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Kanye West and John Legend aren't Friends Anymore Because of Donald Trump
The beautiful friendship between John Legend and Kanye West has come to an end.
While Legend insists it has nothing to do with the singer's support of Trump, it is clear that this did have a huge impact on ending their close friendship.
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The artists who collaborated on many hits, and used to be great friends, have drifted apart during President Trump's time in office.
Things started going wrong when West publicized their private messages over his support of Trump.
John thinks that West 'betrayed' him and his own fans by endorsing Trump and 'destroyed' his legacy.
However, Kanye and Trump's friendship goes back way to before he entered the White House.
Trump's daughter Ivanka was the one who sparked this bond after she attended one of West's concerts in 2009.
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They got on well, so they kept in touch after that.
Kanye gave a shout out to Donald in his song So Appalled, with the lyrics: "Balding Donald Trump taking dollars from y'all"
Ivanka was very much pleased after that.
Trump didn't attend Kanye's wedding to Kim Kardashian in 2014, and nobody knows if he was invited.
"I certainly wish them the best of luck. I know them well, and they're both very nice people," Trump said.
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Even though he did not vote, Kanye said if he had, he would have voted for the Republican candidate.
"[Voting for Trump] don't mean that I don't think that black lives matter; that don't mean I don't believe in women's rights; that don't mean that I don't believe in gay marriage, that don't mean I don't believe in these things because that was the guy I would've voted for," yelled West.
"If I would've voted, I would've voted for Trump."
10 Reasons why Donald Trump Should Lose the Elections in November
Elections are approaching in the United States, and incumbent President Donald Trump will have to roll up his sleeves if he wants to win because his country is in chaos.
Although it seemed that his re-election was practically inevitable, the events that marked the past and the beginning of this year show that his chair in the White House shook dangerously.
What are the problems that Trump has faced?
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In the first place – the coronavirus. Since the coronavirus pandemic outbreak, America has recorded a record of 1,816,897 cases of infection, 105,557 deaths, and 535,238 recovers, according to Worldofmeters.com. In all three categories, the United States is on the first place of this blacklist and makes about a fifth of the total 6,172,302 cases of infection globally, while the share of deaths is about a third.
2. WHO
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He then announced on April 15 that he was suspending WHO funding. He accused the world organization of promoting "Chinese disinformation." He assessed that this led to a greater spread of the "Chinese virus" epidemic, as Trump calls it than would otherwise have happened.
At the press conference, Trump said that the United States will sever relations with the WHO and that the funds intended for that organization will be redirected to others.
The pandemic, however, did not only affect the trade war. Unemployment has been recorded in the United States, which has not been remembered since the Great Depression. In April, more than 20 million Americans lost their jobs, and the unemployment rate was more than three times higher since the coronavirus pandemic shook the global economy.
Source:businessinsider.com
Trade and the coronavirus are not the only fields of conflict between the US and China. The second hotspot is the South China Sea. China has excellent territorial pretensions and the United States now and then lets a warship to cruise the disputed waters, invoking the principle of freedom of navigation. Such "provocations" are frequent on both sides, and it is not expected that these conflicts will subside soon.
As for Taiwan, the situation changed significantly in June last year, when the United States made it clear that Taiwan was an independent state. Then, the Chinese Minister of Defense, Wei Feng, said that the Chinese army would react if someone dared to separate Taiwan from China.
4. OPEN SKY
Trump, who considers himself a "great negotiator," has so far withdrawn his country from so many agreements that it seems that the United States will remain an isolated island in the ocean of the international community.
He announced on May 21 that the United States would withdraw from the international Open Skies agreement in half a year, allowing unarmed, reconnaissance flights over the signatory countries. This time, Trump shifted the blame for that to Russia, stating that it is violating the agreement and that the recordings made during the flights can be obtained faster and cheaper from American or commercial satellites.
5. CLIMATE AGREEMENT
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In June 2017, Trump announced that his country was withdrawing from the Paris Agreement on reducing greenhouse gases, shifting the blame to Russia again. He said that Russia did not respect the agreement and that the United States would withdraw from it immediately.
The United States thus began the process of withdrawing from the climate agreement in November last year, of which it formally informed the UN – the withdrawal will take effect in a year.
6. AGREEMENT WITH IRAN
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In early May 2018, Trump announced that the United States would withdraw from Iran's nuclear agreement, signed during the time of his predecessor, Barack Obama. He also announced that he would impose economic sanctions on Iran, which were lifted in 2015 after the signing of the "rotten" agreement, as he called it. A year later, Iran also announced a "partial withdrawal."
7. AGREEMENT INF
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The United States announced the decision to withdraw from the Agreement on Medium-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) on February 1 last year, leaving Russia a deadline to correct the violation of the agreement or the withdrawal will be permanent, as Trump stated.
This agreement is especially important because it represents the cornerstone of international security since the United States and the Soviet Union signed it in 1987. It bans the development and use of ground-based nuclear weapons with a range of between 500 and 5,000 kilometers.
8. NATO
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Trump also has a problem with the military alliance. His administration decided in November last year to reduce the financing of the NATO budget from 22 to 16 percent of the total amount. The losses will have to be compensated by Europe and Canada.
Trump has repeatedly insisted and criticized individual members – like Germany – to increase their contributions to two percent of GDP. Germany has agreed to increase its spending, but in 2031, and currently, only six countries in the NATO coffers allocate two percent of GDP – Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Greece, Poland, and the United Kingdom.
9. G7
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Today, the American president postponed the G7 summit, which was supposed to be held in June, at least until September. He said that he wanted to invite Russia, Australia, India, and South Korea to that gathering. He believed that the group of the most industrially developed countries no longer represented what was happening in the world.
10. PROTESTS IN THE USA
A new problem faced by the Trump administration on the eve of the election is fierce, violent protests across the United States over the death of African-American George Floyd during a police arrest. Protests spread to several cities, from New York to Los Angeles, and curfews were introduced in 25 places in 16 states.
Trump and his Democratic rival in the presidential election, Joseph Biden, also spoke with Floyd's family. Although Trump did not reveal details, the brother of the deceased Philonis Floyd said that their conversation was "speedy".
– He didn't even give me a chance to speak. It was difficult, "said Philonis, adding that he then turned to Biden, asking him to bring justice in the event of his brother's death.
Trump Kids Net Worth 2020
Published on May 27, 2020 June 4, 2020
Nobody expected Donald Trump to beat Hillary Clinton in the election race three years ago. And despite the two of them had debates, which were honestly, quite ridiculous, they didn't have much love for each other. However, Hillary did have something nice to say about his opponent – that he had wonderful children.
And while Donald Trump is being criticized on an everyday basis for being a toxic political figure, his kids managed to avoid the scorn of the masses. Nobody is talking poorly of Trump's children, which is a good thing. But you must be wondering about their net worth and how much it belongs to them out of the massive Trump empire.
The Trump Kids
Considering that Donald Trump is a father figure, these kids are quite rich. But they do not have an equal amount of money. Between them, they are worth almost $1 billion. We will discuss each child individually but you should know there are five of them – Ivanka (married to Jared Kushner), Donald Jr,Eric, Barron and Tiffany.
One thing is for sure – these kids will not miss anything during their lifetime. Read on to learn about each one of Trump's children, their net worth and what they do for a living.
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Ivanka Trump – $740 million
Ivanka works as an entrepreneur as well as White House special helper. She and her husband Jared Kushner have lived a fantastic life so far and between them, the net worth is incredible $740 million. The two of them have a bunch of privately-owned businesses together and they are both working in the White House.
Some Americans are bothered with the fact that Ivanka didn't step aside from her private doings for the time she is spending in the White House. But truth be told, she is not the president.
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Donald Trump Jr. – $200 million
Ever since his father assumed office, Donald Trump Jr. has been in the most trouble. However, that is not quite important here as we are discussing his net worth. As a Vice President at the Trump Organization, Donald Jr. has an estimated net worth of $200 million.
He is currently in charge of the family business, together with his brother Eric and e oversees the company's properties. That earns him a fat paycheck each month.
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Eric Trump – $150 million to $300 million
Donald Jr. Is not the only Vice President at the Trump Organization – Eric is the one too! As we have already mentioned, the brothers are in charge now and just like Donald Jr. Erik himself is quite rich. His estimated net worth goes all the way up to $300 million.
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Barron – N/A
Barron is Trump's youngest child and he is currently 11. His personal net worth is impossible to calculate since he doesn't have any role in business yet. Currently, Barron is in school, but he will start walking the paved road to follow his brothers and sisters.
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Tiffany Trump – $600,000
Tiffany is older than Barron as she is currently a student. Out of all Trump kids, she is perhaps the one whose exposure in the media is quite small. She graduated from college and continued her studies at law school. Even though she is still working her way to the real world, already her net worth can be estimated at approximately $600,000.
As you can see all of the Trump kids are quite successful at what they do. They earn a lot, which is not surprising considering that they are running a family business which Donald Trump took to a whole new level before he became President.
Trump: Obama was grossly incompetent
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Trump later thanked Obama and Biden on Twitter, where he wrote that their actions just helped his campaign.
Donald Trump, the President of the United States of America, stated that his predecessor Barack Obama was very incompetent. He said that as a response to Obama's indirect criticism, that he does not know how to manage the country during a crisis.
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On Saturday, Obama said that this pandemic, more than anything else, showed how many in public office don't know what they are doing. And he added that some of them even don't pretend to know.
After Obama's speech, which Trump didn't see, he only said that Obama was an incompetent president.
But Obama never directly mentioned Trump in his speech, but the current president is still trying to prove himself better than the previous president Obama.
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Trump attacks Obama a lot, just like he attacked him and Joe Biden last week.
President Trump claimed that Obama and Biden knew that the FBI was investigating Michael Flynn, a former National Security Advisor. The latter later admitted in 2017 that he lied to the FBI about talks with the Russian ambassador to the United States.
Recently, the state's attorney, William Barr, dismissed the case against Flynn, but the federal judge to whom the case was assigned could pronounce a verdict.
Trump accuses the previous administration of spying on Flynn, a member of his election committee, of compromising his campaign, which Trump called "Obamagate," alluding to the Watergate affair, when the seat of the Democratic Party was eavesdropped on during the term of Republican President Richard Nixon.
He called the investigation against Flynn "the biggest political deception in history", in an interview with Fox News.
"It's all Obama to you. It's all Biden. These people are corrupt. The whole thing is corrupt, and we caught them," Trump said.
Source:bostonherald.com
Trump later thanked Obama and Biden on Twitter and wrote that their actions were helping his campaign. He also said that they are the reason why he is in the White House.
Trump has also repeatedly pointed out that Obama is partly responsible for the crisis caused by the coronavirus, due to the inadequate response to the swine flu epidemic.
Beauty More Important Than Health to Trump
President Trump is worried that wearing a mask in public could jeopardize his chances of reelection.
He was never seen with one. On Tuesday, he visited the Honeywell factory in Arizona, which manufactures N95 masks, but didn't wear one, despite the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendations. According to some sources, he repeatedly "suggested they were impractical, pointless and beneath the dignity of the leader of the free world." He is worried that a picture of himself wearing a mask could be used in attack ads against him.
Source:dw.com
This behavior drew a lot of criticism. "At the very least, it confuses people," said Dr. K. "Vish" Viswanath, a professor of health communication at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. "At the very worst, it might even cause them to question if these rules apply to them or if the message is really that critical."
This is not the first time Trump failed to adhere to CDC's guidance on coronavirus prevention. He also refuses to stop shaking hands, as he believes that a politician has to shake hands with people.
Is Trump Trying to Sell the Moon?
The US executive order to mine the Moon proves that the collective good seems to be less important than neoliberal ideas of "value".
According to David Bollier "the real estate developer who improbably became US President legally declared that he sees the Moon in far less elevated terms", reports Al Jazeera.
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President Trump signed the executive order which makes the private commercial uses of the Moon, Mars and meteors authorized. This means that Off-Earth bodies are now starting to be observed as a means to gain profit.
The so-called space business was the topic of the US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross' request to the US government. He called the government to support this kind of business, and to reduce regulations and coordinating government aid, especially due to the competitive threats by China and Russia. He also emphasized the idea of the space tourism and using ice on the Moon's dark side for the creation of hydrogen and oxygen. The latter two could be then used for rockets for Mars, according to Ross. On the top of that, he has the idea of "turning the Moon into a kind of gas station for outer space."
Source:metro.co.uk
Property rights' for Americans on the Moon, by 2020 as well as the large-scale economic development of space are being further explored by Trump's administration.
Ross is enlightened by the whole idea, so he compared it to A Space Odyssey, a film from 2001. Further, he has no doubt that it will happen. "IT is coming closer to reality sooner than you may have ever thought possible", stated Ross.
The question which arises is: Who really owns the Moon?
Source:foreignpolicy.com
Things like the space, oceans, and atmosphere are usually referred to as global commons by politicians and economists. It implies that these notions in fact belong to everybody and that they should be used for the collective good. The fact many nations have signed series of treaties in order to keep the space in the zone of the collective and global, proves that it does belong to all of us.
In 1959, seven states agreed that Antarctica should be non-militarized by signing a treaty in order to establish a scientific research commons there.
In 1967, USA together with more than 100 states, signed the Outer Space Treaty, which guarantees that the research done in space will be for the benefit of the humankind.
A Moon Agreement from 1979 is considered to be the international law. The US did not sign it, but it is still considered to be valuable. According to this agreement the Moon is not a private property, which means that it cannot be colonized, owned or militarized.
It seems that it is hard to get rid of the imperialism, though. Trump's executive order proves that the states do not observe things as the collective good, but rather as the free resources in order to gain profit.
Donald Trump Wishes His Wife Melania a Happy Birthday
The President of the United States, Donald Trump, on his Twitter account, posted a happy birthday wish to his wife, and the First Lady, Melania. Since the US is in lockdown, the celebration is going to celebrate quietly. This was an official statement of Stephanie Grisham. At the same time, best wishes to the first lady were sent by her daughter-in-law and the President's daughter, Ivanka. On her post, we could see an image of Melania and her husband, Donald Trump.
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Another cousin, Lara Trump, who is a wife on Trump's son Eric, gave her best wishes to the birthday girl. Moreover, a lot of fans of the first lady were ecstatic. One of the most prominent ones was the post of Ronna McDaniel, who is a GOP Chairwoman. She thanked Melania for serving her country as its first lady. A similar tweet was posted by an ambassador of the UK, who, together with his wife congratulated his birthday on the first day.
Since the coronavirus pandemic started, Melania Trump wasn't in the focus of the public. Pretty much, for a month or month on a half, she remained under the radar. In the last week, she appeared when she and the president appeared on the celebration of the Earth's day. Since she is located at home during the lockdown, she was active on social media, where she posted retweeted all tips on the prevention of coronavirus.
It looks like she is on some kind of a break during the week of her birthday since she posted only a handful of posts. According to Stephanie Grisham, the celebration will occur on Sunday and it will have a few guests because of the current lockdown. For her previous birthday, the first lady hosted a dinner with the prime minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe, and his wife.
Two years ago, on her birthday she put her duties ahead of her private life when she appeared on political events that day. Before she became the first lady, her birthdays were glitzier let's say. For example, back in 2016, she appeared at the Time 100 Gala.
Kim Jong Un Net Worth 2020 – Who Will Inherit the Great Fortune?
Published on April 26, 2020 April 26, 2020
Net Worth/North Korea
Many of know Kim Jong Un from the frequent mind games he is playing with Donald Trump and other world leaders. He is best known for his haircut, eccentric behavior, and often treats to rival countries such as the United States, Japan, and of course, South Korea. However, people mostly don't know much about his personal life, family, and net worth. Here are some of the most interesting facts related to the leader of North Korea.
Also Read: Who Will Lead North Korea After Kim Jong Un?
Personal Life, Family, and Career
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Kim Jong Un is a 36 years-old leader of North Korea, and he is married to Ri Sol-Ju. Two of them have a daughter Ju-ae. He is 1.7 meters tall, with 130 kilograms. Moreover, we know about his habit as a smoker and how he is struggling with hypertension and diabetes.
He became the leader of North Korea in 2012 when he succeeded his father, Kim Jong-il. Before that, he was a general from the year 2010, and after the death of his father in 2011, it was clear what his future position is going to be. After 2014, when he became the Supreme Leader of the People's Assembly and the leader of National Defense, North Korea continued with her strategy to develop nuclear weapons.
Furthermore, he was awarded several times in his country. Besides being a leader and main person responsible in North Korea, he also has the title of the general in the army, Supreme Commander, Director of the State Affairs, Central Military Intelligence, and the President of the leading political organization.
Connection with Celebrities
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While we all know him mostly for bad relations with the United States, he is often showing some great interests in the American culture. The best example is his friendship with ex NBA star Dennis Rodman, and we have a chance to see them many times together when Rodman goes to him for a visit. From other famous people, we have to mention Damon Albarn from band Gorillaz, who was in a visit to North Korea in 2015.
Besides that, a popular European rock band, Laibach, managed to organize a concert in North Korea in 2015, which is another indication that he is not so closed to the European and American culture as everybody thinks. Some of the popular people who visited this country were Mohamad Alli and Michael Palin.
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While his country is known for high poverty, poor infrastructure, and low salaries, he surprisingly has a net worth greater than 6 billion dollars. Therefore, he is known for living a luxurious life, expensive vehicles, alcohol, and cigars. According to some reports, his annual income is over 600 million dollars. When it comes to his habits, his favorite cigars are Yves Saint Laurent, while he usually enjoys a glass of Johnie Walker. Also, we can see that he knows about being classy, especially because of his vehicle, a Mercedes Benz 600.
He is in the Top 50 chart of the most popular leaders in the world. However, his popularity is high due to his lack of respect for human rights, critical relations with other leaders, and many violations of international agreements.


