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HILLARY CLINTON CONCESSION, BASEBALL FUNERAL WINNER, FLY LONGEVITY, LOST LIGHTHOUSE, AND TOWEL TUMOR
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HILLARY CLINTON WILL CONCEDE
Certainly this was inevitable but, I have to admit, I'm going to miss her, though I don't believe for a minute she's out of the picture completely. She has made a statement that she will concede the nomination to Barack Obama on Saturday. She also is saying that she will continue to support the Democratic Party. The way they've treated her, I think she's being quite magnanimous. She has proven over the last few weeks especially, that she is an incredibly gutsy lady. The press has villified her and nominated Barack Obama for sainthood. It is the same with the Democratic Party which blatantly stacked the deck against her. It was certainly a sad way to operate. I've never been a political supporter of Hillary, but I have grown to admire her. In the last few weeks she became more "real" and down to earth than we've seen in a candidate in a long time. I think no matter which way this election goes now, the American public loses.
Young College Hillary
Starbucks Hillary
Photobooth Hillary
Relaxed Hillary
Hippy Hillary
BASEBALL FAN GETS FREE FUNERAL
I'm not sure I'd be all that thrilled by winning this. Elaine Fulps is thrilled about the prize she won at a minor league baseball game. But she's hoping she doesn't have to collect on it anytime soon. Fulps, 60, won a $10,000 paid funeral at Tuesday night's Grand Prairie AirHogs game. "I'm going to pick a spot under a tree out of the Texas heat," she said. "And let's hope it's a pet-free cemetery. I don't want to get watered on." At least she has plans. Some finalists for the prize arrived dressed in black or looking like death. There were events for the finalists too. They participated in a pallbearer's race, a mummy wrap and a eulogy delivery. These are certainly strange events for a baseball game. I think the Texas heat has gotten to the management. I have no idea who won the game or who the Airhogs were playing. It seems that the game just passed on.
STUDY ON THE LONGEVITY OF A FLY
I don't know who's idea this was but in Switzerland, at the University of Laussane, a study was done that proves the stupider flies are, the longer they live. Scientists Tadeusz Kawecki and Joep Burger said Wednesday they had discovered a "negative correlation between an improvement in a fly's mental capacity and its longevity". Why would you want to know this? Do we want more intelligent flies? These two actually took the time to breed 30 to 40 generations of flies and then tried to train them to be smarter. They succeeded, but the downside was that the flies had a shorter lifespan. The flipside was that the flies left in their natural state lived longer on average than their IQ enhanced counterparts, with a lifespan of 80-85 days rather than the normal 50-60. How much money and time was spent on this? Sombody needs to tell me why this was important.
DID YOU EVER LOSE A LIGHTHOUSE?
A lighthouse from Wellfleet, Massachussetts has been discovered in California. Formerly it was believed it had been torn down but now documents have been uncovered which proves that it was moved from the east coast to the west coast. The strange story was uncovered by Colleen MacNeney and then reported in Lighthouse Digest. She says it was her most exciting discovery. MacNeney says she discovered correspondence that proved the lighthouse, first erected in 1881, had been moved by the Coast Guard from Wellfleet to Yerba Buena, Calif., and eventually to Point Montara. Lost lighthouse found. It isn't known how the 30ft. lighthouse was transported across country but it is speculated that in 1925 when it was suppossedly destroyed, the all metal structure had its bolts removed and was loaded up on a train. Hence the trip to California. California here I come. Go west young lighthouse, go west. The lighthouse is still in use and doubles as a hostel.
MAN'S TUMOR IS A TOWEL
A Japanese man checked into a hospital to have a tumour removed from his stomach. When examinations found what was believed to be an eight-centimetre (3.2-inch) tumour, he underwent the operation to remove it. It was only then that surgeons realised it was a towel. "The towel was greenish blue although we are not sure about its original colour," the Asahi General Hospital spokesman said, adding it had been crumpled to the size of a softball. The patient had been carrying the cloth since 1983, when surgeons at the Asahi General Hospital in Chiba prefecture near Tokyo left it in him after an operation to treat an ulcer. I'm staying away from that hospital. That's a little too careless for me. The man says he has no intention of sueing for the error. I don't think I would be that understanding. No wonder the Prilosec wasn't working.
This is one of the most breathtaking videos I've ever seen. This was filmed in Kansas and now you know how Dorothy made it to OZ.
MEMORIAL DAY, GRUMPY QUEEN, OBAMA PARROT, PORN TAX, AND ROBBY KNIEVEL
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THE ORIGIN OF MEMORIAL DAY
The following is a quick history lesson on where Memorial Day comes from. I did not write this and it comes from the Cox and Forkum website. It is nicely done and I figured if it isn't broke don't fix it. If you see a Veteran, I suggest doing this any day not just the holiday, tell them thanks and buy them a cocktail. They earned it.
The official birthplace of Memorial Day is Waterloo, New York. The village was credited with being the birthplace because it observed the day on May 5, 1866, and each year thereafter, and because it is likely that the friendship of General John Murray, a distinguished citizen of Waterloo, and General John A Logan, who led the call for the day to be observed each year and helped spread the event nationwide, was a key factor in its growth. General Logan had been impressed by the way the South honored their dead with a special day and decided the Union needed a similar day. Reportedly, Logan said that it was most fitting; that the ancients, especially the Greeks, had honored their dead, particularly their heroes, by chaplets of laurel and flowers, and that he intended to issue an order designating a day for decorating the grave of every soldier in the land, and if he could he would have made it a holiday. Logan had been the principal speaker in a citywide memorial observation on April 29, 1866, at a cemetery in Carbondale, Illinois, an event that likely gave him the idea to make it a national holiday. On May 5, 1868, in his capacity as commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, a veterans' organization, Logan issued a proclamation that "Decoration Day" be observed nationwide. It was observed for the first time on May 30 of the same year; the date was chosen because it was not the anniversary of a battle. The tombs of fallen Union soldiers were decorated in remembrance of this day. The alternative name of "Memorial Day" was first used in 1882, but did not become more common until after World War II, and was not declared the official name by Federal law until 1967. On June 28, 1968, the United States Congress passed the Uniform Holidays Bill, which moved four holidays from their traditional dates to a specified Monday in order to create a convenient three-day weekend.
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THE QUEEN HAS A GRUMP ON
A British newspaper says the Canadian bride of the Queen's eldest grandson is being blamed for a controversial deal with celebrity magazine Hello! for exclusive photos of their wedding at Windsor Castle. Montrealer Autumn Kelly married Peter Phillips on Saturday at the castle's 15th-century St. George's Chapel in front of 300 guests. The deal is reported to be worth $1 million. That'll pay for one heck of a honeymoon. The British royal family and particulary Queen Elizabeth is up in arms about this as they weren't consulted on the deal. The wedding pics will include images of most of the royals, including the Queen, Princess Anne, Prince Charles, and Prince Harry and his girlfriend Chelsy Davy. Yep that about covers everyone the magazines would be interested in. The Brits are saying that images of their Queen doesn't belong in a gossip rag. Too late now. Hello, published over 60 pics of the wedding. The new Mrs. Phillips said she needed the money to pay for expenses since nobody else was willing to pick up the tab. I think she probably has more deals in the making. I'm sure a book deal, How I Managed to Marry into the Royal Family, could be in the works. Then there's the lecture circuit, 10 steps to courting the grandson of a queen. Then there's talk shows, websites, the list is endless. She could make an entire career out of this. Wow Canadians have their own member of the royal family now. Hey, guest appearances at hockey games singing "Oh Canada."
OBAMA PARROT
This is an idea that was suggested by one of the Midnight Ramblings readers, Tom Vickers. He has a blog here on wordpress that's always worth a look at called TV's Weblog-The Great Nonsense of Life. He thought that Smokey, the Obama supporting talking Parrot would fit right in. I agreed. This is just too funny. The video is taken from a CNN report done by Jeannie Moos. She's quite clever and it's cool to have it on the site. Watch and enjoy.
TAX ON PORN?
California is in deep financial trouble. Who isn't? They have decided to get into the porn business so to speak. In an effort to get the state back on track a new concept in "sin" tax is being considered. Since most pornography is produced in southern California, state Assemblyman, Charles Calderon has proposed a 25% tax on all porn production and sale. Holy Ron Jeremy Batman! That's a heavy duty tax. That'll make your porn cost worse than the price of gas. Isn't this a sort of state sponsored pimping? If they're smart they'll just pack up and move somewhere else. It's not like they need studios, actors, or talent for these things. They ought to fit right in at Key West.
