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The football game where your skill at scoring goals, scores cash!
Select how many balls to play at a time, and the bet per ball.
Even balls that miss the goal can score when you win extra bonus balls by turning on the side pitch lights.
Some balls will go into the goal - others will be captured by a striker. Tap the player to release the ball when he's pointing in the right direction.
Score to win cash!
Select which team you wish to play as by moving between the 32 flags.
To choose a different team, wait until you have no balls in play (all balls and skillshots have been completed), then press the shirt icon button in the settings and return to the team selection screen.
To Bet
Select how many balls to play by using "+" and "-" buttons on either side. Select your bet per ball by using the "+" and "-" buttons.
Your prize will be a multiple of your bet, based on the paytable below. If you do not score with a particular ball, you will lose your stake.
Press the central button to place your bet and release your balls.
The balls will bounce between the pins on the pitch.
Some balls will be captured by 'striking' players, who are then surrounded by a small arc with a directional arrow. You can then tap the player to release the ball when the arrow is pointing in the direction where you wish to shoot.
Skillshots will not disappear when you buy new balls, you can take these shots at anytime.
If your skillshot goes into the goal, you'll see a message with the amount won. If your skillshot doesn't go into the goal you'll see a 'MISS'. Note that skillshots which miss will not trigger the LED lights.
Prizes will be selected randomly from the pay table below whenever a goal is scored by normal/gold balls. Gold balls offer bigger prizes than normal balls.
Ball Counter
The number of balls you have purchased will appear in the ball counter. This will go down once balls leave the game or become skillshots. The counter will go up if you buy more balls or if you are awarded free balls.
You can purchase up to a maximum of 100 balls at a time. Free balls will be added to your ball counter when they are awarded and are in addition to the maximum of 100.
Free Balls
On each side of the goal are three LED displays. When a losing ball passes through, it will switch the LED on. A second ball passing through the same screen will switch it off. The LEDs are not reset when you purchase more balls at the same bet size, so the outcome of the LEDs from each batch of balls is affected by the previous batches.
Free Balls are triggered when the 3 LED displays on one side are switched on at the same time. The number of balls may be 5, 10 or 20. When a player is playing multiple bet amounts, the LEDs will be reset.
Chance and Skill
Golden Boot is a primarily chance-based game. Whether a ball is a prize ball or not depends upon the game's Random Number Generator (RNG). Some balls will automatically reach the goal. However, a number of the prize balls require a skill shot on the part of the player. Thus, a player who plays with perfect skill will outperform a player who makes mistakes.
Autoshoot
If you do not wish to use skill, you can select the 'autoshoot' feature. The autoshoot feature works at 90% skill. That is, 90 times out of 100, the game will ensure the ball reaches the goal, but occasionally, 10 in 100 times, the ball will miss. This feature determines a score or miss using an RNG.
If you allow more than 9 skillshots to accumulate on a single player, Autoshoot will turn on and play shots for you, until there are 9 skillshots queued.
You can switch autoshoot on or off at any time.
You can view the results of each bet in the results overlay. Access this by pressing the bottom bar. Once each game ID has completed (this includes all related skillshots and bonus balls) the results for each ball purchased in that bet will be displayed. You can also see the amount won from bonus balls for each bet. Tap the top of the overlay to collapse it once more. You can access the overlay at any time and play will not pause.
The Return to Player is the average amount returned to a player over time, depending on skill level.
RTP (100% skill): 99.00%
RTP (90% skill): 93.78% Autoshoot
RTP (75% skill): 85.95%
RTP (0% skill): 46.80%
Paytable
Each winning ball will have a prize amount as selected by the Random Number Generator. More valuable prizes are indicated as 'gold' balls, prize tiers up to 5 x your stake are normal balls. When a ball goes into the goal - the value of the win will be shown as an animation and the amount added to the balance and the win amount in the bottom bar.
x500 Gold
x50 Gold
x5 Normal
Win Rate: 1 in 3.9
Interrupted Play
We know that internet connections can sometimes be unreliable or something can interrupt the game. We try to make this as fair as possible to you. For example, if you run out of battery while playing or you've reached your personal daily time limit, when you return, any winning balls will have been credited to your account (including from any bonus balls). However, any skillshots will be waiting for you to play them.
These will be available to play for 24 hours. After that time, any skillshots will be played for you using the Auto feature - with a 90% skill rate - and any resulting wins will be added to your account at that point.
Gaming System Malfunction
The Operator reserves the right to withhold winnings and void wagers if a Player manipulates the games in a fraudulent manner or the Gaming System itself malfunctions. The definition of such a malfunction extends to an error in the published odds or pay tables, or a game not working in accordance with its published rules.


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Tačikawa Ki-77 byl japonský experimentální dálkový dopravní a spojovací letoun. Konstrukčně se jednalo o dvoumotorový dolnoplošník se zatahovacím podvozkem ostruhového typu.

Vznik
Vznik letounu Ki-77 inicioval novinový koncern Asahi šimbun, který chtěl dálkovým rekordním přeletem Tokio-New York oslavit 2600. výročí vlády císařské dynastie. V březnu 1940 se koncern obrátil na letecký institut Tokijské univerzity s požadavkem na vypracování aerodynamické studie nového letounu, který měl nést označení A-26. Ve stejné době se o projekt zajímalo i armádní letectvo, do jehož strategických koncepcí takový stroj zapadal. Doporučilo pro realizaci společnost Tačikawa a dalo projektu své typové číslo Ki-77.

Vývoj
Nad vývojem bděla komise řízená dr. H. Kimurou z leteckého institutu Tokijské univerzity a ing. Riokiči Endo a ing. Munesaburo Oguči za firmu Tačikawa. Pro Ki-77 bylo speciálně vyvinuto křídlo s laminárním profilem a štíhlostí 10,9, jehož vnitřek byl vyplněn integrální nádrží o objemu 11 600 l paliva. Původní návrh počítal s pohonem dvouhvězdicovými motory Nakadžima Ha-105 Sakae NK-1B po 735 kW, nakonec byly použity jejich zdokonalené verze Ha-115 se vzletovým výkonem 860 kW.

Termín stanovený na rok 1940 se nepodařilo splnit, další zpoždění projektu způsobil vstup Japonska do války v prosinci 1941. V létě 1942 převzalo záštitu nad Ki-77 armádní letectvo, které plánovalo přímé letecké spojení s Německem. Trasa bez mezipřistání nazvaná Seiko měla vést ze Singapuru do Berlína.

Po vyřešení problémů s těsností integrální nádrže a odmlžováním oken utěsněné kabiny s nuceným oběhem kyslíku byl 18. listopadu Ki-77 zalétán piloty Kamadou za Tačikawu a Nagamotem od Asahi. V únoru 1942 stroj uskutečnil desetihodinový zkušební let a 20. až 21. dubna přelétl bez mezipřistání trasu dlouhou 5 330 km z Tokia do Singapuru průměrnou rychlostí 322 km/h. V květnu se vrátil do mateřské továrny k testům s plnou vzletovou hmotností přes 16 000 kg.

