of four rivers monitored in Labrador were also placed in the critical zone.
DFO said declines of this magnitude over a wide geographic range are highly unusual for the N.L. region and has not been seen in the years since the commercial salmon moratoriums in 1992 (Newfoundland) and 1998 (Labrador).
Estimated recreational catches for Atlantic salmon in 2017 was approximately 19,400 retained and 22,800 released.
Estimated harvest from Labrador aboriginal and subsistence fisheries was 13,600 salmon in 2017, which was four per cent less than the previous six-year average (2011-16). Genetic analyses indicated that the majority of these salmon were of Labrador origin (95-99 per cent).
DFO Scientist, Dr. Geoff Veinott
DFO Approves Lobster Size Increase for LFA 26B
Fisheries and Oceans Canada recently approved an increase in the minimum carapace size in LFA (lobster fishing area) 26B.
The minimum carapace size — the measurement from the back of the lobster's eye socket to the end of its body, before the tail joint — was 81 millimetres last year.
It will now increase to 81.7 millimetres for the 2018 season and 82.5 millimetres in 2019, which is the minimum size to allow Canadian lobsters to enter the U.S. without processing. Area 26B covers the entire western coast of Cape Breton.
N.L. Companies Involved in Successful Supercluster Bid
Dwight Ball, Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, recently congratulated the province's world-class business and academic institutions that played an integral role in the Atlantic Oceans Supercluster's successful proposal under the Federal Government's Innovation Superclusters Initiative.
The Atlantic Oceans Supercluster represents aquaculture, defense, fisheries, marine renewable energy, ocean technology, oil and gas, shipbuilding and transportation, partnering with entrepreneurs, governments and post-secondary institutions.
Newfoundland and Labrador will be well represented with almost 40 organizations as part of the Supercluster, including Petroleum Research Newfoundland and Labrador, Memorial University, PAL Aerospace, Kraken Sonar Inc., radient360, G.J. Cahill, Bluedrop and Ocean Choice International.
The Ocean Supercluster will:
Strengthen links between ocean-based value chains and providers of enabling technologies
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Address global challenges related to sustainability and improve energy efficiency
Norway's Cod Exports Have Banner Month in January
Norway exported 37 per cent more cod in January 2018 compared to the prior year, as good fishing weather boosted catches.
Seafoodnews.com reported that total fresh and frozen cod exports were 5,700 tonnes in January 2018 compared to 4,200 tonnes in January 2017.
"The good weather in January has given increased volumes for cod and whitefish compared to the same month last year, although prices have been somewhat lower. Prices in January have been far higher than the average for the whole of 2017. Relatively high prices for especially cod and haddock, coupled with increased volumes, mean that codfish products are experiencing their best January ever," says Ingrid Kristine Pettersen, analyst with the Norwegian Seafood Council.
Norway's high-end cod, marketed as Skrei, saw increases in both volume and value, with total exports of 589 tonnes, versus 389 tonnes in January of 2017. Skrei value was also up 45 per cent.
Overall, cod prices declined, however, as total value only rose 26 per cent, less than the total volume.
Thai Union Inks Deal with Daley Seafoods
Thai Union Canada recently announced that it has engaged Daley Seafoods to oversee operations and management of its seafood processing facility in Tracadie-Sheila, New Brunswick, according to Seafoodnews.com.
Daley Seafoods will be responsible for all elements, inclusive of but not limited to, procurement, fiscal management, employee administration and plant operations.
The plant, Les Pecheries de Chez Nous, was formerly run by Francois Benoit, who will move into new ventures. Benoit sold majority ownership of the plant to Thai Union in 2016.
The company opened a new lobster pound in 2017 with an investment of $2.3 million, supported with a $250,000 grant from the province.
The deal will also put Daley in charge of managing the Bass Harbor, Maine operations facility for buying and holding live lobster.
Thai Union purchased Orion Seafood, the major lobster dealer in New Brunswick, in 2015 and since then has ramped up its marketing of lobster both through its Chicken of the Sea Frozen Foods company in the U.S. and through direct export sales to China under the Thai Union label. Daley opened a crab plant in New Brunswick in 2017 as well.
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Despite earlier promises that the 2017 budget would make housing a centrepiece, the social sector claims the federal budget has failed to deliver the big-picture solutions needed to end homelessness.
In his budget speech, on Tuesday night, Treasurer Scott Morrison said the government had chosen to "put downward pressure on rising housing costs" and he outlined measures he claimed would "make a difference".
"Whether you are saving to buy a home, spending a high proportion of income on your rent, waiting for subsidised housing, or you're homeless, this is an important issue to you," Morrison said.
As part of the package he revealed the Commonwealth would replace the $1.3 billion National Affordable Housing Agreement with a new set of agreements with the same funding, requiring states "to deliver on housing supply targets and reform their planning systems".
He also announced a "bond aggregator" to be managed by a new National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation (NHFIC), set to be established by 1 July next year.