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Guide – Sole types for shoes and boots
When it comes to quality footwear, there's a lot more to it than just leather soles or rubber soles. The various types within each category are huge, all with various specs and preferences. Here's a substantial guide to all the most common types of soles for quality shoes and boots.
Overview and direct links:
Single leather soles
Double leather soles
HAF soles
Nitrile cork soles
Rubber topy soles
York soles
City rubber soles
Dainite studded rubber soles
Medway soles
Ridgeway soles
Commando soles
Mini lug soles
Supergrip soles
Raw cord soles
Wedge soles
Airwair soles
Still the most common form of soles on a pair of quality shoes, even if rubber versions takes over more and more. A single leather sole on a Goodyear welted shoe is sewn onto the welt, so if you look from the side you see two layers of leather. The same is true of a Blake / rapid stitched shoe, where the top layer of leather instead of the welt is a thinner midsole, while a welted shoe has only the single leather sole.
Leather soles come in a variety of grades, but for better footwear which is covered here on Shoegazing, there are usually three used: prime, super prime, and oak barked. To summarise these, one have to generalise, since there's not really any set requirements as it was more off back in the days.
Prime and Super prime soles are made in much the same way, using a fully vegetable tanning or combination-tanning process that takes a number of weeks, up to a couple of months. The difference in grading is mainly in how good the leather quality is, with finer leather with denser grain being classed as Super prime. Prime soles are generally found on shoes in the €150-€300 price range, Super prime on shoes between €300-€600, give or take.
Classic single leather soles with open channel stitching.
Oak bark tanned, or ground tanned as they are sometimes called, leather soles are of a higher quality, and are produced in a different way. This is achieved through an almost completely natural process that takes considerably longer time and is therefore more costly, where the leather is left laying on top of each other in large pits of water and oak bark for a long time (basically all sole leathers are pit tanned, but it's the long-term pits that makes the real difference). Back in the days it had to be for two years, now it's down to six months in some cases though, and more use of bark extracts instead of actual bark and a more extensive pre-tanning has changed things also in this category. It should be said that it does not necessarily have to be oak bark, chestnut bark and other bark types are also used, such as in JM Weston's fantastic soles. It's the natural and time-consuming process that puts the sole in this category.
As for the heel base, which is attached to the back of the leather sole, the top lift of the heel is usually made of the same material as the sole (except for the back piece, which is almost always rubber these days). Then the heel lifts located between the sole and the heel top piece are in factory-made shoes almost never made of the same leather as these, but cheaper materials are used. In some cases leather board or even fibre board, but usually just cheaper pieces of leather.
No soles can be made as sleek and be worked as much, for example creating blind welted waists, as leather soles.
Leather soles are soft and comfortable to walk in once they've worn in a bit after a few uses, and many experience them as less warm than rubber soles. Prime, Super prime and oak bark tanned soles all can handle damp surfaces as long as they are allowed to dry properly, although it's often better to choose something else than leather soles if's pouring rain outside. Leather soles called Flex soles and similar are usually just more pliable, which makes them easier to break in but may affect durability.
Just as it sounds, two layers of sole leather are simply used instead of one (for double rubber soles, there's normally a leather midsole used). The sole is thicker and therefore more durable and insulates better against the cold, but it also makes for a slightly clumsier and stiffer shoe. Most common on more casual shoes or on boots. There are also triple-soled shoes, but these are rare, and given that they are said to take a year or so of use to break in properly, they are not very practical. For RTW, it's common to use cheaper leather for the midsoles.
Double leather soles are highly suitable on more casual make-ups.
A cross between a single and double leather sole. Here you put double soles in the front for the extra durability, while the waist and back are single-soled. Gives a neater impression than a full double sole. However, it's important that the manufacturer compensates with an extra layer in the heel base for the shoe to be properly balanced, something that is actually sometimes missed. When one use a half rubber outsole, especially if thicker ones, it's sometimes called HAF soles as well nowadays.
HAF soles have a double sole in the front part, but single from the waist and back. Picture: Edward Green
This is a type of soles that is a mix of organic and synthetic materials, where one mix cork and nitrile rubber to get a more lightweight sole still with a lot of the benefits of a rubber sole. Most common on American shoes and boots. The more traditional nitrile cork soles are without any tread, but nowadays manufacturers do soles which are a mix of cork and rubber with various patterns.
Alden shoe with a nitrile cork sole. Picture: Sherman Borthers
Refers to when one attach a thin piece of rubber sole on top of a leather sole, to improve durability and grip. The suitable name comes from the French company Topy who for long were the main player on this field. One sand down the leather sole slightly and then cement on the rubber piece, and trim it to match the leather sole. It can be done by the manufacturer or at a later stage by a cobbler.
Nowadays it has become more and more common also for bespoke shoemakers to do this, since customers want the hand stitched soles and all the regular craft associated with how bespoke makers build their shoes, with the pros that comes with a rubber outsole.
With a rubber topy you can have high spi (stitches per inch) hand stitched soles and narrow bevelled waists, yet with many of the pros that comes with rubber soles.
Used mainly for more casual models. A natural rubber sole that offers good grip in some conditions and lousy grip in others, so a bit unpredictable to wear. Since it's soft it's often experienced as really comfortable, but also wears out quickly.
Natural crepe rubber sole.
Now we go over to to various types of rubber soles where they are listed sometimes by the most common manufacturer, sometimes by names given by the most common manufacturer, and sometimes have more generic names as the most common used. York is basically a rubber sole with a leather insert at the waist and back. The standard York sole is actually on the thicker side, even if it has a sleek appearance. The rubber outsole parts are slightly studded for a bit better grip. The one called York is mainly used by Spanish makers, but as always there's similar versions around with other names. Good in wet conditions, less good in winter on snow and ice due to often having a relatively hard rubber compound.
York rubber soles are basically full rubber with leather insert from the waist and back, which you can see quite clearly on this photo. Picture: Skolyx
The sole type that has taken off the most in recent years in the dress shoe world. The beauty of these thin rubber soles is that they look just like leather soles, looking from the side it's hard to tell the difference. They are of course better than leather in wet conditions due to being waterproof and offering better grip, and depending on the rubber mix they can also offer some grip on snow and ice.
Wensum rubber sole.
Even if they are thin the finer makers can't make these as sleek as their leather soled ones, due to having to use a more sparse stitching in general, and for factories the fudging machines where one decorates the welt usually don't work with rubber soles. Lots of different types of city soles out there, some have names like Wensum, R1 or Tomir (the latter is more of rubber inserts in a leather sole though), and in most cases they have a slight tread for improved grip.
One of the most common rubber soles for shoes and boots, with its characteristic studs. They are often called Dainite soles, but it's only the name that the largest manufacturer of these type of soles has, where Dainite is the brand of the British company The Harboro Rubber Co. Then you have every rubber sole maker doing similar versions, like Vibram's Eton sole, Itshides Studded, Dr. Sole's Cushion Gentleman and so on.
The most common studded sole.
The original sole, Dainite Studded, is very hard-wearing although some experience it as a bit hard to walk long times in and it's not good in temperatures below 0 degrees celsius when it gets super hard and slippery, there others like Vibram's or Dr Sole's are better with softer yet durable rubber compounds. Some cheap copies can wear out really quick, but all the big brands' ones have excellent durability.
The original one is made by Dainite, a sole type that isn't very common. A sturdier rubber sole that is good for trudging in some terrain, but in winter snow can get packed into the tread and it can become like wearing ice skates.
Medway soles. Picture: StyleForum
Also this name comes from Dainite, and it's much more commonly used and many other manufacturers do versions as well. A rough sole that is excellent in the woods and superb on ice, however this also carries the problem that snow can be packed into the pattern which can make it slippery and difficult to walk with in winter. Since the pattern on the Medway and Ridgeway doesn't go all the way to the edge, they can look a bit sleeker than the sole actually is.
Ridgeway soles is highly suitable on boots like these from Edward Green. Picture: Leffot
Another type of sole where there is a bit of conceptual confusion. Invented by the famous Italian sole manufacturer Vibram in the 1930's, the sole was named Carrarmato and was designed primarily for mountaineering. In England, however, the potential for military use was seen, and in 1940 the company Itshide made a replica called the Commando. Since the British hold sway in the world of quality footwear, this is the name that is most known, together with the more plain term lug soles, and still it's Vibram's Carrarmato which is the most commonly used one, and many other sole manufacturers do versions.
Sturdy Commando soles. Picture: Crockett & Jones
There are both versions where the tread ends a bit in from the edge, so one can do the outsole stitch, and those where the pattern goes all the way out to the edge for cementing only, making the shoes feel rougher. Of course, it's best for boots or really chunky low shoes. Also available in versions where the rubber is attach to a leather sole, and where the waist is in leather. Commando soles are great in the woods and on ice, but like the sole types above, it's not uncommon for snow to pack into the pattern, especially in the heel area.
Very similar to Commando soles, just with slightly smaller lugs which are placed in pairs. Basically the same preferences altogether with Commando soles, and also a sole type made by loads of manufacturers.
Mini lug soles are very similar to Commando, just slightly different pattern. Picture: Oak Street Bootmakers
This is the most famous pattern from the Taiwanese sole brand Dr. Sole, which has gained more and more popularity in recent years mainly in the workwear boot segment. The pattern is inspired by historic rubber soles and has a clear vintage feel over them, and is offered in various versions and rubber compounds where the names and tread can vary a bit, but all derive from the same base.
Supergrip soles have a relatively low tread pattern, but the rubber compound still gives an excellent grip. This half sole version is prepped also for an extra stitch centrally, which is stitched to the midsole. Picture: Dr. Sole
Also here Dr Sole is the most known manufacturer today, here one refers to the material though. During the WWII when there was shortage of most materials, including rubber, which meant that shoe manufacturers started to melt down old car tyres which had nylon cords in them for reinforcement. This was left when one made the rubber soles, and created a special character. Since car tyres are hard wearing, also the soles made of the same material are.
Soles made of old car tyres. Picture: Standard & Strange
The name is a bit weird since it does mainly refers to soles that is like a wedge where the heel and front part of the sole is made joined together. Also high women's shoes have wedge soles, but in the case of welted footwear and similar it's mainly the lightweight blown rubber soles one refer to.
Vibram's with wedge sole, which they call Traction Tred. Picture: Lester
Vibram is probably the most famous manufacturer of these, with their Cristy and even more lightweight Morflex soles as examples, but also brands like XL, Dr Sole and loads of others do various versions, and Red Wing who are famous for them have their own versions. The blown rubber soles has air injected into the rubber compound, which makes them extra lightweight. Not the most durable sole type, but grip is in most cases surprisingly good also in slippery conditions like snow, but black ice sure is too much for them.
Has some things in common with the blown rubber wedge soles, here it's also about making the rubber more lightweight by infusing air, but with a different technique which makes it more bouncy and get a shiny finish. This sole type was invented by the German doctor Klaus Märten during the second world war, and eventually the patent ended up in England where the NPS factory started using it for a type of boot called Dr. Martens. The rest is, as one say, history.
Dr. Martens with their bouncy Airwair soles, which is welded to the rubber welt. Picture: Dr. Martens
Dr Martens aren't the only ones doing this type of soles. Now when they have moved their manufacturing to Asia NPS continue to make the same type of boots under the brand name Solovair, with the same type of soles, and many others do similar versions.
Learn more on footwear soles in these articles:
Report – Gerberei Martin, traditional oak bark sole leather tannery
The tip – Get rid of gravel from leather soles
The tip – Flush rubber toe taps
Dainite Dr Sole Guide Itshide Material Topy Vibram Workwear
The picture – Merry Christmas 2022
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Guide – Tanning and treatment methods of leather
Guide – Different types of leather
Buying tip
Buying tip – Østmo x Iron Boots
Thank you for this excellent article.
Dominik: Cheers, glad you found it useful!
Do you know what manufacturer makes the commando soles for trickers? They look just like Itshide but aren't. And the 'victory sole' I think is made by the same company but I can't seem to find their name.
Robin: AFAIK it's only Loake who use the Victory soles, Tricker's use Ridgeway (which is very similar). Don't remember the company name doing Victory, I believe they went bankrupt a few years ago but then started up again with new owners.
Edit: Sorry, didn't read your question properly, but yeah don't remember the company name. Ask Tricker's!
A very good (and comprehensive) overview of soles.
Anthony: Thank you, glad you think so!
Mark Gray
What a great article…loads of information that I (and I'm guessing others) didn't know.
Keep up the good (and informative) work.
Mark Gray: Thanks a lot, appreciate the kind words!

