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Our core business is in residential property sales, but we also assist clients in buying and selling commercial and agricultural property, and we have extensive experience in leasing.
On 1st April 2016 the Scottish Government intends to apply a new, additional rate of Land and Buildings Transaction Tax ("LBTT") on second homes and buy-to-let properties. At the time this note was prepared (15th February 2016), the Scottish Parliament had still to finalise the necessary legislation but that is expected to be a formality and Solicitors and their clients will have to prepare for the new tax regime and identify where significant (and completely legitimate) tax savings can be made by ensuring that purchase transactions settle (complete) by 31st March 2016. Where transactions settle after 1st April 2016, an additional LBTT surcharge of 3% will apply on purchases of second homes and buy-to-let properties.
Transactions under £40,000 are wholly exempt but for all transactions above this threshold the additional tax is levied at a flat 3% on the entire purchase price. This would mean, for example, a property costing £60,000 would generate a tax charge of £1,800. Once the general LBTT threshold of £145,000 is exceeded, the 3% tax is added to the main rate of LBTT which would be charged. This means that for transactions between £145,000 to £250,000 the effective rate is 5% and at the top rate for transactions over £750,000, the rate becomes 15%. The additional tax will apply where at the end of the effective date of a transaction (which in most cases will be the date when the keys change hands for the price) the buyer owns more than one dwelling and the buyer is not replacing their only or main residence. If the buyer is not a legal individual (for example, a partnership or a limited company), the additional tax will still be levied. In order to minimise the scope for avoidance, Revenue Scotland has stated that the additional rates will also apply where a spouse, civil partner or close relative purchases property.
The average price of a house in Scotland is currently just over £165,000. It has been calculated that at this price the tax previously payable of £400 will rise instead to £5,350.
In limited circumstances, Revenue Scotland may make a refund of additional LBTT previously paid. One example is where the buyer purchases new property as their main residence but have not been able to sell their existing main residence. Once the "old" property sells (provided this is within 18 months) the buyer can then apply for a refund.
The tax does not apply to non-residential property. It does, however, apply to both new-build and second-hand residential property.
There is no doubt that the additional tax is being levied not only as a revenue raising measure, but also to act as a deterrent against excessive property prices being fuelled by buy-to-let purchasers. It comes alongside moves announced in the Autumn Statement of December 2015 which will remove certain tax benefits which buy-to-let owners have previously enjoyed. It is too early to say with any certainty what will happen to the market after 1st April 2016. It is likely that against a backdrop of stock market volatility and uncertainty about the global economy, many investors will still see second homes and/or buy-to-let properties as a sound long-term investment. It is entirely possible that in the short-term, purchasers will seek to negotiate on price so that the seller will, in effect, bear part of the burden of the additional tax even though in strict legal terms the obligation to pay the tax rests solely with the purchaser.
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House Intelligence Committee Plans Tuesday Release of Impeachment Report
The U.S. House Intelligence Committee is expected to publicly release Tuesday a report on its findings and recommendations in the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump.
Committee Chairman Adam Schiff told MSNBC late Monday that the panel was "putting the finishing touches" on the report. He also said the committee would vote Tuesday night on formally submitting it to the Judiciary Committee, whose members will decide whether to draw up articles of impeachment against Trump.
The Judiciary Committee is scheduled to start its own impeachment hearings Wednesday, and will do so without a Trump lawyer present.
The president said he would not be sending representation "because the whole thing is a hoax."
Trump also criticized Democrats for holding the hearing at the time he will be attending the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's leaders' summit in London.
"Just landed in the United Kingdom, heading to London for NATO meetings tomorrow," Trump tweeted late Monday. "Prior to landing I read the Republicans Report on the Impeachment Hoax. Great job! Radical Left has NO CASE. Read the transcripts. Shouldn't even be allowed. Can we go to Supreme Court to stop?"
President Donald Trump walks to board Air Force One for a trip to London to attend the NATO summit, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Dec. 2, 2019.
Wednesday's hearing will focus on the constitutional grounds surrounding impeaching a president with four legal scholars appearing as witnesses. The Judiciary Committee announced Monday a witness list of law professors Noah Feldman of Harvard University, Pamela Karlan of Stanford University, Michael Gerhardt of the University of North Carolina, and Jonathan Turley of George Washington University.
Trump also pointed to fresh comments by Ukrainian President Volodmyr Zelenskiy claiming that he never spoke with the U.S. president "from the position of a quid pro quo."
Zelenskiy also told reporters for four magazines (Time, Le Monde, Der Spiegel and Gazeta Wyborcza) that at a time Ukraine is at war with Russia, the United States, as Kyiv's strategic partner, should not have been blocking military aid.
"I think that's just about fairness. It's not about a quid pro quo," said Zelenskiy.
Trump seized on that comment as further vindication from Democrats' allegations that Trump withheld support to Ukraine until the country helped dig up dirt on former Vice President Joe Biden, now a leading contender to challenge Trump in next year's election.
Zelenskiy "just came out a little while ago and he said, 'President Trump did absolutely nothing wrong' and that should end everything," the U.S. president said Monday.
White House counsel Pat Cipollone, in a letter to Nadler late Sunday, said the Trump administration "cannot fairly be expected to participate in a hearing while the witnesses are yet to be named and while it remains unclear whether the Judiciary Committee will afford the president a fair process through additional hearings."
Cipollone said he will reply by the end of the week on whether the White House would appear at future hearings.
Nadler assured Trump and his counsel in his invitation letter last week that he "remains committed to ensuring a fair and informative process."
The Judiciary Committee chairman added the president has the "opportunity to be represented in the impeachment hearings, or he can stop complaining about the process."
Possible charges that could lead to Trump's impeachment include bribery and high crimes and misdemeanors.
Trump is accused of holding up nearly $400 million in badly-needed military aid to Ukraine in exchange for Zelenskiy's public commitment to investigate Biden for alleged corruption.
Biden's son, Hunter, sat on the board of the Ukrainian gas company Burisma. Trump alleges that when Biden was vice president, he threatened to hold up U.S. loan guarantees to Ukraine, unless the government fired a prosecutor who was investigating Burisma.
Trump also insists it was Ukraine, not Russia, that interfered in the 2016 U.S. election on behalf of Democrats.
No evidence against the Bidens has ever surfaced and the charge against Ukraine was based on a debunked conspiracy theory that originated in Russia.
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Dahl, Roald 1916–
Dahl, an Englishman born in Wales, is a short story and screen writer (Dahl's wife is the actress Patricia Neal and his screenplays are written for her) and the author of a novel, a play, and several controversial and widely read children's books, "cautionary tales for bad children" (of which Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is the best known). Dahl's special talent as a short story writer is the integration of the pedestrian and the grotesque in tales that have been likened to Charles Addams' cartoons. Most of his stories appear originally in Playboy, Esquire, the New Yorker, and other prestigious periodicals. (See also Contemporary Authors, Vols. 1-4, rev. ed.)
Dahl's characteristic story sets up a quick situation, usually within a family, and ends with the nastiest character taking control or with a victim facing a grim future. A woman discovers that her irritating husband is trapped in the elevator of their home, and goes off to vacation in Paris. Another brains her husband with a frozen leg of lamb and then roasts the evidence. A weird husband has himself reduced to a brain and eye floating in a basin, and the story ends with his wife blowing cigarette smoke in the eye and looking forward to a lifetime of tormenting him. A husband feeds his baby and himself on the royal jelly of bees, with apian results….
One of Dahl's subjects is the war between men and women. Another is the threat of the esoteric, the repeated suggestion that special knowledge is dangerous, or that the man with special knowledge is necessarily nutty. This leads him into lectures on reincarnation, Liszt, cerebral biology; the qualities of royal jelly, the butchering of pigs, the characteristics of antique furniture, and—in Switch Bitch—spiders, sexual stimulation and the sense of smell.
The notion of a war between men and women, with many of the fiercest skirmishes fought inside quiet domestic houses, is traditional. The idea that knowledge is dangerous is an ancient one; an age that has developed the hydrogen bomb, gas and germ warfare, and worldwide pollution of earth, air and water can hardly shrug off the notion of the mad scientist. A country so hung up on and about sex as ours can hardly dismiss the struggle between men and women. These are grimly serious contemporary issues.
Why, then, should anyone want to read stories about them? What is the pleasure in a painful subject? There have been many answers, but the most serious ones are irrelevant to Dahl. Our Supreme Master of Wickedness doesn't know enough about the subject. He is not wicked, not even tempting. In three of the four stories of Switch Bitch he's not even titillating, since the villains get their comeuppance. He is no longer willing to leave the reader with a vision of nastiness triumphant. This is reassuring, surely, and perhaps Dahl does what so many authors of thrillers and horror stories do: he substitutes for real and dangerous evil a cartoon version of it, safely incredible or at least safely removed from our everyday lives. We can read about Fu Manchu without fearing Vietnamese tiger cages. We can imagine hostile visitors from flying saucers without fainting when politicians emerge from limousines. And our sense of real human evil is safely numbed when we meet the hero of two of these present stories, Uncle Oswald, who, under various names, has infested gothic literature for centuries (he was a favorite of English playwrights in the 18th century). He is rich, experienced and (therefore) perverse, guaranteed to appear unexpectedly and to disappear predictably, leaving corruption in his wake but no great harm. A scamp, a ne'er-do-well, a rogue, "a celebrated rapscallion," he is in fact a nasty bastard, who "had never in his life been able to confine his attentions to one particular woman for longer than the time it took to conquer her. When that was done, he lost interest and looked around for another victim." This is unpleasant, but Dahl defuses the topic conventionally by insisting on Oswald's amorous skills: "Wherever he went, he left an endless trail of females in his wake, females ruffled and ravished beyond words, but purring like cats."
All four stories here deal with sex, and three show Oswald or his type conquering and then losing out. The losing is new to Dahl's characteristic story, as are the fairly explicit sex and the four-letter words. (Perhaps, like so many writers, he feels that the public demands coarseness now. The title Switch Bitch is made forcibly from two titles, "The Great Switcheroo" and "Bitch," and "Bitch" is the quite arbitrary name given an aphrodisiac.) The fourth and by far the best story tells how a rejected suitor drives the woman to suicide. Even in this one, however, we are required to believe that the woman is remarkably stupid. The other stories hinge on the traditional desert mansion full of opulence, beautiful women and a Strange Secret, on a difficult switching of sexual partners, and on an obligatorily aphrodisiac odor. Since we can't believe in these things the evilness in the story is presumably neutralized for us. As Playboy neutralizes pornography with an airbrush, so Dahl sweetens nastiness into mild amusement. (p. 23)
J. D. O'Hara, in The New Republic (reprinted by permission of The New Republic; © 1974 by The New Republic, Inc.), October 19, 1974.
