Bitcoin's bear market got you feeling blue? Well, cheer up! Dan Morehead, the founder and CEO of Pantera Capital, thinks the best is yet to come.
Dan Morehead, the founder and CEO of Pantera Capital, went on CNBC's Fast Money earlier this week, where he made some seriously bullish statements about Bitcoin and the cryptocurrency market as a whole.
There's such an institutional appetite to get exposure to this. It's a half a trillion dollar asset class that nobody owns. That's a pretty wild circumstance. And it's also only got a 0.1 percent correlation to the rest of the financial markets… And Bitcoin is still so under owned by institutional investors that it trades kind of at its own beat.
More institutional investors in the future correlate to significantly higher market caps, so claiming Bitcoin is "under-owned" should get long-term cryptocurrency investors excited.
[Regulation is] a good thing. I think the US regulatory bodies have done an excellent job. The IRS ruled on Bitcoin many years ago that it was property and so you get long-term capital gains tax treatment if you hold it for a year . The CFTC's been very progressive about this and now we have CME futures on Bitcoin. And the SEC's ruled a few things are securities and should be registered but in general has allowed the market to develop. The pace so far has been very good from the regulatory bodies, and a little more regulation is probably helpful.
For my mind the most interesting bid are the new protocol tokens — ICOs as they're called — because they're kind of like the small caps of the industry.
After a pretty tough start to the year, Morehead's bullish statements on Bitcoin are a welcome reminder that corrections are normal, and we've ultimately only just begun.
Do you think Morehead is right when he says Bitcoin should start "grinding" back up again in a couple weeks, or do you think we're still stuck in a bear market? Let us know in the comments below!


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AML Setting New Standard for E-Mobility Aerospace Propulsion
AML Superconductivity & Magnetics (AML) www.AML-Enabled.com, the world leader in the development of magnet-based applications, today announced the launch of a new aerospace and aviation focus of its transformative electrical machine development program designed to produce propulsion motors with unprecedented performance and cost efficiency for select customers.
With this announcement, the company is poised to lead the industry in a revolution of what's possible for electrically powered aircraft.
The program applies AML's proprietary technologies, including its advanced CoilCAD™ software to deliver ultra high-power, lightweight motors and generators that achieve unprecedented magnetic flux density without traditional back iron. Additionally, AML developed a novel stator system, that optimizes reliability, overload allowance and redundancy compared to existing electrical machines.
"Over the course of the next 18 months, we expect to achieve unmatched progress with commercially viable electrical machines for aircraft," said Dr. Rainer Meinke, Co-Founder and CTO of AML.
This program is based on the fact that motors are the heart of electric propulsion, magnets are the heart of motors, and AML is the world leader in magnetic configurations.
To enable scaling of manufacturing of these motors and components, AML is also developing PM-WireTM, a novel technology for manufacturing permanent magnets that reduces cost, waste, and time, while increasing safety and the underlying performance. Simply, it revolutionizes the way magnets are made.
In a game-changing development, AML's motor configuration combined with its manufacturing technology is showing a potential performance increase of more than 30 percent in high-volume production of these machines.
"Our software allows customers to explore thousands of design solutions for the most optimized configuration AND the magnets inside," said Mark Senti, Co-Founder and CEO of AML.
Senti attended the UBER Elevate Summit this past week representing AML and its constituents in e-mobility. This summit brought together more than 700 of the world's foremost on-demand aviation leaders in industry, government, and academia.
The global market size for motors and related components was estimated at $118 billion in 2017 with growth to over $200 billion by 2025. The leading consumers of motors include electric vehicles and industrial machinery at over 60% combined. The aerospace market grabbed about 6% market share in 2017 and is projected to remain through 2025.
While electric vehicles and other industries have and are expected to command significant share of the need for motors, AML believes its innovation holds the key to the future of aviation.
"This may be the holy grail for the electrification of aviation," Dr. Meinke said.
"We are excited to specifically focus on this multi-billion dollar market where size and weight are fundamental for electric propulsion to be successful as a viable transport system," Senti said.
Cautionary Information Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
Forward-looking statements contained in this press release are made under the Safe Harbor Provision of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Any such statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the anticipated. The information contained in this release is as of May 18, 2018. Advanced Magnet Lab, Inc. assumes no obligation to update forward-looking statements contained in this release as the result of new information or future events or developments.
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One of the big tourist sights of Shanghai is the Ming-era (16th century) Yu garden. Looking through my photos I realize that I've been there in two seasons; once in late spring, 6 May 2015, and once in early winter, 2 November 2018. Did I find it worth visiting twice? In one sense this is a silly question, because gardens are always nice places to spend your time. But we were in Shanghai for only a day; so was it worth going into a garden which was still alive in my memory?
Take a look through my camera on my second day in China. Everything was new; the world vibrated with possibilities; my eyes were not used to China. The Yu garden is divided into six areas. In the third area we came across a beautiful stage called the Feng wu luan yin (literally Phoenix dance and song). My eyes snagged on the beautiful sculptures on the roof, which you can see in the gallery above. Rectangular windows with circular panels set into it also were new to me. I realized later in the trip that they symbolize the cosmos (tiandi); the rectangle is the earth (di) and the circle is heaven (tian). The almost symmetry of the lattice nagged at me.
Although I could appreciate the artistry of the fired-clay sculptures, I certainly missed the layer of literature and somgs which have gathered around the garden, which many tourists will know. The second view was different, not only because a garden is different every time you pass through it, but also because I'd grown a little more used to China. I found it interesting that this garden was being built at roughly the same time as the Mughal gardens in parts of India. The contrast in styles is immense.
Between the two visits, a chance look at a review of a book called The Classical Gardens of Shanghai by Shelly Bryant, made me decide to read it. This put the garden in a broader historical perspective for me. Standing again at the same spot, did I see different things? You decide.
That's interesting. When we were in South Korea, I found it hard to look, really see what was before me in the temples and gardens we visited, with my Western eyes and perceptions. A second visit would be good.
A good artist would have something for everyone.
I just oved Yu Garden!
Wait till you see it.
It is a great example of Ming style gardens.
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Home Gear Review: Tascam VS-R265 Streaming Encoder/Decoder
Review: Tascam VS-R265 Streaming Encoder/Decoder
The VS-R265 is an all-inclusive video encoder and decoder, designed to support up to UHD video input from an HDMI input port. (HD is also supported.) It can be configured to automatically stream to popular streaming services such as YouTube, DaCast, Wowza Cloud, Wowza streaming engine, and also offers a generic RTMP protocol for streaming to other providers.
by Jim Kumorek
In addition to streaming, the VS-R265 will also record to its built-in SD card slot, or through its USB port to a user-provided storage device.
For churches that were already streaming before COVID-19, the last few months have been about upping their game and making their video stream as engaging and high-quality as possible. For churches that had yet to start streaming their services, it's been a crash course in making it happen in any way they can. For one very small church I know, this meant setting up a laptop with a software streaming encoder and pointing the laptop's webcam at the platform. Most other churches I know are investing in cameras, switchers, and streaming devices.
There are a lot of options out there, and we're going to take a look at Tascam's streaming offering: the VS-R265 UHD (and HD) streaming system.
In addition to streaming, the VS-R265 will also record to its built-in SD card slot, or through its USB port to a user-provided storage device. It can also be configured to automatically upload the recorded video file to a user-specified FTP site on completion of recording.
Connections to the VS-R265 are straight-forward: There's an HDMI input port for encoding; an HDMI output port for decoding; both unbalanced and balanced audio connections for encoding; a USB3 port for attaching a hard drive or other storage system; and a gigabit Ethernet port for connecting to your LAN.
On the front panel is the SD card slot; a Stream button to start the streaming; a Record button to start recording; and indicator lights to show that a valid input signal is being received, and if the audio signal is clipping.
Three choices are available when setting up your video input for audio selection: you can use the audio coming in over the HDMI connection; you can use the audio coming in over the balanced audio Phoenix connectors; or you can use the audio coming in over the unbalanced 1/8-inch stereo input jack.
Setup is simple—you simply connect the unit to your Ethernet network, and connect a camera and audio (if needed) to the HDMI jack and audio connectors, and you're good to go.
To setup the streaming parameters, you use a web browser to connect to the VS-R265. Tascam provides the Tascam Discovery application with the unit, which will query the network and identify any Tascam streaming devices available. Once found, you can click the Open button next to the unit you want to work with.
Alternatively, if you already know the IP address of the unit, you can enter that directly into your browser to access the unit.
Once connected, you are presented with the "dashboard" for the unit. It has four tabs to access the various functions of the system: Encoder Control, Decoder Control, Device Settings, and Advanced. In Encoder Settings, you set things such as which audio input should be used; What scaling (if any) you want applied to the input video; and the encoding CODEC and parameters. You also provide information on how you want the video to be streamed, and to where. For example, if you are going to stream to YouTube, you first go through a one-time setup to associate your device with your YouTube account by providing it a YouTube generated key. (Note that you must enable your YouTube channel for streaming; this takes 24 hours once this is requested from YouTube. No, I don't know why…) You create a Stream on your YouTube account, and select that stream in the VS-R265's Dashboard. Once that is done, pressing the Stream button on the unit's front panel will start sending the stream to YouTube. On the YouTube end, when you're ready to make the stream available to the public, you press the Go Live button, and you're on the air.
The protocols supported by the VS-R265 are RTMP, HLS, Unicast 1, Unicast 2, Multicast, and RTSP. And, it can generate these all simultaneously.
If you want to stream on multiple public services simultaneously, there are online services (restream.io being one example) that you can use to distribute your stream to numerous platforms simultaneously.
Similarly, you can set up the device to work with other streaming services, or to stream directly to end-users if the viewer count is small (bypassing streaming services such as YouTube.) For example, you could use the VS-R265 to stream directly between two campus locations, once the appropriate Firewall settings to allow the stream through your out-going and in-coming Firewalls are configured. (This I did not test due to the complexities of Firewall settings. Your church's IT staff would need to work with you on this.)
For someone pretty new to the nuts-and-bolts of setting up streaming, I found the VS-R265 easy to set up. I had one issue where the Tascam Discovery app did not find the unit when I ran it on my laptop, but it did work from my desktop computer. I expect that there's something configured on my laptop that prevented it from seeing the unit, given that it worked perfectly fine on my desktop system.
I did discover that the VS-R265 only works with progressive video; a 60i signal will not work with it. My older Canon C100 only puts out HD in interlaced format from its HDMI port, so I was not able to use that camera with the unit. My Panasonic AU-EVA1 worked fine with the unit. Most cameras these days can put out progressive HD video, so this should not be a problem for most people. However, it's worth checking your camera's specifications to make sure that the HDMI Output port will put out progressive. Note that just because a camera can record in progressive (which the C100 can), does not mean that it'll put progressive video out of the HDMI port.
Similarly, the decoder side was also easy to set up, once I figured out how to set up my computer to send out a stream for it to decode. I used VLC Media Player to create a unicast stream, and the VS-R265 had no problem decoding it, sending it to my TV via the HDMI output port. I played a 45-minute video through it without a hitch.
The recording function also worked well, as did the FTP upload function for completed recordings. I recorded to a portable hard drive, and once the recording completed, it was immediate transferred via FTP to my website's FTP server. If you do any post-production on your video stream before making it available later in the week for replay, the FTP function is a great convenience to get it up to somewhere your video editors can get at it immediately after the service concludes.
The VS-R265 has an MSRP of $1,999, and seems very reliable and well-built. If you only care about HD streaming and don't anticipate moving to UHD anytime soon, you can save $500 and go with the VS-R264—an identical unit that only streams up to HD resolutions.
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Jim Kumorek operates Spreading Flames Media, providing video production, photography, writing & training on theatrical lighting systems. He is also Technical Director for Southbridge Fellowship Church. Reach him at james@spreadingflamesmedia.com
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Obituary: Bernard Goldberg, age 84
January 7, 2016 | Trumbull Times
Trumbull Times Bernard Goldberg, age 84, passed away on Wednesday, January 06, 2016 at Middlebrook Farms in Trumbull, CT. ... Goldberg was born in Gloversville, NY, the son of the late Joseph and Anna Goldberg. ...
New York Times Best-sellers
"Agincourt," Bernard Cornwell (4; 2) 8. ... "A Slobbering Love Affair," Bernard Goldberg (--; 1) 3.
Other Voices: HBO tackles NFL head injuries
May 14, 2007 | DUSTY SAUNDERS
The former New England Patriots linebacker, attired in a dark suit, has "cleaned up" for his HBO interview with Bernard Goldberg after spending the previous 11 days in a darkened apartment. ... Based on ...
"Crazies to the Left of Me, Wimps to the Right," Bernard Goldberg (9; 2) 7.
"Crazies to the Left of Me, Wimps to the Right," Bernard Goldberg (--; 1) 10.
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"Bias," Bernard Goldberg. ... "Bias," Bernard Goldberg.
"Never Have Your Dog Stuffed," Alan Alda (--; 1) 8. "100 People Who Are Screwing Up America," Bernard Goldberg (6; 12) 9.
"A Man Without a Country," Kurt Vonnegut (--; 1) 6. "100 People Who Are Screwing Up America," Bernard Goldberg (5; 11) 7.
"Blink," Malcolm Gladwell (4; 35) 5. "100 People Who Are Screwing Up America," Bernard Goldberg (5; 10) 6.
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Houston synagogue remembers Israeli astronaut
January 31, 2003 | CLAUDIA FELDMAN
Bernard Goldberg, a longtime member of Congregation Brith Shalom, was relaxing with friends after early-morning services when someone approached him with the news. "I felt a chill and tremendous sadness," Goldberg said.
"The Secret Man," Bob Woodward (4; 2) 5. "100 People Who Are Screwing Up America," Bernard Goldberg (6; 2) 6.
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Coulter's cruelty knows no bounds
June 20, 2006 | CATHY YOUNG
As author Bernard Goldberg has remarked, "Coulter always has that twinkle in her eye when she calls some liberal 'pond scum.' " While Ted Rall is a marginal figure on the left, Coulter is a star of right-wing ...


