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Ex soldiers are Breaking the Silence with guided tours in Hebron
By Ana Thorne - November 07, 2012
Section: [Main News] [Opinion] [Culture] [Features]
Tags: [Breaking the Silence]
On October 25th the Breaking the Silence gave a tour to a mixed group (contenting of tourists and international students) in Hebron. Nadav Bigelman, who is born in Jerusalem and now lives in Haifa, was the guide for the day. As a 19 year old in 2008, he served as an Israeli combatant for one year and eight months in Hebron.
Breaking the Silence started in the year of 2004 as an exhibition in Tel Aviv in order to change the discourse and give an insight on how occupation looks like to unaware Israelis. The first exhibition was made up of photos of the day-to-day reality of the military service in Hebron captured by the soldiers. A member of Breaking the Silence must be a veteran combatant that has served the Israeli military from the start of the second Intifada in 2000 or after.
The members of the organization have taken the decision to expose to the Israeli public and the rest of the world the reality of everyday life in the Palestinian Occupied Territories. Every former soldier withing the group must give an anonymous testimony to a fellow combatant about his or her time in the Israeli army serving in the Occupied Territories.
Bigelman informs those on the tour that the many young Israelis who want to serve their government and state are often not aware of the situation. Before he entered the army he had never been to the West Bank. Only 10 % of the Israeli occupation soldiers serve in the West Bank.
"People listen to you because you used to be a soldier. Breaking the Silence is bringing Hebron to Tel Aviv into the living rooms of the Jewish civilians in Israel," he explains.
The interest for Breaking the Silence was huge and not long after the organization was established they started giving guided tours in Hebron and in the South Hebron Hills. "Once you [those on the tour] see with your own eyes you understand how occupation works," Bigelman says.
The tour in Hebron began with a stop at the extremist settler Baruch Goldstein's grave just outside Hebron. In 1994 during the holy month of Ramadan, Baruch Goldstein, a Jewish born man from Brooklyn New York, murdered 29 Palestinian men and boys while they were praying in the Ibrahimi Mosque and injured 200 people. Nadav Bigelman tells that most settlers distance themselves from the action but extremist settlers consider him as a hero and his gravesite remains a popular place of pilgrimage for them.
Close to where Goldstein's grave lies is an illegal outpost situated near the settlement of Qiryat Arba. Bigelman explains that the outpost has been demolished at least 30 times. According to the international law both outposts and settlements are illegal on any occupied territory of Palestine.
"The only difference is that the settlements have permission from the Israeli military to be on the land and the outposts do not," Bigelman says.
Heavy restrictions on Palestinian Movement
Hebron, home to more than 250,000 Palestinians with approximately 800 Jewish settlers, is the only Palestinian city where Israeli settlements are situated inside the city center.
The city center used to serve as the commercial center of the whole southern West Bank but after the establishment of the settlements, the economy suffered great losses and it has not been possible for the Palestinians living in the city center to maintain a normal standard of living. As a result, many left their houses and the Old City is today nicknamed as "Ghost Town".
Israeli soldiers patrol the streets at all times. Bigelman describes that due to fact that most of the roads around the city center are forbidden for the Palestinians to drive on, the Israeli side of the roads are therefore wider because they are allowed to drive there and the Palestinian side is narrower because they are only allowed to walk there.
Nadav Bigelman tells a typical story from his daily shifts in Hebron. A boy in the 'completely closed' area of Hebron wanted to leave his house, but he was not allowed and Bigelman had to push him back inside his house.
In contrast, Bigleman continues, there are regular guided tours for settlers that want to see Hebron, protected by two groups of soldiers. The tours cross through the Casbah (the Palestinian area of the old city, where it is slightly livelier than the rest.)
One group of soldiers surrounds the settlers on the ground while the other group is located on the rooftops of the Palestinian houses. In order to come up there the soldiers barge through the private Palestinian houses, past living rooms and kitchens.
Bigelman talks about a game called "The Earth is Toxic", which he used to play with his colleagues. The game was about not touching the ground during a whole 8 hour shift, which therefore only gave them the choice to go from one Palestinian rooftop to another.
"The Palestinian boy was not allowed to go out of his own house," Bigelman says ironically, "but guided tours around in the city are okay and it is okay for the soldiers to enter private homes?"
One thing that is palpably noticeable is the fact that a strategy lies behind the different surveillance acts in Hebron, and for that matter in the rest of the West Bank as well. Bigelman talks about how they used to throw glow sticks inside Palestinian houses during the night, so that when the Palestinians woke up the next morning they would know that their houses had been monitored.
"It is all about making the presence of the occupation visible," Bigelman underlines.
Mapping Palestinians houses is another way to let the Palestinians know that Israeli soldiers operate and undertake observation in the area. Bigelman explains that this is always done during the night, with the argument that during nighttime is the biggest chance for every family member to be home, but it also has to do with the fact that it is most unpleasant to be awakened in the middle of the night.
"We were 5-6 soldiers in a group and two things were done at the same time," Bigelman clarifies. "The first thing you do is to search – you don't know what you are searching for – you just search – for flags, documents, weapons etc. The other thing – you write the ID-numbers and the names of the Palestinians in the house down. A sketch of the house is drawn, where you map all the rooms and in the end you take pictures of the family members and match pictures with IDs."
Normally four to five houses are mapped during one night with around 20 pictures snapped.
"Nobody ever asked for the information, the pictures or wanted the proof of the mapping," Bigelman says reproachfully. "The houses could be mapped twice a year – every time a new unit of soldiers came to Hebron. This is a strategy, the same happens in Jenin – in order to make people aware of our presence."
When the protected are the problem
Internal disagreements between the Israeli soldiers and the settlers have become a problem, Bigelman acknowledges. A testimony from a settler during a Shabbat a day in 2010 tells about an episode where the electricity was cut off (electricity is not allowed during Shabbat). The settler asked if the gate to the area where he lived could be left open, but it was not allowed. He broke into the system and destroyed the electricity to the automatic doors.
"No one was arrested whereas if this had been a Palestinian it would have been a whole other story," Bigelman emphasizes.
Two different laws are in play depending on the suspect. The military law applies to the inhabitants of the occupied territory – the Palestinians— and the Israeli civilian law applies to the settlers, even though they are in the occupied territories.
During a military court there are no external judges and the Palestinian is therefore judged by internal military persons. The relationship between the settlers and the soldiers is often close and therefore it is hard for the soldiers to act as the executive power.
"It is the same settlers that you drink coffee with in the morning that in the afternoon might harass the Palestinians." Bigelman expresses his frustration and continues to say, "I was trained to fight armies – but how to fight in an open place, in a town with civilians? I was never trained for police work (to arrest people). Our first priority is to protect the settlers."
According to Bigelman there were never clear rules about whether the soldiers were allowed to arrest the settlers or not. To open fire towards the settlers was not allowed.
In 2008 Bigelman's unit was told to evacuate a Palestinian house because the Palestinians did not have the required permission from the Israeli military to renovate it and the residents of the house therefore had to be removed.
The order was "Do it, as nicely as you can," Bigelman recounted, "but how can you do that? There is no nice way!"
The settler-Palestinian-military triangle in Hebron is a recipe for explosive tension. There is simply no 'nice way' to do occupation. Breaking the Silence is doing a very good job in informing people about what really happens when being part of the fourth strongest military that is heavily maintaining the occupation. But unfortunately as long as the Israeli society continues to turn the blind eye and deny what is happening, especially in Hebron, it is hard to see a way out of the unfortunate situation for the Palestinians.