Pro první let Seiko byl určen druhý prototyp, který poprvé vzlétl z tokijského letiště Fussa 30. června 1943. Osádku tvořil pětičlenný tým pod velením kapitána Nagamota a tři armádní důstojníci s diplomatickou a vojenskou poštou. Dne 7. července odstartoval ze Singapuru, s plánovaným cílem na německém letišti na okupovaném Krymu, avšak po několika hodinách bylo přerušeno rádiové spojení a letoun beze stopy zmizel. Pravděpodobně byl nad Indickým oceánem sestřelen britskými stíhačkami.

Na jaře 1944 byla iniciována myšlenka dálkového rekordu s následnou přípravou prvního prototypu k tomuto výkonu. Z povětrnostních i strategických důvodů bylo vybráno území Mančukua jako nejbezpečnější. Na základně Sinking byl stroj naplněn 11 555 l paliva, čímž dosáhl vzletové hmotnosti 16 729 kg. Osádka Otama, Šimazaki a Sakamoto měla vzlétnout 1. července 1944, avšak závada kyslíkové aparatury oddálila let o den. 2. července Ki-77 vzlétl k rekordnímu letu na trojúhelníkové trati dlouhé 865 km, kterou absolvoval celkem devatenáctkrát. Po 57 h a 12 min opět dosedl a komisaři mu vypočetli průměrnou rychlost 287,34 km/h. Zbývajících 800 l paliva by stačilo ještě na 1 800 km navíc.

V září 1945 byl nepoškozený Ki-77 nalezen na letišti Jamanaši americkou technickou komisí. Letuschopný stroj přelétl do Jokosuky, odkud byl letadlovou lodí USS Bogue transportován do USA k testům.

Specifikace

Údaje dle

Technické údaje
 Osádka:
 Rozpětí: 29,44 m
 Délka: 15,30 m
 Výška: 3,95 m
 Nosná plocha: 79,56 m²
 Hmotnost prázdného letounu: 7237 kg
 Maximální vzletová hmotnost: 16 725 kg
 Pohonná jednotka:

Výkony
 Maximální rychlost ve 4600 m: 440 km/h
 Cestovní rychlost: 300 km/h
 Výstup do 6000 m: 24 min
 Dostup: 8700 m
 Předpokládaný maximální dolet: 18 000 km

Odkazy

Reference

Literatura

Externí odkazy

 Tačikawa Ki-77

Ki-77
Japonská experimentální letadla

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The MP said the consensus in the Bundestag on the "Nord stream — 2"
In the Bundestag there is a consensus on the need to complete the construction of the "Nord stream 2", said at a press conference in Berlin the head of the Committee of the Bundestag on energy Klaus Ernst.
"In the Bundestag Committee on energy, in my estimation, a clear majority favoured the continuation of the construction of this pipeline. There are objections from the "Green" that lead environmental arguments. There is a significant majority in all parties, up to the Green, which declares that the sanctions against unacceptable and they need to protect themselves," said Ernst.
He added that he does not exclude that the question on support of the "Nord stream 2" might be made all-fractional statement.
The bill on sanctions against the "Nord stream 2" were previously submitted to the Senate of the United States. He proposes to impose sanctions against the insurers of the ships employed on the construction of a gas pipeline. The document was supported by five senators from both parties, including the influential Senator from Texas Ted Cruz.
The Ministry of economy of Germany fear that U.S. sanctions against the "Nord stream 2" may relate not only to German and European companies, but the work of government departments, announced last week the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, citing an internal document of the Ministry.
"Nord stream 2" involves the construction of two pipelines with a total capacity of 55 billion cubic meters of gas off the coast of Russia through the Baltic sea to Germany. Against the project actively advocate USA, in the EU promoting its liquefied natural gas, as well as Ukraine and several European countries. States in December imposed sanctions against the project, demanding that the companies doing the strip, to immediately stop the construction. Swiss Allseas almost immediately announced the suspension of the gas pipeline. Russia has repeatedly stated that the project is a commercial and profitable Europe.
#Klaus Ernst
#Ministry of economy of Germany
#Ted Cruz (Senator from Texas)
#Nord stream — 2
#Berlin (city)

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Pavan English Medium High School is a school in Dharwad, India running under Mitra Education Society. It was awarded the Bala Vikas Ratna Award for Growth for the 2008–09 school year by the Government of India.

The Management bodies of the institution include Retd. Prof. B.R.Patil (PRESIDENT), Smt. Ratna Shankargouda Patil (Vice President), Late Shankargouda Patil (former Secretary) and other directors under the name "Mitra Education Society".

The school was started in 1988. The school has successfully branched into two more new wings which are PAVAN CENTRAL PUBLIC SCHOOL(CBSE AFFILIATION AND PAVAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL (ICSE AND CAMBRIDGE Structured Pre-School).

The location of the school shifted from U.B. HILL to Barakotri, Karnataka University Road in 2005.

The school is involved in sports such as Cricket, Throwball, Skating, Karate, Volleyball, Basketball and other games.

References

Schools in Dharwad district
Educational institutions established in 1988
1988 establishments in Karnataka


Hello there, my super crafty friends! I am back with my Design Team card for Shopping Our Stash Challenge #371 Upcycle! Use a non crafty thing somewhere on your project, like shiny washers you picked up off the ground, or a paperclip….or whatever!
I decided to use a leftover napkin from a party we had this summer! I glued it to some card stock and then covered it with glitter! It looks amazing in real life!! I hope you join us for the challenge and find something fun to use from around your house! I can't wait to see what you create!
Love to see this technique using pretty napkins, your glittery card looks gorgeous Cyndi, love it.


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Ади́лия Фетте́ховна Урманче́ева (Адель Фёдоровна Урманче́ева, род. 4 января 1951, Ленинград, РСФСР, СССР) – доктор медицинских наук, профессор, заслуженный врач РФ, ведущий сотрудник отделения онкогинекологии  ФГБУ НИИ онкологии имени Н. Н. Петрова Минздрава России, профессор кафедры онкологии ФГБОУ ВО Северо-Западного государственного медицинского университета имени И. И. Мечникова Минздрава России.

Биография
Ади́лия Фетте́ховна Урманче́ева родилась 4 января 1951 года в Ленинграде в семье медиков (отец – торакоабдоминальный хирург, профессор Ф.Х.Кутушев).

В 1974 году закончила ГБОУ ВПО СПб государственный педиатрический медицинский университет.

В 1977 году окончила ординатуру по специальности Онкология и с 1977 по 1984 годы работала онкогинекологом в НИИ онкологии имени Н. Н. Петрова.

С 1984 года по настоящее время – преподаватель кафедры онкологии СЗГМУ им. И. И. Мечникова (СПбМАПО).

