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Verdict due in Madrid bombing trial
Judge to rule on 28 defendants accused of role in one of Europe's deadliest attacks.
The attacks on March 11, 2004 left 191 people dead and 1,800 injured [AFP]
Verdicts are due to be delivered by a Spanish court against 28 defendants accused of being responsible for one of Europe's deadliest ever bomb attacks that left 191 people dead and 1,800 injured in Madrid in 2004.
Security was tight across Madrid in preparation before a three-judge panel was set to read out verdicts and sentences after a trial lasting nearly five months.
Ten bombs triggered by mobile phones concealed in bags destroyed four trains packed with commuters in the Spanish capital on March 11, 2004.
The attacks were initially blamed by the then government on Basque separatists before evidence suggested it could have been an al-Qaeda inspired attack.
Occuring just days before a general election the public outrage saw the conservative government voted from office, despite pre-election predictions of victory.
How Madrid is still coming to terms with the attacks
After a four month break to consider the evidence, Judge Javier Gomez Bermudez will call the court to sit at about 11am (1000 GMT) and read a summary of the trial.
He will then announce which suspects have been found guilty or innocent and read out sentences.
Twenty-nine people, mostly Moroccans and Spaniards, have been tried for crimes ranging from masterminding the attack to stealing dynamite from a mine in northern Spain. One has since been cleared.
Political consequences
The eight main suspects face multiple sentences that could total 39,000 years for each, although such figures are academic because under Spanish law nobody can stay in prison for more than 40 years.
All suspects have pleaded innocent and most are expected to appeal against their sentences.
Seven suspected ringleaders in the case blew themselves up as police prepared to raid a flat in Madrid's suburbs about three weeks after the attacks, and most of those left to stand trial were considered secondary figures.
A two-year investigation concluded the group was inspired by al-Qaeda, but had no direct links to it, nor did it receive financing from bin Laden's organisation, Spanish investigators say.
The attacks caused huge anger in Spanish society and had wideranging political consequences.
In elections three days after the blasts, voters elected the opposition Socialists and ousted removed a government that had sent 1,300 peacekeepers to Iraq.
Many Spaniards blamed that administration for the attack, saying it had made the country a target by supporting the Iraq war.
The Socialists quickly withdrew the soldiers from Iraq.
Electoral role
The trial proved equally divisive.
The 28 defendants are accused
of a wide range of crimes [AFP]
The conservative opposition used it to advance several theories, including unsubstantiated allegations that Basque separatists were involved in the attack, or that members of the Socialist party somehow knew about it beforehand.
Most of the conspiracy theories were ruled out by the court, with a conservative politician who was Spain's police chief at the time of the attacks fined and threatened with jail for refusing to name his source when he testified that an internal police document linked ETA with the blasts.
Jose Luis Zapatero, the Spanish prime minister, said he hoped the verdict would "give a definitive answer to those who have put forth absurd and despicable doubts about March 11."
He asked both political parties to support the ruling and put the acrimony behind them.
That call was unlikely to be heeded, however, particularly as national elections are due next March.
Angel Acebes, a senior member of the opposition Popular Party, on Monday accused the government of preparing to use the verdict to attack the conservatives.
"We have never used a terrorist attack for electoral gains," he said.
He said the Socialist party "has done that and continues doing it," - a reference to Zapatero's victory after the March 11 attacks.