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Q: Append a  to every post to force additional page link (and static content) I'm trying to affect either the content or the $post->post_content directly, before the post get read by the wp_link_pages() function, to inject a little bit of static text or javascript after the content of every post on my site.
I've tried appending it with an add_filter in the functions.php of my theme, but that doesn't work as desired. with a filter on the theme function, I get the static content on each page, as opposed to a "mulligan" Nth+1 page.
For example, if my post has 8 "natural" pages, I would like a 9th page that's a static panel with share buttons or similar.
How can I "trick" the wp_link_pages() to think there's more to the post than what I entered as an author in the dashboard?

A: The multipage setting is not something that happen via a query, it is handled only via global variables, inside the setup_postdata() function.
The only thing you need is to increment a global variable and add your static content using the 'the_post' hook that is fired at the end of that function.
Something like:
add_action('the_post', function(WP_Post $post) {
    global $multipage, $numpages, $pages;
    $multipage = 1; // ensure post is considered multipage: needed for single page posts
    $numpages++; // increment number of pages
    $pages[] = my_last_page_content($post); // set the static content for last page
});

There is no need for anything else, because wp_link_pages() will understand that there is the mocked number of pages for current post and will act accordingly.
As you can see I used a custom my_last_page_content function to create content for the last page. I passed to that function the post object, because maybe you need to build your "fake" page content, e.g. to get post title or permalink.
Below a rough example:
function my_last_page_content(WP_Post $post)
{
  $format = '
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';
  $url    = 'https://twitter.com/home?status='
            . urlencode(__('New blog post: ', 'txtdomain'))
            . '%22' . urlencode(apply_filters('the_title', $post->post_title)) . '%22'
            . '%20' . urlencode(get_permalink($post));

  return sprintf($format, $url, esc_html__('Share on Twitter', 'txtdomain') );
}

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Q: When two workbooks are opened in visual basic, workbook variables do not get assigned correctly When running the code below, I get different results depending on which workbooks are open. The sub is in a module associated with Master Sheet.xlsm