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Koumas back in squad
JASON KOUMAS is lined up for a recall to firstteam duty with Tranmere tomorrow after shaking off a back problem.
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Manager Dave Watson has included the midfielder in his squad for the visit of Wycombe Wanderers. The back problem caused Koumas to miss Tranmere's 1-1 draw at Cardiff last Saturday and the midweek defeat by Oldham in the LDV Vans Trophy.
Striker Seyni N'Diaye is a slight doubt after complaining of a knock on the knee at Oldham.
Watson has not ruled out the possibility of Clint Hill making a return to first-team action against Wycombe after missing 14 games during his recovery from knee surgery.
Hill played his first comeback game for the reserves against Rotherham on Wednesday, as did James Olsen, the left-back who suffered a serious neck injury during Tranmere's summer tour of Northern Ireland.
Olsen played 45 minutes on Wednesday. He was then withdrawn as a precaution after sustaining a knock on the side of the head that left him slightly concussed. Olsen is expected to play in another reserve game next week.


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Europska agencija za zrakoplovnu sigurnost (Eng.: EASA, European Aviation Safety Agency) je agencija Europske unije sa sjedištem u Kölnu.  Agencija ima posebne regulatorne i izvršne zadatke u oblasti sigurnosti civilnog zrakoplovstva. Osnovana je 28. rujna 2003. godine a svoju potpunu funkcionalnost dostigla je preuzimanjem funkcija JAA (Eng.: Joint Aviation Authorities)u 2008. Udio u radu agencije imaju i zemlje Europske slobodne trgovinske zone

Agencija je nadležno za:
savjetovanje Europske unije u izradi nacrta novog zakonodavstva;
provedbu i nadzor sigurnosnih pravila, uključujući provjere u državama članicama;
certifikaciju tipova zrakoplova i njegovih komponenti, kao i davanje ovlasti organizacijama uključenim u projektiranje, izradu i održavanje zrakoplovnih proizvoda;
izdavanje odobrenja operatorima u zemljama izvan EU;
analize i istraživanja u području sigurnosti.

Kao dijelu Jedinstvenog europskog neba-II agenciji su zadani dodatni zadatci koji se trebaju provesti prije 2013. godine.

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Main objective of the 3nd Regional Steering Group meeting was the presentation of the latest version of Slovenian GIS cadaster capturing the waste heat potential and discuss further improvement and dissemination options. Present were representatives of University Maribor, Energetika Maribor, Municipality Maribor and both Slovenian partners.
Firstly, the CE HEAT partners E-Zavod and DEM presented the project progress since the last meeting, followed by the visual presentation of the GIS cadaster, waste heat calculator and key action plan findings and recommendations.
After the presentation of each of those outputs a discussion was held on issues relating to the topic. Key challenges were exposed and discussed with steering group members providing their ideas and comments for improvement as well as sharing their experiences in relation to waste heat activities and in particular data management.
To organize a meeting with data providers and data visualisers to discuss the longevity and functional practicalities of data integration into the GIS system.
To organize a meeting with governmental energy data handling agencies to discuss a systematic approach to waste heat data collection and integration as part of the existing energy data collection processes.


I agree with your thoughts on the pad. Muddy, kicks out that neat bass you have goin' on. Do you have this all below 0dB? That part has some clipping in my headphones, but that could just be because of overly immense bass in the mix.
I think this is a pretty solid piece, great mix (other than issues already stated) and it keeps you interested throughout. Reminds me of some Kirby 64 music or the original .hack games music.
it actually isnt clipping, which is another thing that surprised me. even after i threw on a basic gentle mastering channel strip with izotope ozone, it was still only maxing out at around -2db for me at the loudest point, yet i was hearing a sort of faint clipping noise at certain points. ill have to check if the pad is clipping within kontakt. ive noticed that with some synths it can clip within the synth itself, yet the channel wont appear clipping.