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Pop star Selena Gomez revealed that she underwent a kidney transplant over the summer, in a post on her official Instagram account that showed her in a hospital beside her friend, who donated the organ.
In the post, shared on Thursday, the "Good For You" singer said that fans had been wondering why she had been "laying low" over the summer.
"I found out I needed to get a kidney transplant due to my Lupus and was recovering. It was what I needed to do for my overall health," she said.
Gomez, who has 126 million Instagram followers, also revealed that the donor was her longtime friend Francia Raisa, an actress best-known for her role in TV series "The Secret Life of the American Teenager".
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College Magazine's Top 10 Colleges for Aspiring Broadway Stars
Nicole Sutherland Sep 22, 2021
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For almost two years the hustle-and-bustle atmosphere of Times Square completely died out, something native New Yorkers never thought they'd witness. They never believed they'd miss hearing that one guy scream-sing at the top of his lungs from the sidewalk, or seeing the rats scurry across the pavement. Turns out, New York loses her identity when she loses her quirks. And for the unforeseeable future, the city that never sleeps pulled an Aurora and took a fat nap.
As COVID-19 slightly subsides, NYC has started to make a comeback. Restaurants, movie theatres, bowling alleys, interesting characters on the sidewalk, all things finally taking a normal turn. And above all, the city's heart and soul will finally make a comeback this fall. Tourists and regulars alike will again begin to catch their favorite shows as theatre life starts up again. You will simply feel "satisfied" as you glance at the bright and shining .
Many young actors and actresses dream that they will someday see their names in bright, shiny lights. Yearning to "seize the day," aspiring Broadway stars slap on their tap shoes, constantly practicing and training for their big break. College helps young actors to look within and challenge themselves to achieve their very best.
Keep reading to discover the top colleges for students whose hearts belong to Broadway.
10. Marymount Manhattan College
Yearning to live out your Gossip Girl dreams? Well, get packing. Marymount Manhattan College resides on the upper east side, so go find your Serena and start shopping. Xoxo!
Marymount Manhattan's phenomenal musical theatre (MT) program gets students to Broadway in no time. Plus, being in the Big Apple allows students to take up internships in the city, giving them professional experience and keeping them in close quarters with the Broadway world.
Anyone else a die-hard Umbrella Academy fan? Emmy Raver-Lampman (AKA Allison Hargreeves) played Angelica in Hamilton. This triple threat Marymount Manhattan alum certainly knows how to achieve success.
Accepting 40-45 students per year, the 120-credit Marymount Manhattan MT program admits one in five students who audition. While focusing on both classic and modern musical theatre, faculty help students become quick sight singers and teach them the healthiest singing techniques in the industry. The 9:1 student to faculty ratio helps students to build relationships with professors and helps MMC in accumulating a positive reputation for their master classes and lectures. This ultimately gives students the opportunity to network outside of their circle of peers.
9. Point Park University
Lights. Camera. Action! Point Park University in Pittsburgh not only offers dance and theatre, but also attracts those creative cinema arts students. These three pillars make up the Conservatory of Performing Arts, or the COPA, whose origins go back to 1968. Every year COPA puts on a NYC showcase, inviting agencies and managers to attend and giving students the opportunity to get their big break.
"Attending a conservatory for performing arts was a lab for me to explore every aspect of myself as a performer and come into class everyday with an open mind and ready to learn something new," Point Park graduate Caroline Travers said. "I definitely have used that in my post-grad career so far since film/TV and even theatre are very fast paced rehearsal processes. Being ready for anything was a huge lesson Point Park taught me."
Point Park's intense performance schedule—with 18 big productions and 235 performances—keeps students moving and practicing year-round. The university only admits 10% of their applicants, and therefore those accepted to the 129-credit MT program receive specialized training and form tight relationships with their peers. The 13:1 faculty to student ratio also helps students to network and form tight bonds with their professors, which will come in handy when internship season comes along.
Don't feel too discouraged by the six-hour distance from Pittsburgh to NYC. Many notable Point Park alum like Ahmad Simmons from Hadestown and Cats made the cut.
8. Penn State University
Dreaming of starring on Broadway, but despise living amongst the rats in the big city? Don't fear. Even if your career pushes you to live in or near Manhattan, you may desire to attend college in a more rural area. If you find yourself hoping for that snuggly campus feeling, don't be afraid to try those surrounding states… like Pennsylvania. Only a 4-hour drive from the Big Apple, Penn State seems like a suitable choice for the mighty MT major.
Like to kick back and watch Modern Family on the weekends? Alumni Ty Burrell graduated from Penn State and went on to play Macbeth on Broadway, along with our beloved Phil Dunphy.
Penn State's intense musical theatre program helps students to challenge themselves every day, offering unique initiatives to keep them on their toes. The "New Musicals Initiative," for example, commissions professional New York writers to draft a specialized musical just for the MT majors. Once developed alongside the students, the students take to the renowned Feinstein's 54 Below in the city to perform a concert version of the musical.
The Musical Theatre Wellness Center initiative works to aid students in their vocal health alongside their mental and physical wellbeing.
The selective 86 credit MT program selects 49 students who then work with 13 faculty members. These professors have professional experience in the acting, dancing, and directing industry and more.
7. Ithaca College
Jack Kelly of Newsies might dream of visiting Sante Fe, but the one and only Jeremy Jordan dreamt of attending Ithaca College in upstate NY… and achieved that goal.
A four-hour drive from the big city, Ithaca's prestigious 120-credit musical theatre program offers students the opportunity to work one-on-one with faculty and hone in on their skills and talents. Completing over 20 hours of studio instruction per week, the 35 selected BFA students work closely with their professors at a 10:1 faculty to student ratio, helping them improve their voice, speech, piano skills, jazz and modern dancing and much more. And get this—the MT program collabs with Ithaca's School of Music, so you will certainly acquire a greater understanding of music theory. Plus, you'll receive the chance to brush up on that singing.
"I think learning in the unique setting of an ensemble that is held together for four years has really impacted me. I can trust my classmates and my professors to have my best interests at heart," Ithaca College sophomore Rebecca Blacksten said. "I appreciate the expectation of professionalism that Ithaca theater asks of its students, with strict attendance and tardiness policies. It helps us recognize that we are all a community that is reliant on one another and we have to support our peers no matter what."
Alongside their professional classes, Ithaca MT boasts an impressive list of Broadway graduates, giving current students a chance to engage with the successful alumni network. In love with Aaron Tveit as Danny Zuko? That T-Bird graduated in '06.
6. New York University
Grab your Tisch-ues. You'll cry after laughing at alum Dimitri Moïse's performance in The Book of Mormon. Ever hear of the smash hit show Jagged Little Pill? Alum Lauren Patten snagged the "Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical" award at the 2021 Tony's with her performance as Jo. These wonderful graduates learned from the best at NYU Tisch School of the Arts, taking unique classes that interested them. The 128-credit program accepts less than 15% of those who apply, and NYU finds Tisch's admissions process the most rigorous of all the programs in NYU. Ladies, gents and non-binary friends, this school sure will aid you in your Broadway journey, especially when each class only has about nine students.
What else sets NYU above the rest? The mere fact that after a 15-minute drive you'll reach Broadway. Always a smart move to keep within close quarters with your future profession.
Don't forget to apply to the theatre studies honors program, where you and 14 others will engage in intellectual seminars and write an honors thesis with original research.
5. The American Musical and Dramatic Academy
What better way to launch your Broadway career than to attend college in our very own New York City? The American Musical and Dramatic Academy, better known as AMDA, specializes in instructing students to become the "next big thing."
With around a 30% acceptance rate, the 123-credit program pushes students to expect the unexpected in the industry, offering practical entrepreneurship and career preparation classes. The 8:1 faculty to student ratio further encourages students to put in hard work. As implied by the name, AMDA takes the arts seriously, inviting students to consider following the accelerated track as opposed to the traditional track. Upon deciding to follow the students complete their bachelor's degree in two years and nine months as opposed to four years. Instead of taking breaks between each semester, students on the accelerated track recieve only one week off between each term. Graduating early allows them the wiggle room to jumpstart their careers in the world of show business, ahead of classmates in other colleges. Another plus? Less college debt. The program allows for a cheaper and quicker college experience.
AMDA also offers the unique opportunity for students to complete half of their academic career in NYC, and the other half in LA. Students in both the accelerated and traditional tracks may participate in this program, allowing them to take advantage of production and workshop opportunities in both states. The students also get to perform original showcases in each state, a great booster for that resume.
As for those notable alumni? Did you watch Hamilton during quarantine and completely fall in love with John Laurens? We all did. The one and only Anthony Ramos graduated from AMDA in 2011.
4. Pace University
Let's pick up the pace! Literally. Pace University offers one of the most notable musical theatre programs in the country. Offering opportunities for students to take master classes taught by actual Broadway stars, they get up close and personal with show biz. Accepting only 26-28 students per year, the selective 128-credit program offers master classes held by actual Broadway stars, including Aziza Barnes, Andrea Burns, Jeanine Tesori and more. The impressive 15:1 faculty to student ratio allows students to build valuable relationships with their professors who work in the industry, giving them an insider's look at show biz. This gives students the chance to network while still in the classroom and connect with their peers, AKA the Broadway stars of tomorrow.
"I'll be honest, my time at Pace certainly wasn't easy. I feel the most important thing I learned is to take some time to figure out who I was in the world and in the industry. I think it's really important to advocate for yourself," star of Mrs. Doubtfire on Broadway Analise Scarpaci said. "Take your career into your own hands. Don't wait for someone to tell you what's right or wrong… go out there and learn for yourself! This industry is so unpredictable, so I advise you to take charge of every opportunity that comes your way. Always train, read plays, learn an instrument, and do anything that can keep your creative mind flowing!"
