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There are a vast many types of rugs out there, but we are going to focus on the truly wonderful skill that it takes to create a hand tufted, wool rug.
After the raw materials have been prepared, the actual construction of the rug can begin.
The craftsman will stretch the canvas with the rug's pattern drawn out on a frame.
Then with a tufting gun the worker pulls the wool yarn through the small holes in the canvas. By using different colors of wool the craftsman creates the gorgeous patterns.
The design is complete the rug is washed and trimmed with a protective backing glued to the underside. This prevent the tufts from pulling out.
The end product is a beautiful, functional piece perfect for any home!
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Her works and performances are available on the Clarion, GPR, Naxos, New Dynamic, New Focus, and Roven Records labels. Lyons' vocal collaboration with Laura Ward (Lyric Fest/Naxos) was described by Opera News as "winning delivery, full of character." "Gilda Lyons's clear soprano compels admiration" writes David Shengold of Opera, UK of her performance in Hagen's "Shining Brow" (Buffalo Philharmonic/Falletta/Naxos). Recent recording projects as composer include the release of Lyons' works by Quince (Motherland); and entelechron (The Folk Tune Project); Lindsey Goodman's tour de force performance of Lyons' Chrysalis (reach through the sky); and Sing for Hope's release of Lyons' Hold On (An AIDS Quilt Songbook).
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Q: A Monotone Uniformly Convergent Sequence for a Bounded Function (Bartle's Exercise 2L) This question comes from Bartle's "Elements of Integration and Lebesgue Measure" exercise 2L.

Let $f: X\to\mathbb{R}$ be a nonnegative, bounded $\mathcal{X}$-measurable function, where $(X,\mathcal{X})$ is a measurable space. Show that the sequence of functions constructed in lemma 2.11 converges uniformly to $f$.

The sequence mentioned is constructed in the following manner: Fix $n\in\mathbb{N}$ and if $k\in\{0, 1, 2, \dots, n2^n-1\}$ define $E_{k,n} = \{ x\in X : k2^{-n}\le f(x) < (k+1)2^{-n} \} $ and if $k = n2^n$, define $E_{k,n} = \{ x\in X : f(x)\ge n\}$. Those sets are disjoint and their union is $X$. Now we define $\varphi_n(x) = k2^{-n}$ for $x\in E_{k,n}$.
The lemma shows that this sequence is monotone and converges pointwise to $f$. Now if $f$ is bounded, I know that I can take a $N\in\mathbb{N}$ so that $f(x) < N$ for all $x$, so that that last $E_{k,n}$ is empty for all $n>N$. But I don't know what else property of the sequence to use in order to show the convergence. Can someone please help me?

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Saudi Arabian co likely to be appointed PCT operator
MUNIMA SULTANA | Published: December 01, 2022 08:52:03 | Updated: December 04, 2022 16:20:34
The government has started working with a Saudi Arabian company to examine whether it can be appointed to operate the newly built Patenga Container Terminal (PCT), officials said.
They said a delegation of Red Sea Gateway Terminal (RSGT) arrived here this week and already met with high officials of the Prime Minister's Office, Ministry of Shipping and the Public Private Partnership Authority (PPPA) to get a first hand idea about the investment situation in the PCT.
If things progress accordingly, they said, the foreign company will operate the terminal, built with an investment of US$ 240 million, under the government-to-government (G2G) PPP modality.
According to the officials, this is the first visit of the RSGT delegation led by its Chief Executive Officer Jens Floe since the Saudi government nominated the Jeddah port operator, following the first Bangladesh-KSA joint platform meeting held on February 23 this year.
The delegation met with Prime Minister's Advisor Salman F Rahman, Shipping Secretary Mohammad Mostafa Kamal, Chattogram Port Authority (CPA) Chairman M Shahjahan and PPPA Executive Director M Mushfiqur Rahman, among others, during the week.
It also visited the PCT to list equipment to be required for operating it and assess investment in this regard, the shipping secretary told the FE.
Since a transaction advisor (TA) was appointed from the Bangladesh side, he said the RSGT has expressed its areas of interest and investment scenario to the TA so that an accepted business model can be developed by ensuring a win-win situation for both countries.
In July this year, the CPA completed the terminal as a government-financed green field project having a capacity to handle 450,000 TEUs (Twenty-foot Equivalent Units) of containers annually. The terminal is capable of handling three vessels simultaneously in its 600-metre quay.
Ships with over 9.5-metre draught would be able to take berths at the PCT jetty. It also has 16 acres of space on the backyard of the jetty with a capacity to store 4,500 TEUs of containers.
After the selection of the RSGT, the PPPA has selected the International Finance Corporation (IFC) in August last to work as the TA and submit the report by March next.
Officials said the IFC has also made good progress in conducting the study and is expected to submit the report before the deadline.
Earlier in July 2019, the Ministry of Shipping had signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the RSGT to work in the country's port development. Another MoU was also signed between the PPPA and the Ministry of Investment of Saudi Arabia on October 28, 2021.
As a follow up of the MoU, the first joint platform meeting was held on February 23, 2022.


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2 – Sexual Morality in Rome
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In Rome, we saw the consequences of unbridled pagan culture. Paganism has dominated the world since its creation and the call of Israel was the beginning of God speaking a vision of a kingdom of peace into our pagan world.
Sexual morality in Rome was based upon class and in favour of the stronger men. Marriage was for procreating a male heir. The wife was not allowed sex outside of marriage, to ensure that the husband was the father of any child. If the wife was unfaithful, the husband was permitted to rape the male in return, and flog the wife. If the wife was pregnant from the affair, the child was killed.
De-paganising our Lives
Moses' laws on sex were, as was common in that day, partly designed to protect property rights. This shielded people from poverty, just as the Jubilee returned property to dispossessed families. But sexual morality in the Hebrew nation was also to protect people from exploitation and to honour the image of God in humanity, which today is often called human rights. Yet these laws were still disobeyed, both in letter and in spirit, mainly through a patriarchal culture.
The purpose of the Hebrew law was to turn around the pagan tide. Israel had come out of Egypt, where the value of human life was about zero. The Pharaoh had invested the whole image of God in himself. The Hebrew culture, which the church adopted and carried into Rome, was about driving back pagan oppression and bringing freedom to humanity. The sexual revolution the church brought was just part of the dismantling of pagan greed and violence.
The primary objective of the law of Moses, was to go some way to restore this image of God to the weakest of humanity. It rejected kingship as a way of rule. It rejected armies as the way to build peace. Its sexual laws were part of this. Its prohibitions were freedoms. They gave safety back to humanity. We might say, "So what if we allow a little sex here and there among consenting adults?" The law saw that boundaries prevent a culture of the domination of the strong.
The sabbath concept gave rest to a creation overcome by empire. It corrected flagrant greed, wrecking the environment, turning people into workers and soldiers, or objects of sexual predation. The sabbath was a call away from Pharaonic oppression. These abuses existed before the Flood. They were the trademarks of the tyrannical rulers who destroyed the creation. Pharaoh followed the same instincts. All kings did, with their harems.
Treating any of these matters as God's random likes and dislikes makes the law flippant. Thousands of years of history are not to be thrown behind us. None of this is about God's likes and dislikes. It's all about the liberty of humanity. Law sets us free from vulnerability, until we can be set free in our hearts, in the way we treat others. When we are free, all can flourish and the creation can be filled with the flow on of God's unique gifts to each one of us, without destruction.
But the law had a problem. Or rather, we had a problem, and that is our self-righteousness. The law brought division between those who kept parts of it and those who didn't. The law in our hearts also demanded retribution against those who didn't follow it. These are things that Jesus came to rectify. He sent a church out into the Roman world that sought to heal and not condemn. This was something entirely new.
In our Christian thought today, there is tension between Paul saying, "evil associations corrupt good manners," or John saying, "come out from among them," and the act of God in Christ, who didn't stand off from the world, but came to us in the incarnation, into our homes, and took our sufferings. The tension is answered by seeing that in coming to us, to become a slave for us, God didn't become like us. His act of serving us is what set him apart from us. Holiness doesn't mean separation. As seen in God's holiness, it means self-giving.
The Roman Scene
The Roman husband could have sex with whomever he wanted, whether prostitute, male or girl child, slave or house helpers. Sexual relationships between older men and younger boys were common and seen as wholesome. They could even rape people of a lower class. Incest and bestiality were honoured among some of the Greek gods and carried over into Rome. The sexual system was exploitive. The stronger dominated the weaker.
This matched the Empire's military machine. It also was a "strong take over the weaker" system. The soldiers were rewarded after battles, with sexually exploitive behaviour. Their sexuality was part of their overall worldview of violence and greed, making havoc of human life. Sexual ethics wasn't a separate category in their life. It matched their general view of the value of humanity.
"Virtue" in sexual ethics meant that any sexual liaison was acceptable, even honoured, so long as the Roman citizen male took the dominate role. Sexual honour was along these lines of social dominance, of class, and assuring sexual activity didn't risk property ownership. The ethic was to build a culture of dominance, and a culture of property acquisition, not to protect the property of the poor. Sex was appraised within this context.
The Coliseum was a main centre where Roman brutality was carried out with rapturous pleasure. Countless numbers of "lower people" were killed with the greatest possible cruelty, as crowds placed their bets and roared with delight. Sex was part of this conquest. Poets and artists of the day recount animals being trained to rape their victims, in honour to the god Jupiter.
Today's authors may debate the immorality and cruelties, to debunk the consequences of a godless society. They had rules or "ethics" in sex, but the rules were, "If you were a male, you could do anything you wanted, to anyone you wanted, of a lower class."
The Emperor Commodus had a harem of 300 girls and 300 boys. This sexual depravity was part of the culture of violence, depreciating the value of human life. Commodus organised all the crippled, homeless people of Rome to be tired together in the shape of a large human body in the Coliseum. He then personally clubbed every one of them to death and ordered Rome to herald him as a "giant killer" of great fame.
This was just one of his many "exploits," designed to devalue the human body. Other emperors were worse. In contrast, the Christians were not only among the main martyrs in this arena, but they also led a movement of feeding the homeless in the Empire, even their enemies who hungered.
The ones who suffered the most from the sexual ethics of the Roman Empire were the children. They were aborted, thrown away, left for dead at birth, neglected through their early years of development, or left vulnerable in the wider world, to become slaves, sexual objects, and trained for warfare. Ruins of public Roman baths reveal large numbers of skeletons of new born babies. Most who survived became part of the system of sex and abuse.
Men had babies all over the Empire, whom they knew nothing about and took no responsibility for. Newborn children were laid at the feet of their father, who decided whether the child should live. It was an abuse of human life on a massive scale. Estimates are that between 30 to 40% of all children born alive, died before the age of five.
Consistent Love
We have pagan culture in our nations today, and we tend to point out the features of this that we abhor and leave others alone. Male domination cultivates rampant home violence. Our view towards abortion often gives no value to a child, even up to the point of its full-term birth. Racism is pagan culture. Class separation and economic abuse of the poor is pagan culture. All these things militate against the agape love of the church in the first century, and its renewal of our paganism.
God is consistent. We all, from whatever persuasion, tend to dislike other people's sins and not our own. God's witness is about all the things that degrade humanity, not just the ones he may happen to personally dislike. This was the life Jesus lived. It wasn't about his own needs. His treatment of other people was a consistent treatment of value in every area, including his own faultless sexual morality. To Jesus, love was about the common good.