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Hazards at Horizon High
Spider-Man Games
About Hazards at Horizon High Game
Spider-Man HTML5 Marvel
Do you dare to try the Hazards at Horizon High game? You will surely have a blast by using all of Spider-Man's remarkable abilities. What is more, you will need to make use of your scientist skills as well!
What happens when Peter Parker finds himself all alone in a lab filled with Dr. Octopus's menacing grunts? There's only one way to find out!
How did Peter manage to get himself in this pickle? He was just working with his professor in the laboratory on a regular day when the alarms started blasting. Can you believe that Otto Octavius has sent his men to retrieve one of the most valuable substances in the universe, Chromium?
The only thing standing between this evil genius mastermind and his goal is a skinny teenager called Peter Parker. However, we aren't talking about any ordinary young man! Peter is going to use his brains and his superhero strength to protect the element and prevent it from getting in the wrong hands. Do you want to lend him a helping hand?
Find your way around the lab and set up traps!
The game consists of a series of increasingly difficult levels. They will challenge your planning, as well as your battle skills! The goal of each stage of the game is to protect the valuable Chromium from Doctor Ock's henchman. But how to do that? Use the many traps in your professor's lab to stop them in their tracks. Easy as pie, right?
If the first level seems a little overwhelming, don't get too intimidated! Scroll to the tutorial level and give it a go, so you can get more familiar with the gameplay and mechanics of the game. Isn't that a cool feature?
Let's get started with the planning! The professor and Peter have devised a color-coded system for their traps. You start with three colors: Orange, Blue, and Yellow. Pick up items around the room, then drag them from the inventory towards the appropriately colored object in the background. Isn't that awesome?
Use the little time you have before any assault to create your ideal set up. Make sure all of your traps are loaded by checking the green bar at the top of each one. Don't forget that you are up against the clock! You only have a few minutes until the brutes come barging in, so you'd better use every second wisely!
Let the baddies come in!
Now it's time to change into your costume and finish your mission! Click on the security cameras to see what's going on in each one of the rooms. Watch as your traps stop invaders in their tracks! Can you believe how painful some of these torture devices look?
However, don't get too relaxed! As the game advances, you'll find that your traps can get exhausted by the sheer volume of foes in the laboratory. Don't forget to get back down to fill them up!
Dying guards will drop objects that you can use to refill your previously set traps, as well as upgrade the existing ones. Make sure you make good use of this feature, as it's vital in the later stages of the game! Can you believe that sometimes they make the difference between a clear win and a humiliating loss?
Despite your initial opinion, this game is not all about wits! Sometimes you will need Spider-Man to hop out of his hiding place and take care of things the old-fashioned way! If any enemy gets too close to the precious Chromium, don't hesitate to press the space-bar. It will make Spider-Man jump in at the heart of the action. To shoot at the adversary, just click on him!
Get ready for a cool mission that will keep you glued to the keyboard for hours! Are you prepared to battle the bad guys by using your muscles and your wits? Then stop hesitating and join Spider-Man for this truly exciting game!
Hazards at Horizon High is an excellent Spider-Man game that you can play on NuMuKi for free. It has been added to our website on Wednesday, November 20, 2019. The game has been played 242 times so far and has received a rating of 96 / 100 from a total of 46 user votes, 44 likes and 2 dislikes. Hazards at Horizon High is loaded in an iframe, so it would adequately render in all browsers, including the mobile devices. The game window resolution has been optimized for best visual performance, having the width of 900px and the height of 600px. If you enjoy playing Hazards at Horizon High, you might be excited finding out that there are 19 more Spider-Man games you can try! The most popular is Lego Super Heroes and the most recently added is Masked Missions
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Learning how to start reading can be quite a frustrating experience for quite a few young children. It would appear that absolutely everyone from our little one's teacher to moms and dads and not to mention grandma is looking forward to and patiently waiting for your son or daughter to be able to learn to read.
Most of the demands and expected results with the grownups can certainly put a damper on the enjoyment for your youngster. This kind of reduction in enthusiasm can result in a young child who manages to lose the drive to read. Whenever we being a parent can see solutions to help to make reading enjoyable and fun, our youngsters may well be more prepared to take a seat and look at a book.
Below are some creative ideas that can be done to help make reading a lot of fun for your young child.
1. How About Healthy Reading?
This really is a fun approach for a youngster to actually read through the words and phrases he/she understands and then give away those words which might be bringing about problems.
While you are reading through a book with each other, you both have a turn at reading out loud. As soon as the person that is in fact reading says the name of a healthy vegetable (this word does not have to be in the book), it's the other persons turn to now start reading.
Match your own reader together with someone a little older this will be their "reading friend" and now have them both start reading a book aloud with each other. All of us have experienced situations just where a clarification of a specific thing made much more sense by way of one of our close friends or perhaps a brother or sister.
This will give your little one the chance to put into practice reading with no grownups supervision leading to possible anxiety.
Being a parent, I really daydream about the very idea of raising a child within a world where ever the streets are really safer and also moms and dads can let their kids run unhampered throughout the neighborhood, his or her systems clearly tested using the physical exercise associated with play.
Take hold of a much older book and also a highlighter and then have your son or daughter highlight each and every word or phrase that's on the page which he or she can actually read.
Once all the word and phrases that your son or daughter recognizes may be highlighted with a page, take the opportunity and then have your youngster take a look and find out just how many words he or she can in fact read. This really is an amazing self-confidence increaser.
Our little girl had been fantastic about trying and eating pretty much anything, and then suddenly she turned 3 years of age. Now it's just about nearly impossible for her to enjoy anything at all apart from corn with regards to veggies.
Just before your little one is way too worn out by the end of that day, take a moment and read with them inside very dark room in your home.
Have a flashlight along with you and also read the particular book by using the flash-light. Small boys in particular really like this option.
Just what youngster hasn't already created a fort at some point or other? Should you not have already got a fort inside of your house or perhaps outside within the backyard, help your youngster to create one.
It could be a blanket type fort, maybe a ply-board fort out-of-doors, could be a tree-house, or possibly a very simple under the bed fort.
Just be sure both of you can easily fit in and simply being capable of getting out once you have gotten in is definitely very helpful also! Take the little one's preferred reading book, get yourself cozy and then read away.
Come up with a "reading corner" anywhere you want within your home. Allow your youngster to take part in decorating this as well as choosing the perfect location to put it.
Start adding some beanbags or maybe cushions, why not a much-loved poster on your wall or maybe even a number of friends and family photos.
In February 2018, when Elon Musk's Falcon Heavy rocket left Earth in a hurricane of smoke, it was carrying an unlikely payload. Instead of equipment or astronauts, the Space X entrepreneur famously loaded it with his car – a cherry-red Tesla Roadster. A mannequin dressed in a spacesuit occupied the driver's seat.
Now have your son or daughter run through a book and check out every one of the images and then explain to you exactly what they think is without a doubt about to take place in the story-line.
Have a look at the story to check out just how close they were.
Tots as well as babies are generally more prepared to learn baby sign language faster than was once considered and now what had previously been limited to people hard of hearing or deaf is fast turning out to be an alternative language for young children.
Pick one word which in turn your little one has got a particularly hard time with and any one time your daughter or son actually reads that word, the pair of you stand up together. This can help her or him recall the word simply because an activity is associated to it.
This approach will work especially well with kinesthetic or tactile learners, which is actually a learning style where by learning comes about by simply undertaking physical activities, as opposed to paying attention to somebody or maybe looking at routines.
Perhaps you have come across a customized story book where by a youngsters name has been reproduced within the story? This can be a one of a kind way of getting your own unwilling reader looking forward to a book.
With these various kinds of books, your son or daughter's name and also the names of their close friends can be reproduced within the story-line, helping to make your youngster the actual superstar of their own personal book!
Just how encouraging would that be? They're going to have to read the whole book to figure out exactly what grand adventure they'll be enjoying, and then you could possibly get them to let you know all about it!
And lastly it should go without saying but you can always have a break and simply read together with your little one from time to time.