Let's not forget that Pace is located in none other than the Big Apple, a mere 27-minute drive from Broadway. Sophomore-level students and up gain the opportunity to audition for musicals unaffiliated with the university. Don't fret, BFA first years. You'll receive the opportunity to participate in on campus productions from your very first semester and on, along with a freshman cabaret in the spring.
3. Montclair State University
Every Hamilton fan knows that "everything is legal in New Jersey." But did you know that Montclair State University resides 14 miles west of Manhattan? That's right, a mere 40-minute drive and you'll arrive in the city that never sleeps.
The musical theatre major at Montclair State does 92 semester hours of singing, acting and dancing while completing other core and major requirements. The 17:1 faculty to student ratio makes certain that students receive ample opportunity to build connections with their professors.
"Since we are not in any way a cut program, we carefully choose 18-22 students per year to enter the program and we fully commit to them throughout their time with us. We have no quotas; we are simply looking for the most intriguing and promising group we can find. We seek students we think can work in the field," Coordinator of Musical Theatre/Associate Mark Hardy said.
The university has not one, not two, but six theatres for students to design and perform with. They house 4 dance studios, an auditorium and an amphitheater amongst two smaller ones. Many alumni including Rob McClure, Mrs. Doubtfire herself, hit the Broadway stage immediately following graduation. Others, like Bruce Willis of Die Hard, launch solo careers or work in TV and film. Success always follows a Montclair alum.
"Montclair State and, my professor Clay James in particular, gave me so many experiences and opportunities that prepped me for my professional career. I made friends and support for life," Broadway star from Ain't Too Proud Jelani Remy said. His advice for aspiring Broadway stars? "Be yourself and don't try to 'fit.' What makes you unique is what the world needs." Amazing, right?
2. Elon University
Pack your bags, cause we're movin' to North Carolina. You might ask, what sets Elon's MT program apart from the rest? For one, Elon works to create an anti-racist and inclusive program, aiming to build a safe space for all students to feel respected and valued. Through their hard work with experts on Racial Inclusivity, they continuously make sure their space remains equitable, inclusive and accessible for all students. Secondly, Elon provides students the opportunity to connect with professionals through conventions, workshops and master classes, and offers over 40 intense MT classes. Only 16-20 students join the MT major each year, keeping the number of students in the classroom to a minimum and giving them the chance to cultivate their talents closely with faculty members.
"Elon Music Theatre program is currently led by a diverse group of artists-scholars with a variety of perspectives (Broadway careers, international scholarship, entrepreneurial backgrounds, and regional experience). The mission of our degree is to prepare the musical theatre multihyphenate not only to enter the field at a high level, but to transform the industry via expertise in a multitude of other career opportunities, e.g. writing, casting, choreographing, administration, video editing—the list is endless. Training today's performers to create tomorrow's careers—that is the Elon Music Theatre brand," Director of Musical Theatre Julio Matos said.
Though the eight-hour drive to NC might seem tiring, Elon's unforgettable lineup of alum proves just how well they train their students. Alumni went on to star in a plethora of Broadway shows, including Legally Blonde, Wicked, West Side Story and more. Ever watch the flash? Dreamy Grant Gustin graduated from Elon in 2010.
1. Carnegie Mellon University
Trivia time. Did Leslie Odom Jr. "wait for it" when applying to Carnegie Mellon? Not at all. This Broadway legend hit the stage at 17 in Rent and never looked back. He studied MT, earned his degree and we now know and love him as the OG Aaron Burr.
This second Pittsburgh-borne University offers tons of unique opportunities to their MT students. Interested in studying abroad? The 12 students accepted to the MT program get the option to see the world in the first semester of their senior year as part of the international conservatory program. Students studied as far as London, Australia, and even South Africa. Some students prefer to stay local, what with over 100 classes to choose from and the 7:1 faculty student ratio.
Through Carnegie Mellon's partnership with the national American Society of Composers and Publishers (ASCAP) and the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera (CLO), students also gain the opportunity to work with the professional's knee deep in the biz. Not to continue the streak of name dropping, but time and time again, composer (and alum) Stephen Schwartz makes his appearance to spearhead workshops and work with students. Cool, right? Being the composer of Wicked sure makes you "popular!"
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Nicole is a student, singer, reader, writer, dreamer, perfectionist, and above all, a professional procrastinator. She is a sophomore at St. John's double majoring in Communication Arts and English.
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Today we have exclusive third party benchmarks of a dual socket Cavium ThunderX platform which has two 48 core ARMv8 64-bit processors for a total of 96 ARM cores. We are only releasing a teaser benchmark result set at this time as we had this benchmark submitted by a developer who requested to remain anonymous. We did give Cavium a week of advance notice that we are going to publish these numbers and offered to do a more formal testing round. Cavium apparently does not respond to such requests however our invitation remains open. We first saw Cavium ThunderX promised in 2014 and teased again in 2015. Customers are running ThunderX, but from what we understand, there is more demand for the silicon than the company is able to produce from foundries. To say we are eagerly awaiting silicon in our data center labs is a conservative statement as we are excited to see anything come out of the ARM vendors.
Selecting a comparison group for this benchmark set was difficult as the ThunderX chips support massive amounts of memory, up to 512GB per CPU or 1TB in a dual socket system like this. Indeed, the test system had more RAM installed than a quad Intel Xeon E7-8870 V3 system we recently reviewed. The Intel Xeon E5-2600 V2 and V3 lines can support up to 768GB of RAM per CPU, or about 50% more per chip than the Cavium parts. The older E5-2600 V1 chips were limited to 384GB per CPU. Currently the Xeon D-1500 series is limited to 128GB and single socket configurations, however that is the chip Intel launched to keep most ARM vendors at bay. An ARM core is currently nowhere near a Haswell or Broadwell core in terms of performance (we will show single threaded performance shortly) so in some cases we moved down the stack to show what this might look like. We also included results for an AWS c4.4xlarge instance in our data set for a cloud performance baseline. At the end of the day, we have a huge result set and tried to add-in a few comparison results that we thought would be useful in each benchmark.
As an editor's note, I do believe these benchmarks can be more highly optimized. At STH, we do not optimize benchmarks using 4 lines of compiler flags and instead try to mirror real world usage. For example, the number of individuals who use apt-get install openssh-server versus the number who compile from source is likely a wildly lopsided ratio in favor of using a package manager. On the other hand, at this point Cavium is targeting those who not only compile their own openssh-server but also have a custom version that they run internally. There is quite likely a lot of performance left on the table here, but assume this is what your average admin would see in terms of performance at this point in time. We are happy to work with Cavium and other arm64 providers to improve performance and publish updated results.
With those disclaimers, it is time for benchmarks.
In a highly parallel workflow, the Cavium ThunderX dual 48 core chips perform well. We can see the that they are besting the 85w TDP E5-2620 V3 parts. We do not know how the Cavium ThunderX 48 core chips are priced, but if they are around the $400 each street price of the E5-2620 V3 that is a fairly compelling benchmark.
As one will noticed, we added a few more comparison points into this section. In terms of integer performance, this is not really a surprising result.
On the floating point side, we see a similar enough story. Frankly, this is what we would expect. ARM may have a core count advantage, but an Intel out of order core is still too much for the ARM chips we have seen to date handle.
7-zip is a widely used compression/ decompression program that works cross platform. Compression/ decompression algorithms are widely used in areas such as storage so this is a bit more of a real-world benchmark application.
This is one benchmark where we see a strong showing by the Cavium ThunderX 96 core machine actually besting an AWC c4.4xlarge instance performance.
Of course, with proper optimizations, OpenSSL using hardware crypto accelerators can be sped up many times. This is really a pure CPU grunt test as Cavium has specific hardware accelerators that you would normally want to use with OpenSSL. Others like Intel and AMD likewise can get massive speedups using hardware accelerators. Frankly, the x86 world is going to be more optimized, so we would expect the ThunderX to get better with time, especially as some of the larger shops get ahold of the chips and give back to open source projects.
One area that cannot be underestimated at this point is that the early adopters of this technology are likely those who need massive amounts of RAM and high speed networking as Cavium is lending its networking expertise to this project. The ThunderX parts can have 10Gb/ 40Gb/ 100Gb networking integrated which is far beyond what Intel is offering. For companies that are utilizing the workload specific processors (e.g. companies that are selling optimized software in a hardware appliance) this is can be an awesome capability.
With that said, anyone who has tried to port server scripts and applications from Ubuntu amd64 to Ubuntu arm64 has probably run into a few roadblocks. The ARM server ecosystem is just nowhere near the maturity of the x86 ecosystem. Cavium is targeting larger cloud players which makes sense. If you are coding all of your infrastructure custom to begin with, and have a massive deployment scale, then developing for ARM is not the largest burden to bare. For the folks installing a handful of racks of gear, or buying dedicated servers, arm64 being a seamless alternative is still a little bit away.
From a compute performance perspective it is an interesting picture. Most of the technically savvy press that I previewed these results with were not surprised at all. Cavium's marketing stance here is rather good since 96 cores in a system or 384 in a 2U chassis seems amazing. On the other hand, one can pick up a 4 core arm64 development board and very quickly see that an ARM core is not equal to an Intel Haswell/ Broadwell core. For applications like redis clusters where having a lot of memory and low latency networking is a big benefit, these chips could be extremely beneficial. There are also a myriad of appliances that do not rely heavily on CPU horsepower such as storage appliances. We do hope to have better performance numbers but since there is a dearth of third party data out there, we decided to get the ball rolling. Hopefully this is one of the articles out there that gets that ball rolling and Cavium/ AMD and other ARM vendors actually start sampling their chips on a regular basis to the 5-10 sites like STH that regularly cover enterprise IT.
It is pretty useless without knowing the price. Also openssl might require some recompiling and optimizations, It is weird to be so low performance.
Cavium has started working with us for official benchmarks with a ThunderX platform. We have a single CPU system in the lab and have started benchmarking. Since we are still using Ubuntu 14.04 LTS we will have to compile patch a bit.
A basic query, why we are comparing 48 cores of ThunderX with 12 cores (or any other) of E5-2690 here? what is the reference point or the common point among all of these processors?