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*If just the Master Sheet.xlsm open then the code runs correctly, i.e. the Message Boxes say (where comma separates the first and second message box): Master Sheet, transferred cases 03-09-18

*If both Master Sheet.xlsm and transferred cases 03-09-18.xlsx are open but transferred cases 03-09-18.xlsx was open second then the message boxes say: transferred cases 03-09-18, transferred cases 03-09-18

*If both Master Sheet.xlsm and transferred cases 03-09-18.xlsx are open but Master Sheet.xlsm was open second then the message boxes say: Master Sheet, Master Sheet

Sub foo()
    Dim x As Workbook
    Dim y As Workbook

   '## Open both workbooks first:
   Set x = Workbooks.Open("C:\Users\owner\Documents\ExelatecOutput\Master Sheet.xlsm")
   Set y = Workbooks.Open("C:\Users\owner\Documents\ExelatecOutput\transferred cases 03-09-18.xlsx")

   'Now, copy what you want from x:
   MsgBox x.Name
   MsgBox y.Name

End Sub

Why do the variables x and y not get assigned correctly.

A: Just a note, you can check if the workbooks are already open with a function like this where you pass a workbook name.
Public Function BookOpen(strBookName As String) As Boolean

    Dim oBk As Workbook
    On Error Resume Next
    Set oBk = Workbooks(strBookName)
    On Error GoTo 0
    If oBk Is Nothing Then
        BookOpen = False
    Else
        BookOpen = True
    End If

End Function

If it returns true, you can set x = Workbooks("your workbook name")

A: Workbooks.Open always return the last opened file (even if it is not the one passed in parameter). This is either bad documentation or bug in excel IMO.
You don't need to check if the file is opened, since opening an already open file does not raise an error, but you need to set the variable later:
Workbooks.Open "C:\Users\owner\Documents\ExelatecOutput\Master Sheet.xlsm": Set x = Workbooks("Master Sheet.xlsm") ' or Set x = ActiveWorkbook since Open will activate it
Workbooks.Open "C:\Users\owner\Documents\ExelatecOutput\transferred cases 03-09-18.xlsx": Set y = Workbooks("transferred cases 03-09-18.xlsx") ' or Set y = ActiveWorkbook since Open will activate it

A: When assigning to a Workbook variable with Workbooks.Open() it is implied that the workbook, which is to be opened is closed. Otherwise, it takes either the last opened workbook with Workbooks.Open() or the workbook where the code is, if all the workbooks are opened already.
Thus, make sure that you close them before trying to open the workbooks. You need to do the following two actions before opening:

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*Detect whether Excel workbook is already open
If there is an opened workbook, then close it:

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*Closing Excel Application using VBA

Another faster option is to assign the variable explicitly, as mentioned by Vincent G, which is faster, because you are not going to close an already opened Excel file:
Sub TestMe()

    Dim x As Workbook
    Dim y As Workbook
    Dim xPath As String: xPath = "C:\Book1.xlsx"
    Dim yPath As String: yPath = "C:\Book2.xlsx"

    Workbooks.Open xPath
    Set x = Workbooks(Split(xPath, "\")(UBound(Split(xPath, "\"))))
    Workbooks.Open yPath
    Set y = Workbooks(Split(yPath, "\")(UBound(Split(yPath, "\"))))

    Debug.Print x.Name
    Debug.Print y.Name

End Sub

The part of the code Split(xPath, "\")(UBound(Split(xPath, "\"))) takes the last element of the splitted array by \.