According to the treasurer the NHFIC would provide long-term, low-cost finance to support more affordable rental housing, with states and territories also encouraged to transfer stock to the community housing sector.
Morrison also announced $375 million for a permanent extension of homelessness funding to the states, with a continued focus on supporting young people and victims of domestic violence.
But the social sector has criticised the budget as "unfair" and said homelessness will continue to rise under the new measures.
"While the increased security of funding for homelessness services is very welcome, the fact remains that we can't house the 105,000 Australians experiencing homelessness each night until there is a real increase in public housing to get 200,000 people off waiting lists," Homelessness Australia chair Jenny Smith said.
"The treasurer has failed in his promise to deliver a budget that focuses on fairness, opportunity and security for those doing it tough.
"The most fundamental form of security is a safe and affordable place to live, and yet this budget does nothing to get 200,000 people off public housing waiting lists.
Homelessness Australia had previously called on the government to: roll back negative gearing and capital gains tax, increase the supply of public housing, better integrate existing services, invest in Housing First and Rapid Re-Housing services, increase the focus on prevention, establish better outcomes measurement and "close the gap" for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, none of which were allocated additional funding.
Smith said the budget was not "fair".
"It fails to fix a broken housing system that encourages investors to own more than one house while 105,000 have no home at all," Smith said.
"Maintaining the existing funding levels will allow homelessness services to keep the lights on, but they'll still be turning away 275 people every day, and we'll continue to see homelessness numbers climb.
Smith said the bond aggregator wasn't a "silver bullet".
"What is missing is the funding subsidy to allow community housing to house those on the lowest incomes. A bond aggregator will allow community housing to modestly increase the number of homes they build, but that doesn't remove the need for governments to continue to provide an ongoing rent subsidy for tenants on the lowest of incomes," she said.
The WA Council of Social Service said they welcomed some of the "modest measures" on affordable housing but were "disappointed" no action was taken to tackle negative gearing.
"The new National Finance and Investment Corporation and the National Housing and Homelessness Agreement are first steps in addressing the housing crisis in this country, and provide much needed support for services and community housing providers," WACOSS CEO Louise Giolitto said.
"We welcome the promised continuity of funding for social housing and welcome the promise of greater transparency and accountability for state governments in meeting social housing growth targets.
"It is, however, disappointing that once again we have seen no action to tackle negative gearing and reduce the competition for investment properties that continues to inflate housing prices, with the proposed Super Tax breaks simply adding to those pressures without addressing the underlying structural problems.
Anglicare Victoria said the "mean-spirited welfare measures" punished the poor and overshadowed any positive moves on housing.
"Welfare payments in Australia are so low, that people on government benefits are shut out of the private rental market and trapped in poverty," Anglicare Victoria CEO Paul McDonald said.
McDonald criticised the government for taking "a punitive approach" rather investing in people and increasing welfare payments so people could pay modest rents and cover basic costs of living.
University of Melbourne Professor Carolyn Whitzman said it was "the usual suspects" who stood to gain from the new measures.
"In advance of the 2017 federal government, Treasurer Scott Morrison said there is no magic bullet on housing affordability. While this is true of most wicked policy issues, there does need to be a comprehensive program based on evidence and the basic need of people to have a secure roof over their heads. This budget does not deliver on such a program," Whitzman said.
"So who gains in the housing measures of the 2017 budget? The usual suspects: multi-property investors, people who already own homes and have no immediate plans to move, and housing speculators.
"Housing related budget measures fly in the face of popular opinion – 70 per cent of Australians are concerned about not being able to purchase housing, almost twice as many Australians support removing negative gearing as support it, and twice as many Australians are willing to stop their home value increasing in order to improve housing affordability as oppose this concept.
Labor dismissed the housing package as a "complete joke".
In a joint statement Chris Bowen and Senator Doug Cameron said Malcolm Turnbull and Morrison had "failed" at the chance to reform negative gearing and capital gains.
"The package is a complete sham. The measures in the budget tinker at the edges but will do nothing to put first home buyers back on to a level playing field with investors or take the heat out of the housing market," they said.
"The housing affordability measures announced in the budget fail the fairness test and don't come close to the budget centrepiece the treasurer has been promising for months.
"It is a grab-bag of unrelated measures that will not address key drivers of housing unaffordability that are in the Commonwealth's control like winding back negative gearing and capital gains tax discount.