Roald Dahl's stories always have a nasty sting in the tail. The four outrageous stories in Switch Bitch certainly do—literally—for they are all about sex…. It is all perhaps a little slick; but the slickness is that of the professional entertainer. In each case Roald Dahl sets up a realistic situation, then loads it with amazing and fantastic sexual possibilities. Then, somewhere this or the other side of pornography, he produces a dénouement of the banana-skin kind—black banana-skin at that. The lecher falls flat on his face, the reader is released into appalled laughter, and morality is placated. Mr. Dahl's children's stories for adults, in fact, are every bit as enjoyable and funny and clever as his adults' stories for children. But just make sure to whom you give which for Christmas. (p. 749)
Victoria Glendinning, in New Statesman (© 1974 The Statesman & Nation Publishing Co. Ltd.), November 22, 1974.
The heroes and heroines of Switch Bitch are always confusing sex with pleasure, a condition which Dahl must find as amusing as the rest of us since all of them come to very sticky ends. The stories in this book prick the bubbles of sexual fantasy even before they have got off the ground, and they use those tricks of surprise and reversal, which would seem artificial within a novel, to great effect. (p. 711)
Roald Dahl has that eye for bizarre detail which can make [an] unhappy ending funny. (pp. 711-12)
Peter Ackroyd, in The Spectator (© 1974 by The Spectator; reprinted by permission of The Spectator), November 30, 1974.
Roald Dahl is a master of the short story in the tradition of O. Henry. Damnation by faint praise? Perhaps—but O. Henry's collected works are more often to be found in the literature section of the bookshop than in the more popular fiction section. Will Mr Dahl ever make the move from fiction to literature? Possibly—but not on the present showing. Switch Bitch [is] an agreeable and entertaining tetralogy of short stories, each with an O. Henry surprise ending…. Mr Dahl very nearly succeeds in creating a genuine fictional character in Uncle Oswald, who is the hero of the first story 'The Visitor' as well as of the last one, 'Bitch'. One has the feeling that Dahl is experiencing the temptation to create a full-blown character, ie, an entity whose function it is to survive for longer than the time necessary to experience one adventure. But the function of the O. Henry hero is to have only one adventure per story, and Dahl seldom has the courage to break the mould….
It is unhappy to have to say that Roald Dahl abuses the language. Several of these stories are written in a rare dialect of English—publisher's Mid-Atlantic, a purpose-built variety of standard English that allows British and American publishers to use the same sheets and cut production costs substantially. Mr Dahl has not yet mastered the dialect: American children seldom address the female parent as 'Mummy' and American patients never consult their doctor in his 'surgery'. (p. 72)
Paul Levy, in Books and Bookmen (© copyright Hansom Books 1975), March, 1975.
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The rise of social networks has generally been a boon to people everywhere... and I'm going to keep believing that no matter how many times I have to point my relatives to a Snopes article. But there's no denying that it's also become more complicated. Facebook is trying out some new tools specifically aimed at making using the service easier, or at least more comfortable, following the end of a romantic relationship.
You could always simply unfollow your former partner, and indeed you still can, but that can get messy when they run in the same social circles as you. A new set of tools allows users to "see less" of specific people, and limit what they see, without actually cutting ties altogether. The changes can be applied or reversed at will. "We hope these tools will help people end relationships on Facebook with greater ease, comfort and sense of control," wrote a Facebook representative. The changes will be implemented on mobile apps first and will be shifted to other platforms following feedback.
Of course this isn't entirely altruistic; someone who's uncomfortable with seeing a specific person on Facebook will use that service less, possibly disconnecting from it altogether for at least some amount of time. We'll probably see this collection of tools shift over the next few months following the initial feedback. The last update to the Android Facebook app was uploaded just yesterday, but the changelog only mentions "Improvements for reliability and speed," so the relationship options will probably show up in the next update.
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Save the Children Now Accepts Bitcoin Cash Donations
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Making donations is a great way for the cryptocurrency community to spread acceptance for peer-to-peer electronic money to new people and institutions. And options for giving with bitcoin cash to your supported causes are expanding all the time, with organizations such as Save the Children joining in.
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Save the Children Adds More Crypto Capability
Save the Children, which helps protect children from the effects of war and violence, has announced today the relaunch of its cryptocurrency fundraising capability effective 3 December, 2019. The global humanitarian organization is now able to accept multiple digital assets in automated fashion through its website including bitcoin core (BTC), bitcoin cash (BCH), ethereum (ETH), zcash (ZEC), litecoin (LTC) and the gemini dollar (GUSD).
The organization initially accepted bitcoin donations in 2013, in response to Typhoon Haiyan that struck Southeast Asia and devastated the Philippines. By accepting multiple cryptocurrencies, Save the Children is now offering more supporters with diverse cryptocurrency portfolios the ability to support the charity in a tax efficient way. The organization explains that the IRS classifies cryptocurrency donations as property, meaning they are not subject to capital gains tax and are tax deductible on the donor's tax returns.
"Beyond cryptocurrency contributions, what if blockchain technology could be used to make supply chains more efficient, transactions more transparent and end world poverty through decentralized universal basic income as a form of unconditional cash vouchers? That would be a dream worth HODLing on to," stated Ettore Rossetti, Senior Director of Social & Digital Innovation of Save the Children. He added, "Since our founding 100 years ago, Save the Children has reached more than 1 billion children. Perhaps the next Bitcoin billionaire can help us reach the next billion children."
Save the Children is working with The Giving Block, which helps equip nonprofits with the tools and techniques to effectively raise funds with cryptocurrency. The organization's crypto donations relaunch is part of the Bitcoin Tuesday initiative, which offers a cryptocurrency twist on Giving Tuesday, a day held on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving that encourages philanthropy.
Discussing this year's campaign, Alex Wilson, Co-Founder of The Giving Block said, "Giving Tuesday inspires millions around the world to support and give to the causes that matter to them. But, despite the enhanced tax benefits that crypto donations can offer donors, the day has failed to capture the attention of crypto donors in years past." His colleague, Co-Founder Pat Duffy added that, "Bitcoin Tuesday will introduce a largely traditional audience to Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, driving crypto adoption. When nonprofits accept crypto donations, the world sees crypto as the force for good we know it to be."
Bitcoin Cash Donation Options Are Expanding
Among the many organizations participating in Bitcoin Tuesday, as listed on the initiative's website, you can see a number that should be familiar to the Bitcoin Cash community. These include the Tor Project, which advances human rights and freedoms by deploying free and open anonymity and privacy technologies, as well as the Liberland Aid Foundation, which is the humanitarian arm of the Free Republic of Liberland.
If you are looking to donate using bitcoin cash you should also check out the options available on Freedom.Bitcoin.com. Here you can stand up for liberty, freedom, and inalienable human rights by supporting causes that include Free Ross Ulbricht, Defense Distributed Defense Fund, and Eatbch. The last is easily recognized as the Bitcoin Cash community's favorite charity because the nonprofit organization has been using BCH to help feed people throughout Venezuela and South Sudan.
Free Ross Ulbricht is focused on the case of the young man with no criminal history who was sentenced to over 40 years in prison without parole for creating the Silk Road website, an online marketplace using cryptocurrency and the Tor browser enabling anonymous exchange of a variety of goods. The Defense Distributed Defense Fund helps support the costly legal battle of the creator of world's first gun made with a 3D Printer.
In the last couple of years the ability to donate with bitcoin cash has expanded to even more fields. For example, in August the Alcor Life Extension Foundation began accepting BCH donations for its cryonics research and operations in Scottsdale, Arizona. Alcor was convinced by Bitcoin.com's executive chairman Roger Ver to add BCH acceptance, the same person who convinced Alcor to accept BTC payments back in 2014.
A popular website that focuses on U.S. court documents and the litigation system, the Free Law Project's Courtlistener.com, started accepting BCH for donations in June. Courtlistener captures hundreds of thousands of visitors every month by making high quality legal data widely available.
The Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit that operates Wikipedia and similar free knowledge projects, partnered with Bitpay in January to accept BCH and BTC donations. Bitpay works with many large non-profits to allow them to accept cryptocurrency donations, and reported that donations have increased dramatically in the last couple of years, especially at the end of the year as people look for tax benefits. The service reportedly processed several multi-million dollar donations to non-profits in 2018.
In September 2018 the French office of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) started accepting donations in 9 of the most popular cryptocurrencies, including bitcoin cash. Even some religious groups accept BCH, like an evangelical church from the largest city in Switzerland, ICF Zurich, which began accepting voluntary offerings from its parishioners using cryptocurrency in January 2018.
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Day 12: I'm all set to go to Yogaville tomorrow. I spoke with reservations and decided on an one day over-night stay this time to get to know the place, and then I can decide which programs I might like to participate in for a longer stay. I knew upon signing up that all of their meals are not just vegetarian, but vegan. Not even an egg. I'm not certain how easily I'll be able to identify all ingredients, but hopefully I can avoid all grains and legumes, and then dairy and sweeteners should be fairly simple. I am not sure what the options might be, but I was thinking I could take a cooler with me with my own protein options and it would be easy enough to put together a meal that would keep me on my 90 Day program. I have been thinking what an opportunity for me to use my Emergency Food Stash . I was planning on what to take and how easy it would be to travel and still do this program. Then I read my confirmation email from Yogaville. "Please Honor Our Policy and Do Not Bring Any of the Following Items to Yogaville: Alcohol, Eggs, Fish, Meat of any kind." So now I'm thinking that I am very glad I'm only staying for one night and wondering if I'll be able to find foods on a Vegan Buffet that are grain free, legume free, dairy free, sweetener free. Maybe I'll just have to be a breatharian while I'm there—those folks survive just on the prana from air. 😉 At least they do sell coffee there in the Mandala Cafe, and I can take my own coffee creamer.
You may be tired of seeing my daily breakfast, which has been the same for several days. However, I'm really not tired of it. This cantaloupe was so delicious that if I had more I would keep eating it! The Spicy Italian Sausage and eggs I think I could eat every day for a month. Actually, I find most people do settle in with a "favorite" two or three meals for breakfast, lunch and dinner. This is sure to be one of mine!
Micro-Nutrients: Protein: Egg Whites & Chicken; Fats: Egg Yolk & Chicken Sausage; Carbohydrate: Cantaloupe.
This was a fantastic chicken salad lunch. Remember those mason jars of chicken & mayo I fixed earlier in the week? I added some dried cranberries & chopped fresh tarragon to one of those, served over a bed of mixed greens with some tomato & avocado. Delicious & filling! There's another one of my favorite mason jars on the side with 28 ounces of spring water infused with a slice of orange and a slice of lemon. Lunch on the porch on a beautiful day! Yay!
Macro-Nutriends: Protein: Chicken; Fats: Avocado Mayo & Avocado Slices; Carbohydrates: Salad Greens, Tomato, Dried Cranberries.
I went a little crazy at the end of today, knowing I wouldn't be taking items from my EFS, so I took it upon myself to do a sampling of Pili Nuts, Coconut Jerkey, and a Chomps Stick. All good, but really not my best choice … and then of course I had an RxBar before I went to bed for my last meal of the day. More about my EFS later … but Pili Nuts are REALLY good, and very rich! They almost feel and taste like they should melt in your mouth.
So tomorrow, I'm off to Yogaville! As always, I welcome your questions and comments—please leave them below.