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Q: Regex precede newline \n with two spaces I've got a string containing line feeds (\n).
I want to have all \ns preceded by two spaces.
var str = "First line\nSecondd Line \nThirdLine \\n";
str = str.replace(/\n/g, '  \\n')

The above works but adds more spaces each time I save it.
How can I leave it alone if already preceded by two spaces?

A: Replace when there no spaces before the line break:
var str = "First line\nSecondd Line \nThirdLine \\n";
str = str.replace(/(\S)\s{0,2}\n/g, '$1  \\n')

A: This simple regex is all you need:
/ {0,2}\n/g

Basically, it works on the premise that previously "replaced" strings will already have two spaces preceding each line feed, so it captures and replaces those as well.
var str = "First line\nSeconnd Line \nThirdLine \\n";
str = str.replace(/ {0,2}\n/g, '  \n');

// str === "First line  \nSeconnd Line  \nThirdLine \\n"

See what it captures here, and see what it replaces here.
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Sorry, my previous assumption had been that you wanted line feeds to be replaced by two spaces, then another line feed.
I didn't notice that you wanted the line feed escaped.
However, that's easy enough to do:
replace(/ {0,2}\n/g, '  \\n');

Just escape the backslash, see the newer version here.


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Das Kastell Göd-Bócsaújtelep ist ein nie fertiggestelltes römisches Militärlager, das als besonders große spätantike Befestigung für die Überwachung des nordwestlichsten Grenzabschnitts am Limes Sarmatiae vorgesehen war. Gleichzeitig hätten die hier stationierten Einheiten den im Schutz dieses Limes lebenden, aber nur schwer zu kontrollierten und wankelmütigen Bündnispartner der sarmatischen Jazygen weiter an der Seite der Römer halten sollen. Mit Göd-Bócsaújtelep hätte das rund drei Kilometer westlich liegende, komplexe römische Grenzverteidigungssystem am pannonischen Donaulimes zudem einen vorgeschobenen Beobachtungsposten im östlichen Barbaricum besessen. Anhand dieser größtenteils noch unüberbauten Anlage lässt sich gut der im Stadium der Grundrißbestimmung steckengebliebene Entstehungsprozess eines spätrömischen Steinkastells nachvollziehen. Das Kastellareal liegt heute im Gemeindebereich von Bócsaújtelep, das zur nordungarischen Stadt Göd im Komitat Pest gehört.

Lage

Die Anlage wurde am Rand der östlichen Donauniederung, südlich des Donauknies errichtet. Der Strom knickt am Ausgang dieses Knies von Westen kommend, fast rechtwinkelig nach Süden hin ab und hält diese Richtung im Bereich des heutigen Staatsgebietes von Ungarn weitgehend bei. Als Standort für den neuen Militärplatz wählten die Planungsverantwortlichen einen nach Nordosten sanft abfallenden, flachen Hügelrücken, der sich in einem Abstand von rund drei Kilometern zur Donau befand. Diese Konzeption in weiter Entfernung zum Ufersaum ist nicht mit möglichen Überschwemmungsgefahren zu erklären, da die Uferterrasse im Bereich von Göd rund acht bis zehn Meter über dem Donaunormalstand liegt. Zudem wurde der östliche, barbarische Teil der Donauterrasse bereits seit dem 2. Jahrhundert n. Chr. von wahrscheinlich romanisierten Bewohnern besiedelt. Im Stadtteil Alsógöd kamen in diesem Zusammenhang am Flussufer aus dem Schutt einer herabgestürzenden Lößwand in dieselbe Zeitperiode zu datierende Terra-Sigillata-Scherben und Glasfragmente zum Vorschein. Daneben fanden sich hexagonale Fußbodenziegel in unterschiedlichen Größen sowie Reste von Wandmalereien.

Nicht ganz einen Kilometer nördlich des Kastells entspringt aus unterirdischen Quellen der Ilka-Bach. Dieser verbreiterte sich Richtung Felsögöd und bildete ursprünglich einen kleinen, heute trockengelegten See.

Entwicklung

Der sarmatische Limes, wie er sich heute darstellt, ist in seiner frühesten Ausbaustufe wahrscheinlich bereits unter Kaiser Konstantin den Großen (306–337), spätestens aber unter dessen Sohn Constantius II. (337–360) bestanden hat und die von Rom garantierte Grenze des sarmatischen Herrschaftsgebietes markierte, begann ursprünglich bei Dunakeszi, wo die Römer nach Ausweis der Ziegelstempel seit Kaiser Valentinian I. (364–375) einen befestigten Brückenkopf unterhalten haben. Aus strategischen Gründen, die möglicherweise den Druck von der nur schwer zu verteidigenden Donauinsel Szentendrei (St. Andrä) nehmen sollten, die bis heute vom nördlichen Scheitelpunkt des Donauknies bis knapp vor Budapest reicht, wurde unter Valentinian I. eine Verkürzung der Grenzlinie vorgenommen. Das Kastell Göd-Bócsaújtelep entstand nördlich des älteren sarmatischen Limes. Der Limes selbst wurde etwas nach Norden, bis zum Donauknie vorgeschoben und endete mutmaßlich am Donaunordufer, gegenüber dem Kastell von Visegrad–Sibrik.

Um diese Verschiebung vorzubereiten, ließ der Kaiser im Vorfeld der Arbeiten zu Beginn der 370er Jahre den Donaulimes zwischen dem Kastell Esztergom-Hideglelőskereszt und Visegrad–Sibrik zunächst zwei- bis dreimal so stark mit Burgi und Kastellen sichern, als es sonst am ungarischen Donaulimes üblich war. Die Organisation dieses personellen und bautechnischen Kraftaktes lag in den Händen der Oberbefehlshaber der Provinz Valeria (Dux Valeriae ripensis), Terentius und ab 371 bei seinem tatkräftigen Nachfolger, dem Dux Frigeridus, und ihrer dafür abgestellten Offiziere. Zudem entstanden eine Reihe von befestigten Schiffsländen (Ländeburgus), die den römischen Truppen ein problemloses Übersetzen ins Barbaricum ermöglichen sollten, um mutmaßliche Feinde oder Eindringlinge schneller abfangen und bekämpfen zu können. Die Grenzverschiebung erfolgte jedoch zuungunsten des germanischen Stammes der Quaden, deren Südgrenze sich an das Gebiet der Jazygen anschloss. Der römische Kaiser annektierte diesen Landstrich entgegen geltender Verträge in einer aggressiven und undiplomatischen Weise, die keinerlei Rücksicht auf die Belange der Germanen nahm, was sich danach bitter rächen sollte.

Bei dem bei Ammianus Marcellinus erwähnten Munimentum (Festung) handelt es sich höchstwahrscheinlich um die auf damals quadischem Boden errichtete Kastellanlage von Göd-Bócsaújtelep, deren Errichtung 373 von Valentinian I. angeordnet wurde.

Neben den römischen Heeresverbänden, die nicht nur an der Donau, sondern auch entlang des sarmatischen Grenzwalls Militärposten aufbauten, waren auch die verbündeten Sarmaten in die Verteidigung der Wallanlagen eingebunden.

