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Chapter 889 Tianxin returns to the grass
Among the remote mountains, several figures sat on the banks of the river. &1t;/p>
They don't understand why the killing young man in front of him has to take them all away, because after the fight with the Tuyu Mozu, the Danding party will send many masters to come to the rescue, where they should be the most safe. &1t;/p>
However, everyone did not ask, because the person in front of him could save them if he could save them. &1t;/p>
The medicine is infinitely taking care of the Yuande Dao, and they are separated from Lu Xianshi by a distance. He didn't dare to rely too close, because Lu Xianshi and Mu Chenghong had always had deep murders on the medicines. If it wasn't for the existence of Mu Yu, I am afraid that Lu Xianshi had already killed the medicines and the Yuande Dao. For Ge Xiaosheng, he was out. &1t;/p>
Mu Yu closed his eyes on a prominent stone in the foothills to restore the spiritual loss of the body, and others did not dare to bother him. &1t;/p>
The medicine promise stood up and took out a few bottles of medicinal herbs. These are very precious seventh-order remedies. Some of them are from Yuande Dao, and some are his own. They walked over and apologized and said: "Lu Xianshi This is a seventh-order remedy, which is useful for the main injury of Zhuge Zong, you…"&1t;/p>
Lu Xianshi yelled: "Your Dan Ding faction still wants to do some poison to harm our sovereigns?"&1t;/p>
The medicine said infinitely: "Lu Xianshi said it is heavy."&1t;/p>
"Get it back, we don't need it, don't come close to our lord, or I will interrupt your leg!"Lu Xianshi said with a sullen look that his character has always been straightforward, and he has done everything for the Lord. &1t;/p>
Medicine Wuji is a pulse of the Danding School. It has a very high status. When it was so ridiculous, but now it knows the loss, it is not the opponent of Lu Xianshi. It can only be quickly returned, and hopes to be far away. The unknown adult recovered early and explained the whole thing clearly. &1t;/p>
Mu Yu has already concealed the killing spirit with the demon power of the white demon king.
Slowly adjusting, the body's spiritual power has recovered nearly a third, but still did not reveal the true face. &1t;/p>
Subsequently, Mu Yu opened his eyes, indulged for a moment, waved the law, and isolated the other people from the foothills. &1t;/p>
"What happened when you went to see it? Who is the smell of killing? "Mu Yu Shen Sheng. &1t;/p>
Xiaoshuai shook his head: "I didn't see it. When I arrived, the two breaths had disappeared. I don't know who won."&1t;/p>
The sacred breath is the cloud of the present day, but the smell of killing is not known. &1t;/p>
"But that sword, I think you should know."Xiaoshuai said. &1t;/p>
The killing scent with the cloud on the eve of the night is controlled by the sword! &1t;/p>
"Tianjian nine cited."Mu Yu Shen Sheng. &1t;/p>
Xiaoshuai asked: "Is it Luo Luo?"&1t;/p>
"It's not Luo Wei, Luo Wei's sword is very flamboyant, not the kind of cold look, and his killing atmosphere is stronger than mine."Mu Yu shook his head. &1t;/p>
"Then it is going south."Xiaoshuai said. &1t;/p>
Since the priest of the Eugene has appeared here, it is normal to appear southward here. &1t;/p>
"Not at all, the swordsmanship to the south is the same as his former character. It is thick and solid, and it is extremely powerful…"Mu Yu shook his head again. &1t;/p>
Xiaoshuai's eyes widened: "What do you mean that the sword is from the mouth?"&1t;/p>
Mu Yu's heart is a bit lost, is it really a master? &1t;/p>
Luo Wei's sword is not arrogant, and the swordsmanship to the south is thick and solid. The sword of the wood feathers is endless, and the swordsmanship is calm and cold. &1t;/p>
The swords in their hands are just like their character. &1t;/p>
The sword of the battle between the genius and the cloud of the present day is a calmness in the cold. &1t;/p>
"How can the testimony get the power of killing? I thought he would not touch this power. "Xiaoshuai was amazed. &1t;/p>
This is also what Mu Yu wants to know. How can there be killing power? Getting killing power means killing people. It is said that it is necessary to protect the realm of cultivation. How can it be done to kill people? &1t;/p>
That day in Qingshui City, Cheng Yan left Mu Yu and Luo Wei. As a master, he could not convince his younger brother, and he continued to go to Master's way alone. &1t;/p>
He said that he would replace Master's protection of the self-cultivator and protect the entire realm of cultivation. On this road, he will go on his own. Even if the teachers and brothers do not understand him, he will go on without hesitation. &1t;/p>
Because Master wants to protect the realm of cultivation, it is also necessary to protect the realm of cultivation. But those who want to protect the realm of cultivation will not gain the power of killing. &1t;/p>
Xiaoshuai touched his chin and asked: "Wu Yu, the shadow of the winter solstice and the sudden appearance of the words, do you not feel strange?"&1t;/p>
Shadow killing the winter solstice as a killer in the dark, always only someone to find him to commission the task, never he found someone to accept the task, all this can not be said, the reward is also quite strange, actually only three herbs. &1t;/p>
"You said, will the filming of the winter solstice be a pledge?"Xiaoshuai asked. &1t;/p>
"do not know."&1t;/p>
Mu Yu did not know this. It was a coincidence that the winter solstice was killed. In the early days, all the ghost gates were killed in the city of Chunan, and Mu Yu was squatting. Finally, he quietly retired. At this time, the shadow of the winter solstice was Inexplicably appearing, taking the initiative to find Mu Yu to the task, interfere with the plan of the Triple Palace. &1t;/p>
Does the filming organization really dare to confront the Triple Palace? &1t;/p>
Mu Yu is still thinking about this strange place, but at this moment, a whistling sound suddenly sounded in the remote mountain. &1t;/p>
"what happened?"&1t;/p>
This whisper is very melodious, shocking people, and attracting everyone's attention all over. Everyone raises their heads and looks at the source of the sound. &1t;/p>
That is a snow eagle! &1t;/p>
Mu Yu pupil shrinks, killing the winter solstice! &1t;/p>
"You don't move, don't let anyone do it before I come back!"Mu Yu Chao Lu Xianshi and Mu Chenghong shouted, and then Xiao Shuai has turned into a virtual shadow to chase the past in the direction of the snow eagle. &1t;/p>
"Hey, seniors, adults! Wait…"&1t;/p>
Wuji suddenly saw that Mu Yu suddenly left, and my heart suddenly became nervous. Because the departure of Mu Yu, it means that no one can stop Lu Xianshi and Mu Chenghong. Once these two people suddenly become difficult, they should revenge for Zhuge Xiaosheng. The promising strength of medicine is simply unstoppable. &1t;/p>
"Don't call, it's gone!"&1t;/p>
Lu Xianshi reached out and appeared a blue lightning pattern in his hand. He squeezed his fist and screamed in the screaming voice. His eyes swept away in the medicine and the Yuande Dao. &1t;/p>
The medicine is infinitely fast and tightly guards his uncle, and his heart is also hung up. The alchemy division with the weakest combat strength encounters the most powerful strategist, and there is no way to compare. &1t;/p>
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The snow eagle is flying in the air, and it doesn't fly far. It falls into a strange stone forest. It is surrounded by rocks of different sizes. The height is tens of meters, and the short ones are also ten meters. Not uniform. &1t;/p>
The afterglow of the sun dragged the shadows of these rocks long, and the snow eagle landed on the top of a rock and screamed with a sigh. &1t;/p>
In the shadow below the rock, there is already a shadow waiting for the wood feather. &1t;/p>
Mu Yu stared at the shadow of the group and said: "I can't immediately give you the heart to return to the grass."&1t;/p>
"I know."Shadow killing the winter solstice is low. &1t;/p>
"Who is the person who hired you?"Mu Yu asked again. &1t;/p>
The shadow killing winter solstice did not answer. &1t;/p>
"Are you finished the mission?"Mu Yu continued to ask. &1t;/p>
"The cloud is dead today."Shadow killing the winter solstice said. &1t;/p>
"She is not killing you."Mu Yu remembered the sword of the word. &1t;/p>
"The task is just to kill her, she is dead, the mission is completed."&1t;/p>
Mu Yu couldn't refute it. At that time, he was in a critical situation. He really didn't think so much. &1t;/p>
"I found out how to give you the heart after returning to the grass?"Mu Yu asked. &1t;/p>
No matter how the shadow of the winter solstice is to help him drag the cloud today, Mu Yu will not forget this. &1t;/p>
"I will find you."Shadow killing the winter solstice. &1t;/p>
"how did you find me?"Mu Yu's whereabouts are very secret, and the shadow killing Qingming can find it here to make Mu Yu feel suspicious. &1t;/p>
"I have my way. I am here to tell you that the heaven I want to return to the grass is natural growth, not your illusion. The most important thing is that it is not blue and must be golden. "&1t;/p>
The snow eagle above the rock has already flown up, flying in the air, the afterglow of the setting sun shines on its shadow, from the shadow of the winter to the rock where the rocks are staggered, the shadow of the winter solstice has disappeared into the shadow of the snow eagle. &1t;/p>
"Hey! People are not killing you, but also golden blue, how come you ask so much! "Xiaoshuai shouted next to him. &1t;/p>
However, the snow eagle dragged a long shadow and disappeared into the stone forest. &1t;/p>
"Wu Yu, is there a problem with this winter solstice?" Obviously, I did not complete the task and still installed a mysterious look. I wanted to change the color of the three plants and return to the grass. If you want me to say it, you shouldn't give it to him. When he comes next time, he will do it directly. Do you say it? Wood feather…Wood feather? Wood feather? "&1t;/p>
Xiaoshuai said a lot, but now the wooden feathers are hit by a lightning bolt, shocked! &1t;/p>
The golden heart is turning back to the grass! &1t;/p>
"Wu Yu, what is Tianxin's return to the grass?" What is the use? Why do you want to kill this winter solstice? And where are we going to find it? "Xiaoshuai asked curiously. &1t;/p>
"Golden heavenly heart returns to the grass…" &1t;/p>
In the heart of Mu Yu, it was like a tidal wave. When the winter solstice said that he wanted these three strains to return to the grass, because of the critical situation, Mu Yu did not even think of anything. But when the shadow kills the winter solstice and tells the golden heart to return to the grass, he suddenly wakes up and thinks that the shadow kills the winter solstice, and associates with the sword of the word, his face is pale, and even the shadow of the winter solstice leaves him. Also no matter. &1t;/p>
"Blue and gold…" &1t;/p>
His thoughts drifted back to a few years ago. &1t;/p>
At that time, he was still in the dusty mountain, just getting started for a year. &1t;/p>
Everyone in the Dust Mountain has a very poor life. All kinds of vegetables and fruits are grown in the wind and dust. In addition, Feng Hao Dust will plant some magical herbs, which will often be used for bathing. &1t;/p>
"Master, what do you do with these grasses?"&1t;/p>
At that time, although Mu Yu had the ability to control the growth of trees, he did not know all the plants. Feng Haochen usually grows some vegetables, and also grows many exotic herbs. Wood feathers will run from time to time to help. &1t;/p>
Feng Haochen gave ten gray plants of herbal soil and explained gently: "These grasses are called Tianxin, and the plants are rare in the world. They have three colors, one is gray and the other is gold. The other is blue."&1t;/p>
"When will it change color?"Mu Yu asked curiously, then reached out and clicked on Tianxin to turn back to the grass. The gray leaves suddenly turned into gold. He said with surprise: "Do you touch it and become golden?"&1t;/p>
Feng Haochen laughed and said: "No, when they are not touched, they are gray, very inconspicuous. When a person is still his own, touching the heavens and turning back to the grass is golden, just as pure as the sun. When a person is no longer his own, touching the heavens and turning back to the grass is blue. "&1t;/p>
"I will control the trees and I will definitely make it color!"&1t;/p>
Mu Yu quickly glared at the golden heart and turned to the grass, wanting to turn it into blue, but no matter how hard the wood feathers, the heavens he touched were all golden. &1t;/p>
"hateful! How can I not change the color? "Mu Yu stopped a little depressed. &1t;/p>
Feng Hao dust and sly smile: "Don't be naughty, even if you have the ability to control wood, you can't change the color of Tianxin's return to the grass. Because you are now, or yourself, when one day you touch your heart and turn back to the grass is blue, then you are lost. "&1t;/p>
"get lost? Is it because my sense of direction is not natural? "Mu Yu is a little embarrassed, he is a road idiot, he went to a strange place, it is difficult to find the right way. &1t;/p>
Feng Haochen touched Mu Yu's head and smiled: "The lost way I said is different from the lost way you understand. Tianxin's return to the grass is used to remind people who are lost, to let him know if he is still himself. People tend to get lost in their choices. In order to cater to certain people and certain things, they pretend to be themselves, forcibly change themselves, and in the end they become even ignorant of themselves, just like they are lost, they can't find their way home. road. Many times, when the heart is back, the family will arrive. The home is actually just a distance to return, this is the origin of the name of Tianxin, and the meaning of its existence. "&1t;/p>
"Master, I don't understand."&1t;/p>
"You will understand later."&1t;/p>
Feng Haochen smiled gently, his smile will always give Mu Yu an inexplicable sense of security. &1t;/p>
Mu Yu's thoughts returned to reality, and he appeared in his hand to return to the grass. But no matter how hard he tried, Tianxin turned back to the grass or blue, and could not turn into a golden sun. &1t;/p>
He can't control the color of the heart and the grass. &1t;/p>
"I lost my way?"&1t;/p>
Mu Yu looked at the heavens in his hands and turned back to the grass, full of killing, and made him feel strange. &1t;/p>
In front of Master, the naughty he always wanted to turn the heart into the blue, but no matter how he touched, Tianxin turned back to the grass is golden. &1t;/p>
Nowadays, UU reads www.uukanshu.com. He doesn't need to touch it. Even if he uses the wood to illusion, Tianxin will turn blue and blue. &1t;/p>
"Senior brother, is it really you?"&1t;/p>
