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Category Archives: World War II
A driver in France told me that people are quick to blame other nations, but the French need to remember that the Vichy government and the French put up little resistance to the deportation of its citizens. While this is debatable, the memorial is uncontrovertibly moving and thought-provoking.
The Memorial des Martyrs de la Deportation is a memorial to the 200,000 people (deported from Vichy France to Nazi concentration camps between 1940-45, during World War II. 85,000 were political activists, resistance fighters, homosexuals and gypsies. Only 2,500 of those deported survived.
Behind Notre Dame on the Isle de la Cite on the site of a former morgue, it is a quiet gem of a memorial. It was designed to represent features of the concentration camps with narrow passages, tight stairways, spiked gates and restricted views of the horizon. The installation is a long narrow corridor lined with small stones of quartz crystal. Each stone represents one of the individuals deported during World War II. It was designed by French modernist architect, writer and teacher, Georges-Henri Pingusson. It was unveiled by President Charles de Gaulle in 1962.
Posted in France, Paris, World War II | Tagged charles de gaulle, concentration camp, deportation, France, Georges-Henri Pingusson, Holocaust, Isle de la Cite, Jews, la seine, Monument, Nazi, Nazi concentration camps, Nazi Holocaust, nazi-occupied France, notre dame, Notre Dame de Paris, Paris, Pingusson, second world war, Vichy France, World War II, wwii | 5 Replies
The Mystery Of The Anti-Personnel Mine In Geneva
Posted on January 9, 2013 by Schwingen In Switzerland
I was surprised when, on the way to the grocery store (it's in the street between Migros and the Co-op at Eaux-Vives 2000 across the street), I saw this in the road. It reads "Here laid an anti-personnel landmine." It stopped me dead in my tracks. A land mine? In Geneva? Has anyone else noticed this? Does anyone know anything about this? I'd love to know who placed it there and why.
During the second world war, Geneva was virtually surrounded by nazi-occupied France. Switzerland developed the National Redoubt plan to defend the country from the Nazis, but everyone knew that Geneva would have been left to occupying forces as it was not easily defended. Landmines as we know them were developed during World War II (1939 – 1945). They were widely used as anti-tank devices. Smaller anti-personnel mines prevented the removal of anti-tank mines. Even today, some land in France is not useable because of the mines on it. Could it be from that period?
Since World War II the proliferation, production, sale and trade in landmines grew. Today, there an estimated 110 million anti-personnel mines in the ground around the world, another 100 million in stockpiles and 5-10 million more mines produced each year. The Swiss Confederation signed and ratified the Convention on Cluster Munitions. It took effect on the 1st of January 2013.
Posted in City of Geneva, Swiss History, The City of Geneva, World War II | Tagged 1939, 1945, Anti-personnel mine, anti-tank devices, Co-Op, Convention on Cluster Munitions, Eaux-Vives, France, Geneva, Geneva Switzerland, grocery store, Land mine, Migros, mines land mines, National redoubt, National Redoubt plan, Nazi, nazi-occupied France, Nazis, occupying forces, Road, second world war, stockpiles, Swiss Confederation, Switzerland, World War II | 5 Replies
The Malgre Nous, Forced To Fight Against Their Country Of Birth During WWII
Malgré-Nous is a French phrase (at the bottom of the above monument) that means "despite us" or "in spite of us." It refers to inhabitants of the Alsace and Moselle (part of Lorraine) areas of France who were conscripted into the German armed forces during the WWII. We first noticed it on monuments and memorials when we visited Alsace (Belgians and Luxembourouise were also conscripted).
France and Germany repeatedly fought over the territory. In 1639, the French conquered Alsace to keep it from the Habsburgs. In 1871, Alsace (and Lorraine) fell under German control when France lost the Franco-Prussian War. With Germany's defeat in the First World War, the area became French once again and Germans who had settled in Alsace were expelled. When Germany invaded and annexed the area on October 18, 1940, the departments fell under German control. By 1942, service had become compulsory and French inhabitants became part of the Wehrmacht (the German army), the Luftwaffe (the air force), the Kriegsmarine (the German Navy) or the SS. Others were sent to the Eastern Front to fight Stalin, many ended up in interned in Axis Soviet prison camps (like the one in Tambow, Russia). Others fought in more local battles in Normandy such as Das Reich in the Falaise pocket.
Others deserted. They were shocked when the U.S. military treated them as deserters, not as the liberators of France wanting to fight for their homeland they believed themselves to be. Many were sent to camps in the west of France, alongside German prisoners who didn't look too kindly on people they viewed as traitors. Those who defected to the Soviets were also seen as deserters or spies and shot. Still others deserted to join the Resistance or fled to Switzerland, but their families were deported to labor or concentration camps. This policy effectively forced conscripts to remain in the German Army.
Malgré-Nous who survived the war were considered by some as traitors or Nazi sympathizers after its end. An amnesty law enacted on February 20, 1953, forgave crimes committed by Malgré-Nous. Of the 130,000 men who were conscripted Third Reich in the Second World War, 32,000 were killed, 30,000 wounded and 10,500 missing and presumed dead.
The last phrase of the plaque above says "Alsace is the region of France who paid the heaviest price for the madness of Nazisme."
Posted in France, Germany, World War II | Tagged Alsace, France, German, German Army, German Navy, Germany, Malgré-Nous, Moselle, Politics, Wehrmacht, World War I, World War II | 2 Replies
War Memorials On Armistice Day, Also Known As Veteran's Day
We've done our fair share of traveling in France lately. We've noticed virtually every town there has monuments to local citizens who died in service of their country. The lists of names, often including those deported and killed locally, are a touching remembrance.
Veterans Day annually falls on November 11, but to make it a bank holiday/federal holiday it is observed on Monday, November 12 in the United States . Why November 11? On November 11, 1918, the armistice ending World War I was signed. On that day, hostilities between the Allied countries and Germany officially ended. Germany
Technical innovations like the machine gun, poison gas, tanks, and aircraft appeared in battle for the first time in World War I. Scientific advances and industrialization joined to create enormous death tolls. Germany lost 1,800,000; the Soviet Union lost 1,700,000; France lost 1,385,000; Austria lost 1,200,000; Great Britain lost 947,000. While that may seem small in comparison to some of the other countries listed, about 1/3 of Great Britain's male population died in The Great War! Extrapolating, it's difficult to imagine the devastating effects on experienced by some of the other countries listed, especially those who had the war fought on their soil.
Although we haven't seen quite as many such monuments in Germany, we did see a few there too. We came across the one below in Bad Munster, near Bad Kreuznach in Germany.
After WWII, the holiday was expanded to remember those who served in that war. In the US, we've had a significant number of wars over the last century Veterans Day honors and thanks veterans for their service to their country.
War requires sacrifices and troops bear more of them than most. It is important to remember those sacrifices and the people who made them. War isn't a triviality. It's important to remember that it carries with it a human cost. Whether you call it Armistice Day or Veterans Day, it is a time to remember the price paid, the sacrifices of those that have served and honor those that did.
Posted in France, Germany, History, World War II | Tagged Allies of World War II, Bad Münster, Battlefield, France, Germany, Great Britain, Memorial, memorials, Monument, Monuments, Politics, science, Soviet Union, transportation, travel, United States, Veteran, Veterans Day, World War I, World War II | 1 Reply
No World Wars In Western European Since 1945 = Nobel Peace Prize
Yesterday, the European Union was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. In 1993, I was living in Belgium and the Maastricht Treaty (aka the Treaty on European Union) was taking effect. It was all over the news…and I didn't understand any of it. I asked and a lovely Belgian friend explained it to me. Before I tell you when they told me, lets detour to quick history lesson. This is a list of just some of the battles that have the battles that have taken place on Belgian soil:
In the Wars of the Spanish Succession, the Bourbons of France and Spain, duked it out with the Habsburg Monarchy, Great Britain, the United Provinces and the Kingdom of Prussia among others (over the right of Philip, Duc d'Anjou to become king of Spain) went through Belgium with battles at Ramillies (1706), Oudenaarde (1708), and Malplaquet (1709).
The Battle of Fleurus – It was part of the French Revolutionary Wars. In 1794, France faced off against Great Britain, Hanover, the Dutch Republic, and Habsburg Monarchy. In other words, all the usual players. It's famous because it is the first time the French used a military hot air balloon. Go figure, an aerial view of a battle gives you a tactical advantage.
The Battle of Waterloo – Everyone knows of Waterloo, but not all Americans realize that it is a town in Belgium. Although it wasn't of Napoleon Bonaparte's first trip to Belgium with his army, It was there that the Alliance of the Seventh Coalition (the United Kingdom, Prussia, Austria, Russia and others) defeated him in 1815.
World War I The Battles of Flandres – There were five, yes five. The First Battle of Ypres, the Second Battle of Ypres, the Battle of Passchendaele, the Battle of the Lys, and the creatively named Fifth Battle of Ypres. Germany and the Western Allies faced off once again in Belgium. Industrialization increased the scale of wars and they took on a far more devastating nature. Battles with over 50,000 fatalities became common. Mustard gas doesn't seem like a particularly good way to go either. Belgian farmers still turn up canisters of gas when they plow their fields in the spring!
When the Germans wanted to invade France's Mangiot Line fortifications built after WWI, they just went to Paris via Belgium. Like many of the occupied countries during WWII, most of them weren't too happy about their visitors.
Battle of the Ardennes (also known as the Battle of the Bulge and the Siege of Bastogne) – After the Allies landed in Normandy, they made their way to Germany. If you've read the last few bullets, you know the easiest way from France to Germany (and vice versa). Southern Belgium has the Ardennes mountains, which happen to be a good place to entrench (and freezing in the winter). The Germans mounted an offensive and surrounded almost 20,000 American troops. It's famous for General Anthony McAuliffe's line, 'Nuts,' in response to the German's request to surrender. Although I have heard that 'Nuts' was the only printable equivalent of the word that was actually used, it goes without saying that a battle ensued.
You get the idea. If you got tired reading that list, you can imagine how tired the Belgians were of the wars themselves.
My Belgian friend explained to be that linking their economies and cultures so thoroughly that untangling them was more difficult and costly than waging war was the only way to prevent it from happening again. At that time, many people were alive who'd lived through the occupation and the war. I met people whose family members were shot dead in front of their house by the Nazis. When you think about it, Belgium is a country that only experienced intermittent periods of peace before foreign powers again waged war on their soil. As a citizen of the tiny country that was continually caught in the cross-fire, they were hopeful that the European Union would help put an end to the seemingly never-ending series of wars waged by European powers like England, Spain, France, and Germany on their soil.
You can't read the news today without reading about the European Union's problems. Some countries, like Switzerland, have good reasons for not joining (which they haven't in order retain their neutrality and independence). Nevertheless, as someone who likes a lot of Europeans and likes to travel, there hasn't been a war on Belgian soil since WWII and I will happily celebrate that.
Posted in Belgium, England, France, Germany, History, Italy, Spain, World War II | Tagged Anthony McAuliffe, Bastogne, Battle of Fleuris, Battle of Passchendaele, Battle of the Ardennes, Battle of the Bulge, Battle of Waterloo, Belgian, Belgium, Dutch Republic, England, European Union, Fifth Battle of Ypres, First World War, France, french revolutionary wars, Germany, habsburg monarchy, hot air balloon, Maastricht Treaty, Malplaquet, Mangiot Line, napoleon bonaparte, Nobel Peace Prize, Oudenaarde, Politics, Ramillies, Spain, War of the Spanish Succession, Waterloo, World War I, World War II, WWI | 4 Replies
Natzweiler-Struthof, The French Concentration Camp
He was surprised to see signs for a concentration camp when we were in Alsace. Hidden away in the Vosges Mountains, the Natzweiler-Struthof is the only concentration camp established by the Nazis in what is now France. I went to see it. Like the Holocaust Exhibit at the British War Museum, other concentration camps or pretty much any other sign of such horror, I found myself disassociating myself from what I was seeing so that I could continue to view the disturbing exhibits.
A camp for political prisoners, including those involved in the resistance movement. Nevertheless, the death rate was 40% due to the strenuous work (Prisoners worked in nearby granite quarries and in construction projects) medical experimentation, poor nutrition and mistreatment by the SS guards.
As the industrial production requirements of the was increased, Natzweiler developed a system of up to 50 adjacent sub camps (shown on the map above). The death rate at these camps was 80%. I was surprised to learn that one such camp was Neckarelz. There, they converted an existing gypsum mine into an intricate tunnel system that housed a relocated Daimler-Benz Aircraft engine plant!
Many "Night and Fog" (Nacht und Nebel, a German effort to subdue a growing anti-German resistance) prisoners were detained there. Suspected resistance fighters just disappeared in night, the Germans held many of them at Natzweiler-Struthof.
The camp holds also a crematorium and a jury rigged gas chamber outside the main camp. Natzweiler-Struthof gassed more than 80 Jewish prisoners and sent their bodies to the Strasbourg University Institute of Anatomy where anatomist Dr. August Hirt amassed a large collection of Jewish skeletons used in his quest for anthropological evidence Jewish "racial inferiority." He was attempting to create a museum in which (in his words) "sub-humans, in which proofs of the degeneracy and the animality of the Jews would be collected."
Strasbourg University faculty member, Professor Otto Bickenbach, used the gas chamber in pseudoscientific medical experiments involving mustard gas and other vesicants . Many victims of these experiments were Roma (Gypsies) who were transferred from Auschwitz for use as guinea pigs. Doctor Eugen Haagen, the chair for hygiene and bacteriology at Strasbourg University was in charge of medical experiments on the camp. He conducted experiments on prisoners involving typhus and yellow fever. The operating room below was the site of many of these "experiments."
With the Allies closing in, Nazis evacuated the camp sending prisoners on a "death march" in September 1944. On November 23, 1944, it became the first concentration camp in Western Europe liberated by the Allies.
One of the most unusual and surprising things I saw was art. Several talented artists (Henri Gayot, Jacques Barrau, Ernest Gillen, Rudolf Naess) were held and the camp and some of their art survived.
Shockingly, neo-Nazis burned the camp museum in 1976. It was subsequently rebuilt, but important artifacts and buildings were destroyed in the fire.
As disturbing as it was, I am grateful to have had the opportunity to step behind the formerly electrified fences and learn about what happened there.
Posted in France, World War II | Tagged Alsace, August Hirt, France, Gas chamber, German, granite quarries, Holocaust, Internment, Nacht und Nebel, Natzweiler-Struthof, Nazi, Nazism, Neo-Nazism, Otto Bickenbach, Politics, Strasbourg University, travel, vacation, Vosges Mountains | 2 Replies
Fun In The Alpine Fortress Of Fürigen
Last weekend, we went to Lucerne and visited the fortress of Fürigen. We had been looking forward to visiting some of Switzerland's formerly hidden fortresses that have been turned into museums. Since we were near Lucerne, we finally got the chance.
Can you spot the entrance in this photo?
Festung Fürigen Museum zur Wehrgeschichte (aka Fort Fürigen) is part of Swiss National Redoubt defense plan (Schweizer Alpenfestung or Réduit Suisse) to respond to foreign invasion. Developed in by neutral Switzerland the 1880's, Germany's invasion of its neighbors necessitated updates (Germany even developed an invasion plan for Switzerland). Fort Fürigen was part of a series of fortifications around Lake Lucerne that were rushed to completion in 1941-2 to protect nearby roads and rail lines.
The entrance is intentionally well-camouflaged. We had to double back and ask for directions to find it. The nondescript entrance leads to a 200-meter (656 feet) tunnel system leads into the mountain.
A private telephone line connected the lake's fortresses but they also used the radio to communicate with each other.
Entering the fort, you pass the radio station (located near the entrance to assure clear reception) and several sets of machine gun defenses.
The view down the corridor from the gunner's nest.
Once past the heavy fortifications you see the workings of the fort. They have the guns, a filter for radioactive material, air shafts, devices to monitor the air for poison gas, storage depot and more on display.
You can actually play around with this gun. He maneuvered it into a decent spot and dutifully posed for a photo when he wanted to play. Hence the hurry up and take the picture smile.
A close up of the gun's targeting system
The largest problem with these gas masks was the limited range of motion allowed by their connection to the ceiling's purified air hookup.
This infrared light replaced the old spotlight when the fort was retooled during the Cold War
While the infirmary resembled any 1940's hospital movie set, the bunk house and dining area looked remarkably like many Swiss ski lodges.
Since they were storing munitions in the bunker, smoking was forbidden…in some areas. It must have been like prison, where the talk of banning cigarettes leads to mutiny and so it was only limited in essential areas. After all, the living quarters were gas-proof.
The Swiss had good reason to build defensive outposts like this one. Hitler's plans to invade Switzerland were uncovered post-World War II. The Soviet Union's also recommended invading the country.
One fortress down, only about 14,999 to go.
No smoking! If you went down the hall and through a door to the residential area, there are ashtrays hanging on walls. Go figure.
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Posted in Museums, Swiss Army, World War II | Tagged army, Axis Powers, fort, Fortification, fortress, Gas mask, Germany, gun defenses, History, invasion, invasion plan, Lake Lucerne, Lucerne, Military, Military of Switzerland, National redoubt, neutral switzerland, poison gas, second world war, Soviet Union, Swiss, Swiss Army, Swiss Military, Switzerland, travel, vacation, World War II, wwii | 13 Replies