Relatively little critical attention has been paid to Charles Williams's ten year involvement in the Fellowship of the Rosy Cross (F.R.C.), despite the possibilities for interpretation and understanding of the often obscure imagery derived from this experience and applied to his novels and poetry. This paper reviews the F.R.C.'s rituals and meeting minutes in order to gauge the level of Williams's involvement with the FR.C. and the mystical concepts communicated by its founder, Arthur Edward Waite. It also explores the order's organizational, symbolic and philosophical roots, particularly the links shared with its parent order, the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. Having identified the historical and experiential contexts of Williams's F.R.C. participation, the paper offers examples of the possibilities for interpretation created by greater awareness of the order's ideas and practices. A number of Williams's novels are explored in light of several occult concepts important to the F.R.C.—the 'middle pillar', the 'higher self', and the 'end of desire'. This analysis indicates that comprehensive interpretation of Williams's fiction and poetry is impossible without a thorough understanding of the ideas and symbols that he encountered in his ritual experiences. This analysis also demonstrates the importance of the modern occult context to Williams's life and work.
Tolkien's use of plants in his works has, over many years, been the subject of limited critical attention in spite of the diversity and complexity of that use. This paper examines a selection of Tolkien's best-known botanical references from the perspectives of various literary theories, to reveal the significance of anachronism in The Lord of the Rings. This in turn highlights the levels and forms of interpenetration by the past into the present of Middle-earth. Although the past is explicit throughout the work, attention to plants associated with specific characters and events reveals a subtext of anxiety in which the past is constructed variously as a threat, a cause or a remedy, according to the familiar, mythic, ethical or symbolic connotations of the plants depicted within the framework of Middle-earth.
The article gleans an aesthetics of film from the writings of C. S. Lewis, showing complex, ambivalent, and cautious postures toward a medium that threatens an imaginative 'death in the camera'.
This article explores the trust in existence that allowed G. K. Chesterton in his occasional writing on cinema to bring together film with sculpture, automobiles, and the meaning of place and history. At the heart of his diverse concerns was wonder as a basic human need and as a basic source of engagement with the world. A sense of amateur play and of ontological dependence, he held, enables the reception of the gifts of the world, as does a slow, continuous attention to life and history. Against these, Chesterton opposed progressivism and Futurism as ideologies that flatten reality through grasping for control and for power; Rather than the experience of speed itself, modernity may contain ideological commitments that dampen, or even erase, joy. Loyalty to the world and its most fundamental givenness, for Chesterton, included a love of the past that opens us to the complexity and abundance of human life, and in turn orients us to a responsible posture before the present. To attend to the good world we must open ourselves repeatedly to its riches, well-aware that it is not dependent upon us.
This article seeks to examine the possibility that Tolkien might have come into contact with the Catholic Social Guild and the Catholic Workers College. For a number of years, the Guild and College were based in the part of Oxford where Tolkien lived, worked and socialized. The article looks at the early days of the College, the education it provided and the people who formed its staff and student body, drawing on official histories and student memoirs. While not putting forward any decisive evidence of direct contact between Tolkien (or other members of the Inklings) and the Guild or College, the article examines what the outcome of any such contact might have been. It explores the thinking that informed the College (essentially the tradition of Catholic social doctrine initiated by the papal encyclical Rerum Novarum) and the backgrounds of those who worked and studied there, and looks for potential similarities and differences with respect to Tolkien's own ideas, preferences and life experience.
In order to fully grasp the manner in which people think and speak one must first understand the essential character of both the imagination in human reasoning as well as the middle term. At the core of deductive system is the syllogism. More than just a phase or claim in a set of propositions, the middle term is the connective that allows for one thought to move to another and to unite seemingly different things. As the connective in any thinking it allows for acts of imagination and creation as well as the acts of the pure logical reasoning. The syllogism is essentially the same as a metaphor. In this essay I will argue for a more metaphoric and so syllogistic way of thinking.


Pressure washing, which is also referred to as power washing, is the process of using water to remove loose paint, grime, dust, mold and dirt from a building. It is a good idea to have your home pressure washed at least once a year. Your home is subjected to harsh weather and elements every day. That is why you will notice a major difference after you get your home pressure washed. There are a number of benefits that can be reaped from pressure washing.
Many homeowners spend thousands of dollars on home improvement projects that will improve curb appeal. However, getting your home pressure washed is one of the simplest things that you can do in order to improve curb appeal. In fact, you can increase the value of your home by thousands of dollars if you power wash your home. Pressure washing is especially important if you plan on selling your home in the future. The way the outside of your home looks to potential buyers is one of the things that will determine whether it will or will not sell.
The exterior of your home can have a lot of contaminants including mold and mildew. Pressure washing can remove these harmful contaminants. This helps keep you and your family safe. Pressure washing can also remove slippery things like algae, which can minimize the risk of falling. Furthermore, pressure washing will prevent the premature decay of your deck, porch and driveway. It is considered a form of preventative maintenance.
Pressure washing can help you save a lot of money because it is a form of preventative maintenance. If you have your home power washed, then you can reduce the need for costly repairs later on down the road.
Regular cleaning methods can take a long time to perform. You will have to mix solutions, climb ladders and scrub for hours. Regular cleaning methods also do not produce the same result that pressure washing does. You will be able to save time and frustrating by hiring a professional company to pressure wash your home.
Your home's exterior is not the only place that can use pressure washing. It can be performed on your garage door, outdoor grill, fence, swimming pool, outdoor furniture and decorative signs.
If you plan on renovating your home in the future, then you definitely want to get it pressure washed. All of the labels on paint cans and sealant tubes state that a clean surface is required. That is why pressure washing is a necessary step. You may have a problem painting or applying sealant if you do not have your home pressure washed before you attempt to do any type of renovation.
Has the exterior of your home started to look dull? If the answer to that question is yes, then you may have thought about making a change to your home. You should get a pressure washing before you decide to make any drastic changes to your home. A pressure washing may be the only thing that your home needs. Pressure washing instantly improves the look of your home by removing dirt and grime.
Hiring a professional pressure washing company at least once a year is one of the best things that you can do for your home and property. It will improve the look and value of your home. It will also protect your home and family. Furthermore, a pressure washing can help you save a lot of time and money.


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Lisbon was the first and last stop on our five-day road trip and I wrote about it here, with the three days in between spent in the Algarve region along the southern coast. We rented a car in Lisbon and on the way south, stopped in the historic towns of Évora and Beja. Be sure to read Gilly Pickup's article about the Alentejo region. Portimão acted as our home base, providing a central location from which to explore.
When someone repeatedly tells you how beautiful a destination is, I'm not sure if it fully sinks in until you see it with your own eyes. This is how I feel about the Algarve. Words and photos alone do not do the landscape justice.
Cabo de São Vicente (Cape St. Vincent) is Europe's southwestern most point. The red lantern lighthouse provides a stark contrast to the clear blue waters and steep, rocky cliffs below. Supposedly this structure is the most powerful lighthouse in Europe due to its range. Praia da Arrifana, is a popular area for surfers, boasts breathtaking views. The rugged coastline rises up from the water, with the surf crashing onto the big boulders and pristine beach. Monchique, on the other hand, involves a winding trek to the top of the mountain. If it is sunny and clear, the 360-degree panoramic view gives a good lay of the land.
Lagos is known for the Ponte de Piedade. First, we witnessed the cliffs by boat, taking a tour with Bom Dia, a company that departs from the marina. As it was low season, we had the boat to ourselves. Our tiny vessel navigated in and out of the coastal coves and caves. Erosion from the powerful seas and currents have carved beautiful formations, and the skilled and knowledgeable captain navigated us through many photo-worthy spots. Following the boat tour, we did a short hike along the shore, appreciating the grandeur from above. We continued our adventure by taking a swim on Camilo beach, walking 224 stairs to reach the sandy beach. Small and cozy, we felt protected, as it had its own little cove inlet.
The sunsets burst with colour. Reds, oranges, blues, purples: the medley of hues paint a perfect picture. Relax on the beach and chat with good company as you watch the sun go down. Head west for the best view.
Claire's, housed on Praia Da Rocha, was a fantastic experience all-around, between delicious food, friendly service, and reasonable prices. We continued our local culinary tour, this time trying swordfish prepared Algarve style, fish cataplana, and a ham dish. The ham was so tender, it fell right off the bone. The owner took care of us, sharing fun anecdotes. He also educated us about Portuguese cuisine and wines, including port and green wine.
Alvor, nearby, is a quaint fishing village and, naturally, home to fantastic seafood restaurants. We dined at A lota, a modern restaurant near the harbor. The meal started with little bites, but also lobster bisque and – if you can believe it – the largest grilled prawn I've ever seen. The main event, however, were the entrees: the snapper, covered and cooked in salt, and dorado. Once again, friendly service. Between our experiences in Lisbon and now down south, I was in foodie heaven.
Overall, the entire experience blew us away and exceeded expectations! Portugal is a wonderful combination of friendly people, great food and wine, and spectacular scenery. I look forward to returning again one day soon.