Forschungsgeschichte

Der Hinweis auf "Ruinen irgendeines größeren Gebäudes" in der Gemarkung von Göd, der erstmals 1910 gedruckt wurde, könnte sich auf diese römische Militäranlage beziehen und wäre somit die älteste Erwähnung dieses Bodendenkmales. Doch erst 1968 gelang es, das damals erste römische Kastell am östlichen Donauufer zu identifizieren, nachdem der zuständige Brigadeleiter einer Landwirtschaftlichen Produktionsgenossenschaft (LPG) beim Tiefpflügen auf herausgerissene Ziegel ungewöhnlicher Größe aufmerksam gemacht worden war. Noch im gleichen Jahr erkundeten die Archäologen Sándor Soproni (1926–1995), Éva Garam und István Stefaits das Gelände bei einer Begehung und lasen dabei mehrere gestempelte Ziegel auf. Soproni stellte daraufhin seine lange als gültiger Maßstab geltende These auf, dass das in der Notitia Dignitatum angegebene Castellum contra Tautantum eine durch die mittelalterlichen Kopisten verstümmelte Form des eigentlichen, von Soproni konstruierten Namens Contra Constantiam sein muss. Er sah diese These als schlüssig an, da das neuentdeckte Kastell der am anderen Donauufer schon historisch bekannten Garnison Constantia gegenüberlag. Als zur Jahrtausendwende der Bau einer Industriezone den südöstlichen Abschnitt der Festung von Göd-Bócsaújtelep bedrohte, wurde eine Notgrabung angesetzt. Nachdem sich während der Untersuchungen im Sommer 2000/April 2001 zur Überraschung aller herauskristallisierte, dass es sich in Göd um eine unvollendete Festung gehandelt hat, die nie eine Besatzung besaß, wird der Ort wohl auch keinen Namen erhalten haben, der in der spätantiken Literatur einen Niederschlag fand. Heute diskutieren verschiedene ungarische Wissenschaftler recht kontrovers über die von dem Provinzialrömischen Archäologen Zsolt Mráv vertretene Meinung, dass mit dem Castellum contra Tautantum die bisher als Contra Aquincum bekannte Militäranlage gemeint sein könnte. Bis zum 2000 war die Forschung in Göd-Bócsaújtelep lediglich auf Bodenfunde aus Feldbegehungen und damit hauptsächlich auf reine Spekulationen angewiesen. Einen fundierten wissenschaftlichen Hintergrund lieferten erst die anhaltenden Grabungen unter der Leitung von Mráv.

Baugeschichte
Da die im Zuge der Vermessung durch römische Geometer erfolgte Absteckung des 400 × 290 Meter großen Kastellareals höchstens ein paar Wochen gedauert haben dürfte, lässt sich dieses Bauvorhaben auf quadischem Gebiet mithilfe der einschränkenden ältesten Funde recht genau datieren. Göd-Bócsaújtelep ist eine Anlage, die offensichtlich nie über das Stadium der Grundrissmarkierung hinausgekommen ist. Wäre das Kastell fertiggestellt worden, hätte es zu den gewaltigsten auf dem Gebiet des Barbaricums gezählt.

Das Kastell wurde als ein gestauchtes Rund geplant, ähnlich wie dies auch bei spätantiken städtischen Festungsbauten, beispielsweise Bitburg, festgestellt werden konnte. Nach Mráv bestätigen vor allem die Rundtürme, mit Blick auf weitere spätrömische Festungen der Provinz Valeria, eine valentinianische Datierung. Als wichtigste Parallele in dieser Hinsicht sah er die Befestigungen von Saarbrücken an. Die aufgefundenen Dachziegel stammen nicht von schon fertiggestellten Gebäuden, sondern wurden lediglich von den römischen Vermessungstechnikern zum Markieren der Mauern oder Abstützen von Meßpfosten verwendet.

Vor dem Vermessen der Wehrmauern wurden vom künftigen Kastellmittelpunkt aus erst die Punkte für die Rundtürme mit dicken und schon von weiten einsehbaren Pfosten fixiert und anschließend der Umfang ihrer äußeren Mauerflucht bestimmt, der in Göd-Bócsaújtelep bei 10,5 Metern (35 römische Fuß) lag. Die dazu von den Römern verwendete Methode ist bis dato noch unbekannt, da keiner der beiden Pfosten, die in dem von Mráv freigelegten Turm gefunden wurden, in dessen geometrischem Mittelpunkt standen. Im Anschluss daran wurde ein 30 Zentimeter breiter und mehr als einen Meter tiefer Graben entlang der äußeren Mauerflucht ausgehoben. In diesen Graben kamen Steine und Ziegelbruchstücke, um ihn dauerhaft zu kennzeichnen. Nach Beendigung dieses Arbeitsschritts wurde Mörtel auf die Grundierungsschicht verbracht und darüber zwei im Verbund stehende Reihen Ziegelsteine verlegt, die nivelliert werden konnten. Danach wurde die Innen- und Außenflucht der die Türme verbindenden, 2,7 bis 2,8 Meter (9 römische Fuß) breiten Wehrmauer abgesteckt. Mráv konnte nachweisen, dass entgegen seiner Feststellung an der geplanten Kastellmauer bei den Türmen noch keine Festlegung der Mauerstärke stattgefunden hatte.

Nahe dem bisher einzigen, 2000/2001 untersuchten Turmfundament, wurde ein tiefer Abwassergraben mit steilen Wänden und flacher, schaufelbreiter Sohle freigelegt, der Richtung Donauniederung abfloss. Der Graben folgte unmittelbar nordwestlich des ergrabenen Turmes einer gedachten Südost-Nordwestrichtung und schwenkte anschließend leicht in nördlicher Richtung ein.

Ende
Das plötzliche Ende des Kastellausbaus und die danach etwas verzögert erfolgte Aufgabe des sarmatischen Limes waren teilweise durch die rücksichtslose Politik Roms selbst herbeigeführt worden. Eine wesentliche Ursache bildete die Missachtung der mit den Quaden abgeschlossenen Verträge und die damit verbundene ungerechtfertigte Aneignung ihrer südlichen Siedlungsgebiete. Das Fass endgültig zum Überlaufen brachte schließlich die heimtückische Ermordung des quadischen Königs Gabinius. Je nach Quelle (Zosimos und Ammianus Marcellinus) war für diese Tat ein Celestius oder Marcellianus, der seit 373/374 amtierende dux, dafür verantwortlich. Daraufhin erhoben sich die Quaden, mit denen die Jazygen nun gemeinsame Sache machten, und fielen in Pannonien ein.

Trotz der andauernden Hofintrigen musste Valentinian I. im Juni 374 persönlich auf dem pannonischen Kriegsschauplatz erscheinen, um die Gegner niederzuwerfen. Zeitgleich, im Frühjahr bzw. Frühsommer 374 wurden aber die nach der Absetzung von Frigeridus abgebrochenen Bauarbeiten am Kastell Göd-Bócsaújtelep unter dem neuen Dux, Marcellianus, wieder aufgenommen, doch noch im gleichen Jahr, aufgrund des Quadenkrieges wieder – diesmal endgültig – eingestellt. Der Kaiser verstarb während der Friedensverhandlungen (am 17. November 375) im Legionslager von Brigetio. Schon bald nach seinem Tod und im Zuge der Auswirkungen der Niederlage der Römer bei der Schlacht von Adrianopel (378) musste auch der Limes Sarmatiae endgültig aufgegeben werden.

Funde
Die Ausgrabungsstelle von 2002 barg mit Ausnahme einer einzigen Wandscherbe aus grauer, spätantiker Keramik, die in einer kleinen freigelegten Sandgrube nahe dem Turm zum Vorschein kam, keinerlei römische Kleinfunde. Diese magere Befundlage verstärkte Mráv in seiner Vermutung, dass die Baumaßnahmen am Kastell nur sehr kurze Zeit gewährt haben können und nach einer völlig abrupten Einstellung nicht wieder aufgenommen worden sind.

Die bedeutendsten Funde dieser Grabungsstelle sind zweifellos die zahlreichen Ziegelstempel. Bis 1978 waren Soproni durch Geländebegehungen unter anderem Tegulae mit dem Stempel des Frigeridus bekannt geworden. Während der Grabungen 2000–2001 wurden weitere Stempel entdeckt. Insgesamt umfasste der Bestand verschiedener Typen bis 2001 folgende Marken:
 OF ARN MAXENTI A VIN (3 Stück),
 OF ARN MAXENTI ARP (3 Stück),
 OF AR BONO MAG (Stempelversion 1: 3 Stück, Stempelversion 2: 1 Stück) bzw. OF ARN BONO MAG (1 Stück),
 OF ARAN VRSICINI (1 Stück) und
 AP IOVINI (1 Stück).

Außerdem fanden sich damals valentinianische Stempel der in Vindobona (Wien) kasernierten Legio X Gemina (10. Legion, die Zwillinge):
 LEG X G MAG MAXENTI (1 Stück).
 LEG X G MAG DALMATIVS (1 Stück),
 LEG X G MAG SATVRNINVS (4 Stück) und
 LEGG X GG VRSICINI CENT (1 Stück).
 LEG X G VR ... (1 Stück).

Später wurden noch der Stempel
 FRIGERIDVS V P DVX in die Sammlung aufgenommen.

