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Tokyo prepares for 2020, facing rising costs and new sports
Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike is getting ready for a strenuous exercise with the subsequent Summer Olympics headed her way. The exercise started when she acquired the Olympic flag Sunday in the authentic handover ceremony from her Rio counterpart, Mayor Eduardo Paes. "I hope the flag is not too heavy," she joked the day earlier than. "Even though I've killed my muscle tissues to get hold of it properly."
The following three Olympics are in Asian countries which have already held video games: Tokyo's Summer season video games in 2020, sandwiched among Iciness Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, in 2018 and in Beijing in 2022. This can come as a comfort to the International Olympic Committee after attempting games in Sochi, Russia, and Rio. That doesn't mean they'll be smooth, especially for Tokyo. "I don't assume that you could ever relax," said John Coates, the IOC member who heads the inspection team for Tokyo. "There are some large issues, even for Tokyo."
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The new countrywide stadium is an example of Tokyo's growing Charges — or underestimating Charges. The original bill was predicted to be USD 1 billion. However, the price soared to 3 times in a layout via the late architect Zaha Hadid. Organizers scrapped that layout and adopted a new one with the aid of Japanese architect Kengo Kuma. The price will nonetheless be a minimum of 50 percent greater than the original estimate, with the finishing touch set for November 2019. "I'm able to leave white elephants for the taxpayers now not," Kirk advised newshounds in Rio, simply weeks after being elected Tokyo's first girl governor. "The citizens of Tokyo are the taxpayers. We have to have the expertise of the taxpayers approximately whatever we do."
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Expenses are rising elsewhere, too. The Tokyo organizing committee's operating price range turned into 350 billion yen ($3.5 billion) inside the original bid file. However, officers say it will likely be revised upward to account for inflation and unexpected Charges. That is the budget for jogging the games themselves and does not include constructing roads and other infrastructure. Tokyo organizers say 50 percent of the venues already exist, although they've now not made public the cost of building new venues and getting ready the city. Building scaled-down venues — following Rio's version — may want to still be steeply-priced in Japan. The homes ought to be earthquake-proof, and Eastern taste might not accept stripped-down structures.
Tokyo proposed compact video games in its winning bid three years in the past. However, venues had been spread out to save money and take gain of present systems. Tokyo's games are divided into primary sectors — a quarter around Tokyo Bay and a so-called History sector anchored around The brand new countrywide stadium. The remaining venues are scattered, from cycling in Izu, southwest of Tokyo, to football venues in Sapporo, Miyagi, Saitama, and Yokohama.
"You'll tour a lot due to the fact there isn't the attention," Coates said. "If you visit the Historical past vicinity, they're all stand-by-me (venues) in large part." Tokyo has a complicated delivery device. However, it's crowded and not specially foreigner-friendly. Coates started getting around might be greater complex than Rio, which was difficult in a town sliced up by the sea, mountains, and negative roads.
"They have an excellent transport infrastructure that connects all elements of the city," Coates stated. "I assume they're up for it, no fear approximately that, But you can't say it's going to be clean." Tokyo's slender roads are a problem, and so are the 3 million on who travel day by day from the outskirts to the metropolis's middle. "We'll ask the residents for numerous kinds of cooperation," Kirk stated.
Five sports have been added to Tokyo's application: baseball-softball, skateboarding, browsing, karate, and game hiking. The input below new IOC guidelines that allow cities to suggest Events from their very own video games. The brand new sports will add 18 Activities and 474 athletes to this system. The Tokyo video games will function 33 sports and approximately eleven 000 athletes compared to the standard range of 28 sports and 10,500 athletes.
The brand new sports activities may also give Japan a few benefits, especially in baseball and softball, which might be very popular in u . S . A. Japan received forty-one medals in Rio, topping its preceding record of 38. Search for the home country to get every other medal leap from being a host. The competition timetable is certain to create anxiety. Night Occasions in Tokyo will take area within the early morning in North The us — and vice versa. This isn't perfect for U.S. Rights-holder NBC. Some Events might be moved around to work higher on television.
Japanese Olympic Committee President Tsunekazu Takeda confronted a comparable hassle as the sports director of the 1998 Nagano Iciness Olympics. "Athletes-first should be the concept," he stated. "We need to be honest to the athletes, But of direction, I will make any decisive comments because this needs to be negotiated. However, I am hoping the athlete's first idea prevails."
girl politicians have key roles in directing Tokyo's video games — Governor Koike and Tamayo Marukawa, who became lately named Olympic minister by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Each is a former tv newscaster, and Marukawa will link Tokyo's authorities and the countrywide authorities. Koike said Jap ladies had done properly in sports, But Japanese society has been slower to sell ladies to management positions in commercial enterprise and politics.
Girls won nearly half of-of Japan's 41 medals in Rio — four gold medals on my own in girls' wrestling. "Our women athletes have outstanding performances," Kirk stated. "Unfortunately, the share of ladies legislators in Japan remains low. Ms. Hillary Clinton frequently refers to a pitcher ceiling for girls. I assume we've got an iron ceiling in Japan."
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Halby's Morsels: When a brash Tim McCarver dissed Jack Buck on-air; Aikman, Collinsworth, Joe Buck +
In 1963, It was the beginning of the end for Mel Allen who lost his voice on NBC's Dodgers-Yanks World Series telecast and Vin Scully was forced to take over.
Joe Buck (l) and Troy Aikman, voices of Fox' Super Bowl broadcast
The Bucks, Aikman, Collinsworth and more
Joe and Jack Buck
Joe Buck's autobiography Lucky Bastard is so good that it made the New York Times bestseller list. I hope to get a chance to review it. I couldn't put it down, it's that entertaining. (Joe, the son of famed broadcaster Jack Buck was born out of wedlock, therein Bastard in the book's title.)
Like many sons, Joe's hero was his dad, an absolute institution in St. Louis where he was beloved for his Cardinals broadcasts and much more. Jack also did the NFL on both CBS Radio and CBS Television. For that matter, I believe Jack is the only broadcaster to do play-by-play of a Super Bowl on both network television (1970 for CBS) and radio (many on CBS Radio).
Joe talks about how Jack covered baseball for CBS Television when it had the rights in 1991. His color commentator was Tim McCarver, considered at the time, the fair haired baseball commentator on network television.
But McCarver gave Jack a hard time. According to Joe, when the camera was fixed on a flag in the outfield, Jack said, "You can see the wind blowing to left field." At that point, McCarver said, "I have to correct you, Jack. You can't see the wind. You can see the effect of the wind." Watching the telecast, Joe started thinking to himself. "That McCarver, he's being a dick." Sounds to me like McCarver is a bit pedantic.
Last night, Joe and Troy Aikman called the Bengals' 34-23 home win over the Baltimore Ravens. Aikman, who is generally all-business and will hardly be mistaken for a quipster, brought up Cris Collinsworth's name. The ex UCLA and Cowboys quarterback said that Cris is probably on his couch at home watching the telecast. Cris starred as a wide-receiver for the Bengals.
The quick little exchange between the two somehow led them to guess that Al Michaels is watching the game while eating dinner at the Palm. Michaels is a man of routine. If he's out at dinner and isn't in Dallas yet for the Sunday nighter between the Giants and Cowboys, he was likely at his favorite dining spot, Toscana in the Brentwood section of Los Angeles.
Collinsworth lives in Cincinnati where he began his broadcast career doing a talk show on WLW Radio. Cris, Buck and Aikman are no strangers. They worked together in a three man booth for Fox in the early 2000s.
Talking of Collinsworth, did you know that after his playing career he earned his JD from the University of Cincinnati's College of Law? His wife Holly is also a lawyer. Cris' late dad, Abe Collinsworth, played college basketball for Adolph Rupp's Kentucky Wildcats and was a member of the 1958 national title team, known as the "Fiddling Five."
In the book, Joe talks about the attributes of both Aikman and Collinsworth. He suggests that Collinsworth might make a statement on a broadcast so that it's memorable. Aikman, he says, wouldn't do so. Buck adds that Collinsworth is capable of doing play-by-play like former players Pat Summerall, Dan Dierdorf and Frank Gifford. Yes, while Dan was a commentator, he did some college football play-by-play for ABC.
It should be noted that Dan Fouts too, while known as a commentator, did some play-by-play on pre-season NFL telecasts. Dan's dad Bob Fouts is in the Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame and actually did play-by-play himself on 49ers radio broadcasts.
Incidentally, Joe Buck's first ever NFL broadcast for Fox was, believe it or not, his first ever football call of any sort, college or pro! Talk about taking a chance!
Flashback: 55 years ago: 1963, World Series on NBC; Yankees vs. Dodgers
For the Bombers, it was their fourth straight Fall Classic. They had beaten the Giants the preceding year in seven games. Back then, as you know, all World series games were played during the day. The first night game was an experiment in 1971 when one of the games between the Pirates and Orioles was played under the lights.
The two announcers in '63 were arguably the two best announcers to ever inhabit a baseball booth at the same time, Vin Scully and Mel Allen. In those years, the networks, in this case NBC, didn't have stables of baseball announcers. NBC did the World Series but didn't do any regular season games. The team announcers generally split the play-by-play on Fall Classic broadcasts.
The Dodgers and Yankees had a glorious history playing one another. While in Brooklyn, in the 40s and 50s, the two teams faced off seven times in the WS.
In 1963, the Dodger were in the process of sweeping the Yanks. They were up 3-0 in games and at home. It was Whitey Ford vs. Sandy Koufax, a rematch of game one at Yankee Stadium There were no color commentators. The announcers simply split the innings. In game 4, Scully did the first 4½ innings. Allen began the next 4½ before he lost his voice. It was the beginning of the end for the gigantic Allen. He fell from grace. Scully had to step in and finish the game.
Dick Young in the New York Daily News wrote that Allen, who was so associated with the Bronxites, suffered from "psychosomatic laryngitis," postulating that the Yankees' voice choked, witnessing the butchery and demise of his beloved club. George Vecsey in a New York Times column years later would describe Allen as "a bachelor who seemed to live for the Yankees."
As written on this site by historian Curt Smith, it appeared that Allen, who dominated the national sports airwaves in the 50s and early 60s, was constantly in demand to do speeches and broadcast all sorts of events. To cope, he was prescribed medication by a Dr. Feelgood. It slowed down his speech pattern, his quickness and perhaps effected his voice. Dr. Feelgood eventually lost his license. All this vexed Allen's career.
Mel was back with the Yanks the following year, 1964, but the baseball world was shocked when he was fired by the club after the season. He was also not asked to do the World Series that Fall against the Cardinals. Phil Rizzuto did instead. Allen was considered unreliable.
Ex-players doing NFL radio play-by-play with no prior experience
What's happening to NFL radio play-by-play? Teams and stations are hiring announcers with little or no radio experience.
It started with former receiver Dave Logan in Denver, who played for nine seasons in the league. He provided color before getting the play-by-play gig in '96. He did some coaching and knows the game cold. Logan gives listeners a broad sense of game description, cutting his calls in a wide swath, down and distance with lots of why and how the play developed. It almost minimizes a need for color commentator Rick Lewis.
Seattle similarly promoted an inexperienced Steve Raible, the former wide receiver, from the commentator's chair to play-by-play in 2004. Jimmy Cefalo also had no radio play-by-play experience to my knowledge when he was placed in that role by the Dolphins in 2005. This year, after Jim Henderson retired, the New Orleans Saints brought in the inexperienced former tackle Zach Strief to do radio play-by-play.
When providing decent coverage of down and distance, these gents present different sets of qualities, not the traditional crisp play calling, sharp pronunciations, necessary voice intonations or proper word clipping. It's definitely different!
The Mount Rushmore quartet of extemporizing – recording a spot, in a prescribed time without consulting a note or a stopwatch; Howard Cosell, Vin Scully, Bob Costas and Brent Musburger. They'd generally do it in one take!
The talented and longtime voice of the Ohio State Buckeyes, Paul Keels, has penned a book on the Buckeyes, If these Walls Could Talk. It has insightful stories collected from within. Keels is among the best play-by-play voices in America. He paints a colorful picture on radio. In the book, Keels shares memories and anecdotes worth reading.
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Great stuff as usual! I read Joe Buck's book. I often have been critical of his work, and I still can be, but beyond being incredibly interesting and entertaining, the book clarified for me WHY he broadcasts the way he does, his caution, and the undercurrent, to me, that in anything he does in broadcasting, he wants to be careful not to hurt his father's legacy. Their relationship was truly lovely. On ad-libbing, I agree, but I suspect a runner-up would be Jim McKay, if only for that horrible day in Munich. Dierdorf also did play-by-play for CBS, and in… Read more »