Chop the chocolate and tip into a large bowl. Put the Langage Farm double cream and butter into a saucepan and heat gently until the butter melts and the cream reaches simmering point. Remove from heat, then pour over the chocolate. Stir together until you have a smooth mixture. Add any flavourings to the truffle mix at this stage (liquors or other flavours, one teaspoon at a time and taste) or leave plain. Cool and chill for 4 hours.
To shape the truffles, dip a melon baller in hot water and scoop up balls of the mixture, or mould by hand, then drop the truffles onto greaseproof paper.
Coat truffles immediately after shaping. Tip toppings into a bowl and gently roll the truffles until evenly coated, the chill on greaseproof paper. To coat in chocolate, melt chocolate (white, milk or dark) and spoon the chocolate over the truffle until well coated, then chill.
Store in fridge in an airtight container for 3 days, or freeze for up to a month.


Welcome to Weddings & Events at Faith Assembly!
Our elegant facilities and professional staff will amaze you and your guests from the moment you arrive to the moment you leave. Enjoy your wedding day knowing that it's in good hands, as we're confident that our culture of excellence will make your vision come to life.
Aside from the dreamy facility aesthetics, our campus location sits on the corner of Econlockhatchee and Curry Ford Road right off the 417, giving you and your guests quick and easy access to our venue. We are a convenient 10-minute commute from the Orlando International Airport and have hotel specials available so that your entire guest list can book affordable accommodations during their stay.
Our beautiful wedding chapel at the Curry Ford Campus seats up to 225 guests in its pews, features high ceilings with decorative chandeliers and is most known for its color-changing stained glass.
Stephens Chapel was named after our Senior Pastors Carl and Alice Stephens when it was built in 2012 to recognize the God-inspired vision and years of example-driven leadership that made Faith Assembly's Curry Ford Campus a reality.
Tucked into the corner of the wedding chapel is our premier bridal suite. With convenient direct-access to the chapel, it makes it easy for the bride to make her ceremony debut down the aisle. This roomy suite was designed with the bridal party in mind providing plenty of seating and vanity space, as well as a state-of-the-art 180o mirror for a full view of the bride in her dress.
In addition to the signature bridal suite, a dressing area for the groomsmen is also available.
Our Pre-Marital Seminars take place several times throughout the year and are strongly suggested. You may register and pick up all materials at FaithBooks during service times. The cost is $50 per couple.
In addition, we offer Pre-Marital Counseling through our Counseling department, where the couple goes through a curriculum of sessions with a Pastor on staff at Faith Assembly.
Our Grand Atrium is perfect for larger parties of around 300, but can also be reworked to accommodate smaller, more intimate crowds.
Faith Assembly offers 2 other areas fit for receptions, including: the Vineyard Dining Hall on the first floor, which has seating for approximately 150 attendees, and the 3rd Floor Mezzanine, which seats 125 guests, overlooks the beautiful landscaping, and even provides natural lighting during daytime hours.
Call ahead to set up a time for a tour.


A construction business is full of risks and a great deal of responsibilities. Where on the one hand, a lot of your capital is at stake in your business, on the other hand, your responsibility toward your work cannot be taken lightly.
The work of a construction company needs utmost care to avoid all kinds of risks and a great attention must be paid to the construction equipment.
Construction businesses are facing tough competitions these days as with the rapidly developing urban and rural areas, the construction projects are increasing day by day. To stand out from the crowd and to bring your construction business in the race, you need to make sure that your business has the right equipment.
So, if you're planning on starting a construction business, one of the biggest investments that you need to do is in the construction equipment. These include bulldozers, tracked loaders, backhoe loader, excavator, skid-steer loader, graders, etc.
Buying such heavy construction equipment requires a great amount of capital. Sparing such a huge amount of money in cash is not possible for business owners. Thus, help from heavy equipment financing is taken to meet the funding requirements.
You can avail the heavy equipment financing from experienced financers like Trade Capital, LLC easily regardless of your credit score. So, if you've been turned down by the traditional banks because of your credit score, you don't need to worry about getting funded. The financers provide the required funding to business owners with good credit, bad credit, and even miserable credit.
If you're a startup construction company, you're also eligible for this kind of financing, regardless of the age of your business or your experience. Financers like Trade Capital, LLC are well aware about the fact that no other business needs funds more than a startup. So, the startups are completely qualified for heavy equipment financing.
This kind of financing not only covers the buying of new equipment but leasing the old ones too. So, if you don't need to buy brand new equipment and can work with the old and used ones, you can get financed for the lease money as well.
The buyers that qualify for heavy equipment financing generally don't even need to make any down payments. They also don't need to attach any collateral to get the loans. The funds are available against the new equipment itself.
Buying the latest equipment, replacing the old ones, and adding more heavy machinery to your equipment are the basic needs of construction businesses. If one or two of these needs arise in your business, you can seek expert financers like Trade Capital, LLC to get funds for your heavy construction equipment.
With the right equipment in your business, you can avoid all the possible risks, accidents, and malfunctions at the construction sites. Also, by keeping your equipment new and updated, you commit to your responsibility towards the public as it helps in the right construction of buildings. For more business and finance blog visit Emerging NewsHub 24.


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strategic projects that take years to execute. The challenge is to keep people focused and motivated through that period. In general, people thrive on instant gratification, so when we say something is a three-year project, it takes a whole different kind of leadership to get through it. HR needs to lead that effort. HRP: What's the key to leading HR during a difficult time for an organization? CF: You have to stay super close to the people who are natural leaders and influencers, and the people who are the highest performers or have key critical skills. HR professionals can leverage these people to ensure continuity of talent and the right kind of workplace environment. Stay ahead of the problems and don't just react, and be clear about objectives – where you're going and why. Deliver lots of feedback and positive reinforcement; keep people engaged and satisfied enough to stick through the difficult times. This is when great leaders really shine. HRP: What skills are important for success in HR? CF: First and foremost, you must have a deep passion for the business and what the business is there to accomplish. That's got to be first. To be a great HR leader, you see yourself as an integral part of the business' success. Partnered up with that is a deep understanding of people. We're the people experts; that's what we bring to the table. You must also be a fact-based and analytical thinker, and draw insights from complex systems of people, behaviours, results and other points of information. The days of the soft and fuzzy HR team are long gone. HRP: What tips do you have for new grads or those in entry-level HR jobs who want to move up the ladder? CF: Try to have at least one role outside of HR. If you want to move up the ladder in HR, the best thing you can do is take at least one position outside the field. Do this when you know HR well enough to appreciate what it's about, and then step out. The best experience I ever had was an operational job where I was measured on driving growth and profit for the organization. I got a crystal view of how the HR function could help or hinder me in achieving my goals – it was like a light shone on it and I could see it clearly! I honestly didn't understand that until I had a role outside of HR. HRP: What's the future of HR? CF: There are two things. The first is the continued evolution from HR practices to people solutions. We do what we do in order to drive business results, not to "do HR stuff." To get results, people need objectives, feedback on their performance, opportunities for development and rewards. We create solutions to accomplish these things. The other thing is that we need to be much more predictive. Strategic workforce planning hasn't really taken off in HR yet. I'm talking about projecting where the business strategy is leading and what the labour market and technology are going to look like, and how we can predict all of that so we are ahead of it when it comes. HR will need to be better at this if we are to be more effective business leaders. n We can help you put it all together. Creating and maintaining a psychologically healthy and safe workplace can seem like a daunting task, but it doesn't have to be. Practical tools and resources can help you get started, assess your current situation, or take the next step. We can help you put it all together and work towards a psychologically healthy and safe workplace. www.workplacestrategiesformentalhealth.com/phsms ALL TOOLS AND RESOURCES ARE FREE. Use them to help make a difference in your workplace. The Great-West Life Centre for Mental Health in the Workplace and design are trademarks of The Great-West Life Assurance Company. HRPATODAY.CA ❚ JANUARY 2015 ❚ 53
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Carbide burrs are used for grinding, deburring, shaping, and weld bead removal. Uses include rapid removal of sharp edges and excess metal material including cast iron, steel and aluminum. Use in die grinders and rotary tools.
Carbide burrs come in both 1/4" shank and 1/8" shank. All burrs with a 1/4" diameter and under are solid carbide, all burrs over 1/4" diameter have hardened steel shanks. A super cut is standard on all burrs. Resharpening and extra long shanks are available. All burrs provide an accurate and precise cut.


Located in the far northwest of the African continent, Morocco enjoys a close proximity to Europe which means it has long been a popular destination for travelers. Visitors are drawn by a mix of attractions, including beach resorts on both its Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts, the stunning natural beauty of the Atlas Mountains, historical Roman ruins, and the country's unique cultural heritage. One of the many highlights is the Moroccan cuisine which is widely considered to be one of the most diverse and delicious in the world. Local favorites that you may already be familiar with include couscous and tagine, but there are many other great dishes to look out for. If you really want to make an effort you could also learn some basic Arabic to help you feel more at home.