Diese Legionsziegel mit den genannten Magistri figlinarum Dalmatius, Saturnius und Ursicinus stimmen völlig mit denen von den Brückenköpfen von Dunakeszi und Bölcske überein. Abgesehen von diesen Ausnahmen wurden bisher keine Ziegel der X. Gemina an den Schiffsländen und weiteren, ähnlichen, Anlagen im Raum des Donauknies und der Donauinsel St. Andrä entdeckt. Mráv vermutete daher bisher unbekannte historische Zusammenhänge zwischen diesen drei Anlagen. Die Stempel der OF ARN-Gruppe (unsichere Auflösung der Buchstaben zu: Officinae auxiliares ripenses) lassen sich in die Zeit der Herrschaft der Kaiser Constantius II. (337–361) und Valentinian datieren. Da sich die Stempelabkürzungen AR, ARN bzw. ARAN einstweilen jedoch nicht eindeutig erklären lassen, bleiben die bisherigen Übersetzungsvorschläge spekulativ. Nach Meinung des Archäologen Barnabás Lőrincz (1951–2012) können die Ziegel des vorgenannten Maxentius der Zeit zwischen 351 und 354 n. Chr. zugeordnet werden, während der singuläre Stempel des Zenturios Iovinus zeitgleich mit denen des Frigeridus auftrat. Andere Forschungsergebnisse, welche die Ziegelstempel des Maxentius in den Provinzen Pannonia I und Valeria sowie im benachbarten Barbaricum analysierten, legen das Auftreten dieser Stempel entweder an das Ende der 50er Jahre des 4. Jahrhunderts oder in die letzten Jahre Valentinians I. Eine erste Namensnennung des Magisters Bonus hingegen geschah bereits am Ende der Ära des Constantius II. oder gleichfalls in der nachfolgenden valentianischen Epoche. Die Funde aus Göd-Bócsaújtelep passen zeitlich sehr gut zu den bereits bekannten Stempeln aus den Burgi und Schiffsländen des Donaugebiets. Auf einem later (Ziegelstein) wurde eine einzeilige, kursive handgeschriebene Inschrift entdeckt, wie sie auch am Burgus Szob gefunden wurde.

Bis 2002 standen zudem 16 Münzen aus dem Kastellgebiet zur Verfügung, von denen drei dem Valentinian I. und eine dessen Sohn und Mitkaiser Gratian (375–383) zuzuordnen sind. Diese Münzen entstanden zwischen 367 und 375, während alle anderen Geldstücke der älteren, konstantinischen Epoche (306–361) zuzuordnen sind.

Am Boden des Abwassergrabens wurden silberne, vergoldete Belagblechfragmente mit gepunzten Schuppenmustern gefunden, die zu einem nachrömischen hunnischen oder alanischen Sattelzwiesel oder Sattelholz gehören. Dieses Fundgut war rund ein halbes Jahrhundert später in den Boden gekommen und könnte nach Mráv zu einem gestörten bzw. geplünderten Pferdegrab gehört haben, da neben den Blechen im Bauschutt der Kanalverfüllung noch einige Pferdeknochen zum Vorschein kamen.

Denkmalschutz
Die Denkmäler Ungarns sind nach dem Gesetz Nr. LXIV aus dem Jahr 2001 durch den Eintrag in das Denkmalregister unter Schutz gestellt. Die Limesanlagen gehören als archäologische Fundstätten nach § 3.1 zum national wertvollen Kulturgut. Alle Funde sind nach § 2.1 Staatseigentum, egal an welcher Stelle der Fundort liegt. Verstöße gegen die Ausfuhrregelungen gelten als Straftat bzw. Verbrechen und werden mit Freiheitsentzug von bis zu drei Jahren bestraft.

Siehe auch
 Liste der Limeskastelle in Ungarn

Literatur
 Zsolt Mráv: Egy meghiúsult római erődépítkezés Göd mellett (Ein fehlgeschlagener römischen Festungsbau Valentinians I bei Göd, Ungarn). In: Várak, kastélyok, templomok 3, 2008, S. 8–11.
 Zsolt Mráv: Quadian policy of Valentinian I. and the never-finished late Roman fortress at Göd-Bócsaújtelep. In: In: Zsolt Visy (Hrsg.): Limes XIX. Proceedings of the XIXth International Congress of Roman Frontier Studies held in Pécs, Hungary, September 2003. Universität Pécs, Pécs 2005. S. 771–782.
 Zsolt Mráv: Archäologische Forschungen 2000–2001 im Gebiet der spätrömischen Festung von Göd-Bócsaújtelep (Vorbericht) 2002. In: Communicationes archeologicae Hungariae 2003. Népművelési Propaganda Iroda. Budapest 2003. S. 83–114.
 Zsolt Visy: 18. Göd – Bócsaújtelep (Ilkamajor). In: Definition, Description and Mapping of Limes Samples. CE Project "Danube Limes – UNESCO World Heritage" 1CE079P4. Budapest 2010. S. 48–49.
 Zsolt Visy: The ripa Pannonica in Hungary. Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest 2003, ISBN 963-05-7980-4, S. 56.

Anmerkungen

Bodendenkmal in Ungarn
Archäologischer Fundplatz in Ungarn
Römische Befestigungsanlage (Pannonia Valeria)
Römische Befestigungsanlage (Limes Sarmatiae)
Erbaut im 4. Jahrhundert
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Major Depression Linked to Specific Receptor Expression
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Scientists on the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have discovered a new target for treating major depressive disorder, a disease that affects more than 16 million American adults. Their research shows that individuals with high levels of an enigmatic receptor called GPR158 may be more susceptible to depression following chronic stress.
"The next step in this process is to come up with a drug that can target this receptor," says Kirill Martemyanov, PhD, co-chair of the TSRI Department of Neuroscience and senior author of the new study, published recently in the journal eLife.
The researchers say there is an urgent need for new drug targets in major depressive disorder. Current pharmacological treatments for depression can take a month to start working—and they don't work in all patients.
"We need to know what is happening in the brain so that we can develop more efficient therapies," says Cesare Orlandi, PhD, senior research associate at TSRI and co-first author of the study.
The researchers zeroed in on GPR158 as a player in depression after discovering that the protein is elevated in people with major depressive disorder. To better understand GPR158's role, the scientists studied male and female mice with and without GPR158 receptors.
Behavioral tests revealed that both male and female mice with elevated GPR158 show signs of depression following chronic stress. On the flip side, suppression of GPR158 protects mice from developing depressive-like behaviors and make them resilient to stress.
Next, the researchers examined why GPR158 has these effects on depression. The team demonstrated that GPR158 affects key signaling pathways involved in mood regulation in the region of the brain called prefrontal cortex, though the researchers emphasized that the exact mechanisms remain to be established.
Martemyanov explains that GPR158 is a so-called "orphan receptor" (which gets its name because its binding partner/partners are unknown) with a poorly understood biology and mechanism of action. GPR158 appears to work downstream from other important brain systems, such as the GABA, a major player in the brain's inhibitory control and adrenergic system involved in stress effects.
"This is really new biology and we still need to learn a lot," says Martemyanov.
The study also offers a potential clue to why some people are more susceptible to mental illness. Because mice without GPR158 don't alter their behavior after chronic stress, the researchers concluded these mice were naturally more resilient against depression. Their genetics, or gene expression, offer a layer of protection.
Laurie Sutton, PhD, a research associate at TSRI and co-first author of the study, says this finding matches what doctors have noticed in people who have experienced chronic stress. "There's always a small population that is resilient—they don't show the depressive phenotype," says Sutton.
As the search goes on for additional targets for depression, Martemyanov says scientists are increasingly using new tools in genome analysis to identify orphan receptors like GPR158. "Those are the untapped biology of our genomes, with significant potential for development of innovative therapeutics," he says.
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Sutton, L. P., Orlandi, C., Song, C., Oh, W. C., Muntean, B. S., Xie, K., ... & Renner, K. J. (2018). Orphan receptor GPR158 controls stress-induced depression. eLife, 7, e33273.
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Sparganothis ferreana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in eastern North America, from Nova Scotia to Florida and east to Texas.

The wingspan is 18–21 mm. Adults are on wing from March to September.

The larvae feed on various hardwoods.