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Uncle Scrooge Adventures by Carl Barks in Color 15
North American Publisher / ISBN: Gladstone
Volume No.: 15
Categories: Adventure, All-Ages, Humour
'The Second Richest Duck' is one of Carl Barks' most satisfying Uncle Scrooge stories. It introduces a new character that Barks, and later many others, would use extensively, it provides a fine message on the foolishness of pride, it's very funny, and as with everything Barks produces, it's impeccably drawn.
The story begins with Scrooge learning from a newspaper he removes from a sleeping homeless person that he's no longer the world's richest duck. That position is now held by South African businessman Flintheart Glomgold. Under Barks the only circumstance guaranteed to have Scrooge loosening the purse strings is being challenged as the world's wealthiest person, so he and his nephews immediately set sail for South Africa to verify the news. Among the items Scrooge has to bring along is a massive ball of string, necessary as he'll be able to add to it while aboard the ship. Barks later explained this seemingly whimsical plot device as something people did when he was growing up in pre-World War I USA. In the days before packing tape and plastic bags string had myriad uses.
Glomgold is characterised as Scrooge was in the earliest days after his introduction, lacking the humane qualities enabling some form of audience sympathy, his only concern increasing his fortune. He's devious, irascible and a match for Scrooge, and as the plot unfolds their competition to decide which of them is actually the wealthiest is riddled with deceit, manipulation and trickery, producing one fine gag after another.
While Scrooge takes immense pride in being the world's richest duck, Barks underlines just how ridiculous the conceit of this is by reducing the eventual decision to a ridiculous extreme. Both Scrooge and Glomgold pay for their greed, facing not just danger, but their own fears, in what's a great morality tale.
This version was issued with an accompanying trading card, but for anyone on a budget a better bet is Gladstone's earlier Comic Album Special 4, which includes several more Flintheart Glomgold stories by Barks and one by Don Rosa. Alternatively there's the 21st century Fantagraphics collection The Lost Crown of Genghis Khan. There the story is contextualised and accompanied by the contents of volumes 13-14 and 16-18.
By the same creator
Walt Disney's Comics and Stories by Carl Barks No. 5
Walt Disney's Comics and Stories by Carl Barks No. 13

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Traditional Sikh engagement ceremonies are as colourful as the wedding day. Photographed during the Kurmai (engagement) the bride receives gifts from the groom's family days before the wedding from fine silks, star-studded jewelry and precious stones. This is also when the groom presents the bride with the ring.
The ceremony was photographed by Michael Greenberg and Anouk Landry in Surrey, British Columbia. An off-camera flash was used on camera left at a 45-degree angle to emphasis the bride receiving a gold diamond-laced necklace from the groom's mother.