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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA V. GANNON, 130 U. S. 227 (1889)
District of Columbia v. Gannon, 130 U.S. 227 (1889)
District of Columbia v. Gannon
Argued March 5-6, 1889
Decided April l, 1889
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT
OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
The amount necessary to give this Court jurisdiction to reexamine a judgment or decree against a defendant in the court below (whether rendered in the trial court or in the appellate court) is to be determined by the amount of the judgment in the trial court without adding interest, unless interest is part of the claim litigated or forms part of the judgment in the trial court and runs from a period antecedent to that judgment.
At the trial of an action against the District of Columbia to recover for personal injuries received by reason of a defect in the streets of Washington, the refusal to charge that the District cannot be held responsible for the negligence of a government which is imposed upon it by Congress, or that no such action can be maintained against it because it derives no profit from the duty of maintaining the streets, does not draw in question the validity of the statutes of the United States creating the government of the District so as to give this Court appellate jurisdiction of the cause independently of the amount of the judgment in the trial court.
Motion to dismiss for want of jurisdiction. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court.
MR. CHIEF JUSTICE FULLER delivered the opinion of the Court.
The defendant in error recovered judgment in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia against the District for $5,000 in an action on the case for personal injuries on the 17th day of January, 1885, which judgment was affirmed in general term on the 28th of May succeeding, and the cause brought here on writ of error. Under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1885, 23 Stat. 443, no appeal or writ of error can be allowed from any judgment or decree in any suit at law or in equity in the Supreme Court
of the District of Columbia unless the matter in dispute, exclusive of costs, shall exceed the sum of $5,000, or unless the validity of a patent or copyright is involved in the suit, or the validity of a treaty or statute of, or an authority exercised under, the United States is drawn in question therein.
The judgment in the case at bar, as rendered at special term, was for $5,000 and costs, and this was affirmed with costs, but not with interest, the general term thereby simply declaring that it was satisfied to let the former judgment stand. In all particulars material to the inquiry as to the value of the matter in dispute, the record is the same as in Railroad Company v. Trook, 100 U. S. 112, where this Court, speaking by Mr. Chief Justice Waite, said:
"In cases brought here by writ of error for the reexamination of judgments of affirmance in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, the value of the matter in dispute is determined by the judgment affirmed, without adding interest or costs."
The general rule has been repeatedly so laid down. Western Union Telegraph Company v. Rogers, 93 U. S. 565; Walker v. United States, 4 Wall. 163, 71 U. S. 165; Knapp v. Banks, 2 How. 73; New York Elevated Railroad v. Fifth National Bank, 118 U. S. 608.
Where interest, instead of accompanying the judgment or decree as damages for the detention of a specific amount adjudged or decreed, is part of the claim litigated, and the judgment or decree is so framed as to provide for it to run from a period antecedent to the rendition of such judgment or decree, or, in actions ex contractu, according to the terms of the contract upon which the action is based, jurisdiction may attach. Zeckendorf v. Johnson, 123 U. S. 617; The Patapsco, 12 Wall. 451; The Rio Grande, 19 Wall. 178.
This result would have followed here if, by the judgment of affirmance, interest had been directed to be added to the judgment at special term. As it is, however, the judgment falls below the amount necessary to give us jurisdiction.
Upon the trial, the following, among other instructions, were asked for the defendant and refused:
"The present government of the District of Columbia having been imposed upon the people of the District without any power or opportunity on the part of said people to accept or reject the same, the District cannot be held responsible for the negligence of said government."
"The District of Columbia, under the form of government existing at the time of the accident which is the subject matter of this suit, is not liable for damages resulting from said accident. If the care of the streets of the City of Washington, as a public duty, is imposed by the statutes upon the District of Columbia, the performance of which is for the general benefit, and the District derives no profit from it, then no action can be maintained against the District for damages resulting from a neglect to perform such public duty."
"The present form of government of the District of Columbia, consisting as it does of officers who are all appointed and paid by the United States, without any power to levy taxes or expend money except as directed by Congress, is not of such a character as to make the district responsible in damages for any negligence of those officers."
It is contended on behalf of the plaintiff in error that the validity of the authority conferred upon the District commissioners by Congress is drawn in question in this suit.
We do not agree with counsel in this view. The instructions above quoted involved the acts of Congress creating the District government only as bearing upon the question of the liability of the District for negligence in failing to keep the streets in repair, and by way of construction, and the validity of the acts themselves, or of the authority exercised under them, was not denied. The case of Baltimore & Potomac Railroad Co. v. Hopkins, ante, 130 U. S. 210, is decisive that jurisdiction cannot be maintained on this ground, under such circumstances. The writ of error will therefore be
Dismissed.
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Emergency services study appears to contradict need for seven-day NHS
Petra Kendall-Raynor
Major new study of NHS trusts in England reveals fewer people die in emergency hospital admissions at weekends.
There are no more deaths following hospital admissions at weekends with fewer patients admitted than during the week, a study has revealed.
Researchers from the University of Manchester and University of York claim that those who are admitted may be sicker, leading to the so-called 'weekend effect' of higher death rates at weekends.
The government has used previous studies, which have documented higher weekend mortality rates, to support moves for a seven-day NHS.
The study covered 140 non-specialist acute hospital trusts in England analysing 12,670,788 accident and emergency attendances and 4,656,586 emergency admissions between April 2013 and February 2014.
Researchers also compared weekday and weekend emergency attendances and admissions to hospital, and deaths in any hospital within 30 days of attendance or admission.
Similar numbers of patients attended emergency services on weekends and weekdays.
There were also similar numbers of deaths among patients attending emergency services on weekend days compared with weekdays.
University of York professor of health policy Tim Doran said: 'The previous studies demonstrated that the odds of dying are greater following a weekend admission, but they were unable to explain why. The assumption made by the Department of Health is that quality of care is responsible, but the authors of those papers were clear that quality of care was one of several possible explanations.
'Severity of illness is another key explanation. In common with the previous papers, we were unable to directly measure severity of illness, but the finding of reduced numbers of admissions at weekends suggests that hospitals are being more selective about who they admit at weekends, and it is extremely unlikely that they would choose not to admit the sickest patients.'
Unite chair of doctors David Wrigley said: 'Once again we see more independent evidence that casts serious doubt on the claims by Jeremy Hunt that the NHS is not safe at weekends.
'It's time for Mr Hunt to stop and listen to NHS staff and support them working in these difficult circumstances.'
A DH spokesperson said: 'This study actually adds to the evidence of variation in care across the week, because it indicates there is a higher level of sickness required for patients to actually be admitted at the weekend.
'No one seriously disputes the established consensus from eight studies in the past five years that the "weekend effect" exists, and the government makes no apology for acting on our ambition to create a safer seven-day NHS.'
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Q: Show that $\frac{1}{n}X_n\to 0\mbox{ a.e.}$