С 1984 по 1987 годы работала в Ленинградском онкологическом диспансере, с 1987 года вернулась в НИИ онкологии имени Н. Н. Петрова на онкогинекологическое отделение.

С 2010 года по настоящее время является врачом-онкологом хирургического онкогинекологического отделения, ведущим научным сотрудником научного отдела онкогинекологии ФГБУ «НМИЦ онкологии им. Н. Н. Петрова».

Научная деятельность
В 1980 году под руководством профессора Я.В.Бохмана защитила кандидатскую диссертацию на тему «Особенности клиники, диагностики и лечения рака шейки матки в сочетании с беременностью», ставшая итогом первого этапа разработки проблемы «Злокачественные опухоли и беременность».

В 1994 году защитила докторскую диссертацию на тему «Пути улучшения диагностики и лечения сарком матки».

А.Ф. Урманчеева опубликовала более 300 научных работ, в том число статьи, главы в руководствах и учебниках по онкологии, акушерству и гинекологии, соавтор 7 книг, среди которых - «Саркомы матки» (1996), «Опухоли и опухолевидные образования половых органов у девочек» (2001), «Лекции по фундаментальной и клинической онкологии» (2004), «Практическая онкогинекология: избранные лекции» (2008), «Опухоли яичника (клиника, диагностика и лечение»  (2012), «Рак эндометрия» (2017) и «Рак шейки матки» (2018).

Под руководством А.Ф. Урманчеевой защищено 15 кандидатских диссертаций. Входит в состав редколлегий нескольких российских онкологических и гинекологических журналов, является экспертом Российских рекомендаций по онкогинекологии.

В 2011 году присвоено звание «Заслуженный врач России». Пользуясь заслуженным авторитетом среди онкогинекологов страны, в 2014 году была избрана президентом Российского общества гинекологов-онкологов.

Примечания

Литература


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package jeffreyRestaurant;

import agent.Agent;

import java.util.*;
import java.util.concurrent.Semaphore;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.HashMap;

import jeffreyRestaurant.Gui.HostGui;
import jeffreyRestaurant.interfaces.Market;

/**
 * Restaurant Host Agent
 */
//We only have 2 types of agents in this prototype. A customer and an agent that
//does all the rest. Rather than calling the other agent a waiter, we called him
//the HostAgent. A Host is the manager of a restaurant who sees that all
//is proceeded as he wishes.
public class MarketAgent extends Agent implements Market{
	//Data
	public MarketAgent(String Name, CookAgent cook, CashierAgent cashier, int I1, int I2, int I3, int I4) {
		name = Name;
		ck = cook;
		this.cashier = cashier;
		print("New market created");
		//Foods
		foods.put("Steak", new food("Steak", I1, 10.00));
		foods.put("Chicken", new food ("Chicken", I2, 5.00));
		foods.put("Salad", new food("Salad", I3, 2.00));
		foods.put("Pizza", new food("Pizza", I4, 6.00));
	}
	private class food {
		food(String name, int q, Double price) {
			type = name;
			quantity = q;
			unitPrice = price;
		}
		String type;
		int quantity;
		Double unitPrice;
	}
	private class foodOrder {
		foodOrder(String f, int q, orderState s) {
			food = f;
			quantity = q;
			state = s;
			price = foods.get(food).quantity*foods.get(food).unitPrice;
		}
		String food;
		int quantity;
		orderState state;
		Double price;
	}
	private String name;
	private enum orderState {received, pending, fulfilled, payRequested, paidFor};

	private CookAgent ck;
	private CashierAgent cashier;

	private Map<String, food> foods = new HashMap<String, food>();
	private List<foodOrder> orders = Collections.synchronizedList(new ArrayList<foodOrder>());
	//Fill map in class constructor

	public String getName() {
		return name;
	}

	public int getFoodNum(String food) {
		return foods.get(food).quantity;
	}

	//Messages

	public void msgNeedFood(String food, int quantity) {
		print("Cook needs food");
		orders.add(new foodOrder(food,quantity, orderState.received));
		stateChanged();
	}

	public void msgOrderPayment(String food, Double price) {
		print("Payment received from cashier");
		synchronized(orders) {
			for (foodOrder o : orders) {
				if (o.food.equals(food) && o.price == price) {
					o.state = orderState.paidFor;
				}
			}
		}
		stateChanged();
	}

	//Scheduler
	@Override
	protected boolean pickAndExecuteAnAction() {
		synchronized(orders) {
			for (foodOrder o : orders) {
				if (o.state == orderState.received) {
					o.state = orderState.pending;
					tryFillOrder(o);
				}
			}
			for (foodOrder o : orders) {
				if (o.state == orderState.fulfilled) {
					askForPayment(o);
				}
			}
		}

		return false;
	}

	//Actions
	private void tryFillOrder(foodOrder o) {
		if (foods.get(o.food).quantity > 0) {
			//Case 2: market can partially fulfill order
			if (foods.get(o.food).quantity - o.quantity < 0) {
				//ck.msgPartialMarketOrder(o.food, foods.get(o.food).quantity, this);
				foods.get(o.food).quantity = 0;
				o.state = orderState.fulfilled;
			}
			//Case 1: market can completely fulfill order
			else if (foods.get(o.food).quantity - o.quantity >= 0) {
				//ck.msgMarketOrder(o.food, o.quantity, this);
				foods.get(o.food).quantity -= o.quantity;
				o.state = orderState.fulfilled;
			}
		}
		//Case 3: market cannot fulfill order at all
		else if (foods.get(o.food).quantity == 0) {
			//ck.msgPartialMarketOrder(o.food, 0, this);
		}
	}

	private void askForPayment (foodOrder o) {
		o.state = orderState.payRequested;
		//cashier.msgPayForOrder(this, o.price, o.food);
	}