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This strange looking ship arrived through the mirk this morning. JAEGER ARROW, described as a 'Totally Enclosed Combined Forestry and Liquid Pitch Carrier', was built by the Hyundai Mipo shipyard in Korea in 2001. She has five dry cargo holds, and two tanks for the carriage of pitch. Under the 'roof' of her structure, she has two overhead cranes. JAEGER ARROW is 171.4 metres long, has a deadweight of 23,529 tonnes, and her gross tonnage is 29,103 tons. Operated by Gearbulk, a large international shipping company specialising in the carriage of forest products, she is currently employed in the carriage of woodpulp from north-eastern Canada to Europe. JAEGER ARROW was recently the subject of a blockade by Greenpeace.
Very strange looking,where did she dock?
She berths at Greenock Ocean Terminal each time she has visited. Her appearance is very like that of car carriers seen elsewhere, but not on the Clyde.


When Stockholm police officer Paul Hjelm shoots (and injures rather than kills) a hostage-taker he is hailed as a hero by the media but is not so popular with internal affairs who think his unofficial behaviour may encourage others. Instead of being sacked though, he is seconded to a new team, the A-Unit, a hand-picked team of detectives who are tasked with solving the murders of two top Swedish businessmen. They have more powers than the normal police and they can use the Swedish police to do their donkey work.
THE BLINDED MAN follows the team's efforts to track down the serial killer and involves routine police-work during which the team begin to bond and the different personalities are revealed.
Incidentally, SAPO, the security forces, are yet again (see Larsson, Tegenfalk) shown in a bad light as they jump to the conclusion that the deaths are the work of terrorist undermining Sweden's economy and go their own way.
Despite being over ten years old (first published in Swedish in 1999) the storyline involving bankers, a depressed economy and immigration policies is very contemporary.
THE BLINDED MAN is a solid police procedural with a group of unusual police officers, from different regions of Sweden and different cultural backgrounds. The plot is well thought out and unusual though I found the pace did slow a bit in the middle. This was an enjoyable read with plenty of humour and I look forward to the next book, BAD BLOOD, in 2013.
NB. THE BLINDED MAN was first published in English in the US under its original Swedish title MISTERIOSO.
I enjoyed this book, too. I think it is a pity they changed the title for the UK as "misterioso" is a three-part clue. I agree there were some bits that did not work as well (eg the rationale for the crime) but on the whole I thought it very good and look forward to more.