ROBBY KNIEVEL BEATS EVEL'S RECORD
"Hopefully I'll see you after the jump," Knievel told everyone just before he climbed the start ramp. With that, Robby took off and broke his dad, Evil Knievel's, record. He jumped 200 feet and 24 semi trucks with his motorcycle. The previous record was 115 ft. This just so rocks. He did the jump in the same place, King's Island in Mason Ohio, that his father had set the previous record. Robbie Knievel dedicated his stunt to his father, U.S. war veterans and those serving in the military. Look ma I can fly!
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HILLARY AND KENNEDY, EBAY CHILD AUCTION, INDIANA JONES BAN, AND VINCE YOUNG APOLOGY
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HILLARY CLINTON'S FOOT IN MOUTH DISEASE
It's amazing how quickly a slip of the tongue will come back and haunt you. John Lennon knew about that when he made his comment that the Beatles were more popular than Jesus. Well, Hillary Clinton is the newest victim of the dreaded foot in mouth disease. The media has been running wild with her comment about the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy. She may have effectively hung herself politically. That would be too bad. She's a fighter. Her go down swinging attitude I find refreshing. For those of you that have been living in a cave and have no idea of what I'm talking about, here's the instant replay. Responding to a question from the Sioux Falls Argus Leader editorial board about calls for her to drop out of the race, she said: "My husband did not wrap up the nomination in 1992 until he won the California primary somewhere in the middle of June, right? We all remember Bobby Kennedy was assassinated in June in California. You know I just, I don't understand it," she said, dismissing the idea of abandoning the race. Clinton said she didn't understand why, given this history, some Democrats were calling for her to quit. Of course, upon realizing she'd said something stupid, she immediately apologized, citing the Kennedy's were on her mind because of Massachusett's Senator Edward Kennedy having been diagnosed with a brain tumor. Right now, Clinton supporters are fleeing like rats deserting the proverbial sinking ship. I find it ironic that she holds Robert F. Kennedy's former seat in New York. It will also be ironic that in a family that has always held the Kennedy's in such high esteem that it should be Hillary's downfall. Bill had always claimed that JFK was his hero and during his campaign that picture of him meeting JFK when he was a boy was everywhere. I think maybe she should simply claim a momentary lapse of reason. We all have them. Like Flip Wilson used to say: "The Devil made me do it, The Devil made me do it." "Doctor, you're wanted in surgery, Mrs. Clinton needs her foot removed from her mouth." Foot in mouth, debilitating politicians since the beginning of time.
PARENTS TRY TO SELL CHILD ON EBAY
Well, Ebay has become the place for strange auctions. A couple from Berlin, Germany has put their 7 month old boy up for auction for one Euro, about $1.57. Peter Hieber, a spokesman for police in the Bavarian town of Krumbach, said the baby was placed in the care of youth services, although the child's mother insisted the ad was only a joke. It's not much of a joke if you ask me. Authorities have launched an investigation into possible child trafficking against the baby's mother and father, neither of whom was identified. "Offering my nearly new baby for sale, as it has gotten too loud. It is a male baby, nearly 28 inches long and can be used either in a baby carrier or a stroller," police quoted the Ebay listing. I wonder how much shipping was. No offers were made for the child in the two hours and 30 minutes the ad was posted on Tuesday. I'm surprised, that was a pretty cheap price for a rugrat. Ebay later deleted the posting, but assisted police in tracking down the parents. I wonder what Ebay policy this one violated.
RUSSIAN COMMUNISTS CALL FOR BAN ON NEW INDIANA JONES MOVIE
Not everyone is a fan of the new Indiana Jones movie. Members of the Russian Communist party are calling for a ban on the film because of Cate Blanchett's portrayal of a 1950's KGB agent. Russian Communist Party members condemned the new "Indiana Jones" film on Friday as crude, anti-Soviet propaganda that distorts history. Ya think? I've never looked to an Indiana Jones movie for a history lesson. "What galls is how together with America we defeated Hitler, and how we sympathized when Bin Laden hit them. But they go ahead and scare kids with Communists. These people have no shame," said Viktor Perov, a Communist Party member in Russia's second city of St. Petersburg. Can you say, over-reacting? The film, was released in Russian cinemas on Thursday. Russian media said it was being shown on 808 screens, the widest ever release for a Hollywood movie. Well, a controversy never hurts to get folks into the theater. This could score a lot of rubles for Indy. I wonder what Harrison Ford sounds like in Russian. Do their lips sync or are they like those old martial arts movies from the 60's.
VINCE YOUNG APOLOGIZES – KIND OF
Because of pressure about the party pictures of him all over the internet, including this site, Vince Young has apologized, sort of. Vince apologizes thusly:"I apologize to some of the kids if they did see it because I am trying to be a role model for them. But at the same time, I was just trying to have fun with (friends). That is the life of a quarterback, somebody of my status. I guess somebody was trying to make some money and sold the picture to the web site. But at the same time that is the life I chose to live. But it is not going to stop me from having fun. I just have to watch myself. They always want to try and get some negative pub on me. It wasn't really nothing bad. … Everybody deserves to have a good time every once in a while during the offseason." Let's see, every once in a while. Let's check the QB's schedule, shall we?
Vince Young's White Tee Party @ the ROC Wednesdays – 5.14.08
Vince Young's Invite Only Pool Party at the Westside Tennis Club – 5.15.08
Vince Young's Birthday Weekend KickOff Party & Premiere of the iBar – 5.16.08
Vince, Shawn Marion & Jevon Kearse host Baby Blue Carpet Affair @ Club Level – 5.17.08
Vince Young Bday BBQ Cookout & Daytime party at the Red Door – 5.18.08
Lil Wayne, Lloyd, Mannie Fresh, Lil Keke at Vince Young Bday Bash at BAR RIO – 5.18.08
Looks to me like every once in a while is every day. Liver transplant for Vince Young. Liver Transplant for Vince Young. If you follow the links above you can get a look at each one of the parties. They were careful not to show Vince actually drinking this time, but one actually shows the cops arriving at the Baby Blue Carpet Affair though you have to go through 10 pages of pics to get to it. Getting in shape for the pre-season, eh Vince.
HUGH HEFNER, MICHAEL VICK, REALLY BAD DAY, SKULL BONG AND SUPERHEROES
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HUGH HEFNER WANTS MILEY CYRUS FOR PLAYBOY
Hugh Hefner has decided that Miley Cyrus would look good gracing the pages of Playboy. When she's of legal age of course. He thinks she would be perfect for a pictorial. Says Hef: "Sure, she'd be welcomed in the magazine. Very pretty lady. And I think to make such a big to-do over something as innocent as those [Vanity Fair] photos, I think is a reflection on how schizophrenic America is about sexuality." I think the whole thing has gotten creepy. Miley is turning out to be a 15-year old sex symbol. Definately creepy. It adds a new dimension to playmate of the month.
KHARMA AND LAWSUITS KEEP HAUNTING MICHAEL VICK
A judge just ordered Michael Vick to pay $2.4 million to a Canadian bank for a loan he defaulted on. The former Atlanta Falcon is also required to pay $499 in interest per day and the banks attorney's fees totalling nearly $12,000. Michael, you had it made and threw it all away. What goes around comes around. It's Kharma baby! By the way, how's quarterbacking that prison team working out for you?
EVER HAVE A REALLY BAD DAY?
Justin Hill was turning into his driveway and he ran into a car. His wife heard the crash and ran outside to see what it was all about leaving the stove going and the dinner on. Hill was hauled to the hospital as his house went up in flames. Then he was given the traffic ticket for failure to yield the right of way. Talk about insult to injury. It wasn't even Friday the 13th.
SKULL BONG
Three teens in Texas have dug up a skull from an old grave and converted it into a marijuana bong. Kevin Wade Jones, Mathew and Richard Gonzales, all 17, dug up the grave of an 11 year old boy from 1921 in an abandoned cemetery, near Humble, Texas. They then took the skull and converted it into a pot bong. That's just plain bad JuJu boys. The trio is being charged with corpse abuse. OK, I grew up in the 60's, I've been stoned and in a cemetery, but it would never have occurred to me to "Hey man, let's dig up some kid and make a bong out of his head." I know I wouldn't have been jumping on that bandwagon. I'm not usually a proponent of psychiatrists, but I'm making an exception in this case.