}

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How Much Would These Actors Give To Take Back These Disastrous Roles?
Movies 4/22/19
25. Tommy Lee Jones (Batman Forever)
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Tommy Lee Jones is one of those actors with a clearly defined type. He certainly has his wry no-bulls*it thing. It's most closely associated with his Oscar-winning role in The Fugitive. In 1995, Joel Schumacher's Batman Forever cast Jim Carrey as the Riddler and Tommy Lee Jones as Two-Face. Although an undeniably talented actor, Jones comes off as gruff and cranky even when he's playing happy. This causes him to fail at capturing the character's fundamental duality.
24. Kathy Bates (The Day the Earth Stood Still)
A space alien called Klaatu comes to Earth and ponders whether to wipe out humanity in this remake of the 1951 sci-fi classic. Bates made her reputation playing larger-than-life yet deeply human personalities. Here, her blustery portrayal of the U.S. defense secretary consists mainly of issuing orders and doomsday pronouncements. It's a rather lackluster performance from this Academy Award winner.
23. Julia Roberts (Mirror, Mirror)
Julia Roberts is a gifted actress. She has a charm that defies language. But her last few years have been filled with questionable career moves (i.e. her performance in Mirror, Mirror.) In the retelling of Snow White, Roberts played the Evil Queen. This role should've been an opportunity for her to really cut loose. Unfortunately, she played the character like the slightly meaner version of one of her rom-com portrayals.
22. Marion Cotillard (The Dark Knight Rises)
All great actors are prone to having that one role that is so inferior to all their other work, and so bad that you wonder how they could have possibly been that bad. The first example of a great actor with a bad performance that comes to mind is Marion Cotillard in The Dark Knight Rises. Playing Miranda Tate, a board member of Wayne Enterprises, she isn't given much to do with the role. This results in one of the most underwhelming villains.
21. Jared Leto (Blade Runner 2049)
Blade Runner 2049 was visually stunning, and managed to find new ways to explore the questions of what it means to be alive. However, Leto's stoic, soft-spoken portrayal of Niander Wallace didn't mesh well with this movie at all. In a film about genetically created human clones, he was by far the least authentic character.
20. Robert De Niro (The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle)
The Oscar winner is celebrated for his intense dramatic performances. He's had some success with comedy, but Rocky and Bullwinkle proved to be an absolute low point for the actor. In the film, He tries to lampoon his Travis Bickle 'You talkin' to me?' scene, but instead he just comes off like a geriatric crazy person with a really bad haircut.
19. Demi Moore (A Few Good Men)
Director Rob Reiner's 1992 military legal drama A Few Good Men (the first movie written by Aaron Sorkin) was an instant classic. Both Tom Cruise and Jack Nicholson gave powerful performances that have endured the test of time. Unfortunately, as Lieutenant Commander JoAnne Galloway, Moore was stiff. She barely spoke above a whisper, and couldn't match the emotional level or range of her cast mates.
18. Arnold Schwarzenegger (Batman & Robin)
By the time of 1997's Batman & Robin, a template was established that required huge stars to be cast as the Dark Knight's famous foes. No star was bigger at that time than Arnold Schwarzenegger. No one doubts Schwarzenegger is a smart guy, but he's really not credible as the brilliant scientist Victor Fries. His specialty is action, not emotion, so the scenes where he's required to tear up at the thought of his terminally ill wife are rather dull and unconvincing.
17. Ingrid Bergman (Fear)
The noir thriller, directed by Bergman's husband Roberto Rossellini, revolves around the blackmailing of a cheating wife. Unfortunately, the parallels of her real life (he actress and Rossellini had a scandalous real-life extramarital affair in the late 1940s) seem to have paralyzed Bergman. She sleep-walks through her role, giving the bare minimum of the talent that she possesses. She and Rossellini never worked together again, and they divorced in 1957.
16. Tom Hanks (The Ladykillers)
The actor's most out-there performance to date caps what is, arguably, the Coen Brothers' worst film. The scenery in this film gets chewed to bits, and out-of-touch racial caricatures provoke discomfort. Film critic Roger Ebert laid some of the blame for Hanks' Kentucky-friend performance in this oddball comedy crime caper on the filmmakers, declaring that they "have made [Hanks'] character so bizarre that we get distracted just by looking at him." The beloved actor makes the situation even worse than it had to be as he seems to be channeling a weird amalgam of Tennessee Williams, Edgar Allan Poe and Vincent Price.
15. Brad Pitt (Troy)
Brad Pitt's always been that rare combination of handsome and talented. As such, nothing felt wrong when he was cast as Achilles in Wolfgang Peterson's Troy. Most of the blame can rest with the script, which was loosely based on Homer's The Iliad. Troy lacked the poetry and epic feel of Homer's work; it turns Achilles into a shell. Also, why does Pitt make him speak with that weird, inconsistent accent?
14. Sandra Bullock (The Blind Side)
Don't start with the Academy Award crap…did you even watch this movie? This is Oscar bait, pure and simple. The truth is, Bullock's performance does not have the power and raw emotion advertised. Perhaps all the attention she received for this role has made us jaded, but we still can't understand the praise Bullock got for playing an overbearing mother figure. She dyed her hair, affected a hammy accent, and acted like the suburban mother from hell.
13. Denzel Washington (Man on Fire)
The Oscar-winner plays a bodyguard seeking revenge in this action film. Washington spends the movie inflicting physical damage on bad guys and barking out catchphrases that will never catch on. Washington invests this hero with real nobility, a broken man who knows he's broken. However, he's so much more enjoyable in pictures like the nicely crafted romantic thriller Out of Time. Man on Fire is a sadistic mess masquerading as a morality tale.
12. Will Smith (Seven Pounds)
Will Smith is careful, and has made precious few mistakes as he's ascended the Hollywood heap to become king. But no one can deny that Seven Pounds is anything but a complete train wreck from start to finish. Moments where the part calls for dramatic, Smith serves up as melodramatic. Audiences expect Smith to turn in powerful performances that are both emotional and energetic, but things don't really work here. Sorry, Fresh Prince.
11. Russell Crowe (Les Miserables)
Like a drunk at a funeral, Russell Crowe walked into the very stately Tom Hooper-directed adaptation of Les Mis wanting to sing (but not quite being able to). Russ can't sing, and when placed next to the likes of a singing-n-dancin' veterans like Hugh Jackman, it's all the more obvious. Crowe is still one of the best actors out there, but that's the thing, he's a great actor; He's not a Broadway star.
10. Sigourney Weaver (Ghostbusters)
It's not easy being the straight woman for Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis. The Alien star just doesn't know what to do, except affix a smile to her face and wait for an opportunity to deliver her lines. Her character is forgettable as a woman whose apartment is possessed by demons. On the other hand, Rick Moranis and Annie Potts score laughs as a nerdy neighbor and a bespectacled secretary, respectively.
9. Jack Nicholson (The Two Jakes)
The 3-time Oscar winner secured his iconic status with Roman Polanski's Chinatown, in which he played gritty private eye Jake Gittes. Nicholson should have left the character there. However 16 years later, he directed and starred in the sequel that no one asked for. The actor in middle age seems detached from the role he brought so vividly to life earlier in his career. As a director, lets just say, Nicholson is no Polanski.
8. Jodie Foster (Nell)
It would be better for the world if we could destroy all copies of Nell. It's the story of a feral woman who's been living on her own in the forests of North Carolina (with the town doctor attempting to save her). Jodie Foster plays the titular character Nell. She growls, and speaks in tongues. Cuba Gooding Jr. has Radio. Jodie Foster has Nell.
7. George Clooney (Batman & Robin)
The failures of Batman & Robin are well documented. Clooney has the distinction of a performance so atrocious that it made the prospect of Adam West slipping into a pair of gray tights sound appealing. Clooney almost single-handedly destroyed the big screen future of Batman by using the Bat Credit Card.
6. Johnny Depp (Charlie and the Charlie Factory)
When Johnny Depp was in movies like Edward Scissorhands and Ed Wood, he was demonstrating evolution (impressing both fans and critics alike in the process). However, as the years went on and Depp's star began to soar, he seemed to grow complacent with his roles. As Willy Wonka in Charlie, Depp is manic, colorful, and over-the-top.
5. Leonardo DiCaprio (The Beach)
It'd be impossible to name the greatest actors working today without mentioning Leonardo DiCaprio. However in the '90s and early '2000s, his rep wasn't so solid. His performance in Danny Boyle's The Beach had people believing that he was nothing more than a flash-in-the-pan heartthrob. The Beach is a complete bore, which is hard to reconcile given how spastic DiCaprio is. At one point, his character is so wigged out, he imagines that he's in a video game. DiCaprio's work was so bad, that it earned him a Razzie nomination.
4. Nicole Kidman (The Invasion)
From start to finish, The Invasion is an absolute mess. It was supposed to be a modern retelling of Invasion of the Body Snatchers, but it was so poorly written and marketed that this didn't hit home with the public. Kidman's performance is a single, dull note resounding for the film's 99 minutes. The movie was a complete waste of her talent, and Kidman basically sleepwalks through the entire movie.
3. Cate Blanchett (Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull)
There is more than enough blame to go around when it comes to Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. With that said, we'd be remiss to not mention Cate Blanchett as the villainous Irina Spalko. The character was an irritating caricature of the highest order with her efficient communist haircut and thick accent. It's a shame that Blanchett and Spielberg decided to go so broad with Spalko, because Blanchett is more than capable of pulling off a menacing villain without resorting to cartoonish conventions.
2. Nicolas Cage (The Wicker Man)
Cage spends most of the movie screaming at the top of his lungs at pagan women ("How'd it get burned!?"). He then physically assaults them, often times unprovoked. Cage bizarrely dressed up in a cheap bear costume. For good measure, he also screamed his head off during the infamous bees scene. It's a sight to behold, especially because Cage being crazy can work. It's bad and incredibly hilarious. But please, don't sit through the entire film.
1. Tommy Wiseau (The Room)
Dubbed "the Citizen Kane of bad movies", The Room has been ironically entertaining audiences since it came to public attention in the mid-nighties. It transitioned via word-of-mouth to cult classic status. The star, director, writer, producer and sole financier of the project, Wiseau, is a strange marble-mouthed provocateur of unknown origin. His performance as Johnny is so fantastically awful. Like an heir to The Rocky Horror Picture Show, The Room has spent the following decade developing its own rabid fanbase. Many of them can recite the film's numerous catchphrases ("Oh hi, Mark") during midnight screenings worldwide.