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Trumpler is a crater in the Phaethontis quadrangle of Mars, located at 61.8°S latitude and 150.8°W longitude. It measures approximately  in diameter and was named after Swiss-American astronomer Robert Julius Trumpler (1886–1956). The name was approved by IAU's Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature in 1973.

Description

The first image below shows the relationship among three craters that are near each other. Keeler Crater is to the North of Trumpler Crater. After Keeler was formed, a later impact formed Trumpler Crater, and in the process destroyed part of Keeler.

See also
 Climate of Mars
 Geology of Mars
 List of craters on Mars

References

Phaethontis quadrangle
Impact craters on Mars

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Season tickets for the 50th anniversary 2019-2020 season are now on sale for Tupelo Community Theatre at the Lyric on Broadway. The season includes Mamma Mia, August 22-24, 2019, A Christmas Story, December 12-14, 2019, Of Mice and Men, January 23-25, 2020, Moon Over Buffalo, March 5-7, 2020 and Spamalot, April 23-25, 2020. Season tickets begin at $60 for all 5 shows, a 46% discount over individual tickets. The renewal deadline is June 21th and priority for seating is given based on the date tickets are purchased. Information and order forms are available at www.tct.ms or by calling the TCT box office at 662-844-1935.


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There are times when you have to be hard on yourself.
Then there are other times when you have to offer yourself a break.
Be hard on yourself if you sit around watching television or playing on social media instead of writing.
Give yourself a break if you're not feeling well.
Be hard on yourself if you allow yourself to be distracted or blocked.
Give yourself a break if you write something that you later have to delete because it doesn't work.
You should have expectations of yourself, goals you want to attain, and you should attempt to reach those goals instead of sitting around giving yourself excuses not to try.
But things will go wrong; at times, you will fall short of your goals, you will make mistakes – this is the time to forgive yourself.


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Carpet time – This gathering time is a time to inform the children what is planned for the day, such as fieldtrips or activities, small group work, etc., to prepare the child for his/her activities which are available to him/her that day.
Gym time – Activities providing gross motor/large muscle skills. Once a child's large muscles begin to develop and mature, then the small muscle skill development matures such as writing, zipping, cutting, tying.
Work time – Work time is a large, uninterrupted block of learning time. The teachers are guiding, challenging, and directing the children in their self chosen work. Children are working with "hands-on" concrete materials: anything they can touch, see, and feel. Your child is a unique individual and we accept you child's work where he/she is at and help develop his/her full potential.
Key vocabulary is a reading system where children memorize words that mean something to them. The words have special meaning to that child because the child chose the word himself/herself and has actually experienced that word sometime in his/her life. With Key Vocabulary, children have the capability of writing and knowing words immediately.
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Science – Pet care, food experiences, plant care, and problem solving.
Social Studies – Develops intelligent, responsible, self-directing people who can function as members of groups in the community and in the world.
Clean up time – Teachers and children are working together cleaning up after themselves and being responsible for putting their materials away when they are through.
Carpet time – This carpet time is used to expose the children to various aspects of music and stories and is also an opportunity to introduce various learning skills.
Available for those children who need it.


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require "google/cloud/spanner"

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# This is a snippet for showcasing how to use DML return feature with delete
# operation in PostgreSql.
#
# @param project_id  [String] The ID of the Google Cloud project.
# @param instance_id [String] The ID of the spanner instance.
# @param database_id [String] The ID of the database.
#
def spanner_postgresql_delete_dml_returning project_id:, instance_id:, database_id:
  spanner = Google::Cloud::Spanner.new project: project_id
  client = spanner.client instance_id, database_id

  client.transaction do |transaction|
    results = transaction.execute_query "DELETE FROM singers WHERE firstname = 'Alice' RETURNING singerid, firstname"
    results.rows.each do |row|
      puts "Deleted singer with id: #{row[:singerid]}, FirstName: #{row[:firstname]}"
    end
    puts "Deleted row(s) count: #{results.row_count}"
  end
end

# [END spanner_postgresql_delete_dml_returning]

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In a 21st century world where we're overworked, overstressed, and over-scheduled, this may be one of the most significant and freeing sentences you'll ever read: You have just enough time to do God's will.
You're doing things God doesn't intend for you to do.
You're doing the things God intended the wrong way.
What moments from your past do you regret that your busyness kept you from enjoying?
What goals have you achieved in the past that you thought would be satisfying yet they weren't?
How can you change your priorities and your schedule so that you have enough time to do what God wants you to do?


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class ApplicationController < ActionController::API
  include ResponseHelper
  before_action :check_restart_window
  before_action :allow_origin

  public

  def check_restart_window
    rw = Rails.configuration.x.relay.restart_window
    return unless rw
    counter = Rails.configuration.x.relay.restart_window_max_seconds || 10
    while rw.call and counter > 0
      sleep 1
      counter -= 1
    end
  end

  def allow_origin
    headers['Access-Control-Allow-Origin'] = '*'
    headers['Access-Control-Allow-Headers'] = 'Keep-Alive,User-Agent,X-Requested-With,If-Modified-Since,Cache-Control,Session-ID,Content-Type,Content-Range,Content-Disposition';
    headers['Cache-Control'] = "no-transform," + ( headers['Cache-Control'] || "")
  end

  protected

  def add_error_context(l)
    l =  "#{RED}#{l}#{ENDCLR}"
    l += " #{CMD}#{GREEN}#{@cmd}#{ENDCLR}" if @cmd
    l += " hpk: #{MAGENTA}'#{dumpHex @hpk}'#{ENDCLR}" if @hpk
    return l
  end

  def reportCommonErrors(context_label)
    yield
    rescue RbNaCl::CryptoError => e
      logger.error add_error_context(context_label)
      ZAXError.new(self).NaCl_error e
    rescue Redis::CommandError => e
      logger.error add_error_context(context_label)
      TransactionError.new(self,
        { hpk: @hpk,
          msg: "#{RED}Redis error:#{ENDCLR} #{e}"
        }).http_fail
    rescue ZAXError => e
      logger.error add_error_context(context_label)
      e.http_fail
    rescue ArgumentError => e
      ReportError.new(self).report add_error_context(context_label), e
    rescue => e
      ZAXError.new(self).severe_error add_error_context(context_label),e
  end
end


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#ifndef PPAPI_C_PP_MACROS_H_
#define PPAPI_C_PP_MACROS_H_

#define PPAPI_RELEASE 34

/**
 * @file
 * Defines the common macros such as assert, inline, ...
 */

/*
 * @addtogroup PP
 * @{
 */

/* Use PP_INLINE to tell the compiler to inline functions.  The main purpose of
 * inline functions in ppapi is to allow us to define convenience functions in
 * the ppapi header files, without requiring clients or implementers to link a
 * PPAPI C library.  The "inline" keyword is not supported by pre-C99 C
 * compilers (such as MS Visual Studio 2008 and older versions of GCC).  MSVS
 * supports __forceinline and GCC supports __inline__.  Use of the static
 * keyword ensures (in C) that the function is not compiled on its own, which
 * could cause multiple definition errors.
 *  http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/z8y1yy88.aspx
 *  http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Inline.html
 */
#if defined(__cplusplus)
/* The inline keyword is part of C++ and guarantees we won't get multiple
 * definition errors.
 */
# define PP_INLINE inline
#else
# if defined(_MSC_VER)
#  define PP_INLINE static __forceinline
# else
#  define PP_INLINE static __inline__
# endif
#endif

/* This is a compile-time assertion useful for ensuring that a given type is
   a given number of bytes wide.  The size of the array is designed to be 1
   (which should always be valid) if the enum's size is SIZE, and otherwise the
   size of the array will be -1 (which all/most compilers should flag as an
   error).  This is wrapped inside a struct, because if it is a simple global
   we get multiple definition errors at link time.

   NAME is the name of the type without any spaces or the struct or enum
   keywords.

   CTYPENAME is the typename required by C.  I.e., for a struct or enum, the
   appropriate keyword must be included.