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A Golden start-up company working to bring to market patented technology developed by Colorado School of Mines researchers for the quick and accurate testing of bacterial infections recently received $275,000 in angel funding.
Traxion, a Golden-based venture catalyst whose strategic partners include the City of Golden and Mines, announced the successful completion of a $275,000 follow-on round of angel funding for Cobio Diagnostics, Inc. in March.
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'Entertainment': Comedian's road trip worth taking in parts
Originally published November 19, 2015 at 3:00 pm Updated November 20, 2015 at 10:25 am
Movie review of "Entertainment": Rick Alverson's first feature is a sporadically successful cross between performance-art-like confrontation and twilight mysteries reminiscent of classic David Lynch. Rating: 2.5 stars out of 4.
Special to The Seattle Times
"Entertainment" is, at different times, compelling, sketchy, exhausting and borderline visionary.
This sporadically inspired feature by Rick Alverson is like a cross between a vintage, squirm-worthy Andy Kaufman performance and classic, ominous David Lynch. It is not fun, but its confrontational style yields dividends.
A rambling road movie with a loose, chapter-by-chapter feel, "Entertainment" is uncomfortably anchored by a traveling, unnamed comedian (Gregg Turkington) who is horrible at his job and, more troublingly, losing his mind.
Movie Review ★★½
'Entertainment,' with Gregg Turkington, John C. Reilly, Michael Cera. Directed by Rick Alverson, from a screenplay by Alverson, Turkington and Tim Heidecker. 90 minutes. Rated R for language, sexual material, drug use. Northwest Film Forum, through Thursday.
Offstage, Turkington's character is a pained observer, reticent to talk and increasingly in some kind of private hell. He drives from one gig to another in the Mojave Desert, performing for prisoners and at tiny clubs.
Onstage, he adopts a boorish persona as a rumpled, greasy-haired monster whose shtick is vile, unfunny riddles. Heckle him and he launches into appalling, obscene tirades that don't let up.
Punctuating the action are the comedian's loving, unanswered phone messages left for an unseen daughter (does she exist?).
"Entertainment" has trouble gaining early traction as a viable story, despite a good effort by John C. Reilly as a cousin sympathetic to the comedian's fringe career.
Things pick up as the antihero's existential distress coincides with his Lynch-like series of portentous encounters: with a needy stranger (Michael Cera) in a roadside restroom; with a pregnant woman alone and crying out from labor pains; with a group of men doing some tribal dance.
Alverson explains none of this, but he casts a spell with the film's cumulative mystery and wonder. He has talent; now he needs a better story.
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Message from H.E. the President, Lt. General Dr. Seretse Khama Ian Khama, on the passing of Former President Sir Ketumile Masire:
It is my sad duty to formally inform the nation of the passing on of our Former President Sir Ketumile Masire.
In remembrance of Sir Ketumile we shall as of today, Friday the 23rd June 2017, begin a three day period of mourning, which shall run through to Sunday the 25th of June 2017, during which flags shall fly at half mast, as they will also do on the day of the funeral.
In this time of reflection, members of the public may continue to engage in public and private activities, but in so doing are reminded to be mindful of the need to display behaviour that shows appropriate respect for the occasion.
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May His Soul Rest in Peace and his family along with the rest of the nation be comforted in this time of sadness.
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Crystal Starr Light, Raging Snarky Stormtrooper Pony
Fellow Goodreads refugee, I am known as "old hag with too much time on her hands" or (preferably) "Crystal Starr Light".
I read mostly science fiction and fantasy, but I will read just about any book and genre at least once.
4:00 pm 18 June 2009
Unlikeable characters + Unbelievable circumstances + Insipid writing = Storm Cycle
NOTE: I received this book as part of the Amazon Vine Program
Another Vine choice, this one seemed interesting as a high-tech thriller based in Egyptian mythology.
Rachel Kirby is desperately trying to find a cure for her ailing sister using a computer called Jonesy. But not only is someone--John Tavak--siphoning off some of the computer's processing power but someone is out to kill her. Furthermore, John Tavak in Egypt needs her help. Together, they search the ancient history, hoping that Peseshet may give them the key to save Rachel's sister's life...and their own.
I Liked:
I enjoyed seeing a real life computer concept (combining the unused processing power of normal computers) in a fictional setting. I know that this is used by SETI (our home computer even ran the program for many years) and I think it is an incredibly neglected concept in the fictional realm. Also, Egyptian history has always been intriguing. Whether it's their ages old architecture still standing, their hieroglyphics or some other inexplicable draw, the Egyptians have always held an appeal.
I appreciated the affection for Rachel and her sister, Allie, which reminds me a lot of the relationship I have with my own sister.