Maharashtra government published the official notification4/----/2014 under the rajiv Gandhi panchayat sashaktikaran Abhiyan. There are total no of vacancies are 2629 including various categories for rural development department of Maharashtra.
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We are excited to officially announce the 3rd edition of LGBT Talents is taking place on February 16th, 2019! LGBT Talents is the first event in France where students, managers, activists, and politicians come together to discuss the perception of LGBT employees in the workplace and the specific issues they may face in their career. This year's edition, sponsored by the Boston Consulting Group, Accenture, Eversheds Sutherland, and Bloomberg, includes 6 workshops, 2 conferences, and 1 keynote speech. LGBT Talents 2019 will take place at the Paris Campus of ESCP Europe, home of the organizing association ESCAPE. If you do not live in the Paris region, you may apply for a mobility grant to help cover your travel expenses. LGBT Talents includes a recruiting breakfast, a networking lunch and a final cocktail in which you will be able to exchange with the speakers and our partner firms. For the full program please refer to lgbt-talents.eu. We look forward to seeing you on Saturday 16th of February 2019 at the ESCP Europe Paris Campus at 9:30am.
We are excited to officially announce the 3rd edition of LGBT Talents is taking place on February 16th, 2019!
LGBT Talents is the first event in France where students, managers, activists, and politicians come together to discuss the perception of LGBT employees in the workplace and the specific issues they may face in their career.
This year's edition, sponsored by the Boston Consulting Group, Accenture, Eversheds Sutherland, and Bloomberg, includes 6 workshops, 2 conferences, and 1 keynote speech.
LGBT Talents 2019 will take place at the Paris Campus of ESCP Europe, home of the organizing association ESCAPE. If you do not live in the Paris region, you may apply for a mobility grant to help cover your travel expenses.
LGBT Talents includes a recruiting breakfast, a networking lunch and a final cocktail in which you will be able to exchange with the speakers and our partner firms. For the full program please refer to lgbt-talents.eu.
We look forward to seeing you on Saturday 16th of February 2019 at the ESCP Europe Paris Campus at 9:30am.


Membership in the Mason High School Chapter of the National Honor Society is an honor and a privilege. This privilege is given to students by invitation of the professional staff. Decisions regarding eligibility, selection and membership are made by the NHS Faculty Council and Dean of Students. Students are evaluated annually in the areas of scholarship, leadership, character, and service.
Scholarship is determined by grade point average. The student must have a cumulative grade point average of 93 at the end of the fall semester of their junior year to be eligible for selection. Grade point average does not guarantee membership. Once selected a member is required to maintain a 93 average. If their grade point average falls below 93 the student will be put on probation for one semester.
Students transferring from another school may transfer their membership by letter from the NHS adviser of their former school. Transfer students are required to maintain the minimum cumulative grade point average required for induction into their former school.
As a part of the application process students select five separate criteria points for leadership and provide a specific example(s) as to how they have met each of the criteria points. At least four of the five examples must come from the school setting, and no more than one example can come from outside the school setting. This information should be documented in the application materials proving that the criteria have been met in each chosen area. The students must have each of the criteria points they have selected verified by 5 different school personnel or, if using an example outside the school setting, an adult who can attest to these statements. Students cannot use family members to verify this information. The teacher/community person should sign their name verifying the points to which they can attest.
A teacher can petition the principal or the Dean of Students with questions about a student's qualifications to be in National Honor Society due to problems associated with a student's leadership. The principal and the Dean of Students will investigate this objection and make recommendation to the Faculty Council concerning the student's leadership. If a student is denied selection to National Honor Society due to these circumstances, the principal or Dean of Students will provide specific details as to why the student was not admitted.
Candidates will be asked to write a short essay titled "How I Exemplify Character at School and in My Community." This essay will be a part of the application process.
Students who have served in AEP are not eligible for candidacy the year the violation occurred. AEP violations in a freshman or sophomore year will be reviewed on a case by case basis and eligibility will be determined by the Faculty Council. To be accepted into NHS the student would be required to submit a community service project that would specifically address the violation and the project would have to be completed before induction. This project would be served in addition to projects required for membership once a student is inducted.
A student who has received in-school suspensions can be eligible for NHS if he or she provides 7 hours of community service for each violation. This service would have to be completed before the application deadline. The hours may not be used for the membership application.
A student must have completed 20 hours of community service from the beginning of his or her freshman year. These hours should not be part of a service rendered for a co-curricular or extra curricular organization. The student must complete the Student Activity Form and indicate the hours served, the type of service performed and verification of service with a signature of the adult supervising the project. Family members cannot verify the service for the student.
A student must also demonstrate participation in at least one academic-related competition that is a direct extension of core curriculum each school year beginning as a freshman. Examples include UIL academics, FFA speaking events, VASE, and UIL band solo and ensemble. Participation includes attending the minimum number of practice meets required by their teacher and district to state competition should the student advance. If a student is not selected for district competition their practice meets qualify them as a participant in UIL academic competition.
If a student successfully meets the 20 hours of community service, follows the procedures set forth in the NHS application and demonstrates participation in academic competition, the student has met the service criteria needed to enter the society.
Members are required to maintain a cumulative grade point average of 93.
Members are required to participate in three community service projects per year. This includes one individual and one group project in the fall and one group project in the spring. The individual project requires a minimum of five hours service documented and signed by the person supervising them. The document may not be signed by a family member. Members are also required to organize and participate in the spring induction ceremony.
1. The member's grade point average falls below 93. The probation period will be for one semester. If the student fails to raise their grade point average after one semester the Faculty Council will begin the dismissal process.
2. A member fails to complete the necessary service hours and/or projects by the date assigned.
3. A member displays a "character violation" which can be defined as actions and conduct unbecoming of National Honor Society Members. This may include but is not limited to cheating, plagiarism, truancy or any action deemed by the Faculty Council as unbecoming of a NHS member.
It is the responsibility of the chapter adviser to inform a member if he or she falls below the standards by which the member was selected. The adviser will inform the member and provide sufficient warning of the possible consequences of non-improvement.
A student on probation is expected to participate in all NHS activities. Members may only be placed on probation only once during their membership. Any action that would result in a second probationary period will result in dismissal. Seniors on probation spring semester will not wear the NHS honor sash at graduation.
Members should understand that they are subject to dismissal if they do not maintain the standards of scholarship, leadership, service and character that were used as a basis for their membership. Any violation that requires placement in AEP is grounds for dismissal. A flagrant violation of school rules or civil laws does not require a warning from the adviser. The NHS Faculty Council will follow dismissal procedures as outlined in the NHS constitution which guarantees the member the right to a hearing. In the event that the Faculty Council votes to dismiss the member, the chapter will notify the member of the action being contemplated, the reasons for the action, the date and time of the hearing and the opportunity for the member to respond either in writing or orally.