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Locations of Knowledge in Medieval and Early Modern Europe
Esoteric Discourse and Western Identities
Brill's Studies in Intellectual History, Volume: 186
Kocku von Stuckrad
One characteristic of European history of religion is a two-fold pluralism—a pluralism of religious identities on the one hand, and a pluralism of various societal systems that interact with religious systems on the other. Addressing discourses of perfect knowledge in Western culture between 1200 and 1800, this book integrates the study of Western esotericism in a larger analytical framework of European history of religion. Viewed from a structuralist perspective, 'esoteric discourse' provides an analytical framework that helps to reveal genealogies of modern identities in a pluralistic competition of knowledge. Experiential philosophy, kabbalah, astrology, Hermeticism, philology, and early modern science are linked to knowledge claims that shaped the way in which Western culture defined itself.
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Chapter One. Europe And The Christendom Narrative: From Singularization To Pluralism
Chapter Two. The Polemical Construction Of Tradition
Chapter Three. Conceptualizing The Study Of Esoteric Discourse
Chapter Four. The Secrets Of Experience: Wisdom Beyond Demonstration
Chapter Five. The Secrets Of Texts: Esoteric Hermeneutics
Chapter Six. The Secrets Of Time: Astrology And Sacred History
Pages: 115–134
Chapter Seven. Scientific Encounters
Chapter Eight. Visual Seductions
Chapter Nine. Political Consideration
Chapter Ten. Conclusion: Locations Of Knowledge
Kocku von Stuckrad, Ph.D. (1999) in the Academic Study of Religion, University of Bremen, is Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Groningen. He has published extensively on European history of religion, esotericism, shamanism, and astrology.
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Von Stuckrad's sophisticated and stimulating reevaluation of the place of esotericism in Western culture should be of great interest to anyone concerned with the complex religious, social, political, and intellectual developments that mark the transition from the medieval to the modern world...., this is an exceptionally interesting book eminently worthy of critical attention.
Allison P. Coudert, Religion 42:3, 489-492
This volume will be of benefit to scholars interested in European religious and intellectual history, especially those focusing on esoteric traditions. For students of Jewish intellectual history, this study presents an engaging model for examining the "discursive unit" that Jews helped create through their direct and indirect engagement with the Christian majority. Stuckrad's work demonstrates that Jewish texts and ideas are essential components of the discursive matrix of the West, and thus assume a central rather than marginal role in the study of European intellectual history. The comprehensive bibliography and index, as well as the rich footnotes, further enhance the value of Stuckrad's contribution.
Hartley Lachter, Muhlenberg College
H-Judaic (August, 2011)
Von Stuckrad's sophisticated and stimulating reevaluation of the place of esotericism in Western culture should be of great interest to anyone concerned with the complex religious, social, political, and intellectual developments that mark the transition from the medieval to the modern world. The dialogue he proposes between modern theories and ancient, medieval, and early modern texts raises important questions and offers further evidence that the nineteenth and twentieth century divisions between religion, magic, and science and between science, philosophy, and occultism have outlived their usefulness.
Professor Allison P. Coudert
Paul and Marie Castelfranco Chair in the Religious Studies Program
University of California at Davis
PART ONE: ESOTERIC DISCOURSE AND THE EUROPEAN HISTORY OF RELIGION
1. Europe and the Christendom Narrative: From Singularization to Pluralism
The Secularization Theory Revisited
Christian Occident?
The Two-Fold Pluralism
2. The Polemical Construction of Tradition
The Construction of Prisca Theologia
Genealogies of Wisdom
Jewish Perspectives
Beyond Tradition
3. Conceptualizing the Study of Esoteric Discourse
Approaches to Esotericism
Secrecy as Social Capital
Discourses of Perfect Knowledge
PART TWO: SHARED PASSIONS
4. The Secrets of Experience: Wisdom beyond Demonstration
Neoplatonism and Theurgy in Late Antiquity
Experiential Knowledge in Suhrawardī's Illuminationist Philosophy
5. The Secrets of Texts: Esoteric Hermeneutics
The Readability of the Cosmos: Europe's Obsession with Words
The Textile of the Divine in Early Kabbalah
Linguistic Ontologies in Christian Kabbalah
Humanistic Philology: Universal Languages and the Quest for the Ursprache
6. The Secrets of Time: Astrology and Sacred History
Critical Response to Ancient Traditions: Medieval Arabic Astrology
Sharing Muslim Knowledge: Christian Astrology
PART THREE: INTERFERENCES
7. Scientific Encounters
"Occult Sciences": The Science-Religion Divide Revisited
John Dee: A Scholar Gone Mad?
Natural Philosophy in an Apocalyptic Age
8. Visual Seductions
The Problem of 'Renaissance Paganism'
Image Acts and Visual Culture
The Presence of Images as Visual Practice
9. Political Consideration
Johann Heinrich Alsted: Hermeticism and Universal Reform
Perfect Knowledge in the "Circle of Learning": Alsted's Encyclopaedia
10. Conclusion: Locations of Knowledge
Writing Histories, Narrating Pasts
All those interested in European history of religion, Western esotericism, history of science, as well as those interested in medieval, Renaissance and early modern cultural dynamics.
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France calls for the mobilisation against the african swine fever
Belgian authorities said they were working at various levels of government to prevent the possible spread to pig farms. There is no vaccine for African swine fever and mortality rates can be as high as 100%.
Carolina coast battening down, boarding up as hurricane nears
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Kavanaugh denies allegation about high school misconduct
One of Kavanaugh's law clerks spearheaded the effort Thursday and sent the letter to Grassley's office Friday, the aide said. Now he is being accused of sexual harassment by a former classmate he went to high school with in the early 1980s.
In Serena, women should learn to stand up against bullies
Probably the greatest tennis player of her generation, she has been an inspiration to young girls and athletes around the world. After the tournament was over, the six-time US Open champion was fined $17,000 for her actions during the match .
Botham Jean's Mother Demands Justice And Calls Out 'The Devil,' Amber Guyger
The news and the tweet , which received criticism online, had nothing to do with why Jean was killed the night of September 6. Guyger has since been charged with manslaughter and a quick search of her social media reveals some rather offensive posts.
Hundreds rescued as Hurricane Florence pounds Carolinas
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Zimbabwe's government criticized over cholera outbreak
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This is why the new iPhone XS Max could soon look small
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Hurricane Florence's catastrophic flooding is a sign of what's to come
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Residents allowed to return to homes after gas explosions
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Florence makes landfall near Wilmington; how often does that happen?
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Game Freak's 'Town' Is Their Next Nintendo Switch RPG, Similar to Pokemon?
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Florence barreling closer to coast of Carolinas
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Ex-employee suspected after strawberries spiked with needles
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Israeli Missiles Target Iran Arms Depot Near Damascus Airport
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Florence weakens to depression, flood risk rises
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Florence punishes Carolinas with torrential rain, flooding; 8 dead
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Reconnaissance tank with reinforced armor. The vehicle was a further development of the Pz.Kpfw. II. In October 1939, a preproduction batch was ordered, and the first prototype was built in July 1940. From 1943 through 1944, seven vehicles were used by the 12th Panzer Division on the Eastern Front. A total of 22 tanks were manufactured.