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In the spring of 1903 the University of Washington Board of Regents asked John C. Olmsted to make a preliminary scheme of improvements to the University of Washington campus which would be "in harmony with the proposed park system of the city and which can be used to guide all important construction and planting on the University grounds for years to come."
The initial development plan presented by John Olmsted in 1904 would never be implemented fully, although aspects of his proposals were revised and used in later years. The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, however, held in Seattle in 1909, gave impetus to the Olmsted role in campus design. The decision to locate the Exposition on the lower part of the University of Washington grounds provided new opportunities to develop the campus. Olmsted Brothers was employed by the Board of Trustees to draw up proposals for the site, which the firm was familiar with from its previous studies.
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MovieMonday: Kingsman 2: The Golden Circle
What to make of this film? It is a sort of double spoof of superhero movies and James Bond movies rolled up in a long and utterly preposterous series of set pieces.
This is the second Kingsman show. The first, in 2015, made more than $400 million, making a sequel inevitable. This new edition opened well over the weekend, grossing $100 million in theaters worldwide.
The Kingsmen are schooled in elite manners and warfare. They also are outfitted in bespoke suits, which they sell at The Kingsman Tailor Shop, the Savile Row front for their undercover good-guy organization. They always know which fork to use at fancy dinner parties, but they do use the F-word rather more frequently than one might expect.
The story opens with Eggsy, a young man who joined the team in the first movie. He immediately establishes his props in an extended battle with another young man, Charlie, who has gone over to the dark side, in this case a drug cartel called Poppy Pharmaceuticals.
Eggsy and Charlie tangle with ju jitsu moves, weapons, and Charlie's bionic arm in a lethally loaded Kingsman taxi that is being pursued by bad guys in SUVs with roofs that open to expose rocket launchers. It's all very exciting and displays the range of tactical and online support that the Kingsmen can bring to bear in a fight.
Then, suddenly, the Kingsman organization is wiped out, and the world is plunged into peril. The two survivors, Eggsy and a tech backup called Merlin, join forces with Statesman, an American counterpart organization whose front is not a clothing store but a whiskey distillery in Kentucky.
There are many, many battles on three continents. Harry Hart, a Kingsman who was shot dead in the first movie, is revived, somehow and in fits and starts, and he joins Eggsy and Merlin. Harry is played by Colin Firth who, as ever, looks smashing in a well-tailored suit.
It's clear the whole story is meant as a giant over-the-top parody, which renders any nodding glances at character development or motivation pretty much beside the point. The effect is a very long two hours and twenty minutes of joke characters saving a joke world.
If you like this sort of thing, you might as well go.
Actress Julianne Moore plays Poppy, the film's very bad bad gal, but she is not given much to do except bark orders to her minions. Actors Jeff Bridges, Halle Berry and Channing Tatum also languish in small roles. Perhaps the whole bunch are there to interest American audiences.
The film's two British screenwriters also have thrown in American stereotypes. In one case, a Kentucky redneck provokes a bar fight by saying this: "Kiss my southern dick, bitch!" In another, a generic American president is a secondary bad guy, comfortable with the idea of millions of deaths of his countrymen and other people worldwide.
The film opens with a bagpipe rendition of the John Denver's "Take Me Home, Country Roads," a set-up planted for an exaggerated payoff toward the end of the film. Turns out that Merlin the Kingsman is a John Denver fan.
Elton John plays himself with good-natured humor, even when he is required to wear a ridiculous feathered costume. His "Saturday Night" song provides the accompaniment for a fight scene, and he kicks a very tall platform boot to good effect.
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Gizmo's lesson last night did not go very well. The initial plan – door conditioning and basics – went out the window when the downstairs neighbor, who was visiting the upstairs tenant, came out the upstairs door. Gizmo knows her and likes her, so there was no anticipation of a problem. But Chelsea became very nervous and tense, and in the blink of an eye, Gizmo became highly reactive and tried to attack the neighbor. Then, when I used the leash to gently guide him towards the outside, he redirected some of that energy onto me.
When a dog is in a highly reactive state like Gizmo was, never use touch to make a correction. To do otherwise is to risk being bitten, because the dog will redirect that energy directly onto the handler. We were in a confined space. Chelsea was feeding Gizmo nervous, fearful, anxious energy. The only option available to safely deal with the situation was to get the dog outside as quickly and as safely as possible.
Once outside, Gizmo's reactivity continued. I took control of the leash; Chelsea was in such a high state of anxiety that Gizmo kept attempting to nip at her. I moved him out of her reach, but he was already so overloaded that his response was to try to redirect his energy onto me. Because we were outside, with lots of space to maneuver, I was able to correct him properly – and he responded very well and without attempting to bite me. There were several instances in which he was triggered either by people walking past us or dogs outside in their yard barking at him, so it took a very long time for Gizmo to release even some of that pent-up energy.
We are entering a full moon phase, and it's well-documented that the full moon does have an effect on animals. So I am cutting Gizmo a little slack and I've told Chelsea to just walk him a lot over the next few days. However, full moon aside, Gizmo is making it very clear that his greatest need is rehabilitation, not obedience training. And I am fully committed to helping him achieve that.
Chelsea has told me she is now in counseling for her anxiety and PTSD, and I am recommending that this continues. She must learn ways to manage her emotions and reactions or she will not be able to help Gizmo. I am also strongly encouraging her to consider anxiety medication to facilitate this process.
Gizmo is a good dog. He just needs help learning to trust humans. Once he realizes he can trust humans, his reactivity will begin to decrease and he'll be able to start moving forward into a more balanced state.
I am working with him again on Friday. To better determine how much of an effect Chelsea has on his behavior, I'll be asking her to stay behind while I take him out and work with him. I suspect that taking her energy out of the equation will affect Gizmo in such a way that he will be able to deal more calmly with the things and situations that trigger his reactivity.
Have a great day, everyone. Remember to stay calm and lead on.


Deng Xiaohua, the author behind the Can Xue pseudonym, was born in Changsha, in China's southern province of Hunan. Her father, the one-time editor-in-chief of a prominent newspaper in the province, was labelled an "Ultra-Rightist" in the late 1950s along with other intellectuals of the period, and was sent to the countryside for two years for allegedly leading an anti-Communist group at the paper.
For a taste of what that all means, you can find an excerpt of Annelise Finegan Wasmoen's English translation of Love in the New Millenium here. And you can buy Can Xue's Love in the New Milleniumin the US here.
The 2019 Man Booker International Prize's long list of 13 novels will be reduced to a shortlist in April, with the winner set to be announced on May 21 in London.
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Question: How did you approach writing the inaugural poem?
Alexander: Well, I was extremely practical about that aspect of it simply wasn't an option not to get right to it and do it in a very, very short window of time that I had so I didn't waste a second, I set to work immediately and worked in a very, very, very focused fashion for 3 and a half weeks to get the thing done, writer's block was just not allowed.
Question: What was it like reading 'Praise Song for the Day'?
Alexander: I tried very hard to be there in the moment, in part because I didn't want to get nervous, I didn't want to freeze up, I didn't want to be overcome by the emotions that I was feeling as so many other people were feeling extreme emotions so I breathed deeply and did take it in and the phrase "sea of humanity" which I wouldn't use under other circumstances because I would think that it was a cliché really applied. It was extraordinary to see all of those people who come together for a common purpose, not just to share the moment but I think also for common purpose and from that perspective, I wasn't able to distinguish faces, I just saw the great sea and that was truly an awesome, awesome sight and a privilege.
Question: Did you get any feedback from Obama?
Alexander: Not yet, I imagine one day. Right now, I'm very glad that he's attending to the affairs of the day, there's an awful lot that he needs to be working on.
Question: Is a creative routine part of your craft?
Alexander: Well, I certainly love hearing about writer's routines. I fetishize writer's routines, I love to read interviews where writers say, "I need fresh cut hyacinth and I need utter silence and I need this and I need that," but what I found is that my own process is never that set and that in the midst of life and I think this is probably true for everyone really, it's very, very difficult to say that there is one way to do it and you stick to that way. So I find that in the midst of life, in the midst of child rearing, teaching, going about everyday business, I try to keep track always of the phrases, of the language, of the words that come to me that feel that they have some kind of power, or magic, or potential to them. And then when there is that window of quiet to sit down with that notebook and those scraps of paper and a yellow legal pad and then see which of those phrases or words seems to want to grow, seems to be a germ of something larger so that's stage 2 of the work.
The poet describes how she crafted and read the inaugural poem.


lease pray to St. Jude, St. Rita, St. Padre Pio, St Andrew, St Pope John Paul II and St. Anthony for the health of my parents and myself so that they may place these prayers before Our Lady, so she may give the prayers to her Holy son. Please also pray for my health and that of my husband.. Please pray for the health of my family. Please pray for my husband's job. Please let me have my health back. Please pray for my parent's health!! Please please pray for my health and the problem to resolve. Please help with the pain and that the nerve pain resolves. Please pray for my father and his leg pain to resolve.


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Photo of the Moment: The March Continues
50 years later, the message remains...And so does this man's sign!...
92-year-old William Allison at today's march with the same sign he used in 1963! --> pic via: @TheObamaDiary #MOW50 pic.twitter.com/Hwg8cJqdjh
— Eric Wolfson (@ericwolfson) August 24, 2013
Article Categories: Election Reform, Rights And Freedoms, U.S. Constitution, Photo ID Laws, War on Middle Class, Education, Voter Registration, Immigration, Vote Caging/Intimidation/Suppression, Economy, Washington D.C., Voting Rights Act, War on Drugs, Trayvon Martin, MLK, Jr.
KPFK 'BradCast': The Truth About L.A.'s Peaceful Trayvon Martin Protests
On today's BradCast on KPFK/Pacifica Radio in Los Angeles, we covered the facts concerning the Trayvon Martin/George Zimmerman verdict and the protests here in L.A. big time.
In particular, we detailed the lies told by L.A.'s NBC4 and the LAPD about the weekend's peaceful protests, as well as the laudatory behavior of at least one very good cop on the force (LAPD's Capt. Cory Palka, in case you're wondering) who deserves a big-time promotion, in my opinion.
We also had time for a lot of calls from around L.A., South Central, Crenshaw District and beyond as folks (including myself) had plenty to say about it all. We tossed in a bit of NSA, James Comey and the horrendous Glenn Beck to boot. So, enjoy!...
Download MP3 or listen online below...
Article Categories: Florida, BRAD BLOG Media Appearance, Rights And Freedoms, Mainstream Media Failure, Accountability, Los Angeles, KPFK, Trayvon Martin, BradCast
LAPD Captain to Trayvon Martin Protesters Sunday: 'I Honor Your Commitment and Passion for Justice From Bottom of My Heart' [VIDEO]
'I, like you, have difficulties with what happened 3,000 miles away,' Capt. Cory Palka tells peaceful demonstrators in Hollywood
'We will continue to protect and honor your Constitutional rights to march in protest'...
Last night we detailed irresponsible behavior and reporting by the LAPD and Los Angeles' NBC affiliate in regard to false reports of "$15,000 worth of damage" said caused by Trayvon Martin protesters who, the reporter claimed, had "stormed" a hotel in Hollywood on Sunday night.
As we reported exclusively last night, two spokespersons from the hotel in question disputed the LAPD/NBC4 reports to The BRAD BLOG, describing them as "false." Moreover, video --- even the video shown by NBC4 --- available from a day of largely peaceful protests the day after the George Zimmerman "not guilty" verdict was announced in Florida, seems to have revealed violence that day only by baton-wielding police, who also fired rubber bullets at demonstrators at various points throughout the day.
While the behavior of corporate media and police in the instances described last night was reprehensible and dangerous, at the same time it's also worth highlighting some of the responsible behavior by the LAPD that night, particularly after a very long day of protests which cropped up throughout the day and night at various locations across the city.
One such moment very much worth highlighting occurred at the height of Sunday's protests in Hollywood, not long after midnight, just in front of the CNN building on Sunset Blvd. NBC4's NewsChopper4 reporter Megan Reyes (who, as we discussed in the previous article, had falsely reported "rowdy behavior" by protesters "breaking glass" at the W Hotel in Hollywood, among other misinformation), described this particular group of 50 or so protesters in Hollywood as "the largest pocket of protesters in the city" at that point.
What she could not report on from several thousand feet in the air, however, was what was actually going on on the ground, as captured by video web-streamer "PMbeers". The live, on-the-ground reporting by the live web-streamer revealed not only peaceful, organized discussion of planning for next steps by demonstrators and their hopes of meeting with public officials in coming days, but an absolutely fascinating moment captured on video (see below) when LAPD Captain Cory Palka addressed the group of protesters directly, respectfully and peacefully...
Article Categories: NBC, Rights And Freedoms, Accountability, Los Angeles, Trayvon Martin
L.A. NBC Affiliate and LAPD Offer False Reports of '$15,000 of Damage' at Hollywood Hotel by Trayvon Martin Protesters on Sunday Night
Hotel tells The BRAD BLOG that no such damage occurred, even as NBC4 reporters, at times, seemed to be hoping for riots...
[This article now cross-published by Salon...]
Despite reporting to the contrary from both Los Angeles' NBC affiliate and the Los Angeles Police Department, Trayvon Martin protesters in Hollywood on Sunday night neither "stormed" nor caused "about $15,000 worth of damage" at a local hotel.
For the most part, protests in the wake of the "not guilty" verdict for George Zimmerman in Florida, have been peaceful here in L.A., though, at times, it seems as if NBC's local affiliate, NBC4 hoped they might not be.
The BRAD BLOG has confirmed with a spokesman at the W Hotel in Hollywood that "no protestors ever entered" the facility, even as NBC4's NewsChopper4 reporter Megan Reyes told both the studio and viewers watching their live web stream of protests on Sunday night that protesters were "getting very rowdy" and had "broken glass" at the hotel. She cited no source for her reporting, and NBC4 did not respond to The BRAD BLOG's request last night via Twitter for details on Reyes' sourcing.
By Monday on NBC4, false reports of "broken glass" had turned into false reports of "$15,000 worth of damage" at the hotel, after reporter Tony Guinyard informed viewers that protesters "stormed" the hotel and, as an LAPD Commander, on camera, confirmed that report.
All of that, however, was completely disputed by two W Hotel officials we contacted on Monday...
Article Categories: NBC, Rights And Freedoms, Mainstream Media Failure, Accountability, Los Angeles, Occupy Wall Street, Oakland, Trayvon Martin