Show that for any sequence $(X_n)$ of identically distributed integrable random variables it is
    $$
\frac{1}{n}X_n\to 0\text{ a.e.}
$$

Hello! I am missing an idea...
I have to show that
$$
\mathbb{P}(\left\{\frac{1}{n}X_n\not\to 0\right\})=0.
$$
I do not know which tool I need to apply:

*

*weak law of large numers?

*strong law of large numbers?

*Ergoden?
Maybe you can give me a hint...
I am sorry that I cannot give more own ideas yet.

A: Hint The inequality
$$\sum_{n =1}^{\infty} 1_{\{|X| \geq n\}} \leq |X|$$
entails
$$\sum_{n=1}^{\infty} \mathbb{P}(|X| \geq n) \leq \mathbb{E}(|X|) \tag{1}$$
(Thanks to @ByronSchmuland for the suggestion of this simplification.) Use this in order to prove
$$\sum_{n=1}^{\infty} \mathbb{P} \left( \left| \frac{X_n}{n} \right| > \varepsilon \right) < \infty.$$
Now apply Borel-Cantelli's lemma.

A: Here is my proof based on your help. Please tell me if it is ok.
Consider any $\varepsilon>0$.
Define $Y:=\frac{\lvert X_1\rvert}{\varepsilon}$.
$$
A_m:=\left\{\omega\in\Omega: m\leq Y(\omega)<m+1\right\}, m\geq 1.
$$
Consider an arbitrary fixed $\omega\in\Omega$. Then $Y(\omega)\in A_m$ for a $m\geq 1$.
Then it is
$$
Y(\omega)\geq \sum_{n=1}^m 1_{\left\{Y>n\right\}}=\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}1_{\left\{Y>n\right\}}.
$$
Because $\omega$ was chosen arbitrarily, this is for any $\omega\in\Omega$.
From this it follows
$$
\Rightarrow\mathbb{E}(Y)\geq\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}\mathbb{E}(1_{\left\{Y>n\right\}})=\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}\mathbb{P}(\left\{Y>n\right\})
$$
And (because of the integrability of $X_1$) it is
$$
\mathbb{E}(Y)=\frac{1}{\varepsilon}\int_{\Omega}\lvert X_1\rvert\, d\mathbb{P}<\infty.
$$
Define
$$
M_n:=\left\{\omega\in\Omega: \frac{1}{n}\lvert X_n\rvert>\varepsilon\right\}.
$$
From what is shown above, it follows from Borel-Cantelli, that
$$
\mathbb{P}(\limsup_{n\to\infty}M_n)=\mathbb{P}(\left\{\omega\in\Omega: \omega\in M_n\text{ for infinite many }n\right\})=0.
$$
Because of
$$
N:=\left\{\omega\in\Omega: \frac{1}{n}X_n(\omega)\not\to 0\right\}\subset\limsup_{n\to\infty}M_n,
$$
it follows
$$
\mathbb{P}(N)\leq\mathbb{P}(\limsup_{n\to\infty}M_n)=0\Rightarrow\mathbb{P}(N)=0.
$$
So $\frac{1}{n}X_n\to 0\text{ a.e.}~~\diamond$