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Xeloda is to treat cancer, however it is most commonly called upon for breast and colon cancer. Xeloda works by decreasing the size of the tumor so that the cancerous cells can no longer grow or spread to other other areas.
Xeloda dosage is completely dependent on the individual that takes it, as it can be used for a variety of conditions. Note that the amount of Xeloda you take also depends on the age of the individual. In addition to that the amount of Xeloda you take also depends on the strength of each pill/tablet and the amount of times you plan on taking the pill/tablet a day. Note that Xeloda also depends on the type of condition you are treating.
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For adults, begin the dosage at 15mg. This dosage should be taken two times a day with food for a period of 21 days. Following that period, your doctor may increase your dosage to just 20mg a day.
Xeloda dosage to treat breast and colon cancer.
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It seems one PC candidate finally started to listen to Albertans on the issue of corporate tax giveaways.
While Jim Prentice is working overtime to protect the PCs' corporate tax breaks, his candidate and former Deputy Premier, Thomas Lukaszuk, says that after the election he would look at increasing corporate taxes.
The Alberta NDP has been calling on Jim Prentice to increase corporate taxes, but instead the PCs insist on having Albertans foot the bill for their mistakes.
According to government's own budget survey, 69 percent of Albertans are in favour of corporate tax increases to help deal with the current fiscal situation.
Today, Thomas Lukaszuk, PC candidate for Edmonton-Castledowns, started listening to Albertans. We hope Jim Prentice will start standing up for Alberta families soon as well.