OAKLAND, Cal. – Facing a federal lawsuit filed by residents of Lockwood Gardens Apartments challenging the constitutionality of the Oakland Public Housing loitering ordinance, Oakland City Council voted unanimously to repeal the law Tuesday night.
The plaintiffs, along with a coalition of civil rights groups including the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area, the ACLU Foundation of Northern California, East Bay Community Law Center, the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, and King & Spalding LLP assert that the Oakland Housing Authority Police Department (OHAPD) has been using the loitering ordinance to harass and intimidate public housing residents.
One of the plaintiffs, Darren Mathieu, has been stopped more than 60 times by the OHAPD while standing outside his Lockwood Gardens apartment. Despite never receiving a citation for any actual wrongdoing, he has been handcuffed, asked to show ID, and several of these stops have been recorded by OHAPD in "incident reports" that were then reported to OHA as lease violations.
The OHAPD was created to supplement the efforts of the Oakland Police Department (OPD). However, OHAPD officers do not provide full-service policing to the residents of OHA property, and OPD remains the primary law enforcement agency in the City of Oakland. According to the OHAPD's 2015 Annual Report, less than 25% of their work was in response to requests for help from the community, with the majority of time spent on "self-initiated" activities, such as enforcing non-criminal infractions, "lease violations", and parking and traffic violations.
Many major cities – including Los Angeles – have eliminated their housing authority police.


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Q: Swift: always copies on inout? I wrote a simple library for serializing model data and later realized I was getting writes to my data when I was only reading.  I was able to reduce the problem to the following playground snippet:
class Foo {
    init() { name = "test" }
    var name:String { didSet { print("setting name: \(self.name)") }}
}

func map(inout foo:String) {
    print("writing value: \(foo)")
}

var foo:Foo = Foo()
map(&foo.name)

The result is (to me) unexpected:

writing value: test
setting name: test

I have re-read the section on inout parameters but saw no explicit mention of copy semantics.  My hunch is that the compiler is expecting the value to be overwritten and does so itself with the initial value, if no other code does so.
Does this seem expected, or a compiler bug?  In my humble opinion, it is unintuitive behavior.  I was not expecting an assignment, unless it originated from my code - which it did not.
To state what is hopefully obvious, the code snippet above does not need the inout param, but I had been using a common interface for reading and writing.

A: I'm posting this on behalf of Joe Groff, a Swift compiler developer, on Twitter (See replies). He was very nice in answering my Tweet mentioning this question.
He says:

Inout has value-result semantics. The didSet receives the modified value at the end of the inout. It only optimizes to pass-by-reference if the difference is unobservable (modulo invalid aliasing). The Swift book is supposed to be updated with this info too.

A: In the document:

You write an in-out parameter by placing the inout keyword at the start of its parameter definition. An in-out parameter has a value that is passed in to the function, is modified by the function, and is passed back out of the function to replace the original value.

in-out parameter is not "call-by-reference", but "call-by-copy-restore"


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To support our ingredients for success and drive our mission and values, we are continuously searching for talented team members with the skills and experience that align with our criteria to be a part of something great. Together, we will continue to tell our story to the industry and create a new standard in culinary management. Learn more by clicking here.
The individuals included below are some of our company's leaders who bring a wealth of experience and a shared passion for food. These leaders work together with our team members to create and manage our culinary management programs across the country. Learn more about our leaders by reading their bios below.
Michael J. Bailey
FOUNDER + CHAIRMAN
Michael J. Bailey co-founded Elior North America as TrustHouse Services Group in 2008. Through a combination of organic and acquisitive growth, Mike took the business from revenues of $100 million in 2008 to $450 million in 2013 when he and his private equity partner sold their majority stake to Elior SA.
Olivier Poirot
Olivier Poirot, who holds dual French/American nationality, graduated from Sup de Co La Rochelle (France). In 1992, he joined Accor SA in the UK where he held various accounting and management positions before being appointed SVP Finance & Administration of the midscale and upscale segments of the hotel division of Accor North America.
Pat Ahern
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES
Pat Ahern is responsible for driving a dynamic and comprehensive human resources strategy for the company. This includes implementing best-in-class training and development programs, establishing a comprehensive suite of benefits, and driving effective talent management for team members across the Elior North America family of companies.
Brittany Mayer-Schuler
Brittany Mayer-Schuler joined Elior North America in 2012, and has developed a comprehensive corporate legal structure designed to support the growing organization. She has overseen all aspects of due diligence, contract review and negotiation on the company's recent acquisitions, and has instituted internal programs, processes and teams to support risk management, crisis management, and food safety.
Scott Berkman
CHIEF PROCUREMENT OFFICER
Scott Berkman joined Elior North America in August 2019 to lead the Procurement Team. He will focus on developing an overall procurement strategy for the company to leverage our purchasing power across all brands.
Vito Trifiletti
VICE PRESIDENT OF INFORMATION SERVICES + CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER
Vito Trifiletti became Chief Information Officer for Elior North America in 2017. In this role, he leads the Information Services organization to provide all Elior North America businesses with technology solutions that improve overall operations and to position the company for continued growth. Vito joined Preferred Meal Systems in 2007 as SVP of Information Services, where he developed the company's technology strategy to guide the design of business solutions.
Keith Cullinan
PRESIDENT | CONTRACT FOOD SERVICES
Keith Cullinan is the Contract Food Services President for Elior North America, and brings more than 35 years of experience within the foodservice management industry. Prior to this role, Keith lead Elior's brand portfolio in the East focused on culinary management solutions for K-12, higher education, healthcare and senior living.
Marlin C. Sejnoha, Jr.
PRESIDENT | CORRECTIONS
Marlin Sejnoha joined Elior North America in 2017 when Elior acquired CBM Managed Services as part of Summit. Marlin served as CEO of CBM for 20 years, and now holds that position for Summit, one of the leading managed services businesses in the corrections sector. He brings almost 30 years of management experience and financial operations expertise to his role, setting ambitious goals in growth targets and financial objectives, and providing the strategic expertise and strong guidance to assure his team can meet them.
Barbara Timm-Brock
PRESIDENT I K-12
Barbara Timm-Brock joined Elior North America in 2019, bringing more than 30 years of experience in the restaurant, culinary management, facility services and for-profit education industries. Barbara held executive and C-level positions leading operations, innovation, branding and growth for several well-known organizations.
Matt King
PRESIDENT I BUSINESS DINING & ATTRACTIONS
Matt King joins the leadership team with more than 15 years of experience in the foodservice, hospitality, restaurant and attractions industries. He was most recently the Chief Operating Officer for iFLY Indoor Skydiving, where he was responsible for overall operations, new location openings, group and event sales and training programs.