Mu Yu remembered the reward of killing the winter solstice, and the three inexplicable Tianxin turned back to the grass, let him suddenly understand what. &1t;/p>
Is it a promise to kill the winter solstice here? &1t;/p>
It is said that Master knows a lot about Master and knows the various herbs that Master has planted. &1t;/p>
Mu Yu knows where to find the natural growth of the heart to return to the grass, bearing the idea to let him go home. &1t;/p>…
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Club was founded in 2011 by a group of metal detecting enthusiasts who wanted to share their past time with others and share the history they discover.
Founded in 2006 the groups aim and goal is to responsibly promote the hobby of metal detecting and to bring together individuals around Crawley and the surrounding area who share a common interest and passion for metal detecting and history.
The club was founded in 1973. Membership is capped at 70. A dig is arranged every month bar January, and monthly competitions are held for best find. The club's previous web-site, derbymetaldetecting.co.uk has been closed.
The ISCA metal detecting club has spaces for new members at the moment. Our club was founded in 2013 and we meet in The Black Horse, Old Honiton Road, Clyst Honiton, Exeter, EX5 2AN on the third Wednesday of the month, above all, we are a friendly group of history loving people, and we organise two Sunday digs per month. We are a very active club with many levels of experience within our ranks. Meetings are informal with a raffle to raise money for club funds. For more information and an application form / club rules. Please contact Debbie Raymond [email protected] 07412 227007 We look forward to seeing you at one of upcoming meetings.
This club is a member of the National Council for Metal Detecting, North West Region. Affiliated to the Council for Physical Recreation, recognised by the National farmers Union and the CLA as the voice of responsible detecting (NCMD) Members live in North Lancashire, North and South Lakeland, West Cumbria, Whitely Bay, Aberdeen, Alston and Staffordshire.
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Our club was founded in 2011 and meets every month in Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk. Our county FLO always attends meetings and collects finds for recording, always returning finds the following month. We are a small group with a common interest in history and metal detecting. We encourage members of all experiences to show all their finds and we also add interest with a monthly finds competition.
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Automatic Broiler Foot Health System Needs Further Refinement
Processing Poultry welfare Broilers
16 January 2013, at 11:07am
BELGIUM - A prototype system for automatic dermatitis assessment needs to be improved on several points if it is to replace expert assessment of footpad dermatitis although there was good agreement between the two systems in average flock score.
Average flock scores did not differ greatly between automatic and expert scores, according to new research at the Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research (ILVO) in Melle. However, the prototype system for automatic dermatitis assessment needs to be improved on several points if it is to replace expert assessment of footpad dermatitis.
Those are the conclusions of R.F. Vanderhasselt of ILVO and co-authors there and at Ghent University in a paper published this month in Poultry Science.
They said that footpad dermatitis is increasingly used as an indicator of decreased broiler welfare, and automation of dermatitis monitoring potentially reduces the effort needed to monitor commercial flocks.
In this study, they evaluated a prototype system for the automatic assessment of footpad dermatitis in broiler chickens by comparing the automatic assessment with a human expert assessment. The expert aimed at selecting twice (at different times) 20 broilers per footpad dermatitis category (five categories in total), from two different flocks of 38-day-old broilers on an experimental farm.
Two days later these broilers were transported to the slaughterhouse, where footpad dermatitis was assessed by the automatic system. Subsequently the footpads were reassessed by the same expert that had selected the birds.
Automatic scores were only weakly correlated with scores given by the expert on-farm (r=0.54) and at the slaughterhouse (r=0.59).
Manual evaluation of the photographs on which the automatic system based its scores revealed several errors. For 41.1 per cent of the birds, the automatic system assessed only one of the footpads; for 15.2 per cent, neither footpad was assessed.
For 49.4 per cent of the birds, scores were based on partially incorrectly identified areas. When data from such incomplete and obviously incorrect assessments were discarded, stronger correlations between automatic and expert scores were found (r=0.68 and r=0.74 for expert scores given on-farm and at-slaughter, respectively).
Footpads that were missed by the automatic system were more likely to receive a high expert score at slaughter (P=0.02).
Vanderhasselt R.F., M. Sprenger, L. Duchateau and F.A.M. Tuyttens. 2013. Automated assessment of footpad dermatitis in broiler chickens at the slaughter-line: Evaluation and correspondence with human expert scores. Poult. Sci. 92(1):12-18. doi: 10.3382/ps.2012-02153
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Today was our second day in Tampa and the first of two non-cycling days. We made a friendship visit to the Murray Child Development Center at Easter Seals. The organization provided us with a great breakfast of coffee, donuts, and bagels. After breakfast, the team split up into classrooms to spend some time with the kids. I went to a Head Start class, where preschool age children from low socioeconomic backgrounds are enrolled in a daily program from 7 a.m. until 5 p.m. I was so impressed by how well they knew their alphabet and how creative they were with Play Dough and coloring. I had a blast reading to them and playing with their toy dinosaurs.
Our visit to Easter Seals was followed by a relaxing afternoon at the Davis Island Yacht Club, courtesy of a Pi Kapp alum. It was a lazy day of hanging out/sleeping around the pool and try to even out those tan lines from our cycling jerseys and shorts.
We revisited the MacDonald Training Center tonight for their annual dance party that the Gear Up Florida team attends each year. They served us a great lasagna meal beforehand. Everyone had such a great time cutting loose and enjoying each other's company. Before we left a number of team members finished purchasing artwork by the center's artists.
I'm now at an outdoor laundromat (only Florida would have one of those!) to take care of some clothes in dire need of washing. We'll be back on the bikes tomorrow. It's hard to believe our arrival in Tallahassee is only a week away. The team is getting very close and tonight's friendship visit was one of the best yet. We'll really have to make the most of the time we have left on this incredible journey.
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Here's How the Gov't of Seoul is Using a Public Blockchain in the Real-World
The government of Seoul is using ICON, the largest blockchain project in South Korea by valuation, to process information, issue documents, and conduct a wide range of administrative tasks. On February 8, the Seoul Metropolitan Government moved forward with its plans to develop a blockchain…
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The government of Seoul is using ICON, the largest blockchain project in South Korea by valuation, to process information, issue documents, and conduct a wide range of administrative tasks.
On February 8, the Seoul Metropolitan Government moved forward with its plans to develop a blockchain ecosystem with the people of Seoul by creating the Seoul Blockchain Governance Team.
The Seoul Blockchain Governance Team is composed of 40 college students, 30 normal residents, 20 blockchain developers, and 10 industry experts. The team will develop, test, and deploy distributed ledger-based systems in the upcoming months for the government.
Ultimately, the Seoul Metropolitan Government expects to integrate blockchain applications created from the city-wide initiative into the core operating IT system of the government that is used to carry out key administrative activities.
Real-World Use Case of Blockchain in South Korea
To formalize the establishment of the Seoul Blockchain Governance team, the government sent letters of appointment to all 100 members of the team.
Source: ICON Foundation
The letters were processed on the ICON network through a mobile application. Because they were processed on a public network, the letters of appointment are publicly accessible with distributed ledger explorers.
Letters of Appointment Sent Out by the Government of Seoul in the Form of Transactions
The usage of ICON to distribute government documents is the first case in which the government of South Korea utilized a distributed ledger network to process information.
J.H. Kim, a council member of the ICON Foundation and CEO of ICONLOOP, said in an exclusive interview with CCN that the initiative will be a stepping stone towards broader adoption of blockchain and decentralized systems by the government of South Korea.
We see this project as the first step in the adoption of 'public blockchain' extending from the current private blockchain usage by public agencies in South Korea. ICONLOOP will work closely with the city's administrative services to realize the future where disruptive blockchain technology to underpin many aspects of our daily lives."
Speaking to CCN, Kim emphasized the use case of private distributed ledger projects in linking efficient systems to a public network.
"We are thrilled to have a great opportunity to lead public blockchain use-cases on top of the ICON Network led by the government; this became only possible based on our private blockchain projects in cooperation with the Seoul Metropolitan Government to provide transparent and efficient blockchain-based administration services," Kim said.
In the long-term, both the ICON team and the government of Seoul expect to utilize the distributed ledger technology to process crucial administration services such as citizenship card services, authentication of documents, sub-contract payments, and mileage points integration.
Seoul's Proactive Initiatives
In October 2018, Seoul Mayor Park Won-Soon first revealed the ambitious plans of his office to transform Seoul into a blockchain city.
In Zurich, Switzerland, Mayor Park stated that the city will establish an ecosystem that could fuel the adoption of the distributed ledger technology and cryptocurrencies.
By 2021, Mayor Park said that Mapo, a major district in Seoul, will support a "blockchain park" that with more than 200 companies working on the development of distributed ledger technology.
Last month, Mayor Park said that the government will develop a citizen's card using the distributed ledger which will be used to process payments, store mileage, and carry out a variety of daily tasks.
The government selected ICONLOOP as the official operator of the Seoul Blockchain Demonstration Project and the ICON team is expected to be involved in the development of most distributed ledger-based applications of Seoul in the years to come.
Initially, the grand vision of the government of Seoul was met with mixed reactions from analysts and the local cryptocurrency community. But, as the government continues to push its plans forward and show progress, it may convince the people of Seoul that the blockchain can be widely implemented.
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Joseph Young @iamjosephyoung
Financial analyst based in Seoul, South Korea. Contributing regularly to CCN and Forbes. I have covered the stock market and bitcoin since 2013.
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The College Senate may soon be presented with a revised version of the proposed block scheduling plan, that, if approved, will be implemented in the fall 2009 semester.
The plan's revision was incited by the issues brought up during discussions with faculty and staff regarding the original proposal, which sought to minimize class overlap and eliminate scheduling conflicts for students. Information sessions on Nov. 7 and Nov. 10 allowed members of the college community to ask questions about and make suggestions for the proposal.
"The goal is to get everyone back on the same schedule at certain times during the day," said Dean of the College Polly Radosh. The blocks would begin at 8 a.m., 10 a.m., 1 p.m., 2 p.m., and 3:30 p.m. Beginning the day at 8 a.m. also allows for one more time slot than currently exists, a perk for student athletes who would have more options for scheduling classes before practice.
Labs and four credit classes pose the biggest challenge to the proposal. According to Radosh, labs would ideally begin at the top of the hour in an attempt to keep them within the blocks as much as possible. Four credit classes such as math and the Western Humanities requirements, would meet three or four days a week for different amounts of time.
Another conflict block scheduling might face is the education curriculum which, like labs and four credit courses, do not fit perfectly into the blocks.
"Education blocks are always a problem on every college campus," said Radosh.
The proposal does not hope to eliminate the all-college free hour as previously discussed, but instead moves it to 2 p.m.
Evening classes will not be affected by the proposal due to their lack of overlapping conflicts, although a suggestion at the meeting to have a block at 6 p.m. may be considered to accommodate athletic practices.
Few students attended the meeting, but those who did were opposed to various parts of the plan.
"We don't like 8 a.m. classes," said sophomore Emily Wagenhauser.
Sophomore Greg Totero said he did not think the plan would fix any issues with labs and four credit classes.
"Four and five hour labs just don't fit," he said. "It's impossible." He also said he disagrees with the reasoning behind the change. "I feel like everyone deals with their conflicts," he said.
Freshman Holly Garrison never heard about the meetings or about the proposal itself.
"I think they should definitely publicize it more," she said. As far as registration, Garrison said she did not have problems "in terms of things block scheduling could fix."
"I knew they were having [meetings], but I didn't know when or where," said junior Lindsay Randall. She said she thought the schedule change sounded more complicated than the current schedule.
"I think it would be hard to implement so that students understand it," she said.
The block scheduling proposal is available to view online at dean.geneseo.edu/Block_Schedule.pdf.