Also, the very end was kinda exciting. Probably the most exciting in the book.
I Did Not Like:
I have not violently hated a book this passionately since probably Batman: Fear Itself or more likely, Deck the Halls. I wanted to throw this book so hard against the wall no less than half a dozen times...within the first 50 pages. Why? Let me expand...
1. Rachel Kirby. In the beginning, I liked her (despite her rather glowing physical description: petite, delicate, face "glowing with energy and life"). But then, she takes a one way nose dive into Mary Sue territory when she gets a PhD in Computer Science (a notoriously challenging degree) at the ripe age of 15 and a SECOND doctorate in Medicine when she is 20 (page 18). Yes, she somehow whipped through twelve years of elementary, middle, and high school and 12+ years of college in 15 years of her life. As if this in and of itself didn't make her a Mary Sue, then the fact that every time anyone tries to cross her, she treats him or her extremely rudely (even the investigator who is trying to find her killer starting on page 11) and gets away with it (which I could understand maybe occasionally, but all the time and with each person?). Despite her poor behavior, she has flocks of fans, is highly respected even by her enemies, and pushes around the NSA like a doggie chew toy. Right. Mary Sue anyone?
2. John Tavak. He's the Indiana Jones of the book and, proving that the authors think the readers are stupid, is spelled out as such on page 307. He is one of the most contradictory characters I've ever seen! One minute, he's "mocking, unscrupulous, reckless, and completely self-absorbed" (page 99), then the next he is charming, kind, and witty! More disgustingly, Tavak can steal, cheat, spy, invade privacy, kill, and more and it's not bad, but when the "bad guys" do it, it is? What kind of shady morality is this? Not to mention, he is described as so smart that his IQ couldn't be measured (page 75). Uh, hello, did no one take a brief jaunt to Wikipedia and look up the IQ test? Number one, there is no "maximum limit" for the IQ. Furthermore, since when did a high IQ mean that a person was intelligent? Then, as if things weren't unbelievable enough, he starts Harvard classes at 10! What is it with this authors and these super smart babies? Has no one heard of a normal childhood? The last nail in the coffin of this Gary Stu is that, while he "was not a handsome man" (page 79), he is described as having "dark hair ruffled by the wind", looking "younger than thirty-eight" with a "tall, muscular body [that:] possessed a sort of rough elegance", having a "high impact" presence whose "(sometimes described as "electric") blue eyes glitter with...vitality and intelligence...[that:] was almost mesmerizing". This flowery description is enough to make me gag the first time around, but A) he isn't supposed to be attractive and B) we are constantly inundated with this description!
3. Other characters are equally frustrating. Ben, Tavak's friend, is insulted at every opportunity, down to the fact that Tavak let his drag along only to make Ben feel needed (aw, thanks guys!). Allie, Rachel's sister, is supposedly so sick...but how does she get Russian customs to let her in? Hal Demanski, the casino owner that Rachel Kirby cheats in a boring theft of Ocean's Eleven, would be great were it not for his over-the-top "Galahad" romance with Allie (lasting all of a few hours) and being described constantly as having "undeniable wit and intelligence" (which is jammed so far down our throats, we are gagging; see page 247 for yet another clunker mention). Nuri and the Russian are heavily stereotyped. Norton has the bite of a neutered dog. Sorens and Dawson I easily interchanged, not even sure who was saying what most of the time (not that I ultimately ended up caring). Emily is almost exactly like Rachel, only older and drunker. Simon and Val have no personalities other than to worship and lick Rachel's feet (oh, and Val is also super hot too). The detectives are hideously stereotyped, particularly the computer nerd who would give his front teeth to see his goddess...yes, Rachel Kirby! I didn't even bother to remember their names. The college kid who helps the detective is so hideously portrayed as a weed head, it makes me sick. And this is only a spattering! Where are the Tums?
4. The plot. Firstly, sending an email that is nearly the length of a novel to a woman on the other side of the world while stuck in the middle of a tomb with a man about to die (page 47)? Talk about taking a HUGE risk! Just the other day, my mother, who lives all of 17 miles away from me, sent me an email at 10am and I didn't get until 12am! So, I hope that these guys have a better connection. Next, while I can believe much of the super-computer thing (using to find cures, searching for archaeological finds, and even decrypting to an extent) but using the computer to analyze data to find Peseshet's tomb in the first place? This really smart of making Jonsey (dumb name anyway) a Dues ex Machina. Not to mention, that in an obvious attempt to be Indiana Jones, National Treasure, Ocean's Eleven, CSI, the plot skips and belches all over the world, spending a page or two detailing the most important parts in each locale, e.g. finding the clues, forcing their information from their informants an,d gabbing about how Rachel and John feel about each other, and then whipping to the next location. I have never felt so jolted around in my life. It was as if the authors had ADD.