The extent to which the courts can be prevailed upon to intervene in business deals has recently been the subject of a case concerning the equitable remedy of "rectification". The principles considered and developed in relation to this remedy apply as equally to the insurance industry and any other contracts as they do to a commercial lease, the particular form of contract that was under consideration.
Parties seeking to rectify a contract might be pleading : "But that is not what I meant" or "We were talking about something different". If pleading the former, the claim is likely to be for unilateral mistake, if the latter, for common mistake. For a claim of common mistake to succeed, both parties must have been mistaken on the same basis. There must be no doubt as to their common intention.
In unilateral mistake, there is often an element of spice. One party stands by and allows, even encourages the other, to fall into error by acting in the words of the cases, "unconscionably". The party claiming the remedy will have to satisfy the "maxims of equity", including the requirement to "have clean hands"!
The party seeking rectification must prove that the other knew of its mistake and took advantage of it. This is no easy task. The case of Oceanic Village v Shirayama Shokusam Company (1999 EGCD 83) concerned leases of the former GLC Headquarters, County Hall, and the London Aquarium, located in the basement (well worth a visit, by the way, to see 6ft sharks as opposed to the two-legged variety, face-to-face).
Shirayama had granted a lease of the Aquarium to Oceanic, in which Shirayama covenanted not to permit any other gift shop to be operated in the building, except in relation to any hotel in the building.
When the Millennium Wheel Company wanted to set up and run its own gift shop on the site, Oceanic sought an injunction against Shirayama. Shirayama counterclaimed for rectification. It said that it had intended that the restriction contained in the lease was not meant to extend beyond articles having a connection with the London Aquarium. Evidence was given that the effect of the restriction could cost Shirayama (as landlord) millions of pounds.
The landlord's representative, who was under great pressure to clinch the deal at the time, agreed to the wording in question without the benefit of legal advice. He said that was because of the likelihood of increased costs and delay. The judge observed that that was "something he may now regret". Lawyers everywhere, including me, gave three cheers and raised a glass to Mr Justice Neuberger.
It was not the duty of one party in commercial "arm's length" negotiations to correct a misapprehension from which the other party might be suffering. The tenant successfully argued that it should not be deprived of what it had gained through tough negotiations, where the other party had been unwise or missed a point, or failed to appreciate the possible or likely effect of a particular provision. The actual damages payable have yet to be assessed.
What if the clause had been included after the taking of negligent legal advice? Would the remedy of rectification be available or would the landlord have to sue its lawyer (perish the thought)? Answer: The fact that the mistake was negligent is no bar to relief. If rectification is granted the order has a retrospective effect in most cases so that the rectified document is treated as though it had always been in the rectified form.
Those football fans among you who may have visited County Hall in the past six months or so, and wish to point out that Oceanic might have a problem with any gift shop located in the F.A. Premier League Hall of Fame, would be entirely right. Oceanic recently brought a case to enforce the benefit of the gift shop restriction against the tenant running that enterprise and in fact failed, even though that tenant had notice of the covenant contained in its landlord's lease with Oceanic. The Hall of Fame tenant refused to give an assurance that no gift shop would be opened. It appears that this second case was brought as part of Oceanic's need to show that it was mitigating its loss. There could even be further satellite litigation.
County Hall has not seen such exciting times since the demise of the Livingstone era when the number of unemployed were displayed on it for the benefit of Margaret Thatcher in the House of Commons opposite.


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ISIS' Barbaric Torture Devices Used on Captives Found in Terror Prison
NCAA approves new guidelines for trans-identified athletes allowing each sport to decide policy
Leadership expert shares tips for leading well in disruptive times
Indiana pastor, elders accused of covering up child sex abuse resign amid investigation
CP World | Wednesday, June 22, 2016
By Anugrah Kumar, Christian Post Contributor | Wednesday, June 22, 2016
An Islamic State militant holds a gun while standing behind what are said to be Ethiopian Christians in Wilayat Fazzan, in this still image from an undated video made available on a social media website on April 19, 2015. The video purportedly made by Islamic State and posted on social media sites on Sunday appeared to show militants shooting and beheading about 30 Ethiopian Christians in Libya. Reuters was not able to verify the authenticity of the video but the killings resemble past violence carried out by Islamic State, an ultra-hardline group which has expanded its reach from strongholds in Iraq and Syria to conflict-ridden Libya. Libyan officials were not immediately available for comment. Ethiopia said it had not been able to verify whether the people shown in the video were its citizens. | (Photo: Reuters/Social Media Website via Reuters TV)
After Iraqi special forces recaptured the city of Fallujah from the Islamic State earlier this month, they discovered a makeshift prison where the terror group used torture devices to interrogate and punish its captives.
Images of the prison in the central part of the city, taken by Iraqi soldiers, show a filthy dog cage and a car battery in the prison, according to the U.K.'s Mirror newspaper.
The pictures suggest that IS terrorists, which is also known as Daesh, ISIS or ISIL, held some of the captives in the filthy dog cage and administered shocks by attaching the battery's metal clips to their genitalia.
"The security forces discovered a prison belonging to the ISIS in Nezal neighborhood in the center of Fallujah, during the liberation operations of the city," Mahmoud Mardi Jumaili, the commander of the First Regiment in Karmat Fallujah Brigade, said in a statement, according to Iraqi News. "The prison contained 360 prisoners, including civilians and security members."
Jumaili added, "The majority of prisoners were arrested by ISIS since the occupation of the city of Fallujah, two years ago, and they are suffering from bad health conditions. The arrested people were transferred to hospitals to receive medical treatment."
ISIS had held Fallujah since January 2014.
Fallujah, 40 miles west of Baghdad, was the first city seized by IS two and a half years ago. The United Nations estimates that about 42,000 residents fled the city after the Iraqi military operation against the terror group began in late May.
The Norwegian Refugee Council, which has been providing aid to displaced people, said escapees reported a sudden retreat of IS fighters at key checkpoints inside Fallujah, which helped civilians to leave en mass. "Aid services in the camps were already overstretched and this development will push us all to the limit," NRC country director Nasr Muflahi was quoted as saying.
Iraqi forces' victory in the city "is important in terms of Iraqi politics — Fallujah was seen as a car bomb factory for Baghdad," Douglas Ollivant, a former U.S. Army Cavlary officer and White House aide in charge of Iraq, told TIME magazine. "And I'm not on the ground there so I can't see what's happening, but it appears to be falling a heck of a lot faster than any of us anticipated. So maybe this mass strategy of encircling ISIS and making them fight on four different fronts may be working."
IS is an offshoot of al-Qaeda and wants to establish a caliphate in the Levant region and beyond. It has gained control over large swathes of territories in Syria and Iraq, and is seeking to expand its territory. Christians and other minorities are among its main targets.
ISIS Loses Fallujah to Iraqi Forces; Mosul Declared as Next Battle
Suicide Bombing at Syria's Christian Massacre Memorial Kills 3
Orlando Shooter Made 3 Calls, Praised Allah Before Pledging Allegiance to ISIS, Transcripts Reveal
California Group Suing Banks Funding ISIS' Genocide of Christians
Franklin Graham on Orlando Shooting: Obama Going Out of His Way to Give Islam a Pass
North Korea no longer the worst persecutor of Christians on Open Doors' World Watch List
Pastors among 9 Christians arrested, charged with 'illegal' conversions in India: watchdog
Christian MP says prosecution for tweeting Bible verse on homosexuality is a 'privilege'
14-year-old Pentecostal girl kidnapped, forced to marry captor in Pakistan


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6-й розыгрыш мужской волейбольной Евролиги — международного турнира по волейболу среди мужских национальных сборных стран-членов ЕКВ — прошёл с 5 июня по 19 июля 2009 года в 32 городах 12 стран с участием 12 команд. Финальный этап был проведён в Портимане (Португалия). Победителем турнира стала сборная Германии.

Команды-участницы
Австрия, Белоруссия, Бельгия, Великобритания, Германия, Греция, Испания, Португалия, Румыния, Словакия, Турция, Хорватия.

Система проведения розыгрыша
Соревнования состояли из предварительного и финального этапов. На предварительном этапе 12 команд-участниц были разбиты на три группы. В группах команды играли с разъездами в два круга спаренными матчами. Победители групповых турниров и сборная Португалии (хозяин финала) вышли в финальный этап и по системе плей-офф разыграли призовые места.

Предварительный этап

Группа А

5—6 июня.  Вальядолид.
 Испания — Великобритания 3:0 (25:23, 25:23, 25:16); 3:1 (25:12, 25:21, 23:25, 25:20).

6—7 июня.  Анкара.
 Турция — Хорватия 3:0 (25:12, 25:19, 25:17); 3:1 (25:18, 21:25, 25:14, 25:22).

12—13 июня.  Мурсия.
 Испания — Турция 3:1 (25:20, 23:25, 25:17, 25:18); 3:1 (25:15, 22:25, 25:20, 25:19).

13—14 июня.  Эдинбург.
 Великобритания — Хорватия 3:0 (25:16, 25:22, 25:23); 3:1 (24:26, 25:18, 25:16, 25:18).

20—21 июня.  Осиек.
 Хорватия — Испания 0:3 (22:25, 24:26, 14:25); 0:3 (18:25, 13:25, 22:25).

20—21 июня.  Амасья.
 Турция — Великобритания 3:0 (25:14, 25:16, 25:20); 3:1 (31:29, 25:27, 25:22, 25:10).

26—27 июня.  Мадрид.
 Испания — Хорватия 3:1 (21:25, 25:17, 25:14, 25:17); 3:1 (24:26, 25:19, 25:16, 25:22).

27—28 июня.  Норидж.
 Великобритания — Турция 1:3 (25:21, 18:25, 21:25, 17:25); 0:3 (28:30, 23:25, 20:25).

4—5 июля.  Ыспарта.
 Турция — Испания 2:3 (25:22, 20:25, 25:20, 25:27, 11:15); 2:3 (25:23, 20:25, 23:25, 25:18, 13:15).