Reflecting on the Holidays: Is it Time to Seek Addiction Help?
The holiday season tends to be a busy one, but as we move past it and into the new year you may find more opportunity to pause and to reflect. One particular area of reflection we recommend: Your need for addiction help. Do you have a problem with substance use? Do you have an addiction that is out of control? Is it time to get serious about seeking help? All of these are critical questions to ask as you take stock of yourself and your life.
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Apple further expands their solutions portfolio with Apple Pay – a mobile payment solution. What are the pros and cons of the new solution?
Apple Pay is the new member of the mobile payment solution's club. Currently, the solution is available in 25 countries worldwide with more to come. The mobile payment solution works on recent Apple products including iPhone SE, iPhone 6 as well as the newest iPhone editions. Additionally, Apple Pay operates on Apple Watch and recent iPads.
The great advantage for retailers and consumers is the fact that Apple Pay works on all payment terminals that accept contactless payments. If the consumer has set up their credit card in Apple's Wallet solution, they can seamlessly pass their phone/watch towards the payment terminal to complete a sale. Exactly as we know it from contactless payments. As a result of this, retailers do not have to invest in new additional hardware or software updates to accept Apple Pay from their customers.
Even though Apple Pay might be available in your country, the mobile payment solution is only available in certain banks in your geographical area. If the consumer uses a combined Visa card, another disadvantage is that Apple Pay automatically completes the payment with the Visa part. This can potentially lead to a larger surcharge payment for the retailer.
From the consumer's point of view, mobile payments can be a confusing and inconsistent payment experience with numerous solutions and different restrictions on the type of bank and payment method. The conclusion is, however, that mobile payments are a bigger part of the day-to-day payments concurrently with the technological evolution and improved usability. The question that still remains is whether or not all current mobile payment methods will make the cut in the long run. Is it necessary to accept all types of mobile payment methods? That will be up to the consumers to decide.


We all know the Pittsburgh Pirates starting outfield, Gregory Polanco, Andrew McCutchen, and Starling Marte, in part because they are so good and in part because they have been the subject of so many contract rumors, trade rumors, and now position shifts in the last few years. McCutchen is also one of Off the Bench's 5 players to watch this spring.
But there's a new name to know: Austin Meadows.
Meadows has reportedly made a good impression on the Pirates this spring and is set to see more playing time between now and Opening Day and will start the season in Indianapolis, at the top of the minor leagues. Coming into last season, he was ranked right around the 20th best prospect in all of baseball and last season the 21 year old made it as high as AAA. This year, some have him as the best prospect in the whole Pirates system and the 6th best in the sport.
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This 20-acre ranch( lot 1100) is located just off paved South Oil Dri Road on CR-56697. It has multiple access roads to it from South Oil Dri Road and from Twilight Road. Power is only 1/8th of a mile away on South Oil Dri Road and there are mountain views including a great view of the town mesa, Table Rock. Sewer would be by septic and water by well that the new owner could hook up. This parcel has dirt road frontage along the south side of it . It is also just a few miles from the city limits of Christmas Valley Oregon. Lot 1100 is located on CR-56697, which also has a small hill on the south side of the road, for extra privacy.
Access to this property is pretty easy off Christmas Valley Highway(CR-514).From the Christmas Valley Market in Christmas Valley, Oregon (which is located on the corner of Christmas Tree Lane), Drive west on CR 5-14(Christmas Valley Highway) for 6 miles.Turn left onto South Oil Dri Road(CR-514G) and proceed south for 1 mile. Turn left on CR-56697( see white stake) and travel 0.125 and SW corner of lot 1100 will be on your left. (Property runs from 0.125-0.25).
Although there are a few farms and homes in the area, there is plenty of natural wilderness which attracts wildlife to your back door. This parcel would make a great camping lot or building lot. With this parcel being located on the west side of Christmas Valley, Summer Lake & Ana Reservoir are nearby. This 20 acre lot is easy to find with beautiful views makes this 20 acre parcel an excellent investment.