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The Fine Art of Wrecking
While pirates made the headlines, another form of sea-robbery was practiced for centuries, with not nearly so much attention being paid to it. This was the art of Wrecking - illegally salvaging goods from a ship that had run aground.
Certain coasts – the Florida Keys, for one, the West Coasts of Ireland and England for another, were particularly profitable for Wreckers. These were areas where prevailing winds, frequent storms, and dark coastlines caused many vessels to run aground. In poor areas, Wreckers and their spoils made the difference between a successful settlement and a ghost town.
Legally, a person who takes things from a wrecked ship must offer them to the original owner, though the owner is required to pay for them. This was established by laws going back to the Roman Empire. These laws differ by country, but are based on the concept that person who brings in the wrecked goods deserves to be compensated for his time and effort, and also for the danger he or she goes to when retrieving the lost objects.
In fact, many, many people have simply cut out the middle-man and kept the salvaged goods for themselves. While illegal, this was quite practical to do in the days before telephones or other convenient means of communication. Ships went down without being able to signal for help. A broken-up ship might never reveal its original owner.
Or, even if the owner was perfectly obvious, the Wreckers might simply keep their mouths shut, and hide the evidence by towing the remains of the ship out to sea after wrecking efforts were finished.
There were even darker tales, in which small communities, who needed the proceeds from wrecked ships, sent their more hardy members down to the shore with clubs after a storm to make sure there were no survivors of ships driven aground.
It was also rumored that "false lights" were used to actually lure ships toward a dangerous shore. With no GPS, ships relied on the stars, mathematical calculations, and often landmarks near a coast to determine position. On a dark night, these ships could be led astray.
According to legend, the Wreckers would tie a lantern around the neck of a horse or mule, then lead the animal along the hillsides above a rocky shore. Ship's captains would see the swaying, bobbing light and mistake it for the stern lights of another ship. This gave the impression that there was plenty of open water. The captain would make no effort to keep his ship off the rocks, because he believed that he was much farther out at sea than he actually was.
And in the morning, club-wielding Wreckers would come down and finish off any sailors left alive.
Wrecking was common, and often not taken seriously, since the goods were probably covered by insurance, and would have been lost anyway. The darker legends remain unproved in a court of law. Small communities were notoriously insular and closed-mouthed. But rumors persist, and have continued to do so until modern navigation equipment made such false lights (and largely wrecking itself) obsolete. Yet stories of wreckers linger in place names, like Nag's Head NC, which supposedly got its name from the broken down old horses (nags) that were led up and down the shore in a storm.
And what did Wreckers expect to get? Like pirates, their profits could come in any form. A ship's strong box, containing payroll and operating funds, was a rare but welcome find. More likely to survive a wreck were goods stored in barrels – which might be anything from beer to fine china. Things that floated – furniture, glass bottles, books, clothing, food, might also make it to shore in an only slightly damaged state.
Lucky wreckers might find a large part of the ship still intact. When this happened anything might be found. Goods like flour, molasses, textiles, preserved meat would great those brave enough – or desperate enough – to go aboard an unstable, broken ship, which might be above water only because of a perilous perch on top of jagged rocks.
Wrecking communities were also famous for salvaging the wrecks themselves. Wood from ships that ran aground might repair a house, roof a tavern, or build a school for the children. Since the broken bodies of wooden ships were not worth much, there was little need to hide the origin of the wood, and the sometimes picturesque appearance of seaside villages may come from re-purposed timber.
And the good? Well, wrecking communities were often linked to smugglers, sailors who imported goods without paying the required taxes or tariffs. These kinds of associates were likely to take anything, and pay cash, no questions asked.
Today the art of wrecking lives on in specialized communities like the Florida Keys. The nearby ocean is a playground for tourists. Often these inexperienced sailors get into danger during stormy weather, and legal wreckers lie in wait along coastlines known for trouble. Maritime law says that the salvager or rescuer of ships in peril is entitled to a reward, so modern day Wreckers make a living by towing beached tourists off the rocks.
I'll leave you with my favorite story about Wreckers, by the late, great Stan Rogers. Listen and enjoy.
Posted by TS Rhodes at 11:46 AM
Storm at Sea
(Warning - linked videos are frightening)
Merchant ships feared pirates, and pirates did not fear much at all. But everyone during the Golden Age of Piracy feared storms at sea. Ships that sank usually took all their crews down with them, and with no public weather service to reveal how much storm was coming or how long it would last, storms of the era had not only danger but also a terrifying mystique.
The first rule in a storm says that the ship is sturdier than the crew. Today sailors protect themselves with harnesses and sophisticated gear. During the Golden Age, sailors did their best with a rope around their waists… Anything was better than nothing, and a man overboard was a man lost forever.
A fully-loaded ship was safer than an empty one. The heavy weight in the bottom of the ship prevented rolling by counteracting the force of wind on the sails. An upright ship was a ship that had a chance. If a ship of the era Broached (rolled on its side) it would be lost, probably with all hands.
The forces acting on a ship in a storm were tremendous. Running directly before the wind brought the danger that waves would break over the stern (back) of the ship, This could cause damage due to the weight of water - up to the possibility of crushing the ship's structure. It could also simply dump so much water aboard that the vessel would sink under the water's weight.
Usually, the best plan of action was to sail the ship at an angle to the wind, as close as possible to directly into the oncoming waves. The prow of the ship was the sturdiest part, and so was the most likely to survived tons of water falling on it.
Even as the crew was doing this, the sails and masts needed to be protected. Very high winds could rip a sail to shreds, leaving the vessel with no forward momentum and therefore at the mercy of the sea. (Fact of the day: The sea has no mercy.)
If there was enough time, a crew might be able to put up "storm sails" These were stronger than average, and could withstand more pressure. But many ships did not carry storm sails, or did not have time to put them up, since this might take a full day.
Additionally, sails fully extended could put so much pressure on the wooden masts and yardarms that they simply snapped off. This not only caused the ship to lose power and momentum, but posed a danger to sailors working below. And if masts or yards broke while men were working on them, those men had no chance of survival.
The trick, then, was to keep the ship moving into the waves, while not placing too much strain on the sails and masts. In addition, the ship needed to keep enough speed to move up the sides and over the top of oncoming waves, and also keep its rudder in the water, so it could steer. All this without any weather reports, or any way to measure the speed of the wind or the height of the waves.
Wave height added yet another layer of danger. Waves at sea are enormous, often taller than the ship sailing into them. If a ship was between two very tall waves, those waves might cut it off from the wind, its only form of power. Momentum might carry the vessel forward strongly enough to carry it up the wave to a point high enough to catch the wind again…. Or it might not.
The first sails taken down were those at the back of the ship. Pressure on this area tended to cause the ship to slew sideways at any time, and in a storm this could be deadly. Next the lower courses were furled. The last two sails left up would be the fore (front) top sail, and a jib or headsail, the sail on the very front of the ship.
And, as all these sails were furled of adjusted, men needed to be up on the masts, perhaps a hundred feet in the air, working on rain slick wooden yardarms with heavy, water-soaked canvas.
But worse, far worse, than any of this was for the ship to strike land. "A lee shore" is was called, the sailors' worst nightmare. With wind and water both driving the boat toward solid ground, the vessel's bottom might be ripped out, or worse. It is likely that more pirates perished in storms than were ever killed by the Royal Navy.
Perhaps the most famous pirate death by storm was the gigantic pirate vessel Whydah Galley captained by the Prince of Pirates, Black Sam Bellamy. Sam sailed up the Atlantic coast of North America during what should have been a reasonably safe time of year. But he and his men were caught by an enormous storm. It drove the Whydah onto a sandbar. The sudden stop caused all the masts to break off at once, while the retreating wave rolled the huge ship onto its side. The following wave actually picked up the 300 ton vessel, rolled it farther, and dropped it upside down into shallow water. Of the 150 pirates aboard, only two men (Welshman Thomas Davis and 18-year-old Central American Moskito Indian John Julian) made it to shore alive.
Wreck of the Whydah by Donatoarts
So thank your lucky stars, and the National Weather Service, that storms are better tracked today. But the sea still has no mercy, and sailors still need their courage at sea.
The Legend of Gasparilla
Jose Gaspar, known by the name Gasparilla, is a legendary Spanish pirate, called the last of the Buccaneers. Some say he began life as a troubled youth who kidnapped a young girl for ransom. He was captured, and given the choice between prison and joining the navy. Gaspar went to sea, where he served with distinction for several years before leading a mutiny against a tyrannical captain and fleeing to Florida.
Others claim Gaspar was a Spanish nobleman who reached a high rank in the Spanish navy and became a councilor to King Charles III. When a jilted lover brought false charges against him, he stole a ship and vowed to exact revenge on his country.
No matter who tells the tale, Gaspar fled to the virtually uninhabited west coast of Florida about 1783 and turned to piracy. Gaspar established a base on Gasparilla Island and was soon the scourge of the Gulf of Mexico, where he plundered dozens of ships and amassed a huge cache of treasure.
Legend says he put most male prisoners to death or recruited them as pirates, while he took women to nearby Captiva Island, where they would serve as his concubines, become the wives of his pirate crew, or await ransom payment from their families.
One of the most famous tales of Gasparilla involves a Spanish (or Mexican) princess named Useppa. Though captured by the pirate, she consistently rejected his advances, until he threatened to behead her if she would not submit to him. When she still refused, he killed her in a rage. Gasparilla instantly regretted the deed and took her body to a nearby island, which he named Useppa in her honor, and buried her himself.
Similarly, Sanibel Island is said to have been named by Gaspar's first mate, Roderigo Lopez, after his lover whom he had left back in Spain. Empathizing with his friend's plight, Gaspar eventually allowed Lopez to return home, and even trusted him with his personal log.