5. The romance. John and Rachel's romance is so forced, so over the top, I wanted to wretch. The authors force John Tavak down our throats, hoping we will forget that he has killed a man and committed arson, theft, breaking/entering, and is a rude, arrogant, self-centered thrill seeker (which is completely inconsistent with how he really acts) and will want to see him hook up with Rachel Kirby (who at least is consistent in her character!), with whom he has almost no chemistry. Then Allie and Hal's romance is strange. She is 32, and he is late forties. That right there is strange (not many will abide an almost 20 year age difference). From his over the top gentlemanly speech about being her Galahad to his buying a piece of her artwork, this relationship made me want to throw the book through a closed window.
6. This scene: "She was suddenly acutely aware of everything about him. The smell of a spicy aftershave, his long fingers on the glass holding the drink, the strength of his shoulders, the tightness of his stomach and buttocks." Uh, HELLO? "Buttocks"? EW! Too much information! "The desire to reach out and touch him..." Depeche Mode ought to try to sue for the use of these words. "...was dizzying in intensity. What was happening to her? Stupid, she knew what was happening. Sex." WTF? Sex was happening to her? How does sex happen to a person? Is something happening in this scene that no one is telling me? I so do not understand that wild comment in the slightest.
7. Travel to other countries, many of which are hostile, is way too easy. And where does all this money come from? Company card? If so, tsk, tsk.
8. The villains are straight from a child's book, stupid, dorky, and blurting their simplistic plans to any and all who are willing to listen. Also, a big red herring appears, which was annoying rather than clever.
9. Repetition. Need to describe someone? All else fails use the words "vitality", "intelligence" or "energy" or some derivative of the above. In fact, those words (or their forms) occur so frequently in the book, it would make a hell of a drinking game. Also, at least once a chapter, Rachel has to mention how she doesn't trust Tavak, yet still believes him (one example on page 99 and another on 275). I mean, come on, get over this already! Either trust the guy or don't but don't spend half the book waffling.
10. Why the hell is it okay to interrupt Emily's important project but to interrupt Rachel's important project is a sin? Come on, even if Rachel found a cure for her sister's ailment, it would be years before it could be used!
11. The conclusion was a little too over the top in its optimism.
Dialogue/Sexual Situations/Violence:
Random spouting of profanities (h***, d***, b****, one instance of the F-bomb, etc.).
Rachel caves and sleeps with John. No details are shown other than Rachel cuddling with John after having sex (Gag!) and missing him when he disappears in the morning (Double gag!)
Someone attempts to kill Rachel Kirby and John Tavak several times. A man is found dead in the back of a vehicle. The end is particularly violent, as several men die brutally.
A much better and shorter book would have been thus: The shooter is successful in killing Rachel Kirby. Harsh? Oh, yeah, but this book was harsh on the mind. It was like salt in a wound, like sand in your underwear, like eating rotten eggs. The torment that I went through just to read this book (and to finish!) was so great, I should get an award for it!
The characters are horrible and unbelievable, changing every two seconds to suit the authors' purpose. The plot is stupid and jerky, hopping from one end of the globe to the other in an attempt to show a huge, epic, thriling adventure. Then the romance...Lord have mercy, if I ever have to read about firm buttocks again and sex "happening", I think I will put myself out of my misery.
And thus a great concept is violently murdered. The pure atrocity of the book was so much, I could only read like 5 pages at a time, otherwise I would have thrown the book at the nearest wall and screamed in pain and agony. In fact, at the end, I could no longer contain myself (I was desperate to finish the dreck before I threw in the towel), I was literally yelling at the book. I wouldn't wish this book on my worst enemy. If I could, I would go 0 stars, but alas, I can only do 1.
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Please note that the Local Authority has devolved its duties as Admissions authority to the Local Academy Committee of Five Islands Academy. With just one school on the islands parents have very limited choice as to where they send their child and the academy accepts its duty to accept all pupils of compulsory school age who live on the islands.
Please note that Mundesley House provides boarding accommodation Monday-Thursday for students who are resident on the islands of Bryher, St Agnes, St Martin's and Tresco only. Boarding is only available to children who permanently reside on an off island.
Please ensure that you read our Admissions Policy (below) before beginning the application process:
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Q: i can find the problem ScreenManager in kivymd can you plz tell me the problem
in this code forsome reason it is not showing anything in screen
from kivymd.app import MDApp
from kivy.uix.screenmanager import ScreenManager, Screen
from kivy.lang import Builder