   SIZE is the expected size in bytes.
 */
#define PP_COMPILE_ASSERT_SIZE_IN_BYTES_IMPL(NAME, CTYPENAME, SIZE) \
struct PP_Dummy_Struct_For_##NAME { \
char _COMPILE_ASSERT_FAILED_The_type_named_ \
## NAME ## _is_not_ ## SIZE ## \
_bytes_wide[(sizeof(CTYPENAME) == SIZE) ? 1 : -1]; }

/* PP_COMPILE_ASSERT_SIZE_IN_BYTES is for typenames that contain no spaces.
   E.g.:
   PP_COMPILE_ASSERT_SIZE_IN_BYTES(int, 4);
   typedef struct { int a; } Foo;
   PP_COMPILE_ASSERT_SIZE_IN_BYTES(Foo, 4);
 */
#define PP_COMPILE_ASSERT_SIZE_IN_BYTES(NAME, SIZE) \
PP_COMPILE_ASSERT_SIZE_IN_BYTES_IMPL(NAME, NAME, SIZE)

/* PP_COMPILE_ASSERT_STRUCT_SIZE_IN_BYTES is for typenames that contain 'struct'
   in C.  That is, struct names that are not typedefs.
   E.g.:
   struct Foo { int a; };
   PP_COMPILE_ASSERT_STRUCT_SIZE_IN_BYTES(Foo, 4);
 */
#define PP_COMPILE_ASSERT_STRUCT_SIZE_IN_BYTES(NAME, SIZE) \
PP_COMPILE_ASSERT_SIZE_IN_BYTES_IMPL(NAME, struct NAME, SIZE)

/* PP_COMPILE_ASSERT_ENUM_SIZE_IN_BYTES is for typenames that contain 'enum'
   in C.  That is, enum names that are not typedefs.
   E.g.:
   enum Bar { A = 0, B = 1 };
   PP_COMPILE_ASSERT_ENUM_SIZE_IN_BYTES(Foo, 4);
 */
#define PP_COMPILE_ASSERT_ENUM_SIZE_IN_BYTES(NAME, SIZE) \
PP_COMPILE_ASSERT_SIZE_IN_BYTES_IMPL(NAME, enum NAME, SIZE)

/* This is roughly copied from base/compiler_specific.h, and makes it possible
   to pass 'this' in a constructor initializer list, when you really mean it.
   E.g.:
   Foo::Foo(MyInstance* instance)
       : PP_ALLOW_THIS_IN_INITIALIZER_LIST(callback_factory_(this)) {}
 */
#if defined(_MSC_VER)
# define PP_ALLOW_THIS_IN_INITIALIZER_LIST(code) \
    __pragma(warning(push)) \
    __pragma(warning(disable:4355)) \
    code \
    __pragma(warning(pop))
#else
# define PP_ALLOW_THIS_IN_INITIALIZER_LIST(code) code
#endif

/**
 * @}
 * End of addtogroup PP
 */

#endif  /* PPAPI_C_PP_MACROS_H_ */


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At the next of our regular monthly meetings starting 7 pm on the fourth Tuesday of each month, Science Communicator George Carrard will lead a forum on raising public awareness of the urgency of transforming the economy to renewable energy sources. An amusing video may be shown for light relief.
From 6 pm, all are welcome to join us at Cellini's Restaurant, Level 2 (opposite Hobbyco) at the south end of the Queen Victoria Building - cellinis.net.au - look for Citizens' Climate Lobby T-shirts.


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A Collaborative Effort: Fargo Game Makers Talk About Making Masterpieces
KVRR Staff,
FARGO, N.D. – The next Fortnite, Minecraft, or Call of Duty may come from this group of game developers, and they are right here in Fargo.
They meet once a month at Replay Games, in the basement of the Exchange Building in Downtown Fargo.
Kyle Weik and a few of his friends started Fargo Game Makers nearly five years ago, and have helped members turn ideas into fully developed games that are ready to be put on the market.
"It's really been great to see a lot of the great stories that have come out of this group in the last four-and-a-half years," Beach Interactive owner Kyle Weik said.
The group started in 2014 with two intentions: to keep its creators accountable and to keep them motivated.
"We know how hard it is to make games, and we're all trying to make games, and when we are doing it by ourselves, and we think we are alone and we don't have that person to person connection, it can be really difficult to follow through," Weik explained.
For Davin Loegering, the meetup has helped him to improve as a game developer. Davin started working on his game roughly around the same time that Fargo Game Maker's started and now he is finally approaching the date for releasing his first board game: Imagine Majesty. It's a strategy game inspired by tabletop games such as Risk and Axis and Allies.
The Fargo Game Maker Community has helped shape his game, and make improvements in areas that would decrease from the game's entertainment value.
"There was a time when there was logarithms in the game, and nobody likes doing math," game designer Davin Loegering said. "Talking to people out loud and seeing how people react to it, even if they don't say anything, it really helps."
Cassidy Schnase has been part of the Fargo Game Maker's almost as long as Davin, and can trace the foundation of his arcade, Replay Games, to a meetup.
"I knew exactly where I was going to pitch the idea, being a long time member of the Game Makers," Replay Games owner Cassidy Schnase said. "I was able to write up a business plan, do the research, and present it to the game makers, and was able to get some good feedback."
His goal has always been to build a stronger and more inclusive gaming community in Fargo.
Hosting the meetups for this group of game developers is one way he feels he can accomplish that goal
"Funneling that community idea is how can we engage the community, educate the community, and we can connect the community," Schnase said."You know It's interesting to see random people that will show up that say 'Hey, I'm interested in games, this is what I've worked on.', and we get all walks of life."
Over the last four and a half years, members of the group have created some truly unique and amazing projects, from virtual reality firefighting games, to a brand new game for the old-school NES.
And if you're brand new to game making…
"All you have to do is really believe you can do it. Come to this meetup, talk to these people. These are people that are walking around Fargo, that are from Fargo, born and raised, and they are making games, opening shops, and teaching kids how to code and create their own games," Weik said.
Regardless of experience or skill, the Fargo Game Makers will certainly be able to help, as long as you're willing to talk
The group doesn't have any membership fees, or any entrance requirements; all they ask is that you come ready to talk.
For more information on Replay Games, click here.
For more information on Beach Interactive, click here
For more information on Imagine Majesty, click here
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National Housing Bank, regulator for housing finance companies, has initiated a review of the books of the home loan providers under its ambit to assess the extent of real estate funding and the end-use of funds.
In a communication to HFCs, NHB said that a 'special' inspection team would visit them. According to the HFC sources, this was different from the annual inspection, which the regulator conducted till a year ago.
The officials of the inspection team studied the details of the loan book and sought details on the current status of accounts. In case of loans to builders, NHB officials enquired about their past record, and the exposure to a single account, sources at the home finance firms said.
"They sought detailed reports regarding the number of accounts, which have been restructured till now and those where the process is underway. They also wanted to know about the chances of accounts classified as standard asset being downgraded to the doubtful category, or treating them as non-performing assets in the next three months," said the head of an HFC which met members of the NHB team.
In addition, HFCs were also asked to submit a report on the monitoring process and the measures taken by them to improve the recovery of loans.
The companies were also asked to provide details of the lending rate charged by them and the cost of funds from various sources. In particular, the NHB team had sought details about how the funds accessed by the finance companies at 8 per cent under the special window were being deployed, said a source at a Mumbai-based HFC.
When contacted, an NHB official said that the agency was not conducting a special investigation and had merely undertaken regular regulatory assessment.
"Every year NHB conducts inspections on regulatory and credit issues and this inspection is a part of that process," the official said.
"Normally, NHB team visits for inspection annually, but this mid-year visit is something new," said a company executive.
The government was keen that HFCs did not use the special window at a low rate and offered loans at very high rates. On 5 December, the Reserve Bank of India announced a refinance window for the HFCs, under which Rs 4,000 crore (Rs 40 billion) was made available to them from NHB at a concessional rate of 8 per cent.
In recent months with housing finance companies finding it tough to access capital and the real estate sector hit by the slowdown, NHB has tightened supervision. From November 2008, the regulator has asked for monthly reports from HFCs, which have to furnish more details about their borrowing pattern, asset liability mismatches and different sources of funding.
Similarly, the average cost associated with each instruments of borrowing is to be submitted at the end of every month along with the rating that each instrument enjoyed. Earlier, these details were required to be submitted annually.


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Q: Python pynput, pyautogui, keyboard modules - Cannot input letters into keyboard, e.g. automate typing a setnence. Recording inputs works fine I am on python version 3.8, in VsCode. When trying to automate the typing of a character, there are no compilation problems - it just does not type. Is this a security issue? I have tried giving python computer control, but nothing has worked.
Example Code Below:
import keyboard
import time

time.sleep(3)
keyboard.write("asfdasdfs")

Security Settings Image:
https://i.stack.imgur.com/LPH6m.png

A: You can use:
import pyautogui
import time

time.sleep(3)
pyautogui.typewrite("asfdasdfs")

But remember to download Pyautogui library by using pip install pyautogui on your cmd


I have had a good weekend all things taken into consideration. Yesterday was cold, I looked like the Michelin man with all the layers on. I managed to paint the inside of the right hand fender with the first coat of POR15. I will apply the second coat next weekend and then both fenders will be ready to put back on. I am going to get a nice set of fender bolts from my mate Adam at Mustang Maniac so they look good as I don't intend to keep taking them off!
I have added a tool review for a Fat Max screwdriver which is a nice bit of kit. I was dragged out shopping late on Saturday after I had cleaned the fender. As a reward I was bought a little storage case for all my Dremel bits and pieces. The larger case now holds all the fittings for both the fenders. Result.
I have just updated this post to say that I have added some of the right hand fender work I have done this weekend. It's unbelievable the difference between the left fender (click Here) and right fenders (click Here). I will add the first coat and second coat pictures once I have finished it. But have look and see the difference.
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The NRL remapping productivity tool for iManage Work enables use of old NRL links when the library name changes or content has been migrated to another library.
Old NRL links can continue to be used even when the library name changes.
Translate old NRL links to new database references and identify new document numbers when a migration of documents results in changes to document numbers.