All the legends do agree that José Gaspar met his end in December 1821, the year that Spain sold the Florida Territory to the United States. He had decided to retire after almost 40 years of pirating, and he and his crew were dividing the treasure at his base on Gasparilla Island.
As the pirates were sorting the coins, a lookout spotted what seemed to be a fat British merchant ship, an opportunity too good to pass up. But When Gasparilla and his crew attacked, the intended victim lowered the Union Jack and raised an American flag. This was no merchant ship. It was the pirate hunting schooner USS Enterprise.
The original USS Enterprise
In the battle that followed, Gasparilla's ship was battered by cannon fire and in danger of sinking. Rather than surrender, Gaspar wrapped an anchor chain around his waist and dramatically leapt from the bow, shouting "Gasparilla dies by his own hand, not the enemy's!"
His surviving crew, not quite so brave, were captured and hanged, but a few escaped. In most versions of the story, one of these survivors was Juan Gómez, who told the tale to later generations.
John Gómez (also known as Juan Gómez and Panther John) lived in a shack on otherwise uninhabited Panther Key near Marco Island in Southwest Florida in the late 1800s. He was well known in the area as a skilled boat pilot and fishing guide and as a teller of tall tales, mostly about his own heroic adventures.
Among other things, Gómez claimed to have been born in Portugal in 1781 (which would have made him the oldest person in the world upon his death in 1900), saw Napoleon as a youth in France, became a cabin boy on a merchant ship and jumped ship in the United States, served as a scout for the U.S. Army during the Seminole Wars, served as a coastal pilot for the U.S. Navy during the Civil War, did some pirating in Cuba, and escaped from a Cuban prison before finally settling in the Ten Thousand Islands area of southwest Florida.
We don't know Gómez's stories well, since they were told very informally - usually on fishing trips or around a campfire - and are documented only in a few letters and obituaries written by friends when Gómez died in 1900. Accounts of his tall tales differ, and attempts to confirm the truth of surviving details have not come up with much.
Most of Gómez's versions of Gasparilla's legend claim that Gómez himself was an important member of Gaspar's crew or even his brother-in-law. Since his death, many fantastical and conflicting claims have been made about Gómez's piratical exploits with Gaspar. These stories also relate Gómez's knowledge of several huge treasure caches supposedly hidden in the Charlotte Harbor area of Florida.
As tourism in Florida grew, local advertisers elaborated the stories into a full-fledged legend. They were not at all bothered by the fact that no actual proof of Gasparilla's existence had ever been found. He is not documented in any contemporary accounts, his name is not mentioned in any US Navy reports, and the USS Enterprise has been proven to be somewhere else as the time of the pirate's supposed death.
But pirates are fun! Despite a lack of proof that the pirate ever existed, a Florida club called the Mystic Krew of Gasparilla commissioned a "biography" of their hero. The book fooled a lot of people, but the Krew's intent seems to have been mostly to promote their local parade and festival.
The Gasparilla Pirate Festival began in 1904, when Tampa businessmen staged a theatrical pirate "invasion" of their city.
Tampa now hosts Gasparilla-themed events from January to March. But the high point is still an "invasion" by José Gaspar and his crew, which takes place on the last Saturday in January.
Members of Ye Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla (based on the Mardi Gras krews of New Orleans) accompanied by hundreds of private boats, sail across Tampa Bay to downtown Tampa on the José Gasparilla, a 165' long "pirate" ship which was built for this purpose in 1954.
The mayor of Tampa then hands over the key of the city to the pirate captain and a "victory parade" marches down Bayshore Boulevard. An average of over 300,000 people attend the event, which contributes over $20 million to the local economy.
Not bad work for a pirate that never even existed.
Port Washington Pirate Festival – The Pirates Are Back!
A review of last weekend's festival
This past weekend was the Port Washington Pirate Festival II, which is to say the revival of an event central to pirating in the Midwest. I was there, and it was great!
Disclaimer – I was an employee of the Fest. As a storyteller and historian, I entertained crowds for tips and a small stipend. It didn't cover costs, but the Fest is important to me. I wanted to see it succeed!
And succeed it did! Events started at 5pm on Friday, and were still going when I had to leave at 2pm on Sunday. Between those times, there were happy crowds, enthusiastic performers, great food, talented vendors, and lots, lots, lots of pirates.
Friday started slowly, as these things are wont to do. One young gentleman that I talked to had expected to walk into a crowd of people dressed as pirates early on Friday. Instead, he saw only average folk, until one boy passed wearing a pirate T-shirt. This is pretty much on track with previous events. Friday is still pretty much set-up day. A pirate shirt, or "Jack Sparrow eating breakfast at McDonalds" is about all you're going to get early in the day.
Some people are always ready to pirate
There were a few notable gaps. Electricity was not well set up. Several bouncy-castles intended for the kids did not get inflated until Saturday, and vendors suffered through inadequate lighting in the Thieves' Marketplace on Friday night. The Information Booth did not look organized, which was a shame, due to its central location. A small number of people wearing bright pink "VOLUNTEER" badges were dashing back and forth tirelessly.
The whole area as under stress, due in part to a huge downtown construction project (renovation of some historic buildings and building new condominiums) that was right next to Pirate Central. Weather, while balmy in temperature, also provided some rain and fog ("Welcome to Maine" as one pirate said) and a number of scary-looking thunderclouds. Port Washington tests its Tornado Siren on Saturday, so a few people were frightened by that.
Pirate hamsters in training
But all in all, it was a great event.
A variety of acts were booked. Musicians, ranging from a High School saxophone quintet, to a full-fledged Irish punk band, complete with smoke effects. The historic reenactors were back, with period music, clothing and weapons demonstrations. Black powder cannons were shot off regularly, to the delight of the crowd. My own efforts to entertain with Real Pirate History brought enthusiastic amazement and applause. And various pirate groups from all over made their contributions, either by performing skits, providing amusing commentary on the acts, or just by looking fan-damn-tastic!
I always keep an eye out for the youngest pirate at an event, and this year the winner was 6 weeks old, sound asleep, but wearing a pirate bandana in her pirate-momma's arms. Several white-haired individuals were possibilities for my "oldest pirate" award, but all of them were moving too fast to catch and interview!
I did managed to talk to a couple of individuals in wheelchairs, and all of them gave the fest high points for accessibility. One young fest-goer was in full mermaid regalia. All in all, everyone seemed to be having a wonderful time.
Food vendors were plentiful, and their ware delicious. While not exactly "period" pirate fare, goodies like lemon shake-ups, funnel cakes and corn dogs were both available and reasonably priced. Wisconsin is also home to a delicacy called Cheese Curds – chunks of fresh cheese that is battered and deep fried. Five varieties were available at this fest, and all were good. Deep fried Oreos, pulled pork, and some of the best beef brisket ever were also available. But by Friday night, I needed a salad! My craving was quickly satisfied at a local restaurant, the Rusty Anchor.
Historic Port Washington
On Saturday evening, my companion and I went sailing on the Denis Sullivan, a historic sailing craft that does educational and environmental work all over the Great Lakes. This ship, larger than others that have attended in former years, tied up on the far side of the harbor. The walk to board her was along one, and a little hard on my legs. But the view across the water, and seeing the Fest in its full glory was a grand addition to my day.
Reenactors
Pirates were mock-fighting over a bottle of rum, complete with clashing stage-swords and athletic stunts. Belly dancers were shaking it down in the gazebo. Up on the hill, the reenactment militia was showing off their marching skills. Kids were learning to throw boarding-axes at sturdy wooden targets. Bouncy-castled bounced. Crowds cheered. It was a picture of activity and happiness.
All in fun, mate!
Our voyage was lively. Guests were allowed to help raise and lower the sails, and we got to enjoy the feeling of the big ship under sail-power alone. The crew were more than helpful, explaining how the ship operates, her history, and how one can book longer cruises. I entertained both crew and passengers with an explanation of pirate swords (since mine was handy.)
When we were trapped in a spooky fog-bank, the capable captain made us all feel safe. And the ship navigated perfectly, sailing right through the harbor's mouth with no problem at all. For me, a trip on any tall ship available is a high point of any fest, and the Denis Sullivan did not disappoint.
On the Denis Sullivan
Sunday morning started late. I did one final show – Mysteries of the Pirate Chest, in which I show off items that might be found in the chest of a real 18th century pirate. The belly dancers did their thing. Then it was off to Main Street, for the Pirate Parade. Short but sweet. After that, it was lunch, a little more people-watching (always a great thing to do at a pirate fest) and then the long drive home.
All in all, this fest gets a B+. While organization could improve, this is the first fest run by the current group, and they did a good job. Next year, I'm sure, will be smoother. All the attractions were first rate. Everyone seemed to be making an effort. The Port Washington Pirate Fest is loved by many people, and all of them want this incarnation to succeed.
Last of all, the beautiful town of Port Washington is a wonderful place to spend time, with or without pirates. Its view of the Lake is perfect. The locals are friendly. And you can spend 3 days without spending a cent at a chain restaurant, hotel or store, which is my idea of a great get away.
So plan for next year, folks. First weekend in June. The Pirate Fest is Back!
Posted by TS Rhodes at 10:06 PM
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Bond, who is also CEO of the global nonprofit mentoring organization, was the keynote speaker at TSU's Ninth Women of Legend and Merit Awards dinner on March 22.
She said before the event that she wants to empower and encourage students, particularly young women, to be leaders, and realize they have a purpose.
Founded in 2006, the mission of Black Girls Rock is to empower young women to lead, innovate, and serve.
"Black Girls Rock builds the self-esteem and self-worth of young women of color by changing their outlook on life, broadening their horizons and providing tools for self-empowerment and efficacy," according to the organization's website.
TSU student Kaila Boyd is a fan of Black Girls Rock. She said Bond's message and the organization's mission are inspiring.
Five women were honored during the awards dinner, which benefits TSU's Women's Center. They are: Nashville Mayor Megan Barry; businesswoman Jacky Akbari; Nashville Circuit Court Judge Angela Cox; Dr. Sandra Holt, former director of TSU's Women's Center and Honors Program; and Latrisha Jemison, senior vice president and regional community affairs manager at Regions Bank.
"The Women's Center serves a critical role by empowering women through mentorship and education programs that create stronger bonds and professional development opportunities for students and faculty alike," said Barry, the city's first female mayor.