IRONMAN, SPIDERMAN AND THE HULK
For those of you that saw Ironman and want to know what Marvel Studios has in store for the future, Here's a glimpse.


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Real's Makelele completes Chelsea move
( 2003-09-01 14:34) (Agencies)
Claude Makelele completed his move from Real Madrid to Chelsea late on Sunday, less than 12 hours before the Champions League qualifying deadline, the English premier league club announced on Monday.
The 30-year-old has signed a four-year contract for an undisclosed fee, Chelsea said on their official website.
The French midfielder's move to London went through as planned, despite a disagreement over the player's cut of the transfer fee.
Chelsea and Real Madrid had reached agreement on Friday for a reported fee of 24 million euros ($26.24 million), but doubts about the transfer emerged on Sunday when Makelele's agent said his player was expecting Real to pay him 15 percent of the fee.
However Real's sporting director Jorge Valdano rejected the agent's claims on Sunday night as he announced that the transfer was going through.
Makelele, who helped Real win the Spanish league title in 2001 and this year and the European Cup in 2002, told Chelsea television before his transfer was completed: "Real Madrid is no different to anyone. There's lots of interest, everybody is talking about the ambition of the London club Chelsea."
Makelele's signing has lifted Chelsea's billionaire Russian owner Roman Abramovich's spending on players to well over 100 million pounds ($157.8 million).
"That's it. No more. We've finished," Chelsea chief executive Trevor Birch said on the club's website.
The Kinshasa-born Makelele, who has 24 France caps, joined Real Madrid in 2000 in a $13.7 million transfer from Celta Vigo, having previously played for Nantes and Olympique Marseille.
Makelele, who will wear the number four shirt, joins a Chelsea squad already boosted by the singings of Argentina's Juan Sebastian Veron and Hernan Crespo, Romanian Adrian Mutu, England's Joe Cole, Geremi of Cameroon and Irishman Damien Duff.
FACTBOX-Soccer-Claude Makelele factbox
Factbox on French midfielder Claude Makelele, who moved to Chelsea from Real Madrid for an undisclosed fee on a four-year contract on Sunday.
Born - Kinshasa, Republic of Congo on February 18, 1973
1990 - Joins French third division side Brest where he spends two seasons.
1992 - Moves to first division Nantes where he earns himself a regular place in the first team and helps his side to the French championship in the 1994-95 season.
1995 - Makes international debut for France in 0-0 against Norway in July.
1997 - Has a brief one-season spell at Olympique Marseille.
1998 - Signs a four-year deal with Celta Vigo for a fee of $2.6 million. Becomes one of the outstanding players in the Galician side's classy midfield.
Misses out on the French squad for the 1998 World Cup.
2000 - After two seasons, he pushes for a transfer, refusing to train until he seals a move to Valencia. But Real Madrid join the bidding and he moves to the Spanish capital instead for $13.7 million, signing a six-year contract with his new club.
Not selected for the France squad for Euro 2000.
2001 - Quickly establishes himself as a key part of the first-choice line-up at Real Madrid and is an integral part of the side that wins the Spanish title.
2002 - Has an outstanding season, doing the dirty work in midfield that allows the club's star-studded attacking line-up to shine.
Plays a central role in Real's triumph over Bayer Leverkusen in the final of the Champions League at Hampden Park.
Also plays in the European Super Cup win over Feyenoord and the World Club Cup victory over Olimpia.
Included in the French squad for World Cup, but plays in just one game, a 2-0 defeat against Denmark, as his team crash out in the first round.
Dec - Hints at possible exit from Real after revealing that he does not feel valued by the club.
2003 - Another impressive season with Real as the club help themselves to their 29th league title.
May - Missed the return leg of the Champions League semi-final against Juventus when Real are over-run in midfield by the Italians, who win through to the final with a 4-3 aggregate victory.
Gives several interviews during the course of the season hinting that, as one of the lowest paid players in the squad, he is hoping the club will offer him an improved contract.
August - Refuses to train with Real Madrid after the club deny him a pay rise.
August 31 - Joins Chelsea on a four-year contract for an undisclosed fee.
GOALS AND APPEARANCES
Nantes - 169 league appearances, nine goals
Olympique Marseille - 32 league appearances, two goals
Celta Vigo - 70 league appearances, 3 goals
Real Madrid - 84 league appearances, 1 goal
France - 24 appearances, no goals
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Torrey goes on to point out the Awakenings in history beginning in the book of Acts where the early church waited and prayed for 10 days before Peter preached the sermon that changed 3000 people's lives.
Then he writes about Jonathan Edwards and the revival that broke out in New York in the early1800's fueled by prayer.
It would seem that one of the most important works of the believer is prayer.
If that's so, do we do enough of it?
Inspired, blessed or challenged by Q Place's Walk the Way radio minute? Ask your local Christian radio station to add Walk the Way to their program line-up! And make sure to check out the Walk the Way Facebook page. You can join the community there for daily, vibrant spiritual conversations. We hope you'll catch Q Place…on the radio!
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ETL (Extract, Transform and Load) is a key, and very complicated, component of a data management strategy. This high-level checklist of the most central issues will help you get started with this critical data warehousing issue.
ETL -- Extract, Transform and Load -- is the process by which data from multiple systems is consolidated, typically in a data warehouse, so that executives can obtain a comprehensive picture of business functions, e.g. the relationships between marketing campaigns, sales, production and distribution. It has been estimated that in any data integration project, ETL will consume 60 to 70 percent of the time and resources.
The process is complicated and has been the subject of numerous books. Anyone undertaking an ETL project for the first time will have to do some serious research. Here is a high-level checklist of the important topics.


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This specific Colorify component both display the image and the bottom "gradient bar" that renders the color scale applied.
The colorScale uniform that this component takes is a N x 1 image where x position is used as a color scale lookup.
The disableLinearInterpolation option in GL.Uniform allows to disable the default linear interpolation that creates a nice smoothing in the lookup of texture2D.
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The idea to establish an upper GI surgical society was mooted on the 23rd September 2012 and on the 27th of March 2013, the society was formally registered.
To promote and facilitate research, training and encourage publications on upper GI diseases to advance the management of such conditions.
To encourage and foster cooperative efforts with international bodies and agencies involved with upper GI surgery by sharing local knowledge and expertise.
All surgeons, doctors and allied health personnel with interests in upper GI surgery are welcome to join the society. Activities and updates are made available to members regularly.
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The comedy will end after Season 6.
It's been an honor to work with Valerie Bertinelli, Jane Leeves, Wendie Malick and the incomparable Betty White as well as our executive producers Suzanne Martin, Todd Milliner, Sean Hayes and the rest of our exceptional writers, production team and crew. The passion and talent they brought to the set each and every week over the past five years has put TV Land on the map as a network dedicated to quality original programming. We will continue to celebrate the show and are looking forward to a fantastic series finale.
No finale date has been set at this time, as the show is just two episodes into its sixth season out a total of 24 on order.
Why is it that the really good shows are cancelled and the ones that are garbage stay on? I think the Jim Gafffigan show and Impaster are horrible shows. They should be cancelled and Hot In Cleveland should have stayed on the air. Take the garbage shows off and leave the good ones on. Also, take most of the reality shows off the air--what garbage they are.
It's very sad! It's a great show, I will miss it! I hope the ladies of the show all the best!
This was the best show! It really made me laugh. I thought the reason this was the last season was because the cast didn't want to do it anymore. When I found out it was canceled, I couldn't believe. Why would you cancel such a wonderful show? Thanks for nothing!
Never really watched the show but I am almost afraid of what will be in its place, TVLand hasn't had many "winners" as of late.
DON'T CANCEL THIS SHOW IT SO CUTE AND FUNNY.I LIKE THIS SHOW.
Why cancel?? My husband and I love this show!! We record every one and watch them in bed together at night. We absolutely love it!! There is way too much "reality" TV and crime horror stories, choices like canceling quality comedy leave us with less and less to to laugh off a stress filled day. So sad! Does anybody really listen to the viewers? It certainly seems like these decisions are not made on our behalf!! Weeping for fans everywhere!!
I join with everyone else...please don't cancel this show. Betty White is classic!
I love this show! please don't take this off the air. I love all of the cast. the best!