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The transition from roll to codex as the standard format of the book is one of the most culturally significant innovations of late antiquity, the period between the 3rd and 8th centuries AD.
The Codex and Crafts in Late Antiquity examines the structural, technical, and decorative features of the major types of codices—the wooden tablet codex, the single-gathering codex, and the multigathering codex. Along with surviving artifacts and iconographic evidence, handmade replicas are used to explore the craft processes applied in the making of these early books. The exhibition presents the codex as an innovation, rather than an invention, that evolved using techniques already widely employed by artisans and craftspeople in the creation of everyday items such as socks and shoes, revealing that the codex was a fascinating, yet practical, development.
A Focus Project curated by Georgios Boudalis, Head of the Book and Paper Conservation Laboratory, Museum of Byzantine Culture, Thessaloniki, Greece; Research Fellow, Bard Graduate Center, Spring 2015; and Visiting Professor, Bard Graduate Center, Fall 2016. Focus Projects are small-scale academically rigorous exhibitions and publications that are developed and executed by Bard Graduate Center faculty and postdoctoral fellows in collaboration with students in our MA and PhD programs.
Crafting the Codex
This film shows the process of binding a codex using tenth-century Eastern Mediterranean techniques from the Coptic, Syriac, Georgian, and Byzantine book-binding traditions.
Launch the exhibition website.
A multigathering codex, the precursor of today's bound book, is a complex object with many parts that work together to protect the text and to make it easily accessible for reading. In late antiquity (3rd–8th centuries AD), makers of codices adapted a number of existing craft techniques. This interactive features the five main processes used to make a bound codex, all of which are closely related to processes used to make other common items. For example, techniques for sewing endbands resemble those used in finishing the edges of textiles and mats, and techniques for decorating leather covers are similar to those used in making shoes. Through drawings, photographs, and animations, this interactive demonstrates craft techniques used to make multigathering codices.
Upper cover of Morgan M.569, 9th–10th century AD. Leather over papyrus board; parchment, thread. The Morgan Library and Museum, purchased for J. Pierpont Morgan, 1911. MS M.569A.
Kylix depicting schoolboy with wooden tablets, ca. 460 BC. Painter of Munich. Terracotta (earthenware), red-figure technique. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Roger Fund, 1917, 17.230.10. Photograph: Stamatis Zoumpourtikoudis.
Textile fragments made with cross-knit looping, possibly from a sock, Dura-Europos, ca. 323 BC–AD 256. Wool. Yale University Art Gallery, Yale-French Excavations at Dura-Europos, 1933.483.
Modern replicas of a 4th–5th century AD sock and sock starter made with cross-knit looping. Acrylic. Made by Regina de Giovanni. Photograph: Bruce White.
Modern facsimile of 5th–century AD Glazier codex (Morgan MS G.67). Wood, leather, bone, parchment. Made by Ursula Mitra. Photograph: Bruce White.
The Making of the Early…
Georgios Boudalis
Symposium—Early Codices
Production, Destruction, and Modern Conservation
Variant Readings
A Review of Georgios Boudalis,…
Fine Books & Collections
Exhibit on Ancient Bookbinding
Wall Street International
The Codex and Crafts
Review—The Codex and Craft in Late Antiquity
The Codex and the Crafts in Late Antiquity
Upper Cover of Morgan MS M.569
Glazier Codex
A Visit to the Morgan Library
Where Books and Fabrics Merge
The Endbands of the Eastern Mediterranean Bookbindings


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Regarding computer hardware
Home » QA
What Are Processing Devices?
What are examples of processing devices?
What are the output devices of a computer?
What are memory devices?
What is a processing hardware?
Is ROM a processing device?
What are communication devices?
What are 5 output devices?
What are the 10 input devices?
What are the four types of output?
What are the 3 types of memory?
What are the examples of memory devices?
How many types of memory devices are there?
Processing devices are parts of the computer that are responsible for processing or converting data into meaningful information.
There are many processing devices and the most common ones in a computer include the Central Processing Unit (CPU) and the Graphics Processing Unit (GPU).
Processing device examples
Central processing unit (CPU) Graphics processing unit (GPU) Motherboard. Network card.
An output device is any device used to send data from a computer to another device or user. Most computer data output that is meant for humans is in the form of audio or video. Thus, most output devices used by humans are in these categories. Examples include monitors, projectors, speakers, headphones and printers.
Computer memory is any physical device capable of storing information temporarily like RAM (random access memory), or permanently, like ROM (read-only memory). Memory devices utilize integrated circuits and are used by operating systems, software, and hardware.
Basically processing hardware is the Central Processing Unit (CPU) of computer system. CPU is the central processing unit of the computer. It process data according to our instructions. Processing is a procedure that transforms raw data into meaningful information.
The ROM chips receive their information before the computer is assembled. In addition, the computer uses external storage or storage that is not directly involved in information processing. Hard drives, floppy disks, CD-ROMs, and tapes are all devices that hold information for long periods of time.
A communication device is a hardware device capable of transmitting an analog or digital signal over the telephone, other communication wire, or wirelessly. Other examples of communication devices include a NIC (network interface card), Wi-Fi devices, and access points.
Computer Basics: 10 Examples of Output Devices
10 Examples of Output Devices. Monitor.
Monitor. The most common output device used with computers is the monitor, which displays video images and text.
Printer. Printers are another common output device found in homes in offices.
Computer Speakers.
Headphones.
Projector.
GPS.
Sound Card.
10 Examples of Input Devices of Computer
10 Examples of Input devices: Keyboard.
Mouse. Light Pen.
Optical/magnetic Scanner. Touch Screen.
Microphone for voice as input. Track Ball.
Joystick. Camera.
Web cam (PC video camera)
Keyboard: A keyboard is the most common input device.
Mouse: A mouse is an electro mechanical, hand held device .
Discuss Four Basic Categories of Output Devices of a Computer. A computer output device is used to extract information from a computer. There are visual, audio, print and data output devices. Different types of specific hardware include monitors, speakers and headphones, printers and external hard drives.
There are three main distinctions among different types of memory:
Implicit vs. Explicit memory.
Declarative vs. Procedural memory.
Semantic vs. Episodic memory.
Memory device which supports such access is called a Direct Access Memory. Magnetic disks, optical disks are examples of direct access memory.
Computer memory is of two basic type – Primary memory / Volatile memory and Secondary memory / non-volatile memory. Random Access Memory (RAM) is volatile memory and Read Only Memory (ROM) is non-volatile memory. It is also called as read write memory or the main memory or the primary memory.
Question: What Jobs Do Computer Engineers Do?
Hardware Engineering. If you opt to become a computer
What Are The Most Supercomputers In The World?
China currently dominates the list with 229 supercomputers
What Are The Application Software Packages?
In a traditional sense, a software package is simply
What Are Some Basic Computer Skills?
Basic computer skills, as defined by the ICAS Computer
Question: Can Hardware Work Without Software If No Give Reason?
Hardware is useless without software because the machinery
Do IPhones Get Better Reception Than Androids?
The iPhone has slower cell data than Samsung'
Quick Answer: What Are Some Examples Of Computer Software?
Examples of Application Software Microsoft suite of
What Is Computer Hardware And Examples?
Computer hardware is the collection of physical parts
What Are The Four Functions Of System Software?
The three major functions of system software are allocating
Quick Answer: What Is External Software?
External Quality (Functional) External quality is the
What Does An Computer Engineer Do?
What Computer Hardware Engineers Do. Computer hardware
Why Preventive Maintenance Is Important?
Preventive maintenance is an important part of facilities
Question: Why Preventive Maintenance Is Required?
The goal of a successful preventive maintenance program
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167 F. 960 (2nd Cir. 1909), 102, Munson S.S. Line v. Miramar S.S. Co.
Docket Nº: 102.
Citation: 167 F. 960
Party Name: MUNSON S.S. LINE v. MIRAMAR S.S. CO., Limited.
Case Date: February 23, 1909
Court: United States Courts of Appeals, Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
167 F. 960 (2nd Cir. 1909)
MUNSON S.S. LINE
MIRAMAR S.S. CO., Limited.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
Charles Haight, for the motion.
C. R. Hickox, opposed.
Before LACOMBE, WARD, and NOYES, Circuit Judges.
WARD, Circuit Judge.
In this case we lately affirmed (166 F. 722) the decree of the court below, saying at the same time that, although the District Judge did not allow the libelant, appellee, as much as he was entitled to receive, he could not complain because he had not appealed. He now moves that we modify this decision on the ground that, an appeal in admiralty being a new trial, it makes no difference that he did not appeal. Irvine v. Hesper, 122 U.S. 256, 7 Sup.Ct. 1177, 30 L.Ed. 1175. In that case the District Court awarded $8,000 salvage to the libelants, who appealed to the Circuit Court. Though the claimant did not appeal, that court reduced the award to $4,200. The libelants then appealed to the Supreme Court, which affirmed this decree; Mr. Justice Blatchford saying at page 266 of 122 U.S., at page 1181 of 7 Sup.Ct. (30 L.Ed. 1175):
'The claimants not having appealed to the Circuit Court, it is suggested that they are liable for at least the amount awarded by the District Court, and that the Circuit Court could not reduce that amount, but had jurisdiction, on the actual appeal, only to increase it. It is well settled, however, that an
appeal in admiralty from the District Court to the Circuit Court vacates altogether the decree of the District Court, and that the case is tried de novo in the Circuit Court. Yeaton v. United States, 5 Cranch, 281, 3 L.Ed. 101; Anonymous, 1 Gall. 22, Fed. Cas. No. 444; The Roarer, 1 Blatchf. 1, Fed. Cas. No. 11,876; The Saratoga v. 438 Bales of Cotton, 1 Woods, 75, Fed. Cas. No. 12,356; The Lucille, 19 Wall. 73, 22 L.Ed. 64; The Charles Morgan, 115 U.S. 69, 75, 5 Sup.Ct. 1172, 29 L.Ed. 316. We do not think that the fact that the claimants did not appeal from the decree of the District Court alters the rule. When the libelants appealed, they did so in view of the rule, and took the risk of a trial of the case de novo. The whole case was opened by their appeal, as much as it would have been if both parties had appealed, or if the appeal had been taken only by the claimants.'
A very interesting and difficult question is to be determined, upon which the decisions even of the same courts are not harmonious.
From 1789 to 1891 decrees of the District Court in admiralty were reviewed by appeal to the Circuit Court. Section 631, Rev. St. U.S. Such appeals were trials de novo. The libelant opened and closed the case in the Circuit Court, just as he had in the District Court. Either party could take new proofs in the Circuit Court at will (Supreme Court Admiralty Rules 49 and 50) and could put in new pleadings (The Charles Morgan, 115 U.S. 69, 75, 76, 5 Sup.Ct. 1172, 29 L.Ed. 316). The Circuit Court entered its own decree and executed it. The Lucille, 19 Wall. 73, 22 L.Ed. 64; The Saratoga, 1 Woods, 75, Fed. Cas. No. 12,356. In the former case Mr. Justice Miller said:
'An appeal in admiralty has the effect to supersede and vacate the decree from which it is taken. A new trial, completely and entirely new, with other testimony and other pleadings, if necessary, or if asked for, is contemplated--a trial in which the judgment of the court below is regarded as though it had never been rendered. A new decree is to be made in the Circuit Court. This decree is to be enforced by the order of that court, and the record remains there. The case is not sent back to the District Court for executing the decree, or for any other proceeding whatever, and that court has nothing further to do with it.'
In this circuit, however, proofs taken in the Circuit Court which could have been taken in the District Court might be suppressed. The Saunders (C.C.) 23 F. 303; The Stonington (C.C.) 25 F. 621. This is quite consistent with the trial being de novo.
But the matter of reviewing decrees in admiralty causes of the Circuit Court in the Supreme Court has been the subject of great changes in legislation. From 1789 to 1803 the review was by writ of error, and the Supreme Court had, as in actions at common law, the power to consider questions of law only. This was the result of the construction given by the majority of the court in the case of...
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I think this may be a problem out there in lawyer land. I certainly think that the use of "Judge" is inappropriate in this context. Indeed, I am not in favor of former judges using such an honorific in any context. Would you mind raising this question on LEF? I found some authority in Delaware to the effect that a litigant/lawyer should not use the title "Judge," but I have not found any opinions dealing with a witness who is a former judge. Admittedly, I did not have much time to search.
This is not the first time I have encountered this problem. A very good former trial judge and former state Supreme Court Justice used to play "expert" for plaintiff's lawyers in insurance bad faith cases, and the titles were used at trial. I thought that that was inappropriate too (for all kinds of reasons).
Our Ethics Committee (I have not been on it for years) will not answer questions about "another" lawyer's conduct, and our Judicial Ethics Committee will not answer questions from lawyers (only questions from other judges).
I suspect that this may be a "Southern" thing, but I may be wrong.