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Here We Go Again: SOPA's Cousin CISPA Rears Its Ugly Head
Hal Licino writes on May 1, 2012
The US government seems to be adopting the attitude that it is an omniscient entity divinely bestowed to pursue its sacrosanct goal to mess up the internet. The defenders of online freedom were still dancing on the grave of SOPA/PIPA when from the depths of the unmitigated paranoia that begat those evil twins arose an aberrant cousin CISPA (Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act), a bill whose drafters learned well from the failure of its predecessors. Therefore, instead of being proposed under the guise of copyright protection, CISPA is a weapon in the war against terrorism, which for the eleven years since that fateful September day has become the most hallowed and inviolable tenet on The Hill.
In 11 Years Al Qaeda Has Not Stubbed Anyone's Toes in the USA
It is not making light of the horror of 9/11 to state that a handful of deluded extremist lunatics single-handedly changed America forever. However, it has to be noted that in the eleven years since, bona fide Al Qaeda terrorists have not managed to stub the toe of a citizen on American soil (Little Rock's Abdulhakim Muhammed is regarded as a copycat, not a card-carrying Al Qaeda member). Most credit the sterling work of the Department of Homeland Security rather than the fortunate incapacity of Bin Laden's hapless crew to carry out any missions at all in that time in the United States.
Reps. Mike Rogers (R-MI) and C.A. "Dutch" Ruppersberger (D-MD) have shrewdly drafted their bill to track the sordid and wretched activities of said real or imagined terrorists, along with foreign states and hackers everywhere. It would be difficult to find any measurable opposition to such admirable goals, since if legislation were to be proposed tomorrow that all Americans should wear propeller beanie hats to combat terrorism it would likely be supported by the majority of the population.
Downloading a Movie Is Technically "Degrading a Network"
There is little doubt that the cyberactivities of government-sponsored hackers primarily in China need to be stopped as they have tapped a straw into America's intelligence lifeblood and are sucking the country dry. The problem is that there is a phrase that has chilled the blood of the informed: The bill utilizes the wording "notwithstanding any other provision of law," which insinuates that CISPA becomes a supra-Constitutional overlord with unlimited powers. "Efforts to degrade, disrupt or destroy" a network would become the subject of CISPA investigations, but opponents maintain that the wording could be used to squash pirate content as downloading a large file like a movie could be defined as an attempt to degrade a network!
CISPA: For Cybersecurity Only?
CISPA also exempts private companies from liability when they turn over private user information, opening the door to Google, Facebook, et al. to open up a conduit to the National Security Agency where every keystroke is registered and tracked sans the formalities of a warrant. The American Civil Liberties Union has claimed that "for 40 years we have had legislation about wiretapping that protects people. This would overturn that and make a cyber-exception." The Electronic Frontier Foundation chimes in with the observation that CISPA "should be used for cybersecurity purposes only, but the bill doesn't say that." Therein lies the fundamental problem with the bill: It's couched in well-meaning terms to obfuscate a mechanism that can be widely abused to cyberspy on the online activities of any and every American. And if history has taught us anything at all, it is that even the most well-intentioned initiative can be hijacked for purposes far more nefarious than were immediately evident when it was created.
If you're getting the feeling that "here we go again" with SOPA/PIPA under another name you're not only quite correct, but also too late. The bill is due to be passed any day now and it should be law soon unless the Administration vetoes it. Even then, the driving compulsion to subjugate the internet will likely just be embodied under the guise of another bill… until it finally becomes the law of the land.
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Q: Problema con directorios en archivos jar tengo el siguiente problema, es que estoy intentando acceder a las imágenes de mi aplicación desde un archivos jar, el problema es que cuando ejecuto el programa(NO el archivo JAR) solo el archivo .java, accede a las imagenes, pero cuando empaqueto el programa en el .JAR y lo ejecuto, las imágenes no se muestran, nos se a que se deba esto, las imagenes estan en una carpeta que esta dentro de la carpeta src, la carpeta la nombre "imagenes" y las clases estan dentro del paquete main dentro de la misma src. Estoy utilizando intellij IDEA.
Aquí esta el código de como tengo las rutas:
guardar = new JMenuItem("Guardar", new ImageIcon("src/imagenes/save.png"));