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(Fort Worth, Texas)… Dispute Resolution Services of North Texas recognizes Annette Smith for ten years of services on December 18th. While studying at Texas A&M University, she had dreamed of working for a non-profit. December 2006 that dream became a reality when she became a Case Specialist for DRS of North Texas. "Working at DRS of North Texas has enabled me to fulfill one of my career goals to provide a meaningful service that helps others," says Mrs. Smith.
Later, Mrs. Smith was promoted to Case Specialist & Training Coordinator. As Training Coordinator, she worked to develop a successful expansion of the types and number of high quality mediation trainings provided by DRS of North Texas. In 2015, Mrs. Smith traded in her Training Coordinator hat, for that of Marketing Coordinator. She has approached the many challenges of the new position of Marketing Coordinator with the same diligence, work ethic, and commitment to excellence that she displayed in her work as Training Coordinator, and that she continues to display as Case Specialist.
"I believe in the mission of the agency", she states," and feel privileged to work at such a wonderful place with unmatched volunteers. It is a shame more people are unaware of the services provided by Dispute Resolution Services of North Texas. I hope to help change that in my role as Marketing Coordinator."
Annette's co-workers as well as the many volunteers she works with on a daily basis, respect and greatly appreciate her for her dedication to DRS of North Texas and the mediation process, her willingness to take on new challenges, and her professionalism. She received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Communication with a Spanish Minor from Texas A&M University.
In addition, her and husband Yancy Smith recently celebrated their one year wedding anniversary. (Whoop!) In her personal time, she enjoys being an active member of her church, spending time with family and friends, feeding her cinema addiction, and doting on her baby- a miniature Chihuahua named Grizzly.
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Bart and soul: Storm owner Bart Campbell returns to his rugby roots
By Georgina Robinson
April 19, 2020 — 11.55pm
Giving back: Bart Campbell is NZ Rugby's choice for the World Rugby executive committee. Credit:Josh Robenstone
Melbourne Storm majority owner Bart Campbell says he is looking forward to giving back to a game that has been so good to him over the past three decades.
The interesting part is he's talking about rugby union. Although he is best known in Australia for his success as the long-serving chairman and private shareholder of one of Australia's most successful NRL clubs, Campbell is poised to join the inner sanctum of international rugby.
"I've worked in the business of rugby for over 20 years and it's been really good to me," Campbell told the Herald. "The opportunity to put a bit back into the game is appealing and if I can contribute anything I would really like to."
As a fixture of rugby league politics for the past seven years, since Campbell and a group of high-profile businessmen bought the Storm from News Corporation, the New Zealander was a shock inclusion in a list of nominees to World Rugby's Executive Committee, the global governing body's powerful decision-making group.
Moreover, his nominating union was New Zealand, not Australia, adding further intrigue to his rapid rise in the global game.
That development can be explained by Campbell's steady infiltration of the New Zealand rugby establishment over the past two years.
A player agent by accident, who started out making enquiries on behalf of his brother-in-law, All Black Tabai Matson, Campbell spent 17 years in London at at the helm of sports management companies in three different guises, most recently as executive chairman of international juggernaut TLA Worldwide.
He moved to Melbourne and bought into the Storm in 2013 with partners Gerry Ryan and Matthew Tripp, who will take over as club chairman when Campbell steps down at the end of next month.
But two years ago the rugby connections came knocking. Impressed by his commercial experience and success with the Storm, New Zealand Rugby invited him to join their strategy board, then asked him to apply for a board position when one came up recently. He steps into that role this month but, with World Rugby elections looming in May and departed NZR chief executive Steve Tew vacating his executive committee seat, Kiwi powerbrokers saw Campbell as a well-credentialled replacement.
While the nomination of Fiji's Francis Kean, a convicted killer and the brother-in-law of Fiji's head of state, takes the cake for controversy, Campbell's nomination and likely appointment (only one of the eight nominees will miss out) is just as fascinating for different reasons.
Unlike the career administrators and former Test stars that have historically populated the stuffy executive committee, Campbell's commercial background and years in the NRL could shake up the global governing body in the same was as Kean who, criminal history aside, would be the first person from an emerging nation to claim a seat at the big boys' table.
Campbell refused to talk up his experience but, with a background in talent management and 17 years' commercial experience outside the institutional tent, his skill-set could prove invaluable for a sport confronting a raft of issues.
World Rugby must find a constructive way to deal with the growing gulf between its major markets, where the talent hot houses of the southern hemisphere face losing vast numbers of players to the cash-rich competitions of France, England and Japan.
Campbell's commercial background in rugby league, Major League Baseball and even Super Netball (Campbell is chairman of the Sunshine Coast Lightning) must also be considered an asset to a global sport trying to stay relevant in the entertainment business.
The wild success of last year's World Cup in Japan cannot mask the game's challenges on the laws front. Ongoing howls of despair over scrum resets, inconsistent refereeing and balancing the imperatives of player welfare with its appeal as a collision sport, will require delicate leadership and innovative thinking.
On top of that is the coronavirus pandemic, which has plunged financially stressed national unions into uncertain times. On this point, Campbell sees an opportunity.
"At the end of the day you probably have a moment in time where the north and south are prepared to work more closely together because the future success of the game needs that to happen," Campbell said. "The long term success of rugby requires it to be popular in North America and Asia, all things it's on the cusp of achieving, but it means both hemisphere must work together."
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La alegre divorciada (The Gay Divorcee) es una película de 1934 que fue candidata a los Premios Óscar. Estaba basada en el musical Gay Divorce, escrito por Dwight Taylor, Kenneth S. Webb, Samuel Hoffenstein, con guion de George Marion Jr., Dorothy Yost y Edward Kaufman, a partir de una obra de J. Hartley Manners. El Código Hays insistió en el cambio del título original The Gay Divorce (El alegre divorcio), en la creencia de que, si bien una divorciada puede ser alegre o ligera, era impropio que el divorcio en sí mismo lo fuera.

La película incluye la famosa canción The Continental, cantada por Ginger Rogers acompañada con algún comentario o diálogo de Fred Astaire, que ganó el premio Óscar a la mejor canción original, primera canción galardonada con este premio, que empezó a otorgarse en dicho año 1934.

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 Fred Astaire ... Guy Holden
 Ginger Rogers ... Mimi
 Alice Brady ... Hortense
 Edward Everett Horton ... Egbert
 Erik Rhodes ... Tonetti
 Eric Blore ... El Mesero
 William Austin ... Cyril Glossop
 Charles Coleman ... El Valet

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 Escena donde Ginger Rogers canta The Continental Youtube

 Escena de baile de Fred Astaire y Ginger Rogers YouTube.

Películas en blanco y negro
Películas musicales
Películas ganadoras del premio Óscar a la mejor canción original
Películas con música de Cole Porter
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On November 9, 2018, the US Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") temporarily extended the expiration dates of four general licenses related to EN+ Group PLC ("EN+"), United Company RUSAL PLC ("RUSAL"), and GAZ Group ("GAZ") from December 12, 2018 to January 7, 2019. Please see our blog posts on the original designation of these companies and previous extensions of these general licenses here and here. The Treasury Department press release indicates that EN+, RUSAL, and GAZ are proposing substantial corporate governance changes that could potentially result in significant changes in control and ultimately lead to these entities' removal from the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List ("SDN List").
General License 13F, authorizing certain transactions ordinarily incident and necessary to divest or transfer debt, equity, or other holdings in EN+, GAZ, and RUSAL, including where such debt, equity, or other holdings were issued by certain specified issuers, was reissued as General License 13G.
General License 14B, authorizing certain activities ordinarily incident and necessary to the maintenance or wind down of operations or existing contracts involving RUSAL or any entity 50% or more owned by RUSAL, was reissued as General License 14C.
General License 15A, authorizing certain activities ordinarily incident and necessary to the maintenance or wind down of operations or existing contracts involving GAZ or any other entity 50% or more owned by GAZ , was reissued as General License 15B.
General License 16A, authorizing certain activities ordinarily incident and necessary to maintenance or wind down of operations or existing contracts involving EN+ or JSC EuroSibEnergo or any entities 50% or more owned by EN+ or JSC EuroSibEnergo, was reissued as General License 16B.