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Since the beginning of 2009, the fiber glass hulls of the Bras d'Or 11 are being built by HTM Composites Inc of Neuville near Quebec City. This firm has experimented extensively with vacuum related manufacturing processes like infusion, vacuum bagging and vacuum/pressure bag moulding. They have developed tremendous expertise with these processes. The preparation and final assembly of the interiror components of the Bras d'Or 11 is done in collaboration with Jean-Guy Leblanc of DelBlanc a/s Inc in their shop located in Verchères on the south shore of the St-Lawrence near Montreal.
This 19 feet catboat has been designed by Keith Nelder of Big Pond Boat Shop Inc. It represents the synthesis of the various catboats built by the yard over the years, most designed by Charles Wittholz and Joel White. These two great naval architects were renowned to design traditional looking boats mixing modern material while preserving the classic lines. Mr Nelder being born in England, it is not surprising to find in this design some resemblance with the British Gaffers.
The hull and the interior have been optimised, from the beginning, to accommodate the battery banks (up to 8 batteries) required to implement electric propulsion, either inboard (a 3HP integrated package from ELCO Motor Yachts) or outboard (Torqeedo 2.0R).
A gasoline outboard or small 7HP Diesel can also be used as auxiliary propulsion mode. Then additional ballast has to be incorporated under the cabin floor: lead or water ballast.
The Bras d'Or 19 is the quintessence of the classic lines Catboat. The boat comes with or without a small cabin, is very robust and can be towed by a medium size vehicle.
The Gaff rig cabin version of the Bras d'Or 19 is now available at a launching price of 27,500$CA (sail included).
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The Spin: Gov. J.B. Pritzker calls President Trump a 'disgrace' over Jewish Democrats comment
By Lisa Donovan
Governor-elect Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., talks with President Donald Trump during a meeting with newly elected governors in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Thursday, Dec. 13, 2018, in Washington. From left, Governor-elect J.B. Pritzker, D-Ill., DeSantis, and Trump. (Evan Vucci/AP)
Democratic Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker scoffed at President Trump's Tuesday comments about Jewish people who vote for Democrats. Pritzker, who is Jewish, said "we shouldn't be shocked now" by Trump's sometimes inflammatory remarks, "it is shocking to me that we have someone in this White House who espouses views like that."
Tea party Republican and former Illinois U.S. Rep. Joe Walsh is meeting with potential backers and says he will have to decide by next month whether he'll challenge President Donald Trump in the 2020 primary election. That goes for anyone else looking to run against Trump in 2020, he says. While a Washington Post report suggests he's leaning toward what would be a long-shot campaign against Trump, Walsh told The Spin today that he's still undecided.
Elsewhere on the 2020 radar, South Bend Mayor and Democratic presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg has had trouble gaining traction among African American voters. That struggle was on full display during a South Side fundraiser last night.
Last year, then-Gov.-elect J.B. Pritzker told The Spin exclusively that he would relocate from Chicago to Springfield and live in the Governor's Mansion. This week, state officials announced a change in public tours of the mansion — dubbed "the People's House." Those interested in viewing the mansion will have to make an advanced reservation, present a photo ID and pass through a metal detector.
And Loyola University's Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt — or Sister Jean, superfan of the Ramblers men's baskteball team — celebrates her 100th birthday today. Gov. Pritzker is among those scheduled to join in an afternoon celebration at the school's Rogers Park campus. So what's Sister Jean's secret to longevity? Read Shannon Ryan's piece here to find out.
Welcome to The Spin.
Former Republican congressman and political radio show host Joe Walsh (Jennifer Johnson / Pioneer Press)
Former U.S. Rep. Walsh will decide whether to run against Trump by September
The conservative radio show host says he'll decide by September if he'll challenge Trump in the 2020 Republican presidential primary. He's been doing the media rounds and penned a piece in the New York Times, imploring someone in the GOP to step up and run against Trump next year.
The 57-year-old Walsh, a one-term congressman from the Northwest suburbs, faces a steep climb if he wants to wage a serious challenge to Trump. According to the Washington Post: "He said he is huddling this week with potential supporters and is leaning toward announcing a campaign next month." Read the full story, which notes other Republicans in the race or considering a challenge, here.
Asked about it today, Walsh repeated what he told me Monday: "I'm not ruling anything out. I am meeting with people, and I would say that anyone who's considering a run, they need to decide by September." That includes him, Walsh says. On Monday he waved away other questions about mounting a bid, including whether he could raise the big bucks necessary to spread his name and message.
Polling today shows Trump likely would clinch the Republican nomination in a landslide. His only challenger right now is former Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld. As The Hill noted in a recent story, "a RealClearPolitics average of polls shows Trump has a 72-point lead over Weld."
Tribune investigation: We tested popular cellphones for radiofrequency radiation. Now the FCC is investigating - Read the deep, deep dive by reporter Sam Roe here.
South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg, center, greets people after giving a talk at the Harold Washington Cultural Center in Chicago on Aug. 20, 2019. (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune) (Terrence Antonio James / Chicago Tribune)
Buttigieg's challenge to court African American voters highlighted by Chicago campaign stop
In the historic African American community of Bronzeville, inside the cultural center named in honor of Harold Washington — Chicago's first African American mayor — Buttiegieg hosted a combo fundraiser/town hall meeting on race Tuesday night. The mayor of South Bend, Indiana, drew a mostly white crowd.
"Buttigieg has struggled to gain support from African Americans," the Tribune's Bill Ruthhart writes. "A CNN survey last month found him polling at 0% nationally among black voters. A Monmouth University poll conducted last month in the key early voting state of South Carolina, where 61% of Democratic primary voters are black, found Buttigieg polling at just 1% among African Americans." Read the story by clicking here.
The background: "Buttigieg's efforts to reach out to black voters has been complicated by the fallout from the fatal police shooting in South Bend of Eric Logan, a black robbery suspect who authorities say was armed with a knife," Ruthhart notes.
U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood addresses the audience during a ceremonial swearing-in at Neuqua Valley in Naperville on Jan. 12, 2019. (Mike Mantucca/Naperville Sun)
Lauren Underwood publicly backs impeachment inquiry of Trump
"Freshman Democratic Rep. Lauren Underwood on Tuesday endorsed an impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump, putting the issue in play as she seeks reelection in what has traditionally been a Republican suburban and exurban district," the Tribune's Rick Pearson reports. Read the full story, which notes Underwood is now the 126th member of the house to back an impeachment inquiry, here.
Pearson also notes: "Of the 13 Democrats in Illinois' 18-member House delegation, Underwood becomes the eighth to back an impeachment inquiry," In addition to Underwood, freshman Democrat Sean Casten, who like Underwood flipped a Republican seat in the Chicago suburbs, backs an inquiry. So do Illinois Reps. Robin Kelly of Matteson and Jan Schakowsky of Evanston, and Chicago Reps. Mike Quigley, Bobby Rush, Danny Davis and Jesus "Chuy" Garcia.
Overflow delegates to 2020 Democratic National Convention in Milwaukee may be bunking in Chicago suburbs. (David Anderson/The Aegis / Baltimore Sun Media Group)
No room at the Milwaukee inns: So overflow delegates to 2020 Democratic National Convention may be bunking in Chicago suburbs
I couldn't believe when I checked a few months ago and saw that the Super 8 (confession: I love the wafflemakers there) in Milwaukee was booked solid July 13-16, 2020. Those are the dates of the Democratic National Convention, where delegates pick the candidate who will square off with Republican President Donald Trump.
The Tribune's Juan Perez Jr. reports that, in fact, Rosemont — about 80 miles from Milwaukee, has been put on a list for potential DNC accommodations. The party is downplaying Chicago's historic gridlock in the area, he writes. Read the full story here.
Chicago Streets and Sanitation workers Kevin Flaherty, left, and Jimmy Fung work their trash route in 2015. (Terrence Antonio James / Chicago Tribune)
Watchdog: Stop free garbage collection for Chicago churches, other nonprofits
City of Chicago Inspector General Joe Ferguson says the Chicago Department of Streets and Sanitation hasn't followed through on a rule to end free garbage collection for various nonprofits, the Tribune's John Byrne reports. It was part of a 2016 budget deal reached under Mayor Rahm Emanuel.