A: Como src no es una carpeta normal si no una dentro del proyecto puedes hacerlo de esa manera este un ejemplo para hacer un ImputStream y para leer la imagen puedes modificarlo para adaptarlo al proyecto
ClassLoader classLoader = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
InputStream input = classLoader.getResourceAsStream("/imagenes/save.png");
Image logo = ImageIO.read(input);

A: Esta es mi Solucion en Spring Boot en el caso de una Imagen para un reporte PDF con iText 5.3:
Resource resourceImagen = resourceLoader.getResource("classpath:static/images/boletin-header1.png");
InputStream streamImage = resourceImagen.getInputStream();
byte[] bytes = IOUtils.toByteArray(streamImage);
imageHeader = Image.getInstance(bytes);

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Die römisch-katholische Pfarrkirche St. Michael ist eine gotische Basilika in Reisbach im niederbayerischen Landkreis Dingolfing-Landau. Sie gehört zur Pfarrei St. Michael in Reisbach im Dekanat Frontenhausen-Pilsting des Bistums Regensburg.

Geschichte
Die Anfänge der ursprünglich zu einer Pfalz der Agilolfinger, dann zum Kloster Wessobrunn gehörigen Kirche reichen bis ins 8. Jahrhundert zurück. Der älteste Teil der heutigen Anlage ist der romanische, zumindest in seinen unteren Teilen vom 1125 geweihten Vorgängerbau übernommene Turm. Das Langhaus wurde gegen Ende des 14./Anfang des 15. Jahrhunderts erbaut, der Neubau von Chor und Sakristei sowie die Einwölbung des Mittelschiffs wurden in der zweiten Hälfte des 15. Jahrhunderts vorgenommen; die Jahreszahl 1496 an der Ostseite des Chorbogens ist vermutlich das Datum der Vollendung.

Architektur

Äußeres
Mittelschiff und Chor sind mit einem einheitlichen Satteldach gedeckt, die Pultdächer der Seitenschiffe setzen hoch an. Gestufte im Mittel- oder Oberteil übereck gestellte Strebepfeiler sind an Chor und den Seitenschiffen angebracht. Der dem Mittelschiff in voller Breite vorgelagerte Turm ist sechsgeschossig, mit Satteldach und Treppengiebeln gedeckt. Die oberen drei Geschosse werden durch gedrückte Spitzbogenblenden gegliedert. Das kreuzgewölbte Erdgeschoss ist in doppelt gefasten Spitzbogen als Eingangsvorhalle geöffnet. Auf der Nordseite befindet sich ein Kirchhofpodest mit Freitreppe und Maßwerkgeländer über einer Futtermauer aus dem Jahr 1868.

Inneres

Das Bauwerk ist eine dreischiffige Pfeilerbasilika mit vier Gewölbefeldern im Mittelschiff und fünf, auf die eng gestellten Scheidbogenarkaden bezogenen Jochen in den niedrigen Seitenschiffen. Der dreijochige, in drei Achteckseiten geschlossene Chor ist durch den spitzen Chorbogen mit profiliertem Fuß und geschrägten Kanten abgesetzt.
Die gedrungenen Binnenpfeiler sind unterschiedlich in Stärke und Profilierung; die südliche Arkade ist mit größerer Scheitelhöhe gebildet. Im Mittelschiff sind Netzrippengewölbe mit Schildrippen auf halbierten Achteckkonsolen und kurzen Halbkreisstelzen eingezogen. Die Seitenschiffe sind mit tief angesetztem Kreuzrippengewölbe auf Spitzkonsolen gedeckt, die Schildbögen in die Konsolen einlaufend. Hohe runde Schlusssteine bilden den Gewölbeschluss.
Im Chor sind halbierte Achteckdienste mit Laubwerkkapitellen vor gekehlten Schildbogenstellungen angebracht. Die komplex figurierten Sternrippengewölbe (wie die fast identischen Figurationen in den Pfarrkirchen von Frontenhausen und Vilsbiburg) ruhen auf kurzen Halbkreisstelzen. Dreibahnige Spitzbogenfenster mit erneuertem Maßwerk erhellen die Seitenschiffe und den Chor. Die kurzen Obergadenfenster wurden erst 1863 eingebrochen, die ehemals tiefer liegenden Fenster wurden bei der Einwölbung des Mittelschiffs vermauert. Die Sakristei ist südlich am Chor angebaut und schließt mit einem Sternrippengewölbe auf Konsolen. Auf der Gegenseite befindet sich die Taufkapelle vom Anfang des 16. Jahrhunderts. Das Sternrippengewölbe ist hier mit Ansätzen gewundener Reihung gebildet.