On November 8, 2018, OFAC announced the imposition of sanctions against three individuals and nine entities for engaging in activities related to Russia's annexation of Crimea, including two individuals and one entity found to have engaged in "serious human rights abuses" and thus, designated as SDNs pursuant to secondary sanctions authorities in Section 228 of the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act ("CAATSA").
As described in our prior blog post on CAATSA, CAATSA § 228 requires, in relevant part, the imposition of sanctions (designation on the SDN List and exclusion from the United States) on non-US parties determined to be responsible for, complicit in, or order, control, or otherwise direct the commission of, serious human rights abuses in any territory forcibly occupied by Russia. The designation of these two individuals, Andriy Volodymyrovych Sushko and Aleksandr Basov, and one entity, Ministry of State Security of the Luhansk People's Republic, marks the first time that OFAC has invoked secondary sanctions authority under CAATSA § 228 to impose sanctions. According to OFAC's press release issued in connection with these sanctions, all were found to have engaged in serious human rights abuses in Crimea and certain areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
The other eight entities and one individual were added to the SDN List pursuant to Executive Order 13685 for operating in Crimea. One such SDN, Limited Liability Company Southern Project, was also designated pursuant to Executive Order 13661, for being owned or controlled by SDNs Bank Rossiya and Yuri Valentinovich Kovalchuk. Limited Liability Company Southern Project was the purchaser of the shares of Novy Svet, one of Crimea's largest and oldest wineries, in the first major privatization of former Ukrainian state property since Russia's annexation of Crimea, according to the OFAC press release.


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2002: Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Spider-Man, and Firefly
History of Awesome is an epic 38-part trip down memory lane - each episode we're covering a new year's most important, influential, or just-plain-awesome movies, games, TV shows, comics, and more.
Up next is 2002. The new consoles hit their stride with games like Metroid Prime and the launch of Xbox Live. And movies like Spider-Man and The Ring blew up the box office.
Other discussion topics include Battlefield 1942, Kingdom Hearts, and the Resident Evil Remake.
2001: Grand Theft Auto 3, The Lord of the Rings, and Harry Potter
Up next is 2001. T The Nintendo GameCube and Microsoft Xbox both launched, spicing up the console wars. Fantasy fans meanwhile received both The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring and Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone ont he big screen.
Other discussion topics include Final Fantasy X, the GameBoy Advance, Adult Swim, and Silent Hill 2.
2000: PlayStation 2, X-Men, and The Sims
Up next is 2000. The new millennium kicked off with the PlayStation 2, and sequels like Diablo II, Majora's Mask and Marvel vs. Capcom 2 kept gamers energized. In theaters, X-Men breathed even more life into the superhero genre.
Other discussion topics include Gladiator, Jackass, Perfect Dark, and Shenmue.
1999: The Phantom Menace, The Matrix , and the Dreamcast
Up next is 1999. We were all distracted by Y2K thanks to massive movie-going events like The Matrix and the return of Star Wars with The Phantom Menace. In video game land, the Sega Dreamcast gave us hope and Planescape: Torment made us think.
Other discussion topics include Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, Counter-Strike, Fight Club, The Blair Witch Project, The Daily Show, Family Guy, and The Sopranos.
1998: The Greatest Video Game Year Ever?
Up next is 1998 - a year famous for being one of the greatest in video game history. 1998's games include: Baldur's Gate, StarCraft, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Half-Life, Metal Gear Solid, Pokemon Red Blue, Thief, Gran Turismo, Fallout 2, and plenty more.
It was a respectable year across the rest of the pop culture spectrum as well, thanks to the release of Cowboy Bebop, Saving Private Ryan, The Big Lebowski, and more.
1997: Goldeneye, South Park, and Final Fantasy VII
Up next is 1997. Final Fantasy VII took RPGs mainstream, Goldeneye on N64 forged (and ruined) friendships, and South Park made its auspicious debut.
Other discussion topics Tamagotchi, Austin Powers, The Fifth Element, and Ultima Online.
1996: Nintendo 64, Tomb Raider, and Independence Day
Up next is 1996. Nintendo came roaring back with the N64, while PlayStation answered with Resident Evil, Tomb Raider, and more. Action movies also had a banner year with The Rock, Mission: Impossible and Independence Dy all hitting theaters.
Other discussion topics include Scream, A Game of Thrones, and more.
1995: PlayStation, Toy Story, and Windows 95
Up next is 1995. The Sony PlayStation and Sega Saturn kicked off the next console generation, Toy Story put Pixar on the map, and Windows 95 changed personal computing forever.
Other discussion topics include the very first E3, Chrono Trigger, Se7en, Ghost in the Shell, and more.
1994: Friends, Donkey Kong Country, and Super Metroid
Up next is 1994. The 16-bit era hit its stride with games like Final Fantasy III (or VI, if you prefer) and Donkey Kong Country. Friends shook up the TV sitcom scene, and Pulp Fiction proved that Quentin Tarantino wasn't just a one-hit wonder.
Other discussion topics include Warcraft, The Lion King, Dumb Dumber, Clerks, and The Shawshank Redemption.
1993: Doom, Myst, and Jurassic Park
Up next is 1993. Doom continued the video game violence debate, The X-Files began its impressive run, and fan-favorite games like Star Fox, The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening, and Myst all hit store shelves.
Other discussion topics include the Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers, Beavis and Butt-head, and The Nightmare Before Christmas.
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During the past 10 years Azerbaijan government had achieved the significant progress in the direction of these goals. According to analyzes carried out these achievements based on a number of important factors. It includes provision of domestic stability in Azerbaijan and having the long termed nature, successes gained in the economy and so increasing the economic power of the country, so elimination of foreign dependence entirely, basing by the head of state, the person that define the foreign policy course, on the protection of the national interests and profits, and finally strengthening a professional approach in foreign policy. As a result of the correct foreign policy both the fact of turning of Azerbaijan as the region's leading state became a reality and the foundation of new energy projects, the transport infrastructure, which is of great importance for the region, European and Asian continents was laid.
During the past 10 years, one of the most important achievements of Azerbaijan\'s foreign policy may be shown as the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway project. In accordance with the strategic course chosen by Azerbaijan the negotiations on this project started on July 26-29, 1993,at the meeting of the Joint Commission on transportation between Turkey and Georgia held in Ankara. Later, negotiations on the project stopped. On July 20-21, 2002, at meeting of the Turkish-Georgian transport ministers held in Istanbul, Turkey in the protocol signed on the implementation of the Kars-Akhalkalaki railway project, it was decided to start the preparatory work on the project, but no progress on implementation of this project has not been made.
Finally, Azerbaijan increased diplomatic efforts for realization of the strategic importance of this project and it has become one of the main priorities of regional policy. On June 14, 2004 at a joint press conference held in Tbilisi, Georgian between President of Georgia Mikhail Saakashvili and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, the latter had supported the importance of realization of the railway project via Turkey and expressed the readiness of Azerbaijan to participate in this project. On August 02-05, 2004 at meeting in Ankara, Turkey devoted to development of Azerbaijan- Turkish transport links and the negotiations on new railway project of Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway transport, the parties, first of all, agreed to carry out engineering-research works and preparation of adaptation projects. On December 28, 2004 the next meeting related to the project was held and the Joint Working Group was created. Finally, on May 25, 2005 in Baku, Presidents of the Republic of Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Georgia signed the joint declaration on the acceleration of the implementation of the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway link project.
The importance of this project in which Azerbaijan is the leading country is not related just to economy and those much concerned about its association with the geopolitical character did not spend a time in vain. Armenian lobby in Western countries and Armenia had made a noise about the fact that Armenia would be further isolated from the region and so made efforts to prevent its realization. As a result of the efforts of the Armenian lobby the U.S. Exim Bank of the United States put a ban on credit allocation for the construction of the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway. However, Azerbaijan making a quite a bold political move had granted to Georgia a low-interest loan to finance the project. Thus, efforts aimed at blocking the project met with fiasco. On February 7, 2007, at meeting held in Tbilisi, the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, Georgia\'s President Mikhail Saakashvili and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan signed an agreement on the implementation of the project. As a link increasing the importance of the transport corridor Europe-Caucasus-Asia (TRACECA) the implementation of this project will strengthen the position of Azerbaijan in the region, and strengthen its status as an important transit country.