At a formidable 20,320 feet tall, Mount Denali is the Centrepiece of Denali National Park, and you'll get the best view on a Denali flightseeing tour with Rust's! Soar to new heights on the intimate, 3-hour Discover Denali Flightseeing Tour with an experienced Alaska bush pilot who loves to share Alaska's most inaccessible and spectacularly-wild settings. This is one of our most popular tours.
Flight Pattern: Depart Lake Hood, Anchorage's lively seaplane airport, traverse the flatlands across Cook Inlet (possible Beluga whales), spotting for moose and, depending on the time of year and weather, and follow the ragged spine of the Alaska Range with its massive walls of rock and ice to the crowning jewel, Mount Denali. The photo stop landing location varies seasonally and is dependent on weather.


Sound business practices are based on forethought and research.
School business officials (SBOS) are a thoughtful, ethical, well-educated and experienced group of professionals who often find themselves embroiled in situations that involve outright foolish business decisions. Let's review two disparate matters that can be "risky business," yet are completely preventable.
When local referenda to incur debt for school construction projects are on the ballot, voters are often enticed into purchasing capital appreciation bonds (CABs) because such borrowing does not contribute to increases in their near-future property taxes.
Unlike the conventional current interest bonds that most districts purchase, CABs don't require immediate and regular principal and interest payments to the bondholders. With CABs, debt payments can be deferred for decades, with interest compounding to as much as six, 12 or more times the principal on the original amount borrowed.
CABs are popular in California, Florida and Texas. In a Nov. 29, 2012, Los Angeles Times article, California Treasurer Bill Lockyer, stated that the Patterson Joint Unified School District borrowed $9.6 million in 2009, which will not have to be repaid until 2049; the final payment will be $96.6 million. The Poway Unified School District, near San Diego, borrowed $105 million in 2011 and will eventually have to repay approximately $1 billion.
SBOs and underwriters familiar with funding projects have a general rule of thumb: expect total debt, including principal and interest, to be only 1.5 to 2.5 times the principal borrowed. Conventional school construction bonds are commonly issued for 10 to 20 years, with the first annual payment due immediately. Districts that issue longer maturing bonds can anticipate paying more in interest payments. These school districts must eventually pay the bondholder with the principal and interest in one lump sum on the bond's maturity date.
Your district's contracted financial advisers and underwriters must be up front and transparent with local officials and the public, because the terms and conditions of long-term debt borrowing can be very complicated.
When schools are closed, the public often expects financial windfalls. It's best not to hold out for this pie in the sky.
According to the National Center for Education Statistics, 1,069 public schools were closed in 2011. The reasons for closure are varied and include; (1) a sharp decline in the number of school-age children, (2) districts' lack of interest in repairing worn-out facilities, (3) competition from charter schools, and (4) the U.S. Department of Education's mandates to shutter underperforming schools.
Yet, a recent study by the PEW Charitable Trusts (pewtrusts.org) exposes that the closure of more than 200 schools in Philadelphia, and six other large cities, garnered very little savings. What's more, many closed schools are still vacant, often-vandalized eyesores contributing to the blight of their neighborhoods.
Suburban districts don't fare much better. Anoka-Hennepin School District, in Minnesota, established a facilities task force to review potential school shuttering in the 30-school district. According to the final report, the average school closure would yield a one-time saving of approximately $565,600. With an annual school budget of $393 million, the average saving would be a paltry 1.4 percent.
In most school districts, whenever a school is closed and sold, the proceeds revert to the taxpayers of the municipality in which the school is located. However, the real beneficiaries of suburban school closures may be real estate developers, who can acquire the school site at bid and flip it into a high-end residential or commercial property.
According to a Jan. 29, 2009, Seattle Times interview with Seattle Public School administrators, Seattle Public Schools actually lost approximately $800,000 a year in Washington State school aid when it closed schools in 2006, because 20 percent of the students from those schools left for charter, parochial and private schools.
Districts contemplating school closures should commission economic impact studies to determine the effects such closures may have on their urban neighborhoods or small-town centers. City schools also serve as community meeting and gathering places, as well as polling sites.
In a small town, the school may be its biggest employer and may serve as its cultural and economic hub. "Customer traffic" to local merchants and services depends on that school's remaining open. When the school is shuttered, everybody loses.
Wherever you work, sound business practices should always prevail over risky business.
This article is excerpted from the October 2013 issue of School Business Affairs, published by the Association of School Business Officials International, www.asbointl.org.
Richard Weeks, RSBA, is Business manager at Northeast Metro Tech Regional Vocational School in Wakefield, Mass. He cans be reached at richardhweeks@aol.com.