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When a long day is ending going to Spa and relax in Seoul is a good idea. This evening I am heading for Dragon Hill Spa& Resort in Seoul located next to Yongsan station. The spa is open 24h and the time you spend there after paying the entancefee is not limited.
Arriving at Dragon Hill Spa&Resort , the perfect place to get spa and relax in Seoul .
Bamboo and green lights gets you in the mood for what is to come inside the Spa.
Pay the entrancefee at the recaption and get your key for locker with a built in chip for payment inside the Spa. You get your spa shorts, t-shirt and towels handed to you here.
Lockers for your shoes right inside of the reception. Mens locker on the left hand side, womens on the right.
After putting away your shoes head for the spa floor, one entrance for men, one for women. The mens spa is located at the 5th floor and a elevator takes you there.
Floor guide for Dragon Hill Spa&Resort. Here you do not want to be unconfortable being naked among several others. Since there is a no photo policy at the 5th floor (and I did not have any place to hide the camera) becase clothes is not needed. Put your things in the designated locker and head out to the different bath just as god created you.
In the main hall you wear your spa outfit and can lay down on the tiles to relax, watch tv, buy some snack from the shop or just take a nap. Close to here you also find "healing zones" where you can get healed.
Game zone, pay with your wristband and have fun with your friends. This Spa is a popular destination for couples on date.
Kids, adults, families and couples all enjoy time at the resort.
Internet and gaming in the basement. On the opposite side there is a cinemaroom showing Korean movies and coupled cuddeling on the floor.
In the -14 degrees celcius room.
With my snowman friend! Should be good for your health and the tiles in the main hall feels amazing after 10 minutes here.
Snack payed for on my wristband, you pay your tab while leaving the Spa. Sitting on the heated tiles on a Saturday night eating potato chips is something I have not done before. This could be a new Norwegian activity since heated tiles is pretty common in houses here.
Lay down and relax with the Koreans.
Base ball game showing and on the floor you see cushions to rest your head or arm on.
Traditional wood heated sauna, you smell like a forrest trip in Norway after this one.
Leaving the Spa after several hours spent showering, bathing, playing, eating, relaxing and sleeping. Spa and relax in Seoul was a good experience.
Seoul Korea art as I am ready to head back to the hotel and leave Seoul.
There is always someone being annoying at the airport, this guy won the "most annoying" award today.
Returning home, first a stop in Tokyo for a few hours before my flight departs from Narita to Copenhagen.
ANA flight ready to depart from Seoul Gimpo airport to Haneda airport in Tokyo. 6 hours sleep before I head out to Narita for the next leg of my flight.