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The TRS supremo and chief minister of Telangana K. Chandrasekhar Rao is moving heaven and earth to win 16 of the 17 Loksabha seats in the state so as to play a key role in national politics by handing over the mantle of power in the state to his son and the heir apparent KT Rama Rao. The remaining one seat, the TRS is facilitating the victory of its ally MIM, whose chief, Asaduddin Owaisi is in the electoral fray to retain his Parliamentary seat. In fact, the TRS fielded a Hindu candidate in the name of a friendly contest to facilitate a division in the anti-MIM vote and help in the consolidation of the Muslim vote in favour of MIM. Thus by winning all the seats in the state, KCR wants to ensure that the transition of power in the state to his son will be smooth without any possible dissent, besides having an advantage in the national politics.
The immediate trends available on the possible outcome in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls is that the BJP led NDA may lose seats which it won in 2014, while the Congress-led UPA may not fully measure up to the expectation. Precisely here the non-Congress, non-BJP regional satraps play an important role in shaping the national agenda. KCR wants to exploit such a situation in Delhi with 16 seats in his kitty.
The unprecedented victory in the 2018 Assembly polls gives further boost to poll prospects of TRS in Lok Sabha polls too. In the assembly elections, the TRS got a lead in 14 out of 17 Lok Sabha segments. The Congress led prajakutami could establish only a marginal lead in Khammam and Mahabubabad seats. In the remaining 14 Lok Sabha segments, the TRS margin ranged from one to three lakh votes. Now, the prajakutami is in shambles thus benefitting the TRS.
The further weakening of the opposition due to Operation Aakarsh is expected to give further fillip to KCR's hope of winning 16 out of the 17 seats. The substantial erosion of the Congress party due to demoralising defeat followed by crippling defections further emboldened the ruling TRS. The almost disappearance of TDP from the political map of Telangana, the gradual weakling of the Left, the rout of BJP that failed to win its sitting seats make the TRS unassailable.
KCR wishes to capitalise on this prevailing political and electoral contours of Telangana.
To legitimise his anti-Congress, anti-BJP political stand and dispel the impression of him being a secret ally of the saffron brigade, KCR forged the idea of Federal front of comprising the smaller and the regional parties. Yet the response is still largely non-committal as the regional parties are also unsure of the post poll arithmetic. These regional parties which are invited into the Federal Front are still not inclined to leave either BJP or the Congress. However, KCR is of a firm opinion that the attitude of these smaller and the regional parties would undergo a substantial change post-election.
In case if he fails to hoist Federal Front on the Indian political horizon, having 16 seats in his kitty helps him to call the shots irrespective of either NDA or UPA in a position to form a government with the support of regional parties.
Besides selling a national political narrative in the form of non-BJP, non-congress federal front and the talk of a national party, TRS is turning this election too into a sort of referendum around KCR. This strategy paid a rich dividend in the recently concluded Assembly elections as the opposition failed to project a leader of KCR's stature. The TRS and its chief are spinning their electoral campaign around the benefits of Telangana if TRS wins 16 seats. The TRS is adept at electioneering around Telangana sentiment.
Meanwhile, KCR's strategy of delinking Assembly and Lok Sabha polls by resorting to premature dissolution of the house has paid rich dividends. By doing so he ensured that the national political agenda will not cloud the state specific issues. Now, with the power at the state, it became easy for the TRS to conduct electioneering in the Lok Sabha elections.
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Iran now has 'international criminal' as president: Panel
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Iran's President-elect Ebrahim Raisi speaks during a news conference in Tehran, Iran June 21, 2021. (Reuters)
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Christopher Hamill-Stewart
Ex-UN appeal judge: Ebrahim Raisi 'guilty of crimes against humanity'
'If ever he ventures out of Iran, any democratic country would be entitled to arrest him and put him on trial'
LONDON: Iran now has an "international criminal" as its president, according to a panel of experts who warned that this could mean he faces arrest if he leaves the country and may be unable to attend the UN.
At an event on Thursday hosted by the National Council of Resistance of Iran and attended by Arab News, a panel of diplomats and human rights experts said Ebrahim Raisi's role in the 1988 massacres of political prisoners means he is guilty of crimes against humanity — a label that could seriously harm his global diplomatic standing.
"We now have an international criminal as president ... He's guilty of crimes against humanity, committed in late 1988 by the slaughter of thousands of prisoners," said Geoffrey Robertson, a former UN appeal judge and former president of the war crimes court in Sierra Leone.
Robertson, who has conducted an extensive investigation into the 1988 massacres, added that Raisi and his Justice Department henchmen sent prisoners to their deaths in "two waves."
First killed, Robertson said, were members, allies and sympathizers of the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK), a political group that participated in the 1979 revolution but was later turned upon by the regime following a political disagreement.
"Most of them had actually already completed their sentences. They were executed without pity," said Robertson.
"The second wave was of theocratic dissidents: Communists, atheists, left-wingers. They were executed for being opposed to the theocratic state of Ayatollah (Ruhollah) Khomeini. There we have a crime against humanity."
Most of the people killed were detained for participating in protests in the early 1980s, said Robertson. They were then subjected to what Amnesty International has called "death commissions," in which judiciary officials led by Raisi, who was then a prosecutor in Tehran, asked them apparently innocuous questions.
"They didn't know it, but on their answers their lives depended," said Robertson. Those who gave answers indicating an MEK or atheist affiliation were blindfolded and "ordered to join a conga line that led straight to the gallows," he added.
"They were hung from cranes four at a time … Some were taken to army barracks at night, directed to make their wills and then shot by firing squad."
Raisi's direct involvement in these crimes could come back to bite Iran in an unexpected way, Robertson said.
"The UN will have to grapple with the fact that one of its members is led by an international criminal," he added.
"If ever he ventures out of Iran, any democratic country would be entitled under its law — universal jurisdiction as we call it — to arrest him and put him on trial," said Robertson.
Nick Fluck, president emeritus of the law society of England and Wales, pointed out that Raisi has said in press conferences that he is "proud" of his role in the 1988 massacres.
This "serves as an important wakeup call that we can't just sit silently on the sidelines. Silence and inaction don't produce change, and in this case it's clear that change is radically needed," Fluck said.
"This is a leader who'll be widely, I hope, shunned. There will be a lack of credibility about anything he may say."
Fluck said Raisi's domestic legitimacy is also seriously lacking, following an election that saw heavy state involvement, with hundreds of candidates barred from running and millions of Iranians boycotting the poll.
"Dissidents and reformists urged voters to boycott the poll. That's perhaps why, although he inevitably won the election, he did so with a very low turnout," Fluck added.
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Long Island (Illa llarga, en anglès) és una illa de vuitanta milles (gairebé 130 quilòmetres) de llarg, a les Bahames, que està dividida pel Tròpic de Càncer. L'illa té només quatre milles (6 km) d'ample, però s'estén per un tros de major longitud. Es troba a aproximadament 165 milles o 265 quilòmetres al sud-est de Nassau. Alguns dels principals assentaments són Clarence Town, que és la capital de l'illa, Hamilton, The Buckley, Scrub Hill, Simms, Salt Pond i Stella Maris. Illa Llarga és un dels districtes de les Bahames reconeguts com un dels més pintorescos de tot l'arxipèlag.

Història
L'illa va ser originalment anomenada amb nom arahuac "Yuma". Va ser rebatejada "Fernandina" per Cristòfol Colom en el seu primer viatge el 1492. Hi ha proves arqueològiques que la tribu taína Lucaian vivia a Isla Llarga, com ho van fer en tota la cadena d'illes de Bahames. Després de la desaparició dels Lucaies, van ser portar com a esclaus a l'Espanyola i Cuba, des de llavors no hi va haver grans assentaments fins a l'arribada de nord-americans lleials a la Corona Britànica.

Els lleials a la Corona eren persones procedents principalment de Nova Anglaterra i Nova Jersey que van fugir de la Revolució Americana. Nombroses famílies es van assentar en l'època a l'Illa Llarga, cosa que va produir l'establiment d'algunes plantacions de cotó i altres activitats com la cria de bestiar i ovelles. Les plantacions van florir per només uns pocs anys i, en el moment de l'abolició de l'esclavitud el 1834, la majoria d'elles s'havia abandonat. Hi ha moltes ruïnes d'aquesta època avui en dia, la majoria de les quals són cobertes per la selva. També hi ha restes d'algunes de les cases construïdes després de l'esclavitud, que en general són petites i construïdes de pedra. Originalment tenien sostres de palla, avui, la majoria són modernes. Els descendents d'aquestes famílies segueixen estant molt esteses a l'illa. La població d'Illa Llarga és d'aproximadament 4.000 habitants.

Economia
L'economia es basa en el turisme, l'agricultura i la pesca. Els habitants cultiven els pèsols, blat de moro, plàtans i pinyes, i tenen petits animals com porcs, gallines, cabres i ovelles. Alguns s'utilitzen com bestiar per a l'exportació. Els turistes gaudeixen de la vela, pesca, busseig, snorkeling i del relaxar en platges i l'estudi del seu peculiar paisatge, que consisteix en turons escarpats i onades al llarg de la costa oriental de l'Atlàntic, amb aigües més tranquil·les a la costa oest.