The math: "The $9.50-per-month fee the Department of Streets and Sanitation hasn't properly collected since the start of 2016 from 911 religious entities, 94 private schools and various other nonprofits identified by Inspector General Joseph Ferguson's office amounts to just $449,160 in uncollected revenue," Byrne writes. "That's barely a blip in the context of the 2020 budget hole of around $1 billion that Mayor Lori Lightfoot needs to fill.
Still, it couldn't hurt. Read Byrne's story, including streets and sanitation's response to the report, here.
New Petition Calls on Chicago Mayor, City Council to Rename Wabash Avenue in front of Trump Tower to "President Barack Obama Avenue" - Tribune columnist Eric Zorn discussed that very idea in a recent piece about an online petition to rename a stretch of New York City's Fifth Avenue - the stretch that is home to Trump Tower - for former Obama. You can read that story here. Now there's a petition calling on Mayor Lightfoot and City Council to rename a portion of Wabash Avenue - where Trump Tower rises - for the president. You can eyeball the petition here.
CHA boss resigns abruptly from $275,000-a-year post: Eugene E. Jones Jr., widely respected for his work in the city's public housing agency, declined to discuss his exit. But the search is on for his replacement, according to City Hall. In her piece about it, the Tribune's Lolly Bowean makes this important point: "His resignation essentially leaves a vacancy at the second largest public housing agency in the country. Jones' departure also gives Mayor Lori Lightfoot a powerful and incredibly influential seat to fill." Read the full story here.
Ex-City planning director joins real estate and investment firm: CRG, Clayco's real estate development and investment firm, announced that David Reifman, who was Chicago's planning and development commissioner under Rahm Emanuel, is joining the organization as partner and senior vice president for strategic development initiatives. Clayco moved its headquarters to Chicago in 2013, from St. Louis, and has been involved in number of large projects in Chicago.
Clayco is part of the group recently selected to build a new international terminal at O'Hare International Airport.
Clayco also is overseeing construction of a $500 million addition to the base of Willis Tower, which will create new retail and entertainment space, and is involved in converting the top half of the Macy's flagship building on State Street into offices.
Clayco founder Bob Clark and his son Shawn are part of Decennial Group, which is looking to raise $1 billion to invest in opportunity zones in Chicago and other cities. The biggest proposed project would be a redevelopment of the former Michael Reese Hospital site, which is city-owned but investors have been looking to buy it and launch a multibillion-dollar redevelopment of the site and adjacent properties.
As it is, the hospital site is often-mentioned as a possible location for a city casino.
Reifman, as Emanuel's planning commissioner, oversaw the zoning approval process for massive development plans including Related Midwest's The 78 between the South Loop and Chinatown, and Sterling Bay's Lincoln Yards on the North Side. (Ryan Ori)
Then-Gov.-elect Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., center, talks with President Donald Trump as then-Gov.-elect J.B. Pritzker of Illinois looks on, during a meeting with newly elected governors in the Cabinet Room of the White House on Dec. 13, 2018, in Washington. (Evan Vucci/AP)
Pritzker calls Trump 'disgrace' over comments about Jewish voters
Gov. Pritzker on Wednesday called Trump "a disgrace" after the president told reporters a day earlier that when Jewish people vote for Democrats, "it shows either a total lack of knowledge or great disloyalty."
As he has on several previous occasions when asked about Trump's rhetoric on immigration and other issues, Pritzker, a Democrat and Illinois' third Jewish governor, harkened back to his role in creating the Illinois Holocaust Museum.
"This language about Jews — as it would be about Muslims, as it would be about other discriminated categories of people in the United States — this language about saying, 'You're the other; you're not one of us; you're not American; you don't belong,' because you hold a view, because you worship differently, because you love differently, these are reminiscent of times that I think we would all call abhorrent in the history of the world."
He added, "Two and a half years into this administration, I suppose we shouldn't be shocked now. But it is shocking to me that we have someone in the White House who espouses views like that." (Dan Petrella)
New Illinois law prohibits landlords from evicting tenants because they are living in the U.S. illegally - Read Petrella's piece about that here.
Diana Rauner, wife of then-Gov. Bruce Rauner, provides a tour of the Governor's Mansion in Springfield on June 14, 2018. (Zbigniew Bzdak / Chicago Tribune)
Metal detectors at the Governor's Mansion
After Pritzker won the governor's race, the Chicago resident said he was moving to Springfield and would live in the Governor's Mansion. It's undergone a multimillion-dollar, yearslong rehab project under both Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner and now Pritzker along with first lady M.K. Pritzker.
Now comes word that starting Sept. 9 — though the website is unclear whether this practice already is in place — you'll have to make an advance reservation to tour the mansion, and present a photo ID and pass through a metal detector before entering the mansion. You can read more about the free Governor's Mansion tours, including times and location, here and book your tour here.
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"The Illinois State Police is committed to ensuring that all guests to the mansion have a safe and welcoming experience, and after reviewing other states' mansion tour policies, we moved to adopt common sense and widely used guidelines for safety," Brendan Kelly, acting director of the Illinois State Police, is quoted as saying a news release.
Asked whether an incident prompted this, Pritzker spokeswoman Jordan Abudayyeh said "no" and echoed Kelly's statement: "The updated policy just brings us into line with best practices being used around the country."
Illinois secretary of state's office blames programming error for registering more than 500 voters who said they weren't citizens
Thomas Railsback, Illinois GOP congressman who backed Nixon impeachment, dies at 87
Advocates of Illinois energy overhaul say new federal rules could raise bills for ComEd customers
The Spin: Sneak peek at Rahm Emanuel's new book reveals old grudges | Impeachment and the Iowa caucuses | U.S. Rep. Rush endorses Michael Bloomberg for president
Naperville, after previously leaning toward ban, will consider allowing retail sale of recreational marijuana: Read Erin Hegarty's piece in the Naperville Sun here.
'Not a done deal': Waukegan residents push back against casino while supporters push for proposal backed by business that fueled local elections — Emily L. Coleman of the Lake County News-Sun lays out details of the tug of war here.
Thanks for reading The Spin, the Tribune's politics newsletter. Sign up here to have it delivered to your inbox weekday afternoons. Have a tip? Email host Lisa Donovan at ldonovan@chicagotribune.com.
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Label Showcases
2 Known concerts
3 Questionable/Unknown concerts
When the band was signed by Motor Music, they had to play a couple of concerts and tours for investors and retailers to promote the band and label. Most of these concerts were played from 1994 to 1996, but they also played some concerts years later when the band was already successful. Most of them are unknown, because they were private events.
Known concerts
Venue / Event
2 May 1996 PolyGram World Congress Hong Kong United Kingdom
30 Sep 2004 10 Jahre Motor Berlin Germany
Questionable/Unknown concerts
There are a large number of unknown showcase concerts. No dates are known; it is only known that these concerts were:
Various concerts in breweries, castles or on ships.
One concert in Essen.
One concert in a bavarian forest, with Phillip Boa and Marusha. This concert was before or around the time Du riechst so gut was released.
One festival some time before the release of Reise, Reise. The band was dressed in stereotypical German clothing, which they liked so much that they used it in the following tour.
The band stayed in expensive hotels with minibars in the rooms, and at the end of the first showcase tour they got a bill of 46,000 DM (≈$29,000) because they did not know that they had to pay for the drinks.
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Well, I got mugged last Thursday. It's not really the type of story to write on a blog, but maybe you'll ask me about it next time I see you. I lost about $25 in cash, my cell phone with all of my contacts (mostly Zidisha clients), my belt, and a trucker hat that I got at a frisbee tournament my team hosted at Haverford. This really wasn't what I had in mind when I set out to share the sport of Ultimate with Africa.
Wherever you are this summer, take care of yourself. I should have been paying more attention, and the best way to get out of bad situations is not to get into them in the first place. I'm totally fine and I'm lucky that I am.