kv='''

ScreenManager:
    page_f:
    page_s:

<page_f>:
    name: 'page_f'
    MDFlatButton:
        text: 'go'
        pos_hint:{'center_x':.5,'center_y':.5}
        on_press: root.manager.current = 'page_s'
<page_s>:
    name: 'page_s'
    MDFlatButton:
        text: 'back'
        pos_hint:{'center_x':.5,'center_y':.5}
        on_press: root.manager.current = 'page_f'
'''

class page_f(Screen):
    pass

class page_s(Screen):
    pass

sm = ScreenManager()
sm.add_widget(page_f(name='page_f'))
sm.add_widget(page_s(name='page_s'))

class main(MDApp):
    def build(self):
        return Builder.load_string(kv)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main().run()

'''please ignore this this is becouse of a error iam gating while uploding question'''

A: According to kivy documentation a class name in kvlang should be capitalized in order to avoid syntax error.
Thus the screen named page_f can be Page_f or any valid name following above mentioned rule. You should also make this changes in python.
As a side note, since you've already defined the root (ScreenManager) in kvlang you don't need the following code block anymore.
sm = ScreenManager()
sm.add_widget(page_f(name='page_f'))
sm.add_widget(page_s(name='page_s'))


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Sterling College (HM2IEF)
Sterling College was among the first colleges and universities in the United States to offer a liberal arts curriculum focused on the environment. It was founded here in Craftsbury Common in 1958 as a boys' preparatory school known as Sterling School. The Grassroots Project and Sterling Institute co-educational programs followed in 1974, continuing the Outward Bound model of "development-by-challenge" introduced in its earlier years. In 1983, the school was approved for degree-granting authority by the State of Vermont, and the name was changed to Sterling College. The "Working Hands. Working Minds" motto reflects Sterling College's membership in the federally recognized Work Colleges Consortium.
HM2IEF
Vermont Division for Historic Preservation
Wednesday, July 3rd, 2019 at 8:01pm PDT -07:00
44° 39' 7.32" N, 72° 22' 55.08" W
Marker is on the right when traveling South
This marker can also be identified by its HM code. You can use the hashtag #HM2IEF in tweets, and any other place where you might refer to this marker, including when searching on this site.


A lot of running is mental.
For example, I'm immediately crabby and negative if anything disrupts my run. I make sure my shoes are tied tight. I try to wear running clothes that don't ride or slip or rub or do anything else that would annoy me. (A lot of the apparel aspect is trial and error though.) My hair is always pulled back tight.
I try not to leave myself any excuses for not having a good run.
I did an AWESOME route on Easter Sunday morning with my friend. We ran for a solid hour!
Monday was rough. I managed to do 3.2 miles but my legs felt really tired.
Tuesday, I bagged. The babysitter was already at the house with the boyz when I got home from work. So that immediately threw off my running routine. And I'm not yet to the point in my running where I feel like I MUST GO FOR A RUN daily. Unfortunately.
Which brings me to yesterday. With record-breaking temperatures in the 90's, I still knew I NEEDED to go for a run according to my too-tight pants. I whined and joked on Twitter that I was dreading it. So my attitude was horrible to begin with.
It was the WORST RUN I have EVER done. Ever!
First of all, I was sweating just PUTTING ON my damn running clothes.
And then when I got out there, it felt like my legs were slogging through maple syrup.
My running skirt was itchy.
I was holding a water bottle and THAT was annoying.
My headphones were bothering me.
I ran for 30 minutes, but it was a total head game the ENTIRE time. I so wanted to quit. But then I thought of these stupid blog posts. And how I keep telling you over and over that if I can do it - SO CAN YOU. And how I'm positive that you CAN run for 30 minutes straight without stopping. Every time.
So I just want to say to you that you will have good running days and bad running days. BUT DO NOT STOP.
I damn well better have a kickass run tonight.
What is this "running skirt" you speak of? Must see photos.
I am starting running again after not doing any for twenty years. Very slow, a little bit sore. Bit I really want to move some flab that's had a twenty year head start. Thanks for inspiration.
I'm impressed you're doing it all. I just watch my husband exercise with a jealous glint in my eye. And then say something passive aggressive, like 'well, maybe I could work out if I had more help around here!' But then, we all know, you make the time for things you deem important. I just need to re-establish non-lumpy legs as important.
I have sworn to finish the C25K, this time! We shall see ;) Thanks for the post and the encouragement!
Husband (who is training for a 10 miler in June) went for a run yesterday too and had a similar experience...the weather was not conducive to running...but you still went out and did it! Don't beat yourself up too much...it was HOT!
Runnin' a 5K on Sat with BabySis~ wanna join us? You can bring your non-itchy skirt!
I don't run. I don't have any energy to do so, even though I definitely SHOULD. However, your post reaffirmed my belief that running is not good for you!