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The Speech of the Armenians in Procopius: Justinian's Foreign Policy and the Transition Between Books 1 and 2 of the Wars. [REVIEW]Marion Kruse - 2013 - Classical Quarterly 63 (2):866-881.details
The speech of the Armenian embassy to Khusrow in the opening of Book 2 of Procopius' Wars has received little scholarly attention. Historians propose that this embassy, along with those sent by the Goths and Lazi, provided Khusrow with a pretext for violating the Eternal Peace in 540. As for the speeches themselves, they have been considered formulaic set pieces, requirements of the genre in which Procopius was writing. However, Anthony Kaldellis has argued that Procopius uses the Armenians as a (...) mouthpiece for his own criticisms of Justinian, namely that the emperor is to blame for ending the Eternal Peace and that he behaved like an oriental despot. While these literary and historical readings are not incompatible, none fully explicates the mechanics and function of the Armenians' speech. (shrink)
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Benoît Dagenais, né à Montréal le 10 avril 1953, est un acteur québécois. Il est présentement directeur du Conservatoire d'art dramatique de Montréal.

Biographie

Benoît Dagenais est diplômé du Conservatoire d'art dramatique de Montréal, promotion 1977. Il y enseigne depuis 1993.

Filmographie
 1979 : Siocnarf (série TV fantastique)
 1980 : Marisol (série TV)
 1983 : Lucien Brouillard
 1989 : Dans le ventre du dragon : Équipe d'entretien
 1990 : Watatatow (série TV) : Paul-André Gauthier
 1990 : Le Party : Becique
 1991 : Alisée : Marcel
 1992 : Montréal P.Q. (série TV) : Lenoir
 1994 : Si belles : Monsieur Monette
 1996 : Marguerite Volant (feuilleton TV) : Père Godefroy Volant
 2001 : 15 février 1839 : Alphonse Lécuyer
 2001 : Fortier (série TV) : Me Fontaine
 2004 : Jack Paradise (Les nuits de Montréal) : Janvier Paradis
 2004 : Nouvelle-France : Le Joufflu
 2005 : Idole instantanée : Agent du métro
 2005 : La Neuvaine : Docteur Langlais
 2010 : Musée Éden (série TV) : Procureur de la couronne
 2010 : Une vie qui commence : jardinier du cimetière

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Acteur québécois de cinéma
Acteur québécois de télévision
Étudiant du Conservatoire d'art dramatique de Montréal
Naissance en avril 1953
Naissance à Montréal