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The vessel will embody the feel of a true superyacht and will be fundamentally different from the current Sunseeker range. With an expected launch in 2020, Project 8X will feature striking lines and an open plan interior.
The superyacht 8X's beach club will be the yacht's standout feature, with the yard claiming its size will be four tames that of a traditional platform design to become a highly specified entertainment area. Key features will include a built-in drawer barbecue, a self-leveling step passerelle and an optional hydraulic bathing platform.
Extensive storage for a tender and toys, including a Williams 460 sportJet, jet ski and Sea Bob, which can be deployed and retried with an integrated tender crane. The foredeck will feature a 140-inch cinema screen laser projector and surround sound for evening entertainment.
Traditional elegance with contemporary updates and sleek simplicity and sophistication will characterize the interior décor. Accommodation will be for eight guests and include a full-beam master suite, forward VIP and two twin aft cabins that can concert into doubles. Different accommodation layouts will be available depending on the use of the superyacht. The crew quarters will accommodate a maximum staff of five and include a kitchenette and a crew mess.
Sunseeker Sales Director Sean Robertson indicated that the company expects the new model will dictate this sector for years to come and will epitomize the brand's next generation of larger models.


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Centralizing Parties advancing in Iraq's Provincial Election Results
The big news out of the leaks from Iraq's vote counters is that parties seeking a strong central government appear to have won big in the elections for provincial governments. There had been a split last fall. Some parties, such as the Kurdistan Alliance and the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq, wanted Iraq to have a very weak central government, which would cede a great deal of Federal power to provincial confederacies such as the Kurdistan Regional Government. In contrast, the centralizers in the Da'wa (Islamic Mission Party) and among the Sunni Arabs, want a strong central state. It is the latter that appear to be coming out on top . . .
Mcclatchy reports that turn-out in the Iraqi provincial elections is now thought to be 51%, which some observers are calling disappointing. Security is still very bad in Diyala, Ninevah, Salahuddin, Baghdad and Babil provinces. And, a certain amount of voter apathy has set in, since the previous elections were followed by a downward spiral in violence and failure of elected officials to provide services.
The USG Open Source Center translates Iraqi television reports about the returns and leaks of early trends. First, the important northern province of Ninevah, with its capital at Mosul, Iraq's third largest city (pop. 1.7 mn.)
Sharqiya television reported at 1 pm Iraqi time on Sunday,
"Sources in the Ninawa Governorate have said that the National Al-Hadba List has made a landslide win in the Mosul city garnering 90% of votes, not to mention scoring high in other cities in spite of rigging attempts against it. The sources said that the list won more than 60 percent of the seats in the governorate, noting that the big turn out of citizens to vote was meant to preserve the civilian identity."
The Hadba' Party comprises largely secular Arab nationalists and some local tribal forces. If the report of their big win is true, it is significant in two ways. First, Mosul had been a stronghold of the Iraqi Muslim Brotherhood, the ancestor of the Iraqi Islamic Party, but that fundamentalist trend may have been rejected by voters in favor of secular nationalism. Second, the Kurdish Peshmerga and Kurdish troops in the Iraqi army had provided the carapace of Mosul's security, and had acted as stalking horses for a take-over of Ninevah or parts of it by the Kurdistan Regional Government. Most observers had long held that Ninevah was largely Sunni Arab and that Kurds were a minority, and this election could prove it. AP notes that if Hadba' won big, that might permanently derail Kurdistan's hopes of annexing this territory. It could also give the Arab Iraqis courage in their fight to stop Kurdistan from absorbing Kirkuk Province, which also has large Arab and Turkmen populations.
Sharqiya added, according to OSC, "The Aswat al-Iraq News Agency based in Arbil cited Athil al-Nujayfi, leader of the Al-Hadba List in the Mosul city, as saying that the Kurdistan Alliance has to understand the facts entailed by the new situation in the Ninawa Governorate in light of the positive initial results of his list in the elections whereby its received 60 percent of votes."
The leaks on Sharqiya about mostly Sunni Arab al-Anbar Province, the enormous western governorate, suggested that
' -"Unofficial preliminary results in the Al-Anbar Governorate, western Iraq, indicate that the Iraq Awakening Alliance and the National Independents came in first place in the elections there followed by the Iraqi National Project, and thirdly the Iraqi List. Sources in Al-Anbar confirmed that the Iraqi List came in first place in the Al-Fallujah city followed by the Alliance of the Intellectuals and the Tribes for Development List which is backed by the Iraqi Islamic Party.'
If this estimate is correct, there has been a major upset. Al-Anbar had been ruled by the Iraqi Islamic Party of Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi. This report says that they have been tossed out and that people voted instead for the Awakening Council members who ran as a party. That was the group that took American salaries to fight the radical Muslim vigilantes that the US press tends to call 'al-Qaeda in Iraq.'
With regard to Shiite areas, the big contest is between the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (running as the Shahid al-Mihrab Coalition) and the Islamic Mission Party (Da'wa, running as the Coalition for a Government of Laws). Most analysts suggest a big win for PM Nuri al-Maliki's Da'wa, but there were a few contrary reports. OSC says that Furat t.v. reported in its 10 pm broadcast on Sunday:
' "Unofficial results following preliminary counting of ballots in Babil showed that the Shahid al-Mihrab and the Independent Forces List is taking the lead. A source at the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) in Babil said the preliminary counting of ballots indicated that the Shahid al-Mihrab and the Independent Forces List is taking the lead in the governorate. The source added that almost 90 percent of ballots were counted, thus showing that the Shahid al-Mihrab and the Independent Forces List is leading, followed by the State of Law Coalition." '
ISCI, or the Shahid al-Mihrab (Martyr of the Prayer Niche) had controlled the 9 southern Shiite provinces as of the Jan. 2005 provincial elections. It may or may not end up winning in Babil, as this report suggests, but from all accounts its ascendancy in the south is under severe challenge.
Other sources said that al-Maliki's Coalition for a Government of Laws, with Da'wa at its core, was sweeping all 9 provinces of the south, with ISCI and other parties coming in second or third. Most provincial councils have between 25 and 41 seats, and Da'wa and its allies might end up needing further coalition parties after the councils are elected. Da'wa officials say that they will actively seek such coalitions.
Another leak says that Maliki's Islamic Mission Party (Da'wa) and its allies won 50% of the seats on the provincial council of Basra, an oil rich province that also contains Iraq's only ports. The Islamic Supreme Council is said to have won 20% of seats in Basra (it had won 20 of 41 in 2005).
Da'wa is also said to have won Baghdad, which is now a heavily Shiite city in the wake of the ethnic cleansing of the Sunni Arabs there during the civil war of 2006-2007. Al-Maliki's party even did well in the slums of East Baghdad or Sadr City, according to this report; these had earlier been strongholds of Muqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi Army. Al-Maliki attacked the Mahdi Army in both Basra and Sadr City late last spring, and won.
McClatchy reports political violence in Iraq for Sunday:
' Baghdad
A sticky bomb targeted the car of Mohammed Salama, the head of Sahwa in Ogla village, around 40 km to the southeast of Baghdad at 11 a.m. Sunday injuring Salama and a civilian passer by.
A roadside bomb targeted a civilian car in Gharnata neighbourhood in the centre of Kirkuk City late Saturday, damaging the car without causing human casualties.
A roadside bomb targeted a large truck on the main route between Kirkuk and Tikrit, near Zghaitun Bridge at 10 p.m. Saturday injuring the driver and damaging the truck.
Gunmen blew up a farm house belonging to candidate of al Hadbaa List, Faisal al Habbu which is located in al Qunaitra area, 20 km to the south of Mosul. The house, which was only visited by the family every so often, was destroyed and no casualties were reported.'
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Frédéric II d'Are († 1168) fut évêque de Münster de 1152 à 1168. Pendant son règne, l'évêché de Münster a commencé devenir une puissance territoriale. De plus, personnellement, il a eu une forte influence sur l'aspect de la cathédrale de Münster à travers son implication dans les activités de construction.