Illes de les Bahames


The former Mayo boss will work as part of Declan Bonner's management team in 2019.
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February 21, 1917. Rehearing Denied March 21, 1917.
Appeal from District Court, San Patricio County; W. W. Walling, Special Judge.
Action by Alfred Wilding against Frank Andrews, receiver of the St. Louis, Brownsville Mexico Railway Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. Affirmed.
Claude Pollard, of Houston, E. H. Crenshaw, Jr., of Kingsville, and Robt. W: Stayton, of Corpus Christi, for appellant. Presley K. Ewing and L. E. Blankenbecker, both of Houston, and J. C. Houts, of Sinton, for appellee.
Appellee, a fireman, sued appellant, his employer, for damages, upon allegations that he was injured, by reason of negligence of appellant, in a wreck on the line operated by appellant. The case was submitted on special issues, and, upon the verdict returned, judgment was entered for appellee for $22,000.
"The plaintiff alleges the injuries which he claims to have suffered from the derailment in question in paragraph 11 of the second amended original petition as filed herein, to which you may refer; and in assessing his damages, if any, you will consider only such injuries, if any, as are herein both alleged and proved."
This paragraph was objected to by defendant "for the reason that the same refers the jury to the second amended original petition for statement of the alleged injuries." The objection was overruled, and appellant's first assignment of error complains of the overruling thereof. This objection amounts to no more than a request to the court to state in his charge the injuries alleged by plaintiff, and cannot be stretched into objection that some of the injuries alleged are not supported by evidence, and therefore should not be submitted at all. The injuries alleged are stated specifically in paragraph 10 of the petition, and not paragraph 11, and the court made a mistake in that respect, which, however, was not called to his attention by objection. The paragraph referred to by the court did not relate to injuries, and paragraph 13 merely states the results of the injuries upon plaintiff. The jury could not have been misled in any way or failed to find the paragraph relating to injuries, and we conclude the court did not err in failing to copy such paragraph or the substance thereof in his charge. The assignment cannot be extended so as to be construed to complain of the charge on the ground that it left it to the jury to determine what injuries alleged were supported by evidence, for the objection did not apprise the court of any such contention. Prior to the passage of our statute requiring objections to be made to the charge, assignments attacking similar charges were considered by this court in the cases of Freeman v. Courtney, 134 S.W. 260, and Railway v. West, 155 S.W. 343, as against objections more specific than the one urged by defendant herein, and the assignments were overruled. The assignment is overruled.
The second assignment complains of the failure to submit a special issue inquiring whether plaintiff suffered any of many injuries described or mentioned in the question, and, if so, which ones. The answer to this question could have been of no value unless as the basis for an argument that the verdict was excessive. It would be improper to permit the jury to be cross-examined in regard to every step taken by them, and the giving of such issues would result in disagreements on trivial and practically immaterial matters. S. A. A. P. Ry. v. Stuart, 178 S.W. 17. The assignment is overruled.
"if not leaving such switch open, negligently left said switch unlocked or in such condition that it was thereby likely to come partly open, or be partly opened, and left in that condition, as otherwise it would not have been."
"Said line of testimony was objected to because it had nothing to do with the switch in question."
The question was withdrawn. We do not understand that this objection was intended to relate back to the other questions and answers, and it therefore appears that the same testimony, the admission of which is assigned as error, was introduced without objection. In addition, there being testimony to the effect that switches were locked and as to the method of operating switches, and as to the kind of locks used, all of which testimoney was unobjectionable, any person would know that the presence of the locks made the work of operating the switch more troublesome than if no lock was used. The statement by a witness of such obvious conclusion could not injure defendant; and, even if the testimony was improper, it must be held to have been harmless. Other testimony and questions excluded may have operated to the prejudice of appellant, but we are confined to the assignment of error presented, and it may be that appellant suffered injury by not placing the brakeman on the stand who was in attendance on the court, but the failure to do so was the voluntary act of appellant. The assignment is overruled.
The fourth, sixth, and eighth assignments complain of certain statements used by one of plaintiff's counsel in argument, which statements were withdrawn upon objection and the jury instructed not to consider the same. We doubt whether the statements made were objectionable, but, if so, in view of their withdrawal and of the fact that they were made in the opening argument which was followed by three arguments for defendant, we conclude that we would not be justified in reversing the judgment on account thereof. The assignments are overruled.
"If you have found that the tank of the engine upon which plaintiff was at work was insecurely attached to the tank frame, and that such condition, if any, of said tank was due to negligence upon the part of defendant, his agents or employés, then say whether or not such condition of said tank was a proximate cause of the injuries now complained of by plaintiff."
We conclude that the finding is supported by sufficient evidence to justify the jury in making the same. However, there being other findings of negligence proximately causing the injuries which support the judgment, a reversal would not follow even if appellant were correct in its contention. The jury found that the switch was partly open as the train approached upon which plaintiff was fireman on the occasion in question; that this condition rendered the track defective and not reasonably safe; that such condition of the track was due to negligence of defendant; that such negligence was a proximate cause of the alleged injuries to plaintiff; that the headlight of the engine was insufficient for the reasonably safe operation of the engine; that such condition constituted negligence on the part of defendant; and that such negligence was a proximate cause of the injury. In answer to some of the many special issues submitted by defendant, the jury made other findings of negligence pleaded by plaintiff, and found that the same were proximate causes of the injuries to plaintiff. It is unnecessary, however, to set out the many issues and answers. Plaintiff pleaded and proved to the satisfaction of the jury a good case, regardless of the finding objected to in the assignment under consideration, and said assignment is overruled.
"Say whether or not any of the injuries now complained of by plaintiff are the result of hysteria, and, if so, state which of the ailments now complained of resulted therefrom. Answer by saying `No,' or by saying, `All of them,' or by a list of the ailments, if any, which you believe resulted from hysteria."
The court did not err in refusing to submit this issue. The objections to the issue discussed in disposing of the second assignment apply to this issue. An affirmative finding could have had no value except to eliminate certain injuries from those to be considered by the trial court, and this court in passing on assignments complaining of excess in the verdict. If it was desired to exclude injuries caused by hysteria from being allowed for, an instruction to that effect should have been asked to be given in explanation of the issue requiring the jury to estimate the amount which would compensate plaintiff. By such means any rights of defendant would have been fully protected and the risk of mistrial avoided which might be based upon whether a certain injury was due to hysteria or not. Besides it occurs to us that if the hysteria existed as a result of the physical injuries sustained in the wreck, which was conceded by defendant's physicians, the conditions attributed to hysteria would all be traceable back to such physical injuries. The assignment is overruled.
The ninth and tenth assignments of error contain four grounds taken from the motion for new trial, in each of which it is contended the verdict is excessive. Objection is made that the assignments are too general, and the same is well taken. However, the verdict is not excessive. The appellee was 29 years of age; his income $135 per month; his chances of promotion good; his injuries painful and permanent and probably progressive. Injuries to his spinal cord rendered him a helpless cripple for life, and a sufferer, with practically no ability to labor or earn money.


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Why Aren't We Exploring The Galaxy Yet?
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I'm sure at one point we've all dreamed about zipping around the galaxy in a spaceship like Star Trek. To explore the unknown and see the beautiful wonders that are sure to exist out there. But why haven't we yet? Will it ever be possible?
The short, simple answer as to why we are not taking day trips to Alpha Centauri, is because of energy. Energy is the key to exploring the stars.
Right now, we currently use rocket fuel to lift payloads into outer space and escape Earth's gravity. Unfortunately, rocket fuel is heavy and expensive. It also is very slow. Voyager 1 and 2 were launched from earth way back in 1977 and are only now just exiting our solar system. Space is immensely vast. We don't have enough rocket fuel on our planet to send a ship to our nearest star within a human lifetime, let alone explore the galaxy.
What are the alternatives?
There are a few alternatives. Some are already a reality, some are just hypothetical. We'll list them here, then explore the benefits and drawbacks of each:
Nuclear Propulsion
Ion Drive
Solar Sail
FTL Drives
Nuclear propulsion is not a new concept. There are many different types of nuclear propulsion, but the most promising for speed is nuclear pulse propulsion. And surprisingly, is actually a fairly old concept. It was developed back in 1958, led by Ted Taylor at General Atomics and physicist Freeman Dyson. The project was named 'Orion'.
The project required a spaceship to drop small nuclear bombs behind it, and a buffer or "pusher" plate would absorb energy from the detonation and the ship would ride the shockwave of the bomb. Since space is a vacuum, you could continue to drop nuclear bombs out behind your ship and continue to increase your speed to mind blowing velocities. Some proof of concept was tested during the 1954 nuclear test series at Bikini Atoll which showed that nuclear explosives could be used for propulsion.
Recent calculations show that it could be possible to achieve 12% the speed of light. This would allow a human to travel to a few of our nearby stars within a human lifetime. Since 1998, the nuclear engineering department at Pennsylvania State University has been developing two improved versions of the Daedalus design known as Project Ican and Project Aimstar. Their research has been very promising.
Ion Engine Test
An ion thruster or 'ion drive' is a form of electric propulsion used by spacecrafts that creates thrust by accelerating ions. The thrust created is incredibly weak when compared to chemical rockets, but it has very high specific impulse. That means that while the thrust is very small, it can be held for a very long time requiring less fuel than its chemical counterpart. Over the course of months to years, incredibly high speeds can be attained.
While extremely more efficient than chemical rockets, it's still has the same limitations. Fuel. The faster you want to travel and the further you want to go requires exponentially more fuel. Once you reach a certain point, it no longer becomes feasible to use ion propulsion. Ion propulsion is great for short jaunts around our solar system — we're actually using them right now on the Dawn probe and the upcoming LISA pathfinder missions. Unfortunately, an ion drive won't allow us to explore our galaxy, nor reach our nearest star within a human lifetime.
Japanese Ikaros Solar Sail
A solar sail is a sail made of CP1, a lightweight aluminum coated fabric that is thinner than a human hair. It works just like how it sounds. The sail is deployed and as the suns rays hit it, it gives it a small push. These 'small pushes' over the course of time add up, and can allow a starship to achieve high speeds using only the power of the sun.
The drawback to such a device is that not only does it take a long time to achieve a relatively decent speed, the further you get away from the sun, the less acceleration or "push" is available. We could try using high powered focused lasers to give an added boost, but over time and distance, even those would become useless. In addition, to push a starship which contains humans and the equipment they need would require a sail hundreds of miles wide.
This is the most powerful fuel currently known to man. A gram of matter and gram of antimatter colliding would be equivalent to the bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima. Which makes it the best candidate as an energy source to go sightseeing in our galaxy. It's nearly 100% fuel efficient, and the amount of fuel required to take us to our closest stars within a human lifetime would only be the size of a few sugar cubes. The way it works is relatively simple. Antiprotons are shot out the back of a ship which strikes a uranium coated sail which produces enormous thrust.
The drawback is scarcity and storage. We currently only have the technology to create a few atoms of antimatter at a time in particle accelerators. These require massive amounts of energy to run. According to researchers at the LHC, it puts the going rate for antimatter at $24 thousand trillion dollars an ounce. And how do you store something that is destroyed when it contacts normal matter? Researchers are optimistic, they're currently experimenting with magnetic fields and liquid nitrogen which has been semi-successful. They have been able to store a tiny amounts for short periods of time.
FTL or 'Faster than Light' drives are seen in many science fiction TV shows and movies. From Star Trek to Battlestar Galactica, they offer tantalizing alternatives to conventional space travel. But is it just science fiction? Will we ever discover technology which allows us to travel faster than light?
Maybe, maybe not. One such way is a warp drive. Normally the stuff of science fiction, it may one day be science reality. In 1994, Mexican physicist Miguel Alcubierre proposed a method of stretching space in a wave which would in theory cause the fabric of space ahead of a spacecraft to contract and the space behind it to expand. A loophole in the laws of physics.
This means you wouldn't actually be traveling faster than light, the space around you would be. You would be riding inside a bubble of space that is zipping through the galaxy at speeds that are faster than light. We've all learned that nothing can travel faster than light, but there are no laws against space itself traveling faster than light. In fact, it already has. During the Big Bang.
However, there are some serious problems with wanting to build a warp drive. The most glaring is energy. The power that is required to warp space around a spaceship is equivalent to the mass of Jupiter. You would have to contain and harness the power of our largest gas giant in your spaceship. We are thousands of years (or more) away from attaining or inventing that kind of technology.
Also, exotic "negative energy" is required to maintain the bubble. The existence of this exotic energy is currently only theoretical, but the Casimir effect and the accelerating universe both lend support to the proposed existence of such energy or force. Though, even if it existed, harnessing it and using it would still be an issue.
So will we ever explore our galaxy?
Maybe one day we will, but not anytime soon without radical advancements in technology and science. Our biggest current limitation is energy and we simply don't have the capability yet to harness the amount required to explore our galaxy. But that doesn't mean we shouldn't stop dreaming. Stephen Hawking said, "The human race shouldn't have all its eggs in one basket, or on one planet." Which is all the more reason we should leave our cradle.
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How Daniel Radcliffe Really Felt About Quidditch In The Harry Potter Movies
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By Brandon Rowe/Updated: Nov. 15, 2022 12:56 pm EST
Some of the most unique elements of the "Harry Potter" franchise are the visually stimulating Quidditch matches. Invented by "Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling, Quidditch is a sport which places teams of witches and wizards on a set of brooms, forcing them to score points by throwing a ball called a Quaffle into any of three different hoops on either end of a Quidditch pitch. However, there are more than a few twists to these seemingly simple rules.
In addition to avoiding a Bludger (a dangerous ball with a life of its own that often manages to knock players from their brooms), contestants must keep an eye out for the Golden Snitch, a small and elusive ball that much of the most exciting gameplay is centered around. The team that manages to catch it is automatically awarded 150 points, often tipping the scales in their favor. While the game is certainly a lot of fun to watch on screen, the stars of the "Harry Potter" franchise have been very open about the difficult process of filming scenes while on brooms.
So, what did "Harry Potter" star Daniel Radcliffe say about it?
Daniel Radcliffe did not enjoy Quidditch
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Radcliffe has repeatedly stated that shooting Quidditch scenes was not a particularly enjoyable experience for him. "Quidditch is right up there with the least fun things I've done on 'Harry Potter,' certainly," Radcliffe said in 2009 (via DigitalSpy). "It's not a pleasant experience, it does hurt quite a lot, and it's not something I would rush back to do."
As the movies progressed and the children at the center of the series grew into adults, screen time dedicated to the magical sport shrunk. However, riding a broom remained a near constant thorn in Radcliffe's side (or, more likely, another piece of his anatomy) during production. Of the eight films in the series, only "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1" did not require the actor to mount a broom. Draco Malfoy actor Tom Felton, on the other hand, was elated to say goodbye to such scenes after "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" (though he did briefly ride piggyback on a broom with Radcliffe in "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2"). "I'm so glad I haven't done it since the second film," Felton said, during the same interview with Radcliffe.
Despite the success of the recent "Harry Potter" reunion at HBO Max, it seems unlikely that cast members will be especially eager to rush to another Quidditch match anytime soon.