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Mindful Mountaineer: Matt Walker
How adventurer Matt Walker navigated his own way forward.
By Jocelyn Stone | March 2012
Matt Walker has conquered mountains on every continent, earned a master's degree in applied behavioral science, launched his own personal development company and written a book, Adventure in Everything (Hay House, 2011) — all before his 40th birthday. But he'll be the first to tell you that what you accomplish isn't nearly as important as how you go about accomplishing it.
What matters, says the 38-year-old Walker, is to be mindful and intentional in all your actions — from taking your next step on a rock wall to choosing the next step on your life's path.
That's the whole idea behind Walker's company, Inner Passage (www.innerpassage.net), which Walker established with a conscious goal in mind: helping others embrace their sense of adventure, make more mindful life choices and expand their sense of self in the process.
EL | How did you get into climbing?
MW | In high school, in New Jersey, I had a family friend whose father was a climber
and he introduced us to it. My friend and I realized that it was an easy way to get away from home without getting into trouble. When I went to university, I fell into a group of more-experienced climbers who mentored me through the process. I found that, at the root of it, what was driving me was the companionship, developing these relationships.
EL | Your master's thesis was about climbing "as a microcosm of a more fundamental human experience" and "what happens when we open up ourselves for adventure." What did you mean by that?
MW | A mountain climbing adventure basically has the human experience condensed into this very, very small period of time. Whether it's a 30-day expedition or a three-day climb, all these core aspects of our personality come forward in this condensed and direct way. Everything is so intense and highlighted that it gives us an opportunity to really practice and shift and change behaviors if we desire to.
EL | In your book and workshops, you reference five key principles you call "the elements of adventure." What are they?
MW | (1) Seek the highest endeavors; (2) embrace uncertainty; (3) fully commit; (4) tolerate adverse situations; and (5) seek great companionship. These are all lessons I originally learned from climbing, but that I now see in terms of a larger life perspective. At the macro level, the five elements of adventure can help bring new mindfulness about how we plan out our lives and make big decisions. At the micro level, they can help inform how we operate on a daily or moment-to-moment basis. I think we need to create space for the five elements of adventure in both realms. There's an important balance each of us has to strike in honoring and applying our strengths while also recognizing and honoring those areas that are more challenging for us. I see the five elements as a support system for negotiating both areas.
EL | Does living by the five elements lead to a more adventure-filled life?
MW | Yes, but adventure is not necessarily about climbing Mount Everest, swimming the English Channel or rowing the Pacific. The five elements are really about living a life of full engagement. That's a life where you're fully present and fully invested in all aspects of your life: your significant relationships; your role as a spouse, parent, sibling and friend; the work you do; and your involvement in your community. Being fully engaged has a really different feel to it than being a passive participant. And that's what real adventure is all about.
EL | You incorporate climbing into a lot of your personal development work. Is there something about the physical act of climbing that helps people grow or evolve on other levels?
MW | Climbing allows us to test ourselves within a relatively safe, controlled context — a space where the perception of risk is high and the sense of challenge is central, but where we aren't in any real danger. It allows us to push beyond our preconceived notions of what is possible, and to do so in a contained, very focused way. We get to push ourselves, make mistakes, recover, learn from our mistakes and immediately apply those lessons to our next climbing attempt. We are able to connect the internal experience with the external, and to see connections between our physical, mental and emotional movement patterns. I think the heightened focus of climbing is a big component of that. There's a mental awareness and clarity of experience there that you rarely encounter in daily life.
EL | People tend to think of professional climbers as unconventional free spirits, but you had some reservations about adopting the life of a climber — especially when you were contemplating marriage. How did you reconcile those choices?
MW | At the time we got engaged, I was guiding internationally full-time, which entails a tremendous amount of travel. These were expeditions that ranged anywhere from three to six weeks at a time. So when Liz and I realized that we wanted to get married, I really struggled with my future role as a spouse and father. Where did climbing, going on expedition and making a living fit into these new responsibilities? My initial reaction was that I needed to follow a more conservative and conventional path, and get a "real" job. But while out on a climb with my mentor, Jeff, I shared my apprehensions about all this, and he reminded me that Liz didn't fall in love with me based on my willingness to follow a traditional model; she fell in love with me for who I am. I didn't need to go down a conventional path to be in a relationship with her; I just needed to be myself. It was a pretty significant paradigm shift for me, and a liberating one.
EL | Now that you're on this path of your own choosing, how do you make sure it doesn't become its own sort of daily grind?
MW I have to be aware of both the cognitive and physical aspects of my life, and stay focused on doing the things I really enjoy. If I'm doing too much of one thing and not enough of another, then I tend to get bored and frustrated. I've learned that I need to have my mind and body engaged. Not always at the same time, but in terms of balance, I need to have a variety of things going on. For me, integrating all the different elements of my life — work, community, family, physical adventure — is what brings me satisfaction and joy.
Jocelyn Stone is an Experience Life associate editor.
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A Christian Nation in the Tropics: What the Brazilian Blessing Tells Us About Evangelicals and Bolsonaro
"The state might be secular, but people are not" is a catchphrase quite often asserted in Brazilian public discussions ever since a conservative wave engulfed the country over the last few years. President Bolsonaro, elected in 2018 on a blatant ultraconservative platform, has taken this idea one step further in affirming that "the state might be secular, but his government is Christian." Once a Catholic, Bolsonaro has recently become a born-again Christian and has even been publicly baptised by a prominent Pentecostal preacher/politician in the Jordan river in Israel (mimicking Jesus and hence symbolically affirming his middle name Messiah). There seems to exist a clear accordance of values between the president and Brazilian evangelicals insofar as he has surrounded himself with pastors, has appointed hard-line evangelicals for high-profile ministries in his cabinet, and has vouched to nominate a "terribly evangelical" justice as his choice for the Supreme Court. Bolsonaro's religious transition – whether genuine or a political move – encapsulates that of many millions of Brazilians who have joined one of the many available evangelical denominations in perhaps one of the most significant social transformations the country has seen in the last fifty years.
The circulation of the Brazilian version of the The Blessing should, then, be interpreted in light of this broader social reality that has shaped Brazil's long-term history as well as its recent conservative turn. A song can obviously have many meanings and it would be naïve and misguided to assume that The Blessing conveys to all Brazilian evangelicals the same message and imagery and stirs in all of them similar emotions. I have had informants tell me that this song offered them great comfort in times of hardship amidst lockdowns and periods of confinement. It also gave them a place of dwelling which they shared with millions of brothers and sisters in Christ scattered all over the world. Others, on the other hand, dismissed the song and the videos of people singing it from their homes as "a pandemic thing," meaning that this was yet another trend of celebrity-inspired internet hits that went viral during the pandemic and were not necessarily godly. I would like to turn my focus, however, to a different feature of this song which resonates with a majority of Brazilian Evangelicals.
The original "Blessing" was released in the US in March 2020 when the coronavirus pandemic was still in its initial stages. Brazilian translations soon followed, quite a few of them actually, but the one which seemingly received the most attention was released on May 29, 2020 by the highly popular Evangelical performer and pastor Ana Paula Valadão in partnership with an up-and-coming worship leader named André Aquino. Instead of the usual scenery that emerged with the pandemic, with worship leaders performing from their homes in front of their computer screens, a professional and carefully tailored video was produced more in tune with the aesthetics of global evangelicalism's music industry as it has been shaped by the likes of Hillsong, among others. Valadão created some anticipation to her 2.8M Instagram followers by posting short clips of the video before its release on YouTube. In one of them, there is an introduction by well-known US worship leader Paul Wilbur reciting the lyrics of The Blessing in Hebrew followed by established Brazilian worship leaders declaiming the first part of The Blessing. The video itself is intermingled with images of the artists performing in what appears to be their homes and that of ordinary families doing ordinary things such as praying before a meal. Perhaps the most surprising feature of these families, who symbolise those to whom The Blessing is being delivered, is that they are all without exception heterosexual families, an imagery that in turn resonates quite well with the conservatism of Bolsonaro's government, which centers around the defence of normative family values against LGBTQ+ and gender-based activism. Indeed, Valadão, whose family presides over the evangelical powerhouse Lagoinha Baptist Church with branches in several parts of Brazil, has publicly endorsed Bolsonaro in face of what she deemed the moral corruption of the left, as has her brother, also a fellow pastor and influent worship leader, André Valadão, one of the most vocal in the family in his support of the incumbent Brazilian president. Their support of the current administration was not by all means an isolated fact as evangelicals overwhelmingly supported Bolsonaro and remain one of his main political bases.
Recent anthropological literature has argued that Evangelical Christianity "travels well" and is able to sustain its main cultural elements as it does so. Brazilian Evangelicalism attests to the strength of this homogenizing aspect of evangelical culture in that it strikingly resembles the Western churches from where this culture has originated not only in its aesthetics and theology, but also its public engagements – such as the stringent defense of normative family values – as the message conveyed by the imagery of The Blessing video suggests. Furthermore, Brazilian worship leaders have become more and more similar to their counterparts in the Western world, and thus have enhanced a perception of the local church that allows for Brazilian evangelicals to feel they are part of a global movement, not least in its outer modern style and inner conservatism. The growth of this evangelical culture has fuelled public debates over family values in such a way that it has allowed for the catchphrase I cited in the beginning of this article to become a sort of motto for all Brazilian conservatives in quite a striking example of what Harri Englund has pointed out as Christian ideas and practices constituting the parameters of a national debate.
It seems evident that this conservative turn has come to stay. What remains unclear, however, is how much longer will Bolsonaro be able to use Christianity to his political gain. As the striking imagery of The Blessing video suggests, there is still a clear alignment between broader evangelical values and those of the current government. But if on the one hand evangelicalism homogenizes culture, on the other hand, it indigenizes to local patterns as Joel Robbins and other anthropologists have pointed out. This aspect of charismatic Christianity may take it to other directions different from the one trailed by the mainstream conservatism of global evangelicalism, not least because local Christian culture in Brazil has a history of progressiveness of which liberation theology stands as a reminder. There are already signs of dissent amongst evangelical leaders who are dissatisfied with the staunch support the president has received from their counterparts. For the moment though Bolsonaro's Brazil is very much a Christian nation as he has himself declared. And a very conservative one.
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Mason Football Semifinal Postponed Due to Severe Weather
Mason fans cheer on the Punchers at the regional final in the Alamodome. Dec. 7, 2018 (LIVE! Photo/Sam Fowler)
By Matt Trammell | Dec. 12, 2018 3:30 pm
MASON, TX — The Mason Punchers State Semifinal will be delayed one day due to possibly severe weather in Waco.
A cold front is expected to bring heavy rain and thunderstorms along the I-35 corridor tomorrow, the original date of the game. Since Waco is expected to see severe weather, the game was moved to 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 14.
The Punchers will play the San Augustine Wolves for the first time in school history, so with one extra day both teams will take it with preparation in mind.
This game is a high stakes game in which Mason will look to defeat the Wolves on their way to the state championship.
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Amber Frey, Ex-Girlfriend of Convicted Murderer Scott Peterson, Will Appear on 'Dateline'
By Shannon Raphael
When Laci Peterson first disappeared on Christmas Eve in 2002, her family immediately crossed one person off the list of suspects: Scott Peterson. The couple had been married for five years, and loved ones said it was clear how in love they were. Plus, Laci Peterson was nearly nine months pregnant with a son they were planning to name Conner. Scott had seemed so excited about the new addition.
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But massage therapist Amber Frey saw a familiar face in her newspaper one morning: her boyfriend, Scott Peterson. She was shocked to learn that not only wasn't he away like he said he was, but he was looking for his wife — the one he had told her he was estranged from. As Amber learned more about her boyfriend's deceit, she became a key player in his ultimate arrest, and his conviction for murder.
She sat down with Dateline for their Dec. 20 update on the Scott Peterson case. Who is Scott Peterson's ex-girlfriend Amber Frey? Read on to find out more about their relationship and how his lies caught up with him. Plus, we have the update on the status of any pending appeals, and if he's gotten an execution date.
Who is Scott Peterson's ex-girlfriend?
At a work conference in 2002, Scott Peterson told a woman he met there named Shawn Sibley that he was looking for someone to settle down with. Sibley thought of his best friend, Amber Frey, and decided to set the pair up. What neither Sibley nor Frey knew at the time was that Scott Peterson was already married to Laci Peterson.
Frey and Scott Peterson went on a date together, and they soon became intimate in late November of 2002. The couple grew close immediately, and Scott Peterson was attentive to Frey's daughter, Ayiana.
There were several things that Frey later realized were red flags in her relationship with Scott Peterson. He made multiple remarks about never wanting to have kids, and he said he had never been married.
Source: NBC
When Shawn Sibley learned that Scott Peterson was actually married, Frey confronted her beau. He later said that his wife had passed away, and it was too difficult for him to talk about. For Thanksgiving, Scott Peterson told Frey that he was going on a fishing trip in Alaska, while he was actually spending the holiday with his wife.
He had also told Frey that it would be his first Christmas as a widower too. This was before Laci Peterson had even disappeared.
Several weeks later, Frey first learned about Laci Peterson's disappearance from reading the news.
"I just remember crying, I was in shock," Amber told Dateline about seeing her boyfriend's face splashed on screen and in the papers in connection with his wife's disappearance.
She informed police that Scott Peterson was her boyfriend, and she even agreed to let them record a phone call between them. She would prove to be a crucial part in the case.
In one of her recorded phone calls, Frey and Scott Peterson talked about how he was spending New Year's in Paris. He even told her that he was calling her from a spot right next to the Eiffel Tower. In reality, he was at a candlelight vigil held for his wife and unborn son.
A few days later, he admitted that he hadn't been in Europe, and that she'd likely be hearing about him in the news. He acknowledged that his wife had disappeared.
Source: A&E
In 2003, a couple discovered the bodies of a fetus and a woman by a shoreline in San Francisco. They were later confirmed to be Laci Peterson and baby Conner.
Five days later, Scott Peterson was arrested. His phone calls with Frey proved to be key pieces of evidence in the case. She also testified for the prosecution.
In the years since the murder, Frey has written a book, Witness: For the Prosecution of Scott Peterson and she had another child, son Justin. She has also told her side of the Scott Peterson affair to A&E's docuseries Truth and Lies: the Murder of Laci Peterson in 2017, 20/20 on ABC the same year, and now to Dateline.
After divorcing a law enforcement agent in 2008, Amber has kept her personal life fairly private. She now works as a real estate agent.
🌺I was taken back to Maui this morning in a yoga session. The humidity, calmness, and feel were so aligned with a moment. As I laid on my mate this morning, I had a realization. There was an expectation put on my retreat, that I'd be "transformed" in a matter of days! Reflecting since then until now how it takes time. In Gods time, he has been "transforming" me. My mind, my hurts, my brokenness.... satan had a stronghold on me, my realationship. One day at a time, I am on the right path of recovery from my brokeness. It's a Journey, not a weekend get away. Praise God for his Love and Grace 🙌
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Scott Peterson's appeal status revealed.
Scott Peterson was sentenced to death when he was found guilty of his wife and unborn son's deaths in 2004. His subsequent appeal effort has not yet been heard by a court. Interestingly, in May of 2019, California Governor Gavin Newsom put a moratorium on all executions for his time in office.
That means that all California death row inmates will not be executed until after Governor Newsom leaves office. He is expected to run for a second term, and if he wins, he could stay in office until 2027.
While it would be expected that Scott Peterson's supporters view this suspension as a victory, his sister-in-law, Janey Peterson, told The Modesto Bee that it's more complicated than that.
"Clearly, it's a relief," she told the outlet. "But it's hard to understand how it's going to impact our case, because the reality is that Scott's execution day wouldn't fall within Governor Newsom's term. It wouldn't be scheduled within those eight years."
Scott Peterson remains imprisoned on death row in California. The state has the most death row inmates in the country, meaning it will likely be a long time before the convicted killer gets an execution date. That is, if he gets one at all.
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If you're planning on sending the little girls down the aisle in something really unique and spoiling them a little, then there are some fantastic flower girl dress specialists believe it or not. These are just a few of our faves. The flowergirl Dress with Tulle Skirt is from Amalee Accessories (Mariel Hannah Photography ) in the US but you can get lots of similar styles on Etsy. The Light Pink Dress with Beaded Collar and Pink and White Ruffle with Ruffle Skirts are both from designer Nicki Macfarlane - designer of Kate Middleton's dotey little flowergirl dresses don't you know! And finally, the piece de resistance is the gorgeous Gold Sequin Ballerina Flowergirl Dress from Doloris Petunia - perfect to fulfill an obsession with glitter!
Aside from the actual flower girl dress designers, the easiest way to find a great dress for a flower girl is to head to the high street, where your options are endless. Traditionally flower girls wear white or cream like the bride, and as the Summer start the shops are filled to the brim with white dresses perfect for little girls to don on the big day. We found these beauties on the high street and on online, with options to suit the youngest of flower girls up to the tweenyboppers.