I think he's arguably the best in the business right now, and we loved the show, but I'm not here to write a comedy review – I'm here to show you how to make and keep money in the stock market.
…because there are some really bad choices investors make that would leave anyone asking, "Why would you do that?"
Why Would You… Trade Without a Plan?
Too many people jump into the stock market as a way to "get rich quick." Now, I'm all for getting rich quickly, but you just can't do it without some sort of plan. And the best one to use – my personal favorite, in fact – is rules-based trading.
Tom, his wife, and Sebastian Maniscalco last weekend. Like this guy says: "Why would you do that?"
This is basically planning your trade and trading your plan, no matter what the headlines are saying or the markets are doing. You've got a clear set of rules. You're not trading on emotion (which is the fastest way to lose all of your money), and you're not just guessing and hoping for your trades to work out. That method isn't something you can quantify or back test – it's really not a method at all.
You'd never buy a house or a car without knowing exactly what you want, how much you're willing to pay, and when you want to pay it off. So why would you ever put your hard-earned money into the markets without knowing exactly what you want, how much you're willing to pay, and when you want your profits?
Why Would You… Buy and Sell Stocks as a Short-Term Profit Strategy?
Now don't get me wrong, I love investing in and buying stocks – as a long-term strategy. Buying and holding stock for the long term means you're willing to sit through the bullish and bearish cycles for those big returns down the line.
It also means you're primarily focused on a company's revenue and earnings (fundamental analysis) instead of patterns and market data such as price and volume (technical analysis).
Earnings and revenue can be tricky, though, to put it mildly, and can take years to work out for your portfolio.
Take Amazon.com Inc. (Nasdaq: AMZN)… Anyone who bought the stock during its initial public offering (IPO) has turned a $1,000 investment into a $638,000 today – 20 years later.
Remember, though, the stock also dropped nearly 90% in 2000, which caused a lot of investors to sell their shares.
But there's a much, much better, more profitable way… options trading.
With options, you basically "rent stocks" for much less than you would to buy them outright. And instead of paying up to thousands of dollars for a single share, you get to control 100 shares at a time for much less.
Options also reduce your risk, giving you leverage in the markets, and deliver profits much, much faster. You're talking about days, weeks, or months to make money – not two decades. Furthermore, it doesn't matter if the markets make record highs, record lows, or don't move at all… there's a safe and easy way to profit no matter what.
So why would you ever waste thousands of dollars buying single shares of stock to hold in the short term (with little chance of recouping that money)… when you can double or triple your money for a quarter of what you'd pay to buy the stock outright?
Why Would You… Bet the Farm on "That One Chance?"
I have been reading all your comments about this big marijuana market, but what I've seen lately with the companies you've discussed is they are going down not up.


Friends, fans, families, fugitives, no girlfriends since birth (NGSBs), DOMs and yayas are invited to attend the launch of TV Host/Entrepreneur/Editor RJ Ledesma's newest humor book PLAYING WITH PINK PARTS, RJ Ledesma's Guide to Gayumas, Aphrodisiacs and Love Spells today, September 20, Friday, 6pm at National Bookstore, Glorietta 1, Makati.
"The book has something for everyone with pink parts." RJ jokingly relates. He convinced an honest-to-goodness magician to share some modern-day love spells using text messaging, emails and Twitter, interviewed mysticists on how to concoct a homemade gayuma and consulted a naturopathic physician on the ideal combination of herbs to create a potent aphrodisiac. He even visited a urologist (but managed to keep his underpants on) to ask about what were the most effective aphrodisiacs available in the market.
Playing with Pink Parts is RJ's fifth humor book. His last two books, IS IT HOT IN HERE OR IS IT ME? RJ's Guide to Flirting, Body Language & Pick-Up Artists and IT ONLY HURTS WHEN I PEE, RJ's Guide to Bodily Gases, Hair Loss & Pink Parts were both finalists in the National Book Awards.
Playing With Pink Parts is available at the humor section of National Bookstore, Powerbooks and Bestsellers nationwide.
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Haven't read any of RJ's work, mukhang maganda ang isang ito.
I haven't read any of his books too just like Yami. Maybe if I was single and looking for my soul mate I would be interested to read it.
Seems like a good read… I'm fond of humor books.


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Slaget vid Monongahela den 9 juli 1755 var en överväldigande fransk-indiansk seger över en överlägsen brittisk-amerikansk styrka. Den brittisk-amerikanska styrkan tillintetgjordes och det brittiska operativa målet att erövra Fort Duquesne fördröjdes med tre år.

Bakgrund
Efter överfallet på Jumonville och George Washingtons förödmjukande kapitulation 1754 beslöt Londonregeringen att överföra större truppstyrkor till Brittiska Amerika och inleda en offensiv mot Nya Frankrike, trots att fred rådde i Europa. Den nyutnämnde brittisk militärbefälhavaren Edward Braddock planlade 1755 för offensiva operationer i tre riktningar; dels mot Fort Duquesne och Ohiolandet, dels mot de franska forten vid Ontariosjön, dels mot Fort Saint-Frédérick vid Lake Champlain.

Framryckningen

Braddock tog själv befälet över expeditionen mot Fort Duquesne. En av hans adjutanter var George Washington vid Virginiaregementet och på hans inrådan beslöt han att expeditionens framryckning skulle följa den väg som Washington låtit röja när han året före försökt avhysa fransmännen från området. Då expeditionen medförde artilleri och träng måste vägen breddas till fyra meter vilket tog lång tid och krävde mycket arbete. Framryckningen gick därför långsam. Expeditionen delades därför i två delar, en främre avdelning om cirka 1500 man med huvuddelen av de stridande trupperna och några artilleripjäser som kunde rycka fram snabbare och en bakre avdelning om cirka 1000 man med trängen och huvuddelen av artilleriet vilken fick ta det långsammare.

Striden

Den 9 juli befann sig den främre avdelningen av Braddocks expedition inte långt från Fort Duquesne. Under dagen korsade den två vadställen på Monongahelafloden. Det första på förmiddagen och det andra strax efter middagstid. Först kom några beridna spanare och några indianspejare, sen en förtrupp med pionjärer och 300 infanterister samt två kanoner under befäl av Thomas Gage. Några hundra meter därefter kom avdelningens huvudstyrka. I Fort Duquesne var man väl medvetna om den brittiska styrkan. Fortets kommendant Daniel de Beaujeu hade beslutat att möta fienden i skogen istället för att försöka uthärda en belägring. Den brittiska styrkans storlek gjorde dock att Frankrikes indianska allierade tvekade att delta och utan dem var företaget ogenomförbart. Det var först efter lång övertalning som de gick med på att delta. De Beuajeu hade tänkt att genomföra ett välorganiserat eldöverfall, men på grund av indianernas tvekan mötte man fienden innan man hunnit gå i ställning och striden blev helt improviserad.