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Helen Pearson is a science journalist, author and Chief Magazine Editor for the journal Nature, where she oversees the journalism and opinion content. She is the author of The Life Project, a book about the British birth cohort studies, a series of longitudinal studies which have tracked thousands of people since their birth.

Education
Pearson obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Natural Sciences (Genetics) from the University of Cambridge in 1996. She was awarded her PhD in 1999 from the University of Edinburgh, for research completed at the Medical Research Council Human Genetics Unit. Her PhD thesis was on the role of the gene Pax6 in development of the cortex.

Career
Pearson joined Nature in 2001 as a reporter. She has interviewed and written about many high-profile scientists and academics for Nature including Robert Langer, Lawrence Summers and Joe Thornton. She has written freelance articles in outlets including The Guardian and The Independent.

Pearson's book, The Life Project: The extraordinary story of our ordinary lives was published by Allen Lane in 2016 and is about the British birth cohort studies. The oldest of these studies, the National Survey of Health and Development (NSHD), started in 1946, and the series includes the National Child Development Study, established in 1958, the 1970 British Cohort Study and the Millennium Cohort Study of babies born in 2000-2001. Pearson also included in her book the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children, also known as Children of the 90s.

Appearances
Pearson has given public lectures and talks at academic venues and literary and science festivals including the Edinburgh International Book Festival, the RSA, London School of Economics and Dartington Way with Words Literary Festival. She gave the keynote public lecture at the British Society for the History of Science conference in 2017.

She has appeared on national and international radio including Radio 4's Start the Week, and has written about science writing and journalism as a career option for scientists.

In 2017, she gave a TED talk based on her book, The Life Project.

Awards
Pearson's book, The Life Project was named best science book of the year by The Observer, was a book of the year for The Economist and was longlisted for the Orwell Prize, Highly Commended at the 2017 British Medical Association medical book awards and Highly Commended in the 2016 UK Medical Journalists' Association Awards.

 2013 Winner, Medical Journalists' Association Award For feature article Coming of Age
 2012 Winner Best Feature, Association of British Science Writers Award For feature article Study of a Lifetime
 2010 Winner Best Feature, Association of British Science Writers Award For feature article One Gene, Twenty Years
 2010 Winner, Wistar Science Journalism Award For feature article One Gene, Twenty Years

Published works
The Life Project
What makes some people happy, healthy and successful – and others not?
Britain's birth cohort studies are the envy of the world
Lab Girl by Hope Jahren – what a life in science is really like
The lab that knows where your time really goes
Prehistoric proteins: Raising the Dead
Children of the 90s: Coming of Age
Study of a Lifetime
One Gene, Twenty Years
Protein engineering: The fate of fingers
At-Home DNA Tests Are Here, But Doctors Aren't Celebrating

External links
Official website

References

Living people
British science journalists
British women journalists
Women science writers
1973 births