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For almost 30 years, Jerry Kugel provided the means for rodders to ride in comfort. Now, with hot rods like the Muroc Roadsters, he helps them ride in style.
Kugel started selling Jaguar independent rear suspension kits for hot rods in 1969 through his La Habra, California, company Kugel Komponents. He developed numerous other hot rod-specific parts over the years, always testing them thoroughly on his own '32 Ford roadster first.
Kugel took the development process one step further in the early 1990s, when he began offering complete Deuce roadsters based on stretched-wheelbase Zipper fiberglass bodies.
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In 2001, Kugel upped the ante even further with his line of full-fendered and fenderless Muroc roadsters. From the outset, the plan was to build ten of each body style. As of early 2006, the fenderless cars were sold out and five of the full-fendered cars remained.
Muroc Roadster buyers get steel-bodied rollers with independent suspensions; the customer chooses his own engine, paint, and upholstery. The steel bodies aren't just stock reproductions. Kugel sought out noted hot rod illustrators Thom Taylor and Chip Foose to help design a stylized body, then commissioned Marcel DeLay at Marcel's Custom Metal in Corona, California, to fabricate the bodies.
Marcel and his sons, Luc and Marc, made a square steel-tubing buck for use as a template while bending the body panels, then put more than 500 hours of work into each body. All of the panels are steel, except the hoods, which are aluminum. Dan Fink Metalworks stainless steel grille inserts complete the look.
Chip Foose also helped design the frames. Kugel Komponents builds each 112-inch-wheelbase frame from a set of SAC Hot Rod Products rails. Kugel parts can be found throughout each car. Kugel independent front and rear suspensions provide a smooth ride, and the DuVall-style windshield frames were developed in-house.
Kugel independent front and rear suspensions provide a smooth ride.
All of this skilled hand fabrication doesn't come cheap. The highboys ran $75,000 each, and customers pay $110,000 for a full-fendered car.
The car featured here is the property of Nick Barron of Irwindale, California. Nick owns Hallett Boats, a high-performance boat manufacturer. Forty years building ultraluxury boats has helped him develop an eye for design. He also owns the full-fendered version.
Accordingly, Nick made every decision along the way to completing both cars, and enlisted the help of several people to realize his vision. His industry connections landed him a pair of Corvette 350-cid LS1 engines and 4L60E automatic transmissions.
Muroc roadsters are equipped with Corvette 350-cid LS1 engines and 4L60E automatic transmissions.
Mike's Street Rods of Hesperia, California, completed the bodywork and applied the custom-mixed bright-red paint. Gabe's Custom Interiors of San Bernadino stitched the beige leather interiors. Boyd Coddington wheels were used on the fendered car, and a set of Budniks was chosen for the highboy.
Unique headlights were chosen from motorcycle-light manufacturer Joker Machine. Headwinds of Monrovia, California, provided the fendered car's lights.
After six months of hard and exacting work, both cars turned out to be jaw-droppingly beautiful. The full-fendered car has the hardware to prove it, too. It won the America's Most Beautiful Street Rod award at the Pleasanton, California, West Coast Nationals in August 2001.
To learn more about custom cars and hot rods, see:
History of Hot Rods
Custom Car Profiles
Hot Rod Profiles
the Auto Editors of Consumer Guide "Muroc Roadsters: Profile of a Hot Rod" 25 September 2007.
HowStuffWorks.com. <https://auto.howstuffworks.com/muroc-roadsters-hot-rod.htm> 29 January 2023


Inside the bottle: If the "Les Trois Sources" bottling is the air sign in the bunch, this is the earth sign. This parcel, translated as "the higher places," is the deep thinker and the most powerful and serious wine of the bunch. The high dose of Mourvedre (20%), cold winds and high elevation concentrate the savory notes of dark red fruits, pepper, animal, iodine, anise and evergreen wild herbs. Through the sheer power of the wine a symphony of purple and red flowers flower sing to you if you take the time to listen. Les Hauts-Lieux is a perfectly sculpted and deeply powerful, well-mannered beast.
Terroir: This single plot sits on the highest part of this north-facing hill, just below the famous Mont Redon plateau. Here you find sandy limestone soils covered with a good amount of the galets stones. This site is the last to be picked in JP's roster as it is the highest in elevation as well as having a good dose more of the late-ripening, Mouvedre. It is easy to sense the freshness of both the soil and colder winds that bring this wine back to planet earth and away from its potential to be overblown and monsterous.


(1934– ) writer, illustrator; born in Meriden, Conn. He graduated from Pratt Institute, New York (1956), the California College of Arts and Crafts (M.A., 1969), and settled in New London, N.H. He started as a freelance designer, illustrator, and writer in 1956, and is known for his books for young readers, such as Helga's Dowry (1977) and Pancakes for Breakfast (1978), which he illustrated as well as wrote.