Famille
Il est issu de la , apparentée au comte de Limbourg. Son frère Gérard était prévôt à Bonn et a été élu archevêque par les prévôts et abbés de l'archidiocèse de Cologne après la mort d'Arnold II von Wied. Cependant, les chanoines de la cathédrale ont choisi Friedrich von Berg, qui a également été confirmé par l'empereur malgré des préoccupations canoniques considérables.

Premières années
Friedrich est mentionné entre 1142 et 1151 comme sacristain de la cathédrale de Münster. Il devait avoir été chanoine pendant plusieurs années auparavant. L'archevêque Arnold I et lui étaient probablement amis en raison de leur relation. Lors d'un voyage à Rome, au cours duquel Frédéric l'accompagna, l'archevêque ne réussit pas à obtenir de Friedrich le poste de prévôt de Xanten. Après la mort de l'archevêque, Frédéric a perdu son plus fervent partisan. Dans le même temps, Arnold II von Wied, l'un de ses concurrents, acquiert une position centrale. Cependant, il ne s'oppose pas à l'élection de Frédéric comme évêque de Munster. Au contraire, il l'a consacrée lors du sacre de Frédéric Ier à Aix-la-Chapelle. L'archevêque Frédéric a tenté de gagner son camp après l'échec de la candidature à la prévôté de Xanten. En même temps, l'unité de la couronne et de l'église a été démontrée par une consécration conjointe.

Travail au sein de l'archidiocèse
Comme son prédécesseur, Frédéric a promu la vie monastique à l'intérieur de l'évêché de Münster. En témoignent un certain nombre de dons et la confirmation des droits. Frédéric a probablement eu l'idée de construire deux tours d'angle sur la façade ouest au lieu de la tour centrale existante de la cathédrale. La construction de la tour nord a également commencé sous son règne. Une croix d'argent au-dessus du jubé, réputée pour faire des miracles, date également de son époque. Frédéric a acquis diverses reliques pour la cathédrale. Certains d'entre eux lui ont été donnés par l'empereur Frédéric Barberousse en récompense de ses services.

Sous le règne de Frédéric II, l'expansion territoriale de l'évêché de Münster sur la base de la  a commencé. Son différend avec la dynastie de  en la personne de  est bien connu : il commence lorsque son prédécesseur Werner de Steusslingen meurt en 1155, cette dispute opposant l'évêque et le comte de Lohn au sujet des droits de propriété du château de Lohn. Ce qui fut réglé en faveur du comte.
La fin du bailliage des seigneurs de Tecklenburg sur le monastère et la ville de Münster a également contribué à la consolidation de la domination laïque. Depuis lors, l'évêque et le chapitre de la cathédrale peuvent choisir librement les baillis.

Politique étrangère
Les relations avec l'empereur Frédéric Barberousse étaient bonnes. Il visita Münster en 1156. L'évêque Frédéric trouva la nomination de Rainald von Dassel comme chancelier offensante, mais il resta du côté de l'empereur. Il a pris part à son expédition pour l'Italie. Il est attesté en 1161 avec l'armée impériale au siège de Milan et plus tard au concile de Lodi. Pendant ce temps, il a commencé à se rapprocher davantage de Rainald von Dassel.

En 1164, il fait partie d'une coalition dirigée par Rainald von Dassel et divers évêques et seigneurs contre le comte , accusé de la mort de son frère. Le château et la ville d'Arnsberg ont été détruits. Plus tard, Frédéric a pu être trouvé près de Rainald. Même après sa mort, on le retrouve au côté de l'empereur.

Frédéric II est enterré dans la tour nord de la cathédrale de Münster.