On 21 December, the Council of the EU announced that the EU's economic sanctions against Russia would be extended until 31 July 2016. These measures were originally introduced for a one year period in July 2014 and were extended until 31 January 2016 in June 2015 when the EU confirmed that the duration of the sanctions would be linked to the implementation of the Minsk agreements. In the most recent announcement, the Council said that, since implementation will not be complete by the end of the 2015, the duration of the sanctions should be prolonged to allow the Council to continue its assessment of progress in the implementation of the agreements.
The Council Decision amending the validity period of the sanctions was published on 22 December and came into force upon publication. Specifically, this extends Council Decision 2014/512/CFSP, which in turn forms the basis of Regulation 833/2014, the regulation which imposes the so-called sectoral sanctions (which restrict certain activities in relation to, inter alia, the Russian energy sector and particular entities' access to capital markets).
For details of the restrictions imposed by the EU's sectoral sanctions, please refer to our previous e-bulletins here and here.
The US Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") recently added a number of new persons and individuals to the US's Specially Designated Nationals ("SDN") and Sectoral Sanctions Initiative ("SSI") lists. OFAC also issued new guidelines to strengthen compliance with the existing Crimea sanctions regime. While Treasury Department officials noted that the measures were intended to "maintain," not "escalate," the sanctions regime, the new OFAC guidelines put financial institutions on notice that OFAC will focus on tightening enforcement of the Crimea sanctions and preventing their evasion.
The EU has published two new sets of conclusions on the situation in Ukraine, but these do not discuss possible changes to the sanctions regime.
In the UK, a new Overseas Territories Order extends the current EU sanctions relating to Russia/Ukraine to the British Overseas Territories including the Cayman and British Virgin Islands. Updated guidance on the Russia trade sanctions has been issued by the Export Control Organisation.
For further information, please contact Rod Fletcher, Partner, Susannah Cogman, Partner, Daniel Hudson, Partner, Elizabeth Head, Associate, or your usual Herbert Smith Freehills contact.
expansions to the EU's asset freeze.
Herbert Smith Freehills has published its latest Sanctions Update e-bulletin, on the latest developments in sanctions regimes in Ukraine, Libya, Central African Republic and Syria.
Both the EU and US have introduced limited additional sanctions in light of the current situation in Ukraine, and Australia has announced its list of Ukraine-related designated persons. The EU has also announced amendments to its sanctions against Libya, the Central African Republic and Syria. Of these developments, the most significant is a ban on the import into the EU of goods from Crimea and Sevastopol, and any associated financing or re/insurance by EU persons.
For further information, please contact Susannah Cogman, Partner, Elizabeth Head, Associate, or your usual Herbert Smith Freehills contact.
Herbert Smith Freehills has published its latest Sanctions Update e-bulletin, on the imposition targeted sanctions by the EU and US in response to the recent Crimea referendum.
On 17 March 2014, the EU introduced an asset freeze and travel ban applying to 21 Russian individuals. On the same day, the US introduced a second Executive Order, allowing it to sanction Russian individuals and released a list of 11 Russian and Ukrainian individuals subject to an asset freeze and visa ban under its Executive Orders.
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Herbert Smith Freehills has issued its latest Sanctions Update e-bulletin, concerning the EU and US response to recent events in Ukraine.
On 5 March 2014, the EU introduced an asset freeze applying to former President Yanukovych and other former government officials and persons associated with the former government. The UK has introduced domestic legislation criminalising breaches of this asset freeze. The EU also held an emergency Heads of State meeting on 6 March. The conclusions from that meeting indicate that there is a possibility of EU sanctions being imposed on Russia in the absence of negotiations between Russia and Ukraine which produce results within a limited timeframe. Also on 6 March the US introduced an Executive Order which would permit the imposition of an asset freeze and visa bans although no companies or individuals have yet been designated.


The MJC Casino is a smallish affair that isn't on the 'must visit list' if you're in Macau. If you're on Taipa, head on over to the Greek Mythology Casino or for higher rollers with a taste for the gorgeous, Crown Macau, for a better time.
Grandview Hotel/MJC Casino is located on the south western tip of the former Taipa Island, just north of the Cotai Strip. Galaxy World and Casino Marina are within relatively easy walking distance as is the Macau Jockey Club racetrack right next door.
Macau Jockey Club Casino, or MJC Casino is located inside the Grandview Hotel right near the Macau Jockey Club Horse Race Track.
MGM Grand Macau Snags 8% of Macau Market - Wynn and Sands Big Losers?
The Grandview Hotel, in which the MJC Casino operates is a 4 star hotel located in Taipa, north west of the Cotai Strip. The Grandview features freshly renovated rooms with minibar, hair dryers, private bathrooms, flat panel TV, pay per view movies, desk and decent furnishings. The "Executive Floors" feature private access, a lounge, broadband internet (wifi available) and business center. There is also a Presidential and Executive suites which are huge and probably out of your price range.
Grandview Hotel/MJC Casino offers three dining options including Grandview Chinese Restaurant (Chinese, dim sum) Valencia Restaurant (International) and Cherrie's Corner (coffee, snacks, high tea). Cherrie's Corner located near the casino, has wifi access.
GrandView hotel features a spa and a very small outdoor swimming pool.
MJC Casino is very tastefully decorated in gold and violet with groovy wallpaper. There are about 10 or so baccarat tables here and thats about it. Unless you're staying here, its definitely not worth making a special trip to visit.
Not a casino, more of a corner of Baccarat tables and a couple lonesome slots. I guess you can call it a "locals" join in the Vegas parlance.
I will say what it has going for it is it really reminds me of the way Macau was before the Sands. Then again some trips of nostalgia are not really worth it.


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Frederick Mutebi Kitaka, sometimes referred to as Frederick Kitaka Mutebi, is a Ugandan physicist, mathematician, accountant, entrepreneur, and industrialist. He is the executive director of finance of Cipla Quality Chemical Industries Limited (CIPLAQCIL), a Ugandan limited liability company. CIPLAQCIL is the only Sub-Saharan pharmaceutical company that is licensed to manufacture triple therapy antiretroviral medication. He is also a shareholder in the company and sits on its board of directors.

Education
Kitaka was educated at St. Mary's College Kisubi, a boys-only boarding middle and high school located in Wakiso District in the Central Region of Uganda. He studied mathematics and physics at Makerere University, graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree. He also holds a Master of Business Administration in accounting and financial management from the University of Buckingham.

Work history
From 1994 until 2002, Kitaka worked as the financial controller at Coopers Uganda Limited, a company that later rebranded to MTK Holdings Limited. From 2002 until 2005, he worked as the director of finance at Quality Chemicals Limited. In 2005, he became the chief financial officer at Quality Chemical Industries Limited. He also sits on the board of Buganda Investments and Commercial Undertakings Limited

See also
Cipla
Emmanuel Katongole (businessman)
Francis Kitaka
George Baguma

References

External links
Cipla Quality Chemical Industries Limited

Living people
Ugandan accountants
Ganda people
Makerere University alumni
Alumni of the University of Buckingham
Chief financial officers
Ugandan Roman Catholics
Ugandan businesspeople
Year of birth missing (living people)