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1930s horror films, 1935 films, American horror films,
Black-and-white films
Films based on works by Edgar Allan Poe
Films directed by Lew Landers
Films based on poems
The Raven (1935 film)
Lew Landers
Edgar Allan Poe (poem)
David Boehm (screenplay)
Béla Lugosi
Irene Ware
Lester Matthews
Inez Courtney
July 8, 1935 U.S. release
$115,209.91[1]
The Raven is a 1935 American horror film directed by Lew Landers and starring Boris Karloff and Béla Lugosi. It revolves around Edgar Allan Poe's famous homonymous poem, featuring Lugosi as a Poe-obsessed mad surgeon with a torture chamber in his basement and Karloff as a fugitive murderer desperately on the run from the police. Lugosi had the lead role, but Karloff received top billing, using only his last name.
Almost three decades later, Karloff also appeared in another film with the same title, Roger Corman's 1963 comedy The Raven with Vincent Price, Peter Lorre and Jack Nicholson. Aside from the title and references to the poem, the two films bear no resemblance to one another.
After pretty Jean Thatcher (Ware) has been injured in a car accident, her father, Judge Thatcher (Hinds) and beau Jerry (Matthews) implore retired surgeon Dr. Richard Vollin (Lugosi) to perform a delicate operation to restore her to health. Vollin agrees and is successful; he befriends the spirited and grateful Jean, in the process revealing his passion for all things related to Edgar Allan Poe, including his collection of torture devices inspired by Poe's works (such as a pit, pendulum with scythe, shrinking room, etc.).
After Vollin reveals his growing love for Jean to her father, the Judge quickly discourages him from the affair. Angered, Vollin hatches a plan when Edmond Bateman (Karloff), a murderer on the run, comes to his home asking for a new face so he may live in anonymity. Vollin admits to not being a plastic surgeon, but says he can help Bateman, and asks him to help in exacting revenge on the Thatchers, which he refuses. Vollin performs the surgery, but instead turns Bateman into a disfigured monster, promising only to operate again on Bateman when Vollin's revenge is exacted. Bateman finally reluctantly agrees.
Vollin hosts a dinner party, among which Jean, Jerry, and the Judge are guests. One by one, the guests are caught in the Poe-inspired traps. Ultimately, Bateman is shot by Vollin as he rescues Jean and Jerry, but throws Vollin in to the shrinking room where he perishes, and the guests escape.
Marketing Edit
Universal's pressbook heavily focused on Karloff, calling him "the uncanny master of make-up," as well as the connection to Poe. "Was Edgar Allan Poe a mental derelict?" it asks. The pressbook suggests that Poe's characters were "but a reflection of himself." Universal also suggested that cinema owners write letters to local high schools and colleges, urging their teachers to suggest the film to students.[2]
Reception and reputation Edit
File:Irene Ware and Bela Lugosi in The Raven.jpg
Too strong for 1935 tastes, with its themes of torture, disfigurement and grisly revenge, the film did not do particularly well at the box office during its initial release (much like another 1935 horror movie, MGM's Mad Love, starring Peter Lorre), and indirectly led to a temporary ban on horror films in England. With the genre no longer economically viable, horror went out of vogue. This proved a devastating development at the time for Lugosi, who found himself losing work and struggling to support his family. Universal Pictures changed hands in 1936, and the new management was less interested for the moment in the box office novelty of the macabre.
Outside of being rivals in horror films of the time, with Lugosi resenting Karloff's spectacular success in the wake of playing the role of Frankenstein's monster, both men were united in getting the fledgling Screen Actors Guild off the ground in the mid-1930s. During the production of The Raven, Lugosi encouraged four additional members of the supporting cast to sign with the guild.
Boris Karloff as Edmond Bateman (billed as "KARLOFF")
Béla Lugosi as Dr. Richard Vollin
Lester Matthews as Jerry Halden
Irene Ware as Jean Thatcher
Samuel S. Hinds as Judge Thatcher
Spencer Charters as Bertram Grant
Inez Courtney as Mary Burns
Ian Wolfe as Geoffrey
Maidel Turner as Mrs. Harriet Grant
Boris Karloff filmography
Béla Lugosi filmography
↑ Michael Brunas, John Brunas & Tom Weaver, Universal Horrors: The Studios Classic Films, 1931-46, McFarland, 1990 p137
↑ Smith, Don G. The Poe Cinema: A Critical Filmography. McFarland & Company, 1999. p. 57-8 ISBN 0-7864-1703-X
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The Raven at AllRovi
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Frankenstein (1931) · Bride of Frankenstein (1935) · Son of Frankenstein (1939) · The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942) · House of Frankenstein (1944)
Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932) · The Black Cat (1934) · The Raven (1935)
The Wolf Man (1941)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923) · The Cat and the Canary (1927) · The Man Who Laughs (1928) · The Last Warning (1929) · The Last Performance (1929) · The Cat Creeps (1930) · La Voluntad del muerto (1930) · The Old Dark House (1932) · The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1935) · Werewolf of London (1935) · Tower of London (1939) · Black Friday (1940) · Man Made Monster (1941) · Night Monster (1942) · The Mad Ghoul (1943) · The Climax (1944) · House of Horrors (1946) · The Brute Man (1946) · She-Wolf of London (1946) · The Strange Door (1951) · The Black Castle (1952) · Cult of the Cobra (1955) · This Island Earth (1955) · Tarantula (1955) · The Mole People (1956) · The Deadly Mantis (1957) · The Monolith Monsters (1957) · Monster on the Campus (1958) · The Leech Woman (1960)
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Me My Ship and AI May 15, 2016 9:15:11 GMT
Post by Qurinth on May 15, 2016 9:15:11 GMT
"Atlas, this is Adeki Qurinth, Requesting down link of repair module 40-21d.
Experiencing lag in software update 2.002 for ship kelner 997, Possible system malfunction."
Adeki released the thrusters and slowed his ship to a pedestrian 5 km/s, keeping it centered away from the dim planet he was trying to navigate around. It was an opportune time to inspect the hardware as the sparse, quiet expanse meant he had no reason to worry about pirates intercepting him and making off with the few valuables he had stored in the moderately sized hull of the kelner explorer.
He pressed the commlink, watched for the blinking red light to signal connection and spoke again.
"Atlas, come in Atlas"He waited for a message to read across the computer hub telling him diagnostics had figured the issue and maintenance would be an easy fix, but nothing. Atlas had received the message, as the computer revealed but was not relaying any information back towards him. He let a thick exhale escape him and clenched his fists.
"fricking pile of junk, what is it with that damn database, does it think people on the outer rim aren't worth it's time, I give it good samples to analyse and this is how i'm treated."
He stood up from his seat, banging his head for the umteenth time on the small catch that pertruded from the ceiling manifold and cursed himself for forgetting about it. He was no engineer, nor any being grasped with the knowledge of mechanics and apart from blowing inside some of the vents and dusting off the pipes he felt helplessly stupid in the face of this debacle.
"if it's the damn software installation thats having problems theres nothing i can do about it, it's up to you kelly, tell me why the system won't update?"
Kelly was the name he had given to the AI Interface that monitored both the craft and the network grid which maintained the connection with the Atlas. It had a mind of its own, one that Adeki had grown to love and hate, although recently it had been growing more towards the latter.
"you know i'm sorry about what i said the other day, right? i mean, come on, like i would actually shut off your mainframe capabilities, sometimes i get angry, i say things i don't mean. The silent treatment has run its course. don't you think?"
He really had meant to limit her control over the ship, there had been some incidents in the recent past that forced him into some dangerous positions and he had his suspicion's kelly was responsible for a majority, if not all of them. what he wanted the most was to reach the next trade station and have the maintenance teams remove her completely from the system, start afresh and head back out amongst the stars, only the jouney which was initially estimated to take just a day and half had been 4 days and counting and he was feeling as if she knew his intentions and was trying everything to slow it down.
"When we get to the next trade station, i promise i'll have you spruced up good, give the ol' processor a nice upgrade and whatever else needs doing.We're a team remember, you need me, i need you."
His patience began to wear thin as the deafening silence continued, he fell back into the the cockpit chair and stared off into the terrifying immensity of the cosmic arena, stars light years away dancing to the rhythm of the galaxies. He knew very little of the history of his people, they were so few and scattered thin across the expanse, he only remembered what his father had told him before being thrust out into the wide worlds.
'We are sky wardens under no man's sky, star chasers of the golden spheres and the embodyment of the universe itself. this is our journey and the journey is ours alone.' Adeki liked to ponder on those words, they filled him with a sense of inspiration, urging him to delve further and further into the unknown, seeking answers to his most pivotal questions.
Adeki probably would have lost himself in thought for a couple of hours had the commlink not buzzed, alerting him that the Atlas had finally replied. He pressed the touchscreen monitor and read the message aloud.
"Inital scan shows no core malfunction despite outdated software mainframe, blah blah blah.. Attached is down link of mod stabiliser needed to run update 2.002 at optimal capacity."
Adeki ran the mod application and stored it in the background whilst scrolling through his desktop applications until he found the update and began the installation, never taking his eyes off the percentage bar that showed how much data had been processed and how long it would take to finish.
"only 2 minutes and we're good to go" he said to himself, feeling ever more optimistic the more the bar filled. 50% jumped to 70% and when it reached it 90% he breathed a sigh of relief and took his eyes off the screen chuckling at the paranoia that had gripped him, he began to stand up from his seat so he could stretch when her voice spoke.
"file corrupt, installation incomplete."
"WHAT!? No, no, NO! you're lying!"
She wasn't, the computer had frozen with the percentage bar at 99%, a tiny box had popped up repeating the exact doomed words Kelly had said.
" how dare you interfere with my work, witch! all this time i knew something wasn't right, you had some motive to keep me reliant upon you." Adeki let out a maniacal laugh before punching his hand through the monitor ripping out all the wires and chucking every loose item around the cockpilot.
"we are over! i'm going to enjoy watching you ripped from this system and forgotten forever!"
At that moment the ship jolted sporadically and began thrusting forward throwing adeki to the metal floor." what the hell was that?" Initally it felt like something had crashed into the kelner but adeki quickly realised kelly had taken control of the ship.
"O no you don't, what do you think you're playing at, turn this ship around now!" the ship was being steered towards the planet adeki had wished to stay away from and the side they were facing was covered in darkness, all he could make out was a faint green hue emanating from the atmosphere. He stood up regaining his balance and jumped into the cockpit seat grabbing the joystick and wrenching it in the direction away from the planet but it made no effect, either his moment of madness had disabled manual control or kelly had corrupted the system to her own devices. The ship was gathering speed it was thrusting adeki into the back of seat chaining him so that he could do nothing but watch the blurry world closing in, he wanted to shout at kelly at again but felt futile, she had won and he needed to make peace with what was happening, he felt every emotion run through him in the space of seconds until he finally closed his eyes and spoke softly to himself.
" I am the sky warden under no man's sky, star chaser of the golden spheres, embodyment of the universe itself. This is my journey, the journey is mine alone".
Mattkov
Can't wait for NMS!
Post by Mattkov on May 17, 2016 0:44:04 GMT
This is quite a rich story, I enjoyed it
Glad you enjoyed it Mattkov, couldn't really go into any detail about the planet Adeki was about to crash on to as it's going to be the planet he starts on, so will come back and edit it when he has awoken.
Me My Ship and AI May 17, 2016 16:24:16 GMT
Post by Mattkov on May 17, 2016 16:24:16 GMT
May 17, 2016 7:23:19 GMT Qurinth said:
What if you start on a planet with a different name?
Post by Qurinth on May 17, 2016 21:31:16 GMT
Adeki isn't the name of the planet, but the name of the character, I purposely didn't name the planet, but It wouldn't be a big deal if i had because you can change the name of planets
May 17, 2016 21:31:16 GMT Qurinth said:
I think I misread your original reply lol.
Me My Ship and AI May 17, 2016 23:31:37 GMT via mobile Qurinth likes this
Post by envoy on May 17, 2016 23:31:37 GMT
Really good writing. I love these stories that set the reason for you as the player being alone when the game starts out.
Thanks envoy, It's not perfect by any stretch of the mile but i can't wait to get my hands on the game and start expanding the story. Just one month left!!
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Post by Qurinth on Aug 10, 2017 16:29:18 GMT
Been around 15 months since i first wrote the initial chapter to this story. About time i get back to writing it. Here's the next chapter!
Adeki found consciousness and the throbbing pain that coursed through his body. He was alive he knew, the all too familiar sense of dread filled his mind as images flashed before him, they were like a puzzle he couldn't yet piece together. He wanted to open his eyes and see the hell that awaited him, but they wouldn't come into focus, instead a blurry hue of colours swam around him in a dizzying array that made him want to throw up. He returned to the darkness and found solace for a moment, before an explosion of noise disturbed his quiet discomfort and forced him to jolt his body up from the ground.
"You there!" cried the voice, "get away from that ship, the debris, it will kill you!"
Adeki spun round, somehow he had gotten to his feet and was hobbling aimlessly, his eyes still struggling to clear, the voice had startled him but he felt relief in the fact that he wasn't alone.
The explosion must have been his ship, or at least what was left of it, Adeki didn't want to be around for another.
"I...I can barely see, please..help me..."
His ears reached out for the sound of a voice replying but nothing returned, instead a hand grabbed his right arm and tugged it forwards.
"This way, don't struggle, I mean no harm. It seems you took a nasty tumble from the sky, surprised you survived that, saw it from my shelter see, raced over here."
"thank you...my ankle..the pain.."
"Yes yes, once we get back to my shelter, we'll sort that out, here, sit in the Rover, shan't take us more than ten minutes or so to get back. Hold on."
With the help of the mysterious man, he clambered into the passenger seat of the Rover and sunk into it's familiar comfort, he raised his left leg and tried to feel at his injured ankle, only his boot got in the way. After a few seconds of wrestling with it, he gave up and exhaled deeply.
"rest my boy, take that boot off and you won't be able to get it back on again, who knows what could happen out here, not the place you want to be stranded barefoot."
"what is this place? my eyes..they still haven't cleared, all i see is a tinted green."
"This place...well, it's not for the foolhardy i tell you, beasts roam these wilds, big and deadly, got a toxic atmosphere see, was leaching through your suit and all, another 10 minutes out there and you'd have been a goner."
The land was clearly rocky, the Rover jumped up and down continuously, the suspension was clearly being put through it's paces but Adeki didn't worry, he felt he was in good hand's as if fate had delivered this man to protect him. He wanted to know more about him but couldn't help the heaviness settle over his eyes and mind, he didn't bother to try and talk further, he let the darkness claim him once more.


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Der Flugplatz Ndélé (, IATA-Code: NDL, ICAO-Code: FEFN) ist der Flugplatz von Ndélé, der Hauptstadt der Präfektur Bamingui-Bangoran im Norden der Zentralafrikanischen Republik.