De framryckande fransmännen mötte plötsligt de brittiska spanarna som då i all hast återvände till förtruppen under Gage. Britterna såg De Beuajeu i indiandräkt, men med en ringkrage om halsen, signalera och en kraftig eldgivning öppnades mot Gages män. Britterna besvarade elden med muskötsalvor och artilleri. Den kanadensiska milisen övergav stridsfältet och indianerna började tveka, men det franska marininfanteriet höll stånd mot ett brittiskt motanfall och indianerna samlade sig. De spred ut sig på bägge sidorna om den brittiska förtruppen och besköt dem från skydd bakom träden. När Braddock hörde eldgivningen samlade han sin huvudstyrka och ryckte framåt. Kvar lämnades 400 man som eftertrupp och trossbevakning. Förtruppen flydde nu bakåt och blandades ihop med de framryckande och paniken spred sig till de trupper som ännu inte mött fienden. Under två timmar uthärdade den brittiska styrkan fiendens eld med stora förluster som följd. Motanfall gjordes, men de misslyckades. Den dolda fienden valde ut officerarna som de främsta måltavlorna, vilket ökade förvirringen bland britterna. Braddock själv blev dödligt sårad. Till slut bröt det brittiska motståndet samman och slaget slutade med de överlevandes flykt hals över huvudet. Fienden förföljde inte.

Konsekvenser
Det brittiska nederlaget vid Monongahela gjorde att tidigare tveksamma indianer nu aktivt började stödja fransmännen i kriget. Lenni Lenaperna hade lurats från sin mark av Thomas Penn och de tog nu tillfället i akt och försökte fördriva de ulster-skotska och tyska bosättarna i västra Pennsylvania. Massor med flyktingar strömmade österut. Kväkarna som kontrollerade provinsen Pennsylvania vägrade hårdnackat att mot sitt samvete genomföra några försvarsåtgärder. Men efter påtryckningar från London löste de frågan genom att överlämna makten i kolonin till oppositionen vilken inte hade några principiella invändningar mot militära åtgärder.

Appendix
 Slagordningen vid slaget vid Monongahela

Referenser

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Källor
 A.G. Bradley (2003), The Fight with France for North America (Heritage Books).
George Brown Tindall (1988), America: A Narrative History (New York: W.W. Norton & Co.)
 J.R. Turnbull (1974), "Dieskau, Jean-Armand", Dictionary of Canadian Biography (University of Toronto Press), vol. 3, sid. 185-186.
 J.M. Bumstead (1974), "Liénard de Beaujeu, Daniel-Hyacinthe-Marie", Dictionary of Canadian Biography (University of Toronto Press), vol. 3, sid. 400-402.

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Seattle Police Chief's Neighborhood Targeted By Aggressive Protestors
The neighborhood is 40 miles outside of Seattle, indicating that doxing may have been a factor in the protest.
by Art Vandelay
in Media, National, Politics, US News
Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best's neighborhood was targeted by aggressive protestors who, according to Best, created fear among her neighbors.
The neighborhood is 40 miles outside of Seattle, which certainly indicates that doxing may have been a factor in the protest.
Best said that the protestors attempted to trespass onto multiple properties but were unable to do so with successful deterrence from the homeowners.
The chief addressed the matter with Seattle's city council in a letter written on August 3rd to City Council President Lorena González and Public Safety Chair Lisa Herbold:
I wanted to update you on recent events, particularly those that occurred late last night. A residence of mine in Snohomish County was targeted by a large group of aggressive protestors late last night. My neighbors were concerned by such a large group, but they were successful in ensuring the crowd was not able to trespass or engage in other illegal behavior in the area, despite repeated attempts to do so.
Local journalist Katie Daviscourt reported that the group was part of Antifa.
"Antifa Militants showed up to Seattle Chief of Police, [Carmen Best's] house last night. She lives all the way out in Snohomish. Antifa continues to doxx Seattle Police Officers and stalk them at their homes. They even targeted a Police Officers wife and liter her business on fire."
Antifa Militants showed up to Seattle Chief of Police, @carmenbest's, house last night. She lives all the way out in Snohomish. Antifa continues to doxx Seattle Police Officers and stalk them at their homes. They even targeted a Police Officers wife and lit her business on fire.
— Katie Daviscourt?? (@KatieDaviscourt) August 2, 2020
According to Best's letter, the local sheriff's department, not the Seattle Police Department, is monitoring the situation.
I urge both of you, and the entire council, to stand up for what is right. These direct actions against elected officials, and especially civil servants like myself, are out of line with and go against every democratic principle that guides our nation. Before this devolves into the new way of doing business by mob rule here in Seattle, and across the nation, elected officials like you must forcefully call for the end of these tactics.
The letter concludes by addressing the national unrest sparked by the death of George Floyd and how a proper response to his death should not be misconstrued with the violent riots that have come out of it.
The events of this summer were initiated in a moment of grief and outrage over the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officers and so many other Black and Brown people suffering at the hands of injustice. All of us must ensure that this righteous cause is not lost in the confusion of so many protestors now engaging in violence and intimidation, which many are not speaking against.
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Susan Lemay says:
Why has no journalist done the 'hard' work of interviewing these protesters and rioters and revealed their names, addresses, who pays them, who feeds them, who gives them a place to sleep, etc. This would be expected subject matter to give a true journalist a chance to make a name for him/her self. Guess this isn't going to happen in this century?
What the hell did you think would happen? Funny how dumb officials are to think that these aholes won't show up to their house. Now it's a problem…what a joke!
Troubled Soul says:
Note that it's the County Sheriff that's monitoring the situation
Here the Sheriff is elected
But now King County wants to change this and they want to appoint a Sheriff
Then they can make the Sheriffs department just like the do nothing Seattle PD
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notes from JK
Finding Politics
There is an ongoing debate around turnout and declining political engagement. Much of the discussion has been quite limited, such as debating how can we make voting or engagement easier? These, at best, I think are small part of the issues at hand.
In my experience most people care deeply and passionately about at least a few, if not many, issues. They may not vote or write to their elected representatives but they do care and often get frustrated when these issues don't get the attention they feel are deserved.
Yet membership of groups such as Friends of the Earth, National Trust or the Soil Association remain high; much higher than the combined membership of political parties in the UK. These groups can be more repsonsive to member needs and offer a way for like-minded people to cluster. But of course in the end they exert influence for their causes by talking to politicians and their civil servants. Everything is political, it's unavoidable and healthy.
So when people say "I don't do politics" or when we're told "this should be a non-political meeting" I get very frustrated. Such an approach just submerges the explicit political debate that could be had – we are left with either a limp debate or a proxy war through vague terms.
I think what in fact is meant by wanting to avoid "politics" is a distaste for party politics and the point scoring, tubthumping debate that it often creates. I do understand people's distaste for that approach, but it seems very hard to pull a council or Parliament from that culture without firm, direct action from all members. Party political point scoring can be unpleasant to watch, but I believe another reason party politics doesn't engage people is the perception of limited choice.
The majority of elections in the UK are still through the simple first-past-the-post system which means winner takes all. This forces many to vote tactically for parties they don't particularly believe in. This shouldn't have to happen. With a proportional system people can vote for what they care about without fear that it will "let the Tories in" as Labour leaflets often threaten. London today people can vote first preference for Sian Berry and second for Ken to show their belief in Green Party values, but remain safe knowing their vote won't have contributed to letting Tory candidate Boris Johnson in. Similarly, for the London Assembly, which in many ways is more important, a Green vote will never be wasted because of the proportional list system used city-wide.
A proportional voting system supports a greater diversity of parties, which allows more people to feel properly represented and spoken for. Proportionality makes voting more meaningful for many and the results often force parties to work together more constructively than otherwise.
But if people are not voting because they "don't do politics" then proportionality is unlikely to be of much help. As I argued above, I believe everything is political. So if there's an issue someone cares about then usually one can find a policy difference between the parties to draw them into thinking about how to vote.
Big issues of our time — such as climate change, civil liberties and healthcare — require us to engage politically if we are to prevent a multinational-led status-quo continuing. In this context it's so heartening to see two leading campaigners change their paths to re-engage with politics. Al Gore's most recent presentation on the climate crisis shows his desire to re-direct his campaigning work back into party politics and so into the presidential election process unfolding in the US. Gore has seen more of political life than most of us ever will, yet understandbly he distanced himself after 2000. However my sense from his new presentation is that he's going to try and use his influence to pull thousands of people who care about climate change into the political discourse of the presidential elections — and hope they push candidates of all political hues to address the challenge.
Similarly Lawrence Lessig, intellectual property rights campaigner, has recently changed his focus towards reforming how America's political system — specifically Congress — works and is funded. Lessig had been getting frustrated with the lobbying and funding in the political system which was making his campaigning work so hard. At first he considered running for congress himself, but now he's leading a Change Congress project which aims to create change by engaging with candidates and elected members of all political persuasions.
So both Gore and Lessig have become explicitly political in their frustration with lack of progress in their fields, and also because they want to see lasting change. This is a key motivating factor within the Green Party also. Groups such as Friends of the Earth or Animal Aid often are reactive and cannot push through fundamental reforms, but they can help win concessions and improvements to legislation. Only through direct participation in the political process can lasting, fundamental nation-wide change be brought about.
Gore and Lessig are not being party political however, they want their agenda to be adopted regardless of party affiliation, and that makes sense. But what they are doing is encouraging people who care about their issues to engage in the party political process. Their campaigns are helping people find the politics in the issues that matter to them.
Politics is a means to an end, we use it to negotiate agreed ways to improve people's quality of life and nurture the environment (built or natural). It's a necessary, messy process. The fewer people engaged in the negotiations, the less fair and representative the outcomes will be. Only by helping people to find the politics in their lives will we re-invigorate democratic engagement… and more importantly, bring about the change I believe we need to see.
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Hyderabad: The closure of homeopathy clinics in Telangana during the lockdown inconvenienced doctors and patients. While patients suffered due to a lack of proper medication, doctors faced problems with online consultations.
"I am diabetic and allergic to allopathy," said Jobe Sirra, who suffered as homeopathy clinics were closed. He has been on homeopathic medication for three years now.
Many other patients like Jobe had to face inconvenience due to unavailability of proper medication. Namrata, a software engineer, said just two months before the lockdown she started taking homeopathy medicines for sinusitis. It was a six-month course.
"Every month, I go to the clinic and get my medicines, but as the lockdown was imposed in the state, I couldn't get my medicines," she informed The Observer. "Moreover, homeopathic medicines are not easily available as any other English (allopathic) medicines."
Dr. Lavanya. B.R, who runs a homeopathy clinic in Hyderabad, said online consultations weren't easy at all. "I understand the patients' problems better when I see and examine them." It was difficult for her to treat patients with dermatological problems "They sent me pictures of the affected area, but it was hard for me to judge the problem by examining pictures."
Dr. Sridhar Reddy, another homeopath, said his clinic incurred a huge loss during the lockdown. "I talk to my patients on WhatsApp and try to resolve their issues." However, patients are not satisfied.
Gururaj Govardhan, a driver, said he has been using homeopathic medicines for migraine. He ran out of medication during the lockdown and couldn't buy it. "Initially, I suffered a lot. Later, with no option left, and in unbearable pain, I was forced to take allopathic medicines."
Chaitanya TV, PRO of Telangana health minister Etala Rajendra, said the decision to close homeopathy clinics was taken as a precautionary measure. "People may mistake Covid-19 for common fever and visit these clinics, which do not have facilities for testing and treating Covid-19…." The decision was especially taken considering people in rural areas who are not fully aware of the virus.
Dr. A. Rajendar Reddy, a retired director of the Telangana Ayush department, said it was not a good idea to close homeopathy clinics. "Wine shops reopened before homeopathy clinics. How fair is that?"
To help patients, Dr. Lavanya and Dr. Sridhar used to pack medicines in boxes with the patient's name on it and keep the boxes in the cellar of their apartments. Patients would come and collect the respective boxes and pay the fee online. Jobe said that this arrangement helped him to get a few medicines at the time of lockdown.
Dr. Rajender Reddy said the clinics should have been reopened with precautions in place. The government's decision to close clinics did not reduce the number of cases.
With Unlock 5.0 in Telangana, almost everything has opened up. Homeopathy doctors are expecting an increase in the number of patients visiting their clinics. Although the number of cases are decreasing, experts are wary of a second coronavirus wave.
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Die Pfarrkirche St. Josef in Lendringsen (Stadt Menden (Sauerland) in Nordrhein-Westfalen) ist die Hauptkirche der Pfarrei St. Josef und des Pastoralverbundes Lendringsen Hönnetal. Sie steht seit 1985 unter Denkmalschutz und trägt die Denkmalnummer 42.