The Lightning Bug Shutter Trigger with Cable for Select Nikon DC-2 Cameras from MK Controls helps you to photograph lightning by sensing the unseen infrared light that precedes a lightning strike and then triggering your camera. It can attach to your camera's hot shoe, or to a cold shoe on a stand.
The Lightning Bug has an LED indicator that displays your current sensitivity level from 1 to 26. The lower the sensitivity is set, the brighter and closer the lightning must be to trigger the Lightning Bug. You can also set the amount of times the Lightning Bug will trigger your camera from 1 to 10 frames per second. Three soft-touch buttons on the top of the unit control the power, FPS, and sensitivity levels, and they are water resistant so you can continue shooting in light rain. The Lightning Bug is made in the USA.
The Lightning Bug Shutter Trigger from MK Controls helps you to photograph lightning by sensing the unseen infrared light that precedes a lightning strike and then triggering your camera. It can attach to your camera's hot shoe, or to a cold shoe on a stand.
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Ukraine War: Heavy fighting for frontline town of Bakhmut continues
Russian troops continued their attacks on the frontline town of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine on Thursday.
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Russian troops continued their attacks on the frontline town of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine on Thursday. The attackers had advanced to the outskirts of the city several times, the general staff in Kyiv said. However, the attackers were repeatedly repelled in heavy fighting.
This means that two goals have been achieved at Bachmut, it said. On the one hand, the attackers could not penetrate the defenses, on the other hand, they suffered heavy casualties, said Serhiy Cherevatyy, spokesman for the Ukrainian Army Group East. "And those are incredible casualties for a 21st-century army."
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj made a surprise visit to the frontline town this week and declared it a "Bakhmut Fortress".
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A Mini-Game About Balls Just Went Viral on WeChat
April 26, 2018 By tomarnstein
This post comes courtesy of our content partners at TechNode.
WeChat released a new selection of mini-games in April, and there is one that is on the rise to become one of the most popular mini-games the platform: "The Best Tan Yi Tan" or "The Best Bounce and Bounce" (最强弹一弹 zuì qiáng dàn yì dàn; our translation).
Tan Yi Tan resembles the classic arcade game pinball and has the qualities of addicting mobile games – players simply press down on the screen and move in horizontal directions to determine the angle at which the ball will be released, and collect points for each geometric object hit. Like in Tetris, the player must destroy each of the shapes by hitting them a certain number of times before they pass the line at the top of the screen and power-ups can be obtained by striking special objects. Scores can be shared with friends on WeChat.
Mini-games have taken WeChat by storm attracting 170 million daily active users on the messaging platform. The most popular of all is none other than Tiao Yi Tiao, also known as Jump and Jump, which was released last September. The game is so popular that WeChat recently dedicated an entire competition to Tiao Yi Tiao.
WeChat currently has over 1 billion monthly active users and mini-games are becoming one of the most popular features on the messaging platform. It took mini-games only four months to launch in-app ads, while WeChat Moments, another popular feature, waited four years for ads integration. Big corporations including Nike and McDonald's are reportedly paying millions of yuan per day to put ads in Tiao Yi Tiao.
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Fergal Smith, 21, was surfing two miles off the coast of Perth, Western Australia when the shark came within a few feet of him.
Fergal Smith and friend in West Oz. Photo courtesy of www.telegraph.co.uk.
The holidaymaker, from County Mayo, Ireland, only discovered his close shave when a local photographer Phil Gallagher showed him the picture.
Contributors to Australia's Surfing Life magazine have awarded the Irishman the "Euro surf-dude of the month" award.
Its website read: "Just imagine being in the barrel and looking at a massive shark like you're at the bloody aquarium or something.
Mr Smith said he "couldn't help but laugh" when he saw the photograph but added that his mother Brid, 51, had "freaked out big time".
Since 1876 Great White sharks have been responsible for 65 deaths and 242 recorded non-fatal attacks worldwide. Australia has had the most fatal Great White attacks in the world with 27 deaths, the most recent in 2005.


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By Eric Shierman,
My second book was released this year. The title is of course not a reference to me. I wasn't born yet when the Tet Offensive erupted in South Vietnam fifty years ago this week. It refers to a bumper sticker I saw as a child in the 1980s that has always made me ponder the place the Vietnam War has in American military history.
Using the American infantry battalion that saw the most combat in that conflict as a case study, I explore the question of victory and defeat. Regular readers of the Oregon Catalyst have already seen some of the fruits of my research.
Five years ago, I wrote about Oregonians who served in this battalion. There was the Portland State student killed at the first battle of Khe Sanh. There was the postman wounded in the last amphibious assault in Marine Corps history. There was the all-state wrestler who sacrificed his life to save his squad leader. And there was the Benson High School grad that performed a daring act of valor but was never cited for an award.
I argue these marines won their war. It was the politicians that lost. Perhaps it's the Vietnam Veterans that most deserve the moniker "the greatest generation." In some ways, their fight was actually harder than that of the Second World War.
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Following the devastating fire at Notre-Dame in Paris, how well prepared are cathedrals on this side of the Channel for a fire"The priority is always to prevent fire in the first place, by using professional buildings services specialists to carry out electrical and hot works [any works that could cause fire] and having regular inspections." Historic buildings have to be inspected regularly just like more modern structures.Sprinkler systems may not be suitable because they tend to be set off by heat, and in cathedrals the ceiling would be so high up that, by the time the heat triggered the sprinklers, a fire would be out of control.
Some cathedrals use what is called a sniffer system, which is designed to detect smoke in the air at an early stage so that people can be evacuated from the building.
Martin Kealy, a fire consultant and managing director of MKA Fire, says that on the whole, such buildings pose a relatively low fire risk, because most of the materials at ground level are things like stone floors and very thick timber pews, which would not easily ignite.Things like tapestries and artwork on the walls would burn faster, but they would be unlikely to set off the fabric of the building.That is why a point of higher risk is when renovations are being carried out, which means additional combustible materials (such as the platforms on scaffolding) and more things that could start a fire are present, and the building's fire protection systems may be temporarily offline or even removed.
But Mr Kealy stressed that existing regulations do not necessarily focus on the historic buildings themselves."It should be noted that modern building regulations and fire safety standards are designed to protect people and not buildings," he said.That means that any measures to protect the building would be beyond the requirements of the fire regulations.
In addition to the safety of staff and visitors in historic buildings, the fire regulations are also concerned with the safety of firefighters. "We work closely with the Fire Brigade and other emergency services to ensure they have safe access to deal with any issues, including exercises to remove the cathedral's priceless artefacts to safety," said Jim Morley, chief constable and fire manager at Canterbury Cathedral.Becky Clark confirmed: "Cathedrals will have salvage lists of moveable artworks and other treasures which the Fire Brigade can work through if the site is safe enough, meaning that the most precious parts of the collections stand the best chance of being saved."
Even when there are not renovations under way, the roof is vulnerable to lightning strikes, as happened with the York Minster fire in 1984.There has clearly been hefty inflation in the cost of repairing historic buildings, with the work on York Minster costing ?2.25m (about ?7m today) while the repairs to Windsor Castle following its 1992 fire cost ?36.5m (about ?74m today). The fund for repairing Notre-Dame has already passed €800m (?700m).
The costs of improving fire safety at UK cathedrals is usually left to their own fundraising efforts, although several of them used money from the ?40m First World War Centenary Cathedral Repairs Fund to pay for work to reduce the risk of fire.The fire in Paris has prompted some MPs to warn about the risk of fire in the Palace of Westminster. They are due to move out of Parliament in 2025 to allow for renovations that are estimated to cost ?3.6bn.


For some reason, I got it in my head that this year for Pi Day (not to be confused with National Pie Day), I wanted to make a pie and I wanted to make a pi symbol out of powdered sugar on top of it. I haven't done anything quite like that before, but it looked pretty cool in my head, so I set out to find a new pie recipe that looked like it would be relatively flat enough on top to look nice with that type of decoration.
Enter this Lemon Chess Pie. I had heard of chess pies before, but didn't really know what they were. Basically, it's a custard pie that has cornmeal added to the filling. It turned out really well! One of my very favorite pies (and probably the one I've baked the most often) is a Rhubarb Custard Pie, but I don't recall making any other custard pies, so this was a nice treat. This pie is silky and tangy and a really nice after dinner treat. Be sure to bake it in either one deep dish pie crust or 2 standard ones, as it makes a LOT of filling. I used a storebought deep dish pie crust and I still had a little filling leftover.
I wish I would have made a pie for pi day, but now I can make this one – looks great!!
I didn't get a chance to make a pie for pi day either and I am totally regretting it! This looks and sounds awesome. I've always wanted to make a chess pie.
It's even better the next day, cold, straight out of the fridge. Yum!