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Q: Time Zone difference between Time.now and 1.day.ago My app time_zone is set to UTC(default, I didn't change it in config/application.rb).
This is what I see in rails console
1.9.3p194 :004 > Time.now
 => 2014-03-20 14:45:23 -0500
1.9.3p194 :005 > 1.day.ago
 => Wed, 19 Mar 2014 19:45:48 UTC +00:00

Why do I get the time in central when I do Time.now? It should return time in UTC like 1.day.ago

A: Time.now uses the locale of the machine it is running on.  For consistency, you can do Time.now.utc to force UTC:
1.9.3-p484 :001 > Time.now
2014-03-20 16:14:23 -0400
1.9.3-p484 :002 > Time.now.utc
2014-03-20 20:14:26 UTC

A: use Time.zone.now - it will take into account your application's time zone:
project with default TZ:
2.0.0-p353 :001 > Time.now
 => 2014-04-01 23:12:06 +0300
2.0.0-p353 :002 > Time.zone.now
 => Tue, 01 Apr 2014 20:12:11 UTC +00:00
2.0.0-p353 :003 >

project with custom TZ:
2.1.0 :001 > Time.now
 => 2014-04-01 23:14:23 +0300
2.1.0 :002 > Time.zone.now
 => Tue, 01 Apr 2014 22:14:27 CEST +02:00
2.1.0 :003 >

Here you'll find more useful info about working with timezones (especially take a look at DOs and DONTs section):
http://www.elabs.se/blog/36-working-with-time-zones-in-ruby-on-rails

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Donald W. Treadgold Studies on Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia
Red Autobiographies
Initiating the Bolshevik Self
By Igal Halfin
Series Donald W. Treadgold Studies on Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia
In Red Autobiographies, Igal Halfin reads admission records of the Soviet Communist Party cells in the 1920s for what they reveal about the politics of self-representation in Bolshevik political culture. He identifies ways of... Learn More
Published: 4th February 2011
The Legacy of Tolstoy
Alexandra Tolstoy and the Soviet Regime in the 1920s
By Robert Croskey
Drawing on extensive research in Russian archives, Robert Croskey examines how Alexandra Tolstoy, the youngest daughter of Russian writer Lev (Leo) Tolstoy, sought to preserve the work of her father after the Bolshevik Revolution... Learn More
Published: 7th January 2009
War in a European Borderland
Occupations and Occupation Plans in Galicia and Ukraine, 1914-1918
By Mark L von Hagen
War in a European Borderland examines the many regime changes that took place in occupied Ukraine during World War I. The decimation of people living between Austria-Hungary and the Russian empire – specifically Poles, Jews,... Learn More
Published: 23rd October 2007
Plays of Expectations
Intertextual Relations in Russian Twentieth-Century Drama
By Andrew Baruch Wachtel
Expectation is an integral part of the reading experience. As we read a text, we begin to classify it and compare it to others with which it seems to share a family resemblance. Drama is a particularly rich and rewarding field... Learn More
Published: 7th November 2006
Perils of Pankratova
Some Stories from the Annals of Soviet Historiography
By Reginald E. Zelnik
Renowned Russian historian Reginald E. Zelnik's final manuscript is a biography of Anna Pankratova, a woman from Odessa who became a leading labor historian and academic administrator in the Soviet Union from the 1920s to her... Learn More
Published: 1st April 2005


Last night's valentine gig at Grace Bible Church was sort of surreal for me and more so for the faithful couples at church who wish to re-kindle their love for one another. As I was asked to perform a few songs for their prom-themed Valentines Day couples' fellowship. For the first time in ages folks at church finally heard my voice and my drastic guitar playing.
Anyways my set was made of 3 cover songs from artists that I like to believe were church-friendly enough for me to play in a crowd of conservative Christians.
I survived the ordeal, I think no one was offended. And I wasn't stoned to death. I'd like to believe that it was well received.
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Il Cantone di Bar-le-Duc-1 è una divisione amministrativa dell'Arrondissement di Bar-le-Duc.

È stato costituito a seguito della riforma approvata con decreto del 17 febbraio 2014, che ha avuto attuazione dopo le elezioni dipartimentali del 2015.

Composizione
Comprende parte della città di Bar-le-Duc e i 12 comuni di:
 Combles-en-Barrois
 Érize-la-Brûlée
 Érize-Saint-Dizier
 Géry
 Longeville-en-Barrois
 Naives-Rosières
 Resson
 Raival
 Rumont
 Savonnières-devant-Bar
 Seigneulles
 Trémont-sur-Saulx

Note

Collegamenti esterni
Statistiche (parziali) sul sito dell'INSEE

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Amy Ellis: Modern Neutrals
Linzee McCray
"I think I'm a teacher at heart," says one of Moda's newest designers, Amy Ellis. "I really like to encourage people."
Amy supplied that encouragement through her first two books Modern Basics, and Modern Basics II, which offered new quilters the chance to stretch their wings with patterns that presented a challenge, but would still get finished. "When I was working on that book I had three kids at home with me all day and quilting was necessary for my sanity," she says. "Finishing something gave me a real sense of accomplishment and I wanted others to have that feeling, too."
Amy's new patterns, made with her Modern Neutral fabric
Though Amy admits to having a houseful of color, when it came time to write her next book her husband suggested she think about quilters who prefer to decorate with a more neutral touch. The result is the book Modern Neutrals: A Fresh Look at Neutral Quilt Patterns. Her fabric line of the same name debuted at Quilt Market last month and will ship to stores in October. "It's been so fun to see how much interest you can add with minimal color, by varying the tones and layering texture in the designs," she says. She was thrilled to share her fabric and designs at Market, and appreciated the kindness of the more seasoned designers. "They took the new designers under their wings and were so friendly and welcoming. I feel honored and blessed to be working with Moda."
Amy dishes up more encouragement to quilters through her Blogger's Quilt Festival, a site she's set first up five-and-a-half years ago. This online "exhibition" gives quilters of every age and ability the chance to share their quilts and win cool prizes, too. "I time it to coincide with Quilt Market, because I think that's when people are really looking for eye candy," she says. "Despite it being a busy time it's so much fun, and a number of new quilters and bloggers have come out of it." (Entries are closed, but you can view the entries and get lots of quilting inspiration here.)
In addition to wrapping up her fourth book, due out in December, and taking care of her four children, Amy's been designing quilts for magazines (look for her patterns with her Modern Neutrals fabric in upcoming issues of Quilty, Love of Quilting, and others); writing her Amy at Home column for Quilty; co-hosting the podcast, QuiltCast, with April Rosenthal; taking on the occasional teaching gig; and serving as a spokesperson for Baby Lock sewing machines. Phew! As busy as she is, Amy needs no encouragement to keep sewing. "Quilting is my creative therapy, and everyone needs that in their life," she says.
Books and Patterns, Fabrics
Amy Ellis, books, Designers, Moda Designers, Modern Neutrals, Quilt Market
I haven't seen the book yet, but I love the examples shown here.


Man Struck On Boca Raton After Saving Man, Hailed As A Hero | Schuler, Halvorson, Weisser, Zoeller & Overbeck P.A.
FHP authorities said a 48-year old man was struck in the right lane of northbound Boca Raton just north of Interstate 95, about 10 miles north of the Martin-Palm Beach County line.
According to a preliminary report, a 43-year old, of Wellington, was driving his 2012 Chevrolet north on the inside lane and Jenna M. Baxter, 24, of Delray Beach was in the Audi just ahead of the 43-year old. Baxter slowed and the 43-year old driver's car struck hers, causing it to spin clockwise and strike the 48-year old man. Dramatic video of the impact, captured by WPEC-TV Channel 12, drew national attention.
A FHP spokesman said, no citations or criminal charges have been filed and the investigation is ongoing.
Another 66-year old man, who runs a pressure-cleaning business, said he had been moving his business and his residence a little at a time from Broward to St. Lucie County, where his son lives. He was northbound on the expressway when he was rear-ended. He said the impact destroyed his trailer and sent its contents spilling.
Few hours later, he still was on the side of the highway, waiting for the investigation to wrap up, when the Audi spun toward him. He said he never saw the car coming at him, "it happened so quick." He said he felt pain in his leg as the 48-year old man pushed him out of the path of the vehicle.