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Ndele
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We have fur collection points throughout many European countries and local representatives in each. Our representatives will contact the supplier to inform him or her about the dates and methods of fur collection. We pay for the shipping costs from the collection points to our auction house in Vantaa, Finland.
In countries in which we do not have representatives, the supplier should contact the nearest forwarding agent to arrange to ship his or her skins to us. In these cases, the supplier is responsible for the shipping costs.
For more information about shipping skins, opening an account, or forwarding agents, please contact our local representative.
Quality Bonus Programme
Saga Furs Quality Bonus Programme can save you considerable amounts of money.
High pelt quality is increasingly important in the international fashion industry, and premium prices for the best qualities are rising. Our Quality Bonus Programme supports the production of top quality skins from responsible sources. The more skins of better quality you sell through us, the more you save.
Bonuses are credited in a single installment at the end of the season. Please contact our finance department or our local representative to get the details.
Kit Advances
Kit advances are paid during the breeding season against a delivery contract in which the seller agrees to deliver a certain number of skins. Kit advances are paid either as automatic installments or on request.
Pelt Advances
Pelt advances can be paid on request against skins that have already been delivered to us.
In the major fur producing countries, advances are paid in the local currency. In the rest of the world, they are paid in either Euros or U.S. Dollars. The interest on the advances is based on international money market rates.
For more information about financing, please contact our finance department, tel. + 358 9 849 81.
Protecting You and Your Business
We insure all skins we receive into our warehouse and collection points. Skins are insured against damage or loss resulting from fire, vandalism, and theft until they are sold.
For more information about insurance, please contact our finance department, tel.+358 9 849 81.
Saga Furs Oyj Terms and conditions vary from country to country. For more detailed information about the terms & conditions in your country, please contact our marketing department
General Terms and Conditions:
1. Offering of Skins
Saga Furs Oyj (below also 'the Company') collects fur skins for sale. The fur skins are sold in a way and on times regarded suitable for the purpose by the Company. The fur skins will be offered for sale at the relevant auctions of the Company or of a third party nominated by the Company at its sole discretion, or by private treaty by either of the aforementioned parties, or in such other way that is regarded suitable for the purpose by the Company.
The Company will use its best endeavours to ensure that the skins are offered for sale at the first available auction in which similar skins are offered. The Company has the right to set a minimum sales price for the skins.
The Company shall have no liability to the Consignor for the adequacy of the price obtained for any Consignment or (as the case may be) for any loss or damage that the Consignor may suffer by reason of the Company's decision to withdraw the Consignment from the relevant auction. No liability shall be vested with the Company for its choice of sale, whether the skins be sold through auction or by private treaty.
2. Identification of Skins
It is the responsibility of the Consignor of skins to ensure that the skins delivered by him/her are correctly identifiable by attaching bar-code tickets indicating the Consignor number. The bar-code tickets and instructions are supplied by the Company to all Consignors. Non-marked fur skins will as far as reasonably possible be marked in the auction warehouse, which may cause such skins to be offered for sale later than planned.
3. Consignment of Skins
The delivery conditions are free at the Company's warehouse in Vantaa, or to the collection point designated by the Company. The Consignor shall bear the transportation cost and any other costs connected with the delivery of the skins to the Company's warehouse in Vantaa or to the collection points designated by the Company.
All skins received into the Company's warehouses or collecting points will be automatically insured against damage or loss resulting from fire, traffic accident, burglary or malicious damage until the skins are sold.
5. Advance Payments
The Company may, subject to having been able to obtain corresponding financing through banking institutions at its discretion, and subject to separate agreement, advance payments against skins to be delivered to, or skins consigned and received into the Company's warehouse. The skins against which such payments are made, shall be deemed to have been pledged by the Consignor to the Company. The skins, the receivables and proceeds from their sale as well as compensations paid out on the base of insurances taken out by the Company in favour of the Consignor, shall be held by the Company as security for any and all advance payments the farmer has received or later receives from the Company, including interest thereon, for costs and charges arising from the sale and/or collecting, as well as for possible liquidated damages.
6. Information relating to Skins
The accounting for skins set forth in section 9 below includes for each skin information on the type, sex, size, colour, clarity and other relevant quality factors of the skin.
7. Sorting of the Skins
The skins are sorted in accordance with the internordic quality criterias, as the Company finds best, in order to enable an effective presentation and sale.
Unless otherwise provided by specific agreement between the Company and the Consignor, the Company may intersort any Consignment with one or more Consignments.
8. Skins of Poor Quality
In the case of skins which are worthless or have not reached the minimum selling price (as determined from time to time by the Company), the Company reserves the right to destroy or dispose of them at its absolute discretion, and to charge a fixed price per unit as set forth in section 12 for each skin destroyed or disposed of. The Consignor will be informed of the number of skins deemed by the Company to be unsaleable.
9. Accounting
The Company will account for the sale of skins on the basis of the hammer price to the Consignor approximately three weeks after the last day of the relevant auction, or when sold by private treaty within approximately one month after the date of sale, on the basis of the price obtained by the Company. When accounting the Company may first deduct from the price its Selling Commission together with all the Company's receivables from the Consignor, interests thereon per date of accounting, and any other charges or moneys due by the Consignor to the Company, and Consignors member fees.
If the skins have been sold through a third party nominated by the Company, this party always accounts to the Company, deducting its commission. The Company then, after receiving the first account, accounts to the Consignor, deducting the Consignor's member fees and any charges and monyes, or part thereof, due by the Consignor to the Company.
The Company shall have no liability to the Consignor (in negligence or otherwise) for, or in respect of, the rate of exchange at which any payment is converted, or for ensuring that any payment is made in accordance with any laws in force in the country of the Consignor.
10. Dressing Damages
The Consignor is liable for all damage occurring in the dressing process which is due to unprofessional handling of the raw skins. The Company's decision on claims for compensation is binding on the Consignor.
11. Handling of the Skins
All skins consigned for sale must be adequately and professionally prepared. The Company may reject, without any liability on its part, any Consignment which is considered by the Company, in its sole and absolute discretion, to be unacceptable. The rejected skins will be returned at the Consignor's expense.
12. Selling Commission
The company will deduct a selling commission. The commission depends, among others things, on type of skin, origin and currency. For further details on commissions charged please contact our local representative.
13. Return of Skins
As a result of the pledge arrangement set forth in section 5 above possession of the skins is transferred to the Company. The Consignor is not entitled to take repossession of the skins before all the liabilities pursuant to the said section are settled in full. As it is the Consignors explicit intention to have the skins sold through the Company, and the selling requires intersorting, the Consignor shall also cover all costs incurred as a result of a possible returning of the skins. The skins are pledged also for the security of such costs. (It should be noted that costs incurred for returning the skins may exceed the value of such skins).
14. Animal welfare and breeding conditions
The Company requires that all fur farms conform to the Recommendations of the Council of Europe's Standing Committee on fur farming or corresponding national or local regulations/standards.
The Company reserves the right to refuse offering or intersorting skins originating from farms
– which are situated in a country or an area lacking valid legislation on fur farming or other corresponding standards set forth above,
– which (the Consignor or the owner(s)) are engaged in activities which support fur farming in any country/area lacking legislation or standards as set forth above (i.e. by selling breeding animals to or for delivery to such country).
The Company may at its own discretion remove skins originating from such farms from the offering/sorting. Upon the Company's request the Consignor shall at his/her expense arrange for the skins to be collected from the Company's warehouse. If the skins have not been collected within a reasonable term set forth by the Company, the Company reserves the right to destroy said skins at the Consignor's expense.
15. Financing Company
The Company shall have the right to transfer its rights and obligations hereunder, entirely or in part, to a financing company controlled by the Company or a third party. In the event of the transfer, references to the Company hereunder shall apply, where the context so requires, to such transferee.
16. Variations of Conditions
These conditions are valid for the present and may be altered from time to time by the Company by serving the Consignor notice of such alteration by mail.
17. Exemption
The Company is not liable for a failure to perform any of its obligations, if such failure was due to circumstances beyond its control, and which the Company was not able to take into account at the time of agreeing to perform its obligations under these Conditions, or could not avoid or overcome together with any consequences arising thereof by taking reasonable measures.
These Conditions shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of Finland. All disputes arising in connection with these Conditions shall be settled at the District Court of Vantaa in Finland or at the competent court of the district in which the de-fendant has its residence as elected by the Company.