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'Garak the Universe - larrakitj', 2005
This is a larrakitj (hollow funeral pole) sculpture created and painted by Yolngu artist Gulumbu Yunupingu. It depicts the universe ('Garak'); not only all the stars that can be seen with the naked eye but everything that exists beyond. The larrakitj is shown here in a colour image that can be enlarged and is accompanied by a detailed written commentary. Measuring 304 cm high and 25 cm in diameter and painted with natural earth pigments, the sculpture forms part of the collection of the National Gallery of Australia.
This is a valuable resource for the Responding strand of the visual arts curriculum in upper primary and secondary schooling, especially for those content descriptions that refer to students responding to the visual arts works of Australian artists, particularly Aboriginal artists, and considering the broader cultural context and significance of their work. Gulumbu Yunupingu (1945-2012) was an outstanding artist from north-east Arnhem Land whose bark paintings and larrakitj appear in national and international collections, including the Musee du Quai Branly in Paris.
The resource is of great value for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures cross-curriculum priority. It exemplifies two of the priority's organising ideas in relation to Aboriginal people: firstly that Aboriginal peoples have unique belief systems and are spiritually connected to the land, sea, sky and waterways (in this case the sky); and secondly that Aboriginal peoples' ways of life are uniquely expressed through their ways of being, knowing, thinking and doing (in this case through creating arts works).
The resource may also be of value for the year 6 history curriculum, specifically for the content description about the contribution of individuals and groups, including Aboriginal people, to the development of Australian society in areas such as the arts.
The stars of the Milky Way and the universe as a whole were a particular focus of Gulumbu Yunupingu's work, with Garak a frequent subject of both barks and larrakitj. Although connected with traditional Yolgnu stories about the Milky Way, Yunupingu saw her Garak works as belonging to all humanity as all people look at the stars and think about what lies beyond.
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Topics Dreaming (Spiritual) Aboriginal art Aboriginal history Artists Sculpture
URL: http://www.artsearch.nga.gov.au/
© National Gallery of Australia 2009 (except where otherwise indicated). This material may be copied, downloaded, communicated and displayed free of charge for non-commercial educational use until 31 December 2015, provided all acknowledgements associated with the material are retained.


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PBGC Board of Directors Meeting Minutes
Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Pension Benefit ...
Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation - June 21, 2017, 2:00 to 3:30 p.m.
Alex Acosta, Secretary of Labor and Chair of the PBGC Board of Directors
Tim Hauser, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Program Operations, Employee Benefits Security Administration
Paul Ray, Counselor to the Secretary
Nick Geale, Acting Solicitor of Labor
Ali Khawar, Senior Policy Advisor, Employee Benefits Security Administration
Teresa Bloom, Acting Division Chief, Office of Policy and Research, Employee Benefits Security Administration
Nicole Swift, Employee Benefits Law Specialist, Employee Benefits Security Administration
Graham Boone, Detailee, Employee Benefits Security Administration
Steven T. Mnuchin, Secretary of the Treasury
David Lebryk, Fiscal Assistant Secretary
Jared Sawyer, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Financial Institutions Policy and Acting Assistant Secretary for Financial Institutions
Sarah Hammer, Director of the Office of Financial Institutions Policy
Philip Quinn, Senior Policy Analyst, Office of Financial Institutions Policy
Wilbur Ross, Secretary of the Department of Commerce
Wendy Teramoto, Chief of Staff
Brad Burke, Deputy Under Secretary for Economic Affairs
Rick Lattimer, Policy Analyst, Economics and Statistics Administration
Ken White, Policy Analyst, Economics and Statistics Administration
PBGC
Tom Reeder, Director
Judith Starr, General Counsel and Secretary to the Board
Ann Orr, Chief of Staff
Michael Rae, Deputy Chief Policy Officer
Chris Bone, Director, Policy Research and Analysis Department
John Greenberg, Chief Investment Officer
Nicole Puri, Risk Management Officer
PBGC Office of Inspector General
Bob Westbrooks, Inspector General
Bill Owens, OIG Chief of Staff
PBGC Office of the Participant and Plan Sponsor Advocate
Constance Donovan, Participant and Plan Sponsor Advocate
Camille Castro, Associate Participant and Plan Sponsor Advocate
The Chair called the meeting to order at 2:02 p.m. He welcomed the attendees and then turned to the established agenda (Attachment 1).
Director Reeder focused on the issues facing multiemployer plans and the multiemployer pension insurance program. He discussed with the Board the effect on participants of the failure of these plans and the multiemployer insurance program itself. The discussion also addressed the types of proposals that have been made to strengthen the multiemployer system and the need for prompt action. The Director suggested the Board agencies work with PBGC to develop workable proposals.
Director Reeder further observed that the bylaws need to be updated and the Chair asked that PBGC coordinate with Deputy Assistant Secretary Hauser on this issue.
The Board also discussed PBGC investment policy with Director Reeder, as the next biennial investment policy review is in 2018.
Inspector General Westbrooks then briefed the Board on the improvement in internal controls that his office has observed. Open audit recommendations are down to a reasonable level and long-standing problems are being addressed. The Inspector General described upcoming audit work as well as the success his office's vulnerable-participant and benefit-theft program has had in obtaining prosecutions of those who defraud the aged and disabled of their PBGC benefits or cash pension checks of deceased participants.
The Board then went into executive session with the Inspector General.
The meeting concluded at 2:45 p.m.
Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC)
June 21, 2017 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
I.Introduction by Secretary Acosta
II.Overview of PBGC
III.Discussion of Upcoming Strategic/Policy Issues
a.Multiemployer Program
b.Investment Policy
c.Governance
IV.OIG Report
V.OIG Executive Session
VI.Board Member Executive Session