Sixth form students at Kettering Science Academy this year have achieved an overall pass rate of 99 per cent in their A-level examinations with the pass rate at AS level also improving significantly.
The majority of students have achieved or exceeded their targets.
The pass rate at the academy has been on the increase since 2012 and the results recorded from students for this year reflects the standard of the sixth form provision that was graded good in the school's most recent Ofsted report.
The size of the sixth form provision at KSA has increased this year, but even with the higher number of students and many more A-level entries than ever before, about a third of the grades by students were very high at A* to B.
Top achievers in A-levels included Abhilasha Kapur and Leila Albin who achieved top grades in all subjects.
Leila received two As and a B and is set to go Birmingham University to study law.
Joanna Steczynska with two As, a B and a C in chemistry, biology and history is off to the University of Leicester to study biological sciences.
She said: "My place was an unconditional offer, but the grades are still important to me.
Georgia Clarke is also celebrating with her results of two Bs and a C allowing her to go her first choice of Essex University.
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"These results reflect the ever improving high standards of our sixth form provision, which was graded good as part of the academy's most recent Ofsted inspection.
"The students and staff are very dedicated to high performance.


less is more: shutter remotes for the win.
shutter remotes for the win.
I recently went into my local camera shop to see what kind of infrared remotes they have for my camera (Canon Rebel T3), which does not have infrared capabilities that allow a shutter remote to connect to it. They showed me an awesome one with an attachment to the external flash slot that plugs into the side of the camera, with a remote that then works with the reciever to activate the shutter. I was ready for them to bag it for me when I remembered to ask for the price, and was shocked to hear that it was "ninety nine mam". Um, no. So, like all expensive things that I know I can get somewhere else, I visited amazon and stumbled on this infrared receiver and remote by JR. Though the product was rated 4.5 stars overall, I read through the reviews and saw some really horrible one stars. I made an executive decision despite those reviews to trust the good reviews and the price and just go with it. It arrived two days later and I could not be happier with how well it performs and how simple it is to take on + off and use. So while it's annoying that I can't just use a remote without the hassle of a receiver, this is the best possible solution. Then, for my birthday, I asked for an iphone shutter remote, because while I love my DSLR, my iphone is always with me and probably takes about 80% of all of my daily photos (working on decreasing that number significantly, but in the meantime...). I saw this shutter remote by Muku on amazon, and when I googled it to see if anyone had any reviews up (because I feel like this is a fairly new concept with not a lot of competition yet) I saw that Elsie of ABM actually owns it and wrote a post about how much she loves it. So if I wasn't sold before, I definitely was after that. This remote, like the receiver + remote combo for my canon, makes life so much easier, and makes taking photos so much fun because there are more opportunities to get creative. The iphone one is so tiny and great for parties and hang outs where everyone wants to be in the same picture, or for when Max doesn't want to be photographed (which is sneaky, but that's almost all the time now so I have to work around him somehow!) The canon remote has been useful for a number of blog photographs and to take higher quality portraits. To see my remotes in action, check out the photos in this post (canon) and this post (iphone).


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Anarchast Ep. 157 Ian Freeman: New Hampshire the Free State!
You have no idea… I am overseas in Asia and was in a coffee shop talking to another random foreigner… he mentioned the self governing city in Mexico and within an hour after that he was discussing anarchy openly… he was missing the background and the vocabulary of anarchists… but he had a solid foundation that will make his total commitment to nonviolence inevitable.
The virus is spreading… shut it down!!!!
Carl B.: I should get out more. I promote personal sovereignty at every opportunity but I don't socialize much. When I do am careful not to be confrontational, but instead employ the Socratic method. I would never attend a protest. From what I see no one at these gatherings are interested in discussing or persuading, only yelling and fighting. It's as if they are trying to prove to themselves how righteous they are.
Had I heard your conversation at that coffee shop I would have eagerly joined in. I hate small talk but I love to talk about serious universal subjects that affect all of us. Anything less is a waste of time.
I do not feel I need to be governed by anyone. We all know Government is Mafia.
I have no use for government and they have no use for me.
good stuff. this is asymmetrical warfare. the enforcers are trespassing and do not fear any systematic retaliation. yet there should be.
But, (((who))) would make London non white?
London is finished. get out now.
The Torch and the Sword, by Rick Joyner. Read it!
Good work boys, good work.
The way to practice this is to challenge them on low level crimes (e.g. parking ticket). This way when the worst thing that can happen is that you have to pay the full fine of the ticket. I did this with not paying the license plate tax tag and got loads of valuable experience in fighting jurisdiction. Really all thanks goes to Marc Stevens.
…..no, u will never drop out of the system, all u can do, as it's always been, u can buy ur freedom.
…..doesn't matter how many people wake up as 'they' own all the land, have pretty much all the money, and hold all the power.
N.W.: It matters how many political zombies there are. Their power concentrated in the hands of a few are what make life difficult for us. Take away that delusion, that self-enslavement, that myth that violent rule is freedom/security, and the whole political paradigm evaporates.
Then a new political paradigm of voluntary interaction will arise. It's only logical.
..nope, cops r not public servants, all western world countries, states/province and municipalities have been incorporated and the masses do not hold any shares so have no say.
As soon as our birth is registered we become property of the state….. I can't wait to leave! It disgusts me….
And the mass migrants can do as they please!
Thank you, Jeff I really enjoyed your interview with Nigel Howitt, it is a sad reality that we are all slave's in an open prison.
+Steve Ryan.. Right, no way. Thanks for that new one on me.
Latin word fur mind has 2 words.
2nd one is: The reasoning faculty of an individual, in which case it would be mens, mentis for "logic, reason, mind".
Men in Costumes with Guns out to steal people's stuff!
I bet Queeni doesn't have to ask for planning if she puts up a yurt on her vast stretches of land….
Great interview, Jeff. I admired the way you let Nigel express himself. You reminded me of the great Jack Parr, master of the interview. Intelligent listening is a rare skill. I've never seen you more in control, more calm, more efficient. You're getting really good at this.


Brief outline of the course: This is a one-day course, which will be delivered by Consultant Paediatric Neurologists, Consultant Paediatricians with expertise in epilepsy, and a specialist epilepsy nurse. The day will consist of short didactic teaching sessions and interactive workshops. This course has been developed to improve practice within childhood epilepsies. It is suitable for all health professionals providing primary or secondary level care for children with epilepsy.


Online casinos have changed the entire scenario of gambling. At present, it is offering more fun and easily accessible for everyone to try their luck and win big prizes. If you know how to play the game and increase your bank balances in many folds, then you can do this from the comfort of your home. You cannot beat the machine without gathering required information and experience. It is imperative on your part to gather relevant information on this subject and definitely, you need help from lady luck. Here are a couple of tips, which players are supposed to go through before they start playing Funky Fruits Farm by PlayTech.
Players are supposed to concentrate on 2-3 games, which they enjoy and have become proficient in playing. You need to understand the rules and practice a lot. Within a small amount of time, you will design a system, which will multiply the chances of winning. This is strategy works on different games, whether it is a virtual game or traditional card games.
Manytimes, it is easier to win with lower jackpots because online casinos pay more frequently. If you are playing two games, then it is imperative to play one game with a high jackpot, whereas the other one with low jackpot. This will help you make a balance between small bonuses and big wins. This will keep your bank balance in a good state. You need to design your own strategy after calculating the odds.Make sure how much you can afford to play this game.
Players are supposed to stay informed about the promotions and offers, which Funky Fruits Farm by PlayTech is giving at regular intervals. They do it to entice their customers. There is no catch in it is simply want you to go for this.
There is no doubt that a well-designed the strategy can save you from a bad day. Your strategy will not work on those days when lady luck is not with you. When your luck is not helping you in the game, then setting a limit will help youminimize the chances of losing more than you can afford. It will save you from getting a shock when you check your bank balance.
Most of the players want to play more when they are winning. This is the biggest mistake because they need to quit when they are ahead. The winnings will excite you make you to take another chance. There are chances that you will lose your winnings that is why you need to pocket them.
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"Whether or not to sing the national anthem at public ceremonies is a very hot issue in Japan today. Our national anthem is contaminated with the dirty history of WWII. Some nationalistic politicians are trying to make people sing it 'from the bottom of our hearts'. Some left-wing people are refusing to sing it. But what would happen if someone sang it oddly or too loudly?" The videos of Meiro Koizumi take the viewer by surprise with their harshness and directness. The combination of seemingly simple content and very strong imagery lead to artworks that are simultaneously repulsive and captivating. So much so, that an art critic might sometimes feel redundant. Meiro Koizumi studied in Tokyo and at Chelsea College of Art in London. He was artist in residence at ARCUS, Japan in 2003 and gained a Student Film & Video Award in 2001. He has exhibited at the 2002 Liverpool Biennale – New Contemporaries, the Barbican Centre (London, UK) and elsewhere in Europe, Japan and New Zealand. He is currently an artist in residence at the Rijksakademie Van Beeldende Kunste, Amsterdam.