Ausstattung

Altäre
In den neugotischen Altarschreinen nach Entwürfen von Paul Weiß aus Landshut sind überwiegend alte Schnitzwerke aufgestellt, jedoch teils überarbeitet und überfasst.
Der Hochaltar ist mit lebensgroßen Holzfiguren Johannes des Täufers und des Heiligen Wolfgang versehen, darüber ist Erzengel Michael, seitlich die Heiligen Anna selbdritt und Joachim dargestellt. Auf den Flügeln sind vier Relieftafeln mit Darstellungen des Heiligen Michael, der Enthauptung Johannes des Täufers, des Engelssturzes und einer Szene der Wolfgangslegende angeordnet. Die Schnitzwerke, insbesondere die detaillierten Flügelreliefs sind beachtenswerte Arbeiten der Landshuter Schule um 1520/30 und werden dem Meister des Reisbacher Figuren zugeschrieben. Die Umsetzung druckgraphischer Bildvorlagen veranschaulicht die dem Holzschnitt aus Albrecht Dürers Apokalypse (1498) entlehnten Engelssturz-Reliefs.

Im nördlichen Seitenaltar befindet sich eine hölzerne Skulpturengruppe der Krönung Mariens aus der Zeit um 1500. Die Marienfigur und die Assistenzengel wurden erneuert. Auf dem südlichen Seitenaltar stehen Holzfiguren des Heiligen Sebastian, um 1500 sowie der Heiligen Barbara und Katharina aus dem frühen 16. Jahrhunderts, beide wurden überarbeitet. Vor der Predella befindet sich ein Flachrelief der Heiligen Thekla aus der Mitte des 18. Jahrhunderts.

Gemälde
Im Chor findet sich ein seltener Zyklus von 16 Tafelbildern in der Art der Donauschule aus der Zeit um 1520. Ursprünglich waren dies die acht Tafeln des Altars in Ruhstorf, die 1958/59 restauriert wurden. Dargestellt sind, beginnend von Nordosten: der Heilige Dionysius, Martyrium eines Heiligen, hl. Stephanus als Almosenspender, hl. Erasmus, hl. Martin, Taufe Christi, Enthauptung Johannes des Täufers, hl. Ägidius, hl. Achatius, Vergiftung Johannes des Evangelisten, Johannes auf Patmos, hl. Leonhard, hl. Wolfgang, Verurteilung des hl. Stephanus, Martyrium des hl. Laurentius, hl. Nikolaus.

Figuren
Die Schnitzfiguren an der Nord- und Südwand des Chores stellen dar: Hl. Maximilian Anfang 16. Jahrhunderts, ein Salvator mundi der ersten Hälfte 16. Jahrhunderts, überfasst. Hl. Florian aus der Zeit um 1480. Heiliger Sigismund, gekrönt mit Szepter und Reichsapfel (auch als Kaiser Heinrich und Karl der Große gedeutet), weiterhin eine Sitzfigur des hl. Antonius, Anfang 16. Jahrhunderts und eine Hl. Anna selbdritt, 2. Hälfte 15. Jahrhunderts. Zwei Reliefs zeigen die Grablegung Christi und den Marientod aus der 2. Hälfte des 15. Jahrhunderts bzw. Anfang 16. Jahrhunderts.

Grabdenkmale
Die Grabdenkmale innen an der Westwand sind sämtlich in Rotmarmor gearbeitet, darunter ein abgenutzter Grabstein für Georg Fragner († 1524) mit Brustbild des Verstorbenen in Renaissance-Ädikula, vermutlich aus der Werkstatt Stephan Rottalers. Auf dem Epitaph des Joachim Gaißhover von Biberkar († 1622) ist in Pilasterrahmung der Gekreuzigte zwischen Maria und Johannes als Relief dargestellt, darüber St. Michael. Eine gravierte Platte für Johannes Pehaim († 1426) ist mit ganzfiguriger Reliefdarstellung des Verstorbenen und Umschrift in gotischen Minuskeln versehen.

Orgel
Die Orgel ist ein Werk von Ludwig Eisenbarth aus dem Jahr 1967 mit 30 Registern auf zwei Manualen und Pedal.

Literatur
 Georg Dehio: Handbuch der deutschen Kunstdenkmäler. Bayern II: Niederbayern. Deutscher Kunstverlag, München, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-422-03122-7, S. 575–577.

Weblinks

 Website der Pfarrei Reisbach

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Kirchengebäude in Europa
Pfarrkirche des Bistums Regensburg
Kirchengebäude im Landkreis Dingolfing-Landau
Michael
Michael
Erbaut in den 1490er Jahren
Gotische Kirche
Gotisches Bauwerk in Bayern
Basilika (Bautyp)
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Perumanna Grama Panchayat becomes first Panchayat in Kerala to declare a Water Policy
Perumanna Grama Panchayat in Kozhikode district of Kerala has become the first Panchayat in the State, to declare its own water policy.
The water policy has been framed in the lines of the State government's water policy declared in 2008.
The policy was drafted with the help of the Centre for Water Resources Development and Management (CWRDM) Kunnamangalam.
It was chalked out after a detailed study of water resources and usage under taken by CWRDM in the Panchayat over the last two years 2013 and 2014).
The policy notifies a 13-point action plan to ensure proper utilisation and conservation of water in the 18 wards of Panchayat.
The first of the policy to increase water literacy in the panchayat through extensive water conservation and awareness programmes.
The policy also seeks to make panchayat garbage free by 2020, thus eliminating water pollution completely. Under the policy, Water conservation committees will be formed at ward level as well as panchayat level.
These committees will work in tandem with the committees for agriculture, education, basic development, health and industrial development in order to incorporate in its activities in the essence of the water and environment policy of the State government.
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Gone (New Mix - Mike Hedges)
You get to feel so guilty, you got so much for so little
Then you find that feeling just won't go away
You were holding on to every little thing so tightly
'Til there's nothing left for you anyway
You can keep this suit of lights
I'll be up with the sun
I'm not coming down
You wanted to get somewhere so badly
You had to lose yourself along the way
You change your name, but that's okay, it's necessary
And what you leave behind you don't miss anyway
I'm not coming down / (Down)
And I'm already gone
Felt that way all along
Closer to you every day
I didn't want it that much anyway
You're taking steps that make you feel dizzy
Then you learn to like the way it feels
You hurt yourself you hurt your lover
Then you discover
What you thought was freedom just was greed
No emotional good night…
Are you still holding on
Gone… sun… time… sun…
Gone… sun…. gone… sun…
It first appeared on the "The Best of 1990 - 2000" Album - U2, in 2002.
The writing credits for this song are: U2 / Bono & The Edge
Mixed by Mike Hedges
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Phil Rudd was born on May 19, 1954 in Melbourne, Australia. Phil made his name with the Colored Balls, a skinhead band formed by guitarist Lobby Lloyd and singer Angry Anderson (who went on to form Rose Tatoo), which terrorized the club circuit during the early Seventies with a ferocious brand of yob-rock.
Two singles 'Liberate Rock' and 'Mess Of Blues') were the only recognized fruits of Phil Rudd's time with the Colored Balls who, in 1974, changed their name to Buster Brown and went on to record one album 'Something To Say')for the indie Mushroom Records later the same year. But by the beginning of 1975 Phil had had enough, and hardly hesitated when AC/DC offered him the gig.
In 1983, at the end of the recording sessions of 'Flick Of The Switch', there were personal difficulties between Phil and Malcolm Young. Their relationship progressively deteriorated, to the point where a physical confrontation eventually took place. Two hours later Phil was out, flying home. Phil elected to retire to New Zealand where he bought a helicopter business and gave up professional music completely.
In 1991, when AC/DC were playing in New Zealand, Malcolm and Angus Young gave Phil a call. They hadn't seen him in about ten years. Then, around May 1994, they asked Phil to come and jam with them. He was back in the band.