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Renneville (okzitanisch: Renevila) ist eine französische Gemeinde mit  Einwohnern (Stand: ) im Département Haute-Garonne in der Region Okzitanien (vor 2016 Midi-Pyrénées). Die Gemeinde gehört zum Arrondissement Toulouse und zum Kanton Revel (bis 2015 Villefranche-de-Lauragais). Die Einwohner werden Rennevillois genannt.

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Renneville liegt in der Kulturlandschaft des Lauragais am Canal du Midi. Der Hers-Mort durchquert die Gemeinde. Umgeben wird Renneville von den Nachbargemeinden Villefranche-de-Lauragais im Norden, Avignonet-Lauragais im Osten und Südosten, Montclar-Lauragais im Süden sowie Gardouch im Westen.

Durch die Gemeinde führt die Autoroute A61.

Bevölkerungsentwicklung

Sehenswürdigkeiten
 Kirche Saint-Jacques
 Aquädukt Les Voûtes, 1688 erbaut, Monument historique seit 1998

Literatur
 Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Haute-Garonne. Flohic Editions, Band 2, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-081-7, S. 1725–1727.

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Three weeks in west Australia this summer - that's the prize for this year's 23 year old winner from Bamberg in Germany of the Aqua Queen competition at the boot 2006 event. Andrea, who describes herself as a water baby, managed to win out over the 5 competitors to claim her prize. She was awarded her prize from the companies K5 Australien Reisen and Ningaloo Charters. The brunette said that she had not expected to win, holding out little chance before the final jury decision.
The jury comprised Inga, who won the competition last year at the show. She explained that the time as Aqua Queen was, "very exciting and beautiful." I took part in many different shoots and managed to get my PADI as well as being on the road for much of the time. The 6 young candidates modelled first in the short yellow and black diving apparel before the bikini round. No simple decision this for the jury - second placed Nadine from Frankfurt, who had only recently discovered her love of snorkelling on holiday in the Dominican Republic was proof of the hard decisions the judges faced. She won a week in a Philippine luxury resort, sponsored by Orca Reisen and The Ananyana. Third place was secured by 22 year old Stephanie from Essen. She is already looking forward to the sailings tours in the Tuscan archipeligo that this place was awarded.
Voting took place on the internet. Earlier in the week the Hall 3 rang out with the applause to greet the new Aqua Queen. Andrea is the ideal Aqua Queen - up to the age of 15 she was a high achieving junior swimmer. She still does aqua jogging as well as in-line skating - a true sporty Aqua Queen.


Notizen is a small and easy to use GTD-Application. That's nothing new - of course. But Notizen runs from any Thumb-Drive (USB-Stick), any extern HD or even from a Net-Drive.
So you can have all your notes and todo-lists with you. Any time and any place. Independent from Mac, Account, Rights and .Mac.
You don't have to manage different list on different Macs, you can even store your notes without the privileges to install applications on your working Mac.
And Notizen is probably the only app that can transfer your Notes from a Mac running Panther, a Mac running Tiger and a Mac running Leopard without having to install or sync.
Manages birthdays and other important information about people that you know.


New Delhi : A special court on Thursday acquitted all the accused in the alleged 2G scam, giving a major relief to former Telecom Minister A. Raja and DMK MP Kanimozhi who were jailed on charges of taking kickbacks to issue the telecom spectrum and licences in 2008 at throwaway prices.
Special Judge O.P. Saini said the CBI and the Enforcement Directorate had failed to provide sufficient evidence to prove the charges against 33 persons named in the case that contributed to the Congress-led UPA' electoral loss in 2014.
Judge Saini pulled up the Central Bureau of Investigation because it had "miserably failed" to prove any charge against any accused in its "well choreographed" chargesheet.
"I have absolutely no hesitation in holding that prosecution has miserably failed to prove any charge against any of the accused, made in its all well choreographed chargesheet. All the accused are acquitted," the judge said.
The so-called scam came to light after the Comptroller and Auditor General in its report in 2010 claimed that the Telecom Ministry had caused a loss of Rs 1.76 lakh crore to the national exchequer by allocating 2G spectrum and licences to some companies at throwaway prices.
The Time magazine ranked it as the world's second-biggest abuse of executive power after the infamous Watergate scandal in the US. The BJP raked the alleged coalition vociferously in Parliament, accusing then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of choosing to stay silent.
Raja was accused of bending and modifying rules for a chosen few and was alleged to have received kickbacks in the form of a Rs 200 crore loan funnelled into DMK's Kalaingar TV.
The CAG alleged licences were issued to ineligible applicants who had deliberately suppressed facts, disclosed incomplete information, submitted fictitious documents and used fraudulent means to get access to spectrum.
Raja eventually became the face of the scam. Among the others accused of complicity were DMK Rajya Sabha member Kanimozhi and DMK supremo M. Karunanidhi's wife Dayalu Ammal.
In his first reaction after the verdict, a beaming Raja said he was "happy with the judgment".
The CBI alleged that Raja was biased in allocating 2G mobile air waves and operating licences to telecom firms. It said said Rs 200 crore were transferred from DB Group to Kalaignar TV as kickbacks in lieu of allocation of 2G spectrum to Swan Telecom Pvt Ltd.
But Judge Saini trashed the charges because due to lack of evidence.
"There is no evidence on the record produced indicating any criminality in the acts allegedly committed by the accused persons relating to fixation cut-off date, manipulation of first come first serve policy, allocation of spectrum to dual technology applicants, ignoring ineligibility of Swan Telecom and Unitech Group companies, non-revision of entry fee and transfer of Rs 200 crore Kalaignar TV as illegal gratification."
Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, whose image took a battering due to the 2G spectrum allocation scandal, said the verdict had proved that all the "massive propaganda against the UPA was without any foundation".
"I don't want to boast. I think the court's judgment has to be respected, and I am glad the court has pronounced unambiguously that all this massive propaganda against the UPA was without any foundation."
But Finance Minister Arun Jaitley mocked at the Congress for "treating this judgement as some kind of a badge of honour and a certification that it was an honest policy".
He said that in 2007-08, spectrum was not given on the basis of auction but on the price discovery mode made in 2001. "The first-come-first-served policy then got converted to first-come-first-pay."
Congress leader Kapil Sibal, who took over the Telecom Ministry after Raja's resignation, called the verdict a "moral and legal victory" for the UPA.
"We will ask those who raised allegations against us to apologise," Sibal said, urging Prime Minister Narendra Modi to stop raising the issue now. "Manmohan Singh and the UPA government stand vindicated today."
Sibal, who had maintained that there was zero loss to the exchequer, sought an apology from Vinod Rai who as then CAG had in his telecom audit report highlighted the loss Rs 1.76 lakh crore to the state exchequer.
He said Rai must also apologise to the nation "as the telecom industry is in dire straits today, thanks to him and the (BJP)".