Sarah was a recent guest on the show Sports Illustrated Now, interviewed by Rob Lundberg. She talks about who originally inspired her to attempt an Ironman despite not knowing how to swim or ride a bike at the time. She talks about how we are adaptable as human beings and how prosthetic advances have helped her achieve her goals. She discussed her latest race achievement of completing the Kona Ironman for the second time even faster than the first finish time. She raced this time with more inspiration as her journey was all about raising funds for the Challenged Athlete's Foundation (CAF). CAF is an organization that provides mentoring, opportunities and support to people with physical challenges, so they can pursue active lifestyles through physical fitness and competitive athletics.
If you would like to give and help Sarah in her effort to support Challenged Athletes around the world.


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Q: Delay between Preloader and Stage shown I have a program that uses a simple preloader while the init() method creates the main gui. Everything works fine but after the init() method completes and the preloader disappears, there's a noticeable delay before the main stage shows up. I say noticeable because it can be as much as 7 seconds, enough for a user to get confused.
I tried to put as little as possible in the start() method:
public void start(Stage stage) {
    /*Scene*/
    scene = new Scene(root, 1200, 700);
    stage.setScene(scene);
    scene.setFill(null);

    /*Stage*/
    stage.initStyle(StageStyle.TRANSPARENT);
    stage.centerOnScreen();
    stage.show();

}

Is there a way to reduce/eliminate this delay? Would it be better to scrap the preloader altogether and implement is as a stage in the main program? Thanks in advance.
EDIT:
I took Maverick283's advice and implemented a fadeOut of the preloader. There was still a bit of delay so I sent the final notification (from the main program to the preloader) after showing the main stage and it worked perfectly!
public void start(Stage stage) {
    /*Scene*/
    scene = new Scene(root, 1200, 700);
    stage.setScene(scene);
    scene.setFill(null);

    /*Stage*/
    stage.initStyle(StageStyle.TRANSPARENT);
    stage.centerOnScreen();
    stage.show();
    notifyPreloader(new Preloader.ProgressNotification(0.99));
}

A: From Oracle:

The last state change notification received by the preloader before the application starts is StateChangeNotification.Type.BEFORE_START. After it is processed, the application's start() method is called. However, it can take time before the application is ready to display its stage after the start() method is called. If the preloader stage is already hidden, then there could be a period of time when the application shows nothing on the screen.

Thus they provide example code how to fix that:
@Override
public void handleStateChangeNotification(StateChangeNotification evt) {
    if (evt.getType() == StateChangeNotification.Type.BEFORE_START) {
        if (isEmbedded && stage.isShowing()) {
            //fade out, hide stage at the end of animation
            FadeTransition ft = new FadeTransition(
                Duration.millis(1000), stage.getScene().getRoot());
                ft.setFromValue(1.0);
                ft.setToValue(0.0);
                final Stage s = stage;
                EventHandler<ActionEvent> eh = new EventHandler<ActionEvent>() {
                    public void handle(ActionEvent t) {
                        s.hide();
                    }
                };
                ft.setOnFinished(eh);
                ft.play();
        } else {
            stage.hide();
        }
    }
}

If you continue reading there is even a way of sharing the two stages (preloader and main application stage)...

A: I tried the solution shown before but not worked, then I wrote a code that worked for me, what I did was make the preloader dont be hiden by itself, it just get hided when the main app is shown, look:
On Preload:
I commented the stage.hide();
@Override
public void handleStateChangeNotification(StateChangeNotification scn) {
    if (scn.getType() == StateChangeNotification.Type.BEFORE_INIT) {
       //stage.hide();
    }
}

I set stage as static
static Stage stage;

I added this code:
public static Stage getStage() {
    return stage;
}

On main app:
@Override
public void start(Stage stage) throws IOException {

    scene = new Scene(loadFXML("fxmlLoginGUI.fxml"), 640, 480);

    stage.setScene(scene);
    stage.show();
    if (stage.showingProperty().get()) {
        try {
            UkhuluvelaERP_Preloader.getStage().hide();
        } catch (Exception ex) {
            Logger.getLogger(App.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
        }
    }
}

I check if the stage is already shown, then I set the preloader stage to hide() using a get method.
I hope this works for you guys as did for me. good luck. chers


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As twenty eighteen nears its end, otsoNY takes a brief look back over a troublesome year.
Though the year started positively with a handful of new films added and news stories about joining the Social Media tend, one thing that halted production for over eight months was the uncertainty in regards to hosting the website. With rising costs and time limitations, otsoNY spent most of the year inactive. An appeal for financial help was successful and otsoNY would like to thank those of you who kindly donated money to keep the website online for another twelve months. Upon the confirmation that otsoNY would continue, a flurry of news stories and new films were added on an almost daily basis to the point that in November, otsoNY celebrated posting the 1300th film.
As always, otsoNY would like to thank all visitors to the website and their feedback as well as comments, and to those who have offered help find those all important missing locations. Next year, otsoNY will continue to add new film locations, news stories and hopefully celebrate 10 years online, but to finish this year, a revisit of the 1995 action film, "Die Hard With a Vengeance" starring Bruce Willis and Samuel L Jackson.
Special thanks to Bob Egan for allowing otsoNY the opportunity to review his New York location book and for all of his help with finding missing film locations this year.
Wishing you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.


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COVID-19 Update: India's cumulative vaccine coverage exceeds 826 million mark
India News Network | September 22
As many as 75,57,529 vaccine doses were administered in the last 24 hours
The country reported 26,964 new cases in the last 24 hours
With the administration of 75,57,529 vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, India's cumulative COVID-19 vaccination coverage exceeded 826 million mark.
As per provisional reports till 7 am on Wednesday, 82,65,15,754 doses were administered in the country. This has been achieved through 81,05,030 sessions, according to the data provided by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
The recovery of 34,167patients in the last 24 hours has increased the cumulative tally of recovered patients (since the beginning of the pandemic) to 3,27,83,741.
Consequently, India's recovery rate stands at 97.77 percent.
Recovery Rate is currently at its highest peak since March 2020.
Sustained and collaborative efforts by the Centre and the States/UTs continue the trend of less than 50,000 Daily New Cases that is being reported for 87 consecutive days now.
India reported 26,964 new cases in the last 24 hours, while Active Caseload in the country is presently 3,01,989. Active cases presently constitute 0.90 percent of the country's total Positive Cases. This is the lowest figure in active cases in India since March 2020.
The testing capacity across the country continues to be expanded. The last 24 hours saw a total of 15,92,395 tests being conducted.
India has so far conducted over 55.67 Cr (55,67,54,282) cumulative tests.
While testing capacity has been enhanced across the country, the Weekly Positivity Rate at 2.08 percent remains less than 3 percent for the last 89 days now.
The Daily Positivity rate reported to be1.69 percent. The daily Positivity rate has remained below3 percent for the last 23 days and below 5 percent for 106 consecutive days now.


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As i understand, there is currently no button that allows LW8 to calculate the secondary break up of an object from an initial point of colision.
I'd like to be able to have a bullet fly through a glass and have 2 things: 1. fragments burst out in the sections the bullet directly touches [this already can happen easily] and 2. the remaining piece of the cup, fractures into large pieces which fall/slide down to the ground. [doesn't quite exist].
I suppose, with some more forethought, this could be modeled and rigged to work, but secondary "fracture" calculation button would be great, if it's not too calculation intensive.
If an actual physical calculation of the fracture lines are too processor expensive, then it could be faked by using preset "line map" that creates new polygons based on the map and unwelds the the polygons based on the map lines.
Then, just have a numver of preset maps, like 10, to add variety to the fractures and you're set.
So, a turn on button named "Fracture", a drop down menu for choosing the Fracture Map, a field for determining the Fracture Map size, a box for checking "Random Size" to make different size maps per initial collision point on the same object, and make a "Random Map" check box to use a different map per initial collision point on the same object.


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