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Q: Calendar.setTime() - null pointer exception : Android I need help with the below crash report. Strangely all the devices I have tested with does not generate this error. But my crash reports show around 60 of these in 2 weeks. Its obvious that its either limited to a particular make and device model or an OS version. My app is active on all the versions above 2.2, so I am in a fix to determine the actual problem. The log reports do not give me enough information to research. App is live and running with more than 2500 installs" with 75% active installs Thats and indication the issue being limited to a few users. Any help is greatly appreciated.
**Background: 1) App displays a count down time to a particular event, takes a static time converts that into local time zone and calculates the differences. Displays 'Days','Hours','Min' and 'Sec'
2) A very similar error was reported on different schedule screens by few users.

java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity
  ComponentInfo{alfi.programs.olympics2012/alfi.programs.olympics2012.OlympicsMainScreen}:
  java.lang.NullPointerException at
  android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1997)
  at
  android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2018)
  at android.app.ActivityThread.access$500(ActivityThread.java:139) at
  android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1124)
  at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99) at
  android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:152) at
  android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4636) at
  java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method) at
  java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:491) at
  com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:841)
  at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:599) at
  dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method) Caused by:
  java.lang.NullPointerException at
  java.util.Calendar.setTime(Calendar.java:1325) at
  java.text.SimpleDateFormat.formatImpl(SimpleDateFormat.java:536) at
  java.text.SimpleDateFormat.format(SimpleDateFormat.java:818) at
  java.text.DateFormat.format(DateFormat.java:376) at
  alfi.programs.olympics2012.OlympicsMainScreen.getLocalTimeCountDown(OlympicsMainScreen.java:393)
  at
  alfi.programs.olympics2012.OlympicsMainScreen.countDownTime(OlympicsMainScreen.java:284)
  at
  alfi.programs.olympics2012.OlympicsMainScreen.onCreate(OlympicsMainScreen.java:55)
  at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:4521) at
  android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1072)
  at
  android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1961)
  ... 11 more

   private String getLocalTimeCountDown(Object date, Object time){

        String time1 = time.toString();
        String timeStart = time1.substring(0, 5);

        String fromDateString = date.toString() + " / " + timeStart + " GMT+01:00";

            DateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("dd MMM / HH:mm zzz");

            Date fromDate = null;
            try {
                fromDate = (Date)formatter.parse(fromDateString);
            } catch (ParseException e) {
                Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Oops.. there seems to be some problem... Report" +
                        " this immediately using the feedback link from the Main Screen.", 500).show();
            }
            TimeZone central = TimeZone.getDefault();
            formatter.setTimeZone(central);

            return  formatter.format(fromDate);
     }

A: Well, I suspect the problem is that there's been a ParseException - which you've caught and completely ignored. That's left fromDate as null, so when you then call formatter.format(fromDate) you're passing it a null reference, which you're not meant to do.
You should almost never have an empty catch block like that. What did you want to do if the text couldn't be parsed properly?