In the past 10 years, the cooperation of Azerbaijan with the European Union (EU) went beyond the scope of country\'s security needs, and expanded in the economic, political and social spheres. In 2006, within the framework of European Neighborhood Policy, EU-Azerbaijan Action Plan was adopted, the plan strengthens the political dialogue between the EU and Azerbaijan, develops cooperation in the political, economic and institutional reforms fields and lay the foundation for qualitatively new level of development of cooperation. Implementation of EU-Azerbaijan Action Plan will serve to further strengthening mutual political and economic dependence between the EU and Azerbaijan. Later, Azerbaijan became one of the leading countries joined the EU Eastern Partnership Initiative. Azerbaijan\'s strategic importance in terms of ensuring energy security of Europe, being the region's leading state had further increased the specific weight of the partnership with the EU. The importance of Azerbaijan successfully implementing regional infrastructure projects such as the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline and South Caucasus gas pipeline further increased for Europe, and it contributed to European and global energy security and laid the foundation for the vital and new energy sources for Europe. Not only as an energy producer and exporter at the same time as the central player in the region as an important transit country and an important actor in the international arena Azerbaijan' s opportunities are increasing.
Azerbaijan achieved the important results not only in the relations with Europe but with the United States, the leading power of the world and since early years in 2000, after the September 11 terrorist attacks this strategic partnership is expanding. Thus, Azerbaijan remained one of the most important partners in the global fight against terrorism by the United States. It supported international peacekeeping operations in Afghanistan and Iraq. Azerbaijan\'s peacekeeping forces in Iraq in 2008, has successfully completed its five-year military service along with the U.S. Navy. The United States consider Azerbaijan as strategic partner located the crossroads of the Middle East, Europe and Asia, where American interests and foreign policy in the region is determined.
The critical situation in the South Caucasus region (5-day war in August) in August 2008, of course, was a serious test for Azerbaijan\'s foreign policy. But at that time due to success of Azerbaijan\'s foreign policy strategy with balanced approach based on national interests allowed the country to pass this successfully this test, and this policy justified itself. At that time, when a sudden military conflict arose between Russia and Georgia, Azerbaijan had to make a critical choice. Thus, Azerbaijan had to maintain the strategic relations with power like Russia and not to leave its strategic ally of Georgia alone. At that critical 5-day war Azerbaijan using the partnership relations between with Russia succeeded in ensuring the security of the strategically important oil terminals and Azerbaijani oil and gas supplies to the territory of Georgia. On the other hand Azerbaijan demonstrated its support to Georgia as much as possible. Because the protection of Georgia\'s independence and sovereignty were vital to the interests of Azerbaijan in the region.
Finally, in April 2009, when the country\'s closest strategic ally, brother country Turkey was going to establish relations with Armenia without solution of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, opening the borders with Armenia Azerbaijan\'s foreign policy face the next serious examination. This step of the closest ally of Azerbaijan accompanied by a wide range of objections of communities in two countries. On that eve the diplomatic contacts in the region has been intensified, Azerbaijan was under strong pressure from all sides in order not to prevent to normalize relations between Turkey and Armenia in view of settlement of Garabagh conflict.
The text of protocols between Turkey and Armenia was completed and agreed and in Istanbul on April 7, 2009, at the Alliance of Civilizations forum its verification should take place with participation of the U.S. President, Secretary of State. President of Azerbaijan was also invited to that forum. U.S. President Barack Obama, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, as well Turkish leaders called to President Ilham Aliyev to participate in this forum and at ceremony of verification of protocols. However, Azerbaijan could not give support to this initiative putting its national interests under the threat and President refused to go to Istanbul and instead called the meeting of the Security Council of the Azerbaijan in Baku. At that meeting, the President made the following statement: Our country never interfered, is interfering and will interfere in the internal affairs of other countries in future and we have no such intention. At the same time, Azerbaijan never interfered in bilateral relations between other countries and will never interfere in future. At the same time we have a natural right to carry out our policy according to the situation that may arise or will arise in the region, and we will exercise this right in any form.
Namely equal partnership strategy based on mutual interests of all countries having interests in the region has allowed Azerbaijan to prevent the implementation of the initiative against its national interests by having the successful maneuvers in its foreign policy at that critical situation. Thus, although Turkish-Armenian protocols were signed but its implementation did not happen, Turkey had shown a firm stance not to take any steps against the interests of Azerbaijan. It was once again confirmed that Azerbaijan is the leading state of the region and without its consent, its participation no one initiative can be implemented in the region.
One of the main achievements of the foreign policy of Azerbaijan pursued during the past 10 years was election of our country as non-permanent member of the world\'s most influential organizations in the UN Security Council last year with the majority of votes. This result was gained due to carrying out an active foreign policy by Azerbaijan; increase the number of times of foreign diplomatic missions, formation of successful bilateral relations in more new countries in spite of their remoteness from geographical point of view, and finally intensive work within the framework of the UN General Assembly, effective lobbying and numerous foreign trips. As a result, on October 25, 2011 for the first time in the history of Azerbaijan, it was elected a member of the UN Security Council. The voting process was quite intense, held under the sharp competition conditions, and finally the rival of Azerbaijan - Slovenia back understood that it could not gain enough votes and withdrew its candidacy. 155 countries voted in favor of Azerbaijan at the voting held later and 24 countries remained neutral. The support of Azerbaijan by world\'s 155 countries in this voting was recognized by everyone as a great diplomatic success. This vote put forward the fact that Azerbaijan is not only important country for the region but also for the world. Later it became clear that Armenia also desired to be elected to the United Nations Security Council but as it saw that there was no chance for it, so withdrew its candidacy.
Thus, in the past 10 years, the successes made in the foreign policy of Azerbaijan strengthened its position in the region and the world. Azerbaijan is considered as reliable and a stable partner either in the regional and global security or in provision of energy security. Success of Azerbaijan\'s foreign policy creates conditions that large investments are made by us in many foreign countries, thus, becoming the respected player in the world, and strengthen its reputation further.
Beginning in the mid of 2000 Azerbaijan started to implement the strategy of continued increase of the number of its diplomatic missions. The increase in economic power of the country enabled the government of Azerbaijan to establish its embassies in more countries. In recent years, particularly since 2004, the embassies of Azerbaijan in foreign countries during the last period, the number of the diplomatic corps has been increased about 3 times. At present, Azerbaijan has 71 diplomatic representations abroad, as well as 5 representatives at international organizations, 8 consulates, embassies' representation in 2 countries and 3 honorary consulates. The geographical location of Azerbaijani embassies significantly expanded all over the world except Australia and covered all continents. Embassies were opened in countries far away as Argentina, Paraguay, Thailand, and Sri Lanka. It is planned to increase the number of diplomatic missions of Azerbaijan abroad. In addition to increasing the number of foreign diplomatic missions the necessity to provide them with professional staff appeared. Pursuant to this necessity, in March 2006 the Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy of Azerbaijan established under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for diplomatic personnel training.
For more dynamic form of foreign policy, to strengthen the coordination between agencies, carrying out this policy the consultation of heads of diplomatic service agencies of the Republic of Azerbaijan in Baku became a tradition. Up to now there were several such meetings. The first such meeting was held on July 27, 2004. President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev having the speech in front of ambassadors at that meeting demanded from them to carry out the "offensive diplomacy" in order to deliver to the international community the truth on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. It is no coincidence that thanks to the offensive diplomacy the Armenian lobby, which carried out information war against Azerbaijan for many years, had to change the tactics in recent years and choose the defending tactics. Now the leaders of Armenia confess that Azerbaijan is in more powerful position in information, propaganda diplomacy. Strengthening mutual cooperation of diplomatic representations of Azerbaijan with our Diaspora organizations abroad was put as an aim, thanks to it the situation has changed significantly positive in the direction of delivering the realities of Azerbaijan to the international community.


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Mrs Gunhilde Oline 'Lena' Jacobsen
Home Titanic Victims Mrs Gunhilde Oline 'Lena' Jacobsen (Solvang) (née Johannesdatter)
Lena Jacobsen Solvang was born Gunhilde Oline Johannesdatter on 21 December 1848 and christened 31 December in Skaare (Haugesund), Rogaland, Norway.
She was the daughter of Johannes Torstensen Fedjedal/Teigadahl, a farmer and fisherman b. 1813 at Skaare and christened 3 April 1814, and Gonnel/Gunnild Christine Hansdatter, b. 7 February 1817 at Avaldsnes, who had married 11 April 1844 at Avaldsnes, Rogaland County, Norway.