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Islamic Democracy=One man, one vote, one time?
Reader comment on item: A Democratic Islam?
Submitted by Facts not Fantasy (Canada), May 6, 2008 at 21:14
Islamic democracy? Surely you are jesting! And what is Islamic Turkish Democracy…democracy for traditionalist ethnic Turks, but no else? Right! Let us look at the basic Islamic theory of information. The principle of "Fitnah" is that of punishing heretical "wrong" thoughts that are unacceptable to Mohammed and Allah. It could be merely any thought which, though true, is inconvenient to Islam, bad for PR and thus needs to be suppressed ASAP, so that Islam may get on with world domination.
Ideally, such "wrong" thoughts should be punished by death, thus ridding the world of Fitnah. (A good example would be talking about the Armenian genocide.) Moslems are the thought police of the world. And Turkey is the home of the allegedly racially superior Turkish race who by means of their noble warrior spirit (genetically imprinted, no doubt, within every Turk through divine providence) has exemplified the pure Islamic ideal for over 1,000 years.
It is this "Turkish national trait" that must be protected by law (Article 301 of the Penal Code). This is the sentiment behind the words of Turkish Ambassador Namik Tan: "We hold dear freedom of expression so long as it stays within decent boundaries of criticism." "Indecent" apparently means anything that contradicts Turkish genetic racial-religious superiority. Laughable, if they weren't serious!
Denying Turkish superiority is not only hard on their pride, it is tanamount to the religious crime of "Fitnah". Let me interpret Ambassador Tan, if I may: "We like freedom of expression so long as we agree with the sentiment."…That is: we support freedom of expression for MY GROUP ONLY, freedom of expression for traditionalist, racially-pure Turks. I hasten to quote Noam Chomsky: "Goebbels was in favor of free speech for views he liked. So was Stalin. If you're in favor of free speech, then you're in favor of freedom of speech precisely for views you despise. Otherwise, you're not in favor of free speech."
Oliver Wendell Holmes said: "The principle of free thought is not free thought for those who agree with us but freedom for the thought we hate." Justice Robert H. Jackson expressed it best for me: "The price of freedom of religion, or of speech, or of the press, is that we must put up with a good deal of rubbish." Turkey's infamous Article 301 was recently changed to say one may not insult the TURKISH NATION (or institutions) but one MAY NOW insult "TURKISHNESS" (whatever that is…)
But seriously, weren't they simply saying Turks were the Islamic version of the master race? So, intellectuals, don't say the Turkish police was overly rough, the military made mistakes or the legal system needs reform. You could end up in jail. You can't criticize the "Turkish Nation" that runs those things. By the way, the punishment is worse, when you say nasty things about the "Turkish nation" outside the country!
Listen up, Turks. No one shares your thoughts about your racial superiority, so join the rest of the world. I'm not holding my breath, though. The Turkish PM still believes Turkey has a divine mission to take over the world. The first step needs to be convincing everyone of your superiority. Then we'll all beg you to take over, no doubt. I'll believe in "Islamic" democracy when cabinet ministers, judges and military leaders in Turkey and other Moslem states are members of other groups, i.e. Jewish, Christian, Hindu, Buddhist, atheist, etc. just like we do it in civilized countries. There is no "religious brand" of democracy…only democracy. (I am not irreligious, by the way.) A political party may have certain religious principles, but as with freedom, either you have democracy or you don't.
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Alex Gogolev had a pair of goals, including the overtime winner, as the Victoria Royals edged the Brandon Wheat Kings 4-3 on Tuesday in Western Hockey League action.
Ben Walker had the other Royals (9-4-0) goals, while Jared Rathjen made 29 saves for the win.
Alessio Bertaggia scored on a penalty shot for Brandon (6-6-1). Eric Roy and Tim McGauley had goals as well. Goaltender Corbin Boes stopped 28 shots.
The Wheat Kings opened the scoring early in the second period as Bertaggia capitalized on a penalty shot after being tripped up on a breakaway.
Roy added to Brandon's lead on the power play to make it 2-0.
Victoria got on the board in the second with a power-play goal from Walker. His fifth goal of the season pulled the Royals to within one.
Gogolev tied the game for Victoria on a delayed penalty to make it 2-2.
Walker then gave the Royals their first lead of the game, a 3-2 advantage.
Brandon answered back just under a minute later as McGauley squeaked one past Rathjen, sending it to overtime.
Elsewhere in the WHL it was: Red Deer 3, Regina 2; Lethbridge 4, Swift Current 0 and Spokane 6, Prince George 1.
At Red Deer, Alta., Charles Inglis scored his 10th and 11th goals of the season to lead the Rebels (7-7-2) past Regina (5-7-1).
At Swift Current, Sask., goaltender Ty Rimmer turned aside 37 shots as Lethbridge (6-6-1) blanked the Broncos (5-6-4).
At Prince George, B.C., Todd Fiddler scored twice, including a short-handed goal, as Spokane (9-3-0) handled the Cougars (5-7-1).


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By the way it sounds, he might become your least favorite character on the show considering Kate's most recent events.
I was absolutely hooked after the first episode, and it's only gotten better from there. But now that there's a local connection to the show, well, that makes someone like me even more dedicated.
Eden Prairie native Adam Bartley will soon be a part of the mega-hit NBC drama 'This is Us' that debuted this fall.
Adam plays 'Duke'... who's described as this kind of bad boy/cowboy that works at a ranch that Kate just so happens to visit, and... well let's just say he's going to stir things up a bit!
Now in case you missed it, I wrote a blog about how much I LOVE this show back in November. Since then, I think I've introduced another 4-5 friends to it, and now they're just as obsessed as they've all binge-watched it over the holidays to catch up to last weeks second-half premiere.
I, for one, am very excited to see Bartley introduced as 'Duke' very soon on "This is Us"!