Out of 916 players, only 11 returned for the final day of the 2018 PartyPoker Live Millions Russia $4,700 Main Event. The champion was to be determined at the Sochi Casino and Resort. At the end of it all, it was Anatoly Filatov who lifted the trophy, and this was a couple of days after his birthday. One of the legends and fellow countryman that he defeated was Gor Kazaryan, and this was at his home soil.
He believes this was a great beginning of his new year after his birthday that he celebrated on 8th August. He is still in dismay after he won the tournament which he never thought he would ace.
Before this gambling.site poker mega tournament, Filatov had record winnings of more than $2.1 million, and this included two victories in events of his sponsor, Partypoker. In 2017, he had come close to the Caribbean Poker Party where he finished second with a win of $165,000. He was also on 11th place in the PartyPoker Millions Grand Final Barcelona €10,300 High Roller and was seventh place in the PartyPoker Millions North America C$10,300 finale.
Earlier in a podcast, Filatov has stated how amazing this win would have been for him. Even though things were not easy for him on the final day, he still managed to become the ultimate winner. He was facing great pressure from Gleb Tremzin, Konstantin Uspenskii, Kazaryan and Viktor Khodorenko.
With 11 players returning to the final, thirty minutes were enough to determine the unofficial final table of the last nine. Ekaterina Fedyaeva had the shortest stack among the players, and he raised out of the small blind with jack-ten suited. Khodorenko moved all in from the big blind with ace-eight suited of spades and Fedyaeva called off to find no help on a king-high board. The next player to be eliminated was Chernikov who was in plenty of hands earlier on and check-shoved a three-way flop with bottom pair and the second nut flush draw.
At the final table, there were seven Russians, one Belarusian and Malaysian who went ahead to miss out on the official table of the final eight. After the games started again, Partypoker's Ambassador, Filatov started at a high notch and was responsible for eliminating Uspenskii in 8th place.
Galitskiy got into the final day as the bigger stacks but did not do much. At the end of it, his three-bet all in with ace-queen and initial raiser Filatov snap-called with pocket kings to hold up on a queen-high board and send the second opponent in a row to the rail. Tremzin who is also an accomplished poker professional was able to spin up his short stack and was able to secure some pay jumps, but he ended up in sixth place. On the way to the official final table, the dominating chip leader was Khondorenko, but some of his moves backfired, and he ended up as the fourth place finisher. The player from Belarus made three-bet all in with ace-seven, and again it was Filatov who dealt the final blow after four-bet jamming with pocket queens in the big blind.
The heads-up play lasted for about 80 minutes, and the lead changed a couple of times without a showdown. A setup hand then determined the champion after Kazaryan flopped top two pair with queen-nine and Filatov turned the nut straight with jack-ten of hearts. All the chips were in the middle, and a blank ace led Filatov and his friends in celebration.
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CHARLES LAUGHTON, English actor, died (b. 1899); Academy Award winning English stage and film actor best known for his historical roles in films, he started his career as a remarkable stage actor. He had a long and resilient marriage to actress Elsa Lanchester, although, in her autobiography, Lanchester revealed that Laughton was homosexual. According to her own account, she was shocked to learn about this, but eventually decided to remain married to him. However, she claims as a result of this, she decided not to have children with him.
The decision caused him great grief, as he longed to become a father, as many friends of Laughton, among them Maureen O'Hara and Stanley Cortez, have stated. In her autobiographical book, Lanchester relates a story regarding the police approaching Laughton at the door of their London flat, with a young boy whom Laughton had approached in Hyde Park. When Laughton confessed, Lanchester told him not to worry about it, that it didn't matter. "That's why he cried . . . when I told him it didn't matter."


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Trump Throws A Tantrum – Cancels Visit After Denmark Laughs At His Idea Of Selling Greenland To The U.S.
Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump were formally invited to Denmark by Queen Margrethe II in July and both had accepted the invitation. According to the White House, the U.S. president had been expected to participate in a series of bilateral meetings and meet with business leaders in the 2-day state visit to Copenhagen next month.
With less than 2 weeks to go, the U.S. president suddenly dropped a bombshell – he's no longer interested and called off the September 2-3 state visit. It was a total chaos in Denmark as preparations for the visit had been "well underway" despite the rush to organize the presidential visit due to short notice. Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen was surprised.
While Danish lawmakers were flabbergasted at the abrupt cancellation, the Royal House was both insulted and surprised with the postponement. "This has never happened before," – said Danish Royal House Director of Communications Lene Balleby. The White House has confirmed that the trip to Denmark has been scrapped. So what exactly happened?
Apparently Trump suggested last week that the U.S. was interested in buying Greenland, an autonomous Danish territory. While the U.S. president was dead serious about purchasing the largest island in the world (after Australia), Danish PM Mette Frederiksen described the suggestion as "absurd". Even former premier Lars Lokke Rasmussen said it must be an "April Fool" joke.
But the U.S. president was offended that his proposal was rejected with a laugh. He tweeted – "Denmark is a very special country with incredible people, but based on Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen's comments, that she would have no interest in discussing the purchase of Greenland, I will be postponing our meeting scheduled in two weeks for another time."
Kristian Thulesen Dahl, the leader of the populist Danish People's Party, wrote in a tweet – "What is this man thinking of though? And with grounds that are worthy of an April Fools' joke." Pernille Skipper, a spokeswoman for the leftist Red-Green Alliance, said – "Trump lives on another planet. Self-sufficient and disrespectful."
Denmark's former business minister, Rasmus Jarlov, wrote in his tweet – "For no reason Trump assumes that (an autonomous) part of our country is for sale. Then insultingly cancels visit that everybody was preparing for. Please show more respect." Similarly, former foreign minister Kristian Jensen said – "Everyone should know Greenland is not for sale."
Well, clearly Trump didn't get the memo that Greenland was "not for sale". And the only reason he agreed to visit Denmark was for the deal to grab the world's largest island, which has considerable mineral wealth. But there're other reasons why the U.S. wanted to purchase the island despite 80% of it is covered by an ice cap, which is feared to be melting due to global warming.
Located between the North Atlantic and Arctic oceans and has a population of about 50,000 people, Trump has earlier told reporters that owning Greenland "would be nice" for the United States strategically. In fact, he has on multiple occasions brought up buying Greenland from the Danish government and the White House counsel's office has looked into the possibility.
But Trump isn't the only U.S. president who had expressed interest to purchase the autonomous Danish territory. As early as 1867, President Andrew Johnson first mooted the idea of buying over Greenland after a report by the U.S. State Department suggested that island's strategic location, along with its abundance of resources, made it an ideal acquisition.
The most serious offer was made in 1946 when President Harry Truman offered Denmark US$100 million for the territory. He had even toyed with the idea of swapping land in Alaska for strategic parts of Greenland. Perhaps Trump was anxious when China takes a big interest in the area too, which was granted self-governing power by the Danish government since 2009.
Interestingly, the United States maintains a military base at Thule, in the far north of Greenland. But it didn't stop China from flexing its muscle there, which is 10 times bigger than the United Kingdom. The Chinese wanted to build its own Arctic base in Greenland, hence threatening the strategic advantage currently enjoyed by the U.S.
A base within the Arctic Circle is a strategic proposition because it is an ideal location to track intercontinental missiles and satellites. The US$100 million offer by President Harry Truman to buy Greenland would be worth about US$1.3 billion today. Even if Trump could double it, China would gladly splash 10 times more if Denmark really wants to sell the underdeveloped real estate.
Of course, gold, copper, diamonds, olivine, marble, rubies and oil could all be buried beneath the ice sheets in Greenland. But more importantly, the island also has some of the largest deposits of rare-earth metals, including praseodymium, dysprosium, neodymium and terbium – as well as uranium. Rare earth is a critical component to make weapons.
As the world's biggest producer, about 90% of rare earth elements of the global supply, the U.S. depended on China for about four of every five tons of rare-earths imports between 2014 and 2017. And thanks to Trump's trade war with China, which is getting worse, Beijing could create havoc in Washington if it decides to ban export of rare earth to America.
Terbium, dysprosium, samarium, praseodymium and neodymium are some high-tech names of rare earth exotic elements critical in making missiles and bombs, as well as electric motors and batteries for U.S. Navy's destroyers. Rare earth element rhenium is a key component of jet engines for U.S. Air Force's F-15, F-16, F-22 Raptor and the F-35 Joint Strike FIghters.
Through an Australian company named Greenland Minerals, of which Shenghe Resources Holdings it the largest shareholder with a 11% stake, China has already acquired its stake in Greenland. Greenland Minerals has established a large resource at Kvanefjeld, enough to sustain an initial mine life of 37 years. Last year, China tried to build new airports in Greenland, but withdrew them in June this year.
Still, the last thing Trump should do was to throw a tantrum like a small little kid was didn't get his candy. So who can blame the Danish lawmaker for slamming the U.S. president's behaviour as juvenile, undiplomatic and insulting? Mr. Trump further strained ties on Wednesday, calling the Danish prime minister's rejection of the idea "nasty."
There's another reason why Trump was furious he could not buy Greenland. Former President Andrew Johnson secured Alaska from Russia in 1876 while Thomas Jefferson bought Louisiana from France in 1803. It will certainly put the Donald Trump's name in the history books if he could buy Greenland, a quarter size of the United States.
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