Her siblings were Berthe Christine, b. 18 June 1844, Osmund, b. 12 April 1846, Anna Henrikke, b. 6 September 1851, and Marthe Mallene, b. 4 April 1854.
She seems to have had four children, a son Ole, two daughters Berthe and Ragna, and a step-daughter Elizabeth1,2,3
In 1875, Lena (listed Gonnel Oline Johannesdatter) lived at Feidjedal, Skåre, Torvastad, Utsira, Rogaland County, Norway, with her parents and two daughters, and she was listed as being unmarried.
At some point she married Rasmus Jacobsen, a general labourer b. 14 April 1833 at Udsire/Utsira Torvastad, Rogaland.4
In 1900, she lived at Sørhaug, Skåre, Norway, with her husband Rasmus Jakobsen, b. 1833, son Ole, b. 1881, and daughter Ragna, born 11 January 1895 at Skaare.5
Her husband passed away between 1900 and 1910, for in 1910, she still lived at Sørhaug, now a widow and her occupation noted as a seamstress, with her daughter Ragna.
Lena Jacobsen Solvang was travelling to her married daughter Berta Berg in Centerville, South Dakota, when she perished in the sinking of the Titanic. It is reported that Bernt Johannesen, a survivor who knew her, helped her to the boat deck and escorted her to a lifeboat on the port side of the ship, purportedly No. 10 or No. 12, but left her there, thinking she would enter the lifeboat. For reasons unknown she stayed on the ship and was lost. It is not known why she went by the name 'Solvang' in the White Star Line passenger list.
According to the lawsuit filed after the disaster, Lena had three children: Bertha Berg of Centreville, South Dakota; Mike Dahl of Reedley, California, who was a miner born 21 February or 21 March 1881 in Norway who had come to the USA in 1901; and Mrs B. Norman of North Bend, Oregon. She also had a step-daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Wilhelmine Larsen (nee Jacobsen; she had been born 25 March 1860 in Haugesund, the daughter of Rasmus Jacobsen and Karen Elisabeth Israelsdatter, who had married 10 June 1855 at Haugesund. Mrs. Jacobsen passed away at some point after 1875, leaving Rasmus Jacobsen a widower.
or, at least, he was a son to either Mr. or Mrs. Jacobsen. An Olai Rikard Michal Nilsen had been born 22 March 1881 and christened 28 March in Haus, Hordaland, Norway. He was the son of Rasmus Nilsen and Aase Oline Pedersdatter (his date of birth matches but the mother's name is a bit far away from Gunhild Oline Johannesdatter, aka Lena Jacobsen Solvang; it is possible he was Rasmus' son rather than Mrs. Solvang's. To add to the confusion, he stated his father's name was Dahl when he came to the USA, and so did his sister Thomine) and died 5 December 1953 in Fresno. In 1917/1918, when he enlisted in the US Army, he still lived in Reedley, and he stated that his closest relative was Mrs. F. O. Norman of Hopewell, Oregon. This was Mrs. Frank O. Norman, Thomine, born in Norway 15 April 1871, who passed away 23 March 1951 in Tacoma, Washington. Her birth name was Johanne Thomine Nilsen, born 15 April 1871 and christened 29 May the same year in Skaare, (Haugesund) Rogaland, Norway, the daughter of Niels Theodor Nielsen and Gunhild Oline Johannesdatter.
Bertha Kristine Berg was born Berthe Christine Mortensen 20 September 1873 and christened 19 October the same year in Haugesund, Rogaland, the daughter of Jens Edvard and Gunhilde Oline (nee Johannesdatter) Mortensen. Lena's two daughters were subseqently born out of wedlock and had different fathers.
The Norwegian Foreign Department (?1912) stated she was the widow of R. Jacobsen
This daughter is not mentioned in any official document and she may have emigrated to the USA around 1911 (or passed away at a young age).
According to the Norwegian Foreign Department Lena Jacobsen (Solvang) had two stepgrandchildren who in 1912 lived at an orphanage in Haugesund; Karen Larsen, 13 years of age (b. 2 May 1898), and Torine Larsen, 11, (b. 24 August 1900 in America), also mentioned as Kristiansdatter. Karen was Karen Ragnhild who had been born 2 May 1898 and christened 3 July the same year in Haugesund and was the daughter of Hans Kristian and Lisabet Vilhelmine (nee Rasmussen) Larsen. Mrs. Larsen had passed away, purportedly in or around 1903, aged about 43, and the two daughters were subsequently placed at the orphanage.
Name: Mrs Gunhilde Oline 'Lena' Jacobsen (Solvang) (née Johannesdatter)
Born: Thursday 21st December 1848 in Skåre, Norway
Age: 63 years 3 months and 25 days (Female)
Nationality: Norwegian
Last Residence: in Skåre, Norway
Ticket No. 65305, £8 2s 3d
Destination: Centerville, United States
Per Kristian Sebak, Norway
Contract Ticket List, White Star Line 1912 (National Archives, New York; NRAN-21-SDNYCIVCAS-55[279])
Marriages, births, deaths and injuries that have occurred on board during the voyage (PRO London, BT 100/259-260)
Per Kristian Sebak (1998) Titanic: 31 Norske Skjebner, Genesis Publishers
(2020) Gunhilde Oline 'Lena' Jacobsen Encyclopedia Titanica (ref: #1148, updated 13th January 2020 22:25:01 PM)
URL : https://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/titanic-victim/lena-jakobsen-solvang.html


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Bockhorst works out at Dabo Swinney's camp last month.
Clemson commit Bockhorst has surgery but still 'All In'
by Tom Meares - Correspondent - Friday, July 1, 2016, 8:04 AM
It will take a lot more than a broken nose to dampen Matt Bockhorst's spirit.
The four-star offensive guard, a hard-commit to Clemson out of Cincinnati's St. Xavier High School, suffered the facial injury this month on the first day of Dabo Swinney Football Camp.
So, otherwise, how was camp?
"It was awesome," the 6-foot-5, 300-pounder says. "It was everything I could ask for and more. … (The broken nose) kind of prohibited me from participating in the practices and what-not, but the important part was at least I got one day in, which is valuable. I tell you what, though, we went out there and worked in the heat, and that was a good first day of practice, and just spending time with the other recruits and the coaching staff – you name it. Just getting really comfortable down there with the Clemson family was really important, and every time I go down there, I'm just so convinced that this is the place for me."
On the first day of camp, Bockhorst got the bad end of a tangle in a one-on-one drill.
"A defensive lineman, in an attempt to break my hands with his forearm, he broke my nose, so ..."
The 2017 recruit spoke candidly to TigerNet by phone Tuesday, a day after surgery to repair the fracture that was "pretty bad." And already he was enthusing about tangling with the nation's best next week at Nike's The Opening Finals, in Oregon. Clemson's 2017 class is bonding nicely, he said, and the camp setting provided a great opportunity for team building.
"And I could never see myself going anywhere else, even if – I mean, things happen – but I mean, in my mind, I'm playing football for the Clemson Tigers, and that's not gonna change," Bockhorst said. "So that's something I was really excited about. Just hanging out with all the guys after practices in the West End Zone – whether we're eating cake, whether we're eating dinner, you know, just hanging around and developing that relationship. Because that part's really important. So it was awesome to just have those couple of days to really build those bonds with other guys."
What stands out to you about the 2017 class?
As far as the talent we've got coming in – I'm not one that's too focused on the "stars" and rankings and what-not. … When it boils down to it, I think we have a group of true football players – some dudes that are ready to work and some dudes that have a similar mentality, and that's why we all ended up at Clemson.
I just think it's great because in recruiting today you see a lot of guys who may decommit, or do all this crazy stuff. But at Clemson, when we say "All In," we mean it. And I don't think there's any guy in the 2017 group that's not "All In."
What has been the message from the coaches, as far as your immediate role and how you would fit in?
Coach (Robbie) Caldwell (assistant coach/offensive linemen), he's the type of guy – you've got to bring your hardhat to work every day. You've got to have that mentality going to work every single day. And if you want to get playing time … you've gotta earn it. So he's not the type of guy who's going to tell me what role I'm going to have going into it, you know, a year out, right? The way I see it is, they recruited me as a guard. That's what they'll be looking at me to play. But if I can play tackle, if I can play center – which I can, both of those positions – I can get the opportunity to get on the field. But I just have to go out there and work every day – every day at practice, every day at weights – and prove to them that I deserve to be on the field.