Geschichte
Aufgrund der am Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts einsetzenden Industrialisierung an Hönne und Bieber und dem damit verbundenen raschen Bevölkerungsanstieg wurde in den Jahren 1908 bis 1909 im Mendener Süden, auf einem Gelände, das die Familie Schulte-Hense zur Verfügung gestellt hatte, eine neue Kirche gebaut, die dem Heiligen Josef geweiht ist. Die Benediktion erfolgte am 15. August 1909 durch Dechant Boeddicker von St. Vincenz, die feierliche Konsekration am 6. Oktober 1912 durch Bischof Karl Joseph Schulte aus Paderborn.

Ausstattung
Die Kirche verfügt über drei große Fenster im Altarraum. Das linke Fenster zeigt eine sehr beliebte Szene, den heiligen Josef als Zimmermann bei der Arbeit, Maria und Jesus schauen ihm zu. In der Mitte das zentrale Fenster mit der Allerheiligsten Dreifaltigkeit als zentralem Element. Das untere Drittel zeigt Maria und Josef, und zwischen ihnen die deutlich zu erkennende Josefskirche, wie sie der Dreifaltigkeit entgegengestreckt wurde. Das rechte Fenster stellt in der sakralen Kunst eine Seltenheit dar: der heilige Josef auf dem Sterbebett; an seiner Seite Jesus, der seinen Pflegevater segnet.

Der Innenraum der Kirche wurde nach dem Zweiten Vatikanischen Konzil 1967/1968 vollkommen neu gestaltet. In der Hauptachse der Kirche vor der Rückwand des Chores – dort, wo früher der Hauptaltar gestanden hatte, erhielt der Tabernakel seinen würdigen zentralen Platz, flankiert von bronzenen Leuchtern. Diese Tabernakelstele – Aufbewahrungsort für die heilige Eucharistie – ist als Lebensbaum dargestellt und versinnbildlicht auf den Türen das Gleichnis der wunderbaren Brotvermehrung durch Ähren und Fisch. Der Altar stellt eine stilisierte Dornenkrone dar, von der Blutstropfen zur Erde fallen. Der Chorraum ist mit Werken des Bildhauers Joseph Baron aus Hemmerde ausgestaltet. Am 1. Februar 1970 konsekrierte Weihbischof P. Nordhues den Altar, in dessen Altarplatte sich Reliquien der Heiligen Simplicius und Mansuetus befinden. Ambo und Priestersitz vervollständigen zusammen mit dem Taufstein den Altarraum als Handlungsort der heiligen Liturgie. Am Taufstein sind weiße Bänder angebracht, die die Aufnahme der Täuflinge zur Gemeinde symbolisieren.

Das Hauptschiff der Kirche flankieren acht unscheinbare Fenster. Im unteren Feld der Kirche ist je eine der acht Seligpreisungen dargestellt, wie sie in der Bergpredigt von Jesus genannt werden.

Der Kreuzweg wurde von 1920 bis 1922 von Anton Waller geschaffen. Waller ist einer der Künstler der sogenannten Wiedenbrücker Schule. Typisch für die damalige Zeit ist der Detailreichtum der Stationsbilder und die klare Zuordnung von "Gut und Böse".