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Animals and the Law, Legal literature, Rare Books, Talking animals
Woof! Moo! Grr!
In Aesthetics, Animals on February 1, 2017 at 8:22 am
Because what the world needs now is more talking animals—and a good laugh—I've created an exhibit about images of animals in legal literature for the Rare Book Room at Yale Law Library.
The exhibit includes books from around the world—including Argentina, Russia, the Netherlands, England, and the United States—more than half of them printed before the nineteenth century and the earliest published in 1529. One section of the exhibit focuses entirely on books with images of dogs. Other sections include "Gentle Creatures," "Predators," "Swimmers," and "Beastie."
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Animal shelter, Animals and law, Cattle pound, Destraint, Dog pound, Henry Sumner Maine, Impoundment, Maine, State development
Maine Meets Maine
In Animals, Autobiographical, Books and libraries, Environment, State development, Video on June 26, 2013 at 12:16 pm
My new video is about an ancient institution. You can view it below, or you can watch it directly on YouTube by clicking here.
Tomorrow, I'll be visiting the rare books room at Yale Law School, where my friend Mike Widener will be showing me some of his treasures, including the library's collection of Blackstone—the subject of a future video. Stay tuned. And thanks for your comments and support.
Animals and law, Charlotte's Web, E. B. White, Environmental jurisprudence, Justice William O. Douglas, Law and literature, Maine, United Nations, World federalism
Charlotte the Spider, Supreme Court Justice
In Aesthetics, narrative, form, Animals, Corporations, Environment, Law and literature, Rule of law, Supreme Court, United Nations on June 15, 2013 at 1:58 pm
Very soon, my wife and I will be spending a few days in Maine. We're going there for a wedding, and rather than spend money on a hotel, we're going to camp. We're looking forward to putting on our formal wear beneath the pine trees. And I'm looking forward to visiting the state again after a long absence. The last time I was in Maine, I was in college:
Isn't that some lobster? I believe we cooked that lobster right where we stood, on the beach, in a tin bucket.
Our impending trip makes me feel especially close to E. B. White, whose views about world government I've been considering in a recent thread. They also put me in mind of Justice William O. Douglas of the U.S. Supreme Court. I don't think that the two ever met—at least, there are no letters between them in the E. B. White Collection at Cornell or the Justice Douglas papers at the Library of Congress. But they share a great deal in common.
Most obviously, they share a love of Maine. White spent much of his life there, at his farm in North Brooklin, and some of his greatest essays, such as "Once More to the Lake," evoke the beauties of its distinctive, unspoiled landscape. I especially like the collection The Points of My Compass, which also contains some of White's writings on international law. As for Justice Douglas, as I noted in an October post, he was a nature writer of real skill—and one of his greatest sources of inspiration was Mount Katahdin. That's the highest peak in Maine and, for hikers traveling north, the end of the 2,200-mile Appalachian Trail (which Justice Douglas also completed).
"Katahdin has been like a haunting melody since the day in the late twenties when I first saw it against a buttermilk sky," he wrote in My Wilderness. "For some years I explored the dark woods and marshy lakes at its feet, and climbed its rough points. Then came a long period of absence. But the pull of Katahdin, like that of an old love, was always strong. The memories of it were especially bright every May, when the ice went out and the squaretails started jumping—every June, when the salmon-fly hatch was on. Fiddlehead ferns—partridgeberries—alpine azalea with tiny cerise flowers … all of these—and more—were Katahdin."
Animals in literature, Charlotte's Web, E. B. White, Emery Reves, Law and literature, Star Trek, Stuart Little, United Nations
From Charlotte's Web to Star Trek: Animals and Midcentury Legal Internationalism
In Aesthetics, narrative, form, Animals, Environment, International law, Law and film, Law and literature, United Nations on June 13, 2013 at 12:12 pm
Why is it significant that Stuart Little is a mouse—I mean, why is it significant from the perspective of American legal history? What does Justice William O. Douglas of the U.S. Supreme Court have to do with Wilbur, the "radiant" and "humble" pig of Charlotte's Web? What links a barnyard in North Brooklin, Maine and the Federation Council in the television series "Star Trek"? These are some of the questions I'd like to think about in this fifth post in a continuing thread about E. B. White and international law—or, to put it another way, about the popular liberal legal imagination at midcentury.
To my mind, the opening line of Charlotte's Web is a model of how to begin a story: "'Where's Papa going with that ax?'" Where Papa is going, to the distress of young Fern, is to kill the runt of a new litter of pigs. The line is potent mixture of action, threat, and conflicted loyalty, and it came to White only after many revisions. One of his earliest drafts begins this way: "A barn can have a horse in it, and a barn can have a cow in it, and a barn can have hens scratching in the chaff and swallows flying in and out through the door—but if a barn hasn't got a pig in it, it is hardly worth talking about. I am very glad to say that Mr. Zuckerman's barn had a pig in it, and therefore I feel free to talk about it as much as I want to." Compare the two sentences and you have a lesson in great editing.
What the first sentence also does is instantly establish empathy with animals. In this case, the reader's heart goes out to the pig which—whom—Fern soon calls Wilbur. Much of White's writing gives animals an unassuming, gentle subjectivity. The first chapter of Charlotte's Web ends with Fern naming Wilbur; the final chapter concludes with Wilbur naming Charlotte's children (Joy, Aranea, and Nellie). One aspect of White's literary brilliance was to be able to create this subjectivity without being at all patronizing. Wilbur, Charlotte, Templeton (the rat), the geese, all become our moral equals without fuss. Stuart is an ordinary member of the Little family—part of the pleasure of the tale derives from how everyone takes for granted that he's a mouse.
White grew up taking care of farm animals at his family's home in Mount Vernon, New York. He spent time amidst them each summer when his family retreated to Maine. And he surrounded himself with them—sheep, chickens, pigs, geese—when he and his wife, Katharine, purchased a house and barn near North Brooklin (the barn was the inspiration for Charlotte's Web). Not surprisingly, then, animals populated his prose, for both children and adults. Here's a characteristic passage of his writing, from the introduction to One Man's Meat:
E. B. White, Emery Reves, Global government, International law, Stuart Little, United Nations, World federalism
Stuart Little and World Federalism: Part III
In Animals, International law, Law and literature, United Nations on June 7, 2013 at 6:30 pm
Not many people today have heard of Emery Reves. In the 1940s, however, he was well known as an intellectual leader in the movement for global government. One of the few traces of his past fame in the United States can be found in Dallas. In 1948, the Hungarian-born Reves took up with socialite and fashion model Wendy Russell, a Texan, whom he eventually married. She encouraged her husband's art collecting, and today the Dallas Museum of Art houses the outstanding Wendy and Emery Reves Collection of impressionist and post-impressionist painting and European decorative arts. Here's a photo of the couple that I especially like, drawn from the DMA website (call the image "high and low"?). It's followed by a picture of Reves in about 1945, when he was at the height of his influence on advocates for world federalism—including the author of Stuart Little, about whom I wrote in yesterday's post.
Source: dma.mobi via Dallas Museum on Pinterest
In the United States, its sympathizers included Wendell Willkie, the 1940 Republican nominee for president, who after a stint as a global ambassador for the Roosevelt administration authored the bestselling book One World (1943). One can easily understand the movement's appeal, especially at the time. Millions of people had just perished on the altar of nationalism, and in the wake of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, nations began to stockpile weapons capable of reducing most of human life to radioactive ash. Read the rest of this entry »
E. B. White, Emery Reves, International law, Stuart Little, United Nations, World federalism
The Story Continues: Stuart Little & International Law
As I was saying in yesterday's post, when I read "The Schoolroom" chapter E. B. White's Stuart Little I was surprised—and I learned something about the author I hadn't known: he had a passionate interest in international law.
The pivotal exchange of the chapter begins when Stuart, having clarified "what's important," asks his students to suggest "good laws for the world." In a madcap exchange, the students make five suggestions, of which Stuart approves of only two:
1) Albert Fernstrom begins by suggesting the following: "Don't eat mushrooms, they might be toadstools." Stuart describes this as "very good advice," but he counsels that "advice and law are not the same." Law, explains Stuart, is "extremely solemn."
2) John Podowski is next: "Nix on swiping anything," intones John—solemnly. "Very good," replies Stuart. "Good law."
3) Anthony Brendisi (I love all these names, this ethnic jumble) proposes: "Never poison anything but rats." Stuart objects: "That's no good. It's unfair to rats. A law has to be fair to everybody." Although rats are objectionable, and though Stuart is himself a mouse, he explains that, as Chairman of the World, he "has to see all sides to a problem."
4) Agnes Beretska raises her hand to recommend that "there ought to be a law against fighting." Stuart dismisses this as impractical, because "men like to fight," but he observes "you're getting warm."
5) Mildred Hoffenstein makes the final suggestion: "absolutely no being mean." Although Stuart isn't sure whether the law will work—as Herbert Prendergast notes, "some people are just naturally mean"—he declares "it's a good law, and we'll give it a try."
And try they do. An experiment follows. Read the rest of this entry »
E. B. White, Emery Reves, Environmental jurisprudence, International law, Marvin Hamlisch, Stuart Little, Talking animals, The Wild Flag, William O. Douglas, World federalism
Stuart Little and International Law
In Animals, Environment, International law, Law and literature, Rule of law, United Nations on June 5, 2013 at 5:24 pm
For the past few weeks, I have been reading E. B. White. I began with Stuart Little, and this post is about what a brave, aspiring, flawed little mouse has to say about international law. It's also about Justice William O. Douglas, talking animals, literary style, the composer Marvin Hamlisch, and the State of Maine. (Actually, given all those subjects, this will be a series of posts, which I'll later collect together into a single text.)
I should begin by letting on that a great deal has happened around my house recently, at least from one point of view, and it's created a framework of preoccupation for my reading. It all started with the peas. Each spring, my wife and I plant a vegetable garden from seed, and this year the alternating rain and heat we've experienced in Connecticut has meant that things are shaping up nicely in the photosynthesis department. After an early sprout, our peas twisted rapidly up the dry branches we use as climbing poles, and now scores of delicate tendrils are waving in the breeze, seeking an upward purchase amidst a profusion of purple flowers and waxy yellow pods. In the meantime, our salad greens are leaning every which way in a carpet of teal, apple and lime; our long, crinkly kale is the most flavorful we've ever grown; our cucumbers seem ready to leap up from their mounds; and our tomatoes are beginning to give off a spicy aroma, at least if you push your nose in close and inhale.
We try to take things more slowly during the summer.
It was in this spirit that I've been reading the stories and essays of "White, Elwyn Brooks. 1899-1985. American writer, b. Mount Vernon, NY." A copy of Strunk and White has been beside my desk ever since college (for foreign readers, that's E. B. White and William Strunk, Jr.'s classic text on English prose, The Elements of Style)—but I hadn't read Stuart Little since childhood. And I was surprised at what I found. Read the rest of this entry »
Hywel Dda, Offa's Dyke, Wales
In Aesthetics, narrative, form, Animals, Books and libraries, Europe, State development, Wales on September 21, 2012 at 4:30 pm
At Sotheby's auction house this July, a single medieval manuscript sold for £541,250, or about $879,000. At over $8,700 per page, the price strikes me as a bargain, if not a steal. Why? The reason has to do with the extraordinary history of the country my wife and I saw as we walked along Offa's Dyke and looked to the west, across the River Wye and into the distant green hills. It also has to do with the number three.
Although it's part of the United Kingdom, Wales has a long, proud history of legal independence. Even after the country was united with England under Henry VIII, the Welsh administered English law in their own court, the Court of Great Sessions, for almost three hundred years, until 1830. Today, guided by the evocative expression "Legal Wales," the country is developing a range of autonomous legal institutions and practices as part of devolution.
The stakes of this process are high. If in time it leads to a fully independent Welsh nation, for which an independent system of law would be a prerequisite, the politics of Britain and Europe would be profoundly changed. Read the rest of this entry »