If I'm not ready, whether that be physically or I'm just not quick on the plays, then so be it, and I'll get a redshirt. But I'm understanding, I'm ready for whatever happens – whether I do get redshirted, whether I do play my freshman year, I'm not really worried about that, because there's upsides to both. But all I know is that when I get on campus, it's time to work. And you're not getting recruited anymore – you're not a recruit. You don't get rides around on the golf carts from every coach or what-not. And yeah, it's nice right now, but I'm well aware that once I get on campus, I'm a Clemson football player and I'm there to work. And I'm there for one reason – there's a reason that I have a scholarship.
It sounds like you have things in perspective. Do you plan to graduate early and enroll in January?
My school doesn't allow it, but even if it did, I'd probably take the regular route and come in June.
Have you been encouraging any other Cincinnati-area prospects to consider Clemson?
As far as guys in the Cincinnati area that have Clemson offers, there's only one other guy … and that's Jackson Carman (Fairfield High School; Fairfield, Ohio) – he's a 2018 offensive tackle, a real talented kid. He plays a lot like me – just kind of nasty. That kind of generally could be said of a lot of guys in the Cincinnati area. I think there's a special sort of grit that comes with the Cincinnati guys. Just a different kind of playing style, especially when you get on the offensive, defensive lines, linebackers – stuff like that. It's something I pride myself on – I know he does, too. I mean, I would love for him to come down and see Clemson. But realistically, I think he's definitely leaning more toward some of the Big Ten schools – I mean, Ohio State's already offered him. That's kind of the way most guys go (around here) – Ohio, Midwest guys. I'd love for him to give Clemson a shot, but do I think Clemson could realistically land him? Probably not. I'm not an optimist, I'm not a pessimist – I'm a realist.
What makes Clemson special to you?
Well, I mean, if I was talking about what makes Clemson special, we'd probably be here all night, but one thing I lean back on – and it sounds like a cliché, people may say it's overused – but Clemson is a family, and I will stick by that until I die. Because Clemson is truly a family – what coach Swinney and coach Caldwell have going on, you feel like you are part of the family. And that's so important to me, because there are lots of programs that have success – when you get to the point I have in recruiting, you have offers from these big-time schools, you have offers from national championship contenders, people who are going to the playoffs. And it's not all about who's winning, you know, because realistically every program is going to have its up years and every program is going to have its down years – it's college football, nothing is in stone.
But you've got to find a place where you can go for four or five years and you can develop as not only a football player but as a student, as a person, and Clemson is that place for me. And the Clemson family just rings true – not only with the football program, but my brother plays football at Furman, which is 40 minutes away, and I'm really tight with him. So when we talk about Clemson family, I want to be close to my immediate family, too. And that just happened to work out. … God works in mysterious ways, and I think that was kind of his sign to say, "Hey, look – it's a family."
When did you know you would commit to Clemson?
I was probably getting heavily recruited for a year, almost exactly. You see, in the recruiting process, you see a program's true colors. What you see on TV is not always what you're gonna get. And I think that's the crazy thing, that's what most people don't understand, is that college football is a business. And I understand that, and I get why coaches do what they do. … But with Clemson, what I saw is what I get. It was always straightforward when I visited. I visited twice before I had an offer – I was offered after my second visit. And it was never leading me on – I didn't even know I was gonna be offered. I kind of visited because I was down at Furman visiting my brother. But it was always straightforward.
Are any other schools still leaning on you, and if so, what is your message to them?
Well, if they're leaning on me, I'd tell them not to be, because I'm not moving anywhere. I can tell you this, though – after I committed and after I made my phone calls, you still have to be respectful. They offered you a scholarship, they spent time recruiting you. … And this isn't a move out of disrespect, this is just kind of how I work – after I called each coach, they're no longer in my contact list, I don't follow them on Twitter, because I'm a Clemson Tiger. I'm "All In," and I don't need the distraction. I'm anticipating I'll start getting some calls in September, when they can start calling us. But at the end of the day, I'm not going anywhere, and if anyone thinks that, if anyone thinks I'm going to Ohio State or Notre Dame, they are foolish. I don't care what Rivals says, I don't care what anybody says, I don't care if I'm on anybody's board at No. 1 or No. 10, I'm a Clemson Tiger, through and through. And that is not changing anytime soon.
What are your goals for your senior season at St. Xavier?
As far as team goals, I'd like to think of myself as a team-oriented guy, I want to win the Greater Catholic League, I want to win the home opener. … And I want to win the state championship.
As far as personal goals, I don't want to give up any sacks. I want – this is kind of a general goal – but I want to be that guy, I want to have as much of an impact where if things aren't rolling, they can be confident that they can run it behind the left tackle. … That's something I take great pride in. Because if you're a guy that your team can lean on when nothing else is going, then that's the best teammate you can be. My goal every game is to go kick some (butt) – that's just how I play.
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You might think that lights don't have much of a purpose beyond actually allowing you to see in places, but their uses actually extend far beyond that. In this article we're going to take a look at outdoor string globe lights and the number of things that they can be used for. Outdoor string globe lights can be used for numerous things but the ones we will look at most in depth will be party functions, restaurants, and decorations.
These lights are very useful when it comes to party functions! When it comes to a party, you need something that's a bit "out there", slightly unique, and this is exactly what you'll get from globe lights. One of the best things about these lights with regards to parties is that they can easily provide that "party" atmosphere and they are also cheap so you don't have to worry about the lights breaking.
For the best results, make sure to choose a product with a high wattage (which will make the lights brighter!) and numerous bright colors (don't stick to just one color, get a lot!).
If you're a restaurant owner then it really might be worth considering using these lights – they will really lighten up the room and make your customers feel as comfortable as possible. Their main use is outdoors (even though they can be used indoors also), so it would be best to use these lights in a beer garden, patio, or any outdoor area for the best effect.
If your restaurant has a certain theme i.e. hot and spicy food, then you can get the correct lights to match! These lights come in a variety of colors and designs so you can easily find one to suit your restaurant.
If you're not a big fan of the party scene, and you don't own a restaurant, then these types of lights can be useful even just as decorations. Since they come in a variety of designs, colors, and wattage, you really can experiment and find out what looks best in the backyard of your home – or just about anywhere else for that matter!
Outdoor string globe lights really do have a lot of usages and we have only touched the surface here. Decorations themselves open up a world of possibilities and you really do have room to experiment considering that these lights are relatively cheap and can be found easily online and in many large home DIY stores.


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A screen shot from last year's One Minute Mobile Movie Challenge winner 'Daughter' by Todd Jones, featuring actors Megan Simpson and Clayton Neuwirth. (YouTube screen shot)
Vancouver Island films sought for One Minute Mobile Movie Challenge
All entries to be screened online in virtual film festival
Aug. 6, 2020 11:35 a.m.
Local filmmakers have until the end of the month to create a 60-second film using their cell phone or tablet for the chance at a $100 prize.
Nanaimo's CineCentral Filmmakers Society, formerly Hub City Cinema Society, is presenting its fifth annual One Minute Mobile Movie Challenge. All entries will be screened at this year's online edition of the Cinefest Film Festival and viewers will vote for the winner, who will receive the Selfie Award and a $100 cash prize.
The movies must be shot on Vancouver Island using a mobile device and feature this year's key word, 'alive.' CineCentral president Zachary Tannar said he chose that word because he wanted to encourage positivity.
"With what we're all going through right now with the world I was trying to think, 'What's the most positive thing you can think of?'" Tannar said. "I thought just being alive, I feel, is pretty positive. So if anything else, everything is going badly, at least you're alive."
Looking back on past winners, Tannar said comedies have fared well, but it's also important for the films to have a focused plot. He said last year's winner, Daughter by Todd Jones, was a simple story about a young woman who comes home late and the ensuing argument with her father.
"It's all one scene but because the filmmaker contained it to one scene he was able to focus on lighting it really well, getting really powerful, emotional performances from the actors and he was able to bring it to a very high level because it was a very focused story," Tannar said.
Although the films must adhere to a tight time constraint, Tannar said "there is so much you can do in one minute."
"Just try and be creative with it," he said. "Try to show something that people have not seen. Give a unique perspective the no one else other than yourself can give."
For a full list of guidelines and how to submit a film, click here. Deadline is Aug. 31.
Drive-in movie screenings next week will benefit Nanaimo food bank
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