Im hinteren Bereich der Kirche befinden sich sowohl rechts als auch links weitere Kreuze. Nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg wurden in der Kirche Kreuze mit den Namen der im Krieg umgekommenen Lendringser Soldaten aufgehängt.

Direkt gegenüber erinnern seit 2006 Kreuze an die Gemeindemitglieder, die jeweils in den letzten zwölf Monaten verstorben sind. Häufig brennen hier Kerzen, die an einen ganz bestimmten Menschen erinnern.

Das Geläut besteht aus insgesamt vier Glocken. Das Hauptgeläut im Turm besteht aus drei Briloner Sonderbronzeglocken aus dem Jahre 1948, Tonfolge d'-f'-g'. Im Dachreiter hängt noch eine kleine Wandlungsglocke mit dem Ton fis", gegossen 1663.

Quellen
 100 Jahre / 1910–2010 Kirchengemeinde St. Josef Lendringsen.
 1910–1985 75 Jahre Pfarrgemeinde St. Josef Lendringsen.

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Einzelnachweise

Kirchengebäude in Menden (Sauerland)
Lendringsen, Joseph
Baudenkmal in Menden (Sauerland)
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Barrington Stoke 4u2read: Who's a Big Bully Then?
An exciting quick read by master storyteller Michael Morpurgo. Get to the good bits faster. School bully Darren Bishop is furious when he's beaten in the school race by a smaller kid. He can't have that, can he? So when the other boy challenges Darren to a battle of courage, Darren can't wait to show who's boss. But who will win this battle? This short book is great for anyone, but it has extra help for kids who find reading tough. Tell all your friends (especially the dyslexic ones) about it!
A gripping quick read by top author Michael Morpurgo
Great story with built-in support for dyslexic readers
Clear fonts on cream paper, plus lots of illustrations
From an acclaimed series of dyslexia-friendly books
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Master storyteller Michael Morpurgo has written over 100 books for children, and has won a multitude of awards as well as serving as Children's Laureate from 2003-2005.
Michael was the Children's Laureate 2003-2005, and has won many awards including The Whitbread Prize For The Wreck of the Zanzibar, the Smarties prize for The Butterfly Lion the Blue Peter Award for Private Peaceful and the Red House award for Shadow.


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Chapel Hill pastor charged with counterfeit felony
Authorities found more than 3,000 fake Cartier bracelets in a church
Updated: 12:10 PM EDT Aug 3, 2019
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A North Carolina pastor has been arrested after authorities say they found more than 3,000 fake Cartier bracelets in a Chapel Hill church.State officials say the bust is the largest seizure made by agents with the Anti-Counterfeit Trademark Task Force since it was established in 2004.The 3,200 bracelets would carry an estimated retail value of $24.4 million if they were authentic.Thirty-four-year-old JianGang "Frank" Lan of Chapel Hill was charged with felony use of a counterfeit trademark after agents searched the Deer Park Community Church, where Lan is listed as an associate pastor.The North Carolina Secretary of State's office said it was acting on a tip it received from the federal Department of Homeland Security The Secretary of State's Office has authority to enforce trademark laws.
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. —
A North Carolina pastor has been arrested after authorities say they found more than 3,000 fake Cartier bracelets in a Chapel Hill church.
State officials say the bust is the largest seizure made by agents with the Anti-Counterfeit Trademark Task Force since it was established in 2004.
The 3,200 bracelets would carry an estimated retail value of $24.4 million if they were authentic.
Thirty-four-year-old JianGang "Frank" Lan of Chapel Hill was charged with felony use of a counterfeit trademark after agents searched the Deer Park Community Church, where Lan is listed as an associate pastor.
The North Carolina Secretary of State's office said it was acting on a tip it received from the federal Department of Homeland Security The Secretary of State's Office has authority to enforce trademark laws.


Most families struggle with saying goodbye on the first day of school so give yourself plenty of time to be with your child before you leave for the day. Every child responds differently to new environments. Some jump right in and start to play while others become teary and prefer to watch the activities rather than participate right away. The best way to help your child prepare for this separation is to talk about it with him or her. Discuss what your child will enjoy doing during the day while you're away. Be sure to tell your child that you will be back to pick him or her up later in the day. Concrete time frames like "after nap" or "after outdoor playtime" work very well for young children.
Creating and following a drop-off routine will help your child to anticipate exactly when you will say goodbye so that he or she will not be anxious. Plan a drop-off routine with your child that is simple enough that you can follow it consistently. Typically drop-offs last approximately five minutes. You may choose to create a routine that includes reading one book together, waving goodbye at the "Goodbye Window," or giving each other three hugs then saying goodbye. As the year continues, you may decide to change your routine or shorten it. Please be certain to discuss this with your child so that he or she is not surprised when it occurs.
Transitions often bring with them a few tears. For young children tears are a way of expressing uncertainty about the transition. Some children will be teary during the first few days or weeks of school. Others will be thrilled to explore new experiences at the beginning but may become teary as the newness wears off. By keeping to your routine, your child will see that you are confident he or she will be enjoying school again soon. Please let us know if there is anything we can do to help ease this transition for you.