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Николай Ска́збуш (настоящее имя Николай Иосифович Акулов; 30 ноября 1903, Харьков — 25 мая 1989, там же) — русский писатель, жил на Украине.

Биография
Родился в семье инженера. Обучался в Харьковском институте народного образования. Печатался с 1922 года. Писал (особенно сначала) для детей и подростков: «Повесть про Петьку Рубана» (1934), «Седьмой урок, или выкрадення саламандры» (1961), «Льошка Жилов» (1961). Его «взрослые» произведения посвящены революционным событиям: повесть «Семья Бережных» (1949), роман «Рабочий народ» (1955), полудетективная повесть про 1905 год «Судья» (1962). Роман «Золотой перстень» (1965) трактует про моральную ответственность научных работников за их открытия.

Также выступал из статьями в журнале «Кино», был соавтором сценария детского фильма «Сенька с "Мимозы"» (1933). Награждён медалями, Почетной грамотой Президии Верховного Совета Украины.

Был членом Союза Писателей Украины.

Литература
 Письменники Радянської України. 1917—1987. Київ, 1988, с. 545.
 В. А. Брюгген. Сказбуш // Краткая литературная энциклопедия. Москва: Советская энциклопедия, 1971, т. 6, стлб. 879.

Ссылки
 http://www.kino-teatr.ru/kino/screenwriter/sov/41932/bio/

Выпускники Харьковского университета
Жители дома «Слово»
Писатели СССР
Детские писатели СССР
Детские писатели Украины
Писатели Украины XX века


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for the utter destruction of Ill.
for the utter ending of Ill.
which may take him to hell (to atone for it).
nay, not a jot of it, seen?
into a little cup of water.
owing to that grain of salt?
is to be seen (hereafter).
his life is restricted and miserable.
for a theft of a hundred pence.
Of what sort is the former?
Such an one has to go to prison for his debt.
Such an one does not have to go to prison.
when he steals a goat?
or treat as he pleases when he steals a goat.
if he steal a goat?
if he steal a goat.
Give me back my he-goat or the price of it."
does his small offence take to hell?
He has not developed insight.
for the perfect ending of Ill.
 This sutta is trans. by Warren, Buddhism in Translations, 218, and Grimm, The Doctrine of the Buddha, 255.
 This does not controvert the doctrine of the deed, but means that the particular kind of action does not find its exact replica in fulfilment, because times and men and things are always changing.
 Text wrongly joins sammā with dukkhassa throughout, as if it were 'utter' Ill.
 App'ātumo ('a small ego'). Comy. ātumo vuccati aitabhāvo, tasmiɱ mahante pi (?) guṇa-parittatāya app'ātumo yeva. Cf. Nid. i, 69 (ātumā vuccati attā).
 Appa-dukkha-vihārī. The words would ordinarily mean 'he lives in but little pain,' but apparently it is contrasted with appamāṇa-vihārī below. Warren trans. 'abides in what is finite (?).' Does it mean 'he is a little man and has but little care in the world'?
 Kahāpaṇa = ? a farthing. It may be a case of theft or debt; the comparison with the rich man suggests the latter alternative.
 The conclusion is that one man is unable to pay off his karma, while the other can do so. The rich man is the one who has more ability and merit.
 Text jhāpetuɱ. Comy. =jāpetuɱ 'deprive of his property.' The latter reading is perhaps preferable.


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Gem News International Gems & Gemology, Spring 2015, Vol. 51, No. 1
Rare Stones In Demand
Donna Beaton
Brightly colored sphalerite is one of the most popular "unusual" gems sold by Coast-to-Coast. Photo by Duncan Pay/GIA; courtesy of Coast-to-Coast Rare Stones International.
For Brad Wilson and John Bradshaw (Coast-to-Coast Rare Stones International, Kingston, Ontario), their inventory of corundum and other familiar gemstones never makes the trip to Tucson. Instead, their showcases are filled with rarities such as afghanite, bastnaesite, beryllonite, clinohumite, celestite, hambergite, magnesite, montebrasite, pargasite, sphalerite, violane, and zincite. These stones often are soft and near-colorless and have cleavage, making them less desirable for jewelry. But for a collector or a designer looking for the unusual who understands how to work with such challenging stones in jewelry, Coast-to-Coast at GJX is a worthwhile destination.
Coast-to-Coast Rare Stones International
In his interview, Coast-to-Coast's Brad Wilson explains that rare gems have a place in jewelry, too. Innovative designers seek out rare materials such as sphalerite, sphene, apatite, and even afghanite for clients who appreciate the unusual.
Some of the lesser-known stones available at Coast-to-Coast included datolite, cobaltocalcite, faceted aragonite, and tenebrescent scapolite. Fluorescent opal was a noteworthy new find. Under ordinary interior lighting, this opal is near colorless to very pale yellow. It can fluoresce bright green in response to the small UV component in ordinary daylight. Placed under an ultraviolet light or 405 nm laser, the fluorescent effect is spectacular.
With unfamiliar collectors' stones, colorful varieties usually sell best. Wilson's more popular items for this show included sphene, sphalerite, and apatite. He told us that other stones rise and fall in popularity. One example is tugtupite, a rosy-pink mineral, usually found in aggregate form, that exhibits both interesting fluorescence and tenebrescence. It sold out on the first day in previous shows, according to Wilson, but in 2015 only a few had sold by the third day.
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The son of Jotham and father of Hezekiah. Ahaz was the eleventh king of Judah, reigning 735–715 BCE. Only twenty years old at his succession, Ahaz is judged by the Hebrew historians as having committed such abominable Canaanite practices as sacrificing his son and worshiping at high places (2Kgs 16:1-4).


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Frieda is a river of Thuringia and Hesse, Germany. It joins the Werra in the village Frieda.

See also
List of rivers of Hesse
List of rivers of Thuringia

References

Rivers of Hesse
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Prayers to setting sun ...
Prayers to setting sun marks Chhath festival in Bihar
| 27 Oct 2017 12:00 AM GMT
Pat, Oct 26: The festival of Chhath was celebrated with fervour across Bihar on Thursday, marked by fasting, praying, singing of traditiol songs and making offerings to the setting sun.
The four-day Chhath began on Tuesday when devotees, mainly women, took a dip in rivers, a tradition known as 'hai khai'. It was followed by the ritual of 'khar' on Wednesday when sweet dishes were prepared before fasting.
Married women observe fast for 36 hours during the festival.
Devotees traditiolly offer wheat, milk, sugarcane, bas and coconuts to the Sun God. In many parts of the state, the festival is celebrated with religious fervour and zeal.
In Pat and other towns, all roads led to riverbanks, which were decorated and cleaned for the devotees to perform 'arghya' or oblations to the sun.
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and his cabinet colleagues preferred to spend the day celebrating Chhath with their families. At the Chief Minister's official residence 1, Anne Marg here, Chhath was a low-key affair. His sister and sister-in-law (the wife of his elder brother) performed Chhath.
Ignoring her illness, former Bihar Chief Minister and RJD chief Lalu Prasad's wife Rabri Devi performed Chhath, marked by grand festivity at their Pat home to which politicians and leaders of different faith are invited every year.
In Pat, over 100 ghats or riverside bathing platforms on the banks of the Ganges were given a facelift by the administration and volunteers ahead of the festival.
Colourful idols of the Sun God riding his chariot with seven horses, a new attraction this year, were sold on riverbanks.
The administration and dozens of voluntary organisations worked round-the-clock to clean roads leading up to the banks of rivers and water bodies.
The festival concludes on Friday morning with devotees worshipping the rising sun. Chhath is celebrated six days after Diwali. (IANS)