Références

Bibliographie
  Wilhelm Kohl, Die Bistümer der Kirchenprovinz Köln. Das Bistum Münster 7,3: Die Diözese. Berlin, 2003.  (Germania sacra Neue Folge tome 37,3) p. 212ff, (Lire en ligne)
  Wilhelm Kohl, Die Bistümer der Kirchenprovinz Köln. Das Bistum Münster 7,1: Die Diözese. Berlin, 1999.  (Germania sacra Neue Folge tome 37,1) p. 102ff. (Lire en ligne)

Liens externes

Évêque de Münster
Évêque catholique du XIIe siècle
Maison d'Are
Décès en 1168

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Team Trans Logistics: A Tailor-made Companion for Indian Roads
Despite 2015's floods that wreaked havoc in Chennai, the telecom tower companies like Indus Towers, and MNOs like Bharti Airtel had ensured uninterrupted service when accessibility and maintenance of sites were challenged due to the heavy downpour. However, they intrinsically owe thanks to Team Trans Logistics Pvt. Ltd. (TTL), a Chennai based logistics company that daringly provided round the clock services to restore the towers in the city, while others seemed dreadful to roll wheels on the road. The bravery was recognized and awarded by both the companies eventually. Bringing in an heritage of more than two decades from its parent company – Beekeyen Freight Services Pvt. Ltd., TTL over the years has become one of the leading logistics companies in India which is well-known for its surface freight forwarding, accounting to a highly competitive nature coupled with ethical practices and elevated working standards, and offers a helping hand where others backpedal.
Born in 2009 as a brain child of U Arumugasamy (Managing Director) – a seasoned professional with 25 years of rich experience in the field of transportation & warehousing, the company has proven to be a strong contender predominantly in the Telecom industry logistics. Steadily growing at a pace of 15 percent year after year, TTL's extremely retentive customer ecosystem today includes Airtel, Gamesa, FujiFilm, Tata Sky, Luminous, Hinduja, Bhel, Sail, TNPL and JK Tyres to name a few.
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Lost Girl debuts tonight on SyFy at 10 p.m. Eastern.
If nothing else, though, Lost Girl is a reminder that budgetary issues don't always matter, even if we might wish every weird little genre show had the budget of a True Blood or Game Of Thrones. Does it occasionally bug that the show's supernatural spaces seem populated entirely by bored Canadian models? Sure. But that's not a fatal, show-killing flaw. The temptation with something like this is to write it off because it looks so chintzy, but once you pull back that top layer of weird blandness, there's a thriving, fun show underneath. What's more, this is a show that makes some pretty bold storytelling choices and isn't afraid to have the storyline rocket forward, in a way that's reminiscent of another genre show, The CW's Vampire Diaries.
The central figure is a bartender named Bo. Bo's been on the run for years because of a terrible secret: Every person she kisses winds up dead. There's something irresistible about her—this is one of the few shows where everybody telling the protagonist how beautiful she is could be seen as a bad thing—but once she gets into the thick of it with any given person, that person winds up a patchy collection of skin blotches with a big, dumb smile on their face. This is all laid out skillfully in the show's first act, wherein a traveling businessman getting a drink at the bar Bo works at tries to roofie a drink for her, only to have her reject his offer. Instead, he approaches a cute, blonde pickpocket. She downs the drink and takes his wallet, but when she gets on the elevator, he follows, just waiting for her to pass out so he can do what he will with her. Bo arrives on the scene, and we get both a quick display of her powers (if they can be called that) and the blonde girl learning all about how the world is full of dark and terrible things.
The pell-mell storytelling continues throughout the first two episodes. The pilot is very much a premise pilot—in that we see how everything the show will become gets into place—but the second episode does a handy job of setting up what each episode will be, week to week. The pilot introduces us quickly to all of the characters—indeed, the two most important are there in that very first scene—then just as skillfully pulls back from the sorts of day-to-day concerns Bo occupies herself with to reveal that there's an ancient, dark supernatural war that she just might be at the center of. Now, the overriding mythology is nothing new. There are "light" and "dark" factions within this war, and if you've read any mythology ever, Bo's true species will become pretty clear just from the description above. But the show's willingness to play for keeps and have Bo kill adversaries to survive gives it a nice, darkly pulpy edge. There are monstrous fight clubs and bars where the supernatural beings can go about as they wish and a hunky guy who just might not die when Bo kisses him. There's nothing unfamiliar here, but there's a skill to how the familiar elements are deployed.
By far the best thing here is Anna Silk as Bo. Silk has bopped around Canadian TV for a while, judging from her IMDB page, but she feels fresh here. She's the very best kind of discovery as Bo, able to play both laughs and big dramatic moments for all their worth. The moment when she realizes the guy she's kissing somehow isn't dying is good fun, and the way she improvises a path through fights also works very well. Silk may not do all of her own stunts, but she believably carries herself as someone who can enter a fight with a giant-tongued monster and hold her own.
Ksenia Solo as Bo's sidekick Kenzi is also lots of fun. She's mostly there to toss in gags and one-liners, but Solo proves highly adept at doing so, and she functions nicely as a kind of conscience for Bo, who could very easily end up hurting many, many people. Less exciting is Kristen Holden-Ried, who's good in the scenes where he's trying to track down the beast that could have left that grimly smiling man on the elevator and good in the scenes with his detective partner but less convincing as a brooding, glowery antihero for Bo to fall for. The show's so good at sketching in all of the other expected elements that the "guy our heroine shouldn't fall for even though she inevitably will" element feels just a bit too pat.
Never mind that, though. Lost Girl is good, goofy fun for those who enjoy watching supernatural beings navigate the complicated politics of a shadow world or who enjoy them tracking down other monsters to solve mysteries. (It's not too much of a spoiler to say that Kenzi convinces Bo that she should set up a supernatural detective agency, of sorts, one that results in a very entertaining "case of the week" in episode two.) If you're looking for wild originality in your genre TV, Lost Girl isn't the place you'll want to turn. But if you're just looking for fun characters exploring a fun—if somewhat derivative—world, then there aren't many better options on the air right now.


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There's a biopic film on the way about former WWE wrestler Chris Benoit
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The life and eventual death of Chris Benoit is one of the darkest stories in sports history.
A respected wrestler, Benoit also suffered from severe brain damage and depression which researchers and autopsies suggest led to the eventual double murder-suicide of his wife, Nancy Benoit and son, Daniel. The fallout of Benoit's heinous crime eventually led to major changes in WWE procedure and developments in neuroscience and sports injuries.
Well, I hadn't planned on returning to movies, but you have written a great script https://t.co/sKxvBaXlDE
— Lexi Alexander (@Lexialex) September 8, 2016
A film centred on Benoit's life and career has been rumoured for quite some time, but it now appears it's finally happening as Green Street director Lexi Alexander has signed on to direct the film. Crossface - in reference to Benoit's well-known submission move, the Crippler Crossface - has no set release date or production schedule, but it is known that the screenplay was written by newcomer Sarah Coulter.
There's been no word on casting and WWE has yet to comment on the story, but it's safe to say this is going to be a controversial film and whether it'll see the light of day remains to be seen.


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The approach I tried:
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There are times when your high score would be an absolute lucky fluke. For example, you may start out your game with some of the hardest parts of a stage, or you may begin with easy scenarios right off the bat – that's what you get when you're relying mainly on the luck of the draw. Keep on playing and replaying, focus your practice on difficult levels, and soon enough it'll all be second nature to you.
Yes, this tip sounds a lot like the second one, but what we mean to say here is that you shouldn't hesitate to take a rest for a few minutes if you're playing one bad game after another. Once you return after that few minutes of rest, you'll likely be feeling refreshed and ready to beat out those high scores.
This is a mechanic that you most likely know from Flappy Bird – your bounces must be timed perfectly, in such a way that you can drop quickly if it means staying alive. But this is something that comes with regular practice; pay attention to the times where it appears as if you're cutting too close, and time your character's bounces accordingly.
Ads, of course, are what monetizes .PXL for its creator Appsolute. And you have the option of paying real money to get rid of the ads – your options are payments of $0.99, $1.99, or $2.99. There's no difference to speak of with these three packages – you simply pay more if you really, really love the game and enjoy Appsolute's titles. That's a nominal fee, and if you really like this game a lot, it won't hurt your wallet. But if you insist on playing the game with zero distractions – it is available to play offline. Turn your phone's data or Wi-Fi off or put it on airplane mode to play without anything getting in the way.


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