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Several killed in ambush by suspected terrorists
Published 4 January 2020
Several people died after a minibus was ambushed along a main road in a northern Mozambique province beset by a jihadist insurgency, villagers said on Saturday.
A police officer in Macomia district, about 100 kilometres (60 miles) south of Antadora village, the scene the attack, confirmed the ambush which occurred on Friday, but gave no details of casualties.
"Police were called in to intervene but it was too late to help the victims," said the policeman who asked not to be named.
"This is the first confirmed attack this year," in restive Cabo Delgado province, he said.
Villagers spoke of between four and 10 people killed when the minibus carrying around 20 passengers travelling from Palma town to the provincial capital Pemba was torched.
"Two children were burned in the vehicle, another was decapitated," one villager told AFP, adding that a man "was decapitated in front of his wife and children".
He said some women were missing.
"Most of the people didn't survive. The number of those who survived is less than 10," said another villager.
For more than two years, a shadowy Islamist militancy has sown terror staging attacks in the mostly Muslim province.
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Branded as "criminals" by authorities, the militants began attacks in 2017 mostly targeting the civilian population, causing several hundred deaths.
But in recent months the conflict has intensified.
On December 6, a military convoy was ambushed in the village of Narere. Between nine and 14 soldiers were killed and three vehicles destroyed, a villager told AFP.
The government has deployed significant reinforcements to the province to counter the attacks, which have delayed the development of vast gas reserves discovered in 2010.
The arrival in September of 200 contractors from the Russian private security company Wagner appears to have changed little.
The violence has been blamed on a jihadist organisation apparently intent on imposing Islamic Sharia law.
The group is usually referred to as Al-Shabaab, despite having no known link to the Somali jihadist group of the same name.
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My eldest runs sobbing down the hallway to her room, fleeing the unholy wrath of her mommy.
I watch her go. My head slumps and my heart breaks. I did it again.
Hurled anger at one of those I love most rather than gently bearing love.
Why do I do this? Why do I consistently make wrong choices? Why is it so hard to choose the right way?
How can I read God's words of love to me, His child, and then turn around and choose to offer anger to my own children?
Do I really smother my own joy because I believe that anger achieves more than love? That Satan's way is more powerful, more practical, more fulfilling in my daily life than Jesus' way? Why else get angry? Isn't it because I think complaining, exasperation, resentment will pound me up into the full life I really want?
I'm a curious learner and I want to know why.
Why does my nature seem stuck in a default of sin? Why am I so easily led into believing that Satan's way is more fulfilling than Jesus' way?
Why is it easier to believe Satan than God?
So because of Adam, I really do start life with a disadvantage, with a default of disobedience? How is this fair?
God chose Adam as our representative, just as we choose our representatives in government. Just as we are bound by what our congressmen sign in our names, so we are bound by what Adam did for all of humanity.
I stop reading. I am still not liking this. Did God choose poorly? I didn't get to vote on who represented me in this matter of sin and death!
…if the many died by the trespass of the one man, how much more did God's grace and the gift that came by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, overflow to the many! … how much more will those who receive…the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ … so also through the obedience of the one man, the many will be made righteous.
Yes, God chose Adam as our representative. For all I would like to blame him, I know that no other human would have done any better.
And God chose Jesus as our representative! We are not simply restored to our own faulty, pitiful righteousness, we are raised up to Christ's righteousness!
What a gift. What grace.
When we say "yes" to Jesus, our old nature is gone and we are a new creation (2 Cor 5).
Why do I still find it difficult to obey? Why do I still choose anger rather than love?
Because I forget. I do not steep myself in Jesus. I do not surround myself with His words. I do not ask Him to change my heart.
I will continue to ask. I will find more ways to hide His words in my heart and let Him change me.
When I forget, I will ask again for grace.
I walk to her room and hold her close. I wipe away her tears and ask her to forgive me.
She nestles in close to my heart and I breathe thanks for this grace, this gift of a child who is able to offer God's grace to a weak Mommy.
A mommy who chooses, at this moment, to offer words of love.
Her Daddy and I are her sun and moon. Her world revolves around us and she depends on us to keep her life whole.
When one of us is away, she begs to know where we are and what we are doing. She loves routine, this two-year old of mine, needs to know that her Daddy and I are constant and will keep her world whole, will keep it from falling into pieces.
I, on the other hand, seem to delight in fragmenting my world. I want to divide my life into pieces.
A place for household chores and yard work and a place for reading my books.
A place for my husband and a place for my children.
A place for friends and a place for family.
For surface organization, perhaps, this brings contentment. Yet daily I willfully ignore my own Sun and Moon Who could knit my life back together into a beautiful whole. I continually forget about inviting Him into certain places of my day.
There is no joy in places of my day that do not include Christ, only weary tasking and resentment over un-acknowledged work.
How can this change? It has become such habit to separate out my day between sacred and secular.
How can I allow God to knit the secular places of my life back into the sacred?
How can the whole of my daily life be made sacred?
Yet unlike my Eldest Child, I don't allow God be constant, keeping my world whole. I speak as though this were my desire. I sing "in my life be lifted high" yet don't act in physical ways to keep Him present during my chores, while reading my books, in my daily interactions with my family.
I have places. Some are sacred and some are secular.
I long for my world to be whole. For all to be made sacred.
I pray for wisdom. I seek answers and ideas. I have found a few.
God desires for our lives to be made wholly sacred.
He knows how forgetful we are. He knows that He created us as physical beings. He knows that we need physical and constant reminders.
After all, Jesus was sharing a meal at the time.
We are just beginning to join in this sharing of Bread at mealtimes.
We try. We fail. We begin again.
We forget. We are ashamed. We begin again.
Liturgy is a foreign and almost forbidden word to us. The idea, however, intrigues me. Set times in your day for going to God. A discipline of regular prayer that keeps us rooted in the sacred at all times, in all of our places. I discovered this version of a book of Common Prayer. We have not tried this yet. Perhaps the little ones are a bit too little still.
Small changes. Little steps. Will you help? Share how God is teaching you to weave your days into a sacred whole?
We yearn and pray for all that we are and all that we do to be made sacred.


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SDRL - Seadrill Announces First Quarter 2015 Results
Quarterly Highlights
Seadrill reports first quarter 2015 EBITDA(1) of US$711 million
Seadrill achieves 93% economic utilization(2) for its floater fleet and 98% for its Jack-up fleet for the first quarter 2015.
The Seadrill Group(3) achieves 93% economic utilization for its floater fleet and 98% for its Jack-up fleet for the first quarter of 2015
Seadrill reports first quarter 2015 net income of $448 million and diluted earnings per share of $0.86
Seadrill reports orderbacklog of approximately $8.9 billion and $15.4 billion for the Seadrill Group
Seadrill successfully closes SeaMex, the 50/50 Joint Venture agreement with Fintech Advisory Inc for the ownership and operation of 5 jack-up units in Mexico with PEMEX
Seadrill takes delivery of the West Carina, a 6th generation ultra-deepwater drillship. The unit is scheduled to commence operations with Petrobras in Brazil on a three year contract during the second quarter
The West Tellus, a 6th generation ultra-deepwater drillship, commences operations with Petrobras in Brazil on a three year contract
North Atlantic Drilling successfully extends the termination date for the Framework Agreement with Rosneft until May 31, 2017
The Board is pleased to announce that Mark Morris will be joining the company as Chief Financial Officer commencing September 1, 2015. Mark was most recently CFO for Rolls-Royce Group plc and held a number of roles in his 28 years with them. During his career at Rolls Royce, amongst other roles, Mark served as Group Treasurer, Managing Director, Rolls-Royce Capital and Treasurer of International Aero Engines, a Rolls-Royce Joint Venture
The Board is pleased to announce the appointment of Hans Petter Aas as a Director
(1) EBITDA is defined as earnings before interest, depreciation and amortization equal to operating profit plus depreciation and amortization and after adjusting for gains on disposals and deconsolidations.
(2) Economic utilization is calculated as total revenue, excluding bonuses, for the period as a proportion of the full operating dayrate multiplied by the number of days in the period.
(3) Seadrill Group is defined as all companies currently consolidated into Seadrill Limited plus Seadrill Partners and SeaMeThis information is subject of the disclosure requirements pursuant to section 5-12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.
First quarter 2015 results
Revenues for the first quarter of 2015 were $1,244 million compared to $1,261 million in the fourth quarter of 2014.
Operating profit for the quarter was $703 million compared to $452 million in the preceding quarter. The increase was primarily due to the gain on deconsolidation of SeaMex, a full quarter of operations for the West Saturn, West Jupiter, and West Neptune partially offset by idle time on the West Navigator and the loss on impairment of goodwill recognized in the previous quarter.
Net financial and other items for the quarter showed a loss of $197 million compared to a loss of $251 million in the previous quarter. The loss was primarily related to interest expense and losses on the mark to market of derivative financial instruments, partially offset by interest income and foreign exchange gains.
Income taxes for the first quarter were $58 million, an increase of $7 million from the previous quarter. The change was primarily due to an increase in the relative components of estimated 2015 earnings generated in various tax jurisdictions.
Net income for the quarter was $448 million representing basic and diluted earnings per share of $0.86.
As of March 31, 2015, total assets were $25,819 million, a decrease of $687 million compared to the previous quarter.
Total current assets decreased to $3,022 million from $3,415 million over the course of the quarter, primarily driven by a decrease in the value of marketable securities and the deconsolidation of SeaMex, partially offset by an increase in amounts due from related party.
Total non-current assets decreased to $22,797 million from $23,091 million primarily due to the deconsolidation of SeaMex, partially offset by the final yard instalment on the West Carina.
Total current liabilities decreased to $3,370 million from $4,574 million primarily due to loan repayments and normal quarterly debt instalments.
Long-term external interest bearing debt increased to $10,642 million from $10,311 million over the course of the quarter and total net interest bearing debt decreased to $11,348 million from $11,755 million as at December 31, 2014. The decrease was primarily due to the repayment of various credit facilities including the repayment of $522 million of debt related to the SeaMex transaction, offset by the new credit facility for the West Eclipse and West Carina.
Total equity increased to $10,710 million as of March 31, 2015 from $10,390 million as of December 31, 2014, primarily driven by net income earned during the first quarter, offset by unrealized losses on marketable securities.
As of March 31, 2015, cash and cash equivalents were $903 million, an increase of $72 million compared to the previous quarter.
Net cash provided by operating activities for the three month period ended March 31, 2015 was $492 million and net cash provided by investing activities for the same period was $53 million. Net cash used in financing activities was $473 million.
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