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James Bernard
Composer - Great Britain
Born September 20, 1925 in Indien
Died July 12, 2001 in London
Mini-Biography:
James Bernard was born on September 20, 1925 in Indien. He was an English Composer, known for Dracula (1958), Dracula - Prince of Darkness (1965), Dracula has risen from the Grave (1969), James Bernard's first movie on record is from 1956. James Bernard died on July 12, 2001 in London. His last motion picture on file dates from 1970.
James Bernard Filmography [Auszug]
1970: [/ /1] Scars of Dracula (Les cicatrices de Dracula) (Composer), Directed by Roy Ward Baker, with Jenny Hanley, Christopher Lee, Christopher Matthews,
1969: [/ /1] Dracula has risen from the Grave (Le retour de Dracula, Dracula sort du tombeau) (Composer), Directed by Freddie Francis, with Barry Andrews, Veronica Carlson, Rupert Davies,
1965: [/ /1] Dracula - Prince of Darkness (Dracula, prince des ténèbres) (Composer), Directed by Terence Fisher, with Suzan Farmer, Andrew Keir, Christopher Lee,
1960: [/ /1] Terror of the Tongs (Composer), Directed by Anthony Bushell, with Marie Burke, Christopher Lee, Richard Leech,
1959: [////1] The Hound of Baskervilles (Composer), Directed by Terence Fisher, with Peter Cushing, André Morell, Christopher Lee,
1959: [/ /1] Stranglers of Bombay (Composer), Directed by Terence Fisher, with Andrew Cruickshank, Allan Cuthbertson, Jan Holden,
1958: [/ /1] Dracula (The Horror of Dracula) (Composer), Directed by Terence Fisher, with Barbara Archer, Janina Faye, Charles Lloyd Pack,
1957: [/ /1] Quatermass II (Enemy from Space) (Composer), Directed by Val Guest, with Vera Day, Brian Donlevy, Bryan Forbes,
1956: [11.05] X: The Unknown (Composer), Directed by Leslie Norman, with Dean Jagger, Edward Chapman, Leo McKern,
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