4—5 июля.  Дарувар.
 Хорватия — Великобритания 0:3 (23:25, 18:25, 23:25); 2:3 (21:25, 25:22, 22:25, 25:19, 9:15).

11—12 июля.  Дарувар.
 Хорватия — Турция 1:3 (26:24, 22:25, 20:25, 26:28); 0:3 (18:25, 17:25, 18:25).

11—12 июля.  Шеффилд.
 Великобритания — Испания 0:3 (20:25, 20:25, 22:25); 0:3 (18:25, 16:25, 15:25).

Группа В

5—6 июня.  Кастория.
 Греция — Бельгия 1:3 (22:25, 33:35, 25:23, 9:20, 23:25); 3:2 (25:15, 19:25, 21:25, 25:23, 15:11).

6—7 июня.  Констанца.
 Румыния — Германия 3:2 (25:15, 22:25, 25:27, 25:18, 19:17); 1:3 (22:25, 25:19, 19:25, 23:25).

12—13 июня.  Кортрейк.
 Бельгия — Германия 2:3 (25:22, 18:25, 23:25, 25:22, 12:15); 3:2 (22:25, 25:19, 18:25, 25:20, 15:13).

13—14 июня.  Каламата.
 Греция — Румыния 3:0 (25:15, 25:23, 28:26); 3:2 (23:25, 25:18, 25:22, 22:25, 15:11).

20—21 июня.  Бремен.
 Германия — Греция 3:0 (25:20, 25:17, 25:22); 3:0 (25:16, 25:21, 25:20).

20—21 июня.  Констанца.
 Румыния — Бельгия 1:3 (16:25, 21:25, 25:21, 26:28); 3:2 (25:22, 25:27, 22:25, 25:23, 15:6).

26—27 июня.  Лёвен.
 Бельгия — Румыния 3:0 (25:22, 25:20, 25:22); 3:0 (25:22, 25:19, 29:27).

26—27 июня.  Ламия.
 Греция — Германия 1:3 (20:25, 27:25, 25:27, 17:25); 3:1 (18:25, 25:20, 25:20, 25:23).

4—5 июля.  Констанца.
 Румыния — Греция 3:2 (29:27, 20:25, 18:25, 25:21, 15:9); 3:2 (18:25, 25:21, 24:26, 26:24, 19:17).

4—5 июля.  Дюрен.
 Германия — Бельгия 3:0 (25:23, 25:19, 25:18); 2:3 (21:25, 25:19, 25:19, 15:25, 10:15).

10, 12 июля.  Мерксем (10), Руселаре (12).
 Бельгия — Греция 3:2 (23:25, 25:13, 25:20, 21:25, 15:11); 3:0 (25:21, 27:25, 25:13).

11—12 июля.  Бамберг.
 Германия — Румыния 3:1 (25:18, 25:19, 23:25, 25:18); 3:0 (25:19, 25:20, 25:16).

Группа С

5—6 июня.  Попрад.
 Словакия — Португалия 3:0 (25:16, 25:20, 25:23); 3:0 (25:21, 25:20, 25:20).

5—6 июня.  Вена.
 Австрия — Белоруссия 3:1 (22:25, 25:18, 25:20, 25:21); 2:3 (25:23, 16:25, 28:26, 22:25, 13:15).

13—14 июня.  Могилёв.
 Белоруссия — Австрия 3:1 (25:18, 24:26, 25:17, 25:21); 3:1 (25:22, 25:18, 20:25, 25:20).

13—14 июня.  Коимбра.
 Португалия — Словакия 3:0 (25:19, 25:20, 25:20); 1:3 (24:26, 12:25, 25:18, 22:25).

19—20 июня.  Штайр.
 Австрия — Португалия 3:0 (26:24, 25:21, 25:16); 1:3 (26:24, 24:26, 19:25, 18:25).

20—21 июня.  Могилёв.
 Белоруссия — Словакия 3:2 (25:17, 20:25, 19:25, 25:23, 15:10); 0:3 (18:25, 18:25, 18:25).

27—28 июня.  Пезу-да-Регуа.
 Португалия — Австрия 3:0 (25:23, 25:21, 25:17); 3:0 (25:14, 25:23, 25:20).

27—28 июня.  Гуменне.
 Словакия — Белоруссия 3:0 (25:15, 25:17, 25:23); 3:0 (25:20, 25:12, 25:21).

3—4 июля.  Гуменне.
 Словакия — Австрия 3:0 (25:16, 25:15, 25:15); 3:0 (25:20, 25:19, 25:19).

4—5 июля.  Гуарда.
 Португалия — Белоруссия 3:2 (26:24, 22:25, 19:25, 26:24, 21:19); 3:0 (25:20, 25:20, 25:16).

10—11 июля.  Санкт-Антон-ам-Арльберг.
 Австрия — Словакия 3:0 (25:18, 25:19, 25:19); 1:3 (19:25, 27:25, 20:25, 23:25).

11—12 июля.  Могилёв.
 Белоруссия — Португалия 3:0 (25:21, 25:18, 25:17); 3:0 (25:16, 28:26, 25:20).

Финальный этап
 Портиман

Полуфинал
18 июля
 Испания — Словакия 3:1 (12:25, 27:25, 30:28, 25:19)
 Германия — Португалия 3:0 (26:24, 25:20, 25:23)

Матч за 3-е место
19 июля
 Португалия — Словакия 3:0 (25:20, 25:23, 25:21).

Финал
19 июля
 Германия — Испания 3:2 (25:20, 21:25, 25:20, 17:25, 15:7).

Итоги

Положение команд

Призёры
  Германия: Дирк Вестфаль, Себастиан Шварц, Георг Вибель, Маркус Бёме, Йохен Шёпс, Мануэль Рике, Фердинанд Тилле, Роберт Кромм, Макс Гюнтор, Ойген Бакумовски, Патрик Штойервальд, Георг Грозер. Главный тренер — Рауль Лосано.

  Испания: Ибан Перес Мансанарес, Франсиско Родригес Эррера, Гильермо Эрнан Руперес, Альберто Салас дель Амо, Хосе Алексис Валидо Морено, Мигель Анхель Фаласка Фернандес, Хулиан Гарсия Кастро, Марлон Рафаэль Паларини, Исраэль Родригес Кальдерон, Серхио Нода Бланко, Густаво Сауседо Гарсия, Мануэль Паррес Моралес. Главный тренер — Хулио Веласко.

  Португалия: Андре Рейш Лопеш, Жуан Карлуш Малвейру, Марку Эван Феррейра, Карлуш Фидалгу, Тьягу Виолаш, Эден Секейра, Жуан Мигел Жозе, Валдир Секейра, Флавиу Родолфу Круш, Руй Антониу Сантуш, Иву Касаш. Главный тренер — Хуан Диас.

Индивидуальные призы
 MVP:  Йохен Шопс
 Лучший нападающий:  Йохен Шопс
 Лучший блокирующий:  Георг Грозер
 Лучший на подаче:  Валдир Секейра
 Лучший на приёме:  Андре Лопеш
 Лучший связующий:  Мигель Анхель Фаласка
 Лучший либеро:  Мартин Пипа
 Самый результативный:  Мартин Немец

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Deb Kinsey
Deb Kinsey is today's Vibrant person!
"This is a great community. It really is. I love Elkhart." This is how Deb Kinsey starts the conversation with us. Deb is originally from Muncie, Indiana. She moved here with her husband, Al when his company transferred them. They are now deeply entrenched in Elkhart.
Deb and Al have been foster parents to over 80 children. They now have 12 they call their own. There are currently three teenagers and a 22-year old living in the Kinsey house, along with two dogs and a cat.
When the kids were younger and there was a whole lot of them living with the Kinsey's, they purchased a well-used motor home. Al put his mechanical talents to work and the family was able to put even more miles on it. That included a couple of family trips to Florida. The thing served its purpose. It could keep the family together even when on the road. "That's how we did our traveling," Deb says.
Along with Al, Deb is a Pastor a New Life Community Church on Main Street in Elkhart. Counseling others is a big part of what Deb does and she is good at it. Marie Thomason, a member of the congregation, says about Deb, "She never looks down at people or speaks ill of anyone even if they have done her wrong."
Like the best counselors, Deb listens effectively. She works hard to understand not only the words that are being said but the feelings behind them. For many, talking with a counselor is an emotional experience. Deb has a knack for getting a smile from others, even when they have a face full of tears.
Deb has another very useful talent. According to Marie, Deb has a knack giving out "great hugs" at just the right time. That is a true sign that this special lady has found her calling.


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The website will updated with Photos, Videos, Tourist Tales and provide News and a Newsletter to any News subscribers on the website.
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Our Lady and the Tramp Pasta Party! – Giveaway!
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To celebrate the release of Disney's Lady and the Tramp on Blu-ray. A classic love story unfolds in the best Disney tradition as a lovely young pedigreed cocker spaniel named Lady, who lives a pampered life, finds herself falling romantically for Tramp, an amorous street-smart pooch without prospects.
Although they have fun together on several dates, including a sentimental spaghetti dinner by moonlight at Tony's restaurant, their relationship is strained not only by Lady's loyalty to her human family and their newborn baby, but by Tramps devil-may-care attitude that eventually gets Lady in trouble and tossed into the dog pound. However, good-hearted Tramp redeems himself by saving the baby from potential harm and thus wins Lady's love and the affection of her human family.
In honor of the release of the movie Disney invited our family to have a special pasta party in our home. The girls had such a fun time in our remade Tony's Restaurant creating crafts and coloring before we ate. Check out all of our pictures below!
We have one copy of Lady and the Tramp Diamond Edtion to give away.
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