Guide to Putnam County, Georgia ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.
Putnam County is named after Revolutionary War Major General Israel Putnam (1718-1790).
Clerk Superior Court has divorce and court records from 1807.
Probate Court has birth records from 1866, marriage and probate records from 1808, death records from 1919 and tax digest 1812-1848.
1807 Putnam County was created 10 December 1807 from Baldwin County.
The following web site may have additional information on Putnam County cemeteries.
Local histories are available for Putnam County, Georgia Genealogy. County histories may include biographies, church, school and government history, and military information. For more information about local histories, see the wiki page section Georgia Local Histories.
↑ "Putnam County, Georgia," Wikipedia.
↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Putnam County, Georgia. Page 151-163 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002; Alice Eichholz, ed. Ancestry's Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources, Third ed. (Provo, Utah: Ancestry, 2004), 155-160.
↑ Paul K. Graham, Georgia Courthouse Disasters (Decatur, Georgia: Genealogy Co., 2013), 50. At various libraries (WorldCat).
↑ Genealogical Society of Utah, Parish and Vital Records List (July 1998). Microfiche. Digital version at https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/images/5/53/Igigeorgiamz.pdf.


Who is but the form following the function of what and what I am is a man in a mask.
Presto! Plainly, a person whose perspective protests the public perception of perfection. Perchance, a prince in the posture of a pauper. The predicament is purpose, but peace shall prevail, and the personal pursuit of perennial passion will persist. Perhaps, a poet who prefers preserving moments, so let me simply add that it is my very good honor to meet you and you may call me Pulkit. Phew!
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11. Time of day series - Dawn → affection. Dusk → loss. Midnight → lost.
8. Multiple Chrome-gasms: Youtube Ed.
1. Fachcha doubts, or is it?


Visit the beach capital of India and you will experience the most adventurous, enticing and fascinating holidays around the waters. Goa, the queen of beaches, is one of the most happening tourist destinations in India which attracts the maximum crowd throughout the year. It offers a wide choice of accommodation options that meet up to the standards of International and National tourists of different categories/classes.
A number of Goa hotels, with state-of-art facilities and all modern amenities, are also found near the beaches, lined by palm trees. These sea-facing hotels provide divine scenic beauty and charismatic atmosphere to make your vacations remarkable. Hotels in Goa offer different kinds of recreational activities including Ayurveds, spa, sauna, Yoga and other therapies. One can ask for the assistance for water sports activities. Hotels provide trained assistants for parasailing, swimming, fishing, scooba diving, water scooter rides, water skiing, canoeing and lots more.
Almost all the hotels and resorts have their own multi-cuisine restaurants that cater to the varied tastes of their guests, with all the specialties in Indian, Chinese, Italian, continental and local Goan sea food. You can also enjoy live art performances, including folk music & dance, during the festive season. The hotels arrange live band performance, DJ nights and folk art performances during Christmas, New Year and other occasions.
The accommodation places in Goa are well known for their hospitality and management. You will be overwhelmed by the traditional hospitality provided with world class services. Come and be a part of the tranquil atmosphere and refresh your senses.


During Valentine's Day, a really special Mobble comes out to celebrate love! The legends tells that whoever catches a Cupidy will be lucky in love for the whole year!
Cupidy is a special Mobble released during Valentine's Day 2014 !


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Cross-posted at Education Week. Twenty-five years ago, David Osborne, a journalist now based at the Progressive Policy Institute, and Ted Gaebler, a former city manager, wrote a book called Reinventing Government: How the Entrepreneurial Spirit is Transforming the Public Sector that got a lot of attention...
28 Sep NAEP Must Get Its Standards Right This Time
Cross-posted at Education Week. Forgive me if I am a little cynical about the eternal dance between measurement and accountability when it comes to reporting on the progress and achievement of American school children. From the beginning, the leaders of our state education systems have invited...
21 Sep On Nobel Prizes That Do Not Yet Exist and Other Exciting Matters
Cross-posted at Education Week. First, a shout-out to Hank Levin, who wrote me to point out that, in attributing a Nobel Prize in Economics to Nikolai Kondratieff in a recent blog, I awarded him a prize that did not yet exist when he died. That was...
13 Apr The NAEP Data: Does It Show That 'Education Reform' Has Worked—Or That It Hasn't?
Cross-posted at Education Week. The April 1st Washington Post carried an op-ed by Arne Duncan, President Obama's Secretary of Education titled, "People are saying education reform hasn't worked. Don't believe them." On April 10, Education Week announced the most recent results from the National Assessment of...
14 Dec Free Market Reforms in Education: Is Monopoly Better?
Cross-posted at Education Week. I was blasted the other day for having just discovered the virtues of capitalism by a friend who was irritated at my lack of support for charter schools. He and many others view charters as a quintessentially capitalist way to introduce competition...
17 Apr The School Choice Debate
Cross-posted at Education Week. The case for charter schools is often made by showcasing charter schools that are doing a good job of meeting the needs of low-income, minority students—usually in urban districts. Opponents often respond by pointing to regular public schools whose performance is no...
14 Apr International Spotlight: Understanding Education in the Netherlands
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by David Loewenberg In the Netherlands, a country with a population about the size of the state of New York, the lines between public and private schools are blurred—all schools, be they public or private, religiously-affiliated or secular, are funded equally by the government. As a...
07 Apr The Netherlands: Top-Performing School System Looking to Get Better
Cross-posted at Education Week. We got interested in the Netherlands when the first results came out for the 1995 administration of the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMMS), the largest international comparative study of student achievement done up to that date. The Netherlands and Flemish...
27 Jan Choice, Vouchers and the Trump Education Agenda
Cross-posted at Education Week. President Donald Trump has, in the selection of Betsy DeVos for his nominee for U.S. Secretary of Education, made it clear that he is a strong supporter of the school choice education reform agenda. The question on the table is whether, how...
06 Jan Theresa May and the Design of the American Education System
Cross-posted at Education Week. Check out the October 12 edition of Flypaper, The Fordham Institute's newsletter, and you will find a very thoughtful commentary from Checker Finn on the proposal from Theresa May, Britain's new Prime Minister, to resurrect that country's grammar schools. These are the...
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May beautiful memories sustain you during this time of sorrow, and make it easier to bear the pain. I am sorry about the sad loss of your Grandmother, Krystal. Saying goodbye to Grandma is one of the hardest things in life. Just remember, it isn't really goodbye, and I'm so glad you and Jack got to see her on that final day on earth, but it